Chapter 298: The Five Years of Zhenguan (2)
"Report to the prince, instructor, forbidden military captain Zhang Wu, come to report, this is the warrant of the saint."
"Well, okay, how many of you are there?"
"Muslims, fifteen hundred, the Holy One said, let us all listen to you."
"Okay, you go and ask the saint for another warrant, go to the prisoner camp outside the city, and apply for two thousand prisoners to come over."
"Yes, instructor, prince, don't you know?"
This Zhang Wu is more good at being a person, Yang Qiao gave an order, and wanted to ask Li Chengqian.
"Lonely, there's nothing to say, just listen to your brother-in-law, go ahead."
These people, why did Li Er send them, in fact, this is also Yang Qiao's application, at this time, this resumption is about to officially start construction, the drawings have been designed, the Ministry of Engineering, is preparing materials, naturally, the ground construction personnel are all returned to Yang Qiao, or to the Traffic Temple, but, isn't it, Qin Qiong threw the matter to Yang Qiao!
Since it was handed over to Yang Qiao, why didn't this captive be used, therefore, Yang Qiao applied for a part of the guards with Li Er, and the goal was naturally to guard these prisoners to work, and even, for each of them, Yang Qiao also gave a whip, if they didn't do well, they had to use a whip to whip it.
"Instructor, the saint said that the prisoner, he is useful, so!"
"It works."
"The Old Tang Book records that in April of the fifth year of Zhenguan, 80,000 people from the Central Plains were redeemed from the Turks."
In my mind, I suggested that I introduce a historical record.
"Well, if you go to the palace again, that is, what can be done with money, it is best to use money to do it first."
"Instructor, what does this mean?"
Zhang Wu was a little confused, what kind of code was this.
"If you tell the saint like this, he will naturally understand, if he doesn't understand, I'll explain."
"Okay!"
The lieutenant left again.
"Brother-in-law, is it possible that my father wants to exchange these prisoners?"
Don't say that Li Er is taboo about Li Chengqian, no, he understands this.
"But, brother-in-law, why did you let your father use money to ransom him?"
"This, you don't understand, with money, money, can you buy population growth, although it is said that Jieli is already attached, but, some are still enemies, you put these prisoners back, it's not our enemies again, even, I don't know that those ministers in the court, once wanted to let these people go like this, it's a joke."
"Oh, I see, with money to ransom people, our population has increased, but their population has not increased, if it is exchanged for prisoners, it will strengthen them."
You, why are you so smart, if you are not so smart, maybe, Li Er will hand over the throne to you.
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Yang Qiao didn't wait for the captain's return, so he and Li Chengqian went home separately, and on the third day, Li Er finally figured out that the captain, with the guards, was holding two thousand prisoners, and each of them wore long anklets, which were specially made for them to work, a little longer, it would not affect their work, and they couldn't run, and the guards could be much less.
"Half of you, too, follow the work."
"Instructor, this?"
"Why, embarrassed, work, embarrassed, let you work, it's for your good, think about it, if you figure it out, follow the work tomorrow, if you can't figure it out, I don't force it."
I don't know when Yang Qiao learned to play dumb riddles, and he didn't give the answer, naturally, the answer, someone would give them.
"Brother-in-law, what are you?"
Even a smart person like Li Chengqian didn't figure it out.
"Well, when they understand, I'll explain it to you, either you can think about it too, or you can also follow them to do some light work!"
"What are you going to do with this kid?"
This is the Praetorian Guard, there is something, naturally, I have to report it to Li Er, Li Er, all of a sudden, fell into contemplation.
"Holy Lord, what about us?"
This lieutenant asked Li Er a little cautiously, but he was not too afraid of Li Er, it seemed that his old Zhang family was also one of Li Er's close ministers, that is, he would be this captain, obviously, he didn't have much ability, but these people are worth believing!
"You guys, just listen to that kid, it's a big deal, during this time, as long as you have visited and worked, each person, give some monetary subsidies every day, and you really need to exercise, you see your subordinates, since they were idle, these are all fat, I heard the footsteps, I feel that something is wrong, I want to ask, you, how much combat power do you have, maybe, that kid, is to see something."
What he sees is what he sees, Yang Qiao is not so kind, he just wants these guards not to be idle.
You must know that in the previous life he traveled over, the army would participate in some important projects and rescue and disaster relief, so why didn't this kind of thing be used in this era.
Naturally, these things can only be limited to these Praetorian guards and other standing armies, and those government soldiers don't need it, every time they gather, they are either training or fighting, and they can't be idle.
So, a very strange thing happened in Chang'an City, on the construction site of the resumption of the road, there were two groups of people who were working, one group, someone was watching, with a long anklet on their feet, and if one was not pleasing to the eye, they would be whipped.
"Boy, none of our people are lazy, look at you, for so long, to do such a little work."
On the other side, there are rows of armor neatly placed on one side, and on the construction site, a group of shirtless soldiers, looking at the armor on the ground, it should be soldiers, they are sweating profusely and working, and they are quite energetic, even, more energetic than those prisoners.
I don't know how much subsidy Li Er gave them, they have money, they can be strong, and these incomes are available every year, and the prospects or money are good!
These guards are still the children of ordinary people, and those noble children, they are all in official positions, so it is normal for these guards to work quickly, and those prisoners, poor work, it is also normal, they are all people who ride on horseback all year round, you let him work in the field, naturally it is much worse, but, when it comes to physical strength, it will take a while to see, maybe, the two gangs will not want to go up and down, maybe, these prisoners, work more, it depends on what they think, in fact, Yang Qiao also gave them hope, that is, after five years, they can go back, isn't it just five years, so there is no more explosive thorns.
However, what they don't know is that in five years, it will also be a vicissitudes of life, and the grassland, I don't know what it has become, even now, it is also changing day by day.
On the grassland, one by one fortresses are being built, and there are simple roads, which have also been repaired, according to Yang Qiao's suggestion to Li Er, wherever my Datang Iron Cavalry is everywhere, it is my Datang territory, just such a sentence, which makes Li Er laugh, so, where the fortresses of those families are repaired, the fortresses of the Datang Iron Cavalry will also follow the cultivation path.
At this time, those families regretted a little, back then, why did they send so many people to the battlefield, five do not save one, now, when employing people, there are not many people available, and these grassland people, can form an alliance, but can not be used with confidence, in the end, they still believe in that sentence, not my race, their hearts will be different.
And Li Er was a little happy, that, the phenomenon of annexing land in this family began to decrease, and even, some land was sold by those families, which could not be taken into account by both sides, so they thought that money was still the most important, so a lot of this land was sold, so some landless civilians slowly reached the standard of 100 acres per family.
What, store grain, this has so much meat, and what is it doing with too much grain?
You must know that Yang Qiao did not give the wool business alone, he even passed on some meat processing, such as dried meat or something, which is also shelf-stable, and the cement building also minimized the snow disaster.
You must know that on the grassland, no matter what era it is, it is the previous life that Yang Qiao has traveled through, and this snow disaster is also the biggest thing.
However, at this time, it is the big and small families who come to the grassland, they have nothing else, that is, there is a lot of money, the sturdy buildings are there, and the snow disaster is not afraid, and even, the storage of some green and dry materials, there is also a saying, this, how to have some meaning of prosperity moving north, originally, for China, this prosperity, that has always moved south and south, but, at this time, it is the opposite.