Although after a year of development under Li Su, Dengzhou City has increased greatly in both population and per capita income, taking the population as an example, it has exploded from the initial 300,000 to nearly one million people, and most of these increased population are from other nearby states to find work, after all, Dengzhou opened so many factories at once, there is an extreme shortage of manpower, and there are not enough slaves, so they can only recruit workers at high prices. Of course, the household registration of these foreign workers is still in the original state and county, although some even have their families to live in Dengzhou, but they can only be regarded as black households. For these black households, Li Su not only didn't care, but secretly supported, other states saw the loss of local population, not only did not dare to ask Li Su for people, but even did not dare to care, after all, they were princes, they did not dare to offend.

The increase in the population of Dengzhou throughout has also made the scale of Dengzhou City have been growing, but because of the restrictions of the city wall, the land in the city is limited, in order to cope with this situation, there have been several more satellite cities of considerable scale outside Dengzhou City, these satellite cities have been managed by officials sent by Li Su in the past, and at the same time, for safety, they have also built thick city walls with bricks and cement, and closed the city gate on time every day, after all, Dengzhou is opposite the battlefield of Goguryeo, and everything must be careful.

The long-term population of Dengzhou City is about 150,000, plus a few satellite cities, it is estimated that there are at least about 300,000, almost one-third of the population in Dengzhou is concentrated here, and there are also a large number of invisible population, the so-called invisible population, that is, the slaves of each family, slaves, etc., these people do not have household registration, rely on their respective masters for a living, plus Dengzhou has a lot of rich households. The size of the slave group is very large, so with the addition of these people, the population of the entire Dengju city has exceeded 350,000, and this is because of the war on the Goguryeo side, many people are worried that the war will burn to Dengzhou, so they temporarily left Dengzhou before the Chinese New Year.

A city has a population of 350,000, which is in the Tang Dynasty. It is already an extremely rare big city, except for super cities such as Chang'an and Luoyang, there are few cities in the entire Datang that can be compared with Dengzhou. Therefore, this year's Spring Festival in Dengzhou is not as lively as Chang'an. But the difference is also limited, and there are some local customs that are different from those in Guanzhong, which makes Li Su and Wenxin feel very fresh.

For example, in the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year. There is a very interesting custom in Dengzhou, all the children in the city are dressed before dawn, and then run around the city in groups, going door to door to eat, at this time, even if it is a poor family, they will generally prepare some homemade snacks, and the rich people are early in front of the door to set up a stall, distribute all kinds of dried fruit snacks, and the work of distributing these things is generally delivered by the hostess of each family.

For this custom. Wenxin felt very fresh, because I heard that this custom has the same function as the custom of touching the copper nails of the city gate on the Shangyuan Festival, and the more food sent to the child that day, the more chance there is to get pregnant and have a child in the new year. Although Wen Xin is only sixteen years old this year. There is still two years away from the agreed age, but this is a good intention after all, and there are many maids in the palace who have started a family, so Wenxin took the lead, and all the young women who got married cooperated to contribute and prepared a lot of dim sum fruits. In the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, they lined up in front of the palace and distributed them to the children with a smile.

Wen Xin followed Li Su to appear in Dengzhou City a few times, and almost everyone knew that Princess Qi was a gentle and beautiful girl, and this pro-people move made her reputation skyrocket, almost surpassing Li Su's prestige. For this accident, Li Su sighed in his heart, it seems that no matter what era, beauties have to take a big advantage, and they have racked their brains to do so much for the people of Dengzhou, and it is not as good as the accidental actions of the whim.

After the New Year, Dengzhou and several nearby states prepared materials have also been sent, the materials of the army have been sent before, this time the preparation is mainly some Lantern Festival and other unique food, after all, for the Tang people, the Lantern Festival is more important than the New Year, the soldiers are fighting hard outside, and eating a Lantern Festival is also a thing that should be done.

However, this time, in addition to sending Lantern Festival and other materials, Su Dingfang and Xi Junmai, as well as three hundred palace guards were also on the same boat, they took Li Su's letter to General Niu Jinda, to go to the front line to serve, hoping to fight for the credit of his wife and son, although the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, it is likely that he will die on the battlefield, but if he wants to get ahead, he naturally has to pay, and they are also prepared for this.

When Su Dingfang and they left, Li Su went to the dock to see him off, but on that occasion, Li Su didn't say anything, raised the most intense five kings drunk, everyone did three bowls in a row, and then led by Su Dingfang and Xi Junmai, after giving Li Su a solemn military salute, he resolutely stepped on the distant sea boat.

However, as soon as Su Dingfang and them were sent away, Li Su got a news that made him angry, Li Yong, this kid was missing, and it took two days to search the palace and Dengzhou City, but he didn't even find a figure. There is no need to guess at this time, Li Su can be sure that this kid must have sneaked onto Su Dingfang's ship at some point, and at the current speed, it is estimated that he would have already arrived in Beisha City on the opposite side.

"Yanbei, do you dare to say that you don't know about this matter?" On the main hall of the palace, Li Su yelled at Yanbei who was standing below with an angry face, since he knew that Li Yong had run away, Li Su was angry and thunderous, and after finally calming down, he immediately thought that someone must help Li Yong in this matter, otherwise he would not be able to mix with the heavily defended quartermaster ship.

"Hehe, Rokuro deserves to be Rokuro, and he guessed the truth at once!" Yanbei hippie smiley man said, it seems that he has long known that Li Su will find his head.

As soon as he heard the other party admit it, Li Su was angry and went up to Yan Bei's ass is kick, but he didn't expect that although Yan Bei was a literati, he hid quickly, and he kicked Li Su in a flash.

"Bastard! Do you know how dangerous it would be for the ninth brother to be on the battlefield at a young age, even if he was only sixteen years old this year? Li Su's sneak attack failed, but he didn't give up, and while chasing and fighting, he angrily pointed at Yanbei and asked.

"I know, but Jiulang's reasons for this matter are also very good, and I am not the only one to help him, Brother Yuwen also has a part in this matter!" While Yan Bei fled, he was very irresponsible and confessed to the other accomplice Yuwen Hu.

"What? Brother Yuwen is the brother-in-law of the ninth brother, how can he be so confused? When Li Su heard that Yuwen Hu was also involved in Li Yong's escape plan, he was not only even more angry, but also felt a little incredible, and at the same time stopped chasing Yanbei.

Yan Bei saw that Li was stunned, and hurriedly straightened out his messy clothes, and then said with a straight face: "Liulang, I know that you have always regarded Jiulang as your own brother, thinking that he is young and ignorant, but don't forget, he is actually the same age as you, and now he has rare courage and wants to fight for a career on the battlefield, you, as a brother, should be happy for him!" ”

"Hmph, what you said is light, if something happens to the ninth brother, do I still have the face to see Uncle Wang and his wife?" No matter what Yan Bei said, Li Su couldn't listen to it, although he hadn't seen the cruelty of the battlefield in the cold weapon era, but he could also know by his appearance how bloody and dangerous hand-to-hand combat with knives and guns was.

"Rokuro, you're wrong, in fact, you don't have to worry about this problem!" Yan Bei's face suddenly turned pale, and he said seriously, "What kind of person is the King of Hejian, in the royal family, except for your father, he is the first person in the army, he was invincible on the battlefield back then, and the entire southern part of the Tang Dynasty was pacified by him, although he no longer paid attention to the military and politics over the years, but as a general and father, he saw that his son had such ambition and wanted to inherit the glory of their Hejian Palace on the battlefield, do you think he should be happy or angry?" ”

"But ......"

Li Su just wanted to refute, but was immediately interrupted by Yan Bei: "I know that you are afraid that Li Yong will be in danger, but what kind of person is the King of Hejian, who has been rolling on the battlefield since he was a teenager, and knows the danger on the battlefield better than anyone else, to put it mildly, even if Li Yong encounters something unexpected on the battlefield, the King of Hejian will only be proud of his son, and will not blame you, not to mention that there is Brother Yuwen in front of him?" ”

Yanbei's words are very reasonable, and he also has a good grasp of Li Xiaogong's psychology, and even pointed out in the end that Yuwen Hu is Li Yong's brother-in-law, and Li Yong also got his approval, even if something happens in the future, the first unlucky one is Yuwen Hu, and the second is Li Su's turn.

However, Li Su is not so easy to convince, no matter what Yan Bei says, he resolutely disagrees, Yan Bei brought Yuwen Hu over, and the two of them together failed to convince Li Su, and in the end he still sent someone to General Niu and asked people to escort Li Yong back. For Li Su's decision, although Yanbei and Yuwenhu sighed on the surface, they were happy in their hearts, the battlefield of Goguryeo was so big, there were two commanders of the marching army alone, and there were countless other deputy commanders, generals, etc., and there were many generals who had old relations with the king of Hejian, and Li Yongke did not plan to go to General Niu.

And just when Li Su was upset about Li Yong's affairs, Chang'an suddenly came to him with a piece of news that made him at a loss, his idle emperor father finally decided to drive a new expedition to Goguryeo, and just after the Spring Festival, he was impatient to rush to the east with 20,000 guards, but unfortunately the Yellow River was frozen at this time, and he couldn't go by ship at all, so he could only take the land route, so the speed was relatively slow, but it was estimated that by the beginning of February at the latest, the army would reach the front line of Goguryeo.

In addition, along with this news, there was also a holy decree from Li Shimin, but Li Su, who received the holy decree, had a sad face, and his heart was full of resentment towards his emperor father. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )