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Chapter 141 Li Yuanji: I have many famous generals under my command now, right?
Li Yuanji was in a good mood. After breakfast, he walked leisurely on the street. Now he just walked around and looked around every day. Seeing Xie Shufang standing aside with something on his mind, Li Yuanji suddenly became curious.

"Shu Fang, is there anything that makes you unhappy? Tell me and I'll be happy."

Xie Shufang's mouth twitched. This was truly a good king of his who really cared about his subordinates.

"Your Majesty, Pei Xuanyan came to see you yesterday, but then left again, saying he would come again today. Now that we are out, I'm afraid he will miss us in vain."

Li Yuanji immediately looked at Xie Shufang helplessly. He was really helpless, because this was really his good secretary.

"When did he come? Did he say anything?"

Xie Shufang looked at Li Yuanji awkwardly.

"Xuan Yan came near dusk, and the king was busy at that time. It was not an important matter for him, so I asked him to come another day."

Li Yuanji stopped, stared at Xie Shufang for a while, and suddenly laughed.

"Yes, well done. Since it is not an important matter, how can you disturb me? I am also very busy. Ignore him for now and let's go for a walk."

As soon as Xie Shufang finished speaking, Li Yuanji knew what time it was. He instantly realized that there was something wrong with Pei Xuanyan. If Xie Shufang had handled it well, his good deeds yesterday would have been almost ruined.

After walking for a while, he somehow came to the statue. Li Yuanji looked up at his own statue, unable to hide his smile. Looking at his facial features, one could not say that it was very similar, but one could only say that this was his handsome, majestic appearance.

Although the carving has not been completed yet, Li Yuanji is very satisfied with it for now, absolutely satisfied.

Xie Shufang was watching from the side and was also moved.

"Your Majesty, your statue is so majestic and handsome. Your Majesty has made such a great contribution to Lingnan, and you deserve to be admired by the world. Congratulations, Your Majesty, may your reputation last forever and be passed down in history."

Li Yuanji smiled and gestured to Xie Shufang to stop talking.

"Okay, Shufang, these are what I should do. What's the point of talking about leaving a good reputation for generations to come? This is the people's recognition of me. It shows that the people remember my kindness. This further proves that there is nothing wrong with development. We must continue on this path in the future."

Li Yuanji, feeling extremely satisfied, did not go shopping anymore, but returned to the palace. In Li Yuanji's words, he was worried that Pei Xuanyan had waited too long.

Xie Shufang also had a smile on his face. He saw through the situation but did not say anything. He kept praising Li Yuanji.

When I returned to the palace, Pei Xuanyan was already waiting inside.

"See you, Your Majesty."

Li Yuanji helped Pei Xuanyan up.

"I just finished dealing with something. Why didn't anyone tell me that Xuan Yan was coming? I wanted to come back earlier. What is Xuan Yan here for?"

Xie Shufang was trying to hold back his laughter outside and almost laughed out loud.

Pei Xuanyan had no doubts and spoke immediately.

"Your Majesty, I came here for ocean-going business. Now the merchant ships bound for the Tang Dynasty have already departed. When can my fleet depart?

I have already asked Dahao. In another month, there will be a lot of goods stored. Can I then lead the fleet out to sea?
After I have learned the truth, I can prepare in advance. After all, the journey is long and it takes time to prepare in advance, so I came to ask the king. "

After hearing this, Li Yuanji felt a headache. Now the ship is sailing far away? He was afraid that these ships would encounter some storms and capsize directly. If so, the whole army would be wiped out, which would be a lot of fun.

But seeing Pei Xuanyan's eager look, he felt it difficult to refuse him outright. After all, he had taken away his position. Now he was in charge of overseas affairs and he was still so enthusiastic. He must not dampen his enthusiasm.

"Xuan Yan, the situation is like this now. Xi Junmai went on the expedition and took some large ships with him. In addition, Guangzhou is carrying out military activities, so some large ships have to be transferred there. Yuanlin also took some with him. Now there are only six or seven ships left, and they have to protect the safety of the salt field and Haikang.

If we take them all out to sea for you, our navy will be left with no large ships. Our large ships are still under construction and will take some time.

But don't worry. Although you can't go to the ocean, I can give you two large ships and some smaller ships. You can go to Linyi, Zhenla, Pyu, Gokula, Srivijaya, Wuli and other countries first.

After you have conquered these small countries, our large ships will be almost ready by then. The large ships we are building now are new-style tower ships, which are much larger than today's large ships. One ship can carry cargo equivalent to that of three large ships.

The speed has also been improved. Although it looks bigger, it is also faster. A journey that usually takes three days can be reached in one day with the newly built large ship.

The most important thing is that today's ships cannot sail far or enter the deep sea. You should also know what happened to the navy. It is easy to capsize when encountering wind and waves in the deep sea. For this reason, they cannot sail far.

You can use these ships to travel around the neighboring countries now. This will help strengthen our ties with them. We know too little about these small countries, which is not good.

"Remember, you are going in the name of this king, not the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, you must try to attract their fleet to come to Haikang to do business. Do you understand?"

Li Yuanji had no choice but to make it clear to Pei Xuanyan. Even if he didn't say it now, he would tell it later. If he stayed behind, Li Yuanji had a hunch that this man would keep harassing him.

Pei Xuanyan became very excited after hearing these words. He came here just to ask so that Li Yuanji would not forget him. What happened in Yuwen Bao's navy caused such a big commotion that people were beaten and lying on the bed. How could he not know about it?

Only then did he realize that the long voyage would be shelved, but he didn't want to sit here all the time. Even if he couldn't go on the long voyage, he thought he could still visit the small countries nearby.

As for the newly built large ship capable of long-distance voyages, he had not thought about it. In his opinion, this matter was extremely difficult. However, he did not expect that there would be a surprise. The large ship capable of long-distance voyages was already under construction. Once the voyage began, not only would he have a contribution, but as the first person to start contacting the outside world, although the risks in the middle were high, he would definitely be recorded in history books.

How could Pei Xuanyan not be happy? Although Li Yuanji was the leader and he had never thought of stealing Li Yuanji's limelight, he also had soup to drink, which was why he had been thinking about this matter all the time.

Pei Xuanyan looked at Li Yuanji with burning eyes.

"Your Majesty, when this new long-distance sailing ship is built, you must let me take it on a long voyage to start trading. I don't want to be left behind.

I will go down and prepare to go to the neighboring countries to start trade. I will vigorously promote Lingnan and encourage countries to come to Haikang to do business. I will never let the king down!"

Pei Xuanyan was very serious. He knew very well that as long as this matter was done well, he would be the one to sail in the future, and no one else could be. Li Yuanji was also happy to see Pei Xuanyan being sensible.

"Okay, that's it. Go down and prepare. Tell me in advance when you leave."

After Pei Xuanyan left, Li Yuanji breathed a sigh of relief. It was a good idea to start trading with neighboring countries first. He also wanted to see if Pei Xuanyan had the ability to do so.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye. Li Yuanji's contribution points reached 110, and Zhong Quan, who was in charge of making cement, came over.

"My lord, the cement has been made!"

When Li Yuanji heard such good news, he stood up in surprise.

"What did you say? The cement has been made? But have you tested it? Are you sure there are no problems?"

Zhong Quan was also full of excitement.

"Your Majesty, the test has been completed. The cement road has solidified and is now ready. It is just as Your Majesty said. It has been built!"

Li Yuanji suddenly became excited.

"Haha, haha! Okay, okay, take me there now, let's go."

Li Yuanji came to the place where cement was made in a hurry. There was a road inside that was built with cement. Li Yuanji felt so familiar with it. Although he knew that this cement was not as mature as that of later generations, as long as it looked okay, it was fine.

Li Yuanji stepped on it and felt it. Although he couldn't feel anything, it looked good.

Then Li Yuanji looked at Xie Shufang.

"Shufang, get someone to bring the horses that can pull heavy objects here right away, load the goods on them, and then drive back and forth on this cement road."

Xie Shufang didn't understand, but still went down to carry out Li Yuanji's order. What Li Yuanji had to do now was to test the quality of the cement road. As long as there was no problem in pulling heavy objects, it could be used completely.

After a while, Xie Shufang came over with a few mules and horses. This kind of horse is specially used in the army to pull heavy objects. They are strong and can be said to be bigger than war horses, but they are not fast. They have good endurance, otherwise they would not be used to pull heavy objects and transport supplies.

Under Li Yuanji's command, first a horse pulled a heavy load and walked up, walking back and forth, and then more horses gradually began to increase the number. Li Yuanji kept his eyes on whether there were any cracks on the cement road. Until everyone had gone up and walked back and forth for a while, there was still no change. Li Yuanji finally felt relieved.

"Okay, that's enough. Everyone, go down. This cement is very good. Zhong Quan, you will lead the people to make it with all your strength. I will transfer some more people to you to expand the scale. You must do it quickly."

After Li Yuanji made the arrangements, he then called Ning Chun.

"Dahe, look, this is the newly built road surface. It won't have any impact on you even if you carry heavy objects on it. In the future, when it rains, you don't have to worry about the mud on the road making it difficult to walk after the rain stops.

This is called cement. I have asked them to speed up the production. After you go down, prepare the manpower and start construction in two days. Build all the roads and then open up roads to various places.

With such a road, I believe that people from all over the world who come here to do business will find it much easier and it will take less time than before. This matter must be taken seriously.”

Ning Chun looked at the cement road, squatted down and touched it with his hand, with a look of admiration on his face.

"Your Majesty, this road is truly a work of art beyond compare. This cement is truly a divine object. Your Majesty has truly opened our eyes. Your Majesty has created such divine objects one after another. You must be a person favored by the heavens, a true dragon in the world.

Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will start preparations right after I go down. As long as we have cement, we can start construction anytime after tomorrow."

Li Yuanji was very happy and didn't care what Ning Chun said at all. He just listened to the praise. However, Xie Shufang and others beside him kept it in their hearts. Is this a person favored by God, a real dragon in the world?
Two days later, the construction team arranged by Ning Chun had already started work. The first road to be built was the road connecting the three resettlement sites outside the city. Only after the construction was completed would they start to connect the roads to the docks, salt fields and other places.

Time passed like this. One day, Li Yuanji looked at his 335 contribution points and almost laughed out loud. These were accumulated by him through daily tasks, five points at a time. It can be said that these contribution points were not easy to come by.

The full sense of accomplishment made Li Yuanji very happy. Although it was not much, it felt good.

Li Yuanji did not make any exchanges. Now he wanted to save up all the contribution points to deal with some emergencies. He did not want to have any emergencies in the future without contribution points to exchange.

Just when Li Yuanji was happy, Xie Shufang also hurried in.

"Your Majesty, good news. The person you sent to ask your Majesty to find that person has returned with the news. He will arrive in three hours, and he will come by water."

Li Yuanji was really excited this time. His naval commander had finally arrived.

"Okay, let's get ready quickly and have someone prepare some wine and food. Shufang, come with me to the dock to pick him up."

Li Yuanji was very serious. After all, he was a famous general. Although he was not taken seriously now, Li Yuanji knew this man's talent. It could be said that he was both civil and military. He could pacify the world with his pen and decide the outcome of the battle with his military skill. He had fought in famous battles and served as prime minister. Li Yuanji really didn't have such a person.

It can be said that he attaches great importance to the people who come here. Once someone is willing to stay here, this person will be the most capable person among him at present, and even Wang Xuance will have to step aside. Moreover, this person is an honest official, upright, righteous, and capable. Any superior will like such a person.

Li Yuanji was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something.

"Also go and call Yuwen Bao, Yu Minghe and the others, as well as Dahe, to pick him up at the dock. I tell you, this man is both civil and military, not only good at fighting, but also has outstanding governance capabilities. We must show sincerity and keep him."

Li Yuanji had a look of excitement on his face. Now he could say that he had many famous generals under his command, right?

Look at Xie Shufang, Su Dingfang, Xi Junmai, the man who is about to arrive, and Yu Minghe. In his opinion, Yu Minghe is capable and has good martial arts. There is no problem in using him as a future star.

If Feng Ang is included, wow, there will be even more people. Except for Yu Minghe, they are all famous people in history. Now, except for the poor configuration of civil officials, Li Yuanji is already very satisfied with the configuration of military generals.

Yu Minghe had already led his army back. After the rebellion in the Five States was quelled, Yu Minghe stayed for a while to assist Wei Ye in handling the affairs of the Five States. Finally, he left behind three thousand troops and returned with five thousand troops.

Xie Shufang nodded in agreement. He was now becoming more and more expectant. He really wanted to see what kind of person Li Yuanji valued.

(End of this chapter)