Chapter 492: Not a Man of the World
For the war in Goguryeo, Li Shimin did not want to drag on for too long, and now he has invested 400,000 troops, and there are more than 400,000 people.
Together, the team of the Eastern Crusade had nearly a million people, and such attrition was not conducive to fighting for a long time.
It was because of this that Emperor Yang of Sui was dragged down by Goguryeo.
To say that it may be a little bit worse to win Goguryeo this year, but it is still no problem to win most of Goguryeo.
The Tang Dynasty blocked Goguryeo's grain for two years, and now in addition to some grain in the hands of Yuangai Suwen, the grain in the hands of the Treasure King cannot feed many people at all.
The people of Goguryeo had been suffering from famine for two years, and together with the war, the population had plummeted by 30%.
For the hungry, whoever can give a stutter is the master here.
The first slogan of the rebellion of all dynasties was to keep the people fed and clothed.
"Big brother, this problem shouldn't be big, our strategy last year was very smooth, but we were a little unprepared last year,
Today we are going to prepare enough seeds in advance, regardless of the city, mainly for the villages outside the city.
Vigorously develop the poor people, give them food to tide over the difficulties, give them seeds to cultivate themselves, and find something for them to do.
Planting is still the old rule, I produce seeds, but I want 30% of the grain. ”
Li Shen told Li Chengqian what he thought,
In Li Shen's view, it doesn't matter how many people occupy the city, how many people are in the city, and how many people are outside.
As long as the territory outside the city is occupied, the city will become an island, and even if the Tang Dynasty does not attack them,
Either they will starve to death or come out and surrender.
Moreover, the Huairou policy adopted by the Tang Dynasty launched a people's war, and even if the dignitaries in the city wanted to go out of the city to get food,
The people of the village would not agree and would even attack these nobles.
Because they've already experienced something like this once.
"Tenth brother, do you think Aya is so easy to deceive? Last year, you sold 30% of your grain to the imperial court to supplement Goguryeo's needs.
You took a lot of money from the court last year.
After Aya found out, you know how long you regretted it, saying that you were deceived.
This year, Aya is going to use the seeds of the Imperial Village. ”
When Li Chengqian heard that Li Shen was still playing this game, he immediately retorted,
Li Shimin told him that this year he was going to use the seeds of the royal manor for Goguryeo cultivation.
As for the food of the imperial court, it will also be supplied to the millions of Eastern Expeditionary Army, as well as the relief of the people of Goguryeo.
Li Shimin's royal manor is countless times more than Li Shen's land.
Food was not worth much in Datang, but Li Shen's way of making money made him valuable.
Not only did it solve the problem of Goguryeo planting, but it could also have 30% of the land rent, and then sell it to the imperial court at a high price, and the harvest was full.
Li Shen was reluctant after hearing Li Chengqian's words, how could he open his own way, and could he still let others go?
"Big brother, you're a little unauthentic, aren't you?"
"What does this have to do with me?" Li Chengqian said innocently.
"Hmph, don't think I don't know, you and Aya are in the same group, sooner or later the money will be yours, every penny Aya earns now, he will leave you an extra penny in the future.
Big brother, you've changed, you're no longer the big brother who doesn't love money. You're going to fight with me for hundreds of thousands, right? Li Shen's face showed grievances,
"Old ten, hundreds of thousands? That was last year, and if you occupy most of Goguryeo this year, do you know how much food you will need?
The grain in the treasury may not be enough, and new grain from the south is needed this year.
When the harvest arrives in the second half of the year, if you sell it to the imperial court at a high price, it will not be hundreds of thousands, but millions of people in Goguryeo.
Do you think Aya will give you such a large piece of meat? ”
Li Chengqian was almost angry to death by what Li Shen said, this younger brother is too capable of fooling. For the sake of money, no word is true.
Just when the two brothers were arguing, Li Tai and Li Zhi on the side were stupid.
Why did my eldest brother go out with my younger brother and come back so much?
Now the things that people are arguing about are already hundreds of thousands of businesses that have started.
When he was still complacent about tens of thousands of dollars a year, his eldest brother and younger brother were already arguing about whether to earn hundreds of thousands or one million this year.
The two looked at each other, and both saw shock and inferiority in each other's eyes.
If it's Li Shen, they don't care, they can't compare to Li Shen since they were young, except for having the identity of a sister-in-law.
But now the same is true of the eldest brother, as if they are no longer in the same world.
Li Chengqian argued with Li Shen for a long time, and finally found out that he was not Li Shen's opponent, this younger brother was sharp-tongued, and there were also a bunch of fallacies and heresies.
Li Chengqian felt that he still had to practice for a few years.
"Okay, tenth brother, I'm going back to the East Palace to deal with the twists, and Aya will talk to you about this matter in person. Big brother is just talking to you. ”
After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he nodded to Li Tai and Li Zhi, turned around and fled, got into the carriage and went back to the East Palace.
"Tenth brother, have you and your eldest brother started to do such a big deal now?" Li Tai leaned over and asked.
"Oh, it's not the eldest brother, it's the younger brother who transported a little seed to Goguryeo last year and let the local people be responsible for planting.
The younger brother only received 30% of the rent.
The younger brother sold these grains to the imperial court at a very reasonable price, but he made hundreds of thousands of hard-earned money.
You give the little brother a comment, just such a little money, Aya and the eldest brother are still worried about it, and they have to compete with the younger brother.
You don't think it should be. ”
Li Shen stepped forward to complain to Li Tai and Li Zhi's two brothers,
After listening to Li Shen's words, Li Tai and Li Zhi silently turned around and walked towards their carriage.
"Huh?? Ay~? Fourth brother, ninth brother, you have to listen to me, you have to evaluate the younger brother. Fourth brother? Brother Jiu? ”
Li Tai and Li Zhi got into their carriage silently as if they hadn't heard it, and walked away.
Even if Li Shen shouted in the back, they were stabbed in the heart and hurt their self-esteem by Li Shen's words.
"Cut~~~ If you don't listen to the pull, I'll be angry with you two little people." Li Shen saw that Li Tai and Li Zhi's carriage had gone away, so he muttered to himself with a smug face.
When Li Chengqian asked him, he deliberately mentioned the matter of making money in front of these brothers, and he was deliberately angry with these brothers.
In the next few days, Li Shen asked people to prepare for going to the Guangzhou Governor's Mansion.
The first is the guards, this time it is still the old rule to lead two thousand guards to go, as for the honor guard, there is no honor guard in Li Shen's mansion.
also brought a lot of utensils and materials to Li You, although these are not rare things in Chang'an, but they are all precious things in Lingnan.
And the price is more than several times more expensive than Chang'an, so Li Shen asked people to prepare more than 20 truckloads of supplies.