"I wonder when the general is going to go to Jincheng?" Li Jing asked a little impatiently.

"It is estimated that the second dragon will go there on the second day of February." Li Xin sighed slightly: "Although I really want to go to Jincheng immediately, the road is difficult to travel, and there are many people accompanying me, so I can only set off on February 2, but I have already sent Su Dingfang, Wei Chigong and others to lead the army first." I don't think there are many roads from Jincheng. However, this is secondary, and I am worried about another matter. ”

"What?" Seeing Li Xin's frowns, Li Jing couldn't help but ask, "The general is worried that Jincheng will not cooperate?" ”

"The last time I played the Son of Heaven, I was preparing to immigrate to Liangzhou, the immigration project is huge, whether the officials of the Central Plains cooperate or not, no one knows, and those families will let these people go?" Li Xin shook his head, if he was one of these families, he would never let these ordinary people go to a bitter cold place like Liangzhou.

"The governor of the capital, the benefits are moving, as long as the general gives a high benefit, there will definitely be people who will go." Li Jing said with a smile: "Then it depends on how much the general gives." ”

"Profitable?" After Li Xin heard this, his face was stunned, and he immediately said with a smile: "Brother Jing is still amazing." Ma Wu sent someone to tell Dou Yi and Shen Qianqiu that they had found a mountain of gold in the Western Regions, and that Jinsha would go down the river, and they could pick up a piece of gold by bending down casually, so that they could spread the news to the north and south of the river as quickly as possible. I don't believe that no one is coming. ”

"This move is too powerful, even if the last general hears the news, although he is a little hesitant, but as long as there is an example, he will definitely go." Li Jing clapped his hands and said.

"It's still Brother Jing's guidance! Brother Jing, tonight, you and I will talk about the world over the bonfire, and it will be a good story in the future! Li Xin pulled Li Jing and said his ideas for the Western Regions, Li Jing listened to it with taste, and sometimes also expressed his own opinions, the two chatted and chatted, and even forgot the time to sleep.

And at this moment, outside the city of Qi County, Shandong, in a huge military camp, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Xutuo's face was slightly tired, and the tall figure sat behind the handsome case, and there were two generals in front of him, the first one was slightly sallow, his eyes were bright, and the other had a fierce expression, but his face was slightly immature. These two people are the generals under Zhang Xutuo, the sallow one is called Qin Qiong, and the young one is Luo Shixin. These two fought bravely, and Zhang Xutuo trusted them deeply.

Shandong Qi County, heroes and heroes, also bandits, Guo Fangpre, Zuo Xiaoyou, etc. abound, or tens of thousands of soldiers, ranging from tens of thousands, for the disaster party, the whole Shandong erosion, coupled with the exploitation of the landlords, the people are not happy.

However, this situation has been improved in the ninth year of the great cause, the reason is that there is a Zhang Xutuo in Shandong, although there are not many soldiers and horses in the hands of this ruthless man, but the entire Shandong people who killed are turned on their backs, and the thief and Kou have changed color.

Zhang Xutuo looked at the two cronies under him, with a hint of satisfaction in his tired eyes, and said: "I will give you a task to escort the thieves captured by us to the Western Regions, I don't know if you are willing to go." Just go for one and you're good to go. Zhang Xutuo said with a smile.

"To the Western Regions?" Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin were stunned when they heard this.

"Not only these thieves, in fact, all the thieves sentenced to exile in my Great Sui, as well as the prisoners captured in the war, will be sent to the Western Regions and handed over to the Metropolitan Governor of the Western Regions, Shouyang Marquis Li Xin for disposal." Zhang Xutuo's face darkened, he fought bravely and made a lot of contributions, but he did not make a marquis, Li Xin was named a marquis because he killed Yang Xuangan, which made him a little unwilling. However, he was loyal to the Great Sui, and this unwillingness soon disappeared.

"Shouyang Hou Li Xin? Is that the Metropolitan Governor, who is about my age? Luo Shixin said with some excitement. After this period of fermentation, Shouyang Hou Li Xin can be said to be famous all over the world, and Luo Shixin, a young figure, is even more admired.

"Yes, that's him. He wants to run the Western Regions and include the entire Western Regions and the Western Turks into the territory of the Great Sui, but there are few Han people in the Western Regions, so these people are needed to fill it. Zhang Xutuo nodded and said: "There will be tens of thousands of people escorted this time, although they are all prisoners, but it is inevitable that some people will be bold, and there are not many soldiers escorted from all over the country, and the total is only more than a thousand." Both of you are fierce generals in Shandong, and the county guard asks me which of you would like to go to the Western Regions. You can rest assured, for all the expenses along the way, Shouyang Hou has asked Princess Nanyang's Yijintang to be responsible, not only with money, but also with grain and grass to pay. ”

"The last will go." Luo Shixin didn't think about it, so he said: "I heard that the Marquis of Shouyang has the courage of an overlord, and the last general wants to see it." ”

"Okay, okay." Zhang Xutuo nodded with a smile and said, "It's good to go outside to see it, if it weren't for the upcoming attack on Zuo Xiaoyou, I want both of you to go." ”

"General." Qin Qiong looked at Zhang Xutuo's tired eyes, and said in a low voice: "The general fought in Shandong, and I don't know how many bandits he destroyed, but why are there more and more bandits?" ”

"Shut up." Zhang Xutuo's face changed after hearing this, and finally sighed: "Uncle Bao! Do you know why officials everywhere want to send all their thieves to the Western Regions? I just want to have no more thieves under my rule! And those displaced people, why did the Marquis of Shouyang relocate these displaced people? It's just to weaken the root of those thieves. Hey, the world is so big, and the people who can really think about the Great Sui are not those high-ranking Zhu Zi, but those of us who are generals who fight on the battlefield, people like Shouyang Hou. Otherwise, with the emperor's trust in him, why go to that barren land in the Western Regions? Enduring the wind and sand, is this what a Hou Ye does? In the final analysis, it is to let the empire have more land, so that more poor people can have land to plant, and with land to plant, where will there be rebellion? ”

After hearing this, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin also nodded again and again, asking themselves if they would go to the Western Regions to eat sand if they reached a point like Li Xin, I am afraid that this would not be the case. I admired Li Xin very much for a while.

It's a pity that only honest people like Zhang Xutuo, honest people who only know their lives for the Great Sui all day long, and when they die, there are no honest people who have been made marquis, will understand Li Xin so well. He forgot that there is an idiom in history called "great treachery". If Li Xin didn't have any benefits, how could he go to the Western Regions to eat sand?

"If it weren't for the fact that there were many thieves in Shandong, the last general would really be willing to follow the example of Shouyang Hou to go to the Western Regions, fight against the aliens in the Western Regions, defeat the Turks, and eliminate the scourge of my Great Sui frontier forever." Luo Shixin's eyes lit up and said loudly.

"Yes, although we have exterminated an unknown number of bandits, but in fact, it is our own people who kill our own people, but the Marquis of Shouyang is already preparing to fight against the aliens outside." Qin Qiong also nodded and said.

"Haha, good, good, when the bandits in Shandong are all wiped out, the three of us will go to the Western Regions to find Shouyang Hou." After hearing this, Zhang Xutuo laughed and said: "I heard that the Marquis of Shouyang has the courage of an overlord, and I, Zhang Xutuo, want to see it." ”