"This is a secret text in the army. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xia Hongsheng looked at the secret letter and said to Li Chengqian: "Chengqian, go, go to the study with me!" ”

After that, he explained to the little servant: "Go and let Arhan come in, and say that if some of my court is being disposed of, I will discuss with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the study." Teach him and wait in the main hall. ”

The little servant took the order and left, Xia Hongsheng and Li Chengqian quickly walked to the study, Xia Hongsheng took out the secret text from the secret compartment behind the bookshelf, compared them one by one, and translated them one by one. Half an hour passed, and the secret letter was finally translated.

After taking a quick look, he raised his head and said to Li Chengqian: "This letter is entrusted to me to read it and neglect Your Majesty." The Sassanid Dynasty is about to be overwhelmed, and is ready to ask for help from the Tang Dynasty! ”

"The Sassanids?" When Li Chengqian heard this, he was first stunned, and then surprised: "Persia?!" This...... How can you rescue him from such a distance?! ”

"Persia was invaded by the rising Great Cannibals, and the Sassanid Empire at sunset was no match for the Arabs. It's just that the Sassanid Empire came to the rescue a few years earlier than I expected. Xia Hongsheng frowned and said to Li Chengqian: "I originally expected that Persia would at least last until the Tang Dynasty finished dealing with Goguryeo's affairs under the hands of Da Shi. However, Wang Xuance's ideas and practices have to be applauded. He deliberately put gravity down so that Persia couldn't hold it out so quickly. ”

After that, Xia Hongsheng handed over the letter to Li Chengqian, and then tore open the letter that Wang Xuance gave him and read it.

After reading it carefully, Xia Hongsheng became more clear about what Wang Xuance did and what kind of purpose he held after he arrived in Persia.

However, he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart that this Wang Xuance was really shrewd.

In the letter to the emperor, Wang Xuance only talked about the situation of Persia and the Great Food, and put forward his own suggestions, explaining the reasons and benefits to the Tang Dynasty. But he didn't mention his role in the middle. On the contrary, in the letter to Xia Hongsheng, he wrote in detail about what he had done in Persia in recent years, the hardships he had endured, and the efforts he had made.

The friend-like tone made Xia Hongsheng feel sorry for him.

In Li Shimin's sparseness, if you write too much about yourself, you will inevitably be suspected of inviting credit. Write to Xia Hongsheng, Xia Hongsheng will definitely tell the emperor what he has done, and it sounds quite true and credible from the mouth of Xia Hongsheng's friend.

"This matter is very important, I have to enter the palace to ask to see Your Majesty and report it in person." Xia Hongsheng said to Li Chengqian: "But it is inconvenient for me to be known that I have contact with Your Majesty now. Since I returned from Tuyuhun, I have never played against His Majesty, and the courtiers can guess that His Majesty is protecting me, and will not suspect that His Majesty is colluding with me. If you let people see it, you will know that Your Majesty and I have already discussed it in advance. ”

Li Chengqian thought for a while and said to Xia Hongsheng: "You go and change your clothes, pretend to be my entourage, and go into the East Palace with me." I asked my father to move to the East Palace. ”

"It's good!" Xia Hongsheng said: "That's it, and wait for me to go outside and gradually Arhan." Before going to Tuyuhun, I asked him to go to the Western Regions to collect cotton for making cold and keep it for use in Liaodong. ”

Li Chengqian nodded: "Okay, Brother Sheng'er will go by himself." ”

Xia Hongsheng left Li Chengqian in the study, went out to the main hall by himself, and met Arhan.

As soon as Arhan saw Xia Hongsheng coming out, he immediately stepped forward to greet him and said, "The little one is here to meet the Hou Ye!" The small one lived up to the expectations of the Hou Ye, and went to the Western Regions to harvest 470,000 catties of cotton! ”

In his words, Arhan was very proud.

Xia Hongsheng was taken aback when he heard it, and he couldn't help asking, "How much?!" ”

"Four hundred and seventy thousand catties!" Arhan's face was pale, but he still replied to Xia Hongsheng very respectfully.

470,000 catties! plus those that the imperial court originally collected......

In the bitter cold of Liaodong, a soldier's cotton clothes and cotton pants add up to at least four catties of cotton to avoid freezing. In addition, if you want to keep warm, you have to make at least seven catties of cotton. This is already the least situation, and it is only barely a cold for the soldiers, and it is definitely not very warm. In this way, a soldier even wears a cover, and he has to get ten catties of cotton down.

And Li Shimin is ready to send an army of 100,000, that is, more than 1 million catties of cotton is enough.

If Arhan really harvested 470,000 catties of cotton, then plus what the original court had, this ...... That's pretty much enough!

"Arhan, how can you harvest so much cotton?!" Xia Hongsheng asked in some surprise.

Seeing Xia Hongsheng surprised, Arhan became even more proud, bowed, and said: "Back to the Marquis, how dare Alhan neglect the things you assigned to Arhan?" When even personally took the caravan to the Western Regions. When I arrived in the Western Regions, I happened to meet several caravans returning from the west. The small ones didn't let them go back to Chang'an, and they all let them scatter to the countries of the Western Regions. Originally, whether our caravans were brought from Chang'an or brought back from further west, when they passed through the countries of the Western Regions, they were all very popular. The princes and nobles of the Western Regions may not be able to buy our things if they are scrambling. You said that this matter is very important, the more cotton you want, the better, a small courage, on their own assertions, this time whether it is the goods brought by Chang'an, or the goods from the west, all are unlimited, sell on the spot, all sold! And don't collect money, silk, gold, silver and jewelry, just cotton! It can only be exchanged for cotton! In addition, if anyone has cotton and sells it to the caravan, he will receive as much as he wants, and he is not afraid that it will ask for a high price, but that it will have little cotton! In order to exchange things from us, the princes and nobles of the Western Regions sent a ruthless search for someone to collect cotton, and finally they all came to us! ”

"Well done!" Xia Hongsheng slapped the table: "What about cotton?" Where is it? ”

"Back to Hou Ye, the first batch of small ones were personally brought back, the cotton was light, and the clothes were loaded, and they brought back more than 200,000 catties. The more than 200,000 catties behind are still on the road, and it is estimated that they have already entered the customs at this time. Arhan replied.

"Hahahaha, good! All right! Xia Hongsheng was happy in his heart, because he knew that although Alhan was a businessman, he didn't dare to deceive himself in this kind of thing. said that it was 470,000 catties, and it should not be falsely reported.

"Arhan, you're doing a good job this time." Xia Hongsheng said to Arhan: "Ben Hou is also a word when he speaks. When the cotton arrives in Chang'an, Ben Hou will take you to meet the saint in person, how you collected the cotton, and how much you received, you will report it to Your Majesty. You have to seize this opportunity! ”

When Arhan heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately knelt down to Xia Hongsheng, and said excitedly: "Alhan, thank you for your support!" Alhan, thank you for your support! Thank you for your support! (To be continued.) )