After the conclusion of the Annam court, Li returned to his residence in the city.

"The official is back." A beautiful Annan woman greeted her with a smile. This woman was the palace maid who Chen Huang rewarded him as a concubine, named Ruan Ji, and was a descendant of the Li Dynasty clan.

After the Li Dynasty was usurped by the Chen clan, the male clan was slaughtered by the Chen, and all the female and distant clan were renamed Ruan. Therefore, the surname Ruan, the first surname of Annan in later generations, should actually be the surname Li.

Ruan Ji gently helped Li take off his official uniform and put on a loose blue Yanju Yue suit.

Because Annan only became independent from the Central Plains Dynasty in the early Song Dynasty, and had been a county directly under the Central Plains Dynasty for more than 1,000 years (the Northern Era), the Yuefu is Hanfu, and it is the Sui and Tang Hanfu, which is elegant and gorgeous, and is completely different from the "Ao Dai" of later generations.

The fault of Annam Yuefu (Hanfu) is similar to the cause of the Hanfu fault in the Central Plains, both because of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's entry into the Central Plains. Under the pressure of the Qing Dynasty, the more than 1,000-year-old Hanfu tradition in Annam gradually became Manchu and evolved into the Vietnamese national costume "Ao Dai" in later generations.

The relationship between Annan Hanfu and Ao Dai is like the relationship between Hanfu and cheongsam in the Central Plains.

"Alright, you go down." Li exchanged Yanju Hanfu and said lightly to Ruan Ji.

At first, Li Jiao thought that Ruan Ji was sent by King Annam to spy on him. But he soon found out that this woman did not have the intention of surveillance, which showed that he had won the trust of Annan's ministers.

However, Li Jiao still kept a certain distance from her, although the two had a round house, it seemed that Li Jiao only regarded her as a concubine who was not favored, and was relatively cold to her.

Li Jiao can't be too close to her, otherwise, it will be inconvenient to carry her behind her back in many things.

Ruan Ji saw that Li Jiao was still as cold as ever, and her heart was a little gloomy. But he still poured water for Li Jiaoduan's tea and cooked by himself.

Li Jiao entered the study, closed the door, closed his eyes and thought for a while, then came out and instructed a Vietnamese servant: "Go to our trading house, let Wang Dynasty come to see me, and report the accounts of the previous month!" ”

"No!" The Vietnamese slave heard the master's order and went out to Li Jiaokai's trading house in Dongcheng.

As one of Cui Xiuning's first students, Li Jiao and Li Yong, Li Yang and others are equals, and they have long been a sophisticated and independent spy leader.

So, of course, Li Jiao didn't come alone, he brought a caravan. Several stewards in this caravan were all spies. They usually only do business as a cover, and only assist Li on errands when needed.

After coming to Annan to lurk for a few months, Li Jiao not only has a good job as an official, but also has a prosperous business, and he is a well-mixed "remnant of the Song Dynasty". Of course, no one in Annam knew that the business was not his at all.

It didn't take long for Wang Chaofeng, who was in the trading company, to visit the proprietor with his abacus and accounts.

"Mrs. Ji." As soon as Wang Chaofeng entered the door, he happened to meet Ruan Ji in the courtyard, and immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Did the dynasty come to repay the account? The official is in the study, you can go yourself. Ruan Ji nodded politely, not thinking much about it at all. This dynasty was the head of the official trading company, and he had to report to the door from time to time.

Wang Chaofeng is actually a young man, he came to the backyard outside Li Jiao's study, knocked on the door and said, "The proprietor, the villain is Wang Yu." ”

Li Jiao opened the door, "Come in." ”

As soon as the door was closed, Wang Yu immediately saluted and whispered: "My subordinates have seen the envoy of the bureau!" ”

Cui Xiuning, the envoy of the headquarters of the Special Investigation Bureau, concurrently served as Cui Xiuning, and no one else was appointed. And the chief officer of the local sub-bureau is also called the secretary of the bureau. Li Jiao's official position in the Tang State is officially titled: Envoy of the Tang State Special Investigation Bureau in Annan and other places, with the rank of Sima.

Dozens of backbone spies planted in Annan, Zhancheng, and Ailao, as well as a large number of eyeliner, are all in Li Jiao's hands.

And Wang Yu is the deputy envoy. He is Cui Xiuning's second batch of students, with the rank of commander of the capital, and he is also a senior old spy in the Special Investigation Bureau.

"Excuse me, the deputy envoy sit down." Li Jiao asked Wang Yu to sit down.

Li Jiao whispered the matter in the court of Annan and made a request.

"Send someone to send the news to Haidong, now that the war has started, we must send back the news every half month, and we must let the king and his wife know the progress of the war." Li Jiao said.

The two talked again, and Wang Yu really began to report the account, so he snapped and started the abacus, and even the sound of the abacus could be heard outside the door.

Li Jiao also really picked up the ledger to check.

Business, of course, is a cover. But since you want to use business as a cover, then you must really have business to do, which is the best cover.

Soon after, Wang Yu left the study with an abacus and account books and left Li Jiao's residence.

"Haha, Brother Li, you are a noble official who is a member of the Ministry of Rites, but you still have business to do, which is really the envy of my brother!" As soon as Li Jiao came out of calligraphy, he saw an acquaintance who came to the door: Zhao Zhong.

Zhao Zhong was a Song general, with 5,000 Song troops under his command, and now he is one of several generals under the command of Chen Rilian, the king of Zhaowen.

Historically, in the battle of Annan against the Yuan, Zhao Zhong's department erected the Great Song Dynasty battle flag, fearless of death, and fought against the Yuan army with the sharpness of mourning the division, and was as brave as a tiger. When the Yuan army saw the battle flag of the Song army, they thought that the Song Dynasty had successfully restored the country, and they were shocked, and the Han soldiers in the Yuan army were suddenly in chaos, resulting in a great defeat of the Yuan army.

It can be said that the second expedition of the Yuan army failed to conquer Vietnam, and the remnants of the Song Dynasty led by Zhao Zhong played a great role.

After Li Jiao came to Annan, he learned of Zhao Zhong's identity and deliberately made friends. When Zhao Zhong learned that Li Jiao was also a "Song person" and an envoy of the Javanese court, he immediately became close, and the two soon called each other brothers and became friends.

Li Jiao invited Zhao Zhong to sit down in the living room, and the two played chess while drinking as usual. After playing a game of chess, Li Jiao pushed the chess pieces and said, "Brother Zhao is here to resign today, right?" ”

Zhao Zhong nodded: "It's just that I'm here to say goodbye to the virtuous brother." It is estimated that the Tartars have crossed the Yanjin Ferry and are about to reach the Red River. Tonight, my brother will follow King Zhaowen to drive out, take a detour to Jingdong Road, go to Langshan in northern Yuebei, and cut off the road to return to the north of Yuan Kou. ”

Lang Son was the only way for the Central Plains army to enter and leave Annam. According to the strategic intelligence of the Yuan army, the Yuan army wanted to occupy the Thang Long Province in Yuejing, as well as the entire Red River Flat (Red River Delta Plain), and then attract the Vietnamese army to fight a decisive battle in the open area of the flat land and give full play to the advantage of cavalry.

Therefore, the arrogant Yuan army did not divide its troops to stay at Lang Son and maintain a smooth retreat. The instigation capital only wanted to go all the way south to burn, kill and loot, wreak havoc, and force the Vietnamese army to gather for a decisive battle on the plains.

Historically, the Vietnamese army did fight several battles with the Yuan army on the plains, but it was not an opponent at all, and the losses were very large, so they had to disperse their forces, use the rainforest and mountains, and harass the Yuan army, which dragged on for half a year before defeating the exhausted, miscommanded, and plague-epidemic Yuan army.

Li Jiao said: "Yuan Kou is powerful, and the soldiers are in danger. Please take care of Brother Zhao. ”

Zhao Zhong said with a smile: "The general died on the battlefield in a hundred battles, and he didn't dare to resign." If you don't go back, you won't be in vain. ”

"Well said! Brother Zhao is really a national cadre, a well-known good man! Li Jiao saluted Zhao Zhong with a glass of wine, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhao, after this battle, let's go to sea with my younger brother and return to Song." Brother Zhao... After all, it's a Song person. ”

Zhao Zhong drank a glass of wine with a sad expression, was silent for a while, sighed and shook his head: "The imperial court... Hehe, to say something disrespectful, don't blame my brother. For my brother and the court, I am really disheartened, and I don't want to serve the official family anymore, I am really heartbroken. ”

"Over the years, the imperial court has been bent on seeking peace and peace, suspicious of military generals, virtuous ministers and good generals, suppressing the loyal and righteous people who resist the Yuan, and the powerful people in the court are all begging for power. When Lin'an fell, he still wanted to make peace in Fuzhou. finally restored the country in Quanzhou the year before last, but it was short-lived and exiled to a desert island. ”

Li Jiao was secretly happy in his heart, but his face pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Brother Zhao, although the imperial court is in exile in Java, it already has the ambition to recover, which is very different from when it was in the Central Plains. Although the official family is young, they are very decisive. Even Prime Minister Chen Yizhong is no longer a peacemaker. ”

"Today, the Javanese court has 20,000 soldiers and horses, and they are united as one, especially attaching great importance to military generals. If Brother Zhao returns to the Song Dynasty, it will definitely increase the strength of the imperial court, and in time, Anzhi will not be able to counterattack the Central Plains? Brother Zhao, although Annan is good, it is not his hometown after all. After all, Brother Zhao is a minister of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Zhong pondered for a while, "If this is the case, it is okay for my brother to lead the troops back." It's just that King Zhaowen has always treated me kindly and can't bear to be separated. Moreover, Chan will not let me go. ”

Li Jiaodao: "What's so difficult about this? Brother Zhao finished this battle for them, and he was also benevolent and righteous, and he had an explanation. At that time, the younger brother made a plan and asked the sailor to take over Brother Zhao's department, as long as he sailed to the sea, the Chen family could not do anything. ”

Zhao Zhong put down his wine glass and muttered, "Let's discuss this matter later." If my brother comes back alive, he will think about it seriously. ”

"In this way, the little brother will wait for his brother to return triumphantly!" Li Jiao finally toasted Zhao Zhong to see him off, and he was sent to the door.

When Zhao Zhong was sent away, Li Jiao sat alone in the study, thinking about how to trick Zhao Zhong into joining in Haidong. Zhao Zhong has 5,000 elite soldiers, and once he returns to the Tang Dynasty, my Tang army will be even stronger.

…………

"Where the hell did you come from? Why kidnap the old man's whole family! ”

On a ship bound for Haidong from Quanzhou, a middle-aged man in a Taoist robe scolded a young man angrily.

This person is Zheng Sixiao, a patriotic Confucian who was kidnapped by the Special Investigation Bureau. Some time ago, he returned to Lianjiang from Suzhou to worship his ancestors, planning to live in his hometown for a while. But the night before yesterday, he was kidnapped by a group of unknown people and stuffed into a carriage, and the whole family was already on the boat.

It wasn't until they got on the boat that Zheng Sixiao's family regained their freedom.

As soon as he regained his freedom, Zheng Sixiao immediately questioned why he had kidnapped him.

The young man he questioned was a spy, named Pei Luan, who was Cui Xiuning's third batch of students and was good at action, so after graduating from the training, he was assigned to the Einsatzgruppen and became a Einsatzgruppen. Don't look at the fact that he is only in charge of dozens of Operators, but he has the rank of joining the army, and he is the commander of the United Nations (battalion commander).

Pei Luan has only graduated for a year and a half, but he is also an old spy who has carried out many missions.

Pei first made amends to Mr. Zheng, which is a good intention. Dare to ask Zheng Gong, now in the Central Plains, can there be Han soil? ”

Zheng Sixiao snorted coldly: "The Great Song Dynasty is dead, and there is an inch of Han land?" What do you mean? Do you want to tell the old man that he is going to go overseas to Han Land! ”

Pei Luan thought to himself, this person is really smart, and said with a smile: "That's right." I have heard that Zheng Gong is loyal to the Han family, and he is not out of Shi Mengyuan, and his iron bones are strong, and my family is very admired, and he specially sent Zheng Gong to go to sea to meet. ”

Zheng Sixiao sneered: "Are you please?" How unreasonable! ”

Pei Luan said: "In desperation, I can only make this decision and make amends to Zheng Gong." ”

Zheng Sixiao shook his head indifferently: "The matter has come to this, what is the benefit of making amends." Hmph, the old man wants to see what kind of person your family is that you dare to stand on your own and call yourself a lonely widow! ”

Pei Luan smiled unconcernedly: "When Gong Zheng arrives, he will know that he will not only be able to see my lord, but also an old man, and Gong Zheng will be very surprised." ”

Zheng Sixiao couldn't help but wonder, which other old man could surprise him? But looking at Pei Luan's expression, he also knew that he would not reveal it in advance.

When Pei Luan was taking Zheng Sixiao to Haidong, Li Jiao's information had already been sent to Haidong.

At this time, it was already late November, and it had been a few days since Li Luo returned to Haidong.

The female spy Li Zhi came in and reported to Li Luo and Cui Xiuning: "Your Majesty, teacher, Li Jiao's information has arrived, and his subordinates have sorted it out." ”

Li Zhi handed a piece of information to Li Luo, and then respectfully withdrew.

Li Luo read it and handed it to Cui Xiuning, "This is the news from six days ago, and now the Yuan army and the Vietnamese army must have started fighting." ”

Cui Xiuning looked at it, shook his head and smiled: "Strategically, it is a fight, but tactically, there should be no battle." ”

Li Luo nodded, "Yes, the Yuan army is estimated to be grabbing grain and grass everywhere, which is also their tradition." However, Annan had already prepared, and cleared the wilderness for 300 miles in advance, and even the people withdrew into the surrounding mountains and forests, and the Yuan army estimated that it would not be able to grab anything this time. Moreover, the Vietnamese army could not hide, and the Yuan army could not find the enemy if they wanted to. Now there must be a few empty cities to worry about. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "Then in another ten days and a half months, the Yuan army's grain and grass will be nervous, and they can't grab it, and they can't fight it, so it is estimated that they can only retreat." ”

Li Luo shook his head, "No, there is still one way to instigate the capital, that is, to take advantage of the fact that the grain and grass are not exhausted now, give up the Red River Plain, go south with all your might, and attack Tianchang Mansion." ”

It is true that Annam has a strong wall and clear wilderness for 300 miles, but it is only limited to the most densely populated Red River Plain, but the area south of the Red River Plain has no strong walls and clear fields. If the instigation capital gives up the plain where Anjing City is located in time and gives up the cavalry advantage to go south, it is not without a chance.

Cui Xiuning said: "The character of the instigating capital will not give up the cavalry advantage and give up the Red River Plain. I guess he will wreak havoc on the cities and villages of the Red River Plain and force the Vietnamese army out for a decisive battle. He would be in Thang Long City for at least another ten days. ”

Li Luo said with a smile: "This time, the Yuan army will suffer enough to ignore the logistics support, and once the loot can't get the supplies, the dragon and the tiger will also become a soft-footed shrimp." Li Jiao said that all the well water near Thang Long City had been polluted, and if you drank it, you would get sick. Hehe, let Annan use all the tricks, and I know myself and the other. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "I don't want to pour cold water on you, if you take over as the general of Zhennan, you will definitely be able to win?" Maybe the instigation will be defeated, and the Yuan court will suspend the expedition, and then no new generals will be appointed. ”

Li Luo sighed and said, "I must fight this battle, and I must win it." I will learn the lesson of instigating the capital, we have intelligence, we know ourselves and the enemy, and we will definitely win. ”

"Once we raise our troops, the Central Plains will be in chaos, grain production will definitely fall, and grain prices will skyrocket. At that time, we will need military rations, food for the relief of the victims, and food for recruitment, which is a huge number. Without Annan, we will not be able to fill this gap. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "I have already calculated this account. The material conditions for us to raise troops are at least 3 million stone in grain reserves and at least 10 million taels in capital reserves. Nothing else counts. And it's only enough to cover the cost of a year after the start of the army. ”

"We only have four million taels of silver left, and the funding gap is as high as six or seven million taels. Relying on sugar and salt, you can't make so much money for a few years. Grain, even if the wind and rain are smooth in the past two years, and the grain harvest will be bumper in the summer of the following year, and the reserve of two million stones will reach the sky, with a shortfall of more than one million stones. ”

"Moreover, we can't buy grain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang on a large scale. In the past two years, we have bought a lot of grain from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, causing the price of grain to rise, and intelligence shows that the local officials of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been investigating, and You Xuanfu even used the post station agents of the Yuan Court, and they suspected that the remnants of the Song Dynasty were buying grain. ”

"I even withdrew the trading companies in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Except for Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the coastal provinces are very short of grain, and they can't buy much at all. ”

Li Luo frowned, "That's why I must fight Annan." If you do the math, then I need to get 7 million taels of funds and 2 million stone of grain in Annan. Annan should have the silver, but Annan may not have two million stone of surplus food for me to grab. ”

Cui Xiuning said with a smile: "There is not enough food in Annan, and there is still a city in Zhancheng." Isn't your plan to join forces to fight Annam? Champa and Annam are feuding, and troops will definitely be sent, so that the territory of Champa will be empty. Then the Tang army attacked and occupied the city and got food. You lead the Yuan army to fight Annam in the north and the Tang army to occupy the city in the south, each fighting its own. ”

In this way, Annan had losses, Zhancheng had losses, the Yuan Dynasty had losses, and the only one who made a profit was the Tang State. This trick is not very technical, but it is insidious enough.

Li Luo looked at Cui Xiuning in a little shock, pretending to be distressed, "Police, it's only been three years, how did you become like this?" Who made you like this? ”

Cui Xiuning became serious, "I haven't changed, at least my original intention hasn't changed." I can't help it. ”

Seeing that she was serious, Li Luo waved his hand again and again: "Why are you so serious?" I'm just kidding. I know you've not changed, you're still the same cop. ”

Cui Xiuning didn't want to continue this topic, and said: "Henan Jiangbei Province has intelligence. Less than a month after Sapler took office, he kidnapped the provincial officialdom and trafficked the displaced people repeatedly. The officials below him have already taken action. By the middle of next month at the latest, Haidong will welcome the first batch of Jiangbei immigrants. ”

Li Luo smiled: "Sappler is good, he didn't let us operate him for nothing." Do you estimate how many immigrants he will be able to send over? ”

Cui Xiuning stretched out three fingers, "Three hundred thousand." Couldn't be more. Henan Jiangbei was slaughtered by the Yuan army too heavily a few years ago, and the population loss was too great, so it was good to be able to get 300,000 displaced people. In addition, the Haidong Plain can only accept 300,000 immigrants, and if there are more, there will be no land to divide. ”

Li Luo nodded, "Then I will immigrate another 300,000 in the end." Alas, when these immigrants are in place, Haidong will have a population of 1.2 million and 1780,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Cui Xiuning suddenly showed a strange smile, "I heard that Uncle Kublai Khan rewarded you with two beauties?" What, don't show me? ”

Li Luo slapped his forehead, "Oh, I forgot all about this!" I really didn't mean to hide it from you. Those are two party members, and they are now raising horses in the official residence of Quanzhou. ”

Raising horses?

Cui Xiuning didn't expect the two women to raise horses.

Seeing that Cui Xiuning didn't seem to believe it, Li Luo had no choice but to tell what had happened.

"I'll go, well, I believe you are. These two women, do you find useful? Cui Xiuning asked.

Li Luo said uncertainly: "Maybe it's useful, no matter how bad it is, you can raise horses, haha!" ”

Cui Xiuning said very generously: "Since it may be useful, it will be better for them in material life." ”

The two were talking about this, when suddenly Ah Shan came to report: "Lord Lang, that Zheng Sixiao has been brought and is already at the gate of the Guogong Mansion." ”

Li Luo waved his hand to ask Ahsan to step back, and then took off his boots again.

Cui Xiuning watched him take off his boots speechlessly, and suddenly it was like autumn leaves, and it was messy in the wind.

it! You're here again? It's addictive, isn't it?

Although the stomach was extremely slanderous, Cui Xiuning still squatted down, helped Li Luo take off his other boot, shook his head and said, "I'll just watch, how many times can you use Cao Cao's trick." ”

Li Luo took off his boots and walked out of the Tang Mansion barefoot, but as soon as he arrived at the door, he immediately became embarrassed.

It turned out that Wen Tianxiang happened to have something to visit, but he met his old friend Zheng Sixiao at the gate.

After Zheng Sixiao went ashore, he was already shocked in his heart. But he never imagined that Wen Tianxiang would appear here! Isn't Wen Tianxiang in Dadu Prison?

Unexpected! That Pei Luan was right, it was indeed a big surprise.

The two old friends reunited in Haidong, and they were really overjoyed, so they reminisced at the gate of Tang Gongfu. But before he could say a few words, Li Luo came out.

Wen Tianxiang saw that Li Luo was on his feet again this time, and immediately remembered the situation when Li Luo greeted him before.

So, even if he was as steady as Wen Tianxiang, his face showed a strange look at this time, and he seemed to be a little uncomfortable.

Li Luo and Wen Tianxiang Junchen glanced at each other, both feeling a little embarrassed.

However, Li Luo immediately calmed down, and said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Yi Weng, the widow has lost his welcome, how offended and rude he has come!" ”

Where did Zheng Sixiao not know that the radiant young man in front of him was Tang Guojun? Especially when I saw that this gentleman was still stepping out to greet him, I was suddenly a little moved.

"I'm tired of Tang Gong to greet him, and I dare not be ashamed!" Zheng Sixiao also bowed.

Wen Tianxiang said: "The gentleman stepped out to welcome Zheng Yiweng today, which is really a good story. ”

When Li Luo heard this, he almost tripped over the threshold.

When he arrived in the atrium, Cui Xiuning also came out to greet him, which was enough to give Zheng Sixiao face.

When Zheng Sixiao was on the boat, he was still full of complaints about being kidnapped, but by now, the complaints have long since dissipated and been replaced by ecstasy.

Yes, it's ecstasy.

Who can believe that on the big island not far from the Central Plains, there is still a royal paradise belonging to the Han people.

The sky does not die in summer, the day does not die in summer!

After talking for half a day, Zheng Sixiao immediately said that he would return to Tang to serve.

ps: Zheng Sixiao returned to the Tang Dynasty, and someone presided over the overall situation of the Confucianism and Taoism integration project. Crab friends support, friends with monthly passes, friends with recommended tickets, top top me, the ranking has slipped again.

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