The old thief was a little surprised when he saw Wynn and Yun Na being brought out.
"Why did you commit suicide?" He Lianyan felt that the old thief was a bit stupid.
The old thief said: "The most unbearable thing for those in high positions is to bow their heads. Therefore, they would rather die than live."
"nonsense!"
"hehe!"
He Lianyan looked at him, "When I was in Tanzhou, I saw many tribes being conquered. Every time they were defeated, the tribal leaders all knelt down and surrendered, offering their wives and daughters."
"It's so shameless." The old thief lamented, "I have seen many predecessors. When faced with desperate situations, most of them chose to commit suicide or die with the enemy instead of surrendering."
He Lianyan sneered, "Where did you see it?"
The old thief stroked his beard and said, "In the tomb."
He Lianyan, “Whose tomb?”
"From the Tang Dynasty."
"The Tang Dynasty is different from the grassland."
"You also have it in the tomb in Beiliao."
"hehe!"
"Don't believe it?"
"Of course I don't believe it."
"It's the imperial mausoleum of the Northern Liao Dynasty. Think about it, I think! There is a volume of records of meritorious officials in it, which records five people. They were all captured in battle and died unyieldingly."
"But Yeluguang is the leader?"
"Hey! You know?"
"Of course I know." He Lianyan sneered, "Do you know how Yelu Guang died?"
The old thief shook his head.
"He surrendered. Later, in order to whitewash the bravery of his subordinates, after defeating his opponent and capturing Yelu Guang, the emperor killed him, but said that he died unyielding."
Old thief: "Are you still trying to fake things?"
"Doesn't Datang do any fraud?"
"It's also made. For example, it is recorded in the history books that a certain important minister was seven feet tall. I measured him by one measurement. You bastard, the height is five feet at most."
Seven feet, another world is about two meters one. And five feet, one meter five.
"How... did you know?"
Helianyan asked.
"I went to see him."
"Noble?"
"Yes! We've met many times."
"You old tomb robber!" He Lianyan couldn't help but sneered as he recalled the time when the old thief robbed the tomb of the Northern Liao Emperor.
"Those noble people are actually pretty good." The old thief sighed, "They always give me some gifts."
Helianyan rolled her eyes.
"Yan!"
Yang Xuan came out.
He Lianyan trotted over and said, "Lang Jun."
"Those powerful women gathered together and you went to ask questions, okay?" Yang Xuan stopped and looked at her, "Be smart."
He Lianyan nodded, "I'll get all their money."
"I never said that."
"That's what I said."
"Look, you are getting smarter and smarter."
He Lianyan lowered her eyebrows and said submissively: "Lang Jun taught me well."
"continue."
Yang Xuan felt that this coquettish fox was laughing more and more.
Han Ji is here.
"Mr. Lang, you have gained a lot!"
"oh!"
Yang Xuan followed him to see the warehouse.
Gold, silver, copper coins and cloth piled up like mountains.
"It's all Wynn's savings over the years."
"Let him come."
Wynn was brought.
"There are also several warehouses in the horse pen."
Wynn was very cooperative.
"Back then, the emperor's uncle was extorting money for more than just money." He Lianyan said.
"In order to prevent the three major departments from having enough money to expand!" Yang Xuan said lightly.
You know... He Lianyan raised her eyebrows, "Yes."
Yang Xuan patted Wynn on the shoulder, "Tell me! Where are the other belongings?"
Huaien was stunned, "Your Majesty, all the property is here."
I told you everything I couldn’t find!
Yang Xuan said: "You have been a khan for many years. I just heard that the guards around you are on duty in shifts. In your tent, there will be five dry rations every day, as well as the five best horses outside.
You are very cautious, and cautious people are almost all pessimists. They will imagine that they will encounter the most desperate thing, and then respond in advance. So, Lao Huai."
Lao Huai... The corner of Tu Chang's mouth twitched.
"Lao Huai, you are such a cautious person, why don't you save something outside the royal court?"
Yang Xuan looked at Wynn with a half-smile.
Maybe not! But it's always good to cheat.
What is that called... If there are jujubes but no jujubes, hit a pole, that's what it means.
Wynn knelt down with a pop.
"The eyes of kings and gods are like lightning, and the sins of villains cannot be forgiven."
Well!
He Lianyan slowly looked at his boss, his mouth opened, and he was extremely surprised.
You actually figured out what happened to Wynn outside the royal court?
This pole actually knocked down jujubes all over the ground... Yang Xuan said lightly: "Where are they?"
"Lin'an."
Tsk!
The more dangerous the place, the safer it is!
Wynn is indeed an extraordinary master!
If they weren't caught in the middle by Chenzhou and Tanzhou, these people would probably have become big bosses long ago.
Groups of prisoners were assembled.
"Lang Jun, Xin Wuji's side..." the old thief whispered: "He has been saying that the southern part of the town is a little weak and not enough to contain the other two ministries for Lang Jun. Do you want to send some prisoners there?"
Yang Xuan shook his head, "No need."
"Mr. Lang is worried that he has second thoughts? Didn't he teach him a lesson last time?"
"You have to remember that people's hearts cannot stand the test. And power is the best corrosive!"
"That's true." The old thief praised the boss as usual, "Then, what should we do with those prisoners? If they are left behind, they will become delicacies for the Tiger Control Department and enhance Zhang Zhuo's strength. Otherwise..."
He waved vigorously with a ruthless look on his face.
Yang Xuan praised: "The old thief is getting better and better."
"Lang Jun was so complimentary." The old thief was secretly happy, thinking that he had learned the art of war from Lang Jun recently.
"Then, you will be in charge of this matter."
"Mr. Lang, spare your life." The old thief's face turned pale.
"Watch it next time!"
Yang Xuan mounted his horse and went on inspection.
"Old thief, why are you so dazed?"
Wang Laoer came over with dried meat he got from nowhere and ate it very happily.
"I advise you to kill those prisoners."
"Then what?"
"The master ordered me to preside over it."
"Then go!"
"Fuck you!" the old thief jumped, "How about trying to kill tens of thousands of people? You will only see ghosts if you don't have nightmares at night."
"Then you still encourage Mr. Lang?"
"Don't I think about Li Han's fierce fight with me before? As soon as Lang Jun agreed, I recommended him to host it."
"Are you so sinister?"
"Excellent."
"I'll tell Li Han!"
"Fuck! Little brat, if you dare to go, I'll give all your jerky to Huo Huo when you turn around!"
Li Han was called by Yang Xuan.
"What do you think of the prisoners?"
Since Li Han expressed his desire to find something to do, Yang Xuan also wanted to try this guy's ambition.
"Too many people, kill them!"
"Can't you be a little less murderous?"
"How many mountains of corpses have you made? How dare you accuse me?"
"My corpse is a corpse, you are killing a prisoner!"
"You've killed a lot of people along the way."
"I have nothing to say to you!"
"hehe!"
"The total number of captives is quite large, so food, clothing, housing and transportation are a headache."
Thinker, give me an idea!
Li Han said: "The Jibo Department has a lot of food in stock. With the addition of cattle and sheep, it will be enough for this year. It depends on what you want them to do next year."
good!
"Bring them all back, and the men will build roads, water conservancy, and cultivate wasteland in Chenzhou for three years. After three years, they will be free and continue to farm!"
"Building roads?" Li Han felt that this was a bit unreasonable, "Why are you building roads?"
Yang Xuan asked: "What do merchants rely on to transport goods? What do armies rely on to march? What do people rely on to communicate? What do they rely on for governance?"
The four questions were like four mountains crashing down on Li Han.
"Roads!" Yang Xuan saw him thinking deeply and patted him on the shoulder, "If you want to be rich, build roads first. People will be isolated from the outside world at home. Only when they go out will they gain benefits.
Doing business, farming, working, studying... all things require people to leave home. And the way is to connect their blood.
Once the road is open and ready, they can move faster and better, the carriages can pull more, and the army is faster..."
Li Han imagined that the land of Chenzhou was full of spacious avenues, and couldn't help but be startled, "That...isn't it Chang'an?" He said in surprise: "You want to make Chenzhou the second Chang'an?"
Chang'an is the city with the best infrastructure in the Tang Dynasty, and the roads are incredibly spacious.
Yang Xuan had no such intention and said casually: "Perhaps it won't be long before Chenzhou becomes a fortress in the south of the Yangtze River."
This is his ambition.
"If Northern Xinjiang becomes like this..." Li Han got excited just thinking about it, "What is Bei Liao?"
"Actually, many times it is the government that ties the hands and feet of the people, and all I have to do is help them untie the ropes."
Yang Xuan patted Li Han's shoulder again.
Sure enough, patting others on the shoulder is comforting.
No wonder those in power on TV like to do this.
…
Zhang Zhuo was drinking and playing with women when he got the news.
"Khan, the Kipo Department is asking for help."
Zhang Zhuo paused, "Who?"
"Hua En! It is said that Yang Gou led the army to the royal court."
Zhang Zhuo jumped up suddenly, "Gather the army!"
Without any hesitation, he set off with his army.
He didn't know the term "lips and teeth were cold", but the principles were the same.
The Jibo Department is finished, and the life of the Tiger Control Department is not much better.
I hurriedly and slowly hurried along, and halfway, I encountered a group of remnants of the Kibo tribe who were fleeing in embarrassment.
"Where is the royal court?" Zhang Zhuo asked.
"It's over! It's all over!"
Zhang Zhuo got off his horse, grabbed the man who was speaking by the collar, and slapped him hard twice, "Who's finished?"
"Khan!" the man said in panic.
Zhang Zhuo said in disbelief: "Young Master Jibo said that he could assemble an army of 40,000, and Yang Gou had to leave some people to guard his lair, so he didn't dare to attack with all his troops. It would only be 10,000 at most. Huaien is no match, but at least we can maintain a stalemate!" Actually lost?"
"Yang Gou's subordinates are too sharp, we can't defeat them."
"Just like that... he was defeated openly?" Zhang Zhuo thought it should be a surprise attack.
"Yes, they just set up a battle formation and fight."
"An army of 40,000!" Zhang Zhuo let go and cursed: "Huai En, you idiot, an army of 40,000 can't even protect the royal court. You can hold on for a while!"
He led his troops all the way to the royal court.
At this moment, the royal court looked like a ruins. Occasionally, a few people could be seen rummaging around in the ruins. After hearing the sound of horse hooves, these people came out in a panic to salute.
"Is this the famous Jibo Royal Court?" Zhang Zhuo dismounted and walked over.
"Where are the people?" he asked.
A man rummaging through things said: "They were all taken away. When we came here, there was no one here."
Zhang Zhuo staggered forward, and sure enough, except for dozens of people who came to search for things, the royal court was empty.
"Where are the things?" Zhang Zhuo walked into a intact tent.
After a long time, he walked out.
"Cleaner than a dog's lick!"
Nothing is left!
The generals under his command gathered together, and someone said: "After defeating the Waxie tribe last time, Yang Gou still left those herdsmen behind, but this time he swept them all away. Why?"
"In the past, we were the ones who took away the population of the Tang Dynasty!"
Zhang Zhuo's body was shaken, "Yes! In the past, we took away the population of Datang, but this time it's a different story."
"We used to rob them."
"But now it's the other way around."
"They have become tigers and wolves, but we have become cattle and sheep!"
A sense of absurdity made Zhang Zhuo laugh wildly.
"Cattle and sheep? Hahahaha!"
Ta-ta-ta!
"Khan, the troops from the south of the town are coming."
The two khans met, Xin Wuji looked at the royal court, and said solemnly: "I thought there were still some people here, so I wanted to take away some of them, so that I could expand my strength and resist the subsequent invasion of Yang Dog. But
Where are the people?”
"Population, cattle and sheep are our roots, but Yang Gou has dug up our roots this time!" Zhang Zhuo said.
"Zhang Zhuo Khan, what will we do next?"
Zhang Zhuo looked to the north.
Xin Wuji said: "Tanzhou? I'm afraid that person still wants to use us as a shield."
Zhang Zhuo said: "Even so, is there a second way we can take?"
"Return to Yang Gou!"
"Being Yang Gou's slave?" Zhang Zhuo said sarcastically: "You actually want to be Yang Gou's slave, do you want to call him master?"
He laughed and mounted his horse, "Even if I die, I will not be Yang Gou's slave. Let's go!"
Xin Wuji watched him go away and said calmly:
"Yes! I am his slave!"
…
Jianling is the seat of Fengzhou governor.
"Where did it come from?"
The sergeant guarding the city clearly saw the hundreds of Tang troops led by Cao Ying, and still asked with a straight face.
"Cao Ying, Sima of Chenzhou, would like to see Mr. Sun."
After entering Jianling City, Cao Ying shook her head slightly as she looked at the gray shops and lazy merchants on both sides of the street.
The sergeant leading the way said proudly: "This is the most prosperous place in Fengzhou. When those foreigners come in, they feel like they are in a fairyland, making a fuss. I don't know what Lin'an is like."
"Lin'an!" Cao Ying said casually: "That's what it looks like."
"Is that just the case?"
Fengzhou and Chenzhou are neighbors, but they are also competitors, so people from both sides will be tit-for-tat when they meet.
Ahead, two businessmen were arguing.
"How could it be as expensive as yours? Last time I was in Lin'an, the price was five yuan lower than yours."
"Lin'an is Lin'an. How many merchants are there in Lin'an? The shops can't be seen at a glance. The city gates can be blocked for half an hour every day when carts enter the city. It is said to be the richest place in Northern Xinjiang. How can we Jianling compare?
To tell you the truth, this guy came from Lin'an, and all the way back here, people eat horse chews, isn't it a waste? This extra five yuan is my cost and income, how high is it?"
"Yes!"
The sergeant looked back at Cao Ying.
Cao Ying's eyes were calm and she was assessing the situation in Jianling.