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Xiaokang nodded lightly, and Li Ye added: "My family is in Chang'an. There is a little maid in my house who is one year older than you. Her name is Xiaohong. She is my little maid. From now on, you will be just like her."

Xiaokang was very smart and understood immediately, and said quickly: "I can cook, wash clothes, tidy up the room, comb my hair, I can do many things."

Li Ye smiled and said: "Her monthly salary is three gold coins, and her food, clothing, and accommodation are all borne by the owner. The same is true for you. When you are sixteen, I will give you another dowry, and you can live in glory." Get married."

Xiaokang blushed and said coyly: "I don't quite understand. If you have food to eat and clothes to wear, why do you still need to pay wages?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "If I hire a young lady to do work in Samarkand, do I need to pay her?"

"Yes, I have to give you at least one gold coin a month."

"That's okay. You, like the little lady in Samarkand, must be paid. With the wages, you can buy the snacks and snacks you like."

Xiaokang's eyes lit up, "I like snacks, but I have no money. I wash clothes for them, and they only give me a small bite."

Li Ye really felt sorry for this young lady from the Tang Dynasty. She was sold into slavery at the age of six. She had been on the road for a year and had been in a foreign land for three years.

He took out a handful of gold coins, about a dozen of them, and stuffed them into her hands, "Go and buy your favorite snacks and snacks. You can buy as many as you want. We will set out to break the leaves tomorrow. You won't have any in the future." The opportunity is here again.”

Xiaokang's eyes were red and tears fell. She quickly wiped her tears and bowed: "Thank you, General, I'll buy it right now!"

Li Ye asked a soldier to accompany her and take more than a dozen gold coins to avoid encountering bad guys.

Li Ye pondered for a moment, and he suddenly discovered an important question. What if there is more than one Xiaokang?

Obviously, there must be more than just Xiaokang from the Tang Dynasty here, there must be other compatriots from the Tang Dynasty. Although his duties do not include helping foreign compatriots, there should be one. It is recorded in "Lu Shi Chun Qiu" that the laws of the State of Lu, If you help compatriots in distress in a foreign country return home, the country will reward you. Zigong did not want this reward and was severely criticized by Confucius. You pride yourself on being noble, but no one will help your compatriots in distress in the future.

Such an organization should be set up to help people from the Tang Dynasty who were trafficked into the river return to their country, or redeem their broken leaves.

Li Ye thought about the embassy. It was really necessary to set up a permanent office of the Governor's Office in Samarkand. Its responsibility was to contact the countries in the river and help the trafficked Tang people return to their countries.

There are no suitable candidates around him, but he can recruit Han officials in Suiye.

This is not the duty of the governor of Hezhong, but it is Li Ye's non-duty responsibility.

At this moment, the soldier reported: "To the Commander-in-Chief, King Bhanna wants to see you!"

"Invite him in!"

Li Ye stood up and went out to greet him, and saw King Murdo walking towards him with a smile on his face.

Li Ye smiled and said, "It seems like the deal is going well?"

"Exactly! In the agreement jointly signed with several kings today, they unanimously agreed to hand over Juzhanti and its affiliated lands to Bahna."

"Congratulations to the king, congratulations to Bukhanna!"

Li Ye invited King Murdo into the tent and sat down. King Murdo handed a volume of parchment to Li Ye.

Li Ye looked at it and saw the signatures and seals of the kings of the six Sogdian kingdoms below. Li Ye did not understand Huoxun and Wudi. They were far apart and had few contacts, but why was there no Shiguo?

"The Shi Kingdom, like Bahanna, has been planning Juzhanti, but its relationship with Tocao is not good. Dongcao is firmly opposed to giving it to Shiguo. Juzhanti originally belongs to Tocao, and Tocao is opposed to it. There was nothing the other Sogdian kingdoms could do, and Chebish was so angry that he left Samarkand without signing."

Li Ye nodded. This can be regarded as a major setback. I am afraid that there is a rift between the Shi Kingdom and other Sogdian countries, especially the Dongcao Kingdom.

This is a hidden danger.

Li Ye looked at the terms again. They were very detailed, with dozens of them.

"Actually, only three are the most important. The others are additional clauses and not important."

King Murdo explained: "The first article is trade and taxation. Bukhan is not allowed to cut off the trade caravans with Tochara under any excuse, and Jiuzhan is not allowed to levy trade taxes;

Article 2 is missionary, freedom of missionary work, including Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and Taishikism, and the government shall not interfere;

The third is the residents and property. The Sogdians must not be deprived of their legal property, including land, houses and other properties. The Sogdians are equal to the Bakhna people, that is to say, no additional taxes can be imposed on the Sogdians. "

Li Ye nodded, "These three items are indeed very important!"

King Murdo added: "The Sogdian countries only asked for the guarantee of private land and property, and the government officials have given up. Among the lands in Juzhanti, there is also military land. I consider it to be inherited by the Tang army."

"How much land does the Tang army have?" Li Ye asked with interest.

"I don't know exactly how much it is. I only know that it is roughly composed of three parts. The first is cultivated land, which is at least 5,000 hectares. The second is military camps. The third is housing for military families. I will let the government sort it out and then hand it over to the governor."

Li Ye nodded, "When is the king going to take over?"

"It's convenient to see the Governor, we can do it at any time."

Li Ye thought for a while and said: "At the end of this month! The king will send officials to Shaiye to go through the handover procedures. Both parties will sign a delivery document, and then after I sign and seal it, it will officially take effect."

King Murdo breathed a long sigh of relief. The Ju Zhan Ti he had dreamed of for more than a hundred years was finally obtained. He was full of gratitude to Li Ye. Only Li Ye helped him realize this dream. If Gao Xianzhi didn't even think about it, .

"I'm so grateful to Governor Ju Zhan for bringing it up this time. If there is anything else Governor Li needs from me, just ask it."

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "I really need the king's help with something!"

"Captain, please speak!"

"Bakhanna must have a permanent office in Samarkand!"

"Yes! Officials, merchants and chambers of commerce have been in Samarkand for hundreds of years. We are very familiar with this place."

"There should be slaves from the Tang Dynasty here, whether they are women sold into brothels or other slaves from the Tang Dynasty. As the governor of the river, I want to redeem them all so that they can return to their hometown. If they can't return to their hometown, then You can also live in Broken Leaf as a civilian!"

King Murdo sighed, "As a king, I completely understand Governor Li's mood. I sincerely hope that Governor Li can establish his own country in the river, and our two countries will definitely become a brotherly state."

Li Ye smiled and said, "That will happen in the future!"

"Okay! I'm going to give the order today. There should be people from the Tang Dynasty. I heard them talk about it. I asked them to take action immediately. All the ransom money will be borne by Ba Khanna!"

Li Ye thought for a while and said: "Ba Khana will advance the money for me first, and then I will repay it with the military land that Ju Zhan raised. Everyone will be happy!"

King Murdo said happily: "We have made an agreement, the governor will leave it alone, I will arrange this matter, and I will send them to Broken Leaf!"

In the evening, Xiaokang came back jumping, and the accompanying soldiers carried a large bag of snacks for her.

The snacks didn't cost much, only three gold coins, but the little lady was very considerate and bought several bottles of the most famous Sogdian Sanle pulp for Li Ye, and she spent all the money.

Looking at the exotic ceramic wine bottles, which were also painted with branches and branches, there were five bottles in total, Li Ye suddenly fell in love with this well-behaved little lady, how sensible she is!

Xiaokang pointed to the wine bottles and said seriously: "Actually, there are six bottles. The store bought five bottles and got one free. I gave the free bottle to Brother Yu, who carried a lot of things for me."

Li Ye smiled and said, "Brother Yu, are you very happy?"

"Yes! He was laughing so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth."

"Xiao Kang, do you know any other Han people here?" Li Ye asked again with a smile.

Xiaokang thought for a while and said: "I only know that there is Aunt Xu. She took care of me for seven months. Later, her health failed and she couldn't take care of me, so she sent me to the Saintess Society."

"Is this Aunt Xu still there?"

"She passed away in the second year after I came here. Before she died, she begged me to take her ashes back to her hometown, but her ashes cost ten gold coins, and I had no money."

Speaking of this, Xiaokang started to cry. Li Ye quickly hugged her and comforted her: "Don't cry! Don't cry! Let's think of a way. As long as her ashes are still there, we can take her back to her hometown. Remember Where are her ashes placed?"

"She was a Zoroastrian, and her ashes are in the Holy Spirit Church!"

Kang State believes in Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism advocates fire. All dead believers must be cremated. The ashes are placed in clay pots and stored in the Holy Spirit Church for seven years before being scattered into the Amu Darya River. Aunt Xu actually died last year. The ashes should be Still there.

Of course, Li Ye did not need to handle this matter. Li Ye immediately asked Wang Changling to take more than a dozen soldiers to handle the matter, followed by translators, to redeem all the ashes of the Tang Dynasty people and bring them back to the Tang Dynasty.

At night, Wang Changling came back and brought back a total of twenty-three clay pots with ashes. The ashes of Aunt Xu that Xiaokang was looking for were one of them.

On the morning of the next day, Li Ye led 6,000 Tang troops to leave Samarkand and march toward Talas City in the northeast.