Ji Tang

Chapter 1131 Conversation!

Everyone was shocked when they saw this army!
All cavalry, at least, are on horseback.How many horses are needed?What astronomical figures must be spent on logistics?
This makes those who are interested in it unable to believe their eyes. Is Datang already so powerful?

When the army passes by, anyone within five hundred feet who refuses to listen to the warning will be killed without guilt!Punished for spying on military intelligence!
Therefore, whenever the army passed by, everyone quickly avoided it.There were vanguards in front, so Ji Song could only see them from a distance.

"This is my army of the Tang Dynasty?"

A businessman wearing a scarf to cover his face to prevent inhaling sand and dust spoke in Guanzhong dialect.

"Look what you said, this is already within the territory of the Tang Dynasty. If it's not the Tang Dynasty's army, could it be that it belongs to the Turks?" Another person said proudly.

The merchant who was choked rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Do you even have to say that? I just can't believe it! You and I are both good at calculating accounts. The number of people here is no less than 4 or [-], and there are more." Fifty thousand war horses.”

"Be a good boy, my three Zhang family members will have to live in poverty for one fucking day!"

He was so sad that with just a little calculation, he roughly calculated the consumption of this army in one day!When he figured it out, he was completely stunned.Fortunately, he thought he was the richest in the world, especially after walking on the Silk Road for nearly ten years, the Jingyang Zhang family was also considered the number one in Chang'an.

But now compared with this army, their Zhang family is nothing!

"Yes!"

The merchants on the side were also shocked and said: "I didn't expect the Tang Dynasty to be so powerful? The consumption of an army in one day is worth the accumulation of a powerful family in a lifetime."

"However, there is no shortage of food in the Tang Dynasty now. The three high-yielding grains brought back by the disciples of Duke Ning from tens of thousands of miles to the sea are now grown all over the world. I heard that my family has also grown a lot."

"Now those mud-legged ones are all fat and white. Compared with the Sui Dynasty, they are like heaven and earth. There is no comparison at all!"

He sighed: "Those mud-legged people are very proud now. They are not short of food now. The aristocratic families have gone to the sea to develop territories. No one is annexing their fields anymore. In densely populated places like Guanzhong, there are thousands of people every year There was no land. So under the call of the court, they all went to Anxi, Beiting, Mobei, Monan, Liaodong and other places. As long as they arrived, they would have at least one hundred acres of land, and they would also provide a daughter-in-law. As long as you have the ability, you can get as much land as you want. Any woman can do it.”

"The second son of a few family members in my village went to Anxi because they had no land. This time I met him in Jiaohe City, Anxi. Guess what?"

Without waiting for the merchant surnamed Zhang to speak, he said with envy: "Now I have a thousand acres of fertile land in the Mengchi Protector's Mansion under Anxi's rule, and there are also two mountains, and the pasture is ten miles in radius."

"This damn thing isn't about suffering, it's clearly about enjoying happiness."

The merchant surnamed Zhang opened his mouth wide, but he didn't say a word.

Damn it, I was so excited when I said it!

"I heard that at the beginning there was only one hundred acres of land, and the Dudu Mansion allocated three women. But after years of development, the family now has a thirteen-year-old aunt and more than 20 children. Every time the Dudu Mansion wins the battle , there will be many slaves, and their family now has 100 slaves to help him farm and raise livestock."

"Just watch, I will have to see his face next time he comes back to his hometown!"

The merchant surnamed Zhang held it in for a long time, but he could only choke out one sentence to strangle himself.

"Aren't they worried about slave revolts?"

I regretted it after saying that, but it was already too late.I saw an old friend saying with disdain: "No one is a fool, and the Tang Dynasty does not have such a system. They are prisoners of war, and they are bought by the people of the Tang Dynasty. As long as they work for five years and do not have any criminal records, they will automatically become the people of the Tang Dynasty." , and then some land and pasture will be allocated.”

"Of course, they will never expect to be treated the same as the people of the Tang Dynasty in this life. Only when their children are born will they get the treatment they deserve!"

Looking at the troops slowly retreating, the old friend sighed: "Let's go. If nothing else happens, I'm afraid we won't be able to come out again before the war is over."

"But it's okay. When we get home, we'll see who of the children in the family is willing to come to the Western Region. It's time to separate our families."

"Lao Lu, if you don't let me go, I'm afraid a few children will start fighting. Now that I can still move, I am considered a bit thin in the Western Region. If I let them move around, I can get a good place."

After saying that, he shouted loudly for the caravan to continue its journey. It was not far from Yumen Pass.Now that the army has just passed, it is time for the demons and monsters to retreat. If we don't leave now, when will we wait?

"Hey, wait for me!"

The merchant surnamed Zhang fell into deep thought after hearing what his old friend said, wondering if he should also let his children come to the Western Regions?It's not that he was greedy for cheap, it was just that the Governor's Mansion gave him too much!
But when he came back to his senses, he saw that the caravan had already set off, and he quickly shouted to his caravan to follow them quickly.In the vast Gobi desert, being alone means being slaughtered by others. It is safer to go together.
After receiving the war horses, the speed of the army finally increased. Previously, it could march up to thirty miles a day, but now it has soared to fifty miles.This is because there are so many horse-drawn carriages dragging them down, otherwise it would only be a blink of an eye to go a hundred miles a day at the starting speed~
The army passed by Che Division and headed south to Shanshan.

When passing a large lake, Ji Song ordered the army to camp and rest for three days, and then set off again three days later!
"This place was prosperous before, and it was the throat of the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty. Loulan was also very prosperous back then. It's a pity that this country disappeared overnight for unknown reasons, leaving only ruins."

Cheng Yaojin was quite familiar with this place, having led his army here when he was in Longxi.

This day I saw Ji Song alone by the lake, but the guards were driven away.So I stepped forward out of curiosity, and that's when I came up with the previous words!
"Disappeared overnight? Ha! Do you believe it?"

Ji Song sneered, such nonsense could only deceive the ignorant people. In his eyes, there was no such thing as ghosts and gods, they were just told to scare people!

"Hey! So what if you don't believe it? Anyway, those people in the court believe it."

How could Cheng Yaojin not know that this was a trick, but so what if he didn't believe it?
"I don't care if Loulan disappears or not. But some people have gone too far, but it has nothing to do with me, as long as it doesn't happen in my hands!"

There are some things where you have to pretend to be stupid. When everyone is pretending to be a fool, a smart person comes out. If you don't get beaten to death by a group of people, you will be lucky.

No matter how future generations react to Loulan's disappearance, in his opinion, it is nothing more than moaning for no reason.

He has seen the ruins of Loulan before. Due to various legends, no one has settled here for many years. In addition, drinking water resources are almost scarce, so no one is willing to come.

Puchanghai, this is the name of this big lake.

When it comes to Puchanghai, not many people may know it, but when it comes to Lop Nur, perhaps most people know this place!
At this time, someone may ask, isn’t this just a big lake?With so much water, how can there be a shortage of water resources?
hehe!What would you think if I told you that the water here is salt water?
Yes, Puchanghai is a saltwater lake and is not drinkable.

Looking at the light blue lake surface, in later generations, this place has become a salt-alkali land, a salt field in the Western Region in later generations.As for Lop Nur, which appeared later, it is just part of the current Puchang Sea!

"Oh, right!"

After coming back to his senses, he looked at Lao Cheng and said, "Why do you always have the time to come here?"

Cheng Yaojin rolled his eyes and said angrily: "I've been looking for you for a long time but no one was there. When I knew you were here, I came here quickly. I was worried that I would commit suicide by jumping into the lake!" He smiled and ignored the dark-faced old man. Procedure.

It wasn't until he turned the wheelchair forward a certain distance that he was about to be flooded with water, then he said quietly: "If you want to commit suicide and jump into the sea in the South China Sea, wouldn't it be better? And you still come here?"

He glanced at the nervous Lao Cheng and said speechlessly: "Don't worry, suicide? This word doesn't exist in my dictionary, Ji Song."

But Lao Cheng was not at all reassured. He stepped forward and said solemnly: "There is something wrong with you, something very wrong!"

Without waiting for Ji Song to speak, he said: "There has been something wrong with you since you came to the Western Regions. I can't tell you what is wrong, but this is not your past temperament!"

"Tell me honestly, what do you want to do?"

Ji Song did not look back, but looked straight at the lake, muttering: "What do you want to do?"

"I do not know either!"

"It just feels so boring!"

"I thought I would be able to have a peaceful life after returning to Chang'an, but who knew that your majesty, empress, and prince would work together to make it difficult for me to live in peace. As a disabled person, I achieved the position of Grand Bachelor of Wuying Pavilion and the head of the pavilion. It is said that I am under one person. Perhaps it’s an exaggeration to be above ten thousand people. But it’s not too much to say that you are an extremely human minister, right?”

"There are endless documents to read, and endless government affairs to deal with. Intrigues, cunning, and intrigues. I've had enough!"

"Sometimes I just want to find a place where no one is and live out the rest of my life, but I can't help myself! I came to the world naked, but I was tightly locked with shackles, and I couldn't move at all!"

"I know they don't trust me and can feel at ease only if they have me by their side, but I still show off to others with a disgusting look of gratitude."

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Ji Song rambled a lot, and even said a lot of things that others thought were rebellious.But Cheng Yaojin just stood there and listened silently, as if he was listening to the complaints of a junior!
"You may not know that the life I most hope to live is a peaceful life for one person, one dog, one thatched hut, one mountain and one river for the whole family. It's not that I, Ji Songhu, am boasting. As long as I want to, even in the deep mountains and forests where there are no birds or people. , or a barren desert, I can live the life I want."

"The old man knows!"

Cheng Yaojin spoke. He sat on the beach like an old farmer and looked at the lake.

"I know all these things you are talking about, and I believe you have such ability!"

He seemed to recall a distant memory and said: "When I first saw you without changing your expression under the Prince's sword, when you rescued Princess Pingyang, when I saw a copy of the "Three Character Classic" in your place, when you Let there be no more hunger in Guanzhong, and when you have become famous for your martial arts and martial arts."

"It's enough for others to do the same thing to leave a name in history and be famous forever. But you have done so much without us knowing it. Sometimes I want to open your head to see if you are any different from us." ?”

"Why are you born as a human being, but you can do things that others can't do?"

He looked at Ji Song and said seriously: "Your dissatisfaction, your anger, since you can't let go of family, friendship, and kindness, then bury it in your heart forever and ever!"

"I know you are capable, and a big one at that!"

"but."

He smiled bitterly and said: "But we will be unlucky when we meet your Majesty."

"Sometimes he seems crazy, but he can always stop at the edge of danger. He may seem cruel, but he can always control the murderous intention in his heart."

"Such a person deserves to be the emperor. Anyway, I am convinced!"

Ji Song glanced at Lao Cheng in surprise, but he didn't expect that the old man could see clearly!

After a moment of silence, Ji Song said: "The reason why I want to practice here for three days is that, firstly, the knowledge of the soldiers has reached its limit, and secondly, I want to see if my efforts over the years have produced delicious fruits!"

"Come on, look at this!"

After saying that, he took out a letter. This was the information sent by Anxi using a falcon!
Cheng Yaojin was stunned for a moment, then took the letter and read it.

"What a great spirit!"

He praised loudly and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Guo Xiaoke to be so courageous? There is also Xu Jingzong in Beiting. Is he crazy? He used to be so cautious, but now he smashes Beiting to death and goes on a killing spree?"

"Qiao Shiwang couldn't do anything to him, and he defeated his entire army. This is like no one else!"

No wonder he is like this, Xu Jingzong was one of the eighteen bachelors of Tiance Mansion.He was also a person who made many contributions back then.Logically speaking, even if this person is not reused, he will not be brought to the Western Regions!
But Cheng Yaojin knew that Xu Jingzong was very good at maneuvering, and in order to show his face in front of the emperor, he lost all his literary character.This made Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others extremely dissatisfied. In addition, other officials were also very dissatisfied with him, so he has not been reused in these years.

In addition, he was greedy and accepted financial bribes. In the 21st year of Zhenguan, he was reported and exposed, and he was demoted.In the end, I don’t know what kind of madness this old boy got, but he actually invited himself to the Western Region, euphemistically calling it atonement!

I thought he was just trying to escape from Jinchuan and wanted to avoid the limelight in the Western Region.But after seeing the letter, he actually went to the North Courtyard to defend Qiao Shiwang and went on a killing spree!
"What did you see?"

Ji Song asked with a smile.

Cheng Yaojin was stunned. Seeing that Ji Song didn't seem to be joking, he read the letter again.When he saw at the end that Beiting, Tianshan, and Anxi Protectorate were all launching purge operations, he seemed to understand something.

His eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "Are they ignoring the traces of destruction?"

"What are they covering up?"

At this point even a fool can see that something is wrong.

Ji Song said quietly: "Didn't you think of it? Why bother asking more? Some people don't want us to know something, so the only way is to destroy the evidence before I come!"

After speaking, he said with some interest: "It happened to be very boring, but I didn't expect it to be such fun? Now I'm somewhat interested!"

(End of this chapter)