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The current situation is like this, and Luo Yong doesn't know whether those Turkic people will fight Yizhou or not.

Now not only the Turkic people heard the news, but also the Yizhou people, and Qiao Shiwang who was stationed in Dunhuang also heard about it.

That Qiao Shiwang is very capable of fighting. When the Turks attacked Gaochang two years ago, before Li Daozong's army arrived, he led thousands of cavalry to Gaochang first, and together with the Gaochang army resisted the Turkic army, it was very difficult. Had a few good fights.

Now that I heard that the Turks are going to fight over, those Yiwu people are really trying their best to build roads. Although they still have a little resistance to the Central Plains Dynasty's overly strict control over the Yiwu area, if the Turkic people really come over, don't rely on it. Datang's army, there are only so many sergeants in Yiwu, how can they hold it?

The governor of Yizhou sent people to Dunhuang to ask for help, but Qiao Shiwang was also very forthright, saying that since Yizhou is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, when a powerful enemy comes, he should lead the army to fight!

When those Yiwu people heard this, they were very moved!Although they have joined Datang, they are also afraid that Datang will lose the chain at this critical moment.

Ever since the news that the Turks were going to attack Yiwu spread, not only the local people in Yiwu were panicked, but even the small countries to the west were all uneasy.

The Turks have split into civil strife over the years. Earlier, Nayipidulu killed Yehu Khan, and his power became stronger for a while, and his control over the Western Regions was also strengthened. Hu merchants said that he was going to attack Yizhou at this time, and many people Believe it.

However, at the time when people were in turmoil at this turbulent meeting, another major event happened in Longxi, that is, the Tang court dispatched veteran Guo Xiaoke as the governor of Liangzhou, the governor of Anxi, and the governor of Xizhou.

This Guo Xiaoke was also from Wagangzhai, and later joined the Tang Dynasty, and made great military exploits for Li Tang.At this time, when Guo Xiaoke came, many people in Longxi knew that the saint was going to attack the Western Regions!

Guo Xiaoke is a relatively high-profile person, and he likes to enjoy himself, but he is generally reliable and good at fighting.

When their group traveled frequently in Le County, Luo Yong gave them several carts of high-quality liquor. Lao Guo was very happy and gave Luo County Magistrate some gold and silver artifacts in return, all of which were very exquisite and luxurious items. They were melted down as envoys, and they were afraid that Guo Duhu would be unhappy when he heard about them, and they would look very awkward in his small broken county government office, so he had to put them in the treasury to drop ashes.

Guo Xiaoke took office immediately, and he was the governor of Liangzhou, the governor of Xizhou, and the governor of Anxi. Basically, the whole of Longxi was under his control. Originally, Qiao Shiwang's position as the top leader should naturally be given up.

Originally, Qiao Shiwang was just a border guard general. After the Battle of Gaochang two years ago, the imperial court set up the Anxi Governor's Mansion in the Longxi area. For a while, there were no officials in office, so he temporarily took over the post of Anxi Governor. It's due to his lack of qualifications and lack of combat achievements. He still can't take the position of Longxi's leader.

Because of the rumor that the Turks were going to attack Yizhou, Changle County was also a little jittery this autumn.

There were also rumors that the reason why Guo Xiaoke came to Longxi was to target those Turkic people. Even if the Turkic people didn't fight over this time, Tang Jun would take the initiative to fight over.

People's hearts are disturbed, the market is also turbulent, and grain prices remain high. Fortunately, in the current Changle County area, as long as the families are not too poor, they can generally save some money, and most of them have food reserves.

In the past, if their local people had any expenses, they would have to take out food and cloth to exchange. Nowadays, no matter how poor they are, they can grind needles to earn some money. Under such circumstances, who would be so stupid? Sell ​​all the food at home, after all, in their Longxi area, wars are common.

However, even under such a tense situation, many merchants from Liangzhou and other places came to Le County to buy goods during the harvest season of the white staggered flowers, and there were even many people from the Central Plains.

Some of these people came to buy cloth, some came to buy seeds, and many people came here specifically for the cotton gin. These people made a lot of noise in Changle County. After winter, there were still many people who did not leave.

Soon after, the wooden track leading to Yizhou was opened, and many Yiwu merchants came and went between Changle and Jinchang. Therefore, Changle County in this winter became more and more lively every day. .

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the northwest wind is blowing outside, but the businesses in the shops on the street are booming. There are merchants who are waiting for Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop to produce cloth. In the first month, it was very helpful for these restaurants and guest houses in the county to make some money.

On this day, a group of merchants came from Jinchang. Because they brought a lot of goods and were stingy with copper coins, they were reluctant to hire a wooden carriage, so they walked along the post road paved with cement roads.

In winter, the wind and sand are strong, the weather is severe and the journey is difficult. They set off from Jinchang City in the early morning, and in the evening, they still failed to reach Changle County, but it was not far away. It was getting dark, so I didn't go on my way anymore, I stayed in a small village next to the post road, and bought some meals and hot dishes with the villagers.

The host's hospitality is very warm, and the price is also fair. It is said that the days are short in winter, and the merchants who come from Jinchang City often go to their village and the sky gets dark, so some of them often stay in their village.

When the food was served, these men who had been blowing the cold wind on the Gobi for a whole day were not polite, so they began to eat. The host also set up another table in the corner of the hall, and the whole family gathered around the table Have a meal.

The group of people in the caravan looked dusty, their clothes were no different from those of the people in this area, and they acted with a bit of a mustache.

In fact, they came from the Central Plains. The reason why they changed into local clothes and imitated their accent and manners was that they didn't want to be seen as foreigners and be bullied by the wicked.

These Central Plains people looked at the food at the host's house at this time, and it was slightly worse than that of their table. The guests who paid for them ate new food, while the food on the other side seemed to be old food.

A basket of miscellaneous noodles pancakes and a large pot of stewed mutton are the family's dinner, and it's not a bad meal. There are also bean sprouts in the stewed mutton, and a few green onion leaves can be seen.

It's strange that in this family not only men and women eat at the same table, but the two little girls in their family eat no less than the boys in the family.

Just now I saw that woman tore half a piece of fresh dough pancake for each of the two girls, this is a treat that even the male master of the family did not have.

In this day and age, if there is any delicious food in the house, it must be used to honor the elderly. In fact, the elderly are not willing to eat, and most of them will be left to the strong labor of the family. If it falls, the sky will collapse.

After the hard work, the boy in the family will be the son of the family. After the boy grows up, he can divide the fields and land, marry a wife and have children to strengthen the family. At this time, who would not want to have a large family with a lot of head and a thriving family? Girls can only rely on boys.

Although the Central Plains area also favors boys over girls, the vast majority of people can still treat girls as human beings, but the barbarians outside the pass are different.

I heard that on the prairie, women exist as property just like cattle and sheep. When the father dies, the son inherits, and the elder brother dies, the younger brother inherits. Whenever there is a war between tribes, it is for the purpose of robbing land, robbing cattle and sheep, and robbing women. Even children are robbed.

The people in this Longxi area are tough, and Hu and Han live together. They have traveled all the way, and what they have seen and heard, the status of women here is probably not as good as that in the Central Plains.

This is also predictable, the more backward and barbaric the place, the harder it is for the weak to survive.

When we arrived in the area of ​​Jinchang, the situation was a bit different. We could often see some half-sized girls playing and frolicking in the streets, as if they didn't have any worries. Judging by their clothes, they didn't look like they were born in very wealthy families.

Although there were doubts in their hearts, the group of them didn't ask too many questions. Based on the principle that more things are worse than less things, they just kept their heads on the road until they arrived at this small village not far from Changle County that night. Treating the daughter of the family like this, someone finally couldn't help asking.

"Why do I see that the people in your area treat their daughters much better than those in other places?"

"It's so strange." The host laughed and said, "Children from rich families eat well, while children from poor families eat badly. What kind of family they are born in depends on how lucky they are. If a girl is born in our Changle County, regardless of whether it is a rich family or a poor family, she will probably be blessed."

"A twelve or thirteen-year-old girl who is sent to the cashmere workshop can earn at least forty or fifty yuan a month. A boy of the same age can't earn as much."

"Naruo Erniang's cashmere workshop has taken in a lot of young ladies this autumn. The two older ones will be sent to my family in the future."

"Eat well and dress well there, life is much more comfortable than here."

"In the past, there were also those who were sent home for not working hard, crying like a tearful person."

"Some of them have done well and were promoted to be small stewards. Their family members are very prosperous now. They all said that they will be able to become big stewards after a while, and they can earn up to [-] Wen a month..."

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Villagers in the countryside didn't have any precautions against outsiders at first, and this is not a rare thing. The whole family talked about each other, so they told the outsiders all about it.

The original merchants in this group were very surprised when they heard about it. When they were in the Central Plains earlier, they also heard a lot of rumors about Luo Sanlang.

Some people said that Luo Sanlang from Lishi was very capable, while others said that he came from a humble background and behaved like a petty family. Doing business, how is this a serious way of being an official?

When they heard what those people said earlier, they also felt that there was some truth to it. After all, to be an official is to look like an official.

Now listening to what this family said, not to mention Na Luoyong, just Na Luo Erniang, in the eyes of these local young ladies, she is like a fairy. Although she is a merchant, she is very respected.

The group of them were also merchants, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants. The status of merchants is the most lowly. It has been like this since ancient times. Although they are unwilling, there is nothing they can do.

Why is it not like that in Changle County?