Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 659
"As long as you don't betray my Han family, the Han family will live up to you."

At the time of parting, Luo Chengdao confidently handed over ten thousand horses to his two surnames.

"I will never dare to betray the Central Plains!" The two vowed.

Luo Cheng said goodbye to them with a smile, but their oath was just to listen to.Any oath, in fact, can't compare with tyrannical strength.

Just like the famous saying in the Age of Discovery, the truth is only within the scope of the cannon.

In the same way, if the Central Plains is strong, the surrounding vassals are naturally loyal, but once the Central Plains is weak, the surrounding vassals cannot remain loyal all the time.

By the White Wolf River, Yan County.

This place used to be the Yan County established by the imperial court. In the early years before the Eastern Expedition, the imperial court successively established four counties: Liucheng County, Yan County, Liaoxi County, and Liaodong County on this small piece of land in the west of Liaoning.However, at this time, there is only one Liucheng County in the entire Western Liaoning, and after Luo Cheng integrated the counties and counties in Western Liaoning, only Liucheng County, Yan County, and Huaiyuan County remained here.

The old general Qu Tutong was depressed.

"Li Mi rebelled and captured eight counties in Henan. Meng Rang also captured more than ten cities in Huaixi, but the emperor ran to Guanzhong at this time."

He didn't understand.

What is even more incomprehensible is that the imperial court did not reward the Zhongwu Army for such great achievements.

"Old General Qu Tu, why aren't you happy when you were promoted to Deputy Jiedu of the Zhongwu Army?"

Luo Cheng didn't expect that the emperor asked Qu Tutong to take over Duan Da's deputy envoy.

"Luo Shuai, the rebels in the Central Plains are so arrogant, should we lead our troops south to quell the rebellion?" Qu Tutong asked.

But Luo Cheng just said, "The soldiers went out to attack the Turks, and they were quite exhausted after marching and fighting for several months. What's more, we also lost thousands of elites this time. The winter is not over yet, so we should let the soldiers rest .Besides, the emperor did not order us to go south, if we go south privately, we will be guilty of no merit."

This is a very real problem. Even though the Zhongwu Army now guards an area of ​​[-] counties in the border area, the imperial court still divides his defense zone. It was ordered by the imperial court.

Sending troops south without order can be regarded as a mutiny.

"Don't worry, old general. The imperial court will definitely be able to deal with Li Mi. Take ten thousand steps back. If the imperial court can't put down Li Mi's rebellion, as long as there is an edict, my loyal army will naturally send troops into the pass and go south."

Wei Zheng greets Luo Cheng in Yan County.

"The harvest is great, but what do you plan to do with so many horses?"

Luo Cheng smiled and said, "Although horses are not easy to raise in winter and spring, can a living person be suffocated by urine? 10,000+ horses, this is what we have worked so hard to get this time. Rewarding the king's army, we have to find some benefits for our brothers."

He sighed with emotion that rewards and punishments are immoral, and this can be regarded as a harbinger of the collapse of the imperial court.

If the imperial court doesn't reward him, he Luo Cheng will be rewarded, otherwise who would want to fight desperately in the future?
He grabbed the teacup, blew the tea froth a bit, and then took a sip. Luo Cheng was satisfied with the unique tea aroma with a bit of bitterness and aftertaste.

"I lost a lot of weight because I couldn't eat or sleep all day while fighting outside."

"Your Majesty has worked hard."

"It's okay to work hard. In short, I came back with all my beard and tail, but thousands of brothers failed to come back. I can only bring their ashes back. Compared with them, I am nothing."

Wei Zheng also sighed in his heart.

After the battle, thousands of soldiers from the Zhongwu Army disappeared, and these were still the most elite cavalry.

"By the way, Commander, you have brought [-] Tiele people and [-] Turkic people into the army this time. I'm afraid it's against the rules. The Ministry of War may not approve it."

Luo Cheng smiled.

He took a sip of his tea, "Old man, when did you become so pedantic? I brought these 2000 people back, and I didn't say that I would give them the status of military soldiers. You can place them in various counties in Liaodong and let them Build villages and become farm households, and then incorporate them into the army of the county."

The county soldiers are always just a supplement, and the county soldiers are not registered by the Ministry of War, but are just a kind of miscellaneous labor served by the people of the counties, and they are completely controlled and managed by the local counties.

"Is that okay?"

"What's wrong? Let me tell you, the world is in chaos now, so sometimes we can't be too rigid, we have to be flexible."

"The more than [-] soldiers who died in the battle before have to be generously compensated this time. They are all our soldiers and must be taken care of. If their families have suitable candidates and are willing to join our loyal army, they can be selected first. Add it in. Even if they are not suitable now, in the future, when they want to join the Zhongwu Army, they should also enjoy priority."

"Well, I took note."

Wei Zheng picked up his teacup, took a sip, and then asked Luo Cheng, "The emperor is going to Guanzhong at this time, and it is said that he is going to Jiangdu. This is really trying to die. In fact, General Qu Tu just said that you should send troops south to quell the chaos. I think It’s actually a great opportunity.”

Luo Cheng shook his head.

"The time has not come."

"Is the time here okay?" Luo Cheng asked.When I was abroad, I also had contact with Liaodong, but I can't talk about many things in detail, I only know that it is still safe.

"It's not bad. Not long after you left, we started to organize the autumn harvest. Some Mohe people were instigated by the Yuan family and came to plunder. As a result, we had prepared for a long time, but we beat them to pieces. Then they became honest, and then the autumn harvest It went very well. The weather is also beautiful this year, and the autumn harvest has been sunny, so all the grain can be put into storage."

"After the autumn harvest, we also followed the old practice of last year. On the one hand, we organized the villagers to train bows, arrows, spears and spears, and on the other hand, we organized the villagers to continue to build roads, dikes, and canals. In addition, some tribes such as the Khitan, Xi, Yu, and Shiwei also came over. We never refuse anyone who comes to trade, and they obey our rules, so the deal went smoothly."

"This year, the civil strife in the Central Plains has become more serious, but our Liaodong has become more and more stable. Therefore, since autumn, many people from the Central Plains have come to us to seek refuge from the famine, and some big families have come to avoid chaos and buy properties. In addition, many businessmen have also seen us. There are business opportunities nearby, so more and more caravans come here.”

Luo Cheng was very satisfied with the news, "These are good things. Stability is the foundation of prosperity. How are the prices here?"

"With the intervention of our Jiedushi Yamen, the price of goods is still stable. Now a bucket of rice is about 35 yuan, a bucket of white flour is 470 yuan, a piece of raw silk is about 880 yuan, a piece of fine cotton silk is 440 yuan, and a piece of coarse cloth is [-] yuan. [-] texts."

"A pair of cloth shoes is 27 Wen, a pair of fine shoes is 75 Wen, a hoe is [-] Wen, a iron horizontal knife is [-] Wen, a iron sword is [-] Wen, and an iron knife is [-] Wen."

Wei Zheng, as the Jiedu envoy Sima, is quite familiar with these prices.

Luo Cheng calculated it in his mind, and found that the price was indeed stable, much better than the current Central Plains.

At least [-] yuan a bucket of rice is hard to buy in the Central Plains now, but Liaodong has benefited from the garrison system of the garrison army and the strategy of not allowing food to flow out, so that it is already self-sufficient. There is no shortage of food, so naturally it will not The price is too high, especially by prohibiting grain merchants from hoarding grain, and introducing strategies such as restricting sales, so that the people are not short of grain.

"What's the price of livestock in the border market?"

"A Turkic Dun horse is [-] Wen, a female horse is [-] Wen, a small steer is [-] Wen, a second steer is [-] Wen, and a male camel is [-] Wen. One text."

"The price of wine sold to the barbarians is not bad. The price of ordinary middle-grade wine is [-] to [-] coins a bucket, and the better ones are more expensive."

"It seems that the family is indeed quite stable, and the border market is also very lively, which is very good." Luo Cheng felt relieved.

(End of this chapter)