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All the clansmen have become slaves of others, which is the greatest punishment for an aspirant like her who wants to make the nation stronger.

Chapter 311 [Great Changes in Youzhou City]

I have backstage in Datang Chapter 311 of the main text volume [Great Changes in Youzhou City] Half a month later, outside Youzhou City.

"Finally here wow, this trip is really not easy..."

The camel prophet sighed while sitting on the camel.

On the other camel next to it, the girl Murong was flipping through a small notebook, suddenly the girl frowned, and her royal blue eyes flickered with worry.

She sighed faintly, and whispered: "Grand Elder, our tax exemption quota is not enough. This time we can only reduce or exempt [-] yuan, and the rest must be paid out of our own pockets."

The girl paused while speaking, her pretty face showed a look of misery, and subconsciously said: "That will be a huge sum of money, at least a thousand sheep will be paid."

And distressed, but also reluctant!

The Prophet Tuo Tuo glanced at the girl, and pondered: "For this matter, the old Tuo Tuo had expected it a long time ago. Since the first time I traded with the Han people, I have thought of what will happen today. Murong girl, in fact, there is You should also understand the way that Youzhou City issued us the tax-free quota before, which was to mobilize and encourage the enthusiasm of business travelers. Since it is an encouragement, it is impossible to continue..."

He paused for a while while talking, and then said: "It's good to be able to enjoy tax exemption a few times. Even if they don't give us an exemption once, shouldn't we still come to purchase?"

The girl bit her lip and said softly: "I understand this truth, but I always feel distressed. Those are a thousand sheep, which are used to pay taxes for nothing. It would be great if we didn't have to pay taxes, and we can buy more sheep. Lots of goods."

The Tuo Tuo Prophet laughed, shook his head pamperingly, and said: "He is really a good boy who is diligent and thrifty, but unfortunately this tax cannot be avoided. People in Youzhou City also need to eat and drink, and hundreds of thousands of people need to be fed. If Without tax collection, how do you let people live?"

"But he has already made a lot of money!"

The girl almost blurted out, with a resentful look on her pretty face, and she said angrily, "This greedy Gu Tianya, why can't he give us more tax-free allowances? He is already so rich, what's the use of making more money?"

The Tuo Tuo Prophet suddenly looked serious, and said in a deep voice: "Girl, don't bring up this kind of complaint in the future."

The girl lowered her head and apologized weakly: "Prophet Tuotuo, Murong knew he was wrong."

The Tuo Tuo Prophet sighed, and said earnestly: "Gu Tianya does earn a lot, but his expenses are also huge. As the master of the entire Nether Cloud Land, almost every copper coin has to be broken into two. However, Even so, he is still stretched..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the girl, and asked warmly, "Do you know where all his money is spent?"

The girl seemed to be making a fuss, she hung her head down and refused to make a sound.

"Hehehehe, what a child!" The camel prophet's face was full of doting.

The old man didn't blame the girl, but pointed to the distant city wall, and asked again in a gentle voice: "Girl, look at that city wall, can you see any difference?"

The girl raised her head and looked into the distance.

Then he replied in a low voice: "Prophet Camel, I understand what you mean. Gu Tianya is expanding the city. He has pushed the four walls of Youzhou City [-] miles outward. This also means that the space in the city Forty miles bigger."

The girl paused while speaking, and then said: "If you count the original ten-mile city, the current Youzhou City has become a large city with a length and width of fifty miles..."

Suddenly felt that the statement was wrong, so he hurriedly changed his words and said again: "No, it should not be called a big city, but a giant city. This is a really huge city. Even if you look at all the countries in the world, the scale of Youzhou City can surpass that of other countries. Into the top three."

The Tuo Tuo Prophet suddenly opened his mouth and said solemnly: "Wrong, it is not ranked in the top three, but No. 1, the unparalleled No. 1 in the world. This Youzhou City of Gu Tianya has surpassed Chang'an, the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty. .”

The girl looked at the city wall in the distance, and said with envy: "The length and width of the city is more than fifty miles. Within this city alone, hundreds of thousands of houses can be built, and these hundreds of thousands of houses are at least It can accommodate a population of 200 million people.”

The more she talked, the more envious she became, her eyes gradually filled with longing, as if she was muttering: "It would be great if we could build such a big city in Tuyuhun? The city wall is so high that it is as solid as gold, and the people live within the thick city wall." , the incomparably powerful city protects them at ease."

The Tuo Tuo Prophet sighed, interrupted the girl's longing, and said with a wry smile: "Girl, don't daydream. Such a huge city cannot be owned by us Tuyuhun people. Didn't you just complain about how much money Gu Tianya made? ? All the money he earned was spent on this city..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped, looked far into the distance, and said with emotion: "In just five months, the city wall has been expanded by 80 miles. It is said that only these four new city walls have been spent Gu Tianya's [-] guan of money. And this is only the city wall, not counting the houses inside the city, if the hundreds of thousands of houses are included, Gu Tianya's expenses are at least a few million guan."

The girl couldn't help but speak, subconsciously said: "He definitely doesn't have that much money!"

"Yes, he doesn't have that much money."

Prophet Tuo Tuo nodded slowly, and said with a smile: "So, there are still vacant lands everywhere in Youzhou City right now. Although those houses have been planned, so far they are still only on the planning."

The old man stopped suddenly when he said this.

There was a deep glint in the old eyes.

He glanced at the girl again, with an inexplicable mystery in his tone, and said with a smile: "Girl, guess, is this a chance for Tuyuhun?"

This question was asked without thinking, and the girl listened with a dazed face, and said in a puzzled way: "He has no money to build a house, so what chance does it have for us?"

The old prophet laughed, suddenly waved his finger and pointed to the distance, and said, "Let's go, let's go into the city. After our merchants finish their purchases, the old camel will take you to do some business."

A deep curiosity arose in the girl's heart, and she couldn't help asking: "What is it?"

The Camel Prophet laughed again, but it was a pity that he deliberately didn't tell her.

The girl's heart felt as uncomfortable as a kitten scratching.

……

Next, the huge Tuyuhun caravan continued to move forward.

Soon, they arrived ten miles away from the city.

When I got here, I found that it was different from the last time I came, but I saw that there were more fixed villages in this place, and each village built a huge fence outside the village.

Those huge fences surrounded an open space, which was specially used to park livestock for foreign caravans.

Of course, this is definitely not for people to use for nothing, but to charge some money as a service fee. Since it is for business, it must attract customers.

Therefore, on both sides of the official road, some huge plaques can be seen from time to time.

Those plaques were written in huge characters.

Between the lines are full of attractive offers:

Some wrote: "Welcome friends from afar, Wangjiazhuangzi wholeheartedly provides you with the best service, our Wangjiazhuangzi belongs to Taiyuan Wang's industry, and the people on Zhuangzi are kind and friendly."

Some wrote: "It's such a joy to have friends from afar. Friends who come from afar, our Liujiazhuangzi has passed the assessment and has since been upgraded to a fixed village. It is protected by the code of Youzhou City. We built the most comfortable village. The inn has the advantage of the lowest service fee, and welcomes all merchants from afar to come and place their livestock.”

What's more, directly showing the biggest competitive advantage, the words on the plaque are undisguised, showing the confidence of Dama Jindao: "Any merchants who choose to park livestock in our village can help you get a tax deduction Quota..."

Both sides of the entire official road are full of plaques.

Nowadays, both Youzhou people and foreigners know that this plaque has a special name, the name is billboard, which means to advertise widely.

……

The Camel Prophet silently observed these billboards, then turned to the girl and said, "Murong girl, have you seen that there are more fixed villages here than last time, which means that we have more livestock fences to choose from."

The girl's pretty face was sour, and she said: "This also means that more people in Youzhou want to earn our money."

The Tuo Tuo Prophet laughed and said: "The animals always have to find a place to park, and this money can't be saved anyway. If you want to save the money, you have to park the animals in the wilderness. It's not worth the loss. Any one Caravans don't do that."

The girl snorted resentfully.

At this moment, a young man came on horseback, followed by more than a dozen capable servants, the young man went straight to Tuyuhun's team, and arrived in front of him after a while.

There were dozens of steps away, and the boy was already greeting him immediately.

The tone was so friendly, showing a sense of intimacy, and said with a smile: "I heard the magpie calling at the door this morning. It turns out that the great elder of Tuyuhun has arrived. The Prophet Tuo Tuo, you should be polite in your late life."

The Prophet Tuotuo quickly bowed his hands, and he was more proficient in Han etiquette than a young man. He also smiled and said: "It turns out that he is the second son of the Qinghe Cui family. The old Tuotuo really feels full of glory."

The girl glanced at her mouth, and said in a low voice: "It's going to be the twelfth lunar month, and the magpies have already been out of their nests, and they can't find a good excuse to lie. Whose magpies are screaming at the door in the cold."

The young man's face remained unchanged, but his smile became more cordial, he cupped his hands and said: "This is Princess Murong, she really has an outspoken personality."

The Tuo Tuo Prophet laughed lightly at the side, and jokingly said: "It's not because she is outspoken, but because she feels distressed when she is about to pay the money, so she looks angry when she speaks. The second son of the Cui family has a lot of adults, please treat this girl A lot of Haihan."

The second son of the Cui family laughed loudly, and said: "I understand, I understand, Wan Sheng is also like this when he is being robbed of money."

On the surface, he seemed to be flattering, but the corner of his eye hadn't been idle. Amidst the loud laughter, he had already seen the scale of the entire Tuyuhun caravan.

Immediately, the smile on his face became more friendly, and the change of tone seemed extremely skillful. He tentatively asked, "It's a big caravan, I'm afraid there must be tens of thousands of cows. There are also many sheep, and you can't see the edge at a glance... ..."

The camel prophet smiled and said nothing.

He just pointed at the young girl Murong.

The second son of the Cui family was startled for a moment, then he seemed to understand it, and said in surprise: "Is it actually the Murong princess who is in charge this time?"

The girl seemed to be equally dazed, obviously she was also surprised by the meaning of the Camel Prophet.

But the girl quickly concealed the surprise on her face, and said solemnly: "Because of the arrival of winter, the road will be more difficult than spring and summer, so this time our Tuyuhun caravan comes here, it is the last time this year. Procurement, the scale is very large, I hope to enjoy better discounts."

The second son of the Cui family immediately looked solemn, and asked solemnly: "How many are there?"

The girl hesitated slightly, and said: "Fifteen thousand yaks and [-] sheep, this is only part of the nobles of Tuyuhun, and there are dozens of merchant families' cattle and sheep, which add up to at least tens of thousands. A head of cattle tens of thousands of sheep."

The eyes of the second son of the Cui family flashed, and he said in surprise: "There are so many?"

The voice became a little trembling.

The girl suddenly spoke again, and said, "Not only cattle and sheep, we also brought property. For example, beautiful jade from the Western Regions, agate and gold beads, if converted into money, at least 100 million guan..."

The surprise of the second son of the Cui family turned into silence.

Such a huge handwriting has already exceeded his heart's ability to bear, or in other words, beyond the scope of his authority.

He suddenly raised his hand and saluted, and said solemnly: "Prophet Tuo Tuo, Princess Murong, please redeem Xia Menglang, I shouldn't come alone to welcome you, I'm afraid you two have to go to the city to talk to my elders talk."

The Tuo Tuo Prophet only opened his mouth at this time, and said with a smile: "I must go to the city. After all, I haven't seen Cui's old friend for a month. I miss it very much and can't sleep every night. But, old man The camels can't leave the caravan and go into the city now, we have brought so many livestock, we can't throw them all on the wilderness."

The second son of the Cui family blurted out: "Every village here has a huge fence to park livestock, you..."

He stopped abruptly in the middle of the speech, obviously realizing the intention of the Prophet Tuo Tuo.

This man is worthy of being a son of a noble family. After he realized it, he immediately made an emergency response. First he laughed, and then he slapped his forehead in frustration, and said in an extremely remorseful way: "It's all my fault. I'm so happy to see a friend coming from afar. Tuyuhun They are our big customers of Cui's. How can we let you pay for the parking of the animals yourself? We have paid for this fund. No matter which village you park the animals on, all the service fees they charge will be borne by us, Cui's... "

Chapter 312 [Commander of Youyun Baiqi Division]

I have a backstage in Datang Chapter 312 of the main text volume [The Commander of Youyun Baiqi Division] In Youzhou City, a courtyard.

A figure appeared in Gu Tianya's study room, quietly handed over several secret notes, and whispered, "Uncle, this happened in the past few days."

At this time, Gu Tianya was reviewing documents, so he said directly, "I'm busy and don't have time to read, so let's follow the old rules, you just tell me the situation. Choose something you think is important Talk about things. Don’t talk about smaller things.”

The figure seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and immediately began to report, "Tuyuhun's caravan has arrived. This time, it is unprecedentedly large in scale. It is still led by the camel prophet, and accompanied by the female disciple named Murong Yanran."

The pen in Gu Tianya's hand paused slightly, and then continued to review the documents. He just commented thoughtfully, and said with a smile, "This is somewhat similar to the way I teach my disciples. Everyone keeps the disciples by their side. When studying government affairs, it is said that traveling thousands of miles is worse than reading thousands of books, and that Tuyuhun is obviously a good master."

Human Shadow did not comment on this, but continued to report, "Just half an hour ago, the Great Elder Tuyuhun pointed at the new city wall of Youzhou outside the city and made some remarks. He seemed to be teaching his disciples, but also seemed to be There is no plan. It is a pity that the spies did not dare to approach and eavesdrop, and only dared to hide in the distance to read through lips. In the end, they could only sum up a few words, which vaguely seemed to be talking about the housing plan in the city, and, and He even said it was a great opportunity for Tuyuhun..."

"Really? Did he really say that?"

This time Gu Tianya seemed to take it very seriously, and put down the pen in his hand for reviewing the documents.

The figure hesitated for a moment, and then said confidently, "The secret spies are proficient in lip language, so they shouldn't be able to read it wrong."

Gu Tianya nodded, and began to review the documents again, saying, "Go on, I'll finish handling the government affairs at hand."

The shadow respectfully said yes, and began to report again, saying, "I don't know if it's a coincidence, but the Turkic caravan has also arrived today. The scale is also huge, even bigger than that of Tuyuhun, and the leaders are also acquaintances. The two deputy team leaders are the Holy Maiden of Caoer and the Little Prince of Dieluozhi, but, just..."

When the figure said this, his tone was vaguely hesitant.

Gu Tianya's heart moved, he looked up at him and asked, "Is there any uncertain factor? That's why you became hesitant?"

The figure hurriedly said, "Indeed, there is one thing that cannot be confirmed. According to the investigation of the spies, it seems that there is a mysterious person hidden in the Turkic caravan this time. Although this person has been hiding in the dark and has not shown his face, the spies Some anomalies are still caught through clues..."

Gu Tianya was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head again and asked, "What's abnormal?"

The figure's eyes were shining, and he analyzed softly, "When the Turkic caravans came a few times ago, the little saint girl of Cao'er and the prince of Dieluozhi would often argue about something, but this time it's different. They have never quarreled, and whenever their ideas conflict, they will soon be shouted into a carriage, and the appearance of that carriage is ordinary, it does not look like the carriage of a big man, But the strange thing is that in this place, the little saint and Die Luozhi became calm immediately after getting out of the carriage."

Gu Tianya looked thoughtful, and pondered, "It should be the people in the car trying to persuade them to make peace."

The figure suddenly said, "My nephew thinks it's oppression."

Gu Tianya was stunned again, then nodded and said, "What you said is also reasonable, this situation is indeed like suppression, whether it is the little saint of Cao'er, or the little prince of Dieluozhi, these two are the same It is difficult for such a tough-minded person to accept other people's persuasion for their respective ideas. However, after the two of them got out of the carriage, they became calm, and this situation is most likely to be suppressed by force."

He paused while talking, his eyes flickered with deep thought, and said in a deep thought, "But looking at the whole grassland, who can have such power? Is it Jieli Khan? It seems that Jieli does not have this ability. Although he is The entire Turkic Khan, but he can't suppress the Grass Saintess..."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he blurted out, "I know who this person is."

The figure was full of curiosity, and said, "Uncle, who is this person?"

Gu Tianya looked up at him, smiled and said, "Her level is too high, you can't touch it yet..."

The figure immediately shut up and stopped asking about it.

Gu Tianya let out a sigh of relief, and said, "Since she has already come to Youzhou, it is time for us to start the next step of planning. After you go out, immediately send a letter to tell Chang'an's second brother to come quickly." , strive for half a month to reach Youzhou."

"Please come down?" The figure was obviously taken aback, and then said, "And the time is so fast?"

Gu Tianya groaned slightly, then changed his words and said, "Winter is coming soon, and it is estimated that there will be snowfall soon. At that time, the road will inevitably be difficult. It is really too hasty to rush from Chang'an to Youzhou in half a month. Let's change it to 20 days, so that the second brother will not be too busy." How hard."

The figure hurriedly wrote down the order.