Anyway, this time Li Chengqian, whether in the people or in the palace, completely showed his face!

After sending off the Tubo and Dorjee people, Chang'an entered the most peaceful moment of the year! And at this time, if all kinds of second-generation officials are still wandering the streets, it is either Wu Yuanqing or Wu Yuanshuang! The four sides are not leaning, and they are self-righteous garbage! Either they are still young and have not arranged things at home!

And the general ones are focused on finding something to do! Now it's not about who is the same, it's about who can make and spend money! Didn't you see that Hou Jie, the former head of the gentleman, was already an official in charge of the party?

Chai Lingwu, the official residence of the five products, although it is a casual job, it is indeed real power! Although the leader of the army does not fight, he is only responsible for protecting the caravan, but he has enough oil and water! Where is Datang going now, isn't he holding his head high?

On this day, Chai Lingwu came out of Yumen Pass, and a difficult thing happened here~ Ashina's tribe led by Ashina Ni is asking for food not far from Yumen Pass! Yes, that's right, they're asking for food!

Originally, if you came to visit the suzerain, all the food and lodging were provided by the suzerain, but no Ashina clan did this! The whole family of all ages came, and the entire Ashina clan went up to ninety-nine, down to Ganghui, and they all came here to eat big households!

If there are few people, it will be forgotten, but there are so many people, and there are many people who eat horses and feed them! If Yumen Pass is really left to bear the burden, how much food is enough for this group of hungry ghosts to eat?

And Ashina didn't dare to let the people go, if they left, most of them would be defeated by the remnants of the remnants of the army! Now that there are more Western Turks in the whole country, the bandits who are called have to be fifty shares away!

Ashina Ni brought two hundred carefully selected guards, and the rest were impossible to ensure the safety of the Ashina clan, even if they had those two hundred, they couldn't protect it, mainly because of Ashina's name, otherwise they would have been robbed by the sand bandits!

Originally, Ashina Ni thought very well, he rode into the Tang Dynasty lightly, begged Li Er to help him clear the Turkic territory, and his family was put in Yumen Pass, where there was food, drink and shelter, how beautiful!

But after arriving, I realized that things were not like that at all, and if nothing else, I said that the grain and grass in Yumen Pass were not enough for them to eat! To say that the envoy should indeed eat and live in the suzerain, but have you ever seen the whole country come to be an envoy?

If there is a caravan coming, they will not say to rob you, stop you, borrow some money and grain, and after the Ashina clan regains control of the grassland, they promise to repay the grace of borrowing grain today!

After all, the Ashina clan has a long reputation in the grassland, and the Golden Wolf King clan can also be regarded as a golden signboard! And I heard that Ashina Ni was once the sworn brother of the Tang Emperor, and this time he went to the Tang Dynasty to borrow troops to clear the trade routes!

For the sake of the face of Datang and the Golden Wolf Clan, I have to give some of it! And they are not robbing, so many people stop you, and they don't care about you, they say that they will borrow it, although they have borrowed it, they will not pay it back!

And when Chai Lingwu came out with a mighty caravan, they were first overjoyed, and then they were anxious after seeing that it was not the reinforcements invited by the Great Khan!

Why, you ask? It turned out that if Chai Lingwu didn't lead the merchant group out of the customs, each caravan would ask for a little, and most of them would give it, but so many people came out together, as long as one didn't give it, the rest would definitely not give it!

And when will this group of caravans go out and wait for the next group? It is estimated that his group of people has long become dry bones!

So the temporary person in charge of the Ashina clan found Chai Lingwu and told Chai Lingwu about his difficulties, and Chai Lingwu was also confused! I didn't expect the dignified Ashina clan to get mixed up to the point of asking for food!

Chai Lingwu said: "It's not a way for you to do this, that is, I will give you enough food, in case you don't come back in March and May, what will you do?" What do you do if you don't have a caravan in winter? ”

As soon as they heard this, the temporary stewards of the Ashina clan were about to cry: "Then, then, what should I do?" The Great Khan entrusted the Ashina clan to me, just because I can speak Tang dialect, and I have no ability at all! What can I do? ”

The temporary steward cried, and the wind and sand on his face were washed out of the two ditches with tears, and Chai Lingwu, who was watching, wanted to laugh and was helpless!

"Don't cry, don't cry, what's your name, how many old and weak do you have, how many available soldiers? How many bandits were there on the way west to Gaochang? ”

The steward wiped his tears: "My name is Ashina Zhong, and now there are about 30,000 old and weak people in the clan, and there are probably less than 10,000 soldiers!" As for how many bandits along the way, it is not clear, innumerable! Now all those who can pick up knives in the Western Turks have become sand bandits! ”

Chai Lingwu was taken aback, he didn't expect the Ashina clan to be so miserable! There are almost no soldiers left except for the old and weak! And the situation in the Western Turks has actually eroded to such an extent!

"What about Gaochang? What about the countries of the Western Regions? Chai Lingwu hurriedly asked!

Ashina Zhong thought for a while: "I guess it's nothing!" After all, it was the army of the Tang Dynasty who was guarding it, and after the battle of Sanmi Mountain, now the army of the Tang Dynasty on the grassland was frightened and fled! Even if they borrowed a few of them, they didn't dare to attack the Gaochang countries! ”

Chai Lingwu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, the eldest brother is still over there! If something really happens, how can Aya live?

Chai Lingwu looked at Ash Nazhong in front of him: "It's not a long-term plan for you to do this, I have a way, you can see if it's okay, you see, we have so many merchants in the caravan, and it's not safe to go to the Western Regions!"

What about you, send the old and weak to Yumen Pass, I will first open a note to the guards of Yumen Pass, what about you, gather all the soldiers to protect the merchants, and then let them pay to support your old and weak in Yumen Pass, what do you think?

If you think you can, I'll help you gather these merchants, and if not, I'll leave you ten days' food anyway!" It's also a meeting between you and me! ”

Ash Nazhong hurriedly saluted Chai Lingwu: "Little general, you have helped me a lot, in fact, I have long wanted to help the merchant escort the goods, but the reputation of our grassland people makes them really not very good, so they are afraid that we will rob them halfway......"

Chai Lingwu secretly thought to himself: Your reputation is not just not so simple, it is simply so stinky that it is rotten street!

"In that case, I will summon the merchants of the caravan behind me to come and discuss, and with my guarantee, I guess they will not have any doubts!" Chai Lingwu instructed the guards to summon the heads of the businesses behind them to discuss the matter with the Chinese army!

Ash Nazhong was grateful, and he didn't know what to say, or Chai Lingwu asked them to quickly gather the soldiers and let the old and weak return to Yumen Pass!

Ashina went back and prepared!

Chai Lingwu's merchants here came in respectfully, and Chai Lingwu glanced around: "I called you to come today to announce something to you!" Everyone knows what the Western Turkic trade routes are like today, right?

If someone really attacks, Datang is afraid that he will not be able to take care of you, and your guards, who are just chickens and dogs, I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand the impact of bandits! So, I put you in touch with a convoy of about 10,000 people! All of your businesses don't have much money to share evenly! Do you think you want it? ”

The merchants said that they could hire it, after all, there was nowhere to find the guards of about 10,000 people, and hundreds of people could walk this road before, but now if there are fewer people, I am afraid that they will be buried in the ground halfway!

As for spending money? What are you afraid of spending money, you will add the cost to the local price! As long as there are goods, no matter what, don't worry about selling!

At this time, a Hu merchant asked, "I don't know what kind of escort General Chai found for us?"

Chai Lingwu said: "It's the elite soldiers of the Ashina clan!"

The merchants were in an uproar! The bandits of the Western Turks are all from the steppe tribe, and you found us a steppe tribe as a guard? Did I hear it wrong? Isn't that a wolf in the house?

Chai Lingwu shouted: "Quiet! You don't have to be afraid, they will defend you to the death, I guarantee this, their 30,000 old and young are all in Yumen Pass! ”

As soon as they heard this, the businessmen breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there is a guarantee from Datang, there is probably no problem in this matter! Didn't you see that there were fewer Khan protons or something in Chang'an City? Who would dare to brush the tiger's whiskers in such a country?

Chai Lingwu told the guard: "Inform Ashina Zhong, it's all right!" Then he wrote a letter to the guards of Yumen Pass, seconding some grain to pay for the old and weak of the Ashina clan, and waiting for their soldiers to return after they returned from the Western Regions!