The merchants from the Sixteen Prefectures of Youji did not wait for the caravans from the Turks, and they were all wondering.

Li De got the news that since Li De sent people to attack the Turkic people, Shibi Khan took his men to escape and carried out a major cleansing of the Turkic tribe.

After that, they began to annex and expand, and there were caravans where there were. The former caravans and idle Turks have now become warriors.

Trade outside the border naturally cannot be done.

After the situation occurred, Li De received the news that he did not take it lightly, but asked the Sixteen Prefectures of Youji to speed up the completion of the plan for handover, talent selection and recruitment of soldiers.

In order to raise funds, Li Derang Weili reported that Youzhou City will hold a grand cattle and horse activity, which simply means selling cattle and horse livestock.

The Sui State had a great demand for horses, especially the cavalry. The Ministry of War attached great importance to this at this time and sent people to Youzhou after hearing the news.

In just a few days, Youzhou City became lively. Some merchants from all over the world came with cattle, sheep and horses, some came for the fine wine brewed by Li De, some came for glass, and some came for the purchase of grain.

Spring planting and autumn harvesting are all unchanging things.

Restaurant production in Youzhou City is booming. With its unique food, merchants always like it. Some people even write that they want to learn cooking skills and prepare to run their own restaurant when they go back.

These things are naturally welcome to Li De. When he was in Chang'an City, he was very experienced in joining the cooking school and toiletries.

The business is still being done. Although the Pioneer Soldiers spend a lot of money, the Li family has more and more money. It is different from his industrial subsidies to supplement the Pioneer Soldiers.

The merchants came over and had their own purposes, and many spies took the opportunity to sneak into Youzhou. Li De arranged for the Red Peony to pay more attention to these.

Why are these people not difficult, they need patience?

For example, spies are too purposeful, so they will have the instinct of spies on certain things they care about. For example, when you are near the Governor's Mansion, you often lie behind the corner of the wall secretly and keep an eye on them.

Who do you say that such a person is not a spy?

If you are an ordinary person, you will be at most looking at the Governor's Office. How could you stay and observe everywhere?

Any situation may happen if there are too many people. Li De asked the veterans at the yamen to step up patrols to ensure public security in the city and avoid major chaos.

On the other hand, Li De arranged for Weili to arrange merchants to register at Youzhou Trading Bank. For example, if you have a demand for any goods, whether you are attending a cooking school, joining toiletries, or buying fine wine, you will make records first.

Unconsciously, Wei Li didn't know when his affairs went from leading troops to the head of a business bank, and he welcomed and sent these merchants to each other every day. His rich experience made him a real businessman.

He will be responsible for the matter of the cattle and horse business this time.

Li De put all the horses retired from the vanguard into the market, with 50,000 horses. Although the situation of the horses was eliminated and the battle was not good, it would have no effect if it was used normally.

Even if the war horses embark on the journey again, it is not impossible.

The guards were careful to calculate the 50,000 horses. According to the average price of war horses, each thirty cents of money would be 1.5 million stakes.

Such wealth is worth a portion of the annual income of the Sui Kingdom, and this is also the use of this money to recruit soldiers and horses.

Even if the money is invested in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youji, it may not be enough, so besides cattle, sheep, and horses, there are other products that come into the sight of merchants.

When Emperor Yang of Sui handed over the sixteen prefectures of Youji to Li De, Li Jiancheng had already brought his troops back to the Li family in Taiyuan Prefecture and told his father, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang.

"Twenty-hundred thousand soldiers, with Li De's power now, it seems that the two families will have to communicate frequently in the future. If someone prepares gifts to Xiuning, it will be said that it is a gift from the Li family." Li Yuan said.

What kind of gift is that Li De took over the Sixteen Prefectures of Youji. At this time, Li Yuan had changed his attention. With someone like Li De, if they don’t make friends, their Li family’s situation may be isolated and helpless.

It just happened to take this opportunity to ease the relationship.

Duke Tang really can take on such things and let go of them.

"Yes, my second brother has been appointed as the guard of Youzhou City now, and I'm afraid he won't come back." Li Jiancheng said.

Li Yuan touched his beard and didn't care. He was not thinking about Li Shimin. When he heard Li Jiancheng's words, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Li Shimin is his son, can he not understand his son if he is my son?

Why not let such talented and capable people take over the affairs and military affairs of the Li family? One is that the sons of the Li family are very outstanding, either literary or martial, and there are also those who are both civil and military like Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

It’s just that there are no two tigers in one mountain, let alone the Li family’s environment. Li Yuan himself knows that these sons have similar personalities, temperaments and personalities to him.

He has both advantages and disadvantages, and his ambitions and desires make him see them even more.

Especially his two best sons, if this makes Li Shimin in charge of the Li family affairs and the soldiers, I'm afraid the life of the brothers will be uncomfortable, and it will even affect the Li family.

Duke Tang was a smart person, so he could only take the most favorable way to solve the problem, which was to restrict one side. However, what he didn't know was that relying on Li Shimin's ability to rely on suppression was useless, and it would make things worse.

It would be bad if this was not really the case. Li Shimin left the Li family and worked as the city guard in Youzhou. According to the relationship between Sui and Youzhou, Li Shimin is now on the same level as his father, and he is even higher, because the city guard is ranked first among the civil servants of Youzhou, while the Duke of Tang Li Yuan was in charge of Taiyuan Prefecture and was in charge of urban affairs and military affairs. However, it is not that Taiyuan Prefecture has the largest official position.

It is naturally great when it comes to reputation and the Lord Duke, but when it comes to position, Duke Tang is not the top leader. Instead, Li Shimin is a one-sided player.

Li Yuan smiled because he knew Li Shimin too much, and had many desires and ambitions. He was able to play for Li De safely because he did not find the right opportunity to get promoted.

Li Jiancheng didn't know that his father was so optimistic about Li Shimin's ability. Besides, no one could believe that Li Shimin could seize power in Youzhou. It was a joke to say such things.

Their father doesn't think so.

"It would be a good thing if Shimin could do a good job in Youzhou. The development of the Li family still depends on you." Li Yuan said.
Chapter completed!