Datang first village

The women hold a meeting here, speaking with status, listening without status.

They have never thought that their own men don't know, and they don't believe that Li Er, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yuanxing, King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, don't know about these things.

Li Yuanxing knew it, and asked Li Er: "Brother Huang, do you know that my sisters-in-law are divided into two factions?"

Li Er's answer at the time was: "Wu Lang, you are a brother. I don't know. If your women are counted as Lanyue and Mingyue, are they divided into four factions? No, they are also divided into three factions."

From then on, Li Yuanxing would never bring up this topic again.

The news of the aristocratic family buying and selling weapons is not a secret, and the slogan that the Great Tang will unify the world within three years even appeared in the newspapers.

The people who were most affected by this slogan were not the common people, but the aristocratic families and the royal family. For this slogan, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty came to Qin Palace again after only one day.And he also brought the six most important women around him, as well as several younger brothers, for a family banquet in name, but in fact they came for the slogan in the newspaper.

"Goro..." Li Er shouted, but Li Yuanxing could be seen in a daze.

There was no way, Li Er shouted again: "Wu Lang, did you read yesterday's newspaper?"

Only then did Li Yuanxing come to his senses: "Brother Huang, I have read it. It's just some ignorant people yelling. Those things can confuse ordinary people, how can they confuse you, Brother Huang. Of course, the eyes of the aristocratic families Because of interests and wealth, that's why I lost my cool."

"Talk about Goro!"

"Brother Huang, do you remember the expedition to Goguryeo? Why did you delay and procrastinate? At that time, many aristocratic families were fascinated by wealth, and it is the same now."

Li Er remembered that it wasn't that he couldn't fight at all, but that the logistics couldn't keep up.

"Brother Huang, my younger brother calculates some statistics for Brother Huang!"

"No, brother Wei understands now that you said that. Brother Wei is not in a hurry to fight over the West Turks, because a cart of grain is transported over two hundred shi, and it would be nice to have ten shi left behind. Those porters returned There is still food to eat, so food transportation is twenty times more expensive!"

Li Er is also a wise man. He knows very well that the most critical thing in a war is definitely logistics.

Soldiers are strong, but they have no food, no supplies, and they simply kill themselves.

In the current war, there are more supplies.Not only food, but also a large amount of ordnance, so supply has become a key point to restrict the current external expansion.

"Brother Huang, my younger brother traveled far to America. On a ship with a load of 35 tons, [-] tons of coal alone were pulled. The consumption of that ship was [-] catties of coal, at a speed of [-] miles per hour. This is The most economical speed, the smaller the ship, the less coal consumption, of course, the load on the ship itself is not too big.”

Li Er knows about the Americas. The fleet going there has a minimum load of [-] tons and a fleet of at least ten ships, two of which are purely coal-loading ships. Calculated at [-] tons, and deducting the crew's food and drink expenses, the actual cargo load is only less than [-] tons.

If it weren't for the huge interests in the Americas, otherwise no one would run this route at all.

"What does Goro mean?"

"Nanyang, only one or two hundred tons of coal is enough. Even if some accidents are about to run out of coal, fifty tons of coal is enough for any ship to go to a port where coal can be added. But in the boundless sea, Where to add coal? They want to go directly to Europe, let alone Europe, if they can bypass Africa and have coal, then they can laugh.”

Wu Zhao's calculation for Li Yuanxing was that the [-]-ton ship would not be able to sail to Europe if it was loaded with coal and not for food or drink.

In the era of great voyages in Europe, sails were used, and food was enough.

Wu Zhao came to Li Er with a roll of maps in his arms: "Brother Huang, this is the coaling port planned by Yuanxing. Only after this is completed can a global invasion be possible. As for the Western Regions, encroachment is the only The way is to slowly let our pastures and crops go westward and occupy them bit by bit.”

Li Er agreed with Wu Zhao's statement: "The number of military horses in the Tang Dynasty is still too small, and they need to be cultivated."

Tupan, Tuyuhun, and Western Turks.At this time, in Li Er's eyes, it was still a desolate place, and there was no big surprise if it was occupied early or late.

Suddenly, Li Lanshan stood up, looked at Li Yuanxing, and then came to Li Er and bowed slightly.This action gave Li Er a very bad feeling, and from Li Yuanxing's eyes, Li Er felt that Li Yuanxing didn't know what Li Lanshan was going to say.

But Li Lanshan's eyes are really disturbing.

"Brother Huang, Lanyue wants to ask for an order. On behalf of Yuanxing and Mingyue, please ask for an order to live on Xia Island for a while."

Li Er immediately wanted to ask: Why?

But Li Er didn't ask that question, but turned his attention to Li Yuanxing: "Does Wulang also mean that?"

Li Yuanxing didn't answer immediately, he was really thinking about how to answer this question.Li Yuanxing understood what Li Lanshan meant. Even if Li Lanshan hadn't discussed it with Li Yuanxing beforehand, Li Yuanxing could still understand Li Lanshan's meaning. Now he was really forced to this point.

After thinking again and again, Li Yuanxing nodded: "My brother also has the same meaning!"

Li Er stretched out three fingers.

At this time, neither Empress Changsun nor the concubines spoke. This time was a matter between the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and King Qin of the Datang Dynasty.

"Three conditions. Goro, you can't leave the seal of Admiral Tiance. When Datang needs you, you still have to come back. Then you can't hide and let Brother Wei not find you. The third condition, three years limit!"

Li Yuanxing nodded.

Li Er also nodded, and added: "I can only leave when I come back from the conquest."

Li Yuanxing did not refuse, nor could he refuse.

The topic I originally wanted to talk about was completely interrupted by such an unexpected request from Li Lanshan. Anyone could see that Qin Wang Li Yuanxing wanted to hide from the world.Li Yuanxing didn't care about the title of the King of Qin at all, nor did he care about what General Tiance was.There are always things for him to adjust, always for the benefit of the aristocratic family and the powerful, it seems that the King of Qin is bored.

The princesses didn't know whether this was good or bad.

If it is bad, it is impossible to be bad to a certain extent. Who said that the king of Qin can lose his power just by hiding from the world.Datang is loyal to King Qin, and there are more than tens of thousands of people who are willing to work hard.

"Zhen, I decided to take Wulang's place temporarily and be the Tiance Admiral!" Li Er knew that this power could not be taken away by anyone. Li Yuanxing was not in Chang'an, so he managed it, but he did not say to take it back.He said that as long as Li Yuanxing is alive, he will always be the King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty, the king of the world.

Said to leave, it is impossible to leave immediately.

It happened to be during the period of Li Er's personal conquest, so Wu Zhao had enough time to prepare.

Timber from South America, steel from Chang'an, cement, and various other materials were shipped to Hawaii first.Then pile up tens of thousands of tons of high-quality high-quality coal for backup, and then food, and build a new Qin Palace.It will take time, manpower, and material resources to tear down that gorgeous courtyard and move it there.

The news was not blocked at all, and that afternoon, Qin Qiong and Li Jing came to Qin Palace.

"Goro, why is this?"

"When Lan Shan proposed this idea, I was really shocked. But after thinking about it, she was actually right. I should leave too. I can help a child learn to walk, but not for too long .A child who has never fallen will not be able to walk steadily in the future. I can help him for a day, but not for a lifetime."

Li Yuanxing gave a reason.

"Wulang!" Qin Qiong wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Li Jing.

"Shubao, it is a great good thing that Wulang chose this time to leave. Datang has no foreign enemies at all, and some are just internal troubles. Some small and medium-sized families are already envious of overseas fiefdoms. It seems that they lack a sharp sword hanging above their heads, but in fact it is even more terrifying."

Qin Qiong is a warrior, he doesn't understand this kind of planning.

Li Jing explained in detail: "Without Goro's restraint, the small and medium families will definitely jump out. At that time, it is impossible for the big family not to take action. At that time, there will be some chaotic battles. People will not die, but they will also hurt their muscles. In the chaotic battle of bones, the fight is not for swords, but for people and money."

"The pharmacist still understands me!"

"In fact, there are too many people who can see this scene. As Goro said, money moves people's hearts, and they are blinded by interests!"

Li Yuanxing smiled, but didn't answer.

"The integration of wealth will lead to the decline of many aristocratic families. Not to mention the small and medium-sized aristocratic families, even the big aristocratic families may not be able to sustain it. As long as they do not join hands, the wealth of the Tang treasury is not something they can match. Then the aristocratic families will be divided into There are two types. One is those who share prosperity with the Great Tang, and the other is ambitious clansmen."

"A powerful family is different from an aristocratic family!" Li Yuanxing added.

Li Jing agrees with this statement, the family is the kind of family first, and then the country.

However, the aristocratic family may have the same prosperity as the family and the country.

Li Jing still didn't say a word, there are actually four major houses in the Longxi Li family, and a few small houses are divided into three factions.The largest faction is apolitical and only knows how to make money by doing business and make the family prosperous.Then the smallest faction is Li Jing's faction, which shares prosperity and prosperity with Datang.The power in the middle is Grandpa Li Changying, who is also the head of the clan. He has worked hard for the prosperity of the Li family, and he is only dreaming of overseas.

The three factions of the Li family in Longxi cannot be regarded as hostile.

There was cooperation, there were disagreements, and there were small-scale armed fights.

It's just that right now, there aren't too many conflicts of interests and principles, so in order to seek money, the cooperation is quite close.Only people like Li Jing who are at the top of the family know the existence of this inner rift.

Come to think of it, the other six will not be monolithic. (To be continued.)