After listening to Qiu Niang's words, Li Wenyuan is heart Qiu Niang realized that she had something to hide from her, so she had such an attitude, but some things, after all, there is no way to tell outsiders to know, even if it is Qiu Niang, who is the closest to her, Li Wenyuan himself can't confide in her. So for Qiu Niang in front of him, Li Wenyuan could only say sorry in his heart. At the same time, I made up my mind in my heart that after the success of the matter I planned in the future, I would take it out and show off to Qiu Niang, so that Qiu Niang would treat her differently when the time came.

However, to be honest, Li Jiancheng left Dunhuang County so early, which was actually unexpected by Li Wenyuan. After all, in Li Wenyuan's calculations, Li Jiancheng finally came to Dunhuang County, which can best reflect the true strength of Li Wenyuan's forces, so why should he try his best to stay for three days, five days, or even a month or so to thoroughly investigate and understand all the details of Li Wenyuan before leaving, why did Li Jiancheng leave so quickly this time, and what happened during this period?

At this time, a night owl came in from outside the door, handed over a piece of information that had been encrypted three times to Li Wenyuan before leaving the house, and closed the door by the way. Li Wenyuan waited until the night owl withdrew from the room before picking up the fire paint on the information, and then pulled out three books, "Zhou Yi", "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Songs", from the bookshelf next to the table. Then according to the encryption method, the three passwords were used in reverse to decrypt in turn, and only then did they get a very deep hidden information. The sender of this information was a night owl that Li Wenyuan asked for from Qiu Niang, and was sent by Li Wenyuan to carry out a secret mission, and he had one-line contact with Li Wenyuan. Even Qiu Niang didn't know what this night owl was sent by Li Wenyuan to do, in short, this night owl seemed to have evaporated from the world, which was the main reason why Qiu Niang's tone was so stiff when she spoke to Li Wenyuan before.

After Li Wenyuan read what the information said, his heart was like a cloud dissipating in a day, and all the things that he had not thought out before were naturally linked together at this moment. The original and translated texts were then carefully disposed of, and the three books were put back on the shelves. Then he called a subordinate outside the door and asked him to ask the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to come and talk to him.

After receiving Li Wenyuan's instructions from the subordinates sent by Li Wenyuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs did not dare to slack off at all, and hurriedly put on his clothes and walked quickly from the house to the house where Li Wenyuan was. The concept of the Western Regions is different from that of the Central Plains, after all, if you are in the Central Plains, you only need to go to the morning every day, and you can return to your home after the tide is dispersed.

But in the Western Regions, it is different, Li Wenyuan in the Western Regions took the lead in using the work system of eight in the morning and five in the evening, and integrated the office locations of various departments into the palace of Dunhuang County. Every month's income should be referred to, and the record on the sign-in book should be represented. If there is a case of late arrival and early departure, the corresponding salary will also be deducted as a warning and punishment, so every morning in the court to gather in the court, discuss the time outside of state affairs, these ministers are in their respective offices in the palace, handling their own official business, so the Minister of Civil Affairs after receiving Li Wenyuan's order, came to Li Wenyuan so quickly.

After the Minister of Civil Affairs sat down in front of Li Wenyuan, he sat precariously waiting for Li Wenyuan's question. Li Wenyuan carefully pressed the stamp on the piece in front of him with his seal, and then dried the stamp with his mouth before folding it and putting it in the basket beside him. After all, there are too many things to deal with every day, and it is only easy to transfer them if they are packed in baskets. After dealing with the piece in front of him, Li Wenyuan put down the seal letter in his hand, looked up at the Minister of Civil Affairs in front of him and asked him, "How far has Xue Renyue's work in Central Asia progressed?" ”

"If you return to the prison country, Xue Renyue is now mainly responsible for the construction of various cities and the construction of corresponding supporting water conservancy facilities and official roads in Central Asia. Our Ministry of Civil Affairs has made a rough estimate, and it is expected that all the construction will be completed by the end of this year, and the initial tax collection will be carried out around the summer of next year. These are the things that are within the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so when Li Wenyuan asked at this time, the Minister of Civil Affairs in front of him blurted out his answer without the slightest hesitation or pause.

"Hmm. This is not bad, but since the city has almost been built, what about the residents of the city? How many of the naturalized people on the steppe are willing to give up their traditional nomadic life and obey the king to turn to farming? Li Wenyuan nodded, and then asked the Minister of Civil Affairs in front of him. This is actually a very important thing, after all, the purpose of building the city is to allow these nomadic steppe people to turn to a settled life, so as to facilitate Li Wenyuan's management and statistics.

But these steppe people are accustomed to freedom on weekdays, how can they so easily obey under the king, obediently give up the nomadic habits they have been engaged in for nearly a thousand years, and turn to farming? However, these people are obedient people who have long been submissive to their side, and they cannot face them like the forced migration of people to Siberia like the later Soviet Russians, because that will only backfire and make the people's grievances accumulate deeper and deeper, until one day in the future, they can no longer be suppressed, and a volcanic eruption completely overthrows Li Wenyuan's rule. Therefore, Xue Renyue came from Central Asia in the Western Regions, and the propaganda of the civilization of these nomads only stopped at using various interests as exchanges and bait to induce these nomads to give up their original living habits, which can certainly minimize the resistance encountered, but it is also the most inefficient method. Even Li Wenyuan didn't have much hope for this way, so he called the Minister of Civil Affairs in front of him, and he just asked and understood, and that's it.

After hearing Li Wenyuan's question, the Minister of Civil Affairs thought for a while, and then said to Li Wenyuan: "You have lived in the court for a long time, and you may not know something. In the Western Regions and even within the boundaries of Central Asia, in addition to the nomadic herders born and raised in the original region, there are also a large number of people who have been fleeing the Huhua Han people during the turmoil in the Central Plains for thousands of years. ”