A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

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Di Renjie shook his head bitterly, "It's hard to say, just like what the teacher said back then when people sit at home and the pot comes from the world, all sorts of messy things will come to you for no reason. You said that there are a few drunks on the road. What's the matter with Dali Temple?" .”

"Is there still such a thing?" Pei Xingjian smiled wryly and started

"By the way." Di Renjie said again, "The biggest headache is Cheng Yaojin's family. I don't know what happened recently. Cheng Yaojin will stand at the gate of my Dali Temple for more than half an hour when he is free or not. He doesn't say anything. Just sticking there, you say you can infiltrate people but not infiltrate people."

"Brother, did you offend him?" Pei Xingjian asked curiously.

"Oh." Di Renjie sneered, "I had a convulsion and I went to offend their family. It wasn't because the teacher detained Cheng Yaojin's two Xuanhua axes from their family. Yesterday I heard Gu Xiao talk about his father's warehouse There are two more big axes in the box, and now I am thinking about Cheng Yaojin's family style, whether he will take me as a hostage and threaten the teacher to hand over the axe, I am afraid that the Cheng family will tear up the ticket, and now I am afraid that it is stepping on the spot."

Chapter 25 Western War Situation

The corners of Pei Xingjian's mouth twitched, "Why did the teacher take Cheng Yaojin's ax away?"

"I don't know." Di Renjie shook his head vigorously, "But I haven't left Dali Temple for three days."

He patted Di Renjie's shoulder sympathetically, and Pei Xingjian also said, "Fortunately, Cheng Yaojin didn't know that I was a disciple of the teacher. It seems that it is inconvenient for me to stay for a long time, brother. Take care, brother."

"Take care too." Di Renjie also looked at Pei Xingjian sympathetically.

Feeling strange, Pei Xingjian walked out of Dali Temple, thinking why Di Renjie wanted to take care of himself, could it be that Cheng Yaojin already knew that he was Gu Qing's disciple?No, Xue Rengui is also Gu Qing's disciple. Thinking of this, Pei Xingjian suddenly realized that Xue Rengui was training with soldiers and horses outside, and Cheng Yaojin couldn't catch him. After thinking about it, he saw Cheng Yaojin wandering towards Dali Temple come.

It really came, Pei Xingjian was about to walk back when he saw more than a dozen strong men behind him at some point, and suddenly felt sad and tricked.

"Wow ha ha ha!" Cheng Yaojin laughed and looked at Pei Xingjian, "He is a minister at such a young age, and Gu Qing's disciple is really great."

Pei Xingjian saw the big men who surrounded him with wry smiles, "Mr. Lu, it seems that we have no grievances or enmities."

The one who answered Pei Xingjian was Cheng Yaojin's strange laugh.

Di Renjie immediately received the news in Dali Temple, Pei Xingjian was taken down by Cheng Yaojin within less than a cup of tea when he walked out of Dali Temple. Senior brother will come to rescue you in a few days."

After speaking, Di Renjie finished writing a letter and handed it to the little official beside him, saying, "Give this letter to the teacher."

"Yes." The little official went to work immediately.

Gu Qing was sitting at home listening to Yang Sheng's report on the road repairs. Fan Jian came with a letter and said, "Patriarch, a letter from Boss Xiao Di."

"Send the letter to me in Chang'an, what do you do?" Gu Qing opened the letter and took a look, it turned out that Cheng Yaojin had already been detained by Cheng Yaojin in order to get back the ax Pei Xingjian.

After reading the letter, Gu Qing thought for a while and said, "Where is Cheng Chumo?"

"I'm still asleep, and I haven't woken up from the wine." Fan Jian nodded and replied.

"That's good." Gu Qing said to Fan Jian, "You find some smart people and tell Cheng Yaojin that his son is at my house, and I'm afraid he won't be able to go back these days."

"Yes." Fan Jian went to do it immediately.

"What happened to you and Cheng Yaojin?" Yang Sheng asked curiously.

"It's nothing." Gu Qing sipped his tea and said, "By the way, do you like to use an axe?"

"I don't like it." Yang Sheng shook his head and said, "I like to use horizontal knives, you know that."

"Does the monk like to use an axe?" Gu Qing continued to ask.

Yang Sheng said with a sneer, "It's okay if you let the monk hit the sap stick, but forget about the axe, he can't even use a knife well."

Gu Qing fell into melancholy again, thinking about another letter from Fan Jian.

"Cheng Yaojin also wrote?" Gu Qing said after receiving the letter.

"No." Fan Jian shook his head and said, "The person who sent the letter was a Tibetan. He said that Songtsan Gambo had given the letter to the Patriarch, and the same letter had already been sent to the palace."

Realizing that something was wrong, Gu Qing opened the letter and looked at it. Songtsan Gampo's Zhongyuan characters were written very upright, and it seemed that there was a lot of Guanzhong characters written.

Yang Sheng saw that Gu Qing's complexion was not good when he read the contents of the letter, and asked, "What happened?"

Gu Qing handed the letter to Yang Sheng and said, "The emperor of Rome is also the emperor of Rome in the west. He personally led the troops to the east, and now they have reached the border of Dashi. Now they are negotiating. Rome hopes that Dashi can surrender to Rome. .”

Yang Sheng looked at it for a long time and said worriedly, "Are you afraid that the big food can't stop Rome?"

"It's not that I can't stop it." Gu Qing said worriedly, "I'm afraid that the Roman Emperor will know the wealth of the East, and he doesn't want to let the East start.

"If our east is really so rich compared to the west, Rome will definitely not let it go." Yang Sheng also said, "Gu Qing, is this Rome very powerful? Is it really so powerful? Do we need to be careful?"

"Need." Gu Qing nodded earnestly, "Rome is a country established through slaughter. They don't have as many formalities as we do. They have always respected the strong and advocated a country where power is greater than civil affairs."

"The Dashi is also a powerful country. I heard that the Dashi has a vast land area, and it may not be defeated so quickly." Yang Sheng said.

"You don't know, Rome is the richest and most powerful country in the West, and Rome also has a huge city in the West." Gu Qing whispered, "Now Rome has annexed Constantine and Byzantium, and now it is When the Roman Empire was at its strongest, if Tang Dynasty was the most powerful country in the East, then Rome was the most powerful country in the West.”

Yang Sheng thought about it and said, "No matter what, Dashi can stop Rome for a while."

Gu Qing smiled and said to Yang Sheng, "That's not necessarily true, the old king of Dashi hates us Datang deeply now, you Yang Sheng could have cut off the head of Prince Dashi with your own hands, do you think Dashi will let you go? "

"That's true." Yang Sheng nodded seriously, "Then according to what you say, Datang is indeed in danger."

"That's not true." Gu Qing said calmly, "Rome is fighting all the way to the east around the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. It has already reached the Dashi, and it is still thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty. I don't believe that Rome can support such a long supply line. How long, and today's Rome is nothing more than some rough men with spears and shields, but I don't know how many Roman troops are now."

After listening to these, Yang Sheng understood a bit and said: "You are worried that Dashi will unite with Rome and bite Datang back. Dashi is also a great power in the West. If this is the case, Persia and Tianzhu will be in danger."

"Songtsan Gambo probably couldn't sleep well now." Gu Qing said in a low voice, "Although he didn't say that the Great Food will unite with Rome, but now he is negotiating, and it seems that the Roman expedition is also exhausted Need to rectify, don't want to attack by force, Dashi dare not compete with the current Rome, it is very likely that there will be a meeting, and the unlucky ones in the end may be Persia and Tianzhu."

"Yes." Yang Sheng also nodded, "It's been so long since the letter was delivered, and I don't know what's going on now."

If Rome joins hands with Dashi, it will have to redo the layout of North Korea, China and the West in the future, and the trade routes leading to the West will also be out of the control of the Central Plains. After the opening of the sea trade, the Silk Road can be abandoned, and it is more convenient to choose The sea trade, but Tianzhu and Persia, the fat big Tang, have long been eyeing, if it is cut off by Rome at this time, I will feel uncomfortable

Chapter 26 Maritime Trade Situation

Gu Qing thought for a long time and said to Fan Jian, "How is Yan Liben's iron boat now?"

Fan Jian replied in a low voice, "It is said that Yan Liben has launched the ship, but it seems that something went wrong and the ship did not satisfy Yan Liben."

"Tell the factory, use most of the resources to build an engine with the highest power for me, and use it on sea ships. I want the most powerful engine." Gu Qing said.

"Go and talk now." Fan Jian nodded and left immediately.

Stretching his waist, Yang Sheng also said, "I'll go back first, just let me know if you need help."

"Okay." Gu Qing also nodded and got up to take a look at the guest room. Su Dingfang and Cheng Chumo were sleeping on the bed. They were so drunk that they really couldn't get up for a while.

Li Chengqian also received the news, and immediately summoned Pei Xingjian, Chu Suiliang and Shangguanyi to discuss the matter after reading the letter.

The palace at dusk seemed very quiet, several eunuchs hurriedly left the palace to summon people, at this moment Pei Xingjian was at Cheng Yaojin's home.

Cheng Yaojin just received the news from Gu Qing that Cheng Yaojin's son is now in Gu Qing's hands.

I thought Cheng Yaojin would be furious when he heard that Gu Qing had captured his son, but he didn't expect the old man to laugh wildly, laughing wildly all the time.