As the regional center of the Tibetan region, Daowu City has suddenly become lively recently, and many people from Zhubian Hubu have wandered into the city, constantly contacting the local residents and saying some strange things.

At first, the people in the city didn't care. After all, Daowu City is the most prosperous place in the Tibetan region, and the Tubo Council was even held here several times in the old years.

After seeing so many strong and powerful and prestigious chieftains, the people of Daowu City felt that they had seen the real market, and they could treat some ordinary things as normal.

However, as the number of people entering the city increased, and they were all sneaky and inquiring around, ordinary little things also revealed a bit of unusual meaning, so some people paid attention to it.

In a manor hall on the left side of the city, beside the mountain, a middle-aged man with a skin and a bare chest and abdomen reclining on a strange seat, his arms wrapped in gold rings, and a gold wire entwined ring around his forehead to tie his messy hair back to his head.

His man was the king of the vassal kingdom, named Yiling. There is no difference in surnames in the small states of the attached country, and the so-called Yi is the king in the local language, or the superior.

"What are the intentions of those outsiders?"

The language of the appendage country is short and rarely varied, even if it is the same syllable intonation, the scene of the conversation is different, and the meaning expressed is completely different. As for the one used by Wang Yiling, it is another way of expressing it in a different local language, which is a grammar made up by the upper-class characters after they came into contact with China and Tibet.

In the hall, there were two men in robes, kneeling on their knees, their bodies lying forward, their arms sticking straight forward against the ground. This posture is extremely awkward, and it will make it very difficult for the giver, and the arms are stretched so far that they are unarmed and do not pose any threat to the superior.

There are such etiquette and customs, which only means one thing, that is, the monarch of the vassal country is often killed by his neighbors, and he learns from the pain, so there is such a custom that has been passed down.

Hearing the king's question, one of the worshippers replied: "I have arrested more than a dozen strangers, and the interrogation has yielded a result." These outsiders were searching for a pheasant beak and feathers, because the merchants of the Tang Kingdom were searching for such goods in large quantities. This kind of beak and feathers are all red, and it is said that it has a kind of supernatural ability, which is used to make feather arrows, and if you shoot the Tibetan soldiers, you can make people bleed and die. ”

"What a lie! If there is such a sacred object, how can our country be forcibly occupied by Tibet? How could I be willing to be a plaything of Tibet! ”

When the vassal monarch Yiling heard this, he couldn't help but sneer, and his words were full of resentment about his current situation. Of course, if you change anyone, you will be dissatisfied, and behind closed doors you will be the Supreme, and the whole country will provide this person, but now you have become a puppet of the Fan State, and you can't help but do anything about it.

"But the merchants of the Tang Kingdom are indeed buying these goods in large quantities, a pair of bird beaks and three feathers can be exchanged for a wrapped of cooked silk silk, so many people are searching for this kind of goods. It is also said that the empress of the Tang Kingdom compares herself to a phoenix, and the pheasant with a red feather and red beak is a relic of a phoenix, woven into winged utensils to wear, which can help its national fortune. ”

The vassal states did not even have a surname, and naturally they did not have a standard of measurement. The silk silk of the Tang Kingdom is the top luxury in its realm, and the standard for measuring how much is to wrap around the body.

"This statement is credible, the wealth of the Tang State is too much to measure, if it can be beneficial to rule, how can it be stingy with goods."

Hearing this statement, the monarch of the vassal country nodded, and there was no lack of envy even in his words, I don't know whether he was envious of the wealth of the Tang Kingdom, or envious of the Empress of the Tang Kingdom for finding a divine object to maintain the ruling power.

But he still asked cautiously: "Have you asked those businessmen who have been in contact with you before, is this kind of thing true?" ”

Another official was mainly in charge of attaching the royal manor and Tianyi, and his face showed a sad look when he heard this, of course, he kept such a kneeling posture, and his head and face had to be attached to the ground, so the king naturally could not see his expression.

But his tone is also enough to show that he is in a bad mood at the moment: "The Tang merchants who did business in the past were killed and looted by the Tubo garrison, and no one dared to deliver goods near Daowu City this year. Those merchants said that if they wanted to buy and sell, they could only go to the arrow furnace to pick up their own goods, otherwise they would cut off this exchange. ”

When Guojun Yiling heard this, his face suddenly became gloomy, and his whole body was filled with a full of negative energy, and he said angrily: "If you add money, don't they want to come?" ”

Although the vassal state was lost, in order to stabilize the regional situation, Tibet still retained the estates, pastures and slave population of its royal family. When people are alive, they must always have some sustenance. The power of life and death is gone, so enjoying the goods of the Tang Kingdom that others cannot enjoy has become an important way for the monarch to maintain his dignity.

Moreover, due to geographical factors, the vassal country was the key point of the Tang and Tibetan trade, so it obtained the treasures from the hands of the Tang merchants, and then transferred them to the Tubo country, whether it was giving gifts or buying and selling, they could get a lot of money.

Compared with the strong national power of Tibet, even when the vassal state was at its strongest, it was far from its opponent. At present, there are rebellions in the Tibetan region, but there is a great reason why the attached royal family can still maintain its puppet status and accept the protection of Tibet, and befriend those Tibetan nobles with the treasures of the Tang Kingdom.

Even a few years ago, there were voices in the Tubo State that wanted to levy tribute from the attached royal family, but they were suppressed by the nobles of the Tibetan State who were friendly with the vassal state.

Therefore, the goods from the Tang Kingdom also have a very profound significance to the attached royal family, which can not only maintain its extravagant enjoyment, but also protect its political status. Therefore, the attached royal family has also maintained close contacts with a group of Tang Dynasty businessmen, and they have their own favors.

"It's not because of the amount of money, the guards of the Fan Kingdom are becoming more and more arrogant, and the merchants will not be able to come, as long as they are close to Daowu City, their lives will be guaranteed."

The monarch's retainer said with a bitter face.

When the monarch heard this, he also had a sad look on his face, not to mention that he had no power to command the Tibetan garrison, and even if he did, he would not dare to transfer that Tibetan garrison from Daowu City.

Prior to this, a military rebellion broke out in the Tibetan region, and the central government was unwilling to continue to accept the enslavement of Tibet. But after seeing the ferocity of Tibet, the monarch was afraid of this from the bottom of his heart, for fear of angering Tibet, so he simply took the initiative to lure the Tibetan army into the country to quell the rebellion.

With the cooperation of the royal family, the turmoil in the Tibetan region was quickly quelled. However, it is easy to invite the gods and difficult to send the gods, and after the Tibetans, they maintained the armies in the Tibetan region for a long time, and directly recruited the royal guards attached to them.

Up to now, the attached royal family has not much power to protect itself, no matter how arrogant the Tibetan garrison is, it can only grit its teeth and bear it.

But now the existence of the Tibetan garrison has seriously affected the life and future of the attached royal family, forcing the monarch to seriously consider this issue.

"Do you want to cut off the offerings of a few families this year, and let them take the initiative to transfer the garrison away?"

As soon as this thought arose in his mind, the king denied it. Those nobles in Tibet are not stupid people who are stupid, and they understand that only if this garrison is here, the royal family will obediently worship it year by year.

If he really threatened with this, maybe those Tibetan nobles would directly abolish him as a puppet. He felt a little unhappy to be a dog in Tubo, but I don't know how many chiefs in Tibet are eager to be dogs in Tubo but can't get it, after all, only by being a dog can he be qualified to dislike it.

The monarch originally wanted to ask whether the so-called red feather and red beak that the Tang people bought at a high price was true, but it led to a topic that gave him a deep headache, and he had no intention of asking about it in detail for a while.

But his mind had just been emptied, when suddenly a minister who knelt on the ground suddenly shouted: "Can you take advantage of the disturbance of those foreigners to temporarily transfer the Tubo garrison from Daowu City?" After all, there are rumors that the Tang Kingdom is still collecting these strange goods to kill the Tibetan army......"

When the monarch heard this, his eyes were bright for a while, and he felt that there was room for operation in this matter, so he hurriedly clapped his hands and said: "Think about it carefully, but you can't let the Fan army suspect me!" ”

It is not without reason that the princes and ministers of the vassal countries have become slaves of the country.

In fact, a few days before they discussed this, the Tibetan troops stationed in Daowu City noticed these unusual signs.

After all, in addition to protecting the royal family, the biggest mission of their stationing here is to control the situation in the Tibetan region. When such an unusual move happened in the realm, they naturally had to pay attention to it.

The situation heard by the garrison of the Fan State was similar to that of the vassal monarchs and ministers, and of course the generals stationed here already knew that there was a coup d'état in the Tang State, and the so-called order to consolidate the rule of the empress was just a sham. And the feathered arrows made of the red feathered beak will make them bleed more than once, which is even more bewitching.

But despite this, the generals stationed in this realm still did not dare to slack off. Because this means that as many Hu tribes are involved in the search for these strange goods, there are as many people in the Tibetan region as there are people who hope that they will not die well.

Therefore, as early as a few days ago, the garrison of the Tibetan State was frequently mobilized to investigate the source of this rumor, and in some places there were even some small-scale battles.

"There are more than 3,000 troops stationed here, and the power is still not weak, I only hope that those Shengqiang tribes in this realm can entangle more troops of the Fan State."

The source of the rumors is naturally Guo Yuanzhen, this guy has a bad stomach, and of course it is impossible to formulate a strategy as simple as just transferring the tiger away from the mountain.

Guo Wanjun said that he wanted to buy Shengqiang's forces to attack Daowu City, and Guo Yuanzhen felt a little unreliable. But when he came west this time, he only led more than 200 soldiers from the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, plus Guo Wanjun and other caravan guards to escort him, and there were less than 1,000 people in the full battle.

It is difficult to achieve each other's intentions by simple bribery, but if they arouse each other's greed, they will be happy themselves. Therefore, he previously ordered Guo Wanjun, including some other Tang businessmen who traveled here, to spend a lot of money to search for strange goods, and naturally used some money in the process.

Because the Tibetan garrison was dissatisfied with the undead thieves of the Hu tribe in the Tibetan region, they spread out to investigate the source of the rumors, and they would definitely find that those Hu tribes had hoarded a large number of Tang goods, so they naturally couldn't bear the greed and would rob them. And the existence of these goods itself is enough to show that those Hu Bu had close contacts with the Tang people, which is a kind of criminal evidence.

Hu Bu was not willing to be plundered of his wealth and even slaughtered by his clan, so he naturally wanted to rise up and resist. Such a struggle is much more effective than a simple buy.

Of course, in this process, there will definitely be some Tang businessmen who do not know what is going on and will be affected, and it is inevitable that there will be no people and goods.

But this is also something that can't be helped, and even Guo Yuanzhen did it intentionally. The next step of the Yongwang shogunate will definitely strengthen the control of Shuzhong, and the Tangbo trade route existing in Shu will definitely be part of the control.

At present, the businessmen in the area who Guo Yuanzhen can notify have already sent a message through Guo Wanjun to warn, and as for other things that cannot be notified, there is no way to supervise them. Cleaning up a batch of them through the sweep of the Tibetan army, so that these merchants will no longer dare to be greedy for profits under the pain, and export goods to enrich the Tibetan country, which is also one of Guo Yuanzhen's goals.