The belief in Tibet was quite simple before the founding of the Tang Dynasty, probably after Songtsen Gampo married Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty and Princess Qizun of the Kingdom of Richavi (present-day Nepal) during the Zhenguan period, Buddhism gradually began to prevail in Tibet.

In particular, when Princess Wencheng married, she brought a large number of monks, Buddhist scriptures and craftsmen from China to Tibet, and since then Tubo has built countless temples in the territory, and the people in China have begun to believe in Buddhism.

The Razakwang in front of him is obviously also a faithful Buddhist, but he is too confident in his conversation, and there is a sense of wishful thinking. No matter what can involve the Bodhisattva, and then he takes matters into his own hands to help the Bodhisattva speak, he thinks that the Bodhisattva will not object, then the Bodhisattva will definitely not object, just like the posture of the Bodhisattva's spokesman in Tibet, and he doesn't care whether he has the Bodhisattva's authorization or not.

"How much can these herbs sell for?" Gu Qing said thoughtfully.

Razawang smiled bitterly: "It's just a casual brought, no one buys it and throws it away, we mainly bring the products of the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions back to Tubo to sell for money." ”

Gu Qing sighed and said: "Actually, there are still people who buy medicinal materials, you didn't find the right person, if you go to Chang'an to sell it, find the shopkeeper of the medicine hall in Chang'an, or find the military secretary to sell some medicinal materials such as blood circulation and blood stasis and hemostasis, it is easy to sell." ”

Lazawang sighed: "I can't go to Chang'an, the people of the Tang Dynasty don't like us Tubo people, and they are also very disgusted with what we sell......

Gu Qing looked at him and said, "I think it, disliking you has little to do with whether you are from Tubo or not, the main thing is that you are dirty, go back and take a good bath, change into clean clothes, there is not such a heavy smell on your body, maybe you won't dislike it." ”

Razawang sniffed his armpits curiously, and looked inexplicable: "Where is it dirty?" I only washed ...... last year."

This action made Gu Qing very upset, and he immediately leaned back tactically, feeling that the friendship he had just established might have come to an end.

However, Gu Qing's words are not false, the Tang people do not dislike the Tubo people, they dislike all foreigners, including but not limited to the Tubo.

In recent years, the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo have won and lost in the war, after all, the victory rate is a little more, and the self-confidence of the nation is based on the probability of winning or losing the war, so the Tang people still look at the Tubo people with the eyes of the wild monkeys, and there is a condescending sense of overlook.

That's right, it's discrimination.

Regardless of winter or summer, he is dressed in a leather robe, with a thick felt hat, his skin is tanned like black charcoal by the ultraviolet rays of the plateau, his cheeks are flushed with two clusters of plateau red, and he speaks in a strange tone.

Gu Qing's behavior tonight was very strange, as if he was suddenly very interested in the Tubo people, and pulled the three Tubo businessmen to chat, from the customs of Tubo to the business experience, as if he had found a confidant, and chatted until the second half of the night, Huangfu Sisi couldn't help but yawn, and Gu Qing said goodbye to the Tubo businessmen.

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The guards lit torches and hugged Gu Qing on the way back to the camp.

Han Jie couldn't help but say, "Hou Ye chatted so speculatively with those foreign monkeys, what is there to talk about?" ”

Gu Qing said with a smile: "Knowing yourself and knowing your opponent, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles." Anxi's biggest enemy now is Tibet, and as the commander of the three armies of Anxi, it is necessary to know more about the enemy's customs and customs. ”

"But most of the topics that Hou Ye talked about just now are the products of Tibet and Buddhist temples, etc., what we need to know should also be their army deployment and numbers, as well as the personality of the enemy commander, etc., these questions Hou Ye didn't ask a word just now......

"Do you think the Tibetan merchants will know about this sensitive topic? Even if they knew, they would tell you with pleasure? Gu Qing smiled: "What identity asks what question, I want to know the situation of their army, just catch a Tibetan general and ask, the last time we fought with Tubo, we captured a lot of Tibetan generals, we already know the information we should know, there is no need to bother to speak." ”

Han Jie smiled bitterly: "What Master Hou thinks is unfathomable, and it will be difficult to figure it out in the end. ”

Gu Qing looked at the sky in the night in a deep tone, and sighed: "I just want to try to buy a little more time to come out, not only to protect the peace of the west, but also to lead the army back to Yumen Pass and do more things for Datang......"

Han Jie said suspiciously: "Why do you want to lead the army back to the Yumen Pass?" ”

Gu Qing looked at Han Jie, smiled, and said, "You'll know soon, don't blame me for selling Guanzi, some things are inappropriate to say now, I can only tell you that the world is about to be in turmoil, you have to be prepared." ”

Han Jie was shocked: "The world is about to be in turmoil? Does Master Hou mean ......?"

Looking left and right, Han Jie leaned in Gu Qing's ear and whispered, "...... Fan Yang's one? ”

Gu Qing snorted, waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about this, these three Tubo merchants I know today, you let Li Sima take care of them tomorrow, they will be useful to me." ”

"There are a lot of Tubo merchants in Qiuzi City, and the Hou Ye wants to use the Tubo merchants to recruit a few with an order."

Gu Qing was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "Do you know what the staple food of Tubo is?" It's barley. Do you know what the approximate arable land area of Tibet is? According to statistics during the Kaiyuan period, there are about more than 2 million acres. Do you know how much land suitable for cultivation in Tibet occupies the whole territory? Less than one percent. ”

Some inexplicable words made Han Jie confused and didn't know what to do.

Gu Qing patted him on the shoulder and said, "Some strategies, some opportunities, are hidden in these well-known information, so you should pay more attention to observation and make more friends." ”

Gu Qing squinted his eyes and smiled: "These Tubo friends I made today are very meaningful. ”

"Hou Ye is getting more and more sophisticated......" Han Jie had no choice but to send a sycophant.

"Han Jie, tell Li Sima that tomorrow Bai will give these three Tibetan merchants a shop, just say that it was given by my new friend, you can appropriately exaggerate my friendship with the three Tibetan merchants, the mountains and rivers, the bosom friend of life, remember, it is 'appropriate', don't go too far, if he exaggerates to the extent of 'splitting peaches and broken sleeves', you will castrate Li Sima's fat man, and the crime is insulting Shangguan."

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In Gu Qing's position, he is almost the leader of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, but some favors and entertainment are also involuntarily.

The subordinate generals below should talk to them from time to time, and the ordinary sergeants should also be approachable and gossip, and occasionally carry the same food as the ordinary soldiers, wander around the various tents of the camp, and eat these unpalatable things in front of the soldiers, so as to show that the commander and the soldiers share weal and woe.

Whether you want to do it or not, this is what the commander of the first army must do, and for Gu Qing, showing off is also a way of leadership, a way to win the hearts of the army.

It's not uncomfortable to associate with soldiers, but it's uncomfortable to associate with officials, especially those who don't like it.

Early in the morning, Gu Qing came to the Jiedu Embassy to work, and Li Sima stood in front of Gu Qing diligently, reporting the progress of the recent expansion project, the situation after the sale of shops, and the tax accounts of Qiuzi City's growth.

The situation is quite gratifying, Gu Qing's policy of promoting commerce has achieved immediate results, which can be seen from the recent gathering of more and more merchants from various countries in Qiuci City, as well as the skyrocketing number of taxes, if it is maintained, only Qiuci City can afford to raise more than 40,000 soldiers and horses in the Anxi Protectorate, and even a slight surplus.

"Yes, Sima Li has worked hard, I have seen your recent performance, I am in charge, rewarding you with twenty yuan is a reward, make persistent efforts in the future, and do not slack off. After the shops are busy, the next step is to bring in craftsmen and craftsmen from all over the world, such as blacksmiths, blanket weaving, gold and silverware, silk embroidery workshops, etc., to retain them with the most preferential policies. ”

Li Sima smiled so that his eyes squeezed into two slits, and he hurriedly said: "Hou Ye strategized, and in just a few months, he made the city of Qiuzi earth-shaking, and the lower officials really admired it, the Son of Heaven was wise, the court was wise, and it was really a blessing for the military and the people of Anxi to be transferred to Anxi, and the lower officials were really happy......

Gu Qing's cheeks twitched slightly.

In contrast, the sycophants of the Tibetan merchants are more cultured, and they not only use rhetorical techniques well, but also express them in the form of song and dance, which is pleasing to the eye.

"Alright, alright, stop! That's enough! You get out of here, read more books and come back to the sycophants. Gu Qing drove away Li Sima very straightforwardly.

The ready-made role models don't know how to study hard in front of him, Gu Qing was not so sensy when he photographed Yang Guifei's sycophants, not only elegant but also catchy, and he can make up sycophants into peerless poems, which is called the realm.

Li Sima obediently rolled out, Gu Qing let Han Jie in, and Han Jie was followed by four guards, carrying two large boxes.

Motioning for Han Jie and the guards to follow him, Gu Qing came to the wing room where Ling Cheng worked in the middle courtyard of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion.

Pushing open the door, Bian Lingcheng was sitting cross-legged on a straw mat, napping with his chin in his hand, the sound of pushing the door woke him up, and seeing Gu Qing outside the door, Bian Lingcheng was quite surprised, his eyes widened for a long time and he didn't react.

Gu Qing laughed and greeted him first: "Yaxing, who disturbed the border prison army and Zhou Gong playing chess, forgive your sins." ”

Bian Lingcheng squeezed out a smile: "Hou Ye's arrival really surprised the slave maid, and he never greeted him from afar, so Hou Ye is not strange." ”

Gu Qing didn't wait for him to greet him, so he found a pleasant place to sit cross-legged, and said with a smile: "Gao Jieshuai has been unwell recently, and the military and political affairs of Anxi have to be handled by me. ”

Bian Lingcheng had come back to his senses, his acting skills were gradually coming online, he squinted and nodded and smiled: "Hou Ye said very much, the slave maid also thinks so, I originally wanted to go to Hou Ye's garrison camp to hang around more, but I was afraid of disturbing Hou Ye's handling of military affairs......"

Gu Qing said with a smile: "Don't go to the big camp, the soldiers are all rough people, I'm afraid of scaring you, I will come to the Jiedu Embassy more often in the future, but I will often disturb the border supervision army." ”

Bian Lingcheng gave in a few more words, and finally couldn't help but say: "Lord Hou came today to ......"

Gu Qing said calmly: "Oh, the border supervisor should know that recently I sold a shop and made a small fortune, I never eat alone, and those who see it have a share, so I will give you dividends today." ”

Saying that, Gu Qing clapped his hands, and the four guards moved the two large boxes into the house, and opened the boxes in front of Bian Lingcheng, and the neat silver cakes inside emitted a dazzling light.

Bian Lingcheng's eyes straightened, and even his breathing seemed to stop.