Datang: I show my cards, I am the emperor

Chapter 10 Lao Li, you're talking big

Wang Chen raised his wine glass and toasted Li Shimin.

"You're really right, the drought in Hedong is also my analysis. "

"It's the same about the changes in the price of rice in the market and the source of food. "

"Chang'an City is the imperial capital, the most populous and important city in the world. "

"The cultivation of the farmland around Chang'an City alone is not enough to cope with the daily consumption of such a large population. "

"So the grain is all dependent on the transshipment of the nearby state capital. "

"The rice sold in the eastern and western markets has different prices because of the different origins and the different degrees of fullness of the grain. "

This time, before Wang Chen finished speaking, Li Shimin had already automatically made up the following content in his brain.

"So you see that the amount of Hedong rice on the market has dropped sharply, and you can infer that there may be a disaster in Hedong?"

Wang Chen nodded, agreeing with Li Er's statement.

"That's true, it's basically the same as mutton. "

Li Shimin was completely speechless this time.

With a slight tremor in his right hand, he picked up the glass from the table and drank it down.

I never expected that I would often go out of the palace in the past month, and I actually found a great talent of the country.

From small to large, two small things can deduce the situation that can affect the strategic policy of the imperial court.

Cattle batch, quite a cow batch!

After putting the wine glass down, Li Shimin once again carefully looked at Wang Chen for a while.

After a long time, he spoke: "Earlier, you said that you have the ambition of Lingyun, I thought it was just a boast. "

"Now that I hear what you just said, I really have some ability. "

"With your talents, it is right to serve the country, and opening a tavern has indeed buried you. "

"I have a few channels here, I know a few official figures, if you want, I can recommend you to them. "

Wang Chen calmly accepted Li Shimin's praise, but he disdained Li Er's recommendation.

"I said Lao Li, you only know a few official figures, so you dare to say such big things. "

"If you want to nominate me to become an official in the court, I don't have the qualifications of the court above the fifth grade, and I don't have the ability. "

"I guess you know a few petty officials who are in charge of the merchants, so it's better for An An to divide your business. "

Li Shimin heard that Wang Chen was disdainful of his own recommendation, and he couldn't help but feel dumbfounded, and he couldn't help crying and laughing.

His own dignified son of heaven is in front of him, and the most powerful person in the Tang Dynasty has become a big talker.

However, in this way, Li Shimin is even more interested, and it is rare to have such an opportunity to put aside the identity frame and exchange talents.

Then he simply continued to appear in this tavern as Lao Li, and it would be up to him to see when the shopkeeper Wang would find out.

The two continued to push the glass and change the glass, and after three rounds of drinking, Li Shimin remembered another purpose for coming here today.

"Shopkeeper, this heavy snow in the north, drought in the east of the river, and the idea of the Son of Heaven wanting to separate the Turks from the Turks, I'm afraid it can only come to an end. "

"But the enmity between my Tang Dynasty and that group of northern barbarians is as deep as the sea, according to what you said, it is rare that this time the little Khan of Tuli secretly sent someone to Chang'an for help. "

"Is there any other way to bypass the heavy snow and give the Turks a head-on blow while taking into account disaster relief?"

Wang Chen didn't have any crazy thoughts of complaining this time, after all, everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew about the grievances with the Turks.

It is understandable that there is a desperate desire to seek revenge against the Turks.

He shook his head.

"There's no other way to do it, and I don't think the Holy One will send troops this year. "

Li Er was a little disappointed.

"Is there really no way?".

Wang Chen simply grabbed a handful of chopsticks from the chopsticks bucket and swung them left and right on the table for a while, briefly outlining a picture of the situation.

"This piece is our Tang Dynasty, the north is the Eastern Turk Department, and further north is Xue Yantuo. "

"The locations west and northwest of our Tang Dynasty are Tubo and Tuyuhun respectively. "

"As for the Western Turkic Department further away, regardless of that, this is the current situation in Datang and several surrounding countries. "

Li Shimin looked at this simple situation map laid out with chopsticks, and couldn't help but nod again and again.

Without the slightest error.

To be able to show the location and size of the surrounding countries so clearly and correctly, I am afraid that only those generals in high positions and some important ministers in the DPRK can do it.

This shopkeeper can draw it exactly right, which is simply shocking.

Great talent! Great talent!

Li Er's heart was so shocked that he didn't know what to say, but he still pricked up his ears and listened carefully to Wang Chen's continued explanation.

"If in a normal year, there are no major disasters in the Tang Dynasty, and the north can march normally, our army will definitely form an absolute overwhelming advantage over the Turks. "

"There is no doubt about the national strength and the combat effectiveness of the army. "

Li Er's eyes were full of brilliance when he heard it, and he loved to listen to such a big truth.

"So in a normal year, with the help of the opportunity brought by the independent little khan, a few well-armed generals are sent, and the Turks can't support it for a few months. "

"In this way, the surrounding Tubo, Tuyuhun and other countries did not even have time to react, and we had already completed the war of annihilation. "

Li Shimin nodded.

"That's true, but what if you were talking about a normal year, but what if it were this year?"

Wang Chen moved the chopsticks on the table slightly in a different direction.

"This year?".

"If you insist on fighting, then the situation will be completely reversed".

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