For three days in a row, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty held a market in the Goguryeo royal palace, regardless of the subtle and graceful dissuasion of King Gaozang of Goguryeo and the mournful expressions of the Goguryeo ministers.
Although this move made Goguryeo King Gozang and his ministers dare not speak out in anger, and they had to wait on him bitterly and looking like they were about to cry, it was warmly welcomed by the merchants of Ryugyong City.
On the second and third days, before the gate of the Goguryeo Royal Palace opened, many vendors gathered at the door. After waiting for the palace gate to open, they immediately poured into a corner of the palace square, hoping to take this opportunity to occupy a position. Excellent bunks.
After all, on the first day, His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty looked at the mink fur vendor with special eyes, and with a wave of his hand, he bought all the furs from those stalls.
So today, the merchants who had just swarmed in like refugees fleeing the war immediately swarmed in when the palace door opened. They turned a deaf ear to the warnings and scoldings of the palace guards. The group of people who rushed in was seriously limited to a few people. A stall is the number one target to fight for today. Whether all the goods can be sold today depends on this stall.
The items sold today are different from yesterday's furs, and the types of items have been increased, ranging from Goguryeo's unique clay figurines to expensive gold and silver jewelry, etc. In short, compared to yesterday, today's products are even more expensive. The specialty ginseng has become a commodity for vendors to sell.
After a war-like scramble, each vendor, who failed to grab the same stalls as yesterday, began to fight for the stalls next to them. In the end, some people sighed with regret, while others shouted proudly, and finally it was no longer possible. Seize a stall.
So, every vendor began to place their goods on the stall in an orderly manner before the big customer came. Naturally, the best and most valuable items were placed in the most conspicuous position. The bundle of gold in the hands of the vendor yesterday was a big deal. These vendors are too exciting.
Li Hong, who had almost forgotten about this incident, met his father Long and made sure that his father was not fascinated by women, and then scolded Ge Xiyuan for no apparent reason. After being reminded, I remembered that I had to help Long Ma select some other things in person today.
Although the Tang Palace lacks everything, and all the rare treasures in the world can probably be found in the Tang Palace, the tributes from other countries are still made by the generals in the palace, but they are not as good as the ones you can choose for your mother, right
Women, sometimes what they care about is not the value and exquisiteness of the gift, but rather the unwarranted thought that goes into the item.
Just like a woman who is in love in any era, as long as you have a relationship with her or go to bed with her, anyway, as long as you are in love, even if you forget to buy roses on a date, you will be in a hurry. While you are gathering grass, she will hold you in her arms and look at you with a happy smile, shy and affectionate.
So Li Hong decided that no matter it was his mother or daughter-in-law, as long as she was a woman, this trick would definitely work, and it would work every time. In short, as long as you are a woman, you will naturally have filial piety towards your mother and love towards your daughter-in-law. Sometimes women regard this fantastic thing as heart as more important than material things.
"Your Highness, Qibi Heli and Li Jinxing have not arrived yet. They just arrived at the royal city of Goguryeo first with their original supplies of food, grass, weapons, etc." Hua Meng followed His Highness the Crown Prince. He just scolded Ge Xiyuan for something incomprehensible. I would like to remind him appropriately. one time.
And this time, I have to say that Li Hong really made the right choice to teach Ge Xiyuan about negotiation. Ge Xiyuan, who has always been harsh, after understanding the intentions of His Highness the Crown Prince, after an arduous battle with the Goguryeo minister After the negotiation, in short, the Goguryeo minister came out crying.
And I heard that after the minister explained to the King of Goguryeo, the King of Goguryeo did not immediately punish the minister, but wanted to find a piece of white silk to hang himself. It was meaningless to say that the king was inappropriate.
But since the Tang Dynasty has collected high protection fees from others, you have to show off to others, right? In the past few days, Ge Xiyuan was annoyed by being surrounded by Goguryeo ministers, so he quietly met with Qibi Heli and Li Jinxing. After using flying pigeons to convey the message, it was decided that the army would continue to march at the originally planned marching speed.
But it has to be given. Goguryeo, which has just paid a high protection fee, has no hope at all, right? As a result, food, weapons, supplies, etc. were first escorted over last night.
After Li Hong heard Hua Meng's words, he paused, glared at Hua Meng and then walked forward, saying: "So, I really scolded Ge Xiyuan wrongly? Just scold him wrongly. You can’t let me, the prince, apologize to him, can he?”
Although he felt that his judgment was wrong, Li Hong still felt that his right eye was twitching violently for some reason. He always felt that something was wrong, because when he and Goguryeo King Gaozang walked across from each other at the entrance of his father's palace, Gaozang didn't look like the previous few times. As if for the first time, he begged himself with a mournful face to order the Tang army to speed up their march. There must be something fishy that he didn't know about.
But after thinking about it, I couldn't think of a reason. I asked Hua Ji today. According to Hua Ji, the woman named Zhang Lushui has not slept with her dragon father, which means that the King of Goguryeo's beauty trick The plan hasn't worked yet.
Therefore, Li Hong tried his best not to think about the reason why his right eye kept twitching. Accompanied by Hua Meng and other Goguryeo ministers, he slowly went to the palace, which was the first to be opened in the palace since the founding of Goguryeo. Walk to the city.
Stepping into the market, the scene that Li Hong was deeply loved by the people of Goguryeo was immediately revealed. Every vendor seemed to have seen the God of Wealth covered with gold and could be shaved casually, and sent out bursts of greetings.
"Oh, that's good. Look, you Goguryeo people also welcome my Tang army to your Goguryeo royal family. Translate for them." Li Hong looked relaxed and looked at the two rows of stalls excitedly talking to him. After seeing the gifts, the vendors began to carry their own items, not to mention how beautiful they were.
The tongue man's face was ugly, and he thought to himself: I have seen shameless people before, but I have never seen such a shameless person. Is this the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty? How can you be so shameless? Is that a welcome? That’s the money in the pockets of the Goguryeo ministers who followed you after you were welcomed to take away their goods! But it has nothing to do with you!
However, due to the banditry committed by His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty in the past few days, the speaker did not dare to offend His Highness the Crown Prince, who was even more powerful than the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and repeat the exact words of His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. The correct translation was given to the Goguryeo minister.
Suddenly, some of the Goguryeo ministers' faces turned blue, some turned white, and some turned red. Some even had their steps staggered and almost fainted from anger.
Walking in front of the stall, Li Hong slowly looked over and said, Damn, aren't these Goguryeo vendors too shameless? What's going on with the old hens? Why am I missing an old hen? Or lack of chickens to lay eggs
Could it be that Li Lingyue sent him a message in his dream, saying that he had been studying which came first, the chicken or the egg. He had not found it out from the old hens of Tang Dynasty, so he wanted to see if he could find a breakthrough from the old hens of Goguryeo
Li Hong glared hard at the vendor who was obviously just joining in the fun, not making money. Just as he glanced at the unique jewelry, he heard the voice behind him. Ge Xiyuan, who he had just scolded, was anxious. sound.
Curious, Li Hong turned around and saw Ge Xiyuan and Shi Zangjie running over in a panic and anxious manner. Their clothes were disheveled. It was obvious that the two of them had come here along the way, not that they were approaching him. I was just jogging in front of me.
I don't know why, but my heart suddenly sank, and I casually ordered Hua Meng next to me: "I bought all the jewelry here."
Then he ignored the expressions of the Goguryeo ministers who were about to faint, and took two quick steps to meet Ge Xiyuan and Shi Zang who asked, "What's the matter? What happened?"
Li Hong's first thought was, had Gao Zang made his father angry? Sick of vertigo
Ge Xiyuan ran out of breath. After he stopped in front of Li Hong, he and Shi Zangjie kept breathing heavily. Li Hong seemed to be able to distinguish between two people and four people. I could see a solid amount of white air in each nostril.
"Don't worry, let's take a rest first." Li Hong patted the two people who were bending over and ignored the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers, and said comfortingly.
The sound of huffing and puffing sounded in his ears, which was also accompanied by Ge Xiyuan's intermittent voice: "Your Highness... No, no, no, it's not good,... Ah... I'm breathless, sorry, Your Highness... I'm sorry... Huh... Thank you." Ge Xiyuan's face was still flushed just now, maybe because he hadn't exercised for a long time, but now it has started to turn pale.
Li Hong's brows were even more wrinkled. It must be no small matter for the two of them to run like this.
"Take them and rush to His Majesty's palace immediately." Li Hong said to the cheetah and mangzhong beside him.
Hua Meng and Jingzhe were still there helping Li Hong buy gold and silver jewelry, so they couldn't take care of their anxious master for the moment.
Cheetah and Mang Zhong carried each other, so they followed Li Hong and walked quickly to Li Zhi's palace.
Halfway through, Ge Xiyuan's breathing finally became evener, and he said feebly: "Your Majesty, last night, as soon as Qibi Heli and Li Jinxing's supplies of food and grass arrived, he sent Liu Rengui and Liu Renyuan to Silla and Silla overnight. The battlefield between Baekje and Goguryeo.”
boom!
Li Hong seemed to be frozen all of a sudden, and his whole person suddenly froze in place. It was as if there was an invisible pillar in front of him that he suddenly hit, forcing him to stop.
In short, that bang from the bottom of his heart made Li Hong feel briefly at a loss.
(End of chapter)