Steward Liu was very quick in his work, he went to Kouma Xing, according to Lu Xiaoxian's intentions, he was not afraid of spending money, and soon selected fifty strong slaves, not only completed all kinds of formalities, but also brought people back to Zhang's mansion.

On weekdays, looking at the very spacious backyard of Zhang's Mansion, there were suddenly fifty more people, and it suddenly became crowded. This is still second, the problem is that these people have a lot of food, and Steward Liu brought all the original subordinates to the kitchen to help, and used hundreds of catties of rice to barely let them eat.

Among them were the Sillas, the Turks, the Western Regions, those who had been expelled from slavery for crimes, and those who had been sold by their masters. These people seem to be very fit, but they don't have any rules.

Zhang Meng saw so many aliens at once, he felt very fresh, and looked at them with interest with his arms crossed.

Looking at these slaves in front of him, Lu Xiaoxian's scalp couldn't help but tingle.

Steward Liu also looked helpless, and said to Lu Xiaoxian: "Master Lu, that is, you, you have to be healthy." The big families don't have much strength to work, so they won't buy them at all. They can only work as coolies, and they don't know any rules at all. If you really want to use them, it's not good to train them for three or two months, I'm afraid it's ......"

Lu Xiaoxian only thought about how easy people were to do things, but he didn't take into account the problem that Steward Liu said: many of these people couldn't even understand the Central Plains dialect, let alone do what they were told. As things stand, they simply don't come in handy. If you train well according to Steward Liu's ideas, time does not allow.

If you can't train these people in a short period of time, it will completely disrupt Lu Xiaoxian's plan.

What to do?

Lu Xiaoxian ignored those people, patted his forehead to the side and racked his brains to start thinking of ideas.

I thought about it, but I didn't think of any good way.

Suddenly, Lu Xiaoxian seemed to think of something, he looked at Zhang Meng on the side, and a wicked smile appeared on his face.

"Zhang Meng, come here! I have something to discuss with you! Lu Xiaoxian beckoned to Zhang Meng.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Meng was inexplicable, he came to Lu Xiaoxian's side and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian sighed: "Originally, I planned to let you go to Taozhou with me, but now it seems that I am afraid that it will not work, you have to stay!" ”

"Why?" Zhang Meng was anxious when he heard this, "Why do you want me to stay?" ”

"I asked Steward Liu to buy them back, it was supposed to come in handy! But now look at them......" Lu Xiaoxian pointed at those slaves and said with a wry smile, "Look at their current appearance, they don't know what it means to listen to greetings!" If you really want to take them out, won't you exhaust us to death? ”

"Then don't take them with you! Can't we go on our own? Zhang Meng asked stupidly.

"No, they have their use!" Lu Xiaoxian said seriously, "We have to set off from Luoyang on time on the eighth day of the fifth month, and it will definitely be too late to train them in such a short time." Therefore, I decided to let you stay and hurry up to train them, I will rush to Taozhou on the eighth day of the fifth month, when will you train them well, and then take them on the road, come to Taozhou to find me! ”

"How can this work?" Zhang Meng's head shook like a rattle, "I definitely want to go with you, you can't leave me behind!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian pointed at those people and said with an embarrassed face: "Then what should they do?" Who will train them? You can't let Steward Liu train, right? I also pointed them to Taozhou to be very useful! Just pointing at you! ”

After listening to Lu Xiaoxian's words, Zhang Meng refused to live or die.

Lu Xiaoxian didn't speak, just looked at him like this: "Then tell me, what other good way is there?" ”

Zhang Meng gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and said to Lu Xiaoxian: "That's it!" Xiao Xian, these people are handed over to me, and I promise to pack them up before the eighth day of the fifth month, so that we can go together! ”

"W-is this going to work?" Lu Xiaoxian said deliberately, "Don't be reckless, or you should stay!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, that's it! I don't believe I can't take care of them! With that, Zhang Meng left Lu Xiaoxian and walked towards the slaves.

Seeing that Zhang Meng was ruthless, Lu Xiaoxian breathed a sigh of relief.

Steward Liu thought it was funny, and he asked with some concern, "Can he do it?" ”

"If he can't do it, then who else can?" Lu Xiaoxian can only hold the idea of a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

"That's right!" He whispered to Steward Liu: "Steward Liu, you help me keep an eye on him these days, as long as you don't make a mistake, let him go!" ”

Steward Liu nodded: "That's the only way!" ”

On April 28 of the first year of Long Live Tongtian, the emergency military situation of 800 miles of border passes was sent to Luoyang: Xu Qinming, the governor of Liangzhou, reported that Tubo talked about Qinling, and led an army of 100,000 to invade Lintao.

The boundary of Liangzhou is close to Tubo, and whenever Tubo advances eastward, Liangzhou always bears the brunt. Liangzhou is located in the Hexi Corridor, which is a long and narrow strip of land, with a width of only 400 miles from north to south, with Turks in the north and Tibet in the south, and is often harassed by both, and once Liangzhou is captured, it means that the Tang Empire's passage to the Western Regions will be cut off. Therefore, the importance of Liangzhou is by no means an exaggeration, and defense has become the top priority.

After reading the military intelligence report in Liangzhou, Wu Zetian immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and she waved her hand to order the removal of the band that was playing, and stopped the dancing of singing and dancing.

He has successively defeated famous generals such as Xue Rengui, Wang Xiaojie, and Lou Shide of the Tang Dynasty, and is recognized as the god of the Tubo army. Xu Qinming, the governor of Liangzhou, was not good at military affairs, and was certainly not Qinling's opponent. The top priority now is to send a senior general to Liangzhou to stabilize the situation.

Wu Zetian did not dare to delay, and immediately summoned the courtiers to discuss the matter.

Listening to the military situation in Liangzhou, the ministers all frowned. The Tubo people have all hit the doorstep, if they don't fight back, what is the face of the court?

The fight is definitely going to be fought, and the ministers of the imperial court have no objection to this. But the question is who to send in charge, but there is no consensus on opinions.

Opinions were divided broadly into two factions: some believed that Wang Xiaojie, the Xia official Shangshu, should be sent to command, after all, he had defeated the Tibetan army in the four towns of Anxi. However, some people thought that Wang Xiaojie was the third product of Luantai in Tongfeng Pavilion, and it was not suitable to leave the imperial court, and they strongly pushed Zhang Qianqiao, the general of the Left Guard, to take command.

The two sides insisted on their own words, and in the end they did not discuss a reason.

Wu Zetian listened to the courtiers' gossip and didn't say a word.

In fact, she had her own thoughts in her heart: she planned to send his nephew Liang Wang Wu Sansi to take command, and Wang Xiaojie as a deputy to assist Wu Sansi.

Back then, Wu Zetian did this. Xue Huaiyi returned from the Turkic expedition smoothly, and she gave Xue Huaiyi a very high reward.

Since Wu Zetian ascended the throne, Wu Chengsi was named King of Wei, Wu Sansi was named King of Liang, and the rest of the Wu family children were also crowned kings. Because of this, the people of the Wu clan are often criticized for being stained with Wu Zetian's aftermath and has no ability at all.

Wu Zetian planned to take this opportunity to let Wu Sansi take command to fight against Tibet, and if he finally won the victory, he would be able to seal the courtiers' mouth.

However, the ministers fought back and forth, but they didn't mention a word of Wu Sansi. This made Wu Zetian very depressed, she couldn't just let her take command of Wu Sansi against public opinion, right?

In the end, Wu Zetian announced the boycott of the dynasty, and the discussion will be held tomorrow.

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