Hearing that Li Luo was leaving overnight, all the generals rushed to see him off, and they were really reluctant to give up on Li Luo.

I don't know how they will feel when Li Luo rebels against the Yuan. I guess my first reaction was disbelief.

Li Luo dispatched 3,000 soldiers and horses, escorted more than 1,000 people, including the monarchs and ministers of Annan, the Chen clan and the palace concubines, and took the Fujian Navy warship at the Huangjiang Wharf to enter Da'an Haikou.

As soon as Li Luo left Annam, the officials sent by the Yuan court to Cham arrived. Originally, the Zhenla Kingdom (Cambodia), which saw that Cham had no one to govern and planned to take advantage of the fire to rob, saw that the Yuan court was coming, and immediately shrank back, for fear of becoming the next target of the Yuan court's destruction.

So far, under the impetus of Li Luo, the Yuan court has vigorously set up two new provinces, Jiaozhou and Xiangzhou, expanding the territory for thousands of miles, and accepting more than 7 million people.

The countries of Nanyang were all trembling, and they rushed to send envoys to Dadu to pay tribute as soon as possible.

Six days later, Li Luo's fleet arrived in the waters of the Fujian Sea, although he missed Cui Xiuning's mother and son very much, but he could only "pass through the door without entering" and went north.

Li Luo stood on the deck and looked in the direction of Haidong, his heart was extremely down-to-earth and full of happiness.

He has been in Annan for a few months, and he will receive news from Haidong every ten days and a half, and he is most worried about Cui Xiuning, a pregnant woman, but fortunately, he is safe and sound every time. Otherwise, he would not have the intention of staying in Annan to fight.

Now I am finally completely relieved. It's a pity that I still couldn't catch up with Cui Xiuning's production.

He's a father of three.

Three!

I will ask you if you are convinced.

All of a sudden, there are a couple of more children. Three children honor one of him, is this blessing still small?

It's not small.

Also, how can Xiuning give birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus? That's pretty impressive, isn't it?

No, it's me.

Hahaha.

Li Luo really wanted to laugh out loud.

And Chen Yiji, who was in the same boat as him, wanted to cry loudly.

The same boat ferry that has been repaired for a hundred years is not the same life in the same boat.

Since the titular king of Jiaozhou, Chen Yiji has completely become a loner. Even the ministers who surrounded him when he was in charge of the state before disappeared at this time.

And the ministers of the Yue Kingdom who followed Chen Yu to surrender ignored him, and everyone hung their contempt for him on their faces.

It's really embarrassing.

Fortunately, Li Luo still talked to him occasionally.

"General, there is nothing to say below, and when you arrive in the capital, please take care of the general." Chen Yiji came to the deck and said with a sad voice.

"Nothing? Why did the king of Jiaozhou say this? Li Luo pretended to be puzzled, "You are the king of Jiaozhou who was enshrined by the emperor, and Ben Shuai is just a county prince." The king of Jiaozhou is a prince, how can he have nothing? ”

Chen Yiji couldn't wait to kick this general to death. King of Jiaozhou? That's a piece of! It's just a mascot. I took the initiative to surrender on the pole, is it just for this empty cylinder prince? Then I, King Zhao, have done a good job, why should I be humiliated and humiliated?

Chen Yiji was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to refute. Otherwise, it is estimated that the end will be even worse.

He could only hum twice, arched his hand to Li Luo perfunctorily, and hid in the cabin angrily and couldn't come out.

Li Luo looked at Chen Yiji's back and couldn't help laughing.

This back... It's like a dog.

……………

Haidong, Luoning City.

After nearly two years of arduous construction by tens of thousands of Japanese slaves, Luoning City, which occupies a radius of six miles, was finally completed.

All the buildings such as the Tang Mansion, the official office, the market, the warehouse, the Taoist Palace, and the official residence were all enclosed in Luoning City.

The city wall of Luoning is nearly three zhang high, six miles long and wide, and seventy or eighty thousand people can live in the city.

The completion of Luoning City means that the Tang Kingdom has its first city.

Luoning City is not only the capital of the Tang Kingdom, but also the county guard yamen of Luoning County. Today, there are 20,000 or 30,000 people in the city, and the number is increasing every day.

Although Luoning City is not big, the design is very extraordinary. For example, there are unique public toilets, sewers, pedestrian walkways, horse-drawn carriage roads, tree-lined walkways, flower beds, and garbage bins all over the city.

Even, every ten zhang on the main road, there is a pair of lanterns. Walking in the city at night, you can see the road.

In the middle of Luoning City is the Tang Mansion and various government offices, then the official residence area and the Daogong area, and the outermost is the street market and residential area. The residential area is divided into 24 squares, each of which is under the jurisdiction of the head of the square. There is also a police station in each square to manage public order.

For the sake of fire prevention and law and order, the squares are not connected, but are blocked by a wall.

After the completion of the city, Cui Xiuning transferred two of the four guard brigades into the city to guard the Tang Mansion and various government offices. Rotate monthly.

And several large battalions of the main force of the Tang Army were all within twenty miles of Luoning City. Luoning Port, where the naval camp is located, is only seven or eight miles away from Luoning City.

Seventy percent of the soldiers and horses of the Tang Kingdom were concentrated near Luoning City. Most of the gendarmes, sergeants, and spies are also in this area.

It's impregnable.

At this time, in the Tang Mansion, Cui Xiuning was presiding over the first dynasty after giving birth.

The birth of a pair of children in one child surprised her more than the birth of twins. The entire Tang Kingdom also thought it was a great omen. You must know that only one out of hundreds of women may give birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus.

When this pair of pink and jade children came out, not only the military heart of the Tang Kingdom was more stable, but the prestige of the regent wife also increased.

The officials who had originally instigated their relatives Cui's brothers to advise Tang Jun to take a concubine immediately died down. At least at this time, they didn't dare to take a concubine for Li Luo in a hurry.

Although she had just given birth and was still a dragon and phoenix fetus, Cui Xiuning's recovery was very fast, and she was energetic and resolute in just a few days, obviously her physique far exceeded that of ordinary women.

At this time, Cui Xiuning was listening to Lin Biju's performance, she looked radiant, smiling, and obviously in a good mood.

It's no wonder that if anyone who changes to a higher position hears Lin Biju's report, I'm afraid that I won't be in a bad mood.

“…… By the time the last batch of transports came back, the total harvest of several months was more than 274,000 taels of gold, more than 5,820,000 taels of silver, and a total of 8,500,000 taels of silver..."

“… The Champa country got 2 million stones, Annan Chang'an Cang got 2 million stones, the king distributed more than 2 million stones, and bought 4 million stones of grain from the Yuan army. A total of 10,200,000 stone of grain..."

“… Other things such as spices, ivory, rhino horn, cowhides, jewelry, etc., are difficult to estimate, and they are estimated to be worth three to five million taels of silver. And cattle, horses, elephants and other livestock are also worth millions of taels of silver. ”

"There are also more than 70,000 young men and women in Champa Annam, who are used by men to work as coolies and plough for the army's fields. A woman may be betrothed to a sergeant. ”

With Lin Bi reporting the final statistics, Cui Xiuning was certainly happy in his heart, and the ministers of civil and military affairs in the palace were also beaming.

It was the Jurchen general Shi Mo Huaide, who had newly joined the Tang State and had been appointed as the brigade commander, and Li Yi, the party general, who were all happy. Only the Khitan general Yelu Zhongjie had a relatively bdifferent expression.

Everyone thinks that the king is attacking Annan in the open, and the lady is secretly attacking Cham, and this light and dark cooperate with each other, and they have made so much money and grain in a few months, which is really a big windfall.

Since the Tang State made its fortune entirely by fighting wars, the thinking of Tang officials was completely different from that of Song Dynasty officials. Fighting the war and open source has almost become the consensus of Tang officials. Even a civilian official who was born in Xiucai now thinks that if this foreign war is used well, not only will it not burn money, but it will also make money.

If there is no war, relying on Tang State's own taxes alone, it will be ten or eight years, and it will be difficult to save money and food for the army to conquer the world.

Lin Biju finally said: "All the money and grain, all the register. The newly built Luoning warehouse was all full, and it couldn't hold 10 million stone grain, so Weichen had to order to cultivate two more large granaries. ”

There is food in the hand, and there is no panic in the heart. Lin Biju, as the secretary of state affairs, is also a lot more confident.

You must know that the grain transported from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Dadu every year is only more than 10 million stones. The grain that Tang Guo got this time was about to catch up with the grain of most of the capital for a year.

"Good. That's all for the money and food. Zheng He, let's talk about the harvest of the sailor. Cui Xiuning said to Zheng He, commander of the ocean-going fleet.

Of course, she already knew all about it. The reason why Zheng He was asked to say it was not for her, but for the officials of the Manchu Dynasty. It is considered a communiqué procedure.

Zheng He came out and said: "Mrs. Qiyu, more than 430 warships and more than 800 transport ships have been captured, most of which are Zhu Qing and Zhang Xuan's seaborne grain ships. The smaller half are Cham and Annam merchant ships. Today, we have more than 2,400 large and small ships. It can carry more than 100,000 troops and more than 100,000 troops for a year's supply at a time. ”

The civil and military officials had long known this and were not too surprised. But Shi Mo Huaide and Li Yi secretly spoke at the strength of the sailors of the Tang Kingdom, and at the same time showed joy.

Even before the Yuan Dynasty's expedition, when the sailors did not suffer major losses, there were not so many ships.

And the Khitan general Yelu Zhongjie, although surprised, did not look joyful. What he didn't know was that all of his expressions were taken into Cui Xiuning's eyes.

It seems that Yeluzhong has been in Haidong for a month, but he still has not been sincerely obedient. The spies reported that he had no bad words and deeds, but he just didn't dare.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the hundred officials left, but Cui Xiuning left Wen Tianxiang to discuss the matter of the three generals.

"Mr. Wen, please take a seat. What do you think, sir, about these three descents? Cui Xiuning asked, while asking Shi Coral to bring Wen Tianxiang a cup of sour plum soup to relieve the heat.

Because of respect for Wen Tianxiang, the whole Tang Kingdom, including Li Luo and his wife, has always called Wen Tianxiang Mr. but not his name, and he did not even call him an official position.

Wen Tianxiang said: "Mrs. Yu, there are more than 4,200 people from Li Yi's department of the party and the army, and they have been in Haidong for two months, and it seems that they should be sincerely obedient, and there is no sign of chaos. ”

"Dang Xiangjun Li Yi is a member of the Western Xia clan, and even his surname is given by the Tang Dynasty. And the Li family of Western Xia was also the envoy of the Tang Dynasty. It has a bit of a relationship with Datang. Moreover, the party and the army did not have a good impression of Meng Yuan, and there was no way out, so sincerity was taken for granted. ”

"The Jurchen Army... After the Taigong came forward, Shi Mo Huaide recognized this uncle, and the 6,000 Jurchen army immediately expressed their allegiance without hesitation, which was more reliable than the party army. Shi Mo Huaide also gave Gongzi a jade pendant, and the prince asked Gongzi to call him cousin, and he was also very happy. ”

"It's just that the Khitan army is a little troublesome. Although Xiao Bei is a Khitan, Yelu Zhongjie does not buy it. When the Khitans were in the Tang Dynasty, they rebelled many times, and they also rebelled with An Lushan. However, Yeluzhong Festival is also quiet at the moment, but it is not as reliable as the party army, let alone the Jurchen army. It is said that he was squeezed out by the Mongol generals and was not trusted by the Yuan court, so he should not be so. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "What Mr. Wen said is very true. Yelu Zhongjie did not sincerely submit, but was helpless. He knew that with his 6,000 soldiers and horses, he would not be able to make waves. However, this person has a reason, and his character dictates it. ”

"Oh? What did Madame see? Wen Tianxiang was a little puzzled.

Cui Xiuning said: "This person has a very upright personality, and he loves and hates clearly. once said that the husband is honest, faithful and upright. Even his name is Zhongjie. ”

To put it bluntly, it is the so-called moral cleanliness. It's hard to say, it's just a tendon, brainless, and unwilling to be flexible.

Wen Tianxiang smiled: "Chen understands. Yelu Zhongjie felt that the king's approach was not fair, so he was dissatisfied. ”

He said it quite tactfully. But the meaning is actually that Yelu Zhongjie looks down on Li Luo's conspiracy methods and Li Luo's character, so he is unwilling to sincerely belong to him.

Cui Xiuning nodded, Wen Tianxiang was not wrong. According to Yelu Zhongjie's personality analysis, he should think so.

Moreover, Yelu Zhongjie estimated that he despised the entire Tang monarchs and ministers. He must have thought that the joint practice of such despicable means by the monarchs and ministers of a country is really not the atmosphere of a country, and his actions cannot be put on the table.

"Mr. Wen is highly respected and admired at home. Therefore, I would like to ask Mr. Wen to come forward and have a deep conversation with Yelu Zhongjie. The six thousand Khitan cavalry are all good at riding and shooting, and it would be a pity if they couldn't be used by my Tang. Cui Xiuning said.

Wen Tianxiang smiled bitterly: "Madame's praise is false, and the minister is ashamed." Although the bell must be tied to the bell, but the king has not returned, the minister will try. Hey, it is estimated that most of this matter will still fall on you. ”

Cui Xiuning nodded, and also thought that the bell must be tied to the bell. But she didn't want Li Luo to come back and worry about this matter, so she planned to ask Wen Tianxiang to come forward, and then she herself came forward to resolve the mustard in Yelu Zhongjie's heart.

After sending Wen Tianxiang away, Cui Xiuning returned to the inner house and breastfed a pair of children as soon as possible.

The thought of feeding her two children gave her a bit of a headache.

"Madam, the second son and the eldest lady are hungry." As soon as Cui Xiuning returned to the inner house, he heard the two children crying, and the maids were panicked.

Why don't you invite a nurse? Rather hands-on?

Because she was not at ease. Secondly... It's uncomfortable.

What do you say?

Sure enough, as soon as the two children ate it, they stopped crying.

Of these two children, the son is the eldest and the daughter is the youngest. The daughter became a sister only a few minutes later than the son.

Name, Li Luo has already picked it up and sent someone back. Because Li Zheng's name is next to the double side, the names of the two children are also next to the double side. The son's name is Li Lu. The daughter's name is Li Wei.

In order to make up for the regret that he was not by his side when he gave birth, Li Luo simply gave the two children titles directly this time. Li Lu Feng Yangzhou Mu, Jingyang County Bo. Feng's daughter Li Wei is the lord of Chang'an County.

Li Lu became the only person in the Tang State to be crowned an uncle, and Li Wei became the second county lord after Li Yuan, the county lord of Luoning.

"Mother." A milky voice sounded, and Li Zheng, who was almost one and a half years old, staggered to Cui Xiuning with his calves, followed by a black fox.

In addition to being able to call people, Li Zheng can already simply say some short sentences.

Seeing that his mother didn't have time to pay attention to him, Yongzhou Mu and Tang Guozi didn't cry, he picked up a piece of Haidong candied fruit on the coffee table and handed it to the black fox.

"Blackie, give." The little man stretched out his little hand, "Little Black, eat." ”

However, the black fox completely ignored the preserves, tilting its head to the side, licking its black satin-like fur.

Yongzhou Mu saw that the fox didn't care about himself, so he sat on the ground and ate candied fruit.

When the little things were eaten, they watched their mothers breastfeed with interest on their faces.

"Mother... Embrace. A pair of black jewel-like eyes stared at Cui Xiuning innocently, and the little thing also opened its little arms like lotus roots.

Cui Xiuning only knew at this time that the child had a lot of troubles.

The woman handed over the two well-fed and sleeping children to the maid, picked up Li Zheng again, and kissed her on the little cheek, "Son, who gave this to you?" She picked up a tiger head jade pendant hanging from Li Zheng's chest.

Li Zheng was a little confused about Cui Xiuning's question, Cui Xiuning said it a few times in a good way and tirelessly, and Li Zheng tilted his head and remembered a word.

"Cousin, give." The little man said three words.

Cui Xiuning suddenly smiled like a flower, "Oh, it turned out to be given by my cousin." ”

Li Zheng couldn't help but giggle when he saw that his mother was so happy.

The cousin he said was naturally the new Jurchen general Shi Mo Huaide who joined the Tang Kingdom. Shi Mo Huaide's mother is the princess of the Jin Kingdom, that is, the sister of the princess Yan Duo, and of course Yan Duo's nephew. Li Luo is Yan Duo's son, and the two are cousins.

Cui Xiuning's mother and son were playing, and suddenly Yan Chan'er came in and said: "Madam, the craftsman reported that the iron tire copper body of the ten-pound cannon was created, and it has been cast a hundred times, and it has not been exploded. They asked the lady to watch. ”

Cui Xiuning immediately stood up and asked the maid to take Li Zheng to the Taigong Courtyard, and then left the mansion and got into a carriage and went to the firearms range outside the east gate of Luoning City.

Along the way, the people in the city saw Cui Xiuning's carriage avoiding one after another, kneeling on both sides of the street, very respectful.

Cui Xiuning didn't want to disturb the people, so he didn't get out of the car. She saw the bustling streets and garden-like classical cities, and she felt an indescribable sense of happiness in her heart.

This is the city she and Li Luo created, and it is called Luoning City.

The name of Luoning City will surely spread all over the world.

Shi Coral took dozens of guards to escort Cui Xiuning's carriage to a valley ten miles east of the city.

"Boom!"

A loud sound came, and a cloud of gunpowder smoke rose in the valley, and Cui Xiuning smelled the familiar smell of gunpowder before he arrived.

When I entered the valley, I found that the generals of the firearms brigade and the officials of the craftsmanry were all in the valley.

Not far away, three brand-new guns the thickness of sea bowls lined up. There was still smoke from the muzzle. And several mounds nearly two miles away have been blown flat. The whole valley was filled with the smell of gunsmoke.

"Madame has arrived!"

The guards standing guard at the mouth of the valley saw Cui Xiuning's carriage and immediately reported loudly.

The crowd immediately knelt down and saluted: "I've seen Madame!" ”

Cui Xiuning got out of the carriage wearing a red armor and a phoenix-winged helmet. She was still very careful, coming to watch a demonstration of firearms, which usually pierced her armor.

It's so hot today, she insists on armor piercing.

What if something happens to the bombing? She is a mother of three.

"Everyone, please excuse me! It's hard for you on such a hot day! Cui Xiuning got out of the car with a spring breeze on her face, "Coral, you bring down the iced sour plum soup and chilled watermelon to relieve everyone's heat." ”

"No!" Shi Coral and the others immediately brought down the cold drinks and fruits they were carrying, and sent them to the generals of the firearms brigade and the craftsmen of the craftsman department one by one.

These ices, of course, are made by Cui Xiuning with nitrate. Haidong also rarely has ice in winter, Li Luo doesn't know how to make ice with nitrate, if she hadn't remembered this method, Haidong wouldn't have been able to eat iced drinks at all.

"Madame Xie's reward!" The crowd was moved and delighted. Haidong is so hot, you can eat ice in these six days, it's really amazing. Ordinary people, don't even dream about it.

They don't know where Madame got the ice, but Madame is Madame, and it's not surprising that there is ice.

Gu Kai didn't dare to enjoy the cold drink immediately, but stepped forward to report: "Mrs. Qiyu..."

Cui Xiuning was wearing armor, and she was already sweating, but she said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to talk about things first, Gu Qing will relieve the heat." ”

This is also the difference between Cui Xiuning and Li Luo's style. When Li Luo faced his subordinates, he always had something to say, and when he came up, he went straight to the point. Cui Xiuning is different, in the face of his subordinates, he first asks for warmth, gives food and drink, and then talks about things.

When everyone finished using up the iced sour plum soup, Gu Kai reported it.

"Madam, the three iron-core bronze cannons have each fired 100 rounds, and there is no explosion or cracking. Weichen thought that it could be cast in large quantities! ”

Cui Xiuning said: "How powerful is it?" ”

"Demonstrate it to Madame now!" Gu Kai said, "Mr. Wang Tuan, let off the cannon!" ”

Wang Jian, the regimental commander of the firearms brigade, shouted: "Everyone is in place!" Reload your ammo! ”

Each gun is equipped with five operating gunners, and at this time the charge is charged, the charge is loaded, the muzzle aiming is adjusted, and the fuse is installed, and the ammunition is pressed.

These operation steps are all standard actions set by Cui Xiuning. Firearms brigades have been trained for a long time. Now looking at the gunner's operation, they are all neat and neat, and the movements are fast and standardized, Cui Xiuning is very satisfied.

Cui Xiuning pinched the time in her heart, and when she pinched it for about a minute, she was already ready.

Wang Jian waved the command flag fiercely, "Ignition - release!" ”

"Ziz..."

The three artillery fuses were ignited at the same time, and then there was a flash of fire, white smoke appeared, and then there was a loud "boom", and the iron egg bigger than a fist flew out of the muzzle of the cannon and roared towards the mound nearly two miles away.

"Boom!" Of the three mounds in the distance, one of the bombarded earth and rocks flew and was mostly blown down. The other two mounds were not hit, but a long groove was blasted out of the ground nearby.

Obviously, the power is indeed impressive. Cui Xiuning has calculated that he can shoot twice in about three minutes, which is not slow. The hit rate is more than 30 percent, which is not low.

"Good!" Cui Xiuning was very satisfied, "Yes, Gu Qing and all the craftsmen have worked hard, and they will make a great contribution!" ”

Gu Kai said: "This kind of sharp weapon is Madame's charter method, and it took a year to cast it. The ministers have no merit, dare to be greedy for the merits of the sky? ”

Cui Xiuning smiled: "Gu Qing's words are wrong. Firearms are indeed my charter method, but it is you who make firearms and constantly test them, and this is the great achievement. ”

Wang Jian suddenly bowed down in iron armor and said: "The last general will congratulate the king and his wife!" With such a sharp weapon in hand, I will definitely be invincible! ”

Cui Xiuning said: "Although firearms are advantageous, they have their shortcomings, and they may not be able to win Mengyuan Tieqi." Still can't rely too much, dare to fight with the Yuan army, see the red with the sword and gun, is the real warrior. ”

Wang Jian said: "What Madame said is extremely true, and the last general will remember it in his heart!" ”

Cui Xiuning was wearing armor, and the heat was full of sweat, and she didn't want to stay any longer, so she watched it again, and ordered it to be mass-produced with all her might.

In the end, Cui Xiuning gave another order: trial production of eighteen pounds of heavy artillery!

ps: The mass production of ten-pound artillery means that the Tang Army's ability to attack fortified positions has been greatly improved. Crab crab support, vote for me, woo.

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