The soldiers of the Anxi Protectorate caught a few monkeys that had become elites, and they were just sent to Chang'an City yesterday.

When Chen Fei heard the news, he had just come out of Shangshu Province and was squatting on the side of the road with Wang Tian to eat oil and noodles. By the way, noodles were just invented by him recently, and they were widely welcomed by the people of Guanzhong as soon as they were put on the market, and even Li Shimin went out of the palace to taste them personally.

While eating noodles, he listened to Wang Tian say some gossip. The others weren't very interested, but he was surprised when he heard that a few monkeys from the Western Regions had been sent to Chang'an.

"! It can't be that the monkeys on Huaguo Mountain came to Chang'an, right? Chen Fei suddenly became interested and asked Wang Tian for more useful information.

Wang Tian "sucked" and ate a big mouthful of noodles, looked at Chen Fei speechlessly, and said: "Ah Fei, it stands to reason that you should know this matter better than me, I listen to the gossip of others, you are such a big official in the imperial court, why don't you know?" ”

Chen Fei spread his hands helplessly, "I don't have that much effort to inquire about gossip, tell me what kind of monkey it is?" How did you become a sperm? ”

Wang Tian scratched his head, thought about it carefully, and said, "Eh...... As if I told you everything I knew. ”

Chen Fei ......, "Forget it, I'll go and inquire by myself for a while." ”

"Ah Fei, why are you so interested in a few monkeys today? Do you want to buy one and keep it at home? ”

"Your sister! I already have a panda at home, and what kind of monkeys do I have. I'm just curious if these monkeys jumped over from Huaguo Mountain. ”

"Huaguo Mountain? What kind of mountain is that? How come I've never heard of it? Where? ”

How the hell do I know where? Chen Fei was speechless in his heart, but when he saw Wang Tian looking at him like a curious baby, he decided to ...... Coax him to forget it? "Uh...... You don't know anyway, I saw it in a book. There are so many books in the library, if you have time, read more books, and you will know where Huaguo Mountain is. ”

"Oh. Wang Tian scratched his head, obviously not much interested in reading. However, he brought another piece of news, this news, Chen Fei was more interested!

"Ah Fei, last time you asked me to check, about the Tibetan soldier. We found the last place, which is estimated to have more than 8,000 people hidden. Our spies lurked outside for three months before they came to a conclusion, and they almost found out! ”

Chen Fei glanced at Wang Tian unexpectedly, then pointed to the inside of the room, and said in a low voice: "Go in and say." ”

The two put down the dishes and chopsticks, sneakily entered the house, and sneakily closed the door, and then discussed the matter. "I can't believe that you still remember, I almost forgot about it. And 8,000 people lurking? Li Ke's ambition is not small. There is such a big area near Chang'an City, and he actually hides more than 20,000 people. ”

Wang Tian also smiled: "Isn't it, I was quite puzzled when I heard the news, but ah, these soldiers are hiding in the deep mountains and old forests." On weekdays, I just practice, I don't come out at all, and it's normal that I don't get noticed. ”

"Huh." Chen Fei pinched his chin with his hand, revealing his standard evil smile. As soon as Wang Tian saw this evil smile, he knew that he was afraid that Li Ke was going to be unlucky.

"Ah Fei, do you want to ......?"

"Don't move yet! Anyway, he hasn't messed with me now, so let's not make trouble and ignore him for the time being. However, when he is about to do something, I will give him a 'big gift', hehe, he will definitely be moved to cry when the time comes. ”

When Wang Tian saw Chen Fei's appearance, he knew that it was estimated that Li Ke was not moved to cry, but would be scared to cry.

"That's right. Wang Tian, I need a little thing to prepare this surprise, you can help me collect these materials. Chen Fei took out a pen and paper, brushed and wrote to Wang Tian.

After Wang Tian read the contents of the paper, he was puzzled: "Ah Fei, these materials you need can be bought in Chang'an City, why do you have to buy them in ten cities?" And this saltpeter has to go to Jinju to buy, and sulfur to Dunhuang to buy... Ah, fly, these places are a little too far away, and by the time everything is bought, at least two months have passed, right? Is it too late? ”

"If you have time, you must remember that these things must be collected secretly, not blatantly, you know?"

Although Wang Tian was puzzled, since Chen Fei had ordered so, he thought that he had any concerns, so he didn't ask much, just did it.

Before leaving, Chen Fei repeatedly instructed Wang Tian to be cautious when sending people to buy these things, not to let outsiders know, there must be something important, Wang Tian did not dare to send people to buy them at will, but found his own henchmen and handed them over to buy.

After Chen Fei returned to Shangshu Province, he immediately inquired about "becoming a monkey", and after asking a few people, he couldn't help but know that those few were not monkeys at all, but people from the West, because of their golden hair and blue eyes, they were mistaken for monkeys becoming sperm.

After being sent to Chang'an, he was recognized as a person from the westernmost part. To what extent? Li Shimin sent people to look around the Ministry of Rites, but no official could understand what they said, and no official had ever seen a person who looked like this, so everyone was helpless against a few "golden hairers".

Luckily, some of Chen Fei's businessmen had been to these ethnic countries, and they might know the language they spoke.

After Li Shimin received the report, he hurriedly asked Chen Fei to find those businessmen and ask them to be translators.

The reason why Li Shimin attaches great importance to these "golden retrievers" is because he wants to know what kind of country there is in the westernmost place, and why their hair and eyes are like this? What kind of army do they have, what kind of weapons do they have, how much territory is there outside the Tang Dynasty, and ...... Cough! Can you conquer them.

Chen Fei's efficiency was very fast, and several merchant leaders who had been to the west were all in Chang'an, and he didn't have time to ask them if they could speak the local language, so he brought them over first anyway.

These people have been to the westernmost part of the continent, but according to their description, the production there is very backward, far inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty, and the language they speak is obscure. But fortunately, a few businessmen got together and got a rough idea of the language of these Westerners - help! Their country is under attack from the Arab Empire and the Western Turks!

After hearing the translation, everyone present was dumbfounded.

Counting the days, at least more than a month has passed since these people were escorted from the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate to Chang'an, right? Counting the time they came out of their own country, I'm afraid half a year has passed, such a long time, and counting the time when reinforcements have passed, their country ...... Is there any salvation?

(End of chapter)