After Li Mu finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the Qiuzi Palace, and the smile on his face became deeper and deeper.

A single commercial development is not enough, Qiuzi also needs to develop industry, of course, this refers to the premise that Qiuci is already surnamed 'Tang'. With a self-sufficient industry and a prosperous business, Qiuzi Town will become a pearl in the Western Regions within three years.

With this 'satellite city', with a huge amount of money to hire idle mercenaries in the Western Regions for defense, it can become a 'sentry tower' in Dingxiang City, buying a lot of time for Dingxiang.

Economic, military, two-pronged, in order to play its due role.

……

On the other side, the retreat of the Turks is underway.

Tong'e is worthy of being the top figure of the Western Turks, and he did not delay in doing things, agreed to withdraw his troops, and immediately withdrew his troops according to the agreed time.

The movement of 150,000 horses could not be concealed at all, and the people of Qiuzi climbed the city wall and looked at the smoke and dust billowing in the distance. The nerves that had been tense suddenly relaxed, and many people collapsed directly, and the sound of crying was endless.

Li Mu was also on the city wall, and Su Lie, Usman, and Moham were on his side.

Moham was behind Li Mu, and he wanted to speak several times, but Usman saw it and said, "If you say anything, Master Hou doesn't like to hide it." ”

Li Mu turned his head to look at him, Moham saluted, and said, "Master Hou, please forgive Xiao Wang for being reckless...... The strength of the Turks has not been damaged, and Xiao Wang is really worried that they will make a comeback. ”

"Comeback?" Li Mu smiled: "They didn't leave either?" ”

"Didn't leave?" Moham looked at the direction in which the Turks were retreating, and thought to himself if I had something wrong with my eyes, or if there was something wrong with the Hou Ye's head, wasn't this gone?

"They continued eastward." Li Mu said lightly, his eyes looked in the direction of the east, and his eyes were full of worry.

Moham was even more confused, this was obviously a retreat to the west, why did the Hou Ye say it was to the east? Could it be that on the Tang side, things are upside down?

Li Mu didn't bother to say too much to Moham, he glanced at Su Lie and asked him to explain.

Su Lie nodded and said, "Tong'e, this person, has a deep plan. At the moment, he smeared our cannons, and after seeing the lethality, he didn't dare to fill it with human lives. His slave soldiers are almost exhausted, and if they are consumed again, it will be his own men, and he is reluctant. ”

So he chose to withdraw his troops, but he could also see that there must not be many reinforcements. Otherwise, we would have been killed a long time ago, and besides, our artillery and defending the city are sharp weapons, but out of the city, there is no support, and the sports war is a disadvantage. As long as they get on their horses, they don't have to worry about the cannons. ”

"The Turks still have 150,000 soldiers and horses, and the main force has almost no losses, if they retreat at this time, they will not get anything, and they will provoke the anger of the Western Regions, and the future will not be easy. Therefore, Hou Ye judged that they only had one way, and that was to continue to move eastward. There weren't many men and horses in Qiuzi City, and there weren't many reinforcements. It's impossible to chase it out, and if we do, it's even more in the right place. Our men, without artillery, are not enough for them to stuff their teeth. ”

"What then?" Moham's voice trembled, and he asked, "Is there enough of the Dingxiang defenders?" Will it be irresistible...... Broken city? ”

"You are the king of Hejian County, are you muddy?" Li Mu said angrily: "Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, is a famous general in the world. With him, not to mention that Tong'e only has 150,000 soldiers and horses, even if it is doubled, it is impossible to break through the city gate of Dingxiang in a short time! ”

Moham let out a sigh of relief and said, "So Xiao Wang is relieved."

Moham is indeed relieved, for Qiuzi, it is not a good thing for him to be good between Datang and Qiuzi. But if it is a lose-lose situation, it is in the best interest of Qiuzi.

"The safety of Qiuzi City, you don't have to worry about it in the future." Li Mu suddenly said to Moham, he gestured to Usman, and said: "This one is Usman, the commander of the Turtle Fold, Your Majesty's grace, and the surname Li Siman is in the future." On behalf of the Tang Dynasty, he will garrison a garrison here to protect the safety of Qiuzi and the people on the surrounding trade routes. ”

Moham was anxious: "Master Hou, Qiuzi is confident that he can guard ......"

"Huh!" Li Muyi waved his hand and said, "Since you are serving the Tang Dynasty as the sect master, what else are you polite?" Protecting the security of the vassal state is also one of the responsibilities of the suzerain. You can rest assured, from now on, Qiuci will walk sideways in the Western Regions, and whoever dares to make a move against Qiuci will declare war on Datang! ”

"No, Master Hou, this matter can't be so ......" Moham was still about to speak, Li Mu had already gone down to the city tower, Su Lie and Usman stopped Moham, the two of them seemed to smile, and said: "Congratulations, the imperial court has stationed troops in Qiuci at any cost." It is enough to see that His Majesty attaches great importance to you. ”

Moham was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "This, this is not the same thing!" ”

……

After a day of fundraising, the results were unexpectedly expensive.

According to the statistics of the scribes, the merchants in the city of Qiuzi contributed a total of more than 60,000 yuan to the expansion of the city, which is of course a little small compared to the new city walls and bazaars, but it is already very good to have this amount in just one day.

The next day, there are more and more businessmen who come to hear the news, no matter what, human beings have a herd effect, as long as someone takes the lead, the people behind will follow even if they can't figure it out, in the eyes of those who don't know the truth, so many people rush to donate money, it seems that they are suffering, but there must be benefits.

A thing that is clearly beneficial, even if you don't understand it, you can't lag behind, give the money first, and then talk about it.

As a result, the donation on the second day reached more than 80,000 yuan, and the two days added up to almost 150,000 yuan.

Li Mu was overjoyed and immediately ordered the construction of the new bazaar to begin. It was carried out at the same time as the repair of the walls of the city of Qiuzi, but fortunately, in the city of Qiuzi, there was the food that Moham had prepared in advance. Moreover, at this time, a lot of people have died in Qiuzi City, and the time for these stored grains to eat is even longer.

In order to defend the city and make artillery stones, Qiuzi City demolished a lot of houses, and it was impossible to restore them. It happened to be used to build a bazaar, and there was a new use of old materials. As for the people, it is good to survive for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, even if they don't have a house, as long as they have a bite to eat, they don't have any complaints.

But Li Mu was not so cruel after all, and he mobilized the women who poured into the city that day. Let them make their own mud bricks, which is the native method of the people in the desert, and many houses in Qiuzi City are also built in this way.

There is a place near here, where the sand dunes are very sticky, as long as they are mixed with water, and then molded and shaped, after the process of sun exposure and then drying, you can make mud bricks. These mud bricks can be used to build a house, and after a few rains, the mud bricks come together and the house is very strong.

Of course, it is still not comparable to a house made of wood and stone, but it is already very good.

This is also another form of cash-for-work, otherwise so many people will not work and eat rice, and sooner or later the amount of grain will be eaten. Psychologically, work also plays a big role, there are tasks every day, there is work to do every day, and it also greatly reduces the time for them to think cranky. Gradually, the sound of crying in the city became less and less. From day to night, it is a thriving work scene.

Hundreds of merchants stood far away in the south of the city, gathering in one place, watching the people on the construction site in full swing. The businessmen looked surprised and knew more about Li Mu's resoluteness.

I can't tell why, but the businessmen's trust in this young marquis from Datang has gradually deepened, and they are more and more looking forward to the new market and new store.

Li Mu's fundraising is actually a trick of borrowing chickens and eggs, empty gloves and white wolves, without a penny, using the merchant's own money to build the bazaar, and after the construction is completed, the merchant will spend money to buy back the shops in the bazaar one by one, all of which is based on the golden signboard of the Tang Dynasty, the credibility established on the Silk Road, and the absolute control that Moham does not dare to resist him now.

If they can't have the final say, and the promises given can't be kept, how can businessmen be willing to pay? This is the first time to deal with it, and it is absolutely impossible to live up to the trust of the businessmen, and this transaction must be so that the businessmen can not find faults, so as to be conducive to the next development plan.

Li Mu said that he was very satisfied with the current development, and everything was in his plan.

Standing in the open space in the south of the city, watching the soldiers of the Left Guard in the distance pushing the city wall in full swing, Li Mu talked with the onlookers and drew a big cake for them with saliva. At the same time, he did not forget to praise how prosperous Chang'an and Luoyang are, and it is not ashamed to exaggerate to attract investment.

As for Yangzhou, he didn't mention it. It's just too far away, and these merchants are not the target customer base.

……

The speed of the "retreat" of the Western Turks was very alarming, and in two days, they had already withdrawn 300 miles to the west. Here, it has already broken away from the border of Qiuzi, and such a speed, even when the army was marching eastward, it was not reached.

After escaping three hundred miles in one go, the Turks were sleepy and tired, and the speed couldn't help but slow down, and the nobles saw that it was already dark, so they asked Tong'e, "Great Khan, we have been on the road for two days in a row, can we go down to the camp to rest, and we can also gather the lower people." "At the request of Tong'e, they only care about a quick retreat, how can the 150,000 men and horses not be chaotic, the soldiers cannot find the generals, they will not be able to find the soldiers, the tribes are mixed together, once something happens, they can't command at all.

"No, you have to do a full set of plays." Tong'e shook her head categorically and said: "If the Tang army has an attempt to explore the horse, Ben Khan's plan will not work!" You know that people are sleepy and lacking, and the Tang Army must also know that if they sneak attack at night, or chase us with that thing that can fly in the sky, the distance of 300 miles is nothing! ”

"The Great Khan is wise!" The Turkic nobles who dared to refute Tong'e immediately said like a tide of sycophants: "Those Tang people are the most treacherous, and they like to carry out sneak attacks in the middle of the night!" ”

"It's a pity that it was our Great Khan who ran into it, and their calculations are doomed to fail!"

"And when do we have to escape?" Some people whispered to themselves, the Turks also talk about a sense of honor, if they lose the battle and run away, then naturally there is nothing to say, but now, it is clear that the main force is not damaged, they will flee in a hurry, and many young Turkic warriors are naturally unconvinced.

"It's a retreat, not an escape." Tong'e angrily raised the horsewhip in her hand and pointed to the person who said this: "What do you chicks know? Ben Khan's purpose is to convince them that we are retreating westward, but in fact! He sneered and said, "We're not going west, we're still going east!" ”

"To the east?" Everyone looked at each other, and Tong'e sneered: "Our goal is still to go straight to Dingxiang, but it's just a big detour." Tong'e motioned for the guards to take out a parchment scroll, which was a map of the Western Regions, all measured by the Turks with horses' hooves, and on which were symbols that only the Turks could understand. He pointed with his horsewhip and said; "Let's cross the Tam River, march along the north bank, and then cross the river from eighty miles north of Dingxiang and go south, and take them by surprise!"

"No, you have to do a full set of plays." Tong'e shook her head categorically and said: "If the Tang army has an attempt to explore the horse, Ben Khan's plan will not work!" You know that people are sleepy and lacking, and the Tang Army must also know that if they sneak attack at night, or chase us with that thing that can fly in the sky, the distance of 300 miles is nothing! ”

"The Great Khan is wise!" The Turkic nobles who dared to refute Tong'e immediately said like a tide of sycophants: "Those Tang people are the most treacherous, and they like to carry out sneak attacks in the middle of the night!" ”

"It's a pity that it was our Great Khan who ran into it, and their calculations are doomed to fail!"

"And when do we have to escape?" Some people whispered to themselves, the Turks also talk about a sense of honor, if they lose the battle and run away, then naturally there is nothing to say, but now, it is clear that the main force is not damaged, they will flee in a hurry, and many young Turkic warriors are naturally unconvinced.

"It's a retreat, not an escape." Tong'e angrily raised the horsewhip in her hand and pointed to the person who said this: "What do you chicks know? Ben Khan's purpose is to convince them that we are retreating westward, but in fact! He sneered and said, "We're not going west, we're still going east!" ”

"To the east?" Everyone looked at each other, and Tong'e sneered: "Our goal is still to go straight to Dingxiang, but it's just a big detour." Tong'e motioned for the guards to take out a parchment scroll, which was a map of the Western Regions, all measured by the Turks with horses' hooves, and on which were symbols that only the Turks could understand. He pointed with his horsewhip and said; "Let's cross the Tam River, march along the north bank, and then cross the river from eighty miles north of Dingxiang and go south, and take them by surprise!" "No, you have to do a full set of plays." Tong'e shook her head categorically and said: "If the Tang army has an attempt to explore the horse, Ben Khan's plan will not work!" You know that people are sleepy and lacking, and the Tang Army must also know that if they sneak attack at night, or chase us with that thing that can fly in the sky, the distance of 300 miles is nothing! ”

"The Great Khan is wise!" The Turkic nobles who dared to refute Tong'e immediately said like a tide of sycophants: "Those Tang people are the most treacherous, and they like to carry out sneak attacks in the middle of the night!" ”