The fact that there was a giant ape guard wearing gold chain mail behind Xuanqi Xingjun really scared many people.

After all, in front of the Yunzhou Mercenary Guild that day, many people saw with their own eyes that Xuanqi Xingjun had received the remains of the descendants of the Fengfeng clan.

As a result, in a blink of an eye, the descendant of the dead Fangfeng clan followed Xingjun alive again, and changed into a powerful and domineering golden armor to walk around.

Frightened, the mercenary group that brought back the corpse of the snowman escaped from the Yunzhou camp on the same day, lest the descendants of the Fangfeng clan who were taken in by Xuanqi Xingjun seek revenge on them.

At this time, Bai Yuqi couldn't take care of the camp, and people who didn't know the reason began to spread rumors that he could come back to life, and hurriedly arranged affairs and rushed back to the Central Plains with the disciples of Wujimen.

By this time it was already mid-March, and the snow and ice in the Turkic steppes were beginning to melt.

The temporary transfer stations of the ice and snow structure were gradually withdrawn, and the scattered mercenary organizations gradually retreated.

Originally, Bai Yuqi had to stay here to arrange the construction of the new grassland road after the melting of the Tongbei Snow Road.

But Guanzhong urgently asked for help, and he could only arrange the follow-up matters to return to the court in advance, but fortunately, the Turkic steppe had been pacified...... What do you want to do when everyone is gone?

This was not a war, but a successful international humanitarian relief operation, although the effect of the rescue was exaggerated, and even people with cattle, horses, sheep, wolves and various animal groups in the steppe were wiped out.

But who would dare to say that this was not a rescue operation? Nobody! Well, perfect!

Therefore, although the next thing is a bit more cumbersome, you need to arrange people to build grassland roads, you need to send people to build grassland pastures, you need to send people to open pits and wasteland to establish farms, and after the ice and snow completely melt, you also need to send people to explore mineral deposits, develop mines, and so on.

But these jobs, in fact, do not need Bai Yuqi to watch here personally, except for leaving some people to clean up the aftermath, the rest of the people will follow Bai Yuqi's class back to the court.

Next time, it may be the "Jiuli Brothers" who rescue the surrounding areas.

However, Bai Yuqi felt that next time he would probably go to the west in the direction of Tuyuhun, Tubo and Tianzhu to "rescue".

Because there are basically no living people in the north, small forces such as Murowei, Khitan, and Yan Ya in the east are also worried.

I heard that there were mercenary groups that went to the vicinity of Goguryeo to fight guerrillas, and I don't know if the small peninsula countries such as Silla and Baekje can hold out until the next time.

When I go back, it's much more convenient than when I come.

There was no need for Bai Yuqi to summon the Ao Neng War Horse, and he took his disciples to eat and drink all the way, and rushed back non-stop.

More than a million Turkic laborers and millions of cattle and horses were invested in construction sites and resource factories and mines along the Tongbei Highway.

As a result, the progress of the construction of this road is simply a thousand miles a day, and "a thousand miles" is not an adjective, but a quantifier!

When a million Turkic laborers are put into it, it is equivalent to a thousand laborers in one mile.

Coupled with the fact that they have mastered various construction skills and have the help of Tiangongmen disciples who have all kinds of unscientific spells, can the construction speed not be fast?

So not to mention the wide Tongbei Highway, even the steam train with wooden sleepers, stone rails and gravel roadbed has passed, and you can take the steam train comfortably when you go back.

Although the speed of the steam locomotive is worrying at present, who wants to ride a horse if there is a car?

Although the speed of the Aoneng war horse is fast, riding a horse consumes physical strength, and I am afraid that the eggs will not be broken all the way back.

Although the steam train is a little slower, people can run 24 hours a day without stopping if they burn some coal.

At this time, there is no busy railway line that causes the train to be delayed, so the time is about the same.

After all, not everyone is like Bai Yuqi, who has a monster-level body and long endurance, and can ride the Ao Neng war horse all the way back without eating, drinking, or sleeping.

In addition, the reason why Bai Yuqi chose to take the train was to rush back slowly with everyone.

Instead of riding the Ao Neng War Horse alone and rushing back first, the most important thing is that he has not yet found a suitable mount for the "Storm Ape King".

The Storm Ape King, who was transformed into a snowman parasitized by a cerebral flower, is one foot two feet (3.6 meters) tall and weighs ten stone (600 kilograms).

Not to mention an ordinary mount, even the Aoneng War Horse can't carry it, as soon as it sits on it, it will explode, and the smoke that can be ground on the ground with two legs dragged straight up!

In order to prevent this guy from eating people's brains everywhere after he got away from him, Bai Yuqi really didn't dare to let it get away from him.

Therefore, although the steam train is slow, it can go back to the Central Plains from Yunzhou in two days, and Bai Yuqi is a little dizzy to see the changes along the way.

This winter rescue operation to aid the north has made countless businessmen eat with fat brains.

A large amount of grain, forage and other materials were collected and transported to the north by them from all over the Tang Dynasty.

Then they were exchanged for herds of cattle and furs, which changed hands and sold them for a huge profit.

But the problem is that Datang's population is still too small, and the domestic demand market is limited.

If there is no [financial gate] in it, the market regulation of the planned economy model will be carried out to control the rise and fall of prices.

Suddenly, with a large number of furs and livestock, the livestock market can collapse in an instant.

Under the vicious competition, the ploughing ox that was originally going to be twenty times a head may suddenly fall to the point that it cannot be sold for two times, and it will be reduced to the point where it can only be killed and eaten for meat.

In the case that steam machinery, which is scarce in output, is still a centralized supply project, mainly supplied to shipping, factories and mines, and production units, and has not yet been popularized, the people of Datang still need to rely on a large number of livestock for farming.

So Bai Yuqi let [Financegate] make the decision of "selling by yourself and collecting by yourself" to cultivate the market.

That is, the mercenary guild collects the livestock from the mercenaries and sells them to the merchants in exchange for grain, forage and other materials.

Then let the merchants through the established communication line, transport back to the Central Plains and then sell to the [financial gate] here, it seems that the left hand to the right hand also makes people make a lot of money in vain, but this is a necessary process for the establishment of the market, what is the benefit...... Does it make sense for [Financegate], which has already started to issue "vouchers" directly?

The [financial gate], which purchased livestock from the merchants, began to cooperate with the Tang government to start "livestock loans", that is, first distribute cattle and horses and other large animals to the people for farming, and then collect the crops and grain they planted in subsequent installments to repay.

At the same time, for those people who are really poor enough to smoke, let alone take out loans to buy cattle, and even have to wear pants who goes out.

[Financegate] also set up centralized farms, recruiting poor people who had no land, no homes, no walls, and no tiles, and opened up wasteland for planting designated crops.

Otherwise, the people of Datang will not plant those non-food cash crops, how can those messy things be as important as the food that can fill their stomachs?