As soon as the sky was bright, the entire Chang'an City woke up to the sound of drums. The drums first came from the palace ban, and then the various squares sounded one after another, with a total of 800 sounds.

With the sound of drums, the main gate of the palace, the gates of each square, and the gate of the outer city opened one after another, and outside the gates, a large number of people waiting to enter the city had already gathered.

It was still the last time Li Ang entered the city, and Xiao Luan rode a green horse and brought more than a dozen followers into the city in the first batch.

She wears a mink hat on her head, a placket and a beard trimmed with a lapel, trousers underneath, and pointy scalp boots. This kind of Hufu is the most popular style in the Tang Dynasty nowadays, and women who are not divided into officials and nobles wear this kind of Hufu when they ride horses, which is convenient for horseback riding.

After entering the city, Xiao Luan led people straight to Guangdefang on the east side of the West City, and entered a house covering an area of several acres.

At noon, a man who was nearly forty years old hurriedly welcomed Xiao Luan and his party into the hall, the fire in the hall was booming, and the doors and windows hung down thick curtains, which were warm, but the light seemed a little dim.

Xiao Luan took off his mink hat and ate breakfast calmly, Tian Xin, who was accompanying him, couldn't hold it back, and asked while eating: "Uncle Song, how is the situation on the grassland?" Tell us about it. ”

The middle-aged man in his forties, named Song Guimin, was the person in charge of the Thang Long Society in Chang'an. He was full of heaven, his eyes were clear, and there was a strong wind in his expression.

He bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "President Yu, Tian Niangzi, here's the thing, in the grassland, the Turkic Ba Ximi, Hui and Qarlu three joint forces launched an attack on the Turks, and the Gu Yu Ye Hu Khan was defeated and killed. The remnants of the crowd condemned the son of Utler as Usumish Khan, but his strength was not as good as before.

Hedong Jiedu made Wang Zhonghetun heavy troops at the mouth of the moraine to threaten Wusu. There is Wang Zhonghe's army to suppress the border and deter. The Khan of Ussumish was greatly panicked, and there was constant internal strife.

Wang Zhongji took the opportunity to send envoys to persuade the leaders of the three tribes, Ba Simi, Hui Hui, and Qarluq. An attack was launched against the Turks, as a result, the Khan of Ussumish was defeated and fled, and the remnants were once again in disarray.

The Basimi tribe attacked the Turks again, and in this battle the Turkic Khan of Usumish was killed. The Turks also appointed Ashnahu Longlu, the younger brother of the Usumish Khan, as the White Eyebrow Khan; Wang Zhongsi took advantage of the great injury of the Baimei Khan, and once again led the Shuofang army to attack and break the Turkic left wing.

Under a series of blows, the Turks were disheartened, a few months ago. Hui Huairen Khan sent troops to destroy the remnants of the Turks, killed the Baimei Khan, and seized all his land. ”

Song Guimin said so much in one breath, it is not difficult to imagine how many Jin Ge Iron Horses and how much blood is flying in it.

Xiao Luan took out a handkerchief and printed his lips, and his phoenix eyes raised slightly and asked, "Where are our people?" Have you ever been affected? ”

Song Guimin motioned to the maid to serve tea, and replied, "The president can rest assured." Our people have retreated into the Jiashan area east of the Hetao, where they live together with the local Dangxiang tribes, and the losses are not great. ”

Tian Xin interjected: "I only know how to avoid trouble, the Turks have been wiped out." There must be many Turkic remnants who have fled, and we should take the opportunity to collect some Turkic remnants and strengthen ourselves. ”

Xiao Luan nodded and said, "Tian Xin's words are right. The grassland has always been the law of the jungle, and the party members may not be reliable. Without the protection of the Turks, if we don't take the opportunity to strengthen ourselves. Sooner or later, it will be swallowed up. ”

The Turks, who had threatened the Tang Dynasty for more than a hundred years, were wiped out in this way, and the Tang Dynasty was not like the Han Dynasty, when the national strength was exhausted and the people's livelihood withered in order to conquer the Xiongnu, which was really unexpected.

Xiao Luan suddenly remembered the lyrics that Li Ang often hummed, life is a light, and if you don't move forward, you will die. Now even the Turks, who have always relied on it, have become a thing of the past, everything can only rely on themselves, if they do not take the initiative to forge ahead, they can only wait for the way to extinction.

Song Guimin said: "President Yu, the second elder also took advantage of the unstable foothold of Hui Hui to take the initiative to attack, but our hundreds of people are limited in strength and have little gain. Now the second elder has sent an urgent letter, asking for a sum of money to bribe Tuoba Qingshan, the leader of the Jiashan Party, and ask him to send troops together to attack Hui and plunder the remnants of the Turks. ”

"How much money have you sent to the Second Elder so far?"

"President Yu, most of the money from Chang'an's rudder has been pumped to Yanzhou to purchase salt wells and coarse salt, and his subordinates still went to Chang'an Cabinet to borrow money, so they scraped together enough 100 taels of gold to send to Jiashan."

Xiao Luan thought for a while, it should be enough to lure a party leader with a hundred taels of gold, after all, sending troops to attack the Hui people, once successful, it will also be beneficial to the party members.

Of course, to strengthen yourself, you also need more money to buy weapons, and at the same time provide life support.

Song Guimin continued: "President, the terrain of the Jiashan region is complex, and various ethnic groups live together, so they can not only strengthen themselves by plundering the population, but also attract scattered and weak tribes to join them. ”

As the so-called money can make the devil grind, those scattered small and weak tribes, more than a few hundred, as few as a dozen households, now on the grassland the old and the new are replaced, the army is in chaos, these small tribes are worried about being annexed by others, if they can give them some benefits, it is not difficult to lure them to come to join.

Xiao Luan nodded and said, "This strategy is feasible. How many salt wells have been acquired in Yanzhou and Hedong, and how is the refined salt refining going? ”

Since Da Wuxuan discovered the refined salt purification technology, Xiao Luan has actively purchased salt wells in the Yanzhou area of the Hetao and the Hedong area;

However, the salt produced in these two places is mainly used in Guan, as well as for the border guards in Hedong and Shuofang, which is of great importance;

Although the Tang Dynasty did not nationalize the salt industry, in order to ensure the salt use of the imperial capital and the border army, official salt farms were set up in some important salt-producing areas.

Song Guimin didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "President Yu, the salt solution in Yanzhou and Hedong, the large salt ponds are all government-run, and all that can be purchased are some small salt wells with low output. Relying on these small salt wells alone, the production is not enough, and the main thing is to purchase some coarse salt for purification. At present, everything is going well, and the first batch of refined salt from Hedong will soon be transported to Chang'an. ”

Xiao Luan inquired about the situation in detail, and then said: "Chang'an is rich in the world, and the Fang and Liu families have transported refined salt from Jiannan, the road is far away, and the transportation volume is limited, we have a lot to do, and in addition, Luoyang, the eastern capital, can completely preempt them."

Lord Song Helm, on the other side of Jiannan Road, the Yamen is still secretly interrogating my Shenglong Society, and we must shrink as much as possible and disperse the power to protect everything.

In this case, the matter of refining refined salt will be related to the rise and fall of my Shenglong Society, and the supply of the second elder will also count on this income in the future.

On the Chang'an side, I will preside over it personally for the time being, after Lord Song Helm, you explain the affairs of Chang'an clearly, you will rush to Luoyang, the eastern capital, as soon as possible, and I can rest assured that you will go to Luoyang to sit in the town. ”

"Yes, President!".

(To be continued.) )