No one will cause trouble for themselves for no reason.
So, one can imagine...
In this matter, it is very likely that Li Er is really doing something!
Everyone exchanged glances, and everyone was frightened.
Maybe, this is very likely... another conspiracy against the five surnames and Qiwang!
But what exactly is the conspiracy behind this is also confusing.
After all...such a narrow ditch should not be used for irrigation. If it is not used for irrigation, then what is it used for?
After thinking for a while with no clue, everyone looked at each other, and then shook their heads one after another.
Pei Ji, in particular, frowned and said, "This matter is still too vague and there are no clues available. We still have to investigate, at least to see where the ditch will be built!"
As soon as he said this, Wang Jing and others nodded in agreement.
It's really difficult to deal with it without knowing what kind of medicine Li Er's gourd sells, and no one can come up with a plan.
After the meeting dispersed, everyone found something to do, which was to investigate.
This is extremely easy for an intricate force like the Five Surnames and Qiwang.
soon……
Not only were the excavated locations of these strange ditches discovered, but also where the departments at all levels under Li Ershou planned to dig next...
After all, Five Surnames and Seven Hopes still have a profound background!
The connections aspect is really awesome.
But after this inquiry became clear, everyone was a little confused...
Because the conclusion is astonishing.
Not only did Li Er build many such strange ditches in various places, he even planned to build more.
This is not an ordinary amount, but...
"What?!"
"Starting from Hangzhou in the east, Lingnan, to Lingzhou in the west, to Youyan in the north, to the south... to Zhongzuosuo in the south?!"
Cui Baihe was immediately stunned.
This is Chang'an, not Qinghe, his hometown. Although the five surnames and Qi Wang all have minions all over the place, there is still a certain difference in the density of minions after all. Once one or two people got the information, they immediately held a meeting and summoned all the members to come over and start discussing.
So Cui Baihe was shocked.
Also stunned with him was the Zheng family of Xingyang.
As well as everyone with the fifth surname and Qiwang who have just learned of the situation.
Even... Wang Jing and others looked completely confused after learning the news.
What exactly is this and why does this happen? Li Er actually built such a long ditch that cannot be used for irrigation!
This is even far longer than the length of the Grand Canal and is the longest in history!
Originally, there was insufficient information and no one had any ideas.
But now that the information was revealed, things turned out to be even more complicated.
Trouble! Weird!
Who knows what Li Er is planning to do? It’s impossible to guess.
As the saying goes... there is a way to win without a move. Now that Li Er has done this, it is a classic without a move. Who can fight against him? It is impossible.
But then again, after a while, Mr. Zheng Taishan's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Wait a minute... the old man seems to have some idea."
Several pairs of hawk-glaring eyes suddenly came over.
Zheng Taishan wiped his sweat nervously, and then said after careful consideration, "Everyone...I just heard about it, but...the reason why Li Er's army was able to win in Mobei some time ago was because of their perfect cooperation...
"
Zheng Taishan almost didn't say what he said. Everyone looked at each other, but did not interrupt, because Zheng Taishan obviously had something else to say.
After all, the cooperation is perfect... What can be said about this kind of thing?
And then Zheng Taishan really continued to speak, "It's not just about perfect cooperation, or in other words, it's not ordinary perfect cooperation."
"Li Er drew a large number of troops but was able to easily repel Goguryeo's several fierce attacks. This is because the troops supported each other very quickly, but they could detect any trouble immediately. And...and this is also the critical point, because Li Er's
The army’s ears and eyes are too powerful!”
Of course, everyone is still confused just by saying this. Zheng Taishan also understands this, but this part needs to be made clear.
Then he said, "I was confused about this matter at first, but then I really felt itchy, so I sent someone out to investigate. This investigation really found something..."
"There seems to be something called a telephone among Li Er's army!"
"Palace painting?"
"What is this painting?"
Zheng Taishan said this, which made Wang Jing, Pei Ji and others very confused.
Strange, it seems that no one has heard of it...
After looking at each other for a while, everyone naturally continued to stare at Zheng Xuannian, but they didn't have any expectations in their hearts, because Zheng Xuannian probably didn't know what the matter was about. But surprisingly, Zheng Xuannian really had it.
Some detailed understanding.
Next, although... Zheng Xuannian is an old man and he doesn't quite understand what this phone call is, but at least he has understood it. At least he knows that the phone call means "thunder" and "speak" instead of palace paintings. He knows that this is
A magical machine.
As for the specific magical powers of this machine, he didn't know.
But in the end, Zheng Taishan finally made it clear to Wang Jing and others that this phone call...
In short, it is something that allows Tang troops to communicate with each other.
Something that allowed the Tang Army to quickly exchange information between one military town and another military town in an instant!
And knowing this, this key point...
Wang Jing and others were stunned.
At first, I was stunned because I was confused, because I really didn’t expect that there could be a way to exchange information instantly from thousands of miles away...
But this was quickly accepted. After all, since Zheng Taishan said that this thing was a "machine", it was probably the work of Li Sheng, a monster.
That...that seems to make sense...
But the second strange point came.
So to say……
Could Li Er's construction of these ditches be related to this phone call?
Everyone thought for a while and looked at Zheng Taishan again!
But this time Zheng Taishan still nodded and gave a positive answer...
"Yes, in order to communicate with each other between telephones, a strange line needs to be laid, called a 'telephone line'!"
Laying a line?
Speaking of this, Wang Jing, Pei Ji and others understood instantly.
That is to say...
"... After working on it for a long time, it turned out that Li Er was not building water conservancy projects, but digging tunnels and laying 'telephone lines'..."
Things are finally clear!
Zheng Taishan shook his head in embarrassment, "I thought the digging of ditches was for water conservancy at the beginning. I really didn't expect this. Please forgive me..."
When he said this, the others waved their hands. After all, we are all old guys, and it is normal to have bad memory.
The real key is why...
Li Er wants to build something like this on a large scale?