Although the Turkic Viga Khan had defeated the Tiele tribes at the beginning of his reign, however, when he fully realized that the political situation of the Tang Dynasty was stable and there were sufficient soldiers and horses, although Wang Jun's plan to send troops was later broken, the Turks did not launch a greater offensive after all. And with the death of the national teacher Tun Desire Valley a few years ago, his younger brother Que Te Qin's health is declining, and the ambitious Viga Khan, who was on the throne, is now like a tiger whose claws are gradually dulled, putting away the former domineering posture in the north.

Because of this, the relocation of Yunzhou did not have much touch for him. On the contrary, the Turkic nobles below complained about the slackness of the Great Khan. However, the prestige of the Mosi Khan is already in the past, thinking that after the Mosi was ambushed by the Tiele tribes as the Tang pioneers, his descendants failed to ascend the throne, and he was supported by Que Te Qin as the Viga Khan. But for the situation of hundreds of merchants gathering in Yunzhou City today, many people are quite hot, especially the nomadic tribes in the neighboring places such as Jinhe and Jiujiuquan, seeing that the Xi caravans frequently enter Yunzhou, it is difficult to avoid the excitement.

It is a long way from Li Lusu's Xiwangya tent to Yunzhou, however, from Jihamer's Duji Department to Yunzhou, it is only necessary to bypass Fuzhou and Ulzhou from the north, and the distance is relatively close. Therefore, this is also the reason why Du Shiyi chose Yunzhou, a long-broken abandoned city, when she planned the back road for Princess Gu'an.

In the past few months, Wang Zhongsi has been training troops, Luo Yingnan Jiyun is responsible for escorting caravans, Wang Fanglie is responsible for anti-smuggling, and the progress of Yunzhou Mutual Market has been quite smooth. After all, after many years of fallowing, the plains in the south of Yunzhou are a good piece of cultivated land, coupled with the ploughing cattle rented by the government for free, making the top and bottom in full swing.

At the same time, Jihamer reciprocated the favor by sending 100 good horses and 800 slaves that Du Shiyi needed. Although only 30 percent were young and strong, 40 percent were children, and 30 percent were old people and women, it was enough for Du Shiyi to start arranging Tuntian. In recent years, there have been wars between the Xi and Khitan tribes, and there have been frequent small conflicts between the various tribes of the Xi people, coupled with the people who had been plundered by the Tang Dynasty several times, and the population that thrived from this, Ji Hamo saw that he could get what he needed, so he combed through his subordinates and sent these slaves who were either Tang people, or had Tang blood, and could not become warriors.

Because they have been in a foreign country for many years, most of the slaves who returned to the Tang Dynasty were more numb than excited. However, when a teenager who settled them explained the resettlement decree in proficient Xi and Chinese, many men, women, and children, who had long lost their luster under the cruel pressure of survival, raised their heads. When they heard that the other party had started the second commentary, some people cried with joy.

"Yunzhou Du Changshi Ling, who returned to Yunzhou in the Tang Dynasty from Xidi, came because my Yunzhou Governor's Mansion bought the value of the Xi people, and he is not an official household for the time being. Ran Nianer and others were abducted by the Xi people back then, because they were compiled according to households. If a household of more than three people can reclaim 200 acres of wasteland, get rid of the official household, give the household registration of good people, borrow a ploughing ox from the official, or wish to return to their hometown to reunite with their families, the official will give them as much grain and rice as they can. If a household of two can reclaim 150 acres of wasteland......"

Chen Baoer already has an excellent memory, and within a few months, that ridicule is already very fluent. At this moment, he saw that many people below showed attractive expressions, and after patiently explaining aloud again to the single-family household, he saw the front of the crowd, and it was a young man of the same age as himself, but more skinny than him back then, looking at him blankly, and behind him, there were more than a dozen teenagers of the same age, unkempt, and he couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman. When he found that the older slaves were crying bitterly, and that they were still blank, he thought about it and jumped off the platform and went straight to the ragged boy.

"Do you have any family?"

The leading young man heard Chen Bao'er say it again in Chinese, and then in Xi language, his eyes moved slightly, and he glanced at Chen Bao'er's neat clothes, and then shook his head, but still did not speak

"Our grandpa and aunt are dead."

A timid voice came from behind him. Chen Bao'er followed the prestige and saw that it was a thinner teenager who spoke, but listening to the timbre, it was vaguely a girl. Facing Chen Bao'er's gaze, she took a step back a little nervously, and then said in Xi language: "We were born and grew up in Xidi, and we can't speak the words of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"What about your grandmother? Are they all ridiculers? ”

"My aunt is from the Tang Dynasty." The thin girl shook her head again, and seeing that her companions had similar expressions, she said with a crying voice, "My A-Niang is the slave girl of Mohefu, and I have only learned a little bit of Tang language from her, but A-Niang is dead, and I have never said it again, and now I have forgotten about it." I don't farm, but I milk my cows and sheep and harvest the pasture."

Perhaps driven by this girl, others gradually said what they were good at. From washing the horses, to grazing cattle and sheep, to drawing water, washing clothes, drying furs...... These teenagers who grew up in Xidi don't know any farm work. Looking at their thin figures, Chen Bao'er thought about the size of those hoes and rakes, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart.

Unlike those children who have parents, if these children are also placed in accordance with the previous decree, I am afraid that the most important thing is that these teenagers basically do not understand the language, although there are people in Yunzhou who know Xi, but these talents have to be used on the blade, and it is impossible to be around these children all the time.

"Chen Ji Room, Chen Ji Room"

Chen Bao'er was thinking about how to mention this matter to the teacher after he went back, and when he heard this continuous call, he immediately turned his head, only to see that it was a Ling Shi from the Governor's Mansion who came in a hurry. The person who came bowed deeply, and then said in a courteous tone: "Du Changshi asked, are there orphans among this batch of slaves?" If so, the rest of the people will be arranged outside the city, and the remaining orphans will be placed separately. ”

"Master Du is really thoughtful," Chen Bao'er was overjoyed, "I just learned that these dozen or so people grew up in Xidi, can only speak Xi, don't understand the language, and don't know how to farm at a young age, I feel embarrassed." In that case, take them back to the city."

Despite buying from Jihamer, Du Shiyi's original intention was not to trade, but to send a message. In the border passes of the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of people were taken captive in every war, and these people fell into the hands of foreign races and became slaves, most of whom lived a life that was inferior to pigs and dogs. And for those Xi tribes and nobles, it is better to keep those who are restless and alive, it is better to resell them to him. What's more, this is also a way to enrich the population of Yunzhou.

However, in order to prevent Xi people from mixing sand in it, he would not easily resettle people in Yunzhou City, and several resettlement points set up outside the city were prepared for these people. But those orphans can't just be thrown in the resettlement site, let them be like adult strong men, through hard work to get rid of the status of official households

Therefore, when she saw Chen Bao'er and listened to her explain the situation of these orphans in one breath, Du Shiyi smiled and asked: "Listening to your tone, I have a lot of pity for them, if it were you, how would you plan to settle them?" ”

Chen Bao'er pondered for a while before saying, "I think we should at least let them speak the same language first." ”

"Who's going to teach?" Seeing Chen Bao'er's eagerness to try, Du Shiyi couldn't help but smile dumbly, "I didn't expect you to be a teacher at a young age." Teach them simple things first, enough for their daily communication, and let them learn the rest in their daily life. Since they will do all kinds of miscellaneous things, they will be regarded as official households, and they will be assigned to the merchants and large families in Yunzhou City. If you wish, you may also choose two of them to serve as attendants, and as for the wages, you may pay them according to their performance in the future, and when the time comes, you may deduct them from the money I have given you. As much as you have ability, you have to take on as much responsibility, and then get paid accordingly, don't forget this one that I have been teaching you. ”

Seeing that Du Shiyi had been recognized, Chen Baoer couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Yes, Master Du, the disciple understands."

Although almost all of those orphans were young children, Du Shiyi still instructed Chibi to follow Chen Bao'er to sift through them, and then they were placed everywhere. Among them, Wu Jiu's previous Wu Ji rice store in Yunzhou disappeared as a bait after hitting soy sauce, and Wu Jiu also returned to Chang'an to continue to do his thing, but Wu Tianqi entered the governor's mansion as he wished.

On this day, he was sent by Du Shiyi to follow Chen Bao'er for a whole day before he was temporarily settled. And he has another difficult task for him, who is about the same age as them, that is, to be a daddy and take care of these young slaves from Xidi. Although he secretly wailed about this, when he heard that Chen Bao'er still had to solve their language problem, he immediately felt mentally balanced.

Although he has read books and read and reads, he will not be blind, but if he wants to quote scriptures and classics like Chen Baoer, then he will not be able to bear this hardship even if Du Shiyi, the beloved first disciple, can bear this hardship, what is he?

After half a month of intensive language training, Chen Baoer took Wu Tianqi and distributed these teenagers who were slightly able to communicate with people to various homes. Most of them were fostered in ordinary households, and let people teach them farming or other skills, and do some chores by the way, but he himself chose a man and a woman to be by his side according to Du Shiyi's words, that is, the young man who spoke little at the beginning, and the thin girl.

The names of the two of them are cheap, so he imitated the name Du Shiyi gave him, and gave the two of them Tang as their surname, Tang Zhen as the boy, and Tang Xiu as the girl. And with such two retinues running to settle those slaves from the Xi tribe, he naturally won the respect of those former slaves.

Not long after such a group of people were settled, a dusty young man finally arrived at the foot of Yunzhou City. Hou Xiyi, who had traveled thousands of miles and rode alone, was covered with dust, and looked at this city with a pergola, revealing a deep longing on his face.

He didn't even have time to wait for the official document from the Ministry of War, so he came first