Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 10
After everyone left, the rest of the people in Prince Qin's mansion were his confidantes, so Li Shimin took everyone to the study room, and asked his servants to bring hangover soup, and everyone drank a bowl before taking their seats.

The rest were Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others, and the Feng Daiwen brothers sat in the first and last seats.

"Okay, there are no outsiders now, Dai Wen, tell me about Lingnan and your situation," Li Shimin said kindly to Feng Daiwen.

"Reporting to the King of Qin, at present Lingnan can mobilize 5 elite soldiers, and there will be another 5 elite soldiers by next summer at the latest. Lingnan currently has 150 sea-going ships, which can travel to Dengzhou by sea, and then all the way from the Yellow River to Luoyang.

Two months ago, Weichen just brought back three-season rice seeds from Linyi. Lingnan is currently experimenting. If it succeeds, Lingnan can supply the entire Chang'an with grain for the whole year next year.In addition, the sea salt technology is fully mature, and there will be no shortage of salt in the Tang Dynasty. However, Weichen believes that it can only be made public after the King of Qin ascends the throne, and it is better to produce it in Lingnan.Feng Daiwen briefly introduced the situation in Lingnan.

"Sea salt? Datang is no longer short of salt," Changsun Wuji and the others asked in surprise.

Feng Daiwen had been prepared for a long time, and took out a tube of salt packed in a bamboo tube and handed it to several people.

Du Ruhui poured the salt on the table and saw the salt was as white as snow and as fine as powder. He dipped his finger in his mouth and tasted it, his eyes lit up and he exclaimed: "Okay, good, better than refined salt, not a little It tastes bitter." Li Shimin and others also dipped it in and tasted it, and they were all delighted.

Feng Daiwen added: "Actually, it's very simple to cook seawater for salt. It was used in the Spring and Autumn Period. Everyone knows that seawater is very salty. I used to be young and ignorant. Once I had nothing to do, I used seawater to boil a bird's egg, but I accidentally burned it." After drying, I found that there was a little white thing on the bottom of the jar that accidentally touched my hands. I found it very salty, so I thought that if there was more sea water, I could get more sea salt. Salt, it’s just lost.” Feng Daiwen began to justify the appearance of sea salt, of course, Feng Daiwen would not tell so many people that the salt in Lingnan has not been boiled for a long time, and it is all dried. It would be a loss to cook the salt.

"This time, I brought 50 stones of sea salt to Beijing, and my elder brother Qu Tushou escorted them to Chang'an in a few days to dedicate to the saint, so that I can stay in Chang'an, and there are also 5000 elite soldiers pretending to be laborers. Nian County rewarded a piece of land, and the fifth younger brother hid it there." Feng Daiwen continued to report to Li Shiminhui.

Du Ruhui thought for a while and said, "It's true that the method of making salt should not be made public at the moment. It's a good arrangement by Dai Wen."

"Why, too much salt should be a good thing for Datang and us?" Yu Chigong asked with a frown.

"Let's make it public now and don't talk about the credit. If you are accidentally sold to the grassland in large quantities, think about the consequences. After all, there are always people who are blind to money. After a few years, we will be stronger. We can also secretly increase Production, the domestic price will naturally be cheaper, and it can also be used to win over and control the grassland." Fang Xuanling explained for Yu Chigong.

Yu Chigong knew that no one else was better at playing with his mind, so he didn't continue talking.

Feng Daiwen then ordered Feng Daihuo to bring in the presents. There were 10 boxes in total, and he opened them one by one. He took out a wooden box, opened it, took out a piece of inner armor, and said, "His Royal Highness, the safety of the ministers and others depends on you. The inner armor is made of gold silk mixed with silk, which was spun by 30 skillful women for a year and a half. It can prevent ordinary swords, and bows and arrows cannot be wounded by bows and arrows of more than five stone bows."

Pointing to a set of armor inside the box, he said: "This set of armor is forged from the meteorite iron from the sky. It covers the whole body except for the eyes. It is indestructible. I will dedicate it to the King of Qin."

Li Shimin took it with moved hands, and patted Feng Daiwen's hand silently.

"There are three boxes of pearls here, one box of 100 lady fans is dedicated to the princess, and there are five boxes of ivory and other special products from Lingnan and ocean islands,"

Feng Daiwen solemnly opened the last box, took out two wooden boxes, put them on the table, opened the first box, and saw a long sword inside, shining with stars, simple and beautiful, with two large seals on the sword body,

Yu Chigong saw the good sword took a step forward, took it and danced a few sword flowers casually, and praised: "Good sword, beautiful! What kind of sword is this, Feng Xiaozi."

Fang Xuanling hesitated for a while and said: "Jingde, show me the sword." After speaking, he took the sword, looked at the big seal, and exclaimed "Chunjun!"

"What?" Changsun Wuji and the others stood up in surprise and asked, "Really?"

Fang Xuanling repeatedly read several articles on the sword body, shook his head and recited it. "Raising its flowers, it is like a hibiscus beginning to emerge. Watching its patterns, it rots like a row of stars. Watching its light, it is muddy like water overflowing a pond. Watching its break, Rocks and rocks are like trivial stones, if you look at their talents, they will glow like ice and ice, this is the so-called pure hook."

This is recorded in ancient books. It is said that Chunjun is made of copper and tin. It is said that the body of the sword has the color of copper and tin, and it shines like a star. There should be no mistake.After speaking, they looked at Feng Daiwen with piercing eyes, and the others also turned their heads to stare at Feng Daiwen.

"Fifth brother, go out and have a look," Feng Daiwen said back.

Li Shimin also stood up, "Come here, order no one within 50 meters, if someone dares to trespass! Shoot or kill."

"Huh", there was a sound of footsteps outside the door and the sound of a sword being unsheathed.

After waiting for a while, Feng Daiwen opened another wooden box. Inside the wooden box was a bronze sword with a dark blade and two large seals on the blade.

Fang Xuanling stepped forward and looked at it carefully for a moment, "Zhanlu!" As soon as he yelled, he immediately covered his mouth tightly.

Li Shimin couldn't sit still any longer, he stood up abruptly and overturned the case in front of him.

Feng Daiwen waited for everyone to calm down for a moment and guessed slowly, "Your Highness, my lords, don't panic, these two swords are real and fake."

"Where do these words come from?"Li Shimin asked puzzledly.

"This was made by Weichen's family teacher on his deathbed. The family teacher originally wanted to imitate the top ten famous swords, but he passed away after only imitating two," Feng Daiwen said quietly.In general, find a source for many of your things and abilities.

"But don't worry, Your Highness. This is the exact same imitation of the ancient book that my teacher found and added the Tianwai Xuantie into it. Even if it really appeared, it is not as sharp as these two, so these are the two real ones," Feng Daiwen continued. .

Li Shimin picked up the Zhanlu sword and lightly drew on the case table, and the case table was silently divided into two sections. "Okay, okay, Dai Wen is really a blessing, you will solve many problems immediately when you come."

"In this way, the destiny rests with His Highness, and we also have great righteousness," Changsun Wuji said excitedly.

You must know that the ancients were very fateful. Zhanlu passed down the sword of benevolence in ancient times. Li Shimin's possession of this sword represents the fate of destiny. It can be said to be a treasure of the country, and everyone is not excited...

(End of this chapter)