"Get up, pack up your clothes, and go back with Guard Ni. I should deal with the consequences of King Huai."

After saying that, Li Luo turned his horse and said to Ni Qing: "Ni Qing, take this girl back to the camp first, arrange the maid in King Huai's tent to go to the military doctor's office, and warn the soldiers in the army to do not act frivolously and rudely. Those who violate this order will be punished by humiliating good women according to the play."

"Yes, my subordinates obey the order." Ni Qing replied.

Li Luo glanced at the woman who was still kneeling on the ground and her eyes were filled with tears. Her heart ached and she turned around and left.

Back at the Central Army's tent, Chu Ying'er was already waiting in the tent. When she saw Li Luo coming in, she stood up and bowed: "General."

Li Luo answered with his hands and smiled and said, "No need to be polite, Miss Chu has worked hard all the way."

Chu Ying'er did not miss her fault and replied directly: "General, his subordinates have investigated several important towns in the Western Rong and Dizhou. In recent years, the population of the Western Rong has increased sharply, and the army has continued to expand. However, the number of people engaged in farming and grazing has not increased. The Western Rong has to exchange some food for other countries in the Western Regions every year."

Chu Ying'er paused and said coldly: "It is common for Xirong to trade slaves for food. When the years are not good, one person can't get the price of a sheep."

"Are these trafficked people Da Gan?"

Li Luo's voice was quite strange. Chu Ying'er looked up at Li Luo, but Li Luo's eyes were far away and his face was calm, and he could not tell the joy or anger.

Chu Ying'er replied: "Not all, Da Gan can account for about 70%. There are some small Western countries adjacent to the Western Rong, and at least half of the merchants who trade slaves came from Da Gan."

Li Luo was not surprised. When he was in Zhuocheng, there were many geisha women from the Western Regions. Although the court clearly ordered that humans should not be sold, it was just almost false.

Not to mention secret transactions, there are also these transactions in broad daylight. Zhang Zeliu and Yu Ying bought a few and had to give them to Li Luo, but they were all refused by Li Luo.

But when I heard these words from Chu Ying'er again, I felt inexplicably uncomfortable, as if a huge rock was pressing against my chest, but no color appeared on my face.

Li Luo calmed down slightly and asked, "How is the situation in Xirong this year?"

"It's not bad. The war with the countries in the Western Regions has the upper hand. There are no natural disasters and man-made disasters. Apart from the many wars, there are no major events. It's just that the past business travelers alleged that the left and right marshals of the Western Rong were not in harmony." Chu Ying'er looked at Li Luo and continued: "I'm afraid the Privy Council will investigate this."

"Yeah." Li Luo nodded, "I will ask Lord Yang for help. Is there any other news?"

Chu Ying'er took out a book from her arms, handed it to Li Luo with both hands, and said, "General, this is the subordinate who will write down some customs, geography and other miscellaneous matters along the way, including local officials and some influential clans. Please read it."

Li Luoxi said: "Okay, okay, Miss Chu is really meticulous." After taking the book, Li Luo opened it casually. The handwriting that caught his eyes was extremely beautiful, the lines were extremely smooth, and the strokes were naturally clear, which was no less than some of the people. Li Luo looked at Chu Ying'er and said in surprise: "Miss Chu's handwriting is so neat."

Chu Ying'er was stunned, as if she didn't expect Li Luo to praise her words. She didn't know what she was thinking, and her mind was in a daze for a moment. When Li Luo called twice in a row, she woke Chu Ying'er up.

"General, what else is there?"

"Oh," Li Luo was surprised, but didn't ask much, "You go down and rest. I'll ask Ni Bai to find someone to make some food for you. I won't have to do anything in the past two days, and have a good rest in the camp."

"Don't bother the general, let's make arrangements for it yourself." Chu Ying'er bowed and then returned to her coldness and turned around and walked out of the tent.

Li Luo smiled slightly, lowered his head and looked carefully at the Western Rong people's sentiment recorded by Chu Ying'er.

Chu Ying'er lifted the curtain, stopped suddenly, turned around and said, "General, there is something else."

"Hmm? What's the matter?"

"Five days after the end of the year are the Changning Festival every three years of the Western Rong."

"Changning Festival? Is it the Xirong clans went to the ancestral mountain to pay tribute?"

"Yes, it turns out that the general has already known."

Li Luo's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he smiled slightly, "I have read in the book that there is the ancestral god of the Western Rong on this ancestral mountain. It is this ancestral god that created the various tribes of the Western Rong. Every three years, all families of the Western Rong will go to the ancestral mountain to worship. According to the reputation and service of each tribe, they will list the rankings of the ancestral mountain in the ancestral mountain, and get some temple blessings and royal benefits."

Chu Ying'er said with a little coquettishly: "General, this is not a temple blessing in Da Gan. The sage of the Xirong country is respectful and respectful. It is more loved by the clansmen than the Xirong king. You can all unite the clans to abolish the king and establish others. Even if the sage king of the Xirong king, you must be respectful when you see the sage, and dare not be negligent."

"Haha, how can there be no chaos in the long run? The king of a country, how can he allow others to snore under the brocade bed? Today, the king of Xirong is only just over thirty years old, with lofty ambitions, and has promoted force in recent years. It seems that the Western Rong Dynasty is not calm."

"Oh, the general has already made a decision? I won't disturb you anymore and take your leave first." Chu Ying'er seemed to feel that she had said too much, so she hurriedly gave her a gift and gave her a big tent.

Li Luo smiled and was not angry. She sat in front of the map and looked at the book in her hand carefully. Until after the lights were held, Li Luo put down the book, pondered for a moment, and told Liu Ce and Shen Xiangdong that Liu Ce and Shen Xiangdong came to the Central Army to discuss matters. It was not until dawn that the people dispersed.

Li Luo did not rest, so he called Ni Qing and Ni Bai and sent an urgent document to Zhuocheng.

A few days after the emergency was issued, the camp was as abnormal as before. However, the spies of the central army were more closely involved in Shahu and Tianshui areas, and Li Luo also quietly went out two or three times.

A few days later, a letter was sent back and forth from the royal city. After Li Luo read it, he immediately ordered the generals to come to the Central Army to discuss matters.

In less than a moment, all the generals in the camp arrived. Except for Liu Ce and Shen Xiangdong, the rest were confused and didn't know what was going on.

Li Luo didn't say much, and read out the imperial edict of Emperor Wanlong, and the generals were shocked.

The order is that the grain transactions in Tianshui and Shahu provinces will be recorded today. No matter how big or small, you must go through the Western Expedition. If you trade grain privately, no matter who the other party is, you will be punished as the crime of colluding with the enemy and treason and beheaded without mercy.

Once this order was issued, Li Luo's authority in the Western Prefecture was extremely great.

In the Western Prefectures and states, one-third of the merchants who trade grain, and the rest are some merchants with horses, iron tools, silk and other goods. If barter is included, they will add the number of merchants. In this way, unless they openly rebel, they will be supplemented with 100,000 Mutianlang soldiers, and more than 30% of the merchants will follow Li Luo's breath.

In recent years, some merchants from the Great Ganges in Xifu have been profit-oriented, colluding with borders, and privately closely with the enemy country. They ignore the soldiers who fought to the death on the frontier, and there are many more people who surrender to the enemy and sell their country. Some of them simply colluded with horse thieves, burning, killing, looting and doing all kinds of evil.

However, the court was unjust and no one went to rectify it, and the army of Dagan ruled the law could not interfere in local political affairs. In this way, the officials of the prefecture were even more lawless. Most of the soldiers guarding the border turned a blind eye, and some simply joined forces to make huge profits, which aroused the anger of heaven and the people in the Western Prefecture. It was not until Di Jie, the commander of the Western Expedition, took office.
Chapter completed!