Fu Tang

Li Congjia stretched his neck, took a look with his fairly good eyesight, and found in despair that there were at least dozens of people on the opposite side.

A team of dozens of horse thieves, unless Shi Xueting is a superman, can beat them!

Li Congjia's face was very ugly, and he said in a low voice, "What should we do now?"

Shi Xueting was also watching, his expression was very flat, as if the team of horse thieves in front of him was nothing at all.

In fact, his tone is also the same: "It's okay, don't be afraid."

Li Congjia almost collapsed, brother, don't pretend to be X at this time, okay?Although I also like the feeling of pretending to be X, but I will never pretend when I shouldn't, and now there are only two of us here, who are you pretending for?

What broke him even more was that Shi Xueting actually stopped the horse, as if he was waiting for the group of people to come.

Li Congjia turned his head and glanced at Shi Xueting, and began to think about the possibility of going back to running away immediately, but he was a little bit reluctant. Although life is very important, Shi Xueting is also very important.

Just when Li Congjia felt that they were going to confess to being here today, the other side rushed over quickly, and heard the leader shout: "I will drive this road, and I will plant this tree. If you want to cross this road, stay behind." Buy road money!"

Li Congjia's body, which was already trembling a little, strangely stopped shaking after hearing these few words.

Shi Xueting lowered his head and asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

Li Congjia frowned: "This person's accent...why does it have a Jiangsu-Zhejiang flavor?"

He heard a Jiangnan accent outside the pass, Li Congjia felt that he seemed to know the truth.

Sure enough, when those horse thieves surrounded them, the leader took a look at them and immediately rolled off his horse: "Master...Master, great...king!"

Li Congjia looked at him expressionlessly and asked, "Eleventh Lang?"

Yang Xin smiled awkwardly and said, "You two came here, why didn't you send a message?"

Li Congjia gave him a cold look, then turned to look at Shi Xueting and said, "Is this how you teach your apprentices? You haven't learned anything else, so it's pretty cool to be a horse thief?"

At a glance, Shi Xueting knew that Li Congjia was making use of the topic, obviously he was angry at him for not notifying him just now, but Shi Xueting was also wronged at this point, he didn't know that it would be Yang Xin who came, the reason why he was not afraid was simply because , They are still in this generation... Well, they are quite famous, and his image is quite special, as long as they are not short-sighted, they should not come to provoke him.

In the end, who knew that he met Yang Xin?

Shi Xueting originally wanted to tease Li Congjia, but now he seems to have shot himself in the foot.

After listening to Li Congjia's questioning, Shi Xueting looked up at Yang Xin and asked, "What did I say before?"

Yang Xin, who was dressed as a pony thief, was about to collapse after hearing this. He didn't know why he was so unlucky. He wanted to let go of himself while Shi Xueting was away, but he was arrested. with.

Oh, it wasn't caught yet, but he delivered it to the door!

Thinking about it this way, Yang Xin really wanted to die, so he could only say tremblingly, "I... I came out to pick up Master and the King."

Li Congjia sneered: "Didn't you just ask why you didn't send a letter to you?"

Yang Xin bit the bullet and said: "We count the days and think that you two will be here soon, so we will come and see from time to time."

"Oh." Li Congjia nodded: "So it's not the first time I've been a horse thief."

Yang Xin almost didn't cry after hearing this, Shi Xueting said lightly: "Go back and write "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" silently a hundred times."

Yang Xin's face turned green all of a sudden, and Li Congjia saw Yang Xin's appearance about to pass out, and felt that he had finally let out a sigh of relief.

Li Congjia raised his chin, completely unable to see that he was scared into Shi Xueting's arms just now, and said coldly: "Lead the way."

Yang Xin climbed onto the horse's back in frustration, but the young man's emotions came and went quickly, and after withstood the blow, he quickly regained his vitality.

Yang Xin rode a horse behind Shi Xueting, observed for a while and asked, "Is Your Majesty sick?"

Li Congjia turned his head and gave him a puzzled look, and Yang Xin asked blankly, "Then why is the king riding the same horse as Master?"

Li Congjia: ...

In the past two days, he has been in a depressed mood. He felt the care of his companions from Shi Xueting, and he was really... used to it. If Yang Xin hadn't said it, he wouldn't have noticed anything wrong.

Thinking of this, Li Congjia couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. This is not a good sign, especially for a gay.

But Li Congjia still said very coldly on the surface: "It's cold outside the pass."

Then... Then Yang Xin believed it, because Li Congjia really didn't wear much.

Of course, Li Congjia is responsible for not wearing many clothes, so he didn't buy too thick clothes!

Along the way, Yang Xin briefly introduced their current situation. To put it simply, they robbed passing caravans from time to time. Of course, Han Chinese caravans generally did not rob, and the most robbed caravans were from the Kara Khanate.

As for the supplies, they all went to Khotan to buy them. When talking about Khotan, Yang Xin said with a distressed face: "But it is too difficult to buy, and the language is difficult. I feel that many of our things have been charged high prices."

Li Congjia listened quietly and didn't express any opinions. After Yang Xin had finished speaking, he asked, "Have you found a suitable place to build a city?"

Yang Xin immediately said: "Master has already given instructions, and pointed out a few places with better geomantic omen for us. Let's take a look. The environment of these places is not bad, and we will wait for the king to go and see them."

Li Congjia turned his head to look at Shi Xueting, Shi Xueting added: "The land is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and we are not suitable to go out of the mountains to build a city now."

Li Congjia nodded. Shi Xueting's concerns are actually not a problem. The Kunlun Mountains are a very large group of mountains, which can be regarded as a dragon vein on the land of China. They hide in it, and it is not easy for others to find it, but If they go out before they have enough strength, then these thousands of them are actually just filling the teeth of others.

The group of horse thieves that Yang Xin and the others mopped up arranged their base camp in the Kunlun Mountains, which is relatively close to Khotan.

Li Congjia went through the map silently in his mind, and suddenly asked: "Is there a problem with the Guiyi Army?"

Yang Xin was at a loss: "My lord...what do you mean?"

Li Congjia said: "Geographically speaking, the closest cities in Khotan to us may be Datun City and Shicheng Town, but compared to them, Guazhou is obviously closer to us. The question is, why do you bother to look far away?"

Yang Xin scratched his head and said: "This...it's not that there is a problem with the Guiyi Army, but that there is nothing wrong with that area. Now Guazhou is no longer under the rule of the Guiyi Army, but the Long Family of Suzhou. Almost all of the Guiyi Army It became a soldier of the Long family, and then there are Ganzhou Uyghurs who are at odds with the Long family, they have been fighting, and the road is not smooth, so they finally decided to go far away."

Li Congjia thought about it carefully, and found that it was really the case, so he couldn't help asking: "How is the situation of the Long family?"

Yang Xin shook his head: "I don't know." He glanced at Li Congjia cautiously and said, "If the king doesn't come, there are many things we can't think of. Without the king, we still can't do it."

Li Congjia glanced at him with a half-smile and said: "Don't think that you can avoid punishment by flattering me, how many times should you write it or how many times!"

Yang Xin became very depressed after hearing this.

Shi Xueting suddenly said: "It's almost noon, let's find a place to rest and eat something, hurry up in the afternoon, and try to go back before dark."

Of course, Li Congjia had no objection. During the eating process, he asked Zhou Ehuang and the others carefully about their situation, and then learned that they were all fine except for a slight altitude sickness when they first arrived.

Speaking of altitude sickness, Li Congjia just remembered that he seemed to be on the plateau, and he had no special reaction all the time, except for the depression caused by the desolation everywhere, there was nothing wrong with his body, his body was really good.

After lunch, the group continued on the road, but this time Li Congjia rode his own horse. Anyway, after meeting his own people, the depression in his heart disappeared, so there was no need for Shi Xue The physical body of the court was comforted, and I still feel a little regretful when I think about it.

But Li Congjia decided to restrain himself, he was afraid that if two days later, he would develop some feelings towards Shi Xueting that he shouldn't have, and be beaten to death by Shi Xueting.

Li Congjia's arrival received a warm welcome. It can be said that when he was away, although everyone took care of things in an orderly manner, for some reason, they always felt that the backbone was missing. Now that he is back, everyone is relieved.

Even Zhou Ehuang was looking forward to Li Congjia's arrival.

That night, Li Congjia was wrapped in a cotton-padded coat and roasted in the stove, and experienced a special banquet. There was no string music, beautiful dancers, or exquisite dishes at the banquet. There were only a group of rough men who beat each other when they got drunk .

Li Congjia saw that they were having fun, so he quit halfway and ran to rest—he had been tense these days, and now that he was finally on his own territory, he felt exhausted.

After a good night's sleep, when they came together the next day, Li Congjia was greeted with all kinds of things that couldn't be dealt with.

After Li Congjia washed up, he started a long meeting career. Meetings in the side hall are all relatively core tasks. Tian Wen, who has experienced the test, finally got a stool here, almost moved to tears, thinking It's really hard to get Li Congjia's newcomer.

When Li Congjia saw all the people gathered, he said, "I know about the situation here now. What I mean is that we need to change our strategy. Being a horse thief is not a long-term solution after all, and the place here is too small for everyone to live in." It’s very embarrassing, we must find another place to build the city, but building the city is not a trivial matter, and requires more money, and the horse thieves robbed far from enough.”

Shi Xueting asked cooperatively, "What do you think, Mr. Lang?"

Li Congjia lowered his eyes and said, "I have a treasure map in my hand."

This news can be said to be a layer of rocks stirring up a thousand layers of waves. The meeting site was almost fried. No one expected that Li Congjia actually had a treasure map in his hand!

Li Congjia waited for them to be surprised enough before continuing: "I have had the treasure map for a while, but I couldn't find it for various reasons. Now that I need it, I will choose some people and go out to find it at the right time." If the treasure is found, we should not have to worry about food and clothing for a long time."

Well, the royal family of Li Tang should have left a lot of start-up funds for the restoration of the country to future generations, right?

It can be said that this meeting was pushed to a climax by Li Congjia from the very beginning. Few people in this world can not be tempted by treasures.

Seeing everyone's excitement, Shi Xueting was relieved to find that after knowing that they could own a treasure, the reaction of these people was the most real. Li Congjia's reaction back then was simply abnormal!

It was Li Congjia and Shi Xueting who discussed the news of the treasure map to the public. After all, most of the people who followed them left their homes and came to a strange place. No one can say what their future life will be like. Sometimes, Li Congjia needs to give them a reassurance, even if it is something illusory.

What's more, this treasure is real, and even if it is announced, there is no fear of people's dissatisfaction. Everyone is here for the first time, and it is too late to form a group. Even if you betray, you may not be able to return to the Central Plains. It is better to stay here honestly. It's on.

Sure enough, after hearing that there was a treasure, everyone burst into great enthusiasm.

The next step is to choose a site for the new city. Li Congjia looked at several places, and one of them was a small valley that he liked the most because there was a hot spring here!

Of course, this place was selected not only for its hot springs, but also because it is a plain just out of the valley, and after inspection, the plain land is fairly fertile. Li Congjia felt that the key food here should be good.

Han people probably have a special liking for farming by nature. Anyway, after Li Congjia left the customs, the first thing he thought of was whether he could find a place to grow food and vegetables.

However, the climate on the plateau is harsh, and it may not be easy to grow food, but with hot springs, it is no problem to grow vegetables.

Li Congjia decisively decided on the location of the new city here, and said: "In the future, when there are more people, we can build the outer city outside the valley, and the inner city is where the royal city and important ministers live. This is not bad."

Li Congjia's words made Tian Wen's eyes light up. He could tell almost instantly that Li Congjia planned to become king on his own.

However, this is good, Tian Wen is not afraid that the boss is ambitious, but he is afraid that the boss is not motivated!

Tian Wen was very excited, and he could almost imagine that he must be among the important ministers Li Congjia said.

After Li Congjia reassured everyone, the next step was some trivial matters. When these trivial matters were in Jiangning Mansion, Li Congjia always handed them over to Liu Yi. How could he handle these matters in person as a majestic prince?

So now he began to regret, why didn't Shi Xueting tie Liu Yi out together?

Of course, this is just random thinking, Liu Yi has a wife and son anyway, so what will his family do if he is tied up?

So he still has to deal with these things hard. Fortunately, Zhou Ehuang can also help. In this respect, Li Congjia may not be able to compare with Zhou Ehuang.

Li Congjia took care of the major matters, and turned around to chat with Zhou Ehuang.

Zhou Ehuang was very winking and didn't bother him before, but now he always wants to make it clear to others. When we meet, Li Congjia doesn't know how to greet him, so he can only say: "How is Dalang now?"

When mentioning his son, the smile on Zhou Ehuang's face became much gentler: "I fell asleep again after eating."

Li Congjia thought of Li Zhongyu's cute bun face, and his facial expression became much softer. He said softly, "I know it's too sudden to bring you here this time. I don't want to explain too much. I just want to ask you, would you like to?" Would you like to stay here? If you want to go back to Nantang, then I can have someone escort you back immediately."

Zhou Ehuang didn't answer but asked, "Can you tell me the truth, Mr. Lang?"

"what?"

"Why did you run out?" Zhou Ehuang was a little puzzled. No matter who saw it, it was very unreasonable to abandon one's own country and go to such a place to be self-sufficient. Zhou Ehuang always had doubts in his heart.

Li Congjia sighed, and directly stated some of the current situation in Southern Tang Dynasty, some things should not even be known by Zhou Ehuang.

Zhou Ehuang was quite restless after hearing this: "Your Majesty shouldn't have told me about this kind of thing."

Li Congjia smiled: "What's wrong? It's just to let you understand why I did this. If there is a way out, I will not choose this way."

Li Congjia knew that he could eventually become emperor, but so what?The best time was missed, and when he ascended the throne, Nan Tang would probably be powerless to recover.

But now in the Southern Tang Dynasty, if he wants to do a big job, he has to be constrained by many aspects. He really would rather find a place to establish himself as a king, and then fight back bit by bit!

Zhou Ehuang was also smart. After understanding what Li Congjia meant, he lowered his head and hesitated for a while and said: "I don't want to go back, but I can't let go of my father and mother. Erniang and Wulang are here, and now my father and mother are also taking care of each other. people... I'm afraid..."

After hearing this, Li Congjia thought for a while and said, "Do Erniang and Wulang want to go back? If they want to go back, I can send someone to take them back."

Zhou Ehuang asked: "If I go back, will there be any danger in the future?"

Li Congjia shook his head slowly: "I don't know, even if Southern Tang is defeated, Zhou Guo shouldn't kill them all, but...everything has accidents."

A flash of determination flashed across Zhou Ehuang's brows and said: "Then let Erniang and Wulang stay, and please trouble Mr. Lang to send a letter to my father. I will try my best to persuade my father to come here."

Li Congjia's eyes lit up after hearing this, but he said, "Zhou Situ has worked hard for the Tang Dynasty all his life, and I'm afraid he can't bear it."

Zhou Ehuang shook her head lightly. She knew her father very well in her heart. If Nan Tang was sure that there was no way to save him, Zhou Zong would not perish with Nan Tang.

In fact, in troubled times, the quality of loyalty is the most valuable and rarest. More people seek refuge in other countries when they see the momentum is not good. Of course, no one cares about it at this time.

Li Congjia didn't have much hope for the integrity of the ministers these days. He felt that it would be great if Zhou Zong was really willing to come over. He lacks everything now, and what he lacks most is talents!

Originally Li Congjia wanted to ask Zhou Ehuang if he could persuade Zhou Zong to bring more people over, but after thinking about it, he dismissed the idea.

It was almost foreseeable that if he gained a firm foothold here, there would definitely be people willing to come, but if more people came, wouldn't he be blatantly another Southern Tang court here?And everyone knows that the King of Yue was not kidnapped and his whereabouts are unknown, but he ran out to do it alone. This... I'm afraid he will be condemned by the time!

After figuring this out, Li Congjia had no choice but to say with regret: "You can report to Zhou Situ, but don't tell him about our situation. Just tell him that we are outside the customs and that we can't help ourselves."

Zhou Ehuang also knew that, in fact, she did not reject coming here. Although she was the hostess of the palace in the past, she always had to deal with all kinds of women and carefully maintain all kinds of balance, but here it is not necessary. She is the queen of this land, the supreme being.

Zhou Ehuang likes this kind of feeling, so if she is asked to choose the current ambitious Li Congjia and the previous Li Congjia who is only romantic, she will really struggle in her heart.

Everything was in full swing, Li Congjia had selected a place, and then they discovered one thing-they didn't seem to have any special masons or the like who could use it to build the city!

If you want people to build a city, the best thing to use here is slaves, and the existence of slaves can either destroy a tribe and turn all the people of that tribe into their own slaves, or buy them.

Li Congjia is completely confused. He said that he can do the whole city planning, and he can use his rich experience to deal with roads and water, but labor... can't enslave his own people. Can go looting ah.

In the end, the result of the meeting was to mop up those small and medium-sized tribes. When they left, they had enough weapons and armor. Decided to establish a household registration system first!

He didn't know until now that it is really not an easy task to establish a political power. Fortunately, he has ready-made rules and regulations to follow. However, what makes Li Congjia feel more urgent is to find treasures. Plenty of money to supply!

Li Congjia rushed directly to Shi Xueting's courtyard, and when he saw someone, he got angry and said to his dantian: "Xue Ting, take off your clothes!"