If I let you stay in Lingnan, how could you become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 60: Fighting the Turks is on the agenda
"How's An'er doing?"

In the imperial study, Li Shimin sat upright, looking at Zhang Ananda beside him.

Zhang Ananda bowed slightly and answered respectfully:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Wu Zhao has entered the Hua'e Xianghui Tower!"

"Um!?"

Li Shimin paused slightly, and a strange color appeared in his eyes.

It's only been five days, and has this brat An'er already succeeded in taming the beast?

"Your Majesty, Wu Zhao behaved very gently and respectfully in Hua'e Xianghui Tower, and was very obedient in front of His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince. It seems..."

After considering the wording, Zhang Ananda said:

"It looks like it has indeed become very tamed, much better than when it was in the Ninth Emperor's Womb!"

Li Shimin twirled his beard and shook his head.

This brat really has a way!
In just five days, Wu Zhao was completely subdued.

"How is the Wu family doing?"

"Your Majesty, the Wu family has heard that Wu Zhao has entered Hua'e Xianghui Tower and has been named a talented person, so they have calmed down!"

Li Shimin nodded.

It seems that Li An not only successfully recaptured Wu Zhao, but also took down the Wu family.

Now, he has someone to rely on in Chang'an!
His mother, Concubine Yang, was the daughter of the previous emperor and was isolated and helpless in the Tang Dynasty.

Now he has the Wu family as his backing.

However, judging by the way this kid tamed Wu Zhao, there is no need to worry too much about the problem of Wu Zhao's mother's family.

Li Shimin thought about it.

In Lingnan, Li An has delivered a perfect answer.

Lingnan was well governed and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

This guy also opened a workshop, made glass, improved fertilizers, and established education...

These measures have transformed Lingnan from a poor and remote area where people lived in poverty to a place where people can live and work in peace and contentment and are prosperous.

Now, the chief official Ye Zhun was left in Lingnan by him, and many things were inherited. The various governance of Lingnan was still the same as when Li An was there.

Now, Li An has tamed Wu Zetian, which is considered to be a perfect answer to Li Shimin on the issue of the harem!

Taking all factors into consideration, Li Shimin was very satisfied with Li An.

but,

Turning to look at the portrait of Guanyin in the imperial study, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh.

What a pity, this boy was not born by his beloved maid Guanyin!

If he was also Guanyinbi's child, why should I hesitate between him and Li Zhi!
Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, Zhang Ananda seemed to see the emperor's hesitation, so he said cautiously:

"Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince has indeed performed very well in all matters, but..."

"Since all the ministers have proposed that he conquer the Turks, why not let him give it a try!"

"Although he had defeated the barbarians of the Yue in Lingnan, the barbarians did not even have a decent weapon, so they could not be compared with the brave and warlike Turks!"

After listening to this, Li Shimin pondered for a moment and nodded solemnly:

"You're right!"

"Fighting the Baiyue is completely different from fighting the Turks. If he can still satisfy me by fighting the Turks, then why hesitate any longer!"

……

The residence of the ten kings and the bedroom of the ninth prince.

Li Zhi cried and held his head:

"Asshole!"

"What human relations are you talking about, father? This bastard brother actually stole my woman and brought her to Hua'e Xianghui Tower openly, and made her a talented lady!"

On the side, Changsun Wuji couldn't help shaking his head as he listened to Li Zhi's crying.

Strictly speaking, Wu Zhao is not your woman... However,

It was also because I, an old minister, was too lenient, so that when Wu Zhao was with you, although she lived with Your Highness day and night, she remained a virgin.

perhaps……

This old minister is meddling too much!

To the extent that, His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince always appears a little cowardly!
Thinking of this, Changsun Wuji sighed, turned around and walked out of the Ninth Prince's bedroom.

Ping An came over at this time.

"grown ups!"

Changsun Wuji nodded:

"Is there any movement from your Majesty's side?"

Ping An replied respectfully in a low voice:
"Your Majesty seems to be preparing to put the Sixth Prince's expedition to the Turks on the agenda!"

Although Changsun Wuji's face remained expressionless, he was delighted in his heart.

It’s finally on the agenda!
That's good!
The assassination attempt in Lingnan failed, and the Sixth Prince arrived in Chang'an safely.

Once we arrived in Chang'an, we naturally could not even think of assassinating him under the Majesty's nose.

After all, His Majesty was also wary of Thirteen Crows. If he knew that it was Changsun Wuji who launched the assassination attempt on the prince, the Emperor would be so furious that blood would flow!
However, as long as the Sixth Prince is ready to conquer the Huns, it will be fine.

Changsun Wuji naturally has many ways to deal with the Sixth Prince!
……

"Your Highness, the poem you recited the other day, 'Last night the rain was light and the wind was strong, and I couldn't sleep off the hangover', was very moving!"

Wu Zhao stood in front of the desk and held a newly written poem in front of Li An:
"I have written it down, please read it, Your Highness!"

Li An looked at the poem Wu Zhao had copied down and said with a smile:

"It doesn't matter if it's green, fat, red or thin, it's better than soft bananas, black grapes and green plantains!"

Wu Zhao was a little confused for a moment, then smiled:
"Your Highness is very eloquent, but I am not even a fraction as good as you!"

Li An looked at Wu Zhao and nodded with satisfaction.

Now Wu Zhao behaved very well and obediently in front of him.

That's fine.

This shows that his animal taming plan was very successful.

It's no big deal if a woman is smart, and he, the Sixth Prince, doesn't have any stupid teammates around him.

But as long as she doesn't use her cleverness on her own people, let her do what she wants!
As for the so-called hen crowing at dawn,
As long as this big rooster is strong enough, smart enough, and lives long enough,

She doesn't have to think about it in this life!
Just then, Feng Lang came in from outside the door, holding something in his hand.

It was actually a musket about four feet long and made of fine iron!

"Your Highness, I have already built the musket you ordered me to build according to your requirements!"

Li An stood up and took the musket, carefully looked at the thickness of the barrel and the responsiveness of components such as the trigger, and nodded with satisfaction.

He was the one who came up with the idea for this musket and then ordered the craftsmen to build it.

Although the Tang Dynasty already had gunpowder at this time, firearms such as muskets had not yet appeared.

Moreover, it was basically black gunpowder, and the yellow gunpowder used in later generations did not appear at all.

Li An only needed to put forward his own ideas, and then let the craftsmen use fine iron to create the barrel, gun body, trigger and other components, which together formed the first musket in history.

As for the yellow gunpowder, it had already been made by Li An himself.

This yellow gunpowder is made from a mixture of saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur, and its explosive power is much greater than that of black gunpowder.

Li An then walked out of the lobby with the musket, erected the barrel on the open space outside the door, poured in a handful of yellow gunpowder, pressed the gunpowder inside tightly with an iron bar, and finally put in the steel balls.

boom!
The musket made a thunderous explosion in his hand.

A black hole suddenly appeared on a target dozens of meters away.

"My marksmanship is pretty good!"

Seeing the black hole made by the steel ball on the target, Li An smiled with some complacency, and looked at the musket in his hand, feeling even more satisfied.

This thing is finally made. When my father asks me to fight the Turks, I won’t be panicked at all!
What grassland bandits, Turkic wolf riders, that's because you haven't seen the modern firepower coverage!
(End of this chapter)