Fan Zhongyan nodded and prepared to leave.

Kou Ji's voice sounded again, "You take care of your injuries, some errands, if the people below can do it, leave it to the people below to do." When your injuries are healed, go to the Thousand Buddha Caves. ”

Fan Zhongyan was stunned, "Thousand Buddha Cave? Buddha Gate Pure Land? ”

Kou Ji pouted and said, "It's a good Buddhist pure land, but the monks inside are not good?" ”

Fan Zhongyan looked at Kou Ji in amazement and said, "Those monks have contradicted you?" ”

Kou Ji's face sank, and he shouted, "Am I so domineering? ”

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "It's almost ......"

Kou Jiqi glared, "Have you ever seen that strong man with thousands of big arms and round waists raised by the Buddha Sect, and all of them are still equipped with martial arts?" ”

When Fan Zhongyan heard this, he nodded thoughtfully, "That's really not a good person." What are you going to do with them? ”

Kou Ji said indifferently: "Idle is also idle, let them cultivate tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and plant them first." Our return date has not yet been set, maybe we will have to spend a period of time in Shazhou, and we can't always count on the imperial court to provide for us, right?

If we run out of food once, will we all starve to death? ”

Fan Zhongyan said in a deep voice: "Do you plan to stay here for a while?" ”

Kou Ji even put the matter of growing grain in the tuntian on the agenda, which means that Kou Ji is not in a hurry to return to the Great Song Dynasty, and may have to stay in the Western Regions for a long time.

Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Not bad...... I'm ready to take Hexi! ”

Fan Zhongyan glared in astonishment, "What the official ordered?" ”

Fan Zhongyan did not get any documents related to the imperial court's plot against Hexi.

When Kou Ji said this, his first reaction was that Zhao Zhen instructed him.

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "The ...... I decided"

Fan Zhongyan stared at the beads of his eyes, and said word by word: "Chop first and then play?!" ”

Kou Ji nodded solemnly.

Fan Zhongyan lost his voice and said, "You're in trouble!" ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Hexi must be in our hands. My Great Song Dynasty controls Hexi, how much benefit can be obtained, you won't know. My Great Song Dynasty lacks horses, as long as I master Hexi, I can supply tens of thousands of good horses to my Great Song Dynasty every year.

Hexi is an important road from the Great Song Dynasty to the Western Regions.

As long as we control Hexi, we will be able to open up trade routes and sell the goods of our Great Song Dynasty to all places in the Western Regions.

The annual commercial tax will be in the millions. ”

Fan Zhongyan said heavily: "After taking Hexi, how much benefit my Great Song can get, the lower officials naturally know." But in the process of taking Hexi, how much the imperial court has to invest, the lower officials are also very clear.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would not agree. ”

Kou Ji stared at Fan Zhongyan and said, "The money seized from the Uighurs in Shazhou this time is enough to support us to take the entire Hexi. ”

Fan Zhongyan frowned and said: "The treasury has been empty for a long time, and a large amount of money has finally been captured, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty absolutely do not want to see them used in war." ”

"I know ......"

Kou Ji said lightly.

Fan Zhongyan's brows furrowed even tighter, "Then you still want to plan Hexi?" If you don't have money, what will you do to plan Hexi? ”

Kou Ji said frankly: "The money seized by the Shazhou Uighurs is just an explanation to the imperial court. I don't expect to use them to plot Hexi. ”

Fan Zhongyan stared at Kou Ji in astonishment, "Then what are you going to do to plan Hexi?" Without money, the soldiers will fight desperately? ”

Kou Ji said loudly: "Raise the war with war, open up the wasteland, and open up the trade routes." Not only will I be able to get enough money for the soldiers to fight, but I will also be able to take the opportunity to make a lot of money for the imperial court. ”

When Fan Zhongyan heard Kou Ji's words, his heart trembled, and he subconsciously clenched his fists.

He had to admit that he was very tempted by Kou Ji's proposal.

If the Great Song Dynasty takes Hexi, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty will rise in a straight line.

But he felt that he needed to make the resistance clear to Kou Ji.

"The Manchu Dynasty is used to being comfortable with the civil and military...... They won't watch you start a war in the Western Regions......"

Kou Ji said coldly: "They are incompetent, so they have to drag others to be incompetent with them?" ”

Fan Zhongyan was instantly speechless.

Kou Ji stared at Fan Zhongyan and said, "I will inform the official family of this matter, and ask the official family to agree." As long as the official agrees, I don't care about other people's attitudes. If they really have the ability, they can come to the Western Regions to find me. ”

When Fan Zhongyan heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "If the official family agrees, the lower official naturally has no opinion." When the time comes, Kou Qin will only have to dispatch the lower officials. ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Very good...... The reason why I told you in advance is to prepare your heart early. ”

Fan Zhongyan gave a solemn salute to Kou Ji, "Seek things for the country and work for the country, and the officials don't need to prepare much." ”

"Good...... Go down and go about your business. ”

"......"

Fan Zhong drowned out of the palace and found Zhu Neng.

With Zhu Neng's help, he met with all the generals in the army.

He instructed his generals to restrain his subordinates.

Then he led people to start an inventory of the soldiers who were greedy for money.

After Kou Ji handed over the matter to Fan Zhongyan, he didn't pay much attention to it.

He believed that Fan Zhongyan would be able to handle the matter.

He has been guarding the palace, watching the servants of the palace count their belongings.

It took the servants of the Kou Mansion a full day and a night to count all the gold, silver, and jewelry.

Kou Ji didn't even look at the account book, and directly recruited Liu Heng and asked Liu Heng to count the part of the money belonging to the imperial court and seal it in the palace.

Kou Ji placed the rest of the money to be distributed to the soldiers in the side hall.

After the money is taken care of.

Kou Ji was fully dressed and left the palace in the company of the men who patrolled the horses.

All the way to the gate of Shazhou City, I saw that Zhu Neng, Yang Wenguang, and Fan Zhongyan were already waiting at the city gate.

When Koji arrived, after saluting each other, he stood quietly at the gate of the city.

It didn't take long.

A big banner emerged from the horizon, and then a majestic black cloud surged towards Shazhou City.

Nearly 150,000 people, black pressed together.

It's spectacular.

Li Zhaoliang led more than 80,000 soldiers of the forbidden army and more than 50,000 people, escorted a huge number of vehicles, and slowly approached in the direction of Shazhou City.

Zhang Yuan and others led more than 10,000 horse thieves, driving a huge number of cattle, sheep and horses, and slowly rushed over.

When Li Zhaoliang and Zhang Yuan approached.

Zhu Neng, Yang Wenguang, and Fan Zhongyan greeted them with a big smile.

Only Koji stood still.

It's not that Kou Ji is unwilling to meet him, but the sword hanging from his waist restrains him and can't easily greet anyone.

After Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang and his entourage met, they returned to the gate of Shazhou with a smile.

After Kou Ji and Li Zhaoliang saluted each other, Li Zhaoliang shouted with tears and laughter: "The official family sent me to lead a large army to Shazhou City to relieve the siege. I haven't arrived in Shazhou City yet, and the battle is over.

From the founding of the Great Song Dynasty to the present, the leading generals who have come out with more than 100,000 people to wander around, I am afraid that only I am Li Zhaoliang. ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Don't worry, don't worry, there will be battles for you to fight in the future." ”

When Li Zhaoliang heard this, as if he had heard some big joke, he laughed and said: "Nearly 200,000 elite soldiers and strong generals are gathered here, even if they run into the Liao State, the Liao State has to avoid three points, let alone the Western Regions countries?" ”

In Li Zhaoliang's eyes, in the Western Regions, there is probably no enemy of him.

Kou Ji smiled faintly and said, "Okay...... Fast forward to the city...... I've prepared a banquet for you, and I've got you covered ......."

Li Zhaoliang nodded with a hearty smile, and he handed over his soldiers and horses to Fan Zhongyan and other prison guards to settle down.

After Kou Ji chatted with Li Zhaoliang, he looked at Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan arched his hand and said: "Yuanshan Yuanshan, I have seen the angels of Shangbang......"

Kou Ji nodded and said, "This time, my Great Song soldiers and horses entered the Western Regions, and the Yuanshan Department helped us a lot. The merits of the Yuanshan Department, I have already written a notebook and handed it back to Bianjing, and I believe that it will not be long before the reward of the imperial court will be delivered to you. ”

Zhang Yuan gave his hand again, "Thank you to the angels of Shangbang......"

Kou Ji nodded slowly, and said: "I am going to spend money to buy some cattle and sheep from your ministry for the labor army, I don't know if your ministry is willing to cut love." ”

"Obey the Heavens ...... the Angels"

"Very good...... Let's go into the city together. ”

“……”

Immediately.

Zhang Yuan handed over the horse thieves under his command to Fan Zhongyan and others for hospitality, and he took a few people to follow Kou Ji and his party into Shazhou City.

As soon as I entered Shazhou City.

Li Zhaoliang smacked his lips and said, "When I was on the road, I heard that you killed all the people in Shazhou City. I thought it was a joke, but I didn't expect it to be true.

You're so ruthless. ”

Kou Ji glanced at Li Zhaoliang, rolled his eyes and said, "I gave the order, do you have an opinion?" ”

Li Zhaoliang said with a smile and a smile: "You represent the official family, and among us people, you are the biggest." The decision you make is the decision of the official, what can we say?

It's just that the Manchu civil and military forces may have a whisper. ”

Zhu Neng laughed in a low voice: "When the Manchu civil and military forces see the money and property we seized from the Uighurs in Shazhou, there will be no complaints. ”

Li Zhaoliang raised his eyebrows and asked, "You have seized a large amount of money from the Shazhou Uighurs?" ”

Zhu Neng bought a pass and said, "When you get to the palace in a while, you will know." ”

When Li Zhaoliang heard this, he became even more curious, and he urged everyone to rush to the palace as soon as possible.

Since the main hall of the palace was blocked, he entered the side hall first.

After seeing the massive amount of gold in the side hall, Li Zhaoliang's eyes widened and exclaimed, "So much? ”

Zhu Neng laughed in a low voice beside Li Zhaoliang: "These are the rewards we are about to give to the soldiers. ”

When Li Zhaoliang heard this, his eyes almost didn't fall out.

"Points...... Divide...... The reward that was distributed? ”

"So, you've seized a lot more money than that?"

“……”

Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "The main hall next to it is almost full!" ”

"Puff ......"

Li Zhaoliang sat down on the ground all of a sudden, beating his chest and wailing: "Oh my God! What the hell am I missing! ”

Li Zhaoliang felt that his heart was dripping blood.

He felt a huge amount of gold and silver, quietly slipping away from him.

"Hahaha......"

Li Zhaoliang's free and easy behavior amused Zhu Neng, Kou Ji, Yang Wenguang and others.

In the laughter of Kou Ji and the others, Li Zhaoliang got up, ran to Kou Ji quickly, and asked, "How many are there?" ”

Kou Ji smiled: "After roughly calculating, it can probably be worth four years of taxes for the imperial court." ”

Li Zhaoliang grabbed Kou Ji's arms at once and looked at Kou Ji with his eyes wide.

Kou Ji pushed him and smiled indifferently: "It's useless for you to stare at me...... The imperial court has the rules of the imperial court, and the rewards of the captured also have the rules of the rewards of the captured...... The people you led did not participate in the war against the Uighurs in Shazhou, so you don't have a share of the money. ”

"Divide it into points...... Just a little bit...... So much money, share a little with me, and the court won't say anything......"

Li Zhaoliang's greedy nature is undoubtedly revealed.

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "The imperial court has the rules of the imperial court, and you can not abide by the rules of the imperial court when you are outside." But I can't disobey the rules of the court. ”

Li Zhaoliang roared in a low voice: "You have eaten so much, can't you share me at all?" ”

Kou Ji pushed Li Zhaoliang away, not wanting to take care of him.

Li Zhaoliang rolled his eyes, rushed to the place where the gold and silver were placed in the hall, and stuffed the gems and gold cakes into his arms one by one.

Zhu Neng and Kou Ji glanced at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

But no one stopped him, and let Li Zhaoliang stuff gold cakes into his arms.

Wait until Li Zhaoliang stuffs his arms full.

Kou Ji said faintly: "You have taken so much, the value is not worth the value of the scroll of calligraphy under your feet." ”

Li Zhaoliang paused for a moment, quickly picked up the scroll of calligraphy at his feet, looked at it carefully, raised his head, and asked Kou Ji, "Hide the real calligraphy...... Hidden True Mage?! Waisu?! ”

Huaisu was a cursive writer on the same level as Zhang Xu during the Tang Dynasty, and was known as the grass saint.

His works are naturally valuable.

Li Zhaoliang almost did not hesitate to shake out all the things in his arms, carefully rolled up the Huaisu calligraphy, and hid it in his arms.

This move caused Kou Ji and Zhu Neng to laugh.

Yang Wenguang was also laughing.

It's just that he didn't smile so happily.

Kou Ji saw Li Zhaoliang's greedy look, looked around, and couldn't help but say, "Okay, there are no outsiders here, why do you pretend to be greedy." ”

Li Zhaoliang glared, "It was pretended before, but this time it's real." ”

Kou Ji groaned, "How much can you take alone?" Your Li family has a lot of money, you won't lose face for this little money, right? ”

Li Zhaoliang rolled his eyes and said, "You think I'm willing." The soldiers and horses you led have made a lot of money one by one. The soldiers and horses I led did not earn a penny.

When you give rewards to your soldiers and horses, won't my soldiers and horses hate me to death?

I don't make a show, and I will have some prestige in the future to lead the troops in the army. ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Then I'll introduce you to a way to make a fortune?" ”

Li Zhaoliang was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "How can all the soldiers get the money?" ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Li Zhaoliang said in amazement: "The Uighurs in Shazhou are gone, you still have a way to get money?" ”

(End of chapter)