Chapter 235 Let them suffer, I will bear the blame (ask for monthly votes)
Even if Xiao Yourong wanted to get involved, Li Xiang would not tell her that you came at the right time.

The reason why he could play with Feng Yingying was that Feng Yingying herself was harmless and she had a very good relationship with Pei Xueqing, as close as sisters.

As for others... Li Xiang feels that the wife should still be respected.

Of course, it’s fine to be happy however you want when you’re together in private.

When she woke up the next morning, the queen buried her head in the quilt like an ostrich and could not be woken up no matter what.

Pei Xueqing felt too embarrassed to face anyone when he thought about the incoherent begging for mercy last night and the shame of saying anything to get the little elephant to let him go.

While buried in the quilt, he was still gritting his teeth, probably weighing which piece of meat on the baby elephant was worth eating.

Seeing that the queen was not about to get up, Li Xiang expressed helplessness.

Forget it, if you don’t want to get up, then don’t get up.

I don’t know if it’s because of my youth or the effect of time travel, but Li Xiang always feels that he is in as good of a health as Lao Zhu.

It's good to be like Lao Zhu, who worked hard every day and wrote memorials until dawn, and he can still live to be over 70 years old...

If you take good care of yourself, living to over 90 should not be a problem.

But then again, if history continues, Li Xiaoxiang would also be able to live to the age of 72.

As for longevity, he has nothing to worry about.

As long as you don't go to bed at three in the morning and get up at five, you will not die suddenly.

Therefore, in one's life, one must rely on one's own efforts, but one must also take into account the progress of history.

After performing a set of health-preserving boxing in the yard, Li Xiang saw that Pei Xueqing had not come out yet, so he did not continue to wait, but slipped out of the Wude Hall and went to the stadium.

The stadium is located in the northeast of East City. Since Li Sanlang was not even a DNA at that time, Xingqing Palace was naturally not built.

This piece of land happened to be idle and belonged to the royal family, so after consulting Li Shimin, Li Xiang built a stadium on this land.

After all, it is Li Sanlang's Nannei, and the land is very large, covering an area of ​​more than 50 hectares.

Li Xiang did not use all of it to build a stadium. He only selected a part of it. Since he came back from Shuozhou the year before last, he had been building it, and it was just completed a few days ago.

The wisdom of the working people is great. Li Xiang just gave a rough outline of how it should be built, and the chief engineer led a group of craftsmen and laborers to build a magnificent stadium.

The entire stadium is elliptical in shape, with a major axis of 67 meters and a minor axis of 51 meters. According to rough estimates, this stadium is large enough to accommodate 70,000 to 80,000 people to watch the game at the same time.

Well, it can accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 more people than the Colosseum in ancient Rome.

The center of the stadium is the performance area, with a long axis of 33 meters and a short axis of 25 meters. The ground is covered with flooring, and there is a circular track outside for people or horses to race.

Outside the performance area are layers of stands with eighty-two rows, divided into five areas. The bottom front row is the VIP area for the royal family and close ministers; the second layer is for court officials, the third area is for the rich, the fourth area is for ordinary people, and the last area is for foreigners.

Standing at the top, Li Xiang felt that the view was actually quite good, except that it was a bit far away and he couldn't see clearly.

The stands are cleverly designed, not only with an emergency evacuation passage, but also with a large space left in the aisle.

Li Xiang estimated that the aisle between the two levels of stands was large enough for snack vendors to push carts through the middle, while allowing people to pass freely on both sides.

There are toilets designed on each level of the stands for people to use.

The toilets all have dedicated sewers connected to the outside of the city, and the Environmental Sanitation Center has allocated a special area for composting.

The people at Jingzhao Prefecture Science and Technology Research Institute are very efficient. They originally intended to use the cement they developed to build sewers in the stadium.

However, considering that the cement output is too small, mortar is still used.

Cement is a traditional labor-intensive industry. The population of the Tang Dynasty is only about 20 million at most. Even if there are more hidden households, the number will not be much. Where can we get so many people to knock stones and make cement?
We could go to Japan and find an excuse to capture some laborers, but wouldn’t it be better to use these laborers to mine and farm?
In short...it's a bit like a rat in a bellows, getting bullied from both ends.

It is really uncomfortable to have few people. Thinking of this, Li Xiang hated Yang Guang even more.

Iron waste!
Having said that, even if the cement is not highly productive now, it still needs to be presented to Li Shimin for his inspection.

Li Xiang asked someone to bring the cement blocks that had long been dried and go into the palace to report the situation to Li Shimin.

Otherwise, why is Lao Li the Khan of Heaven? He can tell the real purpose of cement at a glance.

Although the output of cement is not high and requires a lot of labor, it can be used to build a strong city on flat ground.

Especially in a strategic location, the appearance of a strong city out of nowhere is of great strategic significance.

"Rengui, try it." Li Shimin said to Xue Rengui who accompanied Li Xiang into the palace.

Xue Rengui was straightforward. He took the big iron hammer handed to him by the guard and swung it around.

The hammer hit the concrete slab with a dull thud.

"Eight! Ten!" Li Xiang whispered on the side.

His voice was so low that no one noticed what he said.

"Oh." Xue Rengui looked at the solid cement slab again, and swung the hammer again in disbelief.

This time, the cement board finally couldn't withstand Xue Rengui's magical power and broke.

"This scientific research institute is just as you said." Li Shimin looked at the hard cement with satisfaction. Although it was smashed by Xue Rengui's two hammers, the cement board was very thin...

Besides, who is Xue Rengui? He is a ruthless man who charges into the battle line with a Fang Tian Hua Ji. In terms of bravery, he is no less than Yuchi Gong in those days.

"In just less than a month, we have achieved such results. This should be credited to us." Old Li once again expressed his appreciation to the craftsmen of the Institute of Science and Technology.

Li Xiang didn't say anything, but crossed his arms and said, "On behalf of the entire Institute of Science and Technology, I would like to thank Your Majesty."

When it comes to job titles at work, Li Xiang knows this very well.

"Hmm? You seem a little dissatisfied?" Seeing Li Xiang's indifferent expression, Li Shimin smiled and said, "You are a man who never gives up until you see the rabbit."

"That's not the case. I just think that the speed of these craftsmen is a little slow." Li Xiang spread his hands and said, "Logically speaking, this work should have been completed long ago."

Li Shimin took a deep breath and decided not to argue with the grandson of Versailles. In less than a month, he developed such a military weapon. It was already pretty good, okay?

After taking another look at the cement residue, Old Li said, "Let's go, Weng and Sun, take a walk in the Liangyi Hall."

"That's fine." Li Xiang didn't refuse, so he just took a walk.

"As for cement, I just heard you say that we need a large number of people to increase the production?" Old Li asked again.

"Yes." Li Xiang nodded and said, "So my grandson has an immature idea."

"Oh?" Li Shimin became interested: "Tell me, what is this immature idea?"

"As early as when I was in Liaodong, I realized a problem, that is, Japan has always had a spying heart on our Tang Dynasty." Li Xiang began to increase Li Shimin's strength: "When we fought against Goguryeo and Baekje before, we learned something from them. Japan has always regarded Liaodong and the peninsula as its own possession, so it sent troops to support the two rebels."

"But they did not expect that the Tang Dynasty's military power would grow stronger day by day, and they suffered a disastrous defeat in the sea area outside Beisha City. This time, not only did they suffer a heavy blow, but they also made Japan humble and dormant. They wanted to come to the Tang Dynasty to learn advanced culture, and then slowly make plans. When the Tang Dynasty is weak in the future, they will open their sharp mouths and bite the Tang Dynasty."

What Li Xiang said was not alarmist at all. After all, he had evidence from later generations to support his words.

There is a very funny saying in later generations, which means that Japan was able to rise in the future thanks to the cultivation of the Tang Dynasty and bite back at Seris. This is pure nonsense.

Then how did the Ming Dynasty manage to pin the Japanese to the ground during the Wanli Korean War? Of course, there are also Japanese enthusiasts who will say that the Ming army did not lose. Yes, yes, yes, but the battles they lost were all in Ulsan and Busan, which means that the Japanese army annihilated 100 million enemies and occupied the seashore, right?

Just take away the trash and don't bring up other dynasties...

"Since Xiang'er doesn't like Japan, we can send troops after some time." Li Shimin waved his hand.

Although Old Li didn't know about the blood and tears in later generations, he knew Li Xiang.

Since my grandson doesn't like this tiny country, let's put the matter of dealing with Japan on the agenda.

Li Shimin's idea was very simple. After all, Li Xiang was the crown prince and would be the emperor in the future.

The fact that he now looks down upon Japan means that there is a thorn in his heart.

Even if he didn't deal with Japan when Old Li was in power, he would definitely have a good time with Japan after Li Xiang, the vengeful guy, came to power.

There will be a war sooner or later, so it is better to deal with Japan while Li is still in power.

After all, he is old and has rich political and military experience, so it is a good thing to have him in charge.

Lao Li, really, I am crying my heart out.

Li Xiang didn't know what Li Shimin was thinking. He simply thought that Aong was persuaded by his eloquent speech.

However, what he didn't expect was that Lao Li's idea was so simple.

In fact, the main reason why Li Xiang wanted to attack Japan was that he lacked manpower.

You see, mining, road construction, engineering, etc. all require manpower.

The Japanese and Ainu people are particularly good slaves...laborers.

"There's no rush, the reasons are ready." Li Xiang said with a smile, "The Tang Dynasty is not familiar with the mountains and rivers of Japan. We have to wait until the relevant personnel get the map of Japan before we can launch an attack on Japan."

"Well, I'm confident that you can do the job." Li Shimin nodded.

"After conquering Japan, the shortage of human resources in the Tang Dynasty should be alleviated a little." Li Xiang continued: "Whether it is the plantation economy in the south or the infrastructure projects in the north, they are inseparable from the efforts of these people."

"In addition to the Japanese, don't forget the people of Western Turkic." Li Xiang said again.

Old Li paused for a moment and said hesitantly, "Isn't this... against the harmony of nature?"

He was afraid that the little elephant's behavior would offend God, and that God would punish his great grandson again.

"What is Tianhe? The Western Turks resisted to the end, and the Tang Dynasty just asked them to atone for their past actions." Li Xiang spread his hands and said, "What is this called? This is called labor reform! Just like those Goguryeo soldiers who went to Dengzhou for labor reform before!"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin remembered it.

Those Goguryeo captives in Dengzhou were really the envy of people in the surrounding areas.

Many provincial governors submitted memorials to the court, requesting that Dengzhou share some of the profits with the Goguryeo people who had undergone labor reform.

Li Shimin knew about this, but thinking that he should make more efforts to establish Dengzhou as a model, he did not agree to the requests of those provincial governors.

"Those Goguryeo prisoners of war you sent to Dengzhou before are really in great demand!" Li Shimin said with emotion.

"Feng Qing also told me about this, but Dengzhou really can't do without them right now, so Feng Qing is powerless and can't help." Li Xiang said with some regret: "I heard from Feng Qing that he has built a new trunk road, which has been built to Fei County."

As a human map machine, Lao Li certainly knows where Fei County is.

Li Xiang naturally knew Fei County. In his previous life, Li Xiang was a gourmet. How could he not know the famous Fei County mutton soup?
"At this rate, we may be able to reach Luoyang by the end of this year," Li Shimin said with some joy, and then asked, "How is the loss of prisoners of war?"

"In fact, there is not much loss. Although they are forced to do heavy physical labor to atone for their sins, Feng Changshi still treats them very well." Li Xiang said with a smile: "For example, sea fish, especially various fish intestines, fish scales, and things that Dengzhou people have vomited, are all given to them to eat."

Li Xiang was telling the truth. He really used the strategy of "labor reform" to reform this group of Goguryeo people.

When it comes to food, I will never skimp on it, nor will I use it to the utmost.

The tight working hours and heavy workload are one thing, but if people can get proper rest and have enough food and clothing, there won’t be large-scale deaths.

Even though the Goguryeo people lived close to the sea, the fish they ate were not something that ordinary people could eat.

These days, going out to sea in a flat-bottomed boat is a life-threatening situation. If you encounter slightly higher waves, the boat will capsize in an instant. Going out to sea is not only risking your life, but it is also difficult to return.

Hearing this, Li Shimin was a little surprised.

"At that time, I thought that you, in order to develop Dengzhou, these prisoners of war who went to Dengzhou must have no way to survive." Li Shimin said with emotion: "I never thought that you would actually feel sympathy for them."

"Isn't this normal?" Li Xiang said helplessly, "There are only so many people. If one dies, there will be one less. It is definitely not appropriate to give this kind of heavy physical work to the people of our Tang Dynasty, right? So we can only let these prisoners suffer, and I will bear the blame."

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