Folks often say that the left eye jumps to wealth and the right eye jumps to disaster, and in the golden autumn of October, when Li Xiao and his family were gnawing crabs, bad news came.

Defeated by Arabutan, Geldan defected to Wu Sangui and led Wu Sangui's army to raid the Ili River Valley. Reoccupied this most humid oasis in Central Asia.

The Ili River Valley is known as the eye of Central Asia, because the lack of water in Central Asia Ili is definitely an accident. Everyone knows that Yili was taken back by Zuo Zongtang in the later generations, but what everyone doesn't know is that Zuo Zongtang only recovered half of the Ili River Valley, and even less than half of the Ili River Valley in terms of area.

Water is the source of life, and even more so in Central Asia. Whoever controls water resources controls Central Asia. Unfortunately, in this Central Asian grip, Wu Sangui grabbed ahead of Li Xiao.

"That place in the Ili River Valley is too far away from Daming, even from Hami under our control. We don't have enough forces to put it there, and even if we do, the logistics will be under great pressure. Zhang Huangyan is now the second assistant of the cabinet, second only to Sun Chengzong.

The old fox's analysis of the battle situation is very reasonable, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to send troops to recapture the Ili River Valley, at least not now.

"It's October, and winter is coming. Even if you want to send troops, you can't do it now. There are no roads in the Western Regions, and in winter, there will be heavy snow in some places, and you will not be able to get through. Even if you say that the geographical location of the Ili River Valley is important, at least you can't send troops this year. ”

Sun Chengzong also disagreed with Li Xiao's idea of sending troops!

The cabinet now has a total of three people, two to one, and Li Xiao's proposal was ruthlessly vetoed.

"Okay, I won't be in the army this year. Then in the coming year, I will send troops to the Ili River Valley. Li Xiao felt that if Zuo Zongtang could hit Yili, the generals of the Ming Dynasty should be fine. Zu Dashou is a good choice, the fourth division has always been looked down upon by the other three divisions because of its lack of military merits.

Zu Dashou has already been to Beijing twice, and he wants Li Xiao to send him some combat missions. Whether he went to the Western Regions to fight the Mongols, or went to the south to deal with the local natives, he did not think that the enemy was too weak.

"No problem, next year we will send troops to the Ili River Valley. By the way, I took a few divisions of garrison divisions to go there to farm, and last year the Yellow River was flooded again, and a large number of victims in Henan were not found.

Kaifeng and Lankao are actually not suitable for farming. The terrain is low, and when the Yellow River rains heavily, the water rises, and it becomes Zeguo. The imperial court plans to withdraw more than 900,000 people from there, you see, no problem. Zhang Huangyan looked at Li Xiao with a smile.

From the old fox's mouth, Li Xiao knew that he was holding back. On weekdays, if they wanted to fight such a battle of labor and capital, and the money was like flowing water, the two old foxes had already jumped up against it. The reason is simple: most of the state's money is invested in local construction. Military......! No money!

Today's promise so happily turned out to be holding back to let Li Xiao resettle millions of victims in the Yellow Flood Area.

"There are also Shandong, Heze, Dongming, and Shanxian counties, which have also been affected. More than 1.1 million people were affected by the disaster, and you will also be resettled in the Western Regions. It would be a waste if we couldn't use such a big place. Before Li Xiao could react, Sun Chengzong put down the teacup and said slowly.

Li Xiao felt that he had fallen into a trap, these two old foxes were not here to talk to him about the Western Expedition today, they were here to talk about the resettlement of the victims.

"The imperial court took 20% of the treasury out for disaster relief, and today's disaster has finally survived. But the imperial court can't give subsidies every year, and now it has arranged for the victims to go to Guanzhong. Then they will take the train to Yumen Pass and Hami. When you go west, take them with you. When encountering a place with abundant water and grass, leave some people to settle. ”

Li Xiao felt that the mouth on Sun Chengzong's white beard was spraying venom one by one.

You have to bring two million victims with you to fight a war, what the hell is a war? Li Zicheng will do this!

"Guanzhong ...... last year!" Li Xiao felt that he had to fight, otherwise he would take 100,000 victims to fight, and all kinds of endless problems could torture him to death.

"Guanzhong has already arranged, some people have been emigrated from Sichuan, and some people have been emigrated from Lianghu. Shanxi and Henan have immigrated some, and now the official family has no ripe land to divide out. The policy given by the imperial court is very good, no rent is collected for three years, and agricultural tools are also distributed. The farmers are willing to go!

In addition, Xi'an is also recruiting 100,000 workers in various places. It can be regarded as solving the livelihood of many people, and Sun Chuanting did a good job this time. ”

Sun Chengzong, an old bastard, praised his students whenever he had the opportunity.

"These people will be organized into military households, and from then on, the civil affairs of the imperial court will not be able to control them." Li Xiao gritted his teeth in anger, it was obvious that he did not agree to resettle these refugees. I want to go on an expedition next year, and that's my dream. The two old foxes would come up with eight hundred reasons not to make it.

Of course, one of the most inexplicable reasons is lack of money. If you have the ability, you Li Xiao will pay for the expedition by yourself.

Li Xiao didn't have this ability, so he could only pinch his nose and recognize the conditions of the two old foxes. At most, it is just to get a little more benefit for yourself.

"Yes! No problem, as long as you don't mind and don't admit that they are the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

As soon as Zhang Huangyan's words came out, Li Xiao was suddenly deflated. Facts have proved that Li Xiao still underestimated the shamelessness of this old fox.

"The imperial court needs to supply them with grain from now until the end of next year!" The food problem must be arranged, and if there is no food for more than 2 million people, there will be a very big disturbance, so big that no one can bear the consequences.

"It's natural, not only this year and next year. The supply will also be halved the following year, and this supply will not stop until five years later. Reclamation! You can't work hungry! ”

Li Xiao nodded, which can be regarded as a knock on the two old foxes.

"Okay, I'll do that. Also, I'm going to go south, and I'm going to fight Sri Lanka. Li Xiao sat on the sofa angrily and said the second purpose angrily.

"That's not going to work! The labor expedition is a big taboo in the country, and now that the country has just suffered a disaster, and the arrears for the disaster relief have not yet been settled, how can you have the money to fight Sri Lanka. Zhang Huangyan wrapped his sleeves and his clothes were righteous and awe-inspiring.

"Sri Lanka is so far away that the old man struggles to find it on the map. We have so many people in the Ming Dynasty, even if we defeat you, what can we do. No one is going to occupy it, and after a few years it will not be Indian. Sun Chengzong is also persuading Li Xiao.

Li Xiao knew that the two old foxes had been discussed. They were very afraid that Li Xiao would be as reckless as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in history, and in the end, although he had laid a large territory, he would deplete the national strength to a dangerous point and bring a huge crisis to future generations.

"I will settle 50,000 Cao Gang immigrants in Sri Lanka, these are authentic Chinese and Miao people, this is always okay."

"Brother Xiao, the soldiers are in danger. I know you want to conquer a big territory, but you can't swallow a lion in one bite. If the snake swallows the elephant, it will die. "The old fox finally showed his fox tail.

"Alright! To attack Sri Lanka, I don't need to pay a single silver coin from the imperial court. But you have thought clearly, the matter is done, and I will not hand over a single piece of seizure. ”

Sri Lanka is known as the land of gemstones, and the sapphires and rubies produced there are some of the finest. Moreover, using Sri Lanka as a base, he can harass Wu Sangui indefinitely, so that he cannot concentrate on running the Ili River Valley.

Moreover, the attack on Sri Lanka can be regarded as revenge for Wu Sangui's march into the Ili River Valley.

The two old foxes glanced at each other, and they knew that Li Xiao was determined to fight this battle. What Li Xiao decided in his heart, the eight cows couldn't pull it back.

Attacking the Ili River Valley can still rely on his hind legs with logistics, but now the Ming Navy has no opponent in the Indian Ocean. The landing operation is already very mature, and if Li Xiao really wants to do it, no one can stop him.

Let's talk about how much military spending can be spent on attacking an island.