Chapter 21: Rumors of Chang'an

Along the way, Cheng bit the golden noodles like the bottom of the pot, walked to Li Shimin's side and asked, "Why didn't you cut that guy?" Li Shimin smiled and said: "Don't you think this person is loyal and courageous, and he is a talent?" ”

Cheng Yanjin said angrily: "So what? I also saw that he came out to take the blame for the prince, and since he dared to come out, I dared to cut him! ”

Li Shimin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Zhijie, if I don't kill him because of his loyalty, he owes this king a favor, and if I win in the future, he can be used by me; If I lose, I hope that my eldest brother will spare your life for the sake of your loyalty to me, and that will be enough. ”

Cheng Yanjin was stunned on the spot, inexplicably moved, and the rest of the soldiers who heard it secretly swore in their hearts that they would follow His Highness to the death!

On the third day after returning to Chang'an, Wen Yi heard the eldest grandson Wuji talk about the latest rumors in Chang'an: Wang Shichong led 200,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry to besiege Li Shimin, the king of Qin, at the Longpo outside Changshui City. Originally, in order to save the prince, the king of Qin ordered troops overnight, and only gathered 5,000 foot soldiers to attack Changshui City lightly, and after capturing Changshui City, he was ready to attack Wang Shiwei's army with the prince before and after, but the prince was jealous of King Qin's military achievements and threatened his position as the prince, and refused to send troops. Wang Shichong saw the opportunity to personally lead 50,000 iron cavalry to support Wang Shiwei, and flanked the 5,000 infantry of the King of Qin. Just when Wang Shichong was about to break through the last line of defense of King Qin, thousands of auspicious clouds suddenly appeared in the sky, emitting colorful glow, and the divine beast Qiqi stepped on the auspicious clouds and fell from the sky, swallowing Wang Shichong's 100,000 troops as soon as he breathed, and blowing away Wang Shichong's 50,000 iron cavalry as soon as he exhaled. With a wagging of his tail, Wang Shichong died another 50,000 foot soldiers, opened his mouth and roared, Wang Shichong died another 50,000, and in an instant, Wang Shichong had no soldiers or generals. King Qin took the opportunity to capture Wang Shichong in one fell swoop. Seeing that King Qin was unhindered, Qi Qi flew back to the heavenly realm again.

Wenyi applauded again and again and laughed: "Uncle Eldest Sun, who is this scattered?" It's as real as seeing it with your own eyes and being there! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji shook his head and smiled: "Xiaoyi, this is written by Xu Jingzong, it is so exaggerated, I am a little blushing, and you are still laughing." This is a loss to you to help, otherwise Your Highness will be in danger. But what method do you use? Why are they all rumored to be mythical beasts Qiqi? I'm curious. ”

Wenyi said with a smile: "It's just an off-road vehicle, when Uncle Changsun is free, go to Crooked Willow Village, the kid will let you have a good time!" Now the prince has been planted, it can be said that he has worked hard for decades, and once he returns to the pre-liberation period. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji played: "What is the solution before liberation? Why haven't I heard of it? ”

Wenyi secretly scolded himself for getting carried away, and said that he had leaked his mouth, and hurriedly remedied: "Liberation is a general term for the strength of the family teacher who has a certain status and family wealth. It means that this time the prince will not only be charged with abandoning his allies in danger, but also with the crime of mutilating his own brother, and this time he will definitely be greatly injured. Uncle Changsun, I remember that the hillside where His Highness was trapped has no name, why is it called the Trapped Dragon Slope? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji pursed his lips and said, "This is what Xu Jingzong came up with, don't ask me." ”

Literature and art paid attention to the key points, Xu Jingzong, a big traitor in history, seems to be a good hand at pyramid schemes. Stay away from him in the future. You have to be very careful with this guy, even your own daughter can be used to pay back, not to mention friends, maybe he will be sold by him at some point.

The eldest grandson Wuji said with a smile at this time: "After this war, our prestige has been greatly enhanced, and the families who were originally against us have now shrunk back. It shouldn't cause any more trouble for us in the short term. Nowadays, many people have come to inquire about the regulations of printing and paper publishing. ”

Wenyi thought for a while and said: "Those families are really disgusting this time, not only ruined our printing house, but also cut off a lot of our financial routes, the kid wants to take this opportunity to give them a good bloodletting, so as to save them from having a high blood pressure attack!" ”

The eldest grandson said with a light in his eyes: "How is it a bloodletting method?" ”

Wenyi said with a smile: "There is no need for Uncle Changsun to come forward in this matter, let Ling Lang Changsun Chong and others go outside to leak some inside information to those people, just say that during the winter solstice, printing will be auctioned in the Peony Garden for three days, and those who want printing will write the quotation and name into the envelope and hand it to us, but there is no limit to the number of times, we will select the ten with the highest bid to hand over to the printing technology." and help them set up their own printing houses. The reserve price is 100,000 yuan, and there is no upper limit. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled and said: "Chong'er is my eldest son, what he said is very credible, now those families are already a little unstoppable, let's release this news at the same time, and then announce the actual profits of the printing house, I believe that they will pounce on them like mad dogs to grab food, hahahaha..."

After the two discussed, they went their separate ways. Wenyi went to play with Shu'er, after all, he was tortured by Shu'er for nearly half a year, and now Shu'er suddenly didn't trouble him. People, especially men, are sometimes so cheap.

Make a few fruit ice cream with saltpeter, milk, and fruit, chill them with ice, and walk slowly towards Shu'er's boudoir. Relying on his young age, he can enter and leave Li Shimin's backyard casually, which is also acquiesced by Li Shimin. When he got to the door, he shouted, "Shu'er, are you inside?" I've got something to eat for you. ”

I only heard Shu'er's voice coming from inside: "Here, you wait a minute." Half a ring, the milk tea opened the door, and saw that Shu'er's old tricky and lively appearance was gone, standing slimly at the door, like a lady of everyone, and invited him to come in with a slight smile. Literature and art had a bad chill, and blurted out: "Shu'er, you're not sick, right?" How can you be so honest? I've heard that there's something delicious before, but that's not what it looks like. ”

Shu'er's willow eyebrows were upside down, her eyes showed a fierce light, and the appearance of the lady who was trying to maintain it disappeared in an instant, and her ten fingers became claws, and she shouted: "Nine Yin White Bone Claws!" He pounced on literature and art. After making a fuss, Wenyi opened the food box and said with a smile: "Shu'er, you see this is my latest apple milk ice cream, come and try it." So saying, he took the smallest one and handed it to her. Shu'er took a small bite lightly, and instantly smiled, but pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "It's okay, it's average." ”

Wenyi gave the largest one to the milk tea, picked up the medium one and ate it himself, and said while eating: "This thing is suitable for summer, and now it's late autumn, so you can't appreciate its wonders." ”

Shu'er looked at the ice cream of the milk tea, and then at her own, and got angry: "Why is the milk tea so big, but mine is the smallest?" I'm going to eat big. ”

Wen Yi Yaoyao said: "She is fourteen years old, you can eat more, you are still young, only eight years old, don't make trouble, if you eat too much, you will have stomach trouble." ”

One sentence choked Shu'er, turned around and ate ice cream by herself, and no longer paid attention to literature and art. Wenyi was helpless, so he had to go back to the guest room in a gloomy manner. I can't understand how Shu'er's temper has become so weird.

Five days later, Li Shimin led his army back to Chang'an, Li Yuan personally led a hundred officials to greet him in front of the palace, and Li Shimin offered the prisoner Wang Shichong. Li Yuan issued an order to personally crown Li Shimin as the general of Tiance, and he could open a government office. Li Shimin knelt down again to thank His Majesty for his holy grace, and a set of official procedures for sacrificing prisoners was over, and it was about seven o'clock in the evening when Li Shimin returned to the palace. When the palace got the news of Li Shimin's return, it began to kill pigs and sheep early to prepare for the celebration banquet. Wenyi also roasted a whole sheep himself with great interest.

All the officials and generals of the Qin Palace, who had no official or position in literature and art, did not want to come, but was arranged by the eldest grandson Wuji in the first position on Li Shimin's left hand. Literature and art didn't dare to sit, but the eldest grandson Wuji dragged him stiffly, and let Wei Chi Jingde look at him, and in desperation, he reached an agreement: not to tell his identity and merits, just drink.

Everyone sat down, those who knew the truth looked at literature and art in a friendly manner, and those who didn't know the truth looked at him suspiciously, not understanding why Li Shimin put this hairy boy in the first position. Li Shimin also looked at literature and art happily, raised his glass and said: "Brothers, this king can escape the catastrophe this time, all because of literature and art. ”

Wenyi hurriedly picked up the wine glass, came to a square salute and said: "The matter within the division, His Royal Highness has raised the kid, and the kid is ashamed." ”

Li Shimin took a sip of the wine in the toast and said: "Xiaoyi, you know everything about this danger, this king knows your thoughts, but you must drink this glass of wine, and this king can only thank you like this now." ”

Literature and art can't, so I had to have a drink. This is Li Shimin raised his glass and said: "Brothers, don't say much, this big victory is not easy to come by, Your Majesty has the permission to open the palace of the king, it can be described as double happiness, when you drink three cups, drink to win!" ”

Everyone immediately put their doubts about literature and art behind, and after three glasses of wine, the atmosphere immediately rose. Literature and art took the opportunity to slip away quietly...

The next morning, as soon as Li Shimin woke up, he sent someone to invite literature and art to the study. After a greeting ceremony, Li Shimin asked, "Xiaoyi, why don't you let this king tell me about the warrior?" It's also a good deterrent to those who are young. ”

Literature and art said: "The biggest advantage of the warrior at present is mystery, if it is known that we have this big killing weapon, then it will definitely be taken by the **, others do not say, Your Majesty and the crown prince, you will not be able to deal with it." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "That's true, can the warrior be mass-produced?" I want to equip a Warrior unit. Then why worry about the injustice of the world? ”

Wenyi shook his head and said: "No, there are many key materials that we can't find in Datang, such as the four wheels, which were all the rubber that the kid found from your house last time, and barely made four, and as far as the kid knows, this is also the only rubber in Datang." In addition, the output and quality of the existing iron are not up to the requirements, and all the iron used in the warriors is synthetic steel, which is obtained by our own smelting, and the output cannot be increased. ”

Wenyi continued: "Your Highness, instead of putting it on the surface, it is better to hide it and keep it as a killer feature. ”

Li Shimin thought about it, then nodded and said, "Let's do this, can the Wenliu machine gun be mass-produced?" ”

Wenyi nodded and said, "Yes, but the kid won't give his blueprints to anyone now, as the saying goes: there is no shield that cannot be broken by a spear, and there is no spear that can break all shields." Now the Wenliu machine gun belongs to the spear that can break through all the shields in the world, and only if His Highness trains a guard team that can defend against the Wenliu machine gun, the kid will give its design to His Highness with confidence. ”

Li Shimin laughed and said, "You kid is really thoughtful. There are not many people who this king completely trusts, and there must be other people's eyes and ears in the palace, if a large number of Wenliu machine guns are equipped at that time but are used by others to deal with this king, will this king not die unjustly? Xiaoyi, I will send twenty people to you for training, hoping that you can train a team that can skillfully use and guard against the Wenliu machine gun as soon as possible. ”

Wenyi nodded and said, "It will live up to His Highness's expectations." ”

Li Shimin asked some more about papermaking and printing, and then let Wenyi leave.