Li Shimin obviously had more information than Li Zhonghua imagined, and at this time, in the new capital of Tubo, in a blacksmith shop, several people were in the house, warming themselves around the stove.

Although they wore local Tibetan costumes, it was not difficult to distinguish that they looked like Han Chinese.

Despite this, it is not very unusual for the Tubo people in Luoqi City to see a few Han Chinese, and most of the people who do business in Tubo are Han Chinese.

These Han merchants brought goods unique to the Central Plains, such as tea, porcelain, advanced handicrafts, etc., without the arrival of these Han people, the nobles of Luocheng would have a lot of inconveniences in life.

At this time, the city of Logos was already covered with snow, and in the weather of October, it was snowing in the city, which was really not surprising.

In the blacksmith shop, a man spoke: "All kinds of circumstances show that after the spring of next year, Tubo will definitely attack Tuyuhun on a large scale, and we should pass on the news as soon as possible." ”

"The problem is that all of this is just our guess, if the result of our guess is wrong, the loss of the imperial court will be great, I think it is better to wait until we get accurate information before sending it out." Another man said.

"Head, if we wait until next spring, the soldiers and horses of Tubo move, and we send the information out, it will be too late, and now we send the information, the court has its own decision, at least we have fulfilled our responsibility."

"It's okay, then notify Lao Liu outside the city and let him send the information out, a while ago, didn't Lao Liu babble, wanting to take a look at his three-year-old grandson? Just what he wanted. ”

"Lao Liu shouldn't have been home for three or four years, right?"

"Not only that, Lao Liu was the first batch to be sent to Tubo, and it has been six years."

"Didn't you go home for six years?"

……

In the Taiji Palace in Chang'an, Li Shimin convened Hou Junji and others from the Ministry of War, and told the news that Li Zhonghua had told.

"Your Majesty! There is no news from the secret agents sent to Tibet by the army, and where did Your Majesty learn about it? ”

Hou Junji, as the secretary of the military department and the secret agent of Tubo, usually grasped the news sent by him, and at this time he couldn't help but be very surprised when he heard Li Shimin's words.

"This news was not provided by the secret agents sent to Tibet." General Li Shimin summoned Li Zhonghua, and the news was heard by Li Zhonghua from the merchants of the restaurant.

"Your Majesty! Li Zhonghua may be loyal to the imperial court, but after all, it is hearsay news, and the mobilization of a large number of soldiers and horses is a major matter, and the consumption of grain and grass is secondary.

If Tubo did not invade Tuyuhun, nor did it invade my Datang, but because of our Datang's sudden transfer of troops, it caused unnecessary misunderstanding, it would not be good. ”

"What Junji said makes sense, then let's wait for the news from Tubo to arrive!"

The biggest enemy of the Tang Dynasty is the Turks, if the Tibetans did not intend to invade the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin did not want the Tibetans to misunderstand and set up another strong enemy.

Li Zhonghua has been busy these days, and Bi Zhang is studying how to print banknotes, and everything else is easy to solve, but each banknote has to have a different number, which is really troublesome.

After half a month of repeated research, this problem was finally solved, and the first set of banknotes was successfully printed.

The face value of the first set of banknotes has six denominations, namely five, ten, fifty, one hundred, five hundred, and one thousand.

Banknotes were first introduced in Chang'an Restaurant, mainly for those regular customers who frequent, suggesting that they exchange them, so as to save the heavy money they carry every time.

You must know that the consumption of Chang'an Restaurant is not low, and any table of wine and food is several times a lot of money, and it weighs dozens of catties with Kaiyuan Tongbao to pay the bill.

If you exchange banknotes, you only need to bring a stack of banknotes with you in the future, and you can enjoy the food of Chang'an Restaurant at any time, which is really convenient.

The banknotes exchanged in the Chang'an Restaurant are not worried about not being used when they are consumed in the Chang'an Restaurant, so some old customers are also happy to exchange them.

These are just the first steps, and the second step is to get the bank up and running as soon as possible.

Of course, we can't just open one bank, but we always have to eat one bite at a time, so Li Zhonghua decided to open a bank in Chang'an, and then send people to Luoyang, Yizhou, Yangzhou, Bingzhou, Yuezhou, Guangzhou, Shanzhou, Weizhou, Hezhong, Xiangyang, Fengxiang, and other provincial offices to open banks.

The scale of the East Market is not as large as the West Market, and the flow of people does not look as good as the West Market, but the West Market trades ordinary goods, and things are different.

What is the wine of the Western Regions, the glass of Daeshi, the ginseng and deer antler of Goguryeo, and the beautiful maid of Silla. There are all kinds of treasures from all over the world.

Although the scale is not as good as that of the West Market, the value of the transaction is very huge.

To open a bank, the most important thing is security, there must be a strong security team, the income and expenditure of banks in various places, it is impossible to balance, and the delivery of coins must be escorted by security guards.

Li Zhonghua deeply felt that there were too few talents around him who could be used, so he could only recruit people as soon as possible and look for partners to cooperate with.

Li Zhonghua had dinner and was thinking about someone to cooperate with in the study, when Wu Zetian came to the door.

Li Zhonghua has always been busy, making wine, opening restaurants, and recently he has been busy opening banks and newspapers, but he has forgotten about Wu Zetian, the empress.

Although they live in Anrenfang together, the two have not seen each other for a few months, Wu Zetian seems to have grown taller, developed a little better, and the whole person has become more beautiful.

"Yuanhua, why are you here? Come in and speak. Li Zhonghua greeted him and hurriedly said.

"If people don't come again, will you forget about them?" Wu Zetian pouted and said with some resentment.

"Yuan Hua is so beautiful, I can't forget it even if I want to!" Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Flim tongue, I haven't forgotten why I didn't see you go to find someone, obviously I'm lying to someone." Wu Zetian still refused to forgive and said.

"Flim flam? Did Yuan Hua taste it secretly that night, or how would you know that Ben Gongzi's mouth is oily and his tongue is slippery. Entering the study, Li Zhonghua said jokingly.

"Li Lang, you are so annoying, you know how to play tricks on people." Wu Zetian grabbed Li Zhonghua's arm with his hand, and said coquettishly.

Looking at Wu Zetian's delicate and cute appearance, Li Zhonghua couldn't help but hold her in his arms, kissed her on the small mouth and said, "Is my son's mouth very oily, and his tongue is slippery enough." ”

After laughing for a while, Wu Zetian said: "When does Li Lang plan to invite someone to come to the door to propose marriage, but my mother is very dissatisfied." ”

"I've been too busy all the time, I'll find someone to choose a good day tomorrow and go to the door to hire, this time you're not angry!" Li Zhonghua said.

"The slave family knows that you are very busy, and when the slave family passes the door, the slave family can also help you do things!" Wu Zetian snuggled into Li Zhonghua's arms and said.

"And what are you going to do for me? Or what would you do? ”

"The slave family knows a lot, writes, settles accounts, even if you are a general, the slave family can help you train and fight."

"I didn't expect you to be a literary wizard! I'm just going to recruit a group of people to be security guards, and I'll give it to you to train when the time comes, and see how it works? ”

Li Zhonghua's heart moved, Wu Zetian is not just a beauty on the surface, she can also use martial arts, a heroine who can subdue a fierce horse, and the woman will not let her eyebrows.

"Security? What is security? ”

"Security guards are also bodyguards, similar to guards, mainly to provide security for the bank that is about to become the owner."

"What is a bank?"

Li Zhonghua was very helpless, so he had to explain the bank again and tell his plan.

If you want to be hired, of course, you need to find a suitable matchmaker, Li Zhonghua found his father-in-law Lu Guogong Cheng Biting Jin, Cheng Biting Jin heard that his righteous son Li Zhonghua wanted to take the daughter of Wu Shitong as a concubine, and he was very willing to be this matchmaker.

Wu Shi Tong is a person, Cheng Yanjin is no stranger to him, and he also knows that this person is loyal and righteous, he has a very smart daughter, who is deeply liked by Wu Shi Tong, and his son Li Zhonghua wants to accept him as a concubine, which is naturally a good thing.

After choosing the date, preparing enough bride price, and sending it to the Horse Mansion, Wu Zetian's mother Yang Shi, seeing that it was Lu Guogongcheng's matchmaker who bit Jin Bao, was very happy, and felt that she had face, how could she refuse.

Taking a concubine is not as good as marrying a wife, after giving the bride price, he chose an auspicious day and picked him up in a sedan chair, even if it was over, Li Zhonghua invited some relatives and friends to get together, lively and lively, drink some wine, and complete the concubine.