After returning to Changle County, Luo Yong first put the work of repairing the city wall on the agenda and started purchasing grain.

Logically speaking, in this peaceful and prosperous era, the national treasury is full of granaries, and the food and supplies consumed for war should not be distributed to them, such neighboring cities. However, just in case, we should make some preparations as soon as possible. In any case, we are always prepared.

In addition, Luo Yong has locked himself in a small room in the office area in front of the county government every night, and does nothing else. He just searches for information and comes from his space.

Luo Yong had no idea about this war between Tang and Gaochang before. Now he is just a temporary cram, and I hope to find some useful information.

After searching for many days, Luo Yong finally found some useful information. He did not specifically talk about the war between Tang and Gaochang, but in an article evaluating Hou Junji, there was a passage about this war.

As Tang Jian expected, the general who led the Tang army to fight against Gaochang in this battle was indeed Hou Junji.

According to this information, after Hou Junji defeated Gaochang State, he not only embezzled Gaochang State's national treasures, but also bullied the princess of Gaochang State, privately imposed the guilty confiscated people, and even allowed the soldiers to steal property in Gaochang State...

Theft of property, an army that has lost its constraints, facing a weak country that has just been defeated by them, what they will do is not just theft of property.

This passage only says that they steal property and even praise Hou Junji's military achievements.

Hou Junji's military achievements are also...

At present, the Tang Dynasty was a time when many soldiers and soldiers were in battle for a long time, and the court was full of talents and sufficient food and grass. Under such circumstances, the court sent several times the number of soldiers in Gaochang and Turkic troops, asking Hou Junji to lead troops to attack Gaochang, a Buddhist country.

Even if this is not a free military merit, it will not be too difficult. Who can I send to defeat those like Li Jing and Xu Shiji in the court?

Luo Yong closed the book, and somehow suddenly remembered Tang Xuanzang again, and vaguely remembered that Tang Xuanzang had some connection with Gaochang Kingdom.

Xuanzang of Tang and Sun Simiao of Sun were all legendary figures who existed in this era. Luo Yong had read some information about them earlier.

When Tang Xuanzang returned from the Western Regions, Gaochang Kingdom had long been destroyed, but he still often mentioned the courtesy he had received in Gaochang Kingdom in the past.

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Recently, many people in Changle County have noticed that their Luo County Magistrate rarely drinks and jokes with others during this period, and travels in a hurry all day long and has a serious expression.

So some people guessed that the walls of Changle County were not being built smoothly, or that Shangguan had any difficulties with him?

In mid-December, a sudden news came from Chang'an City that the court was going to use troops against Gaochang State.

Immediately, the people in the county were in an uproar. A few days later, more and more people signed up to repair the city walls, and some wealthy families in the city also sent their families to come.

Although they were using foreign troops, Changle County was a small border town after all, close to the westernmost end of the Hexi Corridor. I heard that Gaochang State was somewhat agitated with the Turks. If the Turks counterattacked, they would be captured by them at that time, one or two cities on the frontier were not uncommon. There were many wars on the frontier, and such things had not happened before.

I wonder how the people in Chang'an City viewed this war. Everyone was very serious in Changle County.

Many wealthy families in the city are on the monastery walls, and some gentry who originally lived outside the city have recently begun to repair their houses in the city, as if they were planning to move to the city to live. Everyone in Changle was in danger, and the food prices rose three times a day.

Although the county government just collected the taxes of that year in the autumn, Luo Yong used to refund some taxes that were not subject to the responsibilities and subsidies to some poor households in the county. After a while, the rice, grain, cloth and silk in the warehouse had already been used for a long time.

If there is no disaster and war, the remaining food, as well as the operating income of these workshops will be enough for the public servants to spend money and even support some large-scale engineering construction. However, with this war, many things will become unpredictable.

In Changle County, the tea deals of Mawang's families have almost lost their business recently. Luo used their white wine and bacon and the price of cashmere has also dropped significantly. On the contrary, the price of mutton has been much higher. In recent days, there are obviously fewer people who have entered the city to sell mutton than usual.

Many people found Luo Erniang and their cashmere workshops for sale, saying that they didn’t have gold, silver, cloth, and only food.

The manager of the cashmere workshop asked them to come back later. Someone had already gone to Zhangye and other places to purchase grain, and they could be transported in more than a month.

Those who went to Zhangye and other places to buy grain were either others, or Ma Wang Zhao Chen.

In fact, they could have left Changle County before the war broke out and went to Liangzhou to avoid the limelight, but they all chose to stay in Changle County and advance and retreat with Luo Yong. This time they went to Zhangye and other places to purchase grain in order to make preparations in the future.

Ma Wang and other Lishi merchants had strong financial resources, and the Zhao family's self-government had always been brave. With these people staying in the local area, Changle's people were also much more stable.

Luo Yong felt quite comforted in his heart. He had interacted with people like Ma Wang Zhao Chen, but he did not say that his brothers had specially managed any relationships. He had always focused on cooperation, but after cooperation for a long time, friendship would naturally arise between people. If Ma Wang and other merchants in the future, or if the Zhao family encountered some disasters, even if it had nothing to do with the interests, Luo Yong would not stand by.

At present, the biggest problem facing Luo Yong is that he has no money.

The white wine and bacon are not easy to sell. The money earned every day by relying on tofu workshops and cement workshops is far from enough to pay the wages to the civilians who built the city walls. Now he still has some savings in his hands, which can barely support some time, but what if the money he has spent?

Luo Yong was frowning all day long. When Tang Jian saw it, he asked him why he was worried. So Luo Yong told him that after hearing this, he stopped talking.

These gentry men all came with their own manors when they were born. They only spent money since childhood, so they never worried about making money.

Luo Yong had never expected him to make money.

I originally thought that there were these workshops in Changle County, and they would never have to worry about spending. Who would have expected that there would be such a day? Otherwise, how could the war affect the economy?

Thousands of miles away, many places were also fighting at this time. After Mohammed unified the Arabian Peninsula, he gradually began to expand externally.

Walking on such a land is naturally full of dangers. Ap and his men were in danger several times with the parchment paper that Hassan gave them.

Their group had a very difficult journey. The two teenagers in Apu's tribe were always trembling at the beginning. One of them was sick when he was in the desert. Apu fed him a piece of Luo Yong's pills, and then let him eat enough food and water every day. In the end, the teenager survived tenaciously.

They have passed many countries, big and small, along the way, and people from some towns are very friendly to them.

Once they rescued a young man attacked by wild beasts on the road. The man took them to the city where he lived. The people in the city regarded Apu and others as heroes and invited them to settle in the city.

Apu refused, and he told these people in the stuttering local language that he could not stay here for living because his master was waiting for him to go back.

When people asked who his master was, Apu said it was Li Shi Luosanlang. These people did not understand the name of Han people, so they thought that Master Apu's name was Li Shi Luosanlang.

In the imagination of these people, the man named Li Shi Luo Saburo should be a stronger and brave warrior than these black men.

They have also encountered countless dangers along the way, including from nature and from humans. They have been trembling in the cold rainy night and have been chased by people for several days.

These difficulties and dangers also temper their will, making them stronger and more stable, and have the courage to face the long and long road of unknowns.

I originally thought that the area controlled by the cannibals was the biggest difficulty on the way, but I didn’t expect that this section of the road would be surprisingly easy.

Just a few days before his trip, Luo used the parchment paper he got from a big food merchant named Hassan.

Apu and the others did not recognize the words on this parchment, but they could roughly understand some of the great cannibal languages. From the other party's words and reactions, they could roughly guess the content on this parchment.

It is said that Apu and his friends were the slaves of the great merchant Hassan. They were loyal to the great country of qi, supported the true Lord Muhammad, and were the most loyal slaves. In order to better serve their masters, they decided to go back to their hometown, bring their relatives to the great country of qi, and serve their masters together.

Some big cannibals were moved after seeing this parchment, and some even gave them food and pointed them in the direction.

There are also some great cannibals who look a little skeptical, but it is probably because Hassan is a relatively famous person. They have all heard of the relationship, so they are not particularly embarrassed. After interrogating, they are also allowed to go. There is also a particularly vicious general who threatens them not to escape, otherwise they will lead their army to kill all their entire tribe.
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