However, what made Su Lie speechless was that Li Muyun did not seem to take his words seriously, but said to himself: "Brother, these are not problems. The only thing I am worried about is the Xueyantuo people. Are you sure that you can block their troubles with three thousand people? In this matter, you must give me a clear answer."

"No problem. As long as Xue Yantuo's nuisance troops do not exceed 10,000, I can give you this guarantee, but you must explain how you plan to build a city, otherwise I will never agree to the matter of building a city. Even if it is your order, I will write a letter to Your Majesty to reject this matter." Su Lie was forced by Li Muyun and had no choice but to use his trump card to force him to tell his plan.

Li Muyun looked at his foresight brother-in-law speechlessly, with a strange look on his face. He said slowly until Su Lie looked a little furious on his back: "I said brother, have you forgotten the cement thing, right?"

"Cement? The thing that builds the house?" Su Lie asked suspiciously.

"Yes, it's the thing that builds a house, but that thing is not only used for building a house, but also for building a city. Of course, it is also a good choice if it is used to build a road." Li Muyun said with a smile.

Li Muyun was not surprised at all about Su Lie forgetting cement. After all, his brother-in-law only cares about war, and he often ignores other things habitually.

Su Lie thought of the use of cement at Li Muyun's reminder, but after thinking about it, he still said with some uncertainty: "No, no, even if cement can quickly build a city, you can't build a city within a year. And didn't you say that you could not use that thing in winter? We will enter the cold winter in October. It's a matter of fact that you only have half a year now. How could you build the city?"

I have to say that Su Lie is not unreasonable. If half a year is used to build a city, it seems that time is not very rich. Li Muyun also knows that this is an impossible thing.

But don't forget that Li Muyun is a person from later generations, so how could he be stumped by such a thing? So this problem that troubles Su Lie is nothing in his opinion. He smiled too much and said, "This matter is simple. We can only build the city wall. As for the inside, we can wait until later."

"What? Only build the city wall?" Su Lie blinked.

"Yes, we only build the city wall." Li Muyun nodded: "As long as we repair the city wall, we can wait until we can slowly tidy it up. At least it looks like a city from the outside. Anyway, Your Majesty did not mention the standards for building a city. Only the city wall should be considered a city, right?"

Su Lie nodded mechanically and had to admit that Li Muyun was right. If he did not consider other auxiliary functions of the city, he could only be called a city by looking at the appearance. With four walls, he could indeed be called a city!

But Su Lie quickly realized that things were not that simple. After a moment of silence, he asked again: "Then how do you solve the problem of people? Even if you can quickly build the city wall with cement, what about people?"

"But with those prisoners of war, brother, don't tell me that you haven't controlled those ten thousand prisoners of war so far."

He used prisoners of war again? How brave is this kid? Don’t he know that those prisoners of war will escape? Su Lie was speechless.

But Li Muyun had his own reasons. Seeing that Su Lie was silent, he could have guessed what he was thinking. He smiled and said, "Brother, those Xueyantuo people are all the magnanimous direct descendants. The last time Bazhuo did not kill them, but gave them to us can be considered as giving them a life. Do you think they will still have the intention to go back?"

"And in Datang they had a good meal and lived well, and I also paid them wages. What reason do they have to escape? What can they do when they run back? Are they waiting to be silenced?"

Yes! Waiting to be silenced? Su Lie thought about Li Muyun's words seriously and felt that some reason was that those Xue Yantuo prisoners of war seemed to have no reason to escape.

Even things are not the only thing. If money is really given, Su Lie believes that those prisoners of war will not only not escape, but will instead be devoted to it.

Thinking about the herdsmen in Shanyin County who secretly ran from Xue Yantuo to work here, Su Lie suddenly felt amused and crying, as if nothing had become very easy to do when Li Muyun was in the hands of this guy.

After a long time, Su Lie sighed: "Okay, even if you solve the human problem, how do you solve the logistics problem? As long as you can solve this problem, I will promise to help you with the city building."

Li Muyun laughed strangely: "It's just money. What's the difficulty? We are working for the court. His Majesty the Emperor will not be stingy with that little bit of food, right? Just transport a little more every month."

Su Lie looked at Li Muyun's indifferent look and felt angry. He stared at him and said, "Transport a little? You said it easy. Do you know how much consumption it will be for a pound of grain to be transported from Chang'an to us? I'm afraid it's more than 30%, but it's a pity that you said it's so easy."

"So what? As long as money can solve the problem, it is not a problem. The emperor cannot transport food. We can buy it ourselves. Even if we can't buy it, we can plant it ourselves. We will make up for the loss outside the question and make up the questions inside. Anyway, I won't do anything about building a city without money."

After talking for a long time, Li Muyun finally revealed his true nature of greed for money and said with a face full of money: "I have never heard of real estate losses since ancient times. Even if we lose some money on the surface, we still have a city in our hands. At that time, as long as we sell this city, all the expenses will be back immediately."

Su Lie really didn't know what to say. Li Muyun's personality, who only took nothing but suffered losses, was really incomprehensible. He probably had no one to convince him of the emperor's advantage.

Seeing that Su Lie stopped asking questions, Li Muyun continued to say after thinking about it: "Brother, don't care too much about this matter. I've tried to write a letter to Ba Zhuo these days, and you can send someone to me. If I guess it's not bad, they will not only not make trouble in this city, but will even take the initiative to help us."

"Take the initiative to help you? Why don't you say they can support you? Do you really think of yourself as the father of Xue Yantuo? Even if you are a father, they may not be able to pay attention to you, okay!" Su Lie finally couldn't stand Li Muyun and couldn't help but stimulate him.
Chapter completed!