The originally uneasy situation in Chang'an City spread, and the atmosphere immediately became strange.

"Wuji, have you heard about what happened in Lantian County?"

In the Summer Palace, Li Shimin directly called Changsun Wuji to the front.

Originally, he didn't want to interfere in the conflict between the King of Chu's Mansion and the Changsun family, but now the Changsun family seems to have crossed the boundaries and the methods are so extreme that Li Shimin immediately became alert.

Who is Li Kuan?

He knows it very well.

The Changsun family uses this method to deal with Di Renjie, so Li Kuan's counterattack will definitely be more intense at that time.

That's not bad?

Isn’t Chang'an City going to be in chaos?

This is something that Li Shimin does not allow.

Although Li Shimin has not been so arrogant in the past two years and feels that he is the most successful emperor in history, the situation of the entire Tang Dynasty is still in his hands.

"Your Majesty, I have heard of it, and I immediately went to check the relevant situation. I can say with great certainty that this matter was not done by our Changsun family, and I also communicated with my uncle, and this matter was not done by the Gao family."

Changsun Wuji naturally knew what Li Shimin's purpose was to call him alone.

In fact, even if Li Shimin didn't look for him today, he would come over to clarify.

He really wanted Di Renjie to die, and he really wanted all the people in the Chu Prince's Mansion to die, but he would not do this without being desperate.

"Some time ago, the two of you had a lot of trouble. A group of people in Chang'an City were watching jokes. What do they look like? Now Di Renjie has been assassinated. You said you didn't do it, and I believe it was not you, but does Kuan'er believe it? Do other people in Chang'an City believe it?"

Li Shimin stared at Changsun Wuji with displeasure.

Of course, he would call Changsun Wuji alone, which means he still trusts him very much.

"Your Majesty, if I want to deal with Di Renjie, then he will definitely be no longer in this world. What is arranged to assassinate people like this, but it failed is not my Changsun Wuji's style of doing things. I admit that our two families did have some conflicts during this period, but they are definitely not at the point of meeting life and death. I have reason to doubt which force is fishing in the troubled waters.

Although these killers are all dead soldiers, as long as these people appear in Lantian County, they will inevitably leave some clues. In the end, there is still hope to find the source of these dead soldiers and find out who is fishing in troubled waters."

At this time, Changsun Wuji was still very frank in communicating with Li Shimin.

He really didn't do this, and he was very confident.

"Kuan'er has returned from Shuozhou and will soon return to Chang'an City. I hope you will have a good communication at that time and not let this conflict happen again. As for Kuan'er, I will explain it to you and tell him that it is not the one you arranged to assassinate Di Renjie.

In business, everyone has some disputes, which is normal. There are many industries that can make money, so there is no need to do it to the death because of some financial problems."

At this time, Li Shimin could only mix with him.

It is not possible to ignore it, but he actually doesn't have much confidence in letting the Changsun family live in peace with the Chu Prince's Mansion.

"I understand that as long as the Chu Prince's Mansion does not target the Changsun family, I will naturally not take the initiative to provoke His Highness the King of Chu."

Changsun Wuji was silent for a moment and gave his own answer.

In Li Shimin's view, the conflict between the Changsun family and the Chu Prince's Mansion is really just a commercial contradiction.

From the initial sale of coal mines to the conflicts between the later iron smelting workshops, they are all commercial conflicts.

However, Li Shimin did not know that Changsun Wuji had other considerations in his mind.

Changsun Wuji could not tell Li Shimin that he had always been unable to get along with the Chu Palace because of the hidden dangers that Li Kuan had laid when he was born.

If Li Shimin or Li Kuan knows that it was his own reason, which led to Li Kuan's transformation from his eldest son to his second son, then the situation would be completely different.

Of course, Changsun Wuji was even more unaware of it. Li Kuan had actually learned some news from Yang Fei.

...

"Prince, the atmosphere in Chang'an City is getting weirder and more interesting."

Outside Luoyang City, Li Kuan and his party turned from land to water, boarded a large ship, and headed towards the Weishui Wharf.

Along the way, Li Kuan kept receiving information about Chang'an City from various channels.

"I don't think the matter of sending someone to assassinate Huaiying is necessarily the work of the Changsun family, nor should it be done by the Gao family. However, if the prince wants to take this opportunity to give the Changsun family and the Gao family a little color, no one can say anything."

Wu Meiniang stood beside Li Kuan and expressed her opinions.

Cheng Jingwen is not very interested in such things, although she will occasionally participate in it and express some opinions.

But most of the time, she was watching "One Piece" with Xiao Mei.

Xiao Yumi has read this comic many times, but it has been repeated again and again, never tired of reading it.

Now even Cheng Jingwen is familiar with this comic.

In contrast to Cheng Jingwen, Wu Meiniang is very active in this kind of thing and will express her own opinions enthusiastically every time.

Of course, this has a lot to do with Li Kuan not minding Wu Meiniang interfering in such matters, and sometimes even asking Wu Meiniang to deal with such matters directly.

"What the concubine said makes sense. Now it is indeed the best time to deal with the Changsun family. It is difficult for others to say anything. Of course, it is not realistic to expect to defeat the Changsun family at once, unless Changsun Wuji can be directly defeated."

Wang Xuance obviously supports taking advantage of the current opportunity to make a move.

Whether it is the Changsun family who arranged for people to assassinate Di Renjie this time, it doesn't matter.

What’s important is that the Chu Prince’s Mansion has an excuse to deal with the Changsun family openly.

Even Li Shimin had nothing to say.

Unless you investigate the matter clearly before the Chu Prince’s Mansion fights back.

But how could this be that easy?

It’s useless to be a dead soldier.

"The time is not yet ripe enough! Even His Majesty has specially arranged for people to deliver letters. If we still pretend to be crazy and stupid to deal with the Changsun family, we will be inferior and it will be less than worth the loss."

Li Kuan thought for a while and felt that Changsun Wuji still had deep trust in Li Shimin, otherwise he would not have arranged someone to explain to Li Kuan.

Are you still afraid that Li Kuan will deal with Changsun’s family?

"Our iron smelting workshops have now been put into production. To deal with the Changsun family, it is not necessary to directly arrange people to assassinate anyone. Aren't they always reluctant to let go of the iron smelting workshop?

Then we will fight until they let it go! With our current cost situation, as long as we sell steel at the cost price, the Changsun family’s iron smelting workshop will definitely not be able to hold on. At most, it will be closed for half a year."

Wang Xuance obviously had no intention of letting the Changsun family go.

For the Chu Prince's Mansion, making money is no longer the most important thing.

Although the iron smelting workshop brings considerable benefits to the Chu Palace every year, the money reaches a certain level, and it is really just a number.

Even if you lose the income from the iron smelting workshop in a short period of time, it is completely acceptable for the Chu Prince's Mansion.

However, for the Changsun family, the iron smelting workshop collapsed, which would have a great impact.

That is the core industry of the Changsun family.

"No problem. Now all walks of life in the Tang Dynasty are booming, and the demand for steel is increasing day by day. A relatively low steel price is conducive to the development of all walks of life in the Tang Dynasty. If the iron smelting workshop of the Changsun family can hold up this wave of blow, then I will give them a way out!"

For a country, the steel industry is definitely not an exaggeration to emphasize its importance.

In a certain historical period, steel and coal output almost represented a country's industrial strength.

You need so much steel and coal, which means your industry is very powerful and can consume so much material.

...

In the Guanzhong land, it almost did not rain throughout the first half of the 18th year of Zhenguan.

Thanks to the vigorous development of irrigation and promotion of water trucks in recent years, it has not had a devastating impact on crop production.

Of course, for some fields that were originally a bit water-deficient, it is almost inevitable that the harvest will be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, the granaries of the Tang Dynasty are now full. Even if there is no grain in Guanzhong this year, the Tang Dynasty will not fall into chaos.

However, with such a severe drought in Guanzhong, some places almost had floods.

"Crash!"

Qi Wanggang was covered by heavy rain.

The wind chases the rain, the rain drives the wind, the wind and the rain unite to chase the dark clouds in the sky, and the whole world is in the rain.

This rainy season is a very fresh experience for Li You.

"His Royal Highness, with such heavy rain, will the fleet coming from Puluo still come normally?"

In a small castle made of stones, Jaboldo stood in Li You and asked with some concern.

As a well-known sugar merchant in the Dashi Empire, when Jaboldo knew the existence of Qiwang Port, he immediately came here to look for opportunities.

Sure enough, he found that he could obtain the sugar from the Tang Dynasty through King Li You of Qi.

Kanchipuram City is now completely in chaos. Anthello and Mital are now busy working for their own country, and the sugar business is naturally affected to a certain extent.

Fortunately, Ansello and Mital no longer do these businesses, which does not mean that the sugar from the Tang Dynasty cannot be sold in India.

At this time, Qi Wanggang ushered in his first opportunity to rise.

Sugar Trading Center!

This is the current status of Qiwanggang in the eyes of Western merchants.
To be continued...