Capital Datang

On the endless plain, a few hares were looking for food in the grass, and suddenly an eagle flew across the sky, which immediately scared the hares below and ran away, but one unlucky rabbit could not escape the eagle in the end. Li Climbing, was caught in the sky at once, but just when the eagle just took off, suddenly there was a sound of bowstrings in the distance, followed by a sharp arrow, the frightened eagle hurriedly let go of its prey, pointed Roaring into the sky.

"Hahaha~, I'm so lucky today, I picked up such a fat rabbit for nothing!" Two people came galloping on horseback from a distance, and when they reached the place where the rabbit fell, one of them jumped on the horse. Leaning over, Jingran just picked up the rabbit on the ground, showing extraordinary riding skills. "Brother Zhou, the land your family traded for is really good. Not only is the land fertile, but it also has a lot of prey. After two years of development, it will definitely be a place for money!" The young man with extraordinary riding skills carried the rabbit, Said very excitedly.

"Brother Wang's old saying, but this land was bought by my third uncle. Although it is recorded in my name now, it is actually managed by my third uncle." Another young man in blue cloth and Hu suit I also laughed.Although both of them were riding horses and carrying bows and arrows on their backs, the young man in Hufu "shot" the arrow just now, but both of them had a bookish look on their faces, one could tell they were educated with status enter.

This is the hometown of Goguryeo, which now belongs to the Andong Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty. It is not very far from Pyongyang City. Because of the battle of the destruction of Goguryeo and the slave hunting team after the war, the land here has more income and less income. A lot of land is unowned wasteland, as long as someone is willing to pay, they can buy it.

The two young people who spoke were not residents of Andong Duhu Mansion. Among them, the young man surnamed Zhou in Hu suit was named Zhou Wei, and the young man carrying a rabbit was named Wang Luo. The two were classmates and friends for many years. Studying in Chang'an, this time I took advantage of the opportunity of going out to study, and went to Andong Dufu to travel. This is mainly because Zhou Wei's third uncle replaced the land in Guanzhong here, and then spent money to buy a lot of land. , With the help of the products on these lands, he made a large fortune and became a well-known big landlord in the Anton Governor's Mansion.Capital Datang 309

"Haha, why should your uncles and nephews share each other? And I heard that Uncle Wang is a big landlord on the side of the Anton Governor's Mansion. He holds thousands of hectares of land in his hands, and he is going to Taiwan to occupy it. Go to a piece of land, and don't forget to bring your little brother with you when the time comes, so that our Wang family will also benefit from it." Wang Luo, who was carrying a rabbit, laughed loudly.

Although Wang Luo's surname is Wang, he is not from the Wang family in Taiyuan. There are not many entrances to his home, and it is just a small rich family. After coming to the Andong Governor's Mansion this time, he saw that most of the people who exchanged land made a lot of money. For example, Zhou Wei's third uncle changed from a small landlord to a big landlord, and his status increased more than a hundred times. This made Wang Luo feel a little bit active, wanting to find a way to make money for his family.

"It's simple. My third uncle has been sent to Taiwan to understand the situation, and he will be back soon. At that time, Brother Wang, just prepare the money and go to Taiwan with my third uncle!" Zhou Wei said very boldly.Although they are all educated, the rapid development of industry and commerce in the past few years, coupled with the influence of newspaper propaganda, made them less repulsed by these ways of making money than before.

As soon as Wang Luo heard that Zhou Wei agreed, he immediately thanked him with a happy face, and at the same time, he was thinking about how to write a letter to his family, so as to persuade them to go to Taiwan to buy a piece of land. After all, there is not much income there, and the land price is very cheap. Well, if you buy hundreds of acres of sugar cane, you can make a lot of money by boiling sugar every year. This is all the news he read from the newspaper and confirmed by other people.

The two young men came here mainly for hunting. This is a new piece of land bought by Uncle Zhou Wei. It has not been really developed yet, and there are many wild animals, so they soon hunted a few more small prey, which is enough for them. After eating a few meals, it is almost time for lunch, and the two are ready to go back, but Wang Luo asked Zhou Wei about his third uncle while walking, although he also heard some things about Wang Luo's third uncle. The process of getting rich, but not very detailed.

When mentioning his third uncle, Zhou Wei was also excited. There were three brothers in his father's generation. His father was the second, but he was the eldest son. The third uncle of the Hufu is the youngest, and usually likes delicious food the most, but he became extremely fat when he grew up, and he was called the third fat king in Guanzhong.

When the imperial court implemented the land replacement policy, Zhou Wei’s third uncle resolutely exchanged half of the family’s land property in spite of his eldest brother’s objection, and ended up with more than 2 mu of land, which included mountains and plains, and the plains were all built into pastures. , and then buy slaves on the grasslands to graze, and find mines in the mountains. If there are no mines to mine, they will plant fruit trees. If there are mines, they will make a fortune.

At that time, many people changed mountains, hoping to find mineral deposits on their own land. Unfortunately, this kind of thing all depends on luck, and Zhou Wei's third uncle was lucky, and he found a big iron mine in exchange for a few hills. After buying the iron ore to a miner in Chang'an, he bought a lot of land with the money, all of which were used for grazing, and the cattle and sheep on the pasture were sold to the cannery. Not worrying about sales, this is also the reason why Wang Luo is so excited. After all, as long as he is not too unlucky and encounters any large-scale plague, it will definitely be a profitable business.

When the two were chatting, suddenly the horses stopped uncomfortably, no matter how much they urged, the two horses did not dare to move forward, they just kept snorting.This startled the two young men, thinking that they had encountered some ferocious beast, otherwise the two good horses would never have reacted like this.But soon they ruled out this cause, because they found that the ground was shaking.

"Boom~" With the sound of iron hoofs like thunder, a huge army seemed to be galloping from the end, and it was impossible to see the end at a glance. At first, Wang Luo and Zhou Wei were startled, but when When they saw the flags of the army fluttering, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Although they didn't know which general led this army, it was definitely Datang's army.

But when this army approached, Zhou Wei and the two found something unusual. This army seemed to have at least ten thousand troops, and it must be the Tang army. However, on the commander flag of this Tang army, there was a big The word 'Qi' made both of them a little "confused". Among the generals who can mobilize more than [-] people in the Anton Governor's Mansion, it seems that none of them is surnamed Qi?

But soon they solved the doubts in their hearts, because Zhou Wei suddenly discovered that there was a tall and luxurious car in the middle of the army, and all around the car were all cavalry Guards, you don't need to ask, you know that the person in the car is very noble, and judging by the decoration on the car, it belongs to the first level of the Tang Dynasty prince. His Royal Highness King Qi.

"Brother Zhou, why did His Royal Highness King Qi come to us suddenly, and it looks like he is going to Pyongyang City, and with such an army, is there something wrong with Pyongyang City?" Wang Luo asked nervously He said that the Andong Protectorate's Mansion was on the frontier of the Tang Dynasty. Although there were large troops stationed in Pyongyang City, they would be in danger if there was any war.

Zhou Wei was also surprised when he heard this. Most of his third uncle's property is here. If there is any change in Pyongyang, it will be bad.But soon he ruled out this idea, and said: "Brother Wang, don't worry, Pyongyang City has a [-] army of Zhang Jian and Zhang Duhu, and Silla and Baekje in the east are fighting to the death, and they have no strength at all." They don’t have the guts to provoke us Datang, so it’s definitely not Pyongyang that started the war!”

Wang Luo is right when he thinks about it. Silla and Baekje have been fighting for almost a year. With their national power, it is estimated that they are only half-lived if they are not dead. How can they cause trouble? Apart from these two countries, there is no other country that can threaten Datang.

"Oh! I understand!" Zhou Wei suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Brother Zhou, what do you understand?" Wang Luo was taken aback, but seeing the other party's excitement, he still asked curiously.

Zhou Wei became even more excited, pointing to the driveway of the big carriage in the middle of the army: "Brother Wang, look, is the cavalry guard next to the carriage any different?"

Wang Luo followed his words and found a difference. Among the cavalry guards next to the carriage, there were still some knights with different armor styles. At first glance, it was not the standard equipment of the Tang Dynasty.Capital Datang 309

Seeing that Wang Luo also saw the difference, Zhou Wei said excitedly: "Brother Wang, those different knights are from Xinluo, and the newspaper sent from Pyongyang a few days ago said that His Royal Highness Qi and Xinluo Queen Luo is married, so it is obvious that His Highness King Qi must have dispatched an army to escort the Queen back to the country, but I don't know if His Highness King Qi is in the car?"

Wang Luo was also very excited when he heard it, and now he and Zhou Wei carefully looked at the carriages in the army. He didn't care about anything else, but just wanted to meet the rumored Queen of Silla. Don't listen to the legend, Queen of Silla is a Peerless beauties, he and Zhou Wei are both young people, so they are naturally very interested in these.

But the young people who are about to enter today are destined to be disappointed. They are too far away from the carriage, so even if the Queen of Silla opens the window, they cannot see the people inside.

As Zhou Wei guessed, this team was indeed under the banner of escorting Jin Shengman to return to the car, and Li Yin and Jin Shengman were both in the car, but if it was just an escort, there was no need to dispatch 1 More than [-] soldiers and horses did not need to pass by land at all. The reason why they came to Pyongyang naturally had other purposes.