Chapter 1058. The most bitter frontier people
In March, Ctesiphon, after more than ten years of immersion, was like a seed that suddenly woke up, and suddenly became very lively.c-o-m.
Da Min is a commercial empire, so commercial that wherever the king of Min goes, the merchants will follow, about 200,000 Da Min 16 guards, the soldiers of the Great Min Mansion are near Tai Xifeng, and there are tens of thousands of ministers and family members of the imperial court, and their consumption purchasing power has attracted the same tens of thousands of merchants and workers.
The ancient streets were full of Han signboards and flags, and the prosperity of the Silk Road seemed to be reflected in the two river basins again.
In particular, the two major events that have happened recently have made these Taixifeng residents talk about it, first the princess of Fujian, and the legend is that Anna, who is still the emperor of a country, personally debated with the ministers in the court, and the second is the news from the Beijing Division, the prince is married.
In order to use this marriage to affirm the solidity of the Fujian and Tibetan alliances and deter countries and forces with ulterior motives, the wedding was held particularly grandly, and tens of thousands of gifts were used to welcome relatives, and the trees of the Beijing division were hung with colorful flags, and more than 100,000 people of the Beijing division participated in the wedding feast in the Suzaku Square, and the scene was luxurious and amazing.
is especially pleasant, no one would have imagined that Tubo, which has always been desolate and barbaric in the impression, would have such a handsome woman, the appearance of the princess and the prince's match, even if you haven't experienced it, you have to boast about it, otherwise you will definitely be regarded as an old hat.
For a time, Li Jin became an eye-catching star in the eyes of all the subjects of Damin.
When Tongshan Mountain collapsed, Luo Zhong Dongying, and Li Jin was busy and dazzling, Li Rang was not idle.
It's just that he seems to be a little more distressed.
In the Arabian Peninsula, the Min rule was similar to that of the later British, who supported their own local puppet governments and gradually advanced inland from the coastline, but this process was extremely difficult.
Seventy miles away from Dubai Harbour, the city of local tyrants, the newly established Tongli town in Damin, the scorching sun shines harshly on the earth, even the date palm trees in the oasis are wilting, and the oasis spring water is over, and swarms of thirsty flies are all gathered here to fly, so that more than a dozen Bedouins have to hold a big net to drive away desperately.
Within a radius of dozens of miles, you can all point to this spring to live.
In order not to damage the local environment, the materials for the construction of the town were even transported here by boat, a ring of cedar wood walls made of cedar wood in the Hindu Kush, and the wood was driven deep into the sand before it was fixed, and the wooden houses were as simple as the shacks, and only some important people lived in them, and the rest were mostly tents set up by the newly annexed Bedouin tribes, and the streets were empty in the harsh sun.
But don't look at the barren here, the value is not a few, the date palms produced by the date palm trees in the oasis are not only the main food of the Arabs, but also the sweetest date palms in Damin, and then the gurgling water, the settled oasis residents also opened up a few wheat fields, and the carefully cared for wheat to avoid the strong sun, sucking the oasis spring water with difficulty to grow.
More valuable is a gold mine found in the east of the town, Saudi Arabia is one of the gold producing areas in the future, the main feature of its domestic gold mines is the high gold mine, the Arabs in the past did not know that this fireworks soft metal would be so expensive, now there are Fujian merchants stationed in the development, employing a lot of local Arabs, transported to the port in exchange for grain, can feed more than 3,000 Bedouins living here.
But even if it is guarding Jinshan, in the face of this harsh and dry desert, it is also listless, and in the deathly silent town, even if it is shaded by a huge wooden shed, it is still hot, especially the garrison command post is still a distance higher, equivalent to a two-story building, and the hot air steaming in the desert, the hot wind blowing by is even more sweaty.
In this case, even the always lively little white-faced Yao Chong couldn't be lively, lying on the recliner as if he was dead, but Song Jing, the fat man, was still looking around at the endless desert with a telescope.
"Fatty, hand me the water!"
After a while, Yao Chong, who was "dead" on the recliner, barely came back to life, but his words were still weak, and he lazily stretched out his hand to Song Jing at the water jar that was placed less than a meter on the table, but Song Fatzi couldn't help but roll his eyes when he listened.
"Take it yourself, don't you see that Lao Tzu is still searching for the enemy?"
It is not far from the Arabian Peninsula that the Great Min is far behind, and there are so many opponents, there are dozens of Arab tribes who oppose the Caliphate and call it Caliphate, and in the desert, there is no more vicious fight with the Basra army of the Lesser Empire, every month, the reinforcements of the Fujian army in the south have to toss the past several times, and a large number of food and materials need to be sent to each other, otherwise they will definitely be robbed by the crazy opposition.
However, the small town of Tongli is slightly biased to the northeast, and since the establishment of this town, except for some tribal youths fighting and brawling, there has not been a battle.
It's no wonder that Yao Chong is so disheartened, his impression of the achievements and achievements are thousands of troops, iron horses and glaciers, the army against the army, like such a difficult environment to garrison, what year and month can accumulate a little merit?
Groggily, he got up and got back the water jar by himself, and after pouring two sips, Yao Chong lazily handed it to Song Jing's hand, and shouted depressedly: "Okay, drink saliva, don't do useless work anymore!" ”
"It's not useless! Maybe there's a gang of horse thieves watching us nearby, and if we cut off their heads, we can be promoted. ”
Still full of hope, Song Jing mentally kept looking at the desert with a telescope, as if a sand thief would send his head over in the next second.
"Don't forget, Dawn is still waiting for us in Ctesiphon!"
"Come on, they are high-ranking county lords, and there are princes and nobles around them, talented sons, maybe they have forgotten about us two at this time."
simply didn't hand over the water, and raised his head again and poured it himself, Yao Chong muttered listlessly.
I really can't see a little hope, the yellow sand is long, the desert hides sand thieves who can't be finished for several lifetimes, sporadically surging towards the border of Damin, the most bitter people are like the border people, such a barren place, I am afraid that I will spend my whole life between the sky and the yellow sand, such a situation, the ambition of Yao Chong when he came almost wiped out.
After drying a jar of water and muttering whatever you want, Yao Chong was ready to touch back to the recliner again and fall asleep.
But before he could sleep soundly, Song Jing let out an excited roar and frightened him to jump up like a spring.
"Little white face, hurry up, the opportunity is really here, we are going to be promoted and make a fortune!"
"Cut, you've seen a mirage again!" Still didn't report much enthusiasm, and the last bit of responsibility prompted Yao Chong to get up lazily and take the telescope slowly, but just a moment later, his eyes were round, and he gasped in disbelief.
"How is this possible?"
In the telescope, the dazzling sand suddenly rolled up to the sky, and the front part of the monster-like galloping yellow sand, the metallic luster and the looming camel's head and horse's head rushed non-stop.
The local garrison will be notified in advance every time the transfer of the Fujian army, and the direction of this cavalry team is still from the desert, it is definitely an enemy and not a friend, looking at the road that is billowing smoke and dust for at least one or two miles, it is estimated that there are no less than 3,000 cavalry, Song Jing is still excitedly shouting for promotion and fortune, Yao Chong's scalp is numb when he sees it, and he is shouting loudly by pulling Song Jing's collar.
"Don't be stunned, ring the bell to fight!"
As if waking up from a dream, holding the chubby flesh on his body, Song Jing took three steps and made two steps, grabbed the bell hammer and slammed into the big black iron bell in the headquarters.
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