Chapter 431: The Invasion of the Would-be Invaders
"Lord Zhen'an!"
Li Hao was planning his next step when he suddenly heard a familiar voice calling out to him.
Looking up in surprise, I saw Li Mingda wearing a gorgeous phoenix robe, standing slim not far away.
"Mingda!"
"Mingda girl!"
Li Hao and Wan'er exclaimed at the same time, and Wan'er ran up first, holding Li Mingda's little hand.
Although the two of them have a huge disparity in status, they are already good sisters.
"Sister Mingda, if you come to Lijiazhuang, why don't you notify us in advance, we can pick you up!" Wan'er and Li Mingda haven't seen each other for more than half a year, and they are very excited.
Li Mingda was also very happy holding Wan'er's little hand, but he pretended to be coquettish, and looked at Li Hao with a pout: "My father refused to ask for a marriage in person, where did Mingda dare to let the monarch of the Li Kingdom receive him personally." ”
Although the words are blamed, the tone is full of coquettish jokes.
"Hahaha!" Li Hao laughed out loud after hearing this, walked quickly to Li Mingda's side, patted her head and teased: "You little girl, why do you still hold grudges!" ”
Under this beat, Li Hao suddenly found that she had really grown up, and she no longer looked like a child back then.
At this time, Li Mingda was sixteen years old and in his prime. is no longer the half-grown girl back then, her body has grown up, her body is exquisite, and she already has a bit of a taste of disaster for the country and the people.
Li Mingda stuck out her tongue, she was already talented and smart, how could she not know Li Hao's ambitions, and she would definitely not be angry with Li Hao in this kind of thing.
"Brother Li, I walked for a day to get to Lijiazhuang, and I was almost starving to death, you can pick up the wind for me!"
"Okay!"
Li Hao took Li Mingda's little hand, and the three of them talked and laughed, and walked in the direction of Li Hao's mansion.
"Sixteen, two years to go!"
Along the way, Li Mingda and Wan'er talked and laughed, like a pair of good sisters. Li Hao looked at Li Mingda's delicate figure beside him, and muttered to himself in his heart.
Before Li Shimin offered marriage, the reason why Li Hao refused was that on the one hand, he did not want to get married hastily when the Turkic strong enemy had not yet conquered, and on the other hand, it was also because Li Mingda was too young.
Although it is now the Tang Dynasty, it is not new for women to get married at the age of fourteen or fifteen. But Li Hao is an authentic modern person. In modern society, a woman can only be 18 years old, but only when she reaches the marriageable age. Even if Li Mingda, who is sixteen years old, is cute and cute, in Li Hao's eyes, she is still just a little girl who has not grown up.
Now that he is married to Li Mingda, Li Hao will feel like a strange uncle.
The environment in which he grew up is different, and the ideology is also different. It's rooted in the soul and it's not so easy to change.
In the mansion, Li Hao and the others pushed the cups and changed the lamps, so unhappy.
Li Mingda has a good reputation in Lijiazhuang, and she has already become one with the people around Li Hao, and everyone is naturally very happy that she can come to Lijiazhuang as a guest.
After a meal, Li Hao and Li Mingda sat on the reclining chairs, drinking tea and chatting, so leisurely.
"Mingda, you suddenly came to me this time, you won't just come to play, right?" Li Hao added a cup of difference for her and asked with a light smile.
Li Mingda glanced at him: "Brother Li, sometimes men are too smart, and they will lose a lot of fun!" ”
Li Hao supplemented it with a wry smile and did not explain.
Li Mingda shook his head helplessly: "I won't tease you, Mingda really has something to tell you when he comes this time." ”
"What's the matter?"
"When you went on an expedition to Tuyuhun half a year ago, didn't you ask me to help you keep an eye on the coast?"
Li Hao perked up and immediately sat up straight: "What's the matter, is there a situation?" ”
Li Mingda nodded solemnly: "It is not uncommon for the Dongying Wa Kingdom to invade the coastal areas of the Tang Dynasty, and my father has also sent troops to suppress it many times, but it has also cured the symptoms but not the root cause. Half a year ago, the Linghui army went on an expedition to Tuyuhun, and the Tang army was also transferred to various places to guard the generals and contain the neighboring countries. In the last month, the situation has intensified! ”
"Dongying Wakou is really bold! Don't they know that the Battle of Tuyuhun has ended, and the Tang army has been transferred back from the general? ”
"I don't know about this, but my father has heard about this and has already begun to convene his ministers to discuss this matter, and is ready to mobilize troops and send troops to fight the army!"
"Over the years, we've fought many battles to level the Japanese invaders, right? Why have these Dongying people been repeatedly banned? ”
"No way, Dongying people are in the island country, they are naturally good at water warfare, their warships, the method of water stations is quite unique, every time the Tang Dynasty sends troops to sweep the Kou, once they can't beat them on the shore, they will retract back into the boat, and the vast sea can't completely clear them at all."
"Cutting the grass does not remove the roots, and the command provokes the spring breeze to blow and grow. It's not okay to treat the symptoms but not the root cause! ”
"That's right!" Li Mingda nodded hurriedly: "So the last time you asked me to help you keep an eye on the coastal movements, I knew that Brother Li was eyeing these Dongying people, so as soon as they made a move, I would immediately notify you!" Brother Li, are you going to do something to them? ”
In front of Li Mingda, Li Hao didn't need to hide it, and nodded directly.
"That's right, I don't think these Dongying Wokou are not pleasing to the eye for a long time! Now that Tuyuhun has been surrendered by me, the Turkic Khitan and the two countries will not dare to go south to invade the border for a while, I just have my hands free, I can teach these Dongying people a lesson! It's also a good time to take this opportunity to implement my second step plan! ”
"The second step plan? Can you tell me about it? ”
Li Hao took out a [Battleship Building Book] from his arms and put it in Li Mingda's hand.
"Warship!" Li Mingda let out a low snort and looked at Li Hao in surprise: "I heard Sister Wan'er say, Brother Li, you have been thinking about building a powerful chariot recently, is this warship the same as that chariot?" ”
"I don't dare to say the same, but I can guarantee that the power of a warship built according to the method of building a book is absolutely first! As long as these warships are there, how can they mention the Japanese at sea? ”
When Li Mingda heard Li Hao's assurance, he immediately jumped up in surprise. As the princess of the Tang Dynasty, she informs the people of the Tang Dynasty that every time she hears that the Japanese invaders are killing the coastal residents of the Tang Dynasty, she will be angry and pitiful, and now Li Hao, an invincible god, is finally going to target the Japanese invaders, how can she not be happy?
"I'm going to tell my father the good news!" Li Mingda jumped up, and he was about to return to Chang'an.
Li Hao hurriedly pulled her back: "Little ancestor, why are you as anxious as your father?" You must not tell him about this, otherwise he will be excited and immediately ask me to open a shipyard, and I am afraid that someone will take advantage of this to make trouble! ”
Guo Tu a month ago had already sounded the alarm for Li Hao, and now the attitude towards Li Hao in the Tang Dynasty is not as-for-tat as it was a few years ago. But the people who are not used to seeing themselves have not completely disappeared, they are dormant and in the dark, and when they have the opportunity, they will jump out and bite themselves.
Li Hao didn't dare to guarantee that every time he dealt with this kind of thing, he would be like a thief, why was his family so good.
"yes!" Li Mingda sighed helplessly.
Although Li Hao and Li Shiming have a good relationship, the two are the monarchs of two countries after all, and if Li Shimin so openly allows Li Hao to build a shipyard along the coast of Datang, I am afraid it will attract criticism.