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Chapter 126 Fight Goguryeo First

After retiring from the court, Li Chengtong went directly to the Salt Manufacturing Department and began to work intensively.

The bet with Wei Zheng is related to the reputation of His Majesty, the Crown Prince, and even the entire royal family. Even if Li Chengtong is full of confidence, he has 12 points of energy and dare not slack off for a moment.

In the East Palace on the other side, Ma Zhou told Li Fu everything that happened in the court hall.

After Li Fu heard this, he was stunned for a while, he didn't expect his cousin to be so brave and make a bet with Wei Zheng.

"His Royal Highness!" Ma Zhou shook his head and sighed, "The Princess really doesn't know that people's hearts are sinister, and it's really unwise to ask for a reduction in the time limit of the bet."

"How can it be possible to produce enough refined salt to satisfy all the people in Chang'an in one month? I'm afraid I will lose this bet."

Ma Zhou was also not optimistic about Li Chengtong, but Li Fu had a noncommittal expression when he heard the words, because he knew exactly what the result would be.

But there is no need to tell Ma Zhou now that Li Fu just wanted Li Chengtong to complete the matter in obscurity, then shocked the audience, and finally trampled Wei Zheng's face completely under his feet.

Of course, Li Fu also knew that Li Chengtong needed his own help, so he immediately arranged for Shen Wansan to fully cooperate with Li Chengtong.

The Donggong Neiwei is responsible for escorting the best salt ore in the customs into Chang'an, and then continuously transporting it to the salt-making workshops in Chang'an City, so that the workshops can prepare enough ore.

With the prince as a teacher, Li Chengtong quickly formed his own set of theories on salt-making technology, and then immediately applied it to all the current salt-making workshops in Chang'an City, so the salt-making workshops immediately began to operate day and night.

In addition to handing over the fine salt produced by the salt workshop to government-run salt shops, all of Shen Wansan's civilian shops also opened up counters for selling refined salt.

So only on the seventh day after making a bet with Wei Zheng, refined salt produced by the Salt Manufacturing Division appeared in Chang'an City.

Wei Zheng, who heard the news, didn't take it seriously at all, and didn't even send someone to investigate.

After reading the sage books for so many years, Wei Zheng knew very well in his heart that countless people have not been able to solve the problem for thousands of years. How can a teenage girl solve it? It is absolutely impossible.

But how did he know that since that morning, Li Chengtong has taken over the Salt Manufacturing Department, simply put, he has taken the East Palace as his home, and Li Fu is also happy, because Li Chengtong is for himself after all.

Although Li Daozong also thought that his daughter was the result of losing, but in the end it was his daughter, so he hurriedly sent the most powerful maid in the house to Li Chengtong, who was responsible for Li Chengtong's daily life.

In the entire city of Chang'an, except perhaps Li Fu, no one thought Li Chengtong could win at this time.

But even so, Li Fu didn't show too much attention, he still had to play, eat and drink, so he went to eat and drink.

Even leisurely, I went with Princess Jinyang and eldest grandson Pingting to the wedding of Fang Yiai and Princess Gaoyang.

The wedding between the princess of the court and the prime minister's second son was naturally very lively. Looking at the new couple, Li Fu didn't know if they were going to be happy, anyway, he was having fun.

But when he left, he was unhappy again, because he was summoned to the palace by Li Shimin's personal eunuch.

After arriving in the palace, Li Fu discovered that the imperial study room was filled with important court officials, even Fang Xuanling.

Seeing that everyone has arrived, Li Shimin raised his chin at Duke Wei Li Jing, "Duke Wei, tell us about the situation."

"According to the order." Li Jing nodded and walked out of the train, facing everyone and said: "According to the latest emergency report from Hong Ling, two hundred-man cavalry from Goguryeo launched a surprise attack on our Datang border caravan. Our Datang caravan has no one. If one escapes, all die."

"In addition, in the direction of Qinzhou, according to the urgent reports from the border guards, Tubo cavalry have frequently appeared on the border in recent days. The information reported by the scouts is that the Tubo army is gathering, and there should be a big move in the near future."

【Hehe, it’s really interesting. One to the east and the other to the west are going to war against Datang. They don’t take Datang seriously. No wonder Li Er, an old man, is upset. 】

[However, this battle is a bit helpless, the front line is too long, so we can only pick one to fight, but not only the east or the west, both are troublesome, and then it depends on how Li Er plans to choose. 】

Li Fu was purely watching the excitement, so Li Shimin was a little disappointed, and looked directly at Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji, "Prime Minister, gentlemen, tell me, how should you make a decision at this time?"

Changsun Wuji frowned slightly, "Just after Xue Yantuo's troops were defeated by my army, Goguryeo made some moves. It was obviously testing my Tang Dynasty's attitude. In my humble opinion, I should send troops to Liaodong immediately, hurt Goguryeo, and not give it to the other party." Opportunity for further exploration."

Fang Xuanling heard the words, and quickly dissuaded him: "Goguryeo is only attacking the caravan, and it did not pose any threat to our Datang border town."

"The situation in Tubo is different. When Lu Dongzan returns to Tubo, they will definitely persuade their Zanpu to use troops against us. By then, not only Qinzhou, but even Songzhou and other places will be threatened by Tubo cavalry."

Xiao Yu nodded and said: "The Prime Minister's words are reasonable, hundreds of thousands of people in the border town are in danger, and they are under the enemy's attack. At this time, our army should immediately send troops to the border town in the west to prevent the sudden attack of Tubo. "

After the civil servant finished speaking, Li Shimin looked at the military general. The British Duke Li Ji came out of the squad and said: "Your Majesty, using troops on two fronts puts too much pressure on our army. As far as the current situation is concerned, the threat of Tubo is greater than that of Goguryeo."

Li Ji's words won the approval of many people, and Li Jing immediately added: "Yes, Your Majesty, if there is a choice between Goguryeo and Tubo, I think it is better to fight Tubo first."

"The previous dynasties conquered Goguryeo three times, but they all returned without success. Therefore, our army should take a long-term plan to deal with Goguryeo. Moreover, the war against Xue Yantuo just now cost a lot of money to the treasury."

"At this time, the attack on Tubo will put less pressure on both the strategic level and the treasury."

Everyone agreed on Li Jing's words, and they looked at Li Fu meaningfully, because everyone knew that Li Fu had promised before, and he covered the military expenses for fighting Tubo. Obviously, these generals were taken aback when they heard it.

But Li Shimin's face was gloomy. Obviously, the opinions of the ministers did not agree with what he thought.

The officials noticed Li Shimin's expression and finally realized that something was wrong. They all sat upright, and the whole hall fell into a terrible silence for an instant.

After a long time, Li Shimin suddenly stood tall and said something surprising.

"In my opinion, Goguryeo poses a greater threat to our country. I think we should attack Goguryeo first!"

(End of this chapter)