Hearing Li Zhi's question, Li Su did not answer in a hurry, but made a waiting hand gesture to him, and then he turned his head to the proprietress and asked, "Boss, I heard that your shop is a time-honored store, I don't know how many years it has been open?" ”

The proprietress who was cutting beef and mutton heard Li Su's question, and replied without raising her head: "In fact, it is not a time-honored brand, and it has to start from my great-grandfather at the beginning, but at that time, my grandfather and his old man set up a stall in Luoyang, and then when we came to our grandfather's generation, the family moved to Chang'an, at that time it was still the former Sui, Chang'an is also called Daxing, my grandfather relied on the savings of my great-grandfather, so he put down such a store, and the result has been passed on to our husband and wife, and there are only three generations of people in the real count, Added up to less than a hundred years. ”

Hearing the words of the proprietress, Li Su smiled after hearing it: "The proprietress is too harsh, this Chang'an City has been built less than a hundred years, if the shops in the city are discussed, I am afraid that none of them can be older than your shop, so in this Chang'an City, it can be regarded as a time-honored brand, and now the situation in Datang is so good, when your sons, grandsons, and great-grandchildren inherit this family business, they will definitely become the leading century-old store in Chang'an!" ”

Hearing Li Su's praise, the proprietress was also happy to dance with her eyebrows, especially thinking that the reputation of her store has been played, if you can maintain the current situation, then in a few decades, your own store will really become a century-old store, and when the time comes, with this brand, as long as the craftsmanship of the children and grandchildren is not too bad, it is enough for them to worry about food and clothing.

Li Zhi next to him heard that the sixth brother and the proprietress were discussing the issue of a century-old store, but he was confused, and he couldn't understand the meaning of Li Su's move?

But just when Li Zhi was puzzled. Li Su suddenly turned his head to him and sighed: "Ninth brother, a small shop still wants to inherit it for a hundred years. And then the descendants of Fuzawa, how long do you think we will be able to pass on our country? ”

Li Su's voice was soft. But when he heard Li Zhi's ears, it was like a thunderbolt, and his mind couldn't even turn for a while. It's not that Li Zhi is slow to react, after all, no one thought that Li Su was chatting with a woman in the market about a century-old shop, but now he suddenly jumped to the inheritance of the two countries, this kind of thinking jump is too big, and anyone will not be able to turn around.

After a while, Li Zhi woke up from his brain crash. Then he looked up at the proprietress who was still busy, and then said in a low voice: "Sixth brother, now my Datang occupies East Asia and Central Asia, and then develops to the extremely cold land in the north, Daqi occupies the Pacific coast, and also enters the Americas, the seventh brother and the starling brother occupy Tianzhu and look at the African continent, not to mention the third brother." The Mediterranean Empire has also swallowed up Europe, and it can be said that the whole world has been carved up by us, as long as our brothers support each other, it will naturally be able to be passed on for generations! ”

Hear Li Zhi's words. Li Su stared at his eyes with a smile and didn't speak for a long time. And Li Zhi was stared at by him, and his whole body was hairy, and his heart was also a little weak. Because what he answered Li Su just now was not what he really thought in his heart, and it could even be said to be a little perfunctory.

Just when Li Zhi felt that he was about to take the initiative to apologize under Li Su's gaze. Only then did Li Su suddenly speak: "Ninth brother, you have indeed grown a lot better than back then. However, the sixth brother rushed all the way to Chang'an, not to listen to your perfunctory, but to listen to your heartfelt words! ”

Hearing the sixth brother so bluntly pointed out that he was lying, Li Zhi was also a little embarrassed, and he finally guessed a little bit of Li Zhi's intention, so he thought about it for a moment, and finally said openly: "Sixth brother, the whole world has been divided by our four empires, although there are still countries such as Great Food and Persia that have not been destroyed, but they are either attached to us, or they are surviving in the cracks between our empires, so outside our four empires, there is almost no power to subvert our rule!" ”

When Li Zhi said this, he glanced up at the proprietress behind the counter, and found that the other party was still busy and didn't pay attention to them at all, so he continued: "But as the so-called disaster Xiao Wall, although there is no threat outside of our brothers, it is precisely like this that makes the competition between our four empires increasingly fierce, and this competition will inevitably produce contradictions, for example, last time I quarreled with Starling because of this." Sometimes I am also worried that if this accumulated contradiction suddenly erupts, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Hearing that Li Zhi finally confided in himself, Li Su also showed a smile, only to see him take out the money bag from his arms and pay off the account, and then said to Li Zhi: "Let's go, let's go to Qujiangchi for a turn, there are some words that I have hidden in my heart for ten years, and now it's time to talk to you!" ”

"Ten years!" Li Zhi was shocked in his heart, ten years ago it was also when their father Li Shimin died, that is to say, the sixth brother should have expected the current situation at that time, but he didn't know if he could solve the contradictions between the four empires, who had always been wise?

Qujiang Pond's 'Qujiang Drink' is one of the eight scenic spots in Chang'an, and the scenery by the pool is beautiful, especially in spring and autumn every year, a large number of literati and even ordinary people will gather here to play. However, it is already the time of the wax moon, the water in the pond has already frozen, and the green trees by the pool have also become dead wood, and there is no scenery to see at all, so when Li Su and Li Zhi came to the Qujiang pool, there was not even a single tourist around.

Li Su and Li Zhi came to a pavilion where they could shelter from the wind, and the guards around them immediately sent a small stove, as well as a kettle and a tea set, after the two of them sat down, the water was also boiled quickly, Li Zhi stood up and made tea, and then poured tea for Li Su and himself.

I saw Li Su take a sip of tea before he spoke: "Ninth brother, do you remember what your father said when he died?" ”

When Li Zhi heard Li Su mention this matter, he also sighed and said, "Father asked us to remember that no matter what happens, we will always be brothers!" ”

"That's right!" At this time, Li Su said with a solemn expression, "Father has long expected the development of the world pattern, and knows that in this world, the only thing that can threaten our four empires is ourselves, so he doesn't want to see the day when our brothers kill each other, so he entrusted me on his deathbed to let me coordinate and solve the contradictions between the four countries, but my father was wrong in this regard!" ”

"Wrong?" Li Zhi was a little surprised, and he didn't know what Li Su's words meant?

I saw Li Su take a sip of tea again, and then gently put down the teacup and said: "Father is indeed wrong, he saw that there will definitely be contradictions between the four empires, but he only thought of letting me mediate from it, but he forgot that I also represent one of the four empires, once or twice I may be able to mediate, but if there are too many times, it will inevitably be suspected by a few of you, and in the end not only may not be able to mediate the contradictions between you, but even I may fall into it, which is why I have watched the frequent contradictions between countries in the past few years, But except for the time between you and the eighth brother, there are other reasons that little attention is paid to! ”

Li Zhi pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then sighed and said: "I see, I just said that with your temperament, sixth brother, how could you let go of so many contradictions between us over the years and not find a way to solve them?" I didn't expect you to have your own troubles! ”

Li Zhi has been the emperor for ten years, and he is no longer the hairy boy he was at the beginning, and he also knows very well that if the contradictions between the four empires are allowed to accumulate like this, they can only be solved by war in the end. Of course, this war may come very late, at least not during the lifetime of their brothers, but what about fifty years from now, a hundred years from now, two hundred years from now? No one is sure that their descendants will take care of each other's affection, and once war breaks out, it will not be a good thing to win or lose!

At this time, I saw Li Su smiling bitterly and shaking his head, "Ninth brother, do you really regard me as an immortal?" There are some things that I can think of to solve, but there are some things that can't be solved at all, such as the contradictions between our four empires, some contradictions seem to be not big problems, and they seem to be easy to solve, but that is only a symptom but not a cure, if you want to completely solve the problems of the four empires, you must find out the root cause, so that you can solve it once and for all. ”

"The root cause?" Li Zhi seemed very interested when he heard this, and saw that he also put down the teacup in his hand and asked, "In your opinion, Sixth Brother, where is the fundamental problem why there are so many contradictions in our four empires?" ”

Li Su knew that Li Zhi would ask this, so he was not surprised, but he did not answer Li Zhi directly, but asked rhetorically: "Ninth brother, don't be in a hurry to ask me first, I really want to know now, what do you think of this fundamental reason?" ”

Li Zhi used to only think about how to coordinate the relationship between several countries, but he didn't think about the root cause of the contradictions between several countries, so after hearing Li Su's rhetorical question, he was stunned for a while, and his mind began to think quickly. But after a long time, I saw Li Zhi raise his head and say a helpless wry smile to Li Su: "Sixth brother, you really stumped me, I really can't think of the root cause of the contradiction between our four countries, and the more I think about it, the more I think that it is almost impossible to completely eliminate the contradictions between the four countries, unless it is to merge the four countries into one country!" ”

As soon as Li Zhi's words fell, he heard Li Su's hearty laughter, and then saw Li Su's expression change, and he said with a serious face: "Why can't you?" You have already thought of the answer, if you want to completely solve the contradictions between the four empires, there is only one way, and that is to merge the four empires into one, which is why I came to you! ”

After hearing this, Li Zhi suddenly got up from the stool in fright, and then stared at Li Zhi with a frightened face, and his lips trembled a little: "Six...... Sixth brother, are you crazy? How is this possible? (To be continued......)