Qing'er put a stack of materials in front of Li Shan, "This is the roster of the army and a detailed introduction, this is Dali's talisman seal letter, and from today onwards, I will be the general of my Dali country." ”

Li Shan smiled and rummaged through the stack of materials, and said, "It's so simple to become the generalissimo of the army?" Wouldn't there be any coronation or something like that? ”

Qing'er said: "Things are in a hurry, besides, you are Han, wouldn't it be even more suspicious to crown you with such fanfare?" ”

Li Shan smiled: "Don't worry, they will worship me as a god within half a year." Without further ado, I will set off to investigate the situation in the Thai tribe, I will be back in less than half a month, you also hurry up and I have all the firearms and gunpowder, I have a new style of musket and artillery here, these things can not be made in the Tang Dynasty. ”

Qing'er's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "Even if you have some conscience, you can go with peace of mind, and leave the logistics to me." ”

Li Shan was naturally full of confidence this time, in fact, by giving him an army with firearms, he had the confidence to level the entire peninsula. However, this is not a wise move, now Dali is vast and sparsely populated, land is not the key to the contention, the key is the seaport and various resources. Whether it is the country of Pi or Chenla, it is obviously unwise to travel long distances to obtain a seaport, crossing the entire border. In contrast, Annan is the best option. As for attacking the Thai tribe, Li Shanwei only has one thing, drugs. In the past, the Europeans used opium to harm many Chinese, and now, Li Shan wants to treat others in his own way.

However, things seem to have changed a little.

On the third day of Li Shan's arrival at the border of the Tai tribes,

"What? Didn't find it? Make it clear. Li Shan was very surprised, the dignified Golden Triangle didn't find poppies?

"General Qiyu, we have sent ten cavalry to different directions in accordance with your instructions, and we have searched the Tai tribes, but we have not found the kind of painting painted by the general. We also found some plants that were similar to those painted by the general and brought back samples for the general to see. ”

Li Shan looked at the plant samples of different colors, but he was sure that there were no poppies in them.

How is this possible? Li Shan was puzzled.

Ah San said: "Young master, I may have seen this kind of flower you mentioned. ”

Li Shan was a little surprised, and said, "Where have you seen it, tell me quickly." ”

Ah San said: "When I was a slave in the Great Food Country, there were many royal nobles who liked to grow flowers, and there were flowers like this. ”

Is it in Arabia? Li Shan carefully searched the memories of his previous life, after all, he was not very good at the poppies, and even the way he painted them was not very sure, in the memories of his previous life, it seemed that poppies were produced in the Golden Triangle and the Silver Triangle in South America.

No, opium was introduced to China from Europe, and they had not yet been to Thailand, so how could they have produced opium? In other words, the opium poppy was not produced in Thailand, but was introduced later.

Li Shan suddenly became enlightened, he was naturally very familiar with the introduced species Li Shan, and the thing he was very distressed about now was that there were no chili peppers in Sichuan cuisine, and there were no cotton clothes in winter. It's because these things haven't been introduced yet.

"Ha, I see, Ah San, you really did me a great favor. I was so stupid that I didn't even think of such a simple question. Li Shan looked excited, and said to his generals: "Okay, the characters here are over, let's go back to Taihe City." ”

The subordinates were all surprised: "General, that flower, let's not look for it?" ”

Li Shan smiled: "Looking for it, of course I have to look for it, but it's not this person looking for it, it seems that we have to go a little further." ”

This incident made Li Shan even more determined to go to sea. In the Tang Dynasty, in fact, the frequency and scale of Chinese people going to sea were still very high, but they were limited to the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. The most important thing is that people at this time did not realize the huge benefits of ocean trade.

The centuries-old maritime history of the Chinese Dynasty has not really made any achievements, and all that was transported was silk, tea, and porcelain. What was bought from the West was also useless jewelry and other things.

The reason why I don't have these things is because these are just luxury goods, and for Li Shan, the real treasures are not these things.

Li Shan kept thinking all the way, there were too many things he could bring back this time, and they would definitely change the style of the entire Dali.

On the way back, Li Shan also found a good thing, eggplant. Li Shan immediately asked all the soldiers to carry an eggplant seedling on their backs and plant it when they arrived in Dali. I really didn't expect that the eggplant I used to eat at home was actually produced in Thailand, and Li Shan couldn't wait to make a braised eggplant to eat.

"You're going to give up attacking the Thai tribe? Why? Could it be that the situation has changed? Qing'er didn't understand Li Shan's sudden change of hexagram.

Li Shandao: "There is indeed something wrong, but it is not a bad situation. We can directly concentrate our forces to take down Annan in one fell swoop, but we can save a lot of trouble. ”

Qing'er said: "It is not difficult to attack Annan Province, but Annan is now a subject country of the Tang Dynasty, and attacking Annan is equivalent to calling out to the Tang Dynasty, which is not a good thing." ”

Li Shandao: "Annan is just a small country, three cities, give me two days and I can take it." But before we do that, we're going to do some scenes. In this way, you first write to Tang Xuanzong and tell Tang Xuanzong that there is something strange about the death of Luo Feng, and you must strictly investigate this matter. Then wait a month, after our firearms are made, you will write to the imperial court, saying that it is the lord of Annan who designed to kill Ge Luofeng, in order to split Dali and intend to attack our territory, and this revenge will not be avenged. At this time, Tang Xuanzong definitely didn't want us to attack Annan, and he would definitely order to stop it. However, I have already led my troops to pacify Annan, and killed the lord of Annan in a fit of rage, and it is too late for Tang Xuanzong to stop it. ”

Qing'er nodded and said: "Although the Annan region is small, it has many plains and ports, if we can successfully take Annan, the later plans will be easier to implement." ”

Li Shandao: "More importantly, after capturing Annan, we will have a place to deal with these surplus armor." Going directly south from Annam, we can attack Chenla, or we can lead our troops to the sea. Moreover, Annam was controlled by the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and its people learned Han culture and were proficient in Chinese, which was also a good helper for us to educate these edicts. Let Annan and Dali be integrated, and all Dali people will be able to learn Chinese characters in less than five years. ”

Turning Dali into China is Li Shan's selfishness, no matter where he is, he is a Chinese and a descendant of the dragon. (To be continued.) )