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Another old farmer asked: "Are there many barbarians over there in Liaodong?"

Liu Yan waved his hand and said with a smile: "That was all in the past. Let me tell you, there are no more Hu people in Liaodong. They were all killed by the Tang army. There is endless fertile land over there. Just insert a willow branch and it will grow." Dashu, if you go, you will become the new owner of that land. If you go to Liaodong, the soldiers of the Tang Army will help you build houses, the government will give you farm tools and cattle, and the food you grow will be your own, and the court will not want you. If you have a grain of grain, you can sell it to the government, and your descendants can live and work in peace and contentment, and have enough food and clothing."

Everyone was fascinated when they heard, 'The children and grandchildren can live and work in peace and contentment, and have enough food and clothing. ’ This is the dream of all farmers.

An old farmer asked: "Is it really true that there will be no taxation for fifty years?"

"Of course, this is a personal promise made by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. How can the Emperor go back on his word even if he speaks so eloquently? In fifty years, almost three generations will not be able to collect taxes."

Speaking of this, Liu Yan raised his voice again and said: "I'm just telling you briefly. Soon, a formal announcement will come out. There will be detailed instructions at that time. Each household has 200 acres of land and how many people are required per household. If you have brothers, separate the family quickly, and maybe you can get 400 acres of land, and then start registering. Everyone, the order of registration is very important. The sooner you register, you can choose the land first. Select the land according to the order of registration. Don’t blame me for not reminding everyone. ”

All the old people dispersed with their thoughts on their minds. Du You smiled and asked: "Which one does Shangshu think they will choose?"

Liu Yan smiled and said: "The final choice is still young people. I believe young people will choose Liaodong, but the key is to do a good job in publicity and change their prejudice against Liaodong!"

Du You also said: "I suggest that we set up a propaganda team and go to every big tent to tell everyone about the current situation in Liaodong. We should let them know that Liaodong is no longer the Liaodong it used to be."

Liu Yan nodded, "The propaganda team's method is very good and can be implemented!"

Liu Yan immediately selected dozens of eloquent soldiers from the army. After simple training, they were divided into seven groups and rushed to the seven camps to preach the changes in Liaodong.

The effect of the propaganda was very good. The soldiers were eloquent and painted one picture after another of a better life for all the farmers. The common people's knowledge was very weak and most of them were easily fooled. Hundreds of thousands of people in the camp also changed from their initial doubts. to more and more expectations.

On the day of registration, everyone was shocked. There was a queue for several miles in front of the registration tent, almost all of which were people going to Liaodong.

Broken leaves, Li Chenghua came to the post house. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Fang sitting on the big stone in the courtyard, looking into the distance with a sad face. Two maids stood behind him, looking as sad as him.

Li Fang just received the news about his mother yesterday and ascended in the holy fire.

He was not sad that his mother had been martyred, but that he would never see her again.

"Now that the matter has come to this, Young Master should be more open-minded! At least you are alive, which is the greatest relief to your mother."

Li Fang shook his head, "Auntie, I am not sad about my mother's death. My mother told me since I was a child that only by dedicating your body to the holy fire can your soul be integrated into the holy fire. This is the most noble destination for all Zoroastrian believers. My mother's soul returns to the holy fire. I am happy for her. , I’m just sad that I won’t be able to see her again.”

"But you still have your father. He is your only relative in the world. I believe he will take good care of you."

Li Fang took off the necklace from his neck and handed it to Li Chenghua, "This is the last souvenir my mother gave me, but I found that it looks like a map!"

"map?"

Li Chenghua's heart moved. She thought of the tens of millions of gold coins missing from the Saintess Society, and quickly asked: "What kind of map is it?"

"I don't know either. Auntie, please take a look!"

Li Fang turned his back on the necklace to the sun, and a shadow appeared on the ground. The shadow looked like a winding path leading to a small door. There seemed to be a few words beside it, but they couldn't be seen clearly.

"I can see these words clearly under the lamp. They are Chinese characters, 'the ancestor of thousands of springs, the ancestor of ten thousand gold returns to the clan'. I don't know what it means?"

Li Chenghua secretly wondered, could it refer to Qianquan Gorge? He would have to ask King Alian.

"Master, can you lend me this necklace for a few days, and I will return it to you later!"

Li Fang nodded and handed the necklace to Li Chenghua.

"Is the war over?"

"Not yet. I came back to see if there is a letter from your father. Sure enough, there is a letter from your father. Your father asked you to return to Chang'an. Grandma is looking forward to you."

After a pause, Li Chenghua said: "The last group of Tang girls will leave for Chang'an the day after tomorrow. Young Master, you go back with them! Don't keep your father waiting."

Li Fang pondered for a moment and finally nodded, "I will leave the necklace with my aunt temporarily. My mother once told me that it is a key!"

"Okay! I'll keep it for you and give it to you after I return to Chang'an."

Two days later, the last batch of 800 Tang girls set off, led by Yuchi Chang'an and escorted by 5,000 Tang troops. Also returning with them were 40,000 camels, laden with the wealth of the Bahna, Shi and Sabah armies. Li Fang also returned to the Tang Dynasty with this army.

Amidst the sound of camel bells, the long team set off towards the Yili River Valley.

Li Chenghua sent Li Fang away, and she immediately led her men to Shiguo.

Ten days later, Li Chenghua arrived in Tuozhi City and met King Alian.

The two sat down in the king's study, and Li Chenghua asked frankly: "King Alian, is there anything else you haven't told us about the wealth of the Saints?"

Alian shook her head, "The only wealth of the Saint Maiden Association in Shiguo is the temple built with silver, and the rest is some land."

"I'm not asking about the land, I'm asking about the Saint Maiden Association's gold coins. I'm sure the king knows that after the Saint Maiden Association burned down, the warehouse was empty. Where did the wealth accumulated by the Saint Maiden for decades go?"

"General, do you suspect that Jin Shanling hid the gold coins in our Shiguo?"

Li Chenghua pondered for a moment and said, "We got a clue that the gold coins are hidden in the Qianquan Mountain Canyon. What can the king think of?"

Alian still shook her head, "The Qianquan Mountains are thousands of miles long, and there are no less than hundreds of large and small canyons. General Li said this, and I don't have any clues at all!"

"The ancestor of Qianquan, all the gold returns to the clan, what did Alian think of these eight words?"

Alian pondered for a long time, Slowly said: "Could it be Wanzu Gorge?"

"Is Wanzu Gorge the largest of all the canyons?"

"No! It is a very ordinary canyon, named Wanzu Gorge. The reason I thought of it is because the Saint Girl Association once mined gold there for forty years."

Li Chenghua asked anxiously: "Where is it in Qianquan Mountain?"

"The westernmost side, close to Talas City, is a mine that has been abandoned for more than ten years. The canyon is very deep and winding for at least a hundred miles. I went there once twenty years ago. At the end of a very winding road, there is a very small mine cave. Their gold was dug out from this mine cave."

Li Chenghua could already judge in his heart that this mine cave was probably where the gold was hidden. This is what Wanjin Guizong means, that gold returns to the place where it was born.

Li Chenghua is Li Ye's confidant. She knows some of the emperor's secret thoughts very well. The emperor once told her in Longyou that 'Tang Xuanzong used the wealth of Jiangnan to build the Kaiyuan Prosperity. He wants to use the wealth of the world to build a more magnificent Tang Dynasty. ’

After the emperor ascended the throne, he started a plan to destroy the country, destroying the surrounding small countries, plundering their accumulated wealth, filling the treasury of the Tang Dynasty and developing rapidly.

This Western Expedition was not only a battle to control Hexi, but also a battle to plunder wealth, such as the gold of Bukhara and the silver of Shiguo.

There is also the Holy Maiden Society. The Holy Maiden Society has accumulated wealth for seventy years. After Jin Shanling's crazy wealth accumulation in the past ten years, the accumulated wealth of the Holy Maiden Society has long exceeded the accumulation of the nine Sogdian countries, which attracted the covetousness of the Sogdian countries and formed a five-nation alliance to prepare to plunder the Holy Maiden Society. The kings gathered in Samarkand, and the army also gathered in Samarkand, all for the purpose of sharing the spoils.

However, they got nothing and attracted the invasion of the Arabs.

Similarly, Li Ye used the Tang girl incident to strongly condemn the Holy Maiden Society in order to obtain the wealth of the Holy Maiden Society, so that the Tang army got the name of going out.

Now the hidden wealth of the Holy Maiden Society has gradually emerged, and Li Chenghua must get this huge fortune before the King of Sogdia.