The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 139

Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Liu immediately said, "Your Majesty, you must not let him sow discord between the emperor and his subjects!"

He was unaware that Li Er was now angry.

Prime Minister Liu was a straightforward person. After saying the previous sentence, he didn't stop, but continued to say to Number 1: "Your Majesty, if he really is a person from an enemy country in the Western Regions, then wouldn't we be raising a treacherous wolf?"

"Enough," Li Er said coldly. "Do you know that his trip to the Western Regions was for the sake of the nation's food supply? You all talk about cultivating land, but you don't consider the manpower and resources. Yet Grand Tutor Xu is willing to go to the Western Regions to find grains with extremely high yields that can quickly fill an empty stomach! How can we have the face to criticize such a person?"

Upon hearing Number 1's words, Prime Minister Liu finally sensed the anger in his tone and immediately froze, not daring to utter another word.

He never imagined that the male protagonist would be so important to Li Er now.

Since Number 1 is in a bad mood, he won't say much.

When Number 1 saw that he didn't say anything, he gave him a way out and turned around to continue giving instructions about the male protagonist's trip to the Tang Dynasty.

Then several more palace guards left Chang'an.

They followed the leading guard all the way to Jinzhou, and at the same time, the messenger reached the male protagonist.

The letter was written in Li Er's own handwriting. The male protagonist recognized it at a glance and quickly opened it to read. He saw a few words written on it: "My dear minister, you have relieved my worries. I am sending a group of people to help you go to the Western Regions. I wish you a safe journey and smooth sailing."

The male protagonist was somewhat pleased, happy that Li Er had agreed to let him go to the Western Regions so quickly.

The group that set off from Chang'an on the second day had all arrived in Jinzhou.

As soon as they entered the city, the male protagonist woke up, quickly washed up, and went to the streets to look for the Western Region merchant.

Fortunately, the Western Region merchants still had some unsold items from last time, and they are currently setting up their stalls in the same spot.

Upon meeting the merchant from the Western Regions, the male protagonist immediately asked, "When are you returning to the Western Regions?"

The merchant, seeing that it was the male protagonist and having taken a liking to him, smiled and said, "I plan to go back in a while. Once these things are sold out, it will be time for me to leave. Would you like to buy anything else from me?"

Seeing that the merchant still had so many things, the male protagonist immediately accepted them all and said to the merchant, "I have something I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"What is it?" the merchant asked, puzzled.

“I want you to take me with you to the Western Regions. You don’t need to worry about supplies or money,” Xu Tian said.

"Going to the Western Regions?" The merchant was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "When do you plan to go to the Western Regions, and what will you be doing there?"

"I want to go there to buy potatoes from your area," the male protagonist said. "How about it? You can go back to your hometown now, okay?"

"But the potatoes in our hometown are also sent from elsewhere. There aren't many of them. If you go there, you can only buy some potatoes to grow yourself, and I don't know if they will even survive."

“Yes, that’s exactly what I was thinking.” Xu Tian nodded immediately.

"Have you made up your mind? If you have, how about we start packing now?"

The merchant was eager to return to his hometown, so when the protagonist asked him this, he naturally agreed. He had been away from home for many years, and this time a message came from home in great urgency, so he took out all his belongings to sell in order to raise money for his journey back.

He nodded, then packed his things into a bundle and slung it over his shoulder. "Let's go!"

He then led the male protagonist to an inn, packed his own food and clothing, and left the inn with the male protagonist.

Just then, the men sent by Number 1 arrived at the gate of the Jinzhou Prefectural Government. As soon as they arrived, they saw several imposing plainclothes officers paying at the gate.