"Why are you two laughing?" Lu Chen didn't think there was anything wrong with his question. After all, with the relationship of the Duke, Qian Junnan shouldn't have gotten to this point, so Lu Chen He was stunned by the laughter of these two princes.
"Mr. Lu, I wonder if you have heard of this sentence?" Li Xiaogong took a sip of tea and asked slowly.
"What are you talking about?" Lu Chen asked.
"Water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the near, and the whip is too long to reach!" Li Xiaogong held the tea cup and gently rubbed the rim of the cup with the lid of the bowl a few times, still looking leisurely, "There are close and distant relatives, and love and hatred are also unpredictable. , so that Qian Junnan can stay in Chang'an safely and do business now, it should be those people who have given Duke Xun face. After all, although Qian Junnan is a member of Qian Ping's tribe, he is not a member of his family. Lu County Do you understand?"
"If you put it like that, I'll understand!" After listening to Li Xiaogong's words, Lu Chen immediately understood what was going on with Qian Junnan. To put it bluntly, Qian Junnan was a branch of the Qian Ping family. He was able to live in Chang'an. Doing business is probably because he is a member of the Qian family, but even if he is a member of the Qian family, with Qian Yu's strength, I am afraid that those aristocratic families are just trying to save face to prevent Qian Junnan from causing trouble. .
In fact, even if Qian Qian is in Chang'an, he probably won't be able to compete with those aristocratic families. Even though he is a prince, he is the prince of Li Yuan. He has helped Li Shimin and also worked with Li Jiancheng. They are not helping each other. He was in a position where he could not be offended, so no one on the two sides was willing to come forward to get close to him. To a large extent, this Qian Qian might not have much real power, so neither Li Jiancheng nor Li Shimin thought it was necessary to win over him. In fact, Think about it, it's the same thing. A military general gave a civil servant position as a doctor, Jin Ziguanglu, which shows how high his status is.
And for Qian Junnan to be able to run a stable business now, I am afraid that not only will he have to contribute to the family every year, but Qian Peng will also have to get a share.
"If I want to let Qian Junnan be used by us, what do you two princes think?" Lu Chen tapped his fingers on the coffee table a few times, and then looked at Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong with questioning eyes.
"Although this person seems to be very slippery, the last time he came to you to surrender, he seemed to have made some calculations in his heart. Why not give him a try?" Li Daozong looked at Lu Chen and said.
"How about using this glass auction to give him a try?" Lu Chen said while looking at Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong.
"I also have this intention!" Li Daozong looked at Lu Chen and nodded.
Li Xiaogong on the side remained silent, and Li Daozong actually told him that he was involved in this. Although he did not see more glass products, the fragments of glass he saw alone were enough. Li Xiaogong has been shocked. Why did Li Xiaogong follow Li Daozong to Lujiazhuang to meet Lu Chen? To put it in the simplest terms, it is that "wealth touches people's hearts." If Lu Chen can give such a large sum of wealth to himself, he will never give it away in vain, and he There was absolutely no way he could get it for nothing, so he followed Li Daozong to Lujiazhuang to find Lu Chen to ask about this matter.
"Does Prince Zhao have a different view on this matter?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong who had been silent and asked directly.
"Since Duke Lu and Cheng Fan both think they can give this person a try, I have no objections! Besides, I am a person who enjoys success!" Li Xiaogong laughed when he said this, "But I have something. I’m quite curious!”
"What are you curious about, Your Majesty? You might as well speak up!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and said with a smile.
"Young Master Lu and I have never met before, and yet you actually gave me such a large amount of wealth. I wonder what Duke Lu wants to do?" Li Xiaogong's first words were gentle, but his expression turned serious when he spoke later. He stood up and looked at Lu Chen with a cold light flashing in his tiger eyes.
"If I say it but have an agenda, I wonder what the prince thinks?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and said bluntly with a smile on his face.
"It depends on what the prince wants. If it is beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, let alone the prince giving me this wealth, even if he does not have this wealth, I will support the county prince without hesitation. But if the prince has evil intentions, If so, then I'm afraid I and the Duke will have to fight each other with swords!" Li Xiaogong was a real prince. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, Li Xiaogong, the Prince of Zhao County, played the most important role, especially after Li Shimin ascended the throne. He is the second-ranked figure among the "Twenty-Four Heroes of Lingyan Pavilion", second only to Changsun Wuji. In fact, Changsun Wuji is ranked first, probably because of his relationship with Li Shimin. a bit more.
When Li Xiaogong said this, his face was serious, without any intention of joking.
"The prince is joking!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and said with a smile, "Tell the truth to the prince, I have great ambitions, even bigger than the Tang Dynasty!" When Lu Chen said this, he stopped smiling and looked serious. looked at Li Xiaogong.
"Bigger than the Tang Dynasty?" Li Xiaogong was amused by Lu Chen's words. He looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile, "Isn't the Tang Dynasty not big enough?"
"Not enough!" Lu Chen shook his head with certainty, "My ambition is to make the Tang Dynasty truly the common master of the world, and the empire on which the sun never sets. If we want to truly become the emperor of the world, is it the king of the land, the leader of the land? Bin, could it be that he is a royal minister?" Lu Chen's eyes shot out two gleams of light, and he said solemnly as he looked outside the front hall door.
"Could it be that Duke Lu wants to conquer all countries?" Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong were both shocked by Lu Chen's ambition. Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen with a surprised expression and asked, because Lu Chen's words were so shocking, and It made the two princes immediately feel their blood boiling.
"Conquest?" Hearing Li Xiaogong's words, Lu Chen smiled, "Some countries only need to intimidate, but in some countries, if you talk to them about etiquette, they will talk to you about fists. When your fists are big enough, they will Let me tell you about etiquette! Don’t tell me that the two princes have never seen each other in this kind of country!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong and said with a smile.
"This is natural!" The two princes had naturally seen it before, so they nodded in agreement.
"Therefore, for this kind of country, the only thing is to fight until it surrenders, and then it will be controlled by the Tang Dynasty, because my ideal is that after our generation has finished the war, our descendants will not need to fight anymore. Well, I have defined this matter, which is called 'the crime is in the present, but the merit lies in the future'. I am willing to bear all the infamy!" At this point, Lu Chen's eyes flashed with perseverance and determination. , invasion and attack, if this is written on a person's head in the history books, it will only make this person bear the infamy for the ages. But for the comfort of future generations, Lu Chen does not mind bearing this infamy, and the first one to be destroyed It is the "Japanese Kingdom".
"What a 'sin lies in the present, but merit lies in the future'!" Li Xiaogong slapped the coffee table directly. This always steady prince was also a little excited by Lu Chen's words.
"I don't know when it will start?" Li Daozong was a young man at heart, and after many years of military service, Lu Chen's words immediately made his blood boil. He wished he could pick up his gun and mount his horse right now, and lead his troops to open up new territories.
"Alas!" Lu Chen sighed directly after being asked by Li Daozong.
"Why is Mr. Lu sighing?" The two princes, who were originally excited by Lu Chen's words, were completely confused by Lu Chen's sigh.
"This is just my long-cherished wish! Now everything is waiting to be done! What are we fighting for? Money, food, and people! Can the Tang Dynasty be able to support it now?" Lu Chen looked at the two princes in front of him and smiled bitterly.
"This..." After hearing Lu Chen's words, the two princes fell silent. Although there was peace and prosperity around Chang'an City, what about the entire Tang Dynasty? What's more, there are those aristocratic families who act like monsters from time to time, and the country is still unstable, so how can we talk about Lu Chen's ideal? When Lu Chen said this, the excitement in the hearts of these two princes suddenly cooled down as if cold water had been poured on them.
"Do you two know why I have been so eager to recover my gambling debt?" Lu Chen asked, looking at Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong.
"Is it because of your workshop area?" Li Daozong thought about it and asked tentatively.
"Brother Chengfan knows me!" Lu Chen looked at Li Daozong and said with a smile, "I really have a lot of ideas in my mind that I want to test, but unfortunately I am suffering from insufficient materials!"
"It's easy! I will help Brother Lu come to your door to ask for the account!" Li Daozong said directly, patting his chest.
"Chengfan! Don't be reckless!" Li Daozong had just finished speaking when he was stopped by Li Xiaogong, "You are a prince, and you go to those officials to ask for debts. How unbecoming is it! After all, we are also princes of the same country. If this is the case, If you do it, where will the royal family's face be saved?" Li Xiaogong glared at Li Daozong, "Presumably County Duke Lu has already taken care of it, right?" After Li Xiaogong glared at Li Daozong, he turned to look at Lu Chen and asked.
"I did dig a hole for the Zheng family, but I'm afraid it won't end well when the time comes. I just hope that the two princes can say a few words to me!" Lu Chen said, raising his hands to the two princes.
"This is not going to end well for you. How far will it go?" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"Anyway, no one will be killed, maybe a house will be demolished or something!" Lu Chen said with a smile.
"That's no problem. As long as no one is killed, it's easy!" Li Xiaogong said directly with a smile.
"Then I'd like to thank the two princes! It's almost time now! I wonder if I can invite the two princes to have lunch at your mansion?" Lu Chen looked at the two princes and asked with a smile.
"I've long heard that the food at Lu County's mansion is excellent, so I'm going to bother you today!" Li Xiaogong smiled and nodded.
"I'm just here for your food!" Li Daozong said without hesitation, "By the way, remember to serve me good wine!"
