When Li Luo entered Suyuan, he felt cool and was very satisfied with Wang Shanjian.

"Wang Shan sees that I am going to change Hongdu Prefecture to Yuzhang County and appoint you as the prefect of Yuzhang. What do you think?"

When Wang Shan heard this, he immediately put on his clothes and bowed: "I am grateful to you for your kindness, please forgive me for your kindness! I will be heartbroken and serve the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Luo nodded, "Get up. My Tang system has its own laws. It is different from the Zhao Song, Mongolian Yuan, and Wu. If you become the prefect of Yuzhang, you should be familiar with the Tang system so that you can govern according to the law and promote the Tang style."

"My minister follows the order! I must learn and use it to share my worries!" Wang Shanjian said respectfully.

Li Luo said: "My Tang Dynasty is now in the military control, and war is the top priority. In addition to encouraging farming and sericulture and taxation, the most important thing in this place is to cooperate with the soldiers to recruit new soldiers, cooperate with the generals to clear the countryside and suppress bandits, and transport food and grass for the army."

Wang Shanzhe said, "Don't worry, the emperor, the poor ministers should fulfill their duties, be content with their duties, and be based on national warfare."

After personally arranging Li Luo to stay, Wang Shanxi said again: "The elders in the city are grateful for the kindness of the emperor and admire the ambition of restoration. They plan to prepare a banquet in Kuaizai Tower to welcome the emperor. Please tell me."

Li Luo waved his hand, "Thank you for me. I still have important tasks tonight, let's go another day."

"No!" Wang Shan saw that Li Luo would not attend tonight, so he said carefully again: "Your Majesty, this Suyuan was originally the King of Wu's palace, and there are some young women in the courtyard. Can they bathe and burn incense and serve in front of the couch?"

Is it so interesting?

Li Luo shook his head without thinking, "Forget it, there is no need to mention this matter. Just go by yourself."

Seeing that Li Luo could not have thought that Li Luo was so naive to women, he couldn't help but feel even more respectful. He thought that the emperor was so young, but he was so decisive, and it was really not a lucky thing to restrain his skills.

After Wang Shan left, another young man soon came. The man entered Suyuan and was directly brought in by the guard commander Yang Ju without any notification.

"My minister Chen Rang, pay homage to you! Finally, I saw you again!" When the visitor saw Li Luo, he bowed in tears.

It was Chen Rang, a spy who lurked to Huang Hua and named the left prime minister by Huang Hua.

"Get up! Well, it's not bad. You have suffered in the past two years." Li Luo Wenyan said. Chen Rang is not only Cui Xiuning's student, but also his student.

This person not only has the talent of agents, but also has strategic and political talents. He is one of the best in the special agents of the Tang Dynasty.

"You did a good job and did not let me down and teach you a show." Li Luo did appreciate Chen Rang very much.

Chen Rang not only lurked in intelligence, but also operated Huang Hua to attack Jiangxi and develop his forces. It can be said that Huang Hua was able to conquer most of Jiangxi and command more than 100,000 troops, which was closely related to Chen Rang's help.

Otherwise, how could Huang Hua be entangled with Wanzhedu’s army for half a year?

Cui Xiuning now has many powerful students, such as Li Yong, Li Yang, Li Jing, Li Yi, Li Xu, Jio Bu, Li Jiao, Chen Yu, Ma Xuanli, Chen Rang, Zhou Yun, etc., as well as a group of female spies such as Li Zhi, Li Mian, Wu Xiu.

But Li Luo’s favorite is Chen Rang.

"It is my greatest blessing for me to do something for the king and wife. As long as I can see my Tang restore the Central Plains and expel the Tartars, I will be willing to break my bones." Chen Rang said, taking out a thick account book.

"Your Majesty, this is a list of items left by Huang Hua, as well as a list of Jiangxi Dingkou House Book, horse farm, salt farm, porcelain factory, smelting station, mine, etc. It was not detailed at first, so I have made a new look. Please check it out."

Li Luo took it and looked at it, slowly showing joy.

It's true.

Which province is the most underestimated in later generations?

Jiangxi.

You should know that Jiangxi was the most populous area in the Song and Yuan dynasties. Even in this era, Jiangxi still had nearly 1,500 registered populations. (1290 years of historical materials)

Just a registered taxpayer!

Then the real population is at least 16 million. You should know that Jiangxi in later generations had a population of less than 50 million.

If you don’t accept it, you won’t be able to do it.

It is millions more than Zhejiang, which is famous for its wealth. However, Raozhou Road, which belonged to Jiangxi in later generations, is currently assigned to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Raozhou Road is not only the most populated road in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but also the most populated road in the Yuan Dynasty.

But even if it is not Raozhou Road or Guangdong Road, the population in the central and northern part of Guangjiangxi Province is still as high as tens of millions. It can be seen that the population is denser than that in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

So in the early Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu had to move a large number of Jiangxi's population out to fill other provinces.

Not only that, Jiangxi was also the most developed region of the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty moved tens of thousands of skilled craftsmen to the area around Poyang Lake, unified management and convenient control, and formed a huge porcelain kiln factory, shipyard, paper mill, gunpowder workshop, military equipment miscellaneous construction bureau, etc.

The world-famous Yuan blue and white porcelain was built in the Poyang Lake technical belt. The reason why Huang Hua was able to arm the army of more than 100,000 and was able to fight with Wanzhedu for half a year was also supported by the Poyang Lake technical belt.

If you have the surname Li in such a place, can Li Luo be unhappy?

Especially, Jiangxi is different from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there is actually a Xinyu Horse Farm! (now Xinyu County).

Although it is not a large horse farm like Luzhou Horse Farm, it can also raise 5,000 horses!

Jiangxi is really a place of dominance, and later generations have underestimated it.

However, because the Yuan army, Wu army, and Red Turban Army fought for half a year, the battle was fought in a scorched earth, which led to many people leaving their families and becoming refugees in order to avoid war and war disasters, and a large amount of fertile land was deserted. This year's autumn grain and farming season could not catch up.

Based on the information from the Special Inspection Bureau, Cui Xiuning estimated that millions of people in Jiangxi Province would go hungry, and at least it would last until next summer harvest.

This means that if Li Luo wanted to swallow most of Jiangxi, he would have to take out tens of millions of stones of grain for relief, unless he watched a large number of people starve to death.

Why did the population drop sharply when wars occurred in history? The main reason is the famine and plague caused by war. The real death from Fengdi is far less than the number of people who starve to death.

Population is the first resource, so Li Luo certainly would not do stupid things like asking for food and not having people. Therefore, taking Jiangxi must provide relief to the people. In the seventh year of Qianlong, the famine in northern Jiangsu was famined, and that hypocritical man named Hongli gave out eight million to provide disaster relief at one time. Is Li Luo even worse than him?

However, the Tang State had only 15 million grain reserves. It had to provide relief to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and also to bear military and horse food. It was impossible to survive until next summer harvest.

Don't be afraid.

Isn't there a big dog?

Eat him.

Millions of stones can still be dug out.

Although Jiangxi's population and resources certainly made Li Luo happy, what Huang Hua left behind also made this man happy.

There was no food, it was eaten up, and there was not much gold and silver, and it was used to recruit soldiers and horses. But there were as many as millions of kilograms of brass!

You should know that Jiangxi is a major copper production area, and it began to produce copper as early as the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty copper mine ruins discovered in the later generations of Ruichang Copper Mine even used wooden trolley machinery and equipment to collect copper.

Copper is the metal that the Tang Dynasty lacks the most.

Although there were copper in Haidong's later generations, not many were found, and it was a deep mine. Who knew where it was. Cui Xiuning finally found a small copper mine, and after less than 300,000 kilograms, it was sold out.

There are also copper mines in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, especially Tongling County on Chizhou Road, which have been abundant in brass since ancient times. However, because it was developed too early and was mined in large quantities, the old mines have been exhausted. The large copper mines in later generations were newly discovered later.

Now I have to go to Tongling County to collect copper, and it takes a lot of time to find a new mine, so it is not easy to get angry.

The batch of copper left by Huang Hua was all ready-made. They were originally used to cast copper coins of Wu Kingdom, but they didn't need to be refined anymore, which could be considered to have solved the demand for copper in the Tang Kingdom.

In addition, more than 30,000 craftsmen of various colors were captured by Huang Hua from the technical belt around Poyang Lake to Hongdu City. Taking advantage of the large area of ​​Hongdu City, many military tools workshops were established.

Why did Huang Hua's rebel army have such a high armor rate? It is also well-equipped? It is because it captured more than 30,000 craftsmen.

You know, even Haidong and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there are not so many skilled craftsmen in total. Nearly half of the good craftsmen in the southern region are surrounded by Poyang Lake, which is simply the craftsmanship area located in the south. The craftsmanship area of ​​the Yuan court also set up an organization to manage this craftsmanship area and send troops to guard it.

After Huang Hua raised his army, he defeated the defenders of the Poyang Lake Crafts Zone at the suggestion of Chen Rang, and captured more than 30,000 craftsmen in the name of rescue, and concentrated on guarding them, allowing them to make things, called Crafts Camp.

The books submitted by Chen Rang included information about the craftsman. Li Luo saw that there were thousands of blacksmiths alone.

In addition, there are dozens of types such as armored craftsmen, porcelain workers, bow craftsmen, paper craftsmen, boat craftsmen, pharmacists, jade craftsmen, gunpowder craftsmen, carpenters, copper craftsmen, lacquer craftsmen, cobblers, etc., with a wide variety. From shipbuilding and house building to locks and pens, there are everything.

Moreover, they are all good craftsmen who have registered their records in the Yuanting Department of Works!

The Yuan court was very strict in management of craftsmen. After entering the Central Plains, all the Jin and Song craftsmen and folk craftsmen were listed as craftsmen, which was the first to craftsmen, restricted their freedom and exploited their labor results. Historical records show that the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty and searched for 100,000 craftsmen!

Historical records of the Yuan Dynasty craftsmen: "Enter the market early every day, and the night is gone. They do not provide food and clothing, and even sell their children."

Not only that, he was also bullied by officials: "Crafting names, catching wind and shadows, and eroding craftsmen."

If you are willing to give money, that's fine.

However, the Yuanting...is not.

Giving money, you're thinking too much.

The craftsman himself pays three dou of rice every month, two and a half dou of adult family members and one and a half dou of children.

Then there is half a pound of salt.

Then...and then there is nothing. Dayuan gives you a few dou of rice per month. Wouldn't you thank you yet?

Later generations said that those who valued craftsmen in the Yuan Dynasty were either brainless or heartless.

The Yuan Dynasty attached importance to the labor results of craftsmen, not the craftsmen themselves. What are craftsmen in the eyes of Dayuan? They are slaves, just labor slaves. Just like they value cattle and sheep, they do not love cattle and sheep, but because of cattle and sheep meat.

Since then, I, Dayuan, invented the craftsmanship and strictly controlled it. I was so obedient that the technical level of the Central Plains has been getting worse day by day.

Do you still have to think about it? You are a work slave. Are you willing to study technology, invent and create, and contribute your intelligence to the master who treats you as a slave?

Isn't that sick? How many people do this?

There is no reason for technology to go backwards.

Now that these good craftsmen have returned to the Tang Dynasty, that's different.

"Your Majesty, Wanzhe planned to kill Huang Hua and take back tens of thousands of craftsmen. It can be seen that the Yuan court still cared about these craftsmen." Chen Rang said with a smile, "With these craftsmen, I, Tang, will be like a tiger."

Li Luo was in a good mood, and he was a craftsman, and now he was all cheaper than Tang.

"You are responsible for transporting this batch of craftsmen and brass to Lin'an and handing it over to your wife, and she will properly place it." Li Luo handed over this task to Chen Rang.

Chen Rang was prepared long ago, "Don't worry, Master, I have arranged for the spies in it to promote it, and they are very willing to serve me, Tang."

Li Luo nodded and pondered: "You should not do the spy matter yourself in the future. I plan to change the north of Shaoguan in Jiangxi Province to Ganzhou, appoint you as the governor of Ganzhou, and manage Jiangxi civil affairs."
To be continued...