Yeon Gaesumun carefully studied Li Shimin and found out that if envoys from various countries embarrassed Li Shimin at the court meeting, Li Shimin would definitely take revenge afterwards.
In this way, when countries feel a crisis, they only need someone to take the lead and it is easy to unite.
But the various countries didn't even mention increasing rewards. How could Li Shimin hold a grudge?
Countries cannot feel the crisis and are afraid of the strength of the Tang Dynasty, so it is impossible to unite.
"What should we do now?" Fan Mingyuan asked.
Yeon Gaesumun hesitated for a while and said: "Don't do anything now. If you are exposed, you will be in trouble."
He still doesn't know that Jin Chunqiu has already told Li Shimin about their alliance.
If Li Shimin hadn't wanted to cause trouble now, he would probably have taken action against Yeon Gae So-moon.
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Qilaobaat'er said: "Great Khan, Hou Junji has changed the route."
"Cough cough cough~" Nishu couldn't help but cough as he was about to speak.
"Khan, are you okay?" Qilaobaat'er asked worriedly.
He was originally just a secret agent sent to Chang'an by the Western Turks, with a low status.
Because of Nishu's trust, I am where I am today.
In the past few months, Nishu's coughs have become more frequent, which is obviously not normal.
If something happened to Nishu, he would never have the power he has now.
Nishu calmed down, waved his hand and said, "Since Hou Junji has changed his route, we can't attack him. Let's follow the original plan."
"Great Khan, what I'm worried about is that the Tang Dynasty will suddenly send troops when we go to war with Xue Yantuo." Qilaobaat'er said.
Nishu said confidently: "The Tang Dynasty is short of food. Didn't you say before that the spies in Chang'an brought news that the price of food in Chang'an has risen sharply? The Tang Dynasty is not as powerful as you thought. They were able to destroy the Dong Dynasty before.
The Turks are due to civil strife in the Eastern Turks and sneak attacks. As long as we take precautions, the Tang Dynasty has nothing to fear."
His words were not so much comforting Qirao Bartel as they were comforting himself.
He has no way out now and can only fight.
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"Master, wake up."
Lin Xuan opened his eyes in confusion, looked at Chunyue and said, "What's wrong?"
"Sir, Mr. Zhang is here and waiting for you in the lobby." Chunyue said.
"Mr. Zhang?" Lin Xuan was slightly stunned and asked: "Which Mr. Zhang?"
"It's the young master's master, Mr. Zhang." Chunyue explained.
Lin Xuan came to his senses and realized that it was Zhang Zhongjian he was talking about.
It's just that Zhang Zhongjian has a long back and a bearded face. Is it really appropriate to call him Mr.?
Under Chunyue's service, Lin Xuan came to the hall after washing up.
"Master, what's the matter with you coming here so early?" Lin Xuan walked over to Zhang Zhongjian and sat down.
It stands to reason that Zhang Zhongjian is his master, and when meeting him, he should at least bow respectfully or something like that.
It's just that this pair of master and disciple is a bit special, and Lin Xuan has no intention of saluting.
But Zhang Zhongjian doesn't care about this at all.
"People who practice martial arts should practice Sanjiu in the winter and Sanfu in the summer. If you are so lazy, I really don't know how you developed your martial arts skills." Zhang Zhongjian said.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes. He didn't say he heard the chicken dancing every day, but he wasn't lazy, right?
He thought he was quite diligent, but he drank a lot yesterday. Although he was not drunk at the time, he still had a lot of energy and took a nap after he came back.
When I woke up in the middle of the night, I couldn't fall asleep. I finally fell asleep when it was almost dawn.
"Master, are you here just to teach me?" Lin Xuan said.
Zhang Zhongjian glanced at Lin Xuan and said: "I just see that you are a young martial arts practitioner, and I can't bear to waste it like this. I just want to remind you. As for why I came here, don't you understand?"
"Is it possible that you are leaving? Didn't you agree that we would go together?" Lin Xuan said.
Zhang Zhongjian said angrily: "Who said I came here for this? It's Chinese New Year, and you don't even know how to pay me a New Year greeting? When the pharmacist asked, I still want to speak for you, why did I accept such an unfilial apprentice like you?
"
In order not to make Li Jing and the others suspicious, when Li Jing and the others asked, he also said that he didn't like those false gifts and wouldn't let Lin Xuan go to pay New Year greetings.
Thinking about Zhang Zhongjian makes me feel depressed. No matter what happens, I will still be your master, right?
Can't you just pretend and wish me a happy new year?
Today some guests were coming to Li Jing's house. He didn't know those people, so he left Li Jing's house and came to find Lin Xuan.
"I said, do you still care about these frivolous things?" Lin Xuan said with some surprise.
According to his understanding of Zhang Zhongjian, Zhang Zhongjian should be somewhat similar to Huang Yaoshi in Jin Yong's works.
A person who is "70% evil in the middle and 30% righteous in the evil" always goes against others. He should be dismissive of the "traditional ethics" that others value.
Zhang Zhongjian was left speechless by Lin Xuan.
He really didn't care about those false etiquette, but he lived in the Li family and wanted Lin Xuan to be very filial.
This is similar to what parents tell their children who are away from home: if they are busy, don’t come back. After the children go back, the parents will say a few words that they shouldn’t come back.
But he would show off to the neighbors and tell him not to come back and he would come back.
Zhang Zhongjian has no heirs, so his apprentice is equivalent to his child. Lin Xuan behaves well, and he also has face in front of Li Jing and others.
"I just said casually, why do you care about those things?" Zhang Zhongjian said: "I came here because there will be more guests at the pharmacist's house these days, so I will stay with you for a few days."
"The yard where you lived before is reserved for you. You can still live there."
"It's cold now, do you need me to find some girls to keep you warm?" Lin Xuan said with an ambiguous look.
"You brat, are you still making fun of me?" Zhang Zhongjian scolded.
Zhang Zhongjian has no shortage of women, and he is not an infatuated person, but he still can't play with the daughter arranged by his apprentice.
Lin Xuan didn't insist, he was just joking.
It's not that he couldn't bear it, he felt that once Zhang Zhongjian got older, he would stop harming other girls.
"I remind you that we are leaving in a few days. You should prepare quickly, otherwise I won't be waiting for you then." Zhang Zhongjian said.
"Don't worry, I'll remember it."
Lin Xuan suddenly remembered the blueprint of Zheng He's treasure ship as a sign-in reward, and said, "Wait for me first, I'll go get something."
After saying that, Lin Xuan returned to the room, took the drawings, thought about it, and took a compass from the treasure box.
Back in the hall, Lin Xuan spread out the drawings, placed them in front of Zhang Zhongjian, and said, "Please help me see what this boat looks like."
Zhang Zhongjian didn't care at first, but after seeing the drawings, he exclaimed: "Is this a sea-going ship?"
There are many differences between sea-going ships and river ships, the most important of which is the bottom of the ship.
Because the river depth is different and the wind and waves are small, river boats all use flat bottoms.
The sea is very windy and rough, and a flat-bottomed boat will capsize when the sea is a little rougher. Therefore, it has a pointed bottom. With such a deep draft, the boat can withstand the wind and waves.
Lin Xuan nodded and said: "Yes, I got this at a great cost. See if you can make it."
Zhang Zhongjian read it carefully and exclaimed: "This ship is stronger than all the ships I have seen. According to the dimensions on your drawing, if there are several such ships, they will run rampant on the sea."
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes, and you have to say that Zheng He's treasure ship was the largest wooden sea ship in the Ming Dynasty.
Let alone the Tang Dynasty, there was a gap of hundreds of years.
The Tang Dynasty didn't even have firearms. Water battles were basically long-range bows and arrows. Once you got close, you had to ram with boats.
The bigger the ship, the stronger the collision force.