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Cheng Zhijie didn't get his telescope back in the end.

If I had known this...

If he had known this, he would have only taken the things into the palace. He was not that kid like Yan Kai.

It can be seen that although the boy is still a small county magistrate, His Majesty does not have any other rewards for him.

But it is obvious that in His Majesty's heart, this boy's status is already very high.

The next day, Li Shimin rarely went to court. He just called some of his confidants to the Xiande Hall.

"I just received the news that there is a small-scale civil strife within the Turks. Xue Yantuo has also joined us in the Tang Dynasty, and the time has come to attack the Turks."

"Your Majesty, winter is coming soon. If we march in winter, it will be extremely detrimental to our army!"

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "It is not good for our army, but it is also bad for the Turks. It is because they have severe cold in winter, so we can catch them by surprise by launching a sudden attack."

In the eyes of Li Shimin and others, soldiers are just numbers. It is very likely that many soldiers will freeze to death and suffer from frostbite during the winter march.

But as long as the Turks can be defeated, everything is worth it.

Unfolding a map, Li Shimin pointed at it with his sword and said:

"The acting Duke Li Jing is the general manager of the march on Dingxiang Road and leads the Chinese army to advance towards Yunzhong!"

"Li Jing takes the order!"

"The British Duke Li Ji was the general manager of the march to Tongmo Road and led the main force from the east road to directly attack the Turkic hinterland."

Everyone else looked at Li Ji with envy. He was worthy of being given a surname by His Majesty.

Attacking the hinterland must be a great achievement.

"Hu Guogong Qin Shubao has ordered you to be the commander-in-chief of the Jinhe Road march, march along the Yellow River from the west, respond to Li Jing's army, and protect the left wing."

"Qin Shubao takes the order!"

"Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng County, was appointed as the general manager of the march of Datong Road. He led the army to rush northwest from Lingzhou and cut off the westward escape route of the Turkic army."

"Cheng Zhijie, Duke of Lu State, was appointed as the general manager of the march on Heng'an Road and stationed in the Yanyun area to prevent the Turkic army from escaping eastward."

"Your Majesty!" Cheng Zhijie looked at the telescope on Li Shimin's table, meaning that this thing was sent by me.

"You give me the job of cutting off retreats for the whole garrison every time. Am I, Old Cheng, weaker than some of them?"

"Then..." Li Shimin looked at him: "Give you a more important job?"

Cheng Zhijie was overjoyed: "Your Majesty, tell me."

"Guard Chang'an!" Li Shimin smiled and pointed the location of Chang'an on the map with his scabbard.

"Actually... I think the place in Yanyun is quite suitable for me, and the Turkic army is very likely to flee eastward. Maybe I can catch their Khan!"

"Don't want to change? Why don't you still follow me in Chang'an?"

"I won't change it anymore, I won't change it anymore!"

Everyone else laughed when they saw Cheng Zhijie playing tricks.

Li Shimin stopped caring about him and continued: "Duan Zhixuan, Duke of Fan, and the general manager of Changwu Road March, will detour to the rear of the Turks along the border between Northeast China and Shiwei, and pay attention to monitoring and containing Shiwei."

"Ren Guogong Liu Hongji will guard Yizhou, Li Daliang, a man from Wuyang County, will guard Liangzhou, and Chen Guogong Hou Junji will stay in Chang'an."

Everyone else accepted the order, except Hou Junji who was somewhat reluctant.

Staying in Chang'an basically means that this war against the Turks does not have half of his oil and water.

This time Li Shimin sent out six armies, pressing all the main forces up.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a battle for national destiny. If this battle is lost, the surrounding countries such as Tubo, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and even Fusang and Nanzhao may pounce.

He also arranged for Fang Du, Chang Sun Wuji and others to coordinate logistical supplies.

After the Chinese New Year, on the first day of the first lunar month, they attacked the Turks.

Chu Suiliang looked at the arrangements and found that he had nothing to do of his own.

He is a person who doesn't fight or grab, so it doesn't matter.

In the end, Li Shimin kept him.

"You go there again and bring another will."

Hearing what Li Shimin said, Chu Suiliang laughed.

Li Shimin didn't say where it was, but he had already guessed it.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!"

After taking over the job from Li Shimin, he thought for a while and said, "Can you please invite Bachelor Ouyang and Secretary Yu to go with you?"

Last time Yan Kai said he wanted to invite the two of them over, and he even praised Haikou, but if he wanted to invite them, he might not be able to do so.

But if Li Shimin gave the order, the two old men would naturally have to go with him.

"Scholar Ouyang and Secretary Yu?" Li Shimin asked curiously: "Why do you want to invite them both to go with you?"

"Yes... Yan Kai hopes to meet the two of them."

"This boy has such a big air!" Li Shimin glared: "Then please invite Bachelor Ouyang and Secretary Yu to go with you! Tell Yan Kai that these two are my beloveds, so you need to add...a telescope!"

Li Shimin is also unwilling to suffer losses.

Menxiasheng wrote the decree and stamped it with Li Shimin, and Chu Suiliang took the two inexplicable old men on the road.

He was accompanied by fifty craftsmen, most of whom were shipbuilders.

"Dengshan, why does your Majesty want us to go to Kuoding County too?"

"Hehe." Chu Suiliang didn't dare to say that you two were friends, so he said with a smile: "That's a good place. And Medicine King Sun Taoist Priest is also there, and His Majesty also invited you two to come over and let Taoist Sun take a look."

When a few people arrived in Dengzhou, the two old men felt that there was an obvious difference here.

"Dengzhou is actually so rich?"

Whether a place has money or not can be seen just by looking at the people in this era. The people in Dengzhou basically have rosy complexions, which means they are at least well fed.

In the early Tang Dynasty, this was already considered wealthy.

"Well, it all depends on Kuoding County." Chu Suiliang said, feeling slightly proud.

"Yan Kai, the magistrate of Kuoding County, talks about stimulating the economy and stimulating consumption. Anyway, when Kuoding County becomes rich, he can slowly lead Dengzhou to become rich as well."

Dengzhou already took advantage of Kuoding County, and most of the new crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes were sent to Chang'an.

But Chun Yunan still left a lot for seed.

Dengzhou is the first to plant these new crops in the country except Kuoding County.

Now that one crop has been harvested, it can be said that no family in Dengzhou is short of food this year.

Moreover, Yan Kai is absolutely not merciless in spending money in Dengzhou.

Buy food in the early stage, building materials and livestock later.

After spending large sums of real money, people in Dengzhou now know that there is wood that can be sold to Kuoding County. If you raise chickens and ducks, you can also sell them to Kuoding County.

There are also businessmen from other places, knowing that there is a high demand for these things here, they have also begun to sell goods here.

Caravans came one after another, spending their food, clothing, housing and transportation in Dengzhou.

It can be said that the entire Dengzhou economy has been revitalized by Kuoding County.

Dengzhou naturally became rich and prosperous.

Seeing Dengzhou like this, the two old men became even more curious about Kuoding County.