With the migration of the people of the Tang Dynasty, new villages are also being built, and the houses built of bricks and stones make the mixed Tuyuhun people smile, and they do not have to be afraid of the unpredictable climate of the plateau.

You must know that on the plateau, there are several hailstorms every summer, huge hailstones can break down tents, break through houses, kill sheep, and lose a lot of money every year, while masonry houses can almost ignore heavy snow and hail.

In Tuyuhun, where there are no nobles, the people quickly integrated into the Tang Dynasty, and occasionally a few troublemakers will be appeased, maybe disappear one day, but apart from his family, who cares about these, after all, everyone's life is getting better, taxes are much lower, and life is more promising.

With the 50,000 Turkic army of Qibi Heli, everyone is honest, after all, the Turks are synonymous with ferocity in many countries, and the Tang Dynasty that can conquer them can be imagined to be even more powerful.

The salt of Qinghai Lake was originally the best green salt, but it was slightly inferior to the sea salt, and after the refinement of the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, it has become excellent, and it is the best for export, and the distance from Qinghai to Tubo, the Western Regions is quite close.

Now Datang has a region from Qinghai to Shuofang, spacious grassland, whether it is raising horses, or cattle and sheep, it is very convenient, and there is no one to compete with it, the grassland wolves have also been cleared to the left, cattle, sheep and horses are growing rapidly every year, but it is far from enough, so more people are raising livestock in captivity.

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"The last general, Su Dingfang (Wei Chi Baolin), see the general manager!" Outside the city of Xijile, Su Dingfang and his guards came to greet them.

"Haha! Brother Su, Baolin, long time no see! Feng Daiwen looked at the two people who came happily, and greeted them with the same smile.

"Hey, hey! I haven't seen him for a long time, and the manager is also in high spirits. Su Dingfang replied with a smile.

"Su Dingfang takes the order!" Feng Daiwen asked the two guards to take out a scroll of holy decrees, gestured to Su Dingfang, and shouted loudly.

"The minister Su will take the order!"

Su Dingfang knelt down on one knee and responded respectfully in a deep voice.

"The Tang Emperor said: The guerrilla general Su Dingfang guarded the Western Regions for several years, made the Tang Dynasty trade unblocked, protected the people of the Tang Dynasty, and repelled the ambitious people such as Zhaowu Jiu, and worked hard. ............" A volume of holy decrees, Feng Daiwen selected the main content of it, read it aloud in an easy-to-understand manner, and then rolled it up, pulled up Su Dingfang, and raced it into his arms.

"Minister Su Dingfang Xie Shengshang Longen!" Su Dingfang was excited, held the holy decree in both hands, and solemnly saluted in the direction of Chang'an.

"Yours, see for yourself." Yu Chi Baolin is his brother-in-law, Feng Daiwen is not polite, he took a volume of holy decrees and gave it to him, the content Feng Daiwen has already seen it, the official position is the same, and he is also a general of Pingdong, this is also because his Lao Tzu's merits are not rewarded, so he will be counted on the head, as for the title, there is no one, because he is the eldest son, and he will inherit his father's title in the future, so naturally he does not need to be sealed.

Yu Chi Baolin pursed his mouth, didn't say much, took the holy decree without care, and after arching his hand to thank him, he handed it to the guard.

Xijile has been rebuilt, although it is still not big, but it is also the only city in the Western Regions like the Central Plains, the strong city walls, spacious streets, in recent years have been replaced with brick and stone structures, for the desert blowing strong wind has a good effect on resisting, and the fire kang makes the winter not cold.

This is also one of the reasons why these people in the Western Regions gave up their lives and followed the Tang Dynasty willingly, and the rest of the reasons are also because of the many merchants who come and go, so that this place is prosperous, the materials are abundant, and there is no need to worry about starvation, food, which is a relatively precious material in the Western Regions.

"Brother Su has built this place well!" Feng Daiwen looked at the pedestrians and buildings around him, raised his eyebrows and said, he asked Chen Hu to take the soldiers to the barracks, and he took people to follow Su Dingfang to the city guard.

"The last general just made some suggestions, and all of this is the credit of the second son of the Cheng family." Su Dingfang said embarrassedly.

"Cheng Chuliang?" Feng Daiwen was slightly surprised, although he had heard of it, but he had never seen it, and he did not expect that he still had a good talent for internal affairs.

"Chu Liang also mentioned the manager many times, if he hadn't gone to the car master now, he would definitely be in a hurry to come to greet him." Su Dingfang explained.

"It's okay, it's important to get down to business, Second Brother Cheng always has a time to meet." Feng Daiwen waved his hand and said.

After a short time, he arrived at the Chengshou Mansion, which was a mansion built entirely of bluestone and bricks, and after settling Guang'an and others, Feng Daiwen went to meet the officials in Xijile.

The military attaches here are basically served by the Cheng family and the Wei Chi family, the small officials are selected locals, and the government affairs are served by the people selected from the merchants, and it is quite good for them to handle the government affairs of these small towns.

They not only handle these small matters in an orderly manner, but also do not waste resources at all, and are better than ordinary officials, but they generally do not have a strong sense of the overall situation.

For Feng Daiwen's arrival, these officials have great enthusiasm, the Cheng family, the Wei Chi family and the Feng family are not only close to each other now, but also have a marriage, these family generals naturally respect him very much.

And Feng Daiwen also has huge business resources, and at the same time, he is also very friendly to businessmen, and of course these businessmen's families have to deal with him.

After a banquet, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves, and after the low-level officials said goodbye, Feng Daiwen took Su Dingfang and others to the study, Su Dingfang introduced the situation in the Western Regions, and Feng Daiwen basically understood, although it is said that the Western Regions are now a mess, but Su Dingfang and others do not know where to start, and they are also worried that rash action will cause more dissatisfaction and destroy the hard-won stability.

"You're doing the right thing, you can't move around, but it's not without a goal." After Feng Daiwen listened, he was silent for a while, then looked at the open map and said.

"You mean Gao Chang?" Su Dingfang asked tentatively?

"Yes, Gao Chang is also a good target, anyway, Gao Chang offended Datang before, and now he is attacking him, and others have nothing to say." Feng Daiwen nodded and said.

"You mean there are other goals?" Xue Rengui heard the meaning of his words, withdrew his gaze from the map, turned his head and asked.

"Zhaowu Jiu, let everyone who is willing to go in the Western Regions go, and say to the outside world that this is Datang's revenge, and when they go to attack, Datang guarantees their homeland security, and we don't want all the loot.

Of course, this is not the main purpose, our main purpose is Khotan! Feng Daiwen raised his hand and tapped his hand on the map and said.

"Using the small country of the Western Regions, it will be understandable to attack the end of the Zhaowu Nine surnames, but why is the main target being Khotan?" Su Dingfang asked after looking at the map repeatedly.

(End of chapter)