My father, Li Shimin, please call me Crown Prince

Chapter 34 I, Goryeo, will shoot Li Shimin in one eye
During the Tang Dynasty, fang and shi were two places.

Fang is the neighborhood where the residences are located.

The city is the market, and the exchange is there.

There are two large markets in Chang'an City, namely West Market and East Market.

West Market is located west of Zhuque Street, in the center of Chang'an County.

East Market is located east of Zhuque Street, in the center of Wannian County.

The two markets have their own characteristics. The East Market mainly sells luxury goods or relatively high-end goods.

For example, ivory, pearls, spices, and rare treasures from various countries.

Most of the people who come and go here are high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

The West Market was more friendly to the people, and it had all kinds of items commonly used by the people. Many foreign merchants from all over the world also gathered here.

It just sounds like the two cities are not big, but in fact the size of the East and West cities alone is larger than the East Palace, occupying a full 1,800 acres of land.

It’s the size of a whole town, and two days might not be enough to go shopping here.

Especially in the West Market, the crowds are even denser.

Chang'an has a population of over one million, and at least seven hundred thousand of them shop in the West Market, not to mention the large number of foreign merchants from all over the world.

In the morning, when the curfew has not yet been lifted.

There were already a large number of carriages entering and leaving the East Palace, transporting ice.

This is the power of the prince.

Curfew is for the common people, how can it restrict the prince?

On this day, red cloths were hung on the door plaques of four shops in the best locations in the East and West markets.

A crowd gathered at the door, many of them were very curious, because the shops here were the most expensive, but they had been closed for four or five days.

What kind of business would it take to close for four or five days? That's a huge loss.

The sounds of gongs and drums attracted people passing by.

The shopkeeper and the servant were waiting at the door.

"The auspicious time has come."

"Reopening day."

As the shouting sounded, the shopkeeper pulled down the red cloth, revealing the words "Sushan Bingsi" on the door plaque.

"Sushan, they actually sell Sushan."

"No wonder they had to close for a few days, it turns out they were selling Su Shan."

"You can open a shop to sell such delicacies? I wonder how much they cost."

“It must be very expensive.”

"No matter how much it is, I must buy one and try it."

The streets in the city were also very spacious, about eight steps, or 10 meters in later times.

Even so, it still felt a bit crowded.

The shopkeeper came forward and bowed at the door: "Dear fellow villagers, thank you for your kindness and for sending us a big celebration on the occasion of the opening of our store."

"As you can see, our store is named Ice Shop, and we mainly sell Sushan."

"You may be worried about the price of Su Shan. Xiaoliu, put up the price."

Upon hearing this, the servant Xiao Liu hurriedly hung up the wooden board with the price list.

Everyone looked.

Cream puff pastry: 5 wen (small), 8 wen (medium), 12 wen (large)

Cream and grape cake: 15 wen (small), 20 wen (medium), 30 wen (large)

Cream and grape fruit cake: 50 wen (small), 60 wen (medium), 80 wen (large)

Zhenpin Sushan: 300 Wen
"Hiss, five cents, Sushan is selling so cheaply?"

"Is this true? You're not kidding me."

"Silly, just go in and take a look and you'll know."

"What are you waiting for."

The shopkeeper actually wanted to say a few words, but when he saw this situation, he tactfully stepped aside.

The crowd suddenly rushed in frantically.

"Queue up, queue up! Those who jump the queue are not allowed to buy!"

The servant yelled at the top of his lungs.

It was very lively for a while.
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East Palace, side hall.

Li Chengqian was eating breakfast leisurely.

The weather was getting cooler recently, but that didn't matter to him much.

It can't be said that it is immune to cold and heat, but its tolerance is very high. The development of the body seems to have been completed, and the strength and other aspects have gradually stopped growing.

He felt a little regretful, as if he couldn't become a superman, but was just a little more powerful than a fierce general.

Li Chengqian had some guesses that perhaps it was the fusion of souls that fully developed the potential of this body.

After all, soul fusion is not as simple as 1+1 in conventional numbers.

Now I am a true hexagonal warrior with no shortcomings at all.

Well, there are still weaknesses.

Lame leg.

"Speaking of which, Wang Xuance should be arriving in Chang'an soon."

"It's time to arrange for a delegation to India."

Although the hope was slim, Li Chengqian still had some extravagant hope that he could find a doctor in Tianzhu who was good at bone treatment and cure his calf.

Sometimes Li Chengqian even wondered whether he should just dig open the kneecap and clear out the gravel inside.

He has a strong recovery ability now. He was whipped with a horse whip by His Majesty before, and he gained weight on the same day after applying the medicine.

I thought the medicine was effective, but it turned out to be my fault.

So if the kneecap is dug out, can it heal itself?
Just thinking about it, not daring to gamble.

Just because you have good recovery ability doesn't mean you can regenerate broken limbs. If you are completely ruined, you won't even have a place to cry.

Calming his mind, Li Chengqian began to think about the situation in Tianzhu.

Historically, when Wang Xuance was on his second diplomatic mission to India, King Harsha was killed. Then Wang Xuance borrowed troops from Tubo to destroy India.

This is Wang Xuance's personal show, but the strategy is not friendly to the Tang Dynasty.

Although Tubo had friendly relations with the Tang Dynasty because of the marriage of Princess Wencheng, after India was destroyed, Tubo took the opportunity to annex the Indian territory, and its ambitions gradually expanded.

Looking at the Tang Dynasty as a whole, except for the honeymoon period when Princess Wencheng married a foreign invader, the Tang Dynasty was always fighting with Tubo.

When Princess Wencheng married the prince, she brought a band, many craftsmen, furniture, silks, scriptures, grain seeds, etc., with the assistance of Wang Xuance.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo was still very powerful and had always coveted the Central Plains.

"When I ascend the throne, I will not marry off women, pay indemnities, pay tribute, or cede territory."

Li Chengqian thought angrily.

At this time, the eunuch Wen Zhong came trotting in to announce the good news.

"Your Highness, this is a great event, a great event."

"News came from outside the palace that the shops in the East and West Markets are already packed with people."

"Su Shan is not in short supply at all. The queue is almost stretched to another street."

"All the city wall masters came to maintain order."

“It may not be until noon before all the sushan will be sold out.”

"Changsun Situ and Su Shaoqing both sent people over to ask if they could send some ice cubes over."

Li Chengqian swallowed the last piece of Hu Bing and then slowly replied: "This is not a one-day deal, why rush? Tell them to deliver it after curfew tonight."

Wen Zhong replied anxiously, "But if that's the case, shouldn't Bingsi be closed this afternoon?"

Li Chengqian looked at Wen Zhong and said, "Look at you, you're anxious again."

"All the stuff is sold out, so we can just close the shop. It's a good time to take a break."

The emperor was not anxious, but the eunuch was. Wen Zhong was really anxious, for the crown prince.

There are still a lot of ice cubes in the East Palace, which is all money.

"Your Highness, but"

"Nothing but."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Li Chengqian thought for a moment and ordered, "Isn't there a lot of people in Bingsi? Go find some people and spread the news to Bingsi. Tell them that Goryeo is going to attack Datang."

"You can figure out how to spread the news yourself. What I want is to spread the news as soon as possible so that the people of Chang'an can hear that Goryeo is going to attack the Tang Dynasty."

"It's better to say something like, for example, Goryeo says that the people of the Tang Dynasty are cowards and wants the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute to Goryeo."

"The Sui Dynasty was destroyed by Goryeo. If the Tang Dynasty was smart, it would have quickly ceded territory and paid compensation."

"If the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty dares to provoke my Goryeo, I will shoot one of your eyes out."

"That's basically it. Find some merchants from Silla, Baekje, or preferably Goryeo. It doesn't matter if you spend more money, but you have to make sure everyone knows about it."

When Wen Zhong heard that one of His Majesty's eyes had been shot blind, he couldn't help but shudder.

"Your Highness, this exaggeration is a little fake."

"What's fake? The more exaggerated the better. Hurry up and do it."

"Yes, Your Highness."

(End of this chapter)