Great Tang Southern Emperor

But they were too frightened to go up to court—this was rather strange, so I ordered someone to check the situation..."

"Wait a minute..." Hearing this, Xue Rengui interrupted Fan Xueyi, and asked a little strangely: "There is something wrong with your words. You are a new king who has not established your own power before, and is destined to To be the king of subjugation... The situation is already so clear, how can anyone still be loyal to you at this time? How blind must these people be?"

"What's so strange about this? I, the Fan family, have established the country for decades and have been operating in Linyi for so many years. How could it be possible that I don't have any diehard loyalty? How could it be possible that I don't have any cards?" Fan Xueyi took it for granted: "Among these cards are There is an intelligence team that only the king can control, that is to say, whoever is the king, they will be loyal to him. Now that I am the king, they will naturally be loyal to me, even if I am the king for a few days, they still Will be loyal to me, there is no doubt about that."

"It turns out that's the case, so it's understandable. You can continue talking." Xue Rengui thought for a while and felt that it made sense, so he signaled Fan Xueyi to continue talking.

"After careful investigation, my subordinates found that the mansions of these people have already been empty..."

"This is a bit interesting. These people seem to be afraid of us, but we have nothing against them. What are they afraid of us?"

"That's right, I thought so too, so I ordered them to continue to check in detail, especially who they had contact with before they left..." Fan Xueyi showed a look of surprise on her face: "I don't know if I don't check, I don't know if I check I was shocked, I didn't expect that these Han officials have managed Linyi to such an extent over the years, and even planted such a shocking conspiracy to destroy Tang Jun and Sangapura together."

"Oh? What kind of destruction method?" Xue Rengui asked more curiously. Fan Xueyi didn't tell her about this before. It seems that this girl is also hiding something.

"After strict inspection in the city, we found that there is a huge amount of gunpowder and kerosene in the city."

Xue Rengui categorically vetoed it: "This is impossible. Gunpowder is the secret recipe of my Tang Dynasty, and outsiders don't know about it. Fire oil is even more nonsense. There are only a few known places in the world where fire oil is produced, and they are all controlled by the imperial court. How did you get the oil?"

Chapter 417 Large Fire Oil Mine

Chapter 1 Large Fire Oil Mine

"I don't know the secret recipe of gunpowder, but if you talk about kerosene, there may not be any other places..." Fan Xueyi squeezed a smile on his face, and said with some pride: "You said it yourself, that is the known place of origin of kerosene In fact, there are still some dark fire oil production areas that are not known to outsiders. For example, there is a fire oil mine in Linyi, and it is also a large fire oil mine, which can produce more than ten barrels of fire oil every day. It's just that we I also know the truth of not revealing wealth, especially when the enemy is strong and we are weak. Therefore, we did not publicize the fire oil mine, but secretly mined it. Otherwise, people will know all this, you are absolutely from Tang Dynasty It's earlier than now—or you don't necessarily have to be the only ones here.

Just looking at the current situation, the output of kerosene in this kerosene mine is far more than a dozen barrels, and it is obvious that someone is cheating. "

"What? There is a kerosene mine here? Is it a large one?" Everyone in the camp was shocked, and then overjoyed. Although kerosene is not as powerful as explosives, it is also very useful, such as making incendiary bombs, If you shoot it out, it will burn a large piece, and it will definitely die if it sticks, and it will die if you touch it.In addition to war, kerosene also plays a great role in industry, such as lubrication. As a lubricant, the price of kerosene is much cheaper than that of edible oil, and the output is more abundant. Nowadays, a considerable part of Datang is used for mechanical lubrication. It's all kerosene.

It's just that although the price of kerosene is lower, there are not many kerosene mines in Datang (everyone knows this), and most of them are poor mines. Therefore, facing the needs of both the military and civilians, kerosene is still in short supply.

Therefore, if you can discover a fire oil mine, you can definitely make a fortune. Even if you hand it over to the state, you can get a large reward, enough for a family to live comfortably for a lifetime.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were wrong, and the gazes they looked at Fan Xueyi were no longer admiring, but with green light, as if a group of old bachelors saw a beautiful woman with no clothes, just like wolves.

"Ah~" Fan Xueyi had never seen such naked eyes before. She was shocked and almost fell down. When she recovered, she figured out this kind of joint and asked tentatively: "What if I handed over the Huoyou Mine to Datang, can I exchange it for a chance to leave a single seedling for my Fan family?"

With a vicious stare at the group of hopeless people, Xue Rengui considered Fan Xueyi's opinion and thought it should be fine, and said, "This...should be fine, but your only seedling cannot be more than ten years old, and you must accept Datang Culture's approval." Education, especially the last point, you must obey unconditionally."

Although the words were harsh, Xue Rengui's mind was no longer on this, and he was completely focused on the kerosene.

A whole large fire oil mine is just for the life of a child less than ten years old. Xue Rengui can still decide on this point.

And what Fan Xueyi didn't know was that although the whole country of Lin Yi was reduced to slaves, there was one exception, that is, children under the age of 16 and young women.Naturally, the role of young women need not be mentioned too much. Naturally, they are brought back and rewarded as wives to meritorious soldiers, so as to increase the population of Datang.

But children have other uses. Not only will they not be degraded as slaves, but they will be sent to various academies by Tang Dynasty or directly sent to the Youth Army for the most rigorous brainwashing education.

Five to seven years later, the guarantee released is the senior elite who are loyal to Datang—anyway, even if these children enter the subordinate company, they will not produce much value, so it is better to train them well and become qualified talents .

Datang is not short of money now, what is most lacking is population. This is one of the reasons why Datang has no power to expand outwards. What effect?

It's not that Datang has never thought of including Linyi people in Datang, but as I said before, Linyi people are lazy and have formed a worldview. Incorporating them into Datang will only bring trouble to Datang, and will not generate much value at all.What's more, Lin Yi committed such crimes against Datang, rashly including them will only arouse opposition and rejection from the local people.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Zhen chose to remain in the age group below ten years old. Children in this age group are at the age of half-understanding, and their worldview has not yet formed. With a little training, they can completely become Datang people, don't have to worry about their backlash in the future, not only can increase talents, but also increase population, killing two birds with one stone.

Fan Xueyi didn't know this, she breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said gratefully: "Yes, my eldest brother's youngest son is only eight years old this year, so he can fully meet your requirements, thank you very much."

Fan Xueyi had no objection to Xue Rengui's last condition - as I said before, in these years, Datang is the world's most powerful country, and its influence may be several times stronger than that of the American emperors in later generations.

The Tang Dynasty is powerful, and its culture naturally attracts many people to study Chinese culture. Every year, it attracts many foreign students who want to study in the Tang Dynasty, and the furthest one even reaches Greece.

It's just that although Datang is inclusive of all rivers and rivers, the degree of review of these foreign students is quite strict (this procedure is mainly under the influence of Li Zhen. He knows how generous Datang is, and the reason why Japan can quickly In terms of development, Datang definitely contributed a lot. Among other things, so many Tang envoys are sent to study in Datang every year, and they naturally bring back their knowledge when they go back. In other words, the whole of East Asia started under the influence of Datang. cultural enlightenment), if you can’t pass this review, then I’m sorry, you should go back where you came from, and you won’t show mercy at all.

Such a precious learning opportunity turned out to be an additional price for him. Datang even took the initiative to let his nephew learn Chinese culture. Fan Xueyi was too happy, so how could he object?

But if she knew that she had just made a worthless deal with a precious fire oil mine, would she be so angry that she would vomit blood?

"Go on." Xue Rengui was about to laugh like crazy, but he still suppressed his smile and said, "What do you do next?"

"There's nothing to do next, I've already taken out the gunpowder and kerosene..." Fan Xueyi shuddered suddenly: "You don't even know how many deceptions and explosives they buried in Singapura City—if If all these kerosene and explosives are ignited, the entire Sinjapura will be destroyed, and you, the conquerors, will all die in this disaster and become Singapura's funeral objects..."

Chapter 418

Chapter 191

"However, I still have a question, which I find very strange." Xue Rengui did not have the slightest emotion for the terrifying scene Fan Xueyi mentioned - the young army was swallowed by fire and explosives, and finally the entire army was wiped out. This scene is indeed a bit scary, but it is not Didn't happen didn't it?Since it didn't happen, what's so scary about it?

What's more, Xue Rengui himself has no idea of ​​leading the entire youth army into the city - as a veteran who has been in the army for more than ten years, how could he not know the truth about this?

Leading the whole army into a newly conquered city is a big taboo in marching, even if the city voluntarily surrenders—who knows whether the opponent really surrendered or pretended to surrender?Maybe there are various traps lying in ambush in the city, just waiting for you to jump, and then you will be truly immortal.

How could Xue Rengui make such a mistake?

"I know what you want to ask." Fan Xueyi is also a woman with a clear mind. Looking at Xue Rengui's expression, she knew what he wanted to ask, and said proactively: "You want to ask, since the whole of Linyi is going to be reduced to I'm a slave, why am I telling you this? Why don't I just drag you and your army to the end?"

"That's right, this is the strangest thing about me. Why did you take the initiative to tell me?" Xue Rengui said. The end was told to her.So, as the monarch of this country, why didn't he bring the invaders to die together, but told himself that there were traps in the city and told him not to go in - this was considered to have saved his life, it was really unreasonable.

"Even if I don't tell you, will you lead your entire army into it?"

"Of course not, I don't even intend to go in." This is common sense, Xue Rengui can't make such a mistake.

Fan Xueyi smiled wryly and said: "That's it, since you won't lead the whole army in whether I tell you or not, why don't I tell you this in exchange for your favor, maybe even save some people's lives .

On the contrary, if I choose to hide this information, you may lose some people, but our entire Linyi will face your crazy revenge, and we may not even have the qualifications to be slaves by then.

In addition, I only found out what the future of Linyi is like after I told you that there is a problem in the city. Although I didn't tell you the details, with your wisdom, you should also guess that there is a trap in the city. go in? "

"That's right, you are a smart woman, and you indirectly saved the lives of some of our brothers." Xue Rengui accepted Fan Xueyi's reason, and glanced at her with a smile on his face: "In return, I can tell you a good thing. "

Fan Xueyi didn't believe it at all, and laughed at herself: "What good can I do now?"

"This should be a good thing for you." Xue Rengui said to himself: "That's about the children in Linyi. The Tang Dynasty is indeed planning to demote all the people in Linyi into slaves, but none of these people Including children and young women, it goes without saying that you should know the role of women.

As for children, since children are innocent, they will not be reduced to slavery—by children I mean children under the age of ten. "

As Xue Rengui expected, Fan Xueyi was overjoyed when she heard the news, but then she wrinkled again; "But even if they weren't slaves, in this cannibalistic jungle, a group of teenagers less than ten years old, How can they survive?"

"I haven't finished talking yet, why are you in a hurry?" Xue Rengui glanced at her dissatisfied, and then continued: "According to the Tang Dynasty policy, in order to promote the integration of Xintu and Datang, the children of Xintu can be Sent to Datang, accepting the free seven-year compulsory education in Datang, as long as they can graduate successfully, they can become the elite of the people..."

"What? What you said is true?" Shocked by this huge surprise, Fan Xueyi was suddenly inexplicably surprised. This is indeed a great joy for her. Although there may be no such country as Linyi in the future, at least She kept some of her subjects, as long as her subjects lived, this was the only thing she, the king, could do for them—as for other things, she didn't expect much.

"Can I still lie to you? This is what my Royal Highness Yue Wang suggested to His Majesty the Tang Emperor to do this, and it has achieved very good results.

For example, Turkic, Turkic is the best example, that is the first place to experiment, and now several Turkic students have been admitted to Jinshi, become the elite of the people, and will be assigned as officials soon, this matter has spread all over the world. Countless Turkic people cheered and shouted "Long Live the Tang Dynasty".

The next one that is about to take effect should be Tubo, where the first batch of seven-year compulsory education should be almost in its last year.If all goes well, you should be able to see the names of Tubo students on the imperial list next year. As the royal family of Linyi, you should have heard of it. "Speaking of the seven-year compulsory education, Xue Rengui was full of admiration. His Royal Highness the King of Yue is really a genius. He came up with such a good idea that will benefit thousands of years by himself. With the fetters of culture, these places will be It will always belong to Datang. From then on, the people will return to their hearts, and no one will engage in so-called splits anymore.

"Yes...it was me who lost my temper...thank you...thank you very much...thank you all...thank you very much..." Fan Xueyi wept with joy and kept bowing to Xue Rengui. There is a difference between high and low (after all, Fan Xueyi is the lord of a country, even if the country is about to perish, but he is still a prince, and he will still be received grandly by the emperor of Tang Dynasty when he is taken to Chang'an. His status is not the same as that of Xue Rengui, a small county uncle. The above——Xue Rengui has followed Li Zhen for more than ten years in the South and North Wars, and has made a lot of contributions. Li Shimin has never been stingy with rewards, so he is now the earl), she wants to kneel down and kowtow to Xue Rengui .