Li Hong looked at her strangely and said with some confusion: "How do you know?"
"I can tell by the smell. I'm afraid this should be a resale place for soaps, soaps and other rare commodities." Bai Chun reached out and touched the fabrics on the container and continued to speak confidently.
The following facts were consistent with what Bai Chun had guessed, but the shopkeeper first took out glass products, and later seeing that Li Hong was still not satisfied, he took out crystals and other accessories, and finally took out soaps and soaps, etc. thing.
"That's all?" Li Hong was a little dissatisfied. He thought there would be perfume, so he could buy a bottle for Bai Chun.
In the end, Li Hong, who found nothing here, had no choice but to leave. He originally thought he could find some clues about Chang'an City here.
But think about it, if it was really the person who was secretly working against him, he wouldn't be such a fool to blatantly sell things on his own territory.
Quan Yi and others had already prepared a mansion for Li Hong, and the group only needed to "carry their bags and move in." The house was not very large and suited Li Hong's taste.
Every brick and tile is full of novelty, and you can tell at a glance that this mansion was probably built later, and it was also built in a less prosperous road after the expansion of Shule City.
Officials from the entire Anxi Protectorate rushed to Shule City in the next few days.
As the Chief Protector of the Anxi Protectorate, he must arrange everything properly before leaving Anxi.
Pei Xingjian, the original Protector-General of the Anxi Protectorate, has now gone to Tubo with his important minister Ma Zai, while Anxi now relies on two young men as big as Li Hong and a few civil servants to support the scene.
Yao Chong and Huan Yanfan took the lead in arriving at Shule from Qiuci, and Yang Jiong, King Luo Bin, and Lu Zhaolin also arrived together.
Even Yu Wenrong, Liang Xiaoren, and Lou Yu were summoned by Li Hong.
Xue Rengui and Hei Te Changzhi, including Wang Mingyuan and Yuan Shuji, naturally needed to come over.
After years of reform and governance by Li Hong, the four towns in Anxi completely separated the civil and military administration from the first day he came.
Just like he did when Pei Xingjian suppressed the Ashinadu branch, he was only responsible for logistics, and all military matters such as leading troops to fight were completely left to Pei Xingjian.
With the subsequent evolution, it was not until Yao Chong and Huan Yanfan took over the civil affairs that Li Hong began to reach out to the military affairs. However, at that time, he had completely given up on the civil affairs.
Therefore, as the first pilot project in the Tang Dynasty, the policy of preventing the emergence of princes like Jiedushi has achieved great success. In the past few years, nothing wrong has been found.
After four years of sorting out the Anxi Protectorate, under the advice of Yao Chong and others, it was decided to move the Protectorate from Qiuci to Shule. As the first fortress of the Tang Dynasty, it could be attacked, retreated or defended. Commercial and military aspects will bring greater development opportunities to the four towns of Anxi.
Because of its special geographical location, it is located between the two cities of Suiye and Yutian, guarding the main route from east to west, so as the Protectorate, it is naturally the first to bear the brunt.
Qiuci, as an important city guarding the north of Ashina Duzhi, was close to the Central Plains. Although it was deprived of the Protectorate, Xue Rengui was still sent to guard it.
After some deliberation, under Li Hong's order, Yuan Shuji and Lu Zhao, two officials from the neighboring army, were stationed at Suiye, while Heijia Changzhi and King Luo Bin were stationed at Khotan City.
Qiuci was jointly controlled by Xue Rengui and Huan Yanfan, and the more important Shule City was jointly controlled by Quan Yi and the later famous prime minister Yao Chong.
Everyone showed complete understanding of the matter of Shule being appointed as the governor of Anxi by Quan Yi.
After all, as a close confidant of His Highness the Crown Prince, Xue Rengui, Hei Chi Changzhi and others cannot compare. What's more, His Highness the Crown Prince did not take away the rights of these so-called foreign ministers. Instead, he still believed in them as always.
Moreover, the four of them have to change defenses every year. There is no question of who His Highness the Prince will reuse and who he will not reuse.
After Li Hong silently gave the order, his deep eyes scanned the faces of the generals, and he did not find any unpleasant expression on any of them.
What he was most worried about was not who would be loyal to him or not, but whether these generals would be unwilling to accept their rights being divided.
But now it seems that at least neither Xue Rengui nor Hei Te Changzhi, the two famous generals in the Anxi Army, showed any dissatisfaction, which made him completely let go of his secret worries. .
As for Quan Yi and Yuan Shuji, they were relatively young and had lower military qualifications than the other two. Naturally, they had nothing to say about such appointments and alternative management structures.
But everyone was not a fool. From Li Hong's personnel arrangements, they still sensed a hint of conspiracy.
That was the departure of Pei Xingjian and Ma Zai. Was this something that His Royal Highness had planned for a long time
Pei Xingjian and Ma Zai had been in charge of the Western Regions for many years. Although they did not immediately seize the post of Chief Protector of the Anxi Protectorate when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came, more than a year later, Pei Xingjian took the initiative to step aside.
Until Li Hong later attacked Tubo, Pei Xingjian took the initiative to follow His Highness the Crown Prince to attack Tubo, and then was left in Tubo by His Highness the Crown Prince. Was all this intentional by His Highness the Crown Prince
Nowadays, without Pei Xingjian and Ma Zai, who are famous in the Anxi Protectorate, neither Xue Rengui nor Hei Te Changzhi is as famous as Pei Xingjian in the four towns of Anxi.
In addition, His Highness the Crown Prince has now divided the power. After being run by His Highness the Crown Prince for four years, the Anxi Protectorate has now completely become his own territory!
Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that when he returns to Chang'an, the imperial court will appoint a new Grand Protector of the Anxi Protectorate, but given His Highness the current talent and strategy, I am afraid that even if the imperial court appoints a Grand Protector, then this person will not be the same as the Grand Protector. The relationship between His Highness the Crown Prince...
It’s self-explanatory! This was the last word that flashed into everyone's minds after they secretly analyzed the situation at the Anxi Protectorate.
And they also know that the Anxi Protectorate is now truly impregnable, and both the outside and the inside have been kept in order by His Highness the Crown Prince.
Even at the power level, His Highness the Crown Prince, intentionally or unintentionally, through the efforts of Yao Chong and Huan Yanfan, has been governed in a clear and rigorous manner.
At this time, the four generals need to hand over their rights to the deputy generals, and then return to Chang'an with Li Hong to face the Holy Spirit.
After all, the achievements of pacifying Ashina Duzhi and Li Zhelei, conquering Tubo, and rescuing the Persian Governor's Mansion from thousands of miles away are enough to be recorded in history, whether in the Zhenguan era or the founding period of the Tang Dynasty. His great achievements are recorded in the annals of history and in the great books and special books.
Wang Mingyuan, the Prince of Persia and his family were like country bumpkins entering the city these days. Except when sleeping, they kept their eyes wide open at other times, looking around at the huge city of Shule.
The moment they climbed to the top of the city and looked down, the legs of the Prince of Persia and his family were weakening. Not to mention falling from the top of the city, even if they jumped consciously, they would probably be disabled even if they didn't die.
And on the walls of the city wall, there were actually spikes sticking out. It looked like they were buried inside when the city wall was built.
The hard cement glued the huge flat stones together. The Prince of Persia and the little prince smashed them with hammers until they were sweating and panting, but they were not able to break open the two stones that were stuck together. .
Yao Chong, who was accompanying them, proudly explained to them that the steel blades you see in the city wall are, like these two stones, glued in the gaps between the stones. Even if you have an attacker as tall as the city wall, City ladder.
Even if you can climb up without any obstacles, when you climb to a high place, you will have no chance to attack the soldiers on the wall because you have to be careful with the strong blade protruding from the cracks in the stone.
"If our Sassanid country had such a huge city, I would have the confidence to keep them at bay, no matter how many troops there were in white clothes!" The Prince of Persia's face was filled with regret and envy, and he stroked the huge battlements on the top of the city. Zi, looking at the many city defense weapons placed on one side, murmured and sighed: "The Tang Dynasty is too powerful. No one can conquer such a copper and iron wall. How much does it cost? How much labor is hired?"
Yao Chong smiled proudly, glanced at the somewhat sad expression of the Prince of Persia, and said lightly: "There are plenty of stones. As for labor, behind me, Qiuci and Suiye, there are nomadic people like the Tocharians in front of me, plus me For other people in the Anxi Protectorate, in a place where supplies are relatively scarce, as long as we transport a large amount of food and other supplies from the Central Plains, we can easily recruit hundreds of thousands or even three or four hundred thousand laborers, not to mention... the release of prisoners of war Why don’t we just let them have free time there?”
Speaking of this, Yao Chong couldn't help but think of Liang Xiaoren's request for labor from the Protector General. In the end, with a stroke of Li Hong's pen, hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war from the Ashina Du clan and Li Zhebei's tribe were all sent over to build the city wall.
As for transporting stones from the mountains, it reflects the wealth of the Tang Dynasty, which completely allowed the people to quarry the stones themselves, and the Duhufu purchased them at the price.
Just like some huge projects in the previous life, the construction of these four cities not only solved the painful problem of prisoners of war who could only eat but not work, but also reduced the quality of life of the hard-working Anxi people because of the way of quarrying and selling stones. , increased by several percent.
The huge expenditures of the four towns in Anxi not only did not waste people and money, but because of the extremely delicate balance between supply and demand, they boosted the economy of the Anxi Protectorate. The people under the Anxi Protectorate suddenly became more prosperous because of the construction of the four cities. Become rich.
(End of chapter)