Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

"At the beginning, Youzhou, where the environment was harsh and the population was barren, was a place of exile, and now it's in his hands."

"First, they supported [-] refugees, but now they don't receive the slightest relief from the court. Instead, they are self-reliant and pay taxes voluntarily."

"If His Majesty entrusts him with [-] or [-] states, maybe even more food will be handed over!"

"I haven't seen him for almost half a year, but I really miss him."

Hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Li Shimin also let out a heavy breath.

The same feeling of nostalgia.

In the past year, so many major events have happened that Li Shimin has no time and space to miss his child.

Now taking advantage of this gap, the emotions that have been pent up for a long time are squeezed out in an instant.

"Well, let alone, this kid has done a good job as the governor of Youzhou."

At this moment, Wang Gui reported: "Your Majesty, it just so happens that I have a document from Jingzhou here, which is about Li Qiu, King of Peking."

Li Shimin frowned immediately, "Really? Tell me."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"The governor of Jingzhou, the samurai, said on the table that Jingzhou suffered a drought this year."

"The production of fields in the state is less than [-]% of that of previous years, and a large number of people are without food and starving."

"As for the grain and grass in the righteous warehouse in Jingzhou, it was also conscripted to Hou Junji's army a month ago."

"That's why Jingzhou applied to the imperial court to send some refugees in the state to Youzhou and other places under the jurisdiction of King Beiping."

At this time, Li Shimin sighed softly, "Right now, all states in the Tang Dynasty are asking me for food and money."

"There are refugees everywhere, disaster victims."

"Jingzhou's memorandum is accurate!"

"Who told me not to have a better way to help him solve the refugee problem in Jingzhou?!"

"And these refugees really went to Li Qiu's side. With Li Qiu's temperament of loving the people like a child, I am relieved."

Du Ruhui at the side laughed lightly at this time, "This warrior Xun has given birth to a good daughter."

"With Li Qiu's help to relieve the worries of the refugees in Jingzhou, he is now more at ease than others."

"And look at the worries of those governors and governors in other states?!"

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In Youzhou, Li Qiu still traveled around Youzhou, Yizhou, Jizhou, and Pingzhou.

It can be said that no matter where he is, he is not at ease.

In farmlands like Youzhou and Yizhou, corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are all in the last month before the autumn harvest.

There is no room for mistakes and carelessness.

Fortunately, my disciple Wang Xuance's overall management ability is really good.

Li Qiu is quite satisfied with the orderly management of these farmlands.

In the forest farm in the north of Jizhou, timber is constantly being cut down, transported down, and then made into carriages.

And on the pastures to the south, the herd of horses is also growing.

The red rabbit horse and its eight concubines also get along quite well, and the eight concubines are all pregnant.

Just waiting for the production period in two months.

According to the stableman here, the Chituma seems to have a few lovers among the horse herd.

As soon as Li Qiu appeared, Chituma was also very excited and close.

It can be felt that it seems to be a little tired of being a stallion here.

I want to go back to the battlefield.

At this time, Li Qiu patted his head, and then glanced at the northern grassland.

"It doesn't matter, it's not far from when we go to the battlefield!"

Chapter 266 Spectacular Youzhou City

In the coal mines in Pingzhou, the current situation of exploration and mining is very good.

According to Li Qiu's estimate, the shallow coal reserves alone are enough for him to use for several years.

And now with the little progress in iron smelting technology, iron tools and complete equipment will be available in a few years, and it will not be a problem to further mine shallow coal mines.

However, in the iron smelting factory, Li Qiu was not very satisfied with the situation here.

It's still an old problem, the weapons produced are not hard enough.

This has something to do with the composition of iron ore in Pingzhou, Jizhou and other places.

Another point, according to Li Qiu's analysis, is that the iron smelting technology he introduced has not yet been integrated with the unique smelting technology of ancient times.

It seems that the arsenal here still has a long way to go.

In order to save efficiency and avoid waste, Li Qiu ordered the craftsmen here to first make two thousand sets of armor out of the iron produced.

Don't reheat it again.

After coming here, Li Qiu also tested Xue Rengui's recent martial arts.

What made him more satisfied was that even though he supervised the production of the coal mine and two factories here in Pingzhou, Xue Rengui's martial arts not only did not fall.

On the contrary, it is more refined.

Therefore, Li Qiu also passed on part of Fang Tian's unique knowledge of painting halberds to him, which made Xue Rengui extremely excited.

At the same time, Li Qiu also asked the craftsmen here to record the size of the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand.

And told Xue Rengui that after the iron smelting here is qualified, he will have his own Fangtian painted halberd as a weapon.

After Li Qiu left, unexpectedly, his own words changed Xue Rengui's life direction.

From this day on, in addition to practicing martial arts and working, Xue Rengui devoted all his energy to smelting iron and forging weapons.

He also secretly made up his mind that his Fang Tian Painting Halberd must be forged by himself!

When Li Qiu returned to Youzhou City, the north city wall here had been built.

Most of the remaining three walls have been completed.

This has been built. The north wall of Youzhou City is 16 meters high, 22 meters wide at the bottom, 18 meters wide at the top, and 2590 meters long.

Standing at the bottom of the city and looking up, the city wall is as high as a five or six-story building in later generations.

Quite grand, spectacular!

With the current Turkic siege methods, want to capture this city?

I'm afraid it's more difficult than ascending to the sky!

When the sun was setting, Li Qiu sat alone on the north city wall, looking at the grassland in the north, not knowing what he was thinking.

Because of Li Qiu's location, the others withdrew out, leaving the entire northern city wall to the prince alone.

At this moment, a black figure floated beside Li Qiu.

It was Ake.

This means that Li Qiu and A Ke have the same mind and know A Ke's actions.

If it was someone else, I'm afraid they would be easily frightened and fall from the city wall in fright.

"These days, according to your arrangement, I have probably found out the location of the tribes on this grassland north of Youzhou City."

"There are not many guards, but there are quite a few horses and sheep in the tribe."

Hearing this, Li Qiu nodded, and then wanted to turn his head to praise A Ke.

But in the process of turning his head, he directly saw A Ke who was beside him, dressed in a black gauze dress, with an extremely graceful figure.

That slender waist Feng Yuexiong's figure was much better than Luo Kexin's, almost made Li Qiu spit out nosebleeds.

"Ake? Who gave you the clothes?"

A Ke frowned and looked at herself, "The one Luo Kexin gave me, isn't it pretty?"

At this moment, Li Qiu looked around, and then lowered his voice and told her, "It's nice to look good, but this kind of clothes, well, it's good to wear in private."

"But don't be seen by anyone but me."

"Um, you're still a princess after all, you have to be more careful."

A Ke nodded, frowning slightly puzzled to express understanding.

In terms of revealing and sexy, the black leather jacket she wore back then was even more extreme than this gauze dress.

If Li Qiu has already integrated into this world, A Ke is basically still in the same state as before.

The next day, accompanied by Luo Kexin, Luo Liang, Zhang Yungu and others, Li Qiu climbed the city wall of Youzhou again.

Luo Kexin said at this time: "Husband, it stands to reason that when the main body of the city wall is completed, it is time to plan and arrange the relevant areas and facilities for defending the city."

"However, this city is too special. Neither I nor Luo Liang dare to make random plans."

"It will be decided when you come back."

After hearing her words, Li Qiu couldn't help frowning.

"If you ask me to build a city, maybe it's okay, but when it comes to arranging city defenses, I don't have the slightest experience, and I'm not as good as you."

"I have never even defended the city once."

"In this way, you can plan first, and then after you have considered everything, everyone will discuss it together and brainstorm!"

At this time, Luo Kexin said something quietly, and his expression couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"It would be great if grandpa was still alive."

"If grandpa can see the new Youzhou City we built, he will be very happy and proud of us."

"And the city defense that his old man arranged is what the Turkic people are most afraid of."

Seeing that Luo Kexin missed her grandfather again, Li Qiu gently took her hand and comforted her.

Luo Liang also reported to Li Qiu at this time that apart from the more than 2000 soldiers in Youzhou and Yizhou responsible for guarding production, some soldiers were recruited here in Youzhou City.

At present, there are a total of 7000 soldiers and horses.

If it is matched with such a Youzhou city, if the Turks do not have a scale of 5 people, they will not even want to climb to the top of the city.

As the days passed, the nearly 3 refugees from Jingzhou arrived in Yizhou smoothly.

Due to the better weather conditions at this time and the previous experience, not many people died on the road.

For these people, Li Qiu placed them in Mozhou, which is adjacent to Yizhou.

It is located in the southwest of Yizhou and the south of Youzhou. There are also few aborigines and the idle land is fertile.

Due to the current rich human resources, sufficient wood and advanced iron tools, it was under the organization and arrangement of Zhang Yungu.

In Mozhou, the household registration of these people was reorganized, and the living area and land were arranged.

At the same time let them do it themselves and build houses.

Most of the land in Youzhou, Yizhou, and Mozhou is owned by Li Qiu.

These refugees are responsible for farming, and then Li Qiu will leave them a lot of money and food.

In terms of income, it is no less than the annual income of the aborigines.

And the risk is much lower.

This sub-volume in the writer's background is really disgusting.Today is the backstage convulsion, the author did not move anything, really wronged

Chapter 267 Raid on the Grassland

In Jingzhou, the offensive and defensive battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks has entered a fierce stage.

Surrounding the city of Jingzhou, this battle has been fought from the beginning of autumn to the end of autumn, nearly two months.