In a moment, the chief steward came over with a jade box carved from a whole piece of high-grade jadeite, and carefully placed the jade treasure box on the table, this treasure box alone was already a rare thing, and its value was difficult to estimate.

Combas smiled, "I bought this jade box in Shattered Leaf City for five hundred taels of gold, and frankly, I don't know how much it's worth. ”

Combus slowly opened the box, and the light in the box suddenly shone brightly, making Yang Bing and Sihua suddenly cover their mouths and exclaim, the box was all a variety of precious gemstones, polished into various shapes, under the light of the faint light, dazzling and radiant.

The jade box is made of gold lattice, there are two layers, the upper layer is twenty grids, the lower layer is twenty grids, a total of forty-three gems are placed, as small as an apricot pit, as big as a walnut, each gem is extremely precious, Combas pushed the treasure box in front of the two girls, smiled and said: "Choose yourself, you can take whatever you like, as much as you want." ”

Yang Bing and Sihua are both extremely smart girls, and they also feel that buying gems this time is unusual, so they both looked at their father timidly, Yang Yuanqing nodded, "If you like it, pick one each." ”

The two of them suddenly widened their eyes, looking for their favorite gems in the treasure box, and Kang Bas said to Yang Yuanqing: "These gems are actually just my collection for more than ten years, basically Sogdian gems, and I will take them out when I meet regular customers who really can't buy their favorite gems, and my juniors, I also give them one each, as the heart of the elders." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled and nodded, with Kangbas's wealth and his own power, a few gems are indeed nothing, more important is their friendship, since he is willing to give his daughter as a heart, it doesn't hurt.

At this time, Yang Bing chose an emerald gemstone, and Yang Sihua chose a cat's eye, although these two gems are in excellent condition, they are not precious things after all, and the two little ladies also know that they can't choose too expensive.

Combas shook his head, he took out two diamonds from the innermost part of the bottom grid, the two diamonds were as big as longan, and they were extremely delicately polished, and the light shone on the diamonds, which were dazzling, and he took two small jade boxes, put the two diamonds in them, and handed them to the two girls with a smile.

"One for each person, it will be my gift to you."

Diamond is the most precious gem in ancient and modern times, especially the size of longan, it is very valuable, Yang Bing and Sihua dare not accept it, Yang Yuanqing groaned, then nodded and smiled: "Don't be happy Uncle Xie Kang!" ”

This meant that they should accept it, and the two of them hurriedly got up and saluted, "Thank you, Uncle Kang!" ”

Kang Basan smiled, "I can't afford the thank you gifts of the two county lords!" ”

He put the two gems they had picked up at the beginning into the small jade box, handed them to them, the two took the box, opened it and looked at it, and looked at each other again, their eyes showed surprise, they only wanted to get a small ruby or a piece of jade, but they didn't expect the final harvest to be diamonds, how could they not be overjoyed.

Yang Yuanqing smiled at them: "You sit aside first, and Uncle Kang and I will say a few more words." ”

The two of them sat aside to study their gems, and Yang Yuanqing said slowly to Kangbas: "I want to understand the situation of the Western Turks in Yiping, and the rebellion is raging everywhere, how is the progress?" ”

Kang Bas hurriedly beckoned the chief steward to come up and introduced Yang Yuanqing: "This is my nephew, named Kang Bo, who only came from Samarkand yesterday, and he knows the situation better. ”

The Sogdian, named Khambo, stepped forward and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”

"Lou, please!" Yang Yuanqing smiled and waved his hand.

"Your Highness!"

Kang Bo did not dare to sit down, stood aside, and said to Yang Yuanqing in fluent Chinese: "The reason for the uprising of the Sogdian countries is that the Western Turks are too oppressed, and the taxes are too heavy. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, and asked again: "Has the Western Turks suppressed the rebellion?" ”

"No, it's more serious now, at first it was just the ordinary people who rebelled, and now the kings of various countries have begun to rebel, smoke is rising everywhere, the Western Turks are exhausted, and the most fierce place in the war is Broken Leaf City, I heard that the king of Broken Leaf City is still a Han Chinese."

"Han Chinese?"

Yang Yuanqing frowned, "What's his name?" ”

"I don't know the specifics, it seems to be surnamed Zhang."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, and realized something in his heart, at this time, a personal soldier walked in quickly, and said a few words to Yang Yuanqing in his ear, Yang Yuanqing's eyes showed a look of surprise, and he couldn't help laughing, there was such a coincidence.

He stood up and said, "There is something temporary, I have to go back, Lao Kang, thank you for your kindness to the little girl." ”

"Your Royal Highness is too polite, the child has grown so big, I didn't say anything, I am ashamed in my heart, I only have a little heart today."

Kang Bas kept sending the father and daughter to the carriage, and then turned back to his nephew and sighed: "I hope that the Sui army can intervene in the rebellion in the Western Regions and let the war settle down sooner." ”

……

The carriage left Beishi and drove towards the palace, and in the carriage, two girls had their backs to their father, each hiding in a corner to peek at their gemstones...... With a smile as bright as a peach blossom on his face, Yang Yuanqing sat in the back of the carriage and looked at the two daughters with their backs to him with a smile, which can make the children happy and is also the greatest relief for fathers.

"You two, do you want Daddy to tell your mother about the gem?"

"Don't!"

Yang Bing and Sihua jumped up together like frightened rabbits and waved their hands again and again, "Don't say it." ”

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "Then sit down obediently, don't sneak around like you're hiding some secrets, and actually turn your back to your father." ”

The two little ladies lowered their heads embarrassedly, and the carriage soon arrived at the side gate of the palace and stopped, and Yang Yuanqing said to the two: "Go back!" Daddy is going to Jinyang Palace for something. ”

Yang Bing and Sihua jumped out of the carriage and walked towards the mansion hand in hand, Yang Yuanqing kept watching the two of them cross the bridge and enter the mansion, and then ordered: "Go to Jinyang Palace quickly." ”

……

At this time, it was already afternoon, Jinyang Palace had already gone down, and there were still some officials in the palace who had not gone home, especially the Hubu and Sinong Temple, hundreds of officials were working overtime to distribute cattle and sheep to the counties.

Yang Yuanqing's carriage had been stopping in front of Ziwei Pavilion, and Sui Liang, who had been waiting here for a long time, greeted him, "See Your Highness!" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded and asked, "Are the people still there?" ”

"Still waiting for Your Highness!"

"Bring it directly to my office."

Yang Yuanqing walked into Ziwei Pavilion and walked directly upstairs, he returned to his official room, took off his robe, and sat down at the table At this time, the door opened, and Zhu Suiliang led a man hurriedly walked in, the man was about thirty years old, with a burly figure and deep sunken eyes, and he was a Han with Hu blood.

The man stepped forward and knelt down and kowtowed heavily, "Broken Leaf Li Zhaoyun to meet Her Royal Highness Mrs. Chu!" ”

"Mr. Li, please get up!"

Yang Yuanqing gave the soldiers next to him a look, and the soldiers stepped forward to help him up, Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile: "I heard that the surname of the king of Broken Leaves is Zhang, but his name is Zhang Zhongjian?" ”

Li Zhaoyun nodded and said with tears in his eyes: "Exactly, I came to ask His Highness for help on the order of Guolou. ”

After speaking, he took out a letter, presented it with both hands, and the soldiers transferred the letter to Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing opened the letter and opened it again, as he expected, this Broken Leaf King was the bearded guest Zhang Zhongjian, after leaving Luoyang, it took more than ten years to go to the Western Regions to roam the world, and finally established his own country in Broken Leaves.

In the letter, Zhang Zhongjian begged the Great Sui to send troops to rescue Broken Leaves, and was willing to return to his homeland and become a county of the Great Sui.

At the same time, Zhang Zhongjian made it clear in the letter that Yang Yuanqing was now facing a great crisis of rule in the Western Turks, and the army was suppressing the uprising everywhere, and the troops were distributed for thousands of miles, which was a good opportunity to send troops to exterminate the Western Turks.

"It turns out that Mr. Li is the hussar general of Broken Leaves, and he is disrespectful." Li Yuanqing smiled slightly.

"Zhaoyun doesn't dare, I beg His Royal Highness the King of Chu to send troops to rescue the Broken Leaf Crisis for the sake of most of the subjects of the Broken Leaf Country, the food in the city is already insufficient, and it can be supported for two or three months at most, begging His Royal Highness to send troops!"

Li Zhaoyun's heart was extremely anxious, he knelt down again, could no longer restrain his emotions, and cried bitterly.

Zhu Suiliang hurriedly helped Li Zhaoyun up, comforted him in a low voice, and slowly stabilized his emotions, Yang Yuanqing waited for him to calm down, and then asked: "You said that most of the people of the Broken Leaf Country are Han people, how many Han people are there, and how did they pass?" ”

Li Zhaoyun sighed and said: "From many channels, some are Han people in the Western Regions, some are Han slaves we bought from the Turks, but most of them are the people of the Central Plains a few years ago, when the Central Plains was in turmoil, the whole family fled to Broken Leaves, most of them are Guanlong people, from the seventh year of the Great Cause to the present, more than 30,000 people have fled one after another, and we have provided them with travel expenses and food, and now there are about 40,000 Han people in Broken Leaves, accounting for about 20% of the population of the entire Broken Leaves country. ”

"Then how many Turkic troops are surrounding Broken Leaf now, how many troops are there in the Western Turkic Tent, and where is the Khan now?"

"Your Highness Hui Tiller, the Western Turkic army that is now surrounding Broken Leaf is about 20,000, and the number of troops is not much, mainly because we have insufficient armor, we can only defend the city, and it is difficult to confront them head-on.

Yang Yuanqing took a few steps with his hands behind his back, and he also realized that this was actually an opportunity, the rebellion in various places under the rule of the Western Turks was raging, and the 200,000 troops of the Western Turks were distributed in a territory of 10,000 miles from Qiuci to the West Sea.

If Su Dingfang can unite the Tiele countries led by Qizhuo and attack the Western Turks together, this will definitely be a fatal blow to the Western Turks, and there are more than 40,000 Han people in Broken Leaves, Zhang Zhongjian is willing to annex the Great Sui, which is a good opportunity for the westward expansion of the Great Sui power.

In fact, from the very beginning, after Yang Yuanqing knew the reason why the Western Turks did not attack Yiwu County, he had the idea of attacking the Western Turks, but he planned to consider it after unifying the world.

But now Broken Leaf is asking for help, it is the opportunity for the Sui Army to send troops, thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing resolutely made up his mind and said slowly: "I can send troops to rescue Broken Leaf!" ”

(To be continued)

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