Preliminary preparations were very important. Li Yunze personally took a trip to Shengzhou with many measuring instruments.
Although it is a primitive railway and the requirements are not that high, you still have to choose the route carefully for safety.
It's okay on the plains, but there are many plateaus and ravines in northern Shaanxi, so it's very troublesome here.
It's impossible to travel through mountains, you don't have that ability. It is also impossible to cross the ridge, and you cannot go up such a high slope.
The only way is to walk awkwardly through the valley with hard geology.
Fortunately, the train speed was slow in the early days and there was no danger if the road was twisty.
There are also detailed records of the rivers that need to be passed along the way, etc., and they are handed over to professional companies in the modern world to produce plans that are in line with the productivity of the times.
By the time Li Yunze finished all this work and returned to Chang'an City, it was already the early autumn of the fourth year of Zhenguan.
Different from the previous years when natural disasters occurred almost every year, the Tang Dynasty enjoyed good weather in the fourth year of Zhenguan, which could be regarded as a bumper harvest. The price of rice in Chang'an City even dropped to five cents.
There is food in hand and no panic in mind.
Li Er, who felt that his strength had grown, began to turn his attention to the Western Regions.
The Central Plains Dynasty has lost the Western Region for too long, and it is time to take it back.
Li Yunze was not interested in the Tang Dynasty's war to regain the Western Regions. At least in this world, he was tired of war and just wanted to be a logistics supplier.
When the two- to three-year-old bullocks in the pasture are ready for slaughter, they are made into dried meat and paired with numerous cheeses, providing sufficient logistical support for Tang Jun.
At the same time, pack horses and war horses also began to be released on a large scale, and were directly purchased by Li Er to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty cavalry.
In addition, there are sophisticated armor weapons, massive bean cakes and oil, almost every captain has a telescope, brand new cotton coats, four-wheeled vehicles that have completely replaced the carts, and so on.
With the support of Li Yunze, the Tang army's combat effectiveness has reached a level where they are not afraid of being defeated, but afraid of being unable to catch up.
Many cash crops have begun to be promoted, especially soybeans and rapeseed, and have even begun to be planted on a large scale in various parts of Kanto.
Modern people are reluctant to eat more oil because they are afraid of gaining weight.
But the people of Tang Dynasty were eager to have oil for every meal.
Good things naturally continue one after another, but there are still problems to be solved.
"Feng Ang still refuses to enter the court." When they met alone, Li Er, who had already grown a beard, spoke with a fierce and domineering tone, "Not only did he not find rice from Champa, he even tried every means to promote sugar cane. rejection."
Li Yunze asked simply, "What do you want, Your Majesty?"
"This time you go to find the Spice Islands. When you pass through Lingnan, bring me a letter and tell Feng An that my patience has its limit. If you want to be his King of Lingnan again, then I don't mind pacifying Lingnan before sending troops to the Western Regions! "
When Li Yunze heard this, he just mentioned the names of a few people: "Li Mi, Wang Shichong, Xiao Xian, Du Fuwei, and Li Zitong."
Li Er's face turned red when he heard the names of these people.
He forcefully explained, "Du Fuwei died of illness."
The people Li Yunze talked about were all the heroes who separated themselves from each other when the world was in chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty.
They were all the unlucky ones who were killed after surrendering to Li Tang.
There is no doubt that Feng An of Lingnan will be worried about becoming the next one at this time.
Feeling Li Yunze's gaze, Li Er simply dismissed the blame, "Those are all orders from the Supreme Emperor, and I refuse them."
"We have to provide people with protection." Li Yunze simply spread his hands, "Otherwise, knowing that he will die, Feng Ang will definitely fight to the death. No matter how powerful the Tang Dynasty's military force is, can he kill twice?"
After a brief pause, Li Er made a decisive statement, "When you pass by Lingnan, tell Feng An that as long as he doesn't let me down, I will never let him down! If you violate your oath, you will be punished by God!"
There's no point in being promoted to a higher position, and people won't believe it.
The only way is to use your own personality charm as a guarantee. Of course, strong national power and military strength are the real foundation.
"OK."
Li Yunze nodded and accepted the job.
"When you come back and start building the railway." Li Er showed a smile. "After the completion of the project, I will promote you to a noble title as a reward for your merits. Moreover, there will be other rewards for you."
"Other rewards?" Li Yunze scratched his chin and left.
"Master, you are finally back." After returning to Lijiazhuang, Wu Hua was waiting here early. Her pretty face was full of grievance, "Why don't you take me to Shengzhou?"
"Because you are white and beautiful."
Li Yunze's response surprised Wu Hua, "What do you mean?"
"What do you think I went for? Touring the mountains and rivers or outing?" Li Yunze hated the iron-clad education. "I went to work, walking around in the fields. The sun was shining in the sky, and the wind and sand were blowing on the ground. Look. Look at these hands, look at what this face looks like."
"Take you there? When you come back, you will become a little Kunlun slave."
Li Yunze knew Wu Hua's plan very well. He was not here to ask for help from going to Shengzhou without her, but because he wanted to follow her out to sea to find the Spice Islands in Nanyang.
So from the beginning, she was not given the slightest chance to "study at home and be a quiet, beautiful girl."
After being praised, Wu Hua held a smiling face in his hands, but after a moment he understood what Li Yunze meant, and simply pulled his sleeves with a face-off, "Master, I want to go into the sea with you."
"Going to the sea... don't say this word in the future." Li Yunze scolded with a straight face, "Absolutely don't mention it."
Wu Hua didn't understand why Li Yunze had such a big reaction to this word, but he still started to speak dissatisfied.
She really wanted to go out and see the world, but it was a pity that Li Yunze didn't give her a chance.
At the end of September, many people sent by honorable families gathered in Lijiazhuang.
Li Yunze, who was holding a tin trumpet, stepped onto the stage and greeted everyone loudly, "You all know that I went to sea this time to make a fortune. But there are all kinds of situations on the sea, and they change rapidly. You never know when an accident will occur and you will be killed. Fish belly..."
Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin's loud voice rang out among the nobles who came to see them off, "If this is the case, then their fate is bad. We will never complain at all!"
"That's right, that's right."
"That's it."
"How can you gain wealth if you don't risk your life?"
They are all distinguished men who have their heads stuck in their waistbands. Naturally, they understand that there is no such thing as getting something for nothing in this world.
The more you pay, the greater the risk, and the more rewards you get, the better.
Li Yunze glanced at them and continued to shout, "This is not a military expedition arranged by His Majesty, but a treasure hunt organized by non-governmental organizations. If anyone is afraid and unwilling to go, you can go home now. No one will laugh at you. If If you don’t leave, you will be considered as joining the army from now on, and until you come back, everything in the team will follow the marching law! You must think clearly."
The thousands of people scheduled to go to sea were very quiet. To be selected to participate in this matter, naturally all the work had been done in advance.
As for Li Yunze, no one laughs at him, or he really doesn't know how to laugh, but it is inevitable that he will be punished after returning home.
Seeing that everyone said nothing, Li Yunze simply waved "Let's go."
Those who could be selected were young people or experienced adults from various families. Each of them rode the horse provided by Li Yunze and carried the imperial edict issued by Li Er himself. They left the vicinity of Chang'an City in a mighty manner and headed east to Luoyang City. Go.
The Tang Dynasty also had a household registration system. If you wanted to leave your hometown for traveling or something, without special "Fu Chuan" and "Guo Suo" (actually it was Lu Yin), you would be arrested and punished.
Li Yunze and the others were thousands of people, and each one of them was riding a horse, straddling swords and carrying bows. It was said that they were all capable of attacking the county town. Everywhere they passed along the way made everyone on guard, and there were even places where government soldiers were mobilized. .
Fortunately, they had the emperor's imperial edict, the documents issued by Fang Xuanling and others, and the coordination of officials such as Ma Zhou who were specially sent to guide the way, so they were able to travel quickly without any major incident.
These days, the nobles are truly horse-riding nobles. Even the dandy in the family, a loser like Wu Yuanshuang, can still ride a horse.
Unlike those so-called noble sons in the world of Dream of Red Mansions, except for galloping around the girl, they probably don't even dare to ride a donkey.
Li Yunze often does this kind of thing of running thousands of miles in the parallel world, so naturally he can catch it easily.
It's just that the noble sons and their entourage (mostly generals, servants, sons and daughters of each family) are uneven, and many people are gradually falling behind.
There is no other way but to slow down every once in a while to gather the stragglers behind.
The entire team was arranged in an orderly manner under the command of Li Yunze, completely in accordance with the military marching method.
When this news was delivered to Chang'an City, Li Er put down the paper in his hand and nodded slowly, "I knew he must have been on the battlefield."
Just walking and stopping all the way, we finally arrived in Jiangdu at the end of October.
Jiangdu is the city of Yangzhou, and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty died here not many years ago.
As the most prosperous place in Jiangnan, Jiangdu has attracted the attention of dandies.
Thanks to the time spent in repairing it, and without the attention from the elders, it ran like a runaway dog.
At noon that day, Changsun Wuji’s second son Changsun Huan, Cheng Yaojin’s second son Cheng Chuliang, Fang Xuanling’s second son Fang Yiai, Li Ji’s second son Li Siwen, Samurai Xun’s second son Wu Yuanshuang and others were in the city. Hangover, when he staggered back to the camp outside the city, he was shocked to see that everyone had gathered and was looking at them with strange eyes.
The nobles basically sent their nephews, but they were all second sons or something like that. Naturally, there was no eldest son to inherit the family business.
Because they were not the eldest sons who received much attention and received strict training, these dudes often made troubles when they were in Chang'an City, and now they are even more careless and crazy.
Li Yunze, who was sitting on the horse, gently swung the riding crop in his hand, looked at the drunken dandies in front of him and asked, "I have said before that I will wait here for the sailors of the fleet to rendezvous. I am not allowed to leave the camp, let alone enter the city." Are you deaf, or are you deliberately disobeying military orders?"
Of course, it is impossible to sail a good sea ship relying on these people from Chang'an City. The real sailors still have to rely on a large number of sailors dispatched from the navy.
Jiangdu is where we meet the sailors who were transferred.
Seeing that something was wrong in the atmosphere, Li Siwen, the second son of Lao Yin than Li Ji, hurriedly went out to salute because he was older. "I was reckless. I felt exhausted from marching for many days, so I thought of going to the city to wash myself off." Please forgive me, the owner of the village, for my troubles."
"The smell of alcohol on your body is so strong." Li Yunze's smile did not change. "Did you go to the wine pond and meat forest to wash away the dust?"
Laughter soon spread around.
Everyone is suffering in the military camp, but you ran into the city to get drunk, and the most important thing is that you didn't ask us to come with you?
If you don't add insult to injury at this time, wouldn't you be sorry for being a pillar of strength every morning?
Perhaps he was drunk, or perhaps he had held back too much anger from the constant traveling these days. Over there, Chang Sun Huan jumped to his feet and yelled, "You are just a county boy, why should you dictate to us! We are just going to drink flower wine, so what?" "
Li Yunze was slightly surprised. He had thought that Wu Yuanshuang would be the one to take the lead.
But it doesn't matter, whoever takes the lead at this time will be unlucky.
Facing Chang Sun Huan's shouting, Li Yunze tightened his grip on his riding whip and stood up slowly.
