Pei Ji's last sentence was really unacceptable. Li Yuan's face became more gloomy, and his eyes were so angry that he almost spurted out fire. The Yu Study room was silent, just like the tranquility before the storm was about to come.

At this time, Li Shimin stepped forward and said, "Father, my son has a word."

Li Shimin's move suddenly loosened the almost broken string. Everyone let out a sigh of relief. Li Yuan restrained the turbulent anger in his heart and said for a while: "Tell me!"

"The father and emperor lack military armor can actually solve it, but the son and minister have a solution."

"Speak!" Li Yuan's face finally calmed down a little.

"I know that there are more than 50,000 sets of armor in Wuwei County and Hehuang County in Hexi. This was confiscated after Li Gui and Xue Rengao's army surrendered. Because I think the quality is not very good, I did not take it back to the military. I am still in the warehouses of the two counties, so we can use it."

Li Yuan also remembered it. It seemed that there was something happening. He didn't take it seriously at the time and forgot it.

"But you said the quality is not very good, can we use it?" Li Yuan asked with some concern.

"Your father, the spear and sword are actually OK, but the armor is relatively rough, and they are all leather armor. My son considers that the armor of 20,000 imperial guards can be temporarily replaced with leather armor and give the armor to the combat army."

Li Shimin's plan won unanimous approval from everyone. Chen Shuda smiled and said, "In fact, there is no need to change it with the Imperial Guard. Now the recruits need to be trained, and they can be equipped with leather armor. After the armor is in place, the recruits can be trained."

Li Yuan nodded. Although it was a temporary solution, it at least solved the crisis in front of him. He said to Li Shimin: "I will leave this matter to the emperor and get it done as soon as possible!"

"Don't worry, Father, I will do it if you turn around!"

Li Yuan said to everyone again: "Let's talk about pig iron again! Although the immediate danger has been solved, if the pig iron problem is not solved, we will still have huge consequences."

Liu Wenjing stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have discovered it."

"Please tell me, Premier Liu!"

Liu Wenjing said calmly: "The iron mines of the previous dynasty were mainly concentrated in Jianghuai and Jingzhou, and smelting was in Luoyang and Jiangdu. There were no mines in Guanlong areas. However, Weichen read the old official documents and found that during the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were large-scale iron ore mining in Shuzhou. The mines were located in Longshan County and Meishan County. Although there was no specific location of the mine in the document volume, there must be records in the local chronicles. Weichen felt that it should be easy to find. As long as the mining and smelting in Bashu were restored, our problem of insufficient pig iron can be gradually solved."

Pei Ji was really unwilling to accept it. He laughed dryly and said, "Liu Xiangguo's idea is good, and the plan is feasible. However, it will take at least a year for the mine to resume mining and smelting the first furnace of molten iron. But now we don't have a kilogram of pig iron in our hands. What should we do in this year? How to solve the problem of replenishing weapons consumption?"

Liu Wenjing looked at him contemptuously and said, "Pig iron not only exists in the official warehouse, but also in many places, such as the folk, every household has pig iron products, as well as iron bells and iron Buddhas in temples, and damaged weapons can also be returned to the furnace. We can even buy them from outside. I am not pointing to the Northern Sui Dynasty, and they will not sell them. I am buying from the West and sent to us by the Sogdian caravan. How could Pei Xiangguo be helpless if he comes from so many pig iron sources?"

Pei Ji was speechless and said for a while: "It is always not appropriate to compete with the people for profit."

Liu Wenjing was about to pursue the victory, but Li Yuan waved his hand to interrupt their argument and said to Li Jiancheng: "It is urgent to solve the problem of pig iron burning. You have to do everything possible to solve this matter. I don't want to disturb the people, but there is no way. If we cannot be strong in the same time as the Sui army, we will be defeated by them sooner or later."

"My son obeys the order!"

Li Yuan nodded and said to Li Shimin: "There is also Du Fuwei. Since I have named him the Prince of Huainan, I hope he will not be just a false reputation. I must consider letting him go back at the appropriate time. I must not let Zhang Xuan sit firmly on Jianghuai."

Li Shimin bowed and said, "Please rest assured, my father, I have been actively preparing for this matter."

Li Jiancheng returned to the East Palace with great worries. As soon as he entered the palace gate, Wei Zheng came up to him and said a few words to him. Li Jiancheng frowned, "What are she doing at this time?"

"I also asked her, but she just said that she had something to discuss with His Highness, but she refused to say it explicitly."

"Just go and deal with her. I don't have time to care about her." Li Jiancheng said a little upset.

"I understand."

Wei Zheng bowed and turned around to leave. At this time, Li Jiancheng thought of something and hesitated and said, "Wait a moment!"

Wei Zheng stopped, "Does Your Highness have any instructions?"

Li Jiancheng pondered for a long time and said, "Well, I will see her and ask her to wait in the outer house."

Li Jiancheng's outer mansion was the Tang Palace of his father in the past. Since Li Jiancheng was the crown prince, he needed to live in the East Palace, but Li Yuan handed over most of the government affairs to him. It was no longer realistic to live in the East Palace, so Li Yuan rewarded him with the Tang Palace of the former as Li Jiancheng's outer mansion.

Half an hour later, hundreds of cavalry guarded Li Jiancheng's carriage slowly stopped in front of the steps of the foreign government. A servant rushed forward and opened the car door and helped Li Jiancheng get off the carriage, "Are Mr. Wei here?"

"He just arrived, Your Highness!"

Li Jiancheng glanced at a gorgeous carriage parked opposite him and walked quickly into the mansion.

Li Jiancheng hasn't seen Gao Hui for almost a year. When he first saw him in the door, he thought he had recognized the wrong person. Although Gao Hui was still wearing makeup, the thick layer of powder on her face could not cover up her haggard face and her thin face, as if she was ten years older.

"Madam seems to be not very satisfied recently?" Li Jiancheng asked with a faint smile.

Gao Hui stood up and bowed, sighed, "Actually, Your Highness also knows that since the Bohai Sea will perish, I have become a stray dog."

Li Jiancheng sat down and asked with a smile: "Since that's the case, why don't the wife find a place to take care of her husband and children, and spend the second half of her life peacefully?"

Gao Hui smiled bitterly and shook her head. She couldn't answer this question and didn't want to answer it.

Li Jiancheng looked at her and said, "Madam, don't know! The Jiangnan Association has also been dissolved. The world is determined. Later generations compete for hegemony. In the past, Northern Qi and Nanchen did not have any chance to restore the country. Isn't your brother living a good life now?"

"Don't mention that cowardly!"

Gao Hui gritted her teeth. She hated her elder brother Gao Lie, who only knew how to greedy for enjoyment and had exhausted her ambitions, and she secretly contacted the government to arrest her. If she hadn't escaped quickly, she would have really fallen.

At this time, Li Jiancheng suddenly found that her hand was covered with rings, and suddenly realized something and said with a smile: "It turns out that the lady is married again."

Gao Hui snorted in her nose, "It's not a question of getting married, it's just a combination of interests."

Li Jiancheng smiled faintly. He didn't care whether Gao Hui was married. He only cared about the interests of the Tang Dynasty. Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment and said, "We lack pig iron. Is there any way for the wife to get pig iron for us?"

Gao Hui smiled, "Your Highness asked the right person. Bohai will have an iron ore in Jiangxia County, Jingzhou. It produces five million kilograms of iron every year. It is a great source of wealth for us. Now it is still in my hands. If your Highness needs it, I can sell it to Your Highness."

Li Jiancheng was overjoyed, "We want all five million pounds, and we buy them higher than the market price."

"There is a batch of pig iron in stock recently, but we need to use it ourselves. Starting next month, we will supply 300,000 kilograms of pig iron in Tang army every month and transport it to Guanzhong by Nanxiang Road."

Li Jiancheng's eyes smiled in a line, "Then please, Madam."

The unexpected gain made Li Jiancheng feel particularly good. He also knew that Gao Hui agreed so happily because she also asked for something. Li Jiancheng took the initiative to ask: "I don't know what's the important thing about the wife coming to me?"

Gao Hui said slowly: "We want to start a crime in Hebei, hoping to get the support of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Jiancheng suddenly became interested and asked, "Madam, why do you want to tell me in detail? How can I get into trouble?"

Zhangnan County, Qinghe County, near the Jinzhang River, there is a large mansion covering an area of ​​nearly 100 acres, surrounded by small rivers and shaded by green trees. It is a very elegant place to cultivate one's body and cultivate one's nature.

This is the mansion after Dou Jiande retired. Dou Jiande's wife and children were both dead in the war. After surrendering to the Sui army, he married another concubine. At the beginning of the year, the concubine gave birth to a fat and fat son for him, which made Dou Jiande, who had a son in his later years, ecstatic and named him Dou Guinong. The concubine was also promoted to the wife of the wife because of her son's honor.

Zhang Xuan also received news that he appointed his son as the Qi Yuweiwei and rewarded him with a reward of 500 taels.

In a blink of an eye, Dou Jiande's son started to learn to speak, and became a toddler. Dou Jiande held his baby son all day long and taught him to speak on the way, and his life was extremely fun.

On the evening of that day, several guests unexpectedly came from Dou Jiande's mansion, which made Dou Jiande's beautiful wife Li a little dissatisfied. She didn't like outsiders to disturb their peaceful life again, especially these people looked fierce and evil, and they were not good people at first glance.

"Xiaohua, come here!"

Li hid next to the side door. She waved, called the maid who served tea to her side, and asked in a low voice: "What are they talking about?"

"I don't know. They stopped talking as soon as I entered, but the master seemed very unhappy and never spoke."

"You go and listen to what they are saying next door, and tell me back."

"As for orders, madam!"
Chapter completed!