Tibet

Chapter 415
Li Ye nodded, "Then there is the matter of sharing the military expenses. Amber must have told you about it."

"We also discussed this issue yesterday. We can accept an appropriate burden?"

"How much tribute do you pay to the Tang Dynasty every year, and how much do the Sogdian countries add up?"

"About 25 gold coins!"

Li Ye said lightly: "What I want is 30 gold coins per year, so you can convert the tribute to the imperial court into 25 gold coins, add another [-] gold coins, and give it directly to the Hezhong Governor's Mansion. You only need to pay tribute to the court." For some native products, the property is not used, and then I will explain to the court."

Constantine was very helpless, because the accounts were not calculated in this way. Although they paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would also return them a large amount of silk and porcelain as a gift.

Calculated, they will still earn a little bit, but if they transfer to the Governor's Mansion in Hezhong, not only will they have to add [-] gold coins, but more importantly, there will be no return.

But can you say no?
In the past, Baiyi Dashi also collected heavy taxes from them, and it cost nearly a million gold coins every year. Now the Tang Dynasty uses another method to collect taxes from them.

This is the fate of a small country. If it is not given to Tang Jun, the royal family will be destroyed directly.

Of course, the military expenditure shared by Li Ye is only [-]% of Dashi's tax. For them, the burden is indeed much smaller.

At this time, Constantine's heart suddenly moved, and he said again: "If we take down Juzhanti, we will pay 35 gold coins to the Hezhong Governor's Mansion every year."

Li Ye understood what he meant, shook his head and said, "The monthly 59 gold coins raised by Juzhan has nothing to do with the apportionment of military expenses. If you want to take Juzhan mentioned, you will have to pay [-] gold coins per year."

Constantine had no choice, so he decided on the spot and made a decision.

"Okay! Juzhanti will be handed over to Bahanna according to the previous agreement, and then we will pay 30 gold coins every year."

At the end of the banquet, Li Ye found King Modo of Rahanna.

"I have a message for the king!"

Li Ye stepped forward and said with a smile: "About Juzhan!"

"I know His Highness is going to give me the battle, but"

Murdo glanced at Constantine and the others in the distance, sighed and said, "They won't let go, even if I get it, it will be a target of public criticism!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "I have already solved this problem for you. I handed Juzhan to them. They were unwilling to bear the military expenses of the garrison, so they brought Juzhan to me. They have agreed to hand over Juzhan to Bahan. Then, you will negotiate and sign a transfer instrument."

Mur was overjoyed, and quickly asked, "What price do I need to pay?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "The king must understand one premise. Juzhanti now belongs to the Tang army and no longer belongs to the Sogdians. The Sogdians have no right to sell it to Bahana. I have already made it clear to Constantine. , he also admitted."

Murdo nodded, "I understand that even if they don't want money, they will have many other conditions. I think the most important condition is that they are not allowed to raise taxes in Juzhan."

"The king is right. This is indeed the prerequisite they put forward, because it involves the goods from Tocharian entering the river. I think this condition is justifiable. If the king wants to fight for tax collection, I don't think so. So realistic."

"Of course I'm not here to collect taxes. I might as well tell the governor frankly that Bahana also has a large piece of land in the south of the Zhenzhu River. It has a large area, more than 200 miles, and the land is fertile. It is the agricultural area of ​​Bahana. To the west is Juzhan. We have always longed for a prosperous city south of the Pearl River.

But there is Juzhanti, even if we build a city, the population will be sucked away by it. It has been more than 100 years since Bahan’s desire to get Juzhanti. If this dream can be realized in my hands, I can comfort the ancestors Lie Zong. "

Of course, Juzhanti is not just a city. It has large tracts of fertile land on its east and west sides, but the land on the west is owned by Dongcao Kingdom, while the land on the east belongs to Juzhanti. All the battles were raised, and at the same time they got a large piece of land in the east, which was connected with their own territory.

Li Ye nodded and said, "You have to discuss with the Sogdians about the specific implementation details, and sign the text of understanding. They officially acknowledge that Juzhanti belongs to Bahanna."

King Murdo pondered for a while and said again: "Then what conditions do I need to give Tang Jun?"

"To pay for the military expenses and supplies of two thousand garrisons, [-] gold coins per month, of which [-] gold coins are the soldiers' salaries, and the other [-] gold coins are used by the garrison to buy food and sheep from Bahana. The garrison will not interfere in the internal affairs of the war , but it will protect the security of Juzhanti. Once the iron gate is built, the garrison will be halved, and your burden will be halved."

King Murdo knew that the military expenditure of [-] yuan per month was the asking price of the Tang army. He sold Juzhanti to Bahana and reduced it to [-] gold coins two years later, which was a long-term expenditure.

But for the rich gold-rich Bahana, ten thousand gold coins is nothing?What's more, Bahana also got the coveted allotment. Once the trade develops, the income will keep rolling in.

"Yes! I agree to the governor's conditions."

"There is one more thing I need to ask Bahana for help, that is, about the repatriation of Dashi prisoners of war. Aziz and I have already negotiated. The prisoners will be handed over in Juzhan at the end of this month. On September 3, the prisoners will set off to go south, but only by The [-] troops of the Ningyuan Army are escorting, but the number is still a little less, I hope that the army of Bahan will also dispatch to escort, and the [-] troops will escort [-] people, which is almost the same."

"Don't worry, Dudu, I will let Arolie take charge of this matter, and I will definitely handle it properly!"

Li Ye didn't mention that Bahana would bear the military expenses. In fact, it had been negotiated before. All the kerosene in Anji City was handed over to the Tang army, which offset the apportionment of Bahana's military expenses.

In the morning of the next day, Li Ye wrote two orders, one was to Xu Jian of the Bahana Mine, ordering him to set off on September [-], and take the prisoners of war to the battle to submit to the other party, and then Arolie would lead the army to assist He escorted the prisoners of war to the south, but one condition was to confirm to Duan Xu that he had received the ransom.

The second order was Duan Xu, who was mentioned to Ju Zhan, ordering him to receive the 25 million gold coins submitted by Da Shi before the [-]th, and to notify himself in time after receiving it, and also to send someone to notify Xu of Bahana establish.

He also asked the two parties to coordinate well, and never hand over the prisoners of war to the other party if they did not receive the gold coins.

Li Ye will not take the 100 million gold coins alone, he will distribute 20 gold coins to Anxi and Beiting each, which is their due war profit.

Of course, the main reason is that he has a lot of income in Juzhanti, and he can conditionally distribute part of it to Anxi and Beiting.

Li Ye sent two teams of messenger soldiers to Juzhanti and Kesai respectively.

At this time, a soldier came to report, "Report to the governor, the little Han lady came again yesterday."

Li Ye nodded, "Bring her in!"

Not long after, Xiaokang followed the soldiers into the big tent. Compared with yesterday's well-behaved and clever lady, today's little lady is a little more shy, and her eyes are a little more confused.

She had already changed her clothes, no different from an ordinary Sogdian lady. She was carrying a small cloth bag in her hand, and there were probably several clothes in it.

She curtseyed to Li Ye, "Hello, General!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "The silver saint told you! You will follow me from now on, and I will send you home."

"She told me."

Xiaokang took out a roll of parchment from his bag and handed it to Li Ye.

Li Ye took a look at it, and it turned out to be Xiaokang's slave certificate, and the Samarkand government still regarded her as a slave.

Annoyed, Li Ye tore the sheepskin certificate to pieces, and said to Xiaokang, "You are my little lady from Tang Dynasty, not a slave of the Sogdians, remember?"

(End of this chapter)