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

After the three of them went down, Li Yuanji thought carefully for a while, found that there was no problem, and then relaxed.

Li Yuanji looked at Yang Jianhe who was standing below.

"Jianhe, you heard what I just said. Will you come with me?"

Yang Jianhe knelt on one knee and looked at Li Yuanji with a serious and solemn look.

"Your Majesty, I have always been by your side. Wherever Your Majesty goes, I and the Royal Guards will go there! I and the Royal Guards are only loyal to Your Majesty!"

Yang Jianhe expressed his loyalty and determination to Li Yuanji without any hesitation. This was indeed what Yang Jianhe thought in his heart. He was originally an old man in the Prince of Qi's Mansion. He followed Li Yuanji from Chang'an to Lingnan, and then followed Li Yuanji back to Chang'an from Lingnan.

It can be said that he witnessed the rise of Li Yuanji. He was Li Yuanji's private army before, and naturally he was the most loyal to Li Yuanji. Even Li Yuan's imperial edict at that time could not command them. They only obeyed the orders of Li Yuanji.

They were loyal to Li Yuanji in the past, and they will naturally be more loyal to Li Yuanji from then on, until now, and even in the future.

As for the Jinyiwei, they were originally Li Yuanji's personal army, so naturally they were loyal to Li Yuanji and only to Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji looked at Yang Jianhe. He didn't expect Yang Jianhe's reaction to be so big. After a little thought, he understood and was extremely satisfied.

"Get up. I know you are loyal. Since you are willing to go with me, you should hand over the Jinyiwei. Bring some of them with me and leave the majority to the prince. Let the prince arrange for someone to take over.

Go and call Xie Shufang now. Go ahead."

Yang Jianhe responded, stood up and respectfully retreated.

Li Yuanji asked Yang Jianhe to call Xie Shufang, which meant that he planned to take Xie Shufang with him. As someone who had always followed him, the friendship between Li Yuanji and Xie Shufang was very deep.

In the past, the Prince of Qi's Palace was basically supported by Xie Shufang. At that time, Xie Shufang still followed him to Lingnan, and they walked through it together. They could be said to have shared the joys and sorrows.

After a while, after a long time, Xie Shufang came hurriedly.

"See Your Majesty."

"There's no need for these empty formalities in private. I never saw you like this in Lingnan before. Come, sit down."

Xie Shufang listened to Li Yuanji's words, scratched his head and laughed, then went straight to sit opposite Li Yuanji. Looking at the wine that Li Yuanji poured for him, he drank it down in one glass without any courtesy.

"Your Majesty, things are different now than they were before. Etiquette is still required. But Your Majesty, now that I have finished drinking the wine you gave me, can you give me ten or eight jars of wine?"

"Oh, ten or eight jars, Uncle Fang, do you know how difficult it is to brew this wine? I don't have much here, and you still want ten jars. I can only give you one at most. Do you want it?"

Li Yuanji was also speechless to Xie Shufang. The reason why this wine tasted so good was because the craftsmanship was very complicated. He exchanged it from the system. After all, he had a lot of contribution points at the beginning, so it didn't take many contribution points to exchange for the wine, so he exchanged it.

When the wine was first brewed, he gave a lot of it as rewards to these people, and he drank it sparingly himself, even though he didn't like it that much.

When Xie Shufang heard Li Yuanji reward him with another jar, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Your Majesty, how about two altars?"

Xie Shufang negotiated with Li Yuanji without giving up. If it was someone else, Li Yuanji would have been happy to give him another jar. However, Xie Shufang wanted another jar after getting the one he had.

In fact, Xie Shufang still had a jar of wine at home, but this was really not enough. After drinking this wine, Xie Shufang felt that the other wines suddenly tasted bad, so he kept drinking sparingly. But even so, there was only one jar left.

Even though it is just a jar, it is a big jar. It is not the small jar that can only hold a few kilograms or ten kilograms. This jar can hold a hundred kilograms.

Li Yuanji looked at Xie Shufang and was also amused. This man even started bargaining with him.

"Since you don't want it, I won't give it to you."

"Your Majesty, please don't. I want it. I definitely want it. Just one jar is enough. It's a deal. Your Majesty, you can't go back on your word."

When Xie Shufang saw that Li Yuanji wanted to take back even the jar of wine, he immediately refused to do it. He had finally tricked Li Yuanji into giving him a jar of wine, and he would not let Li Yuanji take it back just like that.

Li Yuanji felt helpless for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

"You, you haven't changed at all, okay, I'll bring you the wine later.

I came to you this time for another matter."

Li Yuanji then talked about his trip to North America.

"Now you know, this time I want to ask you if you would like to go to North America with me."

Xie Shufang listened carefully. Although he didn't know where North America was or how to get there, when Li Yuanji finished speaking, he agreed without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, do you even need to ask? I will definitely go. I have always been following Your Majesty. If Your Majesty wants to go to North America, I will definitely go with you.

Since the land there is fertile and rich in resources, we must conquer it. It will be a good opportunity for us to develop it again after we get there with Your Majesty.

Moreover, it is such a faraway place, and I also want to go and see what is different there compared to the Tang Dynasty."

Xie Shufang's face was full of excitement and yearning. The relationship between him and Li Yuanji had long been more than just that of a monarch and his subject. When Li Yuanji was the King of Qi, he followed Li Yuanji to Lingnan, and Xie Shufang went with him. At that time, he had never thought that he would be like this today.

Now we are just going to the other side of the ocean. Can it be worse than going from Chang'an to Lingnan?
Just as he said, he would follow Li Yuanji wherever he went, as long as Li Yuanji led him.

Li Yuanji looked at Xie Shufang and immediately smiled, a smile full of relief.

"Okay, since you agree, then we'll go together. When you get down, make preparations and select 50,000 land forces and 30,000 naval forces. Remember, after selecting them, you must tell the soldiers that we're going to settle there this time.

If there are those who are unwilling to go, they cannot be forced. If they are willing, their families will go with them.

Once you have selected all of them and have agreed to them, you can hand the list over to Cen Wenben and let him prepare the supplies."

Things are different now than before. Many people's lives have become good, and even if they are poor, they can make a living. Li Yuanji is very clear that not everyone will agree to take so many people to migrate to North America with him.

If someone really disagrees, he will not get angry. Instead, he will be very understanding. After all, it is so far away from home, and Li Yuanji will not force anyone to do anything.

Xie Shufang nodded solemnly and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will do my best and will never do anything reckless!"

This was Xie Shufang's promise. He knew that some people would not go. Li Yuanji was worried that he would force the whole army to go. Xie Shufang knew all this. Li Yuanji looked at Xie Shufang and believed in him. He believed that Xie Shufang could do a good job in such a matter.

"Okay, I trust you on this matter. Please make your selection as soon as possible. We will set off next year or so. You should be prepared in advance."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand."

After explaining everything to Xie Shufang, Xie Shufang left.

Although there is still a year left until next year, which sounds like a lot, it is actually not that much, because such a large-scale preparation of materials is also very time-consuming and cannot be accomplished easily.

After Li Yuanji finished discussing these things, he returned to the harem. Yang Cheng was there at that time, so Li Yuanji walked over to him immediately.

"Now that we've talked enough, let's eat. We can talk again after dinner."

When Li Yuanji arrived, Yang Qingwan and Yang Cheng also stopped. After eating, Yang Qingwan couldn't wait to look at Li Yuanji.

"I plan to let Yuanlin get married next month, but he still doesn't want to. You have to talk to him. Now he won't listen to me."

As soon as Yang Qingwan finished speaking, Yang Cheng looked at Li Yuanji's eyes and suddenly became anxious.

"Brother-in-law, it's not that I don't want to. Today is the 26th. My sister said it will be the third day of next month, which means we will get married in eight days, no, seven days. This is too hasty.

Brother-in-law, please judge for yourself. No matter what, you have to let me rest for a few more days. It's not possible so quickly."

Yang Cheng was really about to cry, he was not against getting married, on the contrary, he was old now and it was indeed time for him to get married, but he could not accept such a hasty marriage.

Li Yuanji looked at Yang Cheng. He could now understand how difficult it was for Yang Cheng. He had been away for more than ten years and had just returned. He was exhausted along the way and had not had a rest yet, but he was arranged to get married. Even though there were still seven days left, Yang Cheng would have to be busy from now on. He would not be busy only on that day. In fact, he would not be so busy on that day.

Li Yuanji patted Yang Cheng on the shoulder and said slowly: "Yuanlin, I understand your difficulties. After all, you have traveled such a long way and it took you so long to come back. You are not familiar with the current Tang Dynasty. This is normal.

But your sister's words do make sense. You are old enough now, it's time to get married. This time you should marry a wife first, and later I will let your sister pick two concubines for you.

All right, go down and get ready. The girl your sister picked for you will definitely be good, so don't worry."

Yang Cheng was happy at first when he heard what Li Yuanji said before, but after listening to it, he became anxious. He wanted to say something, but seeing Yang Qingwan's half-smile and Li Yuanji's amusement, he opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.

Yang Cheng was so sad that he wanted to cry but had no tears. He thought Li Yuanji was trying to save him, but it turned out that he was trying to control him.

Yang Cheng was helpless. What else could he do? His arm couldn't twist his thigh, so he could only do as he was told.

"Brother-in-law, sister, I understand. I'll go down and prepare now."

"That's right. Go ahead, prepare well and show your energy and spirit."

After Yang Cheng left, Li Yuanji immediately called Yang Jianhe.

"Go and recruit him. Yang Cheng followed my order to go out to sea in search of fertile and rich land. Ten years ago, he successfully found it and finally returned to the Tang Dynasty. Now I grant Yang Cheng the title of county lord and a fief of 1,500 households."

Originally, Li Yuanji was thinking of rewarding Yang Cheng later, but now that Yang Cheng was about to get married, he had to reward him earlier so that Yang Cheng would have face when he held a wedding banquet, and also to let everyone see how much he valued Yang Cheng.

As Li Yuanji finished speaking, Yang Qingwan said anxiously, "My husband, it's too fast to confer the title of County Duke on Yuanlin. How about conferring the title of Marquis on him?"

Li Yuanji first signaled Yang Jianhe to go down and prepare the attack, and then looked at Yang Qingwan.

“I have already let Yuanlin down by giving him the title of Duke of County. The map he brought back this time is of great significance.

He also brought back edible crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, and other vegetables. Unfortunately, the Tang Dynasty already has them. Otherwise, Yuanlin could have been directly conferred the title of duke this time.

This time, Yuanlin was gone for ten years and eight months. This time was too long. If he hadn't taken so many things into consideration, he would not have been granted the title of County Duke, but Duke of the State.

But it doesn't matter. As long as Yuanlin makes some contributions in the future, Chengye will reward Yuanlin as a Duke. Only when I think of this, I feel better. "

This was indeed Li Yuanji's true words. He had previously asked Yang Cheng to set out from Dongyi Prefecture and cross directly to North America. Li Yuanji was very clear about the difficulties involved, especially as the conditions in almost all aspects were still very poor at that time. Yang Cheng almost lost his life on the way, and it took more than ten years to go back and forth.

If he had not exchanged for potatoes, Yang Cheng's contribution this time would have been enough to make him a Duke. This county duke was already the greatest compensation Li Yuanji could give.

This was mainly due to the contribution of the route map. If even this was not available, Li Yuanji would really not know how to reward Yang Cheng.

After listening to this, Yang Qingwan felt relieved when she saw that Li Yuanji did not confer the title of county lord on Yang Cheng because of his identity.

Yang Qingwan knew very well that if she gave the reward based on her status, it would be bad for Yang Cheng.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was the day of Yang Cheng's wedding. Li Yuanji and Yang Qingwan came in person to support Yang Cheng and gave him many rewards. In a short time, Yang Cheng's name spread throughout the world.

When I was in Lingnan before, some people still remembered the name Yang Cheng, but later many people didn’t know it. Now people know it again.

More than three months passed, and soon it was the day of Li Chengye's wedding. The wedding of the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty was much more lively, and it could be said that the whole country celebrated.

Time passed gradually, and the ninth year of Kaiping came to an end, and the tenth year of Kaiping began.

In May of the tenth year of Kaiping, Li Yuanji came to the Research Institute. This was because after he handed over the aircraft manufacturing technology exchanged from the system to the Research Institute, the Research Institute had now made it.

"See Your Majesty, Prince."

"Get up, and take me to the test site to see the aircraft that has been developed."

Li Yuanji was extremely curious. This was the first airplane that had been developed properly. Whether it would be successful depended on this one.

The group arrived at the test site, which was still the same one that Li Yuanji had visited before. After Li Yuanji and Li Chengye watched it, the staff began the final debugging.

It was not until more than half an hour later that the pilot entered the plane. As all the staff evacuated, the plane's engine started and the plane began to move slowly.

As the speed increased and gradually began to leave the ground, everyone's heart was lifted up, and Li Yuanji was also watching closely.

When everyone saw the plane rising higher and higher and finally successfully taking off and flying across the sky, they were shocked. It turned out that humans could also fly freely in the sky.

Li Yuanji's face was full of smiles, and he was extremely happy. Li Chengye was shocked, and his heart was even more excited about Feitian's technology. (End of this chapter)