"How shameless, what a waste!"

Wang Pu knocked on the table, his face full of disdain...... The old minister has been sick for a long time, and he doesn't care much about the government anymore, but he just builds roads on a large scale, which is very important, for fear that it will make people angry and resentful like before, and Wang Pu can't help but care.

The most important thing in building railways is the problem of labor, as long as it does not tire out innocent people, it is easy to say.

But how difficult it is to do this!

There are not many barbarians on the Great Thursday, and even if there are any, they are all hiding in the depths of the desert, and if they want to catch them, it is called a difficulty.

Wang Pu even thought about simply using troops against Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, capturing the people of the two places and building roads for the Great Zhou. It's just that he couldn't have imagined that Zhao Kuangyin went to Tianzhu and actually got a million people at once!

That's a million people!

Not a million head of livestock!

Zhao Kuangyin really dared to ask for it, and those people really dared to give it!

A million people, if they can be armed, one person and one bamboo pole can drive out thousands of barbarian cavalry!

Whether it is the Black Khanate, or the Samanid Dynasty, and the Turkic tribes, all of them are defeated under the Great Zhou, not worth mentioning, these guys seem to have hundreds of thousands, as many as millions, but in fact, the internal is very complicated, and the fighting is endless, even the most powerful tribes can't gather 10,000 people.

In Wang Pu's opinion, the best way for the upper echelons of Tianzhu is to concentrate all their strength and hit one hard, and it is best if it can be annihilated. As long as he can win a battle, Tianzhu can sit back and relax.

Instead of begging Da Zhou for help, it's better to rely on yourself!

"Old Xianggong, Tianzhu people are not martial, and they don't have courage, where did they get the courage!" Ye Hua said disdainfully.

Wang Pu snorted, "Don't bully the old man who doesn't know how to do things." Take our Da Zhou as an example, if you want to relocate one million people, how much preparation you need to make, how much effort you need to pay, even so, there are still boils and complaints. On the Tianzhu side, just with some monks, with a few words from them, there are millions of people who are willing to cross the ocean and go to Dazhou to work as coolies, how obedient these people are! ”

"Master Hou, didn't you say that a soldier takes obedience as his duty? Forget your life! Tianzhu people are so disciplined and honest, how come they are not good soldiers? ”

Wang Pu's old eyes are really not simple.

"Although the Tianzhu people do not lack good soldiers, in fact, what they lack is generals who can lead the battle!"

Ye Hua really didn't bury the third brother...... They also have a glorious history, participating in World War I and World War II, fighting the Germans in the rain of bullets on the European continent, fighting against Italy, and fighting the famous Desert Fox...... Although there are many defeats and few victories, the third brother is also proud, we have really been on the battlefield in Europe, and other countries are not a problem, especially the northern neighbor of millet plus rifles, which is not worth mentioning.

As a result, this worthless army sent a partial division, plus the border militia, and beat the third brother to the point of urine, ready to move, and scared the founding prime minister to death!

Actually, the third brother forgot one thing, when they fought in Europe, they were commanded by their masters, in other words, the third brother played the role of cannon fodder, let them be the head, and command themselves, it is strange if they can win!

"Master Hou, in the final analysis, it is still the upper echelons of Tianzhu who are corrupt and incompetent! Tianzhu is also a big country, with a vast territory and a large population, which is not without similarities with us! ”

Wang Pu sighed, and said earnestly: "The old man will not be long in life, and he will soon go to see the first emperor, where should the Great Zhou go, the Hou Ye must think about it!" I'm really afraid that one day we will also fall, fall apart, and become like Tianzhu...... It's easy to fight the country, but it's hard to defend the country! Master Hou, this burden like Mount Tai is on your shoulders alone! ”

Wang Pu stretched out his hand and grabbed Ye Hua's arm, shook it vigorously twice, his cloudy old eyes glowed wisely, "Master Hou, you have made a lot of layouts over the years, and you can see it...... But so far, the old man feels that your layout seems to be a plate of loose sand, and there is still a lack of a power to dominate the overall situation. At the moment, with your prestige and ability, you can naturally control the overall situation, but, but everyone has an old day, and there will be a confused day, does Master Hou think so? ”

Ye Hua smiled, "Old man, I did think about this matter, don't worry, there will be a way!" ”

Ye Hua didn't say much, but he had a plan in his heart...... So far, all strata of the parliament have been working together and combining with each other, and where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, and above the rivers and lakes, it is inevitable that there will be bloody storms and struggle for power.

And the best way is to establish a strong organization, which can stand on a relatively objective and fair standpoint, select talents, mediate contradictions, find the right direction, and bring Da Zhou to a better situation.

Maybe this is the last thing Ye Hua has to do.

It's just that before doing this, he still has a task, that is, to make Da Zhou large enough to accumulate a rich family foundation, even if his descendants are not good, he will not be defeated.

Ye Hua set his sights on the Western Regions again, he didn't take anyone else, but pulled out his son Ye Xi, this kid is almost twenty years old, he looks like a dog, his homework is not bad, and he has received a lot of praise, but he really has a few catties and a few taels, and no one knows if he doesn't pull it out for a walk.

Ye Hua was riding on horseback, and his son was half a position behind him.

"Tell me, what do you want to do when you go to the Western Regions for your father?"

Ye Xi smiled: "Naturally, I went to see Uncle Yang." He was talking about Yang Ye, since the end of the Western Regions War, Yang Ye has been staying in the Western Regions, and it has been more than ten years.

The last time he went to Beijing to report on his work, it happened that Ye Hua went to Jinling, and he didn't even see him, so he really missed it!

"Yang Ye is loyal and diligent, and he can indeed be called an example of the Great Zhou soldiers...... What I'm asking is, what do you want to do when you see Uncle Yang? ”

Ye Xi scratched his head, and suddenly said awkwardly: "I don't think it's a good thing...... Dad, you're not going to get ready to go into the big food, are you? I remember that this was the last wish of the first emperor, and my father must fulfill it for the first emperor! ”

Ye Hua chuckled: "Entering the Great Food is the next step, and the key now is Tianzhu!" ”

"Tianzhu?" Ye Xi scratched his head, wasn't Tianzhu all settled by Zhao Kuangyin? Could it be that Dad is not at ease and wants Yang Ye to send troops from the Western Regions to contain the Turks and reduce the pressure on Uncle Zhao?

No, absolutely not!

Ye Xi shook his head vigorously, such a conscientious thing was not something his father could get out of at all!

The little guy's eyes rolled, and he was suddenly shocked and slapped the horse's buttocks, the war horse was in pain, and ran forward for a long time, Ye Xi took a lot of effort, reined the war horse, circled back to his father's side, and saw his father's black face, he immediately said: "Dad, are you going to drive the tiger and devour the wolf?" ”

Ye Hua was noncommittal, "Keep talking!" ”

Ye Xi seemed to be encouraged, "Dad, are you trying to drive more Turkic tribes into Tianzhu...... If the Tianzhu people are under pressure, they will give us more slaves, right? ”

Ye Hua sneered: "Will things be that simple? ”

"Then ......" Ye Xi thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Dad, you don't plan to fund the Turkic tribes, right?" ”

Ye Hua chuckled, "Why not?" As long as they can afford it! ”

"They're all poor ghosts, outlaws, what can they afford...... Wrong! Ye Xi woke up suddenly, "They can still afford to increase the size, they have ...... Tianzhu people! ”

Thinking of this, Xiao Yexi's face turned even whiter.

In the past, he studied literature, studied science, practiced martial arts with Zhao Kuangyin, and learned finance with his mother...... It's just that I haven't learned my father's skills, maybe my father doesn't have any skills to teach, right?

The little guy thought so, but today's short words made the little guy throw himself to the ground, and his father is his father!

It's not that he doesn't teach, it's that his skills are useless. You can't pass it on lightly!

"Daddy...... You Guangkeng Tianzhu people, aren't you too ruthless? ”

Ye Hua chuckled and said, "Do you think Tianzhu people shouldn't be pitted?" ”

"Of course not!" Ye Xi hurriedly waved his hand, "I just think that they may not be honest, in case they are found out...... Isn't it beautiful? ”

Ye Hua shook his head, "You're half right!" Tianzhu people are indeed not honest! If we want to help them stupidly, will these things be willing to provide us with coolies? Can the million people be in place? ”

As the saying goes, the poor must have something to hate.

The third brother used his tragic experience to add a lot of jokes to the world...... But the third brother is also a brother, and he is not ambiguous when he can pit people...... For example, the woolly bear disintegrated, and the third brother owed a lot of debt.

Before the disintegration of the woolly bear, the ruble was worth more than the dollar, and after the disintegration, the ruble depreciated tens of thousands of times, almost like waste paper.

So when *** again and again, and again and again, there is no need to sympathize, that is called self-inflicted, self-inflicted!

This westward journey is the longest time Ye Xi has been alone with his father since he became an adult.

The little guy went from being suspicious to throwing himself to the ground, and his father's vision, that was nothing!

After they arrived in Khotan City, Ye Xi took the initiative to ask his father for orders.

"Dad, let me go to the Turkic tribes to negotiate!"

"What are you going to talk about?"

"Let them hand over their land in exchange for our guns and ammunition." The little guy grinned and said, "This is only the first step, after they get used to firearms, and they can't make their own, they will have to exchange Tianzhu slaves for weapons." ”

Ye Hua said with a smile: "Arming the Turks like this, what if Zhao Kuangyin loses the battle?" ”

Ye Xi suddenly laughed loudly, "Dad, are you taking the exam again?" Uncle Zhao is in charge of our interests in Tianzhu, and he doesn't care about the life or death of the people in Tianzhu, why do he work for them? If you can't beat it, retreat to the south and wait for the opportunity! ”

"Hahaha!"

After Ye Xi finished speaking, there was a hearty laugh, Yang Ye walked over with tiger steps, the wind, frost and dust in the Western Regions made Yang Ye a lot older, his face was dark and red, but when he walked, he was still tiger and tiger, worthy of Yang Invincible!

He clasped his fists at Ye Hua, smiled and stretched out his thumb, and praised: "Master Hou, congratulations, you are a successor!" ”

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