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"You want to kill me? Second Uncle."
Su Gan continued to eat with his head down.
However, when Su Gan called him uncle, Li Shimin's hand paused.
Second Uncle…
Other than Su Gan, no one else in the world would call Li Shiming second uncle.
"Sigh. Do you still remember that I'm your second uncle? You're already a prisoner in prison, why do you still have to deal with my princess?”
Li Shiming stood up and sat down in front of Su Gan.
"Second Uncle, I swear to the heavens that I didn't forcefully drag the princesses here.
It was the princesses who insisted on coming, and I had no idea.”
Su Gan felt helpless.
He could only explain truthfully.
"In that case, it's still the princesses 'fault.”Li Shi Min was speechless!
"This isn't a good or bad thing. Since the princesses wanted to come, then let them come!
They can't feel warmth in the palace, but they can feel it here!”
Su Qian looked at Li Shiming and said with a smile.
"Do you know why I locked you up in this prison?
Do you know why I sentenced you to treason?”Li Shimin was annoyed by Su Gan's smile!
"A high merit that shocks the master?" Su Gan smiled helplessly.
There was a hint of sorrow in that smile!
"It's good that you know. Since you still address me as second uncle, then second uncle will be frank with you today!
What do you want to do by amassing a million troops in Youzhou City?
You say you want to resist the Turks, but do you really need so many soldiers to do so?
Even if you have no intention of fighting for the throne, your million strong army has spared my peace!
I also heard that you have millions of people in Youzhou City!
Who are you trying to scare? Are you trying to scare me that Chang 'an City is not as crowded as Youzhou City?”
Li Shi Min sat on the bench and said angrily!
After hearing Li Shimin's words, Su Gan smiled.
"Since Second Uncle has opened his heart to me, I'll tell you.
That one million strong army was indeed there to resist the Turks! Second Uncle also knows that ever since the one hundred thousand soldiers of the Tian Ce Divine Army and the one million Tiger soldiers of Youzhou established their armies, the Turks have never dared to invade the borders of the Great Tang!
This meant that this million strong army was useful!
Youzhou was a bitterly cold place and also a border area.
Four years ago, when I led my army in pursuit of the Turkic army, countless children became orphans and countless people became homeless. Only by taking all of them in as soldiers can I ensure their safety!
Just like that, the conscription system was introduced, and the number of soldiers increased!”
Su Qian explained the origin of the million strong army.
Su Qian said it casually!
However, Li Shi Min was extremely shocked!
'Haven't I encountered the situation facing Youzhou City?'
He must have encountered it before!
However, Su Gan could develop such a city into a strategic city with a million troops!
But he, Li Shi Min, didn't have such ability!
Sigh!
Li Shi Min couldn't help but sigh in his heart!
In this way, the gap between him and Su Qian was indeed quite big!
Su Qian buried his head and ate a few mouthfuls of rice before taking a big gulp of wine.
Then, he continued,
"As for the five million people, it's not a waste!
In fact, Your Majesty, you also know that the population of Chang 'an is definitely more than a million. The current population count was all registered!
However, there were still those refugees who had not registered and those tenants who were affiliated with the princes and dukes!
These people probably didn't have a household register. They wouldn't count it as the population, right?
Not to mention, there were also many slaves raised by the nobles!”
Su Qian's words were like a knife cutting into Li Shiming's chest!
Slaves…
Laughable?
It was already the Zhenguan period of the Great Tang.
There were actually slaves!
But please don't laugh, there really is!
"Your Majesty, there are no tenants or slaves in Youzhou City! I will treat all the commoners equally!
All of them had household registration and were registered together!
Perhaps because of this reason, people from other provinces and counties were moving towards Youzhou Province constantly!
Regarding this, I'll take it all in!
Just like that, the population reached an astonishing five million!”
Under Su Gan's cheerful voice, Li Shimin finally understood the reason behind the five million people in Youzhou!
But after knowing the reason, Li Shiming wanted to give himself a few tight slaps!
When Su Qian fell from the sky, it was Li Shiming who saved him!
Then, Su Gan followed behind Li Shimin.
It could be said that he was Li Shiming's follower!
But now?
The speed at which this stalker grew was too fast, making Li Shiming deeply afraid!
Su Gan could handle the military reorganization!
Su Qian was more adept at politics!
Li Shiming could imagine how popular Su Gan was in Youzhou City even with his eyes closed!
"Sigh!"
Feeling the anger in his heart, Li Shiming felt helpless.
He could only sigh heavily.
"Second Uncle is starting to feel irritated?" Su Gan looked at Li Shiming's angry expression and found it funny.
"If you still acknowledge me as your second uncle, tell me how you could afford to support so many people in Youzhou City.”
Li Shiming looked at Su Gan with a burning gaze!
Su Qian burst out laughing.
He did not say anything else.
Instead, he continued to eat!
Li Shimin was helpless. He wanted to lead Su Gan to Youzhou,
But now, Su Qian had stopped here!
This made Li Shi Min very frustrated!
"What's wrong? Is there something you can't say?" Li Shi Min asked!
"Second Uncle already knows, so why do I have to say it myself?
My Heaven's Will Army has recently received 100,000 catties of rations, all of which are Youzhou paddy!
Therefore, his second uncle must have long known about the rice production in Youzhou Province!
Now that you've known about the paddy field in Youzhou Province, how could you not know how 5 million people in Youzhou Province survive?”
Su Gan lowered his head and said in a deep voice.
Eh!
Li Shi Min seemed to be choked and felt a little embarrassed!
He didn't expect Su Qian to see through all his thoughts!
"Can you tell me how to cultivate paddy in Youzhou Province?”
Li Shimin looked at Su Qian and tried his best to put on a gentle face!
"No!"
However, Su Gan's attitude was firm!
"It's impossible to cultivate paddy in Youzhou Province unless…"
Su Qian suddenly changed his attitude.
He wanted to say something but stopped!
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