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445. Refugees

Luo Yong had thought about running away before. If he fell into an unfavorable situation in the future in political struggles, he might as well go to other places or even other countries to repeat it.

Now he no longer thinks that way. He wants to take root and grow on this land, and also resolutely defend the peace and tranquility of this land.

This is like every family must guard their own courtyard. You can’t be easily driven away by others. At critical moments, you have to take a chance to sacrifice your life.

The man spoke and asked Luo Yong where he would escape if something happened in the future. He really underestimated him.

Luo Yong's answer made some people look at him with admiration. In the past, he only thought that he was talented, but now it seems that he is a bit heroic.

If something really happens in the future, Luo's power with this coffin board should be able to block some storms.

After the morning court this day, after eating food under the corridor, all the officials walked out of the palace.

During this period, an official who had always been very cold to Luo Yong on weekdays, took the initiative to say hello to Luo Yong, and exchanged a few words of greeting him, with a very kind attitude.

After a while, Luo Yong gradually felt that his position in this court seemed to have made some improvements.

Of course, this kind of improvement is not achieved by saying a few empty words. After all, no one is a fool. This is related to his long-term accumulation.

If a person wants to get respect from others, he must always have a big mind and courage, especially in this court, which is related to the people of the world.

This time, when the Hu people entered the pass, after several rounds of quarrels among the big and small dynasties, they finally ended with support for the victory. In addition to some court officials who actively strive to resettle these refugees on the spot, Emperor Li Shimin's attitude was also very important.

Li Shimin is a very brave man. He dared to use generals from the Turkic royal family. When he led troops to fight, he dared to entrust his life to those defeated generals from the enemy. It is precisely because of this that the court has been surging in recent years. He has been criticized for the Xuanwu Gate Incident, but the regime has always been stable. For him, he was just a few thousand refugees, so what is there to be afraid of?

Li Shimin not only allowed these refugees to be resettled on the spot, but also asked them to send dozens of people as representatives to come to Chang'an City to meet Tian Khan.

The sage said that they should personally teach these refugees the identity of Tang Dynasty households, so that they can live and work in the Tang Dynasty, support their parents, take care of their wives and children, and that their descendants can reproduce and live here forever.

There is naturally some political propaganda behind this, which not only promoted Li Shimin, the Tian Khan, but also promoted the Tang Dynasty.

For a country, publicity is also very important, especially in this era of information blocked, others don’t know much about publicity, but they know publicity the best, so they occupy many favorable positions.

Li Shimin once said that since ancient times, most emperors in the Central Plains only love the people of the Central Plains. They are different. They are loved by everyone in the world.

His actions were indeed worthy of the title of Tian Khan, which won the support of many Hu tribes, and made many soldiers and generals from Hu people willing to work hard for him.

More than thirty years ago, Emperor Yang of Sui had a banquet for envoys from various countries at the foot of Yanzhi Mountain, and ordered Hu merchants to eat and live for free in Luoyang, Chang'an and the stations in the road, which attracted those Hu merchants who were used to trading with the Turks to travel to the Central Plains.

Today, more than thirty years later, the legend of Tian Khan is circulating in many places outside the pass. Many Hu people yearn for life in the pass. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that these thousands of Hu people chose to join the Tang Dynasty instead of going to the Tubo Turks, or staying in other countries along the way.

These thousands of people are now placed on the wasteland outside Gaochang City. Guo Xiaoke arranged for soldiers to maintain order there and distributed some food to them.

Gaochang was originally a Buddhist country, with many monks and followers. People often go to places where refugees live to give porridge and cakes, and some people have sent them clothes. Although it is summer now, in Gaochang, summer nights are also quite cool, and some of these refugees are even more unclothed.

Many wealthy merchants and households around Gaochang and even in Changle County have sent supplies there.

People with intentions are really kind-hearted, some people used to find tenant farmers to hire workers, and some even had the idea of ​​buying people.

Xizhou where Gaochang is located, Yizhou where Yiwu is located, Shazhou where Dunhuang is located, and Guazhou where Changle and Jinchang are located, these four states have the same wooden tracks, which are very convenient for merchants in the Western Regions to travel to the Central Plains. They can also produce white laminates and cashmere and other objects. They have developed very rapidly in recent years.

Not to mention anything else, the manors that specialize in planting white flowers and weaving workshops that process white flowers are everywhere, I don’t know how much manual labor is needed. The original population in Longxi is not enough.

In the past two years, outsiders have often come to work in the pass. Men grazing sheep outside the pass and women weaving cloth inside the pass. This is common. Some of the whole family comes to live in the pass.

This time, I heard that Gaochang came to count money and some people from Kunlun, and many farm workshops in Changle County were all thinking about it.

Apu and his tribes have lived in Changle County for two or three years. In order to support their families, some of these Kunlun people also work with others. These Kunlun people are tall and strong. Although there are also lazy people, they are gentle and not lazy and sloppy. The employers are generally satisfied.

But the trouble is that these thousands of miscellaneous people are heard to be divided into several camps, each camp has a leader, and people in those camps are often not allowed to leave as they want.

Regarding this, the herdsmen from outside the pass have a deep understanding that survival outside the pass is not easy. Most herdsmen live together. Tribes are both protective and restraint for them. Some people are flexible or their tribes are more kind and tolerant, so the situation is relatively better, while some people are knocked off by their tribes and want to peel off a layer of skin.

Someone from Changle County went to take a look outside Gaochang City, and shook his head when he came back:

"...I saw that she was as hungry as if she was dry, so I had two cakes with the little lady, but she didn't eat them all and handed them to her uncle. Her uncle chewed the cakes in front of me in a few bites."

"Oh, then there is no uncle here, he is simply a jackal, tiger and leopard..."

"Can't you tell me that he is clearly demonstrating with you. If you want that little lady, you have to pass his hurdle first."

"I can't see it, I'm afraid that even if such a person comes, he will be in trouble in the future."

“…”

Over the years, everyone in and outside the city has been talking about the thousands of newcomers in Gaochang City.

I heard that there were nobles there, even though they fled all the way, they still maintained a bit of decentness. Some people even took out gold and silver to buy a grape manor in Gaochang.

Gaochang is rich in grapes. In the past, fresh grapes were difficult to take out. After making wine, it was difficult to transport them. The journey was long and the goods were heavy. The jars containing wine were easily broken. They could be sold to Central Plains and other places, mainly some raisins.

Although I can buy some wine in Chang'an City, the price is extremely expensive.

In recent years, with the emergence of wooden tracks, raisin wine and other products produced in Gaochang have been sold to Longyou Road for convenient transportation, and the price is not very high.

Especially the raisins, which are basically considered a relatively ordinary food in some of the local affluent families in Changle County.

This transportation is convenient. On the one hand, the price of goods has become cheaper, and the buyers are affordable. On the other hand, it also enables the sale of specialties in various places, which is also a good thing for local farmers and merchants.

Now there are more and more people growing grapes in Gaochang. Because the prospects are promising, many local rich gentry families are investing in this area. Their manors also need manpower. Because they are close, among the thousands of Hu people who came this time, the most gentle and reliable ones were basically picked up by the managers of those manors early.

People in Changle County complain, but whenever they have the chance, they still have to go around outside Gaochang City. Maybe once they are lucky, they will bring back a few good helpers.
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