"Haha, this is Li Er's weapon that can blow up the capital of Goryeo!"
Everyone took a deep breath of air-conditioning and became excited: "Is this a gunpowder bomb?"
"Well, that's exactly what it is!"
"Can you get such a sharp weapon?
I heard that Li Er is very important to this thing."
The old man in brocade robes said with a smile: "Haha, there will be no shortage of such sharp weapons in the future, we can already make them ourselves!"
"Haha! Great!"
"With this! It will be much easier for us to deal with Su Chen!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Crazy laughter came from the room!
After laughing wildly for a while, the old man in Jinyi continued: "Chang'an means that we should try our best to hold off Su Chen and buy time for the east and west sides."
The old man with the goatee asked: "What's the plan in the west this time?"
"Last year, the bug didn't have much effect, and it cost us a lot of allies!"
The old man in brocade robes shook his head and said, "I don't know what Xibian's plan is this time."
As he said that, the old man said bitterly: "If damn Su Chen hadn't ruined the good thing last time, the north would have been full of smoke by now!"
Everyone was also gnashing their teeth.
"By the way, there are many princes and grandsons coming to Guanzhou this time. I don't know what they are going to do. Do you want to take advantage of them?"
Someone suddenly suggested.
The old man in Jinyi shook his head and said: "No, there is no legitimate son of Li Er, and there are also young men of various noble families. Offending them all will not do us any good!"
"Remember, our enemies are Su Chen and Li Er, try not to provoke more enemies!"
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Su Chen had no idea that the danger was approaching, and was laughing while holding a letter.
"Haha! Lao Du is really lucky! He can escape even this!"
Li Er sent a letter to Su Chen, telling Su Chen that Du Ruhui had been rescued, and told him the details!
"This Lao Du, all the Qianniu Guards around him are almost dead, and his skin is even scratched!"
Changle also crowded together to read the letter and exclaimed: "Du Xiang is so smart, he can predict that there is an ambush behind him, and he is also such a lucky man that so many people have not been able to find him."
It turned out that after breaking through the siege that night, the school captain Li Hong planned to protect Du Ruhui and go back to Weiyuan County to escape!
Du Ruhui asked Li Hong to continue moving forward towards Rat Mountain!
Fortunately, they did not run towards Weiyuan County. The magistrate of Weiyuan County had already surrendered to the enemy and was ambushing them halfway!
After entering the depths of Rat Mountain, Du Ruhui immediately asked Li Hong to disperse the surviving Qianniu Guards into small groups to fight against the enemy's guerrillas.
He also told the Qianniu Guards to just run for their lives when encountering enemies!
When the enemy rushed into the mountains to search for them, Qianniuwei captured a lot of them.
But Du Ruhui hid in a hidden cave and waited until Xi Junmai led the local soldiers to rush into the mountain.
Although he was half starved to death, he didn't suffer any other injuries!
"Lao Du is not just a lucky person, he is very clever in his tricks."
"The remaining manpower he has is definitely not a match for the enemy. Once the enemy catches up, he will certainly not be able to resist for long, so we might as well spread his manpower and disperse the target."
"If a thief wants to search for a few small targets in the deep mountains and old forests, he needs time. Lao Du was betting that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court would arrive before the thief found him, and he was right."
"Based on the situation at that time, the chance of escaping by spreading the targets is definitely much greater than gathering them together to fight for their lives!"
After listening to Su Chen's explanation, Changle nodded: "Be calm in times of danger and be decisive in times of trouble! Prime Minister Du deserves the name Du Duan!"
After saying that, Chang Le said angrily: "I didn't expect that I, the official of the Tang Dynasty, would take the initiative to surrender to the enemy!"
Su Chen sighed and said: "The magistrate of Weiyuan County is not the only one who surrenders to the enemy."
"Such a powerful military force assembled, and then rushed directly to the post station where Lao Du rested. The local officials knew nothing about it. This is not normal at all!"
Changle frowned and asked, "Is there something wrong with the Weizhou Governor's Office?"
"Who knows? Didn't His Majesty send Cheng Yaojin and Sun Fujia? I guess there will be results in a while."
Su Chen sighed again and said: "This time Lao Du was attacked, there are many doubts, and many things cannot be explained!"
"Changsun Wuji had doubts at that time: It is completely unreasonable for the thief to go to such great lengths just to assassinate Du Ruhui!"
Chang Le put the letter away, smiled and said: "Xiang Du is fine, this is a good thing."
"Brother Su Chen has enough things to worry about now. Let my father and the ministers in the court worry about Prime Minister Du."
Su Chen smiled: "Li Zhi is right, I'd better be optimistic about my one-third of an acre!"
As he spoke, Su Chen picked up his pen: "I still have to write a letter to His Majesty and ask him when the next batch of food will arrive. If the food does not arrive within a month, Guanzhou will be in big trouble."
?I sent a letter to Li Er and Cui Liang. His subordinates came to report that Liu Mo wanted to see him. Su Chen went to the front hall of the Governor's Mansion.
Everything in Guanzhou is slowly getting on track, and the population census and ID card issuance are going more smoothly than expected, which makes Liu Mo very happy.
However, the shortage of supplies in Guanzhou has not been alleviated, which makes Liu Mo very worried and came to find Su Chen today to find a solution.
"Lord Protector, I have sent people to investigate carefully. Someone has secretly threatened to bribe merchants from various states to prevent them from selling supplies to Guanzhou."
"I'm so ashamed, I can't do anything about this situation!"
Su Chen shrugged: "I don't have any good ideas!"
Liu Mo frowned: "What should we do? Even if the food from the imperial court can be delivered as scheduled, the people will not be able to live without other daily necessities!"
Su Chen thought for a while: "Let's do this. From today on, all Jinkou taxes and city gate taxes will be canceled in Guanzhou, and only transaction taxes will be collected. Let's see if we can attract some merchants to come!"
Su Chen had long been dissatisfied with the tax system of the Tang Dynasty: when goods passed an intersection or entered a city gate, they had to pay taxes first, otherwise they would not be allowed to pass!
Liu Mo nodded and said: "Okay, I can't collect taxes at the moment anyway."
Su Chen said: "Actually, this policy can be implemented for a long time,"
"Forget it, let's talk about this later!"
Su Chen knew that the tax system was not decided by him alone.
"I'll ask the princess to send a letter to Chang'an again, inviting relatives of the emperors and caravans from the families of dignitaries to visit the state. Things should get better!"
Liu Mo cupped his hands and said, "I would like to thank the princess on behalf of the people of Guanzhou!"
Su Chen waved his hand: "You still need to waive the tax. If there is not enough profit, let alone the princess, it will be useless even if His Majesty orders it."
Now that Liu Mo was here, Su Chen asked him about the progress of the census, and the results were quite satisfactory.
"You try your best to mobilize the remaining labor force. As soon as the food arrives next month, the railway construction will start."
Although Li Er promised to recruit a group of civilian laborers, the labor gap was still quite large, which gave Su Chen a headache.
