Zhao Ziliang was about to change the topic with a sloppy eye, but he didn't want Wang Zhiyun to let him go at all, so he continued: "You must have taken a fancy to my mother." It's okay when I eat, just now my mother cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and it became a little different, and also made hot water, but asked me to wash your feet, and you saw me but very surprised, and asked my mother why didn't come, my mother didn't come, are you particularly disappointed? Don't try to lie to me! ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he suddenly looked at Wang Zhiyun with wide eyes, he couldn't imagine that these words came out of the mouth of such a little girl as Wang Zhiyun, and he said in his heart, should the little girl be so fine? Anyway, I really don't have a crush on your mother, it's just that what, there is a little bit of instinctive reaction!

Of course, he couldn't say this, but he muttered in his heart, Zhao Ziliang immediately put on a serious face and said, "What are you thinking about this little girl?" I'm innocent with your mother, don't talk nonsense, it's not good to let everyone outside know, of course I'm not afraid of anything as a big man, your mother still has to be a man! ”

Wang Zhiyun's hand movements did not stop, but she blinked when she looked at Zhao Ziliang's eyes, and after listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, she made a mocking expression and said: "Sneer-hypocrisy!" Pretending to be sanctimonious on the surface, you may want to get my mother to bed in your heart, but you don't dare to show it because you love face! ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't expect Wang Zhiyun to look at himself in such a way, he wanted to scold her loudly, but he couldn't help it, if he did this, maybe it would be even more counterproductive, after thinking about it, he said calmly: "Miss Wang, it's not what you think, if you see me like this, then you are wrong." Let me tell you this, neither your mother nor I have meant this, and we have never thought about it that way, but being together will inevitably produce instinctive reactions, instincts. Do you understand? It's just that without thinking about it through the brain, the body will naturally react, just like when you are hungry and want to eat, it's the same thing! Forget it, you're still young, you'll know when you grow up! Alright, bring the water out, and I'll wipe my feet myself."

"Go, what's the big deal? Do you really think I don't understand? Who is rare! Wang Zhiyun muttered away with water.

After watching Wang Zhiyun leave, Zhao Ziliang smiled bitterly and shook his head. Take the book of war and continue to look.

Broken Leaf City can be described as the westernmost military garrison of the Tang Dynasty, although the deployment of troops is not much, only 5,000 people, and these 5,000 people are still divided into five or six large and small towns, but its existence can deter thousands of miles away from the Great Food Country, the Tuqi Shi Ten Surname Tribes and the affiliated dozens of tribes, as well as the Zhaowu Nine Surname Kingdoms and the Tocharian Twenty-Seven Kingdoms, these small countries in this Tang Dynasty and the Tuqi Shi Great War After the big victory, the Tuqi Shi Ten Surname Tribes and the Western Regions Thirty-six Kingdoms are all honest. Even Kangju, who had not bought much before, began to prepare to send an envoy to Chang'an to pay tribute.

Zhao Ziliang thought that there must be a lot of people of the Tang Dynasty who go abroad from Broken Leaf City every year, and the countries of the Western Regions have been chaotic for a long time and politically unstable. The public security situation in various places is very worried, and the people of the Tang Dynasty will definitely encounter more or less problems or be bullied in a foreign country after they go abroad, so what should those people of the Tang Dynasty who encounter problems or be bullied in a foreign country? Can they only call the heavens and the earth unspiritual?

this day. Zhao Ziliang summoned the generals and officials of the military and political departments to hold a meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, a few days ago, General Ben has reached an agreement with the Fifth Department of Crossbow Lost Bi to jointly maintain the smooth flow and security of the Silk Road. Therefore, in the future, there will be a lot of business travelers who will take this Silk Road, and there will be many merchants or people in Datang who will go to the Western Regions, or engage in business, or travel, or go to the countries of the Western Regions to learn skills, what should these people do if they encounter trouble or difficulties in the Western Regions? In addition, after the last war, the prestige of my Datang in the Western Regions is gradually recovering, and the 36 countries of the Western Regions are also in awe of my Datang, but if we want to know the news of the countries in the Western Regions, we can only know from the business travelers who come and go, this is too passive for us, if we want to deter the countries of the Western Regions, and if we want to always take the initiative in our own hands, we must change from passive to active. Therefore, General Ben thought about it for a long time, and wanted to send envoys to the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions and the ten tribes of the Turgish in the name of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion to be stationed in their administrative posts, so that we could convey the will of our Tang Dynasty through the envoys of the various tribes stationed in various countries; Second, we can also keep abreast of the movements of various countries and tribes through the permanent envoys; Thirdly, the envoys of the tribes stationed in various countries can represent the Tang Dynasty to negotiate with the local government for our people when they encounter great injustice in the countries of the Western Regions, administer justice for them, and help them when they are in difficulty! I wonder what you think? ”

After hearing this, Lai Yao, who joined the army, couldn't help but say: "General, isn't it too troublesome to do this?" Those lowly merchants go to the Western Regions to do business, that's their own business, we have a lot of resources in the Tang Dynasty, where can't we do business? They are going to the Western Regions to do business, even if they are bullied, they deserve it. As for understanding the movements of the countries in the Western Regions, we can send out a detailed work."

Zhao Ziliang looked at the others and asked, "Do you think so too?" ”

Everyone saw that Zhao Ziliang's face was a little unsightly, everyone here was a human spirit, seeing that Zhao Ziliang's face was wrong, where did he dare to speak? Lai Yao is a rectum, and he was born in a family of eunuchs, and he looks down on the people at the bottom, so he dares to say his thoughts without scruples, but others don't dare, and after Lai Yao said this, Zhao Ziliang's face changed significantly, and they didn't dare even more.

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhao Ziliang said: "The reason why the Tang Dynasty exists is not because of me, nor because of all of you here, let alone because of the emperor and ministers of the court, but because of the support of thousands of people!" Since ancient times, the dynasty has changed frequently, the emperor has changed one after another, no matter who is the emperor, the people have always existed, Wei Zheng of the Taizong Dynasty said that water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat! Emperor Taizong thought so, and took it as a warning, and often reflected on himself. It is precisely because of the support of the people of the world that Datang exists, can't Datang provide shelter for his people? Come on, my lord, if you go to the Western Regions and are bullied, and no one helps you uphold justice, you call the heavens and the earth unspiritual, how would you feel? The prosperity and strength of Datang is not the credit of any one person, but the joint efforts of all people in the world, and no farmers grow food. What do we eat? There are no merchants who sell the food and daily necessities we need, so what do we eat and what do we use? Without scholars to spread civilization, how can we be literate and how to write official documents? Without workers who mine and burn charcoal, what do we use for heating in winter? Without weavers spinning the yarn into cloth, what do we wear? Without a blacksmith with a good memory, do we have such sharp weapons and powerful bows and crossbows to kill enemies? Merchants went to the Western Regions to bring foreign specialties to our Datang, and we also broadened our horizons, and also strengthened the economic and technological exchanges between our Datang and the countries of the Western Regions. There are also many things in our forging weapons technology, and we can only create such sharp weapons by borrowing the forging technology of the Western Regions, and these are the merits of the merchants! ”

Lai Yao's face was flushed by Zhao Ziliang's words, and he was so ashamed that he got up and bowed down to Zhao Ziliang and said: "The general's lesson is extremely good, and the lower official is ashamed, after listening to the general's words, the lower official suddenly opened!" ”

Seeing this, Liu Shan got up and bowed his hand to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Listening to the general's words is better than reading for ten years!" The general wanted to set up permanent envoys in the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions and the ten tribes of the Turkish, and sent envoys to stay there, and the lower officials agreed. The significance of this matter is by no means so, its role in politics is immeasurable, this matter is operable, but the annual cost is only a small one. May I ask the general, is this expenditure reported to the imperial court, or is it up to me to pay for it myself? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "This matter has already been considered by General Ben, if it is reported to the imperial court." I am afraid that it will not be possible to achieve results if it drags on for a few years, and the general means that in the name of the Governor's Office, he will first send envoys to the 36 countries of the Western Regions and the ten tribes of the Turkishes to build the embassy, and then this expenditure will be paid by the Governor's Mansion first. After the Silk Road is unblocked, the income of our Broken Leaf City will definitely increase greatly, and it is not difficult to spend this money, if you have no other opinions, this matter will be decided, Lord Liu will first select the envoys of the ten tribes of the countries and the Tuqishi, and after the candidates are determined, they will each carry funds, bring guards and official documents to set off, and then the general wants to report this matter to the Metropolitan Protectorate, and strive for the support of Lord Gai, as long as Lord Gai does not object, this matter will be completed, and it will become a regular practice in the future, even if Lord Gai is transferred, If a new Metropolitan Lord arrives, he can't easily remove the embassy! As long as the embassy can really play its role, the imperial court will definitely support it after learning about it! Maybe the imperial court will have direct jurisdiction over the embassy."

The generals and officials all nodded.

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Okay, this matter is decided!" Let's talk about the second thing, since these days, General Ben has found that the road conditions from Dundo City to Broken Leaf City and New Town are not very good, some roads are potholes, some roads are narrow, and some roads are full of mud when it rains, and it is difficult for cars, horses and pedestrians to pass! Lord Liu, the administrative department in charge of you should solve this matter, assign the matter of resting the traffic road surface to the towns, let the towns organize people to rest the road surface, make the narrow road wide, fill in the potholes, and tidy up the road sections that become muddy when it rains. ”

Liu Dan was embarrassed: "General, it is only difficult to prevent the road surface from raining and turning into thin mud, unless a layer of green bricks or bluestone is laid on the road, but the cost of this method is too great!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked, "How are the walls of some earthen city walls pasted?" General Ben saw that the walls of those earthen walls were very strong, and they had stood tall for so many years, and although they could not withstand the attacks of catapults, they could not be used by other siege weapons."

Liu Dan's eyes lit up when he heard this, "What does the general mean to use the method of building a city wall to spread a layer of rammed earth on the road with a layer of pasted walls?" This method is feasible, as long as it is not spread very thick, and the cost is not very large, it should be feasible! The rammed earth used to build the walls is made of clay, sand mixed with glutinous rice or rice soup, and perhaps crushed stones, the key is how to get enough glutinous rice or rice soup to make the cement."

"This is easy to do, let the residents leave all the rice soup when cooking, and the Governor's Mansion will send someone to collect it regularly, and then use a horse-drawn carriage to pull down the construction section!" Zheng San stood up and said.

Zhao Ziliang nodded: "It's feasible, it's so decided, the problem of labor, send some prisoners to do it, and the other towns will recruit their own people to repair the road." (To be continued.) )