jdhmnovel Chapter 1111 Erlang, You Have Changed
Chapter 1111 Erlang, You Have Changed
"Don't look at me like that, both of you." His Royal Highness the King of Chu curled his lips when he heard this: "Let's continue talking about business."
"Your Highness, what else is there?" Lu Dongzan, who had come to his senses, suddenly said, "You want to... find the young and beautiful person in Tubo..."
“Lu Dongzan, am I that kind of person?” Seeing that Lu Dongzan was hesitant to speak, His Royal Highness the King of Chu could not help but sigh: “I need you two to prepare a large amount of food, at least enough for 5,000 people to eat for two months.”
"Your Highness, if you take these provisions with you, it will slow down the march."
"Just bring the things with you, don't worry about anything else." After saying this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu thought for a moment and then said, "In addition, after I leave, I will leave enough guards around you to protect your safety.
In addition, I have changed my mind about the five thousand troops that were previously agreed upon, and I will only send three thousand." After the King of Chu finished speaking, he did not wait for the two to speak, and then said: "Buza, tell Chi Yang to select the best from the five thousand elite troops that have been selected, and keep three thousand. Fighting a war is meaningless if you rely on numbers."
"Your Highness, this is inappropriate..." Lu Dongzan thought that Li Kuan's move was due to the problem of food supply, so he hurriedly said: "I can find a way to mobilize more food from the post stations along the way."
"The people have to make a living, too." His Royal Highness the King of Chu said unhappily, "Also, do you really think I intend to use these 3,000 men as the main force? They are responsible for bringing the looted treasures back to Tubo!"
"Your Highness..." Lu Dongzan could no longer hold back: "You are so honest..."
"Nonsense," His Royal Highness the King of Chu rolled his eyes upon hearing this, "At this point, why should we bother with all that nonsense?
Lu Dongzan, Buza, today I will just lay it all out with you.
As long as you follow me wholeheartedly, no matter now or in the future, without having any second thoughts, I can assure you that I will give you nothing less, whether it is status or blessings for future generations.
We are destined to go down in history!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu said this, thought for a moment, and then said, "No, we have already gone down in history."
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Time quickly came to half a month later.
Although Lu Dongzan and Buza couldn't understand why after they transported 200,000 kilograms of fodder and 90,000 kilograms of grain into the palace as ordered by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the grain seemed to disappear overnight.
But since His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu didn't say anything, they couldn't ask any more questions.
And today is the day when the army sets out.
“Lu Dongzan, Buza, Yecha, Sangsuo.” Outside Luoshui City, His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at the four Tibetan ministers in front of him and said solemnly: “After I go to war, you must stabilize the situation, especially the reconstruction of Luoshui City. Don’t fall behind. When I just left the city, although I saw that the houses along the way had begun to be repaired, most of the people were dressed in simple clothes. If this continues, they may not be able to survive this winter…”
"Your Highness, we have already opened the granary as you ordered and distributed food and cloth to the people in the city. However..." Buza said with some embarrassment, "But in this way, we may be short of food after the summer next year."
"I have already asked people to find a way to mobilize food. Before the beginning of summer next year, a caravan from the Tang Dynasty will bring food to Tubo to sell." His Royal Highness the King of Chu waved his hand upon hearing this, indicating that this was not a problem at all: "Besides, there is plenty of food in Tianzhu. Even if transportation is a little troublesome, it is only a minor problem."
"In that case, Your Highness, we will help you return victoriously." Upon hearing this, Buza bowed to Li Kuan.
Behind Li Kuan, a group of Dou family retainers headed by Zhang Zhenxuan could not help but sigh inwardly after seeing this scene: In just over a month, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was able to make these unruly guys regard him as the sun and the moon in their hearts. This is really... a bit of dark humor.
When a brilliant golden light appeared in the sky, embellishing the peaks of the distant snow-capped mountains, the King of Chu said goodbye to his Tibetan ministers and set off with his army.
To get from Lhasa City to Tianzhu, one needs to travel west along the Yarlung River to Xiaoyangtong, then pass through the Yongquan area, until one crosses the Grand Canyon and arrives at the Terai Plain.
The journey was extremely dangerous, and it was winter, so the difficulty of the march was unimaginable for ordinary people.
Fortunately, in the team of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, there is Li Chunfeng, who is absolutely a strategic-level talent.
Taoist qi-gazing techniques can observe celestial phenomena and predict good and bad luck, but Li Chunfeng said that he only "knows a little bit about it", just like Zhang Zhenxuan said that he "does not know thunder magic". It's up to you to believe it or not, it depends on him whether he is serious or not.
Therefore, although the army stopped and started along the way, it did not encounter any danger.
Even the food and fodder that the King of Chu had prepared in advance had not been consumed when he arrived in India.
Yes, on the second day of February in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, the day when the dragon raised its head, His Royal Highness the King of Chu led his retainers and army to reign over India.
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"Your Majesty, what on earth does His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu want to do?!" - When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was about to let the whole of India feel the shock from the Great Tang Dynasty in the East, in Chang'an, the capital of the Great Tang Dynasty in the East, Zhangsun Wuji could no longer bear it.
Changsun Chong was unwilling to write a letter to Li Kuan on his behalf, so Changsun Wuji had to write the letter himself.
The results of it……
The reply from Qiongzhou was very strange. It had no beginning or end, and the body of the letter was just a small palm print. In fact, this stroke of genius was not intentional by His Royal Highness the King of Chu. Yu Lian'er had received her husband's reply and was planning to write for Li Kuan. But when Wu Xu saw this, she immediately held Ruchu in her arms, came to the desk, grabbed little Ruchu's palm, dipped it in ink, and asked him to slap it on the letter paper.
From then on, a letter full of romanticism and political wisdom is complete.
"Why do you care what that brat wants to do?" His Majesty Li Er took his granddaughter Ruchu's "calligraphy" from Zhangsun Wuji's hand, carefully spread it on the table, and carefully smoothed out the wrinkles on it with his palm: "Ruchu, this child, is really naughty..."
"Your Majesty..." Zhang Sun Wuji felt that he had fallen out of favor: "Your Majesty..."
"Wuji, do you think I should grant her a fiefdom?" Upon hearing this, His Majesty Li II changed the subject and said, "After all, she is my eldest granddaughter. It is unreasonable to grant her a fiefdom that is too small."
"His Majesty……"
"I think it's good to give Yongzhou to Ruchu." Zhangsun Wuji called him unfair, but Emperor Li II didn't care: "As for the title... just call her Yong'an, Princess Yong'an, um... not bad! Zhang Nan!"
"I'm here." As soon as Emperor Li II finished speaking, Zhang Nan, who was guarding outside the Taiji Hall, bowed and entered the hall.
“You go to Qiongzhou in person and convey my decree to confer the title of Princess of Yong’an on Ruchu, with the fiefdom of Yongzhou.” After saying this, His Majesty Li II picked up the imperial seal from the desk in front of him and placed a seal next to Ruchu’s small handprint.
Then, he nodded with satisfaction, and then he set his eyes on Changsun Wuji, who was almost broken into pieces: "Wuji, what do you think of me as a royal grandfather?"
"Very...very good." Changsun Wuji nodded: "Your Majesty..."
"I heard that you will soon have a grandson." His Majesty Li II did not let Zhangsun Wuji finish his words today: "That's great. When the child is born, I will ask the Queen to grant you grace."
"..."After His Majesty Li II said this, even if Chang Sun Wuji wanted to continue pretending to be stupid, he could not "suddenly realize" it.
What does it mean that the Queen bestows grace...
According to the past...when my grandson is born, it should be you and the Queen who reward me together...
Jilang...you have changed!