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Chapter 1042 Broken Leaf City

In the Western Regions, it has been more than five years since the Great Wei established the Protectorate of the Western Regions here.

During this period of time, the Great Wei initially integrated the forces in the Western Regions, avoided fighting each other among the tribes, and achieved a relatively stable situation.

In a stable environment, the Wei Dynasty began to restore the animal husbandry in the Western Regions. The Western Regions Protectorate distributed a large number of cattle, sheep and horses to the herdsmen of the tribes to graze, and then shared the harvest with the herdsmen. The people of all ethnic groups traded, and the Western Regions Protectorate finally turned its losses into profits, realized self-sufficiency, and paid a lot of taxes to the Great Wei.

From trading at a loss, to accumulating wealth for the imperial court, and counting the cattle, sheep, and horses provided by the Western Regions for Wei, and bringing a large number of Guanzhong workshops and businesses to life, the role of the Western Regions will be magnified several times, which will make the Wei State court view the Western Regions Also greatly improved.

Previously in the Great Wei court, many officials originally only regarded the Western Regions as His Majesty's political achievement project, but now that they had benefits, their attitudes changed immediately, and they began to pay attention to this land.

For more than five years, the Great Wei first set up Anxi Duhu, and then set up four generals under the Duhu, and set up three divisions since last year. The Western Regions have been regarded as a province.

Suiye City is located in the east of the ruins of Hengluosi City, in the south of Boyi Sea, that is, in the south of Balkhash Lake, in the west of Rehai, in the north of Shule City, and near the Chu River Basin.

In order to control the Western Regions, the Great Wei first started with place names, changing the mountains, rivers, cities and plains of the Western Regions into Chinese names, or adopting the names used in the Tang and Han dynasties.

Hundreds of years later, later generations said, what is the name of this land? When people hear it is a Chinese name, it is the undisputed territory of Wei. If your name is Stoke, it is not your land.

Suiye City is also the place where it is said that Li Bai was born. It is a small border town farthest fortified by the Great Wei in the west, and it is also an important city. .

The merchants of the Great Wei, who went west to Suiye, generally would not continue to go west or south. The merchants of Sanbu Yuzi, the Khiva Khanate, the Bukhara Khanate, and even the Mughal merchants, It will replace the Great Wei merchants and complete the rest of the trade.

Today, Broken Leaf has become an important distribution place for materials throughout Central Asia. Herdsmen and businessmen from all around come to trade here. The horses were then transported back to the Central Plains, and the trade made broken leaves gradually prosperous.

Such a city will inevitably attract prying eyes from all parties. For this reason, Jiang Xiang stationed an army here to defend the city, maintain trade, and also to deter Tsarist Russia.

It is Li Benshen who is stationed here, and more than [-] people under his command. In addition to the army, the entire city also has family members, merchants, and camel caravans. There are more than [-] permanent residents, which has a taste of the Silk Road.

Li Benshen has been in the Western Regions for more than five years. He and his subordinates have settled down in the Western Regions. Many soldiers have taken Yuzi people and Yarkand people as wives and concubines. for the homeland.

Therefore, Li Benshen is particularly concerned about Suiye City. He understands that the prosperity of Suiye comes from trade, so he strengthened the management of the surrounding area and strictly prohibited private fighting among tribes and robbing caravans along the way, so that the commercial roads will be smooth, the place will be peaceful, and the supplies in the Central Plains will be available. Broken leaves are brought in, and the surrounding tribes are willing to come here in exchange for goods.

This situation has been going on for a long time, but with Tsarist Russia pressing closer and closer, Suiye City is not peaceful.

At this time, Xiao Yuzi, a nomadic nomad in the east of the Aral Sea, was conquered by Tsarist Russia and forced to surrender to Tsarist Russia, which suddenly made the atmosphere in Central Asia tense.

Tsarist Russia knew that Xiaoyuzi was a vassal state of Great Wei, and even though Great Wei sent envoys to protest, they still launched an attack to control Xiaoyuzi, which made Li Benshen a little worried that Tsarist Russia would attack Suiye City.

At this time, in Suiye City, because the Central Plains sent a large number of high-quality and cheap goods, Central Asian merchants came to purchase goods one after another. The city is full of people.

Such a prosperous scene should have been a happy event, but Li Benshen felt a little crisis.

Although Tsarist Russia did not make another move after it took control of Xiaoyuzi, and Wei Jun and Tsarist Russia lived together peacefully for nearly a year, but Li Benshen knew very well that controlling Xiaoyuzi was just a temptation of Tsarist Russia. Shrinking back, but Dawei didn't respond, they will definitely make an inch.

In recent years, Wei's attention has been mainly in the pass. The Protectorate of the Western Regions has no strength to drive out the Raksha people, so they can only take a defensive position. Yecheng.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, the sun was sinking to the west, and on the tower of Suiye City, soldiers of the Wei army began to ring a big bell.

When the bell of "Dangdangdang~" sounded, the Hu merchants in the city and the herdsmen nearby all started to pack their things when they heard the bell, and then gathered on the street and lined up to leave the city.

This is the rule set by Li Benshen. No outsiders are kept in the city at night. When the bell rings, you have to leave the city.

At this time, Li Benshen was wearing armor, and came to the city to inspect as usual, and asked, "Is there any problem?"

The captain on duty at the top of the city immediately cupped his fists, "Report to the general, nothing unusual."

Li Benshen nodded slightly, thinking: "Maybe I'm thinking too much. I heard from the merchants from the west that the Raksha people are at war with a big country in the west. Maybe they can't provoke Wei at all!"

"Continue to monitor, cheer up!" Li Benshen ordered, and then walked down the city wall, preparing to return to the commander's mansion.

Li Benshen was riding on the street. In front of an inn in the city, a group of people caught his attention.

"Go and see what's going on?" Li Ben commanded his subordinates with a deep frown.

A group of Hu merchants in front of the inn seemed to be discussing this with the shopkeeper.

A lieutenant of the Wei Army immediately stepped forward to inquire, and came back after a while, "General, the group of Hu merchants have not sold out their goods, and they are staying in the city for the night, but there is no letter from the government, so the store dare not accept it."

The Protectorate of the Western Regions will issue identity certificates and guides to some Hu merchants who have a good relationship and pay taxes to the Great Wei every year. With the certificates, they can enjoy the same treatment as merchants in the Central Plains and can live in various cities.

Li Benshen heard the words and rode over, looked at the group of Hu merchants, "What goods are you carrying!"

If there are really a large number of valuable goods, Li Benshen can give them a convenience.

Hu Shang, who was negotiating with the store, suddenly heard the shout, his body froze slightly, and he turned around after a pause. When he saw Li Benshen, a nervous look flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly saluted: "This general, It's some gems and rugs."

After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands again, "Since there are regulations in the city, we won't stay in the city for a long time."

As he said that, Hu Shang wanted to take his subordinates out, but Li Benshen narrowed his eyes, "Gems are precious things, I think you should spend the night in the city!"

(End of this chapter)