After listening to Liu Mu's introduction to the dye, Li Yuan looked at Feng An, and Li Yuan was asking at this glance, since there was a lot of information further south, what should Feng Ang do. Feng Ang understood what Li Yuan meant, and bowed slightly: "Sage, please report to Rong Chen later." ”

"Yes."

Li Yuan nodded and continued to look at the workshop here.

At this time, Li Yuan had already understood that nothing could be produced here, and the meaning of existence here was to study what could be turned into valuable items in this Jiaozhi.

Next, what Li Yuan saw was a treasure.

A piece of agarwood with a length of three zhang and a thickness of about two feet.

"Father, for this piece of agarwood, the Duke of Yue Guo transferred thousands of people into the mountains and forests, and it took more than 200 people to dig it out and carry it here, which is a gift that the Duke of Yue Guo originally prepared to transport to Chang'an to give you."

"Aiqing has a heart, I am happy." Li Yuan understood that this thing was a treasure.

The ordinary agarwood is a tree stem that has been growing for many years to deposit oil, and this piece is estimated to be a living tree buried in the soil many years ago, which is extremely rare.

Feng Ang said very modestly: "The saint has a good reputation, this is what a minister should do." ”

In addition to this piece, the rest of the agarwood is stored here in dark green, yellow, brown and black.

This is also a place guarded by Feng An's heavy troops, and these agarwoods are worth thousands of catties of gold.

When the three of them arrived at the seaside cabin where Liu Mu was here, Feng Ang motioned for the guards to retreat farther, and Li Yuan also motioned for Dugu Shura to lead the people to retreat.

The three of them entered the wooden house, and Feng Ang invited Li Yuan to take a seat.

After Li Yuan sat down, he said to Feng An: "Some people in the court say that you have a heart of disobedience. ”

"Saint, there are only saints here, Liu Juma and the ministers, the ministers ask for a decree, please forgive the saints and the ministers have something to say."

"Whatever you say, though, it's not your fault."

Li Yuan understood from seeing Feng Ang let his people retreat just now that Feng Ang must have something to say.

Feng Ang Xie said later: "Sage, when it comes to this heart of disobedience, sometimes it is not the idea of a minister, or it may also be the idea of a minister's subordinates. Half a year ago, the servants and the Miao people, as well as the Han people in the west of the Yong people, could go to war at any time, and the ministers had been circling around in it. Someone made a suggestion to the minister. ”

"What advice?"

"Establish yourself as king." A trace of sweat ran down Feng An's forehead when he said this, and he was very nervous.

Li Yuan was very interested: "Go on, I'm interested in listening." It's definitely not a king, or anything else, but there must be something very meaningful. ”

"Yes." Feng Ang nodded: "The person who made this suggestion told me that once he became king, he would have to face the Tang army, and at this time, there would be no war within Lingnan no matter what, and everyone would prepare for war." Then there will be no more civil strife in Lingnan, and then it will be decided either to fight or surrender, depending on the situation. ”

"Interesting." Li Yuan's interest in listening greatly increased.

Feng Ang said again: "Lingnan is not barren, but it is not rich either. Lingnan has a suitable climate, abundant water sources, and sufficient grain production to provide food and clothing. Then this seems to be a peaceful place, but there are countless hidden dangers. ”

"Why, even if you have enough food and clothing, then you can live and work in peace and contentment, why are there still hidden dangers." Li Yuan couldn't think of a reason.

Liu Mu interjected at this time: "Maybe I understand. ”

"You speak." Feng Ang asked Liu Mu to speak, he was very surprised, so he wanted to know how far Liu Mu was from the truth.

"Yes, tell me." Li Yuan also supported Liu Mu to speak.

"I think there are three reasons. The first reason is that the older generation wants to live a peaceful life, while the younger generation is not satisfied with the fact that it is just a day of food and clothing. ”

After Liu Mu finished speaking, Li Yuan glanced at Feng An, and Feng Ang nodded slightly.

This is indeed a big trouble in Lingnan, and the higher the level, the more serious such contradictions will be. Of course, there were various other inducements, so Feng Ang motioned for Liu Mu to continue.

"The second one is like an old brother, you have more than thirty sons, right?"

Feng Ang smiled and nodded: "That's right, they all say that there are many sons and many blessings, but it is quite terrifying." Don't talk about me, just talk about my protector, his family originally had 3,000 acres of land, and his sons divided the field when they became adults, and now several grandchildren are also adults, and this field is getting smaller and smaller. ”

Li Yuan asked, "Why don't you open up the wasteland?" ”

"Sage, Lingnan is different from the Central Plains, where there is a lot of water, mountains and forests. Less than one-tenth of the suitable forest is suitable for farming, and everyone prefers flat fields and is reluctant to ask for sloping fields. The last fierce battle in Lingnan was in the tenth year of the emperor's reign, and not many people died in that year, and several fierce battles were all routs and fled. ”

Li Yuan probably knew the situation in Lingnan.

As Feng Ang said, after the Panyu Yi people rebelled in the tenth year of the emperor's reign, Feng Ang controlled Lingnan very well, although there were a few small chaos, but there were no large number of deaths and injuries of the people.

Liu Mu interjected and asked: "Where are the Panyu people?" ”

"Wenjing is a Panyu Yi person." After Feng Ang explained, Liu Mu smiled: "Kill him." ”

"Peace of mind, he won't live long, the Panyu Yi people are the most restless in Lingnan, and the first year of Renshou was also the Panyu Yi people who instigated the bureaucrats to rebel, and the momentum was huge at that time, and I also went to the capital to borrow troops, and the result was a complete defeat."

Li Yuan nodded, for more than 30 years, there has not been a major war in Lingnan at all, that is to say, the population of Lingnan has increased netly, so the land contradiction has triggered a struggle between various ethnic groups.

"Brother Mu, do you continue?" Feng Ang asked Liu Mu to continue.

Liu Mu stretched out three fingers: "The last one is the trade deficit." ”

"Trade deficit?" Feng Ang didn't understand this word at all, and so did Li Yuan. The word is divided into four words that are certainly recognized, but together they mean something.

Liu Mu explained: "The simplest way to say is that Lingnan Province and Jiangnan East and West Province have been constantly buying from Lingnan Province for so many years, and a large amount of money and silver from Lingnan Province have been taken away by Jiangnan Province merchants. However, the price of grain in Lingnan Province has been pressed again and again, and cloth, silk and other items are becoming more and more expensive. ”

"Yes. Brother, you are clever, I didn't expect you to see it so thoroughly in just a few months after you have been here. ”

Feng An's words also mean that Liu Mu completely guessed the current situation in Lingnan.

Feng Ang bowed to Li Yuan and said, "Sage, then when the problem of Lingnan is almost irreconcilable, my brother is here." He solved all the troubles with just one move. It can be said that his current speech in Lingnan is no less important than that of the minister, and the minister also used his tricks to completely clear the internal troubles of Lingnan East Road this March, and Lingnan West Road is also being solved. ”

"Oh, tell me more."

Feng Ang said: "Sage, when there is a problem that can be unified externally, the small internal contradiction can be ignored. When everything you have previously desired is available from the outside, there will be unity from within. ”