Chapter 35: The Profiteers

"This Decepticon is the best liquor in my Datang, do you dare to drink it?"

"Boss, don't lie to me, I don't know, isn't it the best by the sky?"

"Hmph, that's what you think, this is the best, you can drink it to strengthen your courage, and you are not afraid of knives and guns."

Liu Renliang took the wine bottle handed to him by Li Yong and smelled it, it was so fragrant, it was better than a line of heaven, Liu Renliang took a sip, feeling that his mouth and throat were hot, and it burned until his stomach, and the whole person seemed to have great strength.

"Boss, boss, this wine, good wine."

"I didn't lie to you, drink, drink as much as you want, and you will have magical powers when you drink it."

Li Yong squinted his eyes and watched Liu Renliang gulp down the wine bottle, and sneered in his heart, hum, dare to throw Lao Tzu down, I am now being stared at by Xiaoxue like a prisoner, this is fifty-six degrees of liquor, I don't want to drink you into a bad pen I have your surname, no, with the surname Changle. Sure enough, under Li Yong's retaliation, Liu Renliang was carried out, and when he woke up the next day, his head seemed to have been cut off by an axe.

Li Yong sat on the rocking chair and shook and looked at the scenery outside the window, Xiaoxue was boiling water, washing tea, and making tea on the side, how harmonious the whole picture was.

"Xiaoxue, do you still have relatives at home?"

Xiaoxue was stunned for a moment, then regained her expression of earnestness in making tea, and put a cup of brewed tea on Li Yong's table.

"Xiaoxue grew up in the Junwangfu since she was a child, and the Junwangfu is Xiaoxue's home."

A girl like Xiaoxue is lucky, she grew up in some good aristocratic families, Li Xiaogong and Li Xueyan treat her as a daughter and sister, what about bad luck?

"Yes, heaven and earth are unkind, all things are used as dogs, saints are unkind, people are dogs, you are lucky, but how many people are like you who do not have such luck? The Gun's Mansion is your home, and this is also your home, if you still have relatives at home, let Gundam help you find them. ”

"Thank you, young master."

Xiaoxue was moved to tears when she heard this, although the old county king and the young lady were very good to herself, but after all, she was a maid, but after being left here by mistake, she found that the people and the owner here had no shelf, especially the man in front of her, who treated them and everyone so sincerely and equally, not the kind of person who was on top, would beat them shamelessly because they were betrayed by their housekeepers and chief guards, and would retaliate against them with all kinds of conspiracies, but never hurt them, and would apologize to her because of his little temper, will tolerate Chunlan's repeated mistakes and forgive her, don't look down on her because Sister Zhang is a widow, sit her down with everyone every time she eats, and even grab the food in Liu Renliang's mouth in front of everyone, everyone can get respect from him.

"Boss, uh, the little snow girl is also there."

"I'm in a hurry, and I have hemorrhoids on my butt again? If you have something to say, you can fart quickly"

"Poof~" Xiaoxue couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, this person is really, he has always been open-mouthed.

"That's right, after receiving news from Chang'an, the sage asked for a large number of war horses, the price was not only good, but also said that there would be a heavy reward, and the little one heard that he had taken out the title of the founding county, boss, is this business done?"

"Seeing you say this, you don't know that we are bandits, let the old bachelor inquire about the news clearly."

Gao Da happily hurried to arrange, the last time Li Yong attacked Tuyuhun, he captured a large number of war horses, in addition to leaving them for the Xishan Army as war horses and stallions, there are more than 10,000 left, which he can be worried about, he can't afford to raise so many war horses now, so he has sold some one after another, but such a good war horse, the price is expensive and not easy to sell, now it's okay, my old man sent money, don't pit the old man? Li Yong smiled evilly, the kind of smile was very bad, Xiaoxue could see at a glance what he was holding back.

"Sage, the acquisition of war horses is not optimistic, after all, we don't have a good horse farm, and the war horses in the army can't be compared with those war horses in the Turks, plus the wear and tear of the war horses' hooves has caused us to lose a lot of war horses."

"Tell me, what should I do? Next year, we will conquer the Turks, and now there is still a serious shortage of war horses in each province and guard, do we want our soldiers to use foot to fight the cavalry of the other Turks? ”

Li Er looked at the following generals with an angry face, although he has the advantage in strength, but the cavalry is seriously insufficient, on the ancient battlefield, the cavalry is highly mobile, just like a tank, it is the natural enemy of the infantry, hit you, you can't fight back, chase them? Can a two-legged one catch up with a four-legged one? What about playing? So in ancient times, the cavalry was the absolute main force of the army, the Turks grew up on horseback, the horsemanship was exquisite, and the number of horses was more than that of the Central Plains, it can be said that everyone was a cavalry, on the other hand, Li Er, that was a horse with few horses, and because of the wear and tear of the horse's hooves, many horses died of illness, seeing that the Turks died of a large number of cattle, sheep and people because of the cold winter, the opportunity to go out is in front of him, and now the lack of war horses makes him extremely annoyed, and this problem can be solved if he doesn't want to solve it, otherwise how can he come up with a founding county to make a bargaining chip? Just after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was a rule that no knighthood could be made without military exploits, and looking at the famous ministers and generals below, they couldn't think of any good way to scratch their hair. Li Er and his ministers thought for a few days and didn't come up with a good way, and issued a decree to purchase horses privately under the conditions of the founding of the county, and the effect was not great, Li Er was so worried, the glorious Empress Changsun gave him cloth vegetables, he didn't react, the adjusted Empress Changsun's complexion was getting better and better, looking at her absent-minded husband, Empress Changsun asked him gently.

"Sage, what's the matter? Absent-minded. ”

"Guanyin, I really can't eat it, seeing this great opportunity, can I just let it go in vain?"

"What the sage said, the concubines don't know what it is, and they don't want to know, you know that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, but Changle said that Li Yong has a way to solve the sage's problem."

"Huh? How can it be Li Yong again, there is him everywhere, telling him that if he dies of this heart, Changle can only marry the eldest grandson's family. ”

Empress Eldest Sun looked at her husband and jumped like thunder when she heard Li Yong, and she also had a headache.

"Sage, Changle marries Chong'er, you and I both want to see it, but now Changle only has that Li Yong in her heart, you know your daughter's temperament, don't look at her soft and weak, but she is very strong, let's not talk about Changle and Li Yong, just this time, Li Yong may really be able to help you, you take a look at this object first, Changle got it from Li Yong."

The palace maid waiting on the side brought in with a tray, and Li Er looked curiously at the strangely shaped iron object on the tray.

"It's called a horseshoe, and I heard Changle say that it can keep the horse's hooves from being worn."

"What? Just a few of these pieces of broken iron? ”

Empress Eldest Sun pulled her husband, who had stood up excitedly, back into his chair.

"I don't know this matter very well, it's better to let Li Yong enter the palace and tell the sage in detail, which can be regarded as giving him a chance."

Li Er thought for a moment and prepared to give an edict to the eunuchs around him, but thinking that that guy didn't seem to live in Chang'an, he didn't know where to live, and where to give him a decree, Empress Changsun seemed to have done more homework than her husband.

"It's good if you let Changle pass the message, and Changle knows where he lives."

Li Er was very helpless, his baby daughter was still carrying him behind his back and writing letters with other men, and his heart hurt so much.

"Okay, let Changle send a message to that guy, I'd like to see what he can do."

After Li Yong received Li Liqing's message, he took Liu Renliang and his guards to Chang'an, ready to blackmail him, but Xiaoxue wanted to follow him like a drag oil bottle, Li Yong had no choice but to take her with him, and now Xiaoxue was like kraft candy sticking to him, and he couldn't shake it off, Li Yong was kindly pushed into the carriage by Liu Renliang and others, saying that he was now a different identity and wanted to take the carriage, in fact, they were afraid of this goods, and every time he led the team, he would definitely get lost, When the old bachelor saw Liu Renliang and his party at the north gate, he was moved to cry, and finally had a time to wait for people according to the agreed place, the old bachelor took Li Yong and his party to a courtyard, saying that he couldn't live in the backyard of Lirenfang every time he came to Chang'an, so he was ready to buy a courtyard in the north of the city, Li Yong looked at the courtyard arranged for himself, it was located in a very quiet place with few people, and the Weishui River was behind the courtyard, which was indeed a good residence, he took Xiaoxue and others to just enter the door, and saw the goblin Zheng Liwan, who had not seen him for a long time, and looked at her revealing large-sleeved saro shirt, The devil's figure, Li Yong's nosebleed is flowing down again, why are Datang's clothes so exposed, and the girls seem to be big again, come and help me go back, no one knows what Li Yong thinks in his heart, and he doesn't have any ideas about Zheng Liwan's clothes, almost all the women in Datang wear them like this, like Xiaoxue, they are young and half-arm dresses, Li Lizhi is either a full-breasted skirt or a hufu, like a bold person is a big-sleeved sarong like Zheng Liwan, if others know what Li Yong thinks, must say that he made a fuss, our Datang is the same, only Xiaoxue is present in front of the gorgeous, the posture is equal to her own lady, and even a point higher, so she blocked Li Yong like a hen protecting a chicken, Zheng Liwan completely ignored Xiaoxue and pushed her away, and bent over slightly to Li Yong to make a blessing, deliberately, this goblin must be deliberate, hey, why did the nosebleed flow out again, looking at Li Yong's demented appearance, Zheng Liwan felt that her goal had been achieved, and said softly, the voice made Li Yong's whole person not good.

"Concubine, I've seen my son, my son is blessed."

"Ahh Wanfu, Wanfu, Xiaoxue helped the young master back to the house, the carriage sat for a long time, and his legs were a little numb. ”

Li Yong ran away from Zheng Liwan like escaping, where is the leg numb like he said, Xiaoxue can't catch up, Li Yong feels that he can't see this goblin anymore, otherwise his body and mind will be affected, Xiaoxue who made tea for him on the side is even more unkind, Zheng Liwan not only has great lethality to men, but also has the same ability to hit women, Xiaoxue looked at her chest and thought about Zheng Liwan, and scolded in her heart, what do you eat to grow so big, phew.

The next day, Li Yong came to the magnificent imperial city under the call of the eunuch, and after some inspection of the palace gate, Li Yong came to the outside of the Taiji Palace, Li Yong looked curiously outside the palace, after all, it was the first time to come to the famous Taiji Palace.

"Xuan accompanied Captain Rong Li Yong into the hall."

The eunuch outside the door made a gesture to Li Yong, Li Yong knew that he let himself in, Li Yong tidied up his clothes, walked in with his head held high, he was shocked by the Taiji Palace, only to see the palace Yunding sandalwood as a beam, crystal jade as a lamp, pearl as a curtain, and Fan Jin as a pillar base. The six-foot-wide agarwood hangs the shark silk treasure tent, and the tent is embroidered with pearls and silver thread begonia flowers, and the wind is moving, like falling clouds and mountains and phantom seas. The dragon chair couch is set up with green jade incense pillows, covered with soft silkworm ice sticks, and stacked with jade belts. There is a huge bright moon pearl hanging on the top of the treasure in the hall, shining brightly, like a bright moon. The ground is paved with white jade, embedded with gold beads, chiseled the ground for lotus, the flowers are the appearance of five-stemmed lotus flowers, the petals are fresh and exquisite, even the stamens are delicate and recognizable, and the bare feet only feel warm and moist, it is actually chiseled with Lantian warm jade, straight like the jade lotus step by step, comparable to the extravagance of Pan Yuer's golden lotus step by step. Such a poor worker. Li Yong was stunned, the office of the ancients was really luxurious, the civil and military officials present looked at him as a fool, Li Er was also very dissatisfied with his behavior, and before he could speak, he woke up Li Yong with an angry reprimand.

"Bold, what kind of crime should you be guilty of being so presumptuous in front of the saints in the Taiji Palace?"

Li Yong was not happy to hear it, looking at a red-robed official with a short beard on his chin and a righteous face, Li Er looked at someone looking for Li Yong's stubble, he was very happy to see it, he looked at the following without saying a word, as if as long as he sat on the dragon chair, he could have magical power, the kind of power that can control the overall situation. Li Yong is a donkey, he won't get used to the old man, just open his mouth.

"Yo, this melon seed also has a bed bug."

The old man didn't know what melon seeds were, but he knew that the bedbug was angry Li Yong angrily, who was he, he was the famous Wei Zheng, the lord of the emperor.

"Bold, saint, Li Yong ignores the etiquette of the court and despises the court, and he should be punished."

"I said old man, who are you, I was invited by a saint, and before anyone spoke, you were condemned, you are better than a saint? Do you want to sit on that golden chair above? ”

Li Yong's words frightened Wei Zheng and hurriedly knelt on the ground, Li Yong glanced at him, and I can't kill you.

"The saint knows clearly, the minister has no such intention, please forgive the saint."

Hearing that Wei Zheng was scolded, Li Er was also very happy, and said in his heart, "Do you usually scold me?" Now you're being scolded by others, right? Cool, right? Li Er also wanted to spit out and complain in his heart, but he couldn't say it in front of Wei Zheng, he was originally the middle of the imperial history, and he was in charge of picketing hundreds of officials, and he said that Li Yong was not an exaggeration, but he also knew that Li Yong was not the master to be messed with, and on the night of the Lantern Festival, didn't he care that he was the emperor and scolded him? Li Er played a round to stop Li Yong from continuing to be mad, Li Yong was interrupted by the forbidden demon and felt uncomfortable, but there was no way, the old man was the emperor, and he was still counting on him to take over, he would only hold his mouth.

"Wei Qing is flat, Li Yong is still young, don't be angry with him."

Li Er's meaning is, Wei Zheng, forget it, whatever Li Yong says, I invited him, if you have anything to say, I'll talk about it later, you hold it for me now, Li Yong gave Li Er a big salute (the Tang Dynasty didn't kneel. )

"Sage, we are all people who understand, I know what you want, I have what you want, as long as the price is right, everything is easy to say......"

"Bold, you are a court official, but you are guilty of being a saint, you are out of decency, and you lose the face of a scholar."

"Oh? Then why doesn't Lord Wei know the body and face? ”

Li Yong looked at Wei Zheng who seemed to be possessed by justice with an angry face, he was interrupted by Li Er just now, and he was already uncomfortable, and now you are here to tease me again, it seems that I don't want to give some color to see, I don't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has.

"As an official of the imperial court, the person who leads the imperial court should serve the imperial court, and you, a philistine, not only lose the face of the imperial court, but also lose the face of a scholar."

"Oh, I kind of understand, according to what you Lord Wei meant, that is, those of us who are courtiers should unconditionally dedicate ourselves to the court? Is that what that means? ”

"That's right, that's what I mean, you're still young......"

Wei Zheng thought that Li Yong was persuaded by himself, and he triumphantly wanted to continue to teach this hairy boy, but Li Yong stretched out his hand to stop him and interrupt his magic attack.

"Stop, stop beeping, I found out that you have a brain problem, either water or meningitis, first, I dare not be interested in being an official, it should be said that I am not interested in the imperial court. Second, although I am the official of the imperial court as you mentioned, I have never received a salary from the imperial court, so I don't believe you can go and investigate. In the end, you said that I must be better than the baht, or a philistine, all the civil and military officials present I don't believe that you are not philistine, the saint is trying his best to save money for what, just want to live a better life in the Tang Dynasty, what about you, live a luxurious life, now a small horse problem stumped you, and I am embarrassed to stand here, if I am you, I will find a pit and drown myself. ”

"You~~"

"Bold!"

Li Yong stabbed a hornet's nest, those civil and military officials were murderous and wanted to tear him apart, although Li Er felt that what Li Yong said was very right, and even said that he was in his heart, but he couldn't agree with him in front of the ministers.

"Good boy, have the courage, saint, wait for me Cheng to take down this kid and let him know what it means to be high and thick."

Li Yong saw a bear rushing towards him, yes, a black bear, Li Er wanted to stop it was too late, Cheng Biting Jin was too fast, and he pounced on Li Yong when he opened his eyes, just when everyone had Li Yong was taken down, "Bang~", a black shadow flew out, it should be said that a black bear flew out, everyone looked at everything that happened in front of them like they were frightened, and when they saw Cheng Biting Jin and grabbing Li Yong, Li Yong raised his foot and whipped his legs, Cheng Biting Jin flew back and lay on the ground like a spell, Li Yong clapped his hands handsomely, and didn't look at the black bear lying motionless on the ground.

"Sage, the show is over, let's talk less nonsense, you have seen the horseshoes, how to install only I know, as for the effect, you can find two horses to do experiments, whether you have tried it or not, I dare to guarantee that the horses of the Tang Dynasty will not be lost because of this horseshoe in the future, in addition, I can supply 10,000 war horses to the imperial court, it is a war horse, the price is five hundred and twenty-one, not two prices, if you don't want it, I will slaughter and eat it every day, anyway, I can't afford it."

After everyone listened to Li Yong's words, no one cared about Cheng Biting Jin lying on the ground, 10,000 war horses, the entire Tang Dynasty can't find so many war horses now, how did he get it, so Li Er is very entangled, he wants war horses too much, but his inner library and household are empty and can run horses, where is the money.

"That Li Yong, what should you be guilty of beating up a heavy minister in your palace?"

Li Er wanted to coerce Li Yong to comply, but Li Yong didn't eat his set.

"Capital crime, you cut me, you cut me, you can't get the horseshoe, you can't get the war horse you want, you will definitely say that you can win the Turks without a war horse, I think it is, it's just how many people will have to die at that time, whether you can really win the Turks as you think, then God knows."

Li Er gritted his teeth angrily and creaked, but there was no way to deal with him, why, because Li Yong said a lot, there was no cavalry, dealing with the Turks, it was a joke with the lives of his soldiers, did he have to compromise like this? You are the emperor, you still want to marry Lao Tzu's daughter, just like you, not to mention that there are no doors or windows.

"Sage, there is not much time left for you, and I don't want to delay the ministers to discuss, so come to me again after thinking about it."

Li Yong bit the minister's big words very hard, that is the minister's arrogance to Li Yong has no way, who makes the force value of the family high, Cheng Da black bear is the work of one leg of others, and his own arms and thin legs are to deliver food, not to mention that people still pinch this king fried in their hands, Li Yong bowed respectfully to Li Ergong on the dragon chair and turned to leave, when he passed to Cheng Biting Jin's side, he kicked lightly with his toes, thinking that he wouldn't die, Cheng Biting Jin was also to cooperate with him, "Hmm~" made a sound, scared Li Yong was startled, and wanted to give him another kick, After Li Yong swaggered out of the palace, he thought in his heart that this time he should be able to make a lot of money from this old man, and also get a knighthood, blood to earn, hehehe~ Li Yong's face of a profiteer made Xiaoxue want to beat him up.