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

Chapter 179: Holding Tens of Thousands of Contribution Points, Still Difficult
After hearing this, Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang were briefly embarrassed, then they came to their senses and spoke again.

"Your Majesty, we all know what you said, but Your Majesty, the army now is really too small. Since 100,000 is impossible, how about 50,000?

Now that we have such a large amount of money and grain, Yuanlin and Xuanyan are also engaged in trade. This place is becoming richer and richer. Many people will definitely have other ideas. We must have a large army to protect the development of Lingnan.

This is what you said, my king. We all agree with you. My king, expand the army!"

Li Yuanji felt a toothache. The words he had used to criticize these people were now being used by these people to criticize him.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuanji slowly spoke.

"It's not impossible to expand the army by 50,000, but 40,000 of them will go to the navy, and the army will be expanded by 10,000. Add to the previous 15,000, and it will be 25,000 in total, which is almost enough."

Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang, who were originally excited, were stunned after hearing this. They spent so much time talking, but in the end they were working for Liu Rengui?

The two of them quit immediately.

"My king, how can you do this? What's the difference between doing this and giving all 50,000 people to the navy? My king, you can't be so partial to the navy. An expansion of 10,000 people is really too few. Then we need 20,000 people, and the other 30,000 are for the navy.

Your Majesty, don't worry. The expanded army will definitely not disappoint you. As for Zhenla, when you want to fight, let us go. We only need 30,000 or at most 50,000 people, and we will definitely conquer Zhenla.

My king, please give us more men. We can’t give all of them to the navy.”

Looking at the two men, Li Yuanji felt helpless.

"Alright, alright, I'll expand your force by 20,000 people, okay?

But I tell you, if the new troops you have expanded are not trained well and cannot lead a strong army, don't blame me for being rude to you."

This time Su Dingfang stood up directly.

"My king, please rest assured. I will train them hard and make this new army a powerful one!"

Then Li Yuanji asked the two men to leave directly. He couldn't stand it anymore.

"Jingren, this time the army expansion is imperative. The army in Lingnan is still too small, and there are too many places that need to be protected. You should plan out the money and food needed for the new army according to the standards just mentioned.

These money and food must be spent. Only with a strong army can we develop with peace of mind. You should also know this. "

Cen Wenben had not planned to say anything. He saw these problems very clearly, especially when facing the pressure from the Tang Dynasty, he knew a lot.

“Don’t worry, Your Majesty. I know this. However, Your Majesty, I know that Your Majesty wants to develop the navy, but the army must be given priority now, and the navy can be expanded later.

Your Majesty must be more aware of the situation in Chang'an than I am. Once Lingnan becomes prosperous, not to mention the Crown Prince and the King of Qin, even a saint will be unable to restrain himself.

At that time, either the king will need to mobilize money and grain from his fiefdom and send them to Chang'an, or an imperial decree will be issued to order the king to return to Chang'an, and Lingnan will be handed over to other people. By removing the king's fiefdom, the court can take over such a wealthy land.

Once the sage issues an edict, what should the king do?
If he returned to Chang'an, the situation would be the same as before, or even more dangerous. The Crown Prince and the King of Qin would most likely get the King out first, because the King could not compare with the Crown Prince and the King of Qin in terms of power in Chang'an.

But if you reject the imperial edict, the court will certainly send troops to take over Lingnan by force. Then everything here will not only be destroyed, but the king will get nothing in the end.

No matter whether it is the Crown Prince, the King of Qin, or the Saint, Your Majesty, you should understand that in the face of huge interests, no one can bear it. Even if the Saint cannot bear to do so, all the court officials will force him to make such a decision.

Because once the wealthy Lingnan is taken back by the imperial court, the families of the court officials will benefit, especially those aristocratic families.

Although these words may sound provocative, I have already followed Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will not harbor any fluke mentality. The development of the army is now far superior to that of the navy. Only when we have strong soldiers in our hands will the court have some concerns.

Unless the king is willing to hand over everything here by then."

Cen Wenben took a great risk by saying this. To put it more seriously, it was very obvious that he was trying to sow discord among the royal family, and even intended to allow Li Yuanji to establish himself as king.

But Cen Wenben had to admit that he was really afraid that Li Yuanji would have those ideas, and he also believed that Li Yuanji would do so. Because of the current contact and Li Yuanji's arrangements, he believed that Li Yuanji was unwilling to return to Chang'an.

Li Yuanji looked at Cen Wenben and was very moved. Being able to say such words really cut off his retreat, and he was also sincerely thinking about him and hoping that he could succeed.

Li Yuanji was also thinking that he must develop the navy, there was no dispute about this. What Cen Wenben proposed now was to put the development of the navy on the back burner instead of in the present.

Li Yuanji thought for a while and seemed to have figured out the problem, which was that he seemed to be preparing for defeat. He had already believed that he could not defeat the Tang Dynasty, and thought about escaping to the sea if he could not win.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanji was stunned and cursed inwardly. He found that his thoughts had really gone astray. Now he already had more than 100,000 troops. He only needed to expand a little more and he would be able to deal with the military liquidation of the Tang Dynasty.

Unless the Tang Dynasty assembles its entire army, he will admit defeat then. Otherwise, he seems to have the strength to fight. Moreover, today's smelting technology has surpassed that of the Tang Dynasty. Even if the Tang Dynasty sends 200,000 or 300,000 troops to fight him, it seems that he can still win?

After thinking this through, Li Yuanji suddenly became enlightened.

At this moment, Li Yuanji made up his mind. Why run away? He couldn't bear to leave everything here behind, not to mention that he was not without a chance of winning.

"Jingren, what you reminded me of is that although the navy needs to be developed, it can be put a little behind. However, let's do it this way for now. If the navy is expanded by 30,000 soldiers, it can handle many situations. The Tang Dynasty also has a navy, so we must be on guard against this.

After some time of development and when the population increases, we can consider expanding the army. We cannot expand the army blindly. If we cannot afford the support of the army, it will destroy the development here, which is not worth the loss. "Thinking clearly is thinking clearly, but some things cannot be rushed, so we can only do it slowly like this.

After hearing this, Cen Wenben said nothing more. In his opinion, as long as Li Yuanji was prepared, it would be fine.

Half a month later, news of Linyi's destruction finally came.

"Haha, good! Xi Junmai and Tan Dian did a great job. They actually captured the Linyi capital first and captured Fan Fanzhi alive. Liu Rengui and Xue Wanche were one step behind, but fortunately, they arrived at the Linyi capital right after them.

Send an order to them immediately. Xi Junmai and Tan Dian will stay behind. The main army will stay there temporarily. Liu Rengui and Xue Wanche will lead the navy back. Send Fan Fanzhi to Chang'an. Then send this news to Chang'an as soon as possible, so that everyone in the Tang Dynasty can know this good news!"

Although Li Yuanji was happy, he was not too excited. The destruction of Linyi was within his expectations. It would be really strange if he couldn't even defeat Linyi.

Xie Shufang hurried down to make arrangements. When the news came, everyone was extremely happy. After Wei Ting knew about it, he was shocked for a moment, then he came to his senses and suddenly smiled.

"The King of Qi is really amazing. He has conquered Linyi right away. The Tang Dynasty is now on guard against the surrounding countries, but the King of Qi is the first to start destroying a country. The world is really unpredictable."

Wei Ting was filled with emotion for a while, and then he did not write to Li Jiancheng, because he knew that Li Yuanji would definitely report the matter to Chang'an as soon as possible, and Li Jiancheng would naturally know about it then.

Another month had passed. Li Yuanji completed his daily tasks today and saw that his contribution points had reached 1,435. He was no longer happy, but only worried. At this rate, he didn't know when he would be able to collect the contribution points needed for exchange.

At this moment, the task suddenly showed as completed, and the contribution points directly reached 6,435. Li Yuanji was shocked, and then excited.

Li Yuanji then looked at the new task: The population has exceeded the city's capacity, so expand the city. Completing the task will earn you 8,000 contribution points.

Li Yuanji was stunned when he saw this task, because the task of expanding the city has been going on, but to what extent would this expansion be considered completed?
If it were based on the previous city standards, it would have already been achieved. But if it were based on his planning standards, Li Yuanji's heart sank. According to the plan on his drawing, it would take at least a few years to complete.

After all, it is planned according to the future layout of Chang'an, and it can accommodate at least several million people. It cannot be completed in a short time.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw that the task had changed directly, and the new task was directly shown as completed.

Li Yuanji's eyes suddenly widened. At this moment, he seemed to understand that the expansion of this city must be based on the proportions of the original Haikang City, otherwise why would it be completed directly?

As for why he was given 8,000 contribution points, Li Yuanji could guess the reason directly. If he had not expanded the city, it would take at least nearly a year to expand the city to its current appearance.

It took him so long to expand it, but it was only now that it was expanded to this point. It can be seen that this task requires manpower, material resources, and a lot of time.

Afterwards, Li Yuanji no longer cared about it. No matter what the reason was, he felt so good to be able to complete it directly. Now his contribution points have reached 14,435, and his total contribution points have exceeded 10,000!
Li Yuanji tried his best to suppress his inner excitement and slowly looked at the new task. However, after reading it, he was dumbfounded.

New task: With the increasing population, how can there be no arable land? Reclaim 100,000 hectares of wasteland. Completing this will earn you 10,000 contribution points.

Looking at this task, Li Yuanji was really dumbfounded. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. The 10,000 contribution points were still there. Li Yuanji immediately became excited.

A task of 10,000 contribution points. Not only had he never seen it before, he had never even dared to think about it before. And now it appeared.

If he were given ten tasks like this, wouldn't he be able to take off in minutes?
Li Yuanji laughed immediately. He was extremely excited at this moment. He was not so excited even when he had more than 10,000 contribution points. In his opinion, such a task should have come a long time ago. What kind of task is a task worth one or two thousand contribution points? What can those contribution points do?

Only tasks like this that require tens of thousands of contribution points are interesting.

Then he looked at the task itself again. His attention was attracted by the 10,000 contribution points just now, so he didn't look at it again. Reclaim 100,000 hectares of wasteland?

Li Yuanji was immediately happy. This task didn't seem that difficult. It had been so long since the last wasteland reclamation task, and this work had not stopped during this time. One hundred thousand hectares, wasn't this on the verge of completion?
Li Yuanji watched closely. He wanted to see if this task could be completed directly. That would be really cool.

But after watching for a while, the task still did not change. Li Yuanji immediately realized that he had not yet reclaimed 100,000 hectares of arable land.

Afterwards, Li Yuanji stopped caring about it. He could just ask Cen Wenben and find out the answer. Then he turned his attention to the things he wanted to exchange. He clicked on the exchange column and looked at the corn he wanted to exchange. He was stunned when he opened it.

It's not for any other reason, just because this corn requires 15,000 contribution points to exchange, and this is just the exchange, because this is hybrid corn. In order to ensure that subsequent seeds are not affected, another 10,000 contribution points are needed to evolve and eliminate this shortcoming.

Li Yuanji's mouth twitched. He finally understood that if he wanted to use this corn, he would need at least 25,000 contribution points. If he didn't use the 10,000 contribution points to evolve the seeds, the yield of the hybrid corns exchanged would become less and less.

He chose corn because it requires far fewer contribution points than potatoes, sweet potatoes, and hybrid rice. It is the cheapest and has a relatively good yield, especially much higher than current grain.

In addition, it is very easy to preserve, which is very good.

Li Yuanji was speechless. The seeds that had not been evolved could only be planted a few times. When he had contribution points again, the seeds that had already been used could not be used for evolution, which was equivalent to 15,000 contribution points, which would be wasted in vain.

Li Yuanji looked at the 14,435 contribution points in his hand. Now he understood that if he wanted the corn, he had to wait until this task was completed. By then, plus the contribution points given by the daily task, it would be almost enough.

Li Yuanji was filled with bitterness. He thought he had a lot of contribution points, but when it came to exchanging things, they were suddenly not enough.

Li Yuanji had no choice but to close the task system. He no longer had any desire to watch it. What else was there to watch? The only way was to quickly accumulate contribution points.

Afterwards, Li Yuanji called Cen Wenben. In addition to asking about the progress, he also asked Cen Wenben to speed up the work, finish it earlier, get contribution points earlier, and then start the next task.

(End of this chapter)