A few days later, Cheng Huailiang said goodbye to Li Ke at the Shanghai dock, and then took a steamer to the south again. After arriving in Taiwan, it naturally made Li Su ecstatic, and also set up a banquet in the house, and Cheng Huailiang and Cheng Huailiang were not drunk and did not return.

At the banquet, Li Su told Cheng Huailiang about the development of Taiwan and other regions in recent years, as well as some political and military situations, and Cheng Huailiang told Li Su about their experience in the military academy and the army over the years, especially the real situation of the first battle to destroy Xue Yantuo, which also opened Li Su's eyes.

Next, Li Su arranged for Cheng Huailiang and them to visit various parts of Taiwan, especially the garrisons and navies in various places, which were the focus of their visits, because Li Su wanted them to understand the situation of Taiwan's military and political system before making their own choices. As for Gao Yang and Qinghe, these female dependents were entertained by Wen Xin.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that Chou Chou and Mo Qing, who is younger than her, hit it off at first sight, the two were originally cousins, and now I have a very good relationship, and often go together to bully Li Qi and Li Mian and others, just like the head of the eldest sister, which makes Li Su sometimes worry that the two of them will not be able to marry when they grow up.

After a period of understanding, Cheng Huailiang and they finally made their own choices, because they were all people who came out of the military academy, so everyone still chose to enter the army, among them, like Cheng Huailiang and Qin Huaiyu, Fang Yiai and others all chose to enter the army directly, and their positions were temporarily set as captains, after all, they were all graduates of Chang'an Military Academy, and they had military experience, and this kind of talent was really in short supply under Li Su.

In addition, Li Yexu and a few guys who like to challenge themselves chose to enter the navy. Of course, you must enter Taiwan's Naval Academy to study in advance, and then enter the Navy to start from scratch. Although they will have some hardships at first, the prospects for future development are very good. After all, in comparison, the status of the navy in Li Su's hands is indeed higher than that of the army, and it is also more respected by the people.

However, whether it is the navy or the army, with the addition of Cheng Huailiang and others, the strength of the army in Li Su's hands will undoubtedly rise to a higher level, after all, there were too few generals who could take charge of themselves in the past, although Taiwan has also opened a military academy, but within ten years, I am afraid that there will be no special talents. And Cheng Huailiang and others can just fill this gap, and maybe there will even be handsome talents like Li Jing and Li Xiaogong among them.

After a few days, Cheng Huailiang and they took office one after another, and most of their families followed, after all, there is no big battle for the time being, the army in various places is fixed, officers can take their families to take office, and the army will also arrange a special residence for them, and officers will live there in peacetime. Unless there is a war, there will be an order to transfer them to the war, and they are generally trained in peacetime.

However, there are also some female relatives who did not leave with their husbands, but chose to settle their homes in Keelung. First, Keelung is more prosperous, and secondly, their children are all older, and education in Keelung is obviously better than in other places. The social circle is also wider, so the husband and wife have to be separated.

Qinghe and Gaoyang also stayed in Keelung. They came for the sake of their children, and they haven't seen Li Su for many years. So if nothing else, Li Su will not let them go so easily, after all, he is also the elder brother of Qinghe and Gao Yang, when he was in Chang'an, except for his son, these two sisters were the closest to each other, how could he leave as soon as he came to Taiwan?

After sending Cheng Huailiang and them away, Qinghe and Gao Yang also often go to Li Su's house to walk around, it is now the early winter season, although Taiwan's winter is not very cold, but it is still a little cold in the morning and evening, and you may catch a cold if you are not careful, especially this year's rain is very much, even if it is so cold, but it still rains often, this kind of wet and cold weather makes people feel tormented.

But this torment was finally over, and since yesterday afternoon, the gloomy clouds in the sky finally dispersed, the sun reappeared, and after half a day's irradiation, by the next day there was much less water on the ground, and the air was filled with a fresh smell after the rain.

It's rare to encounter this kind of good weather, plus today is the tenth day, and the ugly and ugly children don't have to go to school, and even Li Su is rarely free at home, so in the end, Wen Xin invited Qinghe and Gao Yang, as well as several of their children, among them, Qinghe has a daughter and two sons, Mo Qing is the eldest daughter, and Gao Yang only has one son, but just two months ago, she was just diagnosed with pregnancy, and now it has been four months, and her lower abdomen has been bulging, which is one of the reasons why Gao Yang did not leave with her bereavement.

The reason why Li Su has time to stay at home is mainly because the plague in Java has been controlled, and the promotion of steamships is responsible for Yifan and Wang An and others, so he doesn't have to worry about it at all, as for the Americas, with the development of the second new route, more and more people have gone there to treasure for treasures, and even some people have really brought back a lot of gold, and in addition to a port of Luvin in the Americas, there are several other ports under construction, which can be said to be developing on the good side.

However, if you want to develop the Americas on a large scale, it is not yet the time, first, the Nanyang side is still developing rapidly, and second, the number of Han people in Taiwan is still too small, which is not enough to support the huge population demand for the development of the Americas. But it is precisely because of this that Li Su put this matter aside for the time being, and at the same time has time to spend with his family.

The two children, Chou Chou and Mo Qing, had to quarrel to go to the zoo to play, this zoo was privately funded by Li Su, and it raised all kinds of animals from Datang, Nanyang, Australia and other places. Especially some time ago, a new batch of very novel animals were transported from the Americas, and they had not yet seen it, so they took advantage of this good weather to clamoring to go.

Li Su naturally would not refuse the children's request, but because Gao Yang was pregnant, Wen Xin and Qinghe stayed to chat with her, and Li Su took a group of children to the zoo to play.

The zoo is built in the eastern suburbs of Keelung City, covering a large area, which is divided into several areas according to the different regions of the animals, such as the Central Plains District, the Nanyang District, the American District and so on. But as soon as they entered the zoo, they immediately rushed to the Americas.

Today is just the tenth day, and there are many people who come to visit the zoo, especially some children, accompanied by their parents, are running around, holding snacks such as marshmallows and rock sugar gourds in their hands, and from time to time they also make crisp laughter.

Li Su now has five children, in addition to Chouchou, Li Qi and Li Mian, Meng Xue also gave birth to a daughter to him three years ago, named Bingxi, two years ago Wen Xin was finally pregnant again, and it turned out to be another daughter, named Youlan, who is only more than a year old now, but Youlan is too young, so he didn't come this time. It is also worth mentioning that in addition to the five of them, Jin Shengman and Wen'er are also pregnant almost at the same time, and it is estimated that by the next year, Li Su will have seven children.

Li Su's four children, plus Qinghe's three, and one from Gaoyang's family, add up to eight children, you don't have to think about it to guess how noisy it is, although each child has more than two maids watching, but they always like to pester Li Su to ask this and that, of course, this is also related to the fact that Li Su knows more animals.

After looking around in the American area, what impressed Li Su the most was the kind of turkey that was very large, but when he saw the turkey, what he thought was to pluck out the feathers of the turkey, and then stuff all kinds of fruits in the stomach and roast them in the stove, which was a famous dish in later generations, but unfortunately he never tasted it.

Since he came to the zoo, he naturally couldn't just go around the Americas, so he took the children to visit several other areas, but in comparison, there were more people in the Americas, after all, people like to see a novelty.

And when he finally left the zoo, the director of the zoo who had been with Li Su gave a gift to the ugly children, these gifts are a batch of cute animals just born this year, such as pandas sent from Yizhou in the south of the Tang Dynasty, and sloths in Australia, etc., although the varieties are different, they are not long after birth, and they are all very cute.

The entire zoo was built by Li Su at private expense, so the animals in the zoo are also equivalent to his private property, so it is natural for the director of the zoo to send a few small animals, Li Su began to feel a little bad, but when he saw the ugliness of their eyes full of little stars, his heart was soft, and the pandas of this era are not rare animals, so he accepted them.

However, he did not forget to tell the people in the zoo to send the food of these animals to a few children every day, if there is any disease, they also need to be treated, after all, it is also a small life, especially a few children like it so much, if they accidentally raise it to death, it will make them sad.

In the end, Li Su took eight children, and each child held a pet of his own choice in his hands, such as the youngest son of Bingxi and Qinghe chose a red panda, and the son of Li Qi and Gao Yang chose a little leopard, which is a very popular pet among the noble men of the Tang Dynasty, and can also help the owner hunt after being raised. As a result, Li Su couldn't cry or laugh.

However, the animals they selected were only raised for a period of time when they were young, and once these animals grew up, Li Su would not be at ease to let them stay with these ferocious beasts, and they would definitely be tended by some subordinates, at most when they remembered to see them.

But what Li Su didn't expect was that as soon as he returned to the palace, he was complained by Gao Yang. (To be continued......)