The dignitaries in Jiaohe City seemed to have experienced a nightmare. How could the mountains of yellow and white goods, food and silk that had been piled up before disappear in the blink of an eye? How would they live in the future? You know, from Jane into

Luxury is easy, but it is difficult to go from luxury to simplicity. Who can adapt to the simple life after being accustomed to fine clothes and fine food?

Not only that, the maids and servants in the mansion were basically bewitched by the Liangzhou army. They said that if they follow them back to Liangzhou, they can be deregistered as slaves and become civilians. Only these damn slaves believe it.

This kind of nonsense. But just leave, I can't even support myself now, how can I have the money to support you? It's just a pity for those pretty maids!

The robbery of the powerful lasted for two days in total. The ancients valued their family rather than their country. It didn't matter if the country was destroyed, but it was absolutely impossible to be robbed. Therefore, resistance was inevitable. However, in addition to losing his life for no reason,

What role can it play?

There are still some people who can't bear the blow. After the Liangzhou Army left, they looked at the empty houses and thought about the miserable days in the future. They couldn't think of anything for a while, so they hung a rope on the beam and tied their legs.

With one kick, he simply committed suicide and sown the seeds.

Before leaving, he also forced King Cheshi to write a letter of credence and stamp it with his seal, to the effect of: I heard that the fiftieth birthday of Duke Xiping was approaching, and everyone in the country in front of me, Cheshi, was very happy and honored.

, as a good neighbor and to express our country’s admiration for the Celestial Empire, we are willing to devote all our efforts to congratulate you on your birthday...

On the third day, Zhang Lingyun led his team to leave Jiaohe City and headed towards Guzang under the desperate and resentful eyes of the dignitaries of Che Shiqian's country.

When we came, there were nearly 10,000 people, 30,000 horses, and 2,000 vehicles. But when we returned, it was so vast that it was truly spectacular.

There were nearly 10,000 more vehicles, more than 10,000 more horses, 4,000 cattle, nearly 30,000 sheep, and 5,000 camels. In addition, we even got six elephants, which is a rare thing.

Son, everyone was very curious about these big guys with long noses and big ears, and gathered around to watch.

The wealth confiscated from the palace and the homes of nobles also shocked everyone. It was much richer than the national treasury. There were several large boxes of jewelry alone. Their value is immeasurable, but they are not easy to realize in troubled times. There are also eight thousand gold.

Jin, 100,000 ingots of silver cakes, tens of millions of copper coins, 2,000 dans of cotton, and nearly 10,000 bolts of silk. In addition, there are countless weapons, armor, and food books.

The sergeants were also very happy. Although they had to run back and forth in the freezing cold in the ice and snow, each of them received a reward of 10,000 yuan. Of course, this money was paid by the treasury of the country where the driver came from.

In addition to more than 4,000 maidservants who voluntarily left, those who returned with the army also included more than 1,000 households of merchants and Han people. For them, firstly, because the Liangzhou army did not harm civilians and merchants in Qiu, they had no influence on Liangzhou.

Trust arose. After Erzhe's country was plundered, he no longer had the strength to resist the invasion of foreign enemies. If he stayed, he would be in danger of his family being destroyed at any time, so it would be better to leave with the army.

Another point, they learned from the side that the banner of this expedition was actually to rescue the detained Liangzhou merchants, which aroused the thoughts of many merchants. You must know that merchants have reached their peak since Lu Buwei in the pre-Qin era.

In the hundreds of years since the Qin and Han Dynasties, it has become a lowly status and its social status is extremely low.

Next, the signal released by this military operation in Liangzhou made these smart businessmen smell the meaning. It is obvious that Liangzhou loves and protects merchants, and the merchants are likely to stand up. There is such a thing

Of course, the backers are flocking to them! As for the little property damage caused by migration, what does it count?

Zhang Lingyun also welcomes these more than a thousand households. Although she does not understand economics, she also understands that with the immigration of these people, the Guzang market will be greatly prosperous.

After all this trouble, it can be said that Cheshi's former country was completely ruined and would not be able to recover within a few years. The direct consequence of this incident was that from then on, the Liangzhou caravans in various countries in the Western Regions

, even the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu have unimpeded access, and even taxes and fees have been reduced a lot. Following the lessons learned from Che Shiqian’s country, the monarchs of the Western Regions were frightened out of their courage.

The journey from Guzang to Jiaohe took only more than ten days, but the return to Guzang was as slow as a snail. There was no way, such a bloated team, including many old, weak, women and children, could only travel at most every day.

To be able to travel thirty miles, Zhang Lingyun originally expected to go back and forth for more than a month, but now it seems that it will take three months. However, it is slow, and with so much wealth, what is the point of spending more time?

Unconsciously, two months have passed. When returning to the army, due to factors such as women and children, they did not return the same way. On this day, the army entered the territory of Zhangye, Liangzhou. Gradually, a majestic Wubao appeared.

It is within sight. The wall is more than three feet high and has a circumference of about ten miles. A deep trench is dug on the outside, and six-foot towers are built at the four corners and in the center.

Suddenly, "Boom, boom~!" A rapid sound of gongs rang from inside the fort. Within a moment, the wall was filled with people, all with their bows and arrows ready, and their expressions were nervous.

Zhang Lingyun waved his hand, and the entire army, including nearly 30,000 civilians, stopped.

Not long after, a middle-aged man stood out from the crowd on the city wall and said loudly: "Old man Jia Mo, who are you waiting for and why are you here?"

Before Zhang Lingyun could say anything, one of his guards scolded him: "How brave, General Fenwei has returned triumphantly from the crusade against Che Shiqian. You didn't wait to come out to greet him, but instead turned your swords and arrows on him. Are you trying to commit rebellion?"

The middle-aged man didn't take it seriously. He cupped his hands and said: "Haha, I have misunderstood. There are many affairs in the clan. It is inconvenient for me to come out of the fort to greet you. General Fenwei can do what he wants."

Suddenly, Zhang Lingyun's face was filled with haze, and she stared at the other party coldly, then waved her hand fiercely and shouted: "Let's go!"

The army continued to move forward slowly, as if nothing had happened, but Yunfeng fell into deep thought. In his previous life, he knew something about Wubao, and it was a special product of a specific historical period.

Wubao began in Wang Mang's Tianfeng period, when there was a great famine in the north and endless wars. Powerful families built Wubao walls one after another in order to strengthen themselves.

After Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty unified the world, he ordered the destruction of Wubao, but the ban continued. Because the people in the northwest frontier often suffered from foreign invasion, the people often organized their own force. By the time of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Han Dynasty, because there were a large number of tribes and troops stationed in Wubao

The private army has become the first choice for old officials and guests to avoid trouble.

It is undeniable that Wubao played a certain role in guarding the countryside and protecting the soil. However, Wubao did not pay taxes, did not perform labor services, did not obey the king's orders, occupied a large number of fields and people, and sometimes even took risks to fight against the government and the army. They were like duns one after another.

Kingdom of li. For any ruler, Wubao is not only a serious concern, but also a cancer that cannot be dealt with.

Often when there was a crisis in the political power, Wubao was the first to surrender to the enemy. The ancients valued family rather than country. As long as they could save the family, surrendering to the enemy was nothing. For example, in the areas under the jurisdiction of Liu Yao and Shi Le in the north, there were at least hundreds of Wubao.

Among them, those who are famous are often recruited as officials or counselors. The most famous one is Zhang Bin, Shi Le's chief counselor.

Riding on the horse, Yunfeng turned to Zhang Lingyun and asked: "Wubao considers itself arrogant and has no regard for the king's laws. Why doesn't Duke Xiping attack and demolish it?"

Zhang Lingyun smiled bitterly and said: "Destroy the forts? It's not easy said than done. There are thirteen forts in Liangzhou. They watch each other and are in-laws for each other. Some of them have tribes of two or three thousand, and as many as more than ten thousand, and all of them are of the same clan.

If the top and bottom work together, if we want to conquer, we may not be able to win. If we are not careful in counter-terrorism, we will be defeated.

When disaster strikes, we just let it go, as long as we don't openly rebel. Just like the Jia's Wubao we just saw, it is the largest of them all, covering tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land and a population of nearly one hundred thousand, including private individuals.
Chapter completed!