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

Chapter 47 Development? What kind of development? Survive first (please read it later~)

Li Yuanji's heart ached as he watched this scene. He had already imagined that the situation in Lingnan would be very bad, so he had made a lot of preparations in Chang'an, and all kinds of supplies were fully prepared.

However, now, Li Yuanji suddenly lost confidence in his preparations. What he had in front of him was just one city in Leizhou. Haikang County, the seat of Leizhou, was in such a dilapidated state. How good could he expect the other three cities to be?
As Ning Chun talked about the situation here, Li Yuanji realized that these places had nothing, not even arable land.

Sorry, that's all. A lot has been discovered after the land reclamation, otherwise there would be even less. And that's not even mentioning other difficulties. The only slightly better thing about Hikvision is that it's closer to the sea and you can fish.

And to the east of Haikang, there is a small island. No one knows how many people there are on this island, but they are all Li Liao people, and there are also pirates. Yes, pirates. Ning Chun is also powerless here, as the only ships he has are small boats.

As for why there are no large ships and why there is an abundance of wood here, it’s because they don’t know how to build them. They just don’t know how to build them. There is a technical barrier, there is no other reason.

Li Yuanji was also helpless after listening to this. At this time, he had already discovered that if he wanted to develop Lingnan, the road would be long and arduous. Everything had to be started from scratch. How long would it take to turn these places into the prosperous places like those in the Tang Dynasty?
The key point is that there are no resources here, which is life-threatening. If there were a mine, wouldn’t it take off in minutes?
Of course, this is only the situation in Leizhou. If Hainan and Guangdong are included, there are still some, but discovery and mining are a big problem. There are also quite a few in Vietnam, but his hands can't reach that far now.

Thinking too much made him feel overwhelmed, so Li Yuanji stopped thinking about it and walked on the dirt road in the city, looking at the dilapidated houses everywhere. When he arrived at the government office, Li Yuanji was also stunned for a moment.

Although this government office was better than the houses outside, it was only slightly better. It had two floors and two basements, plus a small courtyard overgrown with weeds. The gate looked a bit shabby, and many of the tiles on the roof were broken.

Ning Chun felt a little embarrassed when he saw these, but there was nothing he could do because he had already taken the lead in having them repaired, otherwise it would have looked even worse.

"Your Majesty, the conditions here are limited. After all, this is a wild land. Your Majesty, you should adapt to it first. Now that the war has stopped, the young and strong men in the army will come back. Then I will have someone come to repair it."

Li Yuanji did not speak, but Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang behind him were also shocked along the way, especially what Ning Chun said, and then seeing the place where Li Yuanji was about to move in, both of them were a little dazed.

In the eyes of the two, if this situation happened in the Tang Dynasty, the people here could definitely be called refugees, right?
Many people in the Tang Dynasty, if nothing else, at least lived in better places than here, especially this city. How could it be a city? It was like a stockade, completely different from the cities they had seen before.

When the two were in Chang'an, they had never thought about these issues at all. Even when they entered Lingnan, they saw a lot and thought it was okay and acceptable. Now that they have arrived at the place where they will be in the future, they found that their ideas were wrong.

Is this place really habitable? Do I really want to stay here forever?

Especially Xie Shufang, he had made up his mind that when no one was around, he would persuade Li Yuanji. He knew that Li Yuanji came out of Chang'an to avoid the fight between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

But now, he suddenly realized that he would rather join the fight. The worst that could happen was death. What was there to be afraid of?
Here, life is simply worse than death. Thinking about having to live here for the rest of his life, Xie Shufang felt panicked.

As for Wang Xuance, he said that these were all minor problems. As a person from Lingnan, he knew the situation here better than Li Yuanji and others, so he was not panicked at all.

Li Yuanji listened to Ning Chun's words without saying anything, and then came into the room. Although it was still shabby, it was obvious that it had been cleaned up, and the room was relatively clean and tidy.

Yes, it was tidy. There was basically nothing inside. There were some maps of Leizhou and some surrounding areas, and a few boxes. When I opened them, I found all kinds of records about Leizhou, as well as household registration files, etc. There was also a stool, which was just a piece of wood with four corners supporting it, but no place to lean on.

Li Yuanji took a look and then sat down.

"You guys take a seat too. You don't need to stand here with me. Just sit down and talk."

As soon as Li Yuanji finished speaking, Xie Shufang and others found stools to sit down. Then an embarrassing thing happened again. There were not enough stools, only three, and there were two people missing.

Ning Chun then brought a cushion, and Feng Zhixuan took it directly and sat on the cushion with Ning Chun.

Li Yuanji did not pay attention to these. His face was very solemn at the moment. He knew almost all the difficulties and challenges faced here. Although he did not understand them all, based on what he knew now, Li Yuanji believed that he had to start making changes immediately.

Li Yuanji looked at everyone. Everyone stood up straight, looked straight ahead, and listened carefully to what Li Yuanji was going to say next.

After a moment, Li Yuanji slowly spoke.

“I came to Lingnan because I took the initiative to ask the Saint for permission. Now that I am here, this is also the final destination I have chosen. Even though Dahe has mentioned many difficulties, now that I have made the choice and have come here, I cannot have any other ideas.

If there are any of you who would like to advise me to return to Chang'an, you don't need to tell me. I will not leave. I will stay here.

Today, this place is really dilapidated and it can be said that everything is missing. Supplies are extremely insufficient, but these are all temporary.

From now on, Lingnan will be my fiefdom. I will have the responsibility and obligation to develop Lingnan so that the people of Lingnan, whether they are naturalized Han people, or Li people or Liao people, can live a better life.

In view of the current reality in Lingnan, our first step is to change the current situation. First, we must make Haikang prosperous, then make Leizhou prosperous, and gradually make the surrounding states, and finally the entire Lingnan prosperous!

This will be my goal!

Now, I have said to you that I hope you can work together to develop and build this place. I have the confidence, but I also know that the power of one person is ultimately limited.

If we want to develop, we can't do without you, and this requires the joint efforts of everyone.

If any of you don’t want to stay here and continue to suffer, you can bring it up now, and I will grant it. But if you don’t bring it up now, and then start taking real action, if anyone brings it up again, I won’t be so easy to talk to.”

(End of this chapter)