Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 121: A famous general, an excellent candidate for commander

It is absolutely impossible to let Li Yuanji give up. He has made up his mind to fight this battle. There must be no problems with his trade routes. This concerns his future.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuanji looked at Feng Ang.

"Mingda, when you go back, you must not stop preparing and strengthen the fight against pirates. I will also ask Lin Quan to lead half of the navy here to your place to fight against the pirates first. As for the rest, I will inform you later."

After hearing this, Feng Ang immediately agreed. Now that Li Yuanji was determined to fight, he had no choice but to fight. He was not a coward.

"Don't worry, my king. After I return, I will immediately start working on this matter and expand the navy again in preparation for the war."

After discussing this matter, Li Yuanji then started talking about development issues.

"Okay, Mingda, you can handle this matter. In addition, you can also strengthen trade with other parts of the Tang Dynasty through land and water routes to accelerate the development of various states.

Nowadays, grain prices are rising in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, which shows that food is tight. Especially after next year, this problem will become even bigger and it will be more difficult for the people to survive. After you go back, you must start to take action immediately.

I must personally oversee the reclamation of wasteland and the cultivation of grain. These two areas must be developed. At the same time, we must attract refugees from the territory of the Tang Dynasty and resettle as many as come. If you encounter any difficulties, please write to me.

There are few people in Lingnan, so you must develop the population as quickly as possible. Don't worry about the food problem. The money earned from trade can all be exchanged for food to prepare for absorbing the refugees from the Tang Dynasty.

You have to personally monitor this matter. If there are too many refugees and they cannot be resettled, then send them to me. Leizhou is also short of people, so I can fill the gap."

Li Yuanji had great confidence in the development of Feng Ang's places. The territories where Feng Ang was located were all well-developed in Lingnan and were richer than other places. They had the largest population and the most arable land.

This is why Feng Ang was able to send supplies to him, and why the supplies he brought back each time were quite a lot. Compared to Leizhou, those places had a certain foundation, and they didn't have to start from scratch like he did here.

Feng Ang listened carefully and finally agreed to everything.

"Your Majesty, I have already started the development work. We have reclaimed a lot of wasteland and planted all the food, which is more than in previous years. The canals and water wheels have been built, and this year's harvest will definitely be better than in previous years.

Now, five salt fields have been built and a lot of furniture made of rosewood has been produced. This time, I came here to ask the king to send someone to look after these businesses.

I am a rough man, and no one under me understands these things, so I can only ask the king for help. I really can't do business.

As for absorbing refugees, I will personally monitor it and make sure it is done well.

By the way, my king, this is the new register. There are now 11,328 more households, all of whom are new naturalized people during this period. They have all been settled."

Li Yuanji was also stunned when he heard this. Has the situation developed so well?

Especially with the addition of more than 10,000 households. Although they are all from Lingnan, they can only be truly counted as his people after they are naturalized. More than 11,300 households means tens of thousands of people. Even if you calculate it based on six or seven people per household, isn't it definitely close to 100,000 people?
Some families definitely have more than six or seven people, but even if we count with fewer people, it is still a significant increase. Although this increase occurred in more than 20 states, it is getting better after all.

As for business matters, Li Yuanji knew that Feng Ang didn't want to get involved, so he asked him to send someone over. What did he mean by not understanding business? He didn't believe that Feng Ang really didn't understand. Even if Feng Ang didn't understand, there were people below who did.

Feng Ang is not greedy for power now, and the new power is given to him by sending people, and he does not care. Li Yuanji can see Feng Ang's intentions and feels that such a person is good. "Mingda has done a good job. Keep it up and continue to follow this development model. Just remember that the most basic things are population and food. Reclaiming wasteland, developing arable land, and increasing the population are the foundation. Everything else is based on this foundation.

Mingda came at the right time this time, and I happen to have two good things here, you can take them back later."

Li Yuanji immediately asked someone to bring the sewing machine and colored glass. When Feng Ang learned about them, he became very excited.

"Your Majesty is truly an immortal. You can even forge such a divine object. Since Your Majesty is so kind, I will accept it."

Feng Ang accepted it without any hesitation, and both of them laughed.

After chatting for a while and Feng Ang left, Li Yuanji began to ponder alone. He was mainly thinking about the issue of the navy.

The people are fine, the main problem is the warships and the people who will lead the navy. The technology of weapons in the Tang Dynasty is also leading. The biggest difficulty now is the ships and the commander.

Of these two difficulties, in Li Yuanji's eyes, the commander is the most important. Now Feng Ang refuses to lead the navy on the grounds that he is not good at naval battles. Li Yuanji knows that this is because Feng Ang is worried that his power will be too great and will affect his opinion of Feng Ang.

The fact is that Li Yuanji attaches more importance to the navy. Whether it is future exile overseas or overseas development, the navy is the top priority. He must strengthen the control over the navy. Feng Ang's doing this just suits his wishes.

However, among his group of generals, none of them was good at naval warfare, let alone naval warfare. Almost no one had ever been involved in naval warfare before. As for Yuwen Bao, he was a complete novice, and Li Yuanji had no choice but to let him test the waters.

Now the results prove that Yuwen Bao did study very hard, but the results were somewhat poor.

Li Yuanji closed his eyes and thought. Now he had no suitable candidate under him, so he was wondering what else he knew in the Tang Dynasty.

After a long time of flipping through his memories with a frown on his face, Li Yuanji, who was already having a headache, suddenly opened his eyes.

"I almost forgot about this man. He is also a famous general. He has not been discovered by Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin yet. I just need to ask someone to invite him. How can I not get him?"

Li Yuanji was talking to himself, feeling quite excited. He finally had a suitable person to be the commander of his navy.

Li Yuanji then wrote down the man's information on a piece of paper and looked outside the door.

"Uncle Fang, come in quickly!"

Xie Shufang walked into the room.

"Your Majesty."

Li Yuanji handed the paper in his hand to Xie Shufang.

"Send someone to bring this man back. Remember, you must bring him back and tell him that my navy is short of a commander. Let him be the commander!"

(End of this chapter)