It's just that Sha Ai soon discovered that many powerful people who had treated him as a guest before chose to close their doors this time, which made his heart sink a little more.

He ran to many houses without giving up, but still couldn't see anyone, and just when he was about to despair, someone finally met him.

It was Wu Yinzhi, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, who had been to Baekje as a special envoy to the Tang Dynasty after the Battle of Tsushima and had some exchanges with Shaai.

He is a more ethical person, and he can't do things that turn his face and don't recognize people, so he opened the door to meet Sha Ai.

After the two sides met, Sha Ai couldn't wait to ask about Wen Yi's words.

Looking at the anxious old acquaintance, Wu Yinzhi was very emotional, he didn't hide it, but said: "From the very beginning, Your Majesty has been determined to dominate the world, and the Liaodong countries are also among them. ”

Sha Ai's face turned white, and he only felt that the world was spinning, and it took a while to recover, and he hurriedly said: "Liaodong is a bitter cold land that is not suitable for farming, and it is just chicken ribs to Tang Guolai." ”

"Why don't you let me wait for the king to guard this place for Your Majesty...... We are willing to increase the annual tribute so that we can preserve the temple. I also ask Master Wu to inform Your Majesty of our fist heart, and I will have a good reward in Baekje. ”

Wu Yinzhi shook his head and said, "The sand envoy doesn't have to think in vain, no one dares to accept the gift you gave." Let me tell you the truth, the gifts you gave to those ministers before, they changed hands and sent them to the Imperial Observatory in the same way. ”

Sha Ai was dumbfounded: "Ah, this...... How can this be? How can this be? ”

The Tang Kingdom has just been unified, and everyone knows that the emperor is going to divide the heroes for the second time. Fengxun is also a nobleman for generations, not to mention a knight, and directly become a prince and king.

At such a critical moment, few people were willing to put themselves in because of a little gift, and after receiving the gift, they directly transferred it to the Yushitai.

Of course, the reason why they are so honest is that they are afraid of the secret agents of the Weiwei Division and the imperial historian Guo Jiting.

Guo Jiting's personality is a bit perverse, and most people are reluctant to get close to him, and after being the prime minister for so many years, there are few people around him.

But it is precisely because of this that he has been able to sit in the Yushitai for more than ten years, and the bigwigs of the same period have taken a back seat, and only he is as stable as Mount Tai. And depending on the emperor's intentions, he can continue to sit in this position for a long time.

Therefore, the officials are afraid of him, and many people are even more afraid of him than the Wei Wei Division.

The Tang State stipulated that those who handed over the gifts given by others in time were not guilty, so the gifts sent by Sha Ai were basically handed over to the Yushitai.

Why is there no one making a noise?

Quite simply, isn't it interesting to watch clown shows.

Wu Yinzhi belongs to a relatively upright person, and he has had several relationships with Sha Ai, but he can't pull off that face after all, and said:

"Your Majesty is arbitrary, no one can change his will, instead of wasting your efforts here, you might as well go back and think about how to persuade the king of Baekje and how to protect yourself."

"Also, you said before that the bitter cold in Liaodong is not suitable for growing food...... A solution has been found to this problem. His Majesty sent people to cultivate cold-tolerant rice on Sanxian Island, and there has been a harvest. ”

"And ...... Forget it, these are confidential, please forgive me for not being able to tell them, I can only say that there is no shortage of hardy crops in the Tang Kingdom, and the black soil of Liaodong will soon turn into fertile land. ”

"Your old way of dealing with the Central Plains Heavenly Army no longer works. This time, wherever the Tang army's army fought, the people would follow and migrate. ”

"That's all it takes, it's up to the Saudi envoys to decide what to do."

Sha Ai walked out of the Wu Mansion in a daze, looking at the sun in the sky but felt that it was so dazzling.

The Central Plains was unified, and they thought that at most, they would be able to call the ministers and pay tribute like before, and they could even get a lot of benefits by bowing their heads and asking for a small amount, but they didn't think that people would want more.

Resist?

In the past, they resisted the Central Plains army, relying on hundreds of miles of swamps formed by the Liao River, and they held on to the city to drag on time. It was delayed until the army ran out of food and grass, or until the winter, when the Central Plains soldiers could not exert their combat effectiveness and had to retreat.

But this method was useless for the Tang State, which was unparalleled in the world by navy itself, and did not need to take the land route to attack the Liaodong countries, and the sea march was faster and safer.

The natural hazards formed by the swamps of hundreds of miles are useless, and the logistics and transportation are more efficient to make up for by sea.

As for relying on the fortified city to defend, don't even think about it. The three kingdoms of Yan, Qin, and Jin have already used practical actions to tell everyone that defending the city is looking for death.

This kind of all-round disadvantage, they have not encountered it, and they have a way to deal with it.

Run away with people, run further north, and burrow into the deep mountains and old forests. The bitter cold of Liaodong is not suitable for growing crops, there is no way to migrate on a large scale, and the Central Plains army will have to withdraw sooner or later.

When the army is gone, they will come out and rebuild their power. At that time, the offensive and defensive forces will change, and those immigrants left behind in the Central Plains will become their blood tonic bags.

When Goguryeo was destroyed by the Han Dynasty, it was by this method that the country was restored.

But now that the Tang Kingdom seems to have cut off this road, they have found grain suitable for cultivation in Liaodong.

He really wanted to tell himself that Wu Yinzhi had lied to him, how could that kind of hardy food crop be so easy to research?

If it were an individual country, he would definitely think so.

But now they are facing the Tang Kingdom, a country that has never been the same as in any previous era. It has already done so many miracles that it is not impossible to come up with hardy crops.

Once Liaodong can grow crops, it will be a catastrophe for these forces.

In fact, Wu Yinzhi is really not lying, and Wen Yi Junchen has already begun to prepare for the subsequent immigration. Yes, they are so arrogant that they have already begun to plan how to build before the war.

Pan Yue, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said: "We have found huge reserves of iron ore and coal mines in Liaodong County, which have been put into mining, and this year's output can reach the scale of 10,000 tons. ”

Everyone knows the importance of these two things, and sufficient coal and iron have wings to take off.

Wen Yi naturally knew where he was talking about, it was Anshan in his previous life, which was the steel capital. Regardless of the grade of iron ore here, at least there are enough reserves.

Now what Tang Guo wants is quantity, and then he is qualified to talk about quality.

Hubu Shangshu Wang Youkun was more concerned with agriculture, although the Tang State already had a steam engine, but in fact it was still an agricultural country.

"Dams must be built here on the Liao River to regulate the flow of water, so that the swamps that are hundreds of miles downstream will become fertile plains, which can reclaim thousands of hectares of fertile land and feed hundreds of thousands of people."

"This is not counting the thousands of miles of black soil around, the land here is fat and flowing oil in the words of the old farmers."

"As soon as the hardy crop seeds arrive, we can go all out to settle and develop this place into a granary."

Wen Yi said: "I just don't know where the ocean-going expedition fleet has gone, and whether it has found seeds." ”

At this time, off the coast of Central America, a slightly broken fleet was sailing downwind, speeding further south.

Looking at the flag on the ship, it was the ocean-going expedition that Wen Yi had in mind.