In fact, what Liu Ji saw was Qiuzi New Town, which has a history of only more than 50 years.

In the second year of the vertical arch, due to the policy adjustment of the ruling Empress Dowager Wu, the Tang people gave up the four towns of Anxi and let the Tubo people go deeper, as a result, the three prefectures of Yi, Xi and Ting, which had been placed as counties, were exposed to the iron hooves of the Tubo people, which not only did not play a role in stabilizing the border and reducing military expenses, but increased the burden on the imperial court.

Therefore, in the first year of longevity, that is, the Wu clan officially ascended the throne and became the first and only female emperor in Chinese history, and in the second year, the general Wang Xiaojie, who was familiar with the internal affairs of Tibet, was the head of the Wuwei Road march, and the general Ashina Zhongjie of Zuo Wuwei led the troops to attack Tubo in the Western Regions, and even fought well, and regained the land of the four towns.

At the suggestion of Wang Xiaojie, the Anxi capital was re-established in Qiuzi, leaving 30,000 Han soldiers to control it, and abandoning the old city that had been destroyed, and re-planning and designing the scale of the city on the new site, which lasted four years before and after, and finally built the current appearance.

Its layout, completely in accordance with Chang'an City, is an unconventional square, with the central axis as the main road, forty-eight square markets are neatly arranged, even the east and west two cities are copied and two, the people of the time call it "little Chang'an".

Of course, there is no palace here, the mansion of the king of Qiuci Bai Xiaojie is just a larger mansion, occupying a square market in the city, just above the central axis, is the symbol of the highest ruling power of the Tang people, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and the four towns of Anxi Jiedu Envoy, and the opposite is the Qiuci Governor's Mansion, both in size and shape, it is a lower level.

Such a layout is unique in the four towns, taking Khotan town as an example, the palace is still the palace, and the Khotanese town guards the embassy, but it is the same size as the governor's mansion.

Therefore, it is called "semi-restraint".

The number of Han people in Anxi is naturally much lower than that of the inland counties, and even the neighboring Beiting is much inferior, and the most concentrated settlement of the Han people is in this new city, among which the largest number is naturally those Long March athletes who fought on the border, after the decline of the government military system, the conscription system has gradually become the mainstream, and the men who can take the initiative to recruit are all with the characteristics of meritorious service or desperation, and under the almost lifelong occupation, settling in the local area has become the first choice, because there are companions, wives and children, as well as fields and houses in exchange for war exploits, How can it be so easily discarded?

The people of Qiuzi, Khotan, Shule, and Yanqi, according to later research, should be the Tocharians of the Indo-European race, with black hair, white skin, and blue eyes as their main characteristics, and after a long period of mixed marriage, they gradually approached the Han people, and this fusion has a very strong subjectivity, because in this time and space, the Tang people are the objects of worship of Zhuhu, just as the Chinese people in later generations look at the West.

Under normal circumstances, the Tang people marry their daughter Yu Hu is next marriage, and few people will do this, but it is commonplace to raise orchids, so when Liu Ji and others walked all the way along the open city gate, they saw a peculiar phenomenon.

Those who wore long robes, wore a skirt, and pinned a small gold-painted fan around their waists, most of them were Hu people with different faces, while those who wore tight Hu clothes, wrapped their heads or wore small hats, were mostly Han Chinese, which was a fashion, and it came from the distant city of Chang'an.

However, at this time, the faces of these two people had the same expression, and they were so frightened that they even ran away, giving up the spacious street to this group of Tang Army soldiers who had returned from afar, which was cleaner than most of the escorts on the streets.

Li Qiyun arched his hand at him in surprise: "After returning from the battle, I must be in a hurry to return home, and I will not be far away, if I set a departure date, please send someone to inform me, and I will practice with you and my colleagues in the house." ”

"Judgment please."

Liu Ji knew that he was afraid of his embarrassment, and in today's scene, the people are all hiding away, and there is no need to worry about it, there will be some chaos.

Subsequently, Ma Lan also said goodbye to him, he was going to return to Pahuan City, and he was sitting there before Liang Zai did not come back, he should have left a long time ago, Li Qiyun deliberately left him as a martial artist in order to prevent accidents, which can be regarded as a painstaking effort.

As for Bai Xiaoyi, it was not so obvious, but he accompanied him with great interest for a while, until the location in the center of the city, the intersection of the two avenues, and then said with a smile.

"I hope Gorou will keep it in mind, as long as you have time, it will be done at any time."

"I made a note of it."

Liu Ji looked at his back and couldn't help but feel a little strange, the Bai family seemed to really have something to do with him, but he didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

The Qiuzi royal family is a little embarrassed here, because the Dadu Protectorate is located here, they are usually low-key and hate to hide, they have always exercised their power honestly, and never compete with the people of the Metropolitan Protectorate, just like this expedition, the king of Khotan, Captain Chi Sheng, raised the troops of the whole country to come out, not without the meaning of reassuring the Tang people, but they didn't even send out a royal brother, and they seemed to be very relieved.

I have to say that the closer you get to the center of the rule, the more complicated the situation will be, Qiuzi City has been able to calm down for so many years, except for the martial arts of the Tang people, after Feng Changqing stays in this festival, it should be indispensable, after all, the people who come out to deal with him are many times him.

The people who greeted him were gone, and it was time for him to leave, but standing at the crossroads, he didn't know where to go for a while, because he couldn't remember where his home was.

Of course, this kind of small problem is not difficult, Liu Ji greeted his subordinates: "Which leg is fast, go to the house to report a letter, Lao Tzu is back." ”

As soon as these words came out, sure enough, a few sergeants came out of the crowd, they were not entirely to curry favor with the officials, and they came to report the good news, and a reward was indispensable, but running errands, why not.

In this way, Liu Ji followed the direction of their departure, took the rest of the people and horses, and walked slowly on the street, until in front of a fang, a fangguan dressed as a local, with a few fangmen, stood there neatly.

"Little ones, welcome all the soldiers and return triumphantly."

Liu Ji raised his head and saw that the door plate was engraved with two Chinese characters "Ningyuan", as well as a line of alien characters, with a slight chin.

"It's always good in the square?"

"If you return to Langjun, you will be safe and sound."

Liu Ji laughed: "Lao Tzu is back, is there something wrong?" ”

Several people's faces turned pale suddenly, he didn't pay attention to it, and led his subordinates to march in, and the fang official led by him couldn't help but wipe the sweat on his face with his sleeves, and he had a palpitating look.

"Alas, I finally had a few months of peace, and I didn't have a good life."

Several fangding are also related, but looking at the people of the brigade, they don't even dare to say a word of complaint, even if they are far away, and they can't even see their backs.