"I have no interest in these things, not to mention that this matter was done casually by the prince. This can at best be regarded as the beauty of being an adult, just following the tide!" Lu Chen picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, looked at Li Xiaogong and said with a smile.
"In this case, I will be disrespectful!" Li Xiaogong cupped his hands at Lu Chen and smiled. Li Xiaogong also understood that Lu Chen would not like it if he was too polite, so Li Xiaogong simply agreed. "But how can we obtain the great merit mentioned by County Duke Lu?" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"Your Majesty is going to pacify Lingnan. You can borrow someone from your majesty! If you get this person's help, pacifying Lingnan will be easy!" Lu Chen was not in a hurry to tell Li Xiaogong what he wanted Li Xiaogong to do. Instead, he gave Li Xiaogong a suggestion.
"Oh? I wonder who the person Lu Xiandi is talking about is?" Li Xiaogong actually had a headache about this matter recently, even though he had already accepted the job. When he was the governor of Kuizhou, he was very concerned about the Lingnan Bashu region and the surrounding areas of Bashu. He knew a lot, but if he expanded further, he was not very clear. Now that Lu Chen actually recommended him someone who could help him pacify Lingnan, it naturally made Li Xiaogong very happy.
As the two of them had a heart-to-heart conversation, Li Xiaogong also directly changed the title of Lu Chen from Lu County Duke to Lu Xiandi.
"The person I recommend is naturally an old acquaintance of the prince, that is Li Jing, pharmacist Li!" Lu Chen said looking at Li Xiaogong.
"Come on!" Hearing the name Lu Chen said, Li Xiaogong slapped his thigh directly. This excitement shocked Lu Chen opposite him.
"Back then, Pharmacist Li was my king's commander-in-chief of the armed forces. I was able to pacify Bashu, and it was Li Pharmacist who took the greatest credit. It's a pity that now he is the governor of Jingzhou and the Duke of Yongkang County!" When he thought of Li Jing's great contribution, he was confused. Li Xiaogong sighed and said, "On this matter, I have always felt that my uncle is quite stingy!"
He and Lu Chen were the only two people in the room, so they did not hesitate to complain about the current emperor.
"Your Majesty is so slandering Your Majesty in front of me, aren't you afraid that I and Your Majesty will go to court to impeach Your Majesty?" Hearing Li Xiaogong's remarks about Li Yuan, Lu Chen couldn't help but laugh and joke about Li Xiaogong.
"If it were anyone else, I would not dare to say such a thing, but in front of Brother Lu Xian, I feel that there is nothing to say!" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile. These words also showed that he position.
"Actually, this matter cannot be said to be stingy, Your Majesty. In fact, Pharmacist Li was born in Tiance Mansion. Tiance Mansion now has many powerful generals under his command, and the Duke of the country has several. If Pharmacist Li is also in a high position... " At this point, Lu Chen did not continue speaking, but Li Xiaogong was naturally able to understand the meaning of Lu Chen's words, and nodded directly to express his understanding.
"But if Lingnan is pacified this time, I'm afraid Pharmacist Li's status will be mentioned!" Lu Chen said to Li Xiaogong with a smile.
In fact, Lu Chen was also a little puzzled. In fact, according to historical records, Li Jing had already done it once in the fourth year of Wude. At this time, Li Jing's official position was already the pacification of Lingnan Road because of that pacification of Lingnan. He should be the ambassador and the governor of Guizhou, but now Li Jing's official position is still the governor of Jingzhou. This shows that Li Jing has not pacified Lingnan. Could it be that because of his time travel, the timeline has been deviated, and Li Jing has not pacified it. Ninety-six states in Lingnan?
"By the way, Your Majesty, I have something unclear, and I would like to ask Your Majesty for advice!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and said.
"Is there anything that Brother Lu Xian doesn't know? This is strange! Brother Xian, just ask. If I know about it, I will definitely know everything and tell you everything!" After Li Xiaogong teased Lu Chen, he put away his smile and said.
"After you and Li Yaoshi pacified Nanliang, didn't you take the opportunity to cross Nanling and directly pacify Guizhou and other places?" Lu Chen still asked the question in his mind.
"It's settled!" Li Xiaogong didn't understand why Lu Chen asked this question, and looked at Lu Chen with some confusion as he replied.
"Now that it has been pacified, why do we need to pacify it again?" Lu Chen asked in confusion.
"Not all the areas in Lingnan were pacified that time. The pacification that time was just done casually after the destruction of Nanliang. The purpose was to pacify all the areas in Lingnan so that the government orders could be communicated!" Li Xiaogong explained to Lu Chen, "What's more, the lands south of Lingnan are now chaotic and complicated. Although they are separated by the Nanling Mountains, there are still some hidden dangers!"
"Yes!" Lu Chen nodded, and Lu Chen also understood why Li Xiaogong wanted to pacify Lingnan again.
"Brother, is there anything else you want to ask?" Although Li Xiaogong explained the matter to Lu Chen, he still couldn't figure out why Lu Chen asked this question, so he continued to ask.
"It's nothing!" Lu Chen shook his head, and his doubts were relieved a little. However, Lu Chen knew that the timeline had changed, but the historical events that should have happened had not deviated. This was a good sign.
"By the way, good brother, you haven't told me about that piece of credit yet!" Seeing that Lu Chen had nothing more to ask, Li Xiaogong reminded Lu Chen with a smile.
"This credit is a mine!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and said with a smile.
"It's just a mine, how can it be called a great contribution?" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen and asked, is the mine important? It is very important, but there are not many mines in Datang now, so Li Xiaogong does not think that a mine will be a great contribution. Moreover, Li Xiaogong thinks that the mines Lu Chen mentioned may be iron ores.
"What if this mine is a copper mine that can be mined for at least a hundred years?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong with a smile and said, "Is this considered a great achievement?"
"What did you say?!" After hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Xiaogong stood up and screamed. This sound also alerted Li Fu who was guarding the door. Li Fu opened the door and barged in. The guards a few feet away also rushed in again with knives, staring at Lu Chen warily.
"My lord, are you okay?!" Li Fu asked cautiously as he looked at Li Xiaogong who looked surprised, and at the same time looking at the old god Lu Chen who was sitting on a chair drinking tea.
"Uncle Fu, drive them all out to me! Who let them in!" Hearing Li Fu's question, Li Xiaogong straightened his face and looked at the guards holding swords, "Could it be that Mr. Lu would still attack me?" The king can’t do anything!”
"Yes!" Li Fu also woke up at this time. It was obvious that the Duke of Lu County must have said something extraordinary to the prince just now, which made his prince have such an expression. Li Fu hurriedly bowed and saluted, and at the same time directly After driving the guards out, he closed the door and retreated.
"Is there really such a copper mine?" After Li Fu left the room with his guards, Li Xiaogong asked Lu Chen cautiously and quietly.
"I can't think of any reason to deceive the prince!" After Lu Chen took a sip of tea, he put down the teacup, picked up the copper kettle on the iron stove, refilled Li Xiaogong's and his own teacups, and then said with a smile.
Lu Chen thought to himself: "That is the Dexing Copper Mine, the largest copper mine in Asia. It has not been discovered in this era. The Dexing Copper Mine was first discovered in the 1950s, according to the "Dexing County Chronicles" "Discovered by the national exploration team. As for Dexing, there has always been a custom of mining and smelting copper, but no one knew that Dexing had such a large copper mine at this time! And Li Xiaogong's trip to pacify Lingnan was naturally easy Take this copper mine down!"
Copper is much more valuable than iron in this era. After all, copper represents money. If you have copper, you can make money. There are still a variety of copper coins used in the Tang Dynasty, including the Kaiyuan Tongbao cast at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty and the coins left over from the Sui Dynasty. The five-baht coins and even the copper coins from before are also popular in the market. In short, these copper coins are of all kinds.
Although the imperial court also hoped to recycle and recast all the copper coins from the previous dynasty, it was a pity that it was unable to do so. There were too many coins in circulation and the area was vast. After a period of time, the imperial court found that it was time-consuming to recycle and recast the copper coins. It was not possible to do it completely despite all the effort, so I gave up this idea for the time being.
If there was such a large amount of copper, then the Tang Dynasty could uniformly mint coins. With unified coins, it would be a landmark event for the court. Therefore, after hearing what Lu Chen said, how could Li Xiaogong not be excited and excited? surprise.
"I just don't know where the copper mine is?" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen excitedly and asked.
"Raozhou, Le'an!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and said succinctly.
"Raozhou Le'an! I have written it down! If this mine is found, I will not take all the credit!" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen's promise and promised.
"My lord, you don't have to be like this! I said that I'm not interested in these things!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and said, but what Lu Chen was thinking about was that if he wanted to achieve his goal, Li Xiaogong was also indispensable. It's natural to be friends with such a good character.
"By the way, I'll ask my family to send something over later. I should give the prince some help when the time comes!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and suddenly remembered that he had asked Beiwei Wei to tame the "passenger pigeon", and Li Xiaogong was The first trip to Lingnan and Li Daozong's return to Lingzhou were both opportunities to test the homing pigeons.
"Brother Lu Xian has always made extraordinary moves, but I'm not polite!" Li Xiaogong looked directly at Lu Chen and said with a smile.
"By the way! Your Majesty, there is one more thing you need to pay attention to when you go to Lingnan this time!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong, remembered another thing, and said to Li Xiaogong directly and solemnly.
