During the art exhibition held in Youzhou, He Bida mobilized soldiers and horses in the fishing city and went directly south to integrate the local forces.

Xiao Mo and Zhang Zhongjian had been paying attention to the movements of the vanguard in the fishing city, and after the spring ploughing, the vanguard of the fishing city suddenly dispatched, which made them very nervous.

Yucheng, Nanjiang City sent 200,000 troops at the same time, and everywhere they went, they all became the forces of Youzhou, and they had occupied most of Lingnan in a month.

By the time Li Yuan and others in Chang'an learned the news, the entire Lingnan had already been occupied by the vanguards, and it was easy to gather all the local residents for the occupation.

They had already discussed before setting out on the expedition that they must ensure that all uneasy factors were eliminated, especially the various forces in Lingnan.

Hebida's strategy was simple: to gather everyone together, because the most people in the area were tribes, and in order to be able to complete the task, the vanguard had prepared in advance to plan an area in the southernmost part of Lingnan.

Hebida migrated all the people of his tribe from the mountains, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses have been doing this.

The craftsmen of the fishing city were also sent here early to carry out the construction, and all the materials were transported from the fishing city harbor.

In Lingnan, a lot of money is spent every day, and war is so expensive, if you only think about plundering, then the cost will be reduced a lot, but that is not what they want, long-term peace and stability are what they need most.

At the time of the exhibition in Chang'an, the Lingnan region had become the sphere of influence of Youzhou, and at the same time, the merchants had begun their mission.

The construction of roads began in Yucheng and Nanjiangcheng, and the workshops in the two places established more than a dozen cement masonry workshops in a short period of time, and a large number of laborers were requisitioned for compensation.

In particular, the people of Nanjiang City are the most active, and they have never encountered such remuneration and treatment as a daily salary of five cents and three meals.

Not to mention that there is meat in two of the three meals, how many people can only eat these seemingly ordinary meals during the Chinese New Year, so it is no wonder that such treatment is not positive, and they will get a considerable remuneration after the project is completed.

The hundreds of thousands of people in Nanjiang City all responded to directly make up for the shortage of labor, and the number of craftsmen in Yucheng was even larger, and these experienced people were all responsible for the main supervision and management of each section of the road, and the treatment was slightly better.

Li De was in the office of the city guard and was watching the information delivered back by the red peony, the Lingnan strategy was going well, but it would take a long time to complete the migration of all the tribes from the mountains.

A large number of people were conscripted into labor, which directly saved them from the trouble of managing these people, and the port planned by Lingnan was already under construction, and everything was carried out according to plan.

Li De put down the news in his hand, got up and looked at the map on the wall, and the Liaobei and Lingnan regions that were clearly circled were already Youzhou's sphere of influence.

But there is still a large part, especially the north and the south do not want to connect, which is very regrettable for him.

There are many ways to break the current situation, the most direct is to conquer by force, but the various forces in the Central Plains region will definitely unite in the face of war, and there is a great possibility that they will unite with the Tang State at that time.

Or cooperate more directly with Li Shimin, to be honest, Li De does not want to turn the scattered forces to the hostile camp, and there will undoubtedly be a huge price to pay when it is resolved.

He wants to use a more effective way, and although fighting and killing is the fastest way to solve the problem, it will also have great hidden dangers.

With the current strength of Youzhou, if you really want to attack the Central Plains, victory is guaranteed, but if you want to occupy it, you need to divide your troops, and when the defense surface increases, it will give Tang an opportunity to take advantage of.

At this time, it is necessary to seek stability, not to mention that it will take a long time for the Lingnan region to completely control it now.

"Governor, there's the latest news from the fishing city."

"Put it down."

Li De first looked at the map on the wall for a while before opening the letter, which was the news of the fishing city, the first dock had been completed and the shipbuilding conditions had been met.

According to the shipyard's plan, the next step will be to build a new type of warship, which is good news, the new shipyard has a large number of applications of steam power to increase work efficiency and save shipbuilding time.

In order to create such a dock, only Li De and the head of the blacksmith workshop knew that the equipment invested was much more than the construction of the dock itself.

A large number of steam engineering equipment is not only the cost, but also occupies a large amount of iron ore resources.

The next step is to take advantage of the new shipyard.

"Burn the money and build a strong fleet."

Li De had already anticipated the strength of this fleet, and once a fleet with ship-based artillery appeared, all those who were enemies of Youzhou would feel terror.

"What, the vanguard occupies Lingnan, how can it be so sudden?"

Li Yuan couldn't sit still when he got the news, originally the power of Youzhou was very large, it can be said that the Tang State was not enough, and now that the Lingnan region has become a force in Youzhou, will he take action against them next.

As the emperor of the Tang Kingdom, the first thing he cares about is naturally a threat to the throne, and if there is a threat to his throne in this world, it is only Li De of Youzhou.

Two days ago, he was thinking about how to make the painters of the Tang Kingdom famous at the Youzhou Art Exhibition, and such news would come at this time.

Thinking about the content of the newspaper in Youzhou before, he immediately figured out why this was at this time, and wanted to cover up and divert everyone's attention.

Li Yuan slapped the table in front of him fiercely, and his anger was rubbing upwards, the development speed of Tang Guo was slow, and the current development of combat power could not catch up with his second son.

Now thinking about Youzhou's sudden such a big move, thinking about the matter of Nanjiang City, he should have thought of it a long time ago.

With Li De's character, it is impossible to give up any interests, Nanjiang City is far away from Youzhou, and now it directly occupies the Lingnan area, connecting Nanjiang City with the fishing city and the Lingnan area into an area.

I believe that only by giving Li De time in a few years, there may be another Youzhou city in the south, and it will be difficult to deal with one Youzhou at present, and now there will be a second one.

Li Yuan suddenly felt that he was so tired of doing as an emperor, and he also wanted to occupy more areas, in that case, he would have to turn on the war mode and keep fighting, but in this way, he would have to face various forces first.

Later, Li Yuan anxious several confidants and ministers to the palace to discuss things, and Li Jiancheng was also discussing with Xue Wanche at this time.

Youzhou's power expanded, and after Li Jiancheng got the news, he knew that the situation in the world could be broken at any time because of the imbalance in the strength of the two forces.

That's when he had to do something.

"Your Highness's time has come to obtain the position of crown prince."

Xue Wanche was very happy when he learned the news, in his opinion, this was not only an opportunity for Li Jiancheng, but also an opportunity for Tang Guo.