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The environment has a very strong binding force on a person.

In a civilized environment, Yunchu couldn't do such a barbaric thing.

In the same way, in a barbaric environment, if Yun Chu continued to act like a civilized person, he would suffer losses and even die.

In the environment where Yunchu grew up before, there was no concept of colonies. In Datang, one must have colonial experience, and there are a lot of them.

In the sixth year of Yonghui, there were 400 million households in Datang. Based on his own experience in governing Wannian County, Yunchu learned that the population of a household in Datang is calculated based on three generations, and it should be between six and ten, on average. There are eight people in a family.

People in Wannian County generally like to report their own population as much as possible, because the county lord will allocate various subsidies according to the head every now and then.

The rest of the states and counties are different. Generally, families will report two or three men, and others will be concealed. On the one hand, it can reduce taxes, and on the other hand, it is convenient to enter rich and noble families as servants.

Therefore, 400 million households are calculated based on eight people per household. At this time, Datang had a population of about 3000 to [-] million.

Yunchu made a rough calculation and found that the land area that Datang can control at this time should be around 1000 to [-] million square kilometers.

That's not even a blurred area.

Even counting babies, what can a country with a population of just over 3000 million control over a land of 1000 million and [-] square kilometers without colonial means?
In the court of the Tang Dynasty, the officials are now very disgusted with the behavior of the generals who have nothing to do to expand the territory.

The reason why the Tang army likes to constantly attack nearby enemies is not to expand the territory, but to create a safe production and living space for the people of the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, at this moment, the most prosperous place in the Tang Dynasty is not Jiangnan, not Southeast, but Longyou Road, Shanxi, Guanzhong, and even Shuzhong is far from being a land of abundance.

In order to defend Longyou Road and Shanxi, Shandong, Guanzhong, and Central Plains, the Tang Dynasty spared no effort to drive the Turks far away.

A land that cannot bring benefits to the Tang Dynasty is not a good land, which is why the Tang army expropriated the land.

The purpose of Yunchu's every expedition is not to expand the territory, but to extend Chang'an's industrial chain and find a qualified dumping place for the goods manufactured by Chang'an people.

Yunchu thought that the establishment of the Buddhist Kingdom should be very beneficial to Datang.

With the existence of the Buddha Kingdom, in the future, the land in the river will no longer be a barrier that blocks the extension of the Silk Road, but will become a gas station on the Silk Road, allowing the merchants of the Tang Dynasty to go further , It also allows merchants from farther away to reach Chang'an more safely and quickly.

Gold, silver, and money are not important to Datang. What Datang wants is a variety of economic species, abundant commodities, and continuously upgrading industries. To ensure the food security of Datang, what is needed is a variety of cattle, sheep, and livestock, which can make breeding easier and more productive.

The Western Regions are too big, and compared to other places, they are relatively rich, so the Western Regions appear to be more valuable than other places.

Therefore, the Anxi Protectorate and Beiting Protectorate are very busy, and there will never be enough troops.

The birth of gunpowder gave Datang more confidence and courage in controlling the Quartet.

I also began to boldly use various strategies, and boldly studied the strategy and tactical significance of winning more with less.

Even if it messes up, it doesn't matter, at most, send troops up, and use thunder, fire bombs, kerosene bombs and other combat methods that are far beyond their understanding for the natives around Datang to quell the disaster.

Just like the war between Hassan and Combis this time is an obvious example, Yunchu, Ruan doesn't care what Hassan thinks at all, and doesn't care whether Combis's family will become big, the only thing they want is a war between them, Hope they can make the middle of the river into no man's land.

After this battle, several tribes with the nine surnames of Zhaowu have already attacked each other, and there is already an irresolvable hatred between them.

So, at this moment, Yunchu, Wenrou, and Zhong Kui were ready to launch a plan to attack Sassanid Persia.

Create a powerful and invincible enemy for the tribes in the river where the nine surnames of Zhaowu are the main ones.

A few months ago, Yunchu sent a letter to Liu Rengui, the governor of Xiongjin, describing what he was doing and what he was going to do in the Western Regions. Now, Liu Rengui's reply letter came.

Looking at the letter sent by Baiqisi, Yunchu was really moved.

This letter traveled [-] miles from the easternmost point of the Tang Dynasty to the westernmost point of the Tang Dynasty.

Yun Chu glanced at the envelope and found two small ink dots on the corner of the envelope, so he threw the letter into the bonfire.

Liu Rengui didn't want Yunchu to read the nonsense he wrote, and he had told him a long time ago that if he found two ink dots in the lower left corner of the envelope, he just burned it and didn't read it.

Yunchu didn't read his letter, but the emperor must have read it. Therefore, this letter is the same as the letter Yunchu wrote to Liu Rengui. rule.

"You should take a look. See how an upright person like Liu Rengui flatters the emperor. It may be very useful for reference."

Gentleman, who was wiping the armor, felt somewhat regretful seeing Yunchu throw the letter into the fire and burn it.

"Calculating the time, Naha should have something to eat by now, right?" Yun Chu added some dry wood to the fire to make the fire more vigorous.

"Not only are we delivering food to Naha, but also various Buddhist temples on the ground in the Western Regions are also delivering food to Naha's Buddhist kingdom, but there are not as many as we have here.

Take your time, food supply matters, Buddhist temple management matters, and army formation matters will all be established. "

Rourou sat by the fire, hugged her armor, and said she was cleaning it, but in fact she was half-hearted.

Seeing his lazy appearance, Yunchu smiled and said, "Miss your little Guoer?"

Wen Guo is the gentle eldest son, not his wife. However, people in Datang are generally not used to saying that they miss their mother-in-law. They usually say that they miss their children.

"When I left, that woman was crying all the time. Her eyesight is not good. If she cries a lot, she might become blind."

After gently answering Yun Chu, he continued to wipe his armor vigorously.

After staying in a wild place like the Western Regions for a long time, I will naturally think of my relatives in Chang'an.

Yunchu himself grew up in the Western Regions, so how could he not understand gentle thoughts? At first, he had the opportunity to stay in the Western Regions to develop. If he hadn't encountered a difficult opponent, Yunchu should have already established a family in the Western Regions by now. own ethnic group.

However, it is meaningless to lead a group of herdsmen to form your own ethnic group in the Western Regions. It is nothing more than to lead this group of fierce people to establish a loose nomadic tribe alliance on the land of the Western Regions, and then lead this group of people to fight with the big The Tang army went to war.

This is not what Yunchu wants. It is meaningless to establish a kingdom of his own in this time and space. It will soon disappear with Yunchu's death. Even if Yunchu can make some changes to these nomadic tribes, wait for him After death, death is certain.

Wildness, blood and blood are the current theme of the Western Regions. It has a powerful and unrivaled power, and it will extinguish the spark that Yun Chu created, leaving no scum left.

Inheritance, first of all, there must be an environment that can make the inheritance permanent. Looking around, now, only Datang can barely meet Yunchu's requirements.

And Chang'an City is the glorious city that Yunchu chose.

The matter has been discussed, and Yunchu is ready to set off with the cavalry.

When Yunchu attracts all the big cannibals on the ground in Sasanian Persia to arrest him, Rourou will take the opportunity to pretend to be a Sogdian with the nine surnames of Zhaowu and retrieve the treasure of Prince Beluz from a city called Zalanji Come out and take away.

Zalanji is more than 800 miles west of Talas, and it is the largest city set up by the big cannibals in the far east.

At that time, after the elder brother of Prince Beluz fled here with the Persian nobles, he decided to take Zalanji as the last hold, and then achieve the goal of restoring the Persian Empire.

It's a pity that the big cannibals didn't stop chasing them because the road was far away. After A Luohan led the Persian nobles to make a final resistance in the city of Zaranji, they were still defeated by the big cannibals.

Therefore, Prince Beluz went all the way eastward and entered the Tang Dynasty to find an opportunity to restore the glory of the Persian Empire.

However, his elder brother A Luohan went all the way to the west, preparing to go to the Byzantine Empire, the remnant of the Roman Empire in the west, to find a chance to restore the country.

The capital of the Sasanian Persians was originally in Taisifeng on the Arabian Peninsula. This city was breached by cannibals. Before the city was breached, the Persian nobles fled Taixifeng in a hurry with the Persians’ centuries-old savings. All the way to Zalanji.

In the battle of Zalanji, the Persian nobles were basically killed and injured. The two princes, Beluz and Aro, had no chance to take away these treasures, so they had to be sealed in the city of Zalanji...

The experience of the two brothers Beluz and Arrow these years can be called the last elegy of the Persian Empire.

Yunchu actually doubted whether the treasures of the Persian Empire were real. If the quantity of these treasures was large enough, there would be no reason for the big cannibal not to know about the existence of these things.

If the treasure is really in the city of Zalanji, the big cannibal must have dug deep and searched it.

So, the Persian treasure sounds more like a conspiracy than real.

Normally, Yunchu didn't believe what politicians said or the promises they made.

It is the instinct of politicians to lie purposefully. They will not feel ashamed for deceiving you. They will only take the successful deception as proof of their wisdom.

Their reputation has gone bankrupt many, many years ago, otherwise, Shang Yang would not have to erect trees at the city gate to rebuild the reputation of politicians.