Li You left one of the guards behind and said to him: "As soon as Zhao Fu arrives, you will immediately chase after the army, and strive to catch up with the army before it reaches Gaochang." ”

The guard said, "Your Highness, why don't you go and meet them along the road?" ”

Li You admires his proactive attitude. He said, "Very well, you can go and meet them." ”

A few months ago, Yan'an Mansion.

On a narrow mountain road, Zhao Fu, the supervisor of the Qi Palace, and others, accompanied by the county magistrate of Menshan County (now Yanchang County), pushed aside the sour jujube bushes with spikes, climbed over a hillside, and came to a mountain depression, only to see that there was a large black-brown viscous oily liquid there, exuding a strange smell.

Zhao Fu squatted down, grabbed a handful of those black mucus, put it to his nose and sniffed it, and said excitedly: "That's it, I finally found it." ”

The prefectural commander asked puzzledly, "Is this useful, the residents here have already moved out of here because of this strange smell." ”

Zhao Fu said: "What the prince said, this is called oil, this is a treasure." ”

The oil storage area in Menshan County is 189.3 square kilometers, and the oil layer is very shallow, which is generally buried between the rock layers 60-400 meters away from the surface, and flows directly out of the ground in some mountains.

Then, Zhao Fu asked the county magistrate to hire dozens of people for him, built houses in the local area, and stationed there. He brought a large number of craftsmen from Chang'an and got busy.

Li You gave him the task of refining gasoline, and gave him relevant equipment drawings and materials, requiring him to refine it by the end of the year.

Zhao Fu was very conscientious, but the local area was very poor, there was a lack of materials, the craftsmen's processing tools were also very backward, and the equipment for refining gasoline was not smooth. So it was delayed.

By mid-November, Zhao Fu and others had mastered the technology of refining gasoline. He hurriedly produced 5,000 catties, and personally rushed to Yumen Pass with the craftsmen and the equipment for refining gasoline.

The reason why he brought craftsmen and equipment for refining gasoline was because there was also such bare oil in the Western Regions, which he could process locally.

At this time, there were no iron and plastic barrels, they had to be transported in large clay pots, and the road was very slow, so they did not catch up with the departure date of the coalition forces.

On this day, the guards of the Qi Palace's palace met Zhao Fu and others in Ganzhou, and he said: "The prince said that he was in a hurry to use fierce fire oil (gasoline), and he asked the horses to transport some first." ”

The guards of the palace of the king of Qi took the warrant of His Royal Highness the king of Qi, and requisitioned 200 military horses and 100 soldiers in the local area, one person and two horses, one of which carried two 10-kilogram clay pots and 2,000 kilograms of fierce fire oil to Gaochang first.

Shattered Leaf City.

Broken Leaf City is an important town in the Western Regions, a border city that was the farthest fortified in the western region by Chinese dynasties, an important town on the Silk Road, and the birthplace of the famous poet Li Bai.

At this time, Broken Leaf City was the location of the tooth tent set by Desire Valley.

On January 22, 637, Cheng Chuliang escorted 200,000 loads of grain to Broken Leaf City.

Wang Xuance and Cheng Chuliang stayed in Broken Leaf City to supervise the deployment of troops in Desire Valley.

Cheng Chuliang was a little worried, he asked; "Will the desire valley change and not send troops on time when the time comes?"

Wang Xuance said: "Very likely. ”

Cheng Chuliang was taken aback and asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

Wang Xuance said with a smile: "I can't help him not send troops, don't worry, I already have arrangements." ”

Peacock Sea (Lop Nur).

During the Tang Dynasty, the Peacock Sea was the second largest inland lake after Qinghai Lake. In summer, the peacock sea is blue and sparkling, the aquatic plants by the lake are reborn, and some birds skip by from time to time, a scene full of vitality, but in winter, it is a vast sea of ice, and the cold wind blows the residual snow, and there is a dead silence.

The army marched silently on the shore of the lake, the low temperature of minus ten degrees Celsius, and the fluttering snowflakes made the soldiers shrink their necks one by one.

This time, Li You is not with a small army like last time, and he must set an example, and Hou Junji and Gao Yong can do that kind of thing. At this moment, he was wearing a thick fur coat, leaning comfortably on the backrest of the carriage, chatting with Murong Ling and Ash Naqing to pass the time.

Li You said: "Qing'er, Ling'er, let's come out this time, we can't go back for a year and a half." ”

Murong Ling said: "It's not good, if you don't eat well and sleep well, it's still comfortable in Chang'an." You're really, why are you begging for hardship? She really thinks that Li You is looking for trouble.

Ash Naqing said: "It's good like this." For her, Li You is her home, as long as she is with him, she doesn't feel bitter.

Li You said with a smile; "Ling'er, look at how high Qing'er's realm is."

Murong Ling wanted to say something, but he was worried about hurting Ashinaqing, so he forcibly held back.

Li You said: "I am a foodie, and you are all the wives of foodies. I do this to be able to eat better and safer. It is also to better let you eat peacefully with you. ”

Murong Ling lowered his voice and said: "I have long seen that your Tang Dynasty is too complicated, it is not as simple as ours, just talk about those few people, chickens and dogs jump all day long." You have to be careful. ”

Li You smiled: "Ling'er is really powerful, I brought you here to help you grow up, maybe one day, I will rely on you to support you." ”

He was joking, but he hadn't thought it that way in his heart. As the princes get older day by day, and Li Shimin gets older day by day, the danger in the court will increase day by day.

When he was in Chang'an City, Li You was busy all day and didn't have time to think about it. These days, he had nothing to do on the march, so he thought a lot about his future and thought about his future.

Li You doesn't want to intrigue, he just wants to be a foodie with peace of mind. But when he traveled to the Zhenguan period and became a prince, he was destined to live in danger, Li You supported Li Chengqian, and at the same time, he couldn't put all the treasures on him.

Just after he rescued Li Ke in the Yongtongqu incident last time, he realized that he had to be prepared for Li Chengqian's unreliable. Because Li Chengqian's personality is indeed full of variables.

Lee Woo must constantly make himself stronger. He wanted to conquer the Western Regions, not to get any credit, but to temper his political and military talents in the complex environment of the Western Regions.

In this war to recover the Western Regions, he wants to completely establish his position in the military, and at the same time cultivate his strength in the military.

Gao Yong is a generous man and a general who can be mastered. Although Hou Junji is Li Chengqian's father-in-law, this person is ambitious, and he is destined to become an opponent with the eldest grandson Wuji. In the near future, the contradiction between him and the eldest grandson Wuji will be revealed.

Although the eldest grandson Wuji is no longer the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he still controls the Ministry of Officials, and Hou Junji's personality is fierce, and he will never be willing to be subject to the eldest grandson Wuji.

Therefore, both of these are things he can fight for.

Ashina Simo is the force that Li You must use to collect the grassland in the next step, and this person can also fight for it.

There are three paths in front of Li You.

The first way is that Murong Ling and Ash Naqing must be supported, and they are one of Li You's retreats. There is also Hamid, who also needs to be supported, and he even thought that the worst plan is to follow Hamid into exile.

The second way is to support Li Chengqian's smooth succession to the throne, and if necessary, to get rid of the eldest grandson Wuji. Otherwise, Li Chengqian is just a puppet, and Li Ke, Li Tai, and Li You have no way to live.

The third way is that Li Chengqian really can't support the wall in the mud, so Li You embarks on the road of winning the heir by himself.

No matter which path you take, what Li You has to do is to continue to grow himself.

After figuring out all this, Li You, who was already big-hearted, became more down-to-earth.

He smiled and said, "Ling'er, Qing'er, let's play poetry solitaire, shall we?" ”

"Okay", the girls are poetic, and this is what they like to play the most. So both agreed.

Li You said: "To play poetry solitaire, you have to have some rewards and punishments, right?" Otherwise, it's too boring. ”

Ashina Qing asked, "Lord Wang, how do you say you want to reward and punish?" ”

Li You said: "No matter who loses, let the family kiss it." ”

"Don't do it!" The two girls said together.

At this time, the voice of the white tiger came from outside, and he said, "Lord Wang, you will be in front of Loulan." ”8)