"Let's continue to fight shoulder to shoulder!"

Luo Cheng and Siye were on the Fox Ridge outside the Great Wall, and the hands of the two brothers were tightly clasped together. After the discussion was decided, the brothers did not linger any longer, and each returned to Jiezhen immediately.

Xi realm, on the banks of the wet river.

An earthen city stands at the confluence of the three rivers of Weishui, Suotoushui and Wulieshui.

Originally, the Kumoxi people did not build a walled city, they were used to nomadism and lived by water. However, in the past two years, Luo Chengzhen has guarded the customs and vigorously developed the relationship with the Xi people, especially the strengthening of the opening of the business market. Not only did it set up a number of customs markets in Andong Province, but it also constantly organized merchants and sent troops to escort merchants into Xi and Khitan and other domestic trades.

Because this Tucheng is not far from Lulongzhai in Beiping, and it is also close to Liucheng County outside the Guan, it has become a big bazaar. Later, even Xi Khan Kedu simply set up a tooth tent here and sent people to collect taxes here.

Later, Luo Cheng played the imperial court, set up the Xi realm as the governor of Raole County, and took the person who could be done as the governor of Raole, and also gave the country name Yang Guoqing, and a princess of the clan, so in order to welcome the arrival of the princess, the person who could spend a lot of slave labor and money, on the basis of the original Tucheng, expanded again.

This makes the Raole county town in the position of Chengde in later generations look very spectacular.

Especially here close to Beiping in Hebei and Liucheng outside the two counties of Guan, a large number of Han merchants come and go, making it a prosperous trade center here, so there are many shops, and the nobles of the Xi nationality are also vying to build mansions here, so the market is crowded with pedestrians, the cars and horses are noisy, and the restaurants and tea shops are lined up one after another.

Even Luo Chengdu has set up an office for the Loyal Army here, and there are also officials, military and private officials from various counties in Andong Province? There are many shops, shops, etc.

In addition, there are also guild halls with the nature of the township chamber of commerce, such as the Andong Guild Hall, the Liucheng Guild Hall, and the Liaodong Guild Hall, which were built by merchants from the same county in the six counties of Andong.

Outside the city, the original pastures, and even patches of mulberry fields and wheat fields, were all land that was rented or bought by Anton merchants, and then hired slaves to come and farm, and the cultivated grain was directly sold to Raole City for the merchants who came and went, as well as the nobles in the city.

Luo Cheng rode a horse and came here personally accompanied by the Kedu Person.

Looking at the Goguryeo slaves, Turkic slaves, Kunlun slaves, Silla slaves, etc., who are busy in the roadside fields outside the city, as well as those Han Zhuangtou and Zhuangding who are in charge of management and supervision, will make people feel a trance, as if they are walking in a countryside in Hebei or Liaodong.

I saw King Xi coming.

The slaves in the fields all fell to their knees.

And those Han Zhuang Zhuangtou Zhuang Ding only need to bow their heads slightly and bow down.

It can be seen that their status here is not low.

"Goro, look at here, it's only been a few years, and it's already so prosperous, this Raole City, together with the surrounding area, I'm afraid there are not 10,000 people."

The young man known as Goro was Su Zhi, the son of the Kedu, but his current name was Luo Shouxin, and he was Luo Cheng's righteous son.

King Xi, who has been given the name Yang Guoqing, is full of pride when he looks at this scene.

As King Xi, he used to have no more than 500 guards under him, but since he joined Luo Cheng, his strength has increased greatly. Especially in the border market trade, he accounted for a lot of benefits, every time he went to trade, he naturally accounted for the largest share, he could exchange the most commercial goods, and naturally made more money.

Later, he welcomed Han merchants in Xijing, and also began to set up bazaars and began to collect taxes, which naturally fell into his pocket.

If you have money, you will naturally have soldiers.

Not to mention, I followed Luo Cheng to fight the Turks and came back with so much equipment.

So he used the equipment and money to expand his standing guard, which now had five thousand horsemen. This was unimaginable in the past, after all, to maintain a standing guard of 5,000 people, he had to be responsible for the expenses of these people, people ate horses and chewed, he couldn't afford to raise 5,000 people before, but now he not only raised them, but also equipped them very well.

His 5,000 guards, 1,000 of them were equipped with the iron armor of the Great Sui, and the other 4,000 were also equipped with leather armor. Every man was armed with a bow, and every man had a spear.

"Rao Lehou, I heard that you have a daughter who is called the pearl of the grassland, very beautiful and generous, and she has not yet been married?"

Luo Cheng sighed in his heart that King Xi's strength had skyrocketed in recent years, and at the same time, he smiled and spoke.

When Yang Guoqing heard Luo Cheng mention his beloved black pearl, he was very proud, patted his chest and said that his daughter was the pearl of his palm, a priceless treasure.

Luo Cheng first inquired about the age of this pearl, and heard that he was sixteen years old, so he asked with a smile, "There is a very beautiful poem in our Central Plains Book of Poetry, called My Fair Lady, a gentleman." Ben Shuai also admires the name of Mingzhu and wants to pursue it, I don't know if it's possible? ”

Luo Cheng's brother-in-law, Wang Ziming, tempted the Kedu on the side, saying that Luo Cheng was willing to take out a thousand spears, 800 horizontal knives and 100 pairs of iron armor, another 3,000 silks, and 300 Shu brocades to obtain this Xi Wang Mingzhu.

Yang Guoqing was a little surprised.

Even a little confused.

His son Su Zhi is now Luo Cheng's adopted son, and now Luo Cheng is asking to marry his daughter? And he knew that Luo Cheng had a wife, and his daughter could only be a concubine in the past.

This is not only messing with generations, but also undoubtedly wronging his daughter.

"Why, Rao Lehou is unwilling to do this family business, will this still be wronged?"

Luo Cheng said with a smile on the side, "I really love Ling Qianjin, and I am willing to give you another hundred pairs of armored horses." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Guoqing couldn't help but take a deep breath.

The last time he went to fight the Turks with Luo Cheng, he had seen with his own eyes the power of Luo Cheng's heavily armed iron cavalry. That kind of sweeping momentum is truly enviable.

But they ridiculed people, but they never had armor, because they could neither make such armor, nor did they have the place to buy it, and the cost was too high to equip it.

Usually, it's just a few pairs of them secretly collected at a high price, and I can't afford to equip a team of heavy riders.

Now Luo Cheng directly opened his mouth to give him a hundred pairs, how not to make people's hearts move.

"Rao Lehou, I will soon send troops to recruit Yuan Taizuo, if we kiss each other, then I will definitely bring you Rao Lefu this time, and then I promise that the land and population of the Yuan clan will belong to me, but the money, livestock, and even the armor and weapons you have captured will all belong to you, and you don't need to hand over any of them."

Luo Cheng threw another big bait.

At this time, Yang Guoqing's eyes couldn't help but widen, and his breathing became short.

Last time I went to fight the Turks with Luo Cheng, although I lost a lot, I gained even more.

The territory and population captured belong to Luo Cheng, and the livestock, money, food, weapons and armor captured are all owned by themselves, this kind of good thing is too rare.

"I promised, such a beautiful thing, how can there be no reason not to agree, I agreed." King Xi hurriedly agreed.