Dali City is just twenty miles northwest of Chengle City, and the two cities form a very dense residential area, with a constant flow of people and camels. Chengle City was built by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, when the county of Dingxiang County was governed, and it had jurisdiction over Chengle, Tongguo, Duwu, Xiangyin, Luo, Wugao, Antao, Wucheng, Wuyao, Wujin, Fulu, Dingxiang 12 counties. After the Xianbei Tuoba tribe occupied this area, it was once renamed Shengle City; In the third year of Jin Jianxing, Yilu, the leader of the Tuoba tribe who had greatly increased his power, took Shengle City as his northern capital and renamed it King Wei.

Dali City is the 19th year of the opening of the emperor, Emperor Wen of Sui built for the Turkic Qimin Khan who was attached, the year of the Great Cause was once the newly established Dingxiang County County, the Shengtian Son Yang Guang's Guanfeng Xingdian had been fortunate to visit Dali City, now the plank city between the two cities is to imitate the city and build, the leaders of the tribes on the grassland have residences in it. In the eyes of Jieli Khan, what Sui Tianzi used was for himself and his nobles, but the materials were tight, so he could only use the plank city to solve this embarrassment.

Jieli actually has no choice, even if he robs everywhere outside, and returns to his own one-third of an acre, he still wants to do a good job and change people's livelihood. However, the people of Dali and Chengle are fierce, and the people in Dali City are basically Turkic residents, and Chengle City is dominated by Xianbei and Han people. Therefore, the tribal leaders on the steppe prefer Chengle City, which is rich in commerce and can be a little powerful, unlike entering Dali City, where the big leader of the Tiele tribe will be looked down upon by the Turkic civilians.

Therefore, Chengle City has become a commercial center of the Turks since the time of the Qimin Khan, and the two main streets that run through the four gates have become real lively streets, which are completely different from the atmosphere in other parts of the Turks. There are many buildings and shops, and there are also small bazaars outside the streets, although the architectural style is a little grotesque, except for the old buildings, most of the newly built houses are unpretentious wood and stone structures, full of the preferences of different races.

Smugglers and illegal traders haunt the city, and as long as the traders and craftsmen can save their lives and leave, they will not be able to make a lot of money. Since the chaos in the Central Plains, the fleeing people plus the Turkic plundered captives, 30,000 people have been placed in Chengle City, not only opened up a large number of fertile fields outside the city, but also brought the habits of the Central Plains people, creating a freak similar to the Central Plains town, so that the Turkic nobles learned from the Central Plains at the same time, there are many ideas.

Jieli's own territory is in Woye City, where 40,000 people from the Central Plains also immigrated, due to Yang Chong's strong support in the Hexi period, as well as a series of technology and knowledge brought by Buddhism, Woye Town is more prosperous than Chengle City; If it weren't for the last attack on Hexi and the destruction of his trade route, Chengle City would be at most half of the prosperity of the three towns of Woye. Jieli Khan and Zhao Deyan wanted to sinicize, and it was because they saw the achievements of these two places, as well as Yulin, Yanmen and other cities under their control, that they were unwilling to just loot like the previous Turkic lords, but wanted to try to manage the Han people.

However, the political center of the Turks was still in the city of Dali, such as the official residences and residences of the Turkic magnates, the granaries, prisons, and treasury of the Turkic army. Because Dali City is built in imitation of Taiyuan, the prison of Dali City is the same as the pattern of Taiyuan Prison, the scale is large and the division of labor is clear, many felons are locked in it, but unfortunately the felons are restless masters, especially when they learn that the big man is coming, there is always something to come out.

Now Li Tang's Qin King Li Shimin let out one roar after another in the heavy prison area, Li Shimin's internal skills are exquisite, he is only under house arrest in prison to restrict his freedom, and the food is not bad on weekdays, and it sounds like his voice is full of anger, Kang Sumi asked Zhao Deyan worriedly: "Is this kid okay?" ”

"It's fine." Zhao Deyan said calmly: "The woman you like has just been killed, and no one can stand it all at once." The most important thing is that the group of people that Guanyin helped him pull up are probably the last people to support Li Tang, these people were killed by Yang Chong, even if Li Shimin can kill them back, at most he will be like being a big official in Yang Zhengdao. ”

Kang Sumi whispered, "Why don't you send this kid back to assassinate Yang Chong?" ”

Zhao Deyan glanced at the direction of the roar and said: "Li Shimin is scheming enough, maybe the current mad demon is pretending, and when he returns to the Central Plains, maybe he didn't assassinate Yang Chong, but found a place to hide, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback." This kind of person who thinks about being the king all day long will not sacrifice himself to take risks, Li Shimin is only in his early twenties, and it is a big deal to remarry a woman and have a few more children. ”

After all, Zhao Deyan is a Han Chinese, and he knows the thoughts of his compatriots well, and the words he said were three points, Kang Sumi nodded in agreement and said, "That's really the case." Lord Zhao, now that the Khan is determined to reform, listen to your words and release Tuli again, and I will expect you to take care of the lower officials in the future. ”

Who said that the Turks couldn't speak with a straight intestine, Kang Sumi's attitude was very practical, and he could let Jieli Khan return to the mountain, and Zhao Deyan's status and political skills in Jieli Khan's mind were leveraged; Zhao Deyan nodded and said: "My lord is serious, we are colleagues, and we will develop together in the future and help the Khan achieve a great cause." ”

As they spoke, they saw that Tuli had shaved his hair, shaved his beard, changed into new clothes, and came out of his cell, and greeted them. After a few months in prison, the man became much more mature, politely returned the salute, and then followed the two to the palace to see Jieli Khan. Jieli Khan said to Tuli with a pleasant face: "Tuli, I have suffered, it is my uncle who has become a little irritable, but fortunately he has repelled the attack of the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo, we can start again, Deyan, tell me about your plan." ”

Zhao Deyan's proposition is to imitate the Great Sui, use the decree to strengthen the power of the Khan, and then collect taxes like the Central Plains, Zhao Deyan said: "We are ready to start building 36 counties, Dali City, Woye City and other places to set up six counties, Buli set up the head of the Xia Department, the Hu Department of the general secret service supervisor, the Hu Xue Department of the Hu special service director of the Hu special service department each set up four counties, the northeast has a large population, the eight counties of Muwei, the five counties of Khitan, the three counties of the Yan Dynasty, and the two departments of the Xi people. In addition, taxes were collected from the counties of Yang Zheng-do, Goguryeo, and the countries of the Western Regions. ”

Tuli listened, and looked at Jieli Khan and Zhao Deyan suspiciously, the Khitan and Xi tribes had already started a war with themselves, and the Yan Yan was attached to Goguryeo, where to collect taxes in these ten counties. Princess Yicheng said with a smile: "Tuli, Yang Chong's Anzhou can collect taxes now, our people have seen it, and commercial taxes are collected every day, but the Khitan, Xi people, and Xia tribes still continue to exchange materials for food, daily necessities, iron tools, etc., much more than handed over to us." ”

(End of chapter)