Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 500 Unexpected troop speed
Li Tai's goal has always been the Songnen Plain, this black soil plain that is a bit too fertile.

The reason why Li Tai began to concentrate his efforts to support Li Shimin's northern expedition to Liaodong is also because if the Songnen Plain is to be developed, the surrounding minority regimes must be cleaned up, for example, Goguryeo, which bears the brunt.

As for the regimes of other ethnic minorities other than Goguryeo, Li Tai didn't pay attention to them, including Wei Shiqitan and other ethnic minorities who have left their own names in history.

One of the most important points is that the land of Heilongjiang is fundamentally different from other northern lands.

The biggest difference is that my purpose is to develop this land into arable land.

For the Han nationality, other lands are abandoned if they say they are abandoned, but for the arable land, it is really the lifeblood, and it is really not something you can give up just by giving up.

In other words, as long as it is arable land, even if it is really occupied by ethnic minorities in the future, they will definitely take it back with all their hearts.

Not to mention the black land, which is the only land that can theoretically produce more than five shi of grain in this era.

If this piece of land is developed, the Han people in the Northeast will definitely take root in the future. There will be no concept of ethnic minorities at all. Everyone is Han from the Tang Empire. You don’t want to be Han. In this land Can't survive at all.

The most typical example is the Northeast area, which was the private area of ​​the Manchus in the Qing Dynasty. It had no role other than being used as an exile Ninggu Pagoda.

But after the Han people broke into the Guandong and developed this piece of land, the Han people in this land directly became the main ethnic group.

Even because of the dividends from the development of black land and the rich resources of this land itself, it has become the eldest son of the Republic and the first place in the country to enter urbanization.

The same is true for Li Tai, as long as the arable land in the Songnen Plain can be developed, Li Tai does not believe that the Han people in the future will abandon this arable land.

While this land can be cultivated, because of living in a relatively bitter cold area and getting along with the surrounding foreign races, the people in this place must be guys with abundant martial arts.

Maybe after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, a northern overlord like Zhang Zuolin will really rise here, and there is even a great possibility of unifying the world. Even so, Li Tai is still willing to develop this land.

Again, the window period is only the years of the Tang Dynasty. As long as the land here is developed, no one in China will be able to give up such a large piece of arable land. If this piece of arable land is lost, then It's really going to be poked in the spine.

In addition, the reason why Li Tai is optimistic about this land is because with the development of productivity, the area from Chang'an to Luoyang is not suitable as a capital compared to the current productivity of Datang.

Or to put it further, the Guanzhong Plain, a city with a thousand-year history in Chinese history, is actually a bit out of line with the development of the entire Chinese productivity, especially after the Grand Canal was dug through.

For example, the royal family of the Tang Dynasty fled Chang'an several times in history to live in Luoyang. This is indeed because Li Zhi was born with a bit of coolness, but more importantly, it was because the increase in productivity did not match the surrounding production environment.

But who made the Tang Dynasty too bright? At the same time, the prosperity brought by the Silk Road in this era made this excessive productivity available in other places to release their own output, thus allowing the Guanzhong Plain to win the victory in ancient Chinese history. last prosperity.

In other words, because people in ancient times didn't study this thing, and Chang'an and Luoyang have been the political and economic core of China since ancient times, they didn't feel that there was any problem with it.

But the reality is that Datang's productivity should have left the small land of the Guanzhong Plain long ago and expanded to a larger place.

Of course, even if the Tang Dynasty didn't feel that way, the continuous development of productivity will also abandon the Guanzhong area by voting with their feet in later history.

Li Tai understood very well that if he was a pure Guanlong nobleman, it would be normal for him to even suppress the Northeast region.

But Li Tai is not a normal Guanlong aristocrat. For Li Tai, no matter how hard he works, he will definitely find loopholes and penetrate the meaning after formulating complete rules. There will be a millennium dynasty.

But I need to let the Huaxia nation leave the imprint of the Han nationality on some high-quality land.

Only in this way, when the descendants come out with heroes to clean up the mountains and rivers, they will naturally shout "Since ancient times..." when necessary

For Li Tai, as long as he can achieve this goal, then his visit to Tang Dynasty will not be considered in vain.

Therefore, Li Tai must develop the Songnen Plain.

Only when this piece of land is truly in their hands can the Han people gain a foothold in eastern Asia.

He will be able to completely let go and start conquering the Western Regions, and even fight against Tubo on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Otherwise, needless to say, the materials brought by productivity alone will be much worse.

Of course, Li Tai did not deny that when the Songnen Plain was developed, military groups like the Longxi nobles would inevitably rise in the Northeast.

After all, this land is the easiest to get out of the military government, and if it rebels, it may be more serious than the An Lushan rebellion.

As for many other better lands, even if I know it, it is impossible for Datang to directly control it because of the distance. Not to mention, the land in India is good enough, but even with a shipping system, if you want to Controls are very troublesome.

But this piece of land is arable land that can be included in the effective management of the Tang Dynasty. With this alone, it is impossible for me to give up here because I am worried that there will be a rebellion here in the future.

"Liaoshui and the land of that water..." Li Chunfeng heard Li Tai's words, although he was somewhat surprised that Li Tai would be interested in this land, but out of trust in Li Tai, he didn't ask any more questions, and immediately gave Li Tai Ty is ready to correspond with the talent.

In fact, it is not difficult for Tianjin to find a guide who has been to the north. Li Chunfeng even prepared several teams just in case.

After all, there are many places in the northern land that neither belong to Datang nor Goguryeo's two-way zone.

Prepare a few more groups of people, even if something happens, it will not delay Li Tai's affairs.

As for military matters, to be honest, after killing the Goguryeo water army, besides waiting for Li Shimin to come to Youzhou, Li Tai was mainly building the road from Youzhou to Liucheng in Yingzhou.

Of course, this time they are only required to build this road within a two-month construction period, which is basically enough to transport food and march safely.

As for going further, it depends on where Li Shimin can hit.

After all, without the protection of the army, his own corvee would not dare to cross the border casually to build roads under the eyes of Goguryeo.

In addition to dispatching them to build roads after Wang Zhenru arrived on land, Li Tai began to build temporary ports along the coastline of the Bohai Sea on the sea to transport grain on the Bohai Sea, which was much more convenient than land transportation.

Especially after Goguryeo's water army was killed, the transportation routes on the water were also safer.

It's just that Li Tai was never worried that it was just a grain transportation route, and he could feel much more at ease when he created a land transportation route and a water transportation route.

Even if something happened to one of the grain transportation routes, he could have another way to deal with it.

After all, for national affairs, more insurance is more fault tolerance.

But the most important thing is to continue to count the supplies in Youzhou. After all, those who have problems will burn if they set it on fire.

But among the remaining materials, how many types are there, how much savings are there for each type, which ones need to be used now, and how many need to be stored first, but will be used in the future? All need to be sorted out one by one.

There are endless jobs in this world, as long as you want to work, you can always find it.

This is like codewords. If you really want to codewords, you can squeeze out time to codewords after all.

However, there are few octopuses and too many slackers in this world. Even if you like code words, you still instinctively want to be lazy.

While Li Tai was dealing with some minor tasks, Li Shimin, who was recruiting all the way and marching all the way, took the expressway from Chang'an to Luoyang and arrived in Luoyang at the fastest speed.

With a distance of 350 miles, the assembled army would have to travel at least nine days. In fact, it took about four days for all the troops to arrive in Luoyang.

Li Shimin looked at Du Ruhui beside him, and said, "Now I know how fast this road is, no wonder Qingque is trying so hard to build this road, if the whole world builds such a road, I am afraid that Tang Bingfeng will be able to It's coming in no time!"

Although Li Shimin understood the Chidao, especially the benefits brought by the Chidao from Chang'an to Luoyang, Li Shimin only fully understood the role of the Chidao after walking the Chidao with the army.

Don't say anything, just halving the marching time can reveal the effect of this thing.

Du Ruhui listened to Li Shimin's words, but revealed a bit of bitterness, and said:

"I'm afraid that more than ten thousand poor horses will be lost in this trip. Thinking about it, only King Wei has the luxury to use such a road!"

As a person of the older generation, Du Ruhui felt that Li Tai would be extravagant when he really did something.

Although Du Ruhui knew early on that during the crusade against Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty's savings over the years would consume a lot, but he did not expect that a large number of horses died just after transporting soldiers from Chang'an to Luoyang.

But Du Ruhui also understands the reason why soldiers are expensive and fast. He clearly knows that in a war, if one's own army can rush to the battlefield one step faster, then these consumptions are not impossible to pay, at least their sacrifices are valuable.

At this time, Lu Cai walked over quickly and saluted Li Shimin:

"Reporting to the sage, the ships have been dispatched, and the order to clear the shipping waterways has been issued. Tomorrow, the army can take a boat to the north and reach Tianjin in a maximum of ten days!"

"Qing Que has exhausted all his efforts for this day!" Li Shimin sighed after hearing Lu Cai's words.

Compared with the previous conquest of Luoyang, it is extremely convenient for me to dispatch soldiers to march this time.

There is almost no need to worry about anything along the way, Li Tai has already arranged the things on the way in an orderly manner, ranging from the marching route to the small things that every soldier eats and drinks.

If it is a normal dispatch of soldiers, it will take at least two months to travel from Chang'an to Youzhou. It is really difficult to estimate how many places will be disturbed along the way and how much impact it will cause.

However, Li Tai's Chi Road from Luoyang to Chang'an, as well as the waterway from Luoyang to Youzhou, minimized the disturbance that may be caused during the transportation of soldiers to the greatest extent.

The adequate food and bedding prepared along the way enabled the soldiers to maintain their condition as much as possible. From Chang'an to Youzhou, the soldiers under his command not only did not show any fatigue, but even maintained enough energy.

Li Shimin had to admit that at least in terms of logistics, Li Tai's performance far exceeded his expectations.

"King Wei's talent in internal affairs is indeed unmatched!" Du Ruhui also praised, "So, the saint's Northern Expedition to Goguryeo will surely win the battle!"

"You!" Li Shimin said after hearing Du Ruhui's flattering words, "Why do you learn to look like Wuji?"

"I'm just telling the truth." Du Ruhui smiled, and said indifferently, "Besides, what Zhao Guogong said is not the truth!"

Du Ruhui didn't mind patting Li Shimin's horse occasionally.

As for Changsun Wuji, in history, because of the death of Empress Changsun, he began to join the government and the army, following the crusade against Goguryeo.

But now Empress Changsun is not dead yet. Even though Changsun Wuji is very resourceful, he is still suppressed by Empress Changsun. He can only choose to take the Silk Road to see if he can seize power from this aspect.

Changsun Wuji is really helpless towards this younger sister who is turning her elbow outward, but fortunately, Empress Changsun just stares at Changsun Wuji and doesn't care about his son. This can be regarded as a tacit understanding between the two parties .

"What do you think Xuancheng will think if he sees this transportation route and the waterway from Luoyang to Tianjin?" Li Shimin asked Du Ruhui suddenly?
Hearing this, Du Ruhui looked at Li Shimin and said, "If Zheng Guogong is alive, even if he agrees to conquer Goguryeo, he will definitely not agree to the sage's conquest. After all, the lesson of the Sui Dynasty was too profound!"

"Hehe, it's really Xuan Cheng's temperament!" Li Shimin agreed after hearing Du Ruhui's words.

But Li Shimin said again, "However, if I lead the army back after victory, I will definitely go to Xuancheng's grave to worship in person and tell him the news of Goguryeo's destruction of the country!"

　One update today, no need to wait.In addition, I have some personal matters these days, and the last update may be delayed, depending on the situation.

　　
　
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