Kelsang is back. He has walked thousands of miles with his family. Although his face is tired, it can be seen that he is very happy. The moment he saw Su Ren, Kelsang burst into tears.
Tears kept repeating one sentence: "I thought I would never see my husband again in this life. Even if I can see you again, even if I die, I, Gesang, will have no regrets!"
Su Ren pulled Gesang up. He didn't mind the dust all over Gesang's body and the lice on his head. He hugged him like a brother. The flower lady beside her also had tears in her eyes. She followed Gesang on the road to the Western Regions.
, he thought that his life would be like this, and the best outcome would be to die of old age in the Western Regions with Gesang. In fact, this was also the best outcome. He was an unknown woman and did not want to bring misfortune to others.
After crying for a while, he would naturally laugh. The Yageri brothers, who had been peeping their heads, hid behind their mother and looked at the man talking to their father. The man was different from everyone they had ever seen. Sitting there, there was a
With such an admirable attitude, he seemed to be much richer than the previous city lords. Six-year-old Yageri was happy for his father, but also a little regretful. Since his father knew the lord of such a big city, why didn't he come earlier?
?
Su Ren and Gesang said a few words and found the little ones. He waved to them, and the frightened ones hurriedly hid behind their mother. Gesang was a little embarrassed and wanted to say something, but Su Ren
Ren stopped.
He picked up the plate of pastries next to him and coughed: "If you guys don't come over, these delicious things will be gone!"
Hassan, the youngest, showed his little head, swallowed a sip of saliva, and looked to see if his parents meant to blame him, and if he saw a smile on the man's face, he walked over, grabbed a piece, turned around and ran away. This action caused
Everyone around laughed. Seeing that his younger brother had already taken action, Nima also came over to take a piece. He was a year older after all. Perhaps his parents had warned him on the way here, so Nima bowed to Su Ren before taking it away.
Su Ren smiled: "This is not good. If you are a good child, don't be restrained. How can you be like an old man at this young age? I think that kid just now has more promise!"
Gesang and his wife nodded in agreement. Gesang smiled and said, "It's okay to have no rules in front of your husband. This is not a barbaric Yanqi."
Su Rendao: "Are you blaming me? Hahaha, that's right. I left you and your wife there for five years. It's been hard on you all these years! You and your wife have done a good job in this matter. Let's rest here for a few days first.
Then we go back to Chang'an. You should be given an official title no matter what if you have made such a contribution."
Gesang scratched his head: "Sir, I have promoted you, but my son doesn't recognize the little herringbone as much. How can I become an official?"
"Hahaha..." Su Ren smiled: "Just learn if you don't know me! There's no shame in learning from your son or from Hua Niang! By the way, the little guy was already one year old when you left. Why didn't you see him?
?I still remember that the name seems to be Yagerri, right?"
Gesang was a little excited and hurriedly pulled Yagerri out from behind Hua Niang and kicked Yagerri on the butt: "Why don't you salute sir quickly?"
Yageri was neither impatient nor crying. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully to Su Ren. Su Ren touched his whole body, took off a jade pendant from his waist, and handed it to Yageri: "Take this."
Come on! You have merit too, so I’ll reward you!”
Yageri didn't show any pretense. He took it with both hands and saluted again: "Thank you, sir!"
Zhang Qian took a look at it and nodded repeatedly: "Not bad, not frightened when in trouble, he is a material that can be made!"
Zhang Qian has been used to the feeling of Jin Rixi around him for more than half a year. When Jin Rixi left in the past few days, Zhang Qian became a little quiet. Seeing that Zhang Qian liked Yageri, Han Qing quickly said: "Since Zhang Qian
If you like it, why not accept him as your disciple?"
Su Ren said quickly: "Okay! I think it will work!"
Zhang Qian laughed loudly: "Even if I want to, my parents may not like me."
Gesang was very good at getting things done, so he quickly dragged Yagri to bow down in front of Zhang Qian, and kowtowed down the matter. Today was the happiest day in the city lord's palace. The return of Gesang's family sent Jinri away.
The haze of Xi finally receded, allowing these people who have been here for more than half a year to feel the taste of home. There is not much time like this, so naturally it would be better if he could have a moment of warmth.
Su Ren drank a lot of wine, Gesang also drank a lot, and the rest of the people were even more drunk. When the moon reached its zenith, the banquet officially ended. Those who drank too much were sent back to their rooms.
It doesn't matter whether Su Ren is vomiting or sleeping soundly. He has secret matters to deal with now.
In the most secret room of the city lord's palace, Huang Shisan and Man Niu guarded the door vigilantly, with their hands always on the hilts of their swords, because Su Ren gave them an order that anyone who approached without reason would be killed without mercy. Inside the room
, under the dim light, Su Ren and Gesang stood in front of more than a dozen large wooden boxes. The wooden boxes were all locked, and there were two of them.
Gesang put a bunch of keys in front of Su Ren: "Sir, they are all here. These three willow boxes were obtained by the villain after personally inspecting them. The remaining nine poplar boxes were heard from what they heard, and they all corroborated each other.
, even if there is a discrepancy, it won’t be too big.”
Su Ren took the key and put it in his arms: "The best way to control the Western Region is to control the water source. However, the water source in the Western Region is the most fickle. Sometimes it is in the east, sometimes in the west, sometimes up, sometimes down. It makes people
I can’t figure it out, but these are all regular. You have been checking them for five years and listened to people’s stories. What have you learned?”
Gesang shook his head: "I don't understand very well, but I just follow the instructions of the master. There are water sources, mountains, cities, and population. Everything the master wants is in it."
Su Ren smiled: "Okay, if you don't understand, just don't understand! You go and have a rest, I want to be alone for a while!"
"No!" Gesang saluted and left the room. Su Ren took a deep breath, took out the first willow cabinet and opened it. It was filled with papers, which were so neat that it was staggering. Every once in a while, Su Ren
The paper specially sent to Yanqi is all the best Shu County paper and has been specially treated. This paper has good toughness and is very suitable for preservation when made into books.
Every piece of paper here is full of writing. The first one writes about the affairs of the Yanqi Kingdom. It says: Yanqi is located in the north of the Tianshan Mountains, 358 miles away from the vast sea, and the city of Yanqi has a radius of 45 miles.
, the Tuotuo River flows five miles outside the city. The city has a population of 30,000, of which 20,000 are young and strong. The city lord has an army of 3,000.
Seeing this, Su Ren smiled. This must be the first time Kelsang has done this, so the writing is messy, but very good things are probably explained clearly. The second picture is about Yanqi's situation and tells about Yanqi's humanities
Customs, production and life. Su Ren knew for the first time that the Yanqi people were good at panning for gold, which meant that there was likely to be a gold mine in Yanqi, otherwise it would be useless for them to have this skill.
These things written by Gesang should all be written by Hua Niang. She is very beautiful, and after writing so much, she finally has the meaning of a calligrapher. Hua Niang is a girl from an official family. She went to Shu County with her father to take office, and was called
He was killed by bandits. If he had not met Su Ren to suppress the bandits, his life would have been ruined. Even if he could come back, he would become a woman despised by everyone. Therefore, Su Ren married him to a Qiang man and sent them to the Western Regions.
After staying here for several years, who would dare to look down on Hua Niang this time?
When daybreak was about to break, Su Rencai came out of the house and ordered Huang Shisan: "Deploy additional manpower and keep a close watch for twelve hours. The three mountains will be shaken. Walkers and black whirlwind will be protected by Yama on the ground. Anyone who tries to enter will be shot and killed."
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Huang Shisan was stunned. This was the first time he saw Su Ren personally assign Tiangang Disha to perform a task. Huang Shisan knew that the things in this room must be very important, so he nodded solemnly without saying much.
I drank too much last night. Not many people got up early in the morning. Only Zhang Qian walked out the door shaking his head. He saw Su Ren with red eyes and looked him up and down: "Why do you feel like you didn't sleep last night?"
Su Ren stretched out: "I'm a night owl, so it's normal for me not to sleep. It won't be too late to go back to sleep now!"
"Hey! The dignified Han general actually likes to sleep in. There are so many things waiting for you to deal with in this city. Today, King Xiutu's people will come to ask for supplies. How can you sleep peacefully at this time?"
Su Ren said with a smile: "The matter has been discussed. As long as they keep their promise, it will be given to them. It is the same as me without me. Besides, you are also there, right? Don't forget, you are the governor of Yumen!"
After chatting with Zhang Qian for a while, he continued to walk to his house. He met Hua Niang again on the way. This woman was not very beautiful, but she had not lost the poise of a Han woman after staying in the Western Regions for all these years. Although she was dark,
They are a little bit older, but their eyes are a little more shrewd. This is the difference between the children of officials and ordinary people. The former will become smarter with experience, while the latter will become stupider with experience.
Hua Niang gave Su Ren a gift, and Su Ren nodded slightly: "Is it your intention that Gesang doesn't want to be an official?"
Hua Niang did not deny it, nodded and said: "Please forgive me, sir, civilian girls have seen a lot of things clearly over the years. Now that we have a husband and children, we should live an ordinary life, so that we can last long! There is a gentleman who stays in Shu County.
If you take care of me, you will definitely live a good life, it will be much better than living in the Western Region."
Su Ren looked at the woman in front of him and said: "It doesn't matter, you want to stay in Chengdu or go to Wenshui. It's up to you. I will also let someone take care of me. In fact, it is best to live an ordinary life. I regret leaving Shu County."
Come out, since Yageri has accepted Zhang Taishou as his teacher, he must stay in Yumen. Of course, if you don't want to, you can take him away. I will go and talk to Zhang Taishou."
"Thank you, Mr., for your kindness. The women know this! Since Yagerri has paid homage to Prefect Zhang, he will stay in Yumen and let the children go their own way!"
The two of them did not say any more words. Su Ren returned to his room, and Hua Niang also returned to their small courtyard. As soon as they entered the door, Gesang rushed out and looked at Hua Niang anxiously: "How is it? Mr.