Early in the morning, Cheng Yaojin appeared in Zhangjiagou again.

However, this time, in addition to Niu Jinda and came, Qin Qiong also came. There were two young men who had never seen last time, but they could tell at a glance that they were definitely not their followers.

"Shubao, this is the heir of Iron Gun, your adopted son?"

The taller man among the two strange young men looked at Zhang Chao with a smile, and Zhang Chao also looked at him. Those who could call Duke Yi Guo Qin Qiong Shubao still had such a tone. This person must have a simple identity and would not even give Qin Qiong a low position.

Could it be that this person is Li Shimin, King of Qin?

However, Li Shimin should be only twenty-three years old this year, and even if the man in front of him is not thirty, he probably is twenty-six or seven, and he will not match his number.

He was still guessing there, but Qin Qiong had already called him over.

"Sanlang, come here to meet your Uncle Li."

Zhang Chao was shocked, Uncle Li, is it really Li Shimin? He was still a little excited, but he didn't expect that he would meet the great Tian Khan under such circumstances.

When he arrived in front of him, he was still thinking about what to call Li Shimin, but only heard him smile and said, "You are the heir of Tien Gun, Shubao's adopted son, and I should really call me uncle. My original name is Xu Shiji, and my surname is Li, and I am given to His Majesty the Queen of Tang Dynasty, so I am now calling Li Shiji."

It turned out to be Li Shiji, not Li Shimin. Although there was only one word difference, the difference was still very big. Zhang Chao suddenly felt a little disappointed. He thought Li Shimin was following Qin Qiong in disguise. He was even thinking just now that he was too eye-catching, so that Li Shimin heard about it and Xinzi came to see him.

"I have long admired the name of Uncle Shi for a long time. When I see you today, I am indeed well-known and heroic." Zhang Chao slapped him in a flattery and wanted to pay.

Although it was Li Shiji and not Li Shimin, Zhang Chao also knew that Li Shiji was not simple. Someone once ranked the generals of the early Tang Dynasty to evaluate them. As a result, if it was considered bravery, Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong would naturally be the best. But if it was considered as the commander, Li Jing and Li Ji would be the two Lis.

Li Shiji smiled, "I heard from Yao Jin that you are a smart little monk with many genitals, but I didn't believe it yet. Now I believe it. If you don't say anything else, your mouth is really powerful. Tell me now, you know what I am, and you have long been famous and well-known. If you can't say it, then I won't let you go, a little monk who talks nonsense today."

But this is not a problem for Zhang Chao. He didn't say anything but compliment. He still knew Li Shiji's name. Li Shiji was originally named Xu Shiji. He was born into a wealthy family in Henan. His family is quite rich, and it would not be too much to say that he was a billionaire.

However, although Xu Shiji was born as a rich second generation, he was indeed very powerful. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Xu Shiji was only seventeen years old. He ignored his billions of wealth and the second generation of wealth, and went directly to Wagang Mountain to join the team of the rebel Zhai Rang.

He gave Zhai Rang's advice and made the Wagang Army famous in the Central Plains. Not to mention anything else, this alone is enough to make Zhang Chao extremely admire him. How could ordinary second-generation ancestors and playboys do this?

Not to mention that although Wagang was later rebelled and Xu Shiji, as Zhai Rang's confidant, almost died under Li Mi's knife, Xu Shiji soon became Li Mi's confidant again, rejected Wang Shichong for Wagangshu and captured Li Yang Cang.

Later, Li Mi was defeated and surrendered to Tang, and Xu Shiji turned the tide alone and controlled the territory of the Wei army after Li Mi surrendered to Tang. However, Xu Shiji did not directly use these territory and troops to surrender to Tang, but instead turned them into a list and gave them to Li Mi and asked Li Mi to hand them over to the Tang Dynasty.

This action made Li Yuan feel that Xu Shiji was a very pure minister, so he was appointed as Duke Lai, the general of Li Yang, and soon he was appointed as the general of the Right Wuhou, and changed his title to Duke Cao, and gave the surname Li, and even named his father the king.

At that time, Li Shiji actually controlled most of the territory of Henan and Shandong, and controlled the former Wei army. Li Mi later surrendered and rebelled and was killed. Li Mi also submitted a letter to request the burial of Li Mi, wearing filial piety for him, and letting both the court and the public praise Li Shiji for his loyalty.

This year, Li Shiji made many great contributions to pacifying Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande. When he entered the court triumphantly, Li Shimin was the general and the subordinate. The two of them wore the rewarded golden helmets and armors and took military chariots to the Taimiao to win. It was so glorious.

Of course, Zhang Chao also knew that Li Shiji destroyed the Three Kingdoms alone and became a hero of Lingyan Pavilion. After three dynasties in the Li Tang Dynasty, he was extremely honorable and favored, and no one could reach it.

Compared with Li Shiji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others had a far inferior status. When they were in Wagang, Li Shiji was equivalent to one of the leaders, while Qin Qiong and others were just one of the generals. To put it bluntly, Li Shiji was one of the company's major shareholders, and Qin Qiong and others were at most senior executives. Now they are both ministers in Li Tang, but Li Shiji is the general of Zuowuhou. His father and he are both dukes of the country, let alone the surname Li. Now he is mostly controlled by the Wei army in Henan.

Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin are now only generals under the command of Qin King Li Shimin, but Li Shiji's position in the court is a marshal, who is at the same level as Li Shimin.

Zhang Chao selected a few of Xu Shiji's glorious deeds and focused on them.

After hearing this, Li Shiji smiled and obviously enjoyed it.

"You kid really know a lot about me. I guess I heard from Brother Tieqin. Okay, you kid is not talking nonsense, but you kid is really a bit too slippery." Li Shiji said with a smile, and took off a jade pendant from his waist.

"I met for the first time today. I didn't bring any gifts. This jade pendant is pretty good, so I'll give it to you."

"Thank you, Uncle Shi."

Once you buy the jade pendant, Zhang Chao knew it was not an ordinary product.

Xu Shiji gave me a jade pendant, and another younger black and thin man couldn't help but say, "Mr. Mao, you give me such a heavy meeting gift, isn't this embarrassing me?"

"Shixin, don't cry for me. How could a dignified Duke of Tan not even get a gift for meeting?" Xu Shiji said.

Duke Tan?

When Zhang Chao heard this title, he immediately thought of a man, who was black and thin, and was a little short, and was also named Duke Tan. Then wasn't this man the good friend of Qin Qiong back then? No, is his good brother Luo Shixin?

Back then, they fought under the command of Zhang Xutuo, the god of war in the Great Sui Dynasty, and they were called Shuangbi.

It turns out that Luo Shixin has not died yet. Shouldn’t he be dead? It seems that he died at the hands of the Hebei Army. No, Luo Shixin did not die at the hands of Dou Jiande, but at the hands of Liu Heita. By the way, in history, he should have died next year.

Luo Shixin is only twenty-one years old this year.

In terms of courage, Luo Shixin was even above Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda. This man was a real madman. When he fought, he was like a madman. When he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan was extremely excited. He specially appointed Luo Shixin as the chief marching officer of Shanzhou Road and Duke Tan.

This time when the Central Plains was pacified, Luo Shixin was appointed as the general manager of Jiangzhou. The general manager of the prefecture in the early Tang Dynasty was equivalent to the commander level of the military region. In terms of status, he was also much higher than Qin Qiong, the general manager of the Ma Army of the Qin King's Mansion.

Zhang Chao didn't expect that today it was Li Shiji and Luo Shixin who came together.

"You are indeed Uncle Luo. I have heard that you fought side by side with your adopted father for many years and are excellent brothers. I also heard that Uncle Luo and my adopted father were once called the double walls of the army, one brave and the other is fierce, and no one can match."

Luo Shixin was a lunatic when fighting, but he was also easy-going in private. He was short and thin, but he was a powerful general like Bruce Lee.

Twenty-one years old, the same age as Zhang Chao.

They have been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and the heads they cut down with their own hands are probably more than the Jingwu duck heads and Zhou Hei duck heads that Zhang Chao has eaten.

"I have nothing else to give you, I'll give you a knife." As he said that, Luo Shixin directly untied his sword from his body. The sword looked very ordinary, but it was the sword of a peerless general after all, so this sword had incomparable value.

Zhang Tieqin also came from afar at this time. In the morning, he went to help steam and pack the buns with Qi Niang.

"Brother Tie Gun, you have a good vision and better luck. You have taken over a good son."

Li Shiji smiled and said to his father.

The father smiled, and the one eye showed pride and joy.

"Everyone, go and sit in the house. It's snowing day, it's comfortable to have a warm kang at home." My father invited a few people into the house.

This was the first time that Qin Qiong and others saw the warm kang, and they were a little curious about this big kang.

"This kang platform is so warm?" Xu Shiji touched the kang mat with his hand and found that it was very warm. He was surprised.

"This was done by Sanlang. I heard that it was invented by his master, Master Sanzang. After placing this kang, you can burn fire underneath when it is cold, without much firewood, but it is very warm. Especially at night, you can just cover it with a thin quilt, not cold at all, it is very beautiful."

Li Shiji and Luo Shixin and the other two got on the kang together, and couldn't wait to feel the special warm kang.

"It's so warm, it's like a charcoal stove stuffed under your butt." Cheng Yaojin shouted loudly while touching his butt.

"Don't worry, I can't burn your butt. I didn't see that there was a kang mat on it. Since the kang mat cannot be bad, it will definitely not be bad." Li Shiji was resourceful and immediately found that it was safe in this kang.

Niu Jinda kept shouting like Cheng Yaojin, oh kept on.

"It's so comfortable, no, Sanlang, you have to buy one for my house when you look back. No, you have to buy one for more. Each house has to buy one. God, if you have this kang in winter, it's not so beautiful."

Li Shiji looked at the kang from time to time and observed carefully, "This kang is really good, but it is not unbelievable. I remember when we were fighting outside, it was cold and sometimes we didn't burn the fire to keep warm. When we were about to go to bed, we dug a few pits beside the fire, took out hot ash and charcoal from the fire and buried it in the pit, then filled it, and then people slept on it, and it was very warm all night. This warm kang is almost the same as that, but it was obviously better to use it."

At the end, Li Shiji held Zhang Chao's hand and said, "Wenyuan, uncle, my leg hurts so much as winter comes, and I'm afraid of the cold. Go back and put on a few warm kangs for the uncle's house. What materials do you need? Just open your mouth."

Cheng Yaojin was displeased when he heard this, "Okay, Mr. Li Mao, you are too unauthorized. I clearly spoke first, so no one can compete with me. I will put on a fire kang for my house first."

Luo Shixin slapped the kang table and shouted, "Why do you have to give you a plate first?"

"I don't agree. If I don't agree, let's go out to fight alone. Whoever wins will win will let Sanlang play first." Cheng Yaojin shouted shamelessly.
Chapter completed!