Chapter 274
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In Li Shimin's palace.
It was rare for Li Shimin to have a good sleep.
After yesterday's morning court, he was in a good mood. He drank a jar of Zhang Feng's wine with Yuan Tiangang and left after Yuan Tiangang repeatedly praised it.
This made Li Shimin's mood particularly comfortable.
Even someone as strong as Yuan Tiangang didn't expect that he could use the Chang 'an Eight Rivers to solve this crisis. How could Yuan Tiangang be amazed?
Li Shimin, who was in a good mood, fell asleep after a tender moment with Empress Zhangsun.
This was the first good sleep he had since he knew that Guan Long was going to stir up trouble.
However, as soon as he woke up from such a good sleep, he received a piece of disturbing bad news.
Seeing that Li Shimin had woken up, Xiao Guizi helped him dress and eat. Then he said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wei and Lord Zhangsun have been waiting outside the palace for a long time."
Hearing this, Li Shimin didn't take it seriously and waved his hand.
"Send them in and have a drink with me."
A moment later, as soon as Wei Zheng and Zhangsun Wuji entered the door, they knelt in front of Li Shimin with a plop.
Li Shimin, who was in a good mood, knew that something had happened when they knelt.
How could he be in the mood to eat at this time?
Throwing away his chopsticks and dismissing all the palace maids and eunuchs, Li Shimin asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"
If nothing had happened, would they be like this?
That would be like encountering a ghost.
Wei Zheng and Zhangsun Wuji looked at each other. Zhangsun Wuji said, "Your Majesty, something has happened. The water of the Chang 'an Eight Rivers can indeed carry ships, but I don't know what happened to the ships. I don't know if the water is too shallow or something else, but most of the ships are in trouble. "
"What happened?"
"They sank!"
"How could it be?"
"Didn't you say that they had been tested by the navy?"
"How could something have happened?"
Li Shimin was angry.
This was the last thing he wanted to hear.
But at this time, something really happened.
How could he not be worried?
"Your Majesty, we've asked the navy soldiers. They mentioned something about load capacity, water draft, and so on. I don't understand either, but the general idea is that the riverbed of the Eight Rivers is full of stones. Large ships can't enter, and most of the small cargo ships would be pierced by the stones at the bottom of the river before they could even leave Chang 'an's boundary!"
"What … this … how is this possible?"
"Then have the merchants' goods been saved?"
"The goods are fine, but the joy they had just built was shattered once again. Some people even fainted on the spot …"
The two of them didn't dare to imagine what they were seeing.
If His Majesty knew, then …
But how could Li Shimin not imagine such a scene?
Although they only concealed the worst part, how could he not know how miserable it was to hear such things from their mouths?
"Then … is there a way to solve this problem?"
"Yes!"
Wei Zheng continued, "I personally went to find Zhang Liang. He said that if we want to sail, we have to clear the dark stones in the entire river, or change to a light boat!"
"But, it's obvious that clearing the riverbed from here to the Yellow River is impossible. It's impossible to change to a light boat!"
"Although a light boat is good, the cargo capacity is too small, and there aren't that many ships near Chang 'an!"
Shallow water!
Dark stones!
If they knew the importance of the Eight Rivers earlier, this wouldn't have happened.
They saw a glimmer of hope.
But now, their hope was shattered again due to their negligence. How could Li Shimin not be worried?
"Is there any other way?"
Li Shimin rubbed his forehead and asked.
This time, the two of them were silent.
Li Shimin once again felt the world spinning around him.
Is there no other way?
Then …
Does God want to destroy the Tang Dynasty?
Li Shimin's anger couldn't help but surge again when he thought of the faces of the Guanlong Group.
Li Shimin didn't hide the matter this time, so everyone in Chang 'an City knew that all the goods were out of Chang' an through the waterway.
The goods were out.
But they were stranded outside Chang 'an City. What's the use of that?
In less than half a day, this matter would spread all over Chang 'an City.
By then, it wouldn't be a panic.
In Li Shimin's mind, as long as there was a ship that could be recorded in the books, he went through them one by one. However, there wasn't a single ship that could be used!
Or it could be said that it was too late.
"What should I do?"
"Is there no one in the Tang Dynasty who can solve the current situation?"
"Is there no other genius in Chang 'an City except for Brother Zhang Feng?"
Li Shimin was really anxious.
"Your Majesty … We've found the most experienced boatmen in Chang 'an City, but they … they can't do anything."
"I think that perhaps only Brother Zhang Feng can solve this matter."
"We …"
Li Shimin was silent.
Brother Zhang Feng!
He slowly sold his guilt to Zhang Feng.
Everything needs to be solved by Zhang Feng. Is there really no one in my court?
In the end, Li Shimin thought about it, but there was really no one who could be useful.
"Sigh!"
"Let's go and find Brother Zhang Feng!"
"…"
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