In Yan'en County, He Xiaofen, the new Youzhou Assassin Shi with a weathered face, nodded and smiled very flatteringly to the two Flying Dragon Forbidden Army standing guard, and walked into the gate of the Assassin's Mansion, his heart was full of awe and apprehension.

Can you not be in awe? In it, he is an invincible god of war, and he is also a demon king who kills people without blinking.

Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, he also heard that it was this founding prince of the Tang Dynasty who was too young to speak, like a rich scholar more than a general, and killed more than 1,600 Hu soldiers in Liuzhou with the power of only one person under Yan'en City.

Later, I heard that because his apprentice was injured by the snake tooth and the Dang Xiang Qiang cavalry, he rushed into the enemy formation and killed hundreds of enemies, except for a few snake tooth dog thieves who ran relatively fast, almost all of the more than 700 Dang Xiang Qiang cavalry were killed by him and his thirty cavalry Tang troops.

After that, he returned to Yan'en County with his apprentice, and was even more furious, and immediately ordered one of the three generals under his command to lead five hundred Tang army knights to set off immediately to sweep away the party and Baqiang.

This is nothing, the apprentice is seriously injured, and he wants revenge, which is understandable.

What frightened He Xiaofen was that this Liang Guogong's order turned out to be: sweep in three ways, rush forward for 300 miles, and kill all the party Qiang men who were higher than their knees wherever they passed; Burn all the winter forage of all the party Xiangqiang, and rob all the cattle and sheep of all the party Xiangqiang.

To be honest, when he heard this order, He Xiaofen simply thought he was crazy? Is it overshadowed by hatred?

However, his next words prove otherwise:

"It was their party Xiang Qiang who made the first move, even His Majesty the Emperor's beloved grandson, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, dared to kill, they are rebelling! That being the case, they will have to pay for their rebellion!

In addition to this, they seriously injured my apprentice. I have to bear my revenge, I just want to tell everyone that I have a clear grievance when I am sick, and I will repay my kindness if I have a grudge, and I will repay it if I have a vengeance, and I will repay it immediately!

I'm going to let everybody know. If I dare to move the people around me, I must think clearly in advance whether I can afford my thunderous revenge! ”

He Xiaofen understood what he meant, this was a statement made in order to protect the people around him, and this was also a strong self-confidence.

But is this too self-confidence and turning into arrogance? The population of Dangxiang Baqiang is eight times that of Liuhu Prefecture, these barbarians who came down from the plateau more than ten years ago, decades ago. Their warriors are even more fierce.

The party Xiangqiang usually has 30,000 standing troops, and if all the men are mobilized, there are at least more than 100,000 people who control the strings, and Liang Guogong will send out 1,500 people, isn't it too child's play?

It's like easily appointing yourself as the new Youzhou Assassin.

Of course, although He Xiaofen served Xiao Quai, and when Xiao Qubing was appointed as the assassin of Youzhou, he was so excited that he knelt down. The mouth is full of words that are willing to die for it, and I can't wait to call Xiao Quai's illness and call Daddy.

But in fact. He didn't care about the life and death of the 1,500 Tang Army.

What made him anxious was that not long after the 1,500 Tang troops left, Xiao Qubing sent another 100 Tang troops to lead 2,000 Hu soldiers from Liuzhou to respond, saying that they were going to drive back the cattle and sheep captured by the Tang Army before, as if they would definitely win.

What made He Xiaofen even more worried was that. Before sending this team away, the young Liang Guogong touched his mouth again and appointed Shi Poyan, who led the army, as the commander of Youzhou.

(In the Tang Dynasty, the basic administrative units at the county and county levels, the number one governor of the state and county was sometimes called Thorn Shi, and sometimes he was called Taishou.) Changing and changing, this book uses the history of thorns uniformly; The second-in-command of the state and county is called Don't drive, but these Hu people's detention states generally only have a history of thorns, not other driving, and the history of thorns in the state can also be hereditary. Xiao Quai's illness is divided here, and he treats Youzhou as an ordinary state and county. ）

He also comforted and encouraged Shi Poyan a few words, asking him to work hard, if this task is completed well, he will definitely be reused. The implication is that if Shi Poyan comes back for meritorious service this time, the position of Assassin Shi will belong to him.

This made He Xiaofen, who had just become a thorn for less than a day, and had just tasted the luscious taste of power, suddenly felt a storm in his heart.

In any case, he has become an assassin, and he is no longer willing to be a soldier again.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Liang Guogong to call him over and ask him where there is a salt lake near Youzhou?

He also took out a few drawn drawings and asked him to walk around the neighborhood, especially in the Mu Us Desert northeast of Youzhou, all the salt water hu.

Then, according to his request, he searched, collected, and recorded all the crystal clear things called alkali stones on such pictures produced by Salt Water Hu.

Through the drawings and the description of Xiao Quai, He Xiaofen actually understood what Xiao Qubing was looking for. On the edge of those saltwater lakes, there were white flowers, and when he was a child, he went to collect some as toys.

In addition to the administrative various, exquisite, and has a crystal-like luster, which is more beautiful, it is actually useless at all.

I really don't know what this young Tang Liang Guogong wants him to do?

But fortunately, this errand was done well, He Xiaofen took the soldiers to divide into several roads, and ran non-stop all over the four large, three small and seven salt water lakes in the Mu Us Desert, collected seven bags of the highest quality, colorless alkali stone, and came back non-stop to offer treasures.

"Good job! He Yuanjun is really hard. Looking at the colorless, transparent, and crystal clear trona crystals on the table, Xiao Quzhi smiled happily for the first time in two days.

They didn't know what it was or what it was for, but Xiao Quzhi knew it too well. This substance is called trona, which is crystallized by salt lake sedimentation and is the most basic chemical raw material.

Its main components are soda ash and baking soda, of course, the more turbid the crystals of this trona, the more irregular the crystal shape, the more impurities.

However, the samples brought back by He Xiaofen are almost all colorless and transparent, with a very regular diamond-shaped shape, which is almost pure sodium carbonate crystals, and it is pure soda ash after a little processing.

"I can serve the Lord. It's a blessing that the little slave has cultivated for several lifetimes, and this bit of wind and frost is nothing at all, so why will you feel hard. The lord trusts the little slave so much, no matter how many things he does, the little slave's heart is as beautiful as eating honey. ”

Seeing the undisguised smile on Xiao Qu's face, a stone in He Xiaofen's heart finally fell to the ground. It seems that Liang Guogong is very satisfied, He Xiaofen hurriedly took the opportunity to be courteous:

"I wonder what else the lord has told the little slave to do? The little slave must do his best to repay the kindness of the lord. ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled and groaned, although he was a little unaccustomed to his flattery, but he still accepted these words of loyalty with appreciative eyes.

Although Xiao Quzhi knew that for the time being, these Liuzhou Hu had no loyalty or loyalty at all, but he always had to use people, and he couldn't do everything himself.

So when attacking the county seat of Yan'en, he paid attention to observe. found that this kid was the most clever and eager, perhaps because he knew that Kang Shennu was going to fall, and he showed a strong intention to surrender as soon as he could.

So Xiao Qubing appointed him as the assassin of Youzhou, and later appointed Shi Poyan as Youzhou Commander and his deputy, and then formed a competition between the two of them to facilitate their own control.

Win over a group and divide a group. Crack down on a batch, the twelve-character mantra learned by later generations. Xiao Quzhi not only taught Li Qi, but also became a faithful practitioner of it.

The emperor said that the entire Youzhou, everyone's life and death are decided by his own words, although he just said it casually, but Xiao Qubing has always had the power not to use in vain. You're honestly welcome.

Xiao Quzhi smiled and said: "He Yuanjun is already the assassin of the Tang Dynasty, don't be a small slave in the future, you should call yourself a subordinate or a lowly position, and don't call me the lord, everyone will be a minister in the same hall in the future." You can call me General Xiao. ”

"The little slave doesn't dare! The great kindness of the lord and the great virtue of the little slave will never forget, and the little slave will always be the slave of the lord! He Xiaofen said with trepidation: "If this is not the case, if there are other officials in the future, the little slave will be called like what the lord said, and the little slave will beat the little slave to death in private, and the little slave will not dare to call the lord by the same level." ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled, he understood, no longer entangled in this question, glanced at the piece of paper he presented, and asked, "I want to know, like this quality of alkali stone, are there many seven salt water lakes?" ”

"Back to the lord's words, the little slave roughly estimated, like this quality, the seven salt water lakes together, at least hundreds of thousands of catties, especially Bayannur Lake and Chagannaoer Lake, such alkali stones by the lake are a large piece of white flowers.

If the quality is slightly worse, with a little gray, and yellow-white, at least more than ten times as much, at least a few million catties is not a problem. ”

Xiao Quzhi laughed and said: "Great, I will give you a task now, from now on to open a warehouse and collect all the alkali stones of this quality in the seven salt water lakes for me."

Don't let you do it in vain, when the time comes, I will send someone to transport, every 100 catties of such alkali stone will give you 12 Kaiyuan Tongbao good money, and you will pay 10 yuan and 100 catties to the following Liuzhou Hu herdsmen, do this well, and when I return to Chang'an, I will send you to the body of Youzhou Thorn History! ”

The certificate of being an official, He Xiaofen is still a temporary worker, and having a confession is equivalent to getting the Tang Dynasty and the recognition of His Majesty the Emperor, which means that he, the assassin of Youzhou, cannot be withdrawn at any time.

He Xiaofen immediately knelt down excitedly: "The lord is very gracious, the little slave is really hard to repay, the lord can rest assured, the little slave will definitely do the errand properly." ”

Xiao Quzhi nodded, and didn't pull him; "And Yan'en City, as well as the population of each tribe, you can also count it, and report it to me in two days."

"Don't worry, the little slave will do a good job." He Xiaofen said respectfully, he actually didn't know Xiao Quai's intention to ask him to do this.

"There is a water bladder of immortal drunk, I will reward you, take it to drink, it is cold in winter, warm your body, but you can't drink too much, two small sips at a time, if you get drunk and miss my business......" Xiao Quai's voice deliberately dragged on for a long time.

He Xiaofen had long known that this kind of immortal was drunk, he saw the Tang soldiers standing guard, or on duty, drank it, the fragrance made him salivate, but he didn't expect that he could drink it now.

He took the wine bag and was immediately moved: "Don't worry, the little slave will not get drunk, if the little slave gets drunk and makes a mistake, the lord will cut off the head of the little slave ......" (To be continued. )