Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

Whatever is missing, he will buy it.

Like the dozens of female students left in the academy today, they are responsible for washing, cooking, cleaning, or some light auxiliary work.

In short, from top to bottom, the entire Furong Garden has a clear division of labor, coupled with sufficient funds and materials, so the efficiency of cooperation is quite high.

Moreover, during the construction process, the two descendants of Luban, Gongshuyang and Gongshumo, did not hesitate to give pointers and impart their skills.

Indeed, among this group of students, several talented carpenters were discovered.

Let's talk about Ma Zhou.

Since Li Qiu left, he has become the head of business in Furong Garden, and after the head of finance, he has become a very popular figure in Chang'an City.

After all, the business of Furong Restaurant and Wuming Restaurant is too hot.

The amount of money that passes through Ma Zhou's hands every day is simply an astronomical figure.

Whether it is the business of Furong Restaurant and Wuming Restaurant, or the purchase of building materials for Furong Garden due to the large-scale construction of Furong Garden.

This is not a small number.

Naturally, there are businessmen who smell the smell of money, and wealthy households come to curry favor with Ma Zhou.

Some people even secretly said that as long as Ma Zhou can relax his mouth when buying, the benefits will definitely be indispensable.

However, Ma Zhou was a man with pride in his heart, full of knowledge, and he wanted to do something big.

Seeing these lowly merchants, the literati thought in his bones made him want to vomit when he smelled the stench of copper.

Ma Zhou never paid any attention to them.

Moreover, before Li Qiu left, Ma Zhou's salary had been raised to 200 taels of silver a year.

It was higher than the salary of a fifth-rank official.

Besides, Ma Zhou is an old man, and the Furong restaurant has a lot of good wine and meat, so he really has nothing to lack.

Chapter 369 40 Turkic Army

In addition to the affairs of Chang'an City, he also has to remotely command and manage the production and sales of tea, as well as the work of the branch of Furong Restaurant.

For example, to send those suitable people, who to appoint as the store manager of the branch, and so on.

There are also a lot of tedious affairs every day.

But Ma Zhou also arranged everything extremely properly. The entire industrial chain of Furong Garden was under his hands, and it ran smoothly and efficiently.

In the eyes of outsiders, Li Qiu really valued Ma Zhou too much.

Moreover, the salary of 200 taels per year and such a great power were entrusted to him, and he felt unworthy and unworthy.

Let alone others, Ma Zhou felt that Li Qiu treated him too much.

He doesn't even deserve it.

In the past, Ma Zhou was unrecognized for his talents. He was born in a poor family, and he encountered obstacles everywhere in his official career.

But until he came to Furong Garden and met Li Qiu, his life turned back and forth, a situation of ice and fire.

Li Qiu really treated him too well and valued him too much!

In Ma Zhou's heart, he was extremely grateful for Li Qiu's kindness.

People say that a scholar dies for his confidant.

If one day, if faced with such an environment, Ma Zhou would never hesitate.

However, the only thing that makes Ma Zhou regret is that his talents and abilities can only be used for these money-making things.

Although he met someone he knew well, the ambition he once had was still unable to be realized.

……

Just as everyone was busy, a month passed.

At this time, the ice and snow began to melt, but there was still at least half a month before the time for spring plowing and planting.

At several crossings in the Yellow River Basin, Yuchi Jingde, Zhang Liang, and Li Shiji each led armies to patrol day and night.

In Xiazhou, Yanzhou, Lingzhou and other cities, those officials and generals are also stepping up their defenses, preparing a lot of defensive equipment such as rolling logs and stones.

The defenders in these cities have also increased to more than 1.

It is to prevent the Turkic army from going straight to the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty to buy time for Jingzhou.

At this time, Jingzhou City, under the leadership of Li Jing, Yu Zhining and others, is repairing and strengthening day and night.

Due to the previous delays and delays from the imperial court, there is still at least a month to restore to the state before the war with the Turks last year.

It was a world away from Li Jing's expected goal, which was stronger than before.

After the big battle last year, the old man was always inexplicably terrified.

Subconsciously, I always feel that the situation this year is far worse than imagined.

This phenomenon was unique in his entire life.

In Youzhou, Wu Jue sits in the center, and Wang Xuance and many officials have organized large-scale land reclamation by the people.

All work is carried out in an orderly manner.

For Wu Jue's strategizing and super high ability to govern, it is simply beyond imagination, and it has fallen through the glasses of Song You and others.

How do they know that no matter when the samurai Xun was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he is still the governor of Jingzhou now.

Many of the government affairs are handled by Wu Jue.

Even though she is a girl, she is not very old, but she is quite powerful in terms of her ruling career and experience.

At this time, Zhang Yungu also told Song You and others with a smile that when we were in Chang'an City, our princess was very talented.

At this time, Li Qiu led Zhang Yungu, Song You and other core officials to complete the conscription work.

So far, the thirteen prefectures, including Youzhou, except for the soldiers who maintain basic law and order and guard the main roads leading to the outside world.

A total of 8000 soldiers.

According to the previous estimates of Fan Xing, Zhang Yungu and others, it was already the best result and limit to increase the number of soldiers to 4 if they were able to recruit troops.

Unexpectedly, just because of Li Qiu's iron fist policy, the number of people directly expanded to [-].

Among the 8000 extra people, most of them should not be serving in the military, or their families have already reached the quota for military service.

But special circumstances are treated specially, so let’s get through this year’s special circumstances first.

After recruiting all the soldiers for this year, these soldiers were completely handed over to Luo Kexin, Luo Liang and other lieutenant generals for distribution and training.

Song You and other officials are re-investing in the current land reclamation and preparations for the upcoming spring plowing.

Li Qiu asked Song You to replace Wang Xuance, and sent him to Jingzhou with his men and money.

Now, there are only less than [-] war horses in Youzhou.

But there are forty-eight thousand soldiers.

There is a real shortage of war horses.

In this day and age, it is impossible to move an inch without a war horse.

Besides Wang Xuance, Li Qiu also sent Zhang Yungu to Shandong to buy war horses in the same way.

Zhang Yungu used to be a third-rank official of the imperial court, with his own prestige and connections.

And last year when accepting [-] refugees from Shandong, the state capitals there owed a huge favor to Youzhou.

So this time when Zhang Yungu was sent to raise horses, Li Qiu also had great expectations.

It was also at the time when he was preparing for a rainy day with his troops in full swing.

Far away on the Turkic Grassland in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, the Turkic Turkic Khan, the coach Zhishenli, the generals Qibi Heli and Ashinasheer.

Together with all the tribal leaders, they swear to the Prairie God Alliance that their army is ready, and they are about to break the boat and launch their most violent attack on Datang.

Behind this core group of them is a densely packed army that can't be seen at a glance.

Among them, apart from most of the strong soldiers, there are also old men in their fifties and children in their [-]th or [-]th year.

After several months of careful preparation by Tuli, all the tribes in the prairie are finally all soldiers, and they are about to launch a southward invasion that will be recorded in history!

"All the tribal leaders, all the warriors of our grassland."

"Today, all of us swear to our prairie gods."

"Leave aside the grievances and gaps between the various tribes, and work together to take down that beautiful river and mountain in the south!"

"I think you have all seen or heard of the tall, sturdy, mountain-like city of Youzhou built by the people of Tang."

"Right now, this opportunity is the only one before us grassland people."

"If this time fails, once the Tang people are allowed to build Chang'an City, Jingzhou City, and even Xiazhou City and Lingzhou City to be the same as Youzhou City."

"Then we will have no way out."

"The future of all our prairie people is destined to decline and perish forever!"

"Last year, we raised 20 troops, and the Tang army was already struggling to breathe."

"It was just a little bit close to capturing Jingzhou City and pointing directly at Chang'an."

"But now, we have called our uncles, parents, and nephews, and gathered an army of 40!"

"In such a desperate situation, Chang'an will be destroyed, and Great Tang will be defeated!"

"The blood of my grassland will never be extinct!"

Chapter 370

After the oath of the tribes in the grassland, Tuli, accompanied by Zhi Shisili and Qibi Heli, turned around and came to the leaders of other tribes.

"Now, there are still five days before the ice and snow completely melt and our army sets out."

"During these five days, I, Tuli, will represent the entire grassland to do a big thing."

"That is, make a mutual exchange of the warriors of each tribe!"

Upon hearing his words, the leaders of all the tribes present immediately exploded.

There was a lot of discussion, and there was doubt and a hint of anger between the brows.

For them, the warriors of the tribe are the last cards and reliance of their tribe.

How can they give up their lifeblood to others?

At this time, Tuli waved his hand, "I know what each of you are thinking at the moment, and I can understand your feelings."

"However, please listen to what I have to say."

"This time, the rotation of soldiers among the tribes still starts from me, Tuli."

"The rotation of soldiers for each tribe is also fair and just."

"For example, from your Tiele tribe, I took [-] warriors from you to the Xue Yantuo tribe, including [-] old men and [-] children."

"Then the Xue Yantuo department will give you back [-] Xue Yantuo's warriors, including [-] old men and [-] children."

"As for tribes with a large number of people like Xue Yantuo, it is fair and reasonable to trade with Tuli with me."

"When each tribe exchanges soldiers, you leaders, generals, can all watch from the sidelines, just."

"There will never be any injustice happening."

"As for my Tuli, there is only one requirement, and that is that each tribe must rotate out its own soldiers before the army officially sets out."

"Don't worry, everything I have done today is for the final victory of our grassland tribes."

"Only after you have rotated out your respective clansmen, can you completely abandon the practice of doing things independently and thinking independently."

"Our prairie army can exert its strongest combat power."

"Now, all our men, all children over the age of 14 have joined our grassland army."

"Now, the flocks and horses we depend on for survival have also followed us on the road."

"We are already fighting with our backs, and there is no way out."