Chapter 220: The grain route is destroyed

"What did you say...?"

In the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin, who had just gotten up, received a report from the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling, the epicenter of the Chang'an earthquake this time has been found, and the epicenter is not a crowded place, on the contrary, the epicenter is a place with a sparse crowd.

It's just very helpless that the epicenter of this time is in a place called Wangjian Mountain, and the entire mountain has been shaken down, and there is a bad news here, that is, Wangjian Mountain is the only way to transport rice by land in Chang'an City.

Now it is blocked by the mountain, and if you want to get through Wangjian Mountain, with the current technical means, it will take at least three months.

But now there is only one month's worth of grain in Chang'an City... In an instant, the heads of Li Shimin and the others were big, and at this time, the imperial court encountered a speechless trouble, and there was a lot of money in their hands, but there was no food.

Of course, such a thing cannot be told to the people of Chang'an at the first time.

If this was to be said, it would not immediately cause endless panic, but Li Chengqian, who learned the news, quietly came to Dunhuafang, and he told Li Zhan about it.

Li Zhan was also completely stupid after hearing Li Chengqian's words, and Li Shimin's reaction was exactly the same, Li Zhan also asked: "What did you say?" ”

Li Chengqian had no choice but to tell Li Zhan again.

"Big brother... I said that if you want to stock up on grain immediately, Chang'an City will soon fall into a food shortage... Later, I will send Donggong Liurate to protect Dunhuafang...! ”

"In addition to the land route, shouldn't Chang'an have a waterway?" Li Zhan asked.

"Indeed... The waterway undertook the transportation of grain in Chang'an, and the waterway was not blocked. ”

Before Li Chengqian finished speaking, Li Zhan immediately said: "Then take the waterway, what are you waiting for..?" ”

Li Zhan said this because Li Zhan remembered that the sailors of the Tang Dynasty were particularly powerful, the most famous was in August 663 AD, a war broke out at the mouth of the Baijiang River to determine the hegemony of East Asia, at that time the Japanese had an absolute advantage in military strength, the Japanese navy had more than 1,000 warships of various types, and the strength reached 40,000. The Tang Navy Division commanded by Liu Renliang had less than 200 warships and more than 13,000 soldiers.

1000 to 200, this is the ratio of enemy and enemy warships at that time, the Japanese occupy an absolute advantage, and the entire battlefield is backed by Baekje, it can be said that the Japanese enjoy half of the home treatment, the form is very unfavorable for the Tang army, it is difficult to win. Just when the Japanese commanders were already looking forward to victory, there was indeed a one-sided phenomenon on the battlefield as they wished, but it was the Japanese army who fell.

Under the outstanding command of Liu Renliang, a famous general of a generation, the Tang army showed weakness to the enemy and lured the enemy to go deeper, and when the Japanese fleet entered the mouth of the Baijiang River, many warships blocked the narrow channel, and the superiority in the number of warships did not become the key to victory, but became the burden of the defeat of the Japanese army.

At the moment when the Japanese army was in chaos, Liu Renliang did not give the opponent a chance to readjust, and immediately sent a gift package and set it on fire.

Due to the blockage of the waterway, the Japanese army was in a dilemma, and the huge fleet was burned by the Tang army with more than 400 warships, and the soldiers suffered countless injuries. After this war, the Japanese deeply understood what it means to be a mayfly shaking a tree, Datang is a giant tree that they can never shake, and Datang's naval army is the sharpest claw of the Chinese dragon.

In fact, aside from Liu Renliang's excellent command, there is a generation gap between the Tang fleet and the Japanese fleet, and the Tang Army's naval division is too strong.

Because Li Zhan remembered the battle of Baijiangkou, Li Zhan always thought that the sailors of the Tang Dynasty were strong, and since the waterway could be passed, it would be good to send sailors to transport grain immediately.

But when Li Zhan finished speaking, Li Chengqian told Li Zhan a little bitterly: "Our naval division has just been formed, although we have obtained some warships of the Sui Dynasty, but those warships are small and broken.

There is no way to transport grain at all, and now only the Longyou Li family has the ability to transport grain, they used to specialize in transporting grain, but my father has issued an order to the head of the Longyou Li family, but the head of the Longyou Li family said that he was sick.

The Li family didn't want to help. ”

"Huh...?" Li Zhan was shocked.

At this time, Li Zhan knew that the Tang Dynasty sailors were indeed very powerful, but that was later, in the early years of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty sailors were really not very good, because during the Zhenguan period, the enemies of the Tang Dynasty were all grassland tribes, what do you say you want a water division to do in the grassland tribes?

Therefore, Li Shimin ignored the sailors and has been developing cavalry.

When did Li Shimin start to pay attention to the water division, it was when he was fighting Goryeo, at that time, Li Shimin, including the Tang Dynasty, finally began to vigorously develop the water division, and when Li Zhi's Tang Dynasty was prosperous, the water division became the sharpest claw of the Tang dragon.

Now in the Zhenguan period, the sailors of the Tang Dynasty are really not good, the shipbreaking veterans are all inherited from the Sui Dynasty, and all of them are some years old, and it is impractical to rely on them to transport grain.

"How so... Doesn't the Longyou Li family have no humanity at all? "Li Zhan is really angry.

Li Chengqian, who was on the side, also sighed and said, "I see... The Longyou Li family is not inhumane, he is grinding my father's bottom line, the Longyou Li family must want something, so he deliberately avoided my father like this.

When my father was anxious, another lion opened his mouth. ”

Li Zhan also frowned at this time, he really didn't expect that this earthquake would actually shake the Chang'an Grain Road, and Li Zhan had no idea for a while.

Looking at Li Zhan, who was frowning, Li Chengqian sighed and said, "Big brother... It would be great if your stele could really be of good use, so that we could use the anger of the people to give my father the money to negotiate.

You can force the Li family to come forward to negotiate. ”

Li Zhan's eyes lit up and said, "That's right... It's a good way to do that... Immediately go back to the palace and tell Your Majesty about the stele, and you will tell Your Majesty that the stele will definitely grow within three days.

At that time, please Your Majesty to build momentum, we will force the Li family of Longyou to come forward to negotiate, if you don't come forward, let Li Xuan of the Li family of Longyou die. ”

"It's really fake, the stele can really grow...!" Li Chengqian is still skeptical.

But Li Zhan's determination finally made Li Chengqian believe and return to the palace... Li Chengqian returned to the palace and told his father that he would grow a fast stone tablet in the next few days, and the stone tablet had the crimes of the Li family in Longyou, and he had to build momentum immediately, and when that time came, he would quickly force the Li family in Longyou to come forward to negotiate.

It's just that after Li Chengqian came to the Ganlu Palace, he told his eldest brother Li Zhan that a stone tablet would grow in front of the Recommended Blessing Temple within three days that recorded the bad deeds of the Li family in Longyou.

Seriously, at that moment, the Manna Hall was silent.

Several people present, Li Shimin, eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and other ministers looked at Li Chengqian like idiots.

It's just that Li Chengqian said very firmly: "Father, my lords... All of this is true, and we will see in three days! After speaking, Li Chengqian bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Father... The retainers retired. ”

After Li Chengqian left, Li Shimin asked: "A stone tablet that records the bad deeds of the Li family in Longyou grows from the ground... Is it possible? ”

Everyone was silent, but at this time, the eldest grandson Wuji came out and bowed and said, "Your Majesty... If there's a shadow of that person in there, I think it's possible. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji's words surprised Li Shimin: "You're talking about him...!" ”

"That's him...!" Eldest Sun Wuji nodded slightly.

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