When I went upstream, I was as slow as a turtle crawling. When I went downstream, under the surge of the spring tide, it was like a thousand miles in one day. The surging water, loaded with corpses, returned to Cangyan City in the bustle.
Today's Cangyan City is in devastation. Only a few sections of the outer adobe city wall are left. The stone wall of the inner city has been demolished by Gou Feng. He actually demolished the city wall with the help of merchants from the Tang Dynasty.
All the stones on the mountain were sold to the Mohe people in the wilderness, and the Koreans in the city dared not speak out.
The Mohe people also need to build their own cities. They cannot resist the temptation of concentrated living. The larger tribes really hope that they can end the miserable life of wandering around for many years and hope to have a house strong enough to withstand the cold wind during the long winter.
, Every year, the children who are born are always taken away by the cold before they have grown up. They can’t chisel stones, and they don’t have the tools to chisel stones. Now that someone is processing a large number of chiseled stones cheaply, why don’t you do it yourself?
Should I buy it? The Mohe people are powerful. As long as they think it is good, they don’t care what the Koreans think.
Yun Ye scratched his head and thought for a long time. He couldn't remember what city the Mohe people had built. But it didn't matter. It's not too late to build one now. It would be very interesting to have a city built by the Mohe people on the territory of the Koreans.
For Tang merchants, such wrong practices must be dealt with seriously. The only way pirates can do is to kill people. In the gloating eyes of those Korean people, all Tang merchants were buried alive. The only regret is that Tang people are still not afraid of death.
Stinky Virtue, one by one tidied up their clothes and tidied themselves up. It didn't feel like they were going to die, but more like a long journey. The most disgusting thing was that when they entered the pit, they were very polite and polite. The oldest one walked in
From the front, the young man followed behind. From beginning to end, he never begged for mercy.
Death is like a lamp going out. All hatred disappears. Tang merchants paid a heavy price for their unreasonableness. Then, the remaining hatred can only be explained to them by those Mohe people who lived a very happy life.
The pirates left on the raft, taking away the money, supplies, and the good horses they bought from the Mohe people. The Liao River was almost covered by rafts, and Gou Feng never stopped.
When making rafts, all the wood selected is the largest, best and most valuable wood.
Those businessmen who should have been rotting slowly under the soil are now circling Yun Ye, chattering to Yun Hou how much their families have paid in this war. What kind of torture they have suffered, and what kind of torture they have suffered.
How much money did you lose?
"Tell me, how much do you want? Give me a number, and as long as it's not outrageous, I will agree to it, Mr. Hou."
"Marquis Yun is bullying someone too much!" the leader of the old man was furious. He was an old man from the eldest son's family. The eldest son would call him uncle when he saw him. He was the chief shopkeeper of the eldest son's family in Goryeo. He was a man who kept his word.
Seeing Yun Ye, his eyebrows almost stood up. He quickly said: "Marquis Yun, how can you treat us merchants like this? My eldest grandson's family doesn't care about a mere loss of property. As a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, this is what we should do.
, I believe everyone here will not care. We just want to ask Marquis Yun, whether the merits of opening the city gate and coordinating the inside and the outside are recorded in the merit book? "
The old guy looked very angry just now, but in the blink of an eye, that old face turned into a flattering and wretched one. Yun Ye really couldn't get angry with such an old man. All the merchants around him were looking at him eagerly, waiting for him.
Speaking.
It's true that they don't care about wealth. After doing business in Liaodong for so many years, everyone has made enough. Mere money is really nothing to them, but military achievements are different. The Tang Dynasty rewards,
Military merit is the first priority. Anyone who has a little bit of military merit will be rewarded by the country. Such rewards are usually honorary, but as long as they have this reputation, they will have the shame to say that they did it for the great nation when they return.
The Tang Dynasty fought in the war, and for this reason, he gave up his family and business to show off his merits in front of his father and fellow villagers and glorify the village. People in the Tang Dynasty did not value money, but they valued face and status. It is better to pass on money to their descendants than to pass on a good reputation.
, this is the general consensus in Qinchuan, eight hundred miles away.
Yun Ye nodded and said to them: "You did your best to open the city gate and risked your own lives and family wealth. This is not false in the slightest. As for me, I only try to gain credit for my subordinates and never do it."
It will hide the merits of my subordinates. After a while, I will ask the commander of the army to take out the merit book and show it to you. If it is yours, it will be yours. There is no joke in the army. "
Hearing what Yun Ye said, the merchants all beamed with joy. After bowing their hands and saluting, they went back to figure out how to turn this military exploit into a real glory through the master's family.
"Actually, we also have business to do, why don't we sit down and discuss it carefully." Yun Ye saw their smiling faces and said to them thoughtfully.
"If the Marquis doesn't say anything, I still want to mention it to the Marquis. The army has seized a lot, and your Yun family can't swallow such a big deal. Here, there is fine iron that my eldest grandson's family urgently needs. Even if you take this fine iron,
When it is shipped to Chang'an, it is not going to be sold to my eldest grandson's family in the end. How about selling it to the old man on the spot. You will have less trouble and my family will have more income. What do you think, Lord Marquis? "
"Master Hou, I want to swallow the flax produced in Goryeo. Can you think of it?"
"When the raft reaches Dengzhou, it will be of no use. Lord Marquis, the villain will take it all.
"Master Hou, I, Hui Jingtang, want all the medicinal materials."
Yun Ye stopped them from talking with a smile, and asked them to sit around him, and then slowly said: "The things you want are all easy to talk about, but there is one most precious commodity, why is it that no one wants it?"
"Oh? Please give me some advice, Lord Marquis. We are all ears."
"This time I led the troops to march eastward, which can be said to be a complete success. You see, we have brought back all the corpses of the former Sui soldiers. It can be said that we have completed the work assigned by Your Majesty. As you know, the army attacked the city all the way.
The stronghold is invincible, conquers the city, annihilates stubborn enemies, and kills countless enemies. It can be said that on the shore of Liao River, the Koreans can't even think of returning to their original state without ten years of merit. However, the military's achievements are as high as nine ranks. This time, it is fortunate that the soldiers used their lives.
, everyone will have merit and be promoted, and His Majesty’s decree to commend them is what they should do. This is already the best result.”
"Marquis Yun is saying that the soldiers have a lot of merit that will be wasted?" A fat businessman's eyes widened, his whole body was shaking like chaff in a sieve, and he was so excited that he was so happy.
Seeing Yun Ye nodding, he took out a few bank drafts from his arms without hesitation and placed them in front of Yun Ye. He lay on the ground and begged: "Marquis Yun, I only have this little wealth this time, plus more
For the goods that I have saved this time, please ask Marquis Yun to allocate some extra credit to my Qiu family for the soldiers. If it is not enough, I will definitely raise more money when I return to Chang'an."
While the other merchants were dumbfounded, Yun Ye sent someone to find Lai Chuanfeng and asked straight away: "Lao Lai, how many times will you behead you this time? How many times will you be punished by Ce Xun?"
"Come back to the Commander-in-Chief, I am beheading one hundred and thirty-three people this time. If calculated according to military merit, level 30 is enough to reach the ninth rank of General Cexun. Grandma's is over a hundred more, which is a loss."
The businessman surnamed Qiu rolled around and pushed the money order in front of Yun Ye to Lai Chuanfeng. He finally figured out that Lai Chuanfeng was the seller.
"What do you think about taking a fifty-level beheading from your military supply and giving it to your brothers who died in the battle, and then selling a thirty-level to this man?" Yun Ye took a sip of tea and asked Lai Chuanfeng.
Lai Chuanfeng's legs went weak and he knelt on the ground. He saw that the businessman named Qiu pushed ten money orders at his feet. They were all gold-edged, and each one was worth a hundred dollars.
, that is to say, not counting those goods, he is already a rich man with a net worth of thousands of dollars.
Swallowing his saliva, he touched the money orders, then turned around and said to Yun Ye: "Master Hou, this is a great thing. Those heads are of no use to the generals. Of course it is okay to distribute them to the brothers who died in the battle, but selling them will
It will not bring trouble to the Marquis."
"You are thinking too much. You know the reason why we went to war this time. Everyone in the military department owes us. I am just redistributing the credit we have made. There is no false credit. It has been
It's for His Majesty's sake. Anyone who dares to say more will wait for our impeachment. Every achievement is recorded and can withstand scrutiny. Take your money and go.
Marching Sima, please change it."
With Yun Ye's words, Lai Chuanfeng couldn't close his mouth with laughter. He picked up the money orders and stuffed them into his arms. He took Lao Qiu and went to find the marching Sima.
It will be blocked, and at most it will be reported to Baiqisi for record afterwards. Baiqisi will not offend the leading general because of such a trivial matter. After filing, everything will disappear.
"Go and call Yang Yueming, Yang Yueli, Gou Feng, and the brothers who have killed the enemy and surpassed Cexun rank nine. Don't make too much noise." Liu Jinbao hurriedly walked down after hearing Yun Ye's instructions.
The old uncle of the Changsun family said with a mysterious face: "Marquis Yun, I just took a look and found that there are thirty-three guans per head. Counting Lao Qiu's goods, that's 40 guans per head, right?"
Yun Ye nodded in approval. The old guy quickly took out a stack of money orders from his arms, slapped it in front of Yun Ye, and said boldly: "I want level 100!"
After selling the heads, Yang Yueming was done with it. Yang Yueli beat his chest and regretted it. He ordered many Korean soldiers to be thrown back to Dawangcheng with trebuchets. He didn't know whether these were his own achievements. It was a huge loss. One head was worth four.