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Text Chapter 45 Li Shimin¡¯s Secret Letter

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    Hearing Li Chunfeng's words, Yuan Tiangang was also shocked and asked with a serious face: "Chunfeng, are you sure your calculation is correct?"

    "Master Yuan, you know my calculation skills, there will definitely be no problems, and judging from the celestial phenomena some time ago, it is also consistent with my calculations, but now the national destiny of the Tang Dynasty seems to be shrouded in a layer of fog.  Even if it is covered, I can only calculate the national destiny in the next hundred years. If we extrapolate backward, there will be some unknowable changes that are impossible to calculate." Li Chunfeng said with certainty, and Yuan Tiangang believed that his physiognomy would not  Even if he makes mistakes, he also believes that his calculations are absolutely correct.

    "Okay, okay! That's very good. Your calculation technique is the most accurate for major events such as the national destiny. As long as our land in China is peaceful and the people no longer suffer from the war, everything else is just a trivial matter." Yuan Tiangang  He said with a relaxed look.  The speculation of the country's split has always been like a huge boulder, weighing heavily on his heart. Now that he knows that the Tang Dynasty has a strong national destiny and that there will be no signs of splitting in a hundred years, the boulder in his heart is immediately resolved.

    "But if the Tang Dynasty is not divided, then why will there be two heirs? What is going on?" Although Yuan Tiangang was relieved, Li Chunfeng began to worry about this problem again. He is a more serious person, so what is the problem?  They all want to understand it, which is also a common problem among mathematicians.

    However, they may be limited by their horizons and knowledge. Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng spent the night together, but they could not find any reasonable explanation. They had no choice but to hide this secret in their hearts. After all, this kind of thing can only be done privately by their master and disciple.  Let¡¯s talk.  You must never reveal it to anyone else, not even Yifan.  It is for this reason that both Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng looked in poor spirits when seeing them off.

    After sending Li Chunfeng away, Li Min counted on his fingers and found that there seemed to be nothing too important recently, including Dengzhou's fishing, salt, food processing and shipbuilding industries.  I have already set up the framework, and others will naturally improve it. What is missing now is time for development.

    I thought I could finally relax for a while.  Li Min immediately became excited. For more than half a year since he came to Dengzhou, he has been busy with political affairs.  Wen Xin and the others couldn't help but feel a little cold. Fortunately, they were all reasonable women and very supportive of Li Min. They had never complained about him. This made Li Min feel even more guilty. It was just a good time to take advantage of this opportunity.  Spend some time with them.

    Li Min¡¯s plan was good, but he had not been with Wen Xin for a few days when someone suddenly came to visit the palace. Moreover, this person¡¯s identity was not simple, and Li Min had to meet him.

    The main hall of Prince Qi¡¯s Mansion.  Li Min sat in the hall, frowning and looking at the visitors. After a while, he slowly asked: "Zhou Kun, how is your injury? Do you have anything important to do with me today?"

    The person sitting below is none other than the mysterious craftsman Zhou Kun from last time.  However, unlike the dying appearance last time, the Zhou Kun in front of him was dressed as a businessman and looked very good. He was sipping tea with a smile on his face. If he didn't know the details, he would definitely think that he was an ordinary businessman.

    "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. The villain's injury has recovered. This time I came to see His Highness, I have a secret letter that I want to hand over to His Highness." Zhou Kun stood up quickly and bowed.

    "Secret message?" Li Min frowned. According to Wu Meiniang's guess, the department to which Zhou Kun belongs is probably a secret force controlled by his father. This secret force should have nothing to do with him, right?

    While Li Min was guessing, Zhou Kun took out a letter from his body and took a few steps forward to present it to Li Min.  Li Min took it over and looked at it, and found that the paint on it was very complete, and then he opened the letter and read it, but when he saw the handwriting on it, he was immediately shocked. This was actually given to him by his emperor father.  letter.

    Li Min read the letter with a solemn expression, but the more he read, the more excited he became. Li Shimin's letter did not say anything superfluous, it just told him to do one thing. However, with Li Min's intelligence, he naturally learned from this matter.  See the meaning in things.  After preparing for such a long time, the day of harvest is finally here.

    "Zhou Kun, is there any latest information from Goguryeo recently?" After Li Min read the letter, he burned it and destroyed it. Then he turned to Zhou Kun with excitement and asked.

    "Your Highness, because after the villain got that information last time, the Yuan family was worried that the matter would be leaked, so they have stepped up their preparations. It is estimated that they will launch it in advance. After all, the conflict between them and King Rongliu has reached an irreconcilable point.  There is no room for turning around at all." Zhou Kun said calmly. This information should never be told to outsiders. However, Li Min has a special status and needs his help with Goguryeo. Therefore, with Li Shimin's permission, Goguryeo  All the information is open to Li Min.

    "Very good, you can go down. If anything happens in the future,If you want my help, don't be polite!  "Li Min excitedly walked around the hall several times before saying to Zhou Kun.

    "Yes, I will resign!" Zhou Kun gratefully agreed, then turned and left.  In addition to delivering a message to Li Min this time, he also had another important task, so he dressed up as a businessman.  Li Min also guessed this, but never asked him a question from beginning to end. He only gave him a promise to help. This kind of unspoken support and tacit understanding was what touched Zhou Kun the most. After all, he was  People walking in the dark may encounter danger at any time. The more help they have, the more guarantee they will survive.

    After asking Zhou Kun to step down, Li Min not only did not say sorry to Wen Xin, after all, the matter Li Shimin confessed was too important and he had to handle it personally.  However, Wen Xin didn't complain at all. She just put on the coat that she and Xijun made together for Li Min. At the same time, she told him that the weather was getting colder and it was OK to be busy outside, but he must pay attention to his health.  In fact, for Wen Xin, as long as Li Min can come back to accompany her for a while every night, she is already very satisfied, and she does not necessarily need him to stay by her side every day.

    Starting from the next day, Li Min immediately became busy. First, he asked Liu Rengui to organize a large number of construction craftsmen. Then, accompanied by Zhao Fu, Li Min almost visited the entire Dengzhou territory and finally selected a  A very ideal location, ready for extensive construction work to build a very important place.

    According to the function of this place, the first factor is confidentiality, so it must be built in a very secret place or in a heavily guarded place. It is easy to find a secret place. Dengzhou is mountainous and there are countless hidden valleys.  Several, but in the end they were all given up by Li Min, because although these valleys are now hidden, it will be difficult to keep them hidden after the project is completed.

    So Li Min made many choices, and finally decided not to build this place on land, but to find an island in the sea.  There are countless small islands on the sea outside Dengzhou City, and most of them are uninhabited desert islands. Of course, this island cannot be chosen randomly. Finally, Li Min found a nice small island ten miles away from the Dengzhou Navy Port.  Not only is this island large in area, but it is also surrounded by cliffs on three sides. As long as a tall and solid city wall is built on the side with the beach and a team of soldiers is posted to guard it, it will become an excellent stronghold that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.  .

    This island meets Li Min's requirements in terms of both area and location. First, it is large enough to build that important place, and it can also accommodate enough people and supplies.  In addition, the location is good, only ten miles away from the Dengzhou Navy. A team of warships can be sent to guard it, and the issues of safety and confidentiality are also solved.

    After the place was selected, Li Min immediately sent all the craftsmen prepared by Liu Rengui to the island. At the same time, cement and wood for construction were also continuously sent there. The boss, Liu Rengui, personally went to the island to supervise the project every three days.  Li Min reported on the progress of the project. It would be best to complete it within a month.

    At the same time that the construction of the island began, Li Min also began to publish information about the large-scale purchase of saltpeter and sulfur to the merchants in Dengzhou. Because Li Min invented fireworks and gunpowder, the court purchased a large amount of saltpeter, so Li Min  Xin quickly purchased a lot of saltpeter. As for sulfur, it was more troublesome. After all, the Central Plains did not produce much sulfur, and the quality was not good, so purchasing it was somewhat difficult.

    But this was not a problem for Li Min. He told the merchants that the Japanese country in the northeast was full of volcanoes and had rich sulfur ore of excellent quality. They could go there to buy it.

    As soon as this news came out, many businessmen were immediately excited. It would have been fine before. Now the new route has been opened, and you can go directly from Dengzhou to Silla. As for the Japanese country, it is just a matter of turning around. In addition to the purchase time, at most  It only takes ten days to return, and the sulfur shipped is purchased by the Dengzhou government, and the price is guaranteed. Naturally, everyone is willing to do this kind of good business.

    Driven by profit, many businessmen began to take action, loading silk, perfume, mirrors and other luxury goods produced in the Tang Dynasty on ships, and then transported them to the Japanese country through new routes for sale, in exchange for large amounts of gold and silver and other precious metals, and then  Then the sulfur is purchased at an extremely low price and transported back to Dengzhou, making another profit.

    Under this operation, the sulfur problem was quickly solved.  Just when the project on the small island was about to be completed, several fleets of different sizes also arrived in Dengzhou. On the surface, these fleets looked nothing special, but if anyone looked carefully, they would find that the goods on them were relatively large.  There are few, but there are more people taking boats.

    Whenever these fleets docked, the people on board immediately entered Dengzhou, and then quickly disappeared into the huge floating population of Dengzhou. And just after the last fleet docked, a person in the fleet  When he was taken to the house by Li Min, a banquet had already been prepared in the house to welcome this person.  (To be continued)

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