Li Shimin came to the small courtyard where Li Yuan lived. Before he entered the door, he heard a clamor inside. To be cautious, he did not step in, but listened with his ears. After listening for a long time, he could not hear the reason. Eunuch Gao had great internal skills, but he could not hear the clues and reminded: "Your Majesty, you are playing mahjong."

"I know how to play mahjong." Unexpectedly, he was blocked by mahjong. Li Shimin's old face turned red, he coughed lightly, and said, "I'm listening, who is playing mahjong with whom."

"Then I don't know." Eunuch Gao actually heard it, but he couldn't say that.

"Then go in and have a look." Li Shimin carried his hands on his back and took the lead in entering the yard. He was a little surprised. Li Jing and his wife were both there. When Li Jing saw Li Shimin coming, he quickly stood up to salute, but Li Jing's wife Hong Funn and the bearded guest opposite her did not move.

Li Shimin was not angry, waved his hand to Li Jing, came to the bearded guest, and said, "After leaving for many years, everything is fine?" As if the assassin had not happened a few days ago, there was no doubt in Li Shimin's face.

The bearded guest then stood up to greet Li Shimin and said, "I didn't expect that Your Majesty still remembers my name, and I haven't seen him for many years."

"I wonder if the hero is interested-" Before Li Shimin finished speaking, the bearded guest said, "My heart is the same as before, and I don't have the intention to become an official."

"Oh——" Li Shimin sighed regretfully: "I am the same as before. When will the hero have the will to become an official? The position of general will always be kept for the hero."

The bearded guest smiled and said nothing. Li Shimin nodded to Li Jing and walked straight into the room.

What Li Shimin and the bearded guest happened more than ten years ago. The bearded guest lost Li Mu and found Li Mu again. For safety reasons, he left Li Mu to the Sun family and returned to the Central Plains again, the Central Plains was already in chaos.

At that time, the bearded guest also had the desire to compete for the world, so he made friends with people from all over the world. It was also during this period that he met Hongfu Nu and Li Jing one after another. Because of Li Jing, he met Li Shimin, who was still very young at that time.

After observing Li Shimin for a while, the bearded guest thought that Li Shimin would become the lord of the world sooner or later, and realized that he could not compare with him. He gave up the idea of ​​competing for the world, so he chose to go out to sea and become the island owner of the 72 islands in Nanyang.

No one knows what the Guest Beard judged. But the facts now show that his judgment is correct. Li Shimin has indeed become the lord of the world. When the two met, Li Shimin had already invited Guest Beard to his army, but was rejected by Guest Beard. Today's invitation was rejected again, and Li Shimin was not surprised.

When he entered the room, a table of mahjong was caught in his eyes. Li Yuan was opposite him, looking at the cards in his hand in trouble. The closest to Li Shimin was Li Mu's adopted mother, Sun. When he saw Li Shimin coming in, he thought of getting up, but Mrs. Lu held her hand and couldn't get up. Opposite Mrs. Lu, there was a person Li Shimin could never have imagined, Li Jiancheng's widow, Princess Yin, and Zheng Guanyin.

Seeing these two women sitting on the same table, Li Shimin instantly felt that the scene in front of him was no longer real.

Sun finally broke free from Mrs. Lu's hand, bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, I'll go cook, why not--"

Li Shimin took the conversation and said, "I will play a few tricks for you."

As he said that, he sat down. Sun ran out as if he was running away. The door was closed and there were only four people left in the room.

Shrink, code cards, draw cards, and read cards-

Although Li Shimin was not good at gambling, he could also play mahjong. After two games, he made a book, but no one could win or lose, but no one could speak.

Li Yuan looked at the three juniors in front of him and wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak. When he saw Mrs. Lu today, he was no less surprised than Li Shimin now.

"Sister-in-law," Li Shimin said first. He paused for a moment and said, "What happened back then was already like this. I survived by chance. It is the current situation. If I die, the situation will be the same. Now, what I told you through Li Mu before will still be effective. If you are willing, I can issue an edict to blame yourself and give you the rightful title, so that Li Mu can inherit the title of Prince."

This sentence is obviously said to Mrs. Lu. Zheng Guanyin frowned slightly, but when he thought of Li Jiancheng's branch, there was only Li Mu, a male, who was orphan and widowed in the future, most of them would still have to rely on Li Mu. He hesitated for a moment and did not speak.

Mrs. Lu didn't appreciate it and said, "Your sister-in-law is there, and I can't call me sister-in-law. My son is not as good as Li Jiancheng's father. When he was alive, you couldn't make up for it." She touched the card and played it out, and said, "I don't take you as the emperor seriously, but I don't take it seriously. If Li Jiancheng had treated me sincerely back then, and kept me by his side," Mrs. Lu looked at Li Shimin and said, "You don't have any chance."

Li Shiminxin. When Mrs. Lu was young, she was known as the "female Zhuge" and had no choice but to do so. With her as a think tank, Li Jiancheng made up for the shortcomings. Although Li Shimin had famous officials and generals, he did not take the big picture. If he wanted to succeed, it was difficult to reach the sky.

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said, "This is right."

Mrs. Lu was a little surprised. Li Shimin would admit it, but he admitted it, and didn't feel very surprised. He said, "There are people from Zhisitang everywhere in the world. If I want to raise a trouble, you can't stop it."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I believe this too."

"It's a pity that my son is not here." Mrs. Lu turned a mahjong in her hand, and played a 90,000 yuan price, and continued: "But no matter what, Jisitang is prepared for him. I will definitely hand Jisitang over to him completely."

"If you can't tolerate it, it's hard to do."

"I can tolerate it." Li Shimin said frankly: "I think so in my heart."

Mrs. Lu was silent for a while and said, "Then do it like this, Your Majesty."

Li Shimin showed joy on his face. Mrs. Lu's words were considered to have taken out his own trading chips. Li Shimin accepted the matter of Jisitang's return to Li Mu in exchange for Jisitang's recognition of Li Shimin's emperor.

Shortly, this is a happy situation.

A smile also appeared on Li Yuan's face.

...

As the age of year approaches, there are occasionally firecrackers. Li Mu heard the sound and bought a car back, but no one at home likes to set off firecrackers. The child is still young and can't make noise. Li Mu himself couldn't light firecrackers. A car of firecrackers was considered useless. In order to set off firecrackers, Li Mu had to come to the east hillside, which was far away, but he had to put two of them. Li Mu also felt bored, stood there quietly, looking up at the sky, and watching the snowflakes fall.

The sky was gray and the color was similar to the earth. Next to Li Mu, Dugu Jiu and Li Chongyi were standing. Seeing Li Mu leaning his neck, they thought there was something to see, and they also learned to look like him. They stretched their necks and looked in the air, as if there was something wonderful and beautiful there. Suddenly, Dugu Jiu narrowed his eyes and said, "Brother, it seems there is a carrier pigeon."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chongyi also said: "It seems."

Li Mu himself didn't see it, and looked at the sky blankly. After a minute, a small black dot appeared in the gray sky. Li Mu couldn't help but admire that Dugu Jiu's eyesight was really good, and he actually discovered it so early.

A white dove flew over and a smile appeared on Li Mu's shoulders. It's better to have a marking stone. As long as the dove has the strength and can live, it will fly to you sooner or later.

Li Chongyi quickly stepped forward, took off the small bamboo tube from the feet of the flying pigeon, and returned to Li Mu. Li Mu took it, checked the hot lacquer wax seal, hurriedly opened the message, and started watching it on the platform.

After a long time, Li Mu raised his eyebrows gently. Dugu Jiu and Li Chongyi looked at Li Yu, but they really couldn't see what his strange aura meant. Is this... happy? Unhappy? Dugu Jiu was thinking randomly, and Li Yu suddenly patted his shoulder and praised: "Very good! This line will play a big role in the future. Aren't the Tang Dynasty all brainless people? I know the allusion of giving up first and then getting it. How much investment is now, it will only double the profit, and it will definitely not be able to lose money. In the future, there will be a few flying pigeons. If the news does not come in time, it will delay things."

In addition to weather reasons and human reasons, there are also various interferences from birds of prey. It is hard to say whether a carrier pigeon would fly and be snatched by the hawk. Although Li Mu's Fei Ge's Fei Ge's book is accurate and fast because of the relationship between Tao Biao Stone, sometimes it may cause a big mistake.

"Don't worry, brother! It's guaranteed not to delay things."

The road Li Mu mentioned is the road from Miaojiang to Chang'an. It was led by Tang Jian, and together with the local and central Chinese, the great tribes in the Central Plains, jointly invested in debt and built roads, aiming to solve the problem of poor road transportation in Miaojiang.

Tang Jian could find a way to build a bridge inside Miaojiang, but Tang Jian could not do it alone when he built a road such a long journey from Miaojiang to Chang'an. Fortunately, with Li Mu's experience in Xiuchidao, he borrowed money to build roads and made a reward. If there were successful examples, things would be much simpler.

Moreover, Tang Jian did not cooperate with any family of five surnames and seven sects this time. They were all local tribes, such as the Tang family and Bai family in Bingzhou. This was limited to the big family of a certain place, and the influence was not as good as the seven sects of the five surnames and seven sects. There was no need to worry about losing the tail, but it was also very powerful. Their money had no investment channels, and this kind of bond investment was exactly what they wanted. Moreover, they also wanted to extend their tentacles outside the place where they were located, so Tang Jian had almost no difficulties in financing.

This feeling of using other people's money to do their own business makes Tang Jian very comfortable. Tang Jian wrote a letter to Li Mu to tell him the whole story of the matter, wanting to hear if Li Mu has any opinions on this.

Tang Jian wrote the steps he performed very carefully. Li Mu looked over them one by one and found no problems. He just checked for the shortcomings and filled in with the missing items. He supplemented the things that Tang Jian did not mention, and then used a flying pigeon to spread the news.

As the Chinese New Year approached, Li Mu originally wanted to invite Tang Jian to return to Chang'an or send Sun back. But after thinking about it, he did not do either thing. It was inconsistent to let Tang Jian return to Chang'an. Tang Jian was an official from an outsider and could not return to Chang'an without an order, otherwise he would be suspected of rebellion and should be executed according to the law. Although it is feasible to send Sun back, it is the New Year after all. As a son, he sent his mother away during the Chinese New Year, which would be poked.

Since Li Shimin and Mrs. Lu played mahjong that day, it seemed that all the conflicts had been resolved. Li Shimin also entered the holiday state and brought Empress Changsun out of the palace and came to this Xiaoyao Valley. Every day, Li Shimin, Li Yuan, Empress Changsun, and Mrs. Lu, the four of them were like fixed cards, playing mahjong all day. Li Mu wanted to play with two games several times, but they were not allowed.

After returning to Chang'an, his wives also had their own things to do. Wang Ou had several stores in Chang'an, and at the end of the year, they had to count the accounts. Jin Chen was busy rectifying the Lichunyuan work and helping Li Mu spread coins. Zhang Tianai was also busy. As the end of the year approached, a camel fleet came to Gaochang, which was specially for the New Year gifts that Zhang Xun gave to his daughter. By the way, he also had to purchase some things from the east and west cities of Chang'an to take them back to Gaochang. Once he made a profit on the Silk Road, Zhang Xun led Gaochang to quickly gather a large amount of wealth in more than half a year.

Although Gaochang nominally has no soldiers and has to rely on the Tang Dynasty's garrison to protect him, in fact, Zhang Xun had already raised a Turkic cavalry in the Western Regions to prepare for emergencies. The east side could not expand, but the west side could still be. He had already set his mind to the west, which was considered as a plan early.

Zhang Tianai mostly disliked the things brought by the Camel Corps. She had no idea what it was made of. She could use a scimitar to break her hair. Ordinary swords were cut against it and instantly turned into two halves. She had divided the other things casually, but she said that she would not let her go.

Li Mu took the scimitar and studied it carefully and found that this scimitar should not be the craftsmanship of the Tang Dynasty. Judging from the patterns, they came from Persia. The ability to make such a good knife means that the civilization across the desert has developed to a certain extent. At least in smelting, Persia is no worse than the Tang Dynasty.

Li Mu suddenly had the idea that if all the Persian technologies could be introduced to the Tang Dynasty and combined them, the various skills of the Tang Dynasty would definitely be able to be improved to a higher level. But this idea was just thinking about it, but the degree of implementation was too low.

Thinking of the problem of skills, Li Mu suddenly remembered the Patent Office of the Office of the Internal Affairs. It has been almost a year since the Patent Office was established, and I don’t know how many patents have been registered. If some of these patents can be taken out and published, then the overall skill level of Datang will definitely be greatly improved.
Chapter completed!