The snow is finally a little smaller, Cen Wenwen listened to Zhang Yang's words, frowned, and said: "The welfare treatment is what our Yulu and the court gives every year?" ”

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "That's what I said below, I just think that everyone can live better as officials in the same dynasty, at least give some living subsidies, for example, this cold day in the middle of the court can give a quilt, give some cotton clothes or something, we have it in Lishan." ”

Hearing this, Yan Liben shivered in the cold wind in his official clothes, and then saw Zhang Yang wearing thick clothes, he was very envious.

In fact, as early as the first year when he was an official, Zhang Yang had long been dissatisfied with the thin official clothes, and the thin official clothes were not enough, and the workmanship was poor.

It is not breathable in summer, and it is so hot that people are prone to prickly heat, and in winter, it is not cold, and it is shivering in the Taiji Palace.

This bit of humanistic care can't be done.

"The benefits that Zhang Shilang said have always been available in the DPRK, but sometimes they are ......"

"Brother Text, do you want to say that it's not so practical?"

Hearing this, Cen Wenwen couldn't help but nod, "Xiaguan has indeed considered it, but it's okay to send grain and rice, there is surplus grain at home, and you can sell those rice." ”

Where did the rice that Li Shimin rewarded his ministers come from? It was all taken from Lishan.

After thinking for a while, Cen Wenwen said again: "But what Zhang Shilang said, the lower officials will discuss it with Fang Xiang and others. ”

"Wait!" Zhang Yang stopped, "Brother Wen, aren't you hurting me again?" ”

Cen Wenwen also stopped, "Why did Zhang Shilang say this." ”

"This is everyone's needs, for everyone's welfare, how can you say that it is my family's words, Brother Wen's words are inappropriate."

Cen Wenwen's expression was solemn, "I am waiting for an official in the DPRK and the Central Committee, and I am dedicated to the community, as for the so-called food and clothing, what a good way to go." ”

What an honest court, a contented minister.

In recent years, everyone has been working hard for the sake of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and it seems that no one has considered this kind of problem.

Zhang Yang led people to the front of the paper mill.

There are Li Tai's guards guarding here, and Zhang Yang explained the reason, and then he was released.

The paper mill is not large, and when the relocation was re-planned, the paper mill occupied the smallest amount of land.

Cen Wenwen and Yan Liben looked here, there were only three or five barrels of pulp.

Zhang Yang explained: "Brother Wen, work is stopped here in winter, even on rainy days, and the finished pulp needs to be made into paper and need to be dried. ”

Yan Liben was curious about a piece of equipment in front of him, which was a thick wheel with a thick cowhide wrapped on the top of the wheel.

As this wheel turns, the cowhide brings out the pulp, forming a layer of pulp on top of it, so that it can be taken out to dry.

The outside world was already very curious about Lishan, and Cen Wenwen was one of the few officials who could enter and leave Lishan now.

After turning around here, he wondered, "Wouldn't it be very limited in the output of paper?" ”

"We have tried to dry it, but in the process of making paper, if the water is lost too quickly, it is easy to make the paper hard or cracked, which is related to its internal composition, and the related technical problems need to be further studied."

Yan Liben couldn't help but nod his head when he looked at the drum equipment in front of him, as if he had been inspired by something.

Zhang Yang took out the file from the bookshelf on the side, "This is the amount of paper we made in Lishan in previous years, calculated according to one foot and one roll. ”

Cen Wenwen nodded and said: "This is what the lower officials want, according to His Majesty's instructions, the court will arrange the amount of paper and books required every year, Lishan will produce, and the lower officials will dispatch the production, but there are still many things in the court that need to be presided over by the lower officials, it is not good to be in Lishan for a long time, and in the future, we will still have to do things in Chang'an City, as for contacting here by letter, what does Zhang Shilang think?" ”

According to Li Shimin's appointment, Cen Wenwen not only has the official position of secretary and supervisor, but also the Zhongshu Province, the Government and School Administration, and is also the current supervisor of the paper mill.

The current paper mill belongs to Tian Khan, so from the perspective of position, Cen Wenwen has the power to arrange the paper mill.

After talking to him about the arrangements here, Zhang Yang sat down and discussed with Yan Liben about the repair of this Taiye Pool.

Looking at the dossier handed over by Yan Liben, according to the preparation of the court in advance, the repair and excavation of the Taiye Pool would require 170,000 guan.

Counting the 150,000 Guan of the Heavenly Khan, this amount of money is still not enough.

Zhang Yang frowned and looked at the rows of accounts on the file, without saying a word.

Lee Tae-jeong and Cen Wenwen explain the staffing arrangements of the paper mill.

"Master Yan, the future repair and chiseling of the Taiye Pool fortifications is divided into five phases, and the accounts also need to be divided into five phases, one is to relieve the pressure, and the other is to use silver money to share the pressure."

Yan Li couldn't help but nodded, "What Zhang Shilang said is good, in this way, it can relieve the pressure, and it can also raise money for future construction while building." ”

Not everyone is as unreasonable as Tian Khan, everyone is very easy to speak.

Charter, cost, budget, duration......

Cen Wenwen, Zhang Yang, and Yan Liben sat down together and discussed in a low voice.

In the spring of the next year, the Taiye Pool can start to be repaired, and after the handover of the paper mill, Zhang Yang said goodbye to the two.

Outside the pass, Xue Rengui's own 2,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters and the 6,000 Anxi Army that had not been formed long ago arrived on the banks of the Amu Darya River.

A military report hurriedly arrived, and the soldiers and horses of Wang Xuance came, and now he crossed the Amu Darya River with the soldiers and horses first, and was about to enter the Persian territory.

"Report! The old Persian king Yazd had died at the hands of the Great Cannibals on his way to escape. ”

Hearing the news, Xue Rengui's brows jumped, this old king was finally dead.

Xue Rengui's wife, Liu, asked loudly: "How is the Persian capital?" ”

"General Hui, the two great rivers on the left and right sides of the Persian king's capital are occupied by the big cannibals, and the dangerous city is no longer defendable, and the Persian prince and Ashnadur have retreated to Maha to the west of the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River."

The loss of the Persian royal capital was inevitable, and the loss of the royal capital was not good news, and from this moment on, Persia existed in name only.

Let people send the news to the hands of Pei Xingjian, who is in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

The old king of Persia, who had abandoned the city and fled, was intercepted and killed by the great cannibals in the middle of the road.

At least for now, the only bloodline of the Persian royal family remains.

Xue Rengui pulled the reins of the horse and headed all the way to the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River.

The crowd came all the way to the west from the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

Let Wang Xuance take Gaochang soldiers and horses to come here first, but he didn't expect to be late.

This river is the dividing line between the Western Turks and Persia, and after crossing this river is the Persian border, and the great cannibals must cross the river if they want to invade the Tang Dynasty.

When the group came to the lower reaches of the Amu Darya, there was a small dilapidated city here.

Wang Xuance has been stationed here, where there are 2,000 Gaochang soldiers and horses, as well as 600 Ashinadur and 600 Western Turkic remnants, the Persian prince Belus and more than 1,000 Persian soldiers and horses.

Counting the manpower on Xue Rengui's side, it is worth 10,000 defenders, and defending such a broken city will have to face 300,000 Persian troops.

When the army entered the city, Xue Rengui saw Wang Xuance, who had not been seen for two months, and he became thinner and thinner.

"We crossed the Amu Darya River and received news that the royal capital had been lost, and we received the remnants of the retreating soldiers." Wang Xuance led people into this dilapidated town, "I just didn't expect to lose so quickly." ”

Xue Rengui looked at the scene in the city, the city wall was made of loess, the city wall was very low, and when the wind blew, it would always blow up a piece of yellow sand.

The houses in the city were very low, and they were all low houses made of stone and loess.

In the distance, there was a big man from the Western Regions, his face was full of beard, and there was anger in his eyes.

Noticing that Xue Rengui and the other party's eyes met, Wang Xuance said in a low voice: "He is Ashinadur, he has always been protecting the Persian prince, and this person has contributed a lot. ”

Ashinadur walked quickly, the armor behind him swayed with the pace, and when he approached, the man shouted and scolded: "Why are you here! ”

Xue Rengui sighed in a low voice: "It takes time to rectify the soldiers and horses. ”

Ashinadur stretched out his hand and grabbed the armor at the placket of Xue Rengui's clothes, "What about Zhang Yangren!" I've done so much for him, when will he let me go back! ”

The roar was loud, and seeing him grasping his husband, Liu pulled out his horizontal knife and pointed it at Ashinadur.

A few soldiers also drew their swords and bows and aimed them at Ashinadur.

The people behind Ashinadur also stood up and confronted the soldiers behind Xue Rengui.

The men and horses on both sides stood on both sides, and for a while there was tension.

Wang Xuance comforted: "I know you have anger in your heart, we have to resist the big cannibals together, don't fight here." ”

As Ashnadur spoke, you could still see the dark teeth in his mouth, "Of the three thousand Western Turkic soldiers and horses, there are only six hundred people left, do you know how fierce the battle of the Persian royal city was?" ”

The Persian prince Belus came in a hurry, and seeing that the two sides were deadlocked, he panicked and said: "General Dur, General Xue, you are all sent by the Tang Dynasty to help Persia, please don't fight and save Persia." ”

Wang Xuance also persuaded: "General Dur has a grudge against that Zhang Shangshu, but I was far away in the Anxi Protectorate at that time, and the Tang Dynasty was beyond the reach of the whip, and now is the time to jointly resist the Persian people, and it is definitely not the time for internal strife." ”

Ashinadur finally let go, he said coldly: "I'm not a Tang person, and I'm not here to die, I've done so many things for Zhang Yang, what should have been done has already been done, once the big cannibal comes, I can't take care of you." ”

Xue Rengui also straightened his armor, "We don't need you to take care of it." ”

The Persian prince Belus invited them into a mud hut to discuss the next steps.

This is the last city of Persia, and if you lose it, you can only flee to the Western Regions.

Listening to Belus's narration, Xue Rengui and Xue Rengui knew that the Persian kings fought fiercely, and there were hundreds of war elephants in the Great Cannibal War, and those war elephants in battle armor charged into battle and could not be stopped by manpower at all.

The war elephants were galloping, the earth was trembling, and man could not stand still, let alone fight against them.

There are also cheetahs, lions and many other wild beasts, these war elephants were sacrificed by the king of Tianzhu, and Tianzhu sacrificed war elephants for self-protection under the banner of the big cannibals.

Wang Xuance slapped the table, "This Tianzhu man who is greedy for life and afraid of death!" A certain family must have destroyed him! ”

Everyone in the earthen house looked very bad, everyone knew that this was a very difficult battle, especially to deal with the rushing war elephant herd, this dilapidated earthen city could not stop the war elephant herd at all.

Ashnadur is going to find out the movements of the Great Eater.

The prince of Persia also went to carry some heavy grain and baggage.

Inside the earthen house, Xue Rengui's wife Liu Shi said in a low voice: "What is the relationship between this Ashinadur and Zhang Shangshu?" ”

Wang Xuance sighed: "The origin of this person and Zhang Shangshu should start from three years ago, when this person was still Tiele of the Eastern Turks, and later went to Gaochang to help the court recover the four towns of Anxi, and after the four towns of Anxi were pacified two years ago, he went to the Western Turks. ”

From the Eastern Turks to the Western Turks, and then to the current Persia, this person has done a lot for the DPRK and Zhang Yang.

So much so that the Ministry of Rites was able to pacify the four towns of Anxi within a year, not only because of the Gaochang soldiers and horses, but also because of Ashinadur.

At this moment, in the city of Maha, it is backed by the Amu Darya River, so there is no need to worry about the water source.

The soldiers and horses here include the Anxi army, the Western Turkic soldiers, the Gaochang people, and the Persians.

There were also a thousand Tang people, Xue Rengui took Wang Xuance to the rear of Maha City, where the Tang army was stationed.

Opening a wooden box again, Wang Xuance saw iron discs, "What is this?" ”

Xue Rengui explained: "This is the iron utensils sent by Lishan, it was said to be kitchen utensils at the time, but Pei Duhu only knew after reading the secret letter that this is a sharp weapon to repel the big cannibals, a total of three hundred." ”

Wang Xuance picked up one of the iron plates, "How can this thing resist the big cannibals." ”

Xue Rengui bowed his head and said, "At that time, you will know when the big cannibal attack comes." ”

The soldiers and horses of the five parties were stationed together in this broken city, and the Tang people brought weapons and grain and grass to distribute to the people here, and there was a lot of grain and grass in the Western Regions, but there was no need to worry about the lack of grain and grass here.

Ashinadur was already hungry, so he picked up the hot millet porridge in both hands and ate it happily.

That's right, it's hard to find a bowl in this place.

The way everyone eats is also very embarrassing, and they can swallow some rice porridge with a piece of cake.

The Great Cannibals attacked the Persian royal capital, and they did not turn to Maha so quickly, and there was still time to prepare.

The personnel in the city are complicated, and the Persian prince worships Xue Rengui as the main general, and all the precautions and soldier arrangements here must be subject to the arrangements of the Tang people.

Therefore, at night, there was another infighting in the city, and the Gaochang people were able to listen.

But Ashnadur did not want his subordinates to go to the field as scouts, and the Tang and these Western Turks quarreled again.

Xue Rengui shouted angrily: "Duer! As long as Zhang Shangshu says a word, you will have no place in the Western Regions, if you want to make a mutiny, it is better to leave now, we will not keep you, you can see what place you have to stay? ”

There is nowhere to go out of the city of Maha, at least here there is the food and grass of the Tang people, Dur swallowed this breath, and shouted angrily at the anger behind him in Turkic words, and then everyone died down, and he divided three teams of men to find out the movements of the great cannibals.

Wang Xuance paced back and forth in distress, "How is this battle going to be fought?" These people have loose military discipline, how to resist the big cannibals. ”

Not to mention these Western Turks, the Persians are even more military-minded.

The next morning, Xue Rengui received another piece of news that another 200 Persians had fled.