As Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng said, on this big chessboard called "World Island" by His Royal Highness, the best farmland is Southeast Diao, the Tianzhu subcontinent, and another place is Africa.
Nowadays, Rome is constantly expanding its territory in Africa, and the amount of high-quality cultivated land is constantly increasing, which is definitely a major threat to the Tang Dynasty... It can even be said to be the theme of this discussion.
The actual control of the area north of Mobei was just a hedging method adopted to deal with the reality that Rome occupied the territory of Africa. If you occupy the territory, I will also occupy it.
However, the agricultural value of Africa is obviously much higher than that of the cold wastelands north of the high desert, so it still needs to be carefully explored.
The imperial army of the Tang Dynasty and the maritime merchants of the Tang Dynasty still had to get through it!...
But how to get past this is somewhat of a problem. Now half of Rome's main legion is stationed there, and the casual forces can't afford to offend them at all, even if the pirates form a regular army.
On the contrary, if the Romans wanted to attack the interests of the Tang court and merchants in Africa, it would be very easy!
After all, the Arab disease is now in decline, and the Romans can almost do whatever they want there...
If the Tang Dynasty's maritime merchants are really completely squeezed out of Africa, then this matter will be completely over. The amount of arable land in that place is really...
But the problem now is that the Romans continued to devour the Arab territory in the name of "We went to destroy the pirates, but we were attacked by the Arabs. These people must be relatives of the pirates, and the brothers beat them."
Whether the Romans really thought so or not, it doesn’t even matter how the Romans did it...
Regardless of good luck or awesome planning, in short, the Romans now have the advantage of successfully ambushing Arabia and severely damaging the main force of the Arab army, and at the same time, they also occupy the moral high ground...
This is simply an invincible situation, and how can Datang, a country thousands of miles away, extend its hooves there, becomes a problem.
Once the issue returned to Africa, the atmosphere in Manna Hall suddenly became a little heavier!
However, Wei Zheng and others are not vegetarians after all. Soon Du Ruhui also spoke in a low voice,
"This matter... Your Majesty may not need to worry. Our Tang Dynasty Navy has recently used new warships, which are as fast as lightning on the sea. Together with the infantry, they should not be weaker than the Roman soldiers..."
Du Ruhui's words were a bit vague and unclear, but the others were not bastards either, so they understood them immediately. The point was not how powerful the Tang Dynasty's navy was - after all, powerful sea ships could not sail to land to attack the enemy.
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However, with a powerful navy and nearly invincible warships, the Tang Dynasty was able to use the ocean unimpeded and continuously transport manpower and material resources to Africa!
If you can transport manpower and material resources in a basically worry-free manner, then...
First of all, materially, Datang had the capital to compete with the Romans in Africa.
Of course, this is just one of them...
As we all know, if you want to succeed, you cannot just look at one without looking at the other. Therefore, Li Er and others nodded lightly, but did not say anything to avoid interrupting. Du Ruhui paused, and then said,
"As for the matter of status, the Tang Dynasty may have nothing to worry about... The native Africans live in tribes, and there is no unified king. The chiefs of these tribes are often cruel and ruthless, and they often traffic people in exchange for financial benefits. We can only
It is necessary to state the accusations of his crimes and allow his people to live in peace and happiness, so that they can convince the public."
...This time everyone was a little surprised. They all looked at Du Ruhui in surprise. They didn't expect that he had actually studied the political and military situation in Africa and the people's customs... because everyone knew that there was no dynasty in Africa, or an empire.
, something like this exists, but the whole thing is scattered.
Since ancient times, wherever there is loose sand in the world, it must be a paradise for cruel and unkind people, such as the Golden Triangle in later generations... But loose sand means that there is not enough power to be gathered, and the threat is not great.
Therefore, none of the ministers had specifically studied Africa. Unexpectedly, Du Ruhui had done so.
None of the ministers predicted what was going on in Arabia, but Du Ruhui figured out the situation in Africa despite this big mistake. This made Li Er feel satisfied for a while. His ability to judge people, select and promote ministers was really good...
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And what Du Ruhui said is obviously true,
The Tang Dynasty... actually does not need any extra righteousness in the first place. The land of Africa itself has no "righteousness". This is a kind of vacant state, waiting for others to occupy the "rights"!
If you calculate it this way...
Although the Romans are already winning in Africa, if you think carefully about where the Tang Dynasty is, there is really a lot to do!
With Du Ruhui's ideas, the things to be done in the future also have a backbone. For a moment, Li Er was refreshed and felt as if a big stone had been put down in his heart!
There are ideas in the north and east of the Tang Dynasty.
And there is an idea that if you work hard, you will definitely gain something sooner or later. In many cases, it is the most valuable thing for both individuals and the country.
Li Er gradually became more excited, and then asked, "What Ke Ming said...do you have anything to correct?"
Li Er asked, Wei Zheng and others... He had previously failed to predict what would happen in northern Africa, and now only Du Ruhui has figured out the local political situation in Africa. How can he be embarrassed to do Bibi? In short, there is a direction that can be worked hard to manage.
, everyone bowed and said yes, and Datang's course of action for the next period of time was established.
But just when Li Er was about to announce the adjournment of the meeting and organize his thoughts in the Manna Hall...
When the ministers started to walk out of the palace, Fang Xuanling suddenly thought of something, "But... Your Majesty, Keming, why did the Romans wait for the Arabs to attack their own army before taking action?"
As the saying goes, the source of force is name.
The Romans' current situation is smooth because of their powerful planning, but also because they can stand on paper.
But the question that Fang Xuanling thought of at this moment was also quite sharp, because according to the idea Du Ruhui just said...
The Romans were supposed to just go and occupy all of Africa, so why did they need to go to all the trouble to make a show with Arabia? It couldn't be because they had nothing to do but look for trouble...
When Fang Xuanling asked, Li Er and others were still deep in thought, but Changsun Wuji suddenly shouted, "That's right... Although the ancestors of the Romans have passed down laws like Athens, they are still not as good as me after all."
