Volume 1: First Entering the Tang Dynasty Chapter 66: Right eyelid twitches
"Keming, do you mean that we should make preparations in advance and not wait for His Majesty's decree before taking action?" Qin Qiong asked this, and Qin Qiong was obviously asking for Li Shimin, "Also, Keming, what do you think?
Who is the right person to go?”
"I believe that the person who went to Niangziguan this time is none other than General Cheng Zhijie!" Du Ruhui bowed directly to Li Shimin and said.
"Zhijie, would you like to take a trip?" Li Shimin looked directly at Cheng Yaojin and asked.
"The last general is willing to go, but I think Sichang is more suitable than the last general, right? After all, Sichang is Princess Pingyang's consort. If we talk about distance, apart from His Highness, I am afraid that Sichang has the closest relationship, right?" Cheng Yaojin said directly
asked with some confusion.
After all, "relatives may be far or near, and friends may be thick or thin." When it comes to the relationship with Princess Pingyang, apart from the third brother of King Qin Li Shimin, the closest person to him is Chai Shao, the consort. Cheng Yaojin doesn't understand why.
Just let yourself go.
"You also know the relationship between Huo Guogong and Her Highness the Princess, and don't you know the princess's temper? I'm afraid it will be hard to talk to Chai Consort if he goes away! What's more, your main opponent this time is not Her Highness the Princess, but
It's the person from the prince's side!" Fang Xuanling on the side didn't understand why Du Ruhui named Cheng Zhijie. To do this kind of negotiation and robbing people, you have to have a shameless bastard like Cheng Yaojin.
Fang Xuanling has explained it so clearly, but Cheng Yaojin still doesn't understand what he is going to do. He is robbing people from the prince's side. Although it is said that there are more than 30,000 people, there are uneven numbers here.
There were more than 30,000 people, including young and old alike. Selecting and robbing people was also a technical job.
"Furthermore, if the prediction is correct, I am afraid that even if Her Royal Highness the Princess agrees to give, not all of these 30,000 people will be given to our Tiance Mansion. Then they will be Su Guogong's use!" Fang Xuanling laughed.
He said.
Fang Xuanling has explained it so clearly, but Cheng Yaojin still doesn't understand what he is going to do. He is robbing people from the prince's side. Although it is said that there are more than 30,000 people, there are uneven numbers here.
There are more than 30,000 people, including young and old alike. Selecting and snatching people is also a technical job. Even if you can only get part of it, you still have to pick the good ones.
"General, take your orders!" Cheng Yaojin cupped his fists and turned around to leave the meeting hall of Tiance Mansion.
As Cheng Yaojin left, Li Shimin said some other things to the civil and military officials and then dispersed.
Cheng Yaojin returned directly to Su Guogong's Mansion. Madam Sun, who was doing red work in the room, saw that Cheng Yaojin was back and hurriedly welcomed him out. At the same time, Cheng Yaojin's two sons, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang, also hurriedly
Come here to give a gift to your father.
"Madam, prepare some gifts for me, I'm going on a long trip!" Cheng Yaojin said while drinking the tea soup sent by his servant.
"Where are we going?" Ever since she married Cheng Yaojin, the Sun family has not had a peaceful life for a few years. Now the Li family is dominating the world, her husband is the Duke of Su State, and she has been named the Lady of Su State.
, I thought I would be able to live a stable life, but I never imagined that there were rebellions all over the place, and there were also Turkic rebellions, and my husband was still on the march here and there.
I thought that Cheng Yaojin would be able to settle down after Li Shimin returned from conquering Jieli Khan. However, as soon as Cheng Yaojin came back, he asked himself to prepare gifts. He must have to go out again and take his two children with him. It was inevitable that Sun would
I want to ask the previous question.
"Let's go to Niangziguan. His Royal Highness King Qin asked me to visit His Royal Highness Princess Pingyang. It's nothing important!" Cheng Yaojin naturally knew that Madam was concerned about him. Besides, there was no use of weapons during this trip, so he explained lightly. One sentence.
"Oh! Then I'll go get ready!" When Sun heard that she was going to visit Princess Pingyang on behalf of King Qin, she hurriedly went to prepare gifts. Princess Pingyang's name was known to everyone in the Tang Dynasty. , Li Tang was able to win the world, and Princess Pingyang played a great role in it. She was truly a woman who could not be compared to men. If the Cheng family could establish a good relationship with such a person, it would only be good for the Cheng family, and there would be no harm.
"Xuancheng, what do you think of the battle in Weizhou City?" Li Jiancheng, who was in charge of Youzhou at this time, also invited Wei Zheng to come closer and ask.
"The credit for this great victory must go to Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang, but the one I care about most is Lu Chen, the military advisor of the Detachment of Women. This person should not be underestimated!" Wei Zheng saluted Li Jiancheng and said.
"Oh?" After hearing Wei Zheng's words, Li Jiancheng raised his eyebrows slightly. Li Jiancheng was naturally aware of what Lu Chen had done in the Women's Army, not to mention that harnesses had begun to be promoted in the army, but the use of alcohol and saline Compared with the Detachment of Women, refining is more difficult for other troops to make. What's more, there is currently insufficient food and salt, so it has not been popularized.
On the one hand, Lu Chen's salt-making process is really not mastered by anyone except Lao Huang and the medical officers. On the other hand, Li Xiuning also strictly prohibits the spread of salt-making techniques, so the promotion of alcohol and saline is also blocked. .
"What does Xuancheng think of Lu Chen?" Li Jiancheng looked at Wei Zheng and asked.
"This man has unparalleled talent! The invention of horse harness alone has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of our Tang army. Moreover, this man speaks well and is obviously full of knowledge. If he can be used by His Highness, he will be sure of victory!" Wei Zheng replied.
"It's difficult!" Li Jiancheng sighed, "This person obviously has no intention of becoming an official, otherwise he wouldn't have become the military advisor of the Detachment of Women because of my third sister's insistence on retaining him!"
As for how Lu Chen became the military advisor of the Women's Army, Li Jiancheng obviously already knew about it. After Li Xiuning tried his best to persuade Lu Chen to stay, Lu Chen "reluctantly" became the military advisor of the Women's Army. As soon as he took office, he took down Liu Heita without any blood. Regarding the heads of brothers, with this ability, whether he or Li Shimin is assisting, he can easily push one of them to that position.
"The main problem now is not this Lu Chen, but the surrender of more than 30,000 people in Weizhou City. Even if we can't get all of them, we can still get some. I believe that the King of Qin has already made some moves!" Wei Zheng reminded directly. Li Jiancheng said, it is obviously unrealistic to get Lu Chen to the side of the prince now, and the main target at this time is the surrender of Weizhou City, "And, in my humble opinion, can we get these surrender this time?" The key lies in Princess Pingyang!"
As for Wei Zheng's analysis, it is similar to Fang Xuanling's.
"Xuan Cheng's words make sense, why don't Xuancheng take a trip?" Li Jiancheng looked at Wei Zheng and asked.
"As a minister, I shall accept my orders!" Wei Zheng saluted Li Jiancheng and then withdrew.
Li Jiancheng's residence in Youzhou was a mansion provided by Li Yi. This mansion was the residence of a wealthy businessman in Youzhou. Li Yi originally wanted to invite Li Jiancheng to live in his Yanjun Palace, but Li Shimin refused. Li Shimin did not live in Li Yi's Yanjun Palace, but the relationship between the two people improved by leaps and bounds. After all, in Li Yi's opinion, the title of Prince was closer to that position than the title of King of Qin.
At this time, Wei Zheng also led his people to Niangzi Pass.
"What's going on with my right eyelid that keeps twitching?" Lu Chen was lying on the deck chair in the yard, waving the folding fan while thinking about it.
After Lu Chen came back from Weizhou City, he asked Liu Laosan to find a carpenter in the military camp to make this recliner. As soon as the first one was made, he enjoyed it for an hour when it was taken away by Li Xiuning who came here to have a meal. , he had no choice but to ask the carpenter to make another one for him.
At this time, Lu Chen's small courtyard was complete with tables, chairs, and benches. At this time, Lu Chen was lying on the recliner, and Liu Jing, the dog boy, was cutting vegetables in the kitchen. As for the job of cutting meat, Meng Jilai was still in charge of cooking. It was still the hard-working Fang Qi who was cooking, and today's dinner was naturally hot pot, of course to welcome Su Dingfang's arrival.
At this time, Su Dingfang was sitting on the bench next to Lu Chen, picking vegetables from the basin. Lu Chen, who was lying on the recliner and shaking the folding fan, felt happy just thinking about it. .
If there was an Internet, you would have to take a photo and post it on your friends circle to show off, so that your comrades could see what the real "level" is!
It's a pity that there is no Internet here, and there are no comrades from the past. Lu Chen couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.
"Old Su, why do you think my right eyelid keeps twitching?" Lu Chen turned to look at Su Dingfang who was picking vegetables seriously and asked.
"Military advisor, I don't know, but I heard that when the left eye twitches, the right eye twitches, causing trouble!" Su Dingfang looked at Lu Chen and said seriously.
"Bah!" Meng Ji, who brought out a pot of mutton before Lu Chen could say anything, spat directly, "Old Su, don't talk nonsense. The military advisor is a man of great fortune, how could there be a disaster! I heard that this morning It’s good to be happy, and it’s good to be lucky late. It’s night now, and the strategist’s eyelids are twitching, which should be a sign of getting rich!” Meng Ji patted Lu Chen’s horse and said.
"Lao Meng's words are right! I'll let you drink two more taels tonight!" Lu Chen folded his fan and pointed at Meng Ji and praised him.
"Then I'd like to thank the military advisor!" Meng Ji said and raised his eyebrows at Su Dingfang. The meaning was very obvious. It's me, Meng Ji, who has to take photos of the military advisor's horses. You, Su Dingfang, are not hot enough!
Seeing Meng Ji's arrogant look, Su Dingfang gave Meng Ji a blank look. It was obvious that Su Dingfang had become very familiar with Lu Chen's people on the way back from Weizhou City.
Seeing that the meat and vegetables were already on the table, Lu Chen also stood up from the lounge chair and greeted the people waiting for dinner. Just when the smell of meat was wafting in the yard, someone knocked on the door of Lu Chen's small courtyard.
"This Li Xiuning is here again!" Usually the only person who could come to Lu Chen's place at this time was Li Xiuning. Lu Chen couldn't help complaining in his heart, but he still walked over and opened the courtyard door. But as soon as he opened the courtyard door, Lu Chen Chen was stunned, because he had never thought about how such a person could appear at the door of his courtyard.