The place where Li Zhen and Li Yun held the banquet was a large conference room, and the huge conference table in the middle was covered with a white tablecloth, which temporarily served as a dining table, and there were many dishes on it, but the preparation was a little rough, and it could not be compared with the food in Li Yu's mansion.

Li Yu sat on the top, Li Zhen and Li Yun accompanied each other on both sides, and Wu Meiniang had something to deal with in Linyi City, so she didn't follow. There are also several ice basins in the conference room to keep the hot temperatures out. However, these saltpeters for making ice basins were all brought by Li Yu and them, a total of five tons, all of which were given to Li Zhen and Li Yun to relieve the heat.

"Sixth brother, come, let's toast you first!" Li Zhen and Li Yun stood up at the same time and said, but when the two of them spoke, their eyes kept staring at the wine in their hands, drinking alcohol is prohibited in the barracks, and the two of them are even more responsible, so in the entire barracks except for the alcohol used for medical purposes, there is not a drop of wine at all, and today these wines are also brought by Li Su.

"Haha, you two can drink it if you are greedy, don't use me as an excuse!" Li Su also picked up the wine glass and said with a smile. Li Zhen and Li Yun were not polite after hearing this, and they couldn't wait to drink all the wine in their hands, and Li Yu also drank a glass with them, and then sat down to eat and chat.

Wu Meiniang and the Yuan family knew that they had something to talk about, so they hurriedly ate a few bites, and then after toasting Li Su with a glass of wine, they left the banquet to get busy, after all, they brought a lot of things from Taiwan this time, these are personal items for Li Zhen and Li Yun, so they need to sort it out.

After seeing his wife leave, Li Zhen, who was anxious, immediately spoke: "Sixth brother, we are all ready, when do you think we can send our soldiers and horses to Ceylon Island?" ”

After hearing this, Li Su was not in a hurry to answer, stretched out his chopsticks and grabbed a piece of fish, put it in his mouth and chewed it: "Although it doesn't look good, it tastes good." ”

It wasn't until he swallowed the fish meat in his mouth that Li Yu looked at Li Zhen and Li Yun who were anxious, and then smiled: "You don't have to worry, I have already prepared the transport ship." But it's not a safe road. I still need to send a fleet to protect you, but the fleet on Linyi's side can't move, so I can only transfer one from the Wa Kingdom and Sanhan, and it is estimated that in three or five days, they will be able to reach Linyi!" ”

Hearing Li Su's words, Li Zhen and Li Yun breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, they had been training in Linyi for several months. I have long wanted to test the results of the past few months, so I can't wait to go to Tianzhu.

"By the way, your first stop is the island of Ceylon, and you are familiar with the information there, have you thought about how to fight this first battle?" Li Su suddenly spoke again. Ceylon Island was the reward he asked for from Li Zhen and Li Yun, and it was also a stepping stone for them to invade Tianzhu. In the future, all the supplies they need will be transferred from here, so the strategic location is very important, and there must be no mistakes.

After hearing this, Li Zhen and Li Yun smiled and said: "Sixth brother, don't worry, we have carefully studied the situation on the island of Ceylon, where the Sinhalese and Tamils have been fighting each other for hundreds of years because of religious issues, and it can be said that that hatred has gone deep into the bones. Among them, the Sinhalese people practice Buddhism. The Tamils, on the other hand, practice Brahmanism, although the Sinhalese on the island now have a numerical advantage. However, the Tamils have a fierce temperament, and with the support of the Tamils on the Tianzhu continent, the Sinhalese are now at a disadvantage. ”

When Li Zhen said this, Li Su had already understood the plan of the two, and he also smiled at the moment: "I see, you want to support one side first, attack the other side, and then completely annex the whole of Ceylon, which is really a good idea!" But Sinhalese are not stupid, so how do you gain the trust of the other side? ”

"Hehe, this is easy to do, the Sinhalese country is founded on Buddhism, the kingdom is prevalent in Buddhism, and the virtuous monks are still respected, so I sent someone to the Tang Dynasty to invite a few monks, as long as they are introduced to the Sinhalese king, they will definitely be able to give up their vigilance against us, plus the Sinhalese have the Tamils as a strong enemy, so as long as we also help them in the name of religion, the Sinhalese will definitely agree!" Li Yun smiled very obscenely.

His method is really lacking in virtue, first use religion to gain the favor of the other party, and then unite with them to exterminate the Tamils, but when the Tamils are exterminated, it is estimated that the Sinhalese will not have any good results.

However, Li Su then thought of another question, and asked with some puzzlement: "However, although we have many high-ranking monks in the Tang Dynasty, haven't these people always opposed killing, how can they help you invade Ceylon Island?" ”

Unexpectedly, Li Zhen and Li Yun smiled sinisterly again after hearing this: "This is easy to do, we didn't tell those monks about their plans, we just said to send them to Tianzhu to learn scriptures, and by the way, learn Buddhism in Ceylon, as long as the Sinhalese king can agree with their Dharma cultivation, then I will build a temple for them in Tianzhu in the future!" ”

Li Su also laughed when he heard this, Li Zhen and Li Yun are really lacking in virtue and have no lower limit, even if they fight, they even fooled a few senior monks into their accomplices. The monks of the Central Plains have always wanted to go to the birthplace of Buddhism, that is, Tianzhu to learn scriptures, such as the most famous Master Xuanzang, who is still traveling around Tianzhu. And now Li Zhen and Li Yun are actually using this condition as bait, which naturally makes many senior monks rush to it, even if they have doubts in their hearts, but under the huge temptation of seeking the true scriptures, I am afraid they don't have the energy to think about the deep reasons.

Knowing the plan of the two, Li Su finally put his mind at ease, in fact, from the beginning, he was worried that the two would take advantage of the strength of the army to storm Ceylon and Tianzhu, although if this approach is successful, it will gain a lot of territory in a very short time, but it may also suffer huge losses. Now that the two of them can be seen so cautious, Li Su finally feels that the two younger brothers have grown up, and they did not study in vain in the military academy in the past few years.

After the banquet, Li Su, accompanied by Li Zhen and Li Yun, visited the 50,000 cavalry that had been trained, and these cavalrymen were selected from more than 200,000 grassland people, all of whom were young and strong men between the ages of 18 and 25. After several months of training, they not only retained the characteristics of the steppe cavalry's flexibility and toughness, but also became more organized and disciplined, and were equipped with new armors and sabers that Li Su sold to Li Zhen and Li Yun, which greatly improved their combat effectiveness.

In addition, Li Su also understood that although the main body of this cavalry is grassland people, all the officers are Han Chinese, and all the power is in the hands of Li Zhen and Li Yun, and the families of those grassland people are all in Linyi, and they will not go to Tianzhu with the army for the time being, so that they can also give these grassland people another insurance, so that they will never dare to betray.

In fact, Li Zhen and Li Yun also did a division of labor, among which Li Zhen was in the cavalry section of the military academy, and he was very experienced in the way of using soldiers, and most of the officers placed in the army were his classmates, so Li Zhen now holds the military power of this army and is responsible for commanding the army to fight. And Li Yun studied the staff department, and he is better at making suggestions and planning, as well as the organization and management of logistics, so Li Yun is now in charge of very miscellaneous things, and it can even be said that except for the army, all other things have to be handled by him.

After visiting the army, Li Su returned to Linyi City alone, as for Wu Meiniang and Yuan's family, the two young couples reunited, so they naturally had to stay for a few more days, especially Wu Meiniang, who was even more glued to Li Zhen every day, speaking of which, they had just gotten married, unlike Li Yun and Yuan's who already had children. And whether it is Concubine Yan De or Mrs. Yang, they all hope that Wu Meiniang can conceive a child before Li Zhen leaves, so Li Zhen naturally has to hurry up and work hard during this time, otherwise even if he goes overseas, Concubine Yan will write to urge him to have a child quickly.

After Li Su returned to Linyi City, he immediately rushed to the two mansions on the right side of the Linyi Palace, which was originally the mansion of the Linyi powerful minister Maha Slow Duogadu, but later because of the failure of the rebellion, he was exploited by Fan Zhenevil, and the family of Maha Slow Duojia was slaughtered, and Xiao Yu and Wang Guo set aside Fan Zhenevil, so the two of them divided this mansion into two and became the residence of the two. But now that Li Su arrived, Cui Yu temporarily vacated his house and let Li Su and Wu Meiniang live temporarily.

When Li Su arrived at this mansion, he asked his subordinates to know that Wu Meiniang had been staying in the study in the backyard, and when he arrived at the study, he found that Yang Jiu, Yang Shi, and Yang Shi's wife Liu were all there, and the three of them were reporting information about Lin Yi and Nanyang to Wu Meiniang.

Li Su walked outside the study, and did not let anyone inform, but walked in by himself, only to hear Yang Jiu in the study is reporting: "Mrs. Qiyu, now the military and political power of Linyi has been fully in our hands, and the five chieftains of Linyi still have some changes before, but since the last time the military led troops to destroy the power of one of the chiefs, the other four chieftains no longer dare to make any changes, and the army has been received by the military, and now it has been sent to Luzon to station, it can be said that in the entire Linyi, There is no force that can threaten His Highness's rule anymore! ”

Wu Meiniang is in charge of the intelligence system of the Qi Palace, and her status is only below Li Su, and she has given herself the code name of 'Madame', all the intelligence officers know that their top boss is Madame, but only Yang Jiu and a few other people know the true identity of this Madame.

"Well, that's good!" Wu Meiniang's satisfied voice came from the room, but then her voice changed, and she said with majesty, "Now that all threats have been swept away, when can we take the final step?" (To be continued......)