Goguryeo's new city, later generations collectively called Gaoer mountain city, the east, north, west of the mountain city are continuous mountain ranges, irregular earth and stone mixed city wall along the ridge trend to build, the whole mountain city plane is irregular, and is divided into the east city, the south city, the west city by the small hills in the city, the circumference of the whole mountain city is about 3.5 kilometers, 70,000 people. [Mobile phone, tablet to read novels, please visit m. directly, update faster, more data-saving]

The altitude of Gaoer Mountain is about 150 meters, and the residence of Brother Zhao that Li Jie wants to visit is in the highest Dongcheng, standing on the second floor of the eldest brother's mansion, looking at the mountains with different teeth from afar, it is like a huge mouth of a demon, and the steep foothills are definitely a nightmare for the besiegers.

By the way, the eldest brother is not a relative, the Goguryeo official is divided into twelve levels, the eldest pair is Lu Shi, the second immortal is the end, and the second eldest brother is already equivalent to the Tang Dynasty Sanpin high-ranking official, so this Zhao eldest brother also has the arrogance of the central government.

"Li Gongzi, this time your cotton textile guild came in to offer the carriage, cotton clothes, silk tea our master accepted, the master is busy with affairs, so I don't see you waiting, take the master's token, the new city defense area is as feasible as possible, okay, Li Gongzi will not pass by."

The official of the Zhao Mansion shook his head, said a lot in a frustrated manner, turned around and left the upstairs arrogantly, looking at the scar Liu Yaoge Luo's two green tendons bursting out, Li Yan snorted even more disdainfully.

"What is it, it is originally a business, what kind of garlic is loaded, the proud can be stingy, and the little gold and silver products given are not enough for the car."

"Okay, don't forget that this time we are not here to make money, or according to the original division of labor, Lao Li will contact the merchants in the new city and sell the remaining tea, silk and cotton cloth, Lao Liu, Lao Sheng, the two of you go to the market to contact the local people of the former Sui Dynasty, I heard that there is also a flow of Turkic people here, Yaoge Luo, you go and see if you can collect it for use."

Stretching out two fingers, Li Jie smiled and picked up a wrong gold, silver and copper incense ball that had just been sent by the housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion, and said with a smile: "When did my son ever do a loss-making business?" ”

"What about me? What do I do? On the side, Wu Meiniang hurriedly grabbed Li Jie's sleeve and asked, making Li Jie look back at her twice, and stretched out her hand, the dripping wrong gold, silver and bronze balls actually bounced into Wu Meiniang's low-cut neckline obscenely, looking at this fierce girl angrily covering her chest and blushing, Li Jie pinched her chin and smiled.

"Mei Niang, you, you are responsible for dressing up beautifully, and I will be happy with your family!"

"Humph!" was tricked, Wu Meiniang covered her chest and pouted.

This time I didn't have so much luck to live in the post house, but having money is easy to do, spent hundreds of copper coins in the south city near the city gate, and a small courtyard with two entrances was bought, which is close to the city gate, except for the place where the magnates of the east city live, it is also the most lively here, and it is the best to find out the news among the fish and dragons.

"Hey, did you hear that? The boy of Gaimu City is dead, the Ke family has regained power again, and the people of Gaimu City who went out to defend have returned, and now the entire Gaimu City is full of reclaimed fields, alas, it would be good if our new city could be like this, the old man's son has gone to the Liao River to serve as a soldier for several months and has not returned! ”

"Hmph, it's a good thing for you to build Mu City? Those peasants did not cultivate their own land when they returned to their hometowns, they cleared the land of the Ke family, and they could still eat some national food as soldiers, this time it was good, they all had to cut their own grain, since decades ago, this tax has become heavier and heavier year by year, and the old man can't remember what it was like last time the granary was full, alas~"

On the corner of the street, the two old men sighed and chatted while picking up the dishes, in the tavern on the side, but Li Jie, who was listening, laughed dumbly, it seems that the charm of money is really great, in order to trade next year, Ke Shouli really reclaimed all the land that can be reclaimed, wait until next year, hehe!

"Mei Niang, try it, this carp of the Liao River is smeared with chili peppers and roasted, and it has a different taste, Mei Niang?"

Looking back, the Martial Empress was no longer by his side, and when he heard Li Jie shouting in a long voice, a small brain melon wearing gold leaves poked out from the gold and silver jewelry store opposite.

"Lang Jun, didn't you let Mei Niang dress up beautifully to make you happy? Mei Niang is dressing up? Don't be reluctant to give up your money! ”

Seeing Wu Meiniang proudly showing off a pair of earrings inlaid with Dongzhu gold leaves, and then a large group of Goguryeo ladies and ladies in the new city chatted enthusiastically, Li Jie couldn't help but laugh dumbly, indeed, Goguryeo is unique in gold and silver craftsmanship, but it seems that where is it to dress up? It's clear that it's still set of intelligence.

Forget it, let her be! Shaking his head helplessly again, Li Jie turned around, turned over the fat and tender Liaohe fish on the charcoal oven, and sprinkled a layer of red and attractive pepper noodles again, the fragrant aroma attracted pedestrians on the street to look back frequently, Li Jie didn't notice in his engrossed attention, and a Goguryeo noblewoman in the warm chat with Wu Meiniang suddenly turned her head with the voice, and her beautiful eyes looked at him and immediately opened her eyes.

In one day, two days, things went very smoothly in the city, or people in this era did not have the awareness of guarding against high-precision spies, or the Tang army was still blocked by the Liao River, there was no atmosphere of war, and Li Jie was willing to throw copper coins outside, not only did all the mountains and mountains in the new city go around, but also contacted several leading parties in the city.

The only thing that made Li Jie feel depressed was that the black thing he wanted was never found, coal!

Speaking of the new city, Gaoer Mountain City, may make people feel very strange, but say the modern name, then it is familiar, the famous coal capital of later generations, Liaoning Fushun can be in the plain area under the new city, the southern end of the mountain city is less than two kilometers away from the Hunhe River, if the time comes to take the condescending, control the new city along the Hun River, and then develop the coal mine, it is definitely a big help for the Tang Army to conquer Liaodong!

Don't think that coal is useless in the era of cold weapons, Taizong's first attack on Liaodong was because he was trapped in Anshi City, it was nearly late autumn, the grass was dry and frozen, and it was difficult for the horses to stay for a long time, so he had to retreat.

"Why didn't I go to the coal mine in the first place?" Sitting in the house, Li Jie pulled his hair sadly, and muttered depressedly, he had not been to the mountain city of Gaoer in the future, but he had forgotten where the coal mine was.

In the house, Wu Meiniang looked at her prince with a few faces, and after a while, Wu Meiniang had no choice but to step forward first, stretched out her hand and pulled Li Jie's sleeve and said: "Lang Jun, the concubine has completed the task you assigned, bought a bunch of gold and silver jewelry, and dressed up beautifully, and by the way, I also found out that the nearby Baiyan City Lord doesn't know why, and Izumi Gai Suwen has some dirt, it seems that the Goguryeo royal nobles in the east and Gao Huizhen in the south are also very discordant with the old thief of Quan. It seems that something is brewing, husband, you have something to say! ”

"Huh? Very good and worthy of praise! Leng Buding came back to his senses, Li Jie immediately sneered and coaxed a child to stroke Wu Meiniang's little brain full of gold leaves, and this angry strong woman was depressed and pouted, which can be regarded as opening up the atmosphere, and the rest of the people were also active, and Yao Geluo hurriedly threw his hands forward.

"Your Highness, the group of Turks in the city actually plotted to assassinate the tribe, and the ministers did not identify themselves with them, nor did they recover them, but if the time comes, giving some money is enough to make these people sell their lives."

"And in the market, I Lao Liu also found a few generals in the former Sui period, and after promising the official position of the Tang Dynasty, these people also promised that once the army came to the city, they would be in the city as a response." Scar Liu also made do with his performance, seeing a beaming face, Li Jie couldn't help but leave the damn coal mine behind him for the time being, and nodded with a smile.

"Everyone's merits are remembered, once the day of Liaodong passes, there will be a thick seal!"

In a word, it immediately made Scar Liu even more smiling, Wu Meiniang was also smiling like a flower leaning on Li Jie's side, this kung fu, but outside the door, there was a plopping and heavy footsteps sounded, and the wooden corridor that stepped on creaked, listening to this, you don't need to look at it to know that the fat man Li is engaged.

"Your Highness, Your Highness! When you entered the city that day, you said, the Han people with coal baskets on their backs found it! Sweating profusely, before entering the room and standing firmly, Li Yan hurriedly knocked his hand and shouted, the balance was not mastered, and the whole person simply slapped on the ground like a rice cake, but the knife startled Liu Ji.

I really wanted to come to something, and Li Jie was overjoyed, regardless of his broken teeth, he jumped up directly from the table, grabbed this guy's collar and asked directly, "Where is the person?" ”

Speaking of which, Li Rong, who had wrinkled his face into an old chrysanthemum because of the fall, his face was even more ugly, and he said with difficulty: "People are here, Xicheng ......"

The new city, the highest in the east city, the gathering place of dignitaries and nobles, the most convenient in the south city, the market where merchants gather, the lowest and dilapidated west city has naturally become the residence of the urban poor, and here, there are definitely a lot of Sui people, most of them are left by the Sui Yang Emperor when he was captured or transferred to the army when he conquered Liaodong, and there are many slaves who were captured in Liaoxi.

The houses are low, the sewage is flowing, and the smell is smoky, which is the truest portrayal of this place, and the miserable environment is not only the environment, but also the treatment.

Smack~ The whip tore through the air and hit the human body hard, the thin clothes were directly torn open, and the blood splashed in the air to form a miserable brilliance.

A young man was thrown directly to the ground, his body curled up into a ball and trembling violently, but how could he resist the fierce leather whip when he stopped on his thin back full of whip marks outside?

In the left and right attacks of the six Goguryeo Haonu, the young man who hit him rolled all over the ground, surrounded by a large circle of people, the Goguryeo people were gloating and watching the excitement, only a few Han guys clenched their fists tightly, and the green tendons on their heads burst out, but they were pulled by the old man behind them and didn't let them rush over.

"The cheap Sui people of the dog day, dare to use broken stones to harm my master, so I used your stones, I don't want to say anything, and the house is full of poisonous smoke, which makes my master have a headache for several days, and Lao Tzu smokes you to death!"

While beating, the slave was still scolding, and the young man who beat him held his head and gritted his teeth and whimpered, and retorted vaguely: "Obviously, it is obvious that you snatched my coal, and it is clear that you are unreasonable......

"Hey, dare you talk back?" The green tendons on the door of his head straightened, and the slave smoked harder, and in the raindrop-like whip, the young man's breath was getting weaker and weaker, and suddenly a cry came in from the outside.

"Mu Lang, don't fight! Please, don't fight! ”

The wild vegetables in the bamboo basket were thrown aside directly, and the young woman in the homespun clothes jumped in crying, covered the beaten young man with her body, and cried and stretched out her hands to the left and right.

"Don't fight, little girl, and this bring it back, tsk, how did such a beautiful Sui find out every morning, little ones, let's go, maybe the master can let us play when he's tired of playing!"

A bunch of big black moles on the faces of the Goguryeo slaves were jumping and jumping excitedly, and in the cheerful shouting, the slaves pulled the crying women, dragged the dying young men and swaggered away, looking at the long blood marks dragged out by the lift, the Goguryeo poor people laughed and shook their heads and dispersed, but the former Sui immigrants who stayed behind were heavy and silent for a long time.

"What a wreck! Mu Jun's two siblings are still ...... The nobles from the Tang Dynasty, can the army of the Son of Heaven really fight here? Shaking his head miserably, he let go of the handle of the hot sickle that had been pinched, and the old man of the remnants, who had a large beard, grabbed Li Jie's sleeve with trembling hands, and asked bitterly.

Raising his head, Li Jie's eyes actually glowed slightly red, and his voice was full of murderous and hideous: "You don't have to wait for the army of the Son of Heaven, they will die tonight!" ”。