How could the people of the family not know, so they are also worried, and can only use their property to provide cheap goods.

Maybe they don't think about the fact that there are some things that they can't produce and that still account for most of them.

In winter, the snow drifted, and in Taiyuan Mansion, Li Yuan stood in military uniform and paced back and forth in the hall of the city guard's mansion.

The door of the hall was open, and on either side of the hall were six large braziers, even if six braziers could not withstand the cold coming in from the door.

"Father, the child is back."

The first to enter the door was Li Jiancheng.

"It's good to be back."

"Father, the child's 200,000 soldiers and horses in Gangneung are training every day, and now their combat strength must be able to fight with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court."

"Okay."

Li Yuan admires his eldest son very much, he can be literate and martial, and now mastering 200,000 soldiers and horses is a great help to the Li family.

At this time, Li Yuanji happened to come in.

"Big brother, you're back."

Li Yuanji's enthusiasm is additional, and it can be seen that the brotherhood between the two is sincere.

Although Li Yuan didn't treat Li Yuanji very well, he couldn't ignore the bravery of his third son, and when the Li family was employing people, he was not so strict.

Li Shimin came back a little later, and now Penglai has 100,000 soldiers and horses.

It's not that he doesn't want to recruit more people, but he screens them again after he has a certain number.

All those who did not pass were transferred to the workshop to work.

The development speed of Penglai City this year is not too fast, because there are too many things that have been shot, and even with the help of the eldest grandson Wuji, everything can not be accomplished.

The matter of attrition of soldiers and horses was also completed at Li Shimin's insistence, and Li Yuan was a little dissatisfied with this, but Li Shimin's lobbying was still very powerful.

"Father, the boy brought back thirty percent of the year's tax from the general, which can be used to buy horses."

Li Shimin is to send money, send money to Li Yuan, there are many places in the development of Penglai this year that go against Li Yuan's intentions, and at this time it is used to alleviate the contradictions between father and son.

What kind of person is Li Yuan, he is naturally happy to hear that he is rich, and he will not mention Li Shimin's dissatisfaction at this time.

Li Yuan has been a beautiful year, holding 200,000 elites of the Li family, and the prosperous Taiyuan Mansion as a base, providing him with population and materials.

Now that he has the support of the family, he is ready to make a move against the imperial court.

Originally, the family gate valve had reservations about the support of the Li family, because the affairs of Youzhou made them lose face, how to make people willing, so the family decided to support Li Yuan and make them strong to balance the forces of Youzhou.

How could Li Yuan not know what those people thought, but he couldn't ignore the temptation of power.

Now that the climate has been established, the Li family has 500,000 soldiers and horses, and it has taken half a year to train and provide excellent equipment, and it is already fearless of any force in terms of combat effectiveness.

Even Youzhou, he didn't look at it.

Now the number of soldiers and horses on both sides is equal, and even if there is a real conflict, there is a force to fight.

"If today's time and place are favorable, and my father decides to raise troops in Chang'an in the spring of next year, do you have any ideas?"

Li Yuan said this, not to listen to their opinions, but to directly ask them if they had any thoughts about attacking.

As the children of the Li family, they are all smart people, so they naturally know what their father means.

"Father, I, Jiangling, am the closest to launch an attack first, and use it to lure and contain the Luoyang soldiers and horses."

"Well, it's a good idea, if you want to attack Chang'an, you must have the ability to resist Luoyang's reinforcements."

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin, when he thought about this, he wanted to know more about the thoughts of the second child in the family.

Li Shimin saw that he was being watched by his father, so he said: "It is not difficult to capture Chang'an, the difficulty is to contain it, if Luoyang is not eradicated, even if it is attacked and Chang'an, it will not be stable, if you can get rid of Emperor Yang of Sui first, so that the country will change hands, and the throne will inevitably belong to my father." ”

Li Yuan wanted to laugh happily for a while at this time, because what Li Shimin said was his heart.

"Then how to attack Luoyang?"

Li Yuan is not a person who does things as soon as his head is hot, but there are 100,000 guards in Luoyang, and there are even more northwest soldiers who support the king of the mountain between the two places.

It's really not difficult to take Chang'an, but it's hard to do it later.

The Northwest Soldiers are their main enemy, and it is difficult to deal with any of them if they are elites.

500,000 soldiers and horses looks like a lot, in fact, the three cities of the Li family have to leave soldiers and horses to garrison, in fact, it is the limit to be able to dispatch 400,000 soldiers and horses.

Unless they don't want the Three Cities.

How can I give it to people who have finally beaten it.

"Father, we can repeat the old trick and lead the rebel kings to attack Luoyang together."

"Second brother, you think it's too simple, do you think those people are stupid?"

Li Jiancheng interjected, they had done this kind of thing once before, how could they repeat the old trick.

"yes, Jiro, that sounds like child's play."

Li Yuan is also not optimistic, this method is difficult to be optimistic.

"Father's worry is the key to my strategy, if those anti-king forces still occupy one side as before, they will definitely not agree, but now they are different from the past, not to mention that they have lost their foundation, the Li family has 500,000 soldiers and horses to provide them with an opportunity."

Li Yuan thought about it for a while, and seemed to have thought of the key.

"Erlang means to let them have the power of the dragon?"

"It's not all, it's just using them to clear the way for my father."

Li Shimin finally said his plan, and Li Yuan felt that there was a lot to be done after hearing it, thinking that thanks to asking the second child in the family, it would be more beneficial for them to control the overall situation.

Li Shimin seemed to be in a good mood when he left the City Guard Mansion, but in fact he was in a bad mood, because from his father's attitude towards his eldest brother just now, he could feel that he seemed to be valued, but in fact, his eldest brother was better than him in his father's eyes even if he didn't say anything.

He was not convinced.

The reason why Penglai's soldiers and horses were cut to 100,000 is not that he can't afford to raise them, but that if all the soldiers and horses in the family are 200,000, it will inevitably cause suspicion in the family.

Don't look at his father's somewhat indulgent development in the city management, but he is very jealous in the soldiers, otherwise he would not give priority to all the armor processed from the iron ore purchased from Youzhou to the guards at home.

The fact that it was not directly handed over to Li Jiancheng may also be due to the consideration of not destroying the feelings between the brothers and not allowing the contradictions to intensify before doing big things.

Now his development is all in Penglai City, and recently the eldest grandson Wuji has found a few talented people to assist him, as long as he is given time, he will definitely be able to master enough strength.

The two people recommended to him by the eldest grandson Wuji are named Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and the people who are bound have never skipped the trajectory of history.

Li Shimin has already inspected the talents of the two, and they are currently working in Penglai City, sharing a lot of things for him.

It's just that at present, Wenchen has military generals, but there is only Li Yuanji.

He was not discouraged, although only Li Yuanba helped him, it was actually enough.