In the hall of Chang'an mansion, Li Xiao was lying comfortably in a rattan chair to enjoy the cool air.

He had already asked someone to pick Wanniang and Zhenmei up to live in Chang'an. Before the corn harvest, he had to stay in Beijing forever, so it would be easier for them to come here.

Changsun Wuji left after eating and drinking. The two of them actually didn't talk about anything. Although Changsun Wuji wanted to talk about something with Li Xiao, he didn't want to talk about anything and had nothing to talk about.

Most of them retain some vitality for the Tang Dynasty. After all, the Tang Dynasty was not really invincible. Although the Eastern Turks were destroyed, the Turks in the Western Regions were still capricious, and even the subdued Tuyuhun rebeled and impermanent.

Not to mention, on the plateau, there was a more powerful force that had already risen. During the Zhenguan Dynasty, the Tubo people were just making small fusses and raiding border states. The Tang army sent troops to repel them, and the two sides agreed to peace. Li Shimin sent Princess Wencheng and her husband Songtsen Gampo to quit the troops on both sides.

But Li Xiao knew that the Tubo people would not be satisfied with the status quo. Tubo, who had already swept the tribes of the plateau, would reveal their sharp minions to the Tang Dynasty.

In history, since the reign of Emperor Gaozong, the Tang Dynasty fought with Tubo, which lasted for more than 200 years. Even the powerful Tang Empire was actually in a situation where there were fewer victories and fewer defeats in countless wars against Tubo, not to mention that after the Anshi Rebellion, the Western Regions, Longyou and Hehuang were all in the hands of Tubo, and even Chang'an City was captured by others.

Now Tubo Zamp is still Songtsen Gampo, and Songtsen Gampo is Li Zhi's brother-in-law.

After Li Zhi ascended the throne, he also conferred Songtsen Gampo as the prince of Xihai County and the prince-in-law. The national strength of the Tang Dynasty was still strong at this time, so Songtsen Gampo was also busy eliminating the dissatisfied forces on the plateau and preparing for war.

However, this awesome Ganbu has not lived for a few years, and he will die in a few years.

Once this person dies, Tubo will get rid of his subordinate relations with the Tang Dynasty. Tubo, who annexed the various tribes of the plateau, will look at Tuyuhun in Qinghai, and want to annex this inconsistent vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.

Tang Tu will eventually start a war in Qinghai, the Tang Dynasty will destroy Tuyuhun, and Tubo will join forces with the Western Turks to attack the pro-Tang Western countries. A war of great powers that lasted for two hundred years will begin.

It can be said that the Tang and Tubo were old enemies, and the two countries almost prospered and destroyed together, and almost fought for a lifetime. The decline of the Tang Dynasty was inseparable from the blood and power lost in Tubo.

In a few years, I will reserve some strength for the Tang Dynasty.

If Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Han Yuan, Li Daozong, Xue Wanche and others were not dead, they would not have implicated countless wealthy families in Guanlong, and the guard army of the Tang Dynasty would not have been severely weakened.

Lying on the chair, Li Xiao thought that after a while the corn was harvested, he could plant another crop in autumn, so that there would be enough corn seeds next year to promote corn planting to a wider place.

Corn can be planted in Guanlong, Hexi and even Liaodong, to increase food for border troops and enhance the combat effectiveness of border troops.

It would be too dangerous to let Li Xiao go to the front line to fight for the Tang Empire by himself, but Li Xiao refused to do so. But staying in the rear and within his ability, Li Xiao was willing to contribute his own strength to the Tang Empire.

At this time, Xue Rengui and Cheng Boxian Xue Chuyu and the others should have landed in Baekje, and a comprehensive Eastern Expedition should have begun.

The expedition of Liao was also a huge foreign battle. The emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties used troops to Liao, and even two emperors personally fought. Many people have never understood that Yang Guang had conquered Liao and destroyed the country. Why did the wise Li Shimin personally fight against Goguryeo?

This is because Goguryeo's powerful threat to the Central Plains dynasty, even no less than the Turks on the northern grasslands. The nomadic peoples on the grasslands rose and disappeared, and the tribes changed continuously, but the Goguryeo people in the northeast have gone through hundreds of years, and their strength has become increasingly stronger and constantly eroded.

Not only did they annex the Liaodong land that the Central Plains dynasty once ruled, they had even swallowed it to western Liaoning. If they were not exhausted, they would go into the Hebei Plain, which was something that no emperor allowed.

How can you allow others to sleep soundly when you lie beside the bed?

So after Yang Guang defeated the Turks, he began to conquer Liao and attack the Goguryeo.

Later, the Yang family was destroyed and the Li family lived in the world. After Li Shimin was ashamed of the Wei Bridge, he also began to attack the Goguryeo people.

Whether it was Yang Guang, the emperor of Sui Yang, or the wise Tiankhan, Li Shimin, they were unexpectedly consistent in this matter. Even the famous ministers of Zhenguan had no objection to the Eastern Expedition.

It’s a pity that Li Shimin, who destroyed the Eastern Turks, failed to achieve his goal in personally expeditioning Goguryeo. Now, the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty regard Goguryeo as the number one foreign enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and they all want to destroy it quickly.

But in history, the Battle of Goguryeo lasted for many years, and it was not until more than ten years later that Baekje and Goguryeo were destroyed. However, in the end, due to the attacks of Tubo and Western Turks, they were forced to regain their troops, and the results were taken away by the Sillas.

Even because the imperial military focus shifted to the west, the Khitans and the Muhe people in the northeast rose, Silla unified the Sanhan Peninsula, the Muhe people established the Bohai Kingdom, and the Khitans have been a threat to the northern part of the Central Plains until the demise of the Tang Dynasty, the Khitans established the Great Liao, and then continued to threaten the Central Plains dynasty for hundreds of years.

"I hope that the prevailing Liao Sect I proposed before would allow the Tang Dynasty to destroy Goguryeo more than ten years ahead of schedule, and give the Tang Dynasty more time to withdraw from the Northeast battlefield. I also hope that the Tang Dynasty would have more time to stabilize this battle result and digest the captured Goguryeo and Baekje, instead of giving the Silla people the last advantage."

Li Xiao thought about it in his heart, and then suddenly laughed again.

I am just a small sixth-grade corn supervisor, a corn planter, and I worry even further than the prime ministers.

I'd better think about it. I know this, what practical things can it be for me?

The family originally had 1,200 acres of land, but now there are hundreds of acres of Yongye land. Regardless of the rent-collected field, the land in his hands is almost 2,000 acres.

Maybe you can buy some more fields yourself? The Qinling Mountains are quite suitable for reclaiming wasteland. However, in the past, this kind of mountainous land was difficult to plant, and the harvest was very low, so it was not cost-effective to reclaim. However, with corn, it could be farmed and planted widely. Even if the harvest was lower, it would definitely be cost-effective to calculate.

But even if you have money to buy land, you still lack people.

The land of the Li family is now planted for the surrounding tenants. This means that Guanzhong has a vast land of sparse people and a small number of land, otherwise it would be useless if there is land without people.

Perhaps the war in Liaodong began, and it happened to be through Xue Rengui and the others to see if we could buy some Goguryeo from Liaodong and Baekje slaves came back.

"Are you spending money to buy it from Xue Rengui and the others, or just buy a few boats and get some people to Baekje to rob slaves?" Li Xiao thought of the armed slave arrest team, and it seemed more cost-effective to directly arrest him than to buy him.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao had no intention of lying there anymore. He stood up and walked towards the pond.

There Zhao Chiman was practicing arrows.

Zhao Chi is full of powerful generals. He can kill tigers with both fists and catch up with war horses on foot. Now he has become the head of the Li family's family and Li Xiao's personal bodyguard and coachman, but he has not put his skills down.

When you have time, you will ride a horse and shoot archery.

"Good arrow."

Li Xiao looked at Zhao Chiman's several arrows, and the arrow hit the center of the arrow rake dozens of steps away, and couldn't help but applaud. He really envied and admired his archery skills. It would be good if he could shoot five or six arrows outside of thirty steps. He had to shoot down the stairs. If he was riding a horse and shooting an arrow, even if he shot a fixed target, it would be even more difficult to hit one or two arrows. Unless he was shooting within twenty steps, his accurate head was slightly better.

"Just practice more, practice makes perfect, nothing else." Zhao Chiman put away his bow, "Sanlang, you should practice riding and shooting more when you have time. As a disciple of Guanlong, he is still a nobleman now. If he doesn't know how to ride and shoot, he will be ridiculed."

The Tang Dynasty was martial, especially the children of Guanlong, and everyone was martial. Naturally, the nobles did not say that they started with military merits. Even ordinary landlords must be competing to join the Wei Mansion as the military soldier. What everyone wanted was not only that the soldiers who were in the palace could be free of rent and mediocre, but also that when they became in the government soldiers, they had the opportunity to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make merits, thus getting a merit, entering the official career, and changing the fate of themselves and the entire family.

"Okay, practice more in the future." Li Xiao responded. Nowadays, literati are used to traveling with swords. If he, a nobleman, could not ride and shoot, it would be ridiculous.

"By the way, second brother, you said that Brother Qin and the others are fighting in the sea now, you must be itchy here. You said that if I organized a team of servants and hired a boat to transport them to Baekje, and would catch the people in Baekje and farm for slaves?"

Zhao Chiman looked at Li Xiao in surprise, and unexpectedly he had such an idea.

"It is quite risky to catch slaves across the sea, but it is feasible."

"There are risks, but if you are led by your second brother, with your ability, I believe that it would be no problem to attack some Baekje villages and capture some Baekje people to come back as slaves, right?" Li Xiao said with a smile.

"Let me go?" Zhao Chiman said with a little excitement.

"Well, although I have pleaded for my second brother many times, it seems to be of no use. It is indeed very aggrieved to stay with me. It would be better to let my second brother go to the sea to show off his skills, maybe there will be a turning point in the future."

Zhao Chiman's breathing faster.

"I'm willing to go, when will I leave?"

"Don't be anxious first, this matter must be discussed for a long time. We must make plans and prepare, and we cannot fight an unprepared battle."

If it is a tiger, you have to let the tiger return to the mountain and let him roar in the mountains and forests, instead of just staying by his side as the head of a servant team.

It was a bit insidious to organize a slave arrest team to other countries to arrest people and return as slaves, but Li Xiao has never had any good feelings for the people on the Sanhan Peninsula. Besides, there is no humane concern these days. In this world, the people of the Tang Dynasty are their own people, and as for others.
Chapter completed!