Chapter 61: Zhang Cambodia's Visit (Thanks to Alliance Leader: Senior Brother)
"Why is the young master's jade pendant in the hands of His Royal Highness?"
"Li Yi entrusted you to me when he left, and now I ask you, are you willing?"
Saying this, Li Chongrun always feels weird, even if the short man has something extraordinary, he doesn't need to be so affectionate.
Although the dwarf craftsman heard Li Chongrun's words clearly, he did not rush to answer, his eyes rolled slightly, and he looked at Li Yi's jade pendant deadly, thinking about the truth of what Li Chongrun said.
The jade pendant is intact and undamaged, and Li Chongrun also knows the agreement between him and Young Master Li Yi, it seems that what Li Chongrun said is true.
When he was hesitating, Li Chongrun put away the jade pendant, looked at the general of the left guard beside him and said, "Kill it." ”
"Your Highness, I do, I do, I do!" Listening to Li Chongrun's words, the dwarf craftsman hurriedly stepped forward to beg for help.
For fear that one step too late, Li Chongrun will regret it.
Listening to the words of the dwarf craftsman, Li Chongrun was pleasantly surprised, he didn't expect it to be so simple, they all said that people with ability have wind and bones, if this dwarf is really as Li Yi said, if he has some skills, there is really not much of this wind and bones.
"Take it away!" Li Chongrun instructed the general of the left guard.
The general of the left guard stepped forward, dragged the dwarf up, held it in his hand, and was extremely rude.
Li Chongrun looked at his actions and frowned, "Can't you be gentle?" Lift! ”
"Carrying?" General Zuo Wei looked at Li Chongrun, who walked out, and was puzzled, how could he carry it himself, wouldn't he just hold it?
General Zuo Wei is indeed a lot gentler, holding the dwarf craftsman in his arms with the action of a princess, although the dwarf craftsman is a lot more comfortable, but the general of the left guard is disgusting.
In order to practice Tongzigong, I have never hugged my little sister under the big pear tree like this, and I actually hugged this ugly monster like this, "Your Highness, if you don't wronged you, let's carry it!" ”
Li Chongrun had already walked out, leaving only the complaining muttering of the general of the left guard: "It's better to leave quickly just now, it's better to be a dog now!" ”
"Look at what you see, and then look at me gouging out your eyes." The moment General Zuo Wei and the dwarf looked at each other, the two of them invariably felt that the other party was really ugly.
Jin Wuwei looked at the movements of the two masters, and his heart tightened, "Will you take it away?" It doesn't fit the process! ”
Although he thought so in his heart, he didn't dare to ask like this, and asked tentatively: "General, the villain dares to ask, where did this guarantee document come from?" ”
"It must be Jin Wuwei, is it possible for me to come out?" General Zuo Wei said without a good face, and after speaking, he looked at the dwarf in his arms and scolded: "Can you not gasp at me, what have you eaten?" ”
"I didn't eat anything." The dwarf was hungry and felt aggrieved.
Jin Wuwei watched the two flirt and scold, although it was wonderful, but he didn't have the heart to enjoy it, General Zuo Wei's words were really a little embarrassing, the person was sent in by General Zuo Wei, and he was sent in Jinwu Prison, and finally General Zuo Wei took it away, but now the document wants Jin Wuwei to come out.
Jin Wuwei's adults may not have known how to issue documents when this person came in.
Although Jin Wuwei's adults don't know about this, the criminal department has already registered it, how can this be good?
"General, this is not in accordance with the rules!"
"How unruly." General Zuo Wei's eyes widened, "Did I bring the person in?" ”
"You brought it in."
"Did I take the people?"
"You took it!"
"I brought people in, and I took them away, what paperwork do I need to come up with?"
"This ......" Jin Wuwei didn't know what to do, he always felt that what he said was unreasonable, but he didn't know how to refute it.
Li Chongrun saw that Jin Wuwei was in a dilemma, and said: "I will send someone to make up for the paperwork, I will take people away today, if something goes wrong, you can go to Shao Wangfu and find General Zuo Wei to solve it." ”
"Looking for me?" General Zuo Wei looked at Li Chongrun's eyes and didn't dare to continue to ask, if he talked about shamelessness, he was not as good as Li Chongrun's thousandth.
In this way, Li Chongrun took the dwarf craftsman back to King Shao's mansion.
"Lord Wang, you can count it back, Lord Zhang has been waiting for you for a long time." The butler hurriedly stepped forward, and although the general of the left guard was present with an unknown dwarf, the butler still told the news of the visit of the supervising imperial history.
The housekeeper didn't know the main purpose of Zhang Cambodia's coming here, for fear that the news would be slow, and Li Chongrun was not mentally prepared.
"Go and call the best Lang Zhong in the city, and if I come back late, let him sleep first, and don't wait for me." Li Chongrun commanded.
"Yes, Lord Wang!" At this time, the housekeeper looked closely at the dying man in the arms of General Zuo Wei and his weak dwarf, and thought to himself: "I have been listening to General Zuo Wei practice Tongzi Gong, is this the reason?" If so, isn't the taste a little heavier? ”
The butler's eyes changed slightly when he looked at General Zuo Wei, and then he led General Zuo Wei to the guest room in the back.
Li Chongrun, who had just taken two steps, suddenly turned around, as if thinking of something important, called the housekeeper over, and whispered in his ear: "Arrange for someone to go to Lord Di's mansion and tell Lord Di that Lord Zhang Khanzhi, who supervises the imperial history, is in my mansion." Go ahead. ”
The housekeeper was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't dare to delay anything.
When Li Chongrun came to the main hall, Zhang Cambodia was like an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth in the room, preoccupied, and seemed to be a little anxious.
"Oh, His Royal Highness King Shao, you can count it back." Zhang Cambodia looked at Li Chongrun, who appeared outside the door, and greeted him excitedly.
"Lord Zhang, I'm glad to be, I'm glad to be!" Li Chongrun was polite and looked at the stubborn old man Zhang Cambodia in front of him.
I've seen it a few times before, but I haven't had too much contact, but I'll pay extra attention to it every time.
Compared with Di Renjie, Zhang Cambodia may not be so famous, perhaps just because the timelines of their growth overlap too much, but for history, both of them occupy an indispensable position.
In 705 AD, Zhang Cambodia, Cui Xuanwei and Zhongtai Youcheng Jinghui, Si Xing Shaoqing Huan Yanfan, and Sima Yuan Shuji of the Prime Minister's Mansion plotted to kill Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, and forced Wu Zetian to give way to Li Xian.
If it is said that Di Renjie and Wu Zetian planned the historical direction of Li Tang Jiangshan, then it is not an exaggeration to say that Zhang Cambodia made great contributions to Wu Zetian's return of Li Tang Jiangshan to the Li family.
For this upright super prime minister, Li Chongrun's heart is full of respect.
Looking at Zhang Cambodia who came forward, Li Chongrun hurriedly stepped forward and held Zhang Cambodia's arm.
This move surprised Zhang Khan, and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you must not. ”
As he spoke, Zhang Cambodia wanted to break free from Li Chongrun's support.
"Master Zhang doesn't have to be stubborn, Chongrun is a junior, it's really wrong to let you wait twice, if it weren't for the recent busyness, Chongrun would definitely come to visit."
What Li Chongrun said was not a prevarication, but it meant greetings, even if he wanted to visit, he might not dare to go.
Almost the entire Shenjing City knows the relationship between Li Chongrun and Di Renjie and Wei Yuanzhong, and if he blatantly visits Zhang Khan Zhi, it will definitely leave a voice.
At that point, it will only make your situation more and more dangerous. Zhang Cambodia's late-night visit was also to avoid suspicion, thinking of this, Li Chongrun's heart swept a trace of bitter smile and emotion, fleeting.
"I don't know what Lord Zhang is here late at night?" Li Chongrun didn't have extra greetings and went straight to the point.
"Hey, the war on the border of Tubo is tight, and the generals of our dynasty have suffered heavy losses, if the war at the border pass cannot be quelled for another two months, the three cities bordering the Tubo and Wu Dynasty will be lost, if it is not a last resort, I will not come to ask His Royal Highness King Shao to break the situation." Zhang Cambodia's words were full of helplessness, and then he looked at Li Chongrun with hope.
When Li Chongrun heard this, he was shocked: "What? Tibetan border? ”
The Tibetan Dynasty was the first regime in Tibetan history with clear historical records, and Songtsen Gampo was considered to be the de facto founder. Under the unification of the Tibetan Dynasty, the various tribes of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau gathered into a powerful force, and gradually came out of the closed inland plateau, which revitalized the ancient Tibetan society.
Princess Wencheng's entry into Tibet is a model of national harmony and common development. She brought advanced technology and culture to Tibet in the Central Plains, which strengthened the situation of unity and friendship between the Han and Tibetan nationalities, and made outstanding contributions to promoting the development of Tang-Tibetan relations, promoting the economic prosperity of Tibet, and strengthening Sino-Tibetan cultural exchanges.
There is even a good saying: In two hundred years, whenever Xin Zampu ascends the throne, he will ask Tang Tianzi to "canonize his life".
Why is there a war on the Tibetan border? Li Chongrun had a trace of doubt in his heart.
"Lord Zhang, not to mention why the border of Tubo is in turmoil, I am an idle prince, and I have the heart to kill thieves and have no power to charge into battle!" As Li Chongrun spoke, he also showed off his not strong arms.
"Your Highness doesn't know, it's summer vacation at this time, the soldiers at the border pass have plenty of food and grass, and the soldiers are abundant, but there is only one thing that can't be solved, the vinegar cloth in the army really can't supply the soldiers to consume, if there is no way to crack it within half a month, the three border cities will have to ...... It's about to be lost. Zhang Cambodia's heart was heartbroken, and his hands and feet were frustrated.
"Vinegar cloth?"
Many people have misconceptions about vinegar cloth, and Li Chongrun is too, before he came to this world, he also read a lot of explanations about vinegar cloth, saying that vinegar cloth is a cloth cooked with vinegar. When eating, as long as you put the "vinegar cloth" in the water, the vinegar flavor inside will come out, which is easy to season and carry.
This is not the case.
The vinegar cloth is actually dried kelp, and the cost of making salt in ancient times was too high. It is a good means to collect money, and people can't afford not to eat salt, otherwise they will die.
Kelp itself has a high salt content, is easy to carry in the sun, and is not easy to spoil. Because its color is like vinegar and the shape is like cloth after drying, it gets this name.
And since ancient times, the salt and iron official camp has been an extremely sensitive matter, Li Chongrun told Li Yi directly about this matter, and he still had consideration in his heart, but he never expected that Zhang Cambodia would come because of this matter.
Hearing this, Li Chongrun's heart rejoiced.
Li Yi's father and son were threatened by the Haiyan incident, and the distance between Lingnan and Tibet was much closer than that of Shenjing or other transportation fortresses.
This matter was entrusted to His Majesty by Zhang Cambodia, and the credit for the salt-making technique was given to Li Yi and his son, and this matter had nothing to do with him.
At that time, His Majesty issued an order to give the sea salt given to Lingnan to the soldiers on the border of Tubo, and then let Li Yi and his son go to Tubo to support with the method of making fine salt, wouldn't everything be solved.
"Haha, haha!" Li Chongrun laughed unconsciously.
Zhang Cambodia looked at Li Chongrun, who was laughing silently, and looked at the latter with anger on his face, "This war is imminent, Your Highness still has the heart to laugh?" If His Royal Highness has no other way, the old man will go elsewhere to inquire and say goodbye! ”
After speaking, Zhang Cambodia flicked his sleeves and was about to leave.
Li Chongrun looked at Zhang Cambodia, who had already stepped out with one foot, and hurriedly grabbed it, "This old man, how big his temper is, he still asks people to do things like this, they all say that you are old and degraded." ”
Such words are to think in my heart, and I don't dare to say it.
"Master Zhang, do you remember where Uncle Li Kun and Uncle Wang are now?"
"Lingnan is in turmoil, of course the old man remembers."
"What is the use of the peace?"
"Sea salt?" Zhang Cambodia's heart was excited, and then it wilted again, like a frosted eggplant, "That sea salt has been promised to Lingnan, if Haiyan does not arrive, Lingnan's rebellion will not stop, what is the point of demolishing the east wall to make up the west wall!" ”
What Zhang Cambodia said was reasonable, but he didn't know what Li Chongrun planned for Li Yi.
The latter smiled when he heard this, walked to the desk in the hall, and wrote down the method of making salt that was given to Li Yi today, and Li Chongrun deliberately wrote the words bigger.
Zhang Cambodia is old, took off the candle lamp in the hall, blocked the candle with his left hand, slowly approached the front of the case, looked at Li Chongrun's big characters, and was grateful in his heart, knowing that taking care of the elderly, he was old, his eyes were flowery, and the words were just right.
But when he looked closely, Zhang Cambodia was horrified, "This ...... This is? ”
He didn't dare to move forward again, and the liquid that overflowed under the candle flame was thrown on the case, Zhang Cambodia immediately wiped it off with his sleeve, for fear of falling on Li Chongrun's paper, and was horrified in his heart: "Your Highness, this is ...... Is this how salt is made? ”