Chapter 163: Discussion of Tibet
"Your Majesty, this chaise longue is my newly developed furniture." Chen Fei pointed to the recliner and introduced it to Li Shimin.
"Different from the traditional recliner, my recliner can be adjusted in height according to personal preferences, only need to adjust this stand, just like this, please see, Your Majesty, the height of the recliner can be adjusted at will, and there are wooden planks on both sides of the recliner with armrests, so that it will be more comfortable to lie on it."
Li Shimin stepped directly onto the chair and put his hands on the wooden boards on both sides to try it.
"Well, yes, it's much more comfortable than the original chaise longue. Kindness? What's in this bowl? White? Could it be the medicine you're taking? ”
Li Shimin was curious and picked up the bowl of ice cream that was put aside for rice, and felt cold in his hand, and couldn't help but feel strange.
"Such a cold medicine? Don't spoil your stomach. ”
"Your Majesty, this is not medicine, it is a kind of summer food to relieve the heat, called ice cream, which I also invented myself, so I will let my subordinates go and get a few uneaten portions, please try a few adults."
Chen Fei beckoned to a subordinate in exchange for an order, and after a while, the subordinate brought over several kinds of ice cream that he had not eaten. Exactly one bowl per person.
Cheng Yanjin hugged a bowl of ice cream and grinned: "Your Majesty, it's not me Lao Cheng bragging, in short, I have never eaten such a delicious and pleasant thing in my life." ”
As he spoke, Cheng Biting Jin scooped a large mouthful of ice cream into his mouth, with an expression of enjoyment on his face.
Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and the three of them were suspicious of Cheng Biting Jin's words, this thing looks cold and white, will it be so delicious? The three of them have also eaten a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, but they will not be easily conquered by the food.
So they just had the mentality of giving it a try and had a small bite of ice cream
"Hmm!" Li Shimin's eyes widened, the fragrance of the fruit and the richness of the milk were perfectly integrated, and the deliciousness exploded in the taste instantly with the coldness, and the pleasure and deliciousness of that moment made Li Shimin want to stop, so he came to the second bite, the third bite and even ate all the ice cream in the bowl.
When he put down the bowl, he found that the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling's expression was no different from his, shocked, enjoyable, and couldn't stop!
"Boy, what's this thing called?" Li Shimin found that he was conquered by a piece of food, and he was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't refuse such a delicacy, so he had to ask.
"Back to Your Majesty, this is called ice cream."
"Ice cream? Well, it's a good thing, it's so comfortable to have a bowl of ice cream in the summer, and I feel like the temperature has dropped a lot all the way to my stomach. This thing writes down the secret method, and I want to take it to the palace. ”
The emperor wanted it, Chen Fei had to give it, and nodded honestly, "Yes." The kid will write down the secret method later. ”
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, and then walked into the house to visit the furniture designed by Chen Fei.
"Huh? This chair is so strange, it sits on it and shakes it, but it is very comfortable. Make a copy of this stuff for me and send it to the palace. ”
"Is this for clothes? Clothes are hung with this thing? Well, it looks like it's convenient, what's this called? Wardrobe and hangers? Okay, send one to the palace. ”
"What is this? It's soft and comfortable to sit on, and it's called a sofa? Weird name, but very comfortable"
"Yes, the kid will send a copy to the palace, and the boy will send a copy to the palace for everything here." Chen Fei suspected that His Majesty in front of him might be a little interested in robbery, and as soon as he entered the house, he shouted and asked Chen Fei to send a copy to the palace, and Chen Fei couldn't resist the big loss!
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "The kid is quite eye-catching, okay, these things will be sent to the palace for me." ”
After a pause, Li Shimin looked at the furniture in this room and scolded with a smile: "You kid is really a genius, how did you come up with these things?" ”
Chen Fei jumped his eyelids, and said seriously: "I was seriously ill two months ago."
"Okay, okay, it's Wenqu Xing again, right? Hum! I haven't heard of any Wenqu Xing who can make furniture, and the kid doesn't want to say that I don't need to ask in the future, don't disgust me with this kind of lie. ”
Chen Fei lowered his head honestly, like a good baby. "Yes, the boy knows his mistake."
Li Shimin put aside the topic, beckoned Chen Fei and the others to sit down, frowned and thought for a while, and told Chen Fei what the Tibetan envoys said when he went to court today.
"200,000 troops are coming to my Tang border?"
Chen Fei secretly said that what should come will always come, counting the days, it seems that the first battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo is not far away.
"Your Majesty, where are these 200,000 troops now?"
Li Shimin shook his head: "I just sent someone out to investigate, I don't know where it is. ”
Chen Fei thought for a while, took a piece of paper, wrote and drew on the paper for a while, and put the paper in front of Li Shimin and others.
"Your Majesty, can you point me out where Songzhou is?"
Li Shimin looked at what Chen Fei had drawn, and couldn't help but wonder: "This drawing is my Tang Dynasty's territory, your kid is a good painter." ”
Chen Fei smiled and didn't say anything.
Chen Fei drew a brief outline map, and Chen Fei didn't know the specific cities or anything in it, but even so, Li Shimin quickly pointed out the location of Songzhou.
After all, Li Shimin is the master of this territory, and he has to look at the territory of the Tang Dynasty every day before going to bed, and he is worried about where he will plunder the land in the future, so he is very familiar with every place on the territory.
"Songzhou is roughly here."
Chen Fei took a look and found that Songzhou was Songpan in Sichuan in later generations, located on the border of the Tang Dynasty and not far from Tubo.
"Your Majesty in this place, the grass people feel that Songtsen Gampo may attack Songzhou."
"Huh? Why are you so sure? What's more, you don't even know where Songzhou is. ”
But more than 1,000 years later, it is written in the history books! Chen Fei complained a little in his heart.
"Your Majesty, Songzhou is an important town on my Tang border, the gateway to western Sichuan, connecting the east and west, if Songtsan Gampo leads the army to capture Songzhou in one go, then the gateway to the west of my Tang Dynasty is wide open, and the Tubo army can drive straight into Bashu, even if we block the soldiers and horses of Tubo, but if we want to recapture Songzhou, I am afraid it will be even more difficult.
So I think that if Songtsen Gampo wants to attack, he will inevitably choose Songzhou! ”
Li Shimin stared at the position of Songzhou for a long time, and finally nodded: "Well, if Songzhou is lost, then it will be a disaster for my Datang, but I don't understand, why do you conclude that Songtsan Gampo will attack my Datang?" Why Songzhou? ”
How do you say that? The distress of the traverser is here, sometimes he knows the direction of the matter, but he can't say it clearly, and others don't believe it, so he has been busy for a long time to do useless work.
"Your Majesty, at least strengthen the defense of Songzhou. And Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, the population of Tubo is not large, and the army of 200,000 is almost all the combat power that Tubo can draw, they will definitely not consume too long with us, we only need to strengthen the defense of the border, Songtsen Gampo sees that there is no opportunity to take advantage of it, and he will inevitably retreat with interest. ”
Li Shimin nodded frequently, "Well, it makes sense, the population of Tubo is not large, and I estimate that the 200,000 troops are drawn out of the middle-aged men from all over the country in Tubo." And Tubo just fought a battle with Tuguhun, and the soldiers shouldn't be too strong, so boy, do you mean we just need to defend it? ”
"Yes, defend, and prepare to go to war, if there is really a war, immediately send reinforcements, take him by surprise, and then defend the city wall, defend but not attack, Tubo will inevitably retreat, and we will reduce the war loss to a minimum!"