There are seventy-four pieces of various gold items, one hundred and twenty pieces of jade, and the total value of silver collars is about two thousand guan. The various copper coins are not counted because many are rotten and difficult to count, but they probably do not exceed 10,000 guan.
This is the treasure that came out of the Loyalty Treasury. It can be seen that in the last years of the Anxi Army and Dayun Temple, the two highest institutions in the Tang Dynasty that controlled the Western Regions, life was really difficult.
Of course, there are not many gold and silver treasures, but there are many other things, mainly in terms of weapons and equipment.
Among them, there are more than 700 sets of armor, but the ropes have almost all rotted and fallen off, and the armor leaves are also somewhat rusty. They need a certain amount of time to be repaired before they can be used.
In addition to piercing armor, there are more than a hundred sets of chain mail, also known as Chinese chain mail, in the library.
These are made of fine iron and are the best preserved. When they were taken out, the lard and mutton fat on the oil paper wrapping these ring armors were even a little bit wet on your hands.
In addition to the Chinese chain mail armor, there are more than 300 sets of Persian chain mail armor. Judging from the style, they should be from the Sasanian Persian period. They are relatively well preserved and can be used after repair.
The total of 500 sets of armor surprised Zhang Zhao the most, because they matched the cloth armor he made.
Zhang Zhao specially tried it. He asked the bear to wear a cotton-padded jacket next to the body, then wear a chain mail armor, and a layer of cloth armor on the outside, and then asked Dunzhu to chop and stab with a spear and axe.
Although the bear was grinning in pain, Dundup said that even if he was not facing a vicious person like the bear, but an ordinary soldier, it would probably take a lot of energy and strength to defeat him.
Even before his strength is exhausted, such a soldier is almost invincible.
As for other materials, including several thousand kilograms of smelted iron bars and iron blocks, long spears that were so rotten that only the tip was usable, some rusty horizontal knives, arrowheads, etc., they were all being sorted out nervously.
After these things are taken out, Li Shengtian and Zhang Zhao can each take away some of them, and the most critical ones, more than one hundred sets of chain mail and more than three hundred sets of chain mail, belong to Zhang Zhao.
However, although Li Shengtian didn't say anything, Zhang Zhao knew that there were conditions, that is, he promised to capture Bukhanna and make a fortune in Tianzhu, as well as complete the internal circulation of the Khotan Jin Kingdom.
It's up to him to get it done.
After taking out the treasures from the Zhongzhen Treasury and sorting out the armor and ironware, Zhang Zhao left. As for the gold and silver collars, he didn't even look at them.
Because he knew very well the character of his uncle, the emperor, and now Li Shengtian knew his ambition. The marriage contract between the third generation of the Li family and the second generation of the Zhang family had also been established. When he returned eastward, Li Shengtian would definitely not
He was treated wrongly in gold and silver.
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As soon as he returned to Shule, there were two very important things waiting for Zhang Zhao to deal with.
The first thing was to open a mansion. Since Li Shengtian knew about Zhang Zhao's ambition and decided to invest in Zhang Zhao, there was no need to wait for Dong Gui to open the mansion.
Li Shengtian said, open it now, drive it hard, and follow the regulations of the Prince of Tang Dynasty.
According to the system of the Tang Dynasty, the royal palace had a recorder, a long history, various military officers (Gong Cao, Cang Cao, Hu Cao, Bing Cao, etc.), a chief secretary, various guards commanders, and officers from the Marriage Office and the Inner Office.
But Zhang Zhao's is simpler. He doesn't need the Wei Shuai, the Marriage Office and the Account Office.
Because of the need to connect with the Guiyi Army, the current military organization under Zhang Zhao is based on the establishment of the Guiyi Army, which is the town-army-camp-du-general-team-fire model.
Therefore, what needs to be opened to open a government is the remaining civil service system.
Among them, he was responsible for recording affairs and joining the army, and was in charge of the general records of all Cao Cao's documents, as well as the good and evil officials.
To put it bluntly, if the palace is compared to a court, those who record affairs and join the army are the true confidants of the king. They can control everything and intervene in everything. It all depends on the will of the Lord.
It's a bit like the eunuch who was the chief eunuch in the Ming Dynasty, so Zhang Zhao simply didn't set it up because he didn't have such a suitable candidate at the moment.
The Changshi was the prime minister who founded the government. In the Tang Dynasty, when the kings surnamed Li were young or did not go to join the feudal vassal due to other reasons, the Changshi would handle the feudal affairs on their behalf.
Originally Zhang Zhao did not want to set up this official position, also because he did not have a good candidate, but after thinking about it later, he appointed Zhang Zhong as the chief historian of the palace.
Because everyone knows that the relationship between Zhang Zhong and Zhang Zhao is his, and no one dares to object.
But at the same time, they knew Zhang Zhong's ability. Old Zhang Zhong could not be a long history at all. This long history must be a decoration, and King Zhang himself was responsible for the matter.
In this way, the people below will have a goal. The king cannot do the long history of things by himself for a long time. Whoever is more capable and efficient in doing things can succeed in ascending to the throne.
As for Cao Cao joining the army, this is the official position that Zhang Zhao really wants to establish.
Wu Yuan'er, who had been following Zhang Zhao, got the two key positions of Gongcao and Bingcao in the army.
From then on, matters such as rewards for meritorious service, compensation for casualties, and ordnance rationing of soldiers were under Wu Yuan'er's control.
Guo Tiance, who had just done an outstanding job in printing "The Complete Biography of the Heroes of the Tang Dynasty" and completed the task quickly, got the position of Hucao joining the army.
However, Zhang Zhao does not have much household registration now, but he still has a lot of money. He got more than 200,000 yuan from the Shule Palace alone. Therefore, Hu Cao joined the army and could not manage his household registration, but he could manage a lot of money.
King Zhang is now a truly polished king. This does not mean that he has no money and no one, but that he has almost no money left.
All assets, even those given to him by Li Shengtian, were transferred to Zhang Zhao, otherwise he would not be able to support so many people.
Of course, it is only a matter of time before public and private affairs are separated, and Cao Yanmian, the Cao family, has already begun to take over.
Cangcao joined the army and was awarded Zhu Qingquan. This position of guarding the house was most suitable for him, a descendant of the Anxi army that Zhang Zhao himself had recruited from the royal city of Khotan.
In addition to his ability to write and calculate, his family also only has one grandson who is still studying with Zhang Zhao and was adopted as his adopted son. Loyalty is no problem.
In the end, Cao Yanming got a job as an engineer to join the army. This could be regarded as officially confirming the status of Huolei Yamen, the gunpowder research department. In addition to the work of researching gunpowder, the engineer was also responsible for the construction of armor and other tasks.
At this point, the founding of the government has been completed, everyone has obtained their position, and most of the institutions of King Zhang's small court have been established. Although the sparrow is small, it has all its internal organs.
After the founding of the government was completed, the second thing to do was to attack Bakhna.
Zhang Zhao's official opening ceremony had just been completed, and before he had time to say a few words to Cao Yanmian and Guo Wan'er who were in the backyard, Li Qilang, supported by several guards, came directly to Zhang Zhao's residence.
A wooden box was lifted up by Li Qilang and handed to Zhang Zhao. It was the one Zheng Shouli had given to Ma Yaozi. It contained the treasure map of the loyalty treasury belonging to the Xue family.
Of course, Ma Yaozi and Yang Shouli didn't know that Zhang Zhao had already collected all the loyalty treasury, so they forced Li Qilang to travel day and night and arrived at Shule at a speed that almost killed him.
"Your Majesty, the three surnames of Zheng, Yang, and Xue built a city on the northern mountain of the Bahan Kingdom, and called it New Qiuci, with a total population of 7,677.
Among them, there are 1,451 adult men, all of whom are willing to follow the king back eastward. In addition, with the help of the various tribes in Beishan, the ancient road in and out of Bakhna has also been explored."
After taking a sip of honey water, Li Qilang finally regained his breath. He began to tell a story about his thrilling journey to find the three new Qiuci families.
When Li Qilang said that Xinqiuci was besieged and that everyone on the mountain had almost been cut off from drinking water for two days, Zhang Zhao's back suddenly became covered with white sweat.
What a risk! Really what a risk! If it had been a few more days later, Xinqiuci would have been captured. By then, the old and the weak would have been slaughtered, and the young and strong women would have been kidnapped. It would be too late to regret it!
This is the real Tang'er. There are more than 7,000 people, and they are all willing to follow him back east. For Zhang Zhao, it is extremely precious.
"Qilang, you've worked really hard. I never thought that these two idiots, Ma Yaozi and Shanzhu'er, could use their brains. That's great!" Zhang Zhao asked after praising him happily.
"How is the condition of the ancient road to and from Bakhna? Is it still passable? Is this the road you took when you came back?"
"It's still passable. I came back through this ancient road with several Hu'er from the Beishan tribe.
The ancient road is very wide, not only can horses pass by, but also eight or more people can pass abreast, and carriages can also pass."
Li Qilang nodded quickly and replied, "However, the road conditions are a bit bad. The traitor Yu Supu had already thought of taking over the territory and becoming king when Saktu led his army back to Shule and prepared to attack Suiye.
Therefore, after attacking and killing the cronies left behind by Saktu, he used the method of destroying mountains to close several key road sections, and also destroyed the inns and grain stores set up along Saktu.
When the servant came back from the ancient road, he brought a little little dry food and almost starved to death. Fortunately, he shot a yellow sheep on the way and survived. But if a few people can do it, a large army will definitely not be able to do it."
Zhang Zhao was quite speechless, "Saktu, what the hell are you looking at!" The governor who stayed behind at Ba Khanna turned out to be a ruthless young man.
Damn it, the ancient road for thousands of miles is uninhabited, and the mountain is deliberately collapsed to block the road. How can I get past it?
"What is the combat effectiveness of Yusupu's army, the governor of Puppet Khanna? Can it have the combat effectiveness of the Gulam Guards of Saktu under the Polu Prefecture City?" This question is very critical and is related to what actions Zhang Zhao should take.
Li Qilang thought carefully before hesitatingly said: "The combat effectiveness should be very poor. At least the soldiers who besieged Xinqiuci were almost all pulled directly from the fields and pastures. Only officers have armor.
The horse general interrogated the captured officers, who were the Iqta infantry gathered by various Burkes.
In the two big cities of Andukang and Kesai City, there are some troops with the title of Gulam, but it is said that their combat effectiveness is not very good.
Because Gulam, who had the best fighting ability, was Saktu's confidant. Except for a small number of them who were willing to join him, most of them were eliminated by Yu Supu when he found an opportunity.
It is said that at the banquet in Kesai City, Yusupu killed dozens of officers and their guards at once."
Hey! This is good news!
Zhang Zhao grinned, this Yu Supu is still a ruthless person!
Historically, it seems that after Saktu occupied Bakhna, it was indeed quickly recaptured by Saman Persia.
The two sides fought back and forth for more than ten years before Bukhanna was finally firmly controlled by Saktu. It seems that Yusupu 'contributed a lot'.
"Fanquan! Qiongreduojin! Shi Chongmin!" After thinking for a while, Zhang Zhao made an arrangement.
"Fan Quan led the third general from the right of Han Shandu with one hundred knights, Qiongre Duojin led the third general from the right of You Yidu with one hundred fine cavalry, plus the two hundred soldiers from Jindu led the vanguard, with Fan Quan at the head.
You first need to repair the roads in and out of the Bukhanna Ancient Road, especially the road blocked by Yusupu. After leaving the valley entrance, when looking for danger, set up a stronghold and don't deliberately seek a battle. Holding the valley entrance is a great achievement."
"Here! I obey your orders, general!" The three people hurriedly came out and crossed their hands to accept the orders.
Although they are both generals, Fan Quan was Zhang Zhao's personal guard. Of course Qiongre Duojin did not dare to compete with Fan Quan, let alone Shi Chongmin, who had a lower status.
However, this also reminded Zhang Zhao that he had to return east as soon as possible! Otherwise, he would not even be able to obtain things like ranking officials.
"Guo Canjun, come with me to the royal city to meet the Great Sage."
Militarily, he can be the vanguard, but setting up supply points and transshipment issues for the army along the way is Li Shengtian's problem.
