"Your Highness, what are you looking at?"
Tang Ping came up behind the man and asked. The man was none other than a Miao barbarian prince who had been to Chang'an many times.
Hearing Tang Ping's voice, Prince Miaoman, who was carefully watching the work of the "dig truck", turned his head in confusion, and then had a frightened expression on his face, as if he had seen a ghost.
"What's going on, Your Highness? Why do you look like this when you see an old friend?"
This Miaoman prince wasn't too friendly to Datang in the past, but today Tang Ping was in a good mood with Tang Tang, so he started teasing him.
"Ping... Duke Ping!" The Miaoman prince looked at Tang Ping in shock: "You... you... aren't you in Nanyang?"
The Miao Man were probably located in the modern Guangdong and Guangxi areas. Naturally, he knew about Tang Ping taking the Tang Dynasty Navy's East China Sea Fleet to Nanyang.
He is even in Chang'an now because he has received news that the Tang Dynasty navy went south from Ryukyu and encountered more than 500 warships of the Wei navy, but they won in a single battle. The leader of the Wei Kingdom retreated with more than 300 remaining warships.
Later, Tang Ping pursued all the way to the capital of the Wei Kingdom, and then General Rong, the old general of the Wei Dynasty, rebelled. Although he didn't know about Zhen Xiong's execution, he thought that since Manbian was responsible for it, The Wei navy was no match for the Tang Dynasty, let alone the remaining fleet behind it.
So after receiving the news, he galloped to Chang'an City without even getting off his saddle, preparing to ask for an audience with Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty.
But why did Tang Ping, who was supposed to be still in Nanyang, appear in Chang'an City?
"Well, I was indeed in Nanyang yesterday, and then I took one step like this and came back." Tang Ping held Tangtang on his shoulders and took a slightly exaggerated step, making his daughter giggle again on his shoulders. .
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"Took... a step? Came back?"
Tang Ping really didn't lie, but didn't he just open the door, take a step back to Chang'an?
But in the eyes of Li Caichen, the Miaoman prince, that is an incredible fantasy!
It is said that Tang Ping is a man from heaven descending to earth, and this Tang Dynasty is blessed by God.
In fact, it turns out that the senior officials of the surrounding countries are suspicious of these words. They sometimes use words like gods and men to deceive the people of their own countries. Even though Tang Ping has many magical qualities, he still looks the same. Mortal body.
Now he couldn't help but not believe it, otherwise he would never be able to figure out how Tang Ping appeared in Chang'an City.
"Why is Your Highness the Prince here?"
"To be honest..." Li Caichen raised his hands and said respectfully: "This time I came to Chang'an to submit my credentials. I, the Miao Man, are willing to serve as the head of the Tang Dynasty! But Your Majesty has not replied yet. I want to invite Duke Ping. Mediate on your behalf.”
When he came to Chang'an, he was really frightened by the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty captured East Vietnam in lightning speed. It can also be said that it was because Zhen Xiong took away the money and food of the East Vietnam soldiers and horses, so he could be so relaxed.
But the hundreds of warships of the Wei navy, which was known to be invincible at sea, were defeated by dozens of Tang Dynasty fleets and pirate ships. That would be terrible.
So the Miao people did some research in the country, and found that the sea will also be controlled by the Tang Dynasty in the future. Now the Tang Dynasty has taken over Dongyue. The small tribes to the west of it are similar to the Heyu tribe where the old farmer Tang Ping met on the bus once lived. They all fell to the Tang Dynasty, and now the Miao people are hanging on a lonely piece of land in the southeast corner of the Central Plains Continent.
If we take refuge in the Tang Dynasty now, although it may not sound good in name, the Tang Dynasty will be pretty good to its subordinate countries.
Although there are constraints, we can still survive.
If you don't join the Tang Dynasty now, just think about Beiyan. It just found an excuse to throw someone into your city, and the country was destroyed.
The lesser of two evils is the reason why Miao Man Prince Li Caichen came to Chang'an.
But who would have thought that after two days of coming, Honglu Temple had collected the certificate of credentials submitted to him, but he was never summoned or answered.
He was also bored today, so he went out for a walk in the city. When he saw the infrastructure construction outside Chang'an City in Datang, he was filled with emotion, but he didn't expect to meet Tang Ping.
If anyone in Chang'an City has the best words, it must be Tang Ping in front of him.
Even Li Caichen did not doubt that as long as Tang Ping was willing to speak, His Majesty Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty would definitely agree.
"His Royal Highness, you are joking. Who in Chang'an doesn't know that I am just an idler. If you are looking for me, you are looking for the wrong person."
Tang Ping told the truth. He had never thought that he was so awesome because he was a time traveler.
In this attack on the Wei Dynasty, when he found that the two old pirates Qian Laosan and Luo Siye were more suitable to command the fleet than him, he handed over the command without hesitation.
It's not that he really just wants to lie down, but he knows that professional things should be left to professionals.
The same is true in state affairs. Tang Ping may give some suggestions sometimes, but he will never interfere with Li Shimin's decisions.
Because he knew that how could he, an ordinary college graduate who had not passed the 211 exams, know how to govern the country better than Fang Moudu Duan, the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and Li Shimin, known as Tian Khan.
Seeing how firmly Tang Ping refused, Li Caichen had no choice but to give up.
Looking at the pink and jade carvings on Tang Ping's shoulders, Little Tang Tang smiled and said, "Could this be the little princess of the Tang family?"
Tang Ping was only the Duke, but Wang Qingluan was recognized by the Tang Dynasty as the Queen of Dongyue, so there was nothing wrong with calling Tang Tang the little princess.
After saying that, he took out a small flute from his arms and gave it to Tang Ping with both hands: "I didn't prepare anything, so I reluctantly gave this agate flute to the little princess as a gift."
When he met Tang Ping for the first time, Li Caichen sent a glass ball on behalf of Miao Man, and was then slapped in the face by the glass product that Tang Ping took out.
Later, the glass of the Tang family in Chang'an became a luxury product that wealthy families from all over the world competed for, and he no longer dared to make mistakes.
Every time I came to Datang, the gifts I brought with me were similar jade artifacts.
Although this agate flute is less than twenty centimeters, it is exquisitely carved. The body of the flute is engraved with the pattern of the Moon Palace and Jade Rabbit, which is crystal clear and beautiful.
Tang Tang's eyes lit up when she saw it, and Tang Ping felt her hands holding his head tighten.
As a child, it is normal to like such a beautiful little toy.
But what's rare is that Tang Tang didn't ask for it.
Tang Ping raised his head and asked, "Do you want it?"
"Auntie Xiaoluo said that our family has everything, so we can't just ask for other people's things."
Having said that, how could she, a child less than two years old, possibly conceal her affection.
So Tang Ping reached out and took the agate flute from Li Caichen's hand: "In that case, I would like to thank His Highness the Prince on behalf of my little daughter."
Tang Ping accepted the gift, and Li Caichen smiled even happier. Just as he was about to speak, a man from afar ran over with a look of joy on his face.
"Master, His Majesty the Tang Dynasty has summoned us."
"Master?" Tang Ping looked at Li Caichen doubtfully.
Li Caichen slightly clasped his fists and said, "Last year, my father passed on the title of king to the younger minister." Tang Ping did not expect that the other party would attach so much importance to the matter of joining the Tang Dynasty. Li Caichen had just taken over as the king and actually came to Chang'an in person. .
"It just so happens that I have something to tell His Majesty, so let's go into the palace together!"
When Li Caichen heard this, he couldn't hold back the joy on his face, so he had to give the gift to the right person.
Look at the way Tang Tang is happily looking around with the agate flute. If he gives Tang Ping a gift, as the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, does Tang Ping have any good things? Where can we achieve the current results?
Tang Ping turned around and gave an order, and a car drove over.
"Tang Tang, let's go to the palace to play with uncle and grandpa, shall we?"
"Okay, okay, uncle and grandpa's place is so fun!" Tang Tang clapped his hands, but Tang Ping was stunned. He didn't know what fun there was in the palace.
The place is big enough, but everywhere is heavily guarded, and the maids and chambermaids are very cautious for fear of saying the wrong thing.
The car headed towards the palace along Zhuque Avenue. There are very few cars in Chang'an City now. Zhuque Avenue has been designated as a dedicated lane for vehicles, and overpasses have even been built at major intersections to allow pedestrians to pass through.
So the journey is smooth.
Li Caichen sighed in the car and said: "Chang'an City is really changing every day. The last time I came here was a year ago, but many places have changed drastically. "
Tang Ping nodded in agreement. He had been out for more than a year and indeed found Chang'an City to be both familiar and unfamiliar.
Today's Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, ancient style and steam technology coexist, and it actually has a bit of steampunk style.
Naturally, Tang Ping and others did not need to report or inspect anything when entering the palace. However, Li Caichen, although he was also the head of a country, still had to hand over his sword when entering the palace.
After entering the palace, Tang Ping also put down Tang Tang and held her little hands with Wang Qingluan.
"Cousin!" A surprised call came from the distance. Tang Ping looked and saw a fat man with a dark face.
"Li Tai? How did you get yourself into this?" If it weren't for his clothes and his body shape, Tang Ping wouldn't have been able to recognize this fat man with a sooty face.
"Ahem...here, there's a glitch." Li Tai patted the iron guy next to him sheepishly.
"What are you talking about? A steam...motorcycle?"
"Yes!" Li Tai smiled, only his teeth were white: "I wasn't thinking that cars can use steam engines, so can motorcycles too?"
"In order to make this steam engine smaller and lighter, I saved some materials, but it seemed to have malfunctioned." Li Tai pointed to the motorcycle tires and said: "And these wheels, we don't have rubber. No matter what other materials I use, it won’t shake well!”
Tang Ping bought all the tires used in Datang's steam locomotives from Hyundai. Since there are not many cars, there are probably only more than 200 of them now, so Tang Ping bought more than a thousand tires from Mr. Gou. used.
It's just that this motorcycle can't use car tires, so Li Tai has never found a good substitute.
He deliberately asked Tang Ping to get it for him, but he was far away in Nanyang, which is why Li Tai was so happy to see Tang Ping now.
"Rubber..." Tang Ping pondered for a moment, then looked at Li Caichen who was standing aside. This matter had to fall on this guy.
After all, Miaoman is the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, and the main producing area of rubber in my country is there.
