The rice prices in Chang'an City have risen a bit outrageously.

It was originally down to the price of 50 cents of rice, but in a blink of an eye, less than half a month after the news of the Jianghuai rebellion and the Turkic invasion of the south spread, and each bucket of japonica rice had exceeded 100 cents, which doubled directly.

The original stable market prices have become disorderly and turbulent.

This is not only a disaster for the people who need to buy food in Chang'an City, but also an annoying thing for Zhang Chao, who is doing business. Prices are turbulent, people are uneasy, and this business is not easy to do.

Fortunately, Zhang Chao had expected this round of grain prices to rise and arranged for people to buy grain. Before the price of grain doubled, the Zhang family had already bought a lot of grain and stocked up at least 3,000 stones of grain.

There are about 100 people from the Zhang family, and the 3,000 stones of grain are enough for the Zhang family to eat for four or five years.

Several workshops in the Zhang family also purchased a lot of grain in advance and stored up almost half a year of grain. At least, they could persist until the summer harvest. With these grains, Zhang Chao was not very worried.

Now Chang'an City often closes its warehouses and leaves no more grain. Each grain store only sells grain for half a day every day, and then closes early. They all want to wait for the grain prices to rise again, and many grain merchants are waiting to make money back if they have been with them before.

If the Zhang family and several workshops did not quickly buy a batch of grain, the total number of workshops would be four or five thousand people. If there was no grain, they would have to stop production during holidays.

The winery also has a batch of grain purchased before, including sorghum, rice, wheat, etc. There are thousands of stones. Zhang Chao immediately ordered that the grain be sealed up. In addition to brewing sorghum wine, the winery no longer uses other grains to make wine.

Sun Fujia came back from Chang'an and brought back bad news.

"Tuyuhun invaded our border and attacked Fangzhou. Fangdangshu, the governor of Fangzhou, fled to Songzhou. Tuyuhun's army attacked Tao and Minzhou again."

After hearing the news, Zhang Chao couldn't help but frown.

Tuyuhun was originally a branch of the Murong tribe of the Xianbei in Liaodong. From the Western Jin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, it has been established for more than 300 years and is located in a Khanate in the Qilian Mountains and the valleys of the upper Yellow River.

The roughly the owner of the territory is in Qinghai.

It ruled the Qiang and Di tribes in Qinghai, Gannan and northwestern Sichuan.

During the Sui Dynasty, the princess married her and married her. Yang Guang later sent troops to destroy Tuyuhun, and once placed four counties in Tuyuhun and included them in the territory of Sui Dynasty. However, after the Sui Dynasty, Tuyuhun restored the country and restored its old land.

The Khan Temple in Tuyuhun is located by Qinghai Lake.

During the Central Plains and Northern Dynasties, Tuyuhun was once powerful, occupying Jincheng, Longxi, Shazhou, and several big cities in Qingshuichuan and other places.

At that time, whether it was the Northern and Southern Dynasties, they would have to be enfeoffed and won over Tuyuhun.

By the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty launched two large-scale expeditions to Tuyuhun, setting up four counties in the Tuyuhun area, including Heyuan, Xihai, Shanshan, and Qieshi.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Tuyuhun gradually restored his old place.

At this time, Tuyuhun Khan was Fu Yun, Fu Yuan was the son of Kuolu and Shifu's younger brother. Shifu once married Princess Guanghua of the Sui Dynasty as his wife. Later, Fu Yun succeeded to the throne. According to customs, Princess Guanghua was still married.

Perhaps because he was a son-in-law of the Sui Dynasty like the Turkic Khan, Tuyuhun had always been unable to get along with the Tang Dynasty. Every year, he always came to fight the autumn wind of the Tang Dynasty to grab some population, such as cattle and sheep.

But this time, it wasn't just a small fight, they made big news.

Taking advantage of the internal and external troubles of the Tang Dynasty's Jianghuai turmoil and the Turks invading the northern part, Fu Yun followed his wife's persuasion, summoned tribal troops, and robbed three prefectures of the Tang Dynasty.

Fangzhou is located by the Qiangshui River and later renamed Diezhou. Taozhou and Minzhou are both located north of Fangzhou and by the Taoshui River.

Tuyuhun's troops went north, Lanzhou, Weizhou and Longxi to the east, and Qinzhou to the east, which was Dazhenguan, the important gateway to the west of Guanzhong. During the Three Kingdoms, this was the place where Wei and Shu were confronted, and Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi faced each other.

During the middle Tang Dynasty, Tubo emerged, and the Tang army also used this place as a key place to defend Tubo.

The Tubo people in Shanxia Fang, Tao and Minzhou were greatly threatened by Guanzhong.

If Tuyuhun is allowed to conquer Lanzhou further north, the Tang Dynasty's prefectures in Longyou will be cut off. At that time, there will be Liang Shidu in Shuofang in the northwest, Tuyuhun in the southwest, and Longyou Liang, Gan, Su and other prefectures in the court will be blocked.

"These Tuyuhun people are taking advantage of the situation to rob!" Zhang Chao sighed.

Tai Chi Palace.

Li Yuan's face was as heavy as water, and he kept paced in the hall with his hands on his back.

"Why haven't the King of Qin come yet? Go and urge me again!"

Li Shimin arrived with great strides.

Li Yuan sighed relieved when he saw Li Shimin, "Erlang, Tuyuhun took advantage of the situation to rob us and seized the three states of Longyou. Now the military situation is like fire, and the situation in Longyou is critical."

This time, in order to deal with the Turks and the rebels of the Jianghuai rebels, the elite troops in Guanzhong were all transferred and even recruited a large number of civilians to recruit troops to follow the battle.

Now the whole of Chang'an is extremely empty.

Even the soldiers from Longyou were mostly transferred to Luo Yi and asked him to defend Liang Shidu. For this reason, the Tuyuhun people suddenly arrived, and the three states had no power to resist.

What Li Yuan is most worried about now is that the Tuyuhun people, Huiliang Shidu and Turkic people join forces. If they join forces to break Lanzhou, even if they do not attack Xiaoguan, it will be dangerous for Liang, Gan and Suzhou.

And if they advance westward, the court will not have many soldiers to adjust.

"Your Majesty, Tuguhun's wolf is ambitious and takes advantage of the situation to rob. My son asked for an order to lead the troops to resist Tuguhun's invasion!"

"There are only 20,000 soldiers in Chang'an, and there is no one to adjust." Li Yuan had no choice but to be the last force. If Li Shimin brought it and didn't win, Guanzhong would be really empty.

Pei Ji made a memorial.

"Your Majesty, I think that the war between the north and the south is now on, so it is not advisable to fight against Tuyuhun again. The court is unable to deal with the three lines of troops. It is better to send an envoy to temporarily appease Tuyuhun, and you can give them some money to get them to withdraw their troops."

Li Shimin opposed, "Tuyuhun is taking advantage of the situation. Our seeking peace at this time will only make them think that we are easy to bully and their appetite will only be greater."

"You might as well agree to Fu Yun, Datang is willing to send a princess to a marriage!"

Li Shimin was furious, "This is a shame! Losing power and humiliating the country!"

"It is for the sake of the overall situation. At the moment, there is no soldiers in Guanzhong, so how can we fight against Tuyuhun? If we lose, Guanzhong will be empty at that time, how can we defend the capital? Once Guanzhong is in danger, the northern army will inevitably be unstable at that time. How can we resist the Turks? Your Majesty, there is no chaos at the moment, and once chaos is in chaos, the world will be in chaos!"

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and knelt in front of Li Yuan.

"Father, my son is willing to issue a military order. He will definitely be able to repel Tuyuhun and defend the safety of the capital!"

"Erlang, are you really sure of victory?"

"As long as your Majesty gives me 20,000 troops, I will definitely be able to repel Tuyuhun! I am willing to guarantee my life!"

Li Yuan shook his head.

"I only need 20,000 troops in Chang'an, and I can't give you all, at most 10,000!"

"Then the minister asked to recruit soldiers, and those who are willing to join the army will take them together!"

Pei Ji and other ministers were all trying to persuade Li Yuan not to believe in the King of Qin. It would be too dangerous to gamble like this.

However, Li Yuan finally chose to believe in Li Shimin. His second son rarely lost on the battlefield. At this moment, he was also worried that Tuyuhun would not agree to seek peace at all.

"I plan to add the King of Qin as the marshal of the Longyou Road Army and lead troops to conquer Tuyuhun!"

"Erlang, you must be careful. You don't ask you to defeat Tuyuhun, as long as you can block Tuyuhun's offensive!"

"My son will live up to his mission!" Li Shimin said excitedly.

Finally, he got the opportunity to lead his troops to fight, and finally he didn't have to stay in Chang'an City and get moldy and rotten.

However, with only 10,000 troops, how can he defeat Tuyuhun? Especially his original generals were almost all transferred to the prince's command.

Nowadays, only a group of low-level generals at the level of chariot and cavalry generals, including Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, Zhang Gongjin, Liu Shili, Gongsun Wuda.

When he returned to the Qin Palace, Li Shimin immediately summoned Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and others to start dispatching troops.

"Immediately post a list of recruitment lists. Those who are willing to join the army will have no limit on their identities. Whether they are children of industrial and commercial schools or slaves in the army, as long as they are willing to join the army and are young and strong, they can do so. Each person will give you five thousand documents to reward money first!"

Li Shimin also took the initiative to recruit a soldier to five stakes.

“How many people are recruited?”

"We only recruit for three days, and we can recruit as much as we can! Three days later, we will lead our troops out of Beijing."

"In three days, I'm afraid I won't be able to recruit many people."

"I can't care about so much. By the way, I'll send someone to Zhangjiagou and Zhang San to bring him, and there are at least four or five thousand workers in his workshops, and I'll select 3,000 people to bring him."

Fang Xuanling frowned, "Your Highness, Zhang Sanlang is the prince's man, and most of the workers in his workshop are teenagers in their teens!"

"The country is in crisis and a war is imminent. There is no prince, the people of the King of Qin, they are all from the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Wenyuan is an official in the Tang Dynasty. He has the obligation to go to war with me to serve the country. As for the young men in his workshop, I know they are all young apprentices, but many of them are young men who are over 16 years old. After the sixteenth year of age, they are already strong. Now in a special period, they also have to serve the country."

"Junji, take my sword. If Zhang Chao refuses to come, he will bring up his head!" Li Shimin said ruthlessly.

"Abide by the order!" Hou Junji held Li Shimin's sword and left the mansion.

Zhangjiagou.

Zhang Chao was accompanying a guest in the living room, Zhao Siniang and Zhao Siniang were wearing a veil, but this could not help but suppress the fact that half of her face was swollen.

It turned out that the price of grain has risen sharply, and the Zhao family and his son felt that they had lost money by selling the grain to Zhang Chao. Now that they don’t sell it, they have doubled and can continue to rise. Maybe they can make back what they lost before. If the grain is still in hand, their grain has appreciated by thousands of chunks these days.

Zhao Siniang's brother forced her to come to Zhang Chao and asked Zhang Chao to return the food to them or make up for the difference. He asked for 5,000 guan. Zhao Siniang refused, so his brother beat her.

"You are here now. Are you planning to ask me to return the batch of grain to the Zhao family, or ask me to give you five thousand guan?" Zhang Chao asked Zhao Siniang calmly.

"Sanlang, you misunderstood me. I just couldn't stay in that house. When you collected the food, you were helping the Zhao family. Everyone knows that I will never do anything that will make up for you. There is no such business. I just can't stay there anymore and there is no other place to go. I want to stay at your house for a while."

"Of course there is no problem. Qiuyue, go and invite Thirteen Niang to come and say Si Niang is here."

"Si Niang, don't worry about living here. Stay as long as you want. If your brother dares to come to my place to make trouble, I will teach him some lessons." Zhang Chao comforted Zhao Si Niang and said.

He really didn't expect that there would be something like Zhao Dalang in the world.

Hou Junji suddenly broke in.

"Zhang Sanlang, hurry up to the King of Qin!"

Zhang Chao looked at the familiar Hou Junji, but he couldn't understand what he said.
Chapter completed!