Zhang Cheng's conjecture was quickly confirmed, Chang'an, a city inhabited by millions of people, actually canceled the curfew, so he didn't have to be in such a hurry, and even if he wanted to go faster, it wouldn't work, because, on the street, many people began to go out for a walk, and the horse team couldn't go fast at all.

"It turns out that there are so many people in Guanzhong, and the people in this city alone are more than all the people in our Baizi Kingdom combined!"

Zhang Le Qiujin is only in his early twenties, he is not very calm, he is the twenty-third king of Baiziguo, he previously called Li Shimin a minister, but it is not because of how loyal he is to Li Shimin, that is because this is a tradition that has been handed down from Baiziguo since the Shu Han period.

After Zhuge Liang Jianxing's three-year victory in the southern expedition, he canonized the nine generations of Renguo grandson, Long, as the king of Baizi Kingdom, and gave the surname Zhang.

However, although they are vassals, it does not mean how deferential they are to the Central Plains Dynasty, because their vassals are just a compromise to obtain benefits, if it were not for the lack of effective rule over the Yunnan tribes, it is estimated that they would have been different from the Central Plains Dynasty a long time ago.

For hundreds of years, due to the study of some Han culture, the population of the Bai nationality has developed well, but in terms of martial arts, it is too weak, and the surrounding departments dare to call them militarily, more than one or two.

Historically, Zhang Le Qiujin was not very peaceful in his later years, secretly instigated the rebellion of the surrounding tribes, and later in the Tang Army, crossed the Jinsha River in the south, and killed all the way to Erhai Lake, preparing to completely defeat the Baizi Kingdom, and when it was destroyed, Zhang Le Qiujin chose to inherit the Baizi Kingdom for more than 400 years, and Zen was ceded to the pro-Tang Mengshe Zhao Xinuluo to protect the lives of the people.

However, the situation is different now, Zhang Le Qiujin can't wait for Xinuluo to grow up, so he has to give up the throne to Xinuluo's father Shelong, the changes in history have not changed Zhang Leqiujin's attributes, between life and power, he still decisively chose to save his life.

"Chang'an City has a population of one million, naturally it is not comparable to the small Baizi Kingdom, Shelong Patriarch, now, you understand what my son-in-law means!"

When the tall and strong Shelong heard this, he nodded, and when he came, Wang Hao once told him that the reason why Zhang Le Qiujin was able to gain a foothold in Yunnan was because he had the name of being a vassal to Li Tang, and the military strength of the various departments was stronger than him, and he did not dare to attack him, because this may attract the Tang army, as long as he first obtained the recognition of Emperor Li Tang, backed by the powerful Li Tang, and turned this advantage to his head, he could have the next move.

At present, it seems that Li Tang is really powerful, even if the Bai tribe to which Meng Shezhao belongs has a population advantage in Yunnan, but compared with Li Tang, it is not worth mentioning at all, with such a big tree as a support, he only needs to train the sergeants diligently, clean up the rest of the departments, and unify the land of western Yunnan, it is simply easy.

And the reason why they visited Xiao Yu first and obtained his handwriting was also because Wang Hao had deep considerations, of course, this is a later story, and with the wisdom of Shelong, he can't guess Wang Hao's thoughts.

The distance across Chang'an City is not short, and when they walk to Qinglongfang, near Quchifang, the night market stalls here have all been set up, in the future, this will be the location of the beautiful square, the main food, cruises, street scenes, now, all kinds of stalls have a tendency to gather here, the smell of wine and meat wafting around, some of the seduced people from the south can't walk, so Zhang Cheng had to find a spacious place, let the horse team stop, let them eat something on the street first.

Don't look at the scale of these stalls, the types of food sold are very rich for people in this period, and the price is much cheaper than Zhang Cheng's psychological price, if he eats a few pieces of roast mutton in Chang'an two years ago, it is not good to have a few tens of dollars, but now, a barbecue lamb skewer with bamboo skewers is only three yuan, dozens of dollars can buy more than a dozen skewers, definitely more than a pound of mutton, the most important thing is that there is a little cumin powder on this kebab, this thing, when their Wang family planted it two years ago, It's so expensive that now, even a roadside stall can put a big jar of cumin powder next to it for barbecue.

After inquiring, it turned out that in the vegetable market now, you can buy a pound of mutton for 20 yuan, which is almost half cheaper than more than two years ago, and cumin powder spices are 10 yuan a catty, which is more than ten times cheaper than before.

Doesn't this mean that the Wang family's million-acre spice fields can't make much money?

In fact, in comparison, planting spices is still more profitable than planting grain, because an acre of spice field yields more than one stone per mu, and more than one stone, which can be sold in the market, while planting grain, even if it yields four stones per mu, it can only be sold for five or six hundred yuan, which is less than half of the income from planting spices.

Therefore, now in the fields of those families in the north, a large number of spices are still grown, and it is foreseeable that the price of spices will fall again this year, and when the time comes, all commodities that need spices as ingredients will fall in price, for example, the price of spice bean paste in the soybean paste workshop this year has fallen to 20 Wen and one jar, because the prices of spices and soybeans have fallen.

What makes Zhang Cheng feel the most is not that the prices of these things have fallen, but that while prices have fallen as a whole, the people's incomes have risen.

In the past, that is, the children of the powerful had the conditions to spend money on the street to eat meat, but now, eating on the street, but many of them are dressed as civilians, after Zhang Cheng sat down, he heard the person at the table next to him talking, go to a certain factory in Weinan, the monthly salary can be consistently three, consistent five and other topics, if the monthly salary is always more, occasionally spend more than ten or twenty wen to eat a meal of meat, of course, it is bearable.

However, how did Li Tang make so much money for all the people?

"No wonder Hao Gongzi said that Li Tang has become a great trend, it is no longer comparable to the past, we should adjust our strategy and promote its ······"

Even when he muttered in private and talked about such a topic, he was very cautious to shut up. He looked around the street vigilantly, and found that no one was paying attention to him, so he put his mind at ease and attacked a large plate of food in front of him.

"Head, the guy said the key position was jammed."

"It's okay, he has already said useful news, you continue to monitor, I will go back and report to the governor."

The intelligence group has not been idle, Shelong and their huge team entered Chang'an, and they were dressed as foreigners, how could they not pay attention to it!

In the dark of a high-rise building dozens of meters away, Wuyinger collected his telescope and walked quickly in the direction of Furong Garden, 'Hao Gongzi' is likely to represent Wang Hao, and this person's information is very important to Sun Xiangfu.

Not long after, Sun Xiangfu met Wuying'er in the study, and after learning the news he reported, Sun Xiangfu guessed that this Wang Hao may have gone to Yunnan to develop a force, and now, it is even enough to affect the leader of one of them.

"Pay close attention to them, and report to me as soon as there is any situation."

"No."

After Wuying'er retreated, Sun Xiangfu frowned and pondered in the study for a while, Wang Hao is the most difficult person he has met in this world, the only thing that can be determined is that Wang Hao wants to promote the Han dynasty and wipe out all the surrounding small countries, and it is not in the way of ethnic integration, because he believes that if it is not my race, its heart will be different.

Could it be that the next one he wants to promote the Tang Dynasty to eliminate is the Yunnan Zhubu?

In his opinion, the Yunnan tribes, since the Han Wu period, accepted the canonization of the Central Plains, and in the Three Kingdoms period, under the governance of the Shu Han regime, they were once under the rule of the Han people.

Moreover, Zhang Le, the king of Baizi, has already declared himself a vassal to the Tang Dynasty and accepted Li Shimin's canonization, such a place is fully equipped with economic and political means to integrate and unify, he asked Xiao Yu to go to Shuzhong, just to initially open up the situation.

But now it seems that things will not go as smoothly as imagined, because, Wang Hao is a-stirring stick, he always only looks at his own will to act, like promoting the war of Goguryeo, he is a little urgent, if you wait for another two years, the Tang Dynasty will be in the north, and the internal organization will be smoother, and the fight against Goguryeo is almost nine out of ten, and there is no need to compromise with these places in the interior, and what to do slowly.

When Sun Xiangfu was simulating Wang Hao's mind and speculating on some possible situations, Wuying'er came to the study again.

"Governor, those people have moved in to Wangjiang Tower."

"Lived in Wangjiang Tower? I was here to let me know! Sun Xiangfu was stunned for a moment and said.

Then, his brows furrowed even tighter, with a smart person like Wang Hao, if he deliberately let you know the means he used, then it must be a trick that you can't crack perfectly, or rather, how to crack it, it will be beneficial to him.

"Let Zhang Ke go and arrange it first, and I'll go over to see them in a while."

Soon, the people of the escort team took control of the housekeeping department of Wangjiang Tower, and when Sun Xiangfu walked into the hall of the housekeeping department, Zhang Le Qiujin, Shelong, and Zhang Cheng had been brought out by Zhang Ke, and the Han man, Zhang Cheng's face was not surprised, but handed a letter that had been held in his hand to Zhang Kedao, "My son-in-law said that as long as you arrive at Wangjiang Tower, you will definitely find it, and let me hand over this letter to you at this time." ”

After Sun Xiangfu nodded, Zhang Ke opened the letter and handed it over, Sun Xiangfu quickly browsed it, and immediately confirmed what he thought.

Bai Ziguo advocates that Le Qiu Jin is weak and incompetent, and in its country, Meng Shezhao is a piece of the people, and the strength is strong enough, enough to deter the surrounding departments, and now, Wang Hao has persuaded Zhang Le to enter the Zen in Mengshe Zhao leader Shelong, if the imperial court allows, Shelong can justifiably integrate the power of Bai Ziguo, and maintain stability in the direction of Yunnan for the Tang Dynasty.

This letter, on the surface, is actually not a problem at all, because, the land of Yunnan was not under Li Tang's actual control before, if Li Shimin agrees, he only needs a holy decree, Li Tang can continue to be the suzerainty of Baizi Kingdom, and at the same time, it can also ensure that the land of Yunnan does not pose a threat to the Central Plains.

However, if Li Shimin does not agree, then, there will be many variables, first of all, within the Bai clan, there will be a battle for the throne, and Zhang Le's pursuit of progress is almost a defeat, when the time comes, you don't want to Shelong to be a vassal on the table, because you have rejected his ascendancy, he is very likely to unite with the tribes that are not waiting to see Li Tang now, and become a major disaster in the southern Xinjiang of the Tang Dynasty, because if the Yunnan tribes are united, there are three or four hundred thousand young and strong barbarian soldiers, and it is impossible to fight a small war.

Moreover, whether Li Shimin agrees or not, in fact, it is what Wang Hao wants to see, and he even hopes that Li Shimin will not agree, so he deliberately sent Shelong to Chang'an, that is, he wished that Li Shimin would not agree and cut him down, so that Wang Hao himself could control Baiziguo more completely in the name of supporting the young master Xinuluo.

When he saw Wang Hao, he would have a headache, this is Sun Xiangfu's mood now, let them and his group live here with peace of mind, and after waiting for disposal, Sun Xiangfu quickly got up and went home.