In the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Yuanying traveled through time and became the most prodigal prince of the Tang Dynasty.
People in Chang'an scolded him for being ridiculous: two thousand taels of silver bought a broken blacksmith shop, ten thousand taels of silver bought Hu merchants' scrap stones, and he had to practice the alchemy furnace before leaving for Liangzhou.
The civil and military officials in the court laughed at him as a waste, the crown prince Wei Wang used him as a pawn, and Li Shimin only regarded him as a spoiled royal dandy.
Until the Tibetan army besieged Liangzhou, the food was exhausted, the city was broken, and the people were about to disperse.
The first clap of thunder exploded on top of the city, sending blood and flesh flying everywhere on the Tibetan cavalry.
The world finally understood:
What he lost was not his family property, but food, grass, ordnance, gunpowder, cavalry, and a frontier army that could rewrite the world.
Changan laughed at him for being a prodigal.
Liangzhou honored him as king.
What Li Yuanying wanted was never a city, but the future of the entire Tang Dynasty.
Historical imagination, time travel, Tang Dynasty, Zhenguan, prodigal son, prince, scheming, conspiracy, war, frontier army, military industry, gunpowder, cool writing, decisive killing, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, group portraits, court, struggle for hegemony, Tubo, Liangzhou city defense
Ancient history, time travel, fictional history, princes and generals
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Big cheers for the author, the writing is so good.
It's really good-looking, and the plot really appeals to me
The plot is very exciting. I haven't seen such a good novel in a long time.
A very good historical novel, very interesting to watch.
A nice novel about the Tang Dynasty, very good.
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The character setting is very attractive and worth watching.
I love watching it. The author has vividly described it.
Works that have been carefully polished, full of creative sincerity can be seen between the lines.
The story logic is online, the plots are interlocking, and the author's conception is very clever.
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