The entire Mulu City was completely taken over by the Anzai Army, and the atmosphere in the city became calm. Absolute violence brought absolute obedience, and after three bloody days, the Persian Marwaris had lost the courage to resist.

The slaughter of the city proved to be an extremely effective method, especially in a place like this, which was full of Hu Da believers. Of course, this so-called slaughter of the city is still far from Hülegü.

Even the bloodthirsty Turkic soldiers were not as thorough as the Mongols of later generations, killing less than 50,000 Mulu people. In the half of the city controlled by the Anxi Army, there were only two or three thousand Mulu people who died because of resistance.

The barbarism of the Mongols in later generations is engraved in the bones, and this kind of thing is not something that can be imitated if you want to. The main purpose of the Turkic soldiers was to grab the wealth, and although they wanted to take everything, they were not too harsh on the Persians, who had already given up all their wealth. As for the Anxi soldiers, even if they plunder the wealth, they will not drive the master's family to a dead end like the Turks, but will leave something behind by the master.

In the end, there were more than 150,000 survivors in Mulu City.

Although it is very different from what was expected, Ma Ling can only accept such a result.

The Anxi Iron Army has been in the Western Regions for more than 100 years, and some things have penetrated into their bones. The Anxi army has never had a precedent for slaughtering cities, and no matter how many people are killed on the battlefield, it is not an easy thing for the Anxi athletes to raise the butcher's knife again.

In today's Mulu City, there are still people who support the Caliph's supporters, as well as those who support the dead legendary Persian slaves. The people of Posilin, as well as the Hu merchants of different races, and hundreds of Dekhgan nobles. No matter what kind of people they are, they are all hostile to the Anxi Army in their hearts, and now the Anxi Army is located in a city where enemies are on all sides.

After the killing, all that is needed is order. Since it is impossible to kill all the Mulu people, a new symbiotic relationship must be established.

At this time, it is necessary to use those leading parties.

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The Persian Dekhgans were shameless, and they were able to submit to the Arabians in the past, and now they can naturally surrender to the Tangs.

This land has often been invaded by foreign races, but their family has always survived by judging the situation.

In the governor's palace in Mulu City, dozens of richly dressed Persians knelt in front of Ma Lu, all with smiles on their faces. It looked as if it wasn't the Anxi Army who had stolen a large amount of property from their home a few days ago.

Things are just as they expected, the Tang people who have come from afar also need people to rule the city, and they are the best choice.

As long as he can become the agent of the Tang people, the wealth that was robbed of the family before can be earned back. The Arabians and Yemenis who came here a hundred years ago became the masters of this place, but they did not change their status, and these Tang people who came from afar could not.

Ma Ling looked at the group of Dehgan nobles and said loudly in Persian: "I need a tax collector, and who of you will serve me?" ”

A white-bearded Dehgan was the first to reply, "Lord Doge, the Mustam family will be your most faithful servants. My family is the oldest in the area, and the appointment of me as tax collector will bring the most benefit to the Governor. ”

"Lord Governor, our Batim family is the oldest family in Mulu. When Mulu City was a small village, my family lived here. If the Governor had made me a tax collector, I would have been able to bring the Governor 200,000 dinars a year in taxes. Another Dehgan shouted.

"Your Excellency the Governor......"

"Your Excellency the Governor......"

Ma Lan waved his hand to stop these shouting guys, and said with a smile: "You are all the oldest families in Mulu City, and the youngest family also has the ability to act as a tax officer, I know these very well. Since you're all willing, tell me how much you can afford to pay in taxes. The one who can provide the most tax can become my tax officer. ”

Seeing that Ma Lan was so direct, the Dehgans all returned to their true colors as merchants, and one by one loudly reported the upper limit of the taxes they could provide.

Soon the amount of the tax was raised to 500,000 dinars, and several of the most powerful Dekhgans quoted this figure, and the other Dekhgans did not increase their prices. Obviously, in their opinion, this number has reached the limit of acceptability.

"Alright! Batim, the taxing power of Mulu City belongs to you! Go and pay the first year's tax first, and then pay the tax once a year. If you need the help of my army, just ask. ”

"Don't worry, Lord Governor! Choose me to be your tax collector and you won't regret it! ”

The owner of the Batim family, who had been given the right to tax, blushed with excitement and loudly agreed.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I can also collect taxes of 500,000 dinars, why don't you choose me?" Mustam protested loudly.

Ma Lan smiled and waved his hand. The soldiers came over with cold faces and drove all these guys out.

Ma was extremely satisfied with the amount of this tax. Let people serve as tax officials, and you can't leave a little benefit.

Several families have bid 500,000 dinars, and the reason why they chose Batim is simple, because the Batim family has a shop in Mulu City that sells Chengxintang paper.

This guy should have something to do with Kang Million's father and daughter. Chengxintang Paper brings him a large amount of dividends every year, and this Batim can be regarded as a partner of the Ma family firm, so it is naturally slightly tilted.

Now in the situation of Mulu City, it is already very good to have an income of 500,000 dinars a year. But wealth is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to have a reliable agent.

If you don't want to kill all the inhabitants of a place, you have to use the locals to maintain your rule, which is a very simple reason. The locals know the locals best and are most conducive to the stability of order. With the participation of the Batim family, the Anxi Army did not need to bother to maintain order in Mulu City.

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Mulu City is too far away from Anxi, and Ma Lan is not ready to turn this place into a Han city, because it is simply impossible in a short time. Since it is to establish a symbiotic relationship, the agent is always looking for it.

Through contact with these Dehgans, Ma Lan found that none of these guys really converted to Huda, and sure enough, the richer and richer the people, the less likely they were to be influenced by religion.

The Persdekhgans retained their position, and Marlin publicly promised them not to plunder them again, and commerce in Mulu City resumed.

It turned out that it was the natives who plundered the natives most efficiently, but in just three days, Batim brought in a large number of Umayyad gold and silver coins, and the golden dinars were dazzling and shining, and the dinars were converted into 500,000 dinars.

This is a lot of wealth, before the Anxi army plundered in three days, turned out all the wealth of the rich families in half of the city, and the income was only this number.

To be able to get a fortune worth a million dinars, Ma Lu was extremely satisfied. There is no market for copper coins west of the Green Mountain, and all that people have is gold and silver, and a million golden dinars will largely solve the pressure on Ma Lu to deal with the arrival of the Eighth Army immigrants in the river.

During this period, the Anxi army also dispatched several times to suppress the resistance of several merchants in the city. The guards of the Batim family killed people much more ruthlessly than the Anxi athletes, and after the Anxi athletes took control of the situation, the guards of the Batim family drove out all the merchants and left no one behind.

A puppet army of 3,000 men was soon established by the Batim family to replace the Anxi army to maintain order in the city. The ancient city, which had been sacked by the Tang and Turks, began to slowly heal its wounds and regain its vitality.

Compared with the brutality of the Turks, the kindness of the Tang people also reduced the hatred of the Mulu people to a certain extent. After the Turks evacuated, Mulu City quickly returned to peace.

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Only five days after the slaughter of the city, the caravan of the first batch of Kangju merchants arrived at Mulu City.

Because the Persian tribes between Mulu City and Drinking City lost almost all of their young men in the Battle of Wuhushui, the Kangju merchants had a very safe journey.

Mulu City is a city several times larger than the Sa Mo Jian, and after three days of plunder, the Anxi army and the Turks have obtained a large amount of wealth. Except for the floating wealth, most of the things were sold to Kangju merchants, and of course, all they got were documents with numbers written on them.

When the steward of the Duai family firm heard that Ma Lan had given the right to collect taxes to the Batim family, he was very distressed and told Ma Lan that if he let his business house be responsible for collecting taxes, he would be able to bring Ma Lan an extra 200,000 dinars of income every year.

The tax collector Batim looked nervous, and he didn't let go until Ma Ling said that he had decided that he would not change it.

Order in the city has returned to peace, and both the Tang and Kangju people are extremely safe here. On the one hand, Ma Xuan set up a beacon horse shop between the wooden deer and the fishing and drinking, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to various places to collect intelligence.

Qibiye dutifully led the army to sweep the villages near Mulu City, and all the tribes that sent troops to participate in the battle of Wuhushui were not spared, leaving no men, women and children. This is very easy to identify, as long as there is no young and strong in the village, it is the Wuhushui who participated in the First World War.

For those villages that did not participate in the war, the Turks simply plundered them and left. This is a strict order given by Ma Lu, and the difference between those who participated in the war and those who did not participate in the war made it easier for the residents near Mulu to obey.

The Kangju caravan that arrived first was loaded with supplies and went to catch and drink, and more caravans rushed over. The Sogdians were naturally profit-seeking, and some small caravans even had only a few camels, so they traveled thousands of miles to join in the fun. The late ones did not buy anything from the Anxi army, so they followed behind the Turks, bought the little by little from the capture of the Turkic soldiers, and then transported them to capture and drink.

No matter which caravan returned to the city, Ma Lu would order them to bring something back. The most important thing is naturally food, and the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of Han immigrants is the most critical material. (To be continued.) )