In the ninth year of the Apocalypse, in addition to the Southern Navy and the Marine Corps, the Tang Empire had sporadic wars overseas, and most of the areas were in a peaceful situation, and the garrisons in some areas even received orders to assist the local government in carrying out some large-scale infrastructure construction, so that the huge economic development plan of the cabinet could be completed on time. In addition to the industrialization of Fengtian Province in the northeast and the transfer of industrial industries along with the northern industrial belt, most of the energy of Bohai and Songjiang provinces is focused on agricultural industrialization. It can be said that the Northeast, including Vladivostok, has now become a veritable granary of the Tang Empire, and it has also given Li Xuanqing the capital to reform agriculture and abolish agricultural taxes. This news completely detonated more than 70% of the population of this empire in the ninth year of the Apocalypse, when an era of farming and farming did not need to pay taxes came to them, these ancestors have worked diligently for generations to support this heavenly empire, and the people who have looked at the top of the world for nearly a thousand years look at the direction of Chang'an as if they were religious believers, and even many people do not go to Chang'an, and they go to Chang'an to thank Li Xuanqing for his love for thousands of peasants at the gate of the palace. Even the garrison on duty in the palace received gifts from people from all over the empire every day for a whole year in the ninth year of the Apocalypse, just to thank Li Xuanqing for his gifts. This kind of scene even made Li Xuanqing a little ashamed, although the abolition of agricultural tax has benefited countless farmers a lot, and even said that it is Ze by Wandai, but fundamentally it is to increase the income level of farmers and thus increase their purchasing power, on the other hand, after the abolition of agricultural tax, in fact, grain prices have not increased too much, and the reason is that the grain output produced by this huge granary in the northeast under the name of state and military camps is getting higher and higher year by year. Such a huge grain market is constantly stabilizing prices, and at the same time, it is also supporting the development of grain processing enterprises in disguise. It's just that the people of this era can't figure out this account, but feel that low food prices mean that the people can afford to eat, which is a symbol of the policy for them.

"Big brother, don't worry, we are now improving the level of industrialization, in fact, the farmers will soon be able to feed them back because of the increase in financial income." Qiaoxi and Li Xuanqing are both visitors from later generations, so they naturally know the fundamental purpose of these policies promulgated by Li Xuanqing, but from Qiaoxi's point of view, they don't see it this way, at least in this era, low food prices can easily feed a family, so that the people can easily achieve a state of food and clothing. This is already an unprecedented miracle for thousands of years, and it is no wonder that the cabinet members headed by Cen Tianshi are still very supportive of this policy even when they are clear about Li Xuanqing's purpose, and there is nothing that can make the people achieve food and clothing is more concerned by politicians.

However, when Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi were no longer entangled in this matter and began to shift their targets to other aspects of economic development, Tuoba Sizhi and Wan Yi, who were far away in the northwest and were working day and night on the railway, received a message from Wu Huan and Li Xuandao, the political envoy of the Aral Sea region.

"Marshal, is there any other news from the military?" After Tuoba Sijian handed over the affairs in Anxi to Qu Chengmei, he began to find Wan Yi to discuss the matter of the envoy of Great Qin. Originally, after the rise of the Tang Dynasty, especially after the garrison of Wu Huan's corps in the Aral Sea region, it was understandable that Daqin would send people over to test the reality of the Tang Dynasty, and even if it weren't for the fact that the Russian principality in Kiev could not control this huge northwest steppe tribe, and after the tribe was gathered here, it was in full swing with the local natives, but I was afraid that Chang'an would also have the idea of sending someone to Taixi's side to have a look. Moreover, the Xuanying Guard itself is also arranging manpower to enter the west to explore the path first, but because of the racial gap, Qin Kong, who is sitting in the northwest, has made slow progress on the issue of the selection of the dark guard for a while. As a result, my side was not ready, and the people came first.

"I'm afraid it may not be that simple, although there is no news of Daqin on the Xuanying Guard's side for the time being, but I know the actions of the big cannibal very well." Wan Yi saw Gao Siji walking in with Qin Kong, and immediately smiled: "Qin Kong is here, you can ask him yourself." ”

"Does the Deputy Prime Minister want to know about the latest moves of the Great Food?" Qin Kong walked over, poured a cup of tea from Gu Zi, poured a sip, and said with a smile: "The Great Cannibal was divided into three parts before, and the one we are facing is the Black-clothed Great Food, which occupies the eastern territory of the Great Food Empire, and the remaining ones are the Green-clothed Great Food and the White-clothed Great Food, occupying their central and western regions, and facing the Great Qin people across the sea. However, since the Black Clothes Food purchased a large number of breech guns from our Datang, it has armed 100,000 elite troops, and it has been constantly attacking the territory of the Green Clothes Food since last year, and has even crossed the Red Sea border and arrived at the Phoenicia City in their mouths. I guess the next step would be to attack the city and destroy the Greencoats. ”

"You mean to say that the Great Qin people have felt the strong pressure from the Black-clothed Great Food, so they intend to seek support from us?" Tuoba Sijian saw Qin Kong spread out the latest unfamiliar map, and after looking at it for a long time, he said, "This place is already very close to the mainland of the Great Qin Empire, if there are our ironclad warships, in fact, it is enough to attack the navy along the coast." If the Baghdad side has a covetous heart for the Great Qin people, then there should be some action on the navy, right? ”

"The popular wooden sailing ships on their side seem to be different from those we used to use in China, but Baghdad does have some moves, except that a few years ago, Ayebi once approached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to try to buy our ironclad warships, and then after we refused, they turned to increase the purchase of breech guns, and even asked to buy some artillery, but the export guns in the equipment department have not passed the experiment so they have been dragging it, but their country has also begun to build sailboats in this Mediterranean coastal territory. However, according to our estimates, he should not have the determination to attack his opponent from the sea at present, and he still wants to move from land. Qin Kong gestured as he spoke, "Dashuai Deputy Prime Minister, you see, there is a very narrow strait between this territory of the Green and White Food, so the Baghdad side should be planning to use these warships to cross the sea into the territory of the White Food." In this way, once the white-clothed Great Food is defeated, it is equivalent to having another land passage to attack Great Qin. Qin Kong pointed to the location of Great Qin on the map and said with a smile, "Even if it is from the east, if the sea and land are combined, the Great Cannibals will have at least three ways to directly attack the hinterland of Great Qin, so it is no wonder that the Great Qin people can't sit still." ”

"If they want to come, come on, now that the domestic economic construction is in full swing, spending money everywhere, I am afraid that once these Great Qin people arrive in Chang'an, they will be stripped of a few layers of skin by Mr. Cen and them." Gauss Ji couldn't help but smile and said, "Our transit trade in the northwest is going to add fuel to the fire again." ”

"Doing business, what you pay attention to is your love and my willingness, maybe the purpose of the Great Qin envoy to go to Chang'an is to spend money to buy something? I heard that our breech guns are no longer produced in the equipment department, and they were directly thrown to the six major families to build factories for production. This hot business is almost a million profits, why do you say Qin Yao is such a loser? Gao Siji's self-talk made Wan Yi unable to listen to it, and he couldn't help but smile, "The equipment department is responsible for the production and research and development of the active weapons of the Tiance Army, and of course these outdated weapons are too lazy to ask." I heard that the arms business is a heavy tax, and the Ministry of Finance will not suffer a loss. ”

"Brother Si, I will ask the chief of staff to draw up a joint document and send it to Chang'an with the deputy prime minister, and if the envoy of Great Qin wants to come, let them stop for the time being in Aral Sea City and wait for the cabinet and the general staff to reply before notifying." Wan Yi thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that the General Staff and the emperor's side will take into account the possibility of Wan Yi and Great Qin proposing to form an alliance with our Tang Dynasty to attack the Great Food Empire." ”

"With this possibility, I will immediately arrange for people to enter these nearby areas of Kyiv Russia, if Great Qin wants to join forces with us, then these Slavs will definitely be coordinated in advance by the Great Qin people." Qin Kong nodded and said, "You guys should be faster, after the official document is drawn up, the teleportation channel handed over to Xuan Yingwei will be sent back to Chang'an, and the speed will be faster." ”

Wan Yi naturally understood this, so the urgent official document was quickly sent to the Chang'an base camp after Tuoba Si signed it, and in order to prepare in advance, Wu Huan's front-line corps and the Uighur corps stationed in Broken Leaves and other places received orders in the following time, and all officers and men of all departments will cancel their vacations from now on, and all outgoing personnel must return to the camp unconditionally within a limited time.

However, unlike the northwest side that worries that the northwest side may face war again because of the arrival of the Great Qin envoy, Chang'an does not have these worries at all, on the one hand, Li Xuanqing and they don't know the news of the Great Qin envoy at this time, on the other hand, it is also because the industrialization of the Central Plains has reached a critical moment, and the Longhai line in later generations has been extending to Haizhou after crossing the Grand Canal. The total mileage of this huge railway across the entire empire has reached an astonishing nearly 20,000 miles, and the length of nearly 9,000 kilometers can be said to have created an unprecedented miracle. Therefore, not only the construction personnel along the way, but also the entire Railway Department and the Ministry of Communications have all entered a frenzied stage, and Wu Zuodong even put down all the things of the Ministry of Communications to eat and live at the construction site in order to see the successful completion of the railway for the first time. And Jiangsu Province, where Haizhou is located, has already completed all the infrastructure in Haizhou one step ahead of schedule, and in order to develop Haizhou's economy, this former small city will be completely demolished, and the new city will be built with complete facilities, as well as a large-scale seaport wharf, and even if it is not approved by the Ministry of Communications and customs, Jiangsu may even introduce shipyards.

"Haha, the Longhai Line is about to open to traffic, and this time it is very likely to be the Eurasian Land Bridge." Skillfully and mischievously drew this railway line across the entire empire with a red pen on Li Xuanqing's railway distribution map, and said with a smile: "Big brother, have you found it, in fact, the Fengzhou railway line is also another branch of this railway, in comparison, these two roads basically include our current Datang Industrial Center." ”

"If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, isn't this already summed up in later generations?" Li Xuanqing said with a smile, "As our infrastructure is improved step by step, the railway will gradually extend from these places to the rest of the empire, and where the railway extends will represent where the empire's industry expands." Li Xuanqing took the red pen and marked all the three railways currently under construction, and said with a smile: "Although it is a little different from the railway layout of later generations, it is about the same overall." ”

"Your Majesty, the Northwest Emergency, Wan Yi and Tuoba Si jointly signed an official document, the envoy of Great Qin is about to arrive in the Northwest and ask to come to Chang'an for the pilgrimage." Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi originally planned to continue planning the next step, but they were interrupted by Xu Tianxiang and Hu Xiaosi breaking in.

"Great Qin's envoy?" Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes, this Western classical empire, which had almost never had direct contact with the Central Plains Dynasty in the parallel world, actually sent an envoy to the dynasty, and it has to be said that it really touched history.

"Big brother, could it be that the wind of our civilization has blown to the Aegean Sea?" Qiaoxi blinked and smiled slightly, which made Li Xuanqing's heart move, and he led a few people to the side hall to sit down and said, "Is it that the Baghdad side has already done something to the green-clothed food?" ”

"The emperor is really far-sighted, according to Qin Kong's report, the war in Baghdad is going well, and he has already fought the Red Sea." Hu Xiaosi sat on the side and said with a smile: "I heard that their Heavenly Holy City has been taken by Baghdad strongly, and several of the green-clothed Great Food Sects in the city have been executed. Hu Xiaosi's words reminded Li Xuanqing of another thing, nodded and said, "I think I probably know why I came here over there in Daqin, but I'm afraid that they are also thinking about how to deal with the black-clothed food in China." You ask Qin Kong to pay attention to a city called Jerusalem on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. I didn't expect the Crusades to start so early in this life, but Li Xuanqing was surprised and didn't react otherwise. Whether it is the Crusaders or the Heavenly Sect, there is not much threat to the Tang Dynasty in this life.

"It's just right that the two of you are here, Tianxiang notified the northwest side to let the envoy of Daqin cross the border to Chang'an, and then informed Murong that several of their military factories will increase their productivity, and if there is spare capacity, they will open a new production line, it is best to double the output, and a big buyer is coming." Li Xuanqing smiled slightly and said, "No matter what, our Datang will not participate in their war in the short term, so doing business and making money is the most important thing, after you will notify the cabinet to let Mr. Cen treat the envoy of Daqin according to the standard of treating the Great Cannibal, by the way, prepare more silk porcelain, as well as industrial products on our side, and send some to the members of their mission when the time comes, it will be regarded as our Datang's reward for the tributary mission." ”

"Brother Hu doesn't know, in Daqin, silk is more expensive than gold in terms of weight, and one or two silk is more expensive than one or two gold. Therefore, let the northwest side sell silk more leisurely, and do not drop the price casually. Qiaoxi's words almost didn't make Hu Xiaosi bite his tongue.

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