Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 281 The military envoy is the sweat of our Sogdians
When Yang He contacted the monks of Dayun Temple, Pei Yuan had already stood in front of several descendants of the former Tianping Army's left and right hatchback commanders and the patriarch of the Guzang Li clan.

At that time, the Yunzhou Tianping Army garrisoned Liangzhou in the west and divided them into two sides. Qu Zhongcheng, who was sent by the imperial court to lead the army, had already returned to the Central Plains.

The remaining sergeants are headed by the left and right hatchback commanders, and they have worked for seven to 80 years. At present, these sergeants are the third or even the fourth generation.

They are mainly surnamed Sun, Liu, Ma, Cui, and Wang. Now the descendants of the Tianping Army are in charge, and it is Hexi Jiedu Yamen and Duzhi Ambassador Liu Shaoyan.

The patriarch of the Li family in Guzang was an old man named Li Jianhou, who was an official of Hexi Jiedu Tui.

However, the Guzang Li family is relatively empty now, because although they have a relatively large name, they don't have many people, only a thousand or so.

"Ambassador Liu, Li Tuiguan, I really don't understand, what are you two still hesitating about? Do you really need to kill yourself to regret it?
It was Li Liuhou who led us to kill Sun Jieshuai in the name of corruption, but what about now?
Sun Jieshuai's mansion of fertile land basically fell into the hands of Li Liuhou, and we got the reputation of murdering Shangguan, and all we got was a little Susukida.

Although Pei came from it, he can't be regarded as an outsider, because he was his grandfather back then, and sent his ancestors to this important border defense area.

If there is no such a heavy relationship, I don't care about you, just sit and watch you being killed by the six gangs of Yan Mo, and your descendants are also reduced to the dust, alas! "

As Pei Yuan spoke, he let out a long sigh. It turned out that his grandfather was Pei Shi, the Jiedu envoy of the Tianping Army who sent 500 people from the Yunzhou Army to Liangzhou.

This is also the reason why he was able to go to Shazhou to seek help as a representative of the descendants of Liangzhou Tianping Army.

Liu Shaoyan hesitated for a moment, actually he was no stranger to the Guiyi Army.

12 years ago, he personally went to Dunhuang to ask for assistance from the Guiyi Army. However, Cao Yijin had just stabilized the situation that year, and with the Uighurs in Ganzhou blocking him, he was unable to rescue Liangzhou at all.

In fact, the Guiyi Army had a deeper influence on Liangzhou than Zhang Zhao thought.

In 12, 925 years ago, after the Central Plains Dynasty was unable to take care of Liangzhou, the Han people who stayed here still regarded the Guiyi Army as their superiors and hope.

It was only after Liu Shaoyan returned without success this time that the Han people in Liangzhou realized that the Guiyi Army had been trapped in Guasha and could no longer be counted on.

"Pei Dutou, is the current situation really so dangerous? Li Liuhou still has three hundred soldiers in his hands. Those thieves will starve to death sooner or later without me waiting to sell the food. How dare they make trouble?"

The person who spoke was a young and strong man with a wide mouth, his name was Cui Huxin, he was known by everyone in Jiedu Yaqian in Hexi, and he was very prestigious among the younger generation of Tianping Army.

"Cui Sanlang really thinks that three hundred tooth soldiers can stop tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Gamo people? It is because the Gamo people will starve to death without our food, so they will definitely rise up and make trouble. They have knives in their hands. Why? Worry about no food?
In the past three years, Li Liuhou has exploited all the tribes, and he is extremely extravagant. Not to mention the Gamo people, we and the Sogdians in the west of the city have had a very difficult life. The situation in Liangzhou is like a mountain fire in autumn. The explosion is at hand. "

"Brother Pei, from your point of view, what kind of person is this Mr. Erlang? In the past, we Liangzhou people led the rebels into Liangzhou several times, but in the end they couldn't make up their minds. Every time they retreated, the situation changed. Sinister.

Now you also know that although we Tang'er still control the Jiedu Yamen, and we also own hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land outside the city, the Six Fans of Yanmo have already established their forces.

They have a large number of people, and they have long coveted the heart. If we attract Zhang Erlang but fail to deal with them, they will turn back in the future, and we may be overthrown! "

Pei Yuan looked at Liu Shaoyan and smiled wryly, "Liu Weng, it's not that the Guiyi Army can't suppress the Gamo people, nor can they control Liangzhou, it's actually the imperial court.

Why did our ancestors come here from Yunzhou thousands of miles away?Isn't it arranged by the court!

The thousands of soldiers and horses of the Guiyi Army today are all descendants of the soldiers who were trapped in Anxi and Hexi in the past. They have destroyed countless countries in Anxi, Hezhong and Tianzhu, and they have few opponents. They are indeed the most elite soldiers and horses that a certain person has seen in his life. It is a little inferior to the emperor's guards in the Luoyang court.

Zhang Erlang in Shazhou is a direct descendant of Zhang Taibao. He has a long-term vision, is courageous and resourceful, and has a resolute temperament.

The most important thing is that this person has a style of benevolence and righteousness. Sometimes he looks a bit pedantic, lacks the arrogance of a young hero, and is not refreshing enough, but following him is the most at ease.

In fact, Liangzhou Yanmo, like the descendants of the Anxi Army and the Hexi Army, are descendants of the army and civilians of the Tang Dynasty who were reduced to Hu Chen.

People from the west of the imperial court often cannot understand this suffering, so since Zhang Taibao recovered Liangzhou 70 years ago, no one comforted the various ministries at the end of the Tang Dynasty and brought them back to the Tang Dynasty, resulting in the current sinister situation.

But Zhang Erlang must have felt the same way. If there is anyone who can turn the hundreds of thousands of Gamo people in Gamo Liufan or even Hehuang Valley into Hu Guihan, it must be this person! "

Pei Yuan's eyes were shining brightly, and every description in it was his actual inner feelings.

Especially the slightly pedantic one, he felt the deepest. At the beginning, he urged Cao Yuande to trap and kill Zhang Erlang, and then informed Zhang Zhao of the news through Khotan Tiansheng Princess.

He fully thought that Zhang Zhao knew that Cao Yuande had intended to trap him, so he would definitely raise an army directly to attack Dunhuang, and then he would contact Princess Tiansheng and other internal and external cooperation to sell the city of Dunhuang to seek advancement.

In the end, he never expected that for the so-called no more bloodshed, Zhang Erlang put himself in danger with his own body, so he had to temporarily change his strategy to talk about Liangzhou, and he was almost killed by Zhang Erlang's clay pot .

But thinking about it now, it is indeed a bit pedantic, but it is reassuring!

Following such a king, you don't have to worry about losing your life when you become evil. As long as you are doing something, you will always have a share of wealth and honor.

Liu Shaoyan looked at Pei Yuan in a daze. Liu Shaoyan still knew a little about this high-school kid who came from the Central Plains.

Although he has great talent, he always has the arrogance of a child from a family. It can be said that he is full of superiority. He has never seen Pei Yuan admire someone so much.

"Liu Weng, if this Erlang is really what Pei Sheren said, no! As long as he has [-]% of his great-grandfather's ability, we can place a bet!
My aunt, the Li family, has lived in Liangzhou for hundreds of years, so she can't be defeated by my unfilial descendants, right?
At the end of the year, the various ministries multiplied day by day, and they had already set their sights on the hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land in our hands. I originally expected Li to stay behind, but who knew, alas!

He didn't even want to protect my uncle, he just wanted to get enough money, so he ran to Dongdu to have a good time. "

Li Jian had a thick face of disappointment. After staying in Liangzhou, Li Wenqian was his nephew. Originally, he hoped that this nephew could unite some people and continue to suppress the six tribes of the Momo, at least to leave a way out for the Guzang Li family.

As a result, the man Li Wenqian had long since given up on the Guzang Li family, and only wanted to get through the relationship with the imperial court and leave this big city in Hexi that was about to be destroyed.

Liu Shaoyan looked left and right, and the elders of all the families nodded slightly at him.

"Since that's the case, let Pei Sheren go to meet Li Liuhou with a certain one! Let him go on like this, and we all will have no way out."

Li Wenqian was also waiting for Pei Yuan to come back at this time. The Hexi Jiedu Liu who was conferred by the Later Tang Dynasty and the governor of Liangzhou had already lost hope in Liangzhou.

A few years ago, he and everyone in Liangzhou took advantage of the opportunity to kill Sun Chao who was seriously ill. After seizing the power of Liangzhou, he also wanted to cheer up, but it didn't take long for Li Liuhou to abandon his treatment. .

The reason is very simple. The Han people in Liangzhou are only [-] to [-], but there are more than [-] in the Yanmo Liufan around Liangzhou City.

If you count the north of Lanzhou and the end of the Hehuang Valley, there are at least 700,000. Such a terrifying population gap directly made Li Wenqian despair.

Since then, his plan has changed. It is no longer trying to rule the Hexi city together with the Liangzhou Han people, nor is it trying to continue the Guzang Li family that has been passed down for more than a thousand years.

Instead, he quickly made a lot of money by himself, and then bought an official from the imperial court of the Eastern Capital. He could become a rich man wherever he went, without being hacked to death by barbarians here.

"Has Yuying come back? If Liu Weng is fine, please wait a moment. I'm not sure about this jade, let Yuying help me look at it first!"

Li Wenqian is tall, at least six feet tall, which is about 1.8 meters. Although his belly is already obvious, his years of martial arts training has left him with a deep sense of bravery.

Completely different from the name Wenqian, Li Wenqian is actually a typical martial artist of the Tang Dynasty.

There is a bit of cunning in the rough and rough, which does not match the image of Wen Qian, a weak scholar who sounds polite.

In fact, this is normal. The situation in Liangzhou is complicated, and the various tribes live together intertwined, with prominent conflicts. It is normal to make gestures with each other all the year round.

Li Wenqian grew up in such an environment, so naturally he couldn't be a scholar and Confucian general.

Before he became Hexi Jieduliu, he was also a man with fists and a horse with arms, but when he was knocked down by reality, he quickly degenerated into a black fat man who only cared about making money.

The identification of jade articles is completely an excuse. Li Wenqian just wants to dismiss Liu Shaoyan, so that he can know the result of Pei Yuan's return to the rebel army?

Pei Yuan glanced at the strong men beside Li Wenqian. These are the dental soldiers recruited by Li Wenqian
Most of them were Li Wenqian's subordinates when he joined the army in the past, and a few were brave men recruited from Lanzhou, Hezhou and other states. These people were Li Wenqian's last line of defense.

"What did the Cao family say? Are they willing to send someone?" After Liu Shaoyan finished, Li Wenqian asked Pei Yuan impatiently.

The money is almost earned, but at this time it is not like later generations, just deposit it in the bank card.

At this time, even if all the goods are exchanged for gold, silver and silk, it is not easy.

It is impossible to run smoothly from Liangzhou to the Central Plains without a large number of sergeant escorts.

But Li Wenqian managed to recruit these 300 people with great effort, and he was reluctant to continue recruiting. These people also cost money.

Therefore, Li Wenqian thought of a 'good way', which was to go to the Cao family of the Guiyi Army for help.

It is self-evident what Liangzhou means to the Guiyi Army, so Li Wenqian granted the title of commander of the Hexiya Barracks, saying that he could agree to the Guiyi Army sending [-] troops to Liangzhou.

But among the 500 people, [-] should be allocated to escort him to the east, at least to the territory of Xiongwu Jiedu envoy Qinzhou, so that he can prostitute hundreds of soldiers and horses of the Cao family for nothing.

Originally, it was the closest to go to Lingzhou, where Lingwu Jiedushi was, and then to the east, but Lingwu Jiedushi had always wanted to annex Liangzhou. Li Wenqian did not dare to go to Lingzhou. He chose to go to Dongdu from the site of Qinzhou Xiongwu Jiedushi.

Seeing Li Wenqian's apprehensive expression, Pei Yuan smiled coldly in his heart. The reason why Li Wenqian sent him there was actually because of Pei Yuan's identity.

Although the wealthy family has long since ended, the Wenxi Pei family still maintains a certain network of relationships.

Li Wenqian went to Dongdu and wanted to keep his wealth and become a rich man, and even find a half-job, so he had to rely on Wenxi Pei to help him connect.

Of course, he can only look for people like Wenxi Pei, if he looks for those warriors, he will be eaten raw.

Compared with the Wufu of the Five Dynasties, the aristocratic family that has long lost its prestige is still much gentler, no!It should be said that he is a normal person, and he is gentler than the five generations of warriors.

"After returning to stay, Mr. Cao Ling was seriously ill and could no longer serve as a director. Fortunately, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, Cao Shijun, understood the righteousness and agreed to send [-] soldiers to Liangzhou. They will arrive soon."

Pei Yuan put away the sneer in his heart, and replied pretending to be respectful.

"Hmph! Needless to say, they understand righteousness. They have been coveting Liangzhou for a long time. Of course, Cao Yuande will not let go of this opportunity.

I heard that some merchants from the west said that the Guiyi army fought against the Uighurs in Ganzhou again, and it seems that they also captured Suzhou. Could it be that they really want to capture Liangzhou again? "

After hearing that Gui Yijun agreed to send someone to escort him, Li Wenqian actually felt uncomfortable after he felt a little more at ease.

This is Liangzhou!The five cool essences, his ancestor Xingsheng Emperor Li Hao, was here to dominate.

"My lord, the Cao family is no longer in power by Cao Yuande, it is Cao Yuanzhong who is in power.

The Guiyi Army did defeat the Uyghurs in Ganzhou and seized Suzhou, but it may not be easy to defeat the Uyghurs.

And at that time, the queen was already at ease in the Eastern Capital, so let them fight for this place! "

Pei Yuan was keenly aware that something was wrong, and quickly corrected Li Wenqian's statement that Cao Yuande was in charge of the Guiyi Army.

The muscles on Li Wenqian's black and fat face twitched, and a little bit of joy suddenly appeared, and the eyes he looked at Pei Yuan became more intimate.

"So that's the case, thank you Yuying for reminding me, when I return to the Eastern Capital in the future, I might have to make Jun work hard for a certain person.

Recently, a certain Xinde got a white jade suanni carved from Tianyu. The rough people don't understand these, so they just gave it to Yuying. "

"Thank you for your gift! I will do my best!"

Pei Yuan cupped his hands in thanks, feeling a little emotional in his heart, it's not easy!Li Liuhou's brave mouth is so generous, it seems that he is really in a hurry.

"I don't know when the soldiers of the Guiyi Army will arrive?" After sending a white jade 狻猊 with heartache, Li Wenqian couldn't sit still.

These days, he felt more and more that something was wrong. Not only was there something wrong with the Gamo people, but also the descendants of the Yunzhou Army, and even the relatives of the Li family.

"The servant rushed back earlier. The soldiers of the Guiyi Army are led by the envoys of Yaqian soldiers named Yan. They will definitely arrive within three days!"

"That's good! Yuying these days, it's better to stay in the yamen temporarily. Someone has prepared some beauties and wine, and I have the right to reward them. When Yan's soldiers and horses arrive, we will immediately prepare to set off to return east!"

This is to prevent Pei Yuan from being wooed or connected with other people when he goes out!But it was too late, Pei Yuan was already prepared, first met Liu Shaoyan and Li Jianhou in secret and then Li Wenqian who came to see him.

Moreover, Zhang Junshi has many capable ministers under him, as long as he enters Liangzhou City, he doesn't need to connect with him at all.

At that moment, Pei Yuan's face showed a sensual expression, "Then thank you for staying!"

. . . .

It was much easier for Pei Yuan to contact the Han people in Liangzhou, Huixing monk Yang He to win over the monks of Dayun Temple, and Zhang Liecheng to deal with the Sogdians in the west of the city.

The Sogdian ethnic group was a very peculiar ethnic group in Tang Dynasty.

These Sogdians, known by the Tang court as the nine surnames of Zhaowu, were engaged in business in the early days, and later gradually expanded to the political and military circles.

The current Chengde Jiedu envoy An Chongrong and Jingnan Jiedu envoy Kang Fu are typical Sogdians.

In addition to those from the military, political and business circles, the Sogdians even went to the Central Plains to farm.

Among the various tribes in Daibei, a large number of Sogdians replaced all ethnic groups and became farmers.

The population of the Sogdians with the nine surnames of Zhaowu in the Tang Dynasty and the Central Plains far exceeded the population in their native land.

After the Persianization and Turkization of the hometown of Zhaowu's nine surnames, the Central Plains became their hometown instead.

Sogter in Liangzhou was headed by the Cao family, but the Cao family was more Tubo-oriented. They had already changed their surname to Cao Wan.

However, since these Sogdian families depended on the Silk Road for food and had many contacts with merchants in their hometown, they were not like the Han people and Gamo people in Liangzhou who did not know who Zhang Zhao was. Ju'er, who can blackmail Saman Persia, sweats like thunder.

And they are businessmen, the needs of businessmen are obvious, and they are much easier to deal with than others.

Their biggest goal is to pursue profit, everything can be measured by money, simple and rude.

In their eyes, Zhang Liecheng was nothing more than a distant kin who hugged Ju'erhan's thigh.

They had heard of Ju'er Khan's prestige, and if Ju'er Khan came to rule Liangzhou, they would not have much opinion.

But if they want to take the initiative to respond internally and welcome Ju'erhan into the city, it depends on whether it is beneficial.

So, after Zhang Liecheng took out a large bag of white crystal particles, the secret room of the Sogdian Chamber of Commerce suddenly fell silent.

Ever since Zhang Zhao opened up Tianzhu and brought the Silk Road into a small circle, some businessmen have brought back some Tianzhu icing from Tianzhu.

However, compared with the icing in the Central Plains, it doesn't seem to be much different.
The color is dark brown, it looks rough, and the sweetness is just that, which is not conducive to transportation.

It's just that the price is lower, but compared to various spices, Tianzhu icing is not particularly popular.

However, the icing that Zhang Liecheng took out seemed very different. Cao Wantong gently picked up a pinch and tasted it carefully, and his eyes lit up as soon as he put it into his mouth.

He squeezed a handful into his mouth just now according to the sweetness of icing sugar in the past, because the sweetness of icing sugar at this time is relatively low, if there is less, there will not be much sweetness at all.

But the pinch he pinched is really worthy of the name of sweetness, the sweetness is more than double than the previous icing.

Moreover, the current icing sugar is brown in color and the powder is finely divided. It can't be called icing sugar at all. At that time, people called it brown sugar, and its appearance is at least five times worse than the icing sugar in Zhang Liecheng's hand.

"Could it be that Zhang Jun used cow's milk to make it? It's good, but the price is too expensive, and dignitaries should save some money. Even if it's as sweet as honey, it's hard to make much money." An old merchant surnamed An said Worries in mind.

At this time, there is also a white sugar purification method, but it is more strange, and it is purified with milk.

Speaking of which, the protein rich in milk can indeed have this effect, but the price is simply unbearable.

You must know that there are no cows now, and it is extremely difficult to obtain and preserve milk. The price of white sugar purified with this thing is sky high, and it is incomparable with the yellow mud decolorization and carbon dioxide decolorization methods used by Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Liecheng smiled faintly, "If this thing is made of cow's milk, then why did I have to bring it in front of the elders?

Everyone, please look at the color and sweetness, which cannot be produced by bleaching milk.

To decolorize and purify icing sugar, a foster father of a certain family has his own magic method. It only needs two catties of brown sugar to refine one and a half catties of icing sugar, and it saves time and effort and is easy to operate.

As for the secret method used, of course it will not be made public, but the military envoy can grant the right to franchise, whoever can get it, you naturally understand how to do it.

If you don't want to do it, it's okay, there are more real money than people who want it. "

This is the only deal with technical support!What commodities are the most profitable, and monopoly commodities are the most profitable.

And the raw materials are easy to find. Two catties of Tianzhu sugar can produce one and a half catties of this white frosting.

"Although this law is good, it is only a franchise right..."

Cao Wantong pondered for a moment, this old boy has quite a appetite, in fact he is not too small, as a businessman, it is a normal operation to ask for prices.

"Oh, that's right! I forgot to mention one thing, you haven't forgotten the other identity of a certain foster father, right?

The military envoy intends to set up a trade road patrol envoy in Dunhuang City, and those who oppose the military envoy should not go west.

Of course, some people will bypass Dunhuang, but I’m sorry, there are also Muni City and Shule City, no matter if you go south or north, you can’t go around. "

Seeing that someone was hesitating, Zhang Liecheng seemed to have just suddenly remembered, and kindly reminded the Sogdians in Liangzhou in the secret room that those who refused to eat the toast would not be given the fine wine.

Speaking of which, Zhang Liecheng took out a letter and handed it to Cao Wantongxi, "This letter is a personal letter from Cao Yaya's fellow clan Linggong Dawang.

Yaya should know that the Cao Wan family cannot gain a firm foothold in Liangzhou without the support of King Linggong, right? "

You should have said it earlier!If you can pinch my lifeline, you should have pinched it earlier!I still want to bargain with you.

Cao Wantong washed away his pretended thinking face, and then disappeared. He laughed gleamingly on his face, and held Zhang Liecheng's hand.

"Sure enough, she is a talent from my Cao family! I heard that the Great Khan has a favorite concubine, who is also from my Cao family. This Khan is the Khan of our Sogdian people!
Commander Zhang please report to His Majesty the Great Khan that the four surnames in Liangzhou are Sogdian, and we will follow the Great Khan's will, and we will do whatever we are asked to do! "

　Two in one, one update today, Calvin, I always feel that what I wrote is not the case, so it is a bit late.

　　
　
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