The Tusi on the mountain are divided into four families, and the imperial court actually only occupies 30% of the territory of the entire Sichuan, and the rest of the territory is in the hands of the Tusi, these four Tusi have a population of about 800,000 people, and there are 70,000 or 80,000 people who can fight well.

Although it doesn't sound like a lot, they have been in the mountains and forests for generations, and the army of the imperial court has also encircled and suppressed them, but because they are not familiar with the situation on the mountain, they have not achieved effective results except for the loss of labor and money.

After the defeat of the imperial army, it made these people on the mountain more arrogant, and they also figured out the reality of the imperial court, don't look at the imperial court in the past, it was hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, but when they came to this place, they couldn't show it, and there were not many ways to go up the mountain, if you wanted to go up, it was basically impossible.

Dynasties in history have besieged the mountains, but they have failed for various reasons, first of all, they have lived in the mountains for generations, even if you besiege them, people live in the mountains, although many necessities of life are difficult to get, but it does not mean that there are none.

In addition, many Han people are not united, and they send all kinds of contraband to the mountains for high profits, which also makes them persevere, and the army of the imperial court is stationed here, and the daily silver required is an astronomical amount, and the long time of stationing is a harm to the other party, and it is even more a harm to us.

"Is there nothing you can do about them?"

Li Xiang didn't think that the situation here would be so complicated, and he thought about piggybacking on them all to solve it, but now it seems that it is not so easy.

"Weichen is stupid, please forgive your highness."

He really didn't know how to answer this, if he knew, how could he intermarry with these people, you must know that people in this era still pay attention to blood, in the eyes of these people, these people in the mountains are barbarians, sending their daughters to such a place, this is not what a father should do, but in order for this official to be able to go on safely, he can only do this.

"You go to find out the information, find out the list of transactions with you on the mountain over the years, and see what is in short supply on the mountain, and what needs on the mountain below."

Li Xiang thought for a while and said, although they may have done similar things before, and they may not have had any effect, but now there is no progress, Li Xiang has to do these things again, after all, Li Xiang is from the twenty-first century, and may be able to see something useful from it.

"My subordinates will do it right away."

What this guy is most afraid of is that he is fine, if he is fine, it means that he is useless to Li Xiang, and people who are useless may be killed at any time, as long as Li Xiang arranges a task for himself, then it means that he is safe before the task is completed.

And in his heart, he also feels that completing a task is closer to life, so no matter what Li Xiang explains, he must go all out to complete it, this is the opportunity that Li Xiang gave himself, those who have been beheaded, they may need this opportunity very much, but unfortunately they are gone.

After a night of interrogation, I finally figured out the things on the mountain, there are a total of four major toasts on the mountain, and the population is a little more than what Master Zhang said, and the mountain has been smooth in recent years, with a population of about one million, and there are many young and middle-aged people, a total of 150,000 or 60,000.

Dealing with these barbarian tribes, Li Xiang has already realized a truth, how many young and middle-aged people there are, then how many soldiers there are, some people may have never fought, but at the most dangerous moment, these people can immediately become a warrior, and the people on the grassland do just that.

After summing up all the news, Li Xiang also gathered all the people below, three stinkers and one Zhuge Liang, if Li Xiang was to think about it himself, he might have broken his head, and in the end he couldn't find a useful idea.

"You are all new to me, you may not know much about my temper, I don't have too many requirements for my subordinates, the most disgusting is the unfaithful people, the second disgust is the incompetent people, don't be afraid of what you do wrong, I won't punish you if you do wrong, but if you don't do anything, then your future may be worrying."

Li Xianggang gathered these people, and looked at them trembling one by one, and then remembered that these people were not familiar with him, and they also rushed over from all over the country, among which Xiao Yu's family had the most.

"I just took a look, according to what they said, I also took people to the road into the mountain outside the city to take a look, it is indeed the same as they said, less than a hundred miles away from Chengdu, the toasts have begun to set up checkpoints, don't look at Zhang Jiuli and their relationship is good, but these people don't trust Zhang Jiuli."

Qin Huaiyu is not a person who can be idle, when he got the news of last night's interrogation, this guy immediately took someone out of the city to verify, of course, this guy is not stupid enough to go out in armor, but he just made up as a boy who went out to play, and there are many such people around Chengdu.

"There is also the grain and salt on the mountain, they can solve the grain themselves, but the mountain does not produce salt, and the most trade between them and the mountain is salt and iron, but according to some people's explanations, they only bartered with the mountain half a month before we came, and the salt on the mountain is enough to last for a year."

Su Dingfang was not idle, these people were all old subordinates who followed Li Xiang, so they naturally knew what to do after getting the news, and there were some things that Li Xiang didn't need to order, they all handled this properly.

"I also have a few noble sons on the mountain, they are all in Mianzhou City to do business and study, I also detained them all, and they also explained some content, but it is very different from what these people in Chengdu explained."

Xiao Shouguo was the first to speak in the Xiao family, this guy felt that Li Xiang had given him such a big opportunity, and he had to take the lead in everything, and he really found out some news.

It's a pity that when he came to Chengdu with the news, he found that everyone had already got similar news, but what should be said had to be said.

The more Li Xiang listened, the more he frowned, he thought that there were more people and he could brainstorm, but he didn't expect that what he heard was some useless, it seems that these toast masters are really not so simple, no wonder they can stay in the mountains for so long.