The melancholy bearded man looked around and saw the rolling snow-capped mountains in the distance, with their peaks reaching into the sky like jade pillars. Anyone who comes here and sees such a scene will feel a sense of heroism in their chest.
He didn't know what Mansour was thinking. He always felt that this man was more ambitious than anyone else. Looking at these undulating snow peaks, his eyes were full of greed.
"When I came to the Tang Dynasty this time, I finally understood what the Arabs lacked. The Umayyads and the past caliphs were too narrow-minded and thought that God was only the God of the Arabs. In fact, this is not the case. Everyone in the world can
Bathed in the radiance of Allah, even those infidels can become our civilized people."
Li Siye stared at the man in front of him again. This man wearing a black robe and a turban always reminded him of Silly Damu. ** It was so strange.
Mansur, the food envoy, took his flamboyant secret caravan away. Li Siye stood on the top of the city and watched the camel caravan climb through the hills between the snow-capped mountains. The clear sound of the golden camel bells echoed in the mountains.
When he turned around and walked down the city wall, he found that the soldiers and women in the city were looking at him with hot and strange eyes, as if they were seeing a golden Buddha statue, which they could not look at directly.
Fujimaki led twenty people to guard outside the thatched hall, wearing armor and looking solemn and serious.
Li Siye asked him strangely: "What are you doing? Do you want me to test your training results?"
"No, my beloved Ambassador Li, that box contains gold. I know how expensive this thing is. The sudden appearance of five hundred kilograms of gold in Congling will always attract people with ulterior motives.
, so I lead everyone to stay here and do my best to protect the safety of the gold."
Li Siye waved his hand: "I don't need your protection. Just go down and lead the troops for me. Don't think too much about such messy things."
Fujimaki nodded sincerely: "The guardian is right. I will live up to your expectations and work hard to lead the troops. Please allow me to express my loyalty to you."
Li Siye's scalp went numb when he heard it. It was true that Teng Mu was his subordinate, but this behavior was too rude. It seemed that gold had too great influence on people, and it was easy for people to lose their minds.
He waved his hand angrily and walked into the thatched hall. The box containing gold squatted on the straw mat in the center, with a large copper lock hanging on it, and the key was held in his hand.
The boss Yu Gou sat cross-legged on the opposite side of the box, with a calm look on his face, holding a hemp rope in his hand and closing his eyes to rest. Li Siye breathed out a sigh of relief. As a boss with a talent for managing warehouses, it was really cool for him to be so indifferent when facing gold.
It's amazing, this determination is second only to myself.
With so much gold, you should find a place to store it, otherwise these guys will secretly open the box and divide the gold one day when you leave Congling for something else.
Yu Gou stepped forward respectfully and saluted: "Your Majesty, I am humble enough to be willing to protect this gold for you. Even if my life is lost, they will not lose it."
Li Siye asked him with a smile: "Have you opened the box and looked at it?"
"I haven't seen it yet."
He took out the key from his sleeve, walked to the box, opened the brass lock on it, and waved to Gou.
Yu Zhubo hesitated a little, walked over slowly, and looked at Li Siye's face in surprise.
Li Siye suddenly opened the lid of the box, and golden light burst out. Yu Zhubo's eyes suddenly widened, filled with obsession, and even his breathing became heavy.
Snapped!
He closed the box again, and Yu Gou recovered from his uneasiness.
Li Siye turned to look at him again and asked, "How is it?"
Yu Gou looked ashamed, crossed his hands and whispered:
"I am not strong enough for my humble position, and I am not qualified to take care of it for Li Shijun."
Li Siye smiled happily and said: "The fact that you can think like this means that you are a person who is loyal to his duties. I will have great use for this gold in the future. If I just possess it, then it will be a pile of dead things and will have no use."
Yu Gou bowed and saluted again: "I have learned a lesson from my humble position."
"Go out and find me a hammer, and tell everyone that no one has to come near this place."
Yu Gou left and returned, handed Li Siye a hammer, then covered his face with his sleeves and slowly retreated.
Li Siye returned to the partition of the room where he lived with the pick, moved the wooden cabinet where the documents were displayed, raised the pick and started digging.
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In late June, Tian Zhen, who had gone out to escort the Persian caravan, came back with his team. The escort mission was uneventful. Everyone only encountered a few groups of small bandits on the road, and they were all dismissed easily. Everyone's faces were clear of the rush of the journey.
Apart from the exhaustion, all that remains is the joy of returning.
Lin Qinian led the soldiers and family members of Congling Guards to stand on the top of the city to welcome the athletes returning from afar. The camel and horse team walked slowly from the foot of the snow-capped mountains, and the long team made the clear sound of camel bells. Ladies
Standing on the top of the city and dancing with colorful silk in his hands, this scene seems a bit familiar.
Yu Gou walked quietly to Li Siye and questioned in a low voice: "We did it without telling Shule Town about escorting the caravan. Isn't it too obvious for us to do this? We also held a welcome ceremony. Those who didn't know it thought they were...
Where are the heroes who returned from the expedition?"
"Who says they're not heroes?"
Li Siye crossed his arms and said calmly: "For the sake of their family's livelihood, those who dare to give up their current comfortable life and go to work far away are heroes, heroes to their wives and children."
Yu Gou sighed quietly: "Li Shijun said it very well."
Actually what he wants to say is,
Don't you have a clear idea of why they came out? Didn't you use money to lure them out? Isn't it because they owed the imperial court armor that you grabbed their pigtails?
The caravan slowly came to the city wall. Li Siye ordered people to open the city gate. Tian Zhen rode a thin horse with a spear on his shoulder and led the caravan into the city. His face was covered with rough marks from the wind and sand, and ten people behind him
The nine athletes had the same rough faces, and even their faces that were flushed with excitement after returning were covered by this trace.
As soon as everyone entered the city, ladies from each family gathered around them, and the procession immediately became chaotic. The young lady stood shyly in front of her husband, and the older lady held the baby in her arms and put it in her husband's arms, like a child.
It is the baton passed on by their love.
For a time, the laughter of children, the shouts of grandpa, the tired neighing of horses, and the congratulations and greetings of brothers were intertwined, making this lonely small town guarding the end of the earth an extraordinary thing.
of excitement.
A farewell is better than a wedding. Soldiers who have a wife but no children lead the horse into the stable, pick up the lady who is leaning next to him, return to his house and bolt the door. Those who have a wife and children bring the horse they brought from afar.
I stuffed dried fruits into the children's arms, sent them out to play, and locked the door tightly.
As for the remaining bachelors, Li Siye stretched out his hand to greet them and said, "Brothers, thank you for your hard work. Come to the thatched hall tonight. I have prepared a banquet to welcome you all."
"okay!"
The cold moonlight hung in the sky, and the sound of drinking orders was loud in the thatched cottage of Shouzhou City. Fierce men shuttled back and forth carrying wine bowls. From time to time, someone fell drunk on the ground, causing a burst of hearty laughter.
Li Siye sat on the main seat, holding a wine bowl in his hand and looking drunk, contentedly looking at the excitement on the faces of the soldiers. This is what he dreamed the border should look like.