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

Chapter 256: Generals plead guilty, Turkic changes

Looking at Yang Cheng's back as he walked away, Li Yuanji couldn't help laughing. Among so many people, Yang Cheng was the most interesting one.

I got up and went to the back house, where I saw Yang Qingwan and several other girls chatting happily in the courtyard.

"What are you talking about? You look so happy."

Seeing Li Yuanji coming, Wu Mei pounced on him directly.

"My lord, this must be a good thing. The Dressing and Spinning Mill has made a lot of money. People outside are lining up to buy goods from the Dressing and Spinning Mill.

Now I have money. If you need money, come to me. I have plenty of money."

Looking at Wu Mei's excitement and arrogance, Li Yuanji couldn't help but pinch his face.

"Haha, it seems that Mei'er is now a wealthy woman. From now on, the expenses of the palace will depend on you."

Wu Mei laughed even wider when she heard this, and her eyes narrowed.

"Okay, okay, I'm rich now, no problem, leave it to me, I'll also cover all the king's expenses."

Wu Mei patted her chest and spoke confidently, obviously this would be very ostentatious.

Looking at Wu Mei like this, Li Yuanji knew that the toilet paper shop must have made a lot of money. After all, it would be hard for a woman not to be tempted by the things sold by the toilet paper shop.

Even some men probably couldn't take their eyes off it.

"Okay, then from now on, Mei'er will be the one to support us."

He picked up Wu Mei and walked close to Yang Qingwan, then put Wu Mei down and sat down.

"Ma'am, what are you talking about?"

Yang Qingwan said with a smile on her face: "My husband already knows that Mei'er's dressing gown and spinning made money, and she is sharing it with us here."

Yang Qingwan looked at Wu Mei who was excited, and Wu Shun who was smiling, and then looked at Li Yuanji.

"My dear husband, you don't know that the business of the toiletry textile factory is indeed very good. Although it has only been open for a short time, the trade volume is almost catching up with the clothing textile factory.

We were just talking about opening clothing and cosmetics stores together, or directly sharing one store in the future, so that the needs of buyers can be better met.

It is just like after you have carefully dressed up with rouge and powder, your original clothes may not be suitable anymore, so you can just buy a new one that fits.

People who are buying clothes can just take a look at the dressing box next to it. I believe many people would be willing to buy it as long as they see it.

This way, more people will buy and we can make more money.”

Li Yuanji looked at Yang Qingwan intently. He found that Yang Qingwan's views on these things were quite advanced. The combination of clothing spinning and dressing spinning was indeed much better than either of them alone.

For a moment, Li Yuanji didn't know whether Yang Qingwan had this talent or had gradually mastered it after doing business for so many years. Yang Qingwan had been managing the clothing and textile business, and he himself had never intervened. Now she is doing really well. Li Yuanji could only sigh that both her talent and hard work have become quite strong.

"Madam, your idea is fine. If you open a store here, you can add some accessories, antiques, calligraphy and paintings used by scholars, writing brushes, inkstones, and paper. Don't be too biased, otherwise you will lose other business.

This point needs special attention. For the rest, see if there is anything that needs to be supplemented and add it. Try to maintain diversity and not be too single. "

As Li Yuanji was speaking, Yang Qingwan's eyes lit up and she looked at Li Yuanji with even more love, causing Li Yuanji to continue talking a lot uncontrollably.

After finishing his long speech, Li Yuanji took a sip of water and waited for praise, but Yang Qingwan ignored him.

"Guimei, Meimei, Shunmei, come and discuss this with us, let's get this done."

Under Li Yuanji's dull gaze, the women started discussing the matter, talking and laughing beside him, completely ignoring him.

After being stunned for a moment, Li Yuanji smiled helplessly. He realized that he should not have come here. He tried to interrupt several times but failed, so he simply got up and left.

The women watched Li Yuanji leave angrily and suddenly laughed.

"Sister Wan, isn't this a bad thing for us to do?"

Yang Qingwan glanced at Li Yuanji's back and said with a smile, "It's okay, let's continue discussing and make some delicious food for the king later."

As soon as Li Yuanji walked out, Yang Jianhe hurried over.

"Your Majesty, General Su and his men have arrived and are now in the main hall."

Li Yuanji was stunned, then walked towards the main hall.

"See you, Your Majesty."

When they arrived at the hall, Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui, Yu Minghe, Xue Wanche and Wei Ting were all there, but everyone's expression was extremely serious, without the slightest sign of joy.

Li Yuanji came up to the group with a smile.

“Get up, we’ve won a great victory this time, but looking at your expressions, it looks like we’ve lost the battle.

Dingfang, tell me, what happened?"

Looking at Li Yuanji, who was warm and smiling, Su Dingfang couldn't help feeling even more ashamed and knelt down on one knee.

“Your Majesty, I have failed to live up to your trust. Although we won this battle, it was because of the weapons and armor you equipped your army with. The victory was due to the weapons, not me.

This time, I served as the commander, but suffered a miserably defeat. I was repeatedly plotted against by Li Ji, which led to the fact that even though I had a huge advantage, I was almost surrounded and annihilated by Li Ji.

This is my fault in commanding the troops. Although I won the battle, I was defeated.

I am willing to be punished, please punish me, Your Majesty."

Su Dingfang was indeed feeling upset. He was completely defeated in this battle with Li Ji.

He was on home ground and had advantages both on land and sea, yet he was defeated by Li Ji. Su Dingfang considered himself a veteran on the battlefield, yet he was almost defeated. If it weren't for Wei Ting or the army's advanced equipment, he would have probably been defeated badly this time.

This was something Su Dingfang could not accept. He was led by Li Ji throughout the whole process. Although the lack of intelligence prevented him from making accurate and better deployments, what was shown was that he was taught a lesson by Li Ji.

In this war, Li Yuanji handed over all power to him, and even let him command Liu Rengui's navy. However, the final result was so bad, how could Su Dingfang not blame himself?

"I am guilty, please punish me, my king!"

Liu Rengui and others knelt down one after another. If it was said that Su Dingfang still had some room for forgiveness, then Liu Rengui was really fooled.

Even with a powerful navy, dominance of the sea, and intelligence support from Yang Cheng, things turned out like this. Liu Rengui knew very well that his mistake was the most critical in this battle in Dongzhou Prefecture.

Especially since Li Ji secretly escaped right under his nose, but he did not notice him and did not stop him. In Liu Rengui's eyes, he was the one who committed the greatest crime.

Thinking about how much Li Yuanji valued him, from an unknown county lieutenant to being directly in charge of tens of thousands of naval forces here, it can be said that he holds great power. However, this is how he repaid Li Yuanji. Liu Rengui was full of self-blame.

If he was a novice, it could be barely understandable, but he had already fought in several major wars, destroying Ryukyu, destroying Luzon, and sending troops to Linyi. He had fought many battles and was no longer a novice.

As a result, even though he was leading in all aspects, he was still played tricks by Li Ji. Liu Rengui was so ashamed that he wanted to commit suicide and did not dare to face Li Yuanji.

As for Xue Wanche and Yu Minghe, it can be said that they have little to do with them. They both mainly follow orders and execute them completely according to Su Dingfang's military orders.

But this battle, even though they won, they still felt very aggrieved. In their opinion, they were also at fault. Especially Xue Wanche, from the Sui Dynasty to now, he had a lot of experience in the battlefield, but he ended up like this. Even though he was just a general who only needed to follow orders, this time when facing Li Er, the battle ended like this. Xue Wanche also blamed himself in his heart.

As for Wei Ting, it can be said that he had little to do with this time. He was even a major contributor. If it weren't for him, the 10,000 troops led by Zhang Gongjin would have captured Yamato and besieged other people together with Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin.

But in Wei Ting's view, he was a counselor, but this time he failed to notice Li Ji's deployment in time, and he also felt a little guilty.

This is because the victory was too frustrating. If it wasn't so frustrating, these people wouldn't be like this.

Su Dingfang and his companions were just like the saying goes: winning a battle is more painful than losing, and they felt extremely humiliated.

Li Yuanji looked at the few people who were full of self-blame and secretly aggrieved, and after a moment he just laughed.

“You said that I would punish you, why would I punish you?
You won the battle, so you should be credited with the victory, not blamed for anything. This king should reward you even more.

You are all veterans of the battlefield and have fought in many battles. You should know that victory and defeat are common in the military.

Although we won this time, it cannot cover up the fact that you fought very poorly. The victory was entirely due to the soldiers' command of the troops and their superior equipment.

But what does the outcome of this time mean?
Do you really think you are not as good as Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin, or Zhang Gongjin?
No, in my eyes, none of you is bad, no worse than Li Ji and his men. The reason you are suffering a loss now is simply because you are not familiar with Li Ji's use of troops.

Since we didn't fight well this time, we should strengthen ourselves and get revenge in the future.

Instead of kneeling here and letting me punish you.

You are all my favorite generals, people I am very optimistic about, and I believe in your potential.

Failure is meant to make us stronger. If we cannot learn lessons from failure, then we should be punished and severely punished.

Now, all of you stand up and look up at me!"

Su Dingfang and his companions gritted their teeth. They did not think that they were worse than others, but the ugliness of this incident was deeply engraved in their hearts.

Hearing the words of revenge, several people were extremely moved. They wanted to avenge themselves, to avenge this shame.

Several people slowly stood up and looked at Li Yuanji with fighting spirit.

Su Dingfang and his companions were not the kind of people who would fall down and not stand up again because of a little setback. Especially Li Yuanji's comfort to them, everyone was deeply moved.

They could feel that Li Yuanji hoped that they could stand up, stand up with determination and start again.

Li Yuanji looked at them with satisfaction.

"That's right, this is why I value you.

Failure is not a shame, but not being able to face failure is a shame.

If a war were to destroy your spirit, I would not value you so much.

Now that you are back, go down and summarize the gains and losses, and review this battle in detail, what mistakes you made, and what Li Ji did.

Every detail should not be missed. You have to think about it and reflect on it to make yourself stronger.

Now that you have all regained your confidence, I will not say more. Now go back and think carefully.

This king is waiting for the moment when you become stronger, go!"

There seemed to be a raging fire in the eyes of Su Dingfang and the others, and they all looked at Li Yuanji with fiery gazes.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Several people were immediately full of confidence. After all, they were all excellent generals, and no one felt that they were inferior to others, especially the enemy.

Watching several people retreat, Li Yuanji looked at one person and immediately spoke.

"Zhengping, stay for a moment."

Wei Ting was stunned, then stopped and returned to Li Yuanji's side.

After Su Dingfang and his companions went down, Li Yuanji also walked down.

"Zhengping, you worked hard on Japan's plan this time, and you saved the situation in the end. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid there would be no Dongzhou Prefecture today."

When Wei Ting heard this, his expression became complicated for a moment.

"Thank you for your praise, my Lord. This is what I should do. The Japanese barbarians can now become your Lord's Dongzhou Prefecture. This is your Lord's gift to them.

As for turning the tide, there is no way to say that. I was originally a military general. Although I have retired for many years, I have never fallen behind.

This time, it was only thanks to the dedication of all the soldiers that we were able to achieve the final victory.

Although I won this time, I feel ashamed in my heart."

Wei Ting shook his head for a while. This incident made him realize that there are many talented people in the world and they should not be underestimated.

After a moment, Li Yuanji suddenly smiled.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Now that you're back, go and have a good rest.

You will stay here from now on. We are short of manpower for various affairs now. After you have a good rest, you can start handling government affairs with Jingren.

By the way, Shujie has arrived. I haven’t seen him for a long time. I can go visit him.

Xuancheng is also here, so we can go for a walk as well."

Wei Ting had no objection to Li Yuanji's arrangement. As for Wang Gui's arrival, Wei Ting was surprised for a moment, then his face was full of smiles.

He was not familiar with other people, but he was very familiar with Wang Gui.

As for Wei Zheng, Wei Ting immediately felt unhappy. He really wanted to go visit Wei Zheng.

"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty. I will take a two-day rest and then go to Jingren to start handling government affairs."

Wei Ting looked at Li Yuanji with gratitude. He had already felt Li Yuanji's thoughtfulness.

After Wei Ting left, Li Yuanji felt relieved. Su Dingfang and his men had really scared him.

Li Yuanji was really afraid that Su Dingfang and his men would never recover from this defeat. That would be a huge loss for him, even if he gained control of Japan.

Li Yuanji had not rested for long when Yang Jianhe hurried in again.

"Your Majesty, Ning Chun sent an urgent report that something has happened to the Turks!"

Li Yuanji was suddenly shocked. Has something happened to the Turks?

He frowned and thought for a while, and soon locked on one thing, but Li Yuanji was unable to confirm it. He then opened Ning Chun's urgent report and started reading it.

The more he looked, the heavier Li Yuanji's heart felt.

(End of this chapter)