Li Hong smiled and patted the armor on Pei Xingjian's body and asked, "How?" Isn't this armor much better now than it used to be? ”

Pei Xingjian looked at the smile on Li Hong's face, during this period of time, it seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has grown a lot all of a sudden, and the whole person looks more mature and wise.

"Thank you Daduhu, the minister originally thought that this armor armor would be like other armor, after a few slashes, this rubber band will be broken, and the armor will fall, but after looking at your armor, it turned out to be nailed with iron nails, and this back and forth rush to kill, don't worry at all." Pei Xingjian patted the nail leaf on his chest and said.

"Yes, the chain mail is too heavy, and it affects the cavalry's reaction ability too much, not to mention that the chain mail is easy to be pierced by arrows and throwing weapons, so it is naturally not as good as the Mingguang armor that we have improved now."

"Dadu Hu, forgive the last general for being rude, the last general feels that now this armor should not be called bright light armor, but should be dark light armor." Pei Xingjian, accompanied by Li Hong, looked around the entire Qiuzi City.

With the eyes of his war experts, he naturally saw that this Qiuzi City was not very peaceful, especially the north gate facing the Ashina Duzhi, there were obvious traces of cavalry entering and leaving.

Li Hong smiled and didn't speak, the dark color is more heat-absorbing in winter, and if there is nothing, it can provide a little temperature for the soldiers in the cold winter.

What's more, under the supervision of several princesses and aunts, the cotton clothes were sent over less than half a month after Pei Xingjian set out on the expedition, which naturally solved the cost of the army's combat in the case of fighting in severe cold weather during the suppression of Shule City.

Just like when Li Zhi knew that Wu Mei and a few people needed to pay Li Hong most of the money of the Daming Palace in the Western Regions, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed: "The little idiot is going to the Western Regions to fight a war, this is a money, so much money, he doesn't feel sorry, I feel sorry for him." ”

However, for the sake of the fruitful results, Li Zhi also calmly accepted this huge expense, not to mention, even if he didn't accept it, he had no suitable way to prevent a large amount of money from flowing into the Western Regions.

Pei Xingjian ate pig ears, gnawed on steaming pig trotters, listened to Quan Yi and lawlessness, and when he finished talking about what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Hong had done in Qiuzi City during this period of time, he clicked, and the pig's trotters in his mouth fell to the ground in surprise.

Turning his head with a sluggish expression, looking at Li Hong, Pei Xingjian suddenly got up and bowed to Li Hong and saluted deeply: "Please bow to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

After finishing speaking, he lifted the front hem of the robe, and knelt down to kowtow to Li Hong with a solemn expression.

He really didn't expect that Li Hong's military exploits in Qiuzi City would be so much more brilliant than his military exploits in suppressing Shule City!

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had never been to the Western Regions, actually relied on the 20,000 horses in his hands, as well as this not a well-defended Qiuzi City, to drive Ashina to the depths of the grassland, and did not dare to show his head!

Li Hong calmly accepted Pei Xingjian's bowing, motioned to Pei Xingjian with his hand in the void, and said: "There is no difference between big and small military achievements, as long as it can hit the enemy's arrogance, even if it is the recovery of an inch of land, it is a real military achievement." You recaptured Shule City for my Tang Dynasty, it seems that you have not made much achievements, but he has a greater and more far-reaching influence on us in Anxi than I drove Ashina to the depths of the grassland. ”

"Thank you to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his praise, the minister is willing to hand over the military power to His Royal Highness the Prince, and the minister asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to allow the minister to rest in Qiuzi City for a few days, and then immediately rush to the grassland to capture the Ashina Duzhi." Pei Xingjian looked at Li Hong's smiling expression and solemnly asked for battle.

"There's no hurry." Li Hong shook his head, motioned for him to sit down, and said: "This year, whether it is the Yunzhong Metropolitan Protectorate or the grassland under the jurisdiction of our Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, there have been rare white-haired wind natural disasters. Even if he can be captured, others will rebel in the future. ”

"What do you mean?" Pei Xingjian is good at martial arts, since he does not send troops, then he must govern the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate.

Li Hong took a sip of wine from his wine glass, and after coming to the Western Regions, even Xia Zhi and others began to drink a little wine occasionally, not because they liked to drink, but because the weather was too cold and they needed to drink some wine to warm up.

"Now whether it is Ashina Duzhi or Li Sha, they are already at the end of the strong crossbow, there is no need to be afraid, it will not form a big threat to us, the people on the grassland, in the final analysis, are still the people of my Tang Dynasty, so after the first day, give them some time to rest and recuperate, this year's white-haired wind slaughter is too terrible, so I have ordered the household department to transport Wandan grain here after the first day."

"Your Highness, no, so much food will attract them to come and grab it by any means, and then I'm afraid we will fall into passivity. And not only the cavalry of the Ashina Duzhi will rob, but their people will definitely not let go of this opportunity in order to be able to fill their stomachs. Pei Xingjian was shocked, according to His Royal Highness the Prince's thoughts, isn't this a thief.

"That's it, not only to let them know that there is enough food here, but also to let them know that they can get it for free!" Li Hong looked at Pei Xingjian's shocked face and said confidently.

Pei Xingjian frowned, he couldn't figure out what Li Hong's move meant, and after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't think of a reason, so he said, "Please also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give advice." ”

Compared with the Central Plains, especially the prosperous Tang Dynasty today, the Western Regions are much poorer.

Even if you have money in the Western Regions, you can't buy even a bucket of grain during the period of food shortage.

What's more, copper coins have been circulating in the Western Regions for many years, but the Western Regions still haven't gotten rid of a large number of bartering methods, so even if there is more food supply to the Western Regions, it is not a very reasonable way to use money to buy and sell, or to use the imperial court to help the poor.

But if you want to control the nomads in the north of Qiuzi City, and if you want to get them out of the control of Ashina Duzhi, you have to provide them with food, so that they will have enough to eat, so that they will not continue to rebel with Ashina Duzhi.

Therefore, Li Hong pursued Ashina Duzhi on the grassland in the ice and snow, and after chasing for more than half a month without results, when riding his mount food stamps, he suddenly thought of food stamps, a form of transaction that existed when the country was founded in the previous life, that is, each person received food with a ration of tickets every month.

In this way, not only can the people under the Ashinadu branch have something to fill their stomachs, but also can control them from rebelling, and the ticket will be issued on the first day of January, and Li Hong can clearly find out how many nomadic people there are on the grassland in the north.

Looking at Pei Xingjian, who looked surprised and still didn't quite understand, Li Hong continued: "Not only for them, but also for the entire Anxi Protectorate, this kind of policy will be implemented, firstly, to control their rebellion, and secondly, to find out how many people there are in the entire Anxi." ”

"But the people on the grassland have a lot of cattle and sheep, and they are ...... temporary shortage."

"Cattle and sheep in this year's white-haired wind disaster, I'm afraid that ten of the ** will freeze to death on the grassland, the herdsmen can be hungry, what do they lack?" Li Hong looked at Pei Xingjian, who seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and reminded.

"They are short of clothes, green vegetables and tea, etc., are all necessities that they need, so you keep the balance through food stamps, will food stamps be used as a currency?"

Li Hong shook his head, it is impossible for grain stamps to be used as currency, and I am afraid that this period will not be able to fully meet the necessary conditions for currency transactions.

To put it bluntly, it is to use the goods of the Tang Dynasty to exchange a large number of war horses and other materials for the nomads through the food stamps, secretly weakening the possibility of the nomads' continued rebellion, and making room for Anxi to deal with powerful threats such as Tibet.

Pei Xingjian nodded as if he didn't understand, although His Royal Highness the Prince's strategy is not a long-term solution, but in the current complicated and chaotic Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, it can be regarded as a temporary stability strategy.

"So what are we going to do now?" Pei Xingjian asked.

"Xue Rengui is the most suitable to guard the broken leaves, his legendary story back then, the three arrows set the Tianshan Mountain, so that he enjoyed a high prestige there, Wang Mingyuan is now accompanying Belus to guard the Persian Governor's Palace, ordering them to focus on defense, not to easily clash with the white-clothed food."

Li Hong looked at the sand table in the room, pointed to Broken Leaf Town and said: "Shule is guarded by the Black Tooth Changzhi, and if necessary, you can rush to the aid of Broken Leaf or the Persian Governor's Mansion in front of you, and you, ...... after the Yuan Day." ”

"Your Highness, how about you stay here and go to Khotan? Now it is becoming more and more obvious that after the beginning of spring in Tibet, they will definitely harass us at our borders. Pei Xingjian hurriedly asked for an order.

Li Hong shook his head, a little embarrassed, whether he was in Qiuzi or Khotan, he would distract Pei Xingjian from himself, but Tubo was in the real plateau, and his soldiers and horses might not be able to adapt to the environment there.

And his own Tiefutu is still the left guard led by Quan Yi and the lawless right guard, and in the past few years, he has been pulled to a high-altitude place for training for a period of time every year, which is not an advantage that Pei Xingjian's soldiers and horses can have.

"You guard Qiuzi, there are still a lot of things you need to do, not to mention that the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household will send a large number of officials over, if I deal with them, they will feel like life is worse than death every day, so you should deal with them." The wooden stick in Li Hong's hand drew around Qiuzi City on the sand table.

"What do you mean, Your Highness?" Pei Xingjian was shocked, it seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to make a big difference in Qiuzi, which is not as simple as he thinks at all. If you leave halfway through, press CTRL+D to save the current page to your favorites so you can watch it later!