Two months have passed in a flash, especially in Li Wenyuan's territory, which has stopped expanding externally at this time, and is concentrating on managing the land he has newly conquered. As a result of the war, most of the newly conquered lands became borderlands. This made it easy to divide the various county governments in Central Asia, and under Xue Renyue's integration, fortified cities rose from the once steppes, and new official roads were repaired along the roads that had been opened by merchants who had traveled between Europe and Asia for generations. The once vast grasslands are now almost full of farmers busy farming.

The conquest of Central Asia was not only brought by Li Wenyuan with various mineral deposits. At the same time, it also provided more footholds for passing caravans, which attracted more caravans to pass through here and divert into the Central Plains to sell goods. This part of the tax revenue will already be able to offset a small part of the expenses caused by the war. What's more, one by one, the mineral producing areas that had been circled by Li Wenyuan in advance also erected mines one after another, and began to excavate all kinds of mineral deposits that were not buried deeply.

The victory brought about by this battle stimulated the enthusiasm of the people in the country, and for a moment the wave of joining the army overshadowed all other things. This also made Li Wenyuan's previous worry that there was no land but no one to defend it, and unconsciously the biggest shortcoming brought by Li Wenyuan's expansion was that he was quickly supplemented by this wave unconsciously. As Li Wenyuan had previously said to his subordinates, more mineral deposits led to higher firearms production; The higher production of firearms has armed more troops, and the number of troops under his command has increased, and Li Wenyuan feels much tougher at this time. When some small countries in the surrounding areas came to congratulate him, Li Wenyuan felt for the first time what the Heavenly Empire was recorded in the history books.

Some time ago, after the defeat of the Western Turks, the Khan of the Western Turks was full of grief and indignation, and he was sick for a long time under his emaciation. Knowing that his days were numbered, the Khan of Archery gave up his throne to a Western Turkic nobleman after the onset of his illness. The reason is simple, his children are still young, and now it is a time of turmoil for the Western Turks. The future path of the Western Turks is unknown, and in this stormy situation, whoever holds the military power in his hands can truly control the lifeblood of the Western Turks. Therefore, instead of letting his descendants continue to serve as khans and risk being overthrown by force by the leaders of these commanders in the future, it is better to take the initiative to hand over the khan position now. In this way, no matter how these people compete for the throne in the future, it will not affect their descendants. After the new khan succeeded to the throne, he called himself the Yehu Khan. Not long after succeeding to the throne, the Khan sent an envoy to Li Wenyuan, hoping to rebuild the old friendship with Li Wenyuan's Western Regions, and he was willing to do his best to compensate for the losses caused to the Western Regions by the previous Khan.

Of course, Tongye Hu Khan also knew that his current Western Turks were far less than before, and the warriors who could conquer and fight had already lost seventy-seven, eighty-eight at this time. Therefore, if you don't rely on the Western Regions Army at this time, I'm afraid that your Western Turks will be eaten by the surrounding countries. Therefore, in addition to hoping to renew the old friendship with Li Wenyuan, the envoy sent this time also took on the responsibility of negotiating with Li Wenyuan about the Western Turks becoming a vassal state of the Han regime again.

Li Wenyuan also knew that every change of khans on the grassland represented a bloody killing. The succession of thrones in the Central Plains Dynasty was no exception, but most of the time these killings were carried out within the royal family itself, and did not affect ordinary people. So he also recognized the current behavior of Tongyehu Khan, and sincerely expressed to Tongyehu Khan: Once the grassland returns to peace, he is willing to meet with Tongyehu Khan and have a good chat to solve the long-standing misunderstanding between the two countries.

The development of the Western Regions can now be said to be very rapid, and almost every day there will be a new piece of good news that makes Li Wenyuan happy, so happy that Li Wenyuan is already numb to these good news. But all the good news didn't make Li Wenyuan as happy as a piece of news from the day and night: Empress Xiao and Yang Yangqi had safely passed through Xue Ju's territory today and came to their own territory in the Western Regions.

After getting this news, Li Wenyuan, who had been waiting in Wuwei County early, hurriedly took the officials of the various ministries he had set up to go outside Wuwei County to greet Empress Xiao's phoenix drive with the highest etiquette.

The group waited for the arrival of Empress Xiao outside Wuwei County early, and Zhuang Fudi, who had been in charge of defense in Wuwei County, was naturally taken by Li Wenyuan. When Zhuang Fudi accompanied Li Wenyuan to wait for Empress Xiao's arrival under the sun, he asked Li Wenyuan curiously: "If it is said that the goods provided by our firm can safely pass through Xue Ju's territory, I can still understand it, but how did such a heavyweight figure as Empress Xiao cross Xue Ju's territory safely and unimpeded?" I'm curious about that, sir. ”

"Curious fart, do you really think Xue Ju is so good at talking? On weekdays, he is called a brother and a brother, which is nothing more than his son being an official here, and until our two countries are cold-mouthed. If it was true that Empress Xiao would pass by him, would he be able to let him go? He would definitely detain Empress Xiao in his Qin state for various reasons, and then put this responsibility on to those who supported him behind him. Do you know how much I spent to ensure that Empress Xiao could reach our Western Regions safely. Li Wenyuan wiped the sweat on his forehead with a silk handkerchief and said with a smile to Zhuang Fudi.

"What a price, sir." Zhuang Fudi had already aroused his curiosity by Li Wenyuan's words at this time, so he asked.

After listening to Zhuang Fudi's question, Li Wenyuan stretched out two fingers and shook them in front of Zhuang Fudi. "20,000 Hu soldiers and 10,000 taels of gold, so that they can reach the Western Regions smoothly."

Just as Zhuang Fudi was still about to ask for details, the soldiers in the distance came back with news: Empress Xiao's phoenix drive would arrive in an instant. Due to the strong demand of Li Wenyuan in the Western Regions, the etiquette of kneeling was abolished early on. So at this time, they all stood on both sides of the road with their hands bent over, greeting Queen Xiao's passing by. Empress Xiao's Feng Jia slowly walked on the official road in the direction of Wuwei County, and when he passed in front of Li Wenyuan, Feng Jia stopped, and then a woman's voice came out through the thin veil:

"Are you the head of the Western Regions, Li Wenyuan?"

(End of chapter)