Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1097
Kunlun slaves are the aborigines of the islands in the Kunlun Sea and the coastal lands. They are all black and have short hair. These people are very gentle, and the nobles of the Central Plains like them very much.

"There are a thousand slang, a thousand Liao, and a thousand Kunlun slaves. The men and women are almost one-on-one, and most of them are young. It will take less than two years for them to have more slaves after pairing up." Li Shimin told Luo. art.

Luo Yi was very satisfied with this, and even praised Li Shimin for his ability to handle affairs.

"In addition, those rhino horns, pearls, elephant teeth, etc., I traded in Jiaozhi Songping City for Kaiyuan coins, silk, cloth, and some ironware, iron pots, needles and thread and other daily necessities."

Luo Yi glanced at the list, and was very happy to find that something far exceeded his expectations.

He stretched out his hand to pull Li Shimin into his arms, and patted him on the back happily, "Erlang, I did not misunderstand the person. You have gained a lot by going out this time. With these, we will be able to go back to Sunset Kingdom soon." Opening up a new county, I happen to be waiting for you to come back, and now everything is ready, the east wind has blown, and we can all live."

Luo Yi dragged Li Shimin into the military fort at Wushiling Pass, and told him briefly about the barbarian invasion on the way.

"The barbarians withdrew like this?"

"They didn't take advantage of it. Our patrol team, a group of 50 people, was raided by them. In the end, seven people were lost, but 210 of them were killed. Then, the barbarians attacked the surrounding villages of Wenyang City and beat up several villages. As a result, 400 people were lost, and none of Zhuangzi was captured, and the people from the capital who were stationed in Wenyang City, plus the patrol team, 150 people attacked a barbarian camp in the middle of the night, and almost wiped out thousands of people in that camp. Yu Manzi."

More than 3000 Manzis came here in total, and they were obviously not officers and soldiers of the Chenla Kingdom. Luo Yi estimated that they belonged to the Manzi tribe on the east bank of the river. here.

But I didn't expect that I didn't take advantage of it at all, and lost 700 people, so I had to retreat in desperation.

"I plan to build a new city on the east bank of the Dahe River, about a hundred miles north of Wenyang City, and name it Beiliang City. On the east bank of the Dahe River, a hundred miles southeast of Wenyang City, I will also build a new city, named Nantang City. Open up two counties and set up Tunzhuang. In addition to planting Champa rice for rations, others plan to plant sugarcane. I heard that the emperor’s royal sugar factory has developed a secret method for refining frosting sugar, which can extract frosting sugar from sugarcane better than Tianzhu frosting sugar. Better frosting sugar can even be made into rock sugar like ice crystals. We grow sugar cane here, and when the emperor sends someone to build a sugar refinery here, the output of our land will be greatly improved, which is far more cost-effective than growing grain There are many."

Guangnan has never been short of grain, and no matter how much grain is grown, it is useless. After all, the grain is heavy. It is not cost-effective to transport the grain from Guangnan back to the Central Plains, and the cost is too high. Even if it is to transport grain back, it is not a good deal, let alone What's more, they are in Sunset Country, which is still hundreds of miles west of Changshan, so the cost is even higher.

But the sugar produced by planting sugarcane is different. After processing and refining, an acre of sugarcane can have at least a thousand catties, which is not the least. .If one mu of rice is planted, at least a few hundred catties can be obtained in three seasons, and the difference is still huge.

Luo Yi thought very clearly that if he wanted to develop, he had to grow sugarcane and make sucrose, which would have a bright future.

"Erlang, I plan to let you be the magistrate of Beiliang County."

Li Shimin shook his head, "My lord, I still have something I haven't come to discuss with you. After going out this time, I found that I really like the feeling of sailing on the sea. I think I have found my place. I want to continue to lead the king's fleet. Run to sea."

Luo Yi was surprised.

"But now that Lingnan is stable and the rebel army is gone, if you go to rob again, it will be useless."

"I know, I don't plan to rob Lingnan again, I plan to go to the south of Guangnan."

"Lin Yi?" Luo Yi frowned.

"Well, let's go to Linyi first, and maybe we will go further south in the future. King, please believe me, I will not let you down, I can bring back more slaves and money. Compared with being a North Liang County Prime Minister, I think I am more helpful to the King outside, money, silk, slaves, these are also needed for the development of Sunset Kingdom. Besides, even if Your Majesty really wants to recommend me as Bei Liang County Prime Minister, I am afraid that the court will not I will agree, Your Majesty, don't forget how I came to Lingnan."

"You really think about it?"

"Well, I want to go around. If I can't do anything, I will come back then."

Seeing his firm attitude, Luo Yi could only pat him on the shoulder, "You young people just refuse to take the usual path."

"If I were that ordinary person, I wouldn't be here in Lingnan today."

"It's true, well, you can go if you want. As for the imperial court, you don't have to worry about it. I'm here. But you have a special status. If you leave like this, the imperial court will suspect you of absconding. Why don't you wait until you arrive at Sunset City this time? I will formally accept you as a adopted son, and it will be better this way."

Li Shimin chuckled and said mockingly, "Then I am the emperor's righteous brother?"

"Hahaha, you were originally the emperor's brother-in-law, so it's okay to be a brother-in-law now."

Although a bit reluctant, Luo Yi did not force it.

After a brief rest in the military fort, the team moved on, and on the third day, they returned to Sunset City.

The people in the city were very happy to see the children came back again.

And after seeing the long line of slaves and boxes of money and supplies, everyone was even more excited.

Luo Yi is also a bold person, and according to the list of military merits handed over by Li Shimin, rewards were given to these soldiers who went on the expedition. The rewards included money, silk and slaves.

As for the Zhenla barbarians and slaves who accompanied the army this time, Luo Yi also had their own rewards. Even the slaves were rewarded with money for their good performance. There were even more than a dozen slaves who performed very well. Luo Yi directly exempted them. Give them back their freedom, immediately register them as naturalized, and give them land grants.

For a while, everyone was overjoyed.

Li Shimin also shared a share, which was quite a lot. The slaves alone rewarded him with a hundred. At the same time, he also allocated a large piece of land in the soon-to-be-established Beiliang County for him to use as a private estate.

"Erlang, wait for two days, after everyone has had a good rest, you follow me to order all the young and strong in our Sunset Kingdom, and go to inspect the big river with the soldiers and my own army. If there is a chance, you will cross the big river Those savages should learn a lesson."

While sending troops to patrol the river, they pulled the slaves and common people across, and built a new city on the north and south sides of Wenyang. All the areas in the area are firmly in their hands, and they are completely opened up as the territory of Sunset Country.

(End of this chapter)