Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 378 Plan
With the migration of the people from the Tang Dynasty, new villages are also being built continuously. The houses built with bricks and stones make the people of Tuyuhun who live in a mixed place smile, and they don’t have to worry about the unpredictable climate on the plateau.

You must know that on the plateau, there will be several hailstorms every summer. Huge hailstones can crush tents, penetrate houses, and kill sheep. The annual loss is not small, and masonry houses can almost ignore heavy snow and hailstones.

In Tuyuhun without nobles, the people quickly integrated into the Tang Dynasty. Occasionally, a few troubles would be appeased, and they might disappear without a trace one day, but apart from his family, who cares about these, after all, everyone’s Life is getting better, taxes are much lower, and life is more hopeful.

With Qibi Heli's [-] Turkic army, everyone is honest. After all, Turkic people are synonymous with brutality in many countries, and it is conceivable that the Tang Dynasty, which can conquer them, is even more powerful.

The salt from Qinghai Lake was originally high-quality green salt, but it was slightly inferior to sea salt. After being refined by the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, it has become excellent. It is the best for export. Moreover, the distance between Qinghai and Tubo in the Western Regions is quite near.

Now Datang owns the spacious grassland from Qinghai to Shuofang. It is very convenient to raise horses, cattle and sheep, and there is no one to compete with. It is growing rapidly every year, but it is not enough, so more people are raising livestock in captivity.

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"The last general Su Dingfang (Yuchi Baolin) sees the general manager!" Outside the city of Xiqiele, Su Dingfang and his personal guards came to greet him.

"Haha! Brother Su, Baolin, long time no see!" Feng Daiwen looked at the two people who came happily, and greeted them with a smile on his face.

"Hey! I haven't seen you for a long time, and the manager is still in high spirits." Su Dingfang replied with a smile.

"Su Dingfang accepts the decree!" Feng Daiwen asked two personal guards to hold out a volume of imperial decree, motioned to Su Dingfang, and shouted loudly.

"Chen Su Dingfang accepts the order!"

Su Dingfang knelt down on one knee, and responded in a respectful and deep voice.

"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty said: The guerrilla general Su Dingfang guarded the Western Regions for several years. Marquis of Yi!..." Feng Daiwen selected the main content of the imperial decree, read it aloud in an easy-to-understand manner, then rolled it up, pulled up Su Dingfang, and threw it into his arms.

"Chen Su Dingfang thanked the sage for his grace!" Su Dingfang was excited, holding the imperial decree in both hands, and saluted solemnly in the direction of Chang'an.

"Your, see for yourself." Yuchi Baolin is his brother-in-law, Feng Daiwen is not polite, he took a volume of imperial decree and gave it to him. Feng Daiwen has already read the content, the official position is the same, and he is also General Pingdong, this is also because of his father The merits are not easy to reward, so it will be counted on him. As for the title, there is no such thing, because he is the eldest son and will inherit his father's title in the future, so naturally he does not need to be granted the title.

Yuchi Baolin pursed his lips, took the imperial decree without saying much and didn't care, and after cupping his hands to thank him, he handed it to his personal guard.

Xiqiele has been rebuilt. Although it is still not big, it is also the only city in the Western Regions like the Central Plains. The strong city walls and spacious streets have been replaced with masonry structures in recent years, which are very good at resisting the strong wind blowing from the desert. The effect, and the heated kang keeps the winter from being cold.

This is also one of the reasons why these people from the Western Regions gave up their lives and followed Datang willingly. The rest of the reasons are also because there are many merchants here, which make this place prosperous and rich in supplies, so they don't have to worry about starving to death. Food is a relatively precious commodity in the Western Regions.

"Brother Su built this place well!" Feng Daiwen looked at the pedestrians and buildings around, raised his brows and said, he asked Chen Hu to take the soldiers to the barracks, and he led his people to follow Su Dingfang to the city guard's mansion.

"The last general just made some suggestions, all of which are due to the second son of the Cheng family." Su Dingfang said embarrassedly.

"Cheng Chuliang?" Feng Daiwen was a little surprised. Although he had heard of it, he had never seen it. He didn't expect him to have a good talent for internal affairs.

"Chu Liang has also mentioned the supervisor many times. If he hadn't gone to the car division now, he would have come to greet him in a hurry." Su Dingfang explained.

"It's okay, the business is important. Brother Cheng will always meet." Feng Daiwen said with a wave of his hand.

After a short time, we arrived at Chengshou Mansion, which was a mansion built entirely of bluestone and bricks. After Guang'an and others settled down, Feng Daiwen went to see the officials of all sizes in Xiqiele.

The military officers here are basically the generals of the Cheng family and the Yuchi family, and the small officials are selected locals. The government affairs are handled by people selected from the businessmen. It is quite good to let them handle the government affairs of these small towns.

Not only do they handle these trivial matters in an orderly manner, but they also do not waste resources. They are better than ordinary officials, but they generally do not have a strong view of the overall situation.

For Feng Daiwen's arrival, these officials held great enthusiasm. The Cheng family, the Yuchi family and the Feng family are not only closely related, but also married, and these families will naturally respect him very much.

And Feng Daiwen also has huge business resources, and is also very friendly to businessmen. Of course, the families of these businessmen must curry favor with him.

After a banquet, the host and guests had a good time, and after the low-level officials left, Feng Daiwen brought Su Dingfang and others to the study. The situation in the Western Regions introduced by Su Dingfang was basically the same as Feng Daiwen's understanding. Although the Western Regions are in chaos now, but Su Dingfang and the others didn't know where to start, and they were also worried that if they did it rashly, it would cause more dissatisfaction and destroy the hard-won stability.

"You guys are doing the right thing. It's true that you can't move around, but it's not without goals." After hearing this, Feng Daiwen was silent for a while, then looked at the opened map and said.

"You mean Gaochang?" Su Dingfang asked tentatively?
"That's right, Gao Chang is also a good target. Anyway, Gao Chang offended Datang before, and now he attacks him, and the others have nothing to say." Feng Daiwen nodded and said.

"You mean there are other targets?" Xue Rengui heard his implication, looked away from the map, turned his head and asked.

"Zhaowu nine surnames, let everyone who is willing to go in the Western Regions go, and say to the public that this is Datang's revenge. When they go to attack, Datang guarantees their country's security, and we don't want any spoils of war.

Of course this is not the main purpose, our main purpose is Khotan! "Feng Daiwen raised his hand and clicked on the map and said.

"Using the small countries in the Western Regions to attack the nine surnames of Zhaowu will be understandable, but why is the main target Khotan?" Su Dingfang asked after repeatedly looking at the map.

(End of this chapter)