Just when Yanbei was training and integrating the slave capturing team in Dengzhou at the Qi Palace, Li Yan took Xiao Wenxin and the others out of the city, took a carriage and guards, and found an unmanned and clean beach outside Dengzhou. After sending the guards away, Li Yan took the lead in taking off his shoes and chased the waves on the slightly cool beach. Huaer and Luzhu looked interesting, and also learned to take off their shoes, revealing four white little feet. Following Li Yan, Wen Xin and Wen'er were shy and picked up beautiful shells on the beach with their skirts.

Since he came to Dengzhou, not only did the resettlement of the royal palace, but officials from all over the Dengzhou area also rushed to visit him. Li Yan looked at this and couldn't care about the other end. Finally, he simply set up a "refused guests" sign outside the mansion, and drove away all the people who visited him. After a few days of quietness, he handled the affairs of the royal palace. Yan Bei turned his attention to the slave-catching team on the first day of his arrival. After these days of preparations, he finally started to attack today.

A large part of the reason why Yanbei followed Li Yan to Dengzhou desperately was because of the slave hunting team in Dengzhou. There were now a shortage of miners in the Carboniferous Mining. All the upstarts in Chang'an within the Carboniferous Industry Association were trying to solve this problem. Among them, Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji and several other old guys had turned their attention to the northern grasslands. However, Yanbei turned his attention to the Three Kingdoms of Goguryeo from Li Yan's actions to Dengzhou.

Dengzhou was not only one of the most important ports in the north of the Tang Dynasty, but also across the sea from Goguryeo. In order to prevent Goguryeo, there were 30,000 Tang naval troops stationed outside the city of Dengzhou, which was the most important military port of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, because it was not far from Silla and Baekje, and the Tang Dynasty's demand for Silla maids, Dengzhou was also one of the most prosperous ports in the Tang Dynasty's slave trade, almost second only to Guangzhou City in the south. It was precisely because Yanbei saw this that the slave capturing team that integrated Dengzhou City was stored, and they could buy or grab it in the Three Kingdoms of Goguryeo, and they could get slaves suitable for miners.

Of course, although Yan Bei seems to be in charge of this matter, Li Yan is behind it. Moreover, after the matter is completed, Li Yan will take the big head and Yan Bei will take the small head. Yan Bei has nothing to say about this result. After all, Dengzhou is Li Yan's territory, and he is also a subordinate, so he naturally does more work and get less money.

After finishing these things, Li Yan had the chance to take Wen Xin and the others out of the city. After all, they grew up in Chang'an and had no chance to see the sea. On the way here, Li Yan talked about many interesting stories about the sea, so he was full of interest in the mysterious ocean. If it weren't for seeing Li Yan being too busy some time ago, they would have urged Li Yan to go out of the city for a trip.

The first time I saw the vast sea, it brought great shock to Wen Xin and the others. Looking at the junction of that day and the sea made them feel for the first time that they were just a tiny particle of dust in the world, so insignificant. Thinking about the things I had been depressed for in the past, it seemed so ridiculous. Thinking of this, everyone felt that they had become open-minded.

Li Yan was also in the inland life, and he had never seen the sea several times together. Now he could see this familiar and unfamiliar ocean in the Tang Dynasty. He was also ecstatic and ran back and forth on the beach barefoot several times, stepping on the cool and clear sea water but not feeling the cold at all. If he hadn't been able to swim, he would have taken off and jumped into the sea for a few laps.

After venting his excitement, Li Yan and Huaer were joking and jokingly piled up sand. Unfortunately, Li Yan had no artistic cells and piled up all kinds of stuff. However, Huaer and Luzhu were skillful and meticulous, and actually piled up a miniature Chang'an City on the beach. This made Li Yan suddenly remembered that when he was in Chang'an, he had forgotten such an important thing as a sand table.

However, Li Yan's eyes rolled and he immediately thought of a good idea. In a few months, it will be Li Shimin's birthday. He hadn't thought about what gift to give. The sand table just now was a good thing, and as long as he spent some thought on it, the emperor's father would be so happy that he couldn't find Bei.

They played with Huaer and the others for some sand, and helped Wenxin and Wener pick up shells. When the sun sets in the afternoon, the fishermen who went out to sea returned, Li Yan bought a few fresh sea fish, raised a bonfire on the beach, and showed off his cooking skills of grilled fish. Unfortunately, they were burnt in the end. However, everyone had fun today and didn't care about what to eat. They didn't return to Dengzhou City until it was almost dark. However, after sending Wenxin and the others back home, Li Yan went to Dengzhou Biejia Mansion again.

Li Yan was the governor of Dengzhou and the governor of Biden. In name, he was able to seize military and political power in Dengzhou, but in fact he was still in control. For example, although the position of governor controlled all the troops in Dengzhou, because Dengzhou was close to Goguryeo, there were 20,000 troops and 30,000 naval troops stationed in the territory. Both armies had their own supreme generals. Although they were under the control of Li Yan, they could not command others at all. Therefore, the administrative power of Dengzhou was completely under the control of Li Yan.

As a prince, Dengzhou was his capital. According to the Tang Dynasty, Li Yan was automatically promoted to Shangzhou, so he appointed a special master. The so-called special master was actually Li Yan's deputy in government affairs, and his status was higher than that of the chief ministers in Yanbei. Generally speaking, when the prince was in charge of local administration, he was generally not familiar with local government affairs, and some princes even did not like to deal with these government affairs. Therefore, when the prince served as a local official, the special masters and the chief ministers were generally handled by the chief officials. Unlike the foreign chief ministers, the special masters were generally held by people who were familiar with local government affairs and had rich experience.

The current Dengzhou Biejia is named Zhao and his name is Fu. He is an old man in his fifties. He used to be the county magistrate of Wendeng County. Because of his good political achievements, he was selected to become a Dengzhou Biejia when Wendeng and Penglai counties merged into Dengzhou. He had visited Li Yan's mansion before, but he didn't have time to talk in depth.

"Sir, please see Your Highness!" As soon as Li Yan sat down in the living room of the Biejia Mansion, he saw Zhao Biejia hurried from behind the hall and bowed deeply.

"Please get up!" Li Yan put down the tea bowl and said with a smile. Zhao Biejia's hair was gray, his face was dark, and there were a lot of wrinkles on his eyes and forehead, and he looked very old. Li Yan remembered that Zhao Biejia was born in a humble background. He passed the Jinshi exam in his 40s and was a magistrate of Wendeng County for six or seven years. Because he was cautious and down-to-earth and willing to work hard as an official, he was still bully like the Giant Whale Gang, but he still could not hide his political achievements, so he was promoted to Biejia in Dengzhou.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Zhao Biejia stood up and stood beside him.

"The Giant Whale Gang has been removed, does Zhao Biejia know?" Li Yan smiled and said, "The Giant Whale Gang is also thanks to the information provided by Zhao Biejia. Although he had no choice but to use the Giant Whale Gang when he was the magistrate of Wendeng, he was secretly collecting the other party's intelligence. This time, Li Yan came, and immediately handed over the information to him, which made Yan Bei beat the Giant Whale Gang in one fell swoop.

"Your Highness is the rebirth of the great harm to Dengzhou for Dengzhou. His Highness was the reborn parents of the people of Dengzhou. As the magistrate of Wendeng, he had no choice but to do anything to them. He was really incompetent. Please forgive me!" Zhao Biejia had known about this before. Although he was happy in his heart, the giant whale gang had harmed him for several years, but he had no choice but to do anything to them, so he felt a little nervous.

"Don't worry, Zhao Biaojia has the governor of Laizhou behind the Giant Whale Gang. As a small county magistrate, naturally there is no way to deal with them." When Li Yan said this, his eyes narrowed slightly. The governor of Laizhou had already submitted a memorial to Li Shimin for protecting his relatives. It is estimated that the governor of the other party has done his best.

"By the way, Zhao Biejia, I came to you today to understand the situation in Dengzhou. When I was out for a trip today, I saw that although Dengzhou City was prosperous, most of the villagers outside the city and the fishermen on the beach were ragged, and many of them even had vegetables on their faces. It seemed that life was not easy?" Li Yan asked a little strangely. In theory, with the prosperity of Dengzhou City, even if it was not rich, it would not be so poor. However, many of the people Li Yan saw were hungry, which was not much better than the disaster victims he had seen in Chang'an City.

When he heard Li Yan ask about this, Zhao Biejia smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness doesn't know that although there are many mountains and few lands in Dengzhou, it has always been rich in fishing and salt, and merchant ships from south to north are moored, so it should be very rich. But because it is close to Goguryeo, there are many troops stationed in Dengzhou and Laizhou next to us, and the daily supplies of these troops also require our county and county to pay a portion of the tax. In this way, the taxes in Dengzhou and Laizhou are naturally much heavier than other states. Most of the income of ordinary people pay taxes for a year, so it's good to be able to have enough food and clothing."

Li Yan's face darkened after hearing this. He saw the scene outside the city today. He thought it was just around Dengzhou City, but he didn't expect that the entire Dengzhou and even the Laizhou next to him were like this. And it was because of supporting the army that these two originally wealthy states were overwhelmed.

"Then how many people are there in Dengzhou now?" Li Yan asked again in a deep voice.

"Well, although Dengzhou is a newly established state, it accounts for most of the Shandong Peninsula. Many of them are densely populated areas. If they are combined, there will be more than 57,000 households and a population of about 300,000." Zhao Biejia said, while secretly sighing in his heart that His Majesty is really fond of the King of Qi in front of him. He even handed over all such a large territory to His Highness for the management of this highness. Moreover, Dengzhou's population is also among the top hundreds of states in the country.

Li Yan felt a pain when he listened to Zhao Biejia's introduction. As a Biejia in a state, Zhao Fu didn't even know the exact number of his population. If it were placed in later generations, it would probably be a crime of dereliction of duty. However, it was very common in the Tang Dynasty. This is not to say that Zhao Biejia was not careful, but the Tang Dynasty was not very rigorous in the management of households. For example, calculating population, they only calculated the level of households. As for how many people a household is, the situation is different in different places. In addition, there is no national census in the Tang Dynasty, so the official population numbers are often very different from the actual situation, so one valuation can only be calculated.

Thinking of the population of about 300,000, Li Yan had another headache. He came to Dengzhou to have his own plan, but this plan requires a large number of population support. Although 300,000 is not enough, it is far from enough. Therefore, Li Yan had to attract a large number of people to relocate to Dengzhou first. But what he didn't expect was that Dengzhou is now having some difficulties in supporting these 300,000 people. It seems that he must solve this problem first. (To be continued)

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