"Brother Yuanqing, I have asked people to investigate, Goguryeo not only bought a lot of food, but also bought weapons, although it seems that it is only bought by a caravan for self-defense, and a caravan will buy dozens of them, but in fact, they just don't want to attract the attention of my Datang." Changle said with a serious expression.

"How many caravans are there?" Wu Yuanqing hurriedly asked.

"There is no specific number, but according to the interrogators, there are hundreds of large and small blacksmith shops in Luoyang City, and almost every one of them has Goguryeo people who have ordered weapons." Changle said.

Iron has always been forbidden to be sold by the imperial court, let alone weapons. But such a ban is only for nomads.

In Datang, there is no restriction on the sale of iron weapons, as for weapons, weapons such as swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks can all be sold, and they can also be bought and sold at will, and there is no such thing as not being able to hide weapons privately. But this refers to ordinary weapons, such as armor, bows and arrows, which are not allowed to be possessed or bought by ordinary people.

Except for a few things that are forbidden, the others are in the category of buying and selling, like the local government soldiers going out to fight, whether they are weapons, or cloth armor, leather armor, and food, they are all prepared by themselves, and the court does not prepare, if you don't have the money to prepare weapons, then you can be empty-handed, and go to the battlefield to see if you can pick up the weapons of your dead and wounded comrades or enemies.

Datang's domestic weapons management is so lax, there were not many weapons that could be sold abroad when the steel output was not high before, but now that Datang's steel production has risen, the court's good steel weapons are naturally equipped with the army, but the large amount of civilian steel production that is not used has enriched the daily supply of steel products for the people.

In this way, foreigners will buy more weapons from the people of Datang, and as long as they are not in large quantities, no one will care.

Wu Yuanqing had seen Goguryeo people ordering weapons at the blacksmith shop a few times in Luoyang City, but he didn't care about it at the time until he found out that Goguryeo was still buying grain in large quantities.

He went out with him this time, and no one from the martial arts family came except him, Wu Shiyan was left in Chang'an by the emperor because of his poor health, and his family member Wu Yuanqing felt that the road was too far and he didn't bring it, and the guards didn't need to follow the emperor.

Therefore, Wu Yuanqing traveled with the emperor's brigade alone, and he didn't even have anyone to take care of on weekdays.

If you want to find someone to inquire about something, you can only ask Changle to help call her inner servants to help, and the other is to call the guys of the martial arts family in the shops in the city to help do things.

After nearly two months of investigation, Wu Yuanqing determined that Goguryeo not only purchased the 400,000 stone grain from the grain merchants, but also purchased no less than 200,000 stone of grain from other grain merchants. In addition to grain, no less than 30,000 weapons were purchased in small quantities and in large batches.

This is only this year, and their behavior has been going on since four years ago, almost two years after the Tang Dynasty sent people to destroy Jingguan.

"Brother Yuanqing, what did you say Goguryeo was doing when it bought so much food and weapons, did you really want to start a war with our Datang?" Changle pursed his lips and asked worriedly.

Wu Yuanqing shook his head and said, "No, I don't think they are currently targeting Datang, but another country."

"Another country?" Changle frowned.

"Yes, another country." Wu Yuanqing nodded: "There is one thing you don't know, and I don't know, or my guy said casually when he reported the situation, that is, the year Goguryeo began to buy these things, Baekje blatantly violated the western border of Silla, and that time the two countries fought for half a year, and the sword soldiers of the two countries did not stop after that, and there was a conflict every once in a while."

"But what does this have to do with Goguryeo? I've heard people say that Goguryeo and Silla were allies, but they were very hostile to Baekje, and Silla was a vassal state of Goguryeo during the Sui Dynasty. Could it be that Goguryeo wants to help Silla?" Changle said in a very uncertain tone.

"Yes, I think so, but I don't think Goguryeo is helping Silla, it should be helping Baekje." Wu Yuanqing expressed his opinion.

At this time, Changle didn't understand, why did Goguryeo not help its allies but help the enemy countries?

Seeing Changle's confused face, Wu Yuanqing explained with a smile: "Although Baekje always wants to invade Silla because of its relatively friendly relationship with the Wa State, relying on the alliance with the Wa State, so it is very difficult to deal with Silla's ally Goguryeo, but the rulers of Baekje are very smart and understand their own situation, that is, their own country is small and cannot resist the Central Plains country, and they know the truth that their lips are cold and their teeth are cold."

Speaking of this, Wu Yuanqing stopped and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat before continuing: "Therefore, when Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goguryeo three times, Baekje, as Goguryeo's old enemy, his king Fuyuzhang indicated that although he sent an envoy to the Sui Dynasty to "please ask Goguryeo", in fact, he secretly "sneaked in" with Goguryeo. When the Sui army crossed the Liaoshui River and entered the territory www.biquge.info of Goguryeo to fight, Baekje was "strict in the military realm, claiming to help the Sui and holding both ends." "Baekje is just calling Huansil but not sending a single soldier to help attack Goguryeo, and even the border of Chen soldiers is still guarding against the army of the Sui Dynasty.

On the other hand, Silla, a former subject state of Goguryeo, as a former political ally and a party that has been blessed by Goguryeo in history, not only turned its back on Goguryeo, but also took advantage of the fire to rob Goguryeo when it was unable to balance the beginning and the end of Goguryeo. In the four years before the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo, Silla "wanted to invite Sui soldiers to conquer Goguryeo," showing that it had long been intended to use the Sui Dynasty to destroy Goguryeo. During the outbreak of the war, Silla took the opportunity to send troops to invade Goguryeo's "land of 500 li, and its cities were all under it." ”

This contrast is obvious, and it is ironic, Silla as an ally betrayed, but Baekje, the old enemy, was secretly still helping Goguryeo. Heartbroken to the end of the Goguryeo country, the sinister and cunning Silla is hated from the heart."

"Oh, I understand Brother Wonkyeong, because of Silla's betrayal, so Goguryeo is happy to see Baekje's invasion of Silla, and not only is it happy to see it, but it is also very likely to help Baekje. Even because of the fear of a possible attack by the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo really wanted to see Silla, a small country of Lilliputia, an unstable factor that would stab the knife in the back, be killed, and if Baekje could not kill Silla, Goguryeo himself might personally attack Silla." Changle suddenly realized.

Wu Yuanqing nodded with a smile, what Changle said was very right, it is not difficult to see from the fact that Goguryeo began to purchase food and weapons from Datang soon after Baekje attacked Silla, Baekje must have sought help from Goguryeo, but Baekje can't eat so many things, so it can only be that Goguryeo is also preparing for war, and the primary target is Silla in the rear.