It's time to stay up to the end of the year again.

Yang Shuang took Zhuge Liuli to the palace for a reunion dinner, and at night he stayed with other princes.

When she was at 7th last year, Yang Shuang pretended to be sick and left and went to have a private meeting with Qin Xianyu. Now, thinking about the madness that night, her heart was still full of passion.

Looking back on this year, too many things have happened. Yang Shuang has successfully created a new personality and temperament, which has made His Majesty look at him with admiration. There are other major events, such as border rebellion, Yang Jun died, Yang Chao was deposed, Li Shimin rebelled, etc. Looking back, these events are stepping stones in Yang Shuang's advance.

As the saying goes, the new year has a new atmosphere, and you must set a goal for the new year.

Yang Shuang was not enthusiastic about the position of the prince, and it was not that he had never done anything. Is it necessary to be the emperor if he established the prince? So Yang Shuang decided to continue to expand his power.

The layout outside the northern border pass has been made. Luo Yi is now the marching chief of the Songmo Governor's Office. Because of Luo Cheng's relationship, he naturally supports Yang Shuang. Hou Wenshan is the marching chief of the Pinglu Governor's Office. His current achievements are all due to Yang Shuang's promotion and Li Jing's help, so he also supports Yang Shuang. Zhang Kun is the marching chief of the Raole Governor's Office. He once fought side by side with Li Jing. Although he had no contact with Yang Shuang, he had already been dealt with by Li Jing and supported Yang Shuang.

So now Yang Shuang doesn't seem to have much power and has not won too many court officials. That's because he is catching military power. The 300,000 troops outside the pass are his confidence.

Of course, this is not enough.

In the new year, Yang Shuang set her sights on the south and west.

The south is confronting Wei, which is most suitable to take the opportunity to expand its power. As for the west, it relies on Luoyang, taking advantage of Li Shimin's rebellion, and there is also a chance to take advantage of the troubled waters.

If you want to expand your power, you must have a confidant with outstanding capabilities.

Li Jing, Qin Xianzhi, Luo Chengdu is in the Tang Dynasty, Han Qinhu and Zhang Xutuo need to protect Yang Shuang, and they can't let Hong Funu and Bian Yi stand alone, after all, one is a woman and the other is a monk.

So before the New Year, Yang Shuang sent someone to send a letter, preparing to transfer Yang Su back.

Now Yang Su follows Mingguang Hou Qinfeng to shine. General An Yuan, who has reached the seventh rank, is preparing to let him go to the battlefield of the Sui and Wei dynasties to show his talents.

The order for adjustment is very simple. After all, Shi Wansui owes Yang Shuang favors, so this little busy is easy.

As for the recruitment of other civil officials and military generals, Yang Shuang had no idea.

After all, powerful people have their masters, and those with ability pay attention to loyalty and righteousness, so it is difficult for them to vote, unless something happens to the masters. This is why Yang Shuang asked Qin Qiong to be an undercover agent. In the future, Li Shimin died tragically, and then he could rely on Qin Qiong's guidance to recruit Li Jie, Yuchi Gong and others. If Li Shimin did not die and even captured the world, then Qin Qiong would be the best chess piece.

Since you have no clue, please send someone to inquire.

If Yang Guang was able to recruit Yuwen Chengdu and Yu Culture, there must be still a hero with an unfamous reputation in the world, just like Lai Hu'er recommended by Hou Pingbo, this was a powerful general who was proficient in water war in the Sui Dynasty in his previous life. Yang Shuang always wanted to recruit him, but she didn't expect to be in Linhai County.

So Yang Shuang sent people to inquire around and look for figures such as Luo Shixin, Shang Master and Apprentice, Xin Wenli, Wu Yunzhao, etc.

Not to mention, there are really gains.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Bo came to the Ming Palace to pay New Year's greetings and mentioned one thing.

"Your Highness, a caravan from Luzhou came to Beijing a few years ago and mentioned a name. It was the one who asked him to inquire! I was busy for a while and I forgot about this matter. I only remembered it today." Li Bo said embarrassedly.

Yang Shuang asked with a smile: "It doesn't matter, who is the person I'm asking for?"

"The name is Zhou Yu, whose courtesy name is Gongjin. According to the caravan's guards, this man is quite talented in Luzhou. He is not only handsome, but also proficient in music. He is a versatile talent in civil and military affairs." Li Bo told Yang Shuang what he found out.

Surprise suddenly appeared on Yang Shuang's face.

Zhou Yu? Since Yu was born, who did Zhou Yu who gave birth to Liang?

Very good!

Yang Shuang lacks civil and military officials, especially all-round talents like Zhou Yu, who are not inferior to Li Jing, and can stand alone wherever she puts it!

So Yang Shuang immediately called Zang Kang and asked him to work hard to go directly to Luzhou and invite Zhou Yu to take it for himself.

After explaining this, Yang Shuang looked at Li Bo and asked, "How did I prepare what I asked you to prepare?"

Li Bo nodded repeatedly and said solemnly: "Everything is ready!"

"Let's go, take me to have a look!" Yang Shuang replied.

So he called Han Qinhu, Zhang Xutuo and several trusted guards, disguised themselves and left the city in a carriage.

I walked east along the official road, walked for more than ten miles, then turned into a small path, followed a long time before I arrived at a manor hidden in the mountains.

"Your Highness, I bought this manor. It is very quiet and there are no villages nearby. Even if there is any sound, it will not arouse suspicion and satisfy your request." Li Bo said.

Although Li Bo is not as good as the one in his prime, he has very strong ability to do things.

Yang Shuang nodded and said, "I'll be assured to do your business. Let's go in and take a look!"

When I entered the manor, I saw more than a dozen men carrying things inside, filling the yard.

Among these things are sulfur, flame nitrogen and charcoal, as well as stoves, wood, tools for cast iron, etc.

Since Yang Shuang didn't say the purpose, Li Bo could only guess. Originally, he guessed it was for the elixir, and later he guessed it was for the casting of weapons, but he always felt something was wrong.

Yang Shuang browsed all the materials and was quite satisfied. Then she asked: "The alchemist you are looking for is better than from other places. Have you found it?"

"I found it, seven or eight people can come here at any time. Even if they are missing, no one doubts." Li Bo replied.

"Very good!" Yang Shuang nodded, her eyes a little deep.

As a time traveler, Yang Shuang’s biggest advantage is the knowledge she has. If she does not use that knowledge and instead compete with the enemy for force, it will be a funny head.

In Yang Shuang's knowledge, papermaking, printing, and soap are for making money. Yang Shuang doesn't care about it, so she doesn't feel sorry for him if she gives it to His Majesty.

But this time, Yang Shuang was preparing to use knowledge to create a weapon with extremely lethality, yes, that is gunpowder.

The enemy is so strong, where did Yang Shuang get the confidence to unify China? It depends on gunpowder.

No matter how brave you are, no matter whether you are the Five Tiger Generals, the Five Sons, or the No. 1 Strongest General in the World, you are your younger brother and you are a scumbag in front of gunpowder.

Therefore, making gunpowder is something that Yang Shuang must do. She didn't do it before because the position of the prince was abolished, everything was still unstable, and the time was not ripe. Now that she has gained the trust of His Majesty, the time is coming, so she will naturally invent it.

And Yang Shuang only controls gunpowder!

This is just a temporary place to study gunpowder. After the gunpowder is invented, you must leave here.

Because the power of the gunpowder in the early stage is very weak, it is necessary to conduct in-depth research and improve the formula so that it can develop a truly lethal black gunpowder.

After the black gunpowder is successful, the corresponding firearm must follow the research and development.

For example, Thunderbolt cannons, thunderstorms, and of course artillery cannons.

By then, it would be obviously inappropriate here.

"After the things are ready, bring the alchemist, give them enough rewards to ensure their loyalty. Then my plan will officially begin." Yang Shuang ordered.

Li Boying said: "Please rest assured that your highness is ready before the ninth day of the lunar month!"

Yang Shuang smiled and said, "I don't have to worry about doing things! In the future, your focus will be on here and leave the caravan's affairs to others. You can't always be a businessman. I once told you that doing business is to make money. With money, we can do what we want to do and do things that change the world."

"Your sister and I get married in March, so I hope you can complete the explanation of your affairs as I plan before March. When the wedding is completed, I have other plans." Yang Shuang reminded.

Li Bo showed joy and quickly issued a military order: "Please rest assured and ensure that the task is completed!"

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The Chinese New Year is the biggest festival, and Kyoto is full of joy throughout the first lunar month.

After the alchemist was in place, Yang Shuang handed over the "Gunpowder Technique" he compiled to Li Bo. The book records in detail the recipes recorded by Yang Shuang, including the production process of weapons such as thunderbolts.

Yang Shuang gave them the method, and the next step was to configure it, allowing them to refine the finished product.

In fact, formula is the most difficult. After solving the formula problem, the next step is to solve the problems that arise during the production process.

Yang Shuang went to the gunpowder base a few days later to check the progress of the gunpowder. This is his magic weapon, so he naturally paid great attention to it.

Before we knew it, the first month of the year came to an end.

The latest news came from the Tang Dynasty.

After Li Shimin and Xuanjia Army joined forces, they were no longer afraid of the pursuers behind them. Instead, they defeated the pursuers and won a victory.

Then, Li Shimin was indeed as Yang Shuang expected, leading the Xuanjia Army to the west. However, he did not go to Kucha, but stopped in Ganzhou and used Ganzhou as the base camp to develop his own power.

The topographic map of the Tang Dynasty was very wonderful, with vast east and west, and the location to Ganzhou was very narrow. It was guarding here. You could attack Shenzhou to the east and retreat to the west.

The angry Li Yuan sent 150,000 troops to encircle Li Shimin's Xuanjia army because he understood that he had to use thunder to solve Li Shimin, otherwise, if Li Shimin gained a foothold, the Great Xia would probably fall apart.

What Li Yuan did not expect was that the troops encircled and suppressed the Xuanjia Army had just set out, and the Turks actually sent tens of thousands of troops to invade the northern border of the Tang Dynasty.

Because of the rebellion of the Qin King and the morale of the entire Tang Dynasty were sluggish, the Turks invaded with great momentum.

Li Yuan had no choice but to take back the military power of the Women's Detachment Army and hand it over to Li Xiuning, asking Li Xiuning to wear armor again to fight against the Turks.

The Great Sui Dynasty and the Great Tang Dynasty formed an alliance, and were closely related, so the Emperor of Sui Dynasty sent a letter of state to ask whether to send troops to support it. After all, this was an agreement in the alliance.

Li Yuan refused the kindness of Emperor Sui, and Li Yuan was also very proud of his face. He didn't know that he could make any waves with just tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers. He still believed in Li Xiuning's ability.

After the first lunar month, the Yangtze River, which quelled the war due to the Chinese New Year, began again.

Pingbo Hou Li Haiyang fought with Cai Mao, came to Hu'er and Zhang Yun, and there were clashes in other places, which made the originally calm Yangtze River surging.

At first, the Great Sui Dynasty was at a disadvantage and suffered more losses in the army. However, later, the Great Sui Dynasty used an advanced warship with a strong stable type and could fight on the river during strong winds, allowing the wind and waves to shake and the warships to shake and not overturn.

On the other hand, the warships of Wei State swayed violently, and even the best navy troops were a little unstable. Moreover, the huge wind and waves would cause the warships to overturn, which was very dangerous.

The new warship of the Great Wei made the Wei State feel the pressure, so when the waves were calm, the Wei State attacked wildly.

Unfortunately, the time is too short, even if the shipyard does not stop day and night, the ships built are limited.

When the time came mid-February, unexpected things happened.

Wei general Zhang Liao led 20,000 naval troops to attack Dingling and defeated the 30,000 troops stationed in Dingling.

Although the Yingyang Mansion around Dingling quickly gathered and began to encircle Zhang Liao, trying to drive Zhang Liao out of the territory of the Sui Dynasty and return to the water, Zhang Liao was extremely brave and resisted several attacks by the Sui Dynasty soldiers.
To be continued...