Chapter 733 Cement Road

These days, there are many errands that can be returned to Chang'an City, but Su Ding has a high position and has many things in the Western Region. If he leaves, many things will not be able to proceed, and there will be no one who can replace him. , so he could only endure it.

Now that he finally had a chance, he got a little carried away. Now he was knocked by Li Xiang, and he knew what to do next. The speed of the team slowly slowed down, and they could only advance fifty miles a day. This has exceeded the marching speed of regular troops.

After entering the Tang Dynasty, their speed can be doubled, mainly because the roads in the Tang Dynasty are better built. When Li Xiang left, cement had already been fired all over the country. Although the cement road was built at a huge cost, it was of great significance to the entire Tang Dynasty.

"This road is not being built slowly, and it is also very smooth."

Walking on the cement road of Datang, although only one carriage can drive alone, it is already quite difficult. If all the people around him were removed, Li Xiang would even feel like he had arrived in the 21st century. It is certainly the most useless country road in the 21st century.

"Your Highness, the construction of this road is indeed very slow, but a lot of people were lost. Our prisoners of war were trying to build this road. I heard that people died every 1 kilometer."

After a long period of development, Su Dingfang already knew how far 1 kilometer was. When building this road, they used all prisoners. Only some places with insufficient manpower would recruit workers from the private sector, but in some dangerous places In all areas, these prisoners were asked to build roads.

"Everything has a price. We fight foreign wars on the battlefield in order to find a relatively safe environment for the people of our country. If we don't have so many prisoners and want to build roads, we must let our people If the common people do it, then the ones who will die will be our own people. Now that foreigners can serve as our cornerstones, this can be regarded as their lives."

Li Xiang is not very sad about this. Either your own people will fill it in, or let these prisoners fill it in. In today's era, there is no mechanical equipment. If you want to build this road in a short time, then In some places, human lives cannot be saved.

"Your Highness is right. No one outside knows about this matter. Except for our own people, we have not let the news leak out. We are just afraid that some people within the imperial court will say nonsense. I really don't know what these people are thinking. What do you think, you confuse the lives of foreigners with the lives of our own people? If I hear it in Chang'an City, I will go up and beat him up."

Although Su Dingfang has been in the Western Regions, he has heard some of the remarks made in Chang'an City. Some ministers in the imperial court have no idea about the suffering of the people and even asked us to treat these prisoners of war kindly. I really don't know what they are thinking. They are all prairie wolves. When they killed our border residents, why didn't you stand up and speak out? Why don't you go to someone else's court to talk about it?

You have no chance at all. As long as you cross the border and step outside the protection range of the Tang army, these people will immediately turn you into a two-legged sheep. Do you still think your doctrine has any effect? ?

"These are people who eat people's food and do nothing for others. They always talk about benevolence and justice. War is actually cruel. It is also cruel for a big country to rise. Now we have finally achieved some victories. We must not We were deceived by these people. If we were to be benevolent and righteous, the rewards we would receive would be much less. This is completely unfair to our brothers who have dedicated their lives."

Li Xiang disagreed with some civil servants in the court, especially the recent remarks. In any era, there would be some experts and professors. These people do not understand the sufferings of the people at all, and only know how to act according to their own ideas. It's okay if what you think is right, but you people have never thought right.

Take the current Goguryeo as an example. Many people think that we have gone too far and treated all the local people as slaves, not even a normal person. This is destroying a nation. If it is written in the history books If so, this may leave a lifetime of infamy.

But Li Xiang didn't care about this. What kind of face should the people in Goguryeo give them? Since the Sui Dynasty, we have lost a lot of people in Goguryeo. We let them work for us day and night, and brought us Wouldn't it be better to reward food to soldiers who died or were disabled on the battlefield?

When talking about this matter, Su Dingfang felt uncomfortable. Goguryeo had the highest return among all the occupied territories so far. The first season of food had already been harvested. In addition to leaving part of the rations for the local area, the imperial court Cart after cart of grain was brought back.

Several large warehouses are already full. According to Li Xiang's request, all the family members of those who died in the war can go there to receive food. Each person has one hundred kilograms of food per year. This amount is enough for them to live a good life, although it is not comprehensive. It lasts for a year, but there is no problem for three months.

The families of soldiers used to receive a lot of pensions, but now one-quarter of the food problem has been solved in a year. As long as they work in other places, they can have enough to eat. Now the people don't ask for anything. So high, as long as it allows them to eat food, they can do anything.

Li Xiang also visited the people. When Emperor Sui Yang dug the Grand Canal, it was because these people worked every day and couldn't even eat a little food, so they stood up and resisted. If Emperor Sui Yang could give them Three meals a day, let alone digging the Grand Canal, it is possible to dig directly from here to Europe.

In addition to the families of those who died in the war, a large amount of food was transported from Goguryeo to the Tang Dynasty, which caused the price of food to drop significantly. The common people did get benefits, but it may not be good for some nobles. Their families The large amount of food inside could not be digested because Goguryeo's food was too cheap, and some of their previous harvests were wiped out.

For this group of people, Li Xiang can only say sorry to them. It is our responsibility to sacrifice the interests of some of you and benefit all the people...