A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 168 We Are Targeted

Xuanwu Gate.

Li Shimin was dressed in a military uniform, and he was reviewing the riding and shooting of the flying cavalry in the camp. Those who could penetrate Yang with a hundred steps were given a brocade robe and a golden knife.

Flying cavalry, thousand cavalry, and hundred cavalry, all the imperial guards competed to show off their riding and shooting skills.

From time to time there was applause from the arena, and Li Shimin also gave out a brocade robe and a golden knife from time to time. For those guards who were good at riding and shooting, he would call them to reward them personally and ask about their names and family backgrounds.

"Your Majesty, the Turkic envoy has lost his mind and brought it here!"

Huaiyu stepped forward to return to his life.

Zhi Shisili followed behind, and as soon as he saw Li Shimin, he immediately began to accuse Wu Huaiyu of beating the Turkic nobleman.

"Your Majesty, please give me Turkic an explanation!"

"Teqin Ashina is the son of Shibi Khan, the younger brother of Tuli Khan, a very noble son of our Turkic Khanate, and now he is being beaten by a mere guard when he comes to peace talks with the Turkic Khanate.
This person must be severely punished, otherwise I, Turkic, will never agree! "

Wu Huaiyu stood on the side, leaning on the super long instrument knife in his hand, and ignored it for a moment.

Li Shimin beckoned, "Wu Qianqi, what's your answer to the accusation of losing your mind?"

"Your Majesty, I did beat that guy who couldn't spit out ivory from his mouth. Not only did he hit him, but he beat him severely. He was beaten with the thousand-ox knife in my hand. His face was covered in blood and his teeth were all shattered." Shot a few flying."

"Your Majesty, listen, this person is still so arrogant, there is no reason for this, he must give us an explanation."

Li Shimin was not in a hurry, "I lost my mind, let him finish talking."

Huaiyu also had a calm expression on his face, "Your Majesty, that guy really deserves a beating. At that time, I went to summon this person according to the order, but when I went there, I saw that his entourage was beating His Majesty's imperial guards with a horsewhip. In this way, he insulted His Majesty while smoking, even insulting the Supreme Emperor and me, Tang Dynasty."

"The emperor humiliated the subject to death, how can the subject allow the Turkic dog slave to be so arrogant? Immediately, he was thrown to the ground with a scabbard, and then he was beaten severely."

Li Shimin asked for details.

"Are you dead?"

"Returning to His Majesty, it was just a slap in the face, he didn't draw the knife, a little flesh wound, just to teach him a little lesson."

"It's fine if you're not dead," Li Shimin waved his hand, "That kind of rude person deserves it even if he dies."

Now he lost his mind and became angry, and blushed, "Your Majesty is deliberately protecting this person, Ashina is the most honorable son of my Turkic Khanate.

"I have a million Turkic cavalry, gathered in Guanzhong to drink the Weihe River, and if you dare to beat our Turkic envoys, aren't you afraid that Jieli Khan will cross the river and flatten the city of Chang'an?"

Li Shimin's face was expressionless, cold and heartless.

"At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, we formed an alliance with the Turks, and since then we have rewarded you with countless gold and silk, but Xieli broke the alliance and led the troops in.

Neither Datang nor I violated the covenant in the slightest, let alone being sorry to you in the slightest.

Although you are soldiers and captives, but you are not beasts in your heart, why do you forget about your great kindness, repay your kindness with revenge, and dare to say that you are not ashamed to boast about your strength?

Today I will kill Er and others first, and then capture and destroy Jieli. "

Clinging to lose one's mind was still very strong, but unexpectedly Li Shimin wanted to kill him today.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that there are millions of Turkic cavalry on the north bank of the Wei River?"

Li Shimin smiled disdainfully.

"Millions of cavalry? The total number of you entering the pass is only [-] cavalry. In the first battle of Xianyang, [-] of your forwards were defeated alone, more than a thousand were beheaded, and thousands were captured.

A group of herdsmen who herd horses and goats dare to come to my Datang capital to be presumptuous.

I have been thinking about the previous covenant, and I have given you a few opportunities, but you don't cherish it. Do you really think you are tyrannical?

But native chickens and dogs, I destroy you like chopping melons and vegetables! "

"Come here, push this person out and cut it off. Give the head to Xieli. Tell Xieli to keep the head on your neck. I will go get it myself later!"

Huaiyu stepped forward.

Zhisisili's complexion changed drastically. During this period of time, he traveled to and from the capital and negotiated peace with Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin has always been very polite to him.

Unexpectedly, he was going to kill him now.

"Your Majesty, I...I..."

"Do you have any last words?"

Zhishen lost his mind and prayed feebly, "If the two countries are fighting each other, if you don't kill the envoy, please calm down your majesty, and don't let the abruptness have no room for turning around."

"Room? You have led your troops deep into the city of Chang'an. Is this a leeway for me? It is unreasonable to dare to insult me ​​now."

"It's me who was impulsive and babbling nonsense, please calm down your majesty."

At this time, the left servant She Xiaoyu and the right servant She Feng Deyi who were accompanying him also stood up when they saw this, and tried their best to plead for the lost mind, and sent him back for the sake of being an envoy.

"If I let him go back now, won't the Turkic people think that I am afraid of them?

"Your Majesty, in the war between the two countries, the envoys are not beheaded, and the one who is rude is not because of his lack of power, but because of the association of his followers. My father and ancestors who have lost their power have also made great contributions to the founding of the Tang Dynasty... ··”

Li Shimin refused to let go.

Zhi lost his mind and desperately knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

After a long time, Li Shimin finally said, "Prison this rude maniac in the door of the province, and let him deal with it."

"Ashina formed an association and was disrespectful and disrespectful. He was flogged for forty years, and the same prisoner will be punished."

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Zhishili was taken to Menxia Province by Baiqijia and was detained. He was dragged away along with Ashina Jieer, who was unconscious by Wu Huaiyu and hadn't woken up. Originally, Wu Huaiyu had to know in advance that this guy was Jieli's nephew and Tuli's younger brother, so he probably wouldn't hit him so hard. He had to save some face for the two Turkic Khans, and he had to cut down on the pumping a few times.

"Continue to practice martial arts." Li Shimin waved his hand, telling the guards in the camp to continue to practice riding and archery.He turned his head to look at Wu Huaiyu, and then smiled, "Didn't you think about the consequences before you smoked?"

Huaiyu said bluntly: "This Turkic wolf dared to beat the guards in Chang'an, and openly insulted the Supreme Emperor and the Holy Majesty. Since I heard it, how can I spare him?"

"Very good, reward two Turkic slaves and two Turkic horses." Li Shimin laughed and rewarded.

Outside the Xuanwu Gate, after hearing about Wu Huaiyu's deeds, many soldiers in the camp cast admiring and appreciative glances at him.

Zuo Pu shot Xiao Yu, but he was somewhat dissatisfied, thinking that Wu Huaiyu even attacked the envoy, which would damage the relationship between the two countries, especially at this critical moment.

Feng Deyi said with a smile, "The young man is indeed full of vigor, and he is worthy of being the white-robed chief steward of Megatron Longyou."

Wu Huaiyu was very calm.

He was not impulsive when pumping people, Ashina was too rampant, he should smoke.

Furthermore, at that time, he didn't lose his mind, but he just smoked one of his followers, and he didn't expect that he was Jieli's nephew. Of course, if he knew, Wu Huaiyu would still have a high probability of whipping him.

He is not worried that if he smokes him, he will break the covenant between the two countries, provoke the escalation of the conflict between the two countries, and the Turks have already attacked the city of Chang'an.
Li Shimin has always been very polite to Zhishisili, not because he is afraid, but because he is taking the overall situation into consideration, and is also delaying time to accumulate more chips. In his heart, Li Shimin is not afraid of the Turkic people, and is making two-handed preparations.

Such a king is the reason why Wu Huaiyu decisively draws on Sheer.

If it were the emperor of the Song Dynasty, he would have to be tied up immediately and sent to the Turkic camp to plead guilty, or even beheaded and sent there.

The current situation between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks is actually at the time of the showdown. In the final analysis, it is still necessary to speak with hard power.

Next time go home.

An Yuanshou went with him and admired him very much.

"Ashina formed a society with Erna, the younger brother of Tuli Khan,"

"Well, Tuli should have quite a few brothers, right?"

"The point is that Tuli is the little Turkic Khan, and he was sworn brother with the saint."

Li Shimin and Tuli sworn brothers?
He didn't know this.

"It was the seventh year of Wude. Jieli and Tuli joined forces to invade. The Supreme Emperor asked His Majesty and Yuanji to lead the army to resist the enemy.

His Majesty adopted a strategy of dividing and alienating the Turkic people, gave Tuli a lot of jewelry and money, and made an alliance with Tuli to become brothers, and then only attacked Xieli.

After Jieli heard about it, he became suspicious of his nephew Tuli Little Khan. He feared that His Majesty would use his troops like a god, and also feared that Tuli would stab him in the back, so he had to retreat at last.

Li Shimin and Tuli became sworn brothers, which also had deep political significance. At that time, Li Shimin was the king of Qin, and Tuli was the little khan. The two sworn brothers and helped each other.

Although Tuli is suspected of being a vassal, the power structure in the Turkic Khan is different from that of the Central Plains Dynasty. Tuli is a small khan, which is equivalent to enfeoffing the eastern vassal. Li, this nephew, did not have a harmonious relationship with him.

The relationship between the Great Khan and the Little Khan is not as binding as the emperor and prince of the Central Plains Dynasty.

An Yuanshou originally thought that because of this relationship, Wu Huaiyu would get into trouble today because of his association, but who knew that Li Shimin did not punish him for this, but rewarded him instead.

Huaiyu thought about it, and felt that the relationship between Li Shimin and Tuli had a deep relationship of interest, and it wouldn't be affected just because he beat up the association, just like Jieli was Tuli's uncle, he didn't care. Also behind Jieli's back and worshiping Li Shimin?
Brothers, sometimes they are not necessarily friends, they may also be competitors or even enemies. Didn't Li Shimin hack his brother Jian Yuanji to death?

"Drinking at restaurants in West Market? Some restaurants are very good."

"next time."

"Could it be that you are thinking about Yanshoufang?"

"Hahaha!"

"Okay, okay, let's listen to the music together next time." An Yuanshou said goodbye with a smile.

Huaiyu really went to Yanshoufang and listened to the music on the Goulan. How could he compare with the other housewife in the golden house.

Both An Lu and Gaia went to tidy up their restaurant. The plan was to open it early, and Irina's two younger brothers and two younger sisters also went to help.

Now that Irina is with Huaiyu, she also knows the rules of the Tang Dynasty, so she doesn't go out in public anymore, and concentrates on waiting for Huaiyu at home.

"Are you making wine?"

Huaiyu entered the small courtyard, and was a little surprised to find that Irina was brewing wine at home.

"Mare's milk wine," Irina smiled and introduced her private wine to Huaiyu, "this mare's milk grape is originally a specialty of Gaochang. It is naturally fermented to make wine with this kind of grape. Many of the Hujiu on sale are Gaochang wines.

Some Hu merchants settled down in Chang'an or did business in West Market, and some people brought Gaochang's Ma'milk grapes to Chang'an for planting. "

Although Irina is a dancer, her mother is a bartender, and his father also works in a bar, so he is not only familiar with bark but also the method of making wine.

"Then where did you get the mare's milk grapes?"

"Erlang, didn't you notice it yesterday? There were several grape vines planted in this yard, and a trellis was built to climb a large area. This year, the mare's milk grapes are growing very well. They are just ripe, and they can't be eaten up. Come here in a hurry. Nothing to worry about, so I plan to brew some wine myself, and then I can sell it in my Yeniang's wine shop!"

What a flexible and hard-working Orchid.

Huaiyu watched her make wine there, and couldn't help thinking that many fruits can also be made into wine, without grain or koji, and naturally fermented, which tastes sour and delicious.

The surface of the grape skin is yeast, which can be fermented naturally.

"There are [-] acres of pear orchards in Xinchangfang in the south of my city. Now that the pears are ripe, can we use pears to make wine?" Huaiyu asked.

"Pears can also be used to make pear wine. Pear wine is cool, lovely, and luscious. However, pear wine cannot be brewed in its entirety. It has to be cleaned, mashed and squeezed, and the pear juice is fermented into wine. Ordinary pear wine can be fermented into wine in a month. Can be brewed well, relatively sweet,
But the best pear wine must be aged for at least one year, the best ones for two years, and the best for at least three years. The color is golden, clear and transparent. "

"A few days ago, the spectator of the pear orchard told me that this year, the [-]-acre pear orchard produced a lot more fruit than in previous years. The Turks invaded Guanzhong, so that this year, not many pears were ordered. I originally said that they would go all the way. It seems that we can also make pear wine by making autumn pear paste."

Irina smiled and said that when the wine was ready, it could be sold in her Yeniang wine shop. Huaiyu made wine with her. The layer of hoarfrost is washed off, and the winemaking depends on this layer of frost to ferment.

"There are many scorpions in Guanzhong. When the scorpions become popular, you can use them to make wine," Huaiyu said with a smile.

"Can scorpion be used to make wine? I've only eaten Huojing scorpion from Chang'an, and it's very delicious." Irina said.

Huaiyu has drank scorpion burning, and the taste is not bad. This kind of scorpion wine is also quite simple, just use scorpion, straw, and flour to make yeast. The scorpion can be used for shochu after two months of fermentation in the vat. Soju when cold.

This stuff is similar to making sweet potatoes. It uses the distillation cooling method. The head and tail of the wine are neutralized together. It must be about [-] to [-] degrees. It tastes good and tastes good.

There are a lot of scorpions in Guanzhong, and they are everywhere. In winter, the scorpions turn red, which is also a beautiful scenery. Insert it, the scorpion in the skin is sucked out like jelly, sweet and crystal clear.

Fruit wine is good.

In the early Tang Dynasty, wars continued, the population was small, and food was in short supply. The imperial court banned grain wine making at every turn, but the wine market was huge. Using grapes, scorpions, pears and other fruits to make wine did not consume food and did not violate the imperial prohibition, but it could still be used in this wine. There is a lot to do in the market for a share.

"Ah Lang, we seem to be being targeted." Xu Ergan came in from the front yard and whispered in his ear.

When Huaiyu heard the news, his first reaction was to suspect that Fan Xuanfu had come to his door.

(End of this chapter)