Since the construction of the Great General's Mansion in the city had not yet begun, all the troops and wounded of the Gayan Cong General were stationed outside the city, and the noisy and painful cries often lingered in the camp.

Li Siye walked lightly along the grassy slope towards the camp, and all the way he saw was a gloomy and bleak scene, sometimes women holding babies who had already died of black carbon, humming songs and squatting on the ground to breastfeed. A man with his legs severed was lying on a sheep felt and wheezing, and two or three children were weeping around him, and even the able-bodied were frowning and weeping. The former thriving Hidden Consciousness suddenly fell to the bottom.

Whether it is a large country or a small tribe, it is the same, a military disaster is enough to destroy the achievements of civilization breeding, the only thing that can distinguish is that their ability to withstand is weak.

Li Siye's heart was very heavy, and the man carrying the dead body in front of him had made way for him, and the witch doctor of the Hidden Sect was humming and chirping strange dances around the felt tent, as if this would drive away the pain of the wounded.

He walked to the big tent where Gayan came, and a maid took the initiative to lift the tabernacle, in which Gayan lay on his side on a felt blanket wrapped in sackcloth from many parts of his body, and his daughter Aranda waited in front of the bed, chewing on the thick green herbs in her mouth, and then spit in the bowl.

Jiayan was so happy when he saw Li Siye's arrival that he was about to get up, but he was involved in the pain and lay back with a grin.

Li Siye hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade you: "General, your new injuries have not healed, so you must not move."

Gayan laughed, held his hand and said, "I have a relationship with you, and the first time I met him, I was close." By the way, let Aranda make you a cup of goat's milk tea, she is the most fragrant tea brewed in our tribe. ”

Aranda covered her mouth shyly and went out, and later brought in a croissant cup of white hot tea, Li Siye tasted it, there was a bad fishy smell, looked up at Gayan from the father and daughter, but looked at him with encouraging eyes, so he had to take a bite of it.

Gayan smiled and asked, "How does this goat milk tea taste?"

"Uh, that's good."

"Let Aranda pour you another glass."

Li Siye hurriedly waved his hand: "No need."

The two exchanged a few words in the tent, Li Siye's expression gradually became serious, and Zhengse said to Jia Yancong: "I have something to say to the general."

"If you have anything to say, you just say it."

Li Siye closed his lips tightly and glanced at Aranda with hesitation.

Gayan smiled and said, "What? Should even my dear daughter Aranda shun it?"

Li Siye nodded, and the girl gave him a displeased look, turned around and left the felt tent in a huff.

He respectfully bowed to Gayan Cong and said, "General Gayan Cong, I have just come all the way, and I saw that the vitality of the Hidden Sect was greatly damaged, and the losses exceeded my imagination."

"That's true," Gayan sighed, "Half of the adult men in our department were lost in this battle, and it will take two whole generations to reproduce if we want to recover this situation."

Li Siye pointed to the outside of the tent and said: "This battle killed 600 Tubo troops and captured 300 prisoners alive, such a feat is enough for the Hidden Department to exchange a large number of rewards from the hands of the Anxi Protectorate, and then report to the imperial court at the end of the year, and get more rewards." Why did the general put all the credit on a certain person, didn't it make the old and young people in the clan feel cold?"

Jia Yancong grabbed Li Siye's hand again, and said with emotion: "Brother Li Xian, I can't hide it, when you asked me to lead my three hundred people to stick to the halfway waist of the snowy mountain, there was a time when I resented you in my heart. But it turns out that you are right. ”

"In the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, when the Tang army was stationed in the Green Mountains, I led the Zhiyin tribe to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, in order to obtain the protection of the Anxi Protectorate. I even have a little delusional hope that my clan can also get the same honor as the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, but unfortunately the Tang King only gave a vacant position of General Jin Wuwei. This vacant position not only did not bring any benefits to the clansmen, but it attracted the attention of the Tibetan people. ”

Jia Yancong waved his arm and said: "The Huanghuang Tang Dynasty sits on the fifty-five countries of the Western Regions, and there are relatives and distant people here, all depending on the preferences of the Tang Emperor. Just like the Sulu Khan of Tuqishi, he has 500,000 iron horsemen under his command, and he has dominated the Western Regions for several years, but he sent an envoy to the Daming Palace to congratulate him, and he still has to succumb to the Ashina clan, in the eyes of the Tang Emperor, the strength is not as good as a prominent surname. You know what I mean, I don't care how powerful I want to prosper, I just need someone to trust. ”

"Although I Gayan have no power, I have a pair of discerning eyes. Li Yuanjun, how many times have I dreamed in my dreams that the person who can give us shelter is you. ”

Li Siye was shocked when he heard this, the croissant in his hand fell to the ground, he hurriedly bent down to pick it up, turned around and glanced outside the door, and then walked to Jiayan and lowered his voice from in front of him and said: "My Li, the Li of Li Tang, is not a Li." How can I give you asylum in the Hidden Ministry? How can you stake the hopes of your Hidden Sect on a small captive?"

Gayan shook his head and smiled vicissitudes: "I don't care if it's a Li or not." I want to marry Aranda to you, but you don't agree. I'm going to have to tie you up with something else. Think about it for yourself? I am the general of Jin Wuwei, and my troops have been plundered by the Tibetan army, and I have the right to bypass you and ask for help from the Protectorate, but why didn't I do this? Instead, listen to your little guard move? From that moment on, I have placed a bet on you. ”

Li Siye smacked his lips and said like a gambling curse: "You are a moral kidnapping."

"What kidnapping? I don't care, I've already entrusted the future of the Hidden Mind to you anyway. ”

Li Siye turned around and walked outside the big tent, but suddenly turned back, leaned over and said to Jiayancong, who was lying on the sheep felt: "Cotton is a good thing, is the Hidden Department willing to plant it?"

"Yes!"

"The wool of the argali, which can be used to make tapestries and carpets, are the ladies of the Hidden Sheep willing to work hard and learn the craft of weaving blankets?"

"Of course!"

"The Hidden Division is located in the Silk Road, can you send a caravan to the Central Plains every year to sell handicrafts, yak horns and other items, and you can harvest a lot every time."

"Yes!"

"Then I have no problem, as long as you follow the way of making money in the green mountains, I dare to guarantee that your Hidden Tribes are not the strongest among the fifty-five tribes in the Western Regions, but they must be the richest."

Gayancong sighed and said, "The Sogdians surnamed Zhaowu Jiu control most of the businesses on the ancient silk road, no matter how rich I am, can I be richer than them?" ”

Li Siye thought to himself, Zhaowu Jiu is a white-eyed wolf who can't be fed, and when one day I take charge of the Western Regions, I will definitely squeeze these Sogdians out of the trade routes.

"You will be richer than them, in this world, everyone can betray you, but wealth will not, it will be the sharpest tool in your hands...... Everyone has a chance to succeed, it depends on whether you give yourself a chance or not...... Today is cruel, tomorrow is even more cruel, the day after tomorrow is beautiful, but most people die tomorrow night and do not see the sun the day after tomorrow......"