"You get up, pack up your clothes, and go back with the Ni guards, and I should take care of the aftermath of the king's fault."

After speaking, Li Luoyi turned his horse and said to Ni Qing: "Ni Qing, you take this girl back to the camp first, arrange the maid in the Huaiwang tent to go to the doctor in the army, and warn the officers and men in the army that there must be no frivolous and rude behavior, and those who violate this order will be punished according to the crime of insulting the women of good families." ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey." Ni Qing responded.

Li Luo glanced at the woman who was still kneeling on the ground, her eyes were already in tears, her heart ached, and she turned to leave.

Back in the big tent of the Chinese army, Chu Ying'er was already waiting in the tent, and when she saw Li Luo coming in, she got up and saluted, "General." ”

Li Luo connected his hands and said with a smile: "No need to be formal, this journey has been hard Miss Chu." ”

Chu Ying'er was not vain, and replied to herself: "General, my subordinates have investigated several important towns in Xirong and various places in Dizhou, in recent years, the population of Xirong has increased dramatically, the army has been expanding, but the number of people engaged in farming and grazing has not increased, and Xirong has to exchange some grain with other countries in the Western Regions every year. ”

Chu Ying'er was stunned and said coldly: "Exchanging slaves for grain is already commonplace in Xirong, and when the year is bad, a person can't match the price of a sheep. ”

"Are all these trafficked people Dagan?"

Li Luo's voice was quite strange, Chu Ying'er looked up at Li Luo, but Li Luo's eyes were far away, his face was calm, and he couldn't see joy or anger.

Chu Ying'er replied: "Not all, Da Gan can account for about seventy percent, and there are some other small countries in the Western Regions adjacent to Xirong, and at least nearly half of the merchants who trade slaves come from Da Gan. ”

Li Luo was not surprised, when he was in Zhuocheng, there were many geisha women in the Western Regions, although the imperial court explicitly ordered that human trafficking was not allowed, but it was almost a fictitious.

Mo said that there were secret transactions, even in broad daylight, Zhang Zeliu and Yu Ying bought a few, and they wanted to give them to Li Luo, but Li Luo refused.

It's just that when I heard these words from Chu Ying'er's mouth again, I still felt inexplicably uncomfortable in my heart, as if a boulder was pressing down on my chest, and my face didn't show half a bit of color.

Li Luo calmed down slightly and asked, "How is the situation in Xirong this year?" ”

"It's okay, the wars with the countries of the Western Regions have the upper hand, there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters, except for more wars, there are no major events, but in the past, it was rumored that the marshals of Xirong were not compatible." Chu Ying'er looked at Li Luo and continued: "I'm afraid this will have to be investigated by the Privy Council." ”

"Hmm." Li Luo nodded, "I'll ask Lord Yang to help, is there any other news?" ”

Chu Ying'er took out a book from her arms, handed it to Li Luo with both hands, and said, "General, this is a subordinate who will write down some customs, geography and other miscellaneous matters along the way, including local officials and some influential clans, please take a look at it." ”

Li Luoxi said: "Okay, good, Miss Chu is really thoughtful. After taking the book, Li Luo opened it casually, and the handwriting that greeted him was unusual, the lines and lines were extremely smooth, and the weight and thickness of the pen were naturally distinct, which was not much better than some of them. Li Luo glanced at Chu Ying'er and said in surprise: "Miss Chu's handwriting is neat. ”

Chu Ying'er froze for a moment, as if she didn't expect Li Luo to praise her words, she didn't know what she was thinking, she was in a trance for a moment, and waited until Li Luo called twice in a row before she woke Chu Ying'er up.

"General, anything else?"

"Oh," Li Luo was slightly surprised, but didn't ask much, "You go down to rest and rest, I'll ask Ni Bai to find someone to make some food for you, and you don't have to do anything in the past two days, just rest in the camp." ”

"Don't bother the general, your subordinates will arrange it themselves." Chu Ying'er bowed, recovered coldly, and turned around and walked out of the big tent.

Li Luo smiled slightly, and lowered his head to carefully look at the Xirong people that Chu Ying'er had recorded.

Chu Ying'er lifted the curtain, stopped suddenly, turned around and said, "General, there is one more thing." ”

"Huh? What's up? ”

"Five days after the New Year's Pass, it is the Changning Festival every three years in Xirong."

"Changning Festival? But what about the clans of Xirong going to the ancestral mountain to pay respects? ”

"Yes, it turns out that the general already knows."

Li Luo's eyes flashed, and he smiled lightly: "I have read in the book that it is said that there is the ancestral god of Xirong on this ancestral mountain, and it is this god Baro who created the tribes of Xirong. Every three years, the big and small families of Xirong will go to the ancestral mountain to worship, according to the reputation of each ethnic group and the things they serve, to list the ranking of each ethnic group in the ancestral mountain, and to get some temple blessings and royal benefits. ”

Chu Ying'er said with a little coquettishness: "General, this is not a temple blessing of Dagan, the holy introduction of Xirong is a country, the status is respected, and it is more loved by the people than the monarch of Xirong, you can join all the clans to abolish the monarch and set up someone else, even the monarch of Xirong sees the holy introduction, and he must be respectful and respectful, and dare not be a little lazy." ”

"Haha, how can there be no chaos in the long run? The king of a country, under the brocade couch, how can he allow others to snore. Today's Xirong monarch is just over the age of his establishment, his ambitions are lofty, and in recent years, he has been using force even more, and it seems that the Xijon Dynasty is not peaceful. ”

"Oh, the general already has a plan? The subordinates didn't bother and retired first. Chu Ying'er seemed to feel that she had said too much, so she hurriedly saluted and left the big tent.

Li Luowan smiled, not angry, and sat in front of the map and carefully looked at the book in his hand. It wasn't until after the lamp that Li Luo put down the book, pondered for a while, and passed Liu Ce and Shen Xiangdong to come to the Chinese army to discuss the matter, and it was not until dawn that the few people dispersed.

Li Luo didn't rest, called Ni Qing and Ni Bai, and sent an urgent message to Zhuo Cheng.

A few days after the urgent letter was issued, there was no abnormality in the camp as before, but the spies of the Chinese army were more closely active in the area of Shahu and Tianshui, and Li Luo also quietly went out two or three times.

A few days later, a reply came from Wangcheng, and after Li Luo read it, he immediately ordered the generals to go to the Chinese army to discuss matters.

In less than a moment, all the generals in the camp were all there, except for Liu Ce and Shen Xiangdong, the rest of the people were confused and didn't know what was going on.

Li Luo didn't say much, and read out the holy decree of Emperor Wanlong, and the generals were shocked.

Decree: From now on, the grain trade in Tianshui and Shahu Prefectures must be recorded in the register, no matter how big or small, must go through the expedition to the west, and if the grain is traded privately, no matter what kind of person the other party has, it will be punished as the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and it will not be forgiven.

As soon as this order came out, Li Luo's authority in Xifu could be regarded as extremely great.

In the western prefectures, the merchants who bought and sold grain accounted for one-third, and the rest were some merchants of horses, ironware, silk and other goods, if you count the barter, you have to add a few percent, so that unless there is a public rebellion, it will be supplemented by 100,000 shepherd wolf soldiers, and more than thirty percent of the merchants will act on the back of Li Luo's snort.

In recent years, some Dagan businessmen in Xifu have been mercenary, colluding with border passes, secretly living very closely with enemy countries, and disregarding the soldiers who fought to the death on the frontiers, and there are not a few who defect to the enemy and betray the country, and some simply collude with horse thieves to burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil.

It's just that the court has no way, no one to rectify, and the army of Dagan law has always been unable to interfere in local political affairs, so that the state officials are even more lawless, and most of the border soldiers turn a blind eye, and some simply go along with the same stream to make huge profits, causing anger and resentment in Xifu, until Di Jie arrives in the west.

After Li Luo finished reading the holy decree, all the generals in the tent were happy, with the edict of Emperor Wanlong, the grain trade in the two prefectures of Tianshui and Shahu in Xifu was controlled by the shepherd wolf, although it may not be able to punish many spies who defected to the enemy and treason, but at least it will not let Dagan's grain fall into the hands of Xirong casually.