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Although Li Chao was very happy to dig the corner of the Tang Dynasty, seeing that Li Er was so embarrassed now, he also knew that sometimes it was too bad. Things must be reversed, and the dog jumps off the wall in a hurry.

Li Shimin, the lord of the world, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, turned out to be a big aristocratic family, how could he be willing. He knew that Li Er was still very ambitious. And Li Er's ruthlessness is also quite powerful, he drank poison to frame the prince, and the people who dared to put the emperor's father under house arrest and lock up the prince's eldest brother were ordinary people.

The corners of the wall are dug too hard, and Li Shimin will definitely fight back.

"San Lang, spring ploughing is coming soon, how to arrange the thousand acres of land?"

Cui Yingying's belly is already pregnant, and she is almost five months pregnant. Rich in nutrition, coupled with following Li Chao's advice and exercising in moderation, Cui Yingying is now very healthy, plump, and her face is more ruddy. She has now also handed over many things to Zheng Hongxian and Zhao Siniang to help deal with.

Maybe it's because I'm pregnant, and people have become more generous, and for several other women in the family, such as Du Caiwei's three pregnant concubines, it's also better, and they haven't been treated badly inside and out.

However, she has not completely let go of the things at home, and she has been paying attention to such a major event as spring ploughing.

Now the Li family has a lot of fields, a lot of land, and a lot of people.

The ones that were bought before, those given by others, and those shared by the imperial court, plus the last time Bashang immigrated to Taozhou, many people sold their land to the Li family, and finally it was up to more than 3,000 acres of land in Bashang. Not counting the thousands of acres of land in other counties in Gyeonggi and those in Wu'an, Hebei, there are also many lands in Taozhou.

In addition, the 20,000 acres of bathing ditch land bought by the Li family were also newly developed last year, and now there are almost 3,000 acres of terraced fields, which are basically developed, and other places on the slope are planted in the future.

In a Gyeonggi region, the Li family has more than 7,000 acres of cultivated land for growing grain, and more than 10,000 acres of forest land.

But these lands are not as many as Li Yuanji's. Those lands are still in Li Chao's hands, all over Gyeonggi, and even Guannai, Henan, Hedong, Shannan, Hebei, Jianghuai, etc., anyway, more than 1,000 hectares, a whole hundred thousand acres of land. Li Yuanji is a well-deserved big landlord, and now it is all Li Chao's.

These places are actually a bit tricky for Li Chao.

If it was a thousand acres of land, Li Chao ate it without hesitation. But thousands of acres of land, there are not many families in the entire Chang'an that have so much land, Li Shimin was bold when he gave it, and it is estimated that he must be a little regretful and distressed now.

Li Chao has already resigned twice, but Li Shimin is still insisting, it is estimated that he is still relatively thin-skinned, and he is embarrassed to give it away and take it back immediately.

"Don't take care of those lands, I'll give them back to Your Highness."

Cui Yingying nodded, but she was still a little reluctant, more than a thousand hectares of land. But in such a big matter, she still obeys her husband.

"I'll go to the East Palace, you can recuperate at home, don't worry too much about housework, just give those to the red line and Siniang to take care of them."

Cui Yingying smiled, "My body is getting heavier and heavier, and I can't take care of it if I want to, it just so happens that my cousin Wanyan is about to enter the door, so let her take care of it for me then." ”

Li Chao said a little embarrassed, "Actually, I didn't promise the Zheng family about this matter, so I can refuse it completely." ”

"Why do you refuse, my cousin and I have been sisters since childhood, and we have a good relationship. Although she is a few years younger than me, she is a very nice person. It's a good thing that she entered our Li family, and I will add an assistant to this family in the future. Besides, let's get married to the Zheng family like this. ”

"Would you really like to? If you don't want to, don't grieve yourself. Although the Zheng family of Xingyang is now the leader of the Kanto region, to be honest, our Li family does not need to look at the eyes of any wealthy family, and we don't need to marry them. ”

"I know, San Lang, you can be proud of the five surnames and seven sects, but it is beneficial and harmless to marry the Zheng family, besides, I do have a good relationship with my cousin Wanyan, and I also want her to come in."

Li Chao is also telling the truth, of course there are benefits to marrying the Zheng family. But he doesn't need to deliberately wronged himself and his wife now. In this matter, he can completely make his own decisions. Unlike when I said goodbye to the Cui family at the beginning, it was my father and Qin Qiong who had the final say.

Now marrying the Zheng family is just acceptance, even if it is a wife, it is also acceptance, not marriage.

It is Li Chao who is really in charge, and then he has to ask for the intention of his parents and wife. Of course, my father, as always, is quite supportive of marriage with the family, and Cui Yingying is even more so, she always strictly follows the etiquette of women in this era.

They don't let themselves be jealous, they don't stop their husbands from taking concubines and buying maids, they respect their husbands' rights, and they also ask their husbands to respect their rights in the backyard. Li Chao didn't stop her from taking a concubine, and even helped Zhang Luo. But when people enter the door, they have to be under her control.

After kissing Cui Yingying on the forehead, Li Chao said goodbye with a smile.

Cui Yingying is still a little shy, but she smiles happily.

Go out and go to the East Palace, where you can see many Wuhou and Jin Wuwei patrolling the streets.

The day of the crown prince's accession to the throne is getting closer and closer, and Chang'an is becoming more tight.

East Palace.

Li Shimin was at a loss, and what was placed in front of him was a number of account books, various expenses, and requests for money everywhere.

"Your Highness, Zhao Guogong asks to see you."

"Ask him to come over."

As soon as Li Chao came in, Li Shimin pulled him to complain.

"Wen Yuan, you came at the right time, look at it, after I became this prince, I didn't sleep well for a day. The amount of money requested for various expenses in the palace is amazing. But this is still small, if you look at this again, Li Jing, Li Shiji, Shubao and Sichang have all arrived, and now they have all sent back the recital, saying that on the border, there is movement among the Turks. All four of them asked the imperial court to allocate funds for them to requisition and purchase materials to strengthen the defense of the border, repair the Great Wall, military forts, checkpoints, and reserve grain, grass and ordnance, and so on. The lonely heads are all big, where can they go to pull money and food for them? ”

"Turkic movements?"

Li Chao frowned, this is not a trivial matter.

Nowadays, the Turks are the number one rival of the Tang Dynasty. Last year, the Turks went south in a big way, but the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and finally they grabbed a handful and left.

Datang claimed internally that it was to kill 100,000 Turks and win a complete victory, but in fact, it was not like that at all.

It can even be said that at that time, Datang did not win at all, but exposed his true strength in front of the Turks. In the end, he sent the princess with his relatives, and sent a lot of dowries, and he had to continue to fulfill the previous agreement with the Turks and send them money, so that he could be regarded as reaching a peace agreement of a truce and a boycott of the war.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has changed its master, it would be too common for Jieli Khan to take advantage of this transitional period between the old and the new to do something.

"A lot of intelligence shows that the Turks are indeed preparing for war."

Although the Turks are not as complicated as the Han people in the Central Plains, they also have to be prepared, if it is only a small-scale Koubian, there is no need for preparation, but if it is a full-scale war, the Turks are no less prepared than the Han people.

"The Turkic invasions of the south were generally chosen in the autumn when the horses were fat. If the Turks had begun to prepare now, they would have gone south in September and October. ”

Li Shimin nodded, "San Lang, you judged well, and I also have this idea." The Turks did not gain much from going south last year, but they tested our reality. Seriously, we are far less powerful than the Turks now, and if they really want to go south with all their might, it will be very troublesome at that time. ”

Li Chao immediately thought of the Weishui Alliance.

Although the Weishui Alliance was a few years later, the Turks had already invaded the south one after another before that. When Li Shimin ascended the throne and became emperor after the Xuanwu Gate, Jieli led an army of 200,000 to break through directly into Guanzhong and killed until the north bank of Weishui in Chang'an City.

In the end, Li Shimin signed an alliance with Jieli under the city, so that Jieli could retreat.

But that time, Li Shimin was certainly powerful, but in fact, Datang was also a big loser, and he agreed to pay tribute every year and pay protection money to the Turks in exchange.

The Turks came and went, and they burned and looted.

was directly beaten by the Turks under Chang'an City, if it weren't for Li Shimin's quick reaction at that time and his preparations for a desperate battle, the Turks would not have left when they saw that Chang'an City was very well defended.

Now, there is a good chance that the Turks will come again to the Weishui Alliance.

"Your Highness, if the Turks come again this time, they will definitely not attack from three sides like last time, they will definitely choose all the way, focusing on breakthroughs, I think that the Turks are most likely to drive straight to Guanzhong and come to Chang'an."

Li Shimin's brows were furrowed tightly, Li Chao's words were also judged by him.

In the two directions of Hebei and Hedong, the Turks had already looted last time, and they couldn't grab much anymore, especially with the two generals Li Jing and Li Shiji, and the imperial court also deployed a lot of heavy troops there.

On the Guanzhong side, it's different.

Last time, this road gained the least, but this road is the closest to Chang'an.

As long as the Turks use the Lingwu and Shuofang captured by the Liang division as their advance base, they can gather 100,000 or even 200,000 Turkic iron cavalry and focus on attacking the first line of Xiaoguan.

Guanzhong Plain, but now the richest place in the Tang Dynasty, even if you can't capture Chang'an, you can grab a pass in the Guanzhong Plain, and then force Li Tang to pay tribute, and the Turks can also make a lot of money.

Although Xiaoguan is the northwest gateway of Chang'an, and Qin Shubao personally guards it, it definitely can't prevent the Turkic army.

"Gu plans to send additional troops and horses to Shubao to strengthen the first-line defense of Xiaoguan."

"Your Highness, there are only so many soldiers and horses in the imperial court, strengthen the first line of Xiaoguan, then the first line of Daibei and Yanbei will inevitably weaken."

Li Shimin was helpless, "Do you have any better way?" ”

There are too many doors to enter the office, the noble family is too good, and the capital of Luli is too thick. If there are more people in the office, there will be fewer benefits for agricultural workers; If there is less benefit for agriculture and labor, there will be a shortage of materials, and if there are not enough materials, the country will be poor. The family of Jiupin does not pay taxes, and the children are rewarded with shade and grace, and they sit and eat the people.

Qin opened the Zheng Canal and irrigated 40,000 hectares of fields. Han opened the white canal and re-irrigated more than 4,500 hectares of fields. Guanzhong Woyan, it is really in Si. But Datang only has more than 6,000 acres left.

Compared with the Han Dynasty, it is 38,900 hectares. The surplus of stones reduced per mu is less than four or five million stones.

The loss of geographical advantages is like this, and the manpower is scattered like that, and if you want to be rich and strong, you can get it! ……

Li Shimin is really poor and can't open the pot!

All digging into his corners! (To be continued.) )