After that, Fang Xuanling asked: "Ziyue, Bai Diebu, the old man also has it at home, is it cold?" The old man looked at it, although it was stronger than silk and linen, it still had some shortcomings. ”

Wei Yan patted his head and said, "It's strange that I didn't make it clear." Lord Fang, what we mainly want is the plant called cotton that weaves white folded cloth, the climate of Gaochang Country is very suitable for planting cotton, the cotton planted has high yield and good quality, we occupy him, first, you can get cotton, second, you can also deter the various departments of the Western Regions, what a good choice, right? ”

"Cotton?!"

"Hmmm! I saw that there seemed to be a kind of seed in the Imperial Garden. ”

"Check it out."

His Majesty Li Er is a man of action, Wei Yan just said it, so he took people to play in the imperial garden.

Cotton has long been planted in China, but before the Ming Dynasty, it was not valued by the imperial court, and it was all a rich and noble family, which was planted as a strange flower and a different grass for fun, and the one in the imperial garden was planted as an ornamental plant.

"That's cotton, uh...... I don't know what it's called in Datang? ”

Pointing to a small piece of cotton planted in the garden, Wei Yan said. Fang Xuanling said: "It's called kapok, also called white stacked wood." Ziyue, how do I use this? Rhizomes, leaves, flowers, where to use? ”

"With its flowers, this is it!"

Wei Yan went to pick a cotton flower, and his fingers were pricked a few times, it turns out that picking cotton also requires skills. Handing over the cotton, Wei Yan sucked his fingers and sucked it twice, which made His Majesty Li Er and the others laugh again.

Wei Yanran laughed twice and said, "Your Majesty, as for how to make this cotton into cotton and how to weave it into cloth, my family has never grown cotton before. The minister didn't understand. However, Gaochang's domestic white stacked cloth has been in place for so long, and it ...... Belch. No, it's just to invite a few craftsmen to teach, study, and learn, and you should be able to make it. The wisdom of the working people is endless! ”

Under the glaring of His Majesty Li Er, Wei Yan hurriedly changed his words. His Majesty Li Er took the cotton and looked at it, crushed it in his hand a few times, and instructed the chamberlain to go and get a white folded cloth.

As he was talking, Gonggong Xiao Huang came to report, saying that Li Jing, Li Ji and others were here, and His Majesty Li Er ordered Bai Diebu to be taken to the Lizheng Palace. And they all went back to the palace together. Wei Yan followed behind, a little excited in his heart, he was about to meet the legendary undefeated military god Li Jing, this is the first time he has seen it.

The story of the Red Whisk Girl, Li Jing, and the Bearded Guest. It is often said in romance. Historically, he was also a big bull. Li Jing was determined to forge ahead as a teenager. However, once you are rich and rich, and you are deeply afraid, you can retreat contentedly, and you can say that you are the first wise person. During Wu Zetian's time, many families in the Tang Dynasty were destroyed, but Li Jing was in the same vein, but he was safe and sound, which is worth pondering for geographical reasons.

After careful consideration, among the founding heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, unlike other dynasties, many of them survived safely, and there were even those who were in important positions. For example, his old father-in-law, Uncle Qin, and the old man of Baoqin, such as Li Jing, the old general of Li Yaoshi.

Follow His Majesty Li Er back to the Lizheng Palace, and after everyone saw the salute, Wei Yan jumped over to salute, his eyes gurgling, and searched for Li Jing's figure in the crowd, fortunately, among the people who came, he had never seen Li Jing, and he found the figure of General Li at a glance. In the crowd, there were two people who Wei Yan didn't know, one had white hair, drooping old, on crutches, and the other had gray hair, but he was in good spirits, and his waist was straight, and he looked fierce.

Wei Yan knew that Li Jing had a foot disease, and it was him who was on crutches, so he couldn't help but look carefully. Li Jing's face was clear, his beard and hair were white, and he was holding the Lingshou staff given by His Majesty Li Er, his eyes were slightly closed, and he looked old. The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in his twilight years. For some reason, Wei Yan remembered these two lines of poetry, calmed down his mood, Wei Yan took a step forward and bowed: "The younger Wei Yan has seen General Li, the old general is good." ”

Wei Yan's salute seemed to make Li Jing stunned, his deep eyes looked at Wei Yan a few times, and said with a light smile: "You are the old Qin family's Wei Zi Yue Wei Shilang?" ”

Wei Yan smiled: "It's the juniors, the juniors have admired the old general for a long time, today is the first time to meet, I can't help but take the liberty to salute, don't blame the old general." ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "The old man has also admired you for a long time, and he fought against Tuyuhun, your suggestion is to reduce the casualties of many soldiers and soldiers, and he has made meritorious contributions to the country and the army, and the old man should thank you on behalf of the soldiers." ”

Wei Yan smiled, scratched his head, and said honestly: "No thanks, no thanks, we are all people of the Tang Dynasty, all for the Tang Dynasty." The younger generation is also a doctor, it is his own responsibility to save the life and help the wounded, it is his responsibility, and he can help the old general, and the younger generation is honored. ”

After speaking, Wei Yan remembered his "great dream", and hurriedly took the opportunity to say: "If the old general is free, the juniors will come to your house one day and show you your feet, uh...... There is no need to thank you, as long as the old general is free, write a letter to the juniors. ”

Wei Yan's words made everyone in the hall laugh, and now, Wei Yan's problem of begging for calligraphy and painting when he sees people has spread among these people, except for Li Jing and Hou Junji, everyone in the palace has been asked for calligraphy and painting by him, and Cheng Zhijie is no exception, although his words can't be compared with others.

"Wei Xiaosi! The stinky problem has been committed again, come here, come here, and let the old man teach you a lesson for your father. ”

As soon as Wei Yan finished speaking, Cheng Zhijie jumped over and dragged him over. Wei Yan was pulled and shrunk his neck, kept laughing, and didn't dare to talk more, Cheng Zhijie sighed, can anyone provoke it!

His Majesty Li Er shook his head with a smile, ignored the two uncles and nephews, and together with Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji, he told the suggestion that Wei Yan had just said, and discussed it with the generals.

Wei Yan was bullied by Cheng Zhijie, so he had to sit in the last seat in a proper manner, listening to the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty discuss, the people here, in terms of seniority and seniority, everyone is higher than him, and it is not his turn to interject, he just needs to be responsible for answering questions when someone asks him.

In the interval between answering questions, Wei Yan paid attention to observing, Li Jing really seemed to be speechless, his eyes were slightly closed, as if he was not in good spirits, and he had begun to doze off. It is an example for him to follow.

Li Jidao: "Now the king of Goryeo is high and strong, and the etiquette is so on. did a decent job, and for a while, we Datang couldn't find a name to send troops. At this time, it is not advisable to break the peace between Goryeo, Silla, and Baekje. Shiro said that the weather is indeed related to the victory or defeat of the war, and it is advisable to be cautious. Four

The cold of Fan and Tuyuhun is really similar to Goryeo? ”

Wei Yan hurriedly said: "It's very similar, the climate of Tuyuhun and Tubo is colder. Because it is located on the plateau, the situation in Tuyuhun and Tubo is more difficult, huh...... To put it simply, it doesn't take much effort for an ordinary person to pick up ten catties of things in Guanzhong, but in the boundary between Tuyuhun and Tubo, it takes twice as much effort as elsewhere. So, if you want to train troops in Tuyuhun, this is a little different. It also needs to be taken into account, lest it be out of good intentions, but it will damage the soldiers' bodies, which will not be beautiful. In fact. The situation of Goguryeo is also somewhat similar to that of the Eastern Turks. The difference is not big, but it is colder than the Eastern Turks, and the difference can be asked by the soldiers who have fought in the two places to learn from experience. ”

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His Majesty Li Er said: "The pharmacist once led troops to fight the Eastern Turks, and then fought Tuyuhun, the pharmacist said. ”

Li Jing looked like he had just woken up, Wei Yan felt his eyes glance at him, and couldn't help sweating, it seemed that he had unintentionally pulled people out, in other words, he didn't mean to.

Li Jing slowly told him about the climatic conditions when he led his troops to fight the Eastern Turks and Tuguhun, and everyone listened quietly, and when it was over, Li Jing said: "Ziyue's proposal, the minister thinks that it is feasible, and it is actually the best policy. ”

His Majesty Li Er smiled and said, "Both the pharmacist and Mao Gong agree, so it seems that this kid Wei Yan really has a good idea." ”

Wei Yan smiled, scratched his head, made a gesture of embarrassment, and said honestly: "Back to Your Majesty, I just have an understanding of the situation in the two places, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, winning all battles, right?" It's good that I can help by saying what I know. Your Majesty, what about the matter of being close to the land? Will you not mention it again in the future? ”

Wei Yan was most concerned about this question, and hurriedly asked. His Majesty Li Er touched his beard and said with a smile: "Now that I have a better strategy, of course I won't mention the matter of harmony." ”

Wei Yan was overjoyed in his heart, and smiled brightly, and after laughing, he suddenly remembered Xue Yuanjing, who was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, just now, to Lord Xue Yuanjing, the minister was rude, what the minister just said is not enough as a reason not to support the peace of mind, and please ask Your Majesty to find a good knowledge, find a reason that cannot be refuted, Lord Xue, the minister will apologize." ”

His Majesty Li Er glanced at Bai Weiyan and scolded with a smile: "Fortunately, I still know how to reflect, it seems that I am afraid that I will really beat you today." Okay, Xue Yuanjing, I will wipe your ass for you, which is a reward for your good idea. ”

Wei Yan was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen." ”

His Majesty Li Er said: "As for the reason, Xuan Ling, this matter will be handed over to you, let's help Wei Ziyue wipe his ass together." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Fang Xuanling responded, and said to Wei Yan humorously: "Ziyue, the old man has helped you so much, don't forget to thank the old man." ”

Wei Yan smiled and said: "Lord Fang, the so-called great kindness is not grateful, and the favor is not expected to be reciprocated, right?" ”

Fang Xuanling said: "For others, it should indeed be like this, but for you Wei Ziyue, it's a different matter." ”

"Master Fang, I demand equal treatment! Don't discriminate! ”

Everyone in the Lizheng Hall laughed, it was Hou Junji, his smile looked like a toothache, poor child, it was estimated that he didn't want to laugh in his heart, but because of the situation, he could only pull his face.

After laughing, Hou Junji said: "Your Majesty, there is no reason to send troops to Goguryeo, and the reason to send troops to Gaochang seems to be not very appropriate. ”

Everyone in the hall knew that Hou Junji and Wei Yan were not in harmony, Cheng Zhijie stared at him, looked at Hou Junji and sneered, and was about to scold when he opened his mouth, Li Ji swept over with a look, signaled him to be a little calm, and slowly said: "Lord Hou, in this matter, Shilang has already said that the position and situation of Gaochang Kingdom force the Gaochang King to make a choice, in the old man's view, that family is not a person with strategy, but a short-sighted, and peace-seeking person, Gaochang Country is closer to the Western Turks than my Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid that in the end, the choice of the Na clan is still the Western Turks. Also, Your Majesty, Ladies and Gentlemen, please see. This Gaochang is located in the Western Regions countries and our Tang Dynasty traffic artery, the geographical location is important, if Gaochang falls to the Western Turks, will not block the key point of our Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions countries! With Shi Wentai's consistent behavior, Lao Chen suggested that I, Datang, can be ready to send troops. ”

Li Ji's words made Wei Yan look adoring when he heard it, Li Ji was really powerful, and what he said was almost the same as the truth of history. These historical celebrities of the Tang Dynasty really have real skills, not comparable to him through youth, politics and military, occasionally talk about the strategy of the general direction, give a framework, let the family improve, definitely can do better than him.

His Majesty Li Er said: "What Mao Gong said is very true, and it coincides with me. Pharmacist, how about this battle or leave it to you? ”

Li Jing said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is old, Tuyuhun is already struggling, I often feel that my energy is low, and my foot disease is getting more and more serious. ”

His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Jing's appearance, bowed his head, and said with emotion: "Qing is a great contributor to the country and his family, he has worked hard for the country, and his contribution is in the contemporary era. Ziyue, you have to take a good look at the pharmacist. ”

"Yes." Wei Yan took the order.

His Majesty Li Er pondered for a while, and said: "Junji, you are ready, in this battle, with you as the commander and Xue Wanjun as the deputy, just wait for the opportunity to arrive, and the troops will be sent to Gaochang." Pay attention to visit the craftsmen and farmers in Gaochang who are good at planting kapok and weaving white stacked cloth, as well as kapok seeds, and bring them back to my Datang when the time comes. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen obeys."

Hou Junji's face was red and blue when he was refuted by Li Ji, and when he heard that His Majesty Li Er handed over the heavy responsibility of leading the troops to him, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down to receive the order.