Chapter Seventy-Three: The War in the Southwest
"Why are you in such a hurry to let them drink more spirits, my lord?"
After Han Lucheng left, Fang Fengzhu asked with some puzzlement: "Now this Chang'an City ...... Ahem, there aren't many people who like to drink our kind of wine, so if you want to send some to the Turks and Tibet, I'm afraid you won't need so much, right? ”
In Fang Fengzhu's opinion, six cars are too many!
Originally, this wine was too strong and too rushing, how can the Tang people who are used to drinking white rice wine on weekdays get used to it? Not to mention the news that Yiguo Gong drank the wine of Han Wangfu some time ago, but now it has secretly reached the ears of many people.
As soon as she thought of this incident, Fang Fengzhu's teeth itched with hatred, and she couldn't wait to catch Fang Jun's stinky boy and beat him hard!
Of course, Li Yuanjia can't be blamed for the matter of Yiguo Gong.
After all, at that time, the husband was persuaded a lot, and he always said that seriously ill people should not drink, let alone drink spirits, and this kind of wine in Han Wangfu is even more of a talisman!
But Qin Huaidao didn't believe it, who had what to do?
Moreover, the news from the Yiguo Mansion also said that Qin Qiong had left before drinking, which clearly meant that it had nothing to do with this wine.
But there's no way, I can't stop other people's cranky thoughts!
Anyway, many people knew that after the wine from King Han's Mansion was sent to the mansion, Yiguo Gong died in a few days......
So Fang Fengzhu couldn't understand why the king asked Han Lucheng to build so many vats and cauldrons for distilling this spirit, and even built a special wine-making workshop in Zhuangzi outside the city - isn't this a clear waste of money and manpower?
If our Datang people don't drink it, those barbarians will like it?
Looking at the princess's puzzled look, Li Yuanjia raised his eyebrows and sighed softly: "Fengzhu, do you know that in July, there was another war in the southwest." ”
In mid-to-late August, news of the southwestern border of the Tang Dynasty reached Chang'an.
The newly rising Tubo was wrapped in sheep and sent troops to attack Tuyuhun, and drove Tuyuhun to Qinghai, showing the fierceness and strength of the Tubo people to the world in the first war!
Li Yuanjia knew that this matter was actually doomed a long time ago.
According to a very boring statement, the grudge between Tubo and Tuyuhun was concluded very early, mainly because in the eighth year of Zhenguan, Songtsen Ganbu sent an envoy to Chang'an to make peace, and he heard that both Turkic and Tuyuhun married princesses of the Tang Dynasty, so he also asked the envoy to ask Li Shimin for marriage. It's just that Li Shimin, who has just been a Khan for a few years, looks down on these barbarians and refuses without hesitation.
So the Tibetan envoys who were ordered to come to ask for relatives panicked all of a sudden.
Songtsan Gampo trusted you so much that he asked you to come to Datang to ask for marriage, but you went back empty-handed, isn't this going to be beaten?
So the Tibetan envoy, who was very panicked, quickly found a scapegoat.
Tuyuhun's envoy also happened to come to Chang'an at that time, so he had an idea, and after he went back, he directly buckled the basin on the head of Tuyuhun's envoy. Anyway, it means that Tuyuhun secretly made it bad, so that the Tang Emperor looked down on our Tubo, and as a result, the matter of courting for marriage was yellow, and your Han beauty was gone......
What the hell can you endure this?
Therefore, in the twelfth year of Zhenguan, Tubo attacked Tuyuhun, and what happened four years ago became a reason.
…… Who believes!
Anyway, whether others believe it or not, Li Yuanjia definitely doesn't believe it, he believes even more that with the increase of Tubo's national strength, his ambition has also expanded, and he began to drool as he watched Tugu Hun around him. Especially Tuyuhun is connected with the wealthy Datang, and he is always a second-tier dealer between the two countries, and the Tang Dynasty may not look down on the little money he earns, but can the Tubo people not be blushing?
So in Li Yuanjia's view, Tubo just showed their fangs at this time.
And the ambition is not limited to Tuyuhun, and even hit the head of the Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo directly led the army to attack Songzhou......
"War in the Southwest? You mean Tibet? ”
Listening to Li Yuanjia's words, Fang Fengzhu was stunned: "But...... Didn't His Majesty already send Hou Shangshu to lead a large army to the battle? Could it be that the Tibetans can still defeat our army? ”
Although she is a woman, because Li Yuanjia never avoids her, Fang Fengzhu also knows a lot of news.
Hou Junji, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, is the general of the camp of Dangmidao, the general of the right leading army is the general of the Bailan Road march, the general of the left Wuwei Niu Jinda is the general of the march of the broad waterway, and the general of the right army Liu Lan is the chief of the march of Taohe Road, leading 50,000 cavalry to counterattack Tubo, in the opinion of Fang Fengzhu, there is no reason for failure!
"Defeat? Hehe, defeat is impossible to lose! ”
Shaking his head, Li Yuanjia chuckled and said, "The current Tubo is not qualified to do anything with our Datang!" However, the Tibetan people have a strong temperament, and if they become strong in the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the southwestern border to be calm. ”
People in this era may not be able to imagine it, but Li Yuanjia knows very well that in the next two hundred years, Tubo will become one of the henchmen of the Tang Dynasty - maybe he can't bite the behemoth of the Tang Dynasty, but he can really disgust you to death!
So there is no need for the emperor to look for Li Yuanjia again, he himself will be interested.
There is no way to do anything else for the time being, but Li Yuanjia really wants to give tea and spirits a try. There is no spectrum for spirits, after all, Li Yuanjia knew in his previous life that there was a barley wine, and people would brew it themselves, but he could be 100% sure of this thing, and the Tubo people would definitely need it!
And the further back they go, the more they need it!
Exchanging tea for their cattle and sheep is definitely a very cost-effective deal, and it is good for Datang.
What's more, there are so many nomads in the north, they need these things too, and Li Yuanjia is sure that they will love spirits! Just for this, the production of spirits in the palace must also be expanded, and the brewery outside the city must also be picked up.
It's just that Li Yuanjia doesn't want to talk to Fang Fengzhu about these things.
He really hopes that his princess can learn more things, at least in this Han Palace, she can keep up, but this kind of thing is not necessary, it is beyond the scope of a princess.
So after saying a few words casually, Li Yuanjia changed the topic and said: "By the way, Fengzhu, the first and second volumes of "Mathematics" have been printed today. I took a look at it, and the printing was pretty good, so I asked someone to prepare twenty sets for you. ”
"Give it to me?"
Hearing his words, Fang Fengzhu was obviously stunned for a moment.
She didn't understand too well that if she wanted to see it, there would naturally be ready-made ones in the study, so why prepare them separately? And twenty sets were prepared at once, what are you using them for?
"Hehe, yes, here you go."
Smiling, Li Yuanjia nodded and said, "Didn't you ask me last time if I could show these books to others?" Now that there are so many prints, I can just give them them......"