Now the situation in Somalia has been temporarily stabilized because of this quick victory in the local war, and there are only two countries bordering Somalia by land, one is Ethiopia and the other is Kenya, and now Ethiopia, the strongest of the two countries, is submissive to Somalia, and Kenya has chosen to live in peace with Somalia because of Ethiopia's experience, which makes the people of country M helpless against Somalia for a while, and in such a period of peace, Li Ran led the army of Jiqì people to launch rapid industrial construction in Somalia.

Li Ran is busy with Somali affairs, Li Su is to the Philippine colony, since the delivery of the fourth generation of equipment to the army, the Yizhou Army has been in the Philippines to learn how to use these equipment, now more than half a year has passed, under the training of the Terminator, the soldiers can skillfully operate Humvee military vehicles and machine guns These equipment, after all, Li Su has never been afraid of them wasting bullets and gasoline, and the purpose is to let them practice it themselves, rather than sitting in the room to learn theory.

Today, Li Su is also wearing a military uniform in the army, but this military uniform is also a liquid metal illusion, and now the Yizhou soldiers have so many modern weapons to kill people in their hands, he has to think about his own safety, and he made a round, Li Su is satisfied with the soldiers' proficiency in the use of equipment, and now the combat methods of these soldiers are basically no different from modern tactics.

"Your Highness, we are now capable of waging war against the Great Food Country." Qin Huaiyu is very confident, now the soldiers are holding weapons in their hands and not the same as before, not to mention automatic rifles, as well as heavy machine guns, grenades, and the power of artillery has also been greatly improved, he believes that if he gives him a thousand troops, he can defeat a small country.

Zhu Youzhi: "Now the morale of the soldiers is very high, last time we suffered a little loss in the Great Food Country, they all shouted for revenge." ”

Last time, a reconnaissance team of 30 people was surrounded and intercepted by thousands of cavalry of the Great Food Country in the Great Food Country. Thirty soldiers were all killed, and the weapons in their hands were also taken away by the Great Food Country, they wanted to go deep into the Great Food Country to retaliate, but at this time Li Su asked them to evacuate from the Big Food Country to adapt to the new equipment, and they had to return to the Philippine base for training, and now that they are ready, they naturally want to take revenge, "Hmph, this is not your own fault, as the saying goes, proud soldiers will be defeated." You are too arrogant, let thirty soldiers go deep alone, hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen in the Great Food Country, is that just decoration? What is the use of thirty guns in the face of a cavalry charge! ”

Zhu Youzhi looked embarrassed, this decision was made by him, he would not have made this mistake at all in the past, but during this period of time, the Yizhou army was invincible everywhere he went, and he was also carried away by this victory. Some of the deployments were full of mistakes and omissions, "Your Highness, this is Wei Chen's fault." ”

Looking at the dozens of steel warships moored on the ocean, Li Su said: "Eat a trench and grow a wisdom." Don't underestimate our enemies at any time, or we'll always end up losing, do you know why I'm going to change the fourth-generation gear? ”

"I want to be able to defeat the Great Food Country." Zhu Youzhi.

"It's just one reason." Li Su's eyes narrowed, "Speaking of which, our industrial reform in Yizhou has also been carried out for five or six years. In the past five or six years, various technical processes have been flourishing, and there are more and more workers who have mastered these technologies, and in recent years, Yizhou's businessmen have traveled almost all over the world. Businessmen pursue profits, naturally what makes money is sold, which naturally includes some industrial technology, our iron-making process, the secret of gunpowder is not a secret, a year ago, Wuhou arrested a group of people, among these people are our veterans, they used the materials purchased in Yizhou to make a batch of guns, although it is only the level of the first generation of firearms, but it is enough to explain the problem, the firearms manufacturing process is no longer a secret. ”

"Damn, which soldier is it, Lao Tzu went to kill them." Qin Huaiyu said angrily when he heard this, he naturally understood what Li Su meant, although the power of this first-generation firearm was not very great, but if these equipment were spread, it would pose a great threat to the soldiers.

Li Su waved his hand, "No need, they naturally have laws and punishments, now Yizhou's commerce is very active, and we can't monitor everyone, especially these profit-seeking merchants, the steamship allows them to see the huge wealth overseas, these soldiers confessed that their guns are made for certain merchants, and these merchants aim to go overseas to plunder wealth, gold mines, precious stones, slaves, these are enough to make the merchants take risks." ”

"Then can't we find a way to control it?" Zhu Youzhi: "It will not be a good thing for us if these illegal merchants are allowed to build an armed fleet, our colonies are all over the country, and they will definitely look for supplies on our colonies." ”

Li Su also wants to find a way to solve the problem of private firearms, but the facts tell him that it is basically impossible to put an end to it, the modern society of country Z is so strict about the control of firearms, but any gang involved in the gang can find firearms, these guns are not falling from the sky, not all of them are imitated by the people privately, Su Moer also has a headache for this problem, the Tang Dynasty is too large, and the population is sparse, there are deep mountains and old forests everywhere, and some illegal businessmen can easily find secret dens," I have asked Wuhou to strictly investigate and deal with this matter, and let them strictly control the enterprises that produce steel pipes, although this can reduce the occurrence of similar situations, but you must also be psychologically prepared and strengthen the vigilance of maritime merchants, they are open to Shanghai merchants, and behind their backs they may be pirates. ”

"Yes, we get it." The two said in unison.

Li Su nodded when he heard this, Li Su has been observing the changes brought by industrialization to Yizhou over the years, I have to say that the industrial revolution has made the lives of the people of Yizhou and even Datang more and more nourishing, but everything has advantages and disadvantages, and the improvement of material life has prompted everyone's inner desires, they all want to have more money and more material enjoyment, so some daredevils have set their sights on overseas, and they dare not come nonsense in Datang, this is because this is their own country, And it was also heavily armed and had strict laws.

But overseas, they are like beasts out of the cage, and for these people who want to illegally obtain wealth, firearms are undoubtedly their best tools, and Li Su, who was staring at this qiē with cold eyes, suddenly understood a truth, an age of exploration has come, but it is different from modern time and space, this age of exploration began in the Tang Dynasty, and the people who dominated the sea were the Tang people, and at the same time he had to start worrying about a problem that would inevitably arise in the age of discovery, that is, the rise of piracy power, Li Su still remembersIn the Western era, many soldiers defected from the army with warships and became pirates, and he had to guard against this problem.

After explaining the two people's defense against pirates and strengthening the management of weapons and equipment, the three of them were about to board a cruiser, when Li Su's phone suddenly rang, and Cui Yingying's voice came from inside.

"What's the matter?" Cui Yingying's tone was a little anxious, and Li Su asked.

"Grandfather Huang has ascended to heaven." Cui Yingying said slowly.

"When?" Li Su has been staying in the Philippines these days and does not know anything about Yizhou.

"It was last night, and he hasn't woken up since he fell asleep." Cui Yingying told Li Su what happened.

"Did you notify the Emperor?" Li Su asked.

"After the notice, my father said that we should transport the body of the emperor's grandfather to Chang'an."

"I see, I'll go back now." Li Yu said and hung up the phone, now Li Yuan is seventy-seven years old, when his illness was cured, Sun Simiao told him that Li Yuan's body could not support him for a few years, but he didn't expect this fact to come true.

Zhu Youzhi and Qin Huaiyu saw that Li Yu's face suddenly darkened and asked, "Your Highness, what happened?" ”

"The emperor has died, you can go to Chang'an with me." Li Su said to the two that Li Yuan had lived in Yizhou for five or six years, and he was very familiar with both of them, and both of them were important ministers in Yizhou, so there was no reason not to go.

"Yes." Both nodded at the same time.

Let the two of them explain the matter at hand, Li Su took the two of them back to Yizhou by plane, at this time Li Yuan's body has been placed on the car to Chang'an, the prince's son and the three princes in the palace have also come back from school, speaking of which, because of Li Shimin's cold relationship with Li Yuan before, Li Shimin's children do not have strong feelings for Li Yuan, but these years of getting along in Yizhou have made them have some feelings for Li Yuan, and the son and the three princes have long been crying, Li Ke also rushed over from Jingzhou, his expression was sad, but he didn't cry at Li Yuan's body like other princes, but Cui Yingying, Princess Wu and other women kept hiding their faces and sobbing.

"Rokuro." Seeing Li Su rushing over, Li Ke said: "The emperor's grandfather went very peacefully, hey, life and death are fateful, and non-human beings can be reluctant." ”

Li Su sighed, feeling a little sad in his heart, and said, "Let's send the body of the emperor's grandfather to Chang'an, and put it in the ground as soon as possible." ”

Li Ke nodded and said, "By the way, there is also a letter, which is said to have been written by the imperial grandfather that night, and asked you to pass it on to your father, and the imperial grandfather seems to understand that he can't survive." With that, Li Ke handed over a sealed letter to Li Su.

"Letter?" Li Su took the thick letter, thinking that maybe Li Yuan still had something to explain to Li Shimin, so he put the letter away.

comforted everyone, Li Su suppressed his low feelings, after all, he was still needed to preside over the overall situation, he couldn't be sad and cry without scruples like other princes, and arranged the relevant matters, and he and the members of the royal family went to Chang'an with Li Yuan's body. (To be continued......)