Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Although the Silk Road is very profitable, the speed on the road is too slow, and because of the problem of the supply route, the amount of goods that a caravan can carry at one time is also very limited." Speaking of this, Li Zhen immediately became excited, saying : "It is different at sea. First of all, compared with land transportation, sea transportation does not need to take care of livestock, which is a very big saving.

Secondly, the sea transportation is fast. It takes at least half a year for land transportation from Chang'an to Rome, but if it goes by sea, it only takes one month if it goes smoothly (here we are talking about getting familiar with the sea route, it will definitely not work at the beginning).

Third, a slightly larger cargo ship can carry more than a medium-sized camel fleet. How many ships does a fleet have?If nothing else, let’s just talk about my fleet. There are more than 100 ships. With such a large fleet, how many things do you think can be transported at one time?One trip by sea is better than ten trips by land.

Fourth, the Silk Road has only gone through more than [-] countries, but the freedom of shipping is very large. As long as the supplies are sufficient, it is not a problem even if you go to the ends of the world. "

"Having said so much, you haven't mentioned the disadvantages, have you? Is sea transportation only good and not bad compared to land transportation?" Aya was very unconvinced. After all, she is the princess of the country along the Silk Road, and the country is also developed because of the Silk Road. up.Although the country has perished, but seeing Li Zhen demote the Silk Road to nothing, she still feels uncomfortable.

"Of course there are shortcomings, but they are not too big shortcomings." Li Zhendao: "The weather at sea is unpredictable, there is no wind and waves, and the fleet sailing is very dangerous. If there is no suitable pointing tool, sailing on the sea is no different. I'm looking for death. However, there are also sandstorms and tornadoes in the desert, as well as magnetic field chaos, which are also extremely dangerous, isn't it the same, is there someone to go?"

"Are there no other shortcomings?" Aya continued to ask unconvinced.

"Of course there are." Li Zhen did not deny: "Because I was the first to propose long-distance voyages, that is to say, there were no familiar routes for me to learn from. So if I want to conduct maritime trade, I must The opening of sea routes, and the opening of each route, is often accompanied by a lot of danger and sacrifice. However, this is inevitable. As long as the route is cleared for the first time, it will be much smoother in the future. What's more, the Silk Road is not the same. It exists naturally, didn't Zhang Qian slowly explore it when he went on an envoy to the Western Regions?"

"Why do you mention Silk Road every time?"

"Make a comparison."

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"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about something else." Seeing the sullen look on Aya's face, Li Zhen quickly changed his words with a dry smile: "Continue to talk about the youth army, thirty thousand youth army, you How many do you think can become masters?"

"According to my opinion, almost all the youth soldiers can become big players." Aya exclaimed: "After five years of cruel training, nearly half of them were eliminated, and now everyone who comes out is the elite of the elite. It is enough to be a small leader in other armies, and the best ones are enough to be lieutenants. This is why I think it is too wasteful to use them centrally. layers would be better."

"I have my own ideas, so don't worry about it." Of course, Li Zhen knows that separating the young army can make the best use of it, but first of all, he doesn't have so many troops to deploy; secondly, the 3 people were secretly trained by Li Zhen , if they are placed in the army, they can easily be detected by spies from other forces; third, although it is most reasonable to use the juvenile army separately, it is only when they are concentrated that they can form the strongest combat force—a team composed of high-level elite officers. Even Li Zhen didn't know how terrifying the fighting power of the formed army was.When such a sharp knife is used, it is absolutely invincible. I am afraid that no army in the world is their opponent.What's more, they lack experience now, and splitting them up can only harm them. It would be better to let them share experience with Xue Rengui first, and it would be better to disperse them into the army when they have enough experience.

"It's good that you have your own ideas, then I don't care."

"Huh!" Li Zhen let out a long breath, closed her eyes, and the study fell into silence for a moment.

After a long time, Aya's voice suddenly sounded: "There is one more thing, I think you should know."

"What's the matter?" Li Zhen asked lazily without opening her eyes.

"It's about Linyi (also known as Huanwang and Zhancheng, both old names in Vietnam), that is, their palace has been particularly heavily guarded recently, and Linyi's ministers come and go to the palace very complicatedly, and sometimes they have to enter the palace several times a day " Aya frowned and said: "It's just that our people haven't developed into the palace yet, so I don't know what happened."

Li Zhen also smelled something unusual: "Then do you have any speculation?"

"There are two conjectures." Aya said: "The first one is the sudden change in the palace, that is, the king's death or serious illness, so the news is concealed."

"It's possible, but it's not very likely." Li Zhen shook her head and said, "If the king dies or becomes seriously ill, how can the minister have the mood to go home? I'm afraid he will just stay in the palace, why would he go in and out of the palace all day long?" How many times?"

Aya nodded and said: "So we have a second conjecture, that is, Linyi Kingdom is preparing to go to war, and the target's neighbors, but they don't know who their target is, whether it is the Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion (that is, the Annan Governor's Mansion) Predecessor), or Chenla—should be a little more Chenla, Linyi Elementary School, I’m afraid I don’t have the guts to offend Datang.”

"That's not necessarily true." Li Zhen shook her head slightly. How rampant these small Southeast Asian countries are, but it is very clear. Not to mention the counterattack in the 70s, have there been fewer rebellions in Annan in history?

"Anyway, keep an eye on Lin Yiguo immediately, and collect information by the way to see what happened to Lin Yiguo during this period of time."

Chapter 275 Argument

Chapter 51 Controversy

"I understand, it has already been executed." Aya said solemnly: "But just after you came to Lingnan, Lin Yi started a war. Does it affect you badly?"

"What does this have to do with me? I wish they would go to war immediately." As long as the two sides go to war, no matter which side Lin Yi is planning to go to war with, it means one thing, that is, there are enough prisoners of war, that is, slaves.In fact, Li Zhen really hoped that Lin Yi would offend Datang. After all, if he bought slaves from belligerent countries, the number would still be a little less.Only when Linyi offended the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhen had enough excuses to attack Linyi, and then demoted all the people of the country into slaves. Not only did he get more slaves, but he also got a large piece of fertile land.

It's really unfair to say that God is really unfair. Obviously the Chinese nation is the most hardworking nation in the world, and the correctness can only be regarded as ordinary land (Arab and Saharan countries fainted in the toilet).Instead, it is really unfair to give the world's most fertile land to the world's laziest race.But soon, after a while, when Lingnan settles down, the most fertile land in the world will belong to the people of Tang Dynasty.

Thinking about it makes me feel very excited. As long as Datang occupies this land, there will be no more food crises. Coupled with the previous wool and cotton spinning technology, there will be no hungry and cold people in the entire Datang.At that time, everyone will have enough to eat and wear warm clothes, and Datang will truly stand on top of the world, and other nations can only look up to us—and this goal is now close at hand, as long as we work harder, we will soon It will be realized.

"Oh!" Aya's hand slammed heavily, and pinched Li Zhen's face fiercely, and he immediately grinned in pain.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little distracted." Aya immediately came to her senses and apologized quickly.

"Forget it, it's okay, I said the wrong thing first." Li Zhen rubbed her face and waved her hands again and again, feeling a little sorry in her heart, knowing that Aya was degraded to slavery because of the destruction of the country, she still said nothing. She deserved to be pinched for saying this in front of her.

"I'm fine, I'm leaving first." Aya's voice was choked with sobs.

"Then you go down first." Li Zhen also said at a loss.

"Ah."

"Aya." Just as Aya walked to the door, Li Zhen suddenly stopped her.

"what happened?"

Staring at Ayan's blue eyes, Li Zhen said earnestly: "When I achieve my goal, I will definitely march westward to eliminate Khwarazmo and help you avenge your hatred."

Tears filled instantly, and Aya looked at Li Zhen for a long time before nodding heavily: "Yes."

The culprit who destroyed Aya's country was Khwarazmo. Now that Li Zhen said this, it was tantamount to avenging her. How could Aya not be moved?

After finishing speaking, she turned around and ran away. Judging by her pace, she should be in a much better mood.

"Hey." Li Zhen looked at Aya's back and sighed deeply.

"What? I regret that Aya didn't throw herself into her arms?" A teasing voice sounded from the door.

"What? Am I that kind of person?" Seeing what was wrong with her, Li Zhen immediately said with a guilty conscience: "In addition to avenging Aya, I eliminated Khwarazmo because Khwarazmo was indeed on our side. On the route of advancing troops, revenge is just a way."

"I didn't say anything." Wu Meiniang walked to Li Zhen's side, helped him massage, and said with a smile, "If you want to take Aya, you can take it in, and I won't say anything."

Li Zhen was poked by Wu Meiniang's finger and grinned, she quickly shook her head away: "The problem is that Aya doesn't want to."

"How about giggling? Are you revealing? You still say you have no idea about Aya?"

"I..." Li Zhen is so regretful, I can't wait to give myself two ears, I am really too honest.

Wu Meiniang covered her mouth and smiled, "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore, I'm here to ask you to eat."

"Oh, then let's go." Li Zhen got up immediately, really frightened by Wu Meiniang's poking massage.

After eating, the two went to rest, but some of them couldn't sleep all night.

In a luxuriously decorated inn in Yuezhou City, several young people were arguing.

A young man with a face full of flesh was fidgeting and said: "Brother, what do you mean this is the King of Yue? We came to visit him with good intentions, but he avoided seeing him. What do you mean?"

"What can it mean?" A young man with a soft face and a little younger than the previous sloppy youth sneered, "What is his identity? The high-ranking King of Yue. What are we? Just low-level merchants. Even if it is a seventh-rank small The officials don’t take us seriously, how could the King of Yue put us in his eyes? It’s right to stretch us, and it would be abnormal if we were interviewed immediately——I still think you must have made a mistake in this step, brother.”

"I don't think so." The third fat man held his chin and said, "Master Du spoke very kindly today, and didn't mean to look down on us, but I think King Yue should value us too much, so let us come back first. He is also ready to welcome us."

"Hmph, it's just as beautiful as you think." Hearing the words, the young man snorted coldly and said, "Feng Zhilin, you take yourself too seriously, don't you?"

"Why do I take myself seriously? On the contrary, you look down on yourself too much, don't you?" Fatty Feng Zhilin retorted: "It's true that we are businessmen, but we hold nearly [-]% of the wealth in Lingnan, even if No matter how high you are, you won’t look down on us because of these wealth, right? You think so, brother?”

"Okay, Zhiyong Zhiwen, stop arguing." The last ordinary-looking young man sitting in the middle waved his hand and said, "I think what Zhilin said makes sense, you only remember that King Yue is a prince, and we are just merchants. , keep a low profile. But don’t forget that the King of Yue is not only a prince, but also the famous God of Wealth in the Tang Dynasty, and his business ability is not covered.”