Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1671
The first month of the fifth year of Tongguang (920) passed together.

In the streets and alleys of Luoyang, the sky is full of lights, and it is very lively.

Especially on the Lantern Festival, when the curfew is lifted, people leave their homes one after another to watch the lantern festival.

This is a symbol of peace and prosperity.

In times of war, there is no such treatment.On the one hand, there is no money, on the other hand, to prevent the enemy from raiding and seizing the city while the curfew is lifted, most people can only live in a relatively depressive environment.

In this process, people either become numb or become abnormal.

In the 20th year of the new dynasty, the "Shao thief" cursed by many people is like a tenacious steamroller, rumbling over all kinds of ghosts and monsters, suppressing them to the ground and howling.

At the same time, all kinds of beautiful life in the new era have softened the will to resist of the monsters a little bit.

The so-called sickness comes like a mountain, and goes away like silk. Shao thief has had a lot of silk over the years...

And he is also verifying his strategic vision step by step——

The long-standing evils brought about by the 150-year separatist rule of the feudal town are all concentrated in a huge container called "society". Do you let it dissipate in a concentrated manner by means of an explosion, or make a determined effort to suppress it and slowly deflate it? ?

He is not qualified to choose the first path.

That road exploded not once, but five times in a row...

After each explosion, the internal pressure releases a little bit, but the container becomes dilapidated.

Or slowly deflate, slowly reduce the pressure.

Of course, if you deflate like this, it may not be clean.

In the end of summer, Wu Fu's influence will be very strong, but it also has advantages: when there are foreign enemies, I will paste "Weibo Immortal Qi", "Youzhou Immortal Qi", and "Hedong Immortal Qi" on your face, and the effect is very good.

Persia is now covered in mud and embarrassed.

Ercyrus and Tam mingled among the common people, watching the magnificent lantern festival.

Shouts sounded one after another in the distance, and the people rushed towards one place, and even a small-scale stampede occurred, but they were soon patrolled by the Henan Fuzhou soldiers, the three squads of men from the two counties of Henan and Luoyang, brandishing whips and scabbards, Calm down.

Tam looked up and saw the Supreme Emperor standing on a gatehouse, receiving the admiration and cheers of the people.

Elbrus muttered in a low voice, "He should be shot with an arrow."

Tam took a closer look and said, "I'm afraid it's not easy. Standing downstairs, you can only see the canopy. The Supreme Emperor is under the canopy, so he shouldn't be able to shoot. You have to climb to the opposite roof and set up the canopy." Strong crossbow, but probably not so easy."

Elbrus choked, so I just let it out, are you serious?
Tam didn't pay attention to Elbrus' expression. He stared at the full moon in the sky, then looked at the Supreme Emperor, and muttered: "Sure enough! The key of the universe is in his hands, but he will return sooner or later. The embrace of the Creator, because he has fulfilled his duty and severely punished those who did not obey the righteous faith."

Elbrus was even more speechless.

But Tam continued: "Over the years, there have been many violations of the precepts in various places, and this may be the reason why the Lord of the Constellations came into the world."

Elbrus didn't want to listen to these gods and gods anymore.

He was born in a noble family, and the things he learned since he was a child were different. What Tam said had no effect on him.

He just wanted to go back quickly now, so he said: "In mid-February, the Privy Council of the Kingdom of Xia will issue a troop transfer order. At that time, a large number of soldiers will go to Kalasha, Bahuan, and Solimi. I plan to leave early and hurry up when they arrive. Before that, pass the news back to Bukhara."

Tom sighed with some regret.

He also wants to stay in China for a while, to walk around and see.

He found the culture of the country to be very inclusive and not exclusive at all.

During the Tang Dynasty, they absorbed a lot of culture from Persia and Sogdia in one go.

Hubing and soup biscuits have almost become a must-eat food for the northerners of the Xia Kingdom every day, and they are not conservative in clothing, musical instruments, dance, and art.If there are two identical things, the home country is usable but slightly worse, and the foreign one is better, they will not hesitate to abandon their own traditions and absorb foreign advanced things.

This is one of the unique hallmarks of a great world empire, quite different from a conservative state rooted in geography and tradition.

He longed to be in the country, to be a dispassionate observer of her development.

He believes that he may be witnessing history.

But very helpless, he had to finish his work.As Elbrus' deputy, he was obliged to accompany him back to Bukhara to meet the grand vizier and emir.

Only when this job is over can he redefine his future.

What's more, I have to go back and publish a book!The printing industry in Samarkand is very developed, and he has friends there who can help him proofread and publish books.

Tam also wants to make his mark in history, and "The Big Whip" is a good entry point, and he has been working hard for it.

"It's really a prosperous country, much better than Bukhara." Elbrus sighed, looking at the crowded streets, rows of shops, people's decent clothes, and relatively strong consumption power.

He has no intention of being hostile to Xia, but he still needs to convince the nobles and generals of Bukhara.

This is a difficult task.

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Shao Shude took the hand of his eldest grandson and looked far into the distance from the top of the city.

"25 years ago, Ah Weng's army went south from Heyang and stormed Luoyang. In the first month of the third year of Qianning (896), they surrounded and wiped out part of Zhu Quanzhong's most elite Changzhi Army in the southern suburbs of Luoyang, and then conquered the southern city of Heyang and killed Huo Yanwei. , Huo Cun and his son." Shao Shude patted his grandson's hand lightly, and said, "Kou Yanqing is really tough, fighting to the last moment. In that battle, the most capable Tianxiong army under Ah Weng's tent suffered heavy casualties. Heyang Nancheng , when the general situation is gone, I still choose to fight to the end."

Most of the guards and palace people following him were a little dazed.

Shao Shude was a little emotional. After 25 years, many past events are gradually buried in the dust.

"We've never been together, we've all grown old together in the dust and sand! It's a happy death!" In the night wind, he seemed to hear Kou Yanqing's high-pitched and hoarse voice before he died.

He also seemed to see Huo Yanwei who was alone wielding a long ax in the raging fire in Heyang South City.

He also saw Liu Han kneeling on the ground and crying loudly when the Baosheng army was wiped out for the first time.

"Ah Weng has never encountered any easy enemies in his life." Shao Shude continued: "It is not easy to come to this world. People are easy to get and easy to disperse. When unworthy descendants prodigal, always think about The family is big and the business is big, it doesn't matter if he loses, but if he has gone through these difficult battles, how can he bear to lose the family?"

"During the siege of the Changzhi Army, the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army who were killed or wounded, can they agree to be defeated?"

"When the southern city of Heyang was attacked, the warriors of the Iron Forest Army, who were tortured half to death by the epidemic in the trenches, could promise to be prodigal?"

The seven-year-old eldest grandson Shao Xiushou seemed to understand, but he held Shao Shude's hand obediently, as if to comfort him.

"Today is the Lantern Festival, so I shouldn't have brought up these things." Shao Shude came back to his senses, laughed, and said, "My good grandson is blessed to be able to enjoy this peaceful and prosperous world. In the future, we should remember what A Weng said."

"Grandson has remembered." Shao Xiushou replied.

Shao Shude looked at his grandson again, very satisfied.

Although the eldest grandson is only seven years old, his future life has already been arranged.

Everyone can see that this child is the third generation heir that the saint prefers.

Shao Shude has even made a baby marriage for him: the granddaughter of Chen Guogong Fu Cunshen.

Fu Cunshen is still in command in Beiting, but his family has already become a royal relative, just like the story of Zhu Shuzong back then.

It can also be seen from the choice of marriage that the background of the Shao family is actually martial arts, even in the third generation, it is still the same.

"In the world decades later, if you come to Bingzheng, what will you do?" Shao Shude asked when he became interested.

As a seven-year-old child, he didn't expect to have any shocking words, he just asked casually.

After thinking for a while, Shao Xiushou said, "Ah Weng said that there are many troubles in the frontier. If my grandson takes over the government, I will turn them all into Xia people, so there will be no troubles?"

Shao Shude laughed, very happily.

This answer is not bad.Behind it is the fact that the eldest grandson is often by his side, under the influence of his ears and eyes, he is greatly influenced, and his thinking unconsciously draws closer to him—at least a part of it.

"What do you think of Persia?" he asked again.

"Aweng talks about Persian silver every day. If his grandson is in power, he will build the largest workshop in the country in Shule and sell it to the Persians every day. They will make whatever they want and spend all their gold and silver. Get it here." Shao Xiushou said.

"Oh? Why didn't you just grab it?" Shao Shude asked intentionally.

"The last time Khotan brought a bunch of jade wares over, Ah Weng said that the craftsmen of the jade wares are uneven. Some are exquisite in craftsmanship, while others are less skilled than others." Shao Xiushou said: "My grandson thinks that It is better to let the craftsmen make things and sell them to the Persians than to rob them directly, because the craftsmen can practice more exquisitely.”

Shao Shude was overjoyed when he heard that, he immediately hugged his grandson, and said with a smile: "Not only can the craftsmen be more skilled, but also more craftsmen can be produced, so many that you can't imagine. Once there is a war, these craftsmen will be your capital , they can sew military uniforms, make swords, and make iron armor, and they can be of great use.”

"Remember, it's fun to rob money directly, but the benefits are not great enough. It's more beneficial to let the money go to the people and collect it. This is the magic of money. It'travels' in the world, and when it goes to the farm , made milkers and butchers, went to the workshop, made blacksmiths and weavers, and went to the seaside, made sailors and shipwrights... It ran around, never stopped, and the faster it ran , the strength of this world will be stronger."

"It's amazing." Shao Xiushou laughed.

"You have to play this money game well in the future." Shao Shude said: "Money itself is meaningless. You also know that if you directly rob the Persians of gold and silver, you will get back a pile of dead things and put them in the corner to eat ashes. "Traveling" in the world is meaningful. If you don't want to rob the Persians directly, then don't rob the people of Daxia. It is meaningless to search too much money in the treasury. Use it to create more craftsmen and warriors for the world , sailors, their existence in large numbers, their ability to live a better life, is the real foundation of Great Xia.”

"Let money travel?"

"Let money travel!"

"What if you don't have money?"

"Take whoever has the most money and keep letting it travel."

"it is good."

There were enthusiastic cheers ahead.

The grandparents and grandchildren looked up, only to see a large number of Kongming lanterns rising slowly, shining brilliantly in the night sky, dispelling the endless darkness.

(End of this chapter)