"Yes! Finally breathe a sigh of relief, the ghost place of the Western Regions, it is impossible to work in winter, and everything can only be delayed until the beginning of spring. Feng Daiwen felt the cold wind whistling in the air, shook his head and said.

"The overall situation has been decided, the old man is about to return to Chang'an, and I am afraid that Weiguo will stay here for two more years, but what is the need?" Li Ji asked.

"There's really something to bother you, Guang'an has been following me out for more than a year, and I can see that she also has some thoughts about Chang'an, and I want you to drop by." Feng Daiwen invited Li Ji into the house and said as he walked.

"This is a trivial matter, the old man will definitely escort the princess back to Chang'an safely, but in this case, your husband and wife will be separated again." Li Ji nodded and agreed.

"I will persuade her about this, she has been weak since she was a child, although she has been trained for many years, but the environment in the Western Regions is really not good, I don't want her to stay here and suffer, just wait for a year and a half, I should go back to Chang'an." Feng Daiwen explained.

"Haha! Wei Guo loves the princess, she is a model, if the old man has a daughter, he is willing to marry you, I really envy the old man Wei Chi. Li Ji sat down to take a sip of hot tea and said with a smile.

"The Western Regions is a treasure land, not only there are more than a dozen kinds of gems, but also countless mineral deposits, the Cheshi has established six countries, just in their original territory, there are several kinds of gem mines, and a gold mine, as for coal and iron, there are a lot of saltpeter, alkali ores in Liaoxi, Liaodong, so no matter what, you can't give up." Feng Daiwen forked the topic, took out a map, and introduced Li Ji.

"It must belong to the Tang Dynasty, whoever dares to stretch out his hand will destroy him." When Li Ji heard this, he immediately lost his smile, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he said viciously.

"I also thought so, so I gave up some of my interests and got Cheshi, Dawan and other countries to be more western." Feng Daiwen nodded approvingly and said.

After nearly ten years of life in the Tang Dynasty, almost every year of the war, Feng Daiwen is now able to treat foreign races very fiercely, killing, and dying, and he is already very numb, after all, this is a bloody era, either you die or I die.

Being able to nip potential enemies in the bud and kill many people, Feng Daiwen wouldn't care, if it weren't for the fact that the world was too big, he would have wanted to kill all the different hairs and skin tones.

"If I knew this was the case, I shouldn't have let them go and took the opportunity to destroy them all." Li Ji frowned and regretted with annoyance.

"Letting them go, I did it on purpose, to force them all together, they don't fight each other, they join forces, and in either way, it's a good thing for us.

And it can also be used as the existence of Fanping, they should all know how powerful our Datang is, and they don't think they have the courage to attack us.

And in the past, we are facing the Ring Sun Dynasty, Guishan, and Da Shi, all of which are not smaller than our countries, and it is always a good thing to leave a buffer in the middle. Feng Dewen explained.

"It makes sense, Wei Guo's thinking is becoming more and more comprehensive, and it seems that the old man and others can live with peace of mind." Li Ji nodded while listening, and finally couldn't help but admire.

"You have won the prize, now that the territory is large, Datang can't do without you, relying on the small characters to guard the new region, there will always be problems that cannot be considered, and you need more guidance." Feng Daiwen smiled faintly and said modestly.

"Haha, I'm old, I can only help you watch it.

The old man decided to leave in three days, and Wei Guo arranged for the princess, what do you think? Li Ji said with a hearty smile.

"No problem, I'll arrange it, but I need to take a detour to Khotan!" Feng Daiwen should admit.

"Oh, Kunlun White Jade?" Li Ji rolled his eyes, touched his beard and asked.

"Yes, after conquering Khotan, I will let Du He and Chen Hu lead people to mine.

Those Khotanese only know how to select what is visible to the naked eye, but they do not know that many of the stones in the river contain jade, and the miners have found out that there are more in the mountains.

After more than five months of mining, it has been very much, and it is transported back to build a palace directly for the saint, so that they can see whether it is worth attacking the Western Regions, so as not to let some corrupt Confucians in the court always say that they will convince people with virtue. The corners of Feng Daiwen's mouth rose and said with a wicked smile.

"Build a palace? So much!! Li Ji was startled and asked.

"Hehe, most of them can see a little jade meat, and some of them are estimated to be there, we don't have so many people to polish them, transport them back and let people get them slowly, aren't there many people who like to play and carve by themselves, just add something and let them take it out of the stone by themselves, isn't it more Yaxing." Feng Daiwen explained with a smile.

"Haha! You! I still like to make people, but this method is good, and the old man will show all the jade and blind their eyes. When Li Ji heard this, he was playful and decided to show off together.

"Hehe, don't worry, there are enough, there are many stones in the river that have jade, the unknown is the best, I have asked people to prepare three thousand camels, one thousand two carriages, the jade is not enough, just select the stones in the river, this time let them open their eyes." Feng Daiwen said with a smile.

"Haha! Ha ha! Li Ji thought that three thousand camels appeared in Chang'an at the same time, and the scene was quite shocking, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Since the Han Dynasty, thick burials have become a trend, and now there is jade, which can not only bring down the price, but also have enough jade for people to play with, at least it can reduce some grave diggers, which is a good thing." Feng Daiwen waited for Li Ji to finish laughing, and then continued.

"Yes, although there are many jadeites into the Central Plains, but the road is far away, the traffic remains the same, a bit of a drop in the bucket, now Kunlun white jade, Dushan jade, from the Western Regions, it is much more convenient, and after the gem ore is mined, these are not as rare as before." Li Ji nodded in agreement.

In this war, the most seized were all kinds of gems and jade, and Feng Daiwen selected some of them openly and left them for Guang'an and others.

The generals who went out on the expedition were also called by Feng Daiwen, and each of them was assigned a piece of Kunlun white jade according to the level of their official position and the size of their merits, all of which were registered and reported to Zhongshu Province, which can be described as embezzlement above board.

However, so many treasures, jade, have flowed into the Central Plains, and now they have occupied mineral deposits, and ordinary goods have become objects for the consumption of the people, which is completely different from the past, which Li Shimin must know, of course, he will not see it.

With the silver of Wadao, the gold and copper mines of the mines of western Liaoning, and the bumper harvest of grain and materials, the consumption of the Tang Dynasty is obviously increasing, especially in the development of Guanzhong, which is the most obvious.

(End of chapter)