Chapter 233 [Building homes, people's population]
In the seventh year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, in the twelfth month, the cold wind roared and snow was flying all over the sky. Li Yun, the king of the Bohai Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, was angry and raised 50,000 troops and attacked Xinwan, Liaodong because of the suffering of the fall of the Han family.
Four hammers came out, the city gates were broken, and the army of Mohe came in, and the territory was expanded in one battle.
When the city gate collapsed, a female slave was being humiliated and roared with anger. She was so sad and angry that she stormed into the drum and the golden hammer, and the street was covered with blood.
The Goguryeo army was so obsessed that there was no complete body.
The king got the request of the old Han family to die, and he swears to repay the Han family's military achievements. He needs two things to save the Miao people and demolish Jingguan. He also heard the pain of Miao people crying. The cold wind rustled and his clothes were torn apart, so he became angry and roared to the sky, saying, "The thief from Liaodong, I will not be the son of the Han Miao."
Then he went crazy and massacred the city.
At that time, there were 50,000 Goguryeo soldiers, all of whom died under the order of the king to massacre the city.
When the news came out, the world was shocked. The Tang Dynasty had a grand ceremony for three consecutive days. The important ministers of the Confucian clan attacked the king and killed the king too fiercely. This was not the way of a benevolent king. I asked the emperor to demote the king to the people.
The five disciples under the lord of the country made a big fuss in the court, and the new Duke of Lu, Cheng Chumo, and Liu Renshi, the new Duke of Kui, committed murder and injured important officials in court, and violated the French rules of the Tang Dynasty. The emperor was furious and accepted the throne of the country and demoted it to common people and exiled to Liaodong.
The Cheng and Liu families migrated, how miserable was the day before they left?
Only people in the world don’t know that the emperor once climbed to the top of the palace and looked at the northeast and sighed: I, I’ll send you all reunion, and I know the truth, and I’ve paid back my life-saving grace.
Half a month later, King Li Ke of Lu submitted a letter saying that Shandong was suffering and the people had no food to seek food, so they asked to leave the pass and flee, and prayed to the court for approval.
The emperor approved the report, but he got drunk that night and was inexplicably sad. He said to the queen: To help his parents and children, he sent his nephew away. Since ancient times, the royal family affection has been so indifferent. Baishan and black water are poor and destitute, but the nephew struggles to survive. I am very sad and have no face to face my third brother.
The queen held the emperor's hand and advised him: My nephew is very sensible and likes to start from scratch. The emperor should not be sad. I am willing to go to the northeast to give you family affection and gentle care. I am his aunt, which can make my son and nephew feel at ease.
The emperor hesitated and finally adopted it.
Ten days later, five thousand Xuan armored iron cavalry left Chang'an and escorted the queen Fengchang to patrol. They first arrived at Fanyang, then turned to Youyan, then left the pass and went straight to the northeast.
The queen was holding a girl in her arms. She was only two years old at the time. She was carved with jade and was cute. She was born weak and named Wei Zi.
The king was overjoyed when he saw this, and he hugged it in his arms every day, and loved it very much, just like his own sister. He once joked and joked that the second aunt had worked hard and made great contributions to the prince's work, and the queen was a little embarrassed and spit on the king's face.
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The sea is magnificent, and the water and sky are connected at once. In the ocean east of Liaodong, there is a country composed of a group of large islands.
This is called Dongying, which is nominally the same as the Central Plains.
When Li Yun was preparing to establish a country in the northeast, the island country was going to send Tang envoys to the Central Plains. The scale of the Tang envoys was extremely large. Twenty-five huge wooden ships carried a population of tens of thousands, crossing the sea and traveling through the waves.
The Tang delegation first landed from Silla, reported the report, and then passed through Baekje, Liaodong, and finally turned to Goguryeo, but was blocked by the turmoil.
The Goguryeo king, Gao Yuan, was recruiting troops. The Goguryeo people enthusiastically joined the army and wanted to retaliate when the Bohai Kingdom was established.
At the same time, several large ships appeared in the northeast. Wang Tong and the bearded guest, with tens of thousands of native Americans, finally crossed the Bering Strait connecting the two continents.
The worldly affairs come by chance. The entire Baishan and Black Water, plus the Three Kingdoms of Liaodong, will soon be in full swing again, and maybe everything will be together.
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"One, two, three, smash, one, two, three, smash!"
In the snow and ice, heavy slogans suddenly rang. Although the wind was biting, many people were sweating on their foreheads, and even a strong man was spitting on his upper body, and there was a steady stream of heat on his back.
This is a huge construction site, and it looks densely packed with people, including Han people and Martialis. In addition to Han people and Martialis, there are also a group of Goguryeo people wearing prison clothes on the construction site.
Primitive ancient trees were cut down one by one and then transported here continuously from the mountains. Not far away, a small hill was emitting thick smoke. Many ox carts were shuttled back and forth, pulling trucks of red bricks.
"Oh, it's time to build a house, a brick house is very strong and windproof..."
In the huge construction site, a group of little kids were running happily. These kids were not playing, they were also helping adults work. Those who were a little older could pick up two or three red bricks and run away. Those who were a little younger could only carry one piece slowly. However, no matter whether they were old or young, the children seemed particularly excited to do their work.
There was snow falling in the sky again, and the snow was like goose feathers. A crisp sound of the pot suddenly sounded on the construction site. A few rough men shouted loudly: "First, team, two, teams, three, and four, you four teams will stop at your work first, clean up and prepare for the meal, each brings their own rice bowls, and eat broth as usual at noon."
The sound spread on the busy construction site and soon reached a city wall under construction. So a group of children cheered and the adults reached out to wipe the sweat from their foreheads.
Four brigades gathered quickly, and each team had more than a thousand people.
There were dozens of large pots set up at the place where you were eating. The bottom of the pot was brisk and the big pot was steaming. A rich meat fragrance filled the air. Many children were so hungry that they were drooling.
Although I was very greedy and didn't compete, I actually lined up in a long line, holding all kinds of big bowls waiting for the meal.
But when dozens of chefs were carrying large spoons, they were all very powerful when making food. Whenever they saw people coming, the spoon scooped into the big pot, and a bowl of broth was clattered. If they found that the child was making food, they would scoop out a piece of meat from the bottom of the pot, and quickly put it into the child's bowl with their hands and eyes. Then they glared fiercely, and cursed with a smile: "Wipe saliva, come again if you don't have enough food."
Sometimes I free up my rough hands, rub the child's head hard, laughed out loud, and asked, "How many bricks did I move today? Is it worth it to give you meat?"
The children chattered, grimaced with big bowls, and then ran away cheering. Some children would send the pieces of meat from their bowls to their mother for food.
"People's hearts are so awesome..."
On the edge of the construction site in the distance, an old man sighed and then looked at Li Yun beside him, asking with concern: "Is there enough food? I see that your work is a bit big."
This old man turned out to be Wei Zheng.
Previously, Wei Zheng had a dispute over the Yellow River, so he later invited him to dig the main canal. This time, because Empress Changsun went out of the customs, Old Man Wei followed the Queen's frame to the northeast.
“Is there enough food?”
When Old Man Wei saw Li Yun not answering, he asked again.
Li Yun stood on the edge of the construction site with his hands on his back. He suddenly smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "From ancient times to the present, where is there enough food?"
As he said that, he looked at the busy construction site and said helplessly: "I said I am very good at making a big deal, but Your Majesty is really big. I really didn't expect that Your Majesty would actually recruit 300,000 people to come. I had to prepare for buying grain a year in advance. I would be caught off guard by Your Majesty's move."
This sounds a bit complaining, but it is full of joy in and out. Wei Zheng smiled and chased his beard, saying meaningfully: "It is better to build a country with a population. Looking at all dynasties, population has been the top priority. As long as the king can survive this, your Bohai Kingdom will surely take off like a dragon."
Li Yun yelled twice, and now he has more than 300,000 people under his command.
The Marine people who live between the white mountains and black waters alone will have four or five million yuan at a rough calculation. In addition, the people in Shandong and Hebei are constantly migrating, and the naturalized grassland Turks must have increased and the population will be increasing. His Bohai Kingdom will inevitably have no shortage of people.
The only headache is that the food is getting more and more difficult, and it can barely support it this year, but it will definitely become a big trouble next year.
Although land can be opened and farmed, the grain output in this era is too low.
Chapter completed!