Capital Datang

In the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace, a large-scale banquet is currently being held. The guests of the banquet are General Niu and a group of meritorious soldiers who have returned from victory. Other civil and military officials and various princes will accompany them.

This morning, General Niu led his people to Chang'an. Li Shimin went out of the city for ten miles in person and held a very grand welcoming ceremony to show his condolences to the Jiannan soldiers.After the ceremony was completed, under the leadership of Li Shimin, Jiannan soldiers entered Chang'an through Mingde Gate, then passed through Zhuque Street, and entered the imperial city amidst the cheers of countless Chang'an people.After entering the imperial city, the first thing to do is to offer captives to the Taimiao. As long as the battle is won, this procedure must be indispensable.Among the more than 1 Tubo people captured this time, many of them were Tubo nobles. These people were the main targets of the captives. However, Li Shimin only executed a few important nobles, and the others were remanded to prisoners of war. camp.

The protagonist of the banquet in the hall is of course General Niu Jinda Niu. This General Niu can be regarded as a senior general. He and Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and others were all in the Wagang Village. Wang Shichong surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, but compared with Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong, this general Niu has never been well-known, and even his title is only a county prince. It can be said that the hard work has paid off, Li Shimin has already decreed to bestow Niu Jinda as Wu Guogong, and he has finally been mixed into the ranks of Datang Yipin.

With a few cups of good five kings drunk, the atmosphere of the banquet reached a climax, and it was no longer rigid and orderly as before.General Niu, who is the protagonist, has been pulled aside by Cheng Yaojin's old comrades in arms to fight for a drink. In addition, those returning meritorious soldiers are also surrounded by a group of good people, asking them about the battle with Tubo Details.

As the prince, of course Li Yin also had to attend the banquet, but apart from toasting a glass of wine with Li Ke to the General Niu just now, Li Yin never moved his place. Ke was joking, but his eyes were always on the soldiers who had returned from Jiannan. He still had something to do when he came here today.Capital Datang 60

After he sent his son to the palace last time, he did not expect to be called into the palace by the emperor's father that night. When he rushed to the Liangyi Hall to have a look, he found Li Zhi was kneeling there and being scolded. Li Yin felt a little bad at that time , wanted to escape but didn't dare to escape, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go in. As expected, he was greeted with scolding.

This swearing at Li Yin was a bit inexplicable. I didn't know what I did wrong. I just heard Li Shimin scolding them for not knowing the severity. I didn't know what good things happened to him. Li Min was at a loss when he heard that the country misled the people and so on.But after scolding, Li Shimin gave Li Yin a lot of rewards, including a courtyard, a hundred fields, a hundred taels of gold, etc. Anyway, the rewards were very generous, but Li Zhi didn't even have a hair, and then they He was kicked out.

Later, Li Yin finally understood what was going on. It turned out that saltpeter was the cause of ice making. Li Shimin was ecstatic when he learned that saltpeter could make ice. If the ice made of saltpeter cools down the temperature, the situation will definitely improve, so people sent this method to Songzhou immediately.

After finishing these things, Li Shimin felt a little angry again. Such an important thing was accidentally told to him by his young son, but the two sons put such important information behind their heads. One recognizes the importance of this saltpeter to make ice.That's why Li Shimin called Li Yin to the palace in the middle of the night, and reprimanded him together with Li Zhi.

But scolding is scolding, Li Shimin is still clear about rewards and punishments. After scolding, he rewarded Li Yin who discovered saltpeter to make ice. It is richer than Li Yin, but because the son is too young, he can only be entrusted to the palace.

Seeing that the banquet was almost over, and the group of people around the soldiers gradually dispersed, Li Yin bid farewell to Li Ke, and walked up to a meritorious soldier with a cup. The muscles on his body were so bulging that even the baggy clothes couldn't hide him. He should be a rare fighter on the battlefield.

"May I ask what this brother's name is?" Li Yin stepped forward and gave a salute and asked.

When Brother Meng saw the royal clothes on Li Min, he was startled immediately, and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "The last general Xi Jun bought it, I dare not be such a big gift from His Highness!"

"Hehe, you're being polite, Brother Xi. All the soldiers fought bloody battles in Jiannan, and it was only in exchange for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. As a prince, I would like to thank my brothers. Is there anything else I can't afford?" Li Min tried his best to get close to the other party, but when he heard that the name of this person was Xi Junmai, his heart was moved. Where did he seem to have heard this name?

"Uh~" This Xi Junmai is not a person who is good at talking. Of course, it is impossible to talk better than Li Yin. Although he still feels something wrong in his heart, he still can't speak when he opens his mouth.

"I don't know where brother Xi is from, what is the official position now?" Li Yin saw that this person had a simple and honest personality, but he was a good friend, so he sat beside him with a smile and asked, patting him on the shoulder.

"His Royal Highness, the last general is from Liangzhou, and he was a captain under General Niu before. Because I made some contributions in this battle against Tubo, His Majesty transferred me to Qianniuwei and was promoted to Yingyang. General Lang." Xi Junmai was an honest person, and answered Li Yin's questions very respectfully.

"Oh? I was able to jump from a school captain to a Lang general. It seems that Brother Xi must have made a lot of contributions this time." Li Yin said with bright eyes. You must know that there is a captaincy between the school captain and the Lang general. Being able to upgrade two levels at once, it seems that this Xi Jun is not easy to buy.

"Hehe, I don't have any credit. It's just that I captured a few Tubo nobles. I can't compare with other brothers. Some of them beheaded hundreds of people." Xi Junmai said with a simple and honest smile.Although he knew the identity of the other party was the prince, but this Xi Junmai was a straightforward person. Seeing that Li Yin was very kind, he didn't have the airs of a prince at all, so he relaxed.

"Hehe, Brother Xi, you are being polite!" Li Yin laughed, but he quickly revealed his true colors and asked again, "Brother Xi, I heard that you captured more than 1 Tubo soldiers this time?"

"Well, yes, besides these people in the palace, we came back this time with more than 1000 soldiers to escort these Tubo people." Xi Junmai nodded and said.

"Hey, I also heard that these prisoners of war are going to be rewarded to you soldiers who have made military achievements?" Li Yin smiled a little wretchedly. It didn't open, and the only thing that was missing was the coolies who dug coal.

"That's right, General Niu has already told us that in addition to rewards from His Majesty, those prisoners of war will also be distributed to us according to their merits." Xi Junmai replied, but he suddenly frowned and said again, "But Those prisoners of war are also a trouble to us, and generally they can only be sold at a low price, and they can’t be bought for a lot of money together.”

"Oh? Why is that? Those prisoners of war are all strong, and they are strong laborers wherever they are placed?" Li Yin asked in surprise, which was obviously different from what he imagined.Capital Datang 60

"I heard this from my brothers in the army." Xi Junmai picked up the wine bowl, drank five kings' drunks in the bowl, and said with a depressed face, "Those prisoners of war are indeed strong laborers, but The key is not to use it. These prisoners of war have all seen blood on the battlefield, and they are quite aggressive. They are afraid of the danger of buying them back, so it is generally difficult to sell them. After all, Datang trades so many people every day, there is no need to buy them. return an unsafe prisoner of war."

"So that's the case?" Li Yin thought to himself. He didn't expect this, but it was not a problem for him at all. He just wanted these prisoners of war to dig coal for him, and he didn't keep them at home. You can't hurt yourself by rebelling.Moreover, he is not a prince for nothing. He has the pro-military forces of the Marriage Mansion and the Zhang Nei Mansion, and there are more than 1000 people in total.

"Brother Xi, how many prisoners of war can you get there?" Li Yin secretly calculated in his heart, adding together the several coal mines bought by Wang Zihao and Gao Zhong, he would probably need two to three thousand labors. After all, in this age without machinery , All labor must be done by human hands, and it is normal to need more manpower.

"Your Highness, do you want to buy those prisoners of war?" Although Xi Junmai was honest, it didn't mean he was stupid. He quickly guessed Li Yin's intentions and asked with a look of surprise.

"Hey, that's right, my house is short of manpower recently, so I plan to buy some prisoners of war back." Li Yin laughed.

"But... but... but His Highness is a body of gold, if those short-eyed Tubo people hurt His Highness, then..." Xi Junmai was very considerate of Li Yin, after all, after this conversation, let him be right Li Yin, who is approachable and approachable, has a good impression.

"Thank you, Brother Xi, for your concern. Those Tubo people are not placed in the mansion, but in a place outside the city. In addition, my mansion will send troops to supervise them, so there is no need to worry about safety." Li Yin explained with a smile .

"In this way, Junmai can rest assured." After listening to Li Yin's explanation, Xi Junmai felt relieved, thought for a while and said, "I can probably get one or two hundred prisoners of war here. Since there is a shortage of people in your Highness , then just give it all to His Highness, it’s not worth much anyway.” Xi Jun didn’t buy it to please Li Yin, but because of his straightforward personality, he thought Li Yin could be handy, so it was like giving something to each other between friends. , intending to give the prisoners of war to Li Yin.

"Hehe, I appreciate Brother Xi's kindness, but I need a lot of people here, and it is estimated that at least two to 3000 people are needed, so I would like to ask Brother Xi for help and contact those soldiers who want to sell prisoners of war. I can buy them at a high price." " Li Yin said with a smile, he was already thinking about how much benefit these free labor could bring him.

"This is easy to handle. Thank you His Highness for being a good general, I'll go and find someone for you." Xi Junmai is worthy of being a soldier, and he does things in a hurry. Hearing that Li Yin asked him to help, he immediately stood up, fisted, and turned around. I went to find someone.

After a while, Xi Junmai came back with a dozen Jiannan soldiers, and they were all worried about the prisoners they got. When they heard that His Royal Highness King Liang wanted to buy them, and there were a lot of them, they ran away immediately. coming.These people were straightforward, and after saluting Li Yin, they immediately surrounded him and began to inquire about the trading of prisoners of war.

Don’t be surprised when you see this, the trade of slaves and maidservants is not prohibited in the Tang Dynasty. Almost every big city has a special human market, usually adjacent to the cattle and horse market, and the status of slaves and maidservants is similar to that of cattle and horses, without any personal freedom. , belongs to the master's private property and can be bought, sold, and gifted at will, and the law also stipulates that the legal status of slaves is always inferior to others.So Li Yin said that he wanted to buy prisoners of war as slaves, which was a very normal thing for everyone.

In the end, Li Yin made some statistics. The people brought by Xi Junmai and the prisoners of war he owns add up to more than 3000 people, which is more than what he needs, but Li Yin is not short of this money now. They bought all of them very boldly, and the price was [-]% higher than the market price, which made these soldiers feel good about Li Yin, and they came forward to toast one after another.

Looking at the big wine bowls dedicated to these soldiers, Li Yin secretly groaned in his heart. If he didn't drink it, he would obviously be sorry for their enthusiasm. In the end, he simply broke his heart and started drinking with these soldiers. Unfortunately, the amount of alcohol can't be controlled by human will. And the bigger one, after only a few bowls, Li Yin couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly pulled his third brother Li Ke over to top him, and found a place where no one was there to vomit.

ps: There are still two chapters today, the rules are the same as yesterday.In addition, I recommend the book "Fighting the World" written by my friend 'Gentleman Loves Money 02': the growth history of an abandoned child who is eclectic, miserable, and perverted.It's not easy for newcomers, everyone who is interested can go and have a look.