Chapter 519: The Revival of the Sogdian Alliance
"Your Highness, you have come back to inspect. You don't have to worry at all, my uncle's people govern this place better than I expected. β
Sanjar is now dressed in a very gorgeous outfit, which is the costume of the Sogdian League Prime Minister during the Tang Dynasty's global empire.
When the Sogdian League was restored 1,400 years later, the old man was very proud, and he specially asked a historian to make this costume.
However, Randy knew that the old man, as the prime minister, had no power to govern, only the power to supervise on behalf of Su Keke, the head of the Sogdian Alliance.
All the administrative power here was taken away by Randy, and the administrative officers were all sent from Sitka, and the original officials were promoted to half a rank as deputies.
The people who have managed this anointed land of two rivers for half a year are actually the first saints.
Seeing that Randy and Coco had no intention of eating here, the old man turned around, "Let's go, I'll take you to see the officials here, which are really different from the original officials." β
Different does not mean wearing people's uniforms, officials from other member countries of the Su Federation are also dressed in this way. On the surface of this, it is indeed a taste of the Su Federation.
The flag of the Su Federation fluttered on the streets of Thirsty Stone, and from time to time the troops of the Su Federation patrolled back and forth, showing the rule of the Su Federation here, but in fact, there were only fifty soldiers in total.
The chief officials here are all Chinese people, and they were cultivated by the ancestors. It not only has an international vision, but also has the fresh and simple atmosphere of the rising sun of the Great Xia Dragon Group.
Randy shook hands with them, many of them knew Randy, and felt like they were back in Sitka, and the Sogdian League was governed by these "directors".
From Thirsty Rock to Bukhara, and then to Khiva. In order to facilitate his rule, the first saint spent 600,000 gold coins to build three teleportation arrays in these three major cities, and the two of them completed the three cities in half a day.
Hearing that this huge investment had caused a shortage of funds in the four border provinces, Coco immediately generously donated 600,000 gold coins to those civil servants and asked them to transfer them to the newly appointed Liao Yun.
"This is my territory, and I should spend my money."
Randy doesn't care, his face has been tested for a long time, his left hand is his right hand, Coco's money is my money.
However, it is different for Liao Yun, and the pressure on the operation territory has been reduced a lot.
Sanjar was very excited, "My people were originally going to enter the army, but according to the agreement with the Federation, the army was gone.
There are only 20,000 security forces, all of whom are in charge of my uncle's people, so I will let my people follow me as a supervisor.
We know all kinds of profit-making methods used by officials, and we have tried to investigate them carefully, but they have never been found to be corrupt, which is really strange.
My uncle's people are so loyal, I will be very idle in the future, and my people will simply go back to farming. β
Coco hurriedly stopped, "Grandpa, you still have to do things."
These officials are the first generation of people with ideals, and of course they are all of high moral character, and there will still be bad people in the future. As long as you catch one by one, you can roughly maintain it. β
"Yo ho, Your Highness has come down, and he went to our city to inspect, why didn't he inform us, we can have a banquet to welcome."
The two former Khan kings Abd. Allah Khan and Muhammad. Alim came together.
The traditional clothes and small round hats on these two are gone, they are all suits and leather shoes, and they look like arrogant capitalists in the Dark Continent.
"We chased after us in the teleportation array, and we really have to express our gratitude to Your Highness and Uncle."
Seeing the red faces of these two big guys, they were doing well, and Randy was very pleased, "Your land and ranch have been confiscated, right?" Are you okay? β
Aboud patted his chest proudly, "As soon as the soldiers of the Su Federation came, they were really frightened at first.
Later, we found out that there were only 50 of them, and they were the ones who put up the faΓ§ade here, and it was my uncle who had the final say, so we were relieved.
My uncle is famous all over the world and chivalrous, so of course he won't lie to us.
When our land and pastures were just handed over, the 'directors' gave us 'land vouchers' instead of gold coins, and we thought that this was the end of the road, and this thing could not be spent.
At that time, we could only comfort ourselves and look at what happened to the nobles of other member countries, our family property was still there, and our lives were still there, so it was good, and we took it hard.
Later, we were informed that the land bonds could buy machinery and equipment in the four border provinces, and they could also buy the right to operate the mines.
Now that I have three mines and four factories, I make a lot more money than the poll tax of the farmers and herdsmen who used to collect hardships, so I said that my uncle can't treat us as heroes. β
Alim is relatively low-key, "I didn't buy a mine, I opened ten factories, and two workshops that produced blankets and gemstones.
Since ancient times, our Sogdian Federation has been a merchant on the Silk Road, and our goods can be sold to the Su Federation, which is in desperate short of goods, and can be sold to the great powers through the four border provinces.
I heard that some merchants specially imported goods from the foreign powers in the name of the four northern provinces, transported them to us, and then exchanged oil deposits with the Su Federation, making a lot of money, and my uncle must not forget to collect taxes from them. β
This Randy doesn't care, I believe Liao Yun will definitely not be able to forget it.
"I was just a puppet, and I was always worried about losing my head.
Now that I can walk upright, I am not short of money to spend, and with His Royal Highness and Uncle to support me, I can't be nourished anymore these days. β
Seeing off the two khans who had been thankful for their kindness, Randy nodded, "It seems that the first saint has governed this place well." β
He was ashamed, he had never come to see it, and he had always been the shopkeeper.
"That's it."
Sanja nodded repeatedly, "Those confiscated land ranches didn't build big farms in the same way as other places in the Su Federation.
The ancestors directly made the decision, distributed it to each family, and contracted it to farmers and herdsmen, and it remained unchanged for 20 years.
His trick is amazing, and all of a sudden, His Highness's country here is iron-clad.
However, Joseph, who heard that the north side had the final say, was very dissatisfied, and slapped the table on our side for retaining the sins of the previous dynasty and not building a large farm, saying that it did not conform to the principles of dragon slaying.
I don't understand that, but I know that His Royal Highness and Uncle have agreed with their big boss Su Ningning, and His Royal Highness has the final say in the government affairs here, and it is useless for them to look angry.
Instead, the first saint scolded him back, saying that this is called a transitional period, a primary stage or something.
Your Professor Li is even more powerful, quoting scriptures and classics, saying that there is a booklet in which the original text also supports our approach here.
That pamphlet was discovered by my uncle from the Caspian Sea and spread, and Professor Li would definitely win if he fought a pen battle with them. β
Randy knew about this, and Joseph didn't give it for nothing, and in the end, it was not clear who was the correct solution, and both sides were not convinced, anyway, the Sogdian Alliance and the four frontier provinces did prosper.
The policy of the first saint had a practical effect, and later Liao Yunxiao followed the rules, and Randy was not worried at all economically.
"I can see with my own eyes that His Highness has mastered the Sogdian Alliance, and in this lifeβahem."
cough cough suddenly helped Sang Jia, "Grandpa, don't talk about this life or anything, you are not yet eighty years old, you are young."
I'm counting on you to help me watch this country for another fifty years. β
"Ahem, I thought, my body doesn't allow it, let my son-"
"No, I'm sure you'll live to at least one hundred and fifteen, old man."
Ke Ke smiled and took out the silver wine jug and poured a glass of potpourri nectar for the old man.