Originally, the main population of Qinghai County was in Fuqi City and Chishui City, with about 30,000 people, plus 7,000 prisoners in Tuntian and more than 5,000 people in other counties and forts, the total number was less than 50,000; This time, after the fighting, the population was cut in half, but fortunately, 16,000 people were captured.

Because the governor's mansion had prepared in advance, Kou Jiuhui was not embarrassed, this time he didn't sell a single one, and after contacting Fu Yun, the two sides exchanged 10,000 prisoners with each other; He exchanged 2,000 people with the Qiang tribe from all walks of life, and the remaining 4,000 captives were all asked to work as coolies by Haixi County, after all, there were so many castles to be repaired. Most of the people who were exchanged were repatriated to their original places of residence, and only 3,000 people emigrated to Haixi County; Fortunately, more than 4,000 Qiang people have come to settle down, so as not to make Haixi County an empty city.

Fu Yun was also tired for the same reason, and this time he had no fighting spirit, because Fu Yun was worried that if he continued to fight, the population would decrease on a large scale. At that time, Zhu Chong, the king of Xiantou, led 100,000 people to surrender to Sui, and after several years of repeated tug-of-war, he was killed by both sides, and every time the Great Sui won, the captives were rewarded as slaves to officials or sold, and the population of Qinghai County dropped by 70 percent, and the cost of Fu Yun's restoration continued to increase, and he felt the threat of the Qiang people.

Knowing that Yang Chong had allocated two counties for himself to live in, and agreed to trade with each other, Fu Yun breathed a sigh of relief and expressed his willingness to confess his guilt, but put forward three conditions, one was to hope that another county would be assigned to the Tuyuhun people in Taoyang and other cities in the southwest of Taoshui; One is to ask Yang Chong to promise not to increase the territory of the Qiang people; Finally, I hope that the three counties of Qinghai can help him solve the food problem, it is now the cold winter season, and there will be a long time until next autumn.

Yang Chong knows the trend of history, Tuyuhun is behind Tubo, and he also wants to occupy these places in Qinghai, so this aspect of the problem can not be changed overnight, the most important thing is to increase the loyalty of Qinghai cities to the Central Plains. Yang Chong sneered: "If you can't beat it, you can be soft, Fu Yun has a good heart." But I still really can't take care of him now, so let's do it first, reply to him, I agreed. Chang'an won't let us fight Jincheng, and I've asked Liang Shuo to meet Hao Ying to see if there is any possibility of trading. ”

Xue Ju's envoy Hao Ying waited for many days in Wuwei County; Hao Ying is a native of Wuwei, and Liang Shuo have been friends since childhood, and now he is Wei Weiqing under Xue Ju. Xue Ju has always had a headache for Yang Chong, the combat effectiveness and financial resources of Yang Chong's army are there, even if he sends troops to fight the Tuguhun people, the armies of Huining and Xijun have not decreased at all; Xue Ju hoped that the two sides would carry out trade and ease relations, so he sent Hao Ying over.

Yang Chong's first consideration is tea, as long as Jincheng County borrows a road, it can transport tea from Daba Mountain, which is more convenient than Li Hong in Longxi, as for the relationship between the two sides, Yang Chong believes that Xue Ju thinks the same as himself, as long as the conditions are ripe, he will take the other party. Secondly, Yang Chong still hoped that Xue Ju could consume Li Jing's strength, so that the pressure on Wudu'er would be much less.

Kou Jiuheng smiled and said: "I came back to see that all the spirits in the governor's mansion were different, and everyone up and down thought that our opportunity had arrived; Under the words, even a general like Zhang Xutuo was killed, and the center was almost unable to support it. You guessed the rise of Li Mi and Dou Jiande, and now it has been confirmed, I'm afraid how many people are waiting for your next guess. ”

Yang Chong said indifferently: "When everyone guesses correctly, the key is to have strength and opportunity to be used; Dou Jiande and Li Mi are so good at fighting, you can talk about it, we have a few generals who can compete with them. ”

Kou Jiuhui nodded, Yang Chong's army was in a head-to-head battle, relying on the superiority of weapons and the bravery of cavalry, he was not afraid of any army, but in the face of conspiracy and trickery, it was far behind; This time in Qinghai, the trap set by Fu Yun was only seen by the coach Yu Juluo, and Sikong Xing didn't notice it, and he almost lost his troops. Yang Chong is right, he still needs a general like Yu Juluo who can command tens of thousands of horses, but unfortunately Li Jing and Xu Shiji did not agree.

Ling Jing and Fang Xuanling walked in with a smile, and when Fang Xuanling saw Kou Jiuxuan, he said, "It's great that you're back, I thought you were acting with Yujuluo's army." Du Yan's subordinates caught a person from the Chongxuan Palace, according to Du Yan's statement, that person seemed to have been caught on purpose, dressed like a beggar, but the martial arts were unfathomable, and the identity of the person himself was revealed. We need someone who is familiar with the rivers and lakes to meet. ”

Kou Jiuhui shook his head helplessly and said, "You must have planned to call my master to go, or my life is miserable, come back a few steps earlier." ”

When Kou Jiuhui and Cao Eryue met this person in prison, this person was sitting at the table munching on chicken legs; Either dressed like a beggar, or a beggar, his clothes, objects, and movements all show the characteristics of a beggar. The old beggar was about fifty years old, with messy hair, a ruddy complexion, ragged clothes with no holes, all patched, and a black and gray flower bowl and a red lacquered gourd on the table, presumably the old beggar's belongings.

The old beggar looked up at the two and said, "The old man's face is big enough, Master Kou and Cao Daxia came together." ”

Kou Jiuhui smiled and said, "The predecessor turned out to be a guest, so what do you have to say." ”

The old beggar sighed and said: "Yes, no wonder Yang Chong has entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, not only because you are Zhang Guolao's apprentice, you are strong in martial arts, you do have the demeanor to do great things; If Yang Chong gets the world one day, you are indispensable to be a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and it is also possible for the Ministry of Households. ”

Cao Eryue and the four officials inside and outside the door were dizzy when they heard it, the chief manager wants to get the world? Kou Jiuheng didn't dare to let the old beggar talk nonsense, and thanked him in a deep voice: "Thank you seniors for your good words, seniors should talk about business." ”

The old beggar pointed to the bowl on the table and said casually, "You bring the bowl to Yang Chong, and he will know who I am." ”

Cao Eryue stepped forward to take the bowl, but suddenly a strong force came, which actually stopped Cao Eryue from moving forward; Cao Eryue was angry in his heart, and secretly carried his strength, but not only failed to move forward, but was forced to take a few steps back before he could stand firm. The old beggar's bright hand seems to be an understatement, but it actually shows the profound Xuangong; Cao Eryue's face was red, Kou Jiuhui was not angry, and walked over to pick up the flower bowl.

The old beggar reminded: "Lord Kou, this bowl is priceless, don't break it on the road." The officials secretly took a sip, and it was priceless, this broken bowl was just no gap, and even the clay pottery bowl made in the Western Regions was better than this flower bowl.

Kou Jiuheng brought the bowl to Yang Chong, put it on the table, and told him what happened in prison; After listening to this, Yang Chong picked up the bowl and looked at it carefully, the color of the flower bowl was dull, and the patterns were a little unclear, as if it was a gluttonous pattern, three groups of gluttonous patterns formed a strip, the pattern was fierce and solemn, full of mystery. On the back of the bottom of the bowl is a blue-green square seal, which is the familiar words of Yang Chong, "Shilu Mengyun"; Yang Chongyi was so excited that he almost dropped the bowl on the table.

(End of chapter)