Li Shimin wanted to win over Li Xiaogong, and he actually did so, and Mo Yu arranged his own manpower in the south. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info There is even a shadow of Mo Yu in this incident of Dong Jingzhen's surrender, but this matter may not be able to make Li Xiaogong defect, and the prince is also very concerned about him, for fear that this person will leave him, so although Li Shimin let Mo Yu find an opportunity to start, but the probability of success is actually bottomless, maybe, less than 30% of the certainty!

Sure enough, Hu Kai hesitated a little, and finally replied: "Your Highness, I'm afraid that it is very difficult to get hands on the south side, and the people and horses on the East Palace side have already gone south, so we must find out our attitude before them, but Li Xiaogong must have already gotten the news and knew that the prince's people were about to arrive, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to succeed at this time." ”

"Well, I see! It's a bit of a rush indeed! ”

Li Shimin sighed, but he was also a little relieved.

"But if my cousin can be a little more sensible and keep himself out of the matter, it will always be within our acceptable range, and if he is stubborn, then..."

Liu Wenjing noticed that when Li Shimin said this, his right hand was clenched into a fist, clenched tightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, obviously moving with murderous intent.

And the line of sight turned to the east, at the mouth of the Huai River, to the northeast of the sea, at this time the southeast wind blows, the sails on the full load of the big boats puff up, the boatmen who oared on the boat have stopped, these big boats can paddle at the bottom, but to the sea still need to rely on the wind, otherwise to row the boat to run is afraid that it will be tired to death.

The flag of this fleet is very strange, it is not the temperament of the Tang army, it is not the temperament of the Sui army, the red background is black, and there is a big Qin character written on it, which looks a little like Li Shimin's Qin army from a distance, but Li Shimin's army is stationed in Tongguan, and it is naturally impossible to run to the sea thousands of miles away.

The scale of this fleet is very large, there are more than 60 large ships and more than 100 small boats, among which the styles of the large ships and the small boats seem to be very different, and the construction styles are very different, giving people the feeling that this is not a ship built by a country at all.

More than 160 large and small ships were pulled into a long snake formation of more than 30 miles in front and back on the sea, and it was also unimpeded, and it was not that there were pirate strongmen on the nearby seaside, but no one had the courage to plunder such a huge team, especially when they saw that there were several building ships weighing 10,000 stone in front of this team, this thing was too powerful to fight, and no one could stop it from rampage, although there were many pirate ships, but without collision, they would sink if they were hit by this kind of big ship.

On a large ship at the helm, a tall man stood in front of the deck, looking at the endless blue sea in front of him, his expression was calm, and he couldn't see what was going on in his heart.

"Big brother, we will arrive in Jeju in two days!"

A tall general, who looked equally tall and tall, even stronger than the man before, walked over, his face was slightly pale, his spirit was a little sluggish, and he seemed to be a little seasick, and he was not used to running on the sea.

"It's Shixin, come and sit here, since you're out, come and breathe for a while, it's only more uncomfortable to be stuffy in the room all the time."

The tall man was called Luo Shixin, and the person in front of him, who looked slightly older than him, was surnamed Qin, named Qin Qiong, and was the chief general of this army.

There was a bench on the deck, Luo Shixin walked up according to his words, arched his hand, and sat down, the big boat was actually relatively stable, at this time the sea was calm and calm, and the waves were actually not big, so he felt much better, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get off the ground, but he was afraid that he was still lying on the bed.

Luo Shixin is a feared enemy on land, a big gun is majestic, no one can stop him, even Qin Qiong is not his opponent, but he has a weakness, that is, he is not accustomed to water warfare, although he has practiced many times, at this time the problem is not very big when he goes to sea offshore, but once he goes out to sea, it will be a big trouble, as soon as the ship shakes, he feels that the world is spinning, his hands and feet are weak, his head is dizzy, he can't stop being bored and nauseous, and wants to vomit, which is a typical seasickness symptom, When Liu Zhi left before, he learned about Luo Shixin's problem, and specially left a recipe, saying that it could relieve his symptoms, this recipe is to use absinthe decoction water, used to drink or smell, this stimulating bitter taste has the effect of refreshing the mind, but it may not be useful for all people, Luo Shixin tried, although it worked, but he really couldn't stand the bitter taste, most of the time he took it and smelled it, and slightly relieved some nausea and dizziness before pouring it out.

He was not comfortable on the boat, so he carried his fingers every day to calculate how long they had set off and how long it would take to arrive, because the return journey was still calm, so basically the voyage would not be delayed, and because it was a tailwind, it was very likely that they would arrive in Jeju earlier than originally planned.

"Big brother, how is the situation of the fleet?"

After he sat down, after getting used to it a little, he felt better, the sea breeze was mild at this time, and it blew on people's faces with a slight refreshing effect, and the feeling of being groggy was blown by the sea breeze mixed with the fishy smell, and it was gone, and it felt a lot more refreshing.

"The situation is not bad, the fleet is relatively stable, the mood of those refugees is okay, some of them have the same seasickness as you, but it is not particularly serious, and the return journey has not been affected by storms and torrential rains, and they are about to reach their destination, so everyone's mood is not bad."

"More than 50,000 people, it's amazing to think about it! If this group of people had been transported, the population of our island would have exceeded 200,000! Tsk, Pavilion Master Liu must not have imagined that our development would be so fast, and when he comes back, he will be surprised to see that our island is developing so well. ”

Luo Shixin looked a little proud, as if he was very proud of what he had achieved, and even a little complacent.

Qin Qiong nodded, and recognized what he said, but then said: "But the population of our island is actually still smaller, according to the explanation of Pavilion Master Liu before leaving, he said that the ratio of our population to the army should be better than 7:1, I don't know what the basis for this seven-to-one is, but most of the things explained by Pavilion Master Liu are accurate, and he explained this matter cautiously, and there must be an inevitable reason." ”

Qin Qiong's attitude towards Liu Zhi is still very respectful, after all, what they are doing at the moment is basically designed and built by the other party for them, if it were not for Liu Zhi's advice, at this time they must be living a frightened life like those who are struggling between life and death in the Central Plains.

"However, the area of Jeju Island is not very large, and after all these people are transported over, we will next consider laying down a piece of land according to Lord Liu's plan・・・・・・"

The two began to discuss, their location is very unique, the area of Jeju Island is actually not very large, less than 2,000 square kilometers of land, at most 1.2 million acres of cultivated land can be reclaimed, there are more than 100,000 people on the island at this time, including more than 50,000 soldiers, 890,000 civilians, if you add the 50,000 people they brought back this time, the population of the island will exceed 200,000, and there are about 1440,000 civilians, close to 20,000 households, according to the distribution of Yongye Field in the Great Sui, Men should divide the field into 80 acres, of which the Yongye field is 20 acres, while the female Ding divides the field into 40 acres, and there is no Yongye field.

20,000 households, if the land is divided completely according to the number of people, the fields on the island are absolutely not enough, but according to the number of households, a household is divided into 40 acres of land, and the remaining 400,000 acres of land is used as a military tun field, and the land allocated to the people is 20 acres of Yongye field, which is the same as the Sui Dynasty, but because their regime is not very perfect, the tax system is actually not complete, so the agricultural tax is very low, in the history of China, the lowest agricultural tax is the Ming Dynasty, the agricultural tax is only 30 draws, That is, the tax rate of 3.33%, and after Zhang Juzheng's reform, the land tax can be paid directly without paying grain, just pay silver, the court is very thief, as long as silver, do not want copper money, so from ancient times to the present, the situation has always been copper and silver cheap, and it has become a silver and copper cheap, although the court stipulates that a thousand copper coins are exchanged for one or two silver, but this ratio has gradually jumped up since this time, and at the end of the Qing Dynasty, due to the inflow of opium and the war indemnity, Silver to copper coins have risen to 2,600 copper coins or more than one tael of silver, which may be the early currency depreciation and inflation!

Taxes are low, and there is no threat of war, although the area of arable land is less than in the Central Plains, but these people who migrated to the island are actually very satisfied with this situation, human life is sometimes very valuable, sometimes it is very worthless, in the troubled times, human life is as cheap as grass mustard, rather than living a life that may be hacked to death at any time, it is better to live this kind of life with some security.

And because of the lack of arable land on the island, Liu Zhi had already planned Jeju Island when he left, and their location looked very bad, they were very close to the Great Sui, Korea and the Wa Kingdom, and there was a disaster of swords and soldiers at any time, so they had to strengthen the army and defend themselves.

On the other hand, such a geographical location is actually very advantageous for them, the advantage is that they can trade in three places, North Korea's ginseng, Japan's copper ore and grain, the Central Plains' iron and silk and paper and other goods, these things are all sought-after goods, a little upside down is a large profit, and at this time in these three places, the Central Plains warlords are divided, the chaos is endless, the most scarce is actually food, because of the war, the peasants everywhere fled seriously, and the land was deserted. The grain production is not enough, and the strong men are being caught everywhere, and the warlords are only staring at their own army, just wanting to increase the size of their army, and who cares if the peasants who are as cheap as grass and mustard are dead or have run away, that is, Li Tang's Guanlong area has basically not experienced any kind of war, so there are still more farmers at this time, plus the Zhengguo Canal built in the Qin period is still playing a role, so the Guanlong area at this time is actually an important granary of the country, if it is not for this reason, It is impossible for those wealthy and powerful households who occupy the fertile land in Guanlong to form the Guanlong Group, and the land is their foundation.

The Central Plains is short of grain, and there are silver and copper coins in hand, which may not be useful abroad, after all, there is no international currency at this time, but such as cloth, silk, tea, ironware, and other things, these are all sought-after goods in the Japanese and Korean countries and even in any part of the world.

The Sui and Tang dynasties were a period of relatively high development of science and technology in ancient China, and the defeat was not as dazzling as the Song Dynasty, but it was still very powerful, such as forging technology, whether it was the Tang army or the Sui army, their armor was the object of envy of other peoples, why were the Turks vulnerable in front of the Tang army, Li Shimin spent two years to defeat hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, and the same strong Han Dynasty, the eloquent Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty spent a lot more time and energy than Li Shimin, and the price paid was also very heavy, In the end, the Huns were not completely wiped out, why is this?

is also cavalry, why is the Tang army so able to fight? The Han army is not as good as the Tang army?

Or is it the same steppe nomads, and the Turkic people are inferior to the Huns in combat effectiveness?

Maybe there are all these reasons, but if you analyze it carefully, the Tang army has an advantage over the Han army in all aspects from weapons to armor to mounts, etc., first of all, the stirrup saddle, which the Han Dynasty army didn't have, right? Fighting on horseback, the role of these things is huge, after all, the Han Dynasty army did not grow up on horseback like the Huns, and their riding skills were much worse.

And continue to talk, the Tang army has a sharp steel knife, it is a steel knife not an iron knife, the difference between the two is too big, the Han army's equipment is an army that has just evolved from bronze to iron, and there are not necessarily a lot of iron tools, as for the armor, it is scarce, the main armor of the Han army is chain mail and fish scale armor, and there is even a large amount of leather armor, and the cavalry of the Tang army is Mingguang armor, and the armor of the two gears is less, and even the war horses are covered in armor, this is a heavy cavalry, the impact is unparalleled, although the army of the steppe nomads is also improving, However, the speed of progress in their weapons and equipment is obviously not as fast as that of the Central Plains army, whether it is bows, crossbows, armor or weapons, they are far behind, and it is not surprising that there is too much difference between the regular Tang army and the regular Tang army, even if it is the powerful Great Food Empire, in the battle of Talas, with 200,000 people to fight the Tang army of 30,000 people, but it did not take much advantage, and its army commander even expressed great awe for the weapons and equipment of the Tang army and the sharp cavalry. (To be continued.) )