readx; The prisoner of war delivery between Anxi and Da Shi was carried out by the Aman River in the Wai Alai Pass north of Jumi, which is a medium river that meanders for more than 300 miles, the river level is gentle and even, and the river can be crossed directly by flat-bottomed boat, this river has flowed in obscurity for thousands of years, but today, it has become the southern dividing line between the Tang Empire and the Dashi Empire. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the early summer, a grand delivery ceremony was held here, on the river surface of about six zhang wide, more than 300 flat-bottomed boats were lined up, stretching for more than ten miles, this kind of flat-bottomed boats were not driven, the strings of the two sides were tied to iron chains, each boat had five in the north and south, about dozens of zhang long, and the boat was pulled across the opposite bank by manpower.

On the south side of the river, 100,000 people from the Sindh area unloaded countless grain bags from horse-drawn carts and elephant carts, these people were local civilians in Sindh, all of them were black, thin and short, like ant colonies, the people carried the grain on the flat-bottomed boats, and when the flat-bottomed boats were filled with grain, the people on the north bank shouted, tens of thousands of people pulled the chains, and the big boats shook and slowly moved to the opposite bank.

On the north bank of the river, tens of thousands of Han Chinese immigrants from Broken Leaf were ready, and when the flat-bottomed boats had just docked, they rushed onto the boats, carried the mountains of grain off the boats, loaded them into ox carts and wagons, and then left and drove towards Pingyang City, which was built a hundred miles east of the Boxi Mountain, where there were three huge castles built by the Tang army, which were built by Li Qing'an to protect the silver mines of the Boxi Mountains and prepare to capture Tochar, and are now temporarily used as transit grain.

The grain was temporarily stored in Binh Duong City, and then transported to Kuzhanti, where it was boarded on a boat, heading west along the Pearl River and finally transported to Broken Leaf via a tributary, a complex and vast undertaking that included the exchange of grain for prisoners of war, and would take at least a few months for both sides.

20,000 Tang troops were deployed on the north bank of the Aman River, this was the first batch of prisoners of war for grain exchange, a total of 500,000 stone grain for 5,000 prisoners of war, 5,000 Khorasan prisoners of war had been brought, they stood in line at the end, waiting for the crossing of the river excitedly.

Hundreds of civilian officials of the Tang Army were busy counting the grain, and the banks of the river were very quiet, except for the neat sound of the people's trumpets shouted from time to time.

Li Qing'an rode on a hill by the river, he looked at the other side of the river with complicated eyes, the other party actually dispatched thousands of elephants to carry grain, each elephant had three elephant cavalry, Li Qing'an saw very clearly, one drove the elephant, the other two were archers, and their faces were painted with oil paint, which were the indigenous soldiers of Sindh.

These thousands of elephant cavalry were something he didn't expect, when he attacked Sindh in the future, he would definitely encounter this army, and he could use gunpowder to deal with this army, but he thought of another method, which was not only effective, but also very interesting, at this moment, Li Qing'an's heart suddenly warmed up, and he couldn't wait to try it tomorrow.

At this time, a civilian official rushed to report: "Envoy, the first batch of 100,000 stone grain has been counted!" ”

Although Li Qing'an and Mansour reached an agreement on the principle of exchanging grain for prisoners of war, various details were negotiated by their respective subordinates, including the method of exchanging prisoners of war, the batch and the specific number of prisoners, and every detail was repeatedly finalized, and the two sides drafted a specific process, according to which they exchanged in an orderly manner.

According to the process, when the Dashi side delivered 100,000 stone of grain, the Datang side needed to release a thousand prisoners of war, Li Qingan nodded and said: "It can be executed according to the agreement, and there is no need to report to me." ”

The civilian officials immediately rushed back and shouted: "Release the first batch!" ”

The first batch of 1,000 prisoners of war began to board the ship, and soon the ferries were full, the chains were tight, and the people on the opposite side pulled the boat back to the south bank, and the boat had just docked, and the 1,000 prisoners of war finally couldn't resist the excitement in their hearts, cheered and rushed ashore, some ran with open arms, hugged the big food soldiers on the south bank, and some prostrate on the ground, thanking Allah for granting them freedom.

The last to go ashore was the general Qi Yade, according to the agreement between the two sides, he was released in the first batch, half a year of prisoner of war life and high-intensity mine labor, Qi Yad lost a lot of weight, but he was in good spirits, and his face was full of two-inch beard.

The ship was slowly moving towards the other side, and it was getting closer and closer to freedom, but Ziyad had no joy of being about to regain his freedom, and he felt that everything had become unreal, the scene of waving the iron pestle while mining in the silver mine seemed to be still shaking before his eyes, the sound of mining, the sweaty arms, the sour smell of broken wooden houses, and the work in the ice and snow.

All this will become a distant memory, and in the future, where will he go from here?

At this time, two soldiers came over and said to him: "General Ziyad, His Highness Mansur invites you to come." ”

"Mansour!"

Ziyad was taken aback, is the heir of the caliphate here? He followed the soldier's finger and saw Mansur standing not far from the river.

Like Li Qing'an, Mansour also inspected the first batch of prisoners of war on the south bank of the Aman River, and when the first batch of prisoners of war landed, his heart was finally relieved.

In fact, he also understands that there will be no twists and turns in this exchange, after all, he has signed an armistice and reconciliation agreement with the Tang Emperor in Chang'an, and he also heard the news that the Tang Dynasty will launch the Tubo Campaign, and the Tang Dynasty has no time to look west for the time being, and this big food will also launch a Spanish campaign to completely wipe out the remnants of the Umayyad Dynasty, and there is no time to look east for the time being.

After reading the first batch of prisoner exchanges, al-Mansur was about to rush back to Damascus, and he received news in Sindh that His Majesty the Abbasid Caliph had recurred from an old wound a few years ago, and the situation was very serious, and he, as the prince of the Great Food, must rush back immediately, otherwise once the power fell into the hands of the ambitious old Ali, he was likely to lose the inheritance of the caliph.

At this time, two soldiers brought Ziyad up, and Qiyad prostrated at Mansur's feet and wept: "Qiyad can regain his freedom, it is a gift from His Highness, and I am very grateful in my heart!" ”

Mansur smiled and put his arm on his shoulder, reassuring: "The clouds have cleared, you will return to the battlefield, and I will create opportunities for you to establish meritorious deeds and wash away the shame of your capture." ”

Ziyad was the Muslim's number one general, and although he was captured this time, Mansur's past exploits made him look at him differently, and he was willing to buy his heart and make him work for himself.

At this moment, Ziyad's heart was full of gratitude to Mansur, he kissed Mansur's boots, and said: "I only have the great prophet in my heart now, only His Majesty the Caliph, and then His Highness Mansur, if His Highness does not dislike it, I am willing to be a servant of His Highness!" ”

This obviously carries the meaning of effective loyalty, Ziyad knows in his heart that the battle of Talas has dealt a heavy blow to the Khorasan forces, and the Muslims have lost the Transoxiana region, and it is not long since Ziyad has to think about where he is going, and today he seized the opportunity of Mansur.

Mansour helped him up and smiled: "Come with me to Damascus!" I'll give you new opportunities. ”

Mansur glanced back at Li Qing'an on the hill on the opposite bank, and it happened that Li Qing'an was also looking at him, although they were hundreds of paces apart, they both saw each other, and they both understood in their hearts that the peace treaty was only temporary, and when they finished solving their respective domestic problems, war between them would still break out.

．．．．．．．． After entering April, there is a steady stream of immigrants coming over every day, the road to the west is long and arduous, many elderly people can not bear the long journey, hunger and illness, and die halfway, but more people are full of hope for a better life, full of desire for the land, after months of arduous trekking, through the Hexi Corridor, out of the Yumen Pass, through the vast Gobi Desert, over the snow-capped mountains, thousands of miles to the broken leaves.

Broken Leaf did not disappoint them, the local government had already set aside 100,000 hectares of fertile land, according to the number of people in each household, each piece of land ranged from 80 acres to 200 acres, General Pei Luo City, He Hunting City, around Atami, all the way to the large territory north of Broken Leaves, eight immigrant settlements were demarcated, which would become the prototype of the eight counties in Broken Leaf Prefecture.

The immigrants have established a system of guaranteeing the first grade, ten households are one first, five are one guarantee, and every ten guarantees two immigration officials, and the immigrants help each other, reclaim the land, build houses, and the land is full of vitality.

The exchange of prisoners of war by the Aman River continued, and Li Qing'an returned to Broken Leaves, where his wives and concubines had already lived in Broken Leaves' new house, and that morning, Li Qing'an took his wife Dugu Mingyue in a carriage to a newly built town in the north of Broken Leaves.

They rode in a wide carriage, and along the way, there were large expanses of lush woods, most of which had faded, and the road was filled with the scent of fragrant apple blossoms, and there was still snow on the high mountains, which was as magnificent as sapphires in the sun, and the snow melted into clear streams that meandered and merged into large rivers, and on the slopes were velvety grass, soft and delicate.

Li Qing'an sat in the carriage and carefully looked at the battle report written by Cui Qianyou, Cui Qianyou implemented his strategy very well, pressed the Hui but did not fight, the wall was clear, and the territory of the Hui was encroached on step by step, this is the decision made by Li Qing'an after repeated consideration, he needs war, non-stop war, this is his best means to control Anxi.

This is actually An Lushan's strategy, to suppress the Khitan, so that he can sit firmly in the position of Fan Yang Jiedu envoy, if Wang Zhongsi also launched the Battle of Shibao City in the sixth year of Tianbao, he will not be unstable in the position of Jiedu envoy.

Li Qing'an closed the battle report, pondered for a long time, the carriage shook and woke him up from his contemplation, he looked down at his wife, and saw Mingyue staring at the scenery outside the window with fascination, so he kissed her forehead and smiled: "Do you like it here?" ”

Mingyue snuggled in her husband's arms, nodded slightly, and whispered: "The scenery here is completely different from the Central Plains, and it is also different from the semi-grassland and semi-desert in Anxi, I like it very much." ”

"If you like, we will also build a house here, made of wood, with fruit trees in the background, and a brook running in front of the house, and when the fruit is ripe in autumn, you take your children to the orchard to pick the fruit."

Li Qing'an's words made Mingyue's eyes light up, and she took her child to pick fruits, what a longing thing it was, she hugged Li Qing'an's arm and said coquettishly: "Husband, then when will we have children?" ”

Li Qingan gently hugged her waist and smiled ambiguously: "Hmm! I will work hard, and I will definitely redouble my efforts tonight to fulfill your wish as soon as possible. ”

Mingyueqiao's face flushed, she pinched Li Qingan's arm, sat up straight from his arms, and straightened her forehead with some scattered hair, at this time, she pointed to a tent area in the distance and asked with some curiosity: "Husband, where is that?" ”

Li Qing'an looked at it and said with a smile: "That is the destination we came to today, and it is also one of the Han Ming settlements, named Qing'an Town. ”

"Qing'an Town? Isn't that your name? Mingyue asked curiously.

Li Qingan smiled angrily: "This is the name given by Li Siye who slapped me on the back, and this place will be called Qing'an County in the future." ”

Mingyue smiled and said, "Actually, the name of Qing'an County is very good, auspicious and peaceful, which is in line with the expectations of the Han people who relocated to the Han people." ”

"Perhaps!"

The carriage slowly entered the settlement, Li Qingan commanded, the carriage stopped, Li Qingan got out of the carriage, and hugged Mingyue off the carriage, at this time, a middle-aged official rushed to hear the news, bowed to Li Qing'an and said: "Humble placement envoy Han Yue, see the general of the Jiedu envoy." ”

Li Qingan saw that he was a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, so he smiled and asked, "Have I seen you?" Why does it look familiar? ”

The official smiled and said: "General, in fact, we have met, that year the general was appointed as the observer of Henan Province, I am the county commander of Xuchang County, and the general also went to inspect our bean field at that time. ”

Li Qing'an thought of the great drought season, the green bean seedlings on the side of the road, the county order that invented the root irrigation method, he suddenly remembered, and smiled happily: "It turned out to be the Han county order, no wonder it is so familiar, why did you come to Anxi?" ”

Han Xianling smiled bitterly and said: "The above asked Xuzhou to send two officials to Anxi to support, and Taishou didn't like me, so he drew me." ”

Li Qing'an knew that he was actually excluded from coming to Anxi, but this person was very pragmatic and dared to innovate, such an official came to Anxi as an official, it was his Li Qing'an's luck, Li Qing'an smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said: "I know very well the ability of the Han County Commander, Qing'an County will be built here, you are the first county commander, if you can successfully establish this county, I will promote you to the Governor of Broken Leaves." ”

Broken Leaf Prefecture is the Governor Prefecture, the Governor is Duan Xiushi, the Governor is mainly responsible for military affairs, and the government affairs are in charge of Changshi, and Broken Leaf is already the core area of Anxi, in charge of the government affairs of the core area, which is equivalent to being among the high-level of Anxi, Han Yue knew that this Li Qing'an was giving himself a chance, and he was overjoyed and said: "General, please rest assured, the humble post will definitely prepare for the construction of Qing'an County." ”

"Good! You can take me to see the immigration situation. ”

Li Qingan glanced back at Mingyue and said with a smile: "Are you waiting for me in the car?" ”

Mingyue shook her head, she wanted to accompany her husband to inspect the immigrants, Li Qingan smiled, and said to Han Yue: "Lead the way ahead!" ”

"Yes! General, please come with me. ”

Under the guidance of Han Yue, dozens of personal soldiers escorted Li Qingan and his wife into the immigrant settlement, from a distance, most of them are tents, but when they walked into the middle, they found that there were already wooden buildings, there were wine shops, various shops, selling general groceries, clothing, etc., the highest wooden building in the middle was the official office for the placement of the envoys, mainly to allocate land, prepare for the construction of the city, fabricate household registration, mediate conflicts between immigrants and other things, there are a total of six officials, Han Yue is their head.

"General, now there are a total of 1,800 households here, more than 10,000 people, the Ming Cook is coming from Hedong, the land has been allocated, and a cow per household has also been distributed, and now everyone has begun to help each other build houses, but now it is too late to sow wheat, and most of the people's land has been sown with bean millet."

"Sowing?" Li Qingan asked in surprise: "Can the newly cultivated land be sown?" ”

"The land here can be sown."

At this time, Li Qing'an saw an old man squatting on the ground to study the soil, so he walked up quickly and squatted down and asked with a smile: "Uncle, how do you feel about the soil here?" ”

The old man glanced back and saw that Li Qing'an was guarded by a large group of soldiers, so he knew that it was a big man coming, and immediately replied respectfully: "Little Lao'er is a native of Puzhou, Hedong, and our land there is very fertile, mostly in the fields, but it is a good land after thousands of years of cultivation, but the soil here is still more fertile than the land of my hometown, and the water source and sunlight are abundant, if it is wheat, one acre of land can harvest at least five hundred catties of wheat, and there is no need to look at God to eat, this is a treasure land!" ”

Li Qing'an was happy when he heard this, so he smiled and asked, "How much land does the old man's family get?" ”

The land distribution standard in Anxi is mainly distributed according to per capita, divided by region, there are four kinds, mainly according to the distance from the Central Plains, for example, the nearest Yizhou from the Central Plains is 15 acres per person, and it will increase to 20 acres per person in the area of Qiuzi Bahuan City, and the broken leaf is 25 acres per person, and then to the west is 30 acres per person, in addition to the upper limit restrictions, such as the upper limit of broken leaves is 200 acres per household, so that more than eight people will choose to divide the family in order to seek more land, and the land belongs to the Yongye Tian surname. You can inherit, but you are not allowed to buy and sell, the household registration is gone, the land will automatically return to the government, and if you don't plant for five years, you will be deemed to have given up the land, and the tax will be adjusted by rent, and if someone in the family is in the army, the tax will be reduced or reduced, which is a step further than the Juntian system in the early Tang Dynasty, which allowed buying and selling, leaving a hole for land annexation.

The old man hurriedly said: "There are six people in my family, who belong to the upper and middle households, and they have been allocated one hundred and fifty acres of land. ”

"How many acres of land does the old man's family have?" Mingyue also asked with interest.

The old man saw that Mingyue was beautiful and dignified, dazzling, but he spoke softly to himself, and he really had a good impression of her in his heart, so he smiled bitterly and said: "Don't hide it from the girl, our family of six originally didn't have a piece of land, our family is a slave of Xu Dahu's family, Hedong took advantage of the drought to escape to Guanzhong, and came to Anxi with the tide, but I didn't expect to really get the land, I heard that this is a gift from General Li, but unfortunately I can't see him, otherwise the little old man will definitely kowtow to him." ”

Han Yue pointed at Li Qing'an and said with a smile: "This is our General Li!" ”

'Plop! ’

The old man knelt down and kowtowed to Li Qing'an again and again, so excited that tears came out, "General, you are the reborn parents of our family, without you, most of our family would starve to death, please accept the little old man's worship." ”

Li Qingan hurriedly supported him and said with a smile: "It's okay to bow down, don't be so polite." ”

At this time, Mingyue gently pulled Li Qingan and said, "Husband, look at it!" ”

Li Qingan raised his head, and was stunned for a moment, only to see that there were so many immigrants around him, there were thousands of them, and when he heard that he was General Li, they all knelt down for him.

Li Qingxin was moved, and he hurriedly said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, please get up quickly!" ”

No one would get up, and a few old men took the lead and shouted: "Thank you to the general for giving us land, and thank you to the general for abolishing slaves!" ”

Han Yue next to him also sighed: "The general's Juntian system is certainly gratifying, but the abolition order is truly admirable, and this law will completely change Anxi." ”

The abolition of slavery is a major change in Anxi, in Anxi is not allowed to own slaves, the slave market is abolished, the slave trade is strictly prohibited, considering the actual situation, there can be hired workers, but the person is absolutely free, the main and the employer and the employer rely on a paper contract to clarify the employment relationship, which states the employment period, wages and other conditions, after the expiration of the term of employment can be voluntarily negotiated by both parties to renew the employment.

This is a local law completely different from the mainland, starting with the migrants, within a year, all the people of Anxi must be implemented, including the official eunuchs, for example, Li Qing'an himself took the initiative to release the house slaves, and more than 30 subordinates in his house have been freed, and now Li Qing'an hires them with at least four yuan per month, a day off every ten years, half a month's vacation every year, no deduction of wages, and more than two months of rewards at the end of the year.

This is the wage labor relationship of later generations, although it is somewhat advanced, but this abolition decree has been supported by the vast majority of officials, everyone knows very well that slavery and land annexation complement each other, is the root cause of the social crisis in the Tang Dynasty, and Anxi urgently needs to increase the number of households, abolition of slavery can ensure this, Li Qing'an implemented the abolition of slavery in the new place of Anxi, it can be said that this local law conforms to the trend of reality.

Of course, there are many detailed regulations to plug the loopholes, for example, some large families will use the method of taking concubines and accepting righteous children, turning female slaves into concubines, turning male slaves into righteous sons, and avoiding the abolition of slavery in disguise, these have corresponding regulations to plug the loopholes, and secondly, the punishment is also extremely severe, those who refuse to abolish slaves, sell slaves privately, and buy slaves in disguise will be given a hundred rods and ordered to make corrections, and those who refuse to correct will have their property confiscated and driven out of Anxi.

Anxi's abolition of slavery has also been supported by the majority of low-level immigrants, which means that their land will not be annexed, and their children will not become slaves, but Li Qing'an, who will face the criticism of this law, is also mentally prepared, he knows very well that as soon as this law is issued, slaves from all over the Tang Dynasty will flee to Anxi.

(To be continued)