Datang Library

Chapter 893

It turned out that when he was in Chang'an, Li Wanping went to find his mother, Princess Jin, and talked about the marriage between the third sister of the Bai family and his third brother Li Chengxun. Princess Jin was overjoyed and worried that she couldn't find a suitable candidate. Helping the noble lady of Chang'an, but they have fewer and fewer girls under their own hands. Free love is popular now. Many little girls go out to find husbands by themselves, and they are not willing to let their families introduce them.

Now I suddenly heard that the third sister of the Bai family had such an intention. How could Princess Jin not be willing? She said that she must facilitate the marriage between the two. Others didn't know, but he knew it well. None of the women in the Bai family was an ordinary person. You can't even ask for it, don't say that you once cared about others, even if you once promised someone, wouldn't it be the same as not being married?In the Tang Dynasty, remarried couples abound. A good wife is much better than these vulgar etiquettes.

So the two discussed, Li Wanping deliberately lied to Li Chengxun, saying that there are a lot of blind dates, just to facilitate his good things with Bai Sanmei.

Bai Fan watched his wife and mother-in-law tossing about like this, hid with his father-in-law Li Jiancheng, covered his eyes and didn't dare to breathe, and secretly mourned for his brother-in-law Li Chengxun in his heart. of.

The next day it was reported that Li Chengxun and the third sister of the Bai family were engaged. The emperor Li Er was overjoyed and decided on the spot to confer the marriage on the spot, and all civil and military officials came to congratulate him.

Everyone inspected the newly built Shu road, and on the way back to Chang'an by car, Li Er asked Bai Fan with a smile, "The third sister of the Bai family is getting married, what kind of dowry will you brother give her? I heard that the girl from the Bai family Everyone is extraordinary, your dowry must not be stingy."

Bai Fan laughed and said, "I'm about to discuss this matter with Your Majesty. Everyone knows that I, Bai Fan, am the richest man in the world. I am so poor that I only have money left. But when my third sister is married, it seems inelegant for me to give money directly. It's a bit vulgar, so I want to buy a jade vein from His Majesty and give it to her, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?"

Li Er scolded with a smile, "You dare to speak, the most beautiful jade in the world is a rare treasure, and an ordinary piece is priceless, but you are good, you open your mouth and it is a jade vein. I have never seen any jade veins. Where can I get it for you?" A jade vein as a dowry?
Private mines are not allowed in Datang, have you forgotten this rule?Even if a vein of jade is found, it is also a state-owned property, how can it be sold privately? "

Bai Fan repeatedly waved his hands and said, "Your Majesty misunderstood these things. How can I not know that the mine vein I am talking about is not in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty goes southwest and crosses Nanzhao. There is a country called Piao, which is rich in jade and emeralds. There are mine veins everywhere. That's right, Fan just wants to spend money to buy one for his younger sister, don't be stingy, Your Majesty."

"What? The mine veins of Piao country? You mean there are jade veins produced in the southwest?" Li Er exclaimed.

It was only then that I realized the true meaning of Bai Fan's words. This was not about the mineral veins, nor the dowry, but about the treasure Datang in the Southwest who could plot to go there. As soon as it came to light, Lan Tianhou's road was so wide that he even knew exactly what mineral veins existed in other countries.

Li Er waved his hand and said with a smile, "Okay, if there are really so many treasures there, it's no problem to reward you with a jade vein. You don't need to pay for it, just treat it as a wedding gift for my nephew Chengxun Bar."

Bai Fan's face turned bitter, and he said helplessly, "Your Majesty, if you are so tidy, I will have to think about other gifts again. Isn't this embarrassing me?"

Everyone in the car laughed loudly, Lan Tianhou obviously got a good deal and acted like a good boy,

"Go forward at full speed. When you return to Chang'an, immediately plan to send troops to the southwest. I remember you said before that there is high-yield rice in the southwest. This matter should have been put on the agenda long ago. Let's do it together."

Bai Fan said this news at this time, which can be said to surprise and delight Li Er, which is very much to his liking. Ever since he knew that the Cui family of Boling leaked the gunpowder to the northwest, to the Western Turks, and even to the west. You two have been entangled in whether to use troops in the northwest. After all, the Western Turkic country is not small and has a large population. If it really had a thunderbolt in its hands, the Tang army would have suffered heavy losses in the past.

It's all right now, instead of fighting in the northwest, turn to the southwest, you can also expand the territory and accumulate wealth, why not do it, as long as the Tang Dynasty does not stop the pace of expansion, one day your king's hegemony will succeed of,
The people in Chang'an were amazed when they heard about the dowry given by the Bai family. After all, the Bai family was so rich that many young men envied it. Why didn't they marry a girl from the Bai family themselves?I heard that the Bai family still has a little sister Bai, and if you don't seize the opportunity, you will really lose it. Therefore, in the next month, the people who climbed the threshold of the Bai family never stopped, which made Li Wanping very anxious, and kept blaming her husband Bai Fan for being too flamboyant.

The Tang court began to act, mobilizing troops in the southwest, attacking from two sides, starting from the Tubo Road all the way, and letting the King of Yue Feng Ang send troops from the Lingnan Road all the way. Tang, turned into a land.

In addition, Nanzhao's soldiers and horses, three routes of heavy troops, went straight to the Pyu country, and the southwestern Pyu country was caught off guard, and it was too late to defend, and the usual defensive methods did not work at all. In the past, plus they were all southern gentry, and they were not afraid of the miasma of the tropical rainforest. In less than three months, the Pyu Kingdom was completely taken down, and the news spread to Chang'an, causing the whole country to rejoice.

The wedding of Li Chengxun and Bai Sanmei was arranged during the New Year's Eve, just when Pyu was conquered, and King Feng An of Yue sent a telegram saying that he would personally come to Chang'an to report victory.

But when he attended the wedding, the gifts he brought made all civil and military officials very astonished. Others gave gift boxes and treasures as congratulatory gifts. What do stones do?Are you here for the wedding or are you here to mess things up?

At this time, Bai Fan came out with a big laugh, and explained to everyone, "Everyone, don't underestimate this pile of stones. I entrusted King Yue to bring them specially for the wedding. This is not an ordinary stone. The stones are dug out from the jade veins of the Pyu country that have just been laid. These large and small stones may be wrapped with high-quality jade.

Today everyone bet on one stone, how about coming to the stone betting competition?Let's see who is lucky enough to get the best jade. For whoever gets the gem, I, Bai Fan, will carve it for him. "

Everyone applauded and participated enthusiastically, and even those who didn't bring much money even asked the servants to go home to get the money. This lively scene almost overwhelmed the wedding of the two couples.

　Today's Chapter 2, thank you for your support.

　　
　
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