Li Chengqian put on golden armor, boarded the specially built chariot, and hurriedly tested the drive. Li Chao continued to look at the official document, but the two of them were all busy. After a long time, Shuanzi reported outside.

"The prime minister, the wealthy businessmen from Xiangfan came to work hard!"

When talking about the squatters and pots, Li Chao thought of the surrender faction. During the war, local gentry and powerful people often squatters to welcome the king's army. In fact, to put it bluntly, they are the surrender faction and the leading party. For the benefit of their family, they often have no government or court in their eyes.

Li Chao chuckled and covered up the document in his hand. After reading the official documents for a long time, his eyes were sore, so it would be better to rest for a while.

"Let them come in!"

Xiangfan is opposite the river, and Fancheng is located in the north of the Yangtze River, so it is very prosperous. Although Xiangyang is the prefecture-government and county seat of Xiangzhou, Fancheng is just a town below, but because of its important location and prosperous business, the merchants in Xiangfan are often compared. Today, when we come to work hard, we are rich businessmen from the two cities.

"This is the list of supplies for the army they sent." Shuanzi handed over a note.

"All of them are full of such a thick book? It seems that they have invested a lot of money." Li Chao took the note and opened it, and found that the long book was filled with names and materials.

This is not a military force, it is obviously a loss.

It seems that the wealthy and wealthy businessmen in Xiangfan and the two cities are above, and each of them donated a lot. The Feng family, who ranked first, donated 5,000 stones of grain.

"Is Feng Xiaoan still in prison?" Li Chao asked his subordinates.

"When I return to the prime minister, Feng Xiaoan is still in the prison. Without the prime minister's order, who dares to let it go?"

Li Chao said oh, no wonder the Feng family was so generous, and they took five thousand stones at one move. It turned out that they wanted to get Feng Xiaoan back. "I almost forgot Feng Xiaoan!"

"Let him go back and let him go. I believe that after this, he will be more honest and smarter."

Five thousand stone grains, this deposit is quite a lot. Li Chao accepted it with a rude attitude. Anyway, he wasn't taking it into his pocket.

Looking down, other families also gave a lot of gifts, with the most being thousands of stones and the fewer being fifty-one hundred stones. The gifts given by each family were very in line with Li Chao's thoughts. He knew that there was a shortage of food now, and each family gave food.

Each family has suffered a lot. Li Chao estimated that at least 20% of the remaining grains in each family have been taken out this time.

They were so stingy before that they had to fight Li Chao for a little food, but now they are so generous. Obviously, Li Chao's attack on the earth this time also scared them.

Killing more than 5,000 and killing more than 50,000 into slaves is very cruel.

No rich businessman dares to underestimate Li Chao again.

A group of people rushed into the military camp with many pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, cloth, vegetables, etc., and looked at the triumphant soldiers who were wiping their armor and preparing to enter the city tomorrow. The wealthy families walked in the military camp with a little trembling fear.

Li Chao met them directly in the open space in the camp, and Li Chao was unexpectedly kind.

I chatted with them for a while and then accepted the gift.

The amount of food on the gift list is large, and they all have to be sent directly to the official warehouse. Now the ones brought to the military camp are pigs, cows, chickens, ducks, etc.

Seeing that Li Chao received the gift list and spoke very politely, the uneasy wealthy businessmen finally breathed a sigh of relief. When they said goodbye to the camp, their belts finally straightened a little further.

After walking a little further, I began to feel sorry for the food I sent out. Maybe I could have given less.

On the side of the road, a stream of smoke and dust rolled in.

"Who is this?"

"It seems like a general, with a lot of people."

"It's Princess Pingyang."

"Isn't the eldest princess in Tangzhou? Why did she suddenly come here?"

Someone whispered to his companion, "I heard that the eldest princess had a story with Li Xiang before, but later she turned into hatred because of love. Now the eldest princess is here, is this?"

No one knew why the eldest princess came to see Li Chao, but everyone thought there would be a story, but it was a pity that they didn't have the chance to see it.

Li Xiuning's sudden arrival was beyond Li Chao's expectations.

However, in front of outsiders, Li Chao still had to show that the relationship between the two was not harmonious and asked in an official tone, "What happened to Governor Li's arrival?"

"What happened." Li Xiuning also spoke in an official tone.

"What's the big deal?"

"The news I just received is that the Duke of Defense and the Duke of Britain have just started a war with the Turks in the north!" Li Xiuning sat down without hesitation.

Li Jing is now named Duke of Wei, and Li Ji has also been appointed Duke of England, one in Hedong and the other in Hebei.

"Duke of Wei, did the British war with the Turks in the north? When did it happen and what happened?" Li Chao sat up straight. This was a big deal.

Didn’t it be agreed that the government would be able to fight against foreign countries now? Especially in the current troublesome situation, how could the court have the energy and ability to go to war with the outside world? Li Jing and Li Ji are also handsome, so don’t even have this overall view?

The two of them are just Bians, how dare they ignore the court's strategy?

"It started suddenly!"

Li Xiuning got the news earlier than Li Chao, which was considered to be aware of the situation.

In this battle, it was not that Li Ji and Li Jing went to war privately, but that the situation was like this at that time.

"The Turks were in civil turmoil. The Tiel tribe in Mobei fought against the Turks in Mobei under the alliance of Xueyantuo. Jie Li in Mobei was attacked by the little Khan Tuli's fake way to attack Guo. Li Jing and General Li Ji also sent troops when they saw a rare opportunity."

Li Chao still frowned.

The Turks' civil strife so quickly was somewhat beyond Li Chao's expectations.

"What's going on now?"

"Jie Li, Tu Li, Yu She was in the battle at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. Li Jing and General Li Ji took the opportunity to send troops, defeated Yuan Junzhang and other rebels, and recovered Daibeiyun and Shuojizhou in one fell swoop. General Li Jing also captured Yang Zhengdao and Empress Xiao alive."

"What about the Turkic situation?"

Li Jing and Li Ji were very accurate in the timing. Taking advantage of the civil strife of the Turks, they immediately sent troops to destroy Yuan Junzhang, the former former Liu Wuzhou's former subordinate Yuan Junzhang. After Liu Wuzhou's defeat, Yuan Junzhang led Liu Wuzhou's old subordinate to the Turks, and had previously occupied the Daibei land outside Yanmen Pass. This time, Li Jing and the other two destroyed him with one stick and recovered Yunshuo Prefectures in the northeast of the River. This was a good thing, but Li Chao still had to consider the consequences of doing so.

If the war between the Tang and the Turks was triggered due to Daibei, it would be very unfavorable for the overall situation, especially at this time.

"Jie Li and Tuli, Yu Shexi have been fighting, and it is a bit difficult to distinguish. The Yugu and Tuoshi in the northern part of the Turkic Desert also started a war with Xue Yantuo and other Tiel people, and now they have no time to look outside."
Chapter completed!