"It's a long story to talk about, well, Mr. has seen the sea chart shown by Lone, when you know that the world is not limited to my Chinese land, in today's world, there are countless large and small countries, although my Tang Dynasty is the first power in the world, the land of the East, but can not worry about the consciousness of trouble, like this big food country is barbaric by nature, and it is the empire of Fangxing, attacking and plundering, Lone has to guard against it."

Li Xianzi did not have too many reservations about such ministers as Zhang Khan Zhi, and casually stated his attitude towards the Great Food Country, although his words were plain, but his hostility towards the Great Food Country was fully revealed.

"Your Royal Highness, I think that the big food country is strong, but it is thousands of miles away from my Datang, and there are countless small countries in the middle, so it shouldn't have anything to do with my Datang?"

Zhang Cambodia is a person who admits death, and it is not easier because he is facing Li Xian, in his opinion, the Great Food Country should not be a threat to the Tang Dynasty at all, and he will not be relieved by Li Xian's explanation, so he frowned slightly, and then asked down.

"What Mr. said is very true, however, this is just the appearance, in terms of the religious beliefs of the country, sooner or later, the Great Food Country will spread to my Tang territory, and at that time, it will be too late to prevent it, and I would rather solve it as soon as possible."

Li Xian has lived for three generations, knows the original trend of history very well, has no good impression of the belligerent and murderous Great Food Country, and is not very interested in the teachings it believes in.

"Religion?"

Zhang Cambodia is a son of Confucianism, and he has always had an antipathetic attitude towards religion, but he is just a good person, and he will not be domineering enough to interfere with the beliefs of others.

"Yes, the people of this country believe in a doctrine called *** religion, and they believe in Allah as the only true God, and worship it with such great devotion that they go to the point of fanaticism, and forbid the spread of other religions in their own country, and if they are found to be punished with death, if they only practice such doctrines in the country, it will not matter to others, but the problem is that there are countless fanatics in this country, and every time they say that they want to spread the glory of their true God throughout the world, for this reason they have repeatedly raised great armies to conquer everywhere, and wherever they pass, those who do not believe in their doctrine are killed, and the old and the young are not left. The slaughter of the city is not uncommon, it is really a catastrophe for the common people, and the lonely is disgusted, just this article, the lonely can not tolerate it, in addition, there are two are also the root cause of the lonely must be taken. ”

After Li Xian pondered for a while, he still decided to tell his own understanding of the religion of the Great Food Country in detail, but when he talked about the other two reasons, he suddenly felt that some people had said something, so he stopped talking.

"Two roots? I don't know, and I ask Your Highness to elaborate on one or two. ”

Zhang Cambodia only believes in heaven and earth, does not believe in ghosts and gods, and does not have a deep understanding of the scourge of religion, because of this, he is not interested in the first reason put forward by Li Xian, and he does not want to ask the truth, but this time Li Xian did not give the other two reasons, but he did not intend to let it go, so he asked suspiciously.

"Well, let's put it this way, there is an isthmus on the chart that Mr. has seen, if the canal is dug up, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea can be connected, and the cargo ships can reach Europa, and the profits will be even greater than the trade with the Great Food Country, these important roads should be controlled by my Tang Dynasty, this is one of them, and furthermore, although the Great Food Country is located in the desert and the land is barren, however, it is rich in fire oil, which is not only needed for military industry, but will also be the basis for civilian use in the future, and cannot be missed alone."

Li Xian frowned and thought about it, although he was still a little hesitant, but at the end, he still decided not to hide it from Zhang Cambodia, which told the other two roots.

"Kerose? Your Royal Highness, please forgive Zhang for saying bluntly, this thing is also produced in the west of the river and the Western Regions, although it is combustible, its smell is smelly, even if the nomadic people do not disdain to use it, how can it be of great use? ”

Li Xian's army has already popularized fire oil bombs, although Zhang Cambodia does not care about military affairs, but he has never seen such things, he is no stranger to fire oil, but he doesn't think this thing can come in handy, this hearing Li Xian said so mysteriously, the doubts in his heart not only did not diminish, but became a little stronger, so he frowned and asked the bottom of the question.

"Sir, do you remember the machine that Mr. asked him to see a few days ago?"

The previous words had already leaked some of the heavenly secrets, and Li Xian had to try to justify himself, so he raised his eyebrows and asked a question instead of answering.

"Did Your Highness mean the steam engine? Although there are some ways to do that thing, how can it be related to kerosene? ”

A few days ago, Zhang Cambodia did go to the research institute with Li Xian to observe the prototype of the steam engine that had just been successfully tested, but that thing is still just a rough embryo now, not to mention the great noise, its own volume is also bulky, and the output power is not large, plus Li Xian did not make a special explanation at that time, Zhang Cambodia only knows a little about the function of the steam engine, and does not know its epoch-making significance.

"Hehe, it's all strange that Gu didn't make things clear, although the steam engine is now bulky and unbearable, it is difficult to use, but with the improvement of various technical indicators, this thing should be widely promoted, with it as a thrust, whether it is a ship, a car, or a workshop can be used, it can save manpower, and improve efficiency, it is an unborn invention, as for the oil oil, if it can be purified, it can be used as fuel for the steam engine, well, Lone has made people start to prepare for the experiment, once successful, then I dare not say that the Tang Dynasty is forever at the top of the world, At least the leader of the millennium can be guaranteed, this article, Lone can dare to take the head of the item as a guarantee, because of this, Lone can not let the big food country rise, of course, this is all a later story, and now Lone is to set up a few hands of chess, after the court appeased, and then slowly go not too late, the big food country is one of Lone's idle chess, and it may be of great use in the future. ”

Li Xian patted his head, smiled and rounded up the words, coherently, it really looked like that, as for whether this is the case or not, it is a matter of opinion.

"Your Highness, it seems that the court and China have not been peaceful recently, maybe as soon as the New Year passes, there will be waves!"

Li Xian said it very smoothly, but in Zhang Khamzhi's opinion, Li Xian was really a little suspicious, but for the sake of Li Xian not forgetting the court's business, Zhang Khan Zhi no longer dwelled on such "minutiae" matters, and as soon as the topic changed, he had already talked about the main matter.

"Well, that Wu Chenghe's transfer to the squire of the Criminal Department is an obvious signal, it seems that the lonely queen mother has recuperated enough, and I am afraid that this spring is really going to make a big move."

When it comes to the situation in the court, Li Xian is also a big head for a while - in the past two years, the prince has been supervising the country, and the power is in his hands, and he has placed a lot of henchmen in the court, Wang Hui, Xie Sheng and other original officials of the East Palace are all high above the temple, the former is the household minister, and the latter is the official department, not only that, but also Lynch was promoted to the high position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and received the main examination position of the spring opening department, which shows the determination of the prince to take over the power of the court, in this situation, The Empress Wu, who has licked his wounds, naturally refuses to sit back and watch the power fall, and Li Zhen, the king of Yue, who was suppressed by the prince two years ago, has completely slipped to the side of the Empress Wu. Although the officials of Li Xian's family are not involved in the turmoil at the moment, as the situation in the DPRK deteriorates further, it will be a matter of time, and how to deal with it is really a headache for Li Xian.

"Zhang is still the same sentence, no matter whether the east is strong or the west wind is strong, sit back and see!"

Since he received a secret report a few days ago, saying that Wu Chengsi was transferred to the Criminal Department, Zhang Cambodia has been thinking about the corresponding countermeasures, and the conclusion he has come to is still to respond to all changes with the same, but Li Xian has never made a decision, and Zhang Cambodia is not easy to urge, so he seized the opportunity at this time and made another statement.

"Mr. is alone to know, but this turmoil is probably not small, hey, the lonely mother is not an idle generation, if you don't make a move, a shot is a ruthless move, two years of dormancy, the energy accumulated is not small, the prince is afraid that this time there will be a big difficulty, if he falls, Lone Ke will have to directly face the pressure from the queen mother, although Lone is not afraid, but it is also annoying, and now the Hexi plan has just begun, Lone can not give up halfway, in a word, the court is not yet the time to mess up, At least it will have to be stable for another three years or so, if you let the lonely queen mother go away, how can this situation be peaceful! ”

Li Xian obviously has different opinions on Zhang Cambodia's idea of seeking stability, just because he knows too well what Empress Wu is like, and he doesn't believe that the prince can withstand the turmoil provoked by Empress Wu alone, but Li Xian can't think about how to help the prince without a trace, in case he burns his body, it will be a lot of fun, and this is the root cause of Li Xian's upset.

"Your Royal Highness, since stability is unobtainable, why not let it be completely messed up, the water is muddy, and the fish are good to hide, the prince has always been anxious, and he may not be able to listen to His Highness's advice, and although His Highness's whip is long, especially when it is not as good as it, he will inevitably hurt himself if he does it, and his Highness must not ignore this article."

Zhang Cambodia is really not optimistic about the prince's ability, and he does not want him to take over the power, after all, the more stable the prince's position, the more difficult it is for Li Xian to ascend to the throne, as a minister, Zhang Cambodia naturally wants to strive for Li Xian's greatest interests, in his opinion, entering the East Palace is the maximization of interests.

"It's good to think about this matter again, the left and right queen mothers have not come out, and there is no point in discussing it, so it's good to take one step at a time."

There is no one in the world who understands the ruthlessness and poison of the martial queen better than Li Xian, once it is powerful, the consequences are a little unbearable, from this point of view, Li Xian absolutely does not want to see the martial queen gain power, but as Zhang Cambodia said, after all, he is far away in Hexi, although there is a carrier pigeon to transmit the news, but after all, there is a risk of lagging, and it is inevitable that the whip is out of reach, even if he is unwilling, Li Xian really has no good way, he can only give a decision that is not considered a decision, but the sorrow in his heart is getting thicker......