Chapter 218: The Panicked Envoy
"Also, King Wei also sent someone to look for me, but he just came to talk to me and give me some gifts, and he didn't say anything about wooing." Yu Chi Baolin said again, and a person came out.
"Big brother, there are things you can't say all at once." Li Dongsheng covered his head, Li Chengqian knew everything about wooing the generals in the army everywhere, and he had wooed him in Chang'an. Li Tai doesn't care much about military generals, he has always only liked to win over those ministers with outstanding literary reputations, and even some young and talented scholars will put down their bodies to make friends, so Li Tai has a very good reputation among the literati in Chang'an. But Li Dongsheng just didn't look down on him, and later Taizu said that "power comes out of the barrel of a gun", what can a group of literati do.
But now that Li Tai actually sent someone to Yu Chi Baolin, Li Dongsheng also admires him very much, he knows his weaknesses and can correct them, this is what he can do, but why didn't he come to me? How can I say that I am also Master Hou, the head of the firearms battalion, Li Chengqian and Li Tai both look down on me so much?
After thinking about it, Li Chengqian and Li Tai both tried to woo themselves, but they were ruthlessly rejected, and it is estimated that they don't want to waste time on themselves. Thinking of this, Li Dongsheng waved his hand and asked Yu Chi Baolin to go first: "You go, pay attention to what you just said, and you must not get involved." He is now worried that Li Chengqian and Li Tai have begun to extend their hands into the army, and Wei Chi Baolin is a captain, a big official, and he can't change the overall situation if he refuses to refuse or not, but other senior generals may not be able to say, such as Hou Junji, he made great contributions but was imprisoned by Li Shimin, with his careful eyes, he will definitely have resentment, and he is likely to be like in history, being co-opted by Li Chengqian. Flash Dance
The winter in the Western Regions is more difficult, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and wearing a cotton jacket in the morning and wearing yarn in the afternoon to eat watermelon around the stove is the best portrayal here. However, after Li Dongsheng came, in order to protect the soldiers of the firearms battalion, he built a fire kang in the barracks for them, and the coal stoves in Dingxiang were sold here, so everyone could accept it, but there were no people on the road.
Li Dongsheng opened the door of the stove, took out a roasted sweet potato from it, exchanged it a few times with his left hand and right hand, and then opened the roasted soft skin, revealing the golden core, shook it without fear of being hot, and said with satisfaction: "Comfortable!" ”
The sweet potato harvest was very good, and when he ploughed the ground, Daniel Zhang was frightened, just like endless, digging a large bunch, and the last one was 1,500 catties. But they didn't know how to eat this thing, so Li Dongsheng told them that it was okay to eat it raw, to cook some rice, or to cut it and dry it, anyway, the creativity was infinite.
After eating a part, Li Dongsheng specially asked the convoy that sent cotton cloth to Chang'an to bring this back, and wrote a letter to his own Laozi, writing down the details of the planting details of the sweet potatoes, and planting them in his own field when spring begins, and other crops are not allowed to be planted.
The door curtain was opened, and a gust of wind swept in with snow, Li Dongsheng frowned and said, "It's such a heavy snow, can't you be quiet, they came to me again?" ”
The women who want to marry Li Dongsheng are not dead, so they live in Gaochang City, and find excuses to visit Li Dongsheng every day, and they don't stop for more than half a year, Li Dongsheng is physically and mentally exhausted, and it is useless to talk about it, people come directly in the name of their friends, once they are rejected, they have tears in their eyes, and they want to cry and cry to make him creepy, and now it is really annoying.
"No, young master. There are a couple of envoys claiming to be Persians who want to visit you! Daniel Zhang said in a low voice.
"Persians? What are they here for? Li Dongsheng was also very strange: "Shouldn't this matter be visited by Lord Dugo?" ”
The Anxi Protectorate is the highest administrative organ of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, and they handle the documents for the exchange of these envoys, so how could they come to their own local government.
"I don't know, I see that their expressions are more anxious, the snow is heavy outside, I see that they are not wearing much, I see that they are pitiful, so I came in and asked if you saw them."
"There's nothing going on anyway, so let's see you." Li Dongsheng is also very curious, Persian merchants do business, and they are often seen in the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions, but it is a little strange for Persian envoys to come to the Tang Dynasty this season, the two countries are very far away by land, and it is not easy to come over.
After a while, three Persians walked in, the leader was older, and the two young people behind him were tall and strong, estimated to be guards and the like, Li Dongsheng looked at them curiously, curly shawl hair, high nose bridge, blue eyes, yellow beard, the clothes they wore were not so gorgeous, no different from ordinary Hu Shang, it is estimated that they should keep a low profile on the road, otherwise they will be killed by horse bandits.
The older man stepped forward and bowed, and said in Chinese: "Honorable Marquis, I am the envoy of the Persian king Isi'a, my name is Rong Jia, and now our country is in great trouble, and I want to ask the mighty and benevolent Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to send troops to help us repel the enemy." ”
"You're looking for the wrong person for this." Li Dongsheng said directly: "You should go to the Duhu Mansion, where will you send someone to verify your identity, and then send someone to accompany you to Chang'an, it is useless to come to me." ”
"I've been there, but Du Bao has ignored me, this matter is related to the life and death of our Persia, and I really have no choice." Rong Jia's face was sad: "Please help Master Hou, I will definitely have a lot of thanks." ”
Li Dongsheng remembered that in the original history, now is the stage when the Arab Empire has just emerged, and they are stepping on the corpse of the Persian Dynasty to rise step by step, and the Persian Dynasty will not last long, at most two or three years, the Arabs will capture the capital of Persia, Ctesiphon, Persia has repeatedly asked the Tang Dynasty for help before its demise, and finally even a prince was exiled to the Tang Dynasty, hoping that the Tang Dynasty would help him restore the country.
Li Dongsheng pointed to his seat and motioned for him to sit: "You tell me about the situation." ”。
It is rare for someone to talk to in the winter, and he also wants to understand the current situation of the Persian Empire, whether to send troops to such a distant place to help Persia fight the war, he doesn't count, this matter is a matter between Li Shimin and those bigwigs in the political hall. Because Datang is too far away from Persia, even if he wants to help, he is powerless, and he is still helping others to fight so far away, it is estimated that as long as the bigwigs do not get into the water, they will not agree.
Signaling Daniel Zhang to pour him a glass of water, Rong Jia told him about the current situation of his country, now Persia has indeed encountered a great crisis, the Arabs in the efforts of Muhammad, finally achieved unification, a few years ago Muhammad died, the Arabs also began to expand outward, the first of which is the Persian dynasty, the two sides fought for several years, Persia is more defeated and less victorious, and now it is about to be beaten to the capital, so he was sent to the Tang for help.