Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Now that the decision was made, Li Ke decided to talk to a few people, but he didn't choose to talk to them immediately, but waited for more than a month, and the spring plowing near Chang'an began, and Li Ke called three people over.

Li Ke met three people outside Chang'an City by the Weihe River. When the three of them came over, Li Ke was fishing by the Weihe River. Speaking of which, Li Ke had just been promoted to become a junior fisherman in his two lifetimes. .

After the three of them came, they were a little surprised to see each other, and at the same time, they felt a little uneasy in their hearts, wondering why His Highness asked them to come.

"I have seen Your Highness." All three of them saluted Li Ke one after another.

"Sit." Li Ke pointed to the chairs around him and said.

The three hesitated for a moment, each found a chair and sat down.

"I asked the three generals to come here today. I actually have an important task and want to chat with the three of you." Li Ke said with a smile.

"I don't know what your Highness has ordered, but we will naturally go through fire and water, and we will not hesitate to do so." Qibi Heli said.

"Actually, the matter is very simple. It has something to do with Xue Yantuo." Li Ke said.

"Your Highness, I dare to ask, is Tang going to use troops against Xue Yantuo?" Ashnadur asked after thinking about it.

"It can be said to be yes, or it can be said to be no. This matter is in between, but I don't know if the three generals don't understand. If you know me, it should be very clear that I have always liked not to fight. And subdue others." Li Ke said with a smile.

Li Ke's words are not bragging. In his opinion, fighting is of course indispensable, but it is also possible to surrender without fighting.

"Your Highness, if Xue Yantuo has the heart of disobedience, as the generals of the Tang Dynasty, we will naturally be willing to lead the army to fight in person. We all have Turkic blood and are familiar with grassland warfare." Ashnadur said very He said simply.

Li Ke naturally believed what they said. To be honest, the foreign subjects of the Tang Dynasty were very loyal to a certain extent, at least compared to previous dynasties, it had a lot to do with Li Shimin's ability to accommodate these foreign ministers and generals.

It is absolutely impossible for these three to achieve such a status in Datang as long as they are placed in one dynasty. At least Li Ke has never heard of other dynasties having so many foreign generals similar to Datang in history.

For example, Qibi Heli even added the Duke of Liang at the end.

Moreover, after Li Shimin's death, these three people expressed their willingness to kill themselves and be buried with Li Zhi who succeeded him, but Li Zhi refused.

No one wanted to die, but being able to say this already proved that the other party was really loyal.

"No, I asked the three of you to come. I believed in the three of you. That's why I told the three of you directly. This time, I asked you to come here because I wanted the three of you to bring Xue Yantuo to Tang Dynasty as an envoy."

"A mission?" The three of them froze for a moment.

After hesitating for a moment, he lost his mind and said: "Your Highness, it's not that the three of you are unwilling to take on this important task, but that the three of you have read very little, and it's embarrassing to use them. Little has been read, and missions and such matters are of great importance."

Speaking of this, the faces of the three people who have lost their minds are somewhat embarrassed. The three of them can be said to be from the Turks, but they are from different tribes of the Turks. The three of them usually have a good relationship and naturally understand each other's situation. .

They feel that they can't accomplish such things as missions.

"Actually, you don't need to say anything more. This mission is relatively simple. You can just say what you said." Li Ke smiled, and then took out three pieces of clothes from the box beside him and handed them to each other. three people.

The three of them were a little puzzled, but they each reached out to take it.

"Can you three tell what kind of clothes this is?" Li Ke asked with a smile.

The three of them were a little puzzled, but they lowered their heads and looked at it. This is a pullover dress. It looks like its silk threads are very thick, but these silk threads are woven into a relatively dense pattern. The overall style is not ugly, and it feels It is very thick and soft, although not as soft as silk, but much more than linen.

"This is Your Highness?" The three of them were a little puzzled.

"They are all made of wool." Li Ke said with a smile.

The three of them were stunned for a moment, and subconsciously picked up the clothes in their hands and smelled them without any smell.

"You can pull a thread from it, light it and smell it." Li Ke took out a lighter from his body and threw it over. "Press the black thing next to it and a flame will come out."

Qibi Heli hurriedly caught what Li Keren came over, and then clumsily pressed the black button with his thumb, and a burst of flames burst out immediately.

Qibi Heliren was stunned, what kind of flint and steel is this?So advanced?

However, he did not forget His Highness's explanation. The three of them pulled out a thread from the clothes in their hands and directly lit it with the lighter in their hands. The burnt smell unique to wool immediately entered their noses.

After smelling it, the three of them were sure that it was indeed a woolen garment, but they were a little puzzled... I don't know what His Highness meant by showing them this garment.

"You go, bring this clothes to Zhenzhu Khan, and tell him that I can actually destroy the entire Turkic people without bloodshed, but I didn't do that." Li Ke said.

The three of them froze for a moment, but did not ask but waited for the following.

"I have very advanced tools in my hand. I can collect a lot of wool to make these sweaters, woolen sweaters, etc. The cost is very low, not much more expensive than linen."

"This means that I have a large market in Datang, because for ordinary people, this is very good winter clothing."

"I will buy a large amount of wool with food and even ironware at the borders of Turkic tribes such as Datang and Xue Yantuo. Wool is almost useless on the grasslands, which means that I can exchange very high profits for a large amount of wool."

"As for the Turkic nobles, herdsmen will raise a large number of sheep in order to survive better. In the first year, I buy wool, and in the second year I buy another thing, cashmere, at a price ten times or even dozens of times! Cashmere Better quality and more quantity on goats."

"When herdsmen start to raise goats, the goats' habit of eating grass roots will gradually start to destroy the pasture. It can't be seen in the first one or two years, and in about three or four years, large areas of grassland on the grassland will be gradually destroyed. , gradually becoming a desert.”

"At that time, the aristocrats who were already used to exchanging large amounts of silk, tea, grains, salt, and even porcelain with the Tang Dynasty would not lower their quality of life. They would gradually expand their grazing areas. And In order to raise sheep on a larger scale, they will shrink the size of the cattle and horse herds that eat more."

"When the area of ​​the desert is getting bigger and bigger, no matter if I suddenly announce to lower the purchase price of wool at this time, or stop the purchase altogether, the entire Turkic interior will collapse."

"At that time, the desertification of the grassland will be irreversible, and the homeland on which the Turkic people depend will shrink." Li Ke said lightly.

The three of Qibi and Heli couldn't help but gasp, this... If His Highness hadn't said it, they are sure that no one on the grassland would be able to see through this trick, and they also know... These things are destined to happen of.