Li Shimin

Chapter 422 Li Xiaogong Arrives in Qingzhou
"Your Majesty, I feel that dried sea fish dried with salt can be used for military rations!"

"Exactly, Your Majesty, the dried fish not only contains meat, but also salt. It is rich in nutrition, light and easy to carry. It is an excellent military ration!"

Saying that, Li Xiaogong couldn't bear it any longer, and hurriedly bowed his hands to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, I request you to go to Qingzhou and check it out for yourself!"

Hearing this, the eyes of Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and the others lit up, and they all said hastily.

"Your Majesty, I also want to go to Qingzhou to find out!"

"Let me think about this for a while!"

Li Shimin exhaled lightly and said slowly.

Regarding this, Li Xiaogong, Changsun Wuji and others could only look at Li Shimin expectantly, and did not continue to urge.

"His Majesty!"

At this time, Li Wei walked in again.

"What else?"

Li Shimin was puzzled.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Jin also sent a cart of frozen fish. I wonder if Your Majesty would like to take a look?"

Li Wei hurriedly reported.

"Frozen fish? But the sea fish transported all the way from Qingzhou frozen?"

Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, then he thought of something and asked quickly.

"Return to Your Majesty, it is the big fish brought from Qingzhou!"

Li Wei said.

"Bring it up quickly!"

Li Shimin looked happy, and said quickly.

"This?"

Hearing this, a look of embarrassment flashed in Li Wei's eyes, "Your Majesty, what His Royal Highness Prince Jin sent was a cart of frozen fish, and carriages cannot enter the hall!"

"Where is the carriage?"

Li Shimin understood and asked directly.

"Return to Your Majesty, the carriage is outside the hall!" Li Wei said.

"Go, go outside the hall!"

Li Shimin stood up straight away and walked outside.

The carriage that Li Xuan used to exercise was a carriage specially made to transport this aquatic product, with two layers of iron sheets on the inside and outside.Therefore, saltpetre and water can be directly added to the outer iron sheet to cool down the water in the innermost iron sheet and freeze it.

The only inconvenience is that you need to step on a stool that is as high as the carriage to see the fish inside the carriage.

However, because it was in the palace, Li Wei parked the carriage directly under the palace. Li Shimin and others only had to walk out of the palace gate and stand on the veranda to look down. They happened to be able to see the big fish frozen inside the carriage.

"hiss!"

Through the pure white ice, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and the others couldn't help but take a deep breath when they saw the big fish weighing at least ten catties.

"Why are these sea fish so big?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, as the king said, the fish in the sea are all very large, and the fish that the king catches are all this big!"

Beside the carriage, Xue Rengui, who had all his weapons taken away, clasped his fists and reported to Li Shimin respectfully.

"Ok?"

At this moment, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others noticed Xue Rengui.

Li Shimin and the others also had some impressions of this Xue family child who was valued by Li Xuan and personally accepted as a personal guard.

"You are Xuanba's personal guard, Xue Rengui!"

"Return to Your Majesty, it is the villain!"

Unexpectedly, His Majesty knew him, Xue Rengui was excited.

"When Xuanba goes fishing, can you go with him?"

Li Shimin asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, when the king was out fishing, the villain was guarding the king!" Xue Rengui quickly replied.

"Very good, tell me about the scene when Xuan Ba ​​was fishing!" Li Shimin said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, Xue Rengui didn't dare to neglect, and quickly told the whole story of Li Xuan's fishing.

"It's really that simple?"

"There are so many sea fish in the sea?"

"If all these sea fish are transported to Chang'an City, or dried into dried fish and used as military rations, wouldn't it be..."

After returning to the hall, Li Shimin, Du Ruhui and others were still shocked.

Suddenly, Li Shimin remembered something and shouted.

"Li Wei!"

"What's your majesty's order?"

"How much coarse salt is accumulated now?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, in addition to supplying salt merchants from various places with two months of coarse salt, there is also an extra [-] shi of coarse salt!"

Li Wei hurriedly reported.

"enough!"

Li Shimin muttered to himself in a low voice, and then said: "Hurry up and prepare a thousand shi of coarse salt!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Wei responded and walked out.

"His Majesty!"

Li Xiaogong, Fang Xuanling and others stared at Li Shimin expectantly.

"It's a long way to go to Qingzhou, and I won't be able to return for a while. It happens that Xiaogong is good at water warfare and is familiar with large ships. I will trouble Xiaogong to go on this trip."

Hearing this, Li Xiaogong was overjoyed, he was already tired of staying in Chang'an City for the past few years.

As for Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others, although they were somewhat disappointed.

However, from the current point of view, it is the best choice to let Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, who has no major affairs all day long, go.

That night, Li Shimin distributed a few big fish to his eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others.

After eating, everyone including Li Shimin was full of satisfaction.

……

Fifteen days later, Li Xiaogong showed up outside Qingzhou city with fifty four-wheel carts.

And Li Chongyi, Cheng Chusi and others, as well as all the officials in Qingzhou, were waiting at the gate of the city early.

For all the officials in Qingzhou, Li Xiaogong didn't pay much attention to anyone except Cheng Duanbo, the captain of Qingzhou Zhechong.

He directly brought the thousand stones of coarse salt to the outside of Li Xuanyuan.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" "Meet His Royal Highness King Jin!"

"The county king doesn't need to be polite!"

After seeing each other, Li Xiaogong began to express his affection to Li Xuan.

"His Royal Highness Jin, His Majesty is very interested in drying dried fish that His Majesty said, so he sent me to send a thousand stones of coarse salt to His Majesty. I wonder when His Highness is going to start drying?"

"The king of the county is running all the way, don't take a day off to talk about this?"

Li Xuan was taken aback for a moment, why does this enjoyment-oriented Hejian County King love work so much?

"Thank you, King Jin, for your concern. I'm not tired. The matter of drying the sea fish is related to the food of the frontline soldiers. I dare not neglect it!"

Li Xiaogong said quickly.

Hearing this, Li Xuan nodded slowly, and said: "So, I can set off now!"

"Thank you King Jin!"

Li Xiaogong looked happy, and prepared to go out.

However, before he walked out of the door, Li Xiaogong froze in place, his eyes widened subconsciously, his face full of disbelief.

"Too...too emperor?"

"Why, you haven't seen this old man for a month, so you don't recognize this old man?"

Li Yuan, who hurried in with an anxious face, glared at Li Xiaogong who was stunned, and then looked directly at Li Xuan.

"Xuanba, I heard that Erlang sent Li Xiaogong to send a thousand stones of coarse salt? When are you going to dry the dried sea fish?"

"I'll go right here!"

Li Xuan said.

Hearing this, Li Yuan looked happy, and went out first.

"Go, I will go with you too!"

Soon, a group of fifty carriages left the east gate of Qingzhou and headed towards the sea.

On the way, taking advantage of Li Xuan and others not paying attention, Li Xiaogong deliberately fell behind a few steps, and gave Li Chongyi a hard look.

"Aye, the boy hasn't caused any trouble these days!"

"You scoundrel, why is the Supreme Emperor in Qingzhou?"

Li Xiaogong asked nervously.

"Back to Aye, when I came out of Chang'an City, the Supreme Emperor sneaked into the car. I didn't find the Supreme Emperor in the motorcade until we arrived at the inn..."

Li Chongyi hurriedly reported.

"I see!"

After listening, Li Xiaogong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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(End of this chapter)