"According to Xuan Lie, this matter is final and cannot be mentioned again.”
"Li Yuanji committed treason and murdered his brother. He was removed from the royal family's genealogy and buried as a commoner.”
Li Yuanjue made his final decision.
Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin heaved a sigh of relief and praised Li Yuan in unison.
Li Yuan ordered the court to retreat. He held Li Xuanlie's hand and laughed as they walked into the inner palace.
The ministers respectfully sent off the emperor's carriage and dispersed.
"This King Reliance killed King Qi as soon as he returned to the court, showing off his might to King Qin and King Jin. His methods are truly fierce. I'm afraid Luoyang City will soon change."
Li Jing looked at Li Xuanlie's back with a complicated expression.
…
Within the Dew Palace.
Li Xuanlie was already offering Western treasures to Li Yuan.
The first thing that was placed in front of Li Yuan was a golden mask.
"This item is called the Kamen Golden Mask. It was a treasure buried with the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. After I conquered Egypt's capital, Cairo, I ordered the excavation of the Tutankhamun Pyramid, and this item was dug out.”
Li Yuan listened to Li Xuanlie's description and examined the strange-looking golden mask. His old face was filled with curiosity.
"I know Egypt. I remember you telling me that it was an ancient country with a glorious civilization.”
"But who is this Sphynx cat? What is a pyramid?"
After so many years, Li Yuan couldn't remember many things that Li Xuanlie had said.
Before Li Xuanlie could speak, Li Xiu Ning smiled and said,"Father, the Pharaohs are the emperors of Egypt, and the pyramids are their tombs. The Egyptians are different from us. Their tombs are not built underground, but tall towers that look like gold characters, so they are called pyramids.”
On the way back, Li Xuanlie had specially accompanied Li Xiu Ning to visit many places of interest in the West. The pyramid outside Cairo was one of them.
Compared to Li Yuan, Li Xiuning was considered half a "western expert".
"Build a tomb on the ground? The world was so big that there were all kinds of strange things. The customs of the western barbarians were really strange.”
Li Yuan finally understood and could not help but shake his head mockingly.
His gaze fell on the next treasure.
"What is this black thing?”Li Yuan asked curiously.
Li Xuanlie picked up the bowl of black liquid and said,"This item is called oil, and it is produced on the east coast of the Middle East Protectorate. That area is mostly a desert, but there is countless amounts of oil buried underground.”
"Oil? Oil squeezed out of a stone? What's the use of this thing?"
Li Xiuning couldn't help but laugh when she heard Li Yuan's words.
"Imperial Father must be joking. How can oil be squeezed out of a stone?”
"This thing can burn like kerosene, but its power is ten times that of kerosene.”
"And it's buried underground. It's inexhaustible.”
"This oil can be used for cooking, for heating in winter, and during war, it can even be used for fire.”
"Father, don't look at this oil just because it looks black and smells bad. It's a treasure.”
Li Xiuning talked non-stop about the benefits of this oil.
Li Yuan's eyes lit up." There's actually such a wondrous object in this world?" he asked curiously." It's really unbelievable."”
Li Xuanlie put these treasures aside and asked Li Yuan to issue a decree to move the world map he had presented three years ago to the front of the hall.
"From Yang Pass to the west, all the way to the Alps Mountains, this son has already conquered these tens of thousands of miles of territory for Imperial Father.”
"Oil, gold, spices, foreign slaves, and countless wealth will be sent to the Great Tang. It will be enough for the people of the Great Tang to live an unprecedentedly rich life.”
"Your son had planned to lead the army across the Alps and take all of Europe into the Great Tang's territory.”
"However, since Imperial Father has summoned your son to return to the capital, your son can only temporarily put aside the expedition to the west. In the future, I will personally go to Rome and continue to lead the army westward to expand the territory of our Great Tang.”
Li Xuanlie stood in front of the enormous map, pointing out the mountains and rivers, describing the grand blueprint he had created for the Great Tang.
Although Li Yuan was old, Li Xuanlie's words had ignited his blood and made him excited.
"After conquering Europe, we will go south and conquer the Indian subcontinent.”
"After that, your son will build an unprecedented Great Tang Navy. It will set out from England, cross the Atlantic Ocean, and reach South America.”
"There are two crops there. If we can bring them back to the Great Tang and plant them, our population will increase tenfold!”
The population increased by ten times!
Li Yuan's spirit was greatly shaken, and he actually leaped up from the Dragon Throne.
From ancient times until now, the Great Tang had never been able to hold more than fifty million people.
One of the reasons was that the food grown on the land was not enough to feed more people.
But Li Xuanlie had made bold claims that he would increase the population of the Great Tang by tenfold!
500 million people!
This was a number that Li Yuan dared not even dream of.
"Xuan Lie, what kind of miraculous crops does South America have that can feed so many people?”
Li Yuan asked impatiently.
"I'm going to eat corn and potatoes."”
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