The appointment of Wei Zheng as the supervisor to inspect Hedong Road did not cause much disturbance. In fact, in the eyes of the Guanlong people, this was the prince's compromise with them and the assignment of Wei Zheng.
There was no objection from the Zhengshitang. Although they did not understand the specific role of this supervisory envoy, no one dared to directly oppose the prince's establishment of a new official position.
May.
Su Lie and Zhang Shigui defeated all the Dangxiang tribes in Weizhou and forced them to flee into the mountains.
Longxi.
The remaining party members were hiding in the mountains and forests.
Among them, the most powerful one belongs to the Tuoba clan. When they invaded Weizhou, the Tuoba clan was also the main force.
When the Tang army came, the Tuoba clan was also the one who suffered heavy losses.
Therefore, the leader of the Tuoba clan advocated a fierce battle with the Tang army to the end!
But the leader of the Xifeng clan, Xifeng Bulai, refused.
"Originally, we lived very comfortably in Weizhou and Qinzhou, and the Tang people never did anything to us. Now why do we have to fight against the Tang army that we can't win?"
"Shut up!" the leader of the Tuoba clan shouted: "This time the Tang army is coming in force and arresting our people wantonly. Do you want to obey the Tang people?"
"But that's the Tang Dynasty you provoked first!" Xi Fengbu argued with reason.
The other leaders of the tribes were talking a lot, but no one intervened in the quarrel between the Tuoba clan and the Xifeng clan.
In fact, many party leaders felt that the Tang emperor's reaction was too violent. They had attacked the Han people in the past, but the Tang emperor had never directly sent troops. This time, the Tang emperor made a fuss, which made them very dissatisfied.
Isn't it just that I robbed something? You, the Tang Dynasty, are rich in resources, so what's the matter with robbing you of something?
Of course, no one dares to say this now. Because not long ago, the Tang army just beat them black and blue.
It's one thing to be tough with your mouth, but it's another thing to be tough with your fists.
Noisy and noisy to no avail.
At this moment, an arrow fell from the sky, penetrated the tent, and landed in front of the leaders.
"Oh no, Tang Jun is coming to kill us!"
Rumble!
The earth trembled, and Su Lie led the Tang army into the camp, directly attacking the heart of Dangxiang. On the other side, Zhang Shigui led his army to block the road down the mountain.
Su Lie was as fierce as a mountain, and he would kill anyone he saw, and his blood would flow like a river.
Zhang Shigui, on the outside, arrested everyone he saw, frantically arresting the defeated party members.
Five days passed by, and the leaders of various departments of the party led their tribesmen into the mountains like crazy. They were beaten to death and never showed up again, which made Su Lie very embarrassed.
"These party members have no backbone at all. They won't come back even if they lose. I really don't know who gave them the courage to provoke our government."
Su Lie looked at the overlapping mountains and felt a little tired.
These party members are not good at fighting. If they escape first and run into the mountains, he will not be able to do anything again.
Zhang Shigui said: "It's a pity that I only captured two thousand people this time. I don't know if His Royal Highness is satisfied."
Su Lie frowned and said, "It's my fault this time. If I had known that these party members were so rogue, I should have lured the enemy deeper and encircled and suppressed them. In this way, I could also ensure the safety of Qinzhou, Weizhou and other places."
Ten years of peace.”
"Don't worry, His Highness hasn't ordered us to go back. We can try again." Zhang Shigui said comfortingly.
Su Lie said: "Send those party members back to His Highness first. I don't want to keep these people to eat military rations."
"That's right."
Ten days later, Li Zhiyun received more than 2,000 party members.
Without any nonsense, he directly ordered these people to be sent to Taiyuan to dig coal.
The Han people were his treasures, and he really couldn't bear to use them to dig coal. But the Dangxiang people, the Turks, the Qiang people, etc., he didn't have any psychological burden to use them to dig coal.
How can we develop industry without capital accumulation?
How can capital accumulation not exploit slaves?
With this group of slaves digging for coal, Li Zhiyun could also make the workshop increase its efforts to smelt iron and forge plate armor.
Feng Zhidai stood on the side of the road, watching the Tang army riding on their tall horses and whipping the party slaves on their way, and he couldn't help but feel scared.
Prince Tang was indeed irritable.
He also knew about the Tang Dynasty's previous policies towards foreigners.
Basically they are warnings and reprimands.
But this doesn't seem to be the case with this Tang prince.
Dangxiang just attacked the Han people and had more than 2,000 people arrested. What if they rebelled?
Thinking of this, Feng Zhidai secretly decided that when he got home in the evening, he would write a letter to tell his father and never cause trouble!
He could feel that this Tang Prince was different from the previous Central Plains emperors. He was extremely serious.
Especially towards the people of the Tang Dynasty.
"Everyone, these slaves of the party are all the criminals who attacked our Tang people in Weizhou before. His Royal Highness has a good life and plans to send these people to Taiyuan to work..."
"good!"
The people watching applauded.
Although they were relatively unfamiliar with the prince, the incident in Qizhou had just ended, and they could feel the prince's concern for the common people like them.
Feng Zhidai left Chang'an and came to the place where he had previously experimented with growing Champa rice.
These days, he runs here whenever he has free time.
After finding the old farmer in charge, Feng Zhidai asked: "My father-in-law, what's going on?"
"See for yourself." The old farmer stepped on the ground with bare feet and sighed: "I have been farming all my life, and I have never seen rice that can be harvested in two months. This is faster than millet."
Feng Zhidei went down to the ground and touched the ears of rice, feeling extremely happy.
The rice is not yet mature, and is green with a hint of yellow, but this has proven that it is indeed early rice, and it is high-quality grain!
After receiving the news, Li Zhiyun led a group of ministers to watch.
This shocked Pei Ju and others. They had never seen rice that could be harvested in May or June.
Wei Yunqi, the Young Minister of Agriculture, said: "Your Highness is really a mastermind. With the curved shaft plow, soil and fertilizer, plus this early rice, the combination is perfect."
Li Zhiyun touched the green but plump rice ears, feeling extremely happy in his heart.
In less than three to five years, the granaries all over the Tang Dynasty will be full!
Pei Ju couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, what kind of grain is this that is so magical?"
Li Zhiyun explained meaningfully: "In Lingnan, that is, Rinan County in the Pre-Han Dynasty, the weather there is extremely warm and the grains are harvested twice a year. I even read from ancient books that there is a village further to the west of Rinan County.
The land is called Shendu. There is gold all over the land, and the grains are harvested three times a year! This early rice is obtained from Champa in Rinan County, so it is called Champa rice."
The ministers stared wide-eyed, looking hard to believe.
Pei Ju, on the other hand, thought thoughtfully and said: "What Your Highness said, I have indeed seen it in the history books. Rinan County has its own land. The former Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also sent Liu Fang to conquer the small country of Linyi, but he was poisoned...
..”
So far, no one knows whether there is such a place as Shendu.
Li Zhiyun did not explain to Pei Ju, he just laid an introduction first.
In the future, he may be able to advance by water, first regaining Rinan County in the former Han Dynasty, and then using the port to set up strongholds along the way, and finally deploying it to Shendu.
The more you think about it, the more likely it is to happen!
Li Zhiyun ordered: "Wei Qing."
"I'm here."
"You can use the harvested rice as seeds and give them to the old farmers who come to help, so that they can go back and plant them."
"I understand." Wei Yunqi said: "I will make a plan and will promote this product in Guanzhong as soon as possible."
He knew very well what His Highness the Crown Prince wanted most right now.