Chastity Layman

Hainan, Linchuan.

In the first month of the ninth year of Zhenguan, there was a rare snowfall in Guangzhou, so Qin Lang simply took a boat to Hainan Island, nominally to inspect Qiongya, express condolences to the officers and soldiers of the South China Sea Navy's Linchuan Port, and at the same time meet the locals on the island.

Actually, Qin Lang felt that the sudden drop in temperature in Guangzhou was too cold, so he went to Sanya to avoid the cold.

Linchuan is the Sanya of later generations. It was originally a county under the jurisdiction of Zhenzhou. Sanya is in the east.

But at this time, Ningyuan is much more lively than Linchuan, because the Ningyuan River flows into the sea, so building the city here is also a convenient way to get water.

Although counties and counties were established in Hainan during the Qin and Han Dynasties, the development was very slow. The Feng and Xian families in Lingnan played an important role in the development of Hainan Island. They have operated for several generations and vigorously developed Hainan Island as a private territory.

Because from the time of Soochow in the Three Kingdoms, a new route was opened up from Guangzhou to southeast and southeast via Hainan Island, so Linchuan, Lingshui, and Wan'an cities on the south coast are still barely acceptable.

Linchuan was originally just a fishing village, and Qin Lang personally chose the location as the port where a squadron of the Nanyang Navy is stationed. The Qin family also vigorously developed here, establishing ports, commercial ports, etc., and vigorously reclaimed wasteland nearby to establish sugar cane gardens, sugar mills, and grain commercial settlements, and moved a large number of slaves, and Cheng Niu and other families followed closely behind. , Vigorously develop the enclosure, making this bay, which was originally populated by wild deer, start to become lively.

Now, instead, it has the meaning of catching up from behind and surpassing Ningyuan City.

The name of Lucheng has also been newly added to the nautical charts of many maritime merchants.

Lucheng, this is another name for Linchuan, because there used to be a herd of wild deer here, and there is a peninsula on the coast of Lingang, which the locals call Luhuitou.

It was snowing in Chang'an, and there was light sleet in Guangzhou, but in Lucheng Port, there was a gentle sea breeze. It was still too hot to drink iced sour plum soup under a thatched hut on the beach with bare feet and shirts off.

The sun is scorching, the waves are beating against the beach, and the seagulls are circling. It is not far from Guangzhou, but it is completely two worlds.

Niu Jianhu embraced on the left and right, with a beauty of the Li tribe on one side, very comfortable.

"I'm really in love with the sea now!"

Qin Lang snorted, if the censors of Chang'an saw this guy's current behavior, they would definitely take a look at him, with his arms bare, a pair of boxer shorts, showing two big hairy legs, and even a large piece of chest hair on his chest It is also so ostentatious that it shows the majesty of his general.

Qin Lang was lying on the rattan chair, enjoying the sea breeze, drinking a drink, while reading the letter.

The letter sent from Chang'an is actually the steward of the Qin family in Chang'an. He collected some public or semi-public Chang'an news for him, including important military and political affairs in the court, information on diplomatic relations between the Tang Dynasty, and some court personnel adjustments. , or gossip in Chang'an city, etc., there are all kinds of things.

But in general, these news have a characteristic, that is, they are new and true, there will be no random fabrications, and there will be no unconfirmed news, and they are all the latest news.

The Khan of Heaven bestowed titles on all the barbarians at the Zhengdan Great Court Meeting, and even agreed to the marriage proposal of Khan Xue Yantuo, a barbarian, all of which aroused heated discussions in Chang'an.

While the people in the capital of Chang'an were proud that the Tang Dynasty was becoming more and more powerful, they were also surprised that Yinan could make an exception for the emperor to get married, not to mention the envy and jealousy of Tubo and other barbarians for Xue Yantuo's marriage.

But when Qin Lang saw the news that it took only five days to reach Luhuitou, he just laughed a few times.

Tian Khan also began to have no lower limit. He just mentioned it casually, but unexpectedly Li Shimin was on the verge of shooting, and he really held back.

In the early stage, they were dispatching troops, recruiting civilian husbands, transporting grain and grass, and storing equipment. All kinds of actions were very obvious. Now Xue Yantuo sent 8,000 war horses to plead guilty and propose marriage, and Datang really agreed.

do not fight.

Of course Qin Lang wouldn't believe what was said on the surface, he was the one who started the crime, so he knew exactly what Datang was holding back.

This is digging a hole, a huge hole.

Yi Nan really thought that showing off his force would scare Datang and blackmail Datang, but unexpectedly, although Li Shimin was the emperor on horseback, he was also a ruthless person who could initiate the Xuanwumen Change, whether it was playing positively or not. It's still playing dirty, that's all the ancestors of Yinan.

100,000 war horses, 50,000 cattle and 50,000 camels each, and 200,000 sheep.

This was the condition Xue Yantuo accepted after bargaining. Such a large number of livestock had to be sent to Lingzhou by Yi Nan and his son as a gift, and it was agreed that it must be before the summer of the ninth year of Zhenguan.

The reason is that Datang has chosen a good and auspicious day, and the wedding will be held after autumn. If Xue Yantuo's fine gifts cannot be delivered before summer, then the Tang Dynasty's send-off team will be delayed, and it will also affect the preparations for the dowry. The princess married the son of a barbarian, and Ba Zhuo bestowed the title of Domi Khan and the consort captain. If you don’t send the gift quickly, you will be dishonest. Xue Yantuo will be responsible for the failure of the marriage. .

The time left for Yi Nan is one hundred days.

Not only do you have to collect so many livestock in one hundred days, but you have to rush to Lingzhou. This is a difficult task, not to mention that there are still pits in it. When you arrive in Lingzhou, many people will die on the way. Forget it, just count according to what you received, and those who are hungry and sick on the road will also be eliminated. In short, it is basically impossible for Yi Nan to complete this task.

The monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty had no good intentions from the very beginning, and they were holding back bad things for Yin Yinan.

The war didn't stop, it just continued in a different way. Yi Nan never expected that the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty would still play this kind of economic war.

For the Xueyantuo Khanate with hundreds of thousands of tents, although it occupies a vast land in Mobei, Xueyantuo, a new Khanate, is itself a nomadic tribe, or to be more precise, he is a nomadic tribe alliance.

In fact, it is no different from the Turks, and even the organizational structure is not as good as the Turks.

After all, the Turks have also been strong and prosperous for more than a hundred years, but Xue Yantuo established the Khanate only a few years ago, relying on the alliance of the Tiele people, but the Tiele people have a long history, but they have always been scattered.

Today, under the strong leadership of Xue Yantuo, the Khanate is established, but in essence it is still a tribal alliance system. Each tribe is nomadic, and the chiefs manage their own tribes. For nomadic tribes, pastures, livestock, and herders are everything.

This is different from the Central Plains, there will be no prefectures, counties and townships, no cities, government offices, and no imperial troops.

Men in nomadic tribes were both herders and soldiers.

Therefore, the chiefs in the tribe, that is, the leaders who hold great power one by one, the grassland nomadic tribes are actually similar to the feudal era before the Central Plains, the Zhou Dynasty before the Warring States period, and each tribe was a vassal state.

Although Khan is the co-lord, he is only the strongest vassal, at most he can be regarded as a tyrant, not a real king.

When the Turks were strong, the Tiele tribes were also part of the Turks, but now they also stand on their own khanate, but in the Xueyantuo Khanate dominated by the Xueyantuo people, the alliance of the nine tribes of Huihe is obviously incompatible.

Not to mention that Baijiao, Khitan, Kumoxi, etc., who once belonged to the Turks, have not joined the Khanate of the Tiele people now.

After the demise of Jieli, the Eastern Turks did not disappear. Now under the instruction of Tian Khan Li Shimin, Yang Guozhong was appointed as the Great Khan, and in fact he has completely become a vassal of the Tang Dynasty.

The unification of the grasslands in the Turkic era has long been a thing of the past, so even if Xue Yantuo is conceited today, it is actually far worse than in the era of the Jieli brothers. They couldn't even unite the Tiele people, let alone other tribes.

The list of ceremonies issued by Datang made the barbarians hurt.

And the kings and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were even more certain that a simple-minded guy like Yi Nan would definitely not be able to bear this high gift by himself. On the head of the Ministry, even those small tribes bear more weight than the Ministry.

This will intensify the conflict between the headquarters and other departments in the Xueyantuo Khanate, and this gift will cause the Xueyantuo Khanate to lose a lot of blood.

Before the war, let the enemy obediently drive hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep to the territory of the Tang Dynasty. This sounds very mysterious, but now it is being implemented step by step.

Datang stood still for the time being, so he could continue to recharge his energy, but Xue Yantuo was about to start jumping around. After a few months, when Datang turned his face, Xue Yantuo's barbarians were furious and wanted revenge. The Horde will follow him wholeheartedly.

When the strong also start to play tricks, this is completely a blow to dimensionality reduction.

"Yi Nan's ability is not worthy of his ambition, he is looking for his own death."

Niu Jianhu knew that this ghost idea was originally from Qin Lang, and he was very contemptuous of his behavior of crying like a cat.

"It's a pity that there is no sea in the grassland. Otherwise, I would lead the fleet to catch barbarians and grab cattle and sheep." Niu Jianhu slapped a slut on the leg, signaling them to go away.

When the people walked away, Niu Jianhu leaned over.

"Recently, there's been quite a lot of trouble in the west. Old Cheng must have been battered, and there's also a lot of trouble in the south. Isn't it a bit too much for us to bask in the sun here?"

Niu Jianhu said that the troubles in the east were severe, and he was referring to the Dongcuan alliance and the barbarian rebellion against the Tang Dynasty. Once the Dongcuan rebellion, the entire Nanzhong region began to be in turmoil. After all, the Cuan family has dominated Yunnan for hundreds of years. Their power is still huge, and their attitude towards the Central Plains court is also a reference for the barbarians.

Cuan was obedient to the Central Plains, so the barbarians did not dare to mess around.

And when Cuan couldn't hold back his rebellion, many barbarians jumped out one after another.

In particular, the thirty-seven tribes of Wuman used to be attached to the Cuan clan, and the Cuan clan had a complicated relationship with the other tribes. This time Cuan Qianfu raised troops, and many Wuman responded.

Although Xi Cuan unexpectedly supported Datang, raised troops to crusade against Dong Cuan, and pulled up the nine tribes of Wumeng to crusade against Dong Cuan, causing the Cuan clan and all the barbarians to fight among themselves.