"King Han, it's not early, why don't we go and have two drinks together," Li Daozong said with a smile.
Li Chao looked at this clan of the same age, and said that Li Chao's generation in the royal family was actually Li Daozong's generation, and he and Li Daozong were still brothers.
Li Daozong is a more cautious and cautious person, especially since the Hanjing Rebellion, he has a handle in the hands of the emperor, and it can be said that he has no momentum.
After the war, not only was he not rewarded for his merits, but his title was reduced to a county duke.
It stands to reason that although he, Li Chao, has not lost his position in front of the emperor now, but there is the previous May Rebellion, who is not wary of one or two in his heart.
Especially Li Daozong is still a clan, and he doesn't dare to communicate with Li Chao in private.
It seems that Li Daozong is asking for himself.
"Go to the Drunken Immortal Building or the Fuman Building," Li Chao asked with a smile.
Since Li Daozong is not afraid, Li Chao is even more afraid.
Anyway, in the eyes of the emperor, he Li Chao is not an ordinary person, and the same way for ordinary ministers will not be used for Li Chao.
"Let's go to Fumanlou, I have stayed in Xindu Banjinade for two years, and what I miss most is the spicy and fresh fragrance of this Fumanlou."
Li Chao explained a few words to the officials, and then walked with Li Daozong and went to Fumanlou together.
As the most famous hotel in Hanjing, Fumanlou is far larger than it was at the beginning.
It's not easy to eat here, you have to book early, especially for private rooms, which are hard to find.
However, Li Chao is different, no matter how difficult it is to book a private room in Fuman Building, no matter how hot the business is, the restaurant has always reserved the top floor for Li Chao all year round.
The entire floor is reserved for Li Chao alone.
Cui Cong, the shopkeeper, personally greeted him, and Fumanlou now has hundreds of branches, and he doesn't know how much profit he makes a year.
Cui Cong has a stock in the restaurant, and the annual dividend is also quite amazing.
He even became the head of the Hanjing Hotel Guild and a representative of the Datang Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
It can be said that life is quite proud.
Hearing that Li Chao was coming, he hurriedly came over to greet him in person.
"What dishes does the king order, our most famous dishes here are fish-flavored shredded pork, kung pao chicken, boiled fish, husband and wife lung slices, spicy chicken, back to the pot meat, mapo tofu, Dongpo elbow."
"We also have a lot of new dishes here, pickled pepper chicken feet, Dengying beef, saliva chicken, spicy shrimp, spicy eel" Li Chao asked Li Daozong with a smile, "What does Jiang Xiagong want to eat?"
"The weather is so cold, the hot pot is the most refreshing to eat at this time, let's have a hot pot."
The copper hot pot was served, and Cui Cong personally added high-quality silver charcoal to it.
The hot pot base in the pot boiled and churned.
"Well, this fragrance is really so familiar."
Li Chao sat there smiling.
He guessed the reason why Li Daozong asked him for dinner, just now he owed Li Daozong a favor, Li Daozong was not polite, and he was about to pay him back.
"How is the credibility over there?"
asked Li Chao.
"The place is good, similar to our Jianghuai in Datang, the land is fertile, the rain is abundant, there are many rivers, and the irrigation is convenient.
In that place, you can harvest whatever you plant, and you can sprout with chopsticks.
"When Li Daozong talked about the fiefdom in the Indus Valley, he was quite happy.
Before I went, I thought it was the same place as the Western Regions, but who knew that when I got there, I knew that the Xindu River was just like the Yangtze River and Huai River in the Tang Dynasty, and there was extremely rich land on both sides.
Although his fiefdom was on the east bank of the upper reaches, it was also the Five Rivers Valley.
Although Li Chao hadn't been there yet, he knew more about it than Li Daozong.
Historically, the ancient Indian civilization was quite brilliant and developed, but this ancient Indian civilization had little to do with the later India.
This ancient India, in fact, refers to Pakistan in terms of geography in later generations.
Because in later generations, the Indus River was within the borders of Pakistan.
The ancient Indian civilization was born in the Indus Valley.
In fact, India in later generations only became a whole after it was colonized in modern times.
Until then, the South Asian subcontinent had always been a country of states, and countries were at war.
This is like the map of China in later generations, which is actually divided into several major sections, including the Central Plains, grasslands, Qinghai-Tibet, the Western Regions, and Lingnan.
At first, China only had the Central Plains, and then slowly opened up, occupying Lingnan, Hetao, Longyou, the Western Regions, etc., and later, it was to unify the surrounding areas, so that there was the Chinese territory of later generations.
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At this time, the South Asian subcontinent was also divided into several major sections.
The westernmost part is naturally the Indus Valley, which borders the Hindu Kush Mountains, and then the Thar Desert to the east of the lower Indus.
The Ganges Valley lies in the middle, the Himalayas in the north, the Deccan Plateau in the south, and the Bengal Plain in the east.
Each section is relatively independent, Gu Tianzhu and the Poison Country are all in the Indus Valley.
And now the powerful Jieri Dynasty only occupied the Ganges Valley and obtained vassals in Bengal.
Attacking to the south was also defeated.
This is somewhat similar to the ancient Central Plains, where each large plate was relatively independent, and the nomadic tribes on the grassland could only unify the grassland when they were strong.
The Han people in the Central Plains, when they are strong, are only unifying the Central Plains.
When Tibet was strong, it was just to unify Qinghai and Tibet and occupy part of the Western Regions.
There were too many restrictions in ancient times.
"Hey, the place is a good place, but the imperial court only has 8,000 garrisons on a territory as large as the east of the mountains and snow.
Although His Majesty asked me to wait for the vassals to lead the troops, and also asked the knights of the territory to train the militia.
But for a while, he started an army.
Don't hide it from King Zhao, now in the eastern Ganges River Valley, there is a powerful kingdom, the king is called King Jieri, who is fighting in the east and west, and the soldiers are invincible. ” Li Chao smiled and put a duck intestine into the pot to scald.
"The King of the Ring of the Sun is not so powerful, as far as I know, a few years ago, wasn't he defeated during the southern expedition?"
"Although there have been small setbacks, its strength has not wavered, and it has been stronger in recent years."
"It is said that the King of the Ring of the Sun has 50,000 infantry troops, 60,000 elephant troops, and 100,000 horse troops," Li Daozong shook his head, "and we are only 8,000 soldiers in the east of Daxue Mountain, which is too different." ” "There are not many soldiers."
"Jiang Xia Gong, this Ring Sun King is actually not as powerful as it seems.
As far as I know, the Ring of Japan was originally a small country, and over the years it has annexed many states and forced many states to submit to them.
Moreover, the king practiced a feudal system, giving many lands to Hindu and Buddhist temples, and these feudal lands were not subject to taxes. ” "In addition, more land is given to secular nobles and ministers, and these aristocratic fiefs are different from our fiefs of the Tang Dynasty.
The land that the king of the sun gave to the nobles was completely owned by the nobles, and even the soldiers and horses and officials of the imperial court were not allowed to set foot on their land. ” "There are twenty or thirty feudal lords and states that are almost independent in the country of the Ring of Japan.
The Ring of the Sun Dynasty is actually a federal empire. ” Li Daozong has been in Xindu River for two years, and he can be regarded as understanding of the federal state.
A federal state is a union of multiple states, and each state is actually very independent.
"Moreover, we believe that the geographical situation of the country of the Rings and the Ring of Japan is also beneficial to us.
The Ring Country is a long strip of territory, with outlets to the sea on both the east and west, but in the south, it is blocked by plateaus, and to the north is mountainous areas, and to the north is Nipoer and Tibet. ” Li Chao saw that the duck intestines were already scalded, picked them up and blew them and put them in his mouth, which was very chewy, but very tender.
"The Ring of the Sun does not have a strong naval division, so if they want to attack us, they can only come from this side of the Five Rivers Valley.
To the south of the Five Rivers basin is the Thar Desert, which is a natural barrier.
Therefore, as long as we hold the opening in the north, it will not be so easy for the army of the country to stop the Japanese war. ” "But King Zhao, the Five River Basins, although the rivers here are vertical and horizontal, they are all wide and boundless plains.
The King of the Sun has an army of elephants and horses, and it is not easy for us to repel them on the plains. ” Li Chao continued to scald the duck intestines.
"But we have a castle, aren't the vassals and lords of the Tang Dynasty all building cities and building forts, as long as we don't fight on the plains, the Japanese army can't help me."
"But."
Li Daozong was a little anxious, "But after all, we have too few soldiers and horses."
Especially since we have been in this area for a short time, the locals don't use us much.
It's not easy to defend the fort with our own people.
In particular, we lack a big fort and the castles of the lords, which are not very large, if the Japanese army breaks through each of them, we will not be helpless."
Li Daozong didn't want to be under the city by the army of the Ring of the Japanese Kingdom, most of his family business was thrown into the territory, if the castle was lost, the loss would be great, and even according to the system, he might have to lose his title.
"We can attack the enemy as long as we can.
In the middle of the Thar Desert and the Deccan Plateau, this area by the sea is now under the control of the Japanese army.
If the Japanese army marches west from the north, we can take advantage of the sailors to attack their western coastal areas from the sea and seize their port cities. ” The port city was very important to the King of the Ringing Sun, and the sea trade routes between the Tang Dynasty and Rome also had to pass through their ports.
The annual income from here is very high.
"There is only a fleet of three thousand people in the port of credibility, and the strength is not strong."
"Please ask King Zhao to explain to His Majesty the emergency situation of Xindu Ling, and ask the imperial court to send more troops and horses to Xindu Ling."
Li Chao nodded.
"This is okay, I will explain the situation to Your Majesty when I go back, and ask the court to draw troops and horses.
The fertile territory of Xindu and the estuary seaport to the south are also very important for the Tang Dynasty Maritime Trade, because the Indian territory cannot be lost in any case.
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Datang occupies the trust realm, and even can ensure the safety of Tochar's hometown. ” "Then I thanked King Zhao in advance."
Li Daozong thanked him.
"Jiang Xia Gong promised to help a certain before, and a certain said that he owed Jiang Xia Gong a favor, and now it is just as a return to this favor."
Li Chao smiled and said, "Come, drink, eat hot pot, don't let down this delicacy" t1706231537: