The issuance of new coins outside was lively, Zhao Lei's house, Zhao Lei and Zhao Ting, two brothers, sat opposite each other, a few plates of dishes on the table were already cold, but a lot of wine was drunk. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhao Ting drank a glass of wine and asked, "Big brother, what do you say your father thinks?" Why did you come back and not only take away my military power, but also make you idle at home? It's been more than half a year, and we don't have any intention of doing things? ”

Zhao Lei glanced at Zhao Ting, took a sip of the wine glass and said, "It's normal for your father to let you stay at home, you have been out for so long, shouldn't you spend more time with your mother and younger siblings?" Except for the eldest sister, the second sister doesn't know you anymore! But I, my father didn't give me an appointment for so long, I really can't figure it out! ”

"Ah, eldest brother and third brother, are you talking bad about your father again?" The eldest sister, Zhao Xue, came out from the side and shouted.

The brothers were taken aback, and Zhao Lei was a little angry and said, "I said, eldest sister, what are you doing at this time?" Jumping out and scaring people will scare people to death! Also, how can we speak ill of our fathers? We just said that it's been more than half a year, and my father hasn't let us do things, and I can't figure it out, so don't go to my father to complain! Also, you are not at home with a husband and children, why did you come to me? ”

Zhao Xue smiled and said, "I was going to take the child to the third brother's mansion to see Princess Yining and the little nephew, who knew that they went out, I heard that the third brother came to you, so I brought the child over!" Why, you brothers are sulking and drinking because your father didn't arrange an errand for you? ”

"What sulks and drinks alcohol? Nothing to do! Zhao Ting couldn't help but roll his eyes.

At this time, a family member ran over and shouted, "The eldest prince, the third prince, the king has sent someone to talk to you!" ”

Zhao Lei asked, "Where is it?" ”

Jia Ding said: "In the house of your father-in-law Liu Xiang!" ”

Zhao Lei glanced at Zhao Ting, "Second sister, we won't accompany you, you better go and play with your sister-in-law!" Third, let's go! Don't keep your father waiting."

The brothers quickly rode to Liu's mansion, and when they arrived in the courtyard of Liu's mansion, they saw Zhao Ziliang standing on a few plants and spending money to observe, Liu Wei and other officials standing aside, so the brothers stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen my father, I've seen all my lords!" ”

The officials returned the salute one after another: "I have seen two princes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang glanced at the brothers, nodded, and looked at the few flowers in front of him, this kind of flower has a very familiar name in later generations, called cotton!

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Lord Liu, where did you get this flower?" ”

Liu Wei arched his hand and said: "Back to the king, this is a flower tree brought from Tianzhu, but it will wither after late autumn, and it will only sprout if it is planted with seeds the next year!" ”

Zhao Ziliang turned back and asked, "You just use it for ornamental purposes?" ”

"Of course!" Liu Wei nodded and asked, "Could it be of any other use?" ”

Zhao Ziliang picked a cotton peach and peeled it off, pulled out the cotton that had been half exposed, and asked: "This is called cotton, after drying, remove the cotton seeds, stuff a lot of cotton into the sandwich of the clothes, and then sew it up, it will be very warm to wear in winter, if this thing can be planted in large quantities, the people will not be afraid of the cold in winter, and the demand for fur will be reduced a lot!" We can't guarantee that we will be well fed now, but if we can ensure that everyone is warmed in winter, it can be regarded as a great merit, right? ”

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "If this is the case, the Government Council will immediately start ordering this to be done!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "You can't be in a hurry about this matter, try to plant a few acres of land first, and it is not possible to plant a large area without enough cottonseeds, boss!" ”

Zhao Lei hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The child is here!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "You have been at home for more than half a year, and I will give you a messenger!" Just now, I discussed with Lord Liu, let you be the deputy of the agricultural department, you take someone to Tianzhu, collect enough cottonseeds and come back, I guess the real use of this thing is not known over there! After collecting the cotton seeds, you will be in charge of the promotion and planting of cotton! ”

Zhao Lei hurriedly said: "The child takes the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shouted Zhao Ting again: "The third child!" ”

Zhao Ting also stepped forward and saluted: "The child is here!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "In the northwest of our Western Qin, a large area of land in the north of the Great Food Country is now ruled by the Khazars, the descendants of the Western Turks, they established the Khazar Khanate, it is said that Irina, the daughter of the Khan Bihar of the Khazar Khanate, married the Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine V, they have an eleven-year-old son named Leo, when the Great Food Kingdom attacked the Eastern Luo Empire a few years ago, the Eastern Roman Empire borrowed 30,000 troops from the Khazar Khanate, and the 30,000 cavalry of the Khazar Khanate helped the Eastern Roman Empire defeat the Great Food Country, Our northern route of the Silk Road is the Khazar Khanate, but recently the caravans along this route have been repeatedly looted, I want you to be an envoy to the Khazar Khanate, organize a mission to the Khazar Khanate, establish relations with the Khazar Khanate, and ask them to maintain the safety of the trade route! ”

"The child obeys!" Zhao Ting agreed and asked, "Father, if the Khazars ignore the child, ignore our requests, and even loot the merchant travel, what should the child do?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "This requires you to think of a way, remember that you are the person who represents the Western Qin royal court of the Tang Empire, and you can't weaken the prestige of our Western Qin!" ”

"Yes, Father!"

Palace, night.

The long dining table was filled with wine and food, and the aroma was overflowing, and the table was full of people.

Nie Sanniang cried silently, so many years of life as a husband and a child, she had long lost the style of a cold-blooded assassin, and all that was left was kind maternal love. Zhao Ting is about to leave Western Qin alone with the delegation to the Khazar Khanate thousands of miles away, which makes her deeply worried about her son's upcoming trip, the Khazar Khanate is not the Tang Dynasty of the ceremonial state, but the foreign barbarians, such a foreign barbarian, if you don't get it, you can't come back, she is not a rural village woman who doesn't understand anything, Su Wu of the Han Dynasty sent the Xiongnu to the Xiongnu, and the deeds of being detained for 19 years are not strange to her.

Compared with Nie Sanniang, Chen Qingying was even more unbearable, crying and crying, which made Zhao Ziliang and Mrs. Meng, Princess Xinping and other children staring at each other. Her son, Zhao Lei, will also travel far away to Tianzhu, which is in chaos in the south. Although Tianzhu claims to be the mother country of the Buddha, it is now a multitude of city-states and dynasties, and there are not a hundred or eighty kingdoms and city-states that are separate from each other, and these kingdoms and city-states are hostile to each other and fight all year round, and it is too dangerous to go to such a place.

Zhao Ziliang rubbed his temples and said, "Okay, don't cry, it's not to die, if things go well, they will come back soon!" ”

Chen Qingying cried: "I don't understand, there are so many officials in Western Qin, so many capable ministers who can speak well, why don't you let them go, but let your son go?" What is Tianzhu and Khasana? One has been chaotic for more than a hundred years, and fights every day; The other is a barbarian country, and it doesn't talk about etiquette at all, don't you push yourself into the fire pit? ”

Zhao Lei felt a little fever on his face, and persuaded: "Mother, it's not as serious as you said, although Tianzhu is chaotic, and although the Khazar Khanate is barbaric, is it easy for me to provoke the Tang Dynasty and the Western Qin Palace?" The third child and I are the princes of Western Qin, and our identities are extraordinary, if they dare to be unfavorable to me and the third child, they will have to risk a war with my Tang Dynasty Western Qin Royal Court! ”

Zhao Ting also said: "Yes, auntie, mother, eldest brother is right!" Although Datang has experienced so many years of rebellion, it is still the most powerful country in the world, and Western Qin is still the most powerful western town in Datang, not everyone has the courage to dare to argue with us! Besides, my eldest brother and I are not powerless scholars, with my eldest brother's martial arts, ordinary 180 people can't get close to us at all, not to mention that we are not alone, and there are accompanying guards! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, okay, wipe away your tears, you are old, crying, and you are not afraid of being laughed at!" This time I didn't let the others go to Tianzhu and the Khazar Khanate, but let Lei'er and Ting'er go, of course there are my considerations! As the saying goes, it's better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, although Ting'er followed me back to the Central Plains to quell the rebellion for a few years, but always went around in the Tang Dynasty, didn't really go out to see, didn't go out to see the outside world, always a frog at the bottom of the well, the world is bigger, the vision is naturally broader, and the mind will be broader, if I am not entangled in military and political affairs, I also want to go to the West to take a walk and have a look! Although Lei'er has been in the army, he has not really been on the battlefield, let alone commanded the troops to fight, he is too far behind Ting'er at this point, now there is no war, if there is a war, I will definitely let him go, this time let him go to Tianzhu to collect cotton seeds, but also to exercise his adaptability to encounter things alone! If there is really no other way to disclose his identity, I don't think any force in Tianzhu will dare to touch my son! Okay, let's eat, if you don't eat again, the food will be cold! ”

As soon as Zhao Ziliang said to eat, several little grandsons and granddaughters shouted, shouting that they were hungry one by one, and the adults immediately served them vegetables, and the sound of chewing suddenly sounded on the table.

After the meal, Zhao Ziliang called his two sons to the study, and put three cups of hot tea on the desk, and the heat rose.

Zhao Ziliang sat on the Taishi's chair and looked at the two sons who were sitting upright, and after a long time, asked, "If your father dies, who do you think is the most suitable among you two brothers to inherit the throne of the King of Western Qin?" ”

The brothers didn't expect their father to suddenly be over such a question, and the two looked at each other, but neither said anything.

Zhao Ziliang looked at Zhao Lei, "Lei'er, you say it first!" ”

Zhao Lei was entangled for a while, and Ai Ai said: "My father is still in his prime, his body is healthy, and he is in the prime of life, if he is not an acquaintance, when he sees our father and son together, he will definitely think that we are brothers rather than father and son, maybe some people will think that I am an elder brother, and you are a younger brother!" It's too early for you to think about what is going on now! ”

Zhao Ziliang stared at Zhao Lei and said, "My father is just asking you, who is the most suitable to inherit the throne of the King of Western Qin, you or your third brother?" ”