From Ancheng to Lushun, a white dragon-like road is constantly extending.

In the fifteenth year of Tianbao, after Luo Jiuhe took An Lushan's nest, he returned to his division and arched the frontier of Liaodong to the north and east. In the past five years, Ye Chang has devoted himself to business, taking advantage of the opportunity of the displacement of a large number of people in the Central Plains, he has obtained 500,000 people from the Central Plains, nearly half of which are young and strong laborers, thus greatly accelerating the pace of construction in Liaodong.

And the confidence that supports the rapid population growth of Liaodong is that in his sight, there are two crops full of small white flowers and purple tassels.

Potatoes and corn, two crops that originate from thousands of miles of Haibo, are now popular in eastern Liaodong. Their cultivation area already accounts for one-third of the grain cultivation area in eastern Liaodong, second only to wheat and more than rice.

"Brother Changling, this is all your credit." Ye Chang stood on top of the small high post, looked at the patches of crops on both sides, and said with emotion.

Wang Changling nodded proudly: "Don't give in, I and all the Mr. Langjun of the National Institute have really spent a lot of effort!" ”

Corn and potatoes were planted for the first time in 14 years, but the results were unsatisfactory because of the small number of seeds and no planting experience. Although Tianbao has been fighting non-stop wars for fifteen years, pacifying the rebellion of An Lushan, pacifying the invasion of the four realms, and pacifying the robbers of the remnants of An Lushan, Ye Chang has not forgotten his attention to corn and potato planting during the campaign. Therefore, in the fifteenth year of Tianbao, the harvest of corn and potatoes is enough for Ye Chang to do a group experiment in the sixteenth year of Tianbao and choose the best planting method.

Tianbao 17 years of harvest, Tianbao 18 years of harvest, Tianbao 19 years of the beginning, in the whole of Liaodong forced to promote the planting of corn and potatoes, and then another bumper harvest. After starving people, they are very attentive to this high-yield food crop, and Wang Changling and his team have spent no effort on research and promotion.

"I heard that some people in Qi and Hebei have also started to try to grow corn and potatoes." A staff member next to him said with a smile: "All the people of the world will benefit from this, King Wei, Prince, your merits are immeasurable." ”

"It's the princes and their merits, and I'm just because of people." Ye Chang smiled.

Wang Changling was thoughtful: "Ye Gong, hasn't anyone been able to go to Haidongzhou yet?" ”

"No, although I offer a reward of one million, no one can go to Haidongzhou anymore." Ye Chang was very sorry.

The so-called Haidongzhou is the Americas of another life, Wang Yuanbao's fleet discovered Haidongzhou, brought corn and potatoes, and from the natives and surviving sailors who came with the ship, everyone learned many rumors about Haidongzhou. Some rumors are suspicious, for example, the legend that there is a lake of gold and jade, and there is a river flowing with golden sand, although these rumors have aroused many people to want to find Haidongzhou, but after all, it is not very reliable. But others are mouth-watering, such as Haidongzhou has many products, especially fruits, vegetables, grains, vegetables and livestock, not only large yields, but also sweet taste, typical of the potatoes and corn they see in their sight.

"Alas, it would be great if someone could bring the rest of Haidongzhou's products!" Wang Changling sighed: "I'm old, I can work for three or five years at most, I really want to see the products of Haidongzhou in my hands, so that all the surnames of Datang can receive it!" ”

Among Ye Chang's earliest staff, Wang Changling is relatively old, and it is normal to have this feeling, and he also heard that Ye Chang is recently brewing a seventy retirement system, and the subordinates under him will retire at the age of seventy and receive a lot of honorable pensions, which can supervise the administration of the younger generations, but cannot directly interfere.

"Brother Changling, why do you say this, you just want to retire, I also want to ask you to postpone, the saints are almost eighty, and they are still ......"

Ye Chang said this, and suddenly, he was interrupted by a bell from afar.

Since the Han people in the Central Plains have returned to Liaodong, the religious culture of the Han people will naturally return to Liaodong, and there are many famous mountain monks in the world, but when Li Tang Dynasty, Taoism prevailed, so there are many temples and Taoist temples in the famous mountains and rivers on the land of Liaodong. In order to prevent the monks from accepting lazy and greedy people, polluting their doors, and corrupting the world, Ye Chang has mandatory regulations in the monks and temples in Liaodong: do not beg for food, do not do it for a day, do not eat for a day, do not weave for a year, and have no clothes for a year; The merit collected can be used to build dojos and temples, to ceremonies, and to raise babies in Keats. These precepts seem to be harsh, but the monks and real people with a little insight all understand that this is a 10,000-year plan for the two Taoist families to coexist and live in peace with the secular for a long time, and it is also the only way for them to preach and propagate the Dharma in a short period of time.

These temples are equipped with bronze bells, which not only tell the time, but also have the function of transmitting messages and warnings. As just now, the connection was stopped after nine rings, which proves that something important has happened in the court.

"The saint is gone!" Wang Changling's face changed.

The nine tones either represent the death of the old emperor or the ascension to the throne on behalf of the new emperor, and at this time, most likely, of course, the old emperor dies.

They also mentioned Li Longji just now, and now they suddenly heard the news of Li Longji's death, and the impact on everyone was too great, so everyone looked at Ye Chang with strange eyes.

Ye Chang's brows furrowed.

Although he lives in Liaodong, he has no contact with Chang'an, and he has long learned the news of Li Longji's serious illness through secret channels, but because there has been no edict summoning him back to Beijing, he thinks that Li Longji's illness this time, like the previous times, is not dangerous.

But why did he pass away, behind this...... Is there anything out of the ordinary?

At the beginning, he proposed to Li Longji that "Guan Shengsun" also had his own purpose, Li Longji's sons were not angry, and his grandsons were also not angry, maybe only King Jianning was better, but because he was Li Heng's son, it was impossible to inherit the great treasure.

A mediocre emperor, compared to a wise emperor, is more conducive to Ye Chang's layout for the future.

Li Li is not Ye Chang's ideal candidate, but he is not the worst candidate, so even if Li Li is neither distant nor close to Ye Chang, Ye Chang has never exerted any negative influence on his succession.

And by Li Li's side, Ye Chang also arranged for manpower.

The news he received, although Li Li was jealous of him and occasionally said some whining words, he did not have much hostility.

"I'm sorry, I was going to plan the autumn harvest with all of you, but now I can only bother Brother Changling." After thinking for a while, Ye Chang arched his hand to Wang Changling apologetically: "No matter what it is, I have to go back to Lushun first...... Ladies and gentlemen, I take my leave. ”

After he finished speaking, he hurried away without waiting for everyone to return the salute.

The first thing is to rush back to Lushun. Ye Chang was very worried about Shou'an, if it was really Li Longji's death, Shou'an was still breastfeeding, would he be hit by this.

Lushun has not changed much from five years ago, after all, the city is limited by its topography and its scale cannot be expanded indefinitely. Ye Chang's mansion is on a gentle slope on a mountainside, just overlooking Lushun City, this city without city walls, in the entire Tang Dynasty, I am afraid it is unique, and even the rest of the cities built by Ye Chang in Liaodong are guarded by walls.

"The people's heart is the city wall, and with the people's heart, Lushun will never fall." When someone suggested to him to build the city wall, Ye Chang replied like this. But the actual reason, he knew very well, with the birth of gunpowder weapons, the protective role of the solid city wall in the war has been greatly reduced, it is better to build fortress forts in the strategic points around Lushun to form an arch guard.

Thinking of the fort, Ye Chang smiled slightly.

In addition to the practical application of the steam engine, there is still a fire in front of Liaodong, and there has been a huge breakthrough in military science and technology. For example, city defense artillery, naval artillery, and field artillery have all become a reality. Mass-produced flintlock muskets also began to equip his left and right guards.

But as soon as he saw that his mansion was full of vegetarian appearance, Ye Chang restrained his smile.

Shou'an's body is plump compared to five years ago, and in the past five years, she has given birth to two sons and a daughter for Ye Chang, but she has not aged between her eyebrows and eyes. It's just that now, she looked sad, and when she saw Ye Chang, she threw herself into his arms: "Father...... Father is gone! ”

Ye Chang gently stroked her hair, sighed, and then persuaded: "Your Majesty's immortal life has exceeded seventy, and he is half a hundred sons of heaven, and the blessings of the world have reached the extreme. At this time, the immortal is gone, but it is just a return to the heavenly palace, Yongheng Xianfu, you don't have to be too sad. ”

"I ...... I ......"

Shou An'an knew that he was right, Li Longji was a rare long-lived son of heaven since ancient times, and he passed away at this time, instead of dying in the upheaval An Lushan Rebellion, which could be regarded as a joy and mourning, but thinking that heaven and man would never see each other again from now on, she still couldn't help but feel sad in her heart.

In the past, when she quarreled with Ye Chang, her father was still her biggest support, and now she ...... She is the only one left in the entire world.

No, and her children, even if it's for the sake of them, she has to be strong.

"Does the imperial court have a will, let us rush back to Chang'an?" After the consolation was decided, Ye Chang asked.

Shou An wiped his tears, and his eyes showed doubts: "The imperial court sent an envoy, but it never said that we should rush back to Chang'an, saying that the imperial court got the news, and Bohai and Silla were about to move, and they were afraid that they would take advantage of the national mourning and have bad intentions......"

Speaking of this, Shou An's face gradually changed.

She was extremely smart, but she didn't react for a while because of her father's death, and now she realizes that there is something wrong with the will from the imperial court!

Li Longji was seriously ill and did not recall the two of them, and now that he has died, he does not recall the two, but uses the excuse that there is an abnormal movement in the Silla Bohai Sea and lets Ye Chang stay in the fiefdom to sit in the town, which must be a cat.

Ye Chang sighed: "I don't know what happened to Silla and the Bohai Kingdom, even if there is, there are nine rivers and others here, it is enough to deal with it." ”

Ye Chang said modestly, before the muskets and artillery were installed, with the advantage of steel casting, the troops under the command of Ye Chang's Liaodong marching commander could already suppress the two kingdoms of Bohai and Silla at the same time. It can be said that both countries were beaten by Ye Chang and suffered unspeakably, and Ye Chang didn't go to them for trouble, he was already thankful, where was there still kung fu to harass Ye Chang!

"Could it be that what happened to the DPRK?" Shou An said in a trembling voice: "The death of my father and the emperor, could it be that it is not the end of his life, but the assassination of a traitor?" ”

She has this guess, it is inevitable, after all, Li Longji from serious illness to death, the general measures of the imperial court during the period when Taisun was in charge of the country, there are really suspicious things.

"We must not draw a hasty conclusion on this matter, and wait for other news from the DPRK and China." Ye Chang did not deny this possibility, nor did he affirm it.

He guessed that Li Li didn't have the courage to poison Li Longji. After all, as long as there is the slightest flaw in this matter, the ministers and generals will not tolerate it. But it is not excluded that some villains want to get lucky, and they figured out Li Li's intentions and made this move, and Li Li pretended not to know the way, and even pushed the boat down the river.

"If the father is really harmed by treachery, Eleven Lang, what should you do?" Shou An raised her eyebrows, and the heroic spirit of the sword stabbing Li Jingzhong at the beginning was revealed, and she asked Ye Chang.

"I am raising troops to avenge Your Majesty." Ye Chang said without hesitation: "But there is no evidence in this matter, just speculation is not enough to convince the public, and others still think that we are trying to usurp ......"

"King Wei, the angel has arrived, right in front of the door!" Before Ye Chang finished speaking, the guards outside said.

"Huh?" The messenger of mourning is gone, and a new messenger is coming, and there will be a name behind it. Ye Chang and Shou An glanced at each other, and Shou An hurriedly summoned the maid, changed Ye Chang into a Su filial piety suit, and then invited the messenger in.

The envoy looked tired, and Ye Chang saw that his face was relatively unfamiliar, so he did not rush to give a salute, but asked, "Who is your envoy here for?" ”

"The order of the grandson of the prison country is signed by the prime minister." The messenger also knew that Ye Chang had doubts in his heart, and after explaining, he said, "Please accept the decree of King Wei." ”

"The order of the grandson, Encore is the order?" Ye Chang didn't speak, and a staff member behind him said: "You messenger, you're so confused!" ”

"The grandson has ascended the throne in front of the emperor's spirit." The messenger hung his head: "Therefore the decree is made...... Wei Wang ......"

"So fast?" Shou An raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Could it be that there is any change in the court, you are an edict?" ”

The messenger secretly complained, and knew that this mission would not go well, but it still gave him a big headache when it was so troublesome.

It was Ye Chang, who waved his hand, signaled everyone to stop arguing, and then laid down the incense case and bowed down to accept the order. Li Longji was especially gracious to him, allowing him to pay homage without kneeling, and bowed when he received the order, and the messenger had nothing to say.

Li Li's will is very long, but the meaning is simple, ask Ye Chang to be the envoy of the mountain tomb, return to Beijing quickly, and preside over the burial of Li Longji's coffin.

This will is exactly the opposite of the meaning of the previous messenger, one is to summon him to Beijing, and the other is to ask him not to enter Beijing, contradicting each other, making Shou'an's expression even more solemn.

There is no doubt that there must be something famous in Chang'an City, which is why such conflicting wills have been passed one after another.

"The minister takes the order." Ye Chang's face did not change, originally his plan, whether the court summoned him or not, he was going to enter Beijing, but now this will just let him enter Beijing without being ordered to enter Beijing by order.

"Without further ado, please also ask King Wei to hurry up." The messenger said.