"Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Wei wishes to see you!"
Afternoon, Manna Hall.
Li Er was absently reviewing the memorial. In the morning, the Zhongshu Province had already sent out the recruitment notices to Zhechong Prefectures in various places. This somewhat relieved him, but there was no question about how to deal with the 150,000 people recruited. The food and equipment for the soldiers and horses was still a problem, which made Li Er couldn't help but feel extremely sad. At this time, suddenly a chamberlain walked in quietly and bowed to Li Er.
"Oh? Qingque? Let him in quickly!"
Li Er, who was upset, raised his head when he heard the sound and said to the waiter.
"Here~!"
The chamberlain took the order and left.
After a while, Li Tai, dressed in an academy scholar's uniform, walked in, bowed to Li Er and said, "My son, I see you, the emperor!"
"Yeah! Come on and get free of charge!"
Seeing Li Tai, Li Er's mood suddenly improved a lot. As Li Gang said, what Li Tai is doing now can be regarded as the hope of Yanhuang Academy and the Tang Dynasty. The father saw that his son was capable and accomplished. , how can you not feel happy
"Qingque, you're not in Yunshan, why are you back in the palace?"
Li Er asked with a smile.
Li Tai cupped his hands and replied: "Back to my father, I am returning to the palace today to say goodbye to my father and queen!"
"Farewell?"
Li Er was startled when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but his expression changed. He leaned forward and asked in a deep voice, "Qingque, are you going north?"
At dusk yesterday, he received news that the steam engine invented by Li Tai had been successfully tested. Today, when Li Tai enters the palace to bid farewell, there is only one possibility!
Li Tai nodded and said: "Yes, father! The manpower and material resources required for the telegraph relay station have been prepared. I plan to take the academy elites to Bingzhou early tomorrow morning to build the telegraph relay station!"
Li Er was silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "Since you have made your decision, Qingque, then my father supports you! You can go and talk to your mother later. After all, you have never left Chang'an in so many years. In the distance, there are just clouds and mountains!”
Li Tai was already very popular in the palace. As the saying goes, a son travels thousands of miles and a mother is worried. Although Li Er and Empress Changsun are emperor and empress, they are also parents. They will inevitably have some thoughts about Li Tai's trip north this time. There are concerns.
"Yes! Father!"
Li Tai accepted the offer, but did not leave.
Li Er asked strangely: "Huh? What? Qingque, do you have anything else to do?"
Li Tai cupped his hands and replied: "Back to my father, the teachers and students of the academy who are accompanying my son to the north this time are all talented people from the engineering school. The academy was attacked before. This time, Mr. Wenji is worried about what will happen to us." In case of danger, I wanted most of the academy's guards to go north with Erchen, but Erchen was worried that the academy's defense force would be greatly weakened, so he rejected Mr. Wenji's kindness!"
Li Er's eyes narrowed and he said in a deep voice: "Well, Mr. Li Gang's worries are not unreasonable. I originally only planned to send dozens of guards to send you north. Now that the situation between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks is at war, there is no guarantee that the Jieli traitors will not attack you." You and the teachers and students of the academy take action!"
Having said this, Li Er stood up, paced back and forth with his hands behind his hands for a few times, and then said: "In this way, I will let the two brothers of the Dugu family lead a thousand forbidden troops to accompany you to Bingzhou and Yunzhou, and give the order The captains of Zhechong Prefecture in both places will protect you and Zhou Quan with all their strength!"
As the master of the Tang Empire, Li Er certainly has the ability to send more people to protect the safety of Li Tai and his party, but the academy and his party are only going to deploy telegraph relay stations, not to fight on the front line. If the troops sent pass by, If there are too many, it will be suspected of invading the army. Moreover, Li Tai and others are still in the Tang Dynasty, so the probability of encountering danger is still relatively small. After the Turkic wolf cavalry sneaked into the Tang Dynasty, the northern border is now heavily guarded. It is difficult to repeat the situation of 50,000 wolf cavalry entering the border last time!
Therefore, Li Er only sent a thousand forbidden troops to accompany Li Tai to the north. This number is definitely not small! With a thousand forbidden troops and the cooperation of the local Zhechong government, it is almost impossible for Li Tai and others to encounter danger, unless the Turks concentrate their forces and directly go to war with the Tang Dynasty!
"My dear father, thank you!"
Li Tai quickly handed over his hand and thanked him.
"Well! You go and say hello to your mother!"
Li Er waved his hand. Suddenly, he remembered something and quickly stopped Li Tai and said, "Wait! Qingque, after you greet your mother later, go and send a message to Li Zexuan, reminding him not to forget the promise he made yesterday. That thing about me!”
He was naturally talking about what Li Zexuan said yesterday about calling on businessmen to raise military funds for the imperial court.
When Li Tai heard this, his eyes showed confusion and he said: "Yes! Father! It's just... I don't know what the matter my father said is about?"
Mr. Li's face turned red and he said: "It's just a small matter, just say it like this, Li Zexuan will definitely understand what I mean!"
Li Er felt that this kind of thing was too derogatory to his status as emperor, so there was no need to say it in front of Li Tai!
Seeing that Li Er was unwilling to say anything, Li Tai did not ask for details. He cupped his hands and said, "I obey your order... If my father has nothing else to do, I will leave!"
"Um!"
Li Er nodded and his expression returned to normal.
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