Li An understands that it is useless to wait, the environment in the cave is very comfortable, and Li An, as the main leader, has not left, and these subordinates will naturally not leave first, and many people really like the cool environment in the cave, and it is a good day to celebrate, and it is nothing to stay for a while, so they should accompany the leader.

Although this interfered with Ang Lee's rest plan, these guys didn't mean it, besides, there were some officials who were not in good health and wanted to go back to sleep earlier? They are also wronged.

After walking into the cave, looking at the enthusiastic smiling faces, Li An said: "Everyone, it's getting late, let's go together and return to the port to rest!" Let's all go and rest! Escort, lead the way in front. ”

After saying that, he put the guards in line and led twenty soldiers to escort these older officials out of the cave and back to the living quarters on the flat land of the port.

"This group of guys is finally leaving, come on, hurry up and move the bed in."

Li An sighed and randomly asked his subordinates to move items such as the combination bed and quilt outside the cave into the cave.

After the soldiers moved the combination bed into a small room in the cave and assembled it, Ang Lee asked all the guards to leave the cave, and throughout the night, there were only two Ang Lee in the cave, and the guards were on duty in turn, and there were special resting tents outside.

"Li Shilang, I'm going to make the bed."

Li Xiaolu smiled and ran into the small room to make the bed.

I chose to rest in the cave here because the temperature here is comfortable enough, it is summer, and it is hot outside, even if it is late, the weather is still quite hot, but even if you add a lot of ice cubes to the room, it is difficult to make people's body comfortable, far less than the cool cave.

In a terrible environment covered in sweat, it is uncomfortable to sleep alone, not to mention that if two people sleep together, if you want to do something, it is even more uncomfortable.

And if you are always holding back, it must not be good for the body, if people have desires, they must vent, in this way, it is the best way to maintain health, and Li An is naturally a Taoist friend who is well versed in the way of health preservation.

Due to the hot weather, after the completion of the Silk Road, there are many things that need to be handled by Li An personally, such as, how much credit your subordinates have, what contributions they have made, the main territories along the way, and which subordinate to garrison, these are all things that must be seriously considered, therefore, naturally they ignore the needs of their own bodies, at this time, all this has been done, and even the celebration banquet has been eaten, so there is nothing worth worrying about Li An, don't take the opportunity to enjoy it, I'm really sorry for myself.

The beauty is making the bed inside, and Ang Lee is walking back and forth in the cave, eating a little too much just now, and it is time to exercise more to eliminate food, so as not to affect the good things later.

There are some traces of artificial carving on the walls of the cave, although there are not many, but it can be seen that many traces are of a certain age, which is enough to show that someone has discovered this beautiful cave a long time ago, and even, maybe there are people living in it.

These patterns look very similar to the original text, but maybe they were drawn by children casually, which is also possible, in short, this cave has indeed been visited before, and Li Xiaolu is one of them.

"Li Shilang, the couch is made, let's ......"

Li Xiaolu smiled and hugged Li An tightly from behind, she hadn't been pampered by Li An for many days, she seemed to be uncomfortable all over her body, that gentle energy, it was really impossible to refuse.

When a person goes out, the most unbearable thing is the loneliness and unbearable loneliness, ordinary people can only hold it if they can't bear it, and people with ability and status don't have to be so wronged by themselves, so, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, all capable people, many of them are followed by a large group of chicks around them, and they can be as chic as they want, and they don't have to have any psychological burden.

The temperature in the cave is slightly lower, so even if it is a very strenuous exercise, it will not make people feel how hot, after tossing for more than an hour, Li An lay on the couch exhausted, very satisfied to close his eyes and rest, while Li Xiaolu gasped non-stop, and hugged Li An tightly, the two jade legs tightly clamped Li An, and kept squirming, making Li An very comfortable.

Li An rested for a moment, reached out and gently rubbed Li Xiaolu's delicate place, and asked, "Little baby, if you can't spoil you often in the future, will you be sad?" ”

This is not a casual joke, but a reality that must be faced, after all, at this moment, Li Xiaolu is the only one by Ang Lee's side, and after returning to Egypt, a woman will become five, Yun'er, Beauty, White Fox, Magpie are all little beauties with excellent appearance, any one can make Ang Lee excited, and Ang Lee's body is not iron, it is very unrealistic for five people to be pampered together, so it is inevitable to take turns to be snubbed, and after returning to Chang'an City, the situation is even more serious, There are many ladies and maids in the family, and there are many beautiful girls who guard Li An like jade in major Fengyue places, and they can't live up to it, so Li Xiaolu can share too little of the grace of rain and dew, and may not even reach one-tenth of the current one.

"Didn't I say it last time, as long as I can see Li Shilang every day, I am very happy, and it is precisely because I can't often take on rain and dew in the future, so I have to pay more attention to it now."

Li Xiaolu said very boldly.

Li An smiled: "No wonder you are so clingy these days, it turns out that you know that you have fewer and fewer opportunities in the future, and you want to take advantage of this good opportunity to enjoy more." ”

"Mmmmmmmm, it's only been half a month, and Li Shilang wants to accompany me every day, which is good."

Li Xiaolu took advantage of Li An's comfort and opened her mouth to invite pets.

Li An said very happily: "Okay, good, very good, pampered every day, you are not afraid of being drowned, hahaha!" ”

After a night of celebration, Ang Lee did not rush to leave Gibraltar, he had to rest for two days before leaving the westernmost territory of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to resting, Ang Lee also needed to personally inquire about the defense of the port.

After all, the location here is too important, it is simply the westernmost bridgehead of the Tang Empire, and it is a place where the Jedi cannot be lost, if the defense is done well, it can ensure that it will never be breached, and it can greatly reduce the casualties of the defenders, in short, it is very important.

People generally think that only the weak will desperately build defenses, and the strong are more willing to take the initiative to attack, in fact, this is a very wrong idea, sometimes the opposite is true, the strong prefer strong defenses, and the weak are not willing to build any defenses.

For example, during the bitter Anti-Japanese War, the little devils occupied a great advantage in the land of China and belonged to the relatively powerful side, but they built too many defensive buildings in the rear, and various artillery towers were all over the land of China.

The Chinese military and civilians who are in an absolutely disadvantaged position rarely build strong cities, this is because after the powerful little devils build the defense of the turret, staying in it can basically ensure that there are no worries, and the Chinese mass armed forces cannot conquer these strong defensive turrets at all, so in the case of their insufficient troops, they like to build these defensive buildings very much.

The Chinese military and civilians are different, even if they build strong defensive bunkers, it is meaningless, because the little devils have a large number of artillery and are fully capable of destroying the bunkers, if the soldiers hide in them, there is no way to live, they are simply the enemy's live targets.

It is precisely because of the little devils on the strong side that there are artillery in attack, and they are not afraid of artillery in defense, so they can be arrogant and rampant in the land of China, and the Chinese soldiers and civilians who resist have no artillery to attack, they cannot destroy the turret when attacking, and there are pillboxes when they defend, so naturally there is no need to spend huge manpower and material resources to make defensive buildings, and making more guns and explosives is the key to the victory of the Chinese military and civilians.

At this time, Datang has a strong attack ability, and all the possible opponents to face are not strong enough to destroy the equipment of concrete, so it is very necessary for Datang soldiers and horses to build defensive facilities in the place where they are stationed, and they can hold the most important position with the smallest number of troops.

Of course, Li An will not only leave the defensive troops, but also leave many officials and talents from all walks of life to operate the port, such a good port, if it is only for the sake of deterring the surrounding military existence, it will become a burden on the Tang Empire, after all, no matter how small the army is, it will cost the national finance, if it is to defend this place to spend financial resources but can not get enough benefits from this place, that is, pure expenditure has no income, then, the meaning of existence will be reduced.

Many dynasties in China will give up remote areas, many times because of the existence in some areas, which has greatly dragged down the central finances, because many remote areas of the people are relatively strong, productivity is relatively low, and the taxes that can be paid are very small, if the tax is increased at will, it will provoke the people's uprising, and the imperial court will also mobilize a large army to quell the rebellion, and the loss will be greater, and a place where the imperial court needs to spend money is too much. They will consider giving up the land with low income but too much expenditure, or withdrawing all the officials and troops there, and letting the local heroes manage it themselves, just nominally obeying the imperial court, so that the burden on the imperial court can be greatly reduced.

That is to say, the physical boundaries of a dynasty depend on the financial balance point of the dynasty, generally in the core area of the empire, the income must be greater than the expenditure, and in the border and other areas far away from the core of the empire, the income is far from making up for the expenditure, but as long as the imperial court can still hold on, it will generally not choose to give up, but if the imperial court's finances are gradually tightened, then there is really no way, and you can only choose to give up part of the land that consumes too much finance.

For example, the current Tang Dynasty, before Li An's industrialization, was financially strained, and several surrendered cities in the north, as well as Anxi and Beiting, were a serious burden on the Tang Dynasty.

After all, these places are all deserted areas, and the financial endowment that can be provided for the imperial court is extremely limited, but at the same time, these places are far away from the borders of the core area of the Tang Dynasty, and they will face the attack of hostile countries at any time.

Even the huge Tang Empire can hardly withstand the attrition of a long-term war, so in many cases, it has to release more goodwill to the surroundings, and even give the surrounding rewards to be more generous than the gifts paid by the surrounding tribute.

Due to the inconvenience of transportation, in the past, every soldier deployed by the Tang Dynasty in Anxi was equivalent to the consumption of the imperial court's finances equivalent to the internal deployment of ten soldiers, while Anxi had more than 20,000 soldiers, and the consumption of finance was equivalent to more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the interior, which shows the great consumption.

Of course, because Li An got the railway, the cost of raising troops in Anxi was greatly reduced, and raising more soldiers and horses consumed a lot less finance, and relying on the railway can greatly promote the development of Anxi, and the local tax revenue of Anxi will also increase greatly in the future, and the consumption of the imperial court will be smaller and smaller, and even a surplus will be generated.

Of course, if according to real history, with the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, the Anxi Army completely abandoned the four towns of Anxi, although the mainland participated in the counterinsurgency.

Some people may think that the reason why the Anxi Army left the four towns of Anxi and entered the interior to quell the rebellion was because the rebel forces in the northeast were too strong, and the Anxi Army was also a border army, and its strength was also very strong.

This is of course the right judgment, but at the same time, many people ignore one point, that is, with the development of the counterinsurgency war, the financial consumption of the Tang Dynasty court is great, and many wealthy areas have been occupied by the rebels, so the financial pressure of the court is even greater, in this case, the court really has no financial resources to run the four towns of Anxi, and giving up is also a last resort.

After the powerful Anxi army returned to the mainland, although the number was still those people, because the supply was much more convenient, the consumption of the imperial court's finances was greatly reduced.

In addition, if the Anxi army does not give up the four towns of Anxi, not only will the pressure of huge financial consumption not be alleviated, but also the strong enemies of Tubo will definitely take the opportunity to attack Anxi after knowing the internal rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, so that the financial pressure of the Anxi army on the imperial court will be greater, and the Tang court, which is far away, will definitely not be able to afford such a big burden.

And with the arrival of Ang Lee, all this has changed dramatically, and the financial pressure has become less and less.