Although Gaochang has many cities and checkpoints, almost all of them are small cities, with a population of five or six thousand and a few more than a thousand, and even Gaochang City, with only 30,000 residents.

Su Dingfang and others overwhelmed the city, and there was a clerical order from Koji Zhisheng, and they received all the cities very smoothly along the way, and after cleaning up all the rich people, they distributed land to the people according to the population.

But there is still a long way to go before the governance, Cheng Chuliang, who sent the envoy to the Cheshi, returned, and Li Ke and Li Tai were also summoned to Gaochang City, which solved a big problem for Feng Daiwen.

The five hundred elites led by Li Junxian are specially selected guards for Li Yuan, all of whom are sons and daughters of nobles, but they are all partial houses, side branches, and the worst ones are all from good families, and it can be said that everyone is literate.

Feng Daiwen found all these people, and among the soldiers, those who were literate and literate among the merchants of the Western Regions, and they could accept those who were not in the business.

A total of more than 800 people were urgently trained for three days, and then assigned to various county towns to serve as officials and officials, and only then did they enliven the whole situation.

Su Dingfang hadn't been home for a year, and this time Feng Daiwen asked him to take 2,000 cavalry to escort Lu Zhisheng and his party, and at the same time take the merchant group back to Chang'an.

The Dragon Turquoise Cavalry Branch was very happy to learn that Gaochang had been attacked, and now he was between Gaochang and Xijile, which could be said to be quite safe.

Worried that Feng Daiwen and the others would not have enough food, he hurriedly mobilized another batch of food to send it, and said that the 8,000 people of Longya would continue to obey the order, and they would be responsible for the food.

However, the person who came this time also had an unexpected person - Long Yuzhu.

After Long Yuzhu came, he very boldly began to pester Li Ke, following step by step, following inch by inch, from time to time shushing the cold and asking for warmth, serving tea and water, all his thoughts were written on his face.

Feng Daiwen saw that this Long Yuzhu looked good, unlike his Lao Tzu with a Middle Eastern face, but it was almost the same as the Han people, and there was nothing bad about it, the important thing was that the Dragon Rush Riding Branch only had such an only daughter, it can be said that if Li Ke married her, Yanqi Kingdom would not use force or scheming, and would also be surnamed Li.

Therefore, Feng Daiwen was simply happy to see it, and secretly encouraged Long Yuzhu to work hard, and provided convenience for her from time to time, so it can be said that Li Ke was secretly sold.

At the same time, Feng Daiwen also sent officials for Yanqi to guide empty agriculture, and after Qiuzi heard about it, he also arranged for 8,000 soldiers to come over and ask Feng Daiwen to give them the same agricultural guidance, and Feng Daiwen readily agreed.

This year is definitely too late to grow food, now the three countries have joined forces to explore minerals in the territory, Feng Daiwen used all the soldiers to build simple greenhouses, and the new officials are leading the people to build ondols, burn bricks and build houses.

What has to be said here is Qiuci, Qiuci is an oasis country, with six cities, including Luntai, Kuqa, Shaya, Baicheng, Aksu, Xinhe, with the largest Luntai oasis as the capital, and the region is connected to Yanqi.

Qiuzi is one of the gateways to the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, and it is precisely because they belong to the Oasis Country that they have always been trying to survive in the cracks.

Although they were friendly to Datang before, they were not too close, but now that Datang occupies Gaochang, and Yanqi Kingdom falls to Datang, they can't help but show goodwill quickly, and there are benefits.

The main reason why Feng Daiwen agrees with them is that Qiuzi has the supplies he urgently needs, coal mines, and it is a super-large open-pit coal mine.

Baicheng Coal Mine, Baicheng Coal Mine is not only a super-large open-pit mine, but also a high coking coal mine, whether it is coking, or used to make honeycomb coal, it is excellent, and it is precisely because of this that Feng Daiwen accepted Qiuzi's overture, and the only requirement is that the mines near Baicheng belong to Datang.

At the same time, Cheng Mingzhen, who has the most experience, led 10,000 Turkic warriors to Baicheng to garrison, and organized 60,000 people from the Three Kingdoms to go to mining.

With Qiuzi, Gaochang, and Yanqi in hand, it is equivalent to closing the gateway between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, only the Central Plains will attack out, and there is no need to worry about someone attacking in.

The only regret is that there is a shortage of manpower, and now in the former Western Turkic region, a large number of mineral deposits are not mined by manpower, so they have to continue to keep people for grazing.

Although the Tang Dynasty has now expanded countless times, but at the same time it has also limited the hands and feet, the total population of the Tang Zhenguan five years is more than 18 million, more than 4.8 million belong to babies, children, in addition to the old and young, women account for most of the majority, and there are only more than 4 million men who can be regarded as adults.

The soldiers belonging to the Han nationality are now only 400,000 elites and less than 300,000 government soldiers, but now the Tang Dynasty controls nearly 2 million Eastern and Western Turks, and there are also more than 2 million Japanese slaves.

There are more than 360,000 Khitans, more than 280,000 Hui people, nearly 100,000 Xi people, and more than 300,000 Nanzhao departments.

This is also why it is clear that it has the strength to attack Goguryeo, but it does not attack, firstly, it will not have the energy to govern after the defeat, and secondly, it is also afraid that the losses will be too great, and if there are fewer people, it will not be able to suppress the country, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

At the same time, this has almost become a problem for Li Shimin, so the last time Feng Daiwen talked to him in the palace, he decided not to fight Goguryeo for the time being, go all out to develop agriculture, and reuse a small number of ethnic groups, such as the Hui and Khitan.

A large number of Turkic people were allowed to participate in Tuntian and develop the Yueyang area, and Su Dingfang returned to Chang'an, and one of the requests he brought was to bring a part of the Japanese slaves and Turkic people to mine.

Fortunately, Li Shimin is now wealthy, and after two years, a large amount of grain has been produced, and he no longer needs the support of the Central Plains, and he can still make up for it.

Iwami Silver Mountain was mined by 300,000 Japanese slave coolies, and the effect was gratifying, with a boatload of silver being transported back every month, and there were copper mines in the mines of western Liaoning, which greatly made Li Shimin's treasury sufficient.

With silver, it was used to buy a large number of various materials, which stimulated the development of the domestic economy, and at the time of the summer harvest and autumn harvest, the surplus grain in the hands of the people in the market was purchased and the prices were stabilized.

Under the formulation of more than a dozen prime ministers and officials from the three provinces, the first batch of Datang royal money, a total of 35, was established in the country, and the latest version of Zhenguan Tongbao appeared in the world, and the silver and gold coins printed with the portraits of Li Shimin's family also began to be put on.

Originally, Li Shimin was still worried about whether anyone would accept it, but he found that whether it was gold coins, silver coins, or copper coins, they were all deeply loved, and the exquisite appearance, as well as the heads of emperors, empresses and others, made the first batch of goods a collector's item.

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