Everyone saw Sun Xiangfu's dusty servants, and at this moment, they were even more moved in their hearts.

"There's a Governor of Laodu."

The reason why they say something different, because they are worried, is not reluctant to give up, they are very confident that they will come back in more than two years, and they are worried about how they can perfectly complete the task of their trip, worthy of the country, and the ardent expectations of the person in front of them.

"Don't come and see, I'm still not at ease, it's tens of thousands of miles away, it's a long way to go, but you don't have to have too much pressure in your heart, the expeditionary force has enough experience in traveling far away, you have to learn more from them, listen to their arrangements, take care of your body, other things are actually secondary, as long as you can return safely, it's better than anything."

After going to the Western Regions, what to do and what kind of expected goals to achieve, not only Sun Xiangfu has already explained to them, but the ministers of the imperial court have also been constantly improving in the preparation and discussion in the past few months, and now they already have a relatively comprehensive terms and conditions, and Sun Xiangfu does not need to explain more at all.

However, as the initiator of this mission, what Sun Xiangfu feared the most was that these people would end up in a foreign country because of his proposal.

After all, staying in Chang'an, they have a good life to live, and the journey of tens of thousands of miles is full of too many accidents and variables, even if the 1,000 soldiers who escort them are the elite selected from the expeditionary force that has already traveled through the Western Regions twice, it is difficult to be foolproof.

"Governor, please be relieved, this time is different from the past, thousands of miles outside the Yumen Pass, it is still my Tang Dynasty land, and General Cheng is in Tingzhou to answer it, and it is not far for me to go abroad."

Ma Zhou said the truth more uplifting, Sun Xiangfu was also relieved, in history, since Li Tang established the Anxi Protectorate, there are countless officials who have gone from Chang'an to the Western Regions to serve in countless places, and few have accidents on the way.

Because, the ecological environment during this period was quite good, and Li Tang's control of the Western Regions was quite popular, and the conditions for passage and supply along the way were very complete.

At present, the passage to the west, although not as good as in the Tang Dynasty, but compared with before, it is also much better, at least, there is basically no need to worry about enemy attacks, and the towns along the way are under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and the safety factor has more than doubled.

Sun Xiangfu's gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and while giving them encouraging looks, he said, "You are the pioneers of Datang to go farther, I hope that each of you can return with honor and leave your great achievements in the almanac."

Therefore, this should not be a sad parting, it should be a happy parting that is about to be victorious, two years later, I will prepare the best banquet in Dingxiang City, waiting for the moment of your glorious return, at that time, everyone will be drunk and rest. ”

"Get drunk before you ······"

There is no send-off wine, no parting poems, Sun Xiangfu just used some words of encouragement to let these colleagues and friends who are about to leave their hometown and embark on ups and downs to improve some morale, and everyone agrees in unison, which can be regarded as making an agreement with Sun Xiangfu.

When Sun Xiangfu said goodbye to everyone one by one, and was about to fight his horse and return, Tang Jian, the envoy of the mission, also walked out of the tent quickly, and the time he pinched was just right, when Sun Xiangfu finished talking to the big guy about private matters, then, what he wanted to talk to Sun Xiangfu was naturally business.

The crowd retreated into their tents with great interest, leaving space for the two of them.

"These days, the regulations discussed by the princes of the imperial court, Sun Dudu has read it!"

"Your Majesty has written to ask for my opinion, and I basically have no objection to the final statute."

"In this way, the old man does things according to the charter, I think the problem is not big, however, there are still some variables, now, the Western Turk Yibi Boluo called himself the Yehu Khan, and led his troops to attack each other with the Mohelu Khan, wanting to compete for the position of the Great Khan of the Western Turks, and these two departments, both on the table, are willing to call me a vassal to the Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty let me go over there, and decide how to deal with it depending on the actual situation.

In the old man's view, although the Western Turks have been divided, they are still much stronger than the countries of the Western Regions, and their people advocate martial arts, like to fight and plunder, and put them on the main road to the west, which will cause disaster for a long time. ”

Due to the early struggle between Jieli and Turki, the strong rise of the Xue Yantuo tribe made the actual control area of the Western Turkic tribes much more westerly than in history, probably in the northernmost part of Xinjiang, in the direction of Uzbekistan, there are many of its subordinate states, including Gaochang State, which is adjacent to Tingzhou and other places, which are nominally subordinate states of the Western Turks, but after the civil strife in the Western Turks, they basically lost their actual control over these subordinate states.

"The Tang Dynasty is now fighting on both sides, and it is really flawless to take care of the west, however, the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate has thousands of garrisons in Shangqi City and Tai'an City, if Ju Gong feels that there is an opportunity, plus Lu Gong's tens of thousands of horses in Tingzhou, it may not be able to influence the situation in the Western Turks, I can write a letter to Ju Gong, if it is really used, you can send someone to Xu Jingzong and Zhang Chengxing to send a letter, he has thousands of cavalry under each of them, all of them are the elite of the Anbei Army, one person and three horses, two or three thousand miles away, and they can arrive in a few days."

"In this way, there will be the governor of Laosun, if there is really an opportunity, the old man also wants to move some of the population of the Western Turks to the territory under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Protectorate, at that time, I am afraid that it will be troublesome for the governor of Sun to take over."

The Western Turks are a situation where two tigers are fighting, and there are many branches of the original Tiele Department under its subordinates, all of whom are unwilling to get involved, and they have fled around.

Sun Xiangfu smiled when he heard this, "There is a shortage of population in the north, if Ju Gong can send me a population, I really can't ask for it, how can it be troublesome!" I will write to Xu Jingzong and Zhang Chengxing, so that they are ready to send troops and receive the Western Turkic tribes at any time, in addition, between Yibi Boluo and Mo Hedu, I prefer to help the weak eliminate the strong, so that I can eat the greatest benefits, as for how to operate, Ju Gong can not forget to use the power of these small countries in Gaochang. ”

Sun Xiangfu reminded him of this, and Tang Jian's eyes suddenly lit up, like the current Gaochang, in fact, he is more inclined to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, however, with their military strength, they are not able to resist the two major tribes of the Western Turks that are close to them, but if the Tang Dynasty promises to support them, the situation will be different.

There should be many countries that think the same as Gaochang State, and if the power of these countries is concentrated and utilized, it is enough to become a force that can determine the future situation of the Western Turks.

Tang Jian is the most successful diplomat in the history of the Tang Dynasty, through this exchange with Sun Xiangfu, so that he has a greater grasp of the trip to the Western Regions, if the Western Turkic regime can be dismantled, then, the entire channel of the Tang Dynasty to the west will be greatly opened, and even, all the caravans from Chang'an all the way to the Western Regions, may not need to pay taxes, because along the way, in addition to the Tang Dynasty's own land, most of them will become the subject countries of the Tang Dynasty, so that it is a major benefit for all merchants who travel between the two places.

When everyone wants to do something, this matter will often become much simpler to do, Sun Xiangfu put forward this point, Tang Jian has thought of how to use the merchants of the Western Regions to persuade their own monarchs to participate in some methods in this matter, for this kind of thing that can bring benefits to themselves, those businessmen will definitely be very motivated.

As for a lot of operational details, after Sun Xiangfu and Tang Jian exchanged some of their own ideas, Sun Xiangfu returned home.

After leaving home for more than a month, if you want to say that you don't want your wife and children, it's fake, but when he turned around, it was already dark for more than an hour, even if the speed of rushing along the straight cement road was not slow, but when he returned to the house, it was almost midnight, and the two little ones had eaten milk and had fallen asleep.

Gently kissed the foreheads of the two little ones on the side of the shaking bed, and tasted the milky fragrance on their bodies, Sun Xiangfu took off his coat tiredly and lay down in the bath water that the maid had prepared for him a long time ago, but he didn't expect Yu Xiu'er to come to serve him in person at this time.

"Let's talk about it first, don't ask me what I did in Jingzhou, otherwise ······"

"Otherwise what? Don't you want to go to the concubine's bed today? ”

"That, isn't there still a red plum, a spring peach······"

"They're physically inconvenient."

"Inconvenient? Impossible! I remember, their menstrual affairs didn't come together! ”

Hearing this, Yu Xiu'er glanced at him, and while helping him scrub the old mud on his body, she said, "They have bodies now, so it is naturally inconvenient to serve their husbands, if their husbands have no intention of taking concubines, I am afraid that the next year will be very hard." ”

"How so! Isn't there still a show for you! ”

"Didn't the husband just say that he didn't want to go to the concubine's bed?"

"Is there one? Absolutely not, I just want to say, I'm tired from the non-stop rush these days, and I have to spend my brain when I don't want to take a shower and relax, Xiu'er, can you understand it as a husband? ”

"Understand, understand very much, the husband is very tired now, and he will rest after taking a bath, and when the husband is in better spirits tomorrow, it is not too late to tell the concubine what he has done in Jingzhou."

Yu Xiu'er's tone and posture clearly mean that you are not very tired? Wash yourself up and go to sleep!

A man who has a stable married life, suddenly has nothing for a month or two, even if he is tired, he can't help the excitement of his body, so in front of Yu Xiuer's beauty, Sun Xiangfu shamelessly retreated again, but it made Yu Xiu'er, who listened to Sun Xiangfu's explanation of Jingzhou one after another, excited, and tossed him several times.

In her opinion, what Sun Xiangfu did in Jingzhou this time should be no less than the merits of Lingnan and Shanyang, which is a great thing to activate the economy along the entire Yangtze River and improve the lives of the people in the entire Yangtze River Basin! He must be rewarded, and he must be rewarded severely.