Datang first village

After the servant brought tea, retreated and closed the door of the living room, Li Yuanxing said: "The wise use deceit, the brave use cruelty, the foolish use strength, and the cowardly use prudence."

Li Yuanxing also saw these four sentences from a book. I have read a lot of books recently, and I don't know which book they wrote.

Using these four sentences as the opening remarks is suitable for this time.

"When you talk about wisdom, brother Yao doesn't count, you can be one of the top three Tang generals. Besides, brave, you may not be the opponent of that lunatic fighting alone, but you are also extremely strong. This is the king who thought twice and chose you s reason."

Regarding Li Yuanxing's praise, Hou Junji also thought about it carefully.

In terms of wisdom, Li Ji is quite brilliant, and Hou Junji is also convinced.In addition, Duan Zhixuan, Li Xiaogong and others thought that they were on the same level, so Hou Junji thought that the top three evaluations were His Highness King Qin's appreciation for him, which was a very objective evaluation.

If you want to say brave, this is probably a high praise.

Among the Tang army, apart from Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, and Yu Chigong, there were too many lunatics to count, and it was not my turn.

Li Yuanxing continued: "Let's talk about the second reason, Lao Hou, you will never be kind to women."

When it comes to the topic, Hou Junji's attention is also concentrated a lot.Li Yuanxing went on to say: "And this third point is the most important thing. The old man is just like you, Tang and Yi, you can clearly distinguish them."

Hou Junji nodded, there was absolutely nothing wrong with that.What he admired King Qin most was his attitude towards foreign countries, he would rather kill by mistake than let him go.

Li Yuanxing got up and went to pull the curtains of the living room, Hou Junji hurried up to help.

After all the curtains were drawn, Li Yuanxing pulled a rope on one wall, and a flat white cloth fell down.Li Yuanxing projected a map on the white cloth with a small projector.

Divine shadow technique!

Hou Junji had heard of it, and this was the first time he had seen it.

Li Yuanxing held a light pen in his hand, and pointed at the position equivalent to the modern Bohai Bay with a red dot: "Here, here, here. There are three super salt fields, and the only one that can be used now is here." What Li Yuanxing is referring to is almost the modern Laizhou Bay. The location is also called Laizhou in Datang.

This Laizhou Bay is placed in later generations, and it was a large salt field with 300 million tons of salt a year ago.

At this time, it was placed in Datang, but Qingzhou was controlled by the direct descendants of the Li family. It was used as a support point and cooperated with Laizhou.

Whether it is security, confidentiality, transportation capacity, etc. are excellent.

"Xueyan, I don't need to talk about the benefits of this king. I only need [-]% to raise soldiers, [-]% to the palace, [-]% to the emperor's pension, [-]% to the treasury, and [-]% to the Li royal family. The Ministry of Human Resources and Accounts will not take care of it anymore, and there is still [-]% left." Li Yuanxing said unhurriedly.

Hou Junji's eyes lit up when he heard that there was still [-]% left.

He knew that this was [-]% of his Hou Junji's part, and it was the hard-earned money of him and his subordinates.

"My king promises that there will be one hundred catties of snow salt from Huihe every year. This piece will come from you, and whatever you get back will be yours. And half of the output of the entire salt field will be at your disposal. The other half will be given to Shubao , The expenses of the spies on the grasslands come from this half, and the parts of Mohe, Shiwei, Khitan, and Goguryeo come from you."

Managing money is tantamount to managing people.

Hou Junji understood that this was to give himself more salt, and then the spies in these four places would have to support themselves.

Speaking of now, there is no task yet.

Li Yuanxing didn't mention the task yet, he was still talking about salt, and took out a bamboo tube and put it in front of Hou Junji: "This is snow salt. Laizhou salt field, [-] acres, [-] strong laborers, [-] tons a year Coarse salt, after refining snow salt, has a thousand dan. Li Daozong can produce as many mu as he can produce in a year!"

Hou Junji stood up immediately, and really wanted to say that if Li Daozong couldn't develop ten thousand mu of salt fields, he should be fined.

Li Yuanxing smiled and motioned Hou Junji to sit down: "One million dan in the first year, and more than 5000 million dan in three years. You don't have to worry about the quantity. This is a military order. Li Daozong dare not neglect. There are bigger salt fields here. The weather is calm and the sun is sufficient, but it is not stable, so I dare not use it right now, otherwise [-] million dan is not too much!"

Hou Junji nodded heavily, and the second location Li Yuanxing pointed to was on the seashore to the east of Youzhou.

It was harassed by various ethnic groups such as Turks and Khitans.

To say that there is some ordinary coarse salt here, but things like snow salt can't be placed here.

Hou Junji was even more aware that once the people of the Tang Dynasty ate snow salt, especially the gentry, wealthy merchants, and landlords of the common clan.Who will eat that bitter kosher salt again.

Ordinary coarse salt is two liters and three liters per catty.This is a price based on the quality of the salt, and the difference is as much as a penny a catty.

Snow salt is the refined salt among refined salts, and five cents a catty is not expensive.

A load of one hundred catties is five hundred wen. 50 dan is 25 guan. Excluding various expenses in the middle, Hou Junji can get at least 20 guan of military expenditure, which is a huge military expenditure.

According to Li Yuanxing's understanding of later generations, Hou Junji is greedy for money, and it is not wrong to be greedy for money, as long as there is a sense of proportion.

"You don't want to keep a penny of this salt money. It's all used as military expenses, and this king will also keep you rich!" Li Yuanxing hit Hou Junji first.

Hou Junji got up immediately: "I must obey His Highness's arrangement!"

"Mohe will have [-] cavalry to assist you in the battle. The king will send [-] soldiers, [-] auxiliary soldiers to you, plus [-] cavalry in your hand. The Khitan will surrender. How many cavalry they can send? It is your skill. Every year, once in spring and once in autumn, you can attack Goguryeo at will, and everything you rob can be exchanged for money and silk!"

"I understand!" Hou Jun saluted with his elders.

"The land of Mohe is the most fertile land in the world. The family will open up wasteland and farm. They will naturally pass through your defense area to ensure their safety in exchange for a certain amount of money."

After Li Yuanxing said something, Hou Junji nodded.

"Remember three reasons. First, don't fight Goguryeo recklessly. Your task is to weaken it. Robbing things and robbing slaves are all your skills. The battle damage should be small, whether it is our Tang army, Mohe or Khitan. The task is to eliminate weak!"

Li Yuanxing said twice that he was weak. He was not afraid of Hou Junji's disobedience, but that he would rush forward recklessly in the face of interests. Once he suffered a huge loss, his mentality would change when he arrived at Mohe and Khitan. , Only under the premise of fighting with the wind, will a foreign legion be formed slowly.

The waiting group nodded: "I understand, weaken."

"Second, help Mohe so that he can fight against Khitan when he grows stronger. In this way, you will be much easier to control the three clans. Help the family to Sinicize Mohe at the fastest speed. You should know my king's theory, in a world without history, without Culture, what would happen to a nation without traditions and beliefs?"

After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, Hou Junji stood up again: "A certain person will take the order, and it will be up to five years, and it will be me, Da Tang!"

"Very good, that's the goal. As long as the issue of the three clans is resolved, I will grant you the founding father!"

In later generations, Hou Junji himself was the founder of the country, and he was sealed around the third year of Zhenguan. Now Li Yuanxing's promises are completely empty promises.

However, the promise of a founding father still made Hou Junji very tempted.

"The last point is that you have to train a cavalry of hundreds of battles for this king, whether it is from my Tang army, or from Khitan and Mohe. In five years, 20 troops and horses."

"Leader!"

There is nothing to hesitate about such an order, Hou Junji accepted it without a second word.

"Go home and have a look, and then visit Li Shangshu's residence." Li Yuanxing wanted to see off the guests.

Hou Junji got up and saluted and left. After receiving the order to transfer troops, he was really a little confused.Now that the military power of the Tang Dynasty is in the Ministry of War, it is better to say that it is in the hands of Li Yuanxing, King Qin of the Tang Dynasty. If you don't ask clearly, Hou Junji will feel uneasy.

Especially in the decisive battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, because of sudden changes, their five cavalry soldiers ran away in vain.

But merit is still the same.

Right now, only one of his cavalry is left behind. Hou Junji is a caring person, so he has to ask.

When he came to Qinwangzhuang, Hou Junji knew three principles, one is to protect Li Daozong's salt fields, this is Qianlu.The second is to weaken Goguryeo, lay the foundation for the future flattening of Goguryeo, and train cavalry by the way.The third point, Hou Junji's understanding is, don't have the benevolence of a woman.

As for the image, Hou Junji thought it was aimed at everyone other than Datang.

If you surrender to the Tang Dynasty and your soldiers are obedient, you are half a Tang Dynasty citizen.On the contrary, it is not.

After Hou Junji left, he naturally wanted to visit Li Jing, who was the Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty, so Li Yuanxing would naturally report his orders and listen to Li Jing's comments by the way.

In the early years of Zhenguan, Hou Junji was quite low-key, because he knew that he did not have the strength to compete with others.

Li Yuanxing was sitting in the living room, holding a teacup and meditating, wondering if there was anything wrong with the arrangements for Hou Junji.Transferring Chai Shao to Pingzhou is in itself a restraint on Hou Junji, so that Hou Junji will not dare to act lawlessly.

So, who is the most suitable to sit in Qingzhou!

Is it completely handed over to Li Daozong, or choose another general.

Li Yuanxing was thinking about strategic issues, and the three points he was most concerned about now were Liangzhou, Fengzhou, and Pingzhou.

This Pingzhou is a city in the east of Yanjing in later generations, near the Bohai Sea, about today's Lulong County, Hebei.It is Goguryeo in the east, Khitan in the north, and Youzhou in the west.

In the future, it can be said that this is the most important trading area of ​​the three clans.Especially slaves from Goguryeo.

In fact, Wu Zhao had already arrived, and had been waiting outside when he heard that Hou Junji was coming.

It wasn't until Hou Junji left that she entered the living room alone, looked at the unrelated map on the curtain and said to Li Yuanxing: "Historical records show that Hou Junji is very greedy and ambitious." Li Yuanxing laughed He beckoned to Wu Zhao: "A little more, Hou Junji's ability is extraordinary!" (To be continued.)