Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 326 Turning the Caspian Sea into the Inner Lake of the Tang Dynasty
Lan'er is not a greedy person, but when she saw the 3 white silver ingots sent by the warrior Xun, she was also shocked. 50 taels, which is equivalent to [-] guan. This is not something that ordinary wealthy families can easily take out.Lan'er and Xu Erniang thought they made a mistake, and counted them three times, one not too many and one not too many, six hundred large silver ingots weighing [-] taels.

Lan'er was so frightened that her little face turned pale, and she hurried to find Chen Ying.

When Chen Ying saw Chen Qi, he also felt inexplicable.When Chen Ying proposed to Li Yuan to resign, Li Yuan never paid any attention to Chen Ying, and Chen Ying was happy to be forgotten by Li Yuan.However, he did not expect Li Yuan to order Chen Qi to deliver the oral order.

Seeing that Chen Ying opened his mouth to speak, Chen Qi knew what he wanted to ask.

Eunuchs are rare creatures whose integrity is relatively reliable. They rely on the palace, and there are not many opportunities to make money. They will never smash their own golden signboards. The news of the sale is quite credible.Of course, they don't accept everyone's money. For example, when Liu Wenjing was imprisoned, Liu Wenjing wrote a ten-thousand-word petition letter in prison, and bribed him with money worth thousands of dollars. He didn't dare to accept Liu Wenjing's tricks.

Chen Ying smiled slightly, and led Chen Qi to walk into the room. It happened that Lan Er hurried over, and Chen Ying gave Lan Er a wink.

Lan'er didn't plan to scatter the silver for a while, so in a hurry, she took one of the silver ingots sent by the warrior Xun.But the small teacup couldn't fit at all.In desperation, just fetch a big bowl of rice.

Chen Ying was also taken aback when she saw that Lan'er actually brought a large bowl covered by a plate.He was also worried that Lan'er was stingy, and put a bowl of copper coins in the bowl. A bowl of copper coins was nothing but two or three hundred yuan. In Chen Qi's eyes, this amount of money was like a charity.Chen Ying was worried that Lan'er would be self-defeating, so she hurriedly took over.

Chen Ying quietly lifted the plate and saw a silver ingot weighing 50 taels, and couldn't help feeling a pain in his flesh.The tangled look on Chen Ying's face disappeared in a flash, and when Chen Ying was in front of Chen Qi, he was already smiling: "Chen eunuch is working hard from afar, drink more tea."

Chen Qi had already understood Chen Ying's tricks, drinking tea was a secret signal for bribery, but seeing the big bowl in Chen Ying's hand and the bowl with a plate as a cover was a bit inexplicable.

After taking it, start with a heavy hand.The smile on Chen Qi's face became wider.

Chen Qidao: "General Chen, His Majesty's summoning is a good thing!"

Hearing this, Chen Ying felt relieved.

However, at this time, Lan'er whispered in Chen Ying's ear: "Samurai Xun sent 3 taels of silver!"

Chen Ying's eyes narrowed, he is short of money now.

If the samurai Xun just sent his two sons to study under him, it would not cost that much at all.Besides, the Xiangli family had already given it away once, but the warrior Xun gave [-] guan at once. Could it be that the warrior Xun heard some rumors that Li Yuan was going to agree to Li Xiuning's marriage with him?

Thinking of this, Chen Ying said to the warrior: "Wu Shilang is really polite, how dare Chen Ying accept such a generous gift? If Chen Ying refuses to accept it, he will look down on Wu Shilang..." commanded Lan'er who was standing aside, "Lan'er, Just reluctantly accept Wu Shilang's generous gift for me first."

Because of the background of the samurai Xun, there are almost no people in Chang'an who can look at the samurai Xun with a straight eye.There were some warriors from humble backgrounds, but Chen Ying knew that it would not be a loss to be friends with warriors.There is no need to pretend to be noble and not to associate with the Wu family. When he decided to rescue and accept Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang as disciples, he had such an idea. Of course, he was disrespectful to this generous gift from the warrior Xun.

The warrior Xun thought that Chen Ying would shirk, and he was thinking about how to persuade Chen Ying to accept the gift, but he didn't think that Chen Ying would accept it so readily, as if he was waiting for him to bring the gift to his door, he was slightly taken aback, It took a while before he burst out laughing: "General Chen is really a cheerful person, Shi Yi likes to meet cheerful people..."

Chen Ying's driver quickly got into the carriage, and Chen Ying, the warriors Xun, Chen Qi and his party didn't have a meal in Qinglin, and they flew directly towards Chang'an.

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Chen Ying didn't hate eunuchs like people in this era, at least in Chen Ying's eyes, the group of eunuchs, fundamentally speaking, was a product of imperial power.A castrated man who loses his fertility is a very safe existence for the emperor in the palace.

After all, the emperor has too many women, no matter how energetic the emperor is, he can't take care of them.

In fact, even if the palace is full of eunuchs, it is not impossible for women in the palace to have an affair.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Jia Nanfeng was one of them. She was the queen of Jin Huidi Sima Zhong and the daughter of Jia Chong during the Western Jin Dynasty.Ugly but jealous, he was once monopolized because of Emperor Hui's cowardice. He was one of the initiators of the "Eight Kings Rebellion" in the Western Jin Dynasty.Jananfeng is not only ugly, but what he did after entering the palace is even uglier.The first is licentiousness, not to mention being ugly, but also detesting her husband's dementia, and being puzzled.The ugly and sentimental Jananfeng put a cuckold on his husband as soon as he entered the palace.It is said that she had already committed adultery with officials who could freely enter and leave the palace, such as imperial physician Ling Chengju and others.Ever since she came into power, she has no scruples, and wantonly recruited male favorites for her lewd pleasures, which caused an uproar in the government and the public.A group of people under her specially searched for fit and handsome young men for her, and secretly sent them to the palace.Of course, Pan An, the most famous handsome man in ancient times, was also one of Jananfeng's male favourites, according to unofficial records.

Except for Jananfeng, when it comes to cuckolding the emperor, it is Jin Yueguang, the queen of the former Zhao Emperor Liu Cong. Liu Cong can't satisfy so many concubines in the harem. The beautiful boy enters the palace to escape loneliness.Unexpectedly, this matter was found out clearly by Chen Yuanda, who was specially in trouble with Liu Congji's concubine. He collected a lot of evidence about Jin Yueguang's secret, wrote it in a memorial and handed it to Liu Cong.Liu Cong saw that it was Jin Yueguang's adultery, and there were many evidences, so he couldn't help being furious, so he immediately ran to the Queen's palace to scold Jin Yueguang, and threw Chen Yuanda's memorial on Jin Yueguang's face for her to read.After reading the memorial carefully, Jin Yueguang felt guilty and dared not argue, so she knelt on the ground and wept, begging Liu Cong to forgive her.Liu Cong walked away in a rage, and the next day the servant came to report to Liu Cong that Jin Yueguang committed suicide by taking poison.

In fact, it is impossible to avoid cheating in the palace by relying on eunuchs alone.As long as they want to steal, the women in the palace can always find opportunities.

Chen Ying and Chen Qi drove together.

As soon as he got into the carriage, Chen Qi felt that Chen Ying's carriage was different.

Chen Ying's carriage was equipped with a new type of bearing, which was more labor-saving, and it was equipped with a shock absorption system. When walking, he could hardly feel the vibration.

Chen Qi said with eager eyes: "General Chen's car is really good!"

"Do you like it? If you like it, this car will be given to you!"

"What's so funny about that?"

"Look down on me, don't you?"

The two declined, and Chen Qi accepted Chen Ying's carriage without any difficulty.

Chen Qi cupped his hands and said: "So that General Chen will know, this time you are going to get rich!"

"What, getting rich?" Chen Ying asked suspiciously, "How is this possible?"

"Earlier today, His Royal Highness the King of Qin entered the palace to discuss with His Majesty. It is said that a road from Chang'an to Tongguan will be built!"

Chen Ying suddenly understood that throughout the ages, the most profitable thing is engineering.With such a large project volume of [-] miles, if Chen Ying is the supervisor and embezzles half of the project funds, he is absolutely sure to clean up the accounts, and no one will be able to find out.

Chen Ying did not do this. There are only a few relics of Chi Dao in the Qin Dynasty left in later generations, but according to the records, it seems that some parts of Qin Chi Dao were still in use in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.If Chen Ying can build a road in the Tang Dynasty, not only can it be left to future generations, but at least it can improve the supply capacity of the Tang army.

It is precisely because Yang Guang built the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, so in the Tang Dynasty, although the three expeditions to Goguryeo all failed, but because of the supply of the Grand Canal, Datang was not injured in this battlefield.

However, for the northwest and northern inland areas, due to the lack of water resources, water transportation cannot be navigated, and they can only rely on inefficient land transportation.Whether it was the war against the Western Turks, or the war against Gaochang and Kucha, Datang could only rely on the combat effectiveness of the Tang army to make up for its numerical disadvantage.

With a small number, the enemy will not be afraid psychologically. If 20 to [-] Tang troops are led to the westward expedition, I am afraid that the process of the western expedition will go smoothly.

If the supply can keep up, Datang may not only occupy the east coast of the Caspian Sea, or turn the Caspian Sea into the inner lake of Datang.

(End of this chapter)