Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 625
The autumn hunt was over, and Li Shimin returned to Beijing with his ministers early the next morning.

When Qin Tian and the others returned home, it was already before dusk.

The city of Chang'an before dusk carried a murderous air, which was quite beautiful.

The weather is getting colder every day.

The Ninth Princess and the others already knew about Li Shimin asking Qin Tian to buy a horse, and Tang Rong was very angry about it.

"What does your Majesty mean? You don't want the court to spend money, but you want a good horse. Could it be that we should pay for it ourselves?"

Tang Rong was not willing to spend money, but the Ninth Princess was beside her, but it was hard to say anything. The Benlei horse was too expensive, and it was indeed a bit embarrassing for her husband to buy it, but the cavalry was obviously very important to Datang.

"Sister, have you thought of a way?" Lu Huaniang asked, Qin Tian shook his head: "Not yet, just take one step at a time, buy it, I definitely won't use our money to buy it."

No one's money comes from the wind. Although he is the prime minister, Datang does not belong to him. How can such a thing cheat him alone?
A few people chatted for a while, and then went to their own business. Qin Tian was not in a hurry to rest, but ordered someone to buy materials for making the Great Tang Divine Crossbow. Seeing him like this, the Ninth Princess asked, "Can you really Divine crossbow coming?"

"Of course, when it's done, it will definitely shock everyone."

Ninth Princess curled her lips, but she didn't have the slightest doubt.

The next day, Qin Tian did not go to court.

He knew that as long as he went to the early court, Li Shimin would definitely buy the Ben Lei horse for him, so let's hide.

Anyway, he had an excuse, so he said that he was studying the Godly Crossbow of the Tang Dynasty at home.

But who would have thought that when it was almost noon, a palace official ran over in a hurry.

"Young Lord, the Holy Majesty has declared you into the palace."

"Go back and tell the Holy Majesty that I am making the Great Tang Divine Crossbow."

"The Holy Majesty said, no matter what you are doing, you have to enter the palace, or you will be severely punished."

The word "severe punishment" is quite ruthless, Qin Tian showed a look of distress, he could only put down his work and followed the palace man into the palace.

The palace is a little mottled, and the autumn scenery is even more messy.

When he came to the imperial study, Li Shimin was reviewing the memorial.

He glanced at Qin Tian and said, "Is Qin Aiqing here?"

The tone was good, as if he didn't mean to be angry, Qin Tian heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "The Holy Lord Xuan Weichen is here, I don't know why?"

"What did you think about the purchase of the Ben Leima that I told you before?"

"This one……"

"Qin Aiqing, this is an important matter for my Tang Dynasty. It should not be neglected. If you have anything to do, just say it."

Qin Tian was very speechless, if you are willing to pay for something, the matter will be settled.

"My lord, this is not easy."

When these words came out, Li Shimin frowned immediately, and said coldly: "I must find a way for me today, otherwise I won't be able to leave the palace. I will support you in the palace."

Li Shimin was very angry, and what he said was very rascal, shameless, Qin Tian was a little startled, he didn't expect that these words came from Li Shimin's mouth, the dignified son of heaven, is he so shameless?
"Holy..."

Before Qin Tian finished speaking, Li Shimin got up and wanted to leave. Qin Tian didn't want to find a way, so he didn't plan to talk nonsense with Qin Tian. Seeing this, Qin Tian was really anxious. How can he not let him go home?

Therefore, Qin Tian quickly changed his words and said, "Your Majesty, there is a way, there is a way."

Li Shimin, who was about to leave, immediately stopped when he heard this, turned to look at Qin Tian and said, "Is there really a way?"

"There is really a way."

Li Shimin sat back again and asked, "Tell me, how did you get the Ben Lei horse?"

"My lord, the court's finances are insufficient, so naturally it is impossible to buy a large number of Ben Lei horses. However, there are many wealthy businessmen and dignitaries in the Tang Dynasty. They have a lot of money. You might as well let them pay for the Ben Thunder horses themselves."

Hearing this, Li Shimin frowned, and it would be easy to ask these people to pay.

Qin Tian was not in a hurry, and continued: "Your Majesty, everyone has a love for horses. These rich people, who would not want to buy a few good horses? The Holy Majesty ordered them to pay for the purchase, and the imperial court subsidized some of them. For the sake of money, with this discount, those people still don’t take advantage of this opportunity to rush to buy it.”

It can save money, so people will take advantage of this opportunity to buy a good horse, but Li Shimin's brows became tighter, because Qin Tian's method can't solve the problem at all.

"Qin Aiqing, are you fooling me?"

"Your Majesty, how dare you, what Your Majesty wants is the Ben Lei horse. After those rich people buy the horses, they can be bred. In less than two years, my good horse from Tang Dynasty There will be a lot more, and at that time, the cavalry can be successful."

It is obviously impossible to do it overnight. If you want to build an invincible cavalry, you can only complete it through time.

As long as there is time, there is nothing in this world that cannot be accomplished.

However, after hearing Qin Tian's method, Li Shimin was a little displeased. It took two years for the cavalry to become a cavalry soldier. That would be too slow, and he couldn't wait so long.

"Qin Aiqing, is there a faster way?"

"My lord, haste makes waste. With my current military strength in the Tang Dynasty, it is not enough to fight the Turks. In other words, I can fight the Turks, but I am not strong enough to destroy the Turks. I will have to endure it in two or three years. That's it. , so what if we wait two years?"

Speaking of this, Qin Tian said again: "The Holy Majesty even endured such things as the Weishui Alliance, let alone only two years, and this battle, my Tang Dynasty is not going to defeat the Turks, but to destroy the Turks, and never die Future troubles, only in this way can the Holy Majesty be proud."

As Qin Tian said this, Li Shimin's expression gradually calmed down. He was naturally aware of the current strength of the Tang Dynasty. If he was not absolutely sure, he would not easily use troops against the Turks.

It's only two years, he can bear it.

Man, in order to be successful, what can't you bear?
"Qin Aiqing is right. There is nothing I can't bear. Two years, there is no problem. It's just that this horse was bought by those powerful people. Even if it is breeding, it doesn't belong to the court, right?"

It is not difficult for Datang to own the Ben Leima, but the difficulty is how to get the Ben Leima from these people.

"Your Majesty, it's not difficult to get it. When you build cavalry, you can collect Ben Lei horses and give some commissions to the owners of the horses. If the horses suffer losses, you can give them some compensation. What's more, encourage the people to raise horses. If the common people raise more horses, the price of horses will naturally be lowered. At that time, even if it is a Benlei horse, the price will definitely be lowered. Can solve the cavalry problem."

In general wars, many soldiers on horseback bring their own horses, and the imperial court gives them a certain amount of subsidies. For cavalry, they have their own or use imperial horses. It is not necessary to recruit some good horses.

(End of this chapter)