said that it was a letter, Xiao Rui thought it was an ordinary family letter, but when he arrived in the study, he realized that the list alone was a large page. And the envelope, is it still a letter? It's clearly a book. No, that's how much your family misses you.

If you knew this, how good would it be to leave a tape recorder for Xiangcheng? With such a thick volume, it would take an hour to read it alone, and Sensei said that he wrote it.

"There was a problem with the explanation you gave me last time, give you a chance to re-explain, Katsuo ran to be your guard without permission, and we all know about it. But what about Yanran? Isn't it that if I don't ask, you're not going to tell me? I know it all, but I want you to explain it to me yourself......"

Through the beautiful handwriting, Xiao Rui seemed to see Xiangcheng standing in front of him, with tender eyes, and at the same time, with the attitude of pretending to be angry, alas...... How good is it if there is a video call? It's a pity that his current skills haven't unlocked the spirit ring to the technology area, and he only has a few living warehouses.

"The floods of the Yellow River, the breach of Luoyang, and the destruction of countless fields. My father did not completely agree with your suggestion, and was reluctant to use the potato seeds to relieve the disaster, but made every effort to mobilize food support in Guanzhong. However, my father promised that when the flood waters receded and the fields were repaired, they would be allowed to plant potatoes first, just in time for the second crop in August. ”

"Grandpa Huang personally helped you speak and gave you a promotion, you are now the Earl of Xinfeng County. Moreover, Lantian County, where Xiaojiazhuang is located, is also assigned to your food estate, and the ten miles around the farm are all under your control. Father sent 3,000 Xuanjia troops to help you farm the land, and you don't have to worry about running out of manpower. ”

……

No wonder the letter is so thick, it turns out that Xiangcheng opened the chatterbox, wrote down everything he wanted to say on weekdays as a diary, and then sent it with a gift.

"Sister, I'm Changle, my sister doesn't give me letters, I write ...... myself"

Oh my God, what do I see? Who's this? Did Changle write me a letter? Let's not talk about this crooked word, the typos are too eye-catching, she is smart, and she knows how to use homophonic words, but how can it be read strangely? It's like losing your front teeth and talking out of style?

Reading this childlike letter, Xiao Rui laughed so much that his stomach hurt, it was so cute. It's hard for Xiao Changle, she seems to have just learned, and her knowledge of words is very limited, and she can write a letter of more than 200 words.

I'll be the first to write back to her later.

There is also a back, which was written by Xiangcheng behind his back for Xiao Changle. Later, he even said that the first test of paper was successful and was being improved, and that the Journey to the West script was very popular, and the people of Chang'an were talking about demons and monsters all over the city.

"Rui boy, don't raise horses, come back and tell stories to grandpa. It's been more than a month since the story of Journey to the West was told, and the books have been rotted by me, and I'm waiting for you to come up with a new story. If I let Pei Lin go over and replace you back, where do you know how to raise horses? ”

Burst...... This is? The Emperor?

Xiao Rui smiled dumbly, no wonder this family letter is so thick, it turned out to be a letter from many people.

Okay, the old man is in Xiaojiazhuang for the elderly, helping to take care of potatoes and secret recipes, fishing and playing chess all day long is not a thing, and it is not a day's work to do business and raise horses here, or tell him a story again, and you should care for the elderly.

After Journey to the West, what will I talk about in another book? Among the four famous works, the academic community commented that the highest level of art was the Red Chamber, and even because of this book, a group of experts who specialized in studying the Red Mansion for a living were derived, known as Red Scholars.

But Xiao Rui was born in the army, and he was not very interested in this kind of thing in the backyard of Yingying Yanyan and the big nobles, and the customs of the Braided Dynasty were very different from those of the Tang Dynasty, so it was not easy to adapt, so he decided not to choose.

The rest is the Water Margin and the Three Kingdoms.

Water Margin Juyi Liangshan? Bah! A while ago, I said that bandits and bandits are rampant in various places, if I write a novel about the king of the mountains, then I still have to do it? Spread the word, I am afraid that many people will go to the mountain bandits because of this, and the atmosphere of occupying the mountain as the king will be even more corrupt. There is a saying, if you don't read the Water Margin, if you don't read the Three Kingdoms, don't take the children anymore, it will definitely not work.

Okay, let's talk about the Three Kingdoms, from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty, to see what happened in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there is Chen Shou's book of the Three Kingdoms first, this Three Kingdoms does not even need to be modified, just copy the whole book.

Xiao Rui has been replying to Chang'an for several days, and Anle City's business is also on the right track. drove away the chamber of commerce with five surnames and seven hopes, and the share of the leather market was vacated, and Xiao Rui decisively sent people to occupy it. Anyway, I have already offended them, and it would be a fool not to take the opportunity to make more money at this time.

The Oga Kai has also contacted the sale of bison that is transported every day. A thousand heads, two hundred taels of cash a day, may not be a matter for the Tang Dynasty, but for the Khitan, hehe, it is too important, absolutely big business.

Two hundred taels a day, six thousand taels for thirty days in a month, and seventy thousand taels in a year.

What does 70,000 taels mean?

Li Xiaogong: Over the years, I have invested more than 70,000 taels in the retired veterans under my command.

Xiao Rui: Just 70,000 taels? I'll copy the Prime Minister's Mansion, have everything, sprinkle water.

Pei Lian: I always feel that someone is connotating me.

Li Er: The treasury now has exactly 70,000 taels, which is enough to spend for a while.

Li Jing: Your Majesty, think twice, the budget for our war against the Turks is an army of 100,000 people, and the minimum cost is 300,000 taels, and 70,000 taels is still far away.

Khitan: The Tang Dynasty is a local tyrant, I must seize this opportunity, even the Turks can't interfere with our cattle raising and trading.

Why? Because the Khitan is too poor, the nomadic tribal model, the population is loose, and the resources are scarce, except for the food and shelter that can be barbaric, primitive, and persistent, all the rest of the daily necessities rely on imports from the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention, we have to do everything possible to get some strategic materials and strengthen our own defense forces.

As for even the bejeweled brocade clothes and fancy clothes that come out to meet people, tsk...... What's more, without these façades, how can you do business with others? People say we're brutes. Seeing that we wear gold and silver, they are willing to talk to us a few more words.

Xiao Rui: Forget it, everyone, the polished robe of the Dahe Mokai has not been buttoned correctly, what did I say? We are doing business, as long as you have business cooperation, I, Xiao Rui, am not the kind of profiteer who looks at his face.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were about 20 buckets of rice, and one tael of silver could buy 50 buckets, and a bucket of rice was converted into a weight of about 12.5 catties in later generations. 70,000 taels can be exchanged for Datang's grain, which can almost buy 3.5 million buckets of rice. It is about 40 million catties in later generations.

And how many people are there in the entire Khitan tribe? Counting all the eight Khitan tribes, there are at most 200,000 people, and they are still scattered. Historical records: The Khitan is divided into eight divisions, each of which has soldiers, more than 3,000 people, and less than 1,000 people. On average, at 2,000 men, the total strength was only 16,000.

Even if one of them out of ten people was selected to serve as a soldier, what would be the total population? 160,000 only.

Not to mention that the Khitan are nomadic people, who are soldiers on horses and people when they get off their horses, and it is possible that the total population is less than this.

If the 70,000 taels of cattle bought are made and exchanged for 40 million catties of grain, how much can the Khitan share alone? It's almost 300 pounds. It is enough for their entire country to feed for a year, and they will say goodbye to the bitter days of gnawing meat every day.

Xiao Rui: Are you sure that eating meat every day is a hard life?

Ogamakai: You try to eat meat for 10 days in a row, without salt.

Xiao Rui: ......