Chapter 728 Wealthy Gaochang

When the people got up the next day, the streets were full of Gaochang soldiers, but these soldiers were wearing Tang Dynasty military uniforms. They also knew that these were the new army.

The so-called new army was retrained after the people of the Tang Dynasty came. They are different from the original Gaochang soldiers. If you want to join such an army as soldiers, you must have the blood of the Tang Dynasty. If you don't have the blood of the Han people, Bloodline, no matter how powerful you are, there is no way to enter such an army.

Many people looked at each other. They also knew that something big must have happened last night. But for ordinary people, they didn't want to care about what big thing happened last night. They just wanted to go out and work normally today. Many people There is no surplus food at home. If you want to not be hungry today, you have to go out and work normally.

Li Xiang understood this very well, so when the sun rose, everything in the city returned to calm, but it was different in the houses of many dignitaries. Originally, many people had to go to the houses of these dignitaries to help. , so that you can get daily food, but starting from today, you people will have no jobs, because the original nobles no longer exist.

This is the aristocratic street in Gaochang. I don’t know how many princes and nobles there are on this street. But today, both street intersections were blocked. People who used to go to the palace to attend court from here did not come out, and even the people inside Some of the guards were gone, and the streets were filled with Gaochang's new army.

Of course, they could only stand at the entrance of the street. All the troops inside who actually carried out the task of ransacking homes were the troops of the Tang Dynasty. Although these new troops had been training for a while, the people of the Tang Dynasty still didn't trust them, especially when it came to searching homes. If something like this were to enrich one's own pockets, where would one go to find it?

The last time Li Xiang came here, he was a little jealous of these nobles in Gaochang, because Gaochang had previously controlled the Tang Dynasty's trade routes to the Western Regions, and their position was just like that of Tuyuhun before.

In the past, the merchants of the Tang Dynasty had no way to trade directly with the merchants of Tubo, so they had to deal with the merchants of Tuyuhun. Don't underestimate the profit in this transaction, but it was huge. Gaochangguo was in such a position. , so the people inside them are very rich.

At that time, Li Xiang wanted to take action against these people. This is the standard for a winner, but Wadahan saved these people. What Wadahan said at the time was also very reasonable. If all these people's homes were destroyed, If copied, it would cause social unrest. At that time, Li Xiang agreed with a soft heart.

Unexpectedly, it only lasted for a period of time. Now these people are still uneasy and have all joined Wadahan's resistance plan. If this is the case, then we have nothing to say. The King of Gaochang has already conveyed The order has been issued. You people intend to rebel, so now your whole family will be sent to the heavenly prison. As for your family's property, it can only be confiscated by the Tang Dynasty's army.

Box after box of gold and silver treasures made Su Dingfang and Cheng Chumo dumbfounded.

According to their thinking, even in Chang'an City, many nobles may not be as rich as you. Isn't Gaochang a small country? Is this small country already rich to this level? What was just searched were more than a hundred cartloads of precious treasures taken away from the homes of several princes.

"It seems that we still have some different understandings of this small country. I originally thought that they could only drink some soup, but I didn't expect that their wealth is far greater than that of Turks and Xue Yantuo."

Su Jingfang looked at the convoy in the distance with some confusion. This was already the fifth convoy that passed by. Each convoy had thirty carts filled with gold and silver treasures taken from the homes of the nobles of the royal family. , all of these things will be transported back to Chang'an, and part of them will be used as military expenses.

"Tujue and Xueyantuo don't have any specialties, and our merchants are not willing to go there, so there are not many opportunities to make money, but they are different. If they are stuck in the Hexi Corridor, they are making twice as much money. It turns out that The Tuyuhuns of Tubo are not as profitable as them. After all, Tubo’s consumption is limited, but it is different in the countries in the Western Regions. They are very wealthy."

Cheng Chumo still knows something about this area. The countries in the Western Regions can consume some of the commodities of the Tang Dynasty themselves, and some of them are spread to the west through the ancient Silk Road. As for which countries in the west, they may I don’t know.

Although the merchants of the Western Regions have made huge profits, the merchants of Gaochang Kingdom will naturally not be idle. Most of their profits have been made by these nobles. These nobles may not have dreamed that they were tired. All the money earned in a lifetime was taken away by people from the Tang Dynasty this morning.

"Report to the general, this person wants to see you, he is the left prime minister of Gaochang Kingdom."

While the two were talking, an old man pulled over from behind. This guy had never done anything serious, and his ability to make money could be said to be the strongest in Gao Changguo.

"Both generals, I have already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and I have also met your Royal Highness. Is there a misunderstanding about this matter today? We really have not colluded with anyone."

Looking at the Prime Minister Zuo of Gaochang Kingdom in front of them, Su Dingfang and Cheng Chumo didn't know what to say. This guy was indeed unjust. This person was not on the list at all, but Li Xiang later added this person because he was Prime Minister Zuo has been in this position for a long time and has accumulated a lot of wealth. If he doesn't take advantage of this opportunity, he will really not find any opportunities in the future.

This guy was indeed one of the first people to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but this guy didn't bring any benefits to the Tang Dynasty. He just used the opportunity of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty to make money for himself, so Li Xiang gave his name to the Tang Dynasty. In addition, this is also for everyone to see. Don't think that it will be okay if you express your attitude. In the future, you have to work for Datang. If you are so slack, we will also deal with you.

"This matter has nothing to do with us. We are also following orders from above. Your king said that you have contact with the rebels, so you must have contact. If you are not convinced, you can go to your king."

Cheng Chumo waved his hand helplessly, "If you want to blame, it's your bastard who is too rich..."