ps: Due to some unknown reasons, Sri Lanka in this book will be replaced by Ceylon Island from now on. Lao Long will not correct it in the previous article. That would have to find an editor, which is very troublesome. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

Even the old dragon doesn’t want to!

"My eyelids are always twitching. I don't know what happened to the second and third sons in Ceylon." Li Xiao held a tea cup and stood in front of the glass window looking at the patter of rain outside.

"According to the intelligence sent back last month, Wu Sangui himself is in the Ili Valley. According to the telegram ten days ago, the second and third masters should launch an attack today and tomorrow. It is estimated that the attack time should be selected at midnight on Ceylon Island.

There are forts and an unknown number of mines on the sea. If we really hit hard, the casualties will probably be huge." Li Yongfang lowered his hands and stood behind Li Xiao with a bow.

"We have telegrams, but Wu Sangui doesn't. He received the news in the Ili Valley, and then rode the fastest horse back to Bombay. It probably took more than a month no matter what. This is the information advantage. I hope the second and third sons will be there by then.

The fight is over. Otherwise, the battle will become more intense, which will be very detrimental to them.

After all, it takes six or seven days to sail from Singapore Port to Ceylon Island. And India is much closer to Ceylon Island.”

"India's Ramanathapuram Port, Dudiglin Port, and Arumunegri Port are all within a day's sail from Ceylon. Among them, Manatapuram Port is 10 km from Ceylon.

The island is only a few hours' flight away.

If the Second Master and the Third Master do not solve the problem on Ceylon Island as soon as possible, Indian reinforcements will arrive very soon. Due to transportation capacity, the first batch of the Second Master and the Third Master to land only has more than 27,000 troops. The remaining

Those who get off will have to wait for the merchant ship to unload all personnel and supplies, and then return to Singapore Port for re-shipment. It will take half a month to do this again and again."

"A snake can't do without a head! In order to consolidate his rule, Wu Sangui was very involved in the deployment of troops in India. Without his order, no one would dare to mobilize troops on a large scale. Moreover, he still has part of his main force in the Ili Valley. The north and south lines

The distance between them reached tens of thousands of miles, and it would take several months just to transmit the information. Not to mention, mobilize the elites from the Ili Valley to return to India to fight against the landing.

Send an order to Alabutan and ask him to lead his men to harass Wu Sangui's troops in the Ili Valley. I don't ask for anything else, as long as it can make Wu Sangui uneasy. Wu Sangui is also a man of flesh, so I don't believe he has the ability to clone himself."

"promise!"

"Also, we need to learn more about the weather, hydrology, and road conditions in the Western Regions. We are going to send troops to the Ili Valley, and we can't do it without these things. Let Wu Sangui be free for a few more days. When the construction of the railway from Yumen to Hami is completed next year, we will

We will attack the Ili Valley. The pearl of Central Asia must be in the hands of the Ming Dynasty."

"promise!"

After finishing the conversation with Li Yongfang, Li Xiao decided to take a look at Sun Chengzong.

Because of Sun Cheng's incident, some cracks appeared in the solid iron triangle. Although the old guy still came out to do things, the grudge in his heart could not be eliminated in a short while.

When they arrived at Sun Chengzong's residence, Sun Zhijie came out to greet him as usual. This guy was also the head of the security regiment and controlled the core security area of ​​the Ming Empire.

"How is your grandpa's health? I heard he was not feeling well a few days ago. Is he feeling better now?"

"When we return to the Marshal, Grandpa is in much better health and can already meet with some officials. I heard that the Marshal is here, so he specially asked me to come to the door to greet you."

Li Xiao nodded. He was familiar with Sun Chengzong's study. When he walked into Sun Chengzong's study, the smell of medicine hit his face. Sun Chengzong was putting a medicine bowl into the servant's tray when he saw Li Xiao walking in.

He nodded as a greeting.

As soon as Li Xiao entered, Sun Chengzong immediately sent away the servants and officials, and even drove Sun Zhijie out. This was an attitude of wanting to talk about things, and Li Xiao was looking forward to what the old fox would talk to him.

Seeing that everyone had gone out, Sun Chengzong turned to look at Li Xiao. His eyes were bright and clear, as if he could see through people's hearts and understand everything in the world.

He just looked at Li Xiao until he felt a little uncomfortable. He checked his clothes, they were not dirty! Could it be that he didn't wash his face before speaking out and there was something dirty on his face?

"Who are you?" Li Xiao had never imagined that Sun Chengzong would say such a sentence.

"What?" Li Xiao didn't understand what Sun Chengzong was asking.

Where did I come from, where am I going, who am I? Oh my god, such a complicated philosophical question. Could it be that this old guy wants to become a master of philosophy?

"Starting from Liaodong, you were trapped on an isolated island with more than a hundred remnant troops. I just thought you were a genius. There are those geniuses in this world who can solve problems by themselves without a teacher.

You created your own gunpowder formula, and you said you learned it from the old Taoists in Penglai Mountain. This old man also believes that foreign warlocks have some strange skills. You are well versed in the ways of officialdom and know how to attract people with benefits. This old man also believes

It's understandable, after all, this brings with it the philistine in the market.

But I don’t understand what you did the other day.

Order the officials to report their private property first, kill the chickens as a warning to the monkeys, and kill the household ministers at the back. Beat a group, pull a group, and scare a group. After beating and pulling, the court officials have to be led by you.

Only asking about the future and not the past allows officials to celebrate. But it also forces officials to handle government affairs well. They are afraid that if you find fault, they will be imprisoned for their past mistakes.

This is not folk knowledge, it is the emperor's mental skill. As a third-generation imperial master, I have read the Ouchi Collection, so it is not surprising that I know these methods. But what I am curious about is how you know. Although you have power over the government,

But no one told you about those books. You don’t even know where they are. I conclude that you haven’t read them.

Also, officials from the Ministry of Industry reported that many mineral deposits are located deep in the mountains, and there are usually no human settlements there. However, you can mark the exact location on the map. As long as you search in the place you specify, you will definitely be able to find the mineral deposits.

If there are excuses for saying that there are two places at one place, under your guidance, Ming Dynasty discovered hundreds of large-scale mineral deposits. This is a bit shocking!

Who are you? Where do you come from? What do you want to do to the Chinese nation?" Sun Chengzong, who looked a little excited, asked Li Xiao three soul questions.

Li Xiao felt that he had encountered the biggest identity crisis since arriving in Ming Dynasty!

Even in later generations, officials' property disclosure was a very difficult matter. It was so difficult that even with strong leadership, there was no way to accomplish it.

Li Xiao did it!

As for the issue of mineral deposits, it was purely because the junior high school geography teacher was too pretty.

Unexpectedly, Sun Chengzong, an old fox, would actually suspect his own origin from these things. No wonder people would suspect that these things are far beyond what a rural child of this era should know! If it were Li Xiao, he wouldn't believe it either!

"Mr. Sun, I am indeed from Liaodong. There is no doubt about this, but I have indeed learned some erudite things. I can't explain to you the things in this for a while.

As long as you know one thing, I, Li Xiao, will do anything that is beneficial to our Ming Dynasty. You will support me in doing it!
Chapter completed!