In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, news came from Gaochang State, saying that the Tang army and Gaochang army worked together to kill the Turks away.

Li Daozong and Gaochang Prince Qu Zhisheng were leading the army to pursue them all the way, with the purpose of driving them to a farther place.

Then there were rumors that King Qu Wentai of Gaochang Kingdom was seriously ill. This incident was witnessed by Li Daozong himself.

Previously, the saint Xuan Qu Wentai went to Beijing to meet him. Qu Wentai said he was sick and could not go to Chang'an City. His illness was true, not an excuse.

Qu Wentai was indeed sick and was quite ill. In the original history, Hou Junji led a large army to Gaochang State. When the troops were at the city, Qu Wentai died.

In some historical books compiled by historians of the Tang Dynasty, it was said that he died of fear, which was unfair. After all, when Li Shimin issued an edict to announce that he had entered the capital, people had already said that he was seriously ill.

Now, because Luo used this variable, history has changed a little.

Although the Gaochang Kingdom was still set as Tingzhou, the Tang government in history, the original battle between the Tang Dynasty and Gaochang in defeating Gaochang became a battle between the Tang and Gaochang to fight against the Turks. The person who led the army was no longer Hou Junji, but Li Daozong.

Qu Wentai actually survived this time. Perhaps it was because Qu Zhisheng had gone to Chang'an City before, and Gaochang Country could not be in charge, and he could not die for the time being.

Perhaps it is because of the new national treasure. Many people in Gaochang heard that King Gaochang had obtained the new national treasure. The king respected it like a god and worshipped it every day, but few people knew what this treasure was.

In short, Gaochang King Qu Wentai unknowingly survived a death disaster.

Luo Yong was also happy for him when he heard this news. He didn't know if Qu Wentai could still live well on the day when Tang Xuanzang returned from seeking Buddhist scriptures. In fact, it didn't take long. If nothing unexpected happened, Master Xuanzang would be able to return to Tang around the 17th year of Zhenguan, and he would definitely pass through the Hexi Corridor by then. I don't know if Luo Yong would still be an official here at that time.

After hearing the great victory of the Tang army, the atmosphere in Changle County suddenly became much more relaxed.

Most of the people in the city seemed very happy, and the grain prices also tended to decline. There were more and more vendors in the surrounding areas to buy goods. In addition, with the help of needle shops, Changle County in July was quite lively.

However, the Hu merchants in the Western Regions rarely entered the Tang Dynasty this year.

Changle County has not suffered much influence because the needle shop that just opened this year, and the Dunhuang area is different. Many local merchants are doing business of Hu merchants in the past. If Hu merchants don’t come this year, their business will be lost this year. It’s like a farmer encountering a disaster year, and the grain pellets in the fields are not harvested, and the whole family doesn’t know what to rely on to live.

Recently, many vendors from Dunhuang have come to Lishi County to buy needles. This needle is always easy to sell. As long as you can buy it, no matter where you go, you can always make a profit after replacing it.

However, the needles in Changle County are not easy to buy. Only about 2,000 are released every day. Ordinary vendors can only buy one hundred at a time. If you want to buy more, you have to consult the manager in the needle shop. You can buy them as well, but you have to wait a little longer.

Although food and accommodation in Changle County are not expensive, there are still many vendors who are reluctant to spend the money, so many people rented houses of the people in the city, took bedding from their homes, and made a fire here to cook.

Some vendors share a small courtyard, some bring their families here, and even build adobe houses by themselves, as if they want to live in Changle County for a long time.

The county magistrate in Dunhuang even went to Changle County for this matter. Yan came to visit relatives and friends, and shouted Luo Yong out for a while.

At the dinner table, the meaning of inside and outside was that Luo Yong would never include these people in Changle County household registration, and would never compete with him for people, otherwise even if Luo Yong had Tang Jian, the big backer, he would not do it, and the rabbit would bite people if he was anxious, so what.

Luo Yong repeatedly assured him that as long as he had registered in these surrounding towns, Changle County would definitely not compete with them for people. He would do what he said, otherwise he would write the words "Luo Coffin Board" upside down.

"It's too difficult to write those few words upside down."

After the Dunhuang County Magistrate returned, he was still worried after thinking about it, but he had no choice but to let the officials under him keep a close eye on him. On the other hand, he contacted some officials from Shazhou and Guazhou and privately communicated with letters. Everyone had the same attitude. If the coffin board really robbed their registered household registration, they would immediately write a letter together.

As Luo Yong's boss, the governor of Guazhou Chen Jiao did not stand on the same front as them. Although Luo Sanlang was young, he had laws and regulations on his actions and would not act like that, so he did not need to worry.

After all, he is still a governor. The governor's political achievements are not like those county magistrates, but they are tied to household registration and taxation.

Luo Yong really didn't plan to do that. He didn't want to be a clueless person, so how could he do something that would arouse public anger?

However, he was still happy to see the arrival of these hawkers in surrounding towns. Although these vendors are registered households in Dunhuang and other places, they cannot register in Changle County and do not pay taxes in Changle County. However, in Luo Yong's view, these people do not only represent household registration and taxation, but also labor and consumers.

Earlier, in Changle County, they could only make 2,000 needles a day, but now they can do 2,700 needles a day, either because of other things, or because of sufficient labor.

There is a needle tip grinding process during the needle making process. It does not require any technology and can be done by ordinary people. The fine needle that has not been quenched is not very hard. If you polish it with a file and a stone, you can grind the needle tip in a short while.

The needle shop distributed this work. The local people came to them to get files, stones and fine needles, and grind needles at home every day. After grinding, they took them to the needle shop to work. The amount of needles they grind was paid as much as they were.

Those vendors who have no other source of livelihood in Changle County are rushing to collect them whenever they come to the Needle House Sect.

Luo Yong was walking on the street recently and saw many people on the streets and alleys sitting there grinding needles.

This grinding needle is not a good job. If you grind one or two pieces, you don’t feel it. Sitting there for most of the day and grinding it all day is also very hard. As time goes by, no matter how men and women, they all grind their hands to make them thick and black and shiny.

However, in this era, it is still good to add an economic source to the local people in places like Guazhou.

Recently, if Luo Yong has time, he will move a small stool out to grind needles with others. In fact, he can't grind a few, mainly to get closer to the masses and obtain various information. The people of Changle County like their Luo County Magistrate and are willing to tell him everything.

However, what they said most recently was the seeds that Luo Yong got from the Hu people last year. They planted them in the spring of this year. Some were vegetables and grew in summer. Some were good ones, so they kept the seeds, some were unpalatable, and some were strange in taste. Some looked like wild grass and vines.

Among them, there is no cotton that Luo Yong expects, nor is there some species with particularly economical value common in later generations.

In addition to these seed matters, Luo Yong has also heard a lot of gossip recently. One of the things that everyone likes to talk about recently is the marriage between Lu San and A Xiu.

Lu San was originally from a poor family. He became a servant of the Duke's Mansion after Luo Yong became the county magistrate of Changle County. He could get 300 cents a month and also took care of three meals and four seasons of clothes. In their small and broken county town, he was also a success.

A Xiu's family was originally better than Lu San. Her mother was all hard-working. The couple was just two strong laborers and worked hard all year round. A Xiu was also a diligent and sensible person. She has been taking care of two young brothers at home since she was a child. The family's life is quite decent.

It is rumored that the Lu family proposed to A Xiuye ​​Niang last year, but A Xiuye ​​Niang refused because the couple sold the wine together at that time and earned more than Lu San every month.

It is also said that Lu Sanye's mother is old and has two younger siblings below. After Ah Xiu married, she had to serve the elderly and raise young younger siblings. Their Ah Xiu has been sensible and diligent since she was a child. She knows everything from both neighbors and looks good. When Ye Niang is about to find a good family for her, how can she send her to endure hardship?

This is a bit reasonable. Since ancient times, marriage has been the words of the matchmakers by their parents. A Xiu and Lu San have nothing to say. One has been a good girl who has been a child since she was a child, and the other has an errand in the mansion. If the trouble starts and is not done well, one will lose its reputation and the other will lose its errand.

If things are just like this, then no one can say that Ah Xiuye’s mother is wrong. It’s just that the war has started this year, and the situation is a little different.

Since the war broke out, the official winery in Changle County has rarely made wine, so the wine ending was very small. At this moment, Axiu's family almost cut off their income. Although her mother can still sell coolies with others, the income from selling coolies is really meager compared to the income from selling wine endings.

Later, A Xiuye ​​Niang went to see the words of the Lu family. Although the Lu family didn't like the couple who had rejected them once before, they really liked A Xiu's character. In addition, the two young people were familiar with each other since childhood. After thinking about it, they still agreed.

I thought that things should be settled at this point, but I didn't expect that when I heard about the great victory of the Tang army recently, and someone else liked Axiu and wanted to marry her, Axiu felt regretful. She couldn't hide her face, so she asked Axiu to tell the Lu San that she would let her family quit her marriage. Axiu refused, so she was beaten by her mother. After hearing about it, the city was spread in just two days.

Everyone said that the Nan couple, Axiu's Ye Niang, was not a kind person, and the male eldest son's younger brother was not a decent person. He left his wife and children and went to Dunhuang to raise him by a rich woman.

Just like their Nan family, they were in-laws with the Lu family, but they were not bad for them. You should know that although the Lu family was in ruins, the family style was still good. Lu Sanlang knew his name and now he worked in the Duke's Mansion. He might also have a good future in the future.

Such a family refused to ask A Xiu to go, and wanted to regret the marriage and ruin her reputation. This way, it was not like thinking about her children, and it was clearly blinded by lard.

Everyone just talked about this matter as gossip to Luo Yong. Luo Yong's county magistrate really has no airs. Everyone watches him drink and tell jokes with Hu merchants all day long, buying vegetables on the street, and sometimes bargain with people. Recently, he often sees him moving a small stool to grind needles with others. Sometimes it is easy to forget that this person is a county magistrate.

But on this day, they were talking here, and Ah Xiu's Ayenan Dalang came out to carry a bucket of water with a shoulder pole. When Luo Yong saw it, he waved his hand and called him over.

"Is there something wrong with the county magistrate?" Nan Dalang had never dealt with Luo Yong much, and was still a little restrained in front of him.

"I heard that Lu Sanlang is going to marry your Axiu, which is the first in our mansion. I also said that I would prepare a generous gift with him. Why did I hear that this marriage is not successful recently?" Luo Yong said to him with a smile.

"But there is nothing." When Nan Dalang heard this, he immediately said, "I don't know where the county magistrate heard it?"

"It's better not to be there." Luo Yong smiled, waved his hand and said, "Lu Sanlang is a good son-in-law. I guarantee this matchmaker. Now that the Tang army is victorious, everyone is happy. Your family's marriage has caught up with a good time."

When Nan Dalang first heard Luo Yong ask about A Xiu's marriage, he was worried that he would ask him about his plan to regret the marriage. At this time, he not only wasn't angry, but also said that Lu San was a good son-in-law, and said that his family's marriage was at a good time.

When Nan Dalang heard this, he was very happy. After thanking Luo for help, he carried a load of water and happily went home.

After he left, there was a straightforward person who said to Luo Yong: "Why do the county magistrate want to be decent with him?"

"What's the matter? The marriage of young people is important." Luo Yong said with a smile after blowing the iron ash on the file.
Chapter completed!