Li Yuanxing ordered to return to Chang'an and leave Su Dingfang here to continue digging. You don't need to ask for progress, you just need to watch the place. The rest of the army went back to Chang'an with Li Yuanxing.

All he had with him was the complete dragon bones. and three essentially intact dinosaur bones.

The most complete of them is not the pterosaur, but a velociraptor with a head of just over a meter. There is not a single bone missing, and what is even more rare is that the bones on the body are very rare.

When the king of Qin returned to Chang'an, there was no drum music, no flags, only a team that accelerated his way.

Li Xiaogong and Zhang Gong returned to their respective cities to strengthen their defenses, especially Li Xiaogong began to pay full attention to Gaochang's reaction, and began to store war materials in Yiwu to train the people. Li Yuanxing had promised that before winter, no matter what, 100,000 stone of grain and 100,000 people of ordnance would be transported to him.

Hezhou is more than 1,300 miles away from Chang'an.

Li Yuanxing ordered to return to Chang'an in ten days!

At noon on the ninth day, the Tang Emperor Li Er personally went out to greet him for thirty miles.

Not for anything else, just because Li Yuanxing suddenly came back ahead of schedule, and there was no drum music, and he actually dragged a lot of baggage behind at the speed of a rapid march. Li Er couldn't help but worry.

"The imperial brother personally came out to greet him, and the younger brother was terrified!" Li Yuanxing still maintained a smile on his face.

"Gorou has worked hard, he must want his brother to see the skeleton of the giant beast one day earlier, Gorou has worked hard!" Li Er also smiled haha, and stretched out his hand to pick up Li Yuanxing: "Come and drive with my brother, and send Wulang back to Qinwangzhuang for my brother!" ”

Li Er and Li Yuanxing sat on Li Er's frame.

got into the car, and Li Yuanxing's and Li Er's faces sank at the same time.

"Goro. What happened? ”

"An extremely interesting thing, the younger brother underestimated some characters. So go back to Chang'an to make some preparations and play this game with them. Li Yuanxing squeezed out a smile on his face.

Li Er shook his head gently: "Gorou, don't embarrass yourself too much, I'll tell you good news for my brother." This year's Chang'an is bound to be a bumper harvest, the household department and Sinong Temple have sent people to count, this year's Chang'an City around five hundred miles, the harvest is five times that of last autumn, which is the benefit of Wulang's water conservancy. ”

"First transport 100,000 quintals to Li Xiaogong, and let the military department prepare 100,000 people of ordnance to be secretly transported to Yiwu!"

"Gorou, tell me, what's going on?"

Li Yuanxing sorted out the thoughts in his head. Begin to speak.

"Brother Huang. Let's start with the time. The Tuyuhun people suddenly proposed to open the spring market, then the time is from mid-April to late April next year. At this time, it should be that the minister was on an expedition to Goguryeo, or that he had already arrived in Goguryeo. The point in time to prepare for the start of the war. These two times coincide. ”

Li Er nodded. He can rule the world. In terms of strategic height, he is definitely smarter than Li Yuanxing.

"Let's talk about the location. Tuyuhun chose Ganzhou, which is the throat position between Datang and Yiyiwu, so it can be said that as long as Ganzhou is unstable. Even if it's just some war. I, Datang, will not be able to take care of Yiwu for two months. Speaking of Yiwu, all the levels of Yiwu are set up for Datang, it is easy to attack from west to east, and it is difficult to attack from east to west, very difficult! ”

Li Er nodded silently.

"Brother Huang, zuihou a little. It was King Gao Chang who played a trick that he thought was very clever. I thought that in order to stabilize his Gaochang, the younger brother was to use troops in a few years, so he deliberately put forward several very unreasonable demands. The younger brother thought that he was wrong, this kind of thing that added to the snake made the younger brother vigilant! ”

After listening to all of Li Yuanxing's introduction, Li Er shook his head gently.

"Brother Huang thinks his brother is wrong?"

"Goro, listen to my brother."

Li Yuanxing nodded heavily: "Please advise the imperial brother!" ”

"Goro, you're just guessing, but there is not enough evidence to prove that Gaochang and Tuyuhun are going to be unfavorable to Datang. But Gorou is not wrong in what you said, such an arrangement, such a time and place together, seems to be a conspiracy in itself. Let's talk about the truth or the falsehood! ”

Li Er's thinking was a little more complicated than Li Yuanxing's, because he was still thinking about the contradictions within the Tang Dynasty.

"If it's true, there is only one solution, and that is for me to start in advance. However, to make a move early would mean to break with Tuyuhun and go to war. King Gaochang just handed over the order, and Tuyuhun proposed to be friendly, at this time, we Datang will do it first, let the world think of it. ”

"Yes. What a nuisance! Li Yuanxing sighed.

Li Er said again: "Besides, it's fake, they don't want to resist, Datang has transferred too much military strength over." It will affect the defense of other places. Your transfer of 100,000 soldiers, plus auxiliary soldiers and men and horses transporting grain and grass, is equivalent to reducing Datang by nearly 500,000 laborers, you must know how much labor is needed in Chang'an now. ”

How big it is, Li Yuanxing probably knows in his heart, but there is no detailed number.

Li Er is the emperor and the emperor's brother. On the issue of the internal construction of Datang, this is the first time, from Li Yuanxing being reasoning to Li Er being reasonable.

"Goro, Chang'an's current value as a Murowei animal worker has nearly tripled. The monthly wages of the boatmen have risen about five times. A third-class craftsman only needs to post a notice on the notice of the Ministry of Industry to ask for work, and the notice will not be less than ten people coming to the door within an hour. The income is already higher than that of the five-grade officials of Datang. ”

Ha, haha!

Li Yuanxing smiled heartily.

Datang has changed, and it is completely different from the historical Datang.

When did labor become a scarce material in Datang, but in fact, the workshops in Chang'an were really grabbing people.

"Gorou doesn't know, your machine of a thousand acres a day. It is the most demanded by Datang now, the price of the strong cow has dropped by two, buy one of your machines, you can free up hundreds of labor, and the benefits created by these hundreds of people for the family in a year are ten times the price of your machine. ”

"Immortal workers are productivity!" Li Yuanxing replaced the word science and technology with Xiangong once.

Li Er also smiled with Li Yuanxing.

Suddenly, Li Er's face changed: "Goro, tell you another big conspiracy for my brother!" ”

"Brother Huang, please speak!"

"The Western Turks secretly told Wang Jishan that as long as the brother agreed to make peace, their bride price would be Gaochang!" Li Er said in a very serious tone.

Li Yuanxing was stunned for a moment, and continued to daxiao: "Okay, it's really very haode." These guys are shameless people! ”

The meaning of the Western Turks' words was understood by both Li Er and Li Yuanxing. This is also tantamount to telling the Tang Dynasty that if there is no harmony, the Western Turks will definitely avoid the issue of Gaochang. The rest of the issues can be discussed, such as trade routes, trade, etc., there is no problem.

Whether you want a horse, a woman, or a cargo, it's not a problem.

Only, don't talk about Gaochang.

Li Er's voice lowered a few points again: "Goro, I heard that you are going to build two aerial fortresses. So for my brother, I have to tell you that the other one is a last resort, don't use it. Unless you are sure of an all-out war with Tuyuhun, it is likely that all the small states around Datang will unite in secret. ”

"Because Datang made them feel scared?" Li Yuanxing believes that his guess is not wrong.

"That's right, that's why. Gorou can imagine the Eastern Turks, the Western Turks, Tuyuhun, and Goguryeo. If they join forces, what should I do with Datang? At this time, I really understand how difficult it is to not get along. As soon as Datang enters a state of all-out war at this time, the development of Datang will stop there, and it is likely to rewind the chaos of the war a few years ago. "Li Er is an excellent strategist, his thinking is not simpler than Li Yuanxing, and it must be much more comprehensive.

Li Er still didn't say a word.

That is, there are many people in the party of the hidden prince, and now it is only the first year of Zhenguan.

When the time comes, in case the world says that Li Er will only know how to use military force when he sits on the emperor. It's really not as good as Prince Yin. At that time, Li Er couldn't stand it, and Li Yuanxing couldn't stand it either. There will definitely be civil strife in Datang.

"What clever advice does the imperial brother have?" Li Yuanxing asked.

Li Er smiled and shook his head: "No, even if you know that you will suffer a loss, you have to let Gao Chang do it first, and then counterattack." This is the only idea in the heart of the brother. Just to occupy a great righteousness, my Datang is to avenge Yiwu. ”

Li Yuanxing understood, this is politics, even if he knows that he will suffer losses and sacrifices, he has to choose.

"If the opponent starts fighting, we will fight back......"

Li Yuanxing regretted it after asking, so if Li Er said, it would take a lot of preparation to prepare the people.

What if you guess wrong?

Then there is only one option, which is to go to war directly with Gaochang. Otherwise, it will make the officials of the Tang Dynasty think that His Royal Highness King Qin is also wrong, and he can only be forced to do the wrong thing.

The war with Gaochang represented a war with Tuyuhun, which fell into a new trouble.

Datang needs to recuperate and recuperate, and it needs to accumulate liliang.

Li Yuanxing leaned on the carriage, and the more he thought about it, the more chaotic his mind became, politics is really not fun, and those who play politics cannot be good people. Otherwise, a cruel decision cannot be made, and no matter how Li Yuanxing calculates, it will require a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources. Even at the expense of many people.

Whether it is the sergeants of the Tang Dynasty or the people of the Tang Dynasty.

"Goro, you have to remember that Goguryeo can't help but fight. To what extent, this time the decision will be completely handed over to you for your brother, even if you don't fight an inch of land, you won't complain for your brother. ”

Li Yuanxing didn't answer, just smoked his cigarette silently.

The burden on King Qin's body is getting heavier and heavier, this is not a game, it is not a casual child. It's not a game, it's impossible to go wrong and start over. It's not a game, because it's all the most real lives that are sacrificed.

"Gorou, it's been a hard journey. After returning to the village, I have a good rest for a few days, and there are state affairs every day, and I am not in a hurry for these days. (To be continued......)

PS: It's ten o'clock, and I still have time to write another update, and cheer myself up.