Ji Tang

Chapter 872 Victory
More than ten thousand naval fleet officers, led by Ji Qing, Liu Xiancheng, Wang Xuance, and Xue Li, launched the final offensive against the Goguryeo army led by Yeon Gaesumun!

The four of them are all highly skilled in martial arts. After ten years of hard work, they are no longer who they were before.They still had a lot of scholarly spirit before, but now after experiencing the world, that youthfulness is gone, and what remains is only firm will and determination!
Long swords, horizontal knives, long halberds, and long spears were like dragons flying back and forth in the army. Wherever they passed, there was no enemy at all!
Li Shimin had already reached the hill under the protection of Shen Zhen and three thousand soldiers. Watching the four people below showing off their might and beating the Goguryeo thieves to the point where they cried for father and mother, his heart suddenly burst into joy!

Wasn’t it awesome just now?Why are you so timid now?

"Shen Zhen!"

"The end is here!"

Hearing the emperor calling him, Shen Zhen stepped forward quickly.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, as if he was remembering something?
Shen Zhen looked up and didn't interrupt, but waited quietly!

"I remember that you were originally General Ying Yanglang of Yingyang Mansion in Yangzhou. You should have left Zuowuwei in the Sixteenth Guards in the third year of Zhenguan. I remember that at that time, 120 people were transferred from each of the Sixteenth Guards to go Various places in the Tang Dynasty took over the Yingyang Mansion, and you were one of them, and I even went to see you off at that time."

Li Shimin looked at Shen Zhen with admiration. This was his direct descendant from the army.Not long after he took the throne, and because he was about to attack the Turks, he was worried that if he lost, it would lead to local instability, so he recruited more than a hundred people from his direct lineage to take over the Yingyang Mansion soldiers from various places to stabilize the situation. The big picture.

Facts have proved that what he did was right. After arriving at the local area, these confidants quickly took control of the local force and devoted a lot of effort to the stability of the Tang Dynasty!

I just didn't expect that after so many years, the original General Ying Yanglang would become the commander of the Tang Dynasty's voyage naval fleet. If the merits were calculated, plus the rescue effort, being awarded a title was a sure thing.

"Your Majesty, you still remember?"

Shen Zhen looked at the emperor in disbelief. She was a young general at that time, but after so many years, your majesty still remembers him?

For some reason, the urge to die for His Majesty suddenly arose in his heart.

His face was flushed, but years of experience gradually calmed him down.

Li Shimin, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and others nodded secretly, secretly saying that this person has a good character. If others were already excited, he calmed down so quickly.

After a few more years of experience, Datang will probably have one more general.

Li Shimin also nodded with satisfaction, indicating his preliminary approval of him.

"Of course I remember. I remember all your contributions. Many of those who were with you have been promoted, and some even commanded an army and worked hard for the Tang Dynasty."

Suddenly, Li Shimin sighed!

"But it's a pity!"

"More people have become addicted to the gentle village, and some have even been demoted and exiled by me! Only a few people can always remain the same!"

Having said this, he looked at Shen Zhen and suddenly smiled and said: "You are very good! You look much calmer and calmer than before. It seems that you have lived up to my expectations!"

Shen Zhen looked a little strange, and even more emotional!
He did not directly return to the emperor's words, but said: "I am very lucky to meet young people like Ji Qing and others. Compared with them, I am nothing."

He looked up at Li Shimin and said, "Do you know what these young ministers have gone through?"

Without waiting for a response, he thought to himself and said: "Narrow death is just a joke, but these are not worth mentioning!"

"What I want to say is that on the other side of this sea, there are two continents that are several times larger than the Tang Dynasty. They are sparsely populated, and there are even no people at all in most places."

“Have you ever seen a herd of a million bison?”

"Have you ever seen grain that can produce more than ten shi per mu?"

"Gold is used as sacrificial offerings wherever it is. The entire mountain is filled with gold. You can pick up a basket of gold just by passing by."

"I heard from Ji Qing and the others that the people there are still in the Stone Age. They hunt and fight with tools ground from stones!"

"Wherever there is endless food, just sow seeds and you will be able to harvest enough food next year!"

Shen Zhen looked at Li Shimin excitedly, knelt down on one knee and choked with sobs: "Your Majesty, compared to there, the people of my country in the Tang Dynasty are suffering so much."

"There is never enough food to eat, and the uprisings in the last years of the dynasty are always a hellish scene of fratricide!"

"Actually, we don't need this, we really don't need this."

As Shen Zhen continued to talk, both Li Shimin and Du Ruhui and others were stunned!
Endless food, fertile land, and gold picked up casually, this is probably not a dream, right?
They would never dare to dream of such a thing, let alone in reality!
"Is what you said true? Do you know that if it is false, this is the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

The battle at the foot of the mountain can no longer attract his attention!

"I dare to swear!"

Shen Zhen didn’t hesitate at all!

"If I tell even half a lie, I will be torn apart by five horses and die!"

"What's more, everyone has seen this with their own eyes, not just the minister, but everyone on the ship has seen it."

“Some people were crazy when they first saw gold, but in the end, they went to the sea with natural gold nuggets to compete with each other and smash fish.”

“There are so many that I can’t even pick them up!”

How about smashing fish with gold?

Li Shimin's face was filled with dark thoughts. What bastard came up with this?

I'm almost losing all my hair for money every day, but you don't take money seriously?This is simply unreasonable!
"Then how much did you bring when you came back?"

Du Ruhui couldn't sit still when he heard that there was so much gold. As a prime minister, he was worried about money every day. How could he sit still when he heard that there was so much gold?

Shen Zhen looked at Du Ruhui in a strange way, as if she was looking at a fool again, and even thought he was like one of those lunatics who saw gold for the first time!
"Not much!"

"We have too many things to bring back. Those books take up five entire ships, and the other ships are guarded against all kinds of seeds."

Hearing Shen Zhen say that he didn't bring much, Du Ruhui couldn't help but show a look of pity, and even hated the fact that iron cannot become steel!
They really don’t know the value of firewood and rice. How can these talented people know the importance of money to a country?
"but."

But just when Du Ruhui was disappointed, Shen Zhen said regretfully: "If Mr. Tang hadn't insisted on bringing some gold back, we could have packed more seeds, which would have allowed the new crops to spread faster!"

Tang Jian?

Everyone was stunned, yes!With Tang Jian, a mature and prudent old fox, how could he let the gold go?

How do young people like Ji Qing know the importance of money?Each and every one of them built big ships at a young age with Ji Song's support. It was really a waste of money!
Growing up in a wealthy family like Ji's, I have never been short of money, and I don't understand the embarrassment of a hero being stumped by a penny!
"How much did you bring back?"

Du Ruhui asked anxiously.

Li Shimin also looked forward to it at this time. It looked like he was going to win the battle, but his heart trembled when he thought about this loss!
This is money, rewards, and pensions. So many soldiers and horses have been lost. Even if the household department is emptied, there is no way to fill such a big hole!
Shen Zhen was a little surprised when she heard this. Is this a matter of gold?

Wherever you go, things are everywhere. Just pick them up if you want. What a big deal!
"I don't know about this. I just exchanged all the stones that were at the bottom of the position for gold."

"Don't worry, I'll do the math first!"

After saying that, he actually picked up his fingers and said to himself while calculating: "A ship has about three thousand kilograms of ballast stone. There were originally thirteen ships, but one was sunk. Now there are twelve ships. So "That's thirty-six thousand kilograms of gold!"

Du Ruhui immediately figured it out, but after he figured it out, he couldn't believe it!

Thirty-six thousand pounds of gold?What is this concept?
Now one pound is 16 taels, which means that thirty-six thousand jins is 57 taels of gold.

If this is still a city copper coin,
"I'm a little dizzy, Your Majesty, I'm really."

Du Ruhui smiled bitterly. He really didn't have the courage to continue. Especially when he saw Shen Zhen's contemptuous eyes, he became so angry!

"I don't have the heart to think about it anymore."

This is not bad. Needless to say, these are enough to cover the losses caused by this war, and there is even a big surplus!

Now about fifteen Guantongbao can be exchanged for one tael of gold, that’s it.
"If my calculation is correct, it should be 860 yuan!"

Changsun Wuji stood up from the ground and said.Only then did everyone see that under his feet were all the calculated numbers!

Eight million six hundred and forty thousand!

What is this concept?
With this money, not to mention the losses in this war, Datang can fully support three more such wars!

"Chen Zhen, you have to think clearly before speaking? The crime of deceiving the emperor is no joke!"

Changsun Wuji said to Shen Zhen.

But what is surprising is that Shen Zhen said nonchalantly: "What do you mean by gold?"

"What's the point of lying? They're all pressed up in the cabin. When we get to Dengzhou, we'll know everything after we move them up."

"not to mention"

He glanced at a few people and said: "This is just part of the gold. Many soldiers gave up a lot of their storage space in order to go home and buy a few acres of land. I'm afraid each person has at least a hundred kilograms of gold!"

"what?"

Li Shimin couldn't calm down this time. Each person had at least a hundred kilograms of gold?

How many acres of land do you want to buy?
Just over a hundred acres, right?It’s still an irrigated land near Chang’an!
"How many of you are coming back?"

Changsun Wuji said hastily.

"Hey, where are they all?"

Shen Zhen pointed to the army that was fighting.

"Two thousand or two hundred people have returned, but dozens of people were lost in the last war. I just don't know how many people will be left this time?"

"There are also other navy masters, craftsmen, etc. The total number of people who returned to the Tang Dynasty should be no less than 300."

After listening to Shen Zhen's words, Li Shimin and several others looked at each other, and they all saw the horror in each other's eyes!

There are 300 people. If each person has 100 taels of gold, that is another [-] jins of gold.

This is a little less than before, adding up to nearly 2000 million coins.This is comparable to two-thirds of Datang's current annual tax revenue.

Back then, these people seemed to be private individuals. More than 3000 people owned millions of dollars?

This goddamn place is not going to a wild land, it’s obviously going to rob money!
No, he wasn’t that quick to grab the money, he was clearly just picking up the money!
Taking a deep breath, Li Shimin said: "We will talk about these things later, and what I said today will be kept secret from me. If anyone leaks it, don't blame me for not remembering our old relationship!"

This money comes too timely and is too important. The losses are so big this time. Even if we win, Liaodong will be completely pacified!
But with the loss of so many people, if these grievances are not quelled, there will be endless troubles!
Hearing this, Du Ruhui had no expression on his face and didn't know what he was thinking, but Changsun Wuji looked a little disappointed, as if he had lost something!
Yuchi Gong didn't care. He didn't value these things and wasn't interested in them!

"Shen Zhen!"

Shen Zhen was stunned and said quickly: "I'm here!"

After Li Shimin thought deeply, he said: "This gold is very important to the Tang Dynasty. You must protect this gold. After this war is over, you quickly lead people to guard it. No one can touch it without my order!"

"You can do it?"

Although Shen Zhen didn't understand why the emperor was so interested in gold, she still said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the gold on the ship is made of thousands of kilograms of gold nuggets. Everyone can take it away under our noses."

"but……"

Shen Zhen was a little hesitant, not sure whether she should say it or not!

"Why are you hesitating? If you have anything to say, say it quickly!"

Seeing his appearance, Li Shimin was not only amused but also annoyed.

"Hey, I just want to ask, what to do with the gold of those soldiers? You won't confiscate it, right?"

"That's not possible. That's what Tang Gong promised to the soldiers. They all hope to go back to marry a wife and buy fields. If this is taken away."

"fart!"

Li Shimin jumped up as if he had been bitten by a snake!

Shen Zhen was a little confused, wondering why the emperor was scolding people?
"Am I that kind of person? How could I do such a thing?"

Li Shimin admitted that he was indeed moved just now, but in the end he stopped the greed in his heart!
This money must not be touched. If it is, it will definitely affect the morale of the military!

Even if you want to move, you must take out the corresponding things and exchange them with them. This is the right way!

"That's good, that's good!"

Shen Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, but this made Li Shimin's face feel a little hot.Almost
"Surrender without killing!"

"Surrender without killing!"

"Surrender without killing!"

"."

Suddenly, deafening cheers came from the bottom of the mountain. The soldiers were actually shouting slogans on the mountain to surrender without killing?
这 是
win?

That's right, under the sudden blow from Ji Qing and others, the Gaogou people's army, which was holding its breath, collapsed when reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty arrived!
When the last glimmer of hope was shattered, the Goguryeo people were left with only despair!

Yeon Gaesumun died, not because he was killed by the Tang army, but because he was angered to death after Ji Qing and others arrived.

Hope turns to despair, and not everyone can bear this kind of ups and downs.

He had only one breath left. After shouting loudly, "Heaven is unfair," he fell to the ground, his eyes still fixed on the position of the hill!
Die hard
(End of this chapter)