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

Chapter 184: The fiefdom expanded again, and troops were sent to conquer the granary

Li Yuanji looked at Cen Wenben. He no longer had any anger at this moment. Only after hearing what Cen Wenben said did he realize that his previous thoughts were somewhat absurd.

Li Yuanji really learned a lesson this time. He was already in an important position, but he still remained suspicious of him. He didn't know when he became so suspicious. Besides, he was far away in Lingnan, so why was he still worrying about those things?
Li Yuanji helped Cen Wenben up.

"Jingren, get up quickly. You are innocent this time. What crime have you committed? You solved my big problem, so you should be rewarded. I, Li Yuanji, am not the kind of person who cannot distinguish right from wrong.

I am even more fortunate to have Jingren by my side to assist me, so I can really rest assured."

Cen Wenben was also very moved. Although he was thinking about Li Yuanji, he was indeed too impatient. After all, he could have discussed it with Li Yuanji first and then made it public. By doing this, he was indeed committing insubordination, and it was only right for Li Yuanji to punish him.

However, Li Yuanji not only did not punish him, but admitted his mistake instead. Cen Wenben knew very well that for a person in power, such a broad mind is extremely rare.

With this frank disclosure, everyone worked with greater enthusiasm and a clearer purpose. The recruitment of new troops has begun in full swing, and when the news spread, young and strong people began to sign up.

After Wei Ting and Xue Wanche learned that Li Yuanji was expanding his army again, Wei Ting became very serious.

"The King of Qi is going to expand the army again. This time the expansion seems to be quite large. Recruitment has been going on for ten consecutive days. As far as I know, 80,000 young and strong men have been selected. I heard that the expansion is also going on in Guangzhou, so the number of young and strong men recruited now is already over 100,000."

Wei Ting was both serious and worried. Li Yuanji's strength was originally not weak, but Li Yuanji and his civil and military officials thought he was weak. However, in Wei Ting's eyes, he was very powerful.

Now that the army is expanding on such a large scale, Wei Ting feels a little uneasy. With so many troops, what exactly is Li Yuanji going to do?
As for Xue Wanche, he didn't have as many thoughts as Wei Ting, and he even had a smile on his face.

"Zhengping, why think so much? The king is expanding the army because Zhenla is provoking him. Zhenla has hundreds of thousands of troops. I can tell you directly that the king wants to expand the army by 150,000 and the recruitment has been completed.

The recruits from Guangzhou Prefecture are being transported here. All the new troops will be trained in Leizhou, and then deployed to Yuezhou Prefecture to deal with Zhenla. "

Xue Wanche is in the military now, and knows more about this matter than Wei Ting. Moreover, no one is covering it up, so Xue Wanche will know it after just asking a little.

Wei Ting felt a little relieved after hearing this, but he was still confused. What on earth was Li Yuanji trying to do? Would it really take so many troops to deal with Zhenla alone? Was Zhenla really that strong?

Wei Ting stopped thinking about it and spoke again.

"We have been here for quite a while now. You should prepare yourself. In two or three months, when you have finished the work at hand, we will return to Chang'an."

Xue Wanche nodded without saying anything. In fact, he didn't want to go back because there would be more war here. However, the person he was truly loyal to was Li Jiancheng, not Li Yuanji. He had to go back. There was no other way.

Time passed quietly. After completing his daily tasks, Li Yuanji looked at the 185 contribution points with melancholy. Having experienced more than ten thousand contribution points, he really looked down on the few points he had now.

Although I thought so, I completed the tasks honestly every time, and at least I got five contribution points.

At this moment, the task on the panel suddenly showed as completed, and the contribution points directly reached 10,185. Li Yuanji sat up in shock. The population of Haikang has reached one million?
Then Li Yuanji laughed foolishly. Every time the system issued a task, he would give priority to developing tasks related to it, and sure enough, the process was faster.

Li Yuanji then looked at the new task: As the king of Lingnan, fully control Lingnan. Completing the task will earn you 20,000 contribution points.

Looking at this task, Li Yuanji was shocked. Twenty thousand contribution points? The contribution points for this task directly exceeded his imagination. However, looking at the full control of Lingnan, Li Yuanji suddenly realized that this contribution point seemed to be too little.

This task looked easy because he had almost completed it in advance. If things didn't go smoothly, he would want to fully control Lingnan? That would be a waste of time.

Suddenly Li Yuanji felt a little uneasy again, because the Liaozi tribe and the Heman tribe were also part of Lingnan. This part was Wenshan, Jinping, Maguan and Luchun in Yunnan. He didn't know whether Yu Minghe had conquered them.

Li Yuanji was really grateful at this moment. Fortunately, he sent Yu Minghe to fight early. Otherwise, this task would take him at least half a year, or at least nearly a year to complete.

The advance preparations, mobilizing troops, marching the army, and then launching the attack and conquering the area all take time because of the roads.

Now, almost a year has passed since Yu Minghe and his companions' death, and Li Yuanji really has no idea where Yu Minghe is now.

Just as Li Yuanji was thinking, he saw that the task above was directly completed and 20,000 contribution points were obtained. Li Yuanji was stunned. He couldn't believe it. Were Yu Ming and his team progressing so fast? Then wouldn't it be that only the five troops sent by Wei Yunqi would have to continue fighting?

Li Yuanji stopped thinking about it and looked at the 30,185 contribution points in his pocket and was overjoyed. With so many contribution points, as long as he could exchange them for another kind of food and completely solve the food problem, he wouldn't have to worry about this anymore.

Li Yuanji immediately looked at the new task.

New task: Population is the foundation of development. Develop Haikang's population to 1.5 million. Completion will earn you 30,000 contribution points.

Li Yuanji felt that this new task was giving him contribution points, and then he grinned. This was exactly the kind of task he wanted. Li Yuanji had discovered that the best task for him to complete now was this kind of population task.

With the continuous naturalization of people from all over the country and the continuous influx of people from the Tang Dynasty, the population in various places is surging. The only bad thing here is that almost all the people here have been naturalized. If he wants to increase the population, he can only migrate from all over Lingnan.

Now this place has been designated as the absolute center point, and the population from all places must prioritize gathering in Haikang. This task is almost impossible to accomplish, the only problem is that it takes time. However, this task is better than asking him to build a cement road.

Li Yuanji opened the exchange column with a naive smile, and saw that he was just 30,000 contribution points short of the good things he wanted to exchange. He smiled even more happily.

After closing the task panel, Li Yuanji immediately asked someone to call Cen Wenben to explain the population matter. At the same time, Li Yuanji asked someone to call Liu Rengui.

"See you, Your Majesty."

When Liu Rengui arrived, Li Yuanji motioned him to stand up and then spoke. "Zhengze, I called you here this time because of something. Your navy has already replaced its sailboats, right? Have the newly added personnel started training?"

When Liu Rengui heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he seemed to have thought of something.

"Your Majesty, the newly recruited young men have already started training, but Your Majesty, the navy's combat effectiveness is still there. Your Majesty, just give the order, and I will definitely complete it!"

Looking at Liu Rengui who was asking for battle, Li Yuanji also smiled. As expected, these people were able to guess what he wanted to do very quickly.

"Yes, I called you here this time because I do have a mission for you. Look at the map. Here, there is a small country called Luzon (the northern part of the Philippines. It was not called Luzon during the Tang Dynasty, but this name has become well-known and is used here directly. Now the Tang Dynasty does not have a clear name for it).

This Lubu Island is extremely suitable for growing grain and cotton. It is a natural grain land. Now that your navy is free, go and capture this Luzon Island and take all the new recruits with you.

There is no comparison between drills and actual practice. Only through a real battle can one grow faster. I leave this matter to you. As for the natives on the island, if they submit and don't cause trouble, then treat them well. However, you will not allow them to be registered as residents. You have to come up with a system to differentiate them.

Only those with good performance can be registered as residents of the Tang Dynasty. Only those with good performance can receive the same treatment as the citizens of the Tang Dynasty.

If those natives dare to cause trouble, they will be destroyed directly. After you capture Luzon, I will prepare a large number of civilians here, and you can send them over by ship.

This place is very important to us, it is an excellent place for granary, Zhengze, do you understand?"

Li Yuanji's plan was exactly this Luzon Island. He had been eyeing this place for a long time. It was really suitable for growing rice, corn, cotton and the like. Although some fruits were also very suitable, the most important thing was food.

Before, the big ship was not available, so he could only watch and think about it. Now that he has a sailboat and the capital for long-distance voyages, he doesn't want to miss such a good place. Although it also needs to be developed, as long as it is developed, the value of Luzon Island will be no less than that of Lingnan.

Liu Rengui was extremely excited after hearing this. Another country to be destroyed? This was a good thing. Xi Junmai had taken the lead in destroying Linyi before, and now he was destroying Luzon again. He was very excited, especially since Luzon was so important and a granary. This made him impatient.

"Your Majesty, I will go down and organize the army. I will lead the army within half a month and will conquer Luzon for Your Majesty!"

Li Yuanji nodded, and after Liu Rengui left, he called Cen Wenben and asked him to prepare the corresponding money and food, as well as the population to be relocated to Luzon. In his eyes, Luzon Island would be his fiefdom in the future, and the people there would be his subjects.

As for the migration of population, Li Yuanji and Cen Wenben unanimously chose to migrate the population from Guangzhou Prefecture. After all, there was a shortage of population here, so how could they migrate from here?

Cen Wenben was equally enthusiastic. He really had not thought that there was such a granary there. As for the truthfulness of what Li Yuanji said, Cen Wenben had no doubt at all. In their eyes, if Li Yuanji was sure of it, then it must be correct.

Another war of expansion was decided, and this war of expansion had to be fought, because Luzon Island was a really good place. In today's agricultural era, the rich land was the greatest wealth.

Liu Rengui's army's preparations for war quickly attracted everyone's attention. When Xie Shufang and others learned that Liu Rengui was going to lead his army to fight again, and also with the intention of destroying the country, and to fight in such a rich place, everyone became red-eyed and rushed directly to Li Yuanji.

"My king, please let me go. You promised me that you would go to the next war. You can't break your promise."

"Your Majesty, they have fought so many battles, it is time for me to go. Liu Zhengze has just retired from Yuezhou Prefecture, and you continue to send him to fight. You can't be so partial. I am capable and I can definitely conquer Luzon for you!"

Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang cried in front of Li Yuanji. It was really difficult for them. After coming to Lingnan, except for practicing on the road that Li Yuanji took to enter Lingnan, they had not participated in any wars. Now there was a war again and they had no chance. The two really wanted to cry.

Li Yuanji was also extremely troubled at this moment. Really, he knew that sometimes the people under him were eager for war, which was not a good thing. Look at it now. They were just going to fight for Luzon Island, not the entire Philippines, but these people were willing to fight for it. He was really convinced.

Cen Wenben and Wei Ting were watching from the side with smiles on their faces. Wei Ting and Xue Wanche were both present to see Li Yuanji's move this time. They all wanted to know what big move Li Yuanji was going to make next.

Xue Wanche was very excited. Not only Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang wanted to go, but he also wanted to go. The achievement of destroying a country made him more excited than the internal consumption in Chang'an.

After a while, Li Yuanji slowly spoke.

"You two, do you really want to go? Let me tell you, there is basically no army on Luzon Island, just some natives. It can be said that it is not difficult to attack Luzon. I let Zhengze go there so that he can carry out preliminary governance.

As you all know later, the war against Zhenla is about to begin. Zhenla is the real tough nut to crack, and Zhenla's territory is dozens of times larger than Luzon. Are you willing to stay in Luzon and give up the war against Zhenla?

If you are willing and have the heart to carry out preliminary governance of Luzon, then I will let you go, how about that? "

Li Yuanji had a smile on his face. He wanted to see if these people still wanted to go.

Upon hearing this, Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang hesitated. They looked at each other and Xie Shufang spoke first.

"Your Majesty, I am not good at naval warfare. This time I have to sail far out to the sea to attack Luzon Island. I think Liu Zhengze is the most suitable, so I will not compete with him. I will go to attack Zhenla."

"Your Majesty, I am not good at naval warfare. Let Liu Zhengze go. I will not fight anymore. Zhenla is the biggest enemy. I am willing to attack Zhenla."

Xue Wanche also gave up the idea of ​​attacking Luzon. After all, if he attacked Luzon, he would have to give up attacking Zhenla. This was an easy choice, and he immediately closed his eyes and rested.

Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang thought the same thing. They originally wanted to participate in both wars, but now they can only participate in one. Li Yuanji also explained the situation of both sides very clearly, so it was easy for them to make a choice.

Li Yuanji looked at them and smiled. He knew they would make this choice.

(End of this chapter)