NIP Chapter 268 The Dust Settles
Chapter 268 The Dust Settles
Chapter 268 The Dust Settles
Lin Xuan took out the drawings and said with a smile, "Old Man Chen, this time I want to ask you to help me make some new things."
Chen Guangli took the drawing and looked at it. When he saw the loom, he said with some doubts: "Master Hou, is this a loom?"
Lin Xuan nodded and said, "This is a loom. Is there something wrong?"
To be honest, he has never seen a real loom, whether in his previous life or now.
He didn't know how different the loom the system gave him was from Datang.
Chen Guangli said: "I have made a loom, but this loom is similar in appearance, but there are many differences. That's why I am a little confused."
"Uncle Chen, can you tell me what's different?" Lin Xuan asked.
Chen Guangli pointed to the blueprint and said: "The size is different, the size of the shuttle, the length of the warp beam, the opening time and size of the loom, etc., whether it is used for weaving cloth or silk weaving. And there are many old things that I don't know what to use. .”
Lin Xuan hesitated and said, "This is a new type of loom invented by others. It should be normal to have some differences."
It's hard for him to say that he invented this thing, otherwise he invented it himself, and he would not understand it, nor would he be able to explain it.
Chen Guangli shook his head and said, "No, even if there are some changes, I can still see it. But this loom seems to be used to weave a kind of fabric that I have never seen before, so I am suspicious."
Fabric never seen before?
Lin Xuan's eyes lit up, could it be the kind of loom that can weave cloth with cotton?
He had been thinking before that, after a large amount of cotton was planted, he would find someone to study it.
Unexpectedly, the loom rewarded by the system before was a cotton loom.
But there is no way to explain this to Chen Guangli, Lin Xuan said: "Uncle Chen, make one for me first."
Chen Guangli nodded and said, "Yes!"
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said, "The tables and chairs can all be made of ordinary wood."
Desks and stools are for children, there is no need to make them too well.
……
After the court was over, Li Shimin had just arrived at the door of the study when he saw Li Tai waiting for him at the door.
"I have seen my father!" Li Tai bowed and saluted.
Li Shimin said with a smile: "The blue bird is here, go in with the father and talk."
After entering the study, Li Shimin asked Li Tai to sit down, "Why did Qing Que come to see Father?"
Li Tai respectfully said: "Father, my son wants to plead for Duke Lu."
A gleam flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and he quickly disappeared, and said in a flat tone: "Oh? Qing Que thinks Hou Junji shouldn't be punished?"
Li Tai shook his head and said, "Royal father, I don't mean that my minister should not be punished. It's just that Duke Lu is a veteran minister after all, and he has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, so he should be treated lightly."
Li Shimin seemed to be a little relieved and said: "Qingque knows that he has shared his father's worries, not bad."
Li Tai smiled and said: "This is my son's humble opinion, it's good that the father doesn't blame my son."
"Qingque can relieve father's worries, father is very pleased, how can he blame you. You said that my father will consider it, you go back first." Li Shimin laughed.
"Yes, I'm leaving!" Li Tai bowed.
Although Li Shimin did not give him an answer, his goal was achieved.
……
After three days of quarreling, Hou Junji's punishment came to an end.
Keep the title, halve the food, eliminate the official position, and spend half a year thinking at home.
Except for Hou Junji, the other generals who went to the expedition were not held accountable, but were only given some symbolic rewards.
Duke Lu's Mansion
Hou Junji got out of the carriage and looked at the home he hadn't returned for many days with a blank expression on his face.
"Master, the water is ready, come in and take a bath." Madam Hou said with tears in her eyes when she saw that Hou Junji had lost a lot of weight.
Hou Junji nodded and walked in.
half an hour later
After taking a bath and changing clothes, Hou Junji said after eating, "De'er, in the court, who has begged for the old man?"
Hou De said: "Only Duke Yi and some generals interceded for father."
Hou Junji's expression darkened, and he asked, "Did anyone else plead for the old man?"
Seeing Hou Junji's unhappy expression, Hou De hesitated for a while, and said, "My child heard that it seems that the king of Wei specially sought His Majesty to intercede for his father."
"Haha, good, very good!" Hou Junji laughed.
Madam Hou said worriedly, "Master, are you alright?"
Hou Junji suppressed his smile, and said flatly: "It's nothing, it's just that I have experienced this incident, and the old man wants to understand a lot of things."
……
"Welcome Uncle Cheng back to camp!" Lin Xuan laughed.
Cheng Yaojin laughed loudly, patted Lin Xuan on the shoulder and said: "It's hard work for you to go out to fight. The old man just went to the border for a while, and it took a little effort to buy horses."
I believe in your evil.
Cheng Yaojin received the news of returning to the army, definitely earlier than them.
Even if buying a horse takes some time, it is impossible for them to come back so many days later.
Cheng Yaojin and the others must have received the news on the way, knowing about Hou Junji's impeachment, and came back late on purpose.
Otherwise, what a coincidence, the matter of Hou Junji came to fruition yesterday, and Cheng Yaojin came back today.
Lin Xuan felt that he needed to work hard with these old foxes to learn how to seek good luck and avoid bad luck.
"Uncle Cheng, how is the current war on the grassland?" Lin Xuan asked.
He only knew that Western Turks and Xue Yantuo were fighting, but he didn't know the specific situation.
Cheng Chu smiled silently: "After the Western Turks got the glazed wolf, they couldn't wait to gather all the tribes and other scattered tribes in the grassland, hold a bonfire party, and wanted to gather those tribes with the glazed wolf."
"But Xue Yantuo's brats are not stupid. They knew that after the Western Turks became bigger, they had no good fruit to eat, so they mobilized ahead of time on the eve of the bonfire party..."
Listening to Cheng Yaojin's eloquent narration, Lin Xuan had a better understanding of the situation in the grassland.
When Siyehu Khan was in power, he once fought a battle with Xue Yantuo.
But at that time, it was because of Siyehu Khan's unpopularity and internal discord.
In terms of strength, Western Turks are much stronger than Xue Yantuo.
After Ni Yu came to power, he failed to change the discord between the various ministries.
Xue Yantuo's sudden attack really caught him by surprise.
But Ni Zhu was not a simple person who was able to mutiny over the top, and he quickly repelled Xue Yantuo's attack.
Although his own loss was greater than that of Xue Yantuo, Nihu didn't care. As long as he was given time, with the help of the Liuli wolf, he could quickly unify the other tribes in the grassland except Xue Yantuo and establish a bigger khanate.
Xue Yantuo also knew this, but because there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on the border of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yantuo couldn't fight the Western Turks with all his strength.
Just when Xue Yantuo's Khan was anxious, there was a sudden news that Datang was about to withdraw his troops.
Xue Yantuo's Khan didn't believe it at first, but later learned that it was Tang who had destroyed Gaochang, so he withdrew his troops.
Even so, Xue Yantuo's Khan was still a little worried.If they and the Western Turks were defeated, and the Tang Dynasty sent troops, Xue Yantuo would be the first to bear the brunt.
After all, they are the closest to Datang.
But the leaders of Xue Yantuo's other tribes came up with an idea to exchange war horses and Datang for food.
It is no secret that Datang is short of food, as long as some food is exchanged from Datang, even if Datang wants to send troops without food, it is impossible to send troops because of lack of food.
Moreover, they were fighting with the Western Turks, and they needed food in the first place.
As for the horses, they have no shortage at all, and Datang will not care about whether he will increase his combat power because of getting a large number of horses.
When the Western Turks got the news, they immediately contacted Datang to exchange war horses for food.
Whether it is the Western Turks or Xue Yantuo, every winter, they will go to the Tang Dynasty to grab food.
Now that the two countries are fighting, they must not dare to provoke Datang at this time.
When Cheng Yaojin came back, although the two countries had not yet fought, they were both preparing for war.
Cheng Yaojin laughed and said, "They don't have the time to invade this year."
"Uncle Cheng, how many horses have you changed?" Lin Xuan asked curiously.
"One hundred thousand horses!" Cheng Yaojin said triumphantly.
One hundred thousand?
Lin Xuan was stunned. Based on one person and two horses, this can form [-] cavalry.
Fifty thousand may not seem like much, but all the cavalry before the Tang Dynasty added up, that's about the same.
Many people think that how can Datang be so strong with such cavalry.
In fact, the establishment of Datang was helped by the grassland.
After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, it paid tribute to the grassland every year.
Otherwise, with the Weishui alliance, Jieli Khan would not be able to reach Chang'an so quickly.
Although Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Incident at that time, the court was in turmoil.
But at that time Li Shimin did not transfer troops from other places.
Even so, Jieli Khan easily reached Chang'an.
Although after the Great Tang eradicated the Eastern Turks, the grassland tribes did not dare to underestimate the Great Tang.
However, the restrictions on Datang have become stricter, resulting in not many cavalry in Datang.
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(End of this chapter)