Dad, I love you the most today. The prize Tang Tang got today was too much to grasp with both hands. When he got home, it hung on Tang Ping's body like a pendant.
"What? I like it the most today, don't you like it normally? It makes Dad so sad when you say that!"
"Mom!" Tang Tang kissed Tang Ping on the face: "I usually like it too."
Seeing the two children gradually adapting to kindergarten life, Tang Ping felt relieved.
As a time-travelling person, his children have to be sent to kindergarten, so he is probably the only Scorpion daddy.
Today's parent-child sports meeting exhausted the energy of two energetic children.
After going home and having dinner, I went to bed soon.
"Sir, Wu Mian found something over there." Lu Yi said quietly as she waited for Tang Ping to come out of the child's room.
"Oh, finally found something?" It's been so long since the Faceless guys were captured back to Chang'an, and their mouths are too tight. Li Shimin also wants to dig out more things behind them, so it's impossible to really die. hand.
It is estimated that the Faceless people also know that if they really tell everything, they are afraid that the time of death has really come.
So they are really tough, no matter how hard the Secret Agent uses torture, they will never speak.
"Well, they are too tight-lipped, but Young Master also said that any contact will leave traces..."
"This is what Roca said, Rocca's law!"
"Yes! We carefully investigated the places where Wu Mian once moved, such as Turks, East Vietnam, and Beiyan, and finally found some clues through some of their past capital flows."
As Lu Yi said this, she took out a stack of paper and handed it to Tang Ping. Tang Ping looked through it and asked, "So the source of funds behind them is Fuso?"
"Yes, I remember Mr. Pei said that the old servant next to Wu Mian is a master of Fuso."
Tang Ping nodded. At that time, they were caught by Wu Mian, and the old servant beside Wu Mian had a close fight with the old man Pei who came to save them.
Although the old man Pei was slightly injured by the mudslide at that time and had to rush there day and night, and his strength was much worse than usual, the old servant could still be regarded as a top expert.
Old Man Pei also said that the opponent's moves came from Fusang, but the investigation at that time did not find any contact between Wu Mian and Fusang. He only thought that he had accepted a Fusang master as a servant due to some chance.
Now it seems that Wu Mian had colluded with Fusang early on.
"Can you find out who is behind them at Fuso?"
"It hasn't been found yet." Lu Yi shook his head: "Fusang is just a small country outside the sea. It has always been in favor of us in the Central Plains, first in the Sui Dynasty and later in the Tang Dynasty. We haven't paid much attention to them."
"Furthermore, Fuso is currently reigning Emperor Shumei, but his predecessor, Emperor Taiko, did not appoint a successor when he died."
"The ministers were divided into two factions, supporting Prince Tamura and Prince Yamakako respectively. Soga Ezo supported Prince Tamura as emperor, which is Emperor Shumei. Now he is the emperor in name, but the real power of Fuso politics is in Soga In Ezo’s hands.”
"Therefore, there are actually several forces surging underneath Fuso. With the information we have now, it is difficult to determine which force is behind Faceless."
After Lu Yi knew that Fuso was behind Wu Mian, she read all the information she could learn now.
"Hmph..." Tang Ping snorted coldly: "This little life has been restless since this time."
"What do you think we'll kill them for?"
Tang Ping was just angry about the recent dumping of nuclear sewage into the sea in his childhood, so he said it with emotion.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yi took it seriously. After thinking about it carefully, he said: "From the current perspective, the ministers of the DPRK may not agree. First of all, Fusang has always regarded itself as a vassal state and respected the Tang Dynasty. It seems that there is no reason to start a war." . Secondly, the war between Yanbei and Tubo has been less than a year, so both the soldiers and the people need to rest."
"I know, I know!" Tang Ping quickly stopped: "That's what I said, don't take it seriously."
"However, according to the current intelligence, the political situation in Fuso is not stable, and there is a high chance that they can be dismantled from within. However, because the Secret Intelligence Department has not deployed forces in Fuso, it will take some time to prepare."
"Well..." Tang Ping thought for a moment and said, "In this case, why not let's go there ourselves!"
"We? Go there by ourselves?" Lu Yi was stunned by Tang Ping's unbridled ideas: "How to go there?"
"Go over and open a branch!" The system gave him a branch system. Tang Ping was worried about where to get it. Wouldn't this be an opportunity?
If it were other countries, he might not have such enthusiasm. Based on his salty personality, he would probably leave it to Lu Yi and the Secret Agent Department to plan the situation.
But these were small days. Tang Ping seemed to have some passive skill awakened in his bloodline and just wanted to go there.
It would be best if it could turn your little life upside down.
"I need to report this to Your Majesty." One of Lu Yi's duties is to report Tang Ping's movements to Li Shimin, but now she tells Tang Ping openly instead of quietly reporting.
"No, I'll go see His Majesty tomorrow and tell him myself." Tang Ping patted Lu Yi on the shoulder: "You've been working hard lately, have you lost weight again? Have a good rest."
"Sir, have you really lost weight? This is a compliment." Lu Yi smiled and went back to her room.
Tang Ping briefly discussed this matter with Wang Qingluan, but Wang Qingluan didn't have any objections because Tang Ping said that the two stores can be connected to each other.
As long as it doesn't affect her daily pick-up and drop-off of the children, that's fine.
On the contrary, when Tang Ping entered the palace the next day, Li Shimin was unwilling.
"Didn't you like to eat and die in your little yard? Why do you always want to run outside now?" Li Shimin said he didn't understand.
"Yeah, look at what kind of Tianzhu you went to, how dark it is when you come back?" Empress Changsun also said with some heartache.
"Hey, aren't there people who always say that I'm too white and look like a pretty boy? Oh, yes, it was Duke Lu who said that. I deliberately tanned a little to stop him."
"Okay, don't interrupt. Will you pay attention to Old Man Cheng's opinion?" Li Shimin knocked on the table: "Fusang is just a small overseas country. It has colluded with Wu Mian. It's enough to give it a good beating. Why do you need to personally past?"
"Actually, I still wanted to get some money back for our Datang." Tang Ping had already prepared a set of words.
"Get some money?" Li Shimin immediately became energetic when he heard about getting money.
The Tang Dynasty has developed rapidly in recent years, but it costs money everywhere. The tax revenue of the Ministry of Household Affairs has been rising every year, but the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs still avoids other departments like debts.
It was true that money was never enough. Even Li Shimin wanted to renovate the palace, but it took a long time.
"Now that the Tang fleet has begun to take shape, it will naturally go further afield." Tang Ping took the globe that Li Shimin had placed on his desk and turned it around slightly.
"But many countries in the world use gold or silver coins now, and the copper coins we use can't buy anything."
"Although many of our Tang Dynasty items can be sold at a good price with them, we still need to have the necessary gold and silver reserves."
"You mean? Fusang has gold and silver?" Li Shimin's eyes lit up.
"Yes, and the output is huge!" Tang Ping nodded.
Although China's gold and silver reserves are not low in the world rankings, that is because the country is large and many minerals cannot be mined by the Tang Dynasty.
But things were different in my childhood.
You must know that during the long period of more than 400 years from 1562 to the Edo period, the Iwami Silver Mine was the largest silver mine in the world. Xiaori became one of the few silver-producing countries in the world, so much so that one-third of the world's silver at that time was produced in Xiaori. Therefore, Xiaori was called the "Silver Islands" by the people of the Ming Dynasty.
From the 8th to the 16th century, the gold output of Xiaotian was about 255 tons. Before the California gold rush, the gold mined in the world was 5,000 tons. At that time, the gold output of Xiaotian accounted for 5% of the world's total. %.
Tang Ping roughly told Li Shimin this information. Li Shimin rubbed his hands excitedly, took the globe back from Tang Ping and turned it to the small day.
"How dare you hide so much gold and silver on such a small island." Li Shimin knocked on the small protruding part of the small hole: "Uh-huh, they're all big!"
Tang Ping chuckled to himself below, knowing that Li Shimin would not put such a big piece of meat and ribs next to his pillow.
"So, Second Uncle, just wait. I'll go over there first to find out the situation there, and then I'll give them some trouble. By then our Tang Dynasty's navy and army will be almost in shape, and we can take them down in one fell swoop."
Tang Ping took the opportunity to say: "You want the Secret Agent to go over and make arrangements. I don't know how many years and months it will take. Second uncle, you also know that I can't do anything else, but I will disrupt the situation the most. And if I go, nothing will happen." Danger."
"Is there really no danger?"
"There is absolutely no danger. I will stay in my store. If anything happens, I will open the door and come back. Besides, Qingluan has to come back every day to take the children to and from school." Tang Ping assured him, patting his chest.
"Hmph!" Li Shimin got angry when he mentioned this, and snorted coldly: "We have so many talented people in the Tang Dynasty, including countless great Confucian scholars, why can't we send them to the palace to be taught by them?"
"Okay, Erlang." Fortunately, Queen Changsun came out to speak at this time: "Look, don't we Chengqian, Qingque, and Zhinu all learn from Ping'er and become better and better?"
"Just go to him." Li Shimin pursed his lips: "You can go to Fusang. The first thing is to pay attention to safety. The second thing is to bring Tang Tang and the others to the palace for a meal every weekend."
"Okay!" Tang Ping nodded: "When I go there this time, everyone in the convenience store plans to follow me. I will give the keys to the convenience store to a few uncles. If you have anything to use or eat, go there by yourself. Just take it from the store.”
