Does it matter who wins?

Hearing Liu Mu's words, Li Yuan smiled heartily: "That's right." ”

Yanagi continued:

"Father, the Tang Dynasty will eventually be a big empire that embraces all ethnic groups, and the most important thing in integrating all ethnic groups is not weapons, nor national strength, but faith. Or a belief in coins, or a belief in life. The new Buddhism of Daomen and Datang is the time to contribute to the country. ”

After listening to Liu Mu's suggestion, Li Yuan asked rhetorically: "New Buddhism, what have you done?" ”

"It's easy, first claim that Tianzhu has been invaded by the evil Buddha, and it is orthodox that was introduced to the Tang Dynasty in the early years. As for who is orthodox, but the steel knife and artillery have the final say, the new Buddhism and Taoism have one thing in common, that is, cultivate themselves and believe in the Son of Heaven. If there is a god, heaven and earth are gods. ”

Li Yuan nodded: "It's a good idea, let those people in the court who have read a few cars of books study this matter carefully." By the way, I don't understand why you stayed here and didn't go back to Chang'an. ”

"Alas!" Liu Mu sighed heavily.

Li Yuan immediately said: "What's the problem, my father will be the master for you." Isn't Erlang difficult for you again? ”

"It's not the second brother, it's Lan Ruo. Blame me too, there is something that Lan Ruo knew too early, I showed my father something, I sent someone to find it secretly, because there are not many people sent, and I have found more than a dozen yuan in the past two years. Luck is not bad, there is a piece that can barely be counted as a good grade. ”

Liu Mu took Li Yuan to his house.

"Father, the rest are kept in the Zhuangzi in Jingyang, and I keep them in the cellar. Lan Ruo had seen it several times, but he didn't know what it was. I only had one piece with me. ”

Li Yuan looked at a stone, looking at a very ordinary stone, round and light, and at first glance it was picked up from the river.

"It's nothing special."

Willowwood turned the stone over, and a touch of green appeared on the other side of the stone.

"Jadeite, the world's supreme imperial jade, is the supreme glass of jadeite imperial green. If jadeite is to be divided, it is estimated that it can also be divided into more than a dozen kinds, dozens of different grades. I didn't completely knock on this piece, and from this section, I feel that it should be ice bean green, barely of the highest grade. ”

Only then did Li Yuan pick up the stone, which was about seven centimeters in diameter, and looked at it carefully.

After a full pillar of incense, Li Yuan spit out a word from his mouth.

"Beautiful!"

"Lan Ruo returned to Chang'an, it is estimated that he asked the second brother for a purpose, she wants to capture the only production area in the world, I actually care about that place very much, in addition to jadeite, there is also a use that can continue to be conquered to the west, and then the north can hit Tubo, and the south can hit Tianzhu."

Li Yuan didn't hear what Liu Mu was saying at all, he would have taken a dagger and gently knocked the skin there.

Liu Mu thought that Li Yuan heard it, and continued: "Anyway, this Tubo is actually not very friendly, they are also ambitious, the strategic plan that the sons have already discussed, our Datang will never invade the territory of other countries, I have a clever plan, that is, find some oppressed Tubo serfs who are miserable, and then ......"

As Liu Mu was talking, Li Yuan suddenly threw away the dagger and asked Liu Mu, "Do you have a pedal grinding stone here?" ”

"Grinding stone?" Only then did Liu Mu notice that Li Yuan didn't listen to his words at all.

Well, the millstone is there.

There must be grinding stones in the barracks, and there are very, very many types, there are long, square, small round, conical blocks, etc., hand grinding stones. Then there are foot-pedal fast-turning coarse grinding stones, which need to be sharpened every day in the barracks, and sharpened spear heads, and arrows, and there are a lot of grinding stones, and there are many varieties.

Soon, all sorts of grinding stones were brought in.

Hearing that Li Yuan was coming, Hou Junji, who was in the armistice period, also arranged the army and rode over on a fast horse.

He had come to give gifts, and he had received a few pieces of fine topaz, which was indeed a good thing in South Asia, but jadeite could not be counted among them.

The best piece will definitely be given to Emperor Li Yuan, and then there is another piece that he intends to give to Liu Mu.

It was Liu Mu who helped him get the opportunity of this southern expedition, so that his position in the military department was mentioned again, and he also wanted to get an overseas fief, not too big, just a spice garden.

So I want to ask Liu Mu to help him choose another choice and guide him to pick a good place.

Hou Junji asked to see Li Yuan, but was refused.

In the end, under the leadership of Liu Mu, he met Li Yuan in an informal setting, and Hou Junji was surprised to find that Niu Jinda and other generals, as well as Sima who accompanied the army, were all around Li Yuan.

Li Yuan's dragon robe was already covered with mud but he was working in person, it was impossible to clean this grade of silk, and even if it was cleaned, it would not be able to restore its original luster.

Li Yuan obviously doesn't care about this dragon robe, this kind of regular dragon robe is a kind of dragon robe to Jiangnan, and he can give dozens of sets within a month. Compared to this dragon robe, the stone in front of him made Li Yuan's heart more and more peaceful.

No one took their eyes off the stone, not counting the willow of course.

Liu Mu was biting his pipe and was studying the map on the side, in fact, Liu Mu couldn't figure out where the old pit of later generations was in this era, but he could still distinguish the land of thousands of miles in the garden.

Dig it, and you will definitely be able to dig out a piece of the best Supreme Emperor Green in a few months.

Hou Jun arrived, and he also joined the onlookers.

From the first time Li Yuan saw the stone, three hours have passed, and Li Yuan has stared at the stone without eating or drinking.

Finally, Li Yuan stopped what he was doing.

"Wood, come here."

Li Yuan suddenly drank violently, and the frightened Liu Mu even threw away his pipe, and hurriedly trotted over.

"Take a look." Li Yuan handed the piece of jade, which was only the size of a goose egg, to Liu Mu.

Liu Mu used a very thin silk thread to hang the jadeite, and then felt an agate rod in his arms and tapped it gently.

The sound was as crisp as metal, and everyone listened to it was fascinated.

The furniture prepared by Willow is complete, although the site has not yet been occupied, and it is the habit of Willow to prepare tools in advance.

Wearing a single-hole magnifying glass, holding a condenser to point at the sun.

If you want to say that Liu Mu can see something, the answer is no.

A code farmer of later generations also knows what jadeite is, how can he understand what the best jadeite is, but it does not affect the willow wood to pretend to look at it.

Li Yuan stared at Liu Mu tightly, and the people next to him didn't dare to take a breath.

After a full cup of tea, Liu Mu handed the piece of jade and the tools in his hand to Li Yuan: "Father, it's almost the same as I originally guessed, barely a top grade, far from the best, and even farther from the Supreme Emperor level." But this piece, if it was a son-in-law, it would definitely be a family heirloom. ”