Kunlun Nu is the indigenous people on the islands and coastal land on the other side of the Kunlun Sea, all of them are very black and have short hair, these people are very tame, the nobles of the Central Plains like it very much, in fact, the heroes of Lingnan also like it.

"A thousand slang, a thousand wingmen, and a thousand Kunlun slaves, men and women are almost one-on-one, most of them are young, and it won't take more than two years to give birth to more slaves after pairing." Li Shimin told Luo Yi.

Luo Yi was very satisfied with this, and praised Li Shimin for doing things.

"In addition, those rhino horns, pearls, ivory, etc., I traded in Song Pingcheng in Jiaozhi for Kaiyuan coins, silk, cloth, and some daily necessities such as ironware, iron pots, needles and threads."

Luo Yi glanced at the list and found that the things were far beyond his expectations, and he was very happy.

He stretched out his hand to take Li Shimin into his arms and patted him on the back happily, "Erlang, I really didn't see the wrong person, you really gained a lot when you went out this time." With these, we will soon be able to open up a new county in the sunset country, and I happen to be waiting for you to come back, and now everything is ready, the east wind has risen, and we are alive. ”

Luo Yi dragged Li Shimin into the fort at the Wushiling Pass, and on the way he concisely told him about the previous barbarian invasion.

"The barbarian withdrew like this?"

"They didn't take advantage of it, and our patrol, a group of fifty men, was attacked by them, and as a result, seven were lost, but two hundred and seventeen of them were killed. Then, the barbarians attacked the Tunzhuang around Wenyang City, and beat a few Zhuangzi, but lost three or four hundred people, and not a single Zhuangzi was defeated, but it was also the people of Wenyang City stationed in the capital, plus the patrol, one hundred and fifty people attacked a barbarian camp in the middle of the night, and almost wiped out more than 1,000 barbarians in that camp. ”

There are more than 3,000 barbarians in total, and they are obviously not the officers and soldiers of Zhenla Country, Luo Yi is estimated to be from the barbarian tribe on the east bank of the river, and after retreating to the west bank, this time they organized to raid the Sunset Country and want to drive them out of here.

Unexpectedly, he didn't take advantage of it at all, and he lost six or seven hundred people, so he could only retreat.

"I plan to build a new city on the east bank of the big river about 100 miles north of Wenyang City, and name it Beiliang City. On the east bank of the big river in the southeast of Wenyang City, a new city was also built, named Nantangcheng, two new counties were opened, and then Tunzhuang was opened, in addition to planting rice for rations, the others planned to plant sugarcane. I heard that the emperor's royal sugar factory has developed a secret method for refining frosting sugar, which can extract better frosting sugar from sugar cane than Tianzhu frosting sugar, and can even make rock sugar like ice crystals. We grow sugar cane here, and when the emperor sends someone to build a sugar refinery here, our land will be greatly improved, and it will be far more cost-effective than growing grain. ”

Guangnan has never been short of grain, no matter how much grain is planted, it is useless, after all, the grain is bulky, and it is too cost-effective to transport the grain from Guangnan back to the Central Plains, and the cost is too high, even if it is to transport the grain back, it is not a cost-effective deal, not to mention that they are still hundreds of miles west of Changshan, and the cost is even higher.

But the sugar production of sugarcane is different, after processing and refining, an acre of sugarcane can have at least a thousand catties, which is not the least, but in the end after squeezing into sucrose, it is dozens of catties to refine a catty, at most dozens of catties. If you plant one acre of rice, you can get at least a few hundred catties in three seasons, and the difference is still huge.

Luo Yi thought very clearly, if you want to develop, you can't just grow grain, you have to grow sugarcane and make cane sugar, which has a future.

"Erlang, I plan to let you be the county governor of Beiliang County."

Li Shimin shook his head, "King, I still have something to discuss with you, after going out this time, I found that I like the feeling of sailing on the sea, I feel that I have found a place, and I want to continue to take the king's fleet to the sea." ”

Luo Yi was surprised.

"But now that Lingnan is stable and the rebels have been destroyed, if you go to rob again, you won't be able to."

"I know, I don't plan to rob Lingnan again, I plan to go to the south of Guangnan."

"Lin Yi?" Luo Yi frowned.

"Well, let's go to Linyi first, and maybe go further south later. Believe me, my lord, I will not let you down, I will bring back more slaves and money. Compared with being a Beiliang County Cheng, I think I am more helpful to the king outside, money and slaves, these are also needed for the development of Sunset Country. Besides, even if the king really wants to recommend me as the Cheng of Beiliang County, I am afraid that the imperial court will not agree, and the king must not forget how I came to Lingnan. ”

"You've really figured it out?"

"Well, I want to go around, if I can't do anything, I'll come back then."

Seeing his resolute attitude, Luo Yi could only pat him on the shoulder, "You young people, you just don't want to take the ordinary road." ”

"If I were that ordinary person, I wouldn't be here in Lingnan today."

"That's right, okay, you can go if you want, as for the court, you don't have to worry, there is me. However, your identity is relatively special, so I am afraid that the court will suspect you of absconding, so it is better to wait until you arrive in Sunset City this time, and I will officially accept you as a righteous son, so that it will be better. ”

Li Shimin smiled and laughed at himself, "Then won't I become the emperor's righteous brother?" ”

"Hahaha, you were originally the emperor's brother-in-law, and now even if you become a righteous brother, it's nothing."

Although he was a little reluctant, Luo Yi didn't force it.

After a brief rest at the fort, the team continued on their way, and on the third day, they returned to Sunset City.

When they saw that their children had returned, the people of the city were very happy.

And after seeing the long line of slaves and boxes of money and supplies, everyone was even more excited.

Luo Yi is also a bold person, and according to the list of military merits handed over by Li Shimin, he gave rewards to these soldiers who were recruited, rewarding them with money, silk and slaves.

And for the Zhenla barbarians and slaves who went out with the army this time, Luo Yi also had their own rewards, even the slaves were rewarded with money for their good performance, and even more than a dozen slaves with excellent performance, Luo Yi directly gave them a free release, returned them to freedom, and immediately registered them for naturalization, and gave them land and land.

For a time, everyone was happy.

Li Shimin also shared a share, and there were quite a few, and the slaves alone rewarded him with a hundred, and at the same time, he also allocated a large piece of land to him in the soon-to-be-established Beiliang County for him to use as a private estate.

"Erlang, after two days, after everyone has rested, you can follow me to order all the young men of our Sunset Country, and go to inspect the river with the soldiers and my own army, and if you have the opportunity, you will cross the river to teach those barbarians a lesson."

On the one hand, he sent troops to inspect the river, and on the other hand, he pulled the slaves and the people over, and built a new city on the north and south sides of Wenyang.