After all, in this era of very limited information exchange, newspapers are almost the most important information release platform, equivalent to the Internet in later generations, so as long as you are interested in external news during this period, reading newspapers every day is almost a necessary activity.

However, as soon as the newspaper was delivered, it was snatched away by An Ran, because she wanted to watch "The Adventures of Captain Li" with her younger brothers and sisters, which made Li Zhang also a little helpless: "Didn't you read the comic when it was first drawn, why did you still rob my newspaper?" ”

"It's different in the newspaper!" An Ran said confidently, and several little guys around her also shouted in support of the eldest sister, which made Li Zhang shake his head helplessly, he knew that he would not serialize cartoons in the newspaper.

"The Adventures of Captain Li" has just been serialized, it has caused a lot of sensation in the capital, in fact, this way of telling stories with pictures is not too novel, not to mention, there will be some murals in temples or tombs to show the story, but those murals are relatively dull, and the coherence is not strong, unlike the comics There are dialogues and narrations of characters.

Of course, the form of the comic is still secondary, the most important thing is that the content of this comic is just related to the hottest topic of maritime trade, Li Zhang fictionalized a knowledgeable, humorous Captain Li as the protagonist, and a few powerful assistants, and then drove the boat from Quanzhou, all the way through Nanyang, Tianzhu, Dashi and other places, but also through the eyes of the protagonist, to show the people of the Great Song Dynasty the overseas world.

After a group of children finished reading the comics, Li Zhang could only get his newspaper, but he had already instructed the steward just now that from tomorrow, the family would have to order two newspapers, otherwise he wouldn't want to read the newspaper at breakfast.

"Huh?" However, when Li Zhang finished reading the front of the newspaper and then turned to the back, he saw a news in the corner that surprised him, "The Li Dynasty of South Vietnam captured the new capital of Cham in southern Vietnam, beheaded the king of Champa, and captured more than 5,000 people. ”

Not long after the establishment of the Li Dynasty in South Vietnam, thirty or forty years ago, the former Li Dynasty's Zuo Qinwei Palace commanded Li Gongyun to seize the throne and set the capital to Shenglong, which was for Li Taizu, and the country also imitated the system of the former Tang Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty, but Li Gongyun died before Zhao Zhen's personal government, and now the emperor of the Li Dynasty is his son Li Fuma.

The Li Dynasty established by Li Gongyun was recognized as a powerful period in South Vietnam, but after the death of Li Gongyun, the Li Dynasty was not peaceful in various places, and there were rebellions from time to time, and Li Foma was also a promising king, and he put down rebellions in various parts of the country in the past few years, making the power of the Li Dynasty more concentrated, and the army was very strong, and even provoked the frontier of the Great Song Dynasty from time to time.

For this Li Dynasty, Li Zhang has long wanted to give the other party a little color to see, although everyone is surnamed Li, but Li Gongyun is an illegitimate child, and he doesn't even know who his father is, and later his mother sent him to a monk surnamed Li for foster care, so Li Gongyun's surname has nothing to do with his background.

It's just that the Li Dynasty is too far away, and the garrison in the south is not angry, so it can only let the Li Dynasty make chaos on the border, and what is even more infuriating is that the Li Dynasty still claims to the Great Song Dynasty on the surface, but in private it sends troops to the Song Territory from time to time to loot the population and property, and even Li Gongyun directly calls himself Li Taizu, in fact, he is the emperor, you must know that even Dali does not dare to call the emperor, even Li Yuanhao in history, in order to be the emperor, he has fought countless battles with Song and Liao, and finally the Song and Liao countries have no way to take him, so they acquiesced in his claim to the emperor.

"A good Li Dynasty, there are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey is called the king, and now he has beaten down the city, with the richness of the city, if they are given a few years, I am afraid it will not be long before the strength of the Li Dynasty will swell again!" Li Zhang muttered to himself silently at this time.

Champa has always been known for its wealth, and rich in grain, especially from Champa to the Great Song Dynasty Champa rice, but also to make the rice production in the south greatly improved, the most important thing is that Champa is more friendly to outsiders, and is in the Nanyang and the Great Song Dynasty on the main road of transportation, so Champa is also an extremely important port, every year the port tax alone is an astronomical amount, now Champa is broken by the Li Dynasty, I am afraid that the wealth grabbed is also very amazing.

In fact, this is not the first time that Champa has been broken by the South Vietnamese, as early as more than 60 years ago, the Li Dynasty had sent troops to break through the Champa city, and razed the capital of the city to the ground, Indra Bura, and also dedicated the captives of the city to the Great Song Dynasty, but the Great Song Dynasty put these prisoners back, and the city of Champa had to move the capital to Vijaya because of this battle.

Thinking of this, Li Zhang also immediately got up and entered the palace, the content of the newspaper report is too little, and this is not to blame the newspaper, after all, Zhancheng is too far away from the Great Song Dynasty, and no one usually pays attention to it at all, and it is quite good to be able to separate a piece of tofu-sized article introduction, it is estimated that this is still related to the recent boom in maritime trade, otherwise the newspaper may not report on the survival of such a small country.

Li Zhang came to the Vertical Arch Hall to see Zhao Zhen, and asked about the Li Dynasty's attack on the city, which made Zhao Zhen also show a strange expression and said: "Cousin, why do you ask about such a trivial matter, are you worried that the destruction of the city will affect the future sea trade?" ”

"It's not just the sea trade, the Li Dynasty is very ambitious, on the surface to our Great Song Dynasty, but in private he has sent troops countless times to rob the population on the border, and now he has broken through the city, and his strength has increased greatly, maybe their ambitions will skyrocket, so as to send more troops to loot the border!" Li Zhang immediately told his worries about Li Chao.

Zhao Zhen also showed a contemplative look after hearing this, and then spoke: "You don't have to worry about Haimao's cousin, the hatred between the Li Dynasty and the Champa is very deep, although they broke through the Champa this time, they did not intend to occupy it, but killed their king and slaughtered the people of the Champang, although later the Li Foma of the Li Dynasty made people stop the slaughter, but the hatred between the two countries is becoming more and more difficult to resolve, so the army of the Li Dynasty should soon retreat." ”

Zhao Zhen also asked people to find out a detailed piece of information when he said this, and then handed it to Li Zhang, and Li Zhang also opened it and looked at it carefully, but the more he looked at it, the more he frowned, just like Zhao Zhen said, after the army of the Li Dynasty entered the city, it almost killed people when they saw it, causing the corpses of the city to be jammed all over the field and the blood flowed like a river.

The intelligence also mentions that after Li Foma captured the wife and concubine of the king of Champa, he also forced a concubine to sleep, but this concubine would rather jump into the river and die, which can be regarded as fighting for the last glory of Champa.

The above is nothing, but when Li Zhang saw the end of the information, he suddenly clenched his fists and said with a firm expression: "Your Majesty, Li Chao must not stay, otherwise it will become a big disaster!" ”