The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 127 Profit Distribution
Zhang Mujin responded and looked up at the record written by Li Heng. He saw a lot of strange characters on it, which he couldn't understand at all. He asked in confusion: "Your Highness, what country's language are you writing in?"

"This..." Li Ying thought for a moment and said with a smile: "This is not important. It may be a Tang character in the future."

Zhang Mujin asked: "What does it mean?"

"I'll put the annotation on it."

Li Ying picked up a pen and explained and annotated to Zhang Mujin.

Zhang Mujin was confused by what was said about potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, and chemical reactions. But even though she didn't understand, she still memorized what Li Heng taught her.

After Li Ying explained to Zhang Mujin, he said, "You just need to remember the name now. When I do the experiment next time, you can follow me and watch it. You will understand it after watching it twice."

"Yes." Zhang Mujin nodded and asked curiously, "Your Highness, where did you learn all this?"

"This," Li Ying thought for a moment and said with a smile, "This is what I learned from a master."

"Yeah." Zhang Mujin had no doubts, because she was tired of learning these new terms with Li Ying. After she replied to Li Ying, she yawned, lay down on the table, and fell asleep in a short while.

Li Heng supplemented some knowledge and finally finished. He put away the paper and pen.
In a blink of an eye, I saw Zhang Mujin who was already fast asleep next to me.

Zhang Mujin was breathing evenly while she was sleeping, with a smile on her delicate face.

It looks like being able to accompany him is a very happy thing.

Li Heng couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Li Heng knew his own character and could not treat all the sincere love and affection shown to him as a tool. Every bit of love and affection would make the burden on his shoulders heavier and heavier.

This may not be a good thing for him.

But, so what?

Li Ying picked up Zhang Mujin, and just as he picked her up, Zhang Mujin woke up in shock.

Zhang Mujin hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, Mujin..."

"It's not a mistake, no need to apologize." Li Heng interrupted Zhang Mujin, "You don't have to be so careful when talking to me in the future. You just need to understand the big picture and the situation, and you can be bolder in the details."

"Yeah." Zhang Mujin answered in a low voice, trying to stretch out her hands to hug Li Ying's neck, looking straight at Li Ying with her clear eyes.

Li Ying carried Zhang Mujin to the bed and they fell asleep together.

Zhang Mujin boldly said, "Your Highness, can Mujin be on top?"

Li Ying said: "Of course."

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Over the following period of time, Li Heng explained to Cen Shen the chemical knowledge about explosives. Cen Shen learned quickly and was able to apply what he learned to other situations. Before long, he combined the theory and practice of explosives.

At the same time, Li Heng sent a letter to Zhang Song, the governor of Beiting, requesting to mine saltpeter in Shanshan County, ostensibly for the purpose of making ice.

When Zhang Song received the message from Li Heng and saw that Li Heng wanted to make ice, he couldn't help but feel confused.

Now is the time when Suiye City is at war. Li Ying is not concerned about the battle situation in Suiye City. Instead, he thinks about making ice.

This behavior is different from Li Heng's usual style.

So Zhang Song ordered his men to collect saltpeter and personally escorted them to Qiuci to find out what was going on.

Soon, Zhang Song arrived in Qiuci.

When Zhang Song entered Qiuci, Li Heng was not in the palace.

Zhang Song couldn't help but become suspicious and thought, "Is His Royal Highness Shou doing something secret?"

Zhang Song thought about it and asked Li Heng's housekeeper Li Jiu, "Do you know where Prince Shou went?"

Li Jiu shook his head and said, "Your Highness, I don't dare to ask about your actions."

"Thank you."

Zhang Song said goodbye to his housekeeper Li Jiu and prepared to go to the inn to rest. On the way, he passed by Gao Xianzhi's mansion and unexpectedly saw Li Heng outside Gao Xianzhi's mansion.

At this time, Gao Xianzhi's wife was seeing Li Ying off. Zhang Mujin, who was beside Li Ying, said, "Don't worry, Madam Gao. Ah Zhi just has a cold. She will recover after taking a few doses of medicine."

Madam Gao bowed to Zhang Mujin and said, "Princess Zhang is of noble status, and she personally treated my daughter. I am flattered and grateful, and I have no way to repay her."

While Zhang Mujin was talking to Madam Gao, Li Ying saw Zhang Song and went to greet him, saying, "I didn't know that Mr. Zhang had come from afar. I'm sorry for not welcoming you from afar. Please don't blame me."

"How dare I?" Zhang Song quickly bowed to Li Heng and said, "Your Highness is busy with official duties, but he still remembers to take care of his subordinates. I will definitely learn from him."

In fact, Li Heng had just returned from outside the city. When he learned that Gao Xianzhi's daughter was ill, he went to visit her on the way.

I didn't expect to meet Zhang Song here.

Li Heng smiled and said, "General Gao is away at the battle. As his superior, it is my duty to look after his family. Why is Mr. Zhang here?"

Zhang Song said, "I saw that Your Highness needed saltpeter urgently, so I personally escorted it."

Li Heng said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang."

After that, he invited Zhang Song to go back to his house and ordered people to prepare a banquet for him.

During the banquet, Zhang Song asked, "Your Highness, how is the battle going in Suiye City?"

Li Heng did not hide anything and said truthfully: "General Gao's battle report has been delivered, and Suiye City has been taken. He is now arranging things in Suiye City. He will come back when everything is ready."

“It’s so fast.”

Zhang Song was surprised, but at the same time he roughly understood why Li Heng made ice with confidence.

Zhang Song no longer doubted Li Heng.

Li Heng invited Zhang Song to drink a cup together, and said: "Suiye City is an important town on the Silk Road. In the future, we will need Mr. Zhang's help in running it."

Beiting and Qiuci are about the same distance from Suiye City. Anxi’s current strength may not be enough to fully manage Suiye City, so Li Heng invited Zhang Song to assist, which was also a prelude. At the same time, it allowed Zhang Song to see some benefits and feel at ease to supply him with saltpeter.

Zhang Song said, "Your Highness, if you have any orders, I will obey them."

"Thank you." Li Heng said politely and drank with Zhang Song again.

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Chang'an, Xingqing Palace.

Zichen Palace.

When Li Longji received Li Heng's report, he also expressed the same amazement: "It's so fast?"

Although Li Longji knew that Dumozhi's strength was not half of what it was when Sulu was here, he still claimed to have 100,000 soldiers. In the past, when he used to fight against the Turks, Anxi and Beiting had to join forces. But now Li Heng had achieved a great victory relying solely on the troops of Anxi, and at such a fast speed.

Li Linfu, who was standing in the hall, said, "This time, Anxi sent troops to Suiye City, led by Gao Xianzhi. Gao Xianzhi is indeed a capable man."

Li Linfu's words were ostensibly praising Gao Xianzhi, but in fact he was saying that this great victory had nothing to do with Li Heng.

Li Longji understood what Li Linfu meant.

If other military governors had heard Li Linfu say this, Li Longji might have believed it.

But Li Heng is different.

It was Li Longji's original intention to create discord between Li Linfu and Li Heng, so Li Longji would think in reverse about what Li Linfu said about Li Heng.

Li Longji said, "As far as I know, although Shiba Lang did not make any specific arrangements for the battle, the overall strategy was still Shiba Lang's, such as not killing Dumozhi and Yehu."

The reason why Li Longji knew it so clearly was that in addition to Li Heng's report, he also had Xin Yunjing's secret report.

Li Linfu did not know about these things, so he listened to Li Longji and said, "It is all due to the majesty of the saint."

"My divine power?"

Li Longji smiled.

He thought about recent events.

(End of this chapter)