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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star to Break through the Void Chapter 363: An Edict Returns to the Capital Quickly

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    "Sure enough, as Zhongcheng said, Xianglin rice is more resistant to drought and waterlogging than native rice in Yunnan. It lasts longer and has a higher yield. However, it tastes bad. It can only be used as food for common people and not for nobles."  The swarthy Li Bai pointed to the early rice waves in front of him and said to Ye Chang with a smile. Although he didn't mention himself a word, his expression of eagerness for praise still made Ye Chang laugh.  In the past two years, Li Bai has changed his usual habit of being exaggerated and not pragmatic, and has done a lot of things in a down-to-earth manner. First, he built Yunnan City, and then he tried to plant Xianglin rice on Ye Chang's order. These two things were enough.  Let him be immortal in the management of China's frontier.  The so-called Xianglin rice means Champa rice. Today, there is no such thing as Champa rice. There is only Champa. Ye Chang named it Xianglin rice after the Han Dynasty place name, and his ambition is obvious.  He has been agitating to merge Yunnan with Annan, which was still under the rule of Lingnan, and form another Yunnan Road. In his plan, the control scope of Yunnan Road should include the entire Indochina Peninsula in another life, bordering the two oceans and connecting them.  .  "But this matter cannot be urgent. It may take one or two generations to manage it."  "It doesn't matter, people are not picky about food when they are hungry, and if it tastes bad, it can be ground into feed and used for raising pigs and chickens. No one thinks the meat tastes bad." Ye Chang said seriously.  Li Bai laughed.  "What Zhongcheng said is that you don't care about the taste when you are hungry. It's good if you can fill your stomach Zhongcheng made the Yangma, offline, and got twice the result with half the effort. It is really a work of art." Yangma originally became popular after the Northern Song Dynasty. He was born in Sichuan  Su Shi only saw it when he arrived in Wuchang, but now Ye Chang has already taken it out.  As for the off-line machine, it was a foot-operated barrel threshing machine. Zhang Xiu spent eight years and worked with more than 20 skilled craftsmen to finally cast and polish the gears into suitable gears, which was very convenient for harvesting.  In addition to the rice fields, there are sugar cane fields. The sugar cane is not yet mature at this time. Looking around, there is a green leaf like a forest. Ye Chang is very happy to see this: "The situation is good this year. It seems that the sugar cane can be harvested and there is enough sugar."  If you go out, you can build the Yunnan Chamber of Commerce." "You can build chambers of commerce in the northeast and southwest. Not to mention the sea in the southeast, I heard that Shiyi Lang has been sending letters to me many times recently.  The imperial court and Anxi are also preparing to carry out frontier strategies in the northwest. " Ye Chang smiled when he heard this: "It's not that I am planning to carry out my frontier strategy in the northwest, but I am a little worried.  Say, what are you worried about?  " "The general will be so happy" Ye Chang sighed, which made Li Bai's smile disappear. The general will be so happy that it is indeed a big problem. Especially when Hu people serve as border generals, they don't care about the lives of the Tang Dynasty soldiers at all.  He repeatedly did all kinds of shocking things. This is also related to Ye Chang. Ye Chang's victory two years ago stimulated all the generals, and they also launched attacks on the surrounding areas, regardless of whether they had Ye Chang.  Chang's ability to make money on the frontier. First, his brother Shu Han ignored Ye Chang's persuasion and stormed the stone castle under Tibetan control. He lost tens of thousands of soldiers before he captured this fortress guarded by only a thousand people, and then Anlu Mountain.  Without adequate preparation, he and his husband Meng Lingcha attacked Khitan and Xi. He was eager to take the lead and was defeated in an ambush in Tianmen Ridge. Every time this news came, Ye Chang couldn't help but feel sad.  Sigh, Datang¡¯s frontier military expenditure has now been more than five times that of the Kaiyuan period. It is really not a wise thing to consume the country¡¯s endless financial resources, especially the extremely precious manpower, but get a small amount of personal credit from the frontier generals. ¡°  Gao Xianzhi loves great achievements, even more so than his brother Shu Han. Moreover, he is a veteran general in the army and has always been arrogant. He has won many battles before. I am afraid that he will take risks in Anxi.  Moreover, there is another worry, that is Quanrong.  Now that I am in Jiannan, the Quanrong cannot leave Tiejiao City and Anrong City, and there is Brother Shuhan in Hequ, and the Quanrong cannot leave the stone castle. The only direction they can expand is Xiaobolu" Facing the Tang Dynasty in Tiejiao City  With the advantages of bridges and stone castles, Quanrong could only take the defensive in these two directions. In the past two years, Ye Chang had repeatedly organized barbarians to penetrate into Quanrong territory and captured Quanrong soldiers and civilians to serve as serfs. The results were not brilliant, but they were enough.  ¡ÍQuin Rong suffered from a severe headache. Those barbarians who were adapted to the plateau climate were much more difficult to deal with than the Han army. In order to deal with this situation, Quan Rong's other option, in addition to strengthening their defenses in the southeast, was to attack fiercely.  The Anxi Protectorate could send troops from Big and Small Bolu, forcing the Tang Dynasty to waste its national power on the long supply line, and also forcing the Tang Dynasty to not attack it with all its strength in Jiannan or Hexi. At this time, the countries located in Congling.  , not a good thing either. They dealt with the Tang Dynasty and Quanrong, and there was also another behemoth in Central Asia, Dashi. With the help of the struggle between several major forces, they carefully maintained their independence.  "It's also difficult for the countries in Congling.  "Li Bai sighed. "If you have any difficulties, just go to China wholeheartedly. Take Shiguo as an example. Most of its more than 300 cities were built by Chinese. The Tang Dynasty was originally its homeland.  Food is still a dog-rong, and they are all extorted without mercy. The Tang Dynasty does not care."As long as they pay a symbolic tribute, they are also allowed to benefit from the Silk Road From what I see, it is greedy and selling at a price." Li Bai smiled, there was no interface on this issue, he had different views on it  He is more familiar with the situation in Congling than Ye Chang. After all, his father once did business there. "Shiyi Lang, you have to be careful.  "Li Bai did not mention the Congling Kingdoms again, but instead said. "What?  " "The trees are beautiful in the forest, but the wind will destroy them. With Mr. Li in the court, you don't have to be afraid of anything, but Mr. Li is now very old In addition, you must be careful with the prince.  "Li Bai said again. Ye Chang looked at him in surprise. He understood what Li Bai meant very well, but what was strange was that Li Bai, who had always been straightforward, actually had such a realization. "I have been with you for more than two years, even if I am an idiot,  You have to learn something, right?  " Ye Chang laughed dumbly and was about to say something else. Suddenly, he saw Cai Ming rushing over. " Zhihua, what's the matter?  "The imperial court has a secret order to summon Zhongcheng back to Chang'an." Cai Ming whispered: "The envoy is in the city. Zhongcheng should go quickly to receive the order." "Call me back to the capital?"  "Ye Chang was stunned and frowned. "After Yang Zhao returned to the capital, Li Linfu tried to call him back to Chang'an, but was repeatedly blocked by Li Longji. Ye Chang knew Li Longji's intention very well, which was to never let him and Li Linfu  The two of them were in Chang'an at the same time, so as not to put too much pressure on Yang Zhao. Now that he was suddenly called back to Chang'an, it was unlikely to be a report of duty, so there must be something going on in Chang'an City.  "Ye Chang's face was serious. Cai Ming's expression was a little strange. He looked at Ye Chang for a while, and then said: "This, Li Linfu is over.  " He was recommended to Ye Chang by Wang Zhongsi. Because he was diligent and steady in his work, Ye Chang gradually trusted him from not using him seriously at first. However, the relationship between Wang Zhongsi and Li Linfu can be described as mortal enemies, and he also hated Li Linfu very much, but Li Linfu  It happened to be Ye Chang's father-in-law. With such a complicated relationship, this news made him look strange. He wanted to laugh loudly, but considering Ye Chang's reaction, he couldn't laugh out loud.  "Ye Chang's heart trembled. This is indeed a very big thing. It's all good, why did he resign? "The reason?  " "Old illness.  " Based on Ye Chang's understanding of Li Linfu, he would never have resigned unless he was really unable to move. The reason for this "old illness" is really weird. Moreover, Ye Chang knew very well that if Li Linfu resigned, Yang Zhao would definitely  If Yang Zhao takes the position, he will definitely not be allowed to enter Beijing calmly.  "Li Bai thought for a while and said. "It doesn't matter, I am not at the mercy of others, and my father-in-law is a human being. Since he is only old and sick and not deceased, he must have left a backup plan.  "Ye Chang said. Since the imperial court called him back to Chang'an, he no longer delayed. First, he summoned Gao Shi from the newly built Dali City and entrusted him with all the affairs of the three prefectures of Yunnan. After all, he was a little worried about Li Bai.  The talented poet might have been drunk all day without him watching. It was a long way from Yunnan City to Chang'an. Ye Chang and more than a hundred people could not change horses at the stations along the way, so he could not go very fast.  It took him a month to enter Chang'an City in June, and by this time, news from all parties had arrived. He first went to the Yamen to report, waiting for Li Longji to summon him, and then when he saw his home gate.  He felt suddenly excited. In the past, he did not really regard this mansion in Chang'an City as his home, but now because there are people waiting for him here, he really feels like home. Li Tengkong did not go to Yunnan with him.  , to a certain extent, he was also taking Li Tengkong as a hostage. As soon as Ye Chang entered the door, he saw Li Tengkong running out hurriedly with his skirt in hand. When he saw him, his eyes turned red before he spoke, "Don't be sad, don't be sad.  You should be happy when I return to Chang'an.  "Ye Chang said with a smile. The more Ye Chang tried to persuade him, the more sad Li Tengkong felt. No wonder she felt sad. The two had been married for two years. In the past two years, they had been together less and separated more, and the total time they spent together was not more than two years.  Months. If she had children, it would be easier to say, but she has no children, only thousands of miles of wild geese, and she can't blame Ye Chang for this situation. The root cause is the mutual suspicion between Li Linfu and Li Longji.  To a certain extent, Ye Chang is also a victim. ¡°If the stewardess cries like this, she doesn¡¯t welcome me anymore.  Seeing that she was still crying, Ye Chang pretended to threaten: "If you don't welcome me, I will go back to Yunnan again." "No, no" Knowing that Ye Chang was talking, Li Tengkong still held his hand tightly.  , and then managed to break into a smile: "Aren't you crying with joy?  "Although she claimed to be crying with joy, she couldn't get rid of the sadness between her brows. Ye Chang saw this, Yu Jian said nothing, and stretched out his hands to hug her up.  There were all the guards, maids and servants around. Li Tengkong suddenly covered his face with his hands in shame: "Mr. Lang," "Prepare hot water. I'm covered in mud. I want to take a bath first." Ye Chang told the maid,  Then he looked back at Shan Zhi and Wang Yang'er: "Just rest by yourself, third brother, take care of Yang'er." Everyone laughed, Shan Zhi grinned: "Don't worry." He carried Li Tengkong straight to his room.  , there was a faint fragrance in this room, Ye Chang took a deep breath, and felt that the depression in his heart disappeared.  He placed Li Tengkong on the couch, and Li Tengkong hit him hard several times, but he couldn't resist his strength at all.  Ye Chang's family has always been luxurious, so there is always hot water ready. Ye Chang just put down Li Tengkong. The maids there smiled and brought the big wooden bucket in, placed it outside the bedroom, and then poured basins of hot water.  After entering, the water was poured, and towels, shoes, and clothes were ready.  "Prepare some clothes for Madam." Ye Chang ordered without shyness.  As he said this, he picked up Li Tengkong again.  "Lang Jun" Li Tengkong was happy and shy at the same time when he saw Ye Chang being so anxious.  "It's been a hard work for more than a month, ma'am." After everything was done, Ye Chang gently stroked her hair and said.  "It is hard work for my husband to travel thousands of miles. I am just a little reluctant to leave my father. He is going to Liaodong. After all, he is old and unwell I am really worried." "How is my father-in-law's health? Why does he want to be an official?  "Previously, I had a stroke and was paralyzed. I couldn't go to court or enter the palace, so I had to retreat." Ye Chang heard that Li Linfu had to retreat. He was silent for a while, and then said, "It's not necessarily a blessing to be able to retreat."  "If Li Linfu hadn't suffered a stroke and was paralyzed, he would never have given up his power. Although he has difficulty moving now, at least he can still use his brain and has enough energy and time to arrange his funeral. The most important thing is that compared to the history of another life,  He gained a son-in-law, Ye Chang.  Even Li Longji and Yang Zhao, who wanted to uproot Li Linfu, had to consider Ye Chang's ideas and acted with caution.  "Is your father-in-law in better spirits now?" "No, I can't move anymore, and I have to lose my temper. It would be better when I am here. When will Lang Jun go to see him? These days, the palace sends people to come every few days.  , on the surface it was to investigate, but in fact it was urging him to leave quickly. If he didn't leave for one day, it would be difficult for Yang Jiro to be in the position - he was always afraid that his father would suddenly stand up one day and appear in front of the saint again.  In front of him, he told him to get out with a smile. "You are a cowardless person," Ye Chang scolded Yang Zhao.  The relationship between the two has been quite tense in the past two years. Many of Ye Chang's strategies for managing the frontier have been boycotted by Yang Zhao. The relationship between the two parties, even without Li Linfu, is now in turmoil.  Yang Zhao did this just because he was afraid that Ye Chang would return to Beijing to take up a post after making great achievements, which would threaten his status. After all, it is now recognized that no one can compare to Ye Chang in terms of making money.  "It's still early. I'm going to see my father-in-law now. I need to ask him for advice on many things." Ye Chang said again.  Li Tengkong hurriedly stood up to clean up for him, but just now Ye Chang was tossing her too hard, her body was soft and her bones were soft, and she fell into Ye Chang's arms again just after she sat up.  Wen Yu Nuanxiang hugged her, Ye Chang's thoughts changed again, and he laughed: "Don't worry, it doesn't matter if I go to my father-in-law later, there are other important things to do." "Is there anything else?" Li  Tengkong was surprised.  "Of course I want to feed my wife." Ye Chang smiled and pushed her down again.
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