Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 230 Late Letter

Early the next morning, Changsun Wuji rushed to the palace.

He has been thinking about what Li Ke said, hoping to see what Li Ke said soon.

As soon as they arrived at the palace, Li Ke had already prepared the carriage, and the two quickly left the palace and rushed all the way to the outside of Chengdu.

The carriage traveled all the way, getting closer and closer to the canal.

Seeing the carriage gradually approaching the pier, Changsun Wuji could already guess what Li Ke was going to show.

What Li Ke planned was to sail across the ocean, and now that he was at the water's edge, what Li Ke wanted to show off was naturally a warship.

All the way to the pier, Changsun Wuji was stunned as soon as he got out of the carriage.

In front of his eyes was a huge monster.

This thing almost occupied his entire field of vision, Changsun Wuji couldn't tell what it was for a while.

After walking a little further, he realized that it was actually a warship.

This is the biggest warship he has ever seen in his life.

This warship is very regulated, the hull is several feet high, and it is made of fine iron, the entire hull is extremely strong.

"This this……"

Without waiting for Li Ke's introduction, Changsun Wuji trotted to the side of the warship.

He looked up at the incomparably huge warship, dazed.

Li Ke walked to him and introduced: "This is the warship I built..."

Changsun Wuji was stunned for a long time. Although he had expected it on the way, he was still shocked when he saw this fine iron warship.

"Such a warship... must be invincible. Riding the wind and breaking the waves is nothing difficult!"

After sighing and sighing for a long time, Changsun Wuji turned to look at Li Ke.

With a look of excitement on his face, he praised: "Great! With such a warship, there is hope for us to go to America!"

Li Ke shook his head: "No... this boat is not for crossing the sea..."

"Oh?"

Changsun Wuji was stunned for a moment, and asked in doubt: "If you don't use such a good boat to cross the ocean, what is it for?"

Li Ke said with a smile: "This is just a warship I tried to build. The real ocean-going warship still needs to be cast in Jiangnan Road."

He looked at the warship: "The ocean-going warship that the king wants to cast is much larger than this ship. But the draft of the ocean-going warship is too deep to walk in the river, so it can only be cast in coastal areas."

"Is it... bigger than this?"

Changsun Wuji almost swallowed his tongue. He raised his head and looked at the warship in front of him.

This warship is already the largest ship he has ever seen in his life. Li Ke said that the real warship is much bigger than this, so how big is it?

Moreover, this ship is made of refined iron, which is expensive.How much money would it cost to build another ship larger than this?

Li Ke had already seen his worries: "Don't worry! I have prepared craftsmen and materials. I only need to transport them to Jiangnan Road to build the warship!"

Then, he pulled the dazed eldest Sun Wuji to go up to the warship and try it out.

The warship pulled anchor and set sail, and soon sailed quickly in the canal.

Changsun Wuji was so startled that he hugged the ship's mast, not daring to take another step outside.

From the moment he boarded the warship, he believed that the ocean-going warships built by Li Ke in the future would surely be able to cross the ocean and lead Tang soldiers on an expedition to the Americas.

They took Changsun Wuji, who was pale-faced, off the boat, and the two returned to the palace.

"Then I won't see you off... Master Changsun should spend more time in the city these few days. If you need anything, feel free to ask..."

Changsun Wuji's expression had softened a lot at this time. He patted his chest, stood up, and said goodbye.

He took two steps, but paused again, and walked back.

He was evasive: "Actually... I really have something that I need your Highness to help me with..."

"Oh?"

Li Ke smiled and said, "What's the matter?"

"This one……"

Changsun Wuji paused for a moment, stood up straight, and said solemnly: "The weather has turned cold these days, and the old minister's old cold legs have committed a crime again... His Highness's strong wine the day before yesterday is said to be very good for this old cold legs." The effect...I don't know if His Highness can give you strong wine to cure old diseases..."

Li Ke was stunned for a long time, feeling that these words seemed familiar.

When he came back to his senses, he cupped his hands again: "It's easy to say, easy to say!"

……

Carrying the spirits, Changsun Wuji leisurely went back to the station.

As soon as he came back, he could smell the aroma of wine coming from the next room.

He mocked to himself: "This old man is willing to marry his daughter just to order some wine. How shameless! Bah!"

After all, he wandered leisurely back to his room with the fine wine presented by his son-in-law Li Ke.

When he arrived in the room, he tapped the wine seal, and the aroma of the wine overflowed in an instant.

Changsun Wuji sniffed lightly, and couldn't help but be filled with joy.

"Good wine!"

He sighed in admiration, poured a small glass, put back the wine seal, and slowly sipped the wine glass.

"My lord... My lord, it's not good!"

Just as he was drinking, he saw his servant barging in.

The servant looked panic-stricken, and ran over almost scrambling.

"What's going on, why are you so flustered?"

Changsun Wuji sat up straight and cursed in a deep voice.

The servant came over, first shrugged his nose, stayed for a while, then woke up suddenly, and took out a letter from his pocket.

"My lord, it's not good! His Royal Highness King Zhongshan... He took my Longyou sergeant out of the city to suppress the enemy..."

"what?"

Changsun Wuji was startled, immediately took the letter and glanced at it.

This letter was sent a few days ago, the content was that Li Chengqian was going to lead troops out of the city to the border of Tuyuhun, Longyou officials could not dissuade him, so he had to secretly inform Changsun Wuji by letter.

Changsun Wuji looked at the signing time and scolded: "Why is it so delayed? The letter from more than a month ago was delivered today?"

The servant cried sadly: "Sir, this letter was sent to our house. The house received the letter and forwarded it to the inn. The inn official received this letter half a month ago. But he forgot it two days ago. , just sent it to us today..."

Changsun Wuji cursed bitterly before sending the innocent servant out.

He walked very slowly along the way, he only arrived at Chengdu Mansion two days ago, and the post station was delayed for another two days...

Calculated now, Li Chengqian had been out of the city for nearly two months.

Two months, Li Chengqian, [-] Longyou sergeants, Tuyuhun...

Linking these few things together, Changsun Wuji couldn't help feeling chills in his heart.

He immediately stood up, went to the desk, and wrote two letters.

Then he found the person in the post station and told him to hurry up and send the two letters to Chang'an to Liangzhou.

It is impossible not to inform Li Shimin of such a big matter, so the letter from Chang'an was handed over to the palace.

As for Longyou, he wrote the letter to remind the local officials to get out of the city quickly, and bring him back to the city regardless of whether Li Chengqian agrees or not.

After the two letters were delivered, Changsun Wuji sat back at the table in a daze.

He poured another glass of wine and sipped it.

This time, it's not for taste, but for shock...

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(End of this chapter)