Su Dawei thought about returning to the Tang Dynasty.

I used to think about it day and night, and wanted to return to Chang'an as soon as possible.

For a moment, when Su Dawei received a letter from Mrs. Liu who asked someone to write to him, he suddenly realized that his mother was old.

My parents are here, not traveling far away.

There must be a way to travel.

No matter which time and space Su Dawei is in his heart, he is a Chinese person, so he naturally wants to return to Ah Niang to be filial.

But during the period of leading troops to fight, he could only temporarily put down his family affection.

Until now, I heard Li Ji suddenly say that Li Zhi urgently summon him back.

I was not as surprised as I imagined, but instead felt a feeling of relaxing my shoulders and feeling relieved.

finally……

Finally can go back.

But the next moment, Su Dawei suddenly became alert again.

Li Zhi called himself back this time, which was a bit unusual.

In the past, because Su Dawei was working in Ducha Temple, there was a communication channel that was urgently contacted by Li Zhi, the court.

Any orders Li Zhi had before was issued to Xiongjin Governor's Office, and he would directly order Su Dawei.

But this time, this rule was obviously broken and it was conveyed through Li Ji.

Is there any special purpose in this?

As a Tang man who had lived in this era for more than ten years, Su Dawei had long understood that Li Zhi was not only not stupid, but was an extremely smart and wise man.

But for a moment, he couldn't guess Li Zhi's intention.

Li Ji naturally could not pass on the news falsely. The answer to all the answers can only be clear about what Li Zhi sells in his gourd.

Li Ji gently stroked his long beard, and saw Su Dawei bowing his head and not speaking, and did not speak.

When Su Dawei raised his head again, Li Ji said: "What is being passed on is an oral order, saying that the faster the better, you can prepare it yourself."

"There is the Xiongjin Governor's Office..."

"Your Majesty also has a clear order to make Liu Rengui the acting governor. You only need to hand over the government seal and not to care about anything else."

I see.

Su Dawei was stunned at first, then he felt a sense of understanding.

No wonder Liu Rengui felt a little strange when he was in front of him. He must have known the news and knew that he was about to replace him and become the acting governor of Xiong Jin.

Su Dawei fell silent again, thinking about the pros and cons in his mind.

Although the news of returning to the Tang Dynasty was something he had been looking forward to.

But at this time, I was caught off guard.

There are still many things that have not been finished.

For example, the strategy for Baekje and the Tang army's troops in Hokkaido, Japan are still moving forward.

There is An Wensheng Town in Japan now, Hei Ya Changzhi, Shazha Xiangru, and the subsequent additions of generals such as Ashina Daozhen and Cui Qi are still scrambling to fight.

If there are a few more months, it will be able to conquer all the Japanese islands.

Why is this time?

"I have another thing to talk to you about your business, and I have another thing here, I want to tell you separately."

Li Ji glanced at Su Dawei: "Have you heard of Goguryeo ghost soldiers?"

The sun sets westward.

In the temporary camp belonging to the Xiongjin Governor's Office, Su Dawei sat upright in the tent with a calm expression.

The whale oil lamp in the tent shines brightly, but it cannot illuminate the haze in Su Dawei's heart.

Not only was the emperor urgently summoning back to Tang, but also another thing Li Jibaitian told him.

Goguryeo ghost soldiers.

During the day, I walked into Pyongyang City with Li Ji, a secret room in the old royal palace.

It seemed like I could smell the smell of a corpse-like and weird smell in the secret room.

That smell is like a stinky salted fish exposed to the scorching sun, which can't be dispelled.

In the center of the secret room is a square black pool.

The black water in the pool was so dark that there was no trace of light, it was as dark as ink.

There should have been a lot of ghosts here, but now it is empty.

Where did the ghost soldiers go?

When did you leave?

It is said that when Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Liaodong, Goguryeo General Yizhi Wende drove ghost soldiers to kill all directions on the battlefield, which caught the Sui army off guard and killed the Sui army, killing them, killing them, and killing them, causing the Sui army to collapse.

The entire battle situation was reversed in one fell swoop, and eventually caused great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the collapse of the Sui Dynasty.

It can be said that the key to all this is the Goguryeo ghost soldiers who suddenly appeared in that battle.

Originally, Su Dawei was still wondering that in recent years, no ghost soldiers appeared in the war between the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo.

Despite this, no one can ignore the existence of ghost soldiers.

In addition, when Su Dawei attacked Pyongyang, he always tightened his strings and was wary of ghost soldiers.

But until the end, Pyongyang City fell and there was no trace of ghost soldiers.

Originally, Su Dawei thought that there were no ghost soldiers in Goguryeo.

But now, this is not the case.

Who exactly took away the ghost soldiers?

How many ghost soldiers are there?

Will it pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty?

All of this requires the follow-up of Ducha Temple.

“Ami.”

A voice came from outside, and Su Dawei sang: "Come in."

The one who walked in was Su Qingjie, and Gao Dalong and Zhou Liang were following him.

This is the most core manpower belonging to Su Dawei's circle.

Even Lou Shide and Wang Xiaojie did not inform him.

Originally, Su Dawei wanted to find more people, but An Wensheng was still in Japan, with Heichi Changzhi and Shazha Xiangru, Asina Daozhen, and Nan Jiulang also there.

"How is the matter organized?"

Su Dawei looked up at Su Qingjie.

Before his conquest to Japan, the Xiongjin Governor's Office was handed over to Su Qingjie for temporary service.

After knowing about that incident in the afternoon, he had already begun to gather people to do the aftermath.

"Now there are 5,500 soldiers from the Xiongjin Governor's Office. Liu Rengui, as the envoy of the Defence, has 7,000 soldiers in his hand."

"That is, there are 12,000 soldiers available to Liu Rengui in his hands."

"This is not the ten thousand people you borrowed from Silla."

Su Qingjie smiled at Su Dawei: "At that time, I was supposed to enrich the Governor's Office, but now I have to take advantage of Liu Rengui."

"Don't say that."

Su Dawei waved his hand and said, "General Liu is a well-established person. With him as the acting governor of the Xiongjin Governor's Office, I believe he can continue to stabilize the situation."

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Liang and said, "Brother Zhou Er, how about the money and food here in Baekje?"

There were not many war soldiers, but according to the Tang Dynasty, there would not be too many people garrisoned on the newly conquered land.

Like the four towns in Anxi, they are almost like outposts at this time.

If there is really a war, I first rely on borrowing the vassal army from my vassals.

The second is to borrow troops from the Protectorate's Mansion.

The problem is that the Protectorate usually has only a few thousand soldiers.

It will take until later to compete with Tubo for control before the military allocation will be strengthened.

However, military strength is only one aspect, and what is more important than military strength is the control of local resources, which is specifically reflected in the word "money and grain".

Zhou Liang has always been in charge of Su Dawei in the intelligence network of Ducha Temple here. He clasped his fists and said, "Baojie has always been engaged in handicrafts and agriculture, mainly with developed industry and commerce, and has frequent business dealings with Japan, Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty.

If we only talk about food, it will probably take several years to recover after the previous war.

Recently, even the food is difficult to support the local area, and it also needs funding from Silla."

Su Dawei nodded silently.

If you want to be stable in Baekje, you must first let the local people have a meal and not starve to death.

Otherwise, once a famine occurs, a new round of rebellion will surely break out.

This matter must be guarded against.

Baekje is actually inferior to Silla and Goguryeo in agriculture. It has been under the influence of Silla people before, and it relies entirely on its development of handicrafts and industry and commerce to support it.

"In Silla, Kim Famin has been quite honest recently. I will write to him before leaving and beat him up to try his best to cooperate with Liu Rengui and relieve your work a little bit.

In addition, handicrafts and commerce can be encouraged more. The tax system has not been arranged by the court now, just like their previous examples.

In terms of food...

Silla alone may not be safe enough.”

Speaking of this, he turned to the tall dragon on the side: "Dalong, how is the production recovery in Japan now?"

"Just mentioning this."

Gao Dalong had just turned around from Jiuzhou and was familiar with the situation there.

His eyes flashed slightly: "The area occupied by Kyushu is now still in front of Amacao and Fuji, and Fuji, and Fuji. The Uto Shrine is still in handover, and it has not yet fallen into full control.

In the actual control of Jiuzhou, there are roughly 180,000 households and a population of more than 400,000."

Su Dawei nodded and signaled Gao Dalong to continue speaking.

This is the number of people, of course, is far from comparable to that of the Tang Dynasty.

But for Baekje, it's already a lot.

"The previous war has already missed the farming season. Japan's harvest this year will be reduced, so our situation will be a bit difficult."

"Wah is also short of food?"

This result surprised Su Dawei and his brows couldn't help but frown.

Food is the most important thing for people, and food shortage will lead to chaos.

Gao Dalong continued: "It's not that shortage. There is actually still food. The high-yield rice seeds that you ordered people to spread in the middle of the year have a pretty good harvest, which has flattened some losses.

But recently, new problems have emerged."

“What’s the problem?”

"In the past, the harvest of grain in Japan was designated by the royal family. The harvest was collected by them for generations, and the price was far lower than the market price."

When Gao Dalong mentioned it, Su Dawei remembered it.

Those who collect grain were similar to the "middlemen" in later generations, or gentry.

However, except for a small number of people who saw the opportunity quickly and defected to the Tang army, most of them were confiscated as negative examples during the first wave of war.

In other words, the original ecology of local agriculture in Japan was broken.

Even if farmers have food, they don’t know how to pay it or collect it.

Su Dawei changed his mind and thought about this matter. He laughed and said, "What's the difficulty? Let the grain be freely traded. If the Governor's Office needs grain, it's enough to buy it from the farmers at the market price."

"We have thought of this issue before and told the farmers, but in many places, farmers opposed it."

"be opposed to?"

Su Dawei was stunned for a moment: "In the past, the price given by the grain collector was far lower than the market price. Now we allow them to buy and sell grain freely and price at the market price. In this way, farmers make more money, why should they boycott it?"

"Because they think that the income seems to be high, but the risk is also high. When there is a bumper harvest, if the food is at the market price, the food will only be sold at a low price.

Moreover, each farmer has less than 300 kilograms of grain per year. Apart from food, it is not much that can be sold. This little grain makes them find a way to find a place to sell it alone. They find it very inconvenient and will delay the time of doing farm work."

"What do they want?"

Su Dawei was speechless.

Now these farmers were all landless and proletarian farmers.

It can be said to be the bottom of Japan.

It has only been a little bit distorted.

When they were proletarian, the Tang army would agree to whatever conditions they had to farm, and they would respond positively.

"They said that they still hope that they would be collected by the unified grain collector as they did in the past."

"Haha, this is really..."

Su Dawei shook his head helplessly.

As farmers, they would actually oppose a policy that is beneficial to them.
Chapter completed!