"It would be great if I could grab some cattle and sheep from the grassland," Li Chao told Li Shimin this way. Under normal circumstances, the country is facing major disasters and famines. At this time, using troops to the outside world will inevitably agree with the crisis of empty hearts.

But this time in the north, the Tang Dynasty did not need to be the one who charged forward. Didn’t the Tieler people really want to establish their own country? Then I will issue an edict to support their country and enthrone the Khan title for the Yi Nan. Anyway, it doesn’t cost anything from the Tang Dynasty, as the saying goes, benefits are not enough.

This is how it is to get along with each other from a distance.

Tiel is said to be a different species of the Huns, living in the northern part of the desert, with many tribes, and surrendering to the Huns, Xianbei, and Turks, and also established its own Gaoche Khanate.

Xueyantuo was a powerful tribe among the Tiel tribes. During the Daye period of the Sui Dynasty, because the Turkic Khan was not taxed, the Tiel tribes had resentment. Chu Luo directly killed more than 100 Tiel chiefs, causing rebellion among the tribes. They all recommended Qibi tribe leaders and Xueyantuo leaders as Khans of the big and small, and later changed to a vassal of the Western Turks.

In recent years, the East and West Turks have nothing to do with each other, and the well water does not interfere with the river water. The Eastern Turkic Khan Court moved south and the center of gravity moved south. The Tiel tribes also took the opportunity to fill the gap left by the northern desert after the Turkic people moved south, and their strength became stronger.

The current leader of Xueyantuo Yi Nan is actually the grandson of Yi Zhi Xiao Khan who was introduced by the Tiel tribes in his early years. Yi Nan is quite strong, with a tribe of 80,000, and is the most powerful faction in Mobei.

Because Jie Li came to power, he imposed heavy taxes on Tielite people, Tielite people became increasingly dissatisfied with the Turks. The Yinan was determined to incite and collude, and everyone immediately expressed their willingness to respect him as the Khanate and build the Telite people's own Khanate together.

After eating a few barbecue with the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, Yi Nan tested the attitude of the envoys of the Tang Dynasty. As a result, after getting the Tang Dynasty was willing to support him with full support, he became more and more determined to establish the country and become a Khan.

After hearing that Jie Li and his nephew Yu Sheshe were about to start a war, they received support from the Yinan, including Huihe, Qibi, Bayegu, Tongluo, Pugu and other tribes, so they simply launched an army openly.

"Your Majesty, the Yi Nan is urgently needed a public support from our Tang Dynasty. If Your Majesty can send an envoy to the north of Mo, Xu Yi Nan will establish Xueyantuo Khanate Kingdom, enthrone him as Khan, and give him a drum flag. I believe he will work harder to fight the Turks."

At the foot of Yinshan Mountain in the south of the desert and on the river, there are fat cattle and sheep everywhere. In the years of famine, if you can grab Jie Li's cattle and sheep and get back hundreds of thousands of heads, it will be a big profit.

"Wenyuan understands me the best!" Li Shimin was very happy to caress the dragon throne.

"But I am a little worried about tying Ye Hu. This person is also a talented man. Since he inherited the Western Turkic army from Shekui, the Western Turkic strength has become stronger day by day. This time, if I enthrone him as the Great Khan of the Turkic Khanate, if he under the banner of our Tang Dynasty, he will then advance eastward, then defeat Jie Li and others, become the Great Khan of the Turkic Khan, and unify the Turkic East and West, this is not a good thing!"

This happened in the Sui Dynasty.

The East-Turkish Khan fought against the Western Turks under the banner of the Sui Dynasty, and the power was unstoppable. The Western Turkic people really thought that the Sui Dynasty sent troops to join forces with the East-Turkish Khans to fight, and they all fled in sight.

He almost surrendered the Western Turks, but fortunately he died suddenly in the army.

The East-Turkish are now in civil turmoil, and the Western Turks are in great strength. If they are given the Western Turks' name to start a military command, if they take the opportunity to destroy the Eastern Turks and create a unified Turk, wouldn't this cause trouble for themselves?

"Your Majesty is too worried." Li Chao disagreed.

The Western Turks were just a pioneer in advancing westwards sent by the Turkic Khanate. Later, the map became bigger and bigger, and the end was in a difficult situation. Even when the Khanate was in civil strife due to inheritance rights, the Western Turks wanted to seize the inheritance rights of the sect leader.

During the Sui Dynasty, the Western Turks-East Turks were played with by the Sui Dynasty and were struggling to death. In the end, Datou wanted to take the dream of the Sect Master Khan, but it was destroyed in the decisive battle with Yang Su's cavalry. Since then, the Western Turks have become much more honest and have developed westward with peace of mind. Over the past decade, the Persian dynasty has been crying for parents, and even the Byzantine Empire has been blackmailed by them, and they have never turned around and care about the affairs in the east.

Tongye Hu is indeed an ambitious person. He would not have married and married Tang, nor would he look at the Eastern grasslands. But if Tongye Hu could easily defeat Khans and Sets of all sizes in the eastern region with a title from the Tang Dynasty and become the great khans of the entire Turks, it would have been a great idea.

No one in the East Turks could be convinced by anyone. Tuli and others did not even accept Jie Li, how could they obey Ye Hu? In Tuli and others' eyes, they are the main clan. The Western Turks are all in the same house. What qualifications are there to compete for the position of the Khan?

Besides, Isn't there any Tiel?

The Tielites opposed the Turks. They not only opposed Jie Li, but also opposed Ye Hu.

With such a complicated situation, it is impossible for Tong Yehu to unify the tribes smoothly and sit on the throne of the Great Khan. At most, he would be a nominal Great Khan.

A Khan of the Western Turks became a Khan of the entire Khanate. This not only would not ease the struggles between the Turks, but would only make the situation more complicated.

Regarding the Turi and Yu Shishi who opposed Jie Li, Li Chao shamelessly said that he could support both of them. He supported Turi and Yu Shishishi and then supported Yu Shishi to be the little khan, so that the East Turks could be divided into two and eliminate Jie Li. As for Turi and Yu Shishi in the end, whether they could sit down and talk well, this is another matter.

In short, the Tang Dynasty opposed Jie Li, but both Tuli and Yu Sheshi supported it, but if anyone was rude to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would have to support the other person with all their strength.

Anyway, the Tang Dynasty's goal was also very clear, to destroy the Eastern Turks and drive the Turks out of the area south of Yinshan.

"Shuofang, Hedong, Hebei, Hexi, and all the soldiers and horses can find opportunities to grab some cattle and sheep, and maybe they can also solve the supply of food and grass by themselves!" Li Chao said with a smile.

Li Shimin admired Li Chao very much. He could always analyze the entire situation thoroughly after a few words.

"Your Majesty, the meal time is up."

The eunuch came over to report in a low voice.

"Oh, I have forgotten the time of this chat." Li Shimin smiled and said, "Wenyuan, when I arrived in Shannan, I have to take charge of this first meal. Tell me, what are the specialties to eat?"

The eunuch of the king reminded him, "Your Majesty, the imperial meal is ready, you can pass on the meal!"

"I don't eat imperial meals today, I want to eat Li Dahu."

Li Chao knew that Li Shimin liked to eat snacks that were not made in the imperial kitchen in the palace and were full of local characteristics.

In fact, he likes to eat these things himself. If there is something delicious about the same food every day, he must change his taste and ingredients in time.

"There is indeed something good, the Pueraria glutinous rice cake, which tastes good."

After talking for a long time, Li Shimin was indeed hungry, so he got off the dragon throne. He took Li Chao's hand and walked out. Li Chao was not suitable to hold hands with a big man. He was suspected of being a gangster, but the person who took his hand was the emperor, so Li Chao had no choice but to let him hold him.

Pueraria root is a very good thing. There are many mountains in the south of the mountain, and there are many Pueraria in the mountains.

In late autumn, it is a good time to dig kudzu. Bring a hoe and a hatchet, go to the deep mountains and forests to find kudzu vines, and find those old kudzu. When you dig the kudzu root, you can make kudzu powder, and kudzu powder can be used to make glutinous rice cakes, etc.

In the past, almost every household in the mountains had to dig kudzu into glutinous rice cakes in autumn. Men went to the mountains to dig kudzu roots, while women processed them at home. Some big kudzu may be more than ten or twenty years old, and the older kudzu king even had hundreds of kilograms or even hundreds of kilograms per piece. A day, just dig a few kudzu and it would be a good harvest.

When it was dark, tie up the kudzu roots and walk home in the sunset.

Dig the fresh kudzu roots home and wash them. The fine roots with low powder can be cut into slices and dried. They are used to make kudzu root tea and soaked in water as tea.

Pueraria root with high powder content should be hammered on the stone, broken repeatedly, slurry out, put it in water to clean, sieve the slurry water into the tank for precipitation. After repeated processing, the slurry is turned into slurry powder, and then put it in the sun to make it a good slurry powder.

This year, the people responded to the call of the government, prepared for famine and hunger, looked for food that could be eaten everywhere, and processed and stored. Pueraria root on the mountain has also become the focus of collection.

It turned out that it was just a mountain man who made some things at home. This year, the government organized people to dig, process and make kudzu powder.

"This powder smells quite fragrant!"

Li Shimin saw Li Chao stirring the cherry powder with cold water and stirring it into a slush, and said with a smile.

"This is a good thing, similar to lotus root powder. In terms of nutrition, it is not worse than rice and wheat, but processing is not easy. In fact, there is a more direct way to make kudzu root glutinous rice cake, which is to make the kudzu powder directly."

Pick up a pan, pour some oil, and heat it to about 60%.

Li Chao poured the paste of cherry powder into the pot, shook it and spread it into a pancake, and smoothed the middle part.

He skillfully turned the pot slowly, fryed the yellow on the sluggish heat, and then fryed the other side.

“Is this ready to eat?”

Li Shimin stood beside him and watched as the cake was fried on both sides, and was a little impatient.

"It can be eaten, but you can also add bacon to stir-fry, which will make it more delicious."

Li Chengqian came in smelling the fragrance and saw Li Chao cutting bacon. He picked up a slice of the cut cake and put it in his mouth, "Well, the glutinous rice cake is so fragrant."

The bacon has been washed and sliced. Li Chaonao water adds the fried kudzu root glutinous rice cakes and stir-fry them together, adds salt and other seasonings, and then stir-fry them in a while and then puts them out of the pot.

Li Shimin looked at this plate of kudzu root glutinous rice cake and nodded and admired. The kudzu root glutinous rice cake was shiny and translucent and slightly white. Pick up a piece and the skin was crispy and fragrant. It bite into a crispy skin, soft and fragrant, and has a sweet aftertaste. After stir-frying the bacon and glutinous rice cake, it is not so greasy, refreshing and delicious, the fragrance gradually becomes lighter, and the aftertaste is aftertaste.

“The aftertaste is endless, good!”
Chapter completed!