In the quiet room, Zhang Yang looked out the window at the night after speaking, the starlight was very faint tonight, but the moonlight was bright.

From the window, you can see the foothills of Lishan in the distance, and the mountains look beautiful.

No matter how history changes, only this scenery is eternal.

Hearing the noise of the children outside the window, Zhang Yang pulled his thoughts back, "How much money can Your Majesty save in a day? How much money can you save every day to support such a large fortification?"

Li Shimin frowned and thought about it, how thrilling the scene was back then, and after slowing down his breathing, he slowly calmed down, thinking about how to deal with these words.

In the past, on the battlefield, or in Xuanwumen, the danger faced back then can be said to be on the tip of the knife, and there is no way to retreat and no choice.

Looking at Zhang Yang and Li Tai in front of him, what is the difficulty in front of him.

Zhang Yang's tone was calm, and he continued, "According to the calculation of ten yuan a day in the palace, even if Your Majesty saves five yuan a day, a maximum of five thousand yuan a year, I am right."

Seeing that Li Shimin did not answer, Zhang Yang said: "Now the DPRK and China are still stretched thin, and until this situation is not alleviated, all your Majesty's expenses will remain unchanged, and at least two years Your Majesty will be able to save the money that can allow the fortifications to begin."

After listening to his brother-in-law's words, Li Tai closed his eyes and said, "But once the fortifications begin, it is not just a matter of one year, maybe three years, maybe five years, and the construction of fortifications will be saved by two years, and according to the speed at which my father saves money, the original three to five years of fortification will drag on for six or even ten years, and my father will be almost fifty years old by then."

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei is right, the Hexi Corridor is not as good as Guanzhong, the climate there is not stable, and once it reaches the wind season, it will have to stop work."

"But Your Majesty, don't forget that in addition to the Hexi Corridor being used for defense and offense, its commercial value is also very large, and now that the Western Regions have been pacified, it is only a matter of time before the four towns of Anxi are returned, and Tubo will no longer be in chaos, maybe next year will be the most stable period of Western trade routes, and it is also the best time for trade, I call this the window period, and it is also the best time, if you miss this opportunity, you want to wait for the next time, and I don't know how many years it will take."

"The time is rare, the right time and place will not only stand on the side of the Tang Dynasty, the former Sui missed the Hexi Corridor because of the relaxation of the Western Regions, and was entrenched by Tuyuhun, and this road was broken for many years."

"If you can set up a commercial tax in the Hexi Corridor, Your Majesty can recover the cost in a short time, and you can even use this extra tax revenue for other arrangements, why not?"

Li Shimin calmly analyzed these words, Fang Xuanling, Eldest Sun Wuji, Wei Chigong, or Cen Wenwen, they all analyzed the pros and cons of this matter.

If you want to build Jiayuguan in the court, you need to pay a huge cost, endure the pain for a while, and the benefits can be extended to future generations.

Zhang Yang's words are not wrong, this is indeed a good time, if it can be done once and for all.

Zhang Yang said in a low voice, "Yue'er's imperial grandfather said that Your Majesty has changed, where has the original resolute Admiral Tiance gone?"

[In view of the general environment,

These whispers kept lingering in his mind, and Li Shimin said coldly, "I don't need you to point fingers at what I want to do."

Zhang Yang sat up straight again, with a smile on his face, "The minister lost his words."

Li Tai has been closing his eyes, not wanting to face his father like this, if someone else dares to talk to his father like this, he will already be under the sword.

Just sitting like this, you can feel the anger of your father.

Li Shimin listened to his breathing, "Can Lishan take out 10,000 guan?"

Finally spoke, Zhang Yang smiled and nodded, "You can lend Your Majesty 10,000 yuan first, as for how much silver money is needed for the fortifications in the future, Your Majesty can make a decision again, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty."

"For the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty? I don't think you're doing it for yourself."

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Your Majesty misunderstood me, I just hope that there will be an opportunity to cooperate with Your Majesty to help Your Majesty build meritorious deeds and contribute to the society, which is also what I should do."

Li Shimin took a sip of tea, "You speak

conditions."

"Why?" Zhang Yang arched his hand and said, "First of all, give it to me with the holy mountain of Tibet as collateral."

"As long as that snow-capped mountain in Tibet?"

"That's just the premise."

The so-called person who stretches out his hand and doesn't hit the smiling face knows that the emperor in front of him may have a seizure at any time.

Zhang Yang tried his best to smile kindly, "Only when this premise is met can we talk about the conditions after that."

Li Shimin nodded slightly and motioned to continue.

"Once the Jiayushan fortifications are completed, 50% of the taxes from trade in the Hexi Corridor will be distributed to Lishan in the future, and we will be allowed to take the lead in selecting a location in the Hexi Corridor to open a branch."

"It's a good one to build a meritorious career, Zhang Yang, you have to say it well, it's all for profit."

Zhang Yang cleared his throat, "Your Majesty must believe in my character."

Li Shimin relaxed his body, put the weight of his body on the backrest behind him, and put his wrist on the armrest, "How many times have I tried to kill you alive?"

Zhang Yang blinked innocently, "Your Majesty has a prejudice against me?"

"I shouldn't have let Zhang Gongjin be your teacher, what did he teach!"

"I think I must have died many times in Your Majesty's dreams, and I must have died a lot."

Li Shimin snorted coldly, "You dare to say it."

"If Your Majesty thinks it's okay, how about we make a note for that?"

The mountain wind was a little strong at night, and Li Shimin was still hesitating.

Li Lizhen's voice came from downstairs, it seemed that she wanted to go upstairs to see her father and was stopped by the eunuch.

Li Shimin looked at the eunuch standing aside, "Bring pen and ink."

"Why?"

A piece of rice paper was spread out, and Li Tai took the brush and whispered, "Father, sons, let's write."

Li Shimin nodded.

Every time Zhang Yang said a word, Li Tai wrote down a sentence.

A contract was written on paper, and Li Shimin confirmed it after it was written.

"Your Majesty, if you think there is no problem, you can draw it."

The eunuch took out a wooden box, and then took out a seal letter from the box, this seal letter was from the Qin Palace, and the four words General Tiance were written under the seal.

Zhang Yang also wrote his name on the contract.

After doing all this, Zhang Yang put away the contract and got up, "Tomorrow I will have someone send the money."

Li Shimin also stood up, "I don't want outsiders to know about this matter."

"That's natural, in fact, if Your Majesty can't pay back this money for a while, it will be regarded as my shareholding, which means that I will share the taxes of the Hexi Corridor with Your Majesty in the future."

I felt that there was something wrong with this, so I changed my tone and said, "Your Majesty, everything we divide in Lishan is a commercial tax, and as for other taxes, Lishan will not touch anything."

"Alright, it's time for me to go down, the children are going to be in a hurry."

Li Tai hurriedly stood up and saluted.

When she walked downstairs, Li Lizhen was no longer noisy, and she was playing chess with Li Yue.

Looking at the chess game, Li Li's quality was obviously defeated.

As Li Yue pushed the cart forward, "General."

Li Lizhi looked at the chessboard blankly, and before she could understand how she could lose so quickly, her little face was full of chagrin.

"Why don't you play a game of chess with Yue'er?"

Li Yue sorted out the chessboard, "Actually, my daughter wanted to consult with her father before."

The father and daughter sat opposite each other, and the eldest grandson queen took the children upstairs to prepare for rest.

Lee Tae also left.

Zhang Yang stood aside and watched the father and daughter play chess.

Li Yue's chess move is actually very simple.

However, Li Shimin did not show mercy to his daughter, and every step was murderous.

Li Yue slowly launched a step to respond.

Seeing that Li Shimin was still thinking, Li Yue asked, "I don't know if the things that my husband and father talked about can go well

Pro."

Li Shimin moved his pawn, "The construction of Jiayuguan this time, with the help of your husband and wife, will definitely be completed smoothly."

Li Yue nodded and said, "With my father's reward, we have the family background we have now, and we should be for the community."

That being said, Li Shimin will not let his daughter and son-in-law go bankrupt to help Sheji.

It is a stupid act to kill chickens and take eggs, it is better to watch the development of Lishan, there is a son-in-law who has collected money, Li Shimin prefers Lishan to become the money bag of Sheji.

"This son-in-law of mine is really getting bigger and bigger, and he dares to use the Hexi Corridor to pay taxes, who can say such words."

Zhang Yang stood aside and did not speak.

"Father, the factories in Lishan are getting more and more, and the taxes paid every year are also the largest, and the taxes paid by our Lishan last year can be offset by the sum of several surrounding counties, and my daughter thinks that my father should celebrate."

"If the money taken out by Lishan does not recover the cost, the development of Lishan will stagnate, which is a result that neither the father nor the daughter wants to see."

The father and daughter made their position clear in three or two sentences.

Li Shimin complained to his daughter that his son-in-law asked for too much.

Li Yue explained to his father that Lishan's money was not given for nothing, and if the cost could not be recovered, the husband would not pay, and his father could only be anxious in the palace.

The queen has said more than once that Li Yue's growth is very fast.

From being a fourteen-year-old girl at the beginning, to now Li Yue's words and deeds are dignified and generous, and she is good at thinking and understanding things.

Time is magical, and now Li Yuewan has been reborn and has become a daughter who makes me, a father, dare not underestimate herself.

There was no timidity in her eyes, more of a kind of respect, and there was a little more shadow of Zhang Yang in her conversation and gestures.

When a daughter grows up, she is naturally happy to be able to be a father on her own.

But when his daughter has grown into a person that her father cannot underestimate, Li Shimin is both relieved and helpless.

It was Zhang Yang who grew up with Yue'er, not me.

Yue'er's skills are her talent, or Zhang Yang's careful professor, she has faded away from the ignorance of her childhood, and she can sit and talk with me without showing timidity.

Finally, the father and daughter had a result, and the game ended in a draw.

"Father agreed."

"Hehehe......" Li Shimin smiled, "It's not that I have conceded, but that I am unfamiliar."

"Father is tired of dealing with state affairs, so he should pay more attention to his body."

Li Shimin raised his eyes and looked at the night outside the window, "It's not early, you should go back early."

"My daughter is gone."

Li Yue stood up and was led by her husband and left.

After a while, Empress Eldest Sun walked behind Li Shimin, "What does Your Majesty think of Yue'er now?"

Li Shimin sighed: "The couple will be very rich in the future."

Empress Eldest Sun smiled kindly.

At night in Lishan, the couple were walking to their residence.

Li Yue's footsteps are very fast, and she often looks at the scenery here, and she never gets tired of seeing it.

Even if there are more changes in her own land, she can observe for a long time.

Aunt Yang happened to come over, and she whispered, "Xiao Wu took Xiao Xiong back first."

Walking by the Weishui River, Li Yue nodded, "Actually, that game of chess was deliberately a draw, and my father's mind seemed to be very chaotic."

"Your father owes our family another sum of money, so it's no wonder that he is in a good mood."

As he spoke, Zhang Yang took out the contract from his arms, "This is the contract, and I also asked for the snow mountain in Tubo by the way."

Li Yuehu took the contract suspiciously.

After returning home and lighting the oil lamp, she opened the contract and looked carefully, in addition to the fifty percent of the commercial tax in the Hexi Corridor in the future, she really mortgaged the holy mountain of Tubo and handed it over to Lishan.

Li Yue held his forehead, "Husband is really ......."

"I'm not particularly generous in order to make my daughter-in-law happy."

"The snow-capped mountains can't be moved in Tibet

This family property can only be seen in a lifetime." Li Yue took a sip of warm boiled water in disbelief, "I thought my husband would ask for something more practical."

"More practical?"

"Yes." Li Yue nodded, "It would be better if I could ask for a few more acres of land."

The value of the large snow-capped mountains in Tibet is not as good as a few acres of land in the eyes of the daughter-in-law.

Zhang Yang wanted to say out loud that the mountains were where the Himalayas were.

Li Yue put down his teacup, "The matter of the Snow Mountain is over, the contract has been made, naturally it cannot be changed, and the Hexi Corridor will be managed well at that time, if you can make up for these silver coins through commercial taxes, the Snow Mountain will be for nothing."

After saying this, Li Yue nodded again and said, "If you master the Snow Mountain, you will master the rear of Tubo."

Zhang Yang was doing it on the recliner, shaking a fan and holding a book in one hand, "Actually, the Tianshan Mountains are not bad, and we will have to wait until the Western Turks are pacified, and we can only fight the idea of the Tianshan Mountains."

"Tian Shan?"

"There is a pass from the Western Regions to the West, even if the Persians want to enter the Western Regions, and then enter the Central Plains, they have to pass through that road, starting from Kami in the east, passing through the Yinli River, and passing through the valley is the hinterland of the Tianshan Mountains, which is the Tianshan Road, which stretches for 20,000 miles to reach another world in the West."

Li Yue has never seen Tianshan, let alone been there, but there is a slight record in the classics, and even if it is recorded, there are only one or two sentences.

"Is there really a Heavenly Pond and a Snow Lotus on the Heavenly Mountains? Has King Zhou Mu really been there?"

"Who knows, who can tell this kind of thing."

Li Yue took out the clothes to change from the room, "Husband, go to bed early."

On the second day of Li Shimin's summer vacation in Lisan, Yi Yifu also prepared his luggage for Goguryeo.

Zhang Daxiang and Xu Jingzong sent him off together.

"What is written in this dossier is what you need to do in Goguryeo."

The file was sealed with wax, and he was about to open it.

Xu Jingzong hurriedly said, "It's not too late to wait until you reach the boundary of Liaodong."

Li Yifu looked at the east, "I have been going for a few years, I hope that when I come, Xu Shilang will be able to keep his promise and give his subordinates a future."