Wusheling finally fell to the hands of 250,000 people.

There is no shortcut to the repair of Wusheling Ridge, as the southeast end of Lenglongling, the northern branch of the Qilian Mountains, the gateway and throat of the Hexi Corridor, and the ancient Silk Road. This mountain range, which is 36 miles long from north to south, highlights the steep terrain.

In the face of such a challenge, Pei Min adopted the most primitive and ancient method, force.

No way!

Open the way with black powder and forcibly blow up a passage.

The mountains cannot be jumped, and the mountains are directly dug and leveled.

Simple and crude, without any reason.

The process is difficult, but in the face of the power of the people, no matter how steep the mountains are, they must surrender to them.

In nine months, it took nearly twice as long as the Longshan Road to officially open the Wusheling Mountain Road.

It lasted 13 months, one month longer than the expected year.

At this point, the middle line of the Hexi Corridor was officially opened, and from Liangzhou to Chang'an, the caravan used to take two months, but now it only takes a little more than a month, almost half of the journey.

Pei Min opened up the east-west passage of Longyou, broke the cage trapped in Longyou, and made Longyou, which was sandwiched between the first economic center of Datang and the second economic center of Datang, instantly become fragrant.

Countless businessmen who saw business opportunities poured in, and those enthusiastic young people who gave up their homeland to work hard abroad have returned to their hometowns for development.

Pei Min has also become the existence admired by the people up and down Longyou.

In the one-third acre of Longyou, his fame and prestige even overshadowed the imperial court.

Of course, the happiest are naturally the merchants who travel to and from the Silk Road, especially the wealthy merchants in Liangzhou.

As the third economic center of Datang, the situation in Liangzhou is different from that of Chang'an and Luoyang. There are countless big businessmen in Chang'an and Luoyang, but it is not they who really build the lifeblood of business, but countless small and medium-sized enterprises. They bloomed and built the commercial lifeline of Chang'an and Luoyang. Liangzhou, on the other hand, is dominated by big businessmen and wealthy merchants, all of whom are landlords and wealthy people, with rich family backgrounds, and even have a group of warriors to escort them. The main source of economy is to purchase goods from Luoyang, Chang'an, and then sell them to the Western Regions, Turks, and even Turkish.

The opening of Wusheling Mountain Road and Longyou Road will bring them great convenience.

After the success of the Longyou Mountain, the major wealthy businessmen in Liangzhou did not hesitate to donate a large number of Tongbao materials to help the Tang Dynasty repair the mountain in order to do their best.

After the trade routes were smooth, they increased the volume of trade, and continued to purchase goods from Luoyang, Chang'an, and sell them all over the country.

Everything was as Pei Min expected, and the unimpeded road stimulated Datang's economy.

Datang also took advantage of the situation to launch a policy of confiscating bad money and forcibly suppressed the unhealthy trend of private money.

This confiscation of bad money inevitably caused economic fluctuations, but it was stimulated by the Silk Road in the Western Regions and the wealthy merchants of Liangzhou, and the response of the imperial court was also extremely appropriate.

On the contrary, because the disadvantages of bad money have been lifted, Datang's private currency has been effectively controlled. Although the economy has been greatly affected, as long as it survives this period of time, there will be more benign development.

Things are also as expected, in the face of the prosperity of the Silk Road, the prosperity of the Wusheling Mountain Road, and the Longyou Road. However, for most of the year, Datang has stepped out of its influence, and its business has been extraordinarily prosperous.

Li Longji also couldn't wait to launch his big plan.

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The Tang Dynasty of the Western Regions and the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu rule the world together!

The nine kingdoms of Zhaowu are Kang State, An State, Cao State, Shi State, Mi Country, He State, Huoxun Country, Felling Country, and Shi State.

Among the nine countries, Kangguo is the strongest and the oldest in age.

Kangju State in the Western Han Dynasty was the predecessor of Kangguo, located between the Syr Darya River and the Amu Darya, and the ancestors of the king were the Yueshi people. The Yue clan originally lived in Zhaowu City in the north of Qilian Mountain, but was oppressed by the Xiongnu and migrated westward. In the Western Han Dynasty, Kangju and Da Yueshi were originally two nomadic countries, and later the Yueshi people ruled Kangju and became Kangguo in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Kang Guo is the most powerful of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu and the first of the Nine Kingdoms.

In the early years, Kang was the suzerainty of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu and had always been in the position of the boss of the Western Regions.

However, Su Dingfang, the god of war of the Tang Dynasty, threatened the Western Regions, successively destroyed the Western Turks, completely annihilated the deputy minister of Tubo, Dayan Mangbuzhi, and destroyed the three kingdoms of Lingling, Shule, and Zhu Jubo, which shook the Western Regions and everyone was frightened.

Therefore, Kang Guo attached to the Tang Dynasty and became a part of the Tang Dynasty, and other countries also followed the boss of Kang Guo to attach the Tang Dynasty.

For many years, the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu were nominally subordinated to the Tang Dynasty. But among the nine countries, the attitude of the countries towards Kang Guo is also the same as always, and they regard him as their leader.

Generally speaking, the decision of Kang Shulie, the king of Kang State, is almost equal to the decision of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu.

On this day, the kings of Anguo, Cao, Shiguo, Mi, He, Huoxun, Huadi, and Shi gathered in the capital of Kangguo.

The Eight Kings looked at Kang Shulie in a daze, waiting for his decision.

Kang Shulie looked at the allies and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, we are now close to the Tang Dynasty, and they should not persecute us. His Majesty the Emperor of Li Tang is no better than the Empress Wu of the year, and he has the tools of Taizong and Gaozong, and he warmly invited us. If we refuse, we will be unkind. fell into their tongue to attack us, you must know that the current Datang is not as good as in the past, and we can only live comfortably in this Western Regions by following Datang. The stronger Datang is, the better it will be for us. ”

The Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu were all countries on the Silk Road, and although the wealthy merchants who traveled to and from various places did not do business in each country, the economic effect of their back and forth was the foundation of their country.

The more developed the economy of Datang, the more profit they make.

King Huoxun looked hesitant and asked, "But the stronger the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, doesn't it mean that the old things will happen again?" ”

The "repetition of the old things" in the mouth of King Huoxun made the expressions of everyone present change slightly.

The old thing they said was that when the Tang Dynasty came to the Western Regions, the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms had to go to the country and surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, their identity was the governor of the Tang Dynasty.

It was because Wu Zetian lost the Western Regions and the Governor's Mansion set up by the Tang Dynasty no longer existed, so they changed back to the name of the country.

Even if the Tang Dynasty succeeded in recapturing the Western Regions later, their control over the Western Regions had been greatly reduced, and although they still maintained a respectful relationship with the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty could not control them.

The goal of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms is the same, they can surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but they can't let the Tang Dynasty control them, let alone let their country become a protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.

Kang Shulie's face was also entangled, and he turned against Datang, they were not strong enough, and they had no way to make money, but he didn't want his Kang Guo to disappear and become a part of Datang, so he hesitated again and again, and said: "No matter what, we must attend the annual meeting next year." As for the rest, I'll talk about it later. ”

The other kings, you look at me, sigh and say, "That's it." ”