Li Yu's eyes lit up when he heard Chen Gong's words, he also had the same plan as Chen Gong, and he also thought of a way to raise an army, but he didn't know if the other party's thought of the same method as his own thought?

"Mr. Chen, what can you do to raise an elite army in a short period of time?" Li Su asked with great interest.

Hearing Li Su's address to himself from 'Dean Chen' to 'Mr. Chen', Chen Gong's eyes also flashed with a hint of triumph, and he immediately spoke: "Your Highness, Weichen's method is very simple, that is, to turn slaves into soldiers!" ”

"Slave to soldier?" Li Su was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then pondered carefully, and immediately understood, it turned out that Chen Gong actually had the idea of fighting, although this method was different from the method he thought of, but I have to say that it was indeed a good way.

Next, Chen Gong explained in detail, the so-called turning slaves into soldiers, in fact, is to train captured slaves into an army, and Chen Gong also specially pointed out that it is necessary to use the Kunlun slaves in the extreme west, in fact, the black people in Africa are trained into an army, and do not use the natives of Nanyang, in fact, the natives of Nanyang were also called Kunlun slaves in the past, but their personalities are gentle and cowardly, and they are not suitable for being soldiers at all, but the blacks in Africa are more fierce, and their faces are more vicious. The momentum alone can take the lead.

After hearing this, Li Su also stroked his palms and smiled: "Okay, Mr. Chen is worthy of being a pillar, but as far as I know, the number of Kunlun slaves does not seem to be very large, if you want to train into an army, I'm afraid it will take some time to collect, right?" ”

"Your Highness doesn't know that maritime trade has developed extremely rapidly in recent years, coupled with the large number of domestic goods. Sea vessels are also better, so many maritime merchants carry goods overseas. There are even quite a few who have arrived at Dashi, and there are a lot of Kunlun slaves on the side of Dashi. So during this period of time, many maritime merchants have shipped back a large number of Kunlun slaves, but slaves are also scarce and expensive. Chen Gong heard Li Su's praise, and his heart was even more happy, and he bowed down again and said.

Li Su was also very interested when he heard it. He asked eagerly again, "Then according to Mr. Chen's knowledge, how many slaves can we buy this time?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, as far as Weichen knows, Keelung alone, there is a backlog of more than 2,000 Kunlun slaves, if you add the backlog of Kunlun slaves in Guangzhou, Wenzhou, Fuzhou and other places, there should be no problem with five or six thousand people, and the minister also heard that when the Japanese people supported Baekje. He had sent an army to Silla, but the result was that the heavens were angry, and in this case, His Highness could organize another army composed of Silla people. At that time, with these two armies as the vanguard, the army of my Qi Wangfu will be postponed, and it will not be a problem to destroy the Wa Kingdom! When Chen Gong said this. There was a sinister smile on his face.

After hearing this, Li Su couldn't help but look at Chen Gong carefully, thinking that he really deserved to be a scholar. It's a lot of bad water, but he likes it. Those black Africans are not good stubble, most of them are from primitive tribes, shouting and screaming during battle, coupled with their fierce appearance, they can indeed play a preemptive momentum. As for sending the Silla people to the Wa Kingdom, this is more of an appetite for Li Su, he didn't really want to see the peninsula people and the Wa people, but now he can let them eat dogs, and Li Su is naturally happy to watch the excitement.

Thinking of this, Li Su excitedly patted Chen Gong's shoulder and said: "Mr. Chen, this plan is wonderful, it seems that my uncle really didn't see the wrong person at the beginning, you really have the material to stabilize the country, and now Keelung's administration is also on the right track, and then let you sit in a small inspectorate, it is really a waste of talent, this time after we return to Keelung, you immediately discuss with Cui Wei, recommend a person who can replace you, as for Mr. Chen, you will temporarily follow this king's side, and after the Japanese kingdom is defeated, this king will definitely be reused!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Chen Gong was also secretly happy in his heart, although the position of the Inspectorate was also very important, but he didn't like to do this kind of boring work, but felt that following Li Su's side to give advice could allow him to show his strengths.

After returning to Keelung, Li Su handled everything as soon as possible, and then transferred Chen Gong to his side. And Empress Xiao and Concubine Yang also knew that Li Su had urgent matters to deal with, so they didn't plan to stay in Taiwan any longer, but urged Li Su to return to Dengzhou. For the kindness of the two elders, Li Su did not shirk, and set off immediately after the arrangement, this time only the fleet of the royal mansion was much faster.

However, it is worth mentioning that although Chen Gong was transferred to Li Su's side, he did not go with him this time, but first bought out the Kunlun slaves in Taiwan, and then went south to Guangzhou and other places to buy the backlog of Kunlun slaves, and then sent them directly to Siyu City, where they were trained by Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, who were still there.

"Your Highness, as the so-called belligerent will perish, you have just captured Silla and Baekje, and now you are going to use troops against the Wa Kingdom, although the palace has sufficient money, it can't withstand such consumption!" In the main hall of the Qi Palace, Zhao Fu persuaded loudly with a sad face.

The first thing Li Su did when he returned to Dengzhou was to find Zhao Fu and ask him to organize grain, grass, ordnance and other materials and prepare for war, but he didn't expect Zhao Fu to hear that Li Su was going to make a move against the Wa State, and immediately began to dissuade him, the main reason was that Li Su had just destroyed Silla and Baekje, and he hadn't even fully gained a foothold.

When Li Su heard this, he said a little helplessly: "Zhao Beijia, you also know the reason for this expedition to the Japanese State, gunpowder is the important weapon of the country, and it is absolutely not allowed to be controlled by the small countries of Fanbang, and since the Japanese State dares to risk the disapproval of the world, then you must be ready to pay the price!" ”

"Your Highness, gunpowder is indeed important, but you can report this matter to the imperial court, and let the imperial court send a large army to destroy its country, thinking that the Japanese country is overseas, coupled with Your Majesty's favor for Your Highness, if Your Highness wants the Japanese Kingdom, you can ask Your Majesty for it, presumably Your Majesty will definitely not refuse, so Your Highness will not save a lot of effort?" Zhao Fu also put forward his own thoughts.

It's just that Li Su smiled bitterly in his heart after hearing this, Zhao Fu is different from Chen Gong, although they are all his subordinates, but Zhao Fu is still an official of the Tang Dynasty, and some words can't be said to him directly for the time being, so Li Su finally had to say: "Zhao Beijia, since this king has decided to open up overseas, although I have my father as a backing, but I don't want to trouble my father in everything, as long as I can do it, I must do it myself, besides, my father is using troops on the northern grasslands during this time, and I have to guard against the Western Turks, and the troops are not abundant, So I don't want to trouble my father again at this time! ”

"This ......" Zhao Fu finally shook a little after hearing this, Datang knew about the grassland troops, the main reason was that Datang wanted to build cement roads on the grassland, and also built many acropolis, so that as long as there is a change in the grassland, Datang's army can arrive immediately, plus the garrison in the acropolis, it can be said that as long as this plan is completed, the northern grassland will be completely in the hands of Datang. As for the Western Turks, it is even more of an old adversary, and it cannot be relaxed at any time.

In fact, Li Su knew that Zhao Fu was also thinking about himself, after all, although he was not a real confidant, he was one of Li Fu's right-hand men, and if he had the opportunity in the future, he could take Zhao Fu away from Dengzhou.

Thinking of this, Li Su showed a mysterious smile and said again: "Zhao Beijia, in fact, I have already made a plan for this battle of the Japanese Kingdom, and I don't need to spend a penny in our Qi Palace, now what you have to do is to prepare the grain, grass and equipment, and someone will naturally pay us at that time!" ”

"No...... Doesn't cost money? Zhao Fu was stunned in surprise, he really didn't expect Li Su to say such a thing, if he didn't know Li Su's personality, he really had to think about whether the person in front of him was a madman?

"Hehe, that's right, not only do we have someone to help us pay the bills, but we don't even need too many people, in addition to a slave army that is being prepared, I will also transfer some Silla people, these two armies are not the descendants of the royal palace, even if they are all dead, I will not be heartbroken, but after that, I still have a secret weapon that I have not used, and now it is time to use them." When Li Su talked about the secret weapon, his face also showed a look of expectation.

And when Zhao Fu heard the secret weapon mentioned by Li Su, his face was first confused, and then he showed a look of shock. Zhao Fu, as one of Li Su's most important assistants, knows no less secrets than anyone else, and he has also heard some rumors about the secret weapon that Li Su said, if the other party is really as terrifying as the legend, then it is indeed not difficult to sweep the Wa Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fu finally stopped objecting, and discussed some specific matters with Li Su, and then he was about to leave the Qi Palace, but he turned around and walked a few steps, but he seemed to think of something again, stopped and turned to Li Su and said: "Your Highness, when Weichen comes, Yifan asked me to tell you that the steamship can already be launched for sea trials, if Your Highness is interested, you can go and take a ride." ”

"So fast?" Li Su almost jumped up with excitement when he heard this, after the successful development of the steamship, not to mention anything else, the speed of shipping alone can be increased several times, for example, it used to take at least seven or eight days to travel from Dengzhou to Taiwan, if he used to use a steamship, it is estimated that it will only take two or three days to arrive, so that the transportation cost alone can be reduced several times.

However, seeing Li Su's excited appearance, Zhao Fu showed a wry smile and said: "Your Highness, in order to develop this steamship, Yifan has not had a good rest since last year, and now that it has finally been developed, can you let her rest for a few days?" ”

Li Su was also a little ashamed when he heard it, he knew better than anyone the importance of Yifan's talent, but in order to put the steam engine into practice as soon as possible, Yifan didn't even rest for a day, and now the ship has also been built, this time he has to rest well anyway. (To be continued.) )