Chapter 269: Arms Sales

When Zhang Yunwen and Zheng Fanglian arrived at Taiji Palace, Li Shimin was preparing for dinner. Seeing Zhang Yunwen coming, Li Shimin warmly beckoned Zhang Yunwen to come and sit down and have dinner with him. As for Zheng Fanglian, Li Shimin gave him a jue of wine and a plate of dim sum, and asked him to find a place to sit down and eat.

Zheng Fanglian was also unkind, so he sat down next to a stove and drank wine.

Li Shimin saw Zheng Fanglian's behavior, but smiled slightly: "Yunwen, your apprentice is not bad!" ”

Zhang Yunwen waved his hand: "What kind of apprentices, it's just a verbal name, and I haven't treated them as apprentices, but as brothers!" ”

At this point, Li Shimin nodded meaningfully, and Zheng Fanglian, who was on the stove, couldn't help but be stunned, and then drank the wine as if nothing happened.

On the table were a few light dishes and snacks, and two jugs of wine.

"I have had a relapse of wind disease in the past few days, and Sun Daochang said that I need to eat more vegetables to recuperate. So on this table, there are all vegetable snacks. If Yunwen wants to eat meat, tell the palace maid! After the chamberlain next to him poured a glass of wine for Li Shimin, Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Not necessarily! Looking at these verdant and tender vegetables, it makes people have an appetite! Zhang Yunwen picked up a lettuce leaf and said.

This vegetarian dish has leafy dishes like celery and lettuce. This made Zhang Yunwen amazed, it is now February, the weather is still in the cold, where did this vegetable come from.

When Zhang Yunwen raised this question, Li Shimin smiled and said slightly proudly: "I opened up a small field at the hot spring in the palace, followed the hot spring heat, and planted some seasonal vegetables, which can also supply the palace!" ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Zhang Yunwen suddenly had the idea of making greenhouse vegetables, but considering that there was no plastic film, plexiglass or anything like that, he still gave up this idea stupidly.

With Li Shimin, he sent the food on the table into his stomach with chopsticks and chopsticks, and when he finished dinner, Li Shimin got up and walked to a couch and sat down, and Zhang Yunwen said what he meant.

"Your Majesty, my son-in-law has obtained a few treasures today, and I have come to give them to Your Majesty to appreciate!" Zhang Yunwen put the gift box in front of Li Shimin and said with a smile.

Li Shimin suddenly became interested: "Oh? I want to see what kind of treasure Yunwen specially sent for me to see! ”

Zhang Yunwen opened the gift box and took out the jade bowl: "This is the Hetian jade bowl, and there are thirty-three glass beads." ”

Li Shimin is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he has never seen any treasures, so he just glanced at the jade bowl and didn't care too much. As for the glass beads in the bowl, he just praised it: "Thirty-three glass beads of the same size are indeed a little difficult to find!" ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled, put the jade bowl glass beads back in their place, and handed over the gift list: "Your Majesty, take a look at this again!" ”

Li Shimin glanced at it, and suddenly said "Huh": "A hundred white stacked cloths?" That's a lot of money! Two orchids? Hehe, Yunwen, someone actually gave you an orchid, aren't you afraid that my daughter will be angry! ”

Zhang Yunwen hurriedly smiled: "Your Majesty is laughing!" He took off the scimitar at his waist and handed it to Li Shimin, "And this scimitar was also given by that person!" ”

Li Shimin took the scimitar, but said with a smile: "The person in Yunwen's mouth is Gaochang King Lu Wentai!" ”

"Your Majesty Mingjian!"

Li Shimin took out the scimitar, saw the pattern on the scimitar, and immediately blurted out: "Iron knife!" This is an iron knife! Li Shimin was also a military general who crisscrossed the battlefield, and he also loved the best knives such as Damascus knives. I only heard him say, "Come on, go and get a horizontal knife!" ”

A moment later, an attendant hurried over with a long knife.

"Here, Yunwen, you take it!" Li Shimin handed the horizontal knife to Zhang Yunwen and motioned for him to face up and grasp the handle of the knife.

Zhang Yunwen suddenly knew that Li Shimin wanted to test the knife, so he immediately took a deep breath, held the handle of the knife with one hand, and dragged the back of the knife with the other.

Li Shimin swung the knife violently and slashed at the horizontal knife. I only heard the sound of "dang-", and a spark came out from the place where the two knives struck.

Putting away the scimitar, Li Shimin took the horizontal knife and looked at it, only to see that there was already a deep gap on the horizontal knife. And on the scimitar, there was no trace left.

"Tsk, it's a good knife!" Li Shimin stroked the blade of the knife, and said with admiration in his eyes, "It seems that this Lu Wentai has really invested in blood, and even the iron knife has been sent to you!" Then what he asked for must be extremely difficult to accomplish! ”

Zhang Yunwen nodded: "He wants Weichen to train the guards for him!" Hmph, what kind of guard, in fact, they just want to learn the training method of Wechen, but they were rejected by Wechen. In addition, Lu Wentai also wants to buy a batch of crossbow machines from Datang. Wechen came today for this matter! ”

When Li Shimin heard that Lu Wentai wanted to buy a crossbow machine from Datang, he immediately shook his head and said: "This matter will never be done!" The matter of weapons is a major matter of the state, how can it be bought and bought like a businessman! Besides, once Gao Chang gets a large number of crossbow machines, he will definitely increase his strength, what if he becomes an enemy of my Datang in turn? ”

Zhang Yunwen arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty's foresight is indeed admirable!" However, Your Majesty should first open your mind and embrace the four seas! What kind of weapons can't be bought and bought, it's just a corrupt opinion. Time and means, just like the odds, the intrigues and tricks are still being played, let alone business! ”

Li Shimin heard that Zhang Yunwen's tone was a little heavy, and he immediately frowned slightly, but after listening to Zhang Yunwen's words, Li Shimin raised his brows: "Well, Yunwen's words are reasonable, but I am overbearing!" ”

Zhang Yunwen said again: "As for His Majesty's discussion that Gaochang's military strength has increased greatly and he is the enemy of my Tang Dynasty, this situation is easy to handle!" Lu Wentai originally said that he would buy a batch of crossbow machines, but he did not say whether it was a steel crossbow or a wooden crossbow. Yu Linwei changed his weapons not long ago, and there are probably more than 5,000 wooden crossbow machines that have been dismantled, so we can sell these wooden crossbow machines to him! At the same time, it is necessary to do some tricks and feet on the crossbow machine, so that the crossbow machine will be completely scrapped and cannot be repaired after shooting three or five hundred crossbow arrows. In this way, you should not be afraid of his Gaochang repeatedness! ”

Li Shimin suddenly clapped his hands: "Okay!" Yunwen is a good idea! But Yunwen, aren't you afraid that he doesn't want those wooden crossbow machines? ”

Zhang Yunwen shook his head: "This matter is not for him!" If not, then Datang will not sell any weapons to him! Besides, now the form of the Western Regions can't be dragged down by him! After the end of the Turkic civil war, the Khan of the Yakhu Khan will definitely expand externally to show force and consolidate the khan's throne. Wei Chen believes that the objects he can choose are none other than the Persian Empire in the west, the Qarluq Department in the north, and the Xue Yantuo Department in the Mobei, and the Xue Yantuo Department in the north of the Mobei, and the Xue Yantuo Department will definitely be chosen by the Ye Hu as the object of his expansion. The Persian Empire is a big country, with a million armor, and the Persian Protector will not fight. After the Qarluq tribe defected from the previous Khan, they have been moving north, and Yehu will not fight. In this way, there is only a crusade against Xue Yantuo. And if you want to crusade against Xue Yantuo, you must pass through Gaochang. And that Lu Wentai had a gap because of the Yehu, and according to the character of the Yehu, Gao Chang was sure to have a war. Therefore, Your Majesty does not have to worry that Gao Chang will use these wooden crossbows to deal with the Tang Dynasty! ”

Li Shimin listened to Zhang Yunwen's analysis, and immediately touched the mustache on his lips approvingly.

Zhang Yunwen poured himself a glass of wine, drank it slowly, moistened his throat, and said again: "And after I, Datang, sell the crossbow machine, I can get a large amount of financial income, and second, Datang does not need to send a single soldier to leverage the development of the political situation in the entire Western Regions." Your Majesty thinks about it, although the Western Turks are nominally unified at this time, there are still many people who are not satisfied with the Yehu, if the Yehu suffers a big loss in Gaochang, then its position is not in jeopardy, in this way, the situation in the Western Turks will become unpredictable, and I Datang can wait and see the changes, wait for the opportunity to move, and take advantage of it! ”

Li Shimin listened, his eyes were half-squinted, and he looked thoughtful.

Zhang Yunwen did not try to persuade Li Shimin, he knew that the latter needed time to think about the pros and cons. So he sneaked close to the case with the scimitar, carefully picked up the scimitar, and saw that Li Shimin didn't pay attention, so he hung the scimitar on his waist, then poured a glass of wine, and drank it carefully.

Zheng Fanglian saw Zhang Yunwen's actions, and the corners of his mouth suddenly flashed with a smile.

After Zhang Yunwen drank three glasses of wine, Li Shimin slowly opened his eyes, looked at Zhang Yunwen, and said slowly: "I already know Yunwen's words!" This policy is as Yunwen said, and it is extremely beneficial to my Datang! As the king of a country, I should put the country first. Okay, I'll find the eldest grandson and others tomorrow to discuss this matter! You go back and tell Lu Wentai about it, and ask him to write to ask for this matter at the court meeting tomorrow! ”

Zhang Yunwen listened to Li Shimin's words, his heart was suddenly happy, and he leaned over and said: "Your Majesty understands the righteousness, and he is really a generation of Ming Jun!" After speaking, the voices were like a tide, and they greeted Li Shimin well, only saying that Li Shimin was full of joy.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yunwen hurriedly left the palace with Zheng Fanglian in the name of informing Lu Wentai.

Li Shimin looked at Zhang Yunwen's figure, remembered what he said, and suddenly sighed lightly. Turning around, I saw the jade bowl glass beads and the gift list on the table. But the iron knife was gone.

"Huh, what about the knife?" Li Shimin looked at the waiter who was hunched over his waist suspiciously.

On the second day of the court meeting, Lu Wentai proposed to buy 3,000 crossbow machines from the Tang Dynasty, and in an instant, the court was in an uproar, and the old ministers represented by Kong Yingda and Xiao Yu opposed it, and walked into the hall for the first time, and a large number of words made Zhang Yunwen and the generals drowsy.

However, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others saw Li Shimin's eyes and were silent.

In the end, Li Shimin announced that the matter would be discussed later. As soon as the dynasty dispersed, the eldest grandson Wuji and others were called to the side hall to discuss the sale of crossbow machines.

Nearly an hour later, the eldest grandson Wuji and the others came out of the side hall, each with a different face. The eldest grandson Wuji had a happy face, Fang Xuanling's expression was cold, and Wei Zheng's face was slightly angry, it seemed that there had been a fierce argument.

On the third day of the court meeting, Li Shimin issued an edict to sell wooden crossbow machines to Gaochang, and the number was 3,000. Each unit is priced at 50 pieces, 500 pieces will be delivered within 10 days, and the rest will be delivered within the year.

Hearing this edict, Lu Wentai, who bowed down below, was immediately overjoyed and gave a grand bow to Li Shimin.