The light snow in early winter was constantly falling, Li Er gently pushed open the window, a wet and cold autumn wind came to his face, rubbed his forehead, rubbed the complicated and chaotic emotions in his mind, grabbed an envelope full of paper written on the side in his hand, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

Li Chengqian still has some conscience, and on the first day of settling down, he told Li Er the truth about his encounter, and told him all the plans truthfully.

Of course, the biggest meaning is to let Li Er help him as much as he can, and whether he helps or not is all in his thoughts.

It's just that if you don't do this, Li Chengqian also made it clear in the letter that Gao Chang is the culprit of this disaster, followed by Tuyuhun, who has never suffered such a big grievance since he was a child, obviously will not let these two guys have a good time.

"The bear child is starting to be naughty again, but ......," he muttered, with a smile on his face, "my son, I can bully as much as I want, and you ...... It's too far away~"

Thinking of this, Li Er's eyes staring at the rain curtain finally took it back, and he paced around the room instead, Gaochang, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Turkic, Datang, a big game of chess, a big game of chess related to the dominance of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, and it is also a big gamble on the status of the Tang Dynasty in the hearts of all countries in the future.

Fortunately, what Li Er lacks most is this kind of courage to gamble.

"Biography! Li Jing, Li Ji, Gao Shilian, eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xiao Yu, Li Xiaogong, Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chi Jingde, enter the palace ceremony. ”

Half an hour later, a sharp voice suddenly sounded from outside the door, "Li Jing, Li Ji, Gao Shilian, Eldest Sun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xiao Yu, Li Xiaogong, Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chi Jingde, enter the palace to see the driver!" ”

Li Er got up and glanced outside, then turned around and continued to do his own thing.

"Come on~ take a look, this is the map that Erlang has drawn over the years.

As he spoke, he pointed to a sheepskin blanket on the ground and said, "It can be regarded as having a heart, east to Luoyang, west to Qiuci, south to Lingnan, and north to Turkic." Take a look. As he spoke, he put on the blanket barefoot.

Several ministers around frowned, Li Jing squinted his eyes a few times, nodded and said, "It's quite neat." ”

Li Er did not show any dissatisfaction with Li Jing's underestimation, but laughed, nodded at Li Jing and said, "Do you want to be detailed?" Of course, I also have it, and clapped my hands as I spoke.

I saw a group of interior insiders in green clothes walking up with parchment papers in their hands, each piece was made of several complete pieces of sheepskin, and after unfolding, the size was almost the same as the one under Li Er's feet.

"Cheng Qian originally wanted to give me a birthday gift when I was forty years old, but now I took it out, which is a bit hasty." Saying that, he touched the maps very rarely: "Tuyuhun, Gaochang, Turkic, Lingnan, whether it is the climate, the country, the customs, the strength of the soldiers, there are many names, but they are exhaustive." ”

Everyone's faces turned pale, and several veterans urged the waiters to quickly open the map.

After the already huge map was spliced, almost the entire ground of the Ganlu Hall was spread, and the ministers walked barefoot on this wide map, and they were a little stunned for a while.

For a time, these ministers and monarchs, who were high-spirited on weekdays, were all prostrate on the ground: "The mountain is geometrically high, the distance is far and near, the water is a few feet deep, the width and narrowness are turbulent, the vegetation is lush or not, and the city is tough or not, this ~ this is simply ~ is simply a miracle." ”

Li Jing did not look at the annotations on the map like everyone else, but picked up the scroll attached to the map and studied it, and turned into a shock.

"Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated! His Highness's vision is far-reaching, and his means are high! Subordinates, subordinates have never heard of it, and have never seen it! ”

"Baby! This baby, haha! Cheng Biting Jin pouted and kept looking at several maps, Wei Chi Jingde held the scroll while comparing it with the map, and then got up and sighed: "That's it!" I'm invincible! Then he slammed his fist on the ground, looking sad and angry: "But! Why are there so many empty spaces? The defilement of the white gui, the defilement of the white gui! ”

"Be content! That kid plans to spend thirteen years of hard work to make a congratulatory gift for me, so far, it can be regarded as a flaw! ”

"That~ how to do it in early spring, and send someone to Gaochang to do what was ...... at the beginning"

Before Cheng Yanjin finished speaking, Li Er waved his hand and said: "Summoning you, I came here for this matter, last night Cheng Qian flew a bird to pass the book, and Cheng Qian is now in Gaochang." ”

"What! Qu Jia is not looking for death! I really thought I Datang couldn't be bullied! Wei Chi Jingde's eyes were about to split, and he knelt on one knee hideously: "Please send troops to Gaochang Your Majesty!" Minister! Gaochang must not leave an inch of grass! ”

"I am willing to go together!"

"It's not too late to hear what I'm done."

Saying that, Li Er got off the high platform, stood on the map, and told some of Li Chengqian's plans to everyone one by one, whether it was a Gaochang point as the original, radiating the surrounding areas, or uniting with Tibet, Turks, and the tripartite attack, there was no evidence.

"It's okay to say that the Turkic Tang Dynasty is now Jieli and Xue Yantuo are the only ones in the Tang Dynasty, but the civil strife in Tubo is determined, and they are still too busy to take care of themselves, how can they dare to send troops to fight?"

After listening to Fang Xuanling's words, Li Er on the side did smile and said: "Speaking of which, Lang Ri was poisoned last year, after Lang Ri died, Fu Yun sent people to contact the old nobles of the Yang tribe Subi to rebel, and sent troops to Lian Da Bo and Niang Bo, which can be described as a deep hatred in the sea of blood!" ”

Li Jing shook his head and said, "Even if that's the case, I'm afraid it's ......"

"Salt! 100,000 catties of refined salt! ”

Everyone looked at Li Er dumbfounded, but it was only after a long time that Xiao Yu trembled and pointed at Tugu Hun and said, "Your Majesty!" 100,000 catties of refined salt! 100,000 catties of refined salt! If Your Majesty insists on going his own way! Ministers should pay death to them! ”

Xiao Yu is excited for a reason, Datang's salt generally comes from pond salt in Qinghai, well salt in Sichuan, and sea salt in Anhui and Shandong.

Although the coastline of Jiangnan is long, the climate is humid, which is not conducive to salt drying.

You think about the transportation distance, thousands of kilometers of movement, with a carriage a day more than ten kilometers of swaying, along the way to eat horses and feed Li Jin, the markup rate is naturally very high, after the Han Dynasty salt and iron monopoly, salt merchants have become a monopoly industry, salt is a lot of money.

For the ethnic minorities in the border areas, salt has become a strategic material, and the competition for salt-producing areas and the trade of salt have brought about cruel wars. It can be said responsibly that salt was bought in exchange for blood in those times.

Why did Tuyuhun make so much effort to capture Dabo and Niangbo? It is because these two places are important salt pans in Tibet!

100,000 catties! In wartime, even the strategic materials that could not necessarily be bought with money were now given away by Li Er?

Li Er smiled, turned to look at Xiao Yu, and said with a long sigh: "If 100,000 jin was placed last year, I would more or less need to think about it, but now?" Ha! Do I lack salt? Above the ocean! I! Inexhaustible! Don't say it's 100,000 catties, it's several times more! I don't care! ”

Everyone looked at Li Er in a daze, thinking that he was stunned, and after a while, Xiao Yu said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty~ Why do you say this?" Ocean? Desirable? ”

"Cheng Qian created the method of drying salt a few years ago, but after more than half a year's effort, the amount of salt produced is the sum of the amount since I ascended the throne!"

It's just a year, 300,000 catties! Xiao Yu laughed, and only after a while did he come back to his senses, kneeling on the ground and raising the sky and sighing loudly: "Datang! Datang!! ”