Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

"what happened?"

Chen Ying looked at Liang Zan and asked.

Liang Zan bowed and said, "It is said that down quilts can be sold for hundreds of quilts for one bed and two quilts. Now every family in the city is buying duck feathers at high prices."

Chen Ying frowned and said, "Who is buying duck feathers?"

"Jingzhao Wei's, Wenxi Pei's, and Jingzhaoyuan's are all buying!" Liang Zan said, "Even Wannian County Magistrate Su Hu secretly asked his family to buy duck feathers for stockpiling!"

"Good buy!" Chen Ying really didn't forget Su Hu's festival and Lan'er's humiliation. In fact, Li Xiaoguang was just holding the knife, and the hand holding the knife was actually the county magistrate of Wannian County.

Knowing that Su Hu was secretly buying duck feathers, a huge plan slowly formed in Chen Ying's head.

Chapter 96 Between Good and Evil

Chen Ying wanted to deal with Su Hu, but considering his current strength, it was really too difficult.Even though Su Wei had lost his holy family, a lean camel was bigger than a horse. Even if Chen Ying tried his best to deal with Su Hu at all costs, he might not be successful, but might fall short.

So he had to find a knife that would help him.When Su Hu was also instructing people to secretly buy duck feathers, this knife appeared.

Chen Ying donated the down quilt to Li Yuan, not because Chen Ying was fearless, but because Chen Ying knew that everyone was innocent and was guilty, such a big piece of cake, with Chen Ying's strength and identity, couldn't protect such a big piece of cake. cake.So following the trend, Chen Ying dedicated the down quilt to Li Yuan.

Now he was ordered to lead the army to support Lingzhou, and the issue of cold protection for the lieutenant soldiers became the top priority.Today is no better than later generations. When poultry farming has not formed a large scale, the poultry in the entire Chang'an city and the whole world is still less than one percent, or even one thousandth of that of later generations.

Chen Ying did not make a detailed statistics on how many feathers there were in Chang'an City.However, there are more than [-] people. At least one set of down jackets requires at least three or four catties of down, and one down sleeping bag requires at least seven or eight catties. On average, each person needs at least twelve catties of down. More than [-] catties of down.

It can be said that even if all the downs were collected in Chang'an City, there would definitely not be so many feathers.However, military supplies take the lead, and the others can only be sidelined.No matter the crown prince or Li Yuan will definitely bite the bullet and let the soldiers go to the front line in single clothes.Within Datang, no one had the two sharpest knives, Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng.

Chen Ying's initial target was only Li Xiaoguang, but Su Hu unexpectedly jumped out alive, so Chen Ying naturally had nothing to be polite about.Whoever touches down will be unlucky now.In fact, it can't be said that all are unlucky, at least those with the weakest foundation and not strong background are unlucky. If Su Wei's holy family is not bad, then it is impossible for Su Hu to become this unlucky, but now he is Is the best scapegoat.

Chen hurriedly went to the East Palace to look for Li Jiancheng, but Li Jiancheng was not in the East Palace, and Li Jiancheng did not return until it was time to light the lanterns.Chen Ying was patient and refilled the water seven times in a row before waiting for Li Jiancheng to arrive.

Li Jiancheng said: "General Chen, what are you doing here if you don't make preparations for dispatching troops?"

Chen Ying pretended to hesitate, and said calmly, "I don't know if I should say something or not!"

"What, what else can you say to me?" Li Jiancheng asked with a smile.

Chen Yingdao: "His Royal Highness, the right lead guards to support Lingzhou, I am afraid it will not be easy to get the down quilt!"

"Oh!" Li Jiancheng frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"I invented the down quilt, which became popular in Chang'an in a short period of time. Now all the down in Chang'an are hoarded by the big families and elites. It may not be easy to make the down uniforms of the right commander!" Chen Yingdao: "If there is down Military uniforms and down sleeping bags to keep out the cold, I am afraid that many soldiers will suffer from frostbite and freeze to death!"

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying with no worry in his eyes, and he seemed to have a countermeasure.He asked, "General Chen seems to have a way to deal with it?"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "The big clans hoard down feathers for profit."

Li Jiancheng nodded.

As a descendant of an aristocratic family, Li Jiancheng is very aware of the dispositions of these aristocratic families. These aristocratic families only have family in their eyes, and they have never had a country, a country, or national interests.Now they will definitely disregard the laws of the country for their own benefit.Now that the big clans have eaten the meat in their mouths, letting them spit it out is more uncomfortable than killing them.

Unless it is to take money from the treasury and buy it from them at a high price.However, it is also the nature of the aristocratic family to start the price. Once the imperial court comes forward to buy it, they will definitely sell it to the imperial court at ten times, or even tens of hundreds of times the price.

Naturally, the imperial court didn't want to be taken advantage of, but they couldn't ignore it.

Chen Yingdao: "Letting the aristocratic family take care of the overall situation is undoubtedly playing the piano against the bull. Then it's better to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys!"

"Who is the chicken and who is the monkey?"

"Jingzhaodu, Jingzhaosu, Jingzhao Liu are chickens, Xingyang Zheng, Taiyuan Wang, Wenxipei are monkeys!"

In fact, the six mentioned by Chen Ying are all very representative.The Jingzhao Du family is a family of officials and eunuchs. During the Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties, they were high-ranking officials of the third rank or higher. The representative figure was Du Guo, the Duke of Yixing County and Minister of the Ministry of Industry in the Sui Dynasty.And now the young talent is Du Ruhui, the head of Shanzhou's governor.

The Jingzhao Su family is also a well-known family in Jingzhao, especially during the Suwei period, when it became one of the four nobles in the Sui Dynasty, the Jingzhao Su family became a well-known prominent family in Jingzhao.And the most outstanding representatives of the Jingzhao Liu family are none other than Nayan, Tejin, Hubu Shangshu, and Zuo Pushe Liu Wenjing of the Tang Dynasty.

The chicken proposed by Chen Ying is more or less related to Qin Wangshi.At this time Li Jiancheng also came to his senses, this is to beat Qin Wang Li Shimin, so as not to let him get carried away.

Li Jiancheng said: "These families are not good people, I'm afraid it will not be easy to catch their painful feet!"

"But they still have sore feet after all!" Chen Yingdao: "Even if you can run away from the monk, you can't run away from the temple. Is His Royal Highness afraid that they will really dare to play tricks?"

For the common people, the emperor is supreme, and no one dares to resist. In fact, there is no absolute supremacy in this world.At least on this issue, whether it is Li Yuan or Li Jiancheng, they can't let their temper go.

If the feathers purchased by the clans and clans are forcibly taken out, even if the Jingzhao nobles and other factions in the DPRK may not dare to collectively strike, but secretly obstructing one or two is enough to make the situation worse, and may even make the government order even the imperial city. Can't get out, let alone control the situation of the world in the hands of one person.

However, if several of the murderers were framed, whether it was the Guanlong noble group or the Shandong noble group, as long as they saw that Li Jiancheng and his son had solid evidence, Baozheng would not get entangled with Li Yuan and his son in this matter.

"This matter must never be mentioned to outsiders," Li Jiancheng said sternly, "Just pretend that this matter has never been mentioned."

Chen Ying knew that Li Jiancheng was tempted, but it might not be easy to trap Du, Liu, and Su's family, but once the stealing failed and the matter was revealed, it would be a catastrophe. .

It is a fact that he has no sin or fault, and is in danger of being wiped out.Although Chen Ying also knew that framing the Three Families would cause many innocent people to die in vain, but Chen Ying was not a soft-hearted and good-natured person.Based on what Su Hu did to himself and Lan'er, he already had a reason to die.

No one will do bad deeds all his life, nor will he do good deeds all his life. Good and evil are only in one thought. This is human nature.

Su Hu's revenge had to be avenged, and only Li Yuan and Li Shimin, the father and son, could get rid of Su Hu, the magistrate of ten thousand years.How to do it and how to do it is not a topic that Chen Ying cares about.

Chapter 97 Wealth and wealth and insurance seek

For Li Jiancheng, the biggest threat to Li Shimin is still because of his military exploits.Due to formal needs, Li Jiancheng could not leave Chang'an easily.King Qin, on the other hand, could lead his army out without any ties.

Now Li Jiancheng finally took advantage of Wagang Li Mi and Jiangnan Du Fuwei's desire to join and form an alliance, which attracted the main attention of the court and asked Chen Ying to lead his army to support Lingzhou.Li Jiancheng is fully responsible for Chen Ying's success.

If Chen Ying can successfully rescue Lingzhou, it will also allow Li Yuan to reduce his dependence on Li Shimin. Li Jiancheng is naturally unwilling to make any mistakes in Chen Ying.Chen Ying needed armor, and Li Jiancheng took advantage of his position to over-satisfy Chen Ying's needs. Chen Ying needed craftsmen, and Li Jiancheng satisfied Chen Ying without hesitation.

Li Yuan agreed to support Lingzhou in this season, in fact, because Chen Ying invented the down quilt, because the appearance of the down quilt can greatly reduce non-combat losses.But now the down quilts in Chang'an City are sold out by aristocratic families, which means that Chen Ying cannot complete the task smoothly.

Li Jiancheng doesn't think so when it comes to the huge profits of down quilts.Although down has good warmth retention properties, it is not as expensive as the best fur. True aristocrats still disdain to use it, but the high cost is not affordable by ordinary people.Chang'an's frenzied purchase of down is most likely instigated by Li Shimin behind the scenes.

Their real intention of rushing to buy down was not to make a profit, but to drag Chen Ying's back, and also to intensify the conflict between Li Jiancheng and the power of Chang'an Xungui.

Chen Ying is not a child of a powerful family, so naturally he doesn't understand the real horror of a powerful family.Aristocratic families have been married for generations, you are in me, and I am in you. The roots are intertwined and the relationship is intricate. The so-called killing chickens to warn monkeys is out of the question.As long as Li Jiancheng dares to raise the knife, the current situation will inevitably become a mess. No matter who is at fault, Li Jiancd must be held accountable.

It is not in Li Jiancheng's character to give up and admit defeat.Li Jiancheng asked Zheng Guanyin to wrap a down quilt, and personally took it to the residence of Li Gang, Minister of Rites and Prince Zhan Shi.

Li Gang's concierge was named Li Nianbo, who was about forty years old. There is a saying that those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black.After listening and studying with Li Gang for more than ten years, even though Li Nianbo is only Li Gang's concierge, he is a very learned person, and he is especially good at classics and righteous articles.

Seeing Li Jiancheng, Li Nianbo hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, "My humble respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"At the end of the year, I entered Li Jiancheng, and asked to see my predecessor, Mr. Wenji..." Li Jiancheng respectfully saluted and registered outside the closed gate of Li Gang's mansion.

However, Li Jiancheng's address to Li Gang shocked Li Nianbo.It doesn't matter if you call your predecessors Mr., how can this teacher be called casually?For thousands of years, only Confucius and Yan Zi were qualified to be called the first teachers. Now Li Jiancheng calls Li Gang the first teacher. As a senior person who has devoted his whole life to Confucianism, Li Nianbo finds it unacceptable.

However, Li Jiancheng obviously didn't have the burden of thinking in this regard. He stood outside the door respectfully, as if a devout disciple was visiting a Confucian master.

Li Nianbo shook his head, returned to the inner courtyard to meet Li Gang, and conveyed Li Jiancheng's words to Li Gang's ears verbatim.Li Gang sighed long and long: "Being courteous to others, one must ask for something. It seems that His Royal Highness is in quite some trouble!"

Li Gang was a famous official at the end of the Sui Dynasty. He once served as the master of three princes in the Sui and Tang dynasties.Even though Li Jiancheng is a prince, in front of Li Gang, he is still a student.