What Li Sheng said made Li Er, Wei Zheng and others stunned.
this……
I picked this up casually, is there really any wool??
And look at Li Sheng's posture...
I'm afraid there's more than one wool.
One is wool and cassava from "South America" that Li Sheng said.
There is still one……
Lingzhou?
From what Li Sheng said, he meant to target Lingzhou as a whole.
Li Er, Wei Zheng and others looked at each other and made crazy calculations in their minds.
What does this mean? Is it true that the Tang Dynasty is forced to add one more sacred items to our country?...
Li Sheng shook his head, peeled off the few rice grains he was playing with, and threw them into his mouth.
"That's almost it. Today I'm here to see how effective this pesticide is, because I heard that Li Er is using it recently..."
Saying this, Li Sheng glanced at Li Er and others with a half-smile,
"You guys took my prescription to Li Er to receive the reward, right?"
"As for Lingzhou, I will give you a steam engine. At that time, whether it is Lingzhou or the Anxi Protector... the geographical distance will no longer be a problem."
Li Sheng said this, and then started to return.
Li Er and others looked at each other in shock...
Distance is no longer a problem...
From what Li Sheng means, in the future... we will be able to easily transport large quantities of food and cargo between Lingzhou, Anxi Protectorate, Chang'an and other places?
Apart from this, Li Sheng's words seemed to have no other meaning.
But...how is this possible?
Since ancient times, the border areas have been difficult to defend. The biggest reason is that to station troops at the border areas, it is indispensable to transport supplies such as grain, grass, winter clothes, etc.
When transporting a total of ten stones of grain and grass, half of it is often consumed on the road. Sometimes if you are unlucky, you may consume even more.
In addition to the administrative costs, etc., or on the road...because transporting grain and grass is not a surprise attack by troops, it is impossible to always have heavy escorts every time. If there is a hijacking by bandits or something, the whole thing will be very scary.
To paraphrase a later saying,
In ancient times, only a great country with clear politics and simple folk customs could maintain a huge territory, but a few frontier troops could not maintain it.
In fact, this is also the case. Many great dynasties in China, including the Tang Dynasty, were basically unable to maintain border governance in the later stages. The political and economic conditions were really not enough to support an army directly loyal to the court. In the end, they often had to compromise.
The imperial court turned a blind eye and allowed the border people to govern themselves.
As time goes by...
During various Anshi Rebellions, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, and the nomadic tribes suddenly became powerful (a large number of Han people took refuge), similar dramas gradually unfolded.
but now……
Li Er and Wei Zheng were confused for a moment.
Now they didn't even feel excited anymore.
if……
Is there really any way to transport supplies to the border easily and cheaply...
Then I'm afraid, the frontier will be able to settle down forever. The fate of the entire Tang Dynasty, no, the entire China...
Everything will change from now on!
If this is true...things will get serious this time.
However, Li Er and others were stunned for a while, but Li Sheng became impatient. He turned around and said, "Let me tell you guys, are you... still going to enjoy this meal?"
"Uh...ah, rub! Rub! Hahahahaha!"
"If you have something to eat, you can eat it straight away! Come on!"
"Don't wait to lick the bowl when you have nothing to eat! Master, wait a moment, I'm waiting hahahaha!"
…
A few days later...
At the same time, Li Sheng was thinking about the fate of Lingzhou, the Protector of Anxi, and Hangzhou, the south...
the other side……
In the big house in the south of the city.
Wang Jing, Li Tiancheng, Pei Ji, Xiao Yu... this group of people were sitting together in the hall, all of them had livid faces and said nothing.
This tense atmosphere is not because of anything else, but precisely because during this period, everyone had planned...
No, it should be said that this is a conjecture about asking the great immortal to perform rituals...
It should almost work, right?
It has been more than 20 days, is it possible that we still have to wait for more than 200 days?
After waiting for more than two hundred days, it will be next year...
Although I had investigated Master Ye’s retreat before, but...
In any case, this matter has not been solved.
Master Ye is a true god, let’s not doubt it for now, but even if you are a true god, you have already promised everyone this ritual, you have to finish it, right?
However...
How long has it been since this happened, and there is still no sign of it.
Even Wang Jing and others heard that the people outside the city were celebrating recently, because there were very few insects and flies in the farmland in this area recently, and they all felt that they were going to have a good harvest. Everyone praised Li Er for his virtue.
Sir, auspiciousness is coming from heaven.
this?
Is this the real god?
Are you playing? Are you having fun?
Where are people?
???
The more Wang Jing and others thought about it, the more they felt that something might be wrong.
So we gathered together that day, and the theme of the meeting was "discussions."
As for the discussion, what exactly is it being discussed?
Although no one has said it clearly, everyone knows today’s theme, no, what the problem is...
If you don't mention the topic, I don't know what you are going to say?
As if waiting for his wife to give birth to a baby, Wang Jing walked back and forth in the hall several times with worry.
Finally I couldn't help but say...
"Brothers, we have been doing this ritual to invite gods for more than 20 days. It has been more than 20 days... Why does the ritual still fail to take effect? Please tell me!"
"this……"
Wang Jing told the dilemma so bluntly that Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Li Tiancheng and others were a little embarrassed.
Lao Tie, if you say it so directly, how can everyone answer the conversation...
Who knows why?
Pei Ji felt a little embarrassed for no reason, so he said...
"Well……"
"Brother Wang, since ancient times, this Water and Land Dharma Assembly has taken seven, seven and forty-nine days to complete. This is only about twenty days, which is less than half... maybe..."
Pei Ji said this,
Wang Jing was already worried and angry, but now his mentality is even more explosive.
Staring directly at Pei Ji, he said anxiously, "Brother Pei, if our plan fails, we will have to go to that damn place in Hangzhou to engage in some kind of sea trade. Could it be that Brother Pei is no longer interested in fertile land and doesn't want to regain the lost land?
Then go back to sea trade?"
Pei Ji smiled and said, "Well...as the saying goes, don't trust those who employ people, and don't trust those who doubt..."
Wang Jing took a long breath and sighed.
Then suddenly his eyes gleamed, "No, we must not sit still and wait for death when today's disaster strikes. Let's go see Master Ye right now and ask him what's going on!"
Although Wang Jing's excited look made everyone feel uncomfortable for a while, they fully agreed with his words.
In fact, Pei Ji himself, even Xiao Yu, Li Tiancheng, Cui Baihe... and others all thought the same way.
