Time flies, time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has been three years of God's gift.

In the spring season, the grassland is beautiful and sunny.

Zhang Changan lifted the curtain and walked out of the tent and looked left and right. In addition to the endless white felt tents, there were only Tang soldiers in charge of guarding and patrolling, and there were very few herdsmen in the tribe, and most of them obviously went out to graze.

Of course, this is the tribe of Gesang, and now the tribe has 5,000 herdsmen, which can be called a large tribe in today's grassland. Unlike other tribes, because of the support of the Tang Dynasty, the Gesang tribe not only has the Tang army stationed, but also the regional management center set up by the Tang Dynasty, and has the Tang Dynasty official office.

Three years have passed since the end of the grassland war, and the Tang Dynasty has made initial progress in the management of the grassland.

The 100-person tribe is set up, the 500-person tribe is set up in the township, the 2,000-person tribe is set up in the county, and the 10,000-person tribe is set up in the state, equipped with the corresponding civil and military officials, and the army is stationed in the state and county.

The Gesang tribe has 5,000 herdsmen and a population of more than 20,000, and the establishment is naturally a state-level military and political yamen.

Zhang Changan took his subordinates around the tribe, occasionally chatting with the elderly herdsmen, teasing the children, and laughing constantly. He now has no problem communicating with the herdsmen on a daily basis, and has a good reputation in the tribe and is deeply loved by the herdsmen.

With more than 5,000 tents and a tribe of more than 20,000 people, although it is nothing compared to the state cities of the Central Plains, it is already a very large settlement on the grassland. In places where water and grass are particularly abundant, there will not be such a large crowd.

Of course, the tribe is also thriving, and there is a tent area dedicated to merchants, which contains a wide variety of goods. Most of the goods that are available in Zhongyuan Prefecture City are available here. There are not only Central Plains merchants, but also many grassland people.

At certain times, merchants would rush to buy the cattle and sheep here, and after the initial processing, they would sell them within the Great Wall. As long as the herdsmen are diligent in grazing, they can have no worries about food and clothing, and when the year is good, they can still have a lot of money and grain reserves, and when the year is bad, they will not starve to death.

As for strategic materials such as cowhide and tendon and horses, the bulk of the purchase is, of course, the army, which is used to make armor and bowstrings, train into war horses, and so on. The army picks the rest, and the merchants are eligible to buy it.

In the year when the disaster is particularly serious, the imperial court will also provide disaster relief, just like when the Central Plains is in drought and flood, the state and county will open warehouses to release grain. Nowadays, there are potatoes and corn in the Tang Dynasty, and it is still difficult to starve people to death under the condition of the rule of the officials.

In addition to the Shangjia felt tent, the most distinctive is of course the Quanzhen Temple, the Taoist Temple without the Empty Liberation Gate, and the temple.

Li Ye had a strict order that Taoist temples and temples could not consume the wealth of grassland herdsmen, so Taoist temples and temples also adapted measures to local conditions when they arrived here, and did not build civil houses, and they were all tents. The Taoists and monks in it have a necessary ability, that is, to see a doctor, so the Taoist temple is also a medical hall.

In addition to these, the felt tents in the tribe were dwellings, government offices, and garrison camps.

There are also grassland people in the official offices and military camps, and there are not many of them now, because the official offices and military camps are required to speak Chinese. However, this is not a problem, there is a difference in the direction of struggle.

Nowadays, the grassland prefecture and county have been urgently training outstanding herdsmen to learn Chinese, because the selected people are all young people, and the initial results are not bad, otherwise the grassland people would not be seen in the official offices and military camps. In addition, schools have been opened in the prefectures and counties, and the children on the grassland have also begun to learn Chinese in a unified manner, and the future is promising.

This is another strict order of Li Ye, vigorously popularizing Confucianism. If the grassland people want to be officials of the Tang Dynasty, or join the Tang Army, they must learn to speak Chinese. And ten years later, there will be no warriors on the grassland who can't speak Chinese, and the original tribal army Meng'an Mok system will be completely replaced.

In short, with Li Ye's careful arrangement, the grassland is now making great strides in the direction of harmonious development. The early investment is naturally very much, and the pressure on the court is not small, but fortunately, there is no shortage of food in Datang now, and as long as the grassland people have no worries about food and clothing, the rest will be tossed by the court.

Moreover, now the monks on the grassland, talents, have either become Taoists, monks, soldiers, and officials, or have been sent to Chang'an to be raised as pigs, and ordinary herdsmen are powerless to make waves.

The wheels of the times are rolling forward, and there are always people who are eliminated, trapped all their lives, and fall to death; there are also people who follow the footsteps of the carriage and change their fate.

And now driving this era carriage is the Tang Emperor Li Ye.

At the end of today's inspection, Zhang Changan was about to go back, when he saw a group of Taoists leading horses, and after a few more glances, he found that the leader was Zheng

It was not dusty, so he smiled and went to greet him, "Why did the Taoist chief come to me today?"

In the two years after the war, Buchen's identity soared, and now he is the leader of several Taoists on the Mobei grassland. On weekdays, he preaches and preaches everywhere, he is very busy, and his reputation is getting louder and louder, and Zhang Changan has not seen him for more than half a year.

"Poor Dao came here today to meet an old friend. "Buchen smiled back.

After a while, the two sat opposite each other in the felt tent, Zhang Changan greeted Buchen and drank a bowl of butter tea, and joked with a smile: "Within a radius of thousands of miles, the Taoist chief is a famous heavenly master, and there are countless disciples under his seat, and this honor Chang'an can't compare." It's hard to see you in a normal time, and the time to sit and drink tea together is getting less and less. ”

used to live and die together, fighting side by side, although the two were different in age, they intersected with each other, and they spoke very casually. Zhang Changan is not like Chu Zheng, he has a very lively temperament, and he has always spoken in this tone when talking to Buchen.

Buchen didn't gag with Zhang Changan as usual. If it were a normal day, Buchen would speak more unobstructed than Zhang Changan, in his own words, pretending to be a fairy in front of his disciples all day long, it would be very tiring, and he would be able to relax when he met Zhang Changan.

"This time I came back, in fact, I said goodbye to you. The imperial court has already issued an edict to let Poor Dao take his outstanding disciples to Chang'an to report on his work on the same day. Then there will be new arrangements, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to return to the grassland. Buchen put down the tea bowl and sighed.

Zhang Changan's eyes lit up, "Could it be that I want to send you to the Western Regions? I heard that in the first year of the Heavenly Grant, the Quanzhen Concept, the Empty Liberation Gate went west to Yangguan, rushed to the Western Regions and even the Great Food, it was a mighty and mighty one!"

"Hao Hao swagger!" Buchen burst into a foul mouth, squinting at Zhang Changan with disdain, "Although there are many people in the West Out of Yangguan, their whereabouts are very hidden, and most of them follow the caravan and pass one after another. Do you think it's a great army?"

Receiving the blank eyes, Zhang Changan was quite angry, "Then you should tell me, since there has been such a big action in the first year of the Heavenly Grant, why do you want to requisition you over now?"

Buchen's eyes were melancholy: "What else can I do, the people who used to act quite unsmoothly before."

"Nowadays, the Black Khanate and the Great Food Country are the world of the Crescent Moon Sect, they are different from us, they pursue the policy of integrating politics and religion, and never allow a second voice in the country to appear, and there has always been only one way to deal with heretics, that is, kill!"

Hearing this, Zhang Changan's expression was shocked.

At that time, the Quanzhen Guan and the Wukong Liberation Gate entered the Khitan Kingdom, and the reason why they were able to become a trend was because the grassland people themselves did not have any big beliefs, and the blank paper was always better to write, on the other hand, Yelu Abaoji did not suppress them, but thought that it was part of the Han and Tang Dynasty culture.

At a time when the Quanzhen Concept and the Non-empty Liberation Gate did not affect the war, the Khitan has always pursued an attitude of acceptance towards the Daomen and the Liberation Gate.

But in the Western Regions, the situation is markedly different.

"Doesn't that mean that all the people you used to be dead before?" No wonder you have to mobilize believers from the grassland now!" Zhang Changan's face changed.

Buchen glanced at him, and said angrily: "You can't treat us as pigs? If someone else wants to kill us, we will stretch our necks and wait for someone to cut us? We have a countermeasure! And before setting off at that time, His Majesty said that the Crescent Moon Sect is not gentle, and everyone is mentally prepared." ”

Zhang Changan stared at Buchen with a dark face, "Can you finish the words at once?"

Watching Zhang Changan eat deflated, Buchen was quite happy, and said with a smile: "Most of the people who used to be in the past are now lurking, and they rarely preach and preach, and most of them cooperate with the Tsing Yi Yamen to do meticulous work." After all, they are all monks, and their strength is there, so it is more convenient to act. Now that the imperial court has ordered us to summon us, we are actually rushing to translate the scriptures. ”

"Translating the scriptures?"

"Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated. The sword of the army can only kill people from the front and destroy the enemy's body, and our errand is to find out the flaws in the enemy's scriptures, refute their theories, and destroy their spirit and faith, so that we can better cooperate with the frontal battle. ”

Zhang Changan was shocked: "I see, this is a contest of knowledge!"

He then clenched his fists in the direction of Chang'an, "Your Majesty is really eloquent!"

Buchen also hugged his fists to show respect, and then said: "We have collected a lot of information now, and we know that the number of monks of the Black Khanate and the Great Food Country is extremely large, far exceeding the previous expectations, and the imperial court is feeling the pressure. So let's go back to the past, and when the big war begins, we will also go to the battlefield. ”

Zhang Changan looked at Buchen worriedly, "Then you will be in danger." ”

Not dusty

smiled casually, "No matter how dangerous it is, it will be even more dangerous than being in the Huairong Khitan military camp?"

Zhang Changan gave a thumbs up.

Finally, he shook his head and said, "It's a pity that I can't go with you this time." ”

Buchen waved his hand: "Now that the prosperous era is coming, there is more than one battlefield in the dynasty." The grassland is also very important here, the war horse, leather armor, bowstring are the key to the strength of the army, and your burden is no lighter than mine. ”

Zhang Changan nodded.

Buchen was under the emperor's order, so he didn't dare to delay more, and only stayed in the tribe for two hours, and then said goodbye to Zhang Changan. He did make a special detour to say goodbye to Zhang Changan, and this time apart, the two don't know if there is a chance to meet.

Sending away Buchen, watching the other party go away at the camp gate, Zhang Changan was silent for a long time. Seeing the figure of the other party disappear into the field, Zhang Changan was about to turn back to the tent, when out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a Tang army elite cavalry appearing on the horizon, rushing towards this side.

Looking at the number of opponents, there were no less than three thousand horsemen.

Such a large-scale cavalry mobilization appeared in his own jurisdiction, and Zhang Changan naturally got the news in advance. With a happy face, he turned around and gave a few orders, and waited in front of the gate.

The cavalry quickly approached, slowing down. The leader of the general, in black robe and black armor, was extraordinary, and after holding the reins of the horse and stopping the war horse, he jumped up from the horse and landed in front of Zhang Changan.

Without saying a word when they met, this person punched directly at Zhang Changan's chest, Zhang Changan did not avoid it, and also blasted towards the opponent's breastplate with a punch. Bang bang two sounds sounded at the same time, a circle of aura waves swung out, and the two of them did not move under their feet, but their faces were red, obviously no one took advantage.

"That's right, boy, I thought that in the past two years, you have enjoyed happiness on the grassland, and you will be drunk and lying on the knees of beautiful women every day, and you will pull down your cultivation!" Chu Zheng looked Zhang Changan up and down, smiling ill-intentionedly.

Zhang Changan rolled his eyes, "I haven't married until now, but I heard that you married a beautiful concubine, you should not be able to walk, right?"

The two reunited after a long absence, teased each other, laughed three times, and then hooked their shoulders and entered the barracks together.

"Are all the things I want ready?" asked Chu Zheng with a winkled eyebrow as he walked.

"Thirty thousand fine horses, and the same amount of fine leather armor, were kept in the camp....... I'm curious, why did you say in the document that you wouldn't let me saddle my war horse? And I'm afraid leather armor is not suitable for fine riding, right?" Zhang Changan said strangely.

"You don't know this, do you? Now, I'm not afraid to tell you, tell you, brother, I have been ordered by the generals over the years to train elite horsemen in the grassland, that is a great way!"

Chu Zheng looked proud and complacent, and when he saw Zhang Changan's suspicious face, he said solemnly: "Do you think that my brother and I are training ordinary cavalry? If you think so, then you are very wrong! This cavalry under my brother has never appeared!"

Zhang Changan couldn't help frowning slightly, so that Chu Zheng, who has always had a calm temperament, could not be so excited and excited.

When he arrived at the military tent, Chu Zheng drank butter tea and moistened his throat, and then told Zhang Changan the reason.

It turned out that in the past few years, the master craftsmen and ghosts in the Craftsman Prison have not only developed many magic weapons of mass destruction, so that the armaments of the Tang Army have been updated, but also a branch called the Immortal Medicine Workshop has been specially opened. Specializing in how to improve the physique of war horses through various pills, and turn ordinary war horses into fierce beasts.

Nowadays, the number of monks in the army is increasing day by day, and all kinds of magic weapons are popular. In this case, the physique of the war horse was too weak and could no longer adapt to the needs of the army, which greatly limited the combat power of the Tang army.

After in-depth discussions with the demon clan, especially after communicating with the white wolf in every way, Li Ye felt that the previous immortal was in the territory of the demon clan and turned ordinary beasts into fierce beasts, which was very suitable for war horses.

Although the cultivation of fierce beasts in the territory of the demon clan by immortals is based on thousands of years, Li Ye did not plan to let the war horse have the strength of the real human realm and the immortal realm, as long as it can meet the needs of the monk army.

As a result, the craftsman supervisor has the existence of the Immortal Medicine Workshop.

Today, the Immortal Medicine Workshop has achieved results, and the elixir refined has passed the preliminary test stage, and it will now be used in the army on a large scale.

At present, the grassland, which is the backyard of the Tang Dynasty, is the largest horse ranch in the Tang Dynasty, and a lot of cavalry training is carried out in the grassland. The first batch of pills to improve the physique of war horses was naturally distributed to Shangguan Chengcheng, and Shangguan Chengcheng asked Chu Zheng to carry out this matter specifically, conduct large-scale tests on the spot, and judge the effect.

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