Chapter 119 one hundred and eight

Bo Tie patted Dou Yi's hand and said: "Who are we and whom? I still can't trust you? But Da Khan didn't believe it. At that time, he wanted to kill your son--what, I tried hard to persuade him to die. Save it!" Dou Yiming knew that he was being a good boy, but he still showed a grateful expression: "Thank you, Manager, I just said, after more than ten years of friendship, the Manager will definitely not sit idly by." Bo Tie sighed again: "Oh, your son His life was saved, but the Khan is unwilling to let it back just like that." Dou Yi asked anxiously, "Why is that?"

Bo Tie said: "Think about it, your son is going to discuss grain business with Tuli. Now that the grassland is suffering from severe drought, he is short of food in Tuli. Don't we have any shortage here? If your son helps Tuli, it will be demolished." Our Da Khan's platform! I can say it all, Da Khan finally agreed, as long as your Dou's family helps to get some grain and transport it to the north, and he will let you go. We are old friends after all, I I was concerned about your son's safety, and was afraid that others would delay the matter, so I came to report to you day and night."

Dou Yi pretended to be grateful and nodded repeatedly: "The adults are still warm-hearted, and the young ones are going to plan. I don't know how much food the Khan wants?" Bo Tie stretched out three fingers: "Three hundred thousand shi, what's the matter, is it difficult?" Dou Yi knocked out his teeth and swallowed it, thinking, it seems that he has decided to eat me!He couldn't help showing a relaxed look on his face and said repeatedly: "No embarrassment, no embarrassment!" Although the promise was happy, but when he returned home, Dou Ai was so worried that he didn't close his eyes all night.Seeing his uncomfortable appearance, Dou Fu persuaded: "Master, don't be reluctant. Anyway, our family has enough food. The young master asked all the accounts to fill up the granaries during the autumn harvest. Chang'an alone has stockpiled 800,000 shi. It's not difficult to take out 300,000 shi of grain. If it's not too young, tell the people below to prepare it? This matter can't be delayed. The young man saw that the young master was injured in the Hu camp. If the grain is late , he is afraid that he will die!"

Dou Yi cast a glance at Dou Fu and said, "It's not that I'm reluctant to part with that bit of grain! Do you think the young master will be saved if the grain is transported? Since Jieli has determined that Yikuan and Tuli have contacts, according to his temperament, After the grain arrives, will he let the young master back and let us do business with Tuli again? Besides, it is not easy to hide so much grain northward from the eyes and ears of the court. The emperor is going to raid our house." Dou Fu said anxiously: "What should we do? If we don't transport the food, the young master will face the disaster of killing himself immediately?"

Dou Yi turned around several times with his hands behind his back, suddenly a flash of light flashed in front of his eyes, he patted his forehead and said, "By the way, why don't you discuss this matter with him?" The person Dou Yi wanted to discuss was Li Shimin.When Princess Ankang visited Dou's mansion again, Dou Yi told her that she had an important matter to report to the emperor.After Ankang reported to his father, Li Shimin thought of the great help the Dou family had done to the court, and Dou Yikuan's righteous deed in the Hu camp this time, so he readily agreed.

Dou Yi went into the palace and told the emperor about Jieli sending people to ask him for food.Li Shimin was shocked, stood up and said angrily: "What, Jieli dare to send people to blackmail your family's grain? Where are they, I will send people to take them down!" Dou Yi hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty, I beg you not to lower this decree. If you really take the messenger, the dog’s life will be in danger.” Dou Yi spoke earnestly, so Li Shimin could only suppress his anger, sat down and said, “Then, let’s not Take them, what are you going to do about this matter?" Dou Yi replied: "The villain has promised them!"

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the words, slapped his palm on the table, stared at Dou Yi, and scolded sharply: "What, you promised them, do you know what you are doing? This is an enemy!" Dou Yi was frightened Ankang trembled all over, and Ankang, who was standing aside, knelt down: "Father, please stop talking about Mr. Dou like that. If Yikuan was your son, wouldn't you do it? Mu Yikuan is here to save you It would be inhumane and unrighteous not to rescue the one detained by Xieli." Li Shimin said to his daughter: "But if we send the 300,000 shi of grain to Jieli, Jieli will be able to overcome the food shortage. In the future, I don't know how many soldiers will die! That would be even more inhumane!" Yi said from the side: "Your Majesty, don't worry, in fact, Xiaomin agreed to them because he has other ideas."

Li Shimin asked him what he thought, and Dou Yi replied: "Xiaomin is a grain merchant, and I know that it is not easy to transport grain from Chang'an to Yunzhong. Two days ago, Her Royal Highness the Princess told Xiaomin that the emperor was being repeatedly arrested for military rations." Jie Li blackmailed the villain, but it was an opportunity, and the villain planned to use the opportunity to invite the emperor to transport grain to the cloud." Li Shimin looked strange: "You want to help me hire someone to transport food to the cloud? Who is this person?" Dou Yi looked at Li Shimin and said word by word: "Jieli."

Li Shimin and Ankang looked at each other, both puzzled.Dou Yi went on to say: "Jieli extorted 300,000 shi of grain from Xiaomin. If Xiaomin didn't give it to him, Yikuan's life would be hard to save. But if Xiaomin gave it to him, if he could transport it back, then it wasn't Xiaomin's." It's all over. Please the emperor seal the border, just leave a hole on the edge of Yunzhong, and Xiaomin will hand over 300,000 shi of grain to the person sent by Xieli. He will not steal his own grain, will he? Don't disturb him along the way, just send people to watch, and when he works hard enough to transport the grain to the border, you can find more people to wait there, intercept it and move it to the camp in Yunzhong."

Li Shimin looked at Dou Yi, and after a while, his face showed joy, and he praised sincerely: "This is really a stroke of genius! Old man, you have done me a big favor again, and I will borrow the 300,000 stone grain From the Dou family, I will allocate 200,000 shi for your military rations from Taicang, how about making up 500,000 shi!" Dou Yi was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Hu Kou is in a hurry to ask for food, of course the more the better, then Xiaomin will go back and get ready." Ankang hurriedly stopped him and said: "Don't go, what about Yikuan?" Dou Ai smiled not easily, looked at her and said, "Yikuan is not in danger for his life for the time being." Li Shimin gave a salute and bowed back.

Ankang asked his father in confusion, "I'm completely confused about what this means." Li Shimin stroked his beard and sighed to Ankang, "Although this old man is a business traveler, his mind is extraordinary! This is the only way to save Mu Yikuan and their Dou family, but this plan also saved our 300,000 troops !” Then Li Shimin explained to his daughter that Dou Yi could not do without food for Jieli, and it would not do if he did.If you don't give it, Xieli will definitely kill Mu Yikuan. If you give it, after Xieli achieves the purpose of collecting food, Mu Yikuan will lose his use value, and he may not escape death.Even if Jieli's conscience finds out that he does not want to kill him, the court will kill him for the crime of being an enemy.Only the present method has dealt with both ends. In order to obtain food, Jieli can only let Mu Yikuan live; and the court uses this method to transport the army food, not only is his Dou family not at fault, but also meritorious!Ankang suddenly realized, but her face quickly showed worry again, and she said to her father: "But this still can't save Yikuan!" Looking at his daughter's petite face, Li Shimin knew that she was already caring about someone at such a young age, and he couldn't help feeling pity in his heart.Up until now, he hadn't dared to tell her that he had promised her to Yi Nan. He felt that his daughter was too young, and he really couldn't bear to let her heart, which was already immersed in sorrow, suffer another storm.Li Shimin became more like a loving father than ever before, he reached out and gently stroked his daughter's hair and said, "There is only one way to save Mu Yikuan." Ankang asked, "What method?" Li Shimin changed from a father to an emperor again, and said in a loud voice: "Defeat Jieli! I want to save not only Mu Yikuan, but also millions of people who were taken away and lived like animals! Only Only when our cavalry break through the Yin Mountains will they be able to return home!" Ankang looked at his father, feeling shocked in his heart.