The view of the moon sandalwood is a unique scenery, halfway up the mountain, clouds and mist.

Standing on the pavilion on the side of the mountain, looking at the mountains surrounding you, even in the season when the snow is beginning to melt, you can't hide the verdant pines. Such a scenery can always arouse hope in people's hearts, this is vitality, vitality that has survived the harsh winter.

Su Yunran took a cloak and put it on Xu Li Benyu: "You won't have a good rest on such a cold day, what kind of cold wind is blowing here?" ”

Otherwise, this is a master who has been used to being injured all year round, and such a serious injury has been bumpy all the way, and the wound has repeatedly collapsed. If this were an ordinary person, I would have been unable to stand this pain for a long time.

Xu Li Benyu turned his head and smiled, after being an emperor for so many years, no one had ever cared about him in such a tone.

"Thank you for your hard work, this is the medicine for me?" Xu Li Benyu turned around and saw a bowl of medicine on the table, picked it up and drank it.

This medicine is extremely bitter.

Su Yun looked at him steadily: "My husband is not afraid of bitterness, but he is used to bitterness because of a serious illness before." What about you? Is it a frequent injury? Actually, I don't quite understand, the land area of Daxing is not small, and the geographical environment is also good, although the products are not as rich as Daqi, but generally speaking, it is also considered strong. ”

Xu Li Benyu pushed the small stove with tea on the table to Su Yunran: "You want to ask, why do I spend so much time and energy to unify the twenty-four countries of the Western Regions?" ”

Su Yunran nodded, the products of Daxing Country are not rich enough, but there are gold mines in Daxing! There are three major gold mines in Daxing, and these gold mines are still in the hands of the emperor. Not to mention that they also have a lot of silver, copper, and iron mines, and Daxing is a typical 'big money'.

This is because the emperor has money, so he can continue to fight for so many years, and if this is changed, the emperor of another country has long been so poor that he can't eat.

Although she didn't know much about this, she still felt that the twenty-four countries of the Western Regions were not of such great value, so why bother to fight for more than ten years with a dozen dozen of them?

Xu looked a little far away from Ben Yu, as if he remembered something: "Although Daxing had a gold mine in the past, it couldn't stand the loss of agriculture caused by the extreme weather. If the people don't have enough food and clothing, who still has the heart to go to war? Do you think that if you have money in your hand, you can buy it from other countries? ”

Su Yunran nodded as a matter of course, isn't this import and export trade just a coming-and-going?

Xu Li Benyu sighed: "There are no people who send charcoal in the snow, only people who take advantage of the fire to rob." We don't know how many people covet our gold mines, and many people come to inquire about our troubles, and then they start clamoring at the border.

Some dynasties were willing to sell grain, but the price was more than ten times higher than the market price. Some simply do not talk about the price, and directly want to exchange grain for gold mining qualifications. I really don't know how to get through those two years. I don't want Da Xing to repeat that fate, it feels bad to be choked by someone else's throat. ”

Although he said it in a flat tone, Su Yunran could still feel the anger in his heart. is unwilling to be at the mercy of fate and unwilling to be forced by other countries, so he wants to make Da Xing stronger.

"But why the twenty-four countries of the Western Regions?" This is the most puzzling place for Su Yunran, to say that food and other products are the most abundant, there are Daqi, Zhuyue, Changqing, and several small countries are good, but why did he choose the twenty-four countries of the Western Regions that do not seem to be too rich in materials?

Xu Li Benyu laughed, looked at Su Yunran and said: "You don't understand this, you were born in Daqi, and Daqi's geographical environment and climate are relatively good, so the grain yield over there is high." Half of the twenty-four countries in the Western Regions are adjacent to the desert, and it seems that the environment is worse than that of Daxing.

But in fact, the 24 countries of the Western Regions were very prosperous, even surpassing the former Great Qi. The small country near the desert has a lot of rough mines, which has created the highest production of jewelry and jade in the Western Regions, and the production of gold and silver in the Western Regions is also the most famous.

Some of the remaining half of the dynasty are in the grassland, and the cattle are fat and the horses are strong, which is a natural condition that the Great Apocalypse does not have. There are also borders on Daxing, which is a plain, and the cultivation of grain can basically meet the supply of the twenty-four countries in the Western Regions. ”

Su Yunran listened carefully, and suddenly realized: "I understand, so it is not unreasonable to say that the twenty-four countries of the Western Regions were once so prosperous. They held together tightly, feeding the twenty-four population with food, horses for the army, and exchanging jewels and jade for other goods from other countries. ”

Xu Li Benyu nodded and looked at her with some praise: "Yes, the original twenty-four countries of the Western Regions formed a good trading cycle under the constraints of the Moon Dust Country. They customized the conventions of the market, and traded their workers on an equal footing to defend themselves against foreign enemies. This is also the reason why other dynasties are fighting back and forth, and only the Western Regions are out of the way. ”

Su Yunran listened a little admired the wisdom and strategy of the twenty-four small countries in the Western Regions: "But...... This does not seem to be enough to make up for the shortcomings of Da Xingguo. The few small countries you mentioned that can produce grain can only barely supply the twenty-four countries in the Western Regions with their annual output. Therefore, this did not solve the problem of food shortage in Daxing at all. ”

Xu Libenyu looked at her with a smile and asked her, "Have you ever been to Daxing?" ”

Su Yunran was a little stunned, shook his head and nodded violently: "Isn't it Da Xing where we are now?" ”

Xu Li Benyu shook his head, he was referring to before the annexation of the Twenty-Four Kingdoms of the Western Regions.

Su Yunran smiled, and the hot tea in his hand almost spilled: "Then you overestimate me, if I can go out to Hongyang, I can go far away." ”

Xu Li Benyu picked up the painting with ink on the side, which was a picture of mountains and rivers: "In fact, the climate of Daxing is still very suitable for growing food, but in the past, most of the land and green mountains were taken away by the nobles of the family, and the remaining ones belonged to rich merchants." The people themselves did not dare to reclaim the wasteland at will, because that would entail a high risk. ”

Xu Li Benyu explained to her what the people of Daxing Kingdom needed to do to reclaim the wasteland, and after listening, Su Yunran felt that ordinary people were really living too hard.

To put it simply, if you reclaim a piece of wasteland, whether you have a good harvest or a bad harvest, you have to pay a lot of taxes first. This risk is not ordinarily large, and ordinary people cannot afford this risk.

Su Yunran also completely understood the contradiction between Xu Li Benyu and the five major families: "Therefore, if you want to innovate, this will become a conflict of interest between you and the five major families." First land, mountains and forests, and then real power, it is no wonder that the five major families are so desperate. ”

Xu Libenyu smiled and nodded, and in a trance, the person opposite him was not a little girl who had known him for a short time, but a confidant and friend who could talk to him at night.

Xu Li Benyu sighed a little abruptly: "In the past ten years, there has not been a day when I have not been fighting against these big families. ”

Su Yunran smiled: "Not only that, it's not easy to grasp innovation with one hand, grasp annexation with the other, and enter you with both hands." In my opinion, it is easy to annex the twenty-four countries, but it is the most difficult thing to assimilate the people of these twenty-four countries. ”

Xu Li Benyu smiled, and his smile was a little mysterious.

The tea on the table is boiling, the fragrance of oolong tea wafts out mixed with the sandalwood in the Taoist temple, and the smell of pine and cypress and cold plum by the pavilion is light and distant. Mixed with the crisp scent of melting snow, Su Yunran feels as if she is in a warm and tranquil woody perfume.

She took a deep breath and relaxed, the smell was too suitable for winter: "What are you laughing at?" Am I wrong? ”

Xu Li Benyu shook his head, this little girl's conversation is definitely not a country girl.

He paused before he raised the question that was bothering him: "Why did you come to the mountain temple in Mangshan to find me?" Even my separated cronies don't know I'm there, so why did you find me so accurately? ”

Su Yunran also knew that no matter how late this question was, it would always come, and Su Yunran glanced back at the Taoist temple isolated in the mountains: "Do you believe in ghosts and gods?" ”

Xu Libenyu was stunned for a moment, and this question was indeed a little unexpected: "A person like me, who is full of evil qi and blood on his hands, is afraid that there are no ghosts and gods in his heart." ”

Su Yunran shrugged, closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "You smell this smell, does it make people feel particularly peaceful." ”

Xu Li, a bully like Benyu, has never appreciated what incense is. But he learned from Su Yunran to take a deep breath, and he could indeed feel a faint woody fragrance mixed with flowers in his nose, but the strong smell was still oolong tea and sandalwood with some smoke.

After sniffing for a while, he gave three words: "It doesn't smell bad." ”

Su Yun was happy: "You don't think it smells bad, but I think it smells good." You don't believe in ghosts or gods, but I do. ”

Xu Li Benyu couldn't cry or laugh a little, and said in his heart, what kind of circle is this little girl going around?

"I believe that there is a spirit in heaven and earth, so I also believe in every dream. I've been having a dream a while ago about a man covered in blood who kept calling me to save him. At first, I thought it was just too much stress, but since then I've had the same dream every night. In my dream, it was the mountain temple of Mangshan, but I couldn't see the man's face clearly, but I could hear him constantly shouting at me to save him. ”

Su Yunran really has no choice, anyway, this thing is so weird that it can't be explained no matter how you explain it, so just attribute this unexplainable thing to the ghosts and gods!

Anyway, that's exactly what it is!

Xu Li Benyu pondered for a moment and smiled in a low voice: "So, the person who asked you for help in my dream was me?" ”

Su Yunran had already heard it from his laughter, and he wouldn't believe it. That's right, how could this person who killed and killed boldly believe in the theory of ghosts and gods.

Su Yunran pursed his lips: "If you don't believe me, I can't help it, anyway, I really don't have a second explanation." ”

Xu Li Benyu restrained his smile, and said in a low and magnetic voice: "I believe it." ”

Su Yunran nodded with satisfaction, took out a small wooden box from his body and pushed it to Xu Libenyu: "The Taoist said that you will have nightmares at night, or you will try to burn a furnace of incense at night." I made the scent, and the scent is similar to what you just said...... It doesn't smell bad. ”