In the first battle of Changzhou, the might of the Southern Tang Dynasty Navy Division gave Zhao Kuangyin a blow to the head. In his concept, Nantang is weak. When he followed the Later Zhou Emperor Chai Rong to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, he won many battles and had almost no suspense. But now it has failed miserably. It seems that the strength of the Southern Tang Navy Division cannot be underestimated. But fortunately, this time the battle against Nantang was a sneak attack, and even if it was defeated, it would not be known to everyone to be ashamed and defeated. But it's also because it's a sneak attack, it's not so open. Although the defeated Zhao Kuangyin was furious, he couldn't vent his anger at Nantang.

And Li Yu came to the letter of state at the right time, and what was said in the letter was very vague, but the words were powerful. It is only said that the bandits of the Song Dynasty have repeatedly violated the border recently, invading the border of the Southern Tang Dynasty from time to time, disturbing the people, and damaging the prestige of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, I had to send troops to control it, first, to ask Emperor Song to forgive me, and second, to ask Song Di to pay attention to restraining the bandits in their country.

Before he finished reading the letter, Zhao Kuangyin was so angry that he threw out all the pen and ink on the desk. Both sides know what they know, but they don't break it. And Li Yu is good at calligraphy, and Zhao Kuangyin choked out of breath when he said a few words. In addition, it was also proposed to make up for the salt cut by the previous Song Dynasty to comfort the difficulties of people's livelihood.

Zhao Kuangyi pouted his beard and shouted, "Quickly find Zhao Pu for me." The attendant at the door hurriedly ran out, and Zhao Kuangyin made up his voice again, "There is also Guangyi!" Now he has to refer to the opinions of both sides.

After a while, Zhao Pu hurried into the palace. Before Zhao Guangyi arrived, he chatted with Zhao Kuangyin about state affairs first. Zhao Pu resolutely disagreed to replenish salt for the Southern Tang Dynasty: "If there is less salt, the Southern Tang army and the people will naturally be weak in physical strength. As for the next step, Zhao Pu believes that the training of the Great Song Water Master should be strengthened. Wait for the right time to attack Tang.

The two chatted for a long time, and it wasn't until two hours had passed, and it was almost time to turn on the lamp, that Zhao Guangyi walked in with a shaking body, full of alcohol. Zhao Pu frowned and didn't say anything.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Zhao Guangyi like this and had a headache. Recently, Zhao Guangyi didn't know what was going on. It's a slump again. He didn't know what the reason was. But Zhao Guangyi didn't mind when he collapsed, but let him worry. It's just that since he came, Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to tell him about the war with the Southern Tang Dynasty and Li Yu's national letter.

Zhao Guangyi listened while drinking tea, and when he heard the words Nantang, his brows furrowed tightly, and he swept away the indifferent expression when he first entered the door, and became solemn and calm. After Zhao Kuangyin finished speaking, he fell into deep thought. Seeing that Zhao Guangyi didn't speak for a long time, Zhao Kuangyin just thought that he had no idea, so he said: "What the prime minister means is to stop giving salt and strengthen the training of water masters." I thought it was good, too. ”

"Okay?" Zhao Guangyi curled the corners of his lips and sneered, "Retraining, my soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are also northern warriors, and they have lived in the mountains and plains of the north for many years." After a few years of training, can you produce a naval army that is good at water fights and flies across the Yangtze River to Jinling? ”

Zhao Pu, who asked a question, also lost his confidence, so he had to say: "Then you have to train, and you have to fight." ”

Zhao Guangyi raised his hand and pointed to the south side of the map: "Why don't you knock this piece down first?" Surrounded by attacks on three sides, even if we can't succeed in the sailors and lay down this piece, we can also enter it from the land in the south! Zhao Guangyi's eyes glowed with cold light.

"You mean, hit Nanhan first?" Zhao Kuangyin's eyes lit up.

"No!" Zhao Pu stopped, "The Southern Han Dynasty is a barbaric land, the climate is hot all year round, and miasma is rampant. The soldiers of my Great Song Dynasty were all born in the north, and it was a big obstacle to go to the water and soil. Moreover, I heard that the Southern Han Dynasty used barbarians to fight, which was many times more powerful than the Han people, and also used elephant arrays. The elephant was huge, and the Southern Han Dynasty spared no expense to make iron armor for the elephant, and hundreds of people were not its opponents. Attacking the Southern Han is too risky. ”

Zhao Guangyi stood up and walked in front of Zhao Pu, Zhao Guangyi had a strong sense of oppression, the thin Zhao Pu couldn't help but retreat, Zhao Guangyi's voice was cold: "Why don't you take risks?" Is there anything that doesn't take risks in war? I didn't want to take the risk, why did I send people to attack Nantang and be wiped out? ”

Zhao Pu was so blocked that he couldn't speak. Zhao Kuangyin's face was not good-looking, Zhao Guangyi turned to Zhao Kuangyin and said: "Although there are war elephants in the Southern Han Dynasty, the attack power is not large. War elephants are afraid of fire and clumsy, and although they can attack, it is difficult to retreat. It's better to take advantage of the fact that the elephant array is not yet in the climate, and attack it in one fell swoop. Moreover, the court of the Southern Han Dynasty was in turmoil, the slanderous ministers were in charge, the loyal ministers were killed, and the warship soldiers had long been a fictitious thing, which was a bad game of chess. It was easy to capture the Southern Han Dynasty. Looking at Zhao Pu, he sneered, "It's better than the reality of training a sailor to beat Nan Tang hard." ”

Zhao Kuangyin listened to Zhao Guangyi's reasonableness, and couldn't help asking: "How do you know about the war elephant?" "Zhao Guangyi is in the north, how can he know the situation in the Southern Han Dynasty.

Zhao Guangyi smiled faintly: "When I go in and out of the teahouse and restaurant all the year round, I hear more miscellaneous things in my ears." Zhao Guangyi would not say that the staff in the palace were well-informed, so as not to make Zhao Kuangyin jealous. Zhao Guangyi continued, "As for the salt, even if it is given to Nantang, it doesn't hurt. Stabilize the Southern Tang Dynasty first and have no worries, so that you can fight the Southern Han. Otherwise, for the sake of Yannan Tang making trouble on the water, we will not be able to fight Nanhan with peace of mind. Besides, fighting a war is a war, and suppressing the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty by deducting salt is despicable. How could the Great Song Dynasty lose the hearts of the people before they unified the world? ”

Zhao Pu twitched the corners of his mouth, speechless. In recent years, he has found that he can't speak more and more of Zhao Guangyi, and he is often dumbfounded by Zhao Guangyi's reasonable words. And because of that. Zhao Kuangyin was obviously afraid of Zhao Guangyi, but he had to accept his suggestions repeatedly.

Now that he heard Zhao Guangyi's words, Zhao Kuangyin immediately made another decision: "Just follow Guangyi's method." Prepare for the attack on the Southern Han Dynasty. ”

Zhao Guangyi sneered. Nantang, he must be beaten down, and he must be beaten down most effectively and quickly. But as for the salt, he couldn't say why he suddenly relented. Just can't bear it. But why the fuck should he not bear it? Who is the slut of the Southern Tang Dynasty who deserves his unbearable? Zhao Guangyi brushed his sleeves and left.

In winter, Xiao Tao's belly is bigger, and it is a little inconvenient to walk. The winter in Jiangnan is the coldest. Li Yu rewarded Taiwan with a lot of charcoal fire for the winter. Occasionally, I will come to see Xiao Tao, talk about poetry and calligraphy, or talk about Qi Zhengxiu and Niang.

Xiao Tao also accompanied. Li Yu has a natural aura for poetry and songs, and he also writes good words, so he has some sympathy for Xiao Tao, who also writes good words. Sometimes I create a new poem, so I take it to Xiao Tao, and Xiao Tao writes it in two places, and then puts the words of the two together, compares and compares, Li Yu always feels that Xiao Tao's words are better-looking, and Xiao Tao's font will change with the artistic conception of the poem. Li Yu felt even more wonderful when he saw it.

Sometimes on a whim, Li Yu would ask the eunuchs to put on the clothes of the common people, and take the characters written by himself and Xiao Tao to the market to sell, to see who sold the most expensive. But nine times out of ten, the small peaches are more expensive. Li Yu laughed, but Xiao Tao was worried and couldn't figure out what Li Yu was doing.

Li Yu sometimes gets serious, and he will look at Xiao Tao Wenwen and say, "Actually, I should also give you a free license and marry Zijie." After speaking, he looked at Xiao Tao with his radiant heavy eyes. Xiao Tao didn't know Li Yu's thoughts, and she didn't dare to agree casually. Seeing that Xiao Tao didn't react, Li Yu would add again: "But I'm really a little reluctant." Let's talk about it. "Reluctant? Who is not to be reluctant? Himself or Qi Zhengxiu? Xiao Tao slowly raised her eyes to look at Li Yu, but when she met Li Yu's deep eyes that were also looking at her carefully, Xiao Tao had to quickly lower her eyes. Soil is carried in the ditch.

With Li Yu's frequent care, Xiao Tao's daily life is taken care of more delicately, and even Qingqing can't find a job to do, just accompany Xiao Tao to talk, serve tea and pour water, etc.

Xiao Tao sometimes sits in Qi Zhengxiu's seat, looking out the window, and her heart will be slightly sweet. With Qi Zhengxiu's protection, Datang's frontier finally got temporary peace. I don't know if Your Majesty will really have a whim and let yourself marry Prince Qi. Do you want to get married? Marrying Qi Gongzi is something that Xiao Tao has dreamed of in the past, and it is also the best choice now. But Xiao Tao was upset, and ordered someone to put pen and ink and continue to write.

The writing was also messed up, and the words couldn't be written, so I dropped the pen. The pen rolled down the table to the floor and under the bookcase. Xiao Tao looked around, in order to be quiet, he drove everyone down, and there was no one to serve. Xiao Tao gritted her teeth and decided to pick it up herself.

Xiao Tao bent down with difficulty, reached in and touched it, but did not touch the pen, touched something like a bowl, Xiao Tao pressed hard, and a drawer in the bookcase above was opened. Xiao Tao's heart thumped, she slowly stood up, and touched in the drawer, and there was a protruding wooden block behind it, Xiao Tao twisted it back and forth, and another drawer opened. Xiao Tao tried and tested a few times, and finally the bookcase shook, Xiao Tao moved it hard, and the bookcase moved away effortlessly. A door appeared behind the wall.

Xiao Tao's heart almost jumped out of her throat. There's a secret passage here. In the past, she had only heard that most of the royal nobles had built secret passages in case of emergency, but she didn't expect that there were really ones here. It should have been left by the first prince, right? Xiao Tao pushed open the door and walked inside.

Inside, there are steps that go down, and the walls on both sides are lit with lanterns. Xiao Tao's heart was a little worried, and she walked slowly while listening to the movement. It was quiet all around. Xiao Tao walked down the steps to the bottom, which was a long road. After walking along the corridor for a stick of incense, I finally arrived at a wide hall. This should be the living room. Everything is available. And it's huge, even if it's a war, there's no problem hiding a few thousand people here.

Xiao Tao walked in the hall for a long time, and he hadn't passed through the hall yet, so he couldn't help but feel that it was too big. Xiao Tao looked at it while walking, and suddenly saw a chapter on the ground and hurriedly picked it up. Carefully recognizing the words on it, Xiao Tao looked at it carefully, and there was hardly much dust on the chapter. Xiao Tao thought for a moment and put the chapter in his sleeve.