"Is Pu Hua ahead?" The chief of the Budaq tribe begged for Udaa Heima, the son of Aheima, and sat on horseback and pointed to the looming city road ahead.

In the Kipchak steppe for a long time, he rarely saw a real city. Even Yulong Jiechi, the national capital of Khorezm, he had never entered the city to see. Only from the mouths of passing merchants, I learned a little bit of the prosperity of Jade Dragon Jiechi.

So in his heart, he has always been yearning.

Now, with the submission of the Budak Ministry to the governor of Khorasan, the coast of the Kurgis Sea has also been rewarded by the cathars to the Budak Ministry. As a proton, he was brought over by Li Atmosphere.

Listening to his words, Abu Raiss was amused. With a little sarcasm, he said, "This is Malu City." In terms of prosperity, it is less than one-tenth of Puhua! ”。

In the area near the river, Puhua is the second largest city outside of Hezhongfu. And with the rise of the Governor's Palace in Khorasan, Puhua's prosperity is also getting worse day by day.

Not only have many handicraft workshops been built outside the city, but also many shops have been built. and rebuilt an exterior wall, still with lime from the Doge's Palace. It is unusually strong, comparable to the hardest stone.

It's just that lime powder is not cheap on the market!

Except for a few giant businessmen who are not bad for money, ordinary people are not able to withstand the palace made of lime.

When Wu Daa Heima heard this, he was surprised and delighted: "More prosperous than this city?!" ”。

"That's it! Puhua is big and fun! It's a hundred times more interesting than your steppe where birds don't lay eggs. Abu Lais said with a very generous feeling when he saw that Udaa Heima had entered the city.

Udaa black hemp is relatively simple-minded! Feeling that Abu Laiz was righteous, he was very grateful and said: "That must be decided!" Before Father Khan came, he said that you are not righteous. I can't believe that you are such a righteous person. ”。

"Not righteous?!" Abu Lais's face immediately turned dark.

After begging Ah Heima to surrender to the Protector Army, he has been angry with him for burning the wooden bridge for a while. Therefore, at a celebration banquet, I want to compete with him in riding and archery kung fu.

The method of the competition is to determine the winner or loser according to who shoots the most prey on horseback within the specified time.

Originally, begging for a black hemp was to have the upper hand. But it happened that the wind was blowing into the sand. Thus, when shooting the arrow, the arrow was not accurate, and it hit the mount of the beggar Ahima.

As a result, the beggar Ah Hehema fell off the horse and had to stop the competition.

From then on, the beggar Aheima, whenever he met people, said that Abu Laiz was a trick and did not act righteously. Even Abu Laiz struggled to explain and said that he was willing to try again with the beggar Aheima.

The stubborn beggar Aheima, and he didn't accept his explanation.

Later, it was Ge Riwuqi, the head of a thousand households, who helped to make peace, and begged Ah Hei Ma to reconcile with him.

I didn't think about it, but I still remembered it in my heart.

He said in an impatient tone: "Wuda, don't listen to your father Khan's nonsense. He fell in love with the female soldiers in our barracks, but he was looked down upon. I happened to bump into this thing, so I couldn't get over it. ”。

Udaa Heima immediately smiled and echoed: "It must be like this!" Father Khan was afraid that you would inform me about this, so he misunderstood you. ”。

When Abu Laiz saw him, he immediately praised Uda'ahema and said that he had guessed correctly.

Just as they were talking, there were suddenly many more people on the official road ahead. There were soldiers in armor, and there were ordinary people in various costumes. Standing on the left and right of the official road, holding the most common bouquets of flowers in the spring fields in their hands.

At the same time, a team of neat and well-groomed apologetic officers and soldiers stood in the middle of the official road. Led by the commander of the 4th Battalion of the Eagle of the Guardian Army, Abrajiang.

"The Governor has been looking forward to your return for a long time, and today is the time to come!" , Abrajiang first came to Li Wei and gave a military salute, and then chuckled.

"Annoyed the Governor!" , Li is not good at rhetoric, so he said politely.

In fact, as early as when he received the news that Li Chengji had changed his battle plan, he wanted to lead the army back to the north. It's just that at that time, it was freezing and the roads were difficult to walk. And on the side of Khorezm, the situation is also chaotic.

As the great Diwan of the military department, he commanded more than 60,000 men and horses, and he could not ignore the overall situation.

On the one hand, he led the cathars deep into the hinterland of Khorezm, collecting cattle, sheep, salt, iron and other war supplies to promote the majesty of the cathars. While inquiring about the news of Mahamat and the rebels, he waited for an opportunity.

Not long after, Prince Rajad was poisoned and died, and his generals were infighting. The news that Mahamat himself led a large army to quell the rebellion came one after another.

Under the judgment of the situation, he withdrew from the hinterland of Khorezm in time. Blockade the Atquera River Valley, and keep an army of Khorezm on guard against the southward movement of the Khorezm army. At the same time, vigorously recruit people of insight under the Rajad account! In order for them to reach safely in the possession of the cathars.

He also sent a small force of rangers to pick them up safely to Nishapurshire.

Many people who can be of great use have also served the cathars.

This credit is only a lot more than the recovery of Nishapur. Because the rise of an empire is bound to be served by many people of insight. They advised and contributed to the empire. The foundation of the empire is thriving.

Therefore, Li Chengji also attaches great importance to these people.

Just before Li Gao and the others led the army to return north, they let people hold a very large welcome ceremony outside Malu City.

However, Li Chengji does not like face projects. Therefore, only let the apologists below greet each other at the intersection where Li Atmospheric led the army to return north. As for the people, it is of their own free will.

But the people of Malu City came almost unexpectedly. Although there are many people, they are all merchants who come and go from the south to the north and big businessmen who have moved from Puhua, Amu, and Naheisha to the housewarming. However, there are also many local merchants and people in Malu.

The smiles on their faces are genuine, not fake.

It was also in the short months since Malu was annexed to Khorasan that the people of the city reaped the obvious benefits of the influx of merchants.

For example, their own houses, shops, woodlands, meadows, fields, etc., have become rare places. In particular, the land in Malu City is even more difficult to find. So that these ordinary people, as long as they give a little land, can live a good life.

It's just that they're not stupid!

After the initial panic sell-off, everyone held their land tightly. No matter who it is, no matter how much money it costs, they are not willing to sell an inch of land anymore.

In addition, the rapid increase in population has prompted the supply of goods in the city to also rise. As the saying goes, consumption is the best driver of economic growth. The more money this spent, the more money the people earned.