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Hechuan County, also known as Shijing County, is the confluence of the Fu River, the Xihan River, and the Ba River. It is also an extremely important water transport hub in Shu, and its strategic position is extremely important.

Li Sheng's army arrived at Hechuan County. Originally, they thought they would have to fight a fierce battle to attack the city, but unexpectedly, the gates of the county were wide open, and there was no soldier or official in the city.

Soon, the head of the Internal Security Intelligence Agency arranged in Hechuan County came to see Li Sheng.

"I am Wu Jin from the Internal Security Intelligence Agency, and I am here to see General Li!"

Li Sheng asked, "Where are all of them?"

Wu Jin pointed to the distant mountain, "They all went up the mountain!"

Li Sheng was a little confused, "Why did the Guo family go up the mountain when they didn't defend the city?"

Wu Jin smiled bitterly, "Hechuan County has not been repaired for more than a hundred years. The city walls are rotten and will break at the slightest impact. The Guo family is very aware of this. They did not spend money to repair the city walls, but started to operate Diaoyu Mountain ten years ago. There is water and land on the mountain, the terrain is dangerous, and a large amount of grain is stored. All of the Guo family's wealth and clansmen are on the mountain, and there are 20,000 troops."

Li Sheng walked up the city wall and stood on the top of the city looking at the mountain in the north. The mountain covers a vast area, is surrounded by three rivers, and has a dangerous terrain. It is indeed difficult to attack. ”

There are many buildings on the top of the mountain. The Guo family has been operating for more than ten years and probably dug a lot of caves.

The Tang army had just attacked Liaozhai. Li Sheng knew how to deal with these rebels who occupied the mountain as kings, but Diaoyu Mountain was different from Liaozhai, so he first found out the situation.

At night, the scout came to report, "Report to the commander, the Guo family not only has deployments on the mountain, but also has garrisons at the foot of the mountain, and there are also their ships in the river. They are deployed by land and water, and the defense is very tight. "

After that, the scout presented a map. Li Sheng looked at the map and ordered: "Convene all the generals to discuss matters!"

In the big tent, Li Sheng slowly said to the generals: "The way to use troops is to attack the heart first and attack the city second. Psychological warfare is first, and military warfare is second. We need to disintegrate the will of the enemy. Being too eager will make the other party united, so I plan to take it slowly! "

Deputy General Zhao Ting'an bowed and said: "General, Diaoyu Mountain is surrounded by rivers. I think we also need to block the water surface to prevent the enemy from getting supplies from the water surface or escaping by water. "

Li Sheng nodded, "I will immediately send an urgent eagle letter to the emperor, asking the Jingxiang navy to come to help!"

Yu Jianliang also said: "Marshal, the main method of attacking the mountain is arson. If a large amount of poison can be added, it will have a great impact on the soldiers on the mountain. I suggest preparing more poison cigarette packs. "

The next morning, Li Sheng issued several orders in succession. The first was to mobilize hundreds of large ships in Chengdu to come to Hechuan County. The second was to send an eagle letter to the emperor, requesting the Jingxiang navy to participate in the war, and at the same time requesting the court to support a large amount of kerosene, poisons and rockets to Hechuan County.

Li Ye received the eagle letter from Li Sheng in Shuzhong in the evening.

In fact, Li Ye received an eagle letter from the Internal Security Intelligence Bureau the day before yesterday, knowing that the Guo family went to Diaoyu Mountain.

Diaoyu Mountain is Diaoyu City in the late Southern Song Dynasty. It is a natural military fortress surrounded by rivers on three sides and surrounded by the foundations of mountains. The Diaoyu City in the center is in a dangerous terrain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. When I heard that the Guo family was Hechuan, When Li Ye saw the enemy, he thought of Diaoyucheng.

Mengge died because of attacking Diaoyucheng, which shows that Diaoyucheng is not easy to attack, so he should not be too anxious.

Li Ye was in a good mood these two days. He received the Eagle Express from Bohai Prefecture. Yang Liangyao not only found Australia and New Zealand, but also went to America and walked around America. He returned to China from the Bering Strait. The fleet is currently anchored at Longwan Port in Bohai Prefecture. Yang Liangyao rode back to Chang'an on horseback. He has entered Guanzhong and is expected to arrive in Chang'an today or tomorrow.

This news surprised and delighted Li Ye. I'm afraid this is the best news this year.

At this time, Wei Gao reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wei wants to see you!"

"Please let him in!"

Soon, Wei Jiansu hurried in and bowed, "See your Majesty!"

"What does the Prime Minister want?"

Wei Jiansu handed a copy of the Tang Dynasty Weekly to Li Ye, "This is an issue to be published in three days. Please take a look first. "

Li Ye looked through the weekly magazine carefully, and the headline on the front page was: 'The nobles of Bashu rebelled against the abolition order, and the court sent 300,000 troops to severely suppress it'.

The content was that the Jia family of Qiongzhou was exterminated, and the army of the Guo family of Hezhou was completely destroyed. The extermination of the family was imminent, and the nobles of Bashu expressed their support for the abolition order.

Li Ye nodded, "Okay, let's do it! Let the nobles in the world see what the consequences of going against the court are. "

After a pause, Li Ye asked again: "Has the loophole in the slave tax been filled?"

There are currently two types of slaves, one is legal slaves and the other is illegal slaves. The slave tax regulations did not make it clear and were rather vague, so they gave loopholes to the operations below and legalized illegal slaves through taxation.

Fixing loopholes in tax laws means making it clear that only legal slaves can pay taxes to continue to exist, and illegal slaves do not even have the qualifications to pay taxes, and must be released immediately. If they are not released within the prescribed period, they will be severely punished or even exiled once they are caught.

Wei Jiansu nodded, "The loophole has been filled. "

Li Ye smiled again and said, "Yang Liangyao will be back soon. The Prime Minister should welcome him well. What he brings back will completely change the fate of the Tang Dynasty and will have a profound impact on the next thousand years. "

"What did he bring?" Wei Jiansu asked curiously.

"It can be said that the crop seeds in another world can produce thousands of kilograms of grain per mu. Once they are promoted, all the people of the Tang Dynasty will no longer be hungry in the future. "

Wei Jiansu was overjoyed. He was a well-read history man. He knew what food meant.

"Wei Chen will personally welcome him, as well as Sinong Temple and Agricultural College."

Wei Jiansu said goodbye and left. Wei Gao, who was standing aside, couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, is it true that we in the Tang Dynasty really don't have a grain yield of several thousand kilograms per mu?"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and smiled and said: "You are actually asking a good question. In the Tang Dynasty, there are crops with a yield of several thousand kilograms per mu, such as yam, which is usually used as medicine. In fact, it can also be used in disaster years, with a yield of several thousand kilograms per mu. , and vetch, which can be used as pasture, beans can also feed hungry people, and the yield per acre is also large, but why don't we plant yams and vetch in large quantities?

First of all, they are not food and cannot be eaten. Farmers have no place to grow them and sell them, so no one is willing to grow them. Although the government can grow them, they are not for anyone to eat. If they are used to feed livestock, the livestock may not be willing to eat them, etc. If there is a real disaster, it will be too late to plant it. By the time it is planted, the disaster will be over.

Therefore, even if the yield of yam is several thousand kilograms per mu, it can at most be regarded as a specialty product, grown in mountainous areas without occupying cultivated land, and sold as medicine or vegetables. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for answering the question. I understand!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "So being an official must be combined with practice. It happens that Shuzhong needs a large number of officials. You go to Shuzhong! Be a local official well and make a difference in the future."

Wei Gao was overjoyed, "Thank you for your majesty's recommendation. I will definitely live up to your majesty's high expectations!"

"Go! Invite Guo Ziyi to me. I'll come to him if I need anything."

Wei Gao bowed and hurried away.

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Not long after, Guo Ziyi came. He entered the censor's room and said with a smile: "The ministers are also preparing to come to see your majesty!"

Li Ye also smiled slightly and said: "I guess we are talking about the same thing, so you can say it first!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Jingxiang Navy has 350 warships and 6,000 men. In addition, the Chengdu Military Treasury has a large inventory of various materials needed by Li Sheng and can be allocated at any time."

The imperial court built six military emergency warehouses across the country, including Luoyang, Jixian, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Jincheng, and Jiangdu, which were under the unified control of the Privy Council. In emergencies, orders for use could be conveyed by eagle letters.

Li Ye nodded, "I approve the Jingxiang navy to rush to Bashu as quickly as possible. Your Privy Council will arrange the military resources yourself."

"Weichen has agreed to the deployment of supplies from the Chengdu Military Treasury. In addition, Weichen suggested that another three hundred artillery pieces be dispatched to Hechuan!"

"How much is in stock?"

"There are only three hundred doors in stock!"

Li Ye thought for a moment and said: "Originally, it was planned to be distributed to the navy first, so let's give it to them first! After use, it will be transferred to the navy."

The imperial court immediately mobilized a large amount of military supplies to Hechuan.

As the "Tang Dynasty Xun Issue" was sent to all states in the world, the eyes of all the wealthy families in the world were focused on the Diaoyu Mountain in Hechuan.

At this time, Yang Liangyao finally arrived in Chang'an. He brought back a large number of various crop seeds from the Americas and was warmly welcomed by Prime Minister Wei Jiansu and his ministers.

Li Ye immediately issued an order to confer Yang Liangyao the title of Duke of Chengguo, and the hundreds of other returning warriors were also conferred the title of viscount or baron in recognition of their contribution to the Tang Dynasty expedition.

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