Datang: Touching the Corpse Li Yuanba at the Beginning

"Gao Ming, Li Ke, take care of them. That's not a cat, it's a little tiger. Don't hurt them."

After exhorting, Li Wenhao sat next to Zhou Yu and the others.

Just at this time, Li Shimin also sat down, and several people sat around together.

"Zhou Yu, you said you know how to fight in water?"

"That's natural, inherited from the family."

Zhou Yu said confidently.

"Then let me ask you, if..."

"If Your Highness wants to fight Goguryeo, how long will the navy need to practice?"

Guo Jia took a sip of his wine and answered.

"you know?"

"It's not hard to guess."

Guo Jia said softly.

"Not surprisingly, His Royal Highness is preparing to launch the Third Route Army, all the way out of Liaodong, all the way to the mainland of Koguryo, and all the way to Baekje."

"However, if it were me, I would only go out two ways, give up Baekje's way, and let Baekje send troops directly. This will not only reduce the internal consumption of my Tang Dynasty, but also weaken Baekje's strength."

Hearing Guo Jia's words, Li Wenhao and Li Shimin looked at each other. It seems that Dianwei and his fellow villagers are really not ordinary people, and so much can be seen from Li Wenhao's question.

But the shock is far from over...

PS: It will be 50 words soon, thank you for your support.

Chapter 231 A Year of Rapid Advancement

"Actually, Your Highness, we can completely land with the navy, block the waterway, and then let me bring [-] troops on board. At that time, you and I will work together and join forces in the capital of Goguryeo."

"Are you still proficient in land warfare?"

After Li Wenhao asked, he felt like a fool. Zhou Yu in history knew everything from water to land, and he was not the grievance in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms who was mad at Zhuge Liang to death.

"Naturally, the world's tactics of warfare are invariably invariable, and one master can be mastered by all."

"it is good!"

As soon as Li Shimin clapped his hands, it can be seen from the level of confidence that this person has when he speaks.

In addition, Li Shimin is a bold master who employs people, so he directly cast his eyes on Li Wenhao.

"Zhou Yu, I would like to ask you to be the head of our Datang navy, and I will give you three years to train the navy, build warships, and conquer Goguryeo."

"Your Highness, if we only fight Goguryeo, it will take less than three years. As long as we have mature shipwrights, we can plant the Tang flag in the capital of Goguryeo within one year at most."

"it is good!"

Li Shimin laughed and patted Zhou Yu, "Work hard, young man, in the future I hope to see the day when my Datang navy is invincible in the sea."

"Xu Chu, you saved my father twice, how about I promise you a marquis?"

hiss!

Both Zhou Yu and Guo Jia gasped, isn't Ting Hou a Hou?

"Dahan, kneel down quickly."

"jacket!"

The naive Xu Chu knelt on the ground without knowing it, and looked at Li Shimin and Li Wenhao suspiciously.

"I'll make you a tiger guard! In the future, you and Dian Wei will be my father's personal bodyguards, and we will stay close at all times to protect my father's safety."

"Yes!"

Xu Chu and Dian Wei knelt down respectfully.

"Father, are these two guards satisfied?"

"Satisfied, naturally satisfied!"

Li Shimin laughed and said that the veterans in their area were either leading troops to guard one side, or they were old and frail. Qin Qiong, who was the most fierce in the charge back then, is now also plagued by old diseases.

Commanding the battle is okay, but in this life, he can no longer charge forward like he did when he was young, and Yu Wanjun can take the head of the enemy general from it.

The two guards that Li Wenhao sent to him were exactly the kind of talents he was desperately looking for now.

Before winter, Li Shimin returned to Chang'an City with his eldest grandson and other royal family members and officials. At the end of the year, there were more things to do, and the court could not be empty all the time.

Li Wenhao also started complicated statistical work after Li Shimin left.

At this time, Yuangai Suwen had returned to Goguryeo for a long time, but he had been lingering in Liaodong, Xuantu and other counties, and had never dared to return to the capital Pyongyang.

I'm afraid that their King Rongliu will hand him over. After all, his 5000 elite members and his biggest hole card, Yu Juluo, have already died in a foreign land, and he doesn't know what King Rongliu's attitude is now.

But hiding is not a long-term solution after all. At the end of the year and the end of the year, he has to go to Pyongyang City to celebrate the new year for King Rongliu.

"Everyone, the sword of Tang Dynasty and the spear of King Rongliu are already on us. If we don't fight to the death, we will have to kill ourselves."

"what should we do?"

Yuan Gai Suwen gathered all the troops from the three counties of Liaodong, and brought all the troops here, except for a few people left to defend the city.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"This Goguryeo was originally protected by Da Molizhi."

"Okay! Then we will raise troops to serve the king. King Rongliu was deceived by traitors and committed suicide without authorization..."

The latter words are no longer important, just like the rebellion in the Central Plains, first find a legitimate excuse for yourself.

It's just that Yuan Gai Suwen didn't blatantly resist, but once again made a secret move.

Datang, Hebei Road, Fanyang City, Prince's Mansion, Five Watches.

There is an old saying in ancient times that the five watchmen sleep half the night, which is used to describe the hard work of the common people, but few people know what the five watchdays are.

In that era, there were no clocks to keep time, and people divided several time periods according to the order of the watchmen. The fifth watch is probably between 04:30 and [-] o'clock now.

Generally at this time, the ancients have already started a day's work. Even in Hebei Road in late autumn, it is still dark at the fifth watch, but these hardworking farmers cannot be stopped.

Not only farmers, but even Li Wenhao. He used to be able to sleep late, but as the operation of Hebei Road became more and more normal, there were more things that he needed to deal with.

He needs to correct the future development direction of Hebei Road through himself.

At this time, the conference hall of the Prince's Mansion was already brightly lit, and Li Wenhao and the courtiers under his command sat around it.

"Everyone, now Hebei Road has basically been pacified, and the autumn grain has been stored. I don't know how much this year's harvest will be. How much will I earn in Hebei Road?"

"Your Highness, this year is definitely a bumper year."

"Now in Fanyang, Yuyang, and Shanggu, Hebei Province, the three big warehouses are full, and the four newly built big warehouses are also full of grain. I took people to visit the people's homes and found that the people's homes are also full of surplus grain, enough to feed two Years."

Cen Wenwen said happily, for so many days, they got up early and worked late, for the common people to live and work in peace and contentment, and the food warehouse was full.

"Your Highness, my treasury on the Hebei Road now has twenty million coins, armor and weapons, and hundreds of thousands of horses."

Mu Yikuan proudly said that when it comes to governing the region, he is not as good as everyone sitting here, but when it comes to doing business and making money, he can say that Quan Tang can do business better than him.

"Your Highness, there are now a total of 140 million households and 5903 million people in Hebei Province, including 240 million young adults and 90 young children."

Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth, and Li Wenhao was extremely proud after hearing the reports of these three people.

"Your Highness, there are currently 30 standing troops in Hebei Province, including [-] Beiwei Army, [-] Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, [-] Feihu Camp, [-] Xiaogui Army, [-] White Robe Army, [-] Begging Army, and [-] White Horse Army. The rest of the battalion of [-] is a county guard and the [-] troops guarding the Liaodong border."

"it is good!"

Li Wenhao clapped his hands excitedly, "Since I have so much money in Hebei Road, I have to spend it."

"This money is dead in the warehouse after all. We have to spend it to strengthen our army. Otherwise, this money is prepared for the enemy after all."

"Only when the army is strong can we keep our money and food."

Hearing Li Wenhao's words, everyone nodded in agreement. At first they thought that Li Wenhao's enlistment of so many soldiers was militaristic, but the facts proved that Hebei Province has not become poorer, but has become richer day by day.

This is not a city that has become richer, it is an entire island, and even occupies a quarter or more of the current territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Chapter 232 Returning to the Bitter Cold Land

"Everyone!"

Everyone looked at Li Wenhao seriously. They knew that what Li Wenhao was going to say next was probably the development direction of Hebei Road next year.

"Take it easy, take it easy."

Li Wenhao spread his hands to everyone.

"I want to form a navy, the kind of navy that can go to sea, I want to see if there is anyone on the other side of the sea who can be as powerful as me, Datang."

"Mu Yikuan, you are in charge of the treasury. You can't be stingy with the money to build a navy. The scope of our vision is the scope of the vision of future generations."

"Yes! Don't worry, Your Highness, I will fulfill my mission."

Li Wenhao nodded, then turned to look at Zhou Yu who hadn't spoken much, "Zhou Yu, the emperor has appointed you as the head of the navy. From the beginning of the thaw after the year, the navy will be on the agenda. Now you can do it in advance." Good preparations, money for money, and people for people.”

"Yes!"

"Yue Fei, I plan to expand your Beiwei army to [-]. In the future, you will be responsible for the defense of Liaodong and the affairs of the Khitan, Shiwei, and other tribes."

"Jia Xu is a military advisor with the army."

"Yes!"

"Xue Rengui, your tiger and leopard cavalry also expanded to [-] troops, guarding the area around Huaibi Pass."

"Li Cunxiao, the Flying Tiger Army has expanded to fifty thousand."

"Do not retreat and expand the army by [-]."

"This winter, everyone has stepped up their military training. The territory of my Tang Dynasty is still too small."

"Yes!"

After the crowd dispersed, it was already bright. Li Wenhao danced a set of marksmanship in the yard as usual, and returned to the back hall.

"Your Highness, it stands to reason that envoys from various countries should come to pay tribute at the end of the year. Envoys from other countries have already set off, but there has been no movement on the grassland."