Without a centralized camping place to guarantee daily training, it is difficult to imagine how they can maintain their combat effectiveness.
Regarding the green-faced warrior, such a core elite soldier cannot be created in a day or two.
Except for Gao Zhuang, the origins of the other green-faced warriors whose bodies were found throughout the state could not be traced out at all.
Wu Meiniang's forces didn't know where they found such a source of troops.
The Analytical Wolf Department has searched the craftsmen all over the world. The top-notch armor craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty are all concentrated in Chang'an and Luoyang. No one has seen the kind of armor worn by the green-faced warrior.
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The sound of water gurgled, and the Di family's Luoyang courtyard was very quiet.
Yuchi Gong quietly read the text about Li Ke's beating, and asked thoughtfully: "Where does your Majesty think the breakthrough is?"
Yu Chigong is actually not asking questions, but leading both parties into a state of speculation.
Li Ke patted his head and replied: "Youzhou is too far away and too unknown. At the moment, I think we should start with the green-faced warriors. We must first find a way to select warriors and a method to build warriors."
After hearing about Li Ke going to watch the cage fight and the selection of guards at the pier, Yuchi Gong said: "You are right. It is indeed a good breakthrough to find and confirm the source of humane warriors through the selection of strong men."
But the trouble is, in addition to many of the most powerful warriors of the Tang Dynasty who were absorbed into the serious army, there are also many unknown people who have not been revealed. They are scattered across the vast world, and it is difficult to find them all.
Like what happened before when Li Ke saw three businessmen in brocade clothes taking away five warriors at the pier, it was countless in the vast world.
Yuchi Gong began to pace, and the only sound in the front hall was his slow and rustling footsteps.
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"I remember you can draw." Yu Chigong said suddenly.
Li Ke was stunned and immediately picked up the pen and paper on the desk.
I painted it last year in Lingzhou Dudu Mansion, and I am very familiar with it.
"Draw me the mountains and rivers of the Tang Dynasty." Yuchi Gong said with excitement, holding his hands behind his back, "paint the mountains and rivers of the Tang Dynasty."
Simple, Li Ke drew a beautiful picture of a beautiful river and mountains with a big wave of his hand.
"Haha." Yuchi Gong laughed when he saw it: "Is this my Datang?"
Li Ke smiled and said: "This is the future of my Datang."
"Very good, it is worthy of being my future in the Tang Dynasty." Yuchi Gong pointed his finger: "Write Youzhou."
Li Ke used his pen carefully and wrote down the word "Youzhou" neatly. He didn't dare to use the words "should be beaten" on the map.
Followed closely by Chang'an, Quanzhou, Luoyang, and Xiangyang.
The Yellow River flows eastward and the Yangtze River flows eastward.
There is also a very special river. Yu Chigong made a special request: "Draw the Huai River flowing eastward."
The Huai River flows eastward, passing through a land of fish and rice.
Yuchi Gong has a big pattern.
The Yellow River, Huai River and Yangtze River flow through the vast world.
Yuchi Gong believed that the Youzhou soldiers used by Li Tai in Quanzhou were very special, and their route to the south was probably not an ordinary route.
Because they carry a special military ration, sea salt ham.
Therefore, Yu Chigong speculated that the Youzhou soldiers rafted from the sea, and then entered the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty through the Yellow River or Huai River.
There was plenty of rain this year, so there were no problems with sailing.
And, there is a special point.
Why did Li Tai flee to Xiangyang after escaping from Quanzhou?
From Xiangyang to the south, you can take the Han River into the Yangtze River, and then out to the sea in the east.
Not far from Xiangyang to the north, you can take the Huai River, or you can go eastward at will.
Li Ke pointed to Chang'an on the map: "Li Tai can also go east along the river when returning to Chang'an. Why not go there?"
Yu Chigong: "Chang'an was under the strict control of the Queen Mother at that time. It would be difficult for Li Tai to hide in Chang'an."
Well, Li Ke nodded in agreement.
Although Yuchi Gong's current speculation on Wu Meiniang's power is still a loose pattern, it has integrated all the currently known key points of Wu Meiniang's power.
The final directions all point to the far eastern coast, where there are countless emerging salt-producing places and even countless salt-producing methods that are unknown to others.
Yu Chigong speculated further that Wu Meiniang's employment method was very special.
On the one hand, they were from the north and were used by the south, such as Youzhou soldiers. This was also the reason why the analysis wolf office could not identify the bodies of the green-faced warriors.
The second is to travel to the northern and southern borders of salt and sell salt to the frontiers where the Tang Dynasty is currently war-torn. By taking the sea route, you can avoid the overlapping state and county checkpoints of the Tang Dynasty, thus hiding the extremely profitable business from the eyes of the Tang Dynasty. The place.
This is also the reason why the palace could not find Wu Meiniang's source of wealth before.
Moreover, by sea, Youzhou soldiers carried rare northern medicinal herbs and sea salt ham, which can be proved.
Thirdly, it is a guess that people from the south use it from the north, because Wu Meiniang needs a huge manpower to support her sales of sea salt.
At the same time, there are countless places of restraint in both the far south and the north. Their populations are also prospering along with the Tang Dynasty, and they have long become a huge consumer of sea salt.
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Although all this only exists in Yuchi Gong's speculation, Wu Meiniang's huge sea salt pattern still makes Li Ke take a breath.
A vast scene seemed to float above the small hall.
The boundless white mountains and black waters, the sugarcane jungles that fill the sky and the earth, are where countless newborn babies are born. They are all part of the world, but their names have not yet been written in the books of the Tang Dynasty...
"Drive." Li Ke controlled the donkey and made it move forward honestly: "We will eat at the right time."
Fortunately, the fierce donkey was still obedient. After snorting a few times, he continued eastward along with the busy people and horses on Luoyang Avenue.
He was very laid-back, but as he walked, he met someone who was not so laid-back.
"What are you going to the east for?" Butler Wu's voice came from the carriage that was catching up behind him.
Li Ke squinted at Butler Wu's thick car curtain and replied lazily: "I want to go to the Fairy Mountain of Penglai in the East China Sea to seek the miracle doctor in the great light."
"You're not recovered yet. Did you really take the wrong medicine?" Butler Wu had always suspected that Li Ke was pretending to be ill.
"That's right, I did take the wrong medicine. Even all the miracle doctors in Luoyang can't cure me."
"Hmph, I told you to go find that nunnery last time, but you definitely didn't go. Forget it, I don't bother to care about you." The carriage rumbled away, leaving behind a trail of smoke and dust.
The nunnery that Butler Wu mentioned was actually not far ahead.
Li Ke was wondering whether he should go to visit... ah no, to consume... ah no, to see his injuries that no longer exist...
But after much deliberation, I gained an additional thought, and it was better not to follow the Yin people's suggestions, so as not to cause complications.
There is a huge ship repair yard ahead. This is Li Ke's most urgent destination.
The sound of ship repairs can be heard far away, and the prosperous water transportation in the Tang Dynasty can be seen.
