The weather in Thang Long Province in March is already very hot.

Li Qiande touched the blisters at the corner of his mouth, feeling a little irritated.

Among the concubines in the palace, there was still no movement in the stomachs of any of them.

The ministers in the court began to urge him to select a child from the clan and adopt him into the palace.

How could he?

The lesson of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Dynasties was not enough?

Besides, he is still young and can afford to wait.

Thinking of the Northern Dynasty, Li Qiande asked the ministers around him: "Is there any movement in the Northern Dynasty recently?"

The minister replied: "Your Majesty, according to reports from business travelers who went to the Northern Dynasty, after the first month of this year, cities in Lianzhou, Qinzhou, Yongzhou and other places in the Northern Dynasty were repairing city walls."

"Repair the city wall?" Li Qiande became confused: "Do you know why?"

It's a bit unusual to repair the city wall for no reason.

Li Qiande easily remembered what happened more than ten years ago.

At that time, the two Guangxi transit envoys of the Northern Dynasty were secretly preparing to use troops against Dai Viet.

Then it was discovered by Dai Viet, who then decisively struck preemptively.

Unfortunately, although Dai Viet's elite troops defeated the Guangxi Xiang army of the Northern Dynasty, they were completely defeated by the elite troops transferred from the northwest by the Northern Dynasty.

Fortunately, the yellow dragon protects me and God blesses me.

Heavy rains poured down the Furiang River, and diseases frequently occurred among the troops of the Northern Dynasties.

It finally allowed Dai Viet to survive the crisis of national subjugation.

Afterwards, they relied on peace negotiations and the fact that the Northerners were not used to the climate in Dai Viet, and slowly relied on negotiations to get the Northern Emperor to return the land in Dai Viet that he had occupied during the war.

After that battle, Vietnam became more and more concerned about the movements of the Northern Dynasty.

"I don't know!" the minister replied: "But so far, our merchants can still enter the Northern Dynasty normally and trade with them."

"That is, Guangyuan Prefecture Yang Zhizhou Yannong Zeizhihui is still in Wuyang, Wuha and other places, and is still training Dong Ding. It seems that they want to invade Guangyuan!"

"Therefore, Yang Zhizhou begged the imperial court to send an envoy to question the Northern Dynasty!"

Li Qiande said "oh" and said: "Then send an envoy to Yongzhou in the Northern Dynasties, question the military envoys, order them to abide by the agreement, and transfer the Nongtai Zhihui back to Yongzhou!"

"Let me make it clear: The traitor Nong is not only a traitor to our country, the Great Yue, but also a traitor to the Song Dynasty."

"It is not a blessing for both countries to have thieves stay at the border forever!"

For Li Qiande, based on his experience in the last war, he knew that there were several warning signs for the Northern Dynasty to take action against Dai Viet.

First, of course, is to put an end to trade between the two countries.

But now, Dai Viet caravans can still travel normally, which shows that the Northern Dynasty has no intention of taking action.

Otherwise, when the army is mobilized, Dai Viet caravans will naturally encounter them. If they see them, they can give early warning in time.

Secondly, ships will be built in its inland rivers.

Now, there is no such sign.

As for repairing the city wall?

Li Qiande felt that it should be normal maintenance of the city in the Northern Dynasties.

Besides, the walls they built were only for defensive purposes.

Li Qiande naturally wouldn't have much reaction to this.

What's more, Li Qiande also knew that in the Northern Dynasty, the young master was now in power, and the harem listened to the affairs behind the curtain.

Judging from his own experience, at such a time, the Northern Dynasty would definitely focus on stability and would not easily raise troops.

After all, doubts about the young master's country are the worries of every dynasty.

Therefore, I no longer pay attention to the Northern Dynasties.

He instead began to pay attention to the recently unstable areas in the south, including the three states of Buzheng and Maring.

These three states are the result of the expansion of territory during his reign.

They were all taken from the hands of the Champa people in the south.

But it is precisely because of this that the contradiction between Dai Viet and Champa has accumulated profoundly.

So far, two Vietnam-occupied wars have been fought.

The first time Dai Viet won and occupied three states, but the second time it suffered a defeat and lost troops and generals, so they had to negotiate a peace and stop the war.

And everyone knows that the third war has been brewing.

The Champa people refused to give up their obsession with regaining the three states.

And Dai Viet will never give up on destroying Champa, eliminating this major trouble behind itself, so that Dai Viet can fully attack the Northern Song Dynasty and realize the ambition of a Dai Viet Kingdom.

It swallowed up Guangxi and Guangdong of the Song Dynasty, occupied Lingnan, and dominated Tiannan.

This is the hometown of Zhao Tuo in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Going one step further, he coveted the south of the Yangtze River and drove to Jiankang. This is the story of Chen Baxian in the Southern Dynasties.

Even everyone knows it's hard.

It’s hard to reach the sky!

But people always have to dream, and so does the country.

What if it comes true? Right.

Therefore, Li Qiande ordered: "Go and get the report document on the recent movements of the Champa people and Zhenla. I want to check it carefully."

Destroying Champa and Zhenla is the life goal Li Qiande set for himself.

In this way, his descendants will have the opportunity to look forward to Lingnan.

…

Di Yong's army marched on the official road in formation.

On the Li River, countless bamboo rafts are slowly descending.

The bamboo rafts were loaded with grain and copper coins.

In the official road, young and strong civilians drove mules, horses, donkeys and oxen, pushed handcarts, chicken carts, and gathered into a long dragon.

The soldiers of the First General Yulong were walking on the road in leggings and light clothing.

Their armor, weapons, and weapons are all on the vehicles in the hands of the young men.

"General Manager!" A Qingqiu came to Di Yong and reported: "The Yongjiang Inspection Department has come to report that more than ten Jiaozhi merchants have been captured again."

Di Yong nodded and said, "I understand."

This is the first batch of Jiaozhi merchants that his army has captured since setting off from Guizhou.

The magistrate seemed to be working very hard.

But Di Yong knows that if you can only be a thief for a thousand days, there is no way to prevent a thief for a thousand days.

Therefore, the Cochin people will definitely know about the movement of the army going south.

The local officials' arrests were just stalling for time and just putting on a show for the people of Cochin.

This is also one of the temple calculations.

To alert the snake!

Throw the problem to the Cochin people.

…

Guangyuan Prefecture, Guangyuan City.

Yang Jingtong looked at the embarrassed and ragged businessman kneeling in front of him.

"The uncle of the Northern Dynasty appeared in Shun'an Prefecture?" Yang Jingtong asked him.

"yes!"

"Have you seen it with your own eyes?" Yang Jingtong asked.

"No." The merchant kowtowed: "If you saw it, how could you have a chance to escape?"

Yang Jingtong suddenly began to ponder.

"Uncle of the Northern Dynasty, why are you going to Shun'an Prefecture?" Yang Jingtong couldn't help but think of the adopted son of a high-ranking official of the Northern Dynasty who he killed on the road when he attacked Guihua Prefecture last year.

He was also worried that if he killed such a big shot, he would be blamed by the Northern Dynasty.

They were worried for a while, but the people of the Northern Dynasties didn't care and didn't even hold them accountable.

Just when he was relieved, he heard that some relatives of the Northern Dynasty emperor had arrived in Shun'an Prefecture.
To be continued...