Li An looked at the official who ran over and said, "What the hell is going on, who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to sabotage the construction of the railway in the Tang Dynasty." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The official took a few breaths and replied: "Li Shilang, it was the camel caravan of Shiguo who colluded with the Great Food Country to do it, and the Shiguo Yamen has found out, but they didn't dare to offend the Great Food, so they just arrested the country's chariot and horse merchants and put them in prison, and the big cannibal temporarily stayed in the post house to entertain them." ”

"It's actually the Shiguo chariot and horse merchants who colluded with the big cannibalism, this situation, the official really didn't expect it, they all said that people die for money, birds die for food, it seems that it is not false at all! As long as this railway is built, the camels will be completely useless, and the livelihood of these camel merchants will be lost, so they will definitely have to react, but how did they collude with the big cannibals, who contacted whom first? ”

Li An also fell into doubts as he spoke, but after thinking about it, he understood that once the railway was built, the camel caravan would become useless, and the railway would lead to the land in the river, and the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty would follow in, and the Great Food would no longer be able to bully the countries in the river as he wanted.

Of course, their vision is a little short-sighted, that's right, once the railway of the Tang Dynasty leads to the stone country, their immediate interests will indeed be greatly damaged, but in the long run, they will definitely gain benefits because of the railway in the future, as long as they change their thinking, learn to cooperate for a win-win situation, and cooperate with the Tang Empire, they will definitely be able to obtain greater benefits.

It is true that the camel caravans will lose their usefulness because of the construction of the railway, but these caravans are very clear about the road conditions along the way, and it is completely feasible to join the railway bureau of Datang, which is a formal job, and the treatment is guaranteed, as long as they do not make big mistakes, they will not dismiss these experienced people.

As for camels, just sell them directly, fresh camel meat, sold to the capital of the Tang Dynasty, will definitely be sold for a good price, besides, the camel caravan is very hard, and the money earned is not much, changing careers may be able to get better development, so that they can have a better life, and confronting the Tang Dynasty and destroying the policies that have been established by the Shiguo Imperial Court will be very risky, and the final outcome will inevitably be tragic and the gains outweigh the losses.

Since the rise of the Great Food Country, it has always been a big country in the west, among the western countries, it has a very large authority, almost bullying whoever it wants, if anyone is not convinced, then speak with its fists, the elite camel cavalry of the Great Food, specializing in all kinds of disobedience, scaring the western countries, obediently paying protection money, in order to buy a moment of peace.

People who have been accustomed to taking advantage are definitely unwilling to lose the people who are being bullied, and the same is true for the country, the big food country can get the tribute of the rich and small countries in the west, and the small life must be good, but once the tribute support of the small countries is lost, the days will definitely not be so rich, and people like to live a rich life, and the same is true of the country, there is not enough financial support, whether it is the income of the court officials, the expenditure of national defense and various departments, and the construction of various countries, will be greatly restricted, in short, Life is difficult, and with enough financial support, the ruler is much more comfortable with things.

In short, the court of the Great Food Country is extremely reluctant to lose the tribute paid by the western countries to itself, if this financial route is broken, they will be very uncomfortable, and in order to prevent this from happening, the Great Food Country must find allies to prevent and destroy the Tang Dynasty's railway to the middle of the river, so as to prevent the Tang Dynasty's forces from going too deep into the west and threatening the interests of the Great Food Country.

Of course, not everyone in the imperial court of the Great Food Country supports this approach, which is related to interests, after all, the Tang Dynasty will build the railway to the west, which has both advantages and disadvantages for the Great Food Country.

The advantage is that the merchants of the big food country can use this railway to develop their own economy and promote the prosperity and strength of their country, the disadvantage is that the big food country will lose control of the river and the Tocharian countries, so that they will gradually lose the tribute of these small countries, and another point is the loss of strategic interests, once the powerful power of the Tang Dynasty enters the western countries, the big food country will lose not only the tribute of the small countries, but also the loss of national security, after all, the Tang Dynasty only needs to garrison a modern army and horses in the small countries in the river, You can raid and enter the Great Food Country at any time, so that the Great Food Country is like a thorn in the back, and you can't live in fear.

For the rulers of the Great Food Country, the power of the Tang Dynasty entered the land in the river, which had more disadvantages for them, and the benefits were relatively small, so the main force was still against the entry of the Tang Dynasty in order to maintain their effective rule and national security.

As for the interests of the common people and businessmen, the ruling class will not think too much, they will only consider their own interests first, to maintain their own rule and security, after all, the interests of the court are above everything else, if the court is gone, the ruling class will be finished, so, even if the businessmen are rich, what can they do, what does the ruling class care, and as long as the ruling class is full of food and drink, what does it matter if the people are hungry?

There are frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat, there will be such a problem in any era, the wine and meat of the rich will not be given to the poor casually, even if the poor die of hunger, they will not give them the slightest.

What the court wants is that its own interests can be maintained, and it doesn't care whether the people can get greater benefits through the railway, even if a country is poor, the ruling class can eat and drink spicy, and this is enough, what does it matter if the people are poor? And if the court dies, the ruling class will only have a different head, or live a life of house arrest and imprisonment, it is really better to die, unless someone like Liu Chan can get a happy death.

Therefore, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, the court of the Great Food Country will go all out to prevent the Tang Dynasty from building the railway to the land in the river, for this reason, they do not hesitate to fall out with the Tang Dynasty, but the strength of the Tang Dynasty, they must know a thing or two, so, the confidence is a little insufficient, so, you must find a horse pawn to do it for you, and the camel caravan of the Shi Kingdom is undoubtedly the best horse pawn, if these people do their best to prevent the construction of the railway, they will definitely be able to delay the Tang Empire to build the railway to the river.

The Great Food Country sent envoys to enter the Stone Country under the guise of a friendly visit, and gathered these anxious and fearful camel caravans, and asked them to stand up and express their opposition to the construction of the railway by the Tang Dynasty with practical actions, and even caused some murders to express their anger.

These envoys did not live up to the high expectations of the imperial court of the Great Food Country, and successfully persuaded the camel caravans of the Stone Kingdom, and let these fools successfully launch an attack on the road construction craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, and also created several appalling tragedies, which seriously damaged the Tang Dynasty's plan to build a railway in the Stone Kingdom, and made the people panic.

However, this kind of dying and desperate resistance, it is impossible to stop Datang's plan to build a railway, extending the railway to the western countries, promoting the prosperity of both sides, is already the established national policy of Datang, is unchangeable, if there is a block, Datang can mobilize a large number of forces, along the railway line into the western countries, the western countries all take, people have the strength not to seek benefits, fools will do this, the country is the same, once it becomes strong, it is natural to try to continue to maintain its own strength, and seek greater interests, And the west has many interests, and the Tang Empire naturally wants to enter the west, which is unchangeable.

Now, the Shiguo Imperial Court has arrested all the perpetrators, among them, all the camel caravans in their own country have been put into prison, and a small number of escapes will be pursued, and for the organizers of the Great Food Country, they will be placed under house arrest with good wine and food, and the matter will be reported to the Tang Dynasty, and the opinions of the Tang Dynasty will be asked, and then the next step will be made.

"Li Shilang, the Shiguo Imperial Court put the envoys of the Great Food Country under house arrest, it seems that he has left a hand, and he doesn't plan to fall out with the Great Food Country! They should be asked to kill the envoys of the Great Food Country to show their loyalty to the Tang Dynasty. ”

An entourage of ministers suggested it.

"That's right, Li Shilang, the Great Food Country actually dares to provoke an incident, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, my Datang Imperial Court must show a tough posture, with the current strength of my Datang, it should not be a problem to defeat the Great Food Country."

"Yes! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I, Datang, can use this reason to take action against the Great Food Country and further expand our power to the west. ”

A number of ministers chimed in.

Ang Lee also understands that this is an excuse to do it, but because such a trivial matter is not worth it, it really doesn't mean much to fight and kill, and unity and cooperation should be the theme of the times.

After all, even if you defeat the Great Food Country by force, you need to send officials to rule, and this is a very troublesome thing, if you can use peaceful means to make the Great Food Country submit, or if you are willing to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty, it will be the best.

Of course, Ang Lee also knows that the use of peaceful methods may not be very reliable, and it is necessary to use force to establish prestige, but it is the fine tradition of the Chinese nation to salute first and then soldier, and how can he start to do it if he has not yet moved his mouth? How impolite it is.

"No matter how strong the Tang Dynasty is, it can't start a war lightly, once the battle starts, it is still the common people who suffer, we will go directly to Talas City at the next stop, and we will meet the envoys of this big food country for a while, and it is not bad to listen to their thoughts."

Ang Lee voiced his opinion.

"Yes, Li Shilang."

All the officials are vassals, and whatever Li An says, they can only obey.

With a curiosity, the team led by Li An set off mightily and went to Talas, an important city in Shiguo, which is also a very famous city in history, where the Anxi army of the Tang Dynasty was defeated, and Gao Xianzhi's prestige was also cut off here.

More than half of the team of nearly 1,000 people are elite soldiers and horses guarding, including Li An's personal guards and Anxi army's soldiers and horses.

Dozens of miles south of Talas, is the capital of the Stone Kingdom, Tuozhi City, where is the administrative center of the Stone Kingdom, when the strategic position of Talas is more important than the Tuozhi City, otherwise, why would the Tang Dynasty have a tragic fight with the Great Food Country here in history.

Talas was originally just a very ordinary city, but this city is located on the main road of east-west traffic, so this city is very important, and the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food are eyeing him, which is why there is a war in history.

Now, Ang Lee has come to Datang and transformed the Tang Empire into an extremely powerful empire, the fiasco of Datang will never be repeated, but whether the friction of the war will be set off, Li Ang cannot be sure, but once the war is set off, Datang will inevitably win, and the Great Food Country will inevitably fail miserably.

Now the Anxi Army, which is already equipped with artillery and ironclad command vehicles, has greatly strengthened its strength, Gao Xianzhi's strength is very tough, and after the confidence is sufficient, his tone is getting harder and harder, Li An is a little worried, this guy will definitely have nothing to do to bully the surrounding countries, in order to gain military merits to improve himself, and this will inevitably set off a bloody storm.

For example, this time the railway craftsman was attacked, Gao Xianzhi's eyes lit up when he heard the news, although he was very angry, angry that the Datang craftsman was attacked, but his eyes betrayed him, he must feel in his heart that this is a golden opportunity, a chance to fight the Great Food Country to obtain military merits.

It's just that Li An came to Anxi and understood the whole situation here, he had to have some scruples, and he didn't dare to send troops to crusade against the Great Food Country privately, after all, Li An's status in Datang was much higher than him, and he had to listen to Li An's opinion and give Li An the leading power of the incident.

"This is Talas?"

Li An saw a small city in the Western Regions that was not very big, but very lively, with business and travel in the city, and it was thriving, which made people feel very happy after seeing it.

"Ah Lang, this is Talas, Mei'er's hometown."

Mei'er saw her hometown, her eyes were full of joy, obviously, she likes her hometown very much, anyone likes her hometown, her hometown carries too many people's dreams, and it is a place where everyone is haunted by their dreams.

"Oh, it turns out that this is Mei'er's hometown, are all your relatives here? Can you pay a visit? ”

Ang Lee asked with a smile.

This little fox has been serving her for so long, but Ang Lee has never asked her about the situation at home, after all, as long as the little fox is gentle enough, it doesn't matter where she comes from, what kind of family is it?

"Ah Lang, Mei'er has no home, she has no home since she was a child, she was adopted by her father-in-law, who is a senior official of Shiguo, and has been living in Tuozhi City five years ago."

Mei'er spoke.

"Oh, Mei'er's father-in-law is a big official in Shiguo, so how can he be willing to give Mei'er away?"

Ang Lee knows that his father-in-law is his godfather, and the relationship between his godfather and goddaughter still needs to be elaborated?