When Li Ke arrived in Taiwan, the time had already entered the winter of the 23rd year of Zhenguan. What surprised Li Ke was that Li Yan did not stay in Taiwan, but took his family to Wuzhou some time ago. Even his wife and children, Qinghe and Gaoyang, also took their children with him. He heard that he was going to ski. This made Li Ke helpless and had to go north on a steamboat. A few days later, he finally arrived in the north of Wuzhou Prefecture Island.

Because Li Yan himself had a considerable opinion of the Wozhou newspaper, he did not pay attention to it after conquering this place. Moreover, Wozhou is also in poverty-stricken, and there are almost no other minerals available except for some gold and silver ores and sulfur ores. As for agriculture, although rice is abundant, the yield is not very high due to the limited arable land area. However, because Taiwan and Nanyang are also areas with abundant fisheries, this place is not very eye-catching.

It is precisely because of subjective and objective reasons that after occupying Wuzhou, Li Yan always regarded this place as a labor supply land. The strongest man in Wuzhou was incorporated into the army and became a cannon fodder force in Li Yan's army. The second-class man became a laborer with a higher status than a slave. He entered a plantation or construction site to work. The last-class person stayed in Wuzhou. In addition to farming and mining, he was also responsible for having children and providing the next generation of labor.

In contrast, women in Wuzhou have more choices, that is, those women with a little beauty can go to Xiangcheng next to Nugang. As for what they do, they can guess what they do, they are probably a man. It is worth mentioning that Xiangcheng not only became famous in Wuzhou, but even Nanyang and the inland of the Tang Dynasty also know the Xiangcheng, a gold-selling cave. After several years of development, it has evolved from simple prostitution to one-stop service for food, drink, prostitutes and gambling, attracting a large number of tourists every day.

Especially in the past two years, Lu Wan discovered the second route to America, and this route just started from the east coast of Wuzhou, which made the ports on the east coast of Wuzhou suddenly lively. Among them, Nu Port not only has a good location, but also has the most complete facilities. In addition, with the help of Xiangcheng next to it, Nu Port quickly became the largest port in Wuzhou.

This also just confirms Li Yan's gaze at the beginning. When he built Nu Port, it attracted a lot of controversy. He believed that input and output were not proportional, but now it seems that the scale of Nu Port is not large enough, and local officials are even planning to expand the port.

When Li Ke arrived at Nugang, Li Yan and the others came back from skiing in northern Wuzhou. They even stole the empty trip to the Heiyi Island and took special hunting rifles to hunt bears. Not to mention, after the muskets, hunting became much easier, and even a few women such as Qinghe and Gaoyang also hunted two bears.

It’s a pity that Qinghe and the others still need to improve their marksmanship. The two bears were beaten with gun holes everywhere, and even the royal tailor in the palace had no choice but to make a few pairs of bearskin gloves, and the women each took a pair as a souvenir. But even so, they were still very excited. After all, hunting bears was more accomplished than hunting those small animals.

After years of development, Nugang has formed a prosperous port city. Nearly half of the Han people in the city, and most of the remaining half are local Japanese. In addition, there are also a few Sanhan people, the Hu people on the grassland or the Western Regions, and even Persian and Indians. They mainly come here to do business, and some people want to go to the Americas and stay in Nugang for the time being.

Li Yan chose a beautiful place outside Nugang, then built a villa, and planted cherry blossoms in it. Speaking of which, he transplanted the cherry blossoms from Siqi City, and now it has been circulating in Wuzhou. It is estimated that in a few decades, the cherry blossoms in Wuzhou can also become a famous scenic spot. This is also a little contribution made by Li Yan to the future tourism industry in Wuzhou.

Unfortunately, it is winter now, and Nugang is not as cold as Keelung. The winter here is quite cold. Even the leaves on the trees have fallen, let alone flowers. It happened that Li Ke had just arrived at Nugang and encountered heavy snow. Although this snow brought some trouble to the transportation in the city, it was also a happy thing for Li Yan and others who have lived in Taiwan in recent years.

In a warm pavilion in the back garden of the villa, Li Ke and Li Yan sat opposite each other. On the stone table in front of them was a small charcoal stove. There was a casserole on the stove. The casserole was stewed with dog meat. Now it was making a "gurgling" sound, and white steam floated over the stove, and the entire warm pavilion was filled with the aroma of dog meat.

"In this kind of cold weather, it is most suitable to eat dog meat. Third brother, please try it. When stewing dog meat, I asked someone to add some stewed meat to stew it. The dog meat made in this way is the best. It is said that Liu Bang liked this kind of dog meat the most back then." Li Yan introduced to Li Ke with a greedy face.

It was already very late when Li Ke came to Nugang yesterday. In addition, Li Ke and his wife Yang had been separated for a long time. The separation was better than the newlyweds. Li Yan was younger than Li Ke, so it was not easy to talk to Li Ke at night. However, after a night of heavy snow, the weather suddenly became clear this morning, so Li Ke and Li Yan were pulled to the back garden by a group of children. Now the children were playing snowball fights on the dead grass outside the warm pavilion, and the two of them were lazy to hide here to eat and drink.

Li Ke didn't have time to have breakfast in the morning, and he met his wife again after a long separation last night, so he was naturally passionate and needed some nourishment now. Although dog meat cannot be used on the table, it has the effect of strengthening the aphrodisiac and kidneys, which is suitable for him to eat now. Speaking of which, this is also Li Yan's wish.

Li Ke took a piece of tender dog meat and put it in his mouth and chewed it. It felt mellow and delicious. The meat was rotten but not greasy. What was even more rare was that it didn't have a trace of earthy smell. Therefore, he praised: "It's not bad. I went to Rome and tasted a lot of delicious food, many of which are very rare, but compared with this pot of dog meat, it's still a little worse in taste!"

Li Yan laughed proudly when he heard Li Ke's praise. Although dog meat was delicious, it was generally not used to entertain guests. However, Li Ke and Li Yan were brothers, not outsiders. In addition, the snow was covered with snow outside, which was a good time to eat dog meat, so Li Yan made a pot and tasted it with Li Ke.

Li Yan and the others started chatting for a few words while eating dog meat. Soon Li Yan began to ask why Li Ke came back so soon? If he went to America, it would take at least another half a year to come back.

After hearing this, Li Ke smiled and slowly told him what he had happened after arriving in Rome, specifically pointing out his plan to gain a foothold in the Iberian Peninsula and expand outward based on this.

Li Yan was very interested in Li Ke's love for his fortune in Rome at first, especially when the other party seduced the Roman Empress, which made Li Yan envious and jealous. If he had known that the Roman Empress was so beautiful, he would have gone to Rome one step earlier than his third brother, and he might have taken the Roman Empress back.

However, when Li Ke started to talk about the situation in the Mediterranean, Li Yan had already guessed a few points. After all, with his understanding of Li Ke, if he had been with him in a different place, he might have had the same idea. When he heard that the Visigoth general was hit in the Strait of Gibraltar, he hit him and laughed even more, and at the same time he was amazed at Li Ke's later revenge.

"San brother, your move is really wonderful. The shelling of the Visigoth port not only makes you famous, but also can also intimidate the Visigoth army. In the future, you will lead a large army to land on the Iberian Peninsula, and the resistance you will encounter will be much smaller." Li Yan finally exclaimed after hearing Li Ke's experience.

"Haha, I have actually collected some information about those Goths, especially in military aspects. Apart from fighting bravely, these Goths are almost useless in other aspects. Even the generals don't even understand the most basic platoons. If the Western Romans had not been greedy for enjoyment and hired too many barbarian troops, they would not have been destroyed by such barbarians." Li Ke said disdainfully.

After hearing this, Li Yan smiled and said, "The reason for the demise of the Western Roman Empire is really sharp. No matter how the times change, the military power of a country must not fall into the hands of aliens. It is like my Da Qi. The real main army is always Han people. Those alien armies can only serve as foils at most and can never become the main force. I am already preparing to write this into the Constitution so that all descendants of future generations cannot violate it!"

When he said this, Li Yan paused for a moment and then said, "As for the combat effectiveness of those barbarians, although I have never seen it with my own eyes, I probably can't be much stronger after listening to your analysis of Third Brother. However, you'd better not be careless. You can despise the enemy strategically, but in tactical terms, you must pay attention to your opponent. A lion fights a rabbit with all your strength."

After hearing this, Li Ke nodded and pondered for a moment: "I'm a little careless. I looked down on those barbarians before. Later, I defeated the navy of the entire Visigoth Kingdom with four warships. I really felt a little underestimated by the enemy. Fortunately, Brother Six, please remind me, otherwise I might suffer a big loss in the future."

Li Yan also smiled a little. He had discovered that Li Ke was underestimating his opponents in his words and words. This was not a good habit, so he gave a reminder. Fortunately, Li Ke is worthy of being the most like Li Shimin among the princes, and he was able to listen to the opinions put forward by others.
Chapter completed!