"Founding a city? Your Highness, Your ...... You're not kidding, are you? "Xie Xianling's face is full of incredulity, you know, building a city is not a joke, financial, material and manpower, all three are indispensable, and even if all three are available, but there must be the approval of the imperial court, otherwise even the prince has no right to build a new city.

"Liulang, there are many ports along the Yangtze River, and not far to the south, there are Taizhou and Wenzhou, which are all famous seaports, is it necessary to build another port here in Huating?" Although Li Ke is not very concerned about the political affairs here in Suzhou, he is still very clear about the general geographical situation around him, and in his opinion, the surrounding ports are ready-made, and there is no need to spend great effort to build another one.

Li Su said with a smile after hearing this: "Third brother, you don't know, although there are many ports along the Yangtze River, but they are only river ports, whether it is sea or river transportation, they used flat-bottomed boats, so the impact is not too big, but now on the sea, they are running new types of pointed bottom boats, and the ships are getting bigger and bigger, so that many sea ships can not moor in the river port, and those ports on the Yangtze River want to go to sea, but also have to change sea ships, and this also requires a large seaport, so no matter from which aspect, There is a need to build a new port! ”

Li Su said this, paused for a moment and continued: "As for why the new city was built in Huating, there are mainly two reasons, the first is that this is the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the ships along the Yangtze River have arrived here, so they don't have to venture into the sea anymore, and they can directly transfer the goods to the sea boats. The second reason is also a geographical factor, Huating is a large overseas in addition to the east. The other three sides are rich fish and rice land, but also the main silk production area of my Datang, the port is built here, but also to facilitate the distribution of goods around, if it is transported south to Taizhou or Wenzhou, it will inevitably increase the cost of goods, so in the long run. It's also absolutely necessary to build a port city here! ”

Li Su's words made Li Ke and Xie Xian Ling present nod again and again, Li Yun and Li Zhen didn't care about the reason for the construction of the city. What kind of benefits they would get from the construction of the new city after it was completed?

"Rokuro, in that case. Then let's build a new city, but it's not going to be easy, what are you going to do? Li Ke was also a little ambitious at this time, this is his fiefdom, if he can really build a super-large port, not to mention the rest, his exploits will definitely be written by the historians along with the city, and he will not just hang the name of a prince.

"Hehe, building a city is indeed a troublesome thing, but just take it step by step. But it's not too difficult, first of all, don't worry about my father, when I return to Chang'an, I will explain the reason for this matter clearly, and he will definitely agree. In addition, Xie County ordered you, the magistrates, to also help organize the manpower. First build a wharf here for big ships to dock, as for the financial and material resources needed, I have asked Dengzhou to prepare, and it will be sent soon, so to organize the manpower matter, Xie County ordered to inform Zheng Beijia in Suzhou to prepare quickly. So as not to lose time! Li Su said confidently. The reason why he stopped in Dengzhou for several days was mostly to arrange this matter.

Li Su is the assassin of Suzhou, since he has already agreed, then Xie County's order should naturally be followed, but when Xie County's order heard that he was asked to organize manpower, his face showed embarrassment, and after hesitating for a while, he finally said: "Your Highness Qiqi, can the matter of organizing manpower be postponed for a period of time?" Because it happens to be the spring planting season, coupled with the spring famine, many people can't even eat enough, if they are transferred to be people's husbands, I'm afraid there will be problems? ”

According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, all the people have to serve the conscription, that is, free labor for the country, generally speaking, it will not exceed 20 days per year, which is called regular service, but this number of days is not fixed, whenever the government has more affairs, the imperial court can increase the number of days of conscription at any time, this is called the service, but the main service and the service together, generally not more than 50 days, and the service is regarded as additional labor, which can offset the tax. If Li Su wants to build a wharf, he must let the surrounding people come to work in the name of conscription, but now is the busy spring season, and the general government will not let the people serve conscription at such a time, mainly because he is worried about delaying the agricultural time.

Unexpectedly, after Li Su heard it, he laughed and said: "Xie Xianling misunderstood, I asked you to prepare manpower, in fact, the main thing is to help you, the sericulture industry will show a state of recession in these two years, so many silkworm farmers in Suzhou and nearby, it is really difficult to feed a family by raising silkworms, so when building the wharf, I am ready to recruit workers, and those who work can receive a reward, although it is not much, but as long as you are willing to work, it is no problem to feed a few people." It's just that you have to invite some professionals in the construction of the wharf to do a good job in this area, so as not to have to rebuild it in the future! ”

Hearing Li Su's words, Xie Xianling only felt that his eyes lit up, and it was indeed worthy of the handwriting of His Royal Highness King Qi, so that it not only solved the manpower problem of the construction of the wharf, but also solved the problem of eating silkworm farmers near Suzhou. It's just that this cost is really a bit high, and it is estimated that only the wealthy Li Su can take it.

However, Li Su's money was not taken for nothing, and the construction of a port city could not be built with just a wharf, which was just the initial foundation. Next, Li Su proposed to open a shipyard and a food processing factory in Huating, and also to recruit fishermen and set up a fishing team according to Dengzhou, all of which required the help of the Xie County Commander in terms of land and manpower.

Xie Xianling is not a stupid person, he knows that if this new city is built, then Huating will definitely prosper here, and the lives of the people will definitely be better, at least there is no need to worry about famine. In addition, under the rising tide, he is not only a Huating county order, and even if he can become a big port like Wenzhou, maybe Huating can also be promoted from a county to a state.

It is precisely thinking of the above that Xie Xianling can't help but feel hot in his heart, this new city is not only related to the lives of the local people, but also related to his own future, so in public and private, he has to do his best to help build the new city, and it is precisely because of this that he naturally agreed to the conditions put forward by Li Su. Besides, there is a Li Ke next to him, he is the assassin of Suzhou, that is, the top boss of Xie Xianling, and now Li Ke is also in favor of building a new city, so even if there is any problem, he can't blame him, he just needs to do what Li Su tells him.

After the construction of the city was agreed, Xie Xianling asked Li Ke and Li Su to set the name of the new city, which was an extremely important thing in the eyes of the ancients. As a result, not only did Li Ke start to think about the name of the new city with great interest, but even Li Yun and Li Zhen also came to join in the fun, after all, if the new city was to use the name they thought of, it would be a very glorious thing.

In this regard, Li Su behaved very domineeringly, and with a wave of his hand, he directly copied the name of Shanghai in the later generations, which was said to not appear until the Song Dynasty, and was advanced by him for hundreds of years. For the name of Shanghai, Li Ke and the three were not convinced at first, but Li Su came up with his killer idea, because the funds for the construction of the wharf were all from him, so he naturally had the right of first refusal. He hopes that the prosperous Shanghai in the future will one day be born in his own hands.

For such an important matter as building a new city, Li Ke burst out with great enthusiasm, and discussed with Li Su that he would simply not go to the court, and stay in Suzhou to supervise the progress of the project, and if he encountered any problems, he would solve them on the spot. Regarding this proposal, Xie Xianling naturally raised his hands in favor, after all, with the support of the prince behind him, it would be easier to do anything.

However, Li Su disagreed, he told Li Ke that the construction of the city is not an overnight thing, just a wharf will be built for a long time, and after the wharf is completed, Li Su can invest in the construction of factories here, and then slowly attract popularity, only when the popularity is enough, can you officially start urban planning. During this period, it is estimated that it will not work without a few years of accumulation, so it is useless for Li Ke to stay here now, it is better to go and ask for a look according to the original plan.

Li Ke thought about it for a while and felt right, so he no longer insisted, and wrote a letter to Zheng Beijia in Suzhou, explaining Li Su's big Shanghai plan clearly, and handing it over to Xie Xianling for him to help transfer it, and then left Old Man Sun's shop, boarded the big ship and continued south.

However, just a few days after Li Su and the others left Huating, the fleet was caught up by a fast boat from Dengzhou to report the news, and the messenger was sent by Lu Hong, and the news that Li Su had prepared for a long time was also delivered, that is, Silla and Baekje had finally started fighting.

The incident happened a few days after Li Su and their departure from Dengju, the queen of Silla gave birth ahead of schedule, and Baekje, who had already prepared for the border, immediately raised troops, and the prince Fu Yuzhang personally led the troops and pointed directly at the hinterland of Silla. At first, Silla was caught off guard and was captured dozens of cities one after another. However, it is worth mentioning that in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, the cities of Silla and Baekje are actually small villages, and dozens of families are also called one city, which sounds shabby.

Although Silla suffered defeat at the beginning, after all, the strength was stronger than Baekje, so after exchanging space for time, the general Kim Lushin organized men and horses to start a counterattack, to say that this Kim Lushin still has some ability, in this unfavorable situation, but can still block Baekje's offensive, and even won several battles in a row, for a time Baekje's morale was frustrated, and he did not dare to attack easily, and the battlefield suddenly showed a stalemate.

The war between Silla and Baekje has begun, and the current state is exactly what Li Su wants to see, but in the information brought by the messenger, there is a piece of news that makes Li Su frown, although this news does not explain anything, but it makes him have an extremely bad premonition. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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