Li Shimin

Only then did Li Shimin come to his senses, he opened his mouth, his expression a little gloomy.

A continent as vast as the territory of the Tang Dynasty, even if a million troops were sent, they would not be able to defend it.

However, such a fertile continent has already been discovered by Datang, if he just give up like this, Li Shimin will feel a heart-wrenching pain!

"But Xuanba, such a big treasure land, is it possible to give up like this?"

"Your Majesty is worrying too much!"

Li Xuan smiled lightly and explained slowly: "This continent has not been discovered for so many years, so it may not be possible for anyone to discover it in the next few hundred years. Moreover, this continent is surrounded by vast oceans. Even if someone discovers , and may not be able to arrive.

Today, only my Tang Dynasty has a giant steel ship, which can easily cross the ocean of thousands of miles and reach this continent!

In today's world, our Tang Dynasty has the most extensive territory, the largest population, and the strongest armed force. Your Majesty can completely develop this continent in hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years.

At the same time, send ships to inspect this continent. If any ship finds this continent, it will drive them away and declare that this continent has been occupied by my Tang Dynasty.

If someone dares to get involved in this continent, His Majesty will directly send an army to destroy it!

As long as the population of our Great Tang increases and there are tens of thousands of people, the fertile land of our Great Tang may not be enough.

In this way, His Majesty can immigrate to this continent.

As long as there are millions of Tang people multiplying on this continent, this continent can be my territory of the Tang Dynasty! "

"Xuan Ba's words are wonderful!"

Li Shimin is overjoyed!

Afterwards, after thinking for a while, Li Shimin continued: "It's just that the only factor that limits our power in the Tang Dynasty is the population. This matter cannot be rushed! When the court meeting is held, I need to discuss the marriage strategy with the officials again!

In addition, there are iron mines in these continents, and you can also send a group of craftsmen to make iron and ship, and forge a large number of steel giant ships to excavate this continent! "

With that said, Li Shimin couldn't help looking at Li Xuan.

"After I heard that the four warriors, his wife and daughter, have lived in your estate for a year, and the three daughters of the warrior have reached the age of marriage, when will Xuan Ba ​​bring them into the mansion, so that they can be used for me, Li Tang?"

Li Xuan: "..."

Fortunately, on this matter, Li Shimin only talked about it.

Afterwards, Li Shimin and Li Xuan went to meet Li Yuan.

Since Li Yuan and his family moved to Lijiazhuang, Li Yuan has nothing to do every day. With the support of several servants, he wandered around Lijiazhuang, which made Lijiazhuang inexplicably quieter.

After hearing that Datang had discovered a fertile continent that was no less than the territory of Datang, Li Yuan's face was filled with joy.

"This continent is the Treasure Continent of our Great Tang. We must live in our Great Tang subjects on it, build our Great Tang houses, and plant our Great Tang grain!"

"Father, don't worry. After returning, the people of the world will discuss with the courtiers again, award benefits, encourage the common people to have children, and build a lot of giant steel ships, so that we can prepare for my Tang Dynasty to live in this continent in the future!"

Li Shimin replied.

Li Yuan nodded slightly, his eyes still staring at the map, full of excitement.

"Unfortunately, the old man's body is already rotten, and this continent is tens of thousands of miles away from my Great Tang, so I can't reach this continent. Otherwise, the old man really wants to take a look!"

"Aye, don't worry, Shimin will visit this continent instead of Aye in the future!" Li Shimin said.

……

After leaving Lijiazhuang, Li Shimin's blood was still boiling when he thought of that continent, but he was much more rational than when he came here.

At least, knowing that Datang wants to completely occupy that fertile continent now, it is powerless.

So, after returning, he directly summoned Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, and the Minister of the Household into the palace.

After hearing about that continent, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and the others acted more impulsively than Li Shimin, their eyes were red and they were panting heavily.

"Your Majesty, there is such a treasure in the world?"

"Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to send troops immediately to occupy this continent!"

"Your Majesty, this continent is the treasure land bestowed on me by the heavens, and it must not fall into the hands of foreigners!"

"..."

"Everyone, be safe and don't be impatient!"

Li Shimin looked indifferent, and waved his hand lightly.

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others all looked at Li Shimin quietly.

"Just after the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population of our Tang Dynasty has not yet recovered, and now our Tang Dynasty does not have sufficient population to occupy this continent."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the frontiers of our Tang Dynasty have been peaceful in the past few years, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Last year, more than 300 million men got married in our Tang Dynasty, and 230 million of them were pregnant.

As for the number of babies born in Datang last year, there were more than 400 million fetuses, and this year there will be even more.In less than 20 years, there will be tens of millions more young and middle-aged adults in our Tang Dynasty..."

Fang Xuanling reported in detail.

"After 20 years, can the population of our Tang Dynasty reach [-] million?" Li Shimin asked.

"This……"

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and the others stared blankly, looked at each other quickly, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the current situation, after 20 years, the population of our Tang Dynasty can double at most and return to the time of the Sui Dynasty!"

"insufficient!"

Li Shimin shook his head slowly, "The territory of this continent is already about the same size as my Great Tang. If my Great Tang wants to completely occupy it, it will consume a lot of national power. I still need to continue to strengthen my Great Tang's national power, especially the population and the giant steel ship!"

"Your Majesty, in this way, we need to encourage the people of our Tang Dynasty to actively marry, and we should encourage widows and widows to remarry; now that our Tang Dynasty has enough food, we can increase the subsidy for the poor to marry wives again, and increase the reward for having children!"

Fang Xuanling said.

Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "Your Majesty, now that the Tang Dynasty is in urgent need of people, we should not only pay attention to males, if there are common people who have daughters, we should also subsidize them!"

"good!"

Li Shimin nodded slightly, "Based on the original basis, all subsidies and rewards will be raised again!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

……

a few days later.

The imperial edict was issued to all states and counties in the Tang Dynasty, and thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty shouted for His Majesty's mercy.

At the same time, the military inspectors and general supervisors also began to recruit a large number of craftsmen, most of whom were blacksmiths.

An edict was also issued to the Qingzhou Shipbuilding Workshop to build huge steel ships.

Soon, it will be the autumn harvest.

Today, only [-] mu of rice are planted in Lijiazhuang, and vegetables, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc. are planted in the remaining fields.

This [-] mu of rice is enough for the people in Lijiazhuang to eat for a year.

As for the grain used for wine making, there are not many.

However, sometimes Li Xuan would ask Li Chang to buy some grain outside to make wine.

As for Li Chengqian's Weinan County, every household has grown sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn.

Therefore, those common people planted at least three acres of grain less than before.

In addition, irrigation ditches have been built next to the hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile fields in Weinan County. As long as the fields are slightly dry, they can be directly irrigated.

Naturally, the people in Weinan County have a bumper harvest this year.

After the autumn harvest, tens of thousands of young and strong people in Weinan County began to work to make money under the leadership and encouragement of the Weinan County Chamber of Commerce and Weinan County officials.

At the same time, Weinan County has more than 6000 young and strong married wives this year.

Li Chengqian's achievements in governing the local area have already been praised by all civil and military officials.

And before the frost came, the sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and peppers in the homes of the people in Weinan County were harvested one by one.The people of Weinan County have completely entered a time of prosperity.

Just selling peppers to the Datang Chamber of Commerce, each family can earn four or five guans of money.

In addition, some people can also sell some sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn outside.

At this time, although sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, etc. had become popular in Datang, their prices were still very high.

Therefore, all the people in Weinan County can earn a lot of money.

In addition, the farms established by the Weinan County Chamber of Commerce have also begun to get on the right track.

Anyone who knows the changes in Weinan County in the past two years can see that as long as there are no natural and man-made disasters, the lives of the people in Weinan County will become more and more prosperous from now on.

As the instigator of such changes, Li Chengqian, the magistrate of Weinan County, has benefited more than 7 people in Weinan County after governing Weinan County for two years. All the people are familiar with it.

Even the reputation of Li Chengqian was circulating in various feudal states around the Tang Dynasty.

Lijiazhuang.

After Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others had harvested all the grain and vegetables from all the fields in Weinan County, there would be no major problems in Weinan County.

So, he came to Lijiazhuang and reported the changes in Weinan County to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan naturally understood the intentions of these people.

The child has done such a successful thing outside alone, so he naturally wants to come back and show off to his parents, hoping to get their affirmation.

However, Li Xuan also had to admit that Li Chengqian and Wang Xuance had managed Weinan County well.

Therefore, facing the expectant eyes of several people, Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction.

"You have followed this king for so many years, and you have lived up to Aye's high expectations. Weinan County has been governed beautifully by you!"

"hey-hey……"

This was the first time that Li Xuan praised them so sincerely. After Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others were stunned for a moment, they all smiled happily.

"Thank you for your teaching, Master!"

Seeing this, Li Xuan nodded slowly: "It seems that you are still calm, and have not gotten carried away because of this achievement!"

"..."

Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others were startled again.

According to their understanding of Li Xuan, something is wrong with their master.

"I also ask the master to teach me!"

However, over the past few years, Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others have also begun to learn to be smart.

As long as he sensed that something was wrong with Li Xuan, he would never make wild guesses, but would ask questions directly.

"One of you is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and the four are the eldest sons of the founding father of the Tang Dynasty. Even Wang Xuance is now the captain of my son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty, and he still has a title. Do you feel that, You can be proud of just governing a small county well?"

"This……"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and the others all froze.

After that, he saluted Li Xuan again.

"Thank you, master, for your teaching!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly, "Now, you have laid the foundation of Weinan County, as long as there are no natural or man-made disasters, within two years, Weinan County must be the strongest county in my Tang Dynasty!

Now, do you still miss Weinan County? "

"Master's intention?"

Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others subconsciously asked.

"This king just thinks that Gao Ming should try to govern a state!"

Li Xuan said.

Hearing this, Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others couldn't help but smile.

"Chengqian would like to obey the master's wishes!"

Li Chengqian answered cleanly, without any reluctance, and Li Xuan even saw a trace of excitement and anticipation on Li Chengqian's face.

"Dare to ask Master, Cheng Qian can be the governor of a state!"

"Can you govern a state?" Li Xuan asked rhetorically.

"Chengqian will not disappoint his master and father!" Li Chengqian replied.

"Ok!"