Chapter 22: The Silver Armor General

Yang Yuanqing walked into the lobby quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted Yu Juluo, "The last general, Yang Yuanqing, see the fish manager!" ”

Yu Juluo is not only Yang Yuanqing's top boss, but also Yang Yuanqing's half of the master, these years, they fought together in the border and formed a deep relationship, if it weren't for the eldest grandson Sheng, he would give Yang Yuanqing a punch, laughing and scolding him where he was wild, and he didn't even care about his home.

But Changsun Sheng was there, and Yu Juluo's usual laughter and scolding were gone, and he regained the seriousness of his boss, so he nodded and said, "General Yang, General Changsun can bring you good news." ”

Eldest Sun Sheng smiled, "Two good news, the first good news, the imperial court has approved your request to expand Dali City into Dali County. ”

Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed, this is actually his request, since the beginning of the previous year, Yanzhou has been in a continuous drought, many people fled to Fengzhou to make a living, the population of Dali City has soared from more than 300 households to more than 700 households, so that the management of the city will be difficult, he suggested that Yujuluo simply apply to the imperial court for Dali City as a county, so that the city can be expanded, and the imperial court can also send county officials to manage, Yujuluo submitted a formal application to the imperial court in October last year, but he did not expect it to be approved after nearly half a year.

He asked anxiously: "I want to build the city wall to a height of five zhang, is it feasible?" ”

This is also what Yang Yuanqing is concerned about, the Turks have learned to build siege equipment, and the three-zhang high city wall is a little difficult, so he wants to repair it to five zhang, but the capital city wall is only three zhang high, and he is worried that the imperial court will not allow it.

Changsun Sheng sighed and said: "Military facilities are different from civilian cities, don't consider the problem of encroachment, we must adapt measures to local conditions, this saint also said a few years ago, the city should be built tall and strong, the capital city is three zhang high, we should have no problem repairing five zhang, this does not need to be reported to the imperial court." ”

Yu Juluo was still a little worried, he couldn't help frowning, "If you are promoted to the county seat, it will be different, I am worried about the impeachment of those officials in the imperial court." ”

"Don't worry about this, didn't the prince personally promise last time? Anyway, the crown prince will ascend the throne sooner or later, and no one will dare to impeach him for what he promised with his golden mouth. ”

Yu Juluo nodded, the prince did have instructions four years ago, it should not be a big problem, so he put down the matter, he remembered some news he heard recently, saying that after the death of Queen Dugu, the saint had no restraints, and began to indulge in wine, especially like women, and did not know moderation, in just two or three years, the body collapsed, he asked in a low voice: "I heard that the situation in the saint is not very good?" ”

Changsun Sheng shook his head, "It's very bad, there have been warlocks who have advised the Holy Lord not to go to Renshou Palace, but the Holy Lord didn't listen, I heard that I was already sick when I came." ”

Changsun Sheng sighed, and said with a forced smile: "Forget it, don't talk about this, let's talk about another good news, this time I will come and bring you two thousand jars of good wine and one thousand quintals of tea, this should be good news!" ”

Yang Yuanqing and Yu Juluo glanced at each other, their eyes showed surprise, they were tired of drinking mare's milk wine, so they looked forward to drinking rice wine or fruit wine from the Central Plains, as well as tea, eating meat every day, without tea to relieve greasy, this day is really difficult.

Yang Yuanqing and Yu Juluo stretched out their hands at the same time, and Yang Yuanqing stretched out three fingers, 'At least give us thirty percent!' ’

Yu Juluo stretched out two fingers, shook his head, and said, "There are other cities, Dali City will give you a maximum of 20%!" ’

Seeing that the two were bargaining, Changsun Sheng couldn't help laughing, and the silver-armored young man next to him couldn't help laughing, Yang Yuanqing glanced at him, and asked Changsun Sheng with a smile: "Who is this?" ”

Changsun Sheng patted his forehead and said apologetically: "Seeing that I was confused, I forgot to introduce you." ”

He pointed at the young man and smiled at Yuan Qing: "This is Li Jing's apprentice, he wants to come to Biansai to travel, Li Jing stuffed him to me, and this time I will bring him by the way, his surname is Su, Minglie, a native of Shiping County, Yongzhou, Yuan Qing, he seems to be one year younger than you." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, it turned out that this person was Su Dingfang, Yang Yuanqing grew up in the Sui Dynasty since he was a child, and he had long been immune to the historical celebrities of the Sui Dynasty, although Su Dingfang was famous in history, but in Yang Yuanqing's eyes, it was nothing.

"It turned out to be Brother Su Xian, who was actually interested in traveling to Biansai at a young age, and he was very ambitious!"

Su Lie is the son of Su Yong, a wealthy family in Yongzhou, and Li Jing has a little bit of kinship, when he was five years old, Li Jing found out that he was a martial arts genius, so he began to teach him to build a foundation and practice martial arts, practicing martial arts for nearly ten years, and also broke through the stagnation period and became a young brave warrior.

He began to travel to various parts of the Great Sui at the age of twelve, last year at the foot of Songshan Mountain alone killed 20 roadblock thieves, then he had the idea of traveling to the border Sai, the master Li Jing knew Changsun Sheng, so he entrusted Changsun Sheng this favor, this time Changsun Sheng sent a Turkic envoy, and brought him out by the way.

Su Lie saw that Yang Yuanqing was not much older than himself, but he looked old-fashioned, praising himself for his ambition, he felt a little bad in his heart, but he was a partial general, and he had been in the army for five years, far from being comparable to himself, so he had to hug his fists and said: "Su Lie first came to Biansai, and asked General Yang for more advice!" ”

"It's good to say, I won't disappoint Brother Su Xian."

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, and asked Changsun Sheng again, "General Changsun came to Fengzhou this time, it's not as simple as rewarding the army!" ”

Changsun Sheng smiled and said: "I am on order to send an envoy to the Turks this time to visit Princess Yicheng, and I want you to accompany me, no problem!" ”

"There's no problem with being humble."

Yang Yuanqing glanced at Yu Juluo, and Yu Juluo smiled and said, "Since General Changsun has a request, then you will escort General Changsun to go." ”

"The last general obeys the order, I don't know when the eldest grandson general will set off?"

Eldest Sun Sheng smiled slightly, "Let's go now!" ”

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Four years ago, after the Sui army defeated the Bujia Khan, he supported the Turki Khan to replace the Dulan Khan, became the Great Turkic Khan of the East, and canonized him as the Qimin Khan, because Princess Anyi died in the chaos in the nineteenth year of the emperor's reign, the Sui Emperor Yang Jian chose the daughter of the clan again, named Princess Yicheng, and married the Qimin Khan as his wife.

This time, Changsun Sheng was ordered by Emperor Yang Jian of Sui to visit Princess Yicheng in the Turks, and at the same time to appease the Turks.

The team consisted of a total of 500 people, in addition to Yang Yuanqing led 300 cavalry to escort, there was also a 100-person camel team, which was a camel team rented by Changsun Sheng in Lingzhou, and 500 camels were loaded with gifts from Emperor Yang Jian of Sui to Qimin Khan.

The grassland has entered the most energetic season at this time, on the vast grassland, there is a vibrant scene everywhere, the endless new green will cover the grassland, from the grass hill to the distance, a group of yellow sheep graze leisurely on the grassland, the clear water is like a belt, meandering on the grassland, a lake is inlaid on the grassland like a jewel, and the farther is the swarthy Yudujin Mountains, stretching for thousands of miles.

They walked in the Mobei grassland of the Great Lake Basin area, the Great Lake Basin is located between Yudujin Mountain and Jinshan, composed of three basins, Ubusu, Kobdo and Zabhan, between which there are dozens of lakes large and small, Yudujin Mountain and Jinshan are like the two arms of a giant to hold dozens of lakes in their arms.

"General Changsun, the Turkic tent should be on the bank of the Egen River, east of Dujin Mountain, why are we going west?"

Yang Yuanqing and Changsun Sheng walked at the front of the team, and he said to Changsun Sheng with a smile: "It's easy to meet the Western Turks here, I knew that I was going this way, so I would bring a little more people." ”

"I only got the news before I set off, the Qimin Khan is hunting in the spring, and the camp is set up in the Zabhan River."

Changsun Sheng glanced back, and said to Yang Yuanqing in a low voice: "Now the situation in the Turks is a bit complicated, Princess Yicheng sent a letter to the capital, saying that the Qimin Khan and the Western Turks have private contacts, and the Holy Lord is worried that the grassland will change, so he sent me to investigate the situation." ”

Yang Yuanqing frowned, "That Qimin Khan came to the west of Dujin Mountain for spring hunting, could it be that he has another deep meaning?" ”

Changsun Sheng nodded, "I also suspect that this is the case, but there is no evidence, and we are not good to bring too many troops, so as not to make Qimin Khan suspicious, I think, at least on the surface, everyone will still be harmonious." ”

"General Changsun!"

Su Lie urged him to step forward and bowed to Changsun Sheng for instructions: "There is a flock of yellow sheep over there, can I go hunting?" ”

"Go ahead! Don't fall too far behind. ”

Su Lie agreed, he was calm on the surface, but his eyes showed excitement, he glanced at Yang Yuanqing, and then urged the horse to gallop towards a small river not far away.

"This kid!"

Changsun Sheng smiled helplessly, "The first time I came to the grassland, I was excited like this. ”

"I'll go see him!" Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, then turned the horse's head and chased after Su Lie.

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