Seeing Niu Jinda's hesitant expression, Li Ke said directly: "General Niu speaks bluntly."
"Calm down, I'm fifteen years old." Niu Jinda spit out a name.
"Huh?" This name is a bit weird, but Niu Jinda specially recommended it. "What's the origin?" Li Ke asked.
"He is the eldest grandson of Duke Rong. He has good knowledge and mature personality. He is good at both civil and martial arts." Niu Jinda said.
"Oh?" Li Ke raised his eyebrows. Duke Rong is An Xinggui. An Xinggui was a quiet person in the Tang Dynasty, but there was no doubt about An's strength. The entire Longyou Road could be said to be within the An's sphere of influence. When the Tang Dynasty won the Longyou Road to establish the country, Li Gui and An Xinggui can be said to have done it on their own without spending a single soldier.
After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, An Xinggui has been staying in Longyou Road honestly. Historically, An Xinggui's An family is actually very honest or loyal. An Lushan, who initiated the Anshi Rebellion in later generations, is an An family. They all belonged to the same clan, but the An family was already very big at that time, and An Lushan was not considered a direct descendant of An Xinggui.
In order to protect themselves, the direct descendants of An Lushan asked to change their names. An Baozhen was renamed Li Baozhen, Li Baoyu and so on.
"Okay, let him come to my place the day after tomorrow. If he passes the test, let him go." Li Ke nodded. Although he was only fifteen years old, there were many people who made great achievements at the age of fifteen in ancient times. These powerful families If you come out of it, you shouldn’t have to worry about your knowledge.
So, it’s still the same question, why is it so difficult to get rid of a wealthy family? You see, there are their people everywhere, and you can't get rid of them.
The wife of Niu Jinda in front of me also comes from a well-established family, the Pei family from Hedong.
"I have just received the news that General Li Daozong will rush to Chihai with his family tomorrow. By then, all soldiers will proceed as planned." Li Ke said.
"No!" everyone said in unison.
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Li Daozong received his family, and their illness was basically cured. In fact, it was not a big problem, but the wind and cold caused by the fatigue on the road. They took medicine and rested for a day, and they were almost healed.
After getting ready, Li Daozong naturally took them directly to the Red Sea. After crossing the Huangshui Valley and entering the Qinghai Lake area, they could meet the herdsmen who kept coming and going.
"Aye, these people are all Tuyuhun people, right? Why are there so many people with white strips of cloth on their foreheads? Has anyone in their family died? Is it because of the war?" A ten-year-old riding on horseback with Li Daozong The five or six year old girl asked curiously.
Li Daozong looked at the herdsmen who were passing by and saluted them. Many herdsmen had white cloth strips tied on their foreheads. Of course Li Daozong knew why, but what made him a little confused was when did these things happen? Why do herdsmen have such a high sense of belonging?
"No, it's because the Supreme Emperor passed away." Li Daozong explained softly.
"Ah?" The girl glanced at her father in surprise. She had lived in Liangzhou for many years and had some knowledge of the Turks there. There were a lot of Turks near Liangzhou, and they were also the first to be massacred. It was a place controlled by the Tang Dynasty, but those Turks would never act like this because of the death of the Supreme Emperor.
Absolutely not!
For some reason, they abide by the system of the Tang Dynasty and do not conduct weddings or hold grand celebrations. This is already a great deal of face. Not to mention Tuyuhun, a country that had just been conquered, not many ordinary people in the entire Tang Dynasty would do this.
Another reason is the reluctance to part with it. It seems like there is only a thin strip of white cloth, but in fact, whether it is the Turks, the Tuyuhun people, or even ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty, cloth is very expensive for them. Such a strip of cloth , what may be damaged is a piece of clothing, or the quilt cover of the quilt.
Nomads such as Turks and Tuyuhun were even more scarce in cloth, so the girl didn't quite believe Aye's words.
"They are all spontaneous." Li Daozong added.
"Aye, are you telling the truth?" The girl obviously didn't believe it.
"It's true, or to be precise, they did it spontaneously because of His Highness." Li Daozong shook his head.
"Your Highness King Qin?" The girl was a little surprised.
"Yes." Li Daozong nodded.
"Then His Highness the King of Qin must have solved their survival problem." The girl had some admiration on her face, and then said in an admiring tone: "In such a short period of time, he was able to figure out a way to solve the problem of survival for these conquered herdsmen. The question is, after all, it is His Highness the King of Qin who wrote "Tong Guan Gu Gu"."
Li Daozong glanced at his daughter in surprise, and asked with a smile: "Have you seen it?"
"The peaks and mountains are like clusters, the waves are like angry waves, the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road inside and outside. Looking at the Western Capital, I feel hesitant."
"Sadly, wherever the Qin and Han Dynasties traveled, thousands of palaces and palaces were turned into dirt. The people suffered when they prospered. When they died, the people suffered." The girl recited the poem directly in a soft tone.
Li Daozong smiled: "I thought you thought His Highness King Qin was the same as those rumors circulating in Chang'an City."
"Those are not rumors." The girl shook her head.
"Oh? So you know His Highness King Qin very well?" Li Daozong asked curiously. His daughter is very knowledgeable, but unfortunately she is a daughter, and she rarely pays attention to other people.
"Yes, I understand. His Royal Highness King Qin is the most innocent of all the princes." The girl nodded calmly.
Li Daozong looked at his daughter strangely, innocent heart? Pure and kind-hearted? Li Ke?
"Although His Highness is not worthy of the crown and seems to have a reckless character, in fact, everything he does is done by his husband. He has a pure character. He actually puts many things on the surface and does not behave like a villain. Maybe His Highness has some tricks up his sleeve. , but these methods are the actions of a gentleman." The girl nodded.
"Oh? What do you mean by this?" Li Daozong asked curiously. He really didn't know His Highness the King of Qin that well, but His Highness the King of Qin was very familiar with these people.
"A gentleman is magnanimous, and villains always have relatives. However, if a gentleman is born into an official or royal family, if a gentleman cannot understand the methods of villains, he will be harmed by others. Therefore, my daughter believes that a gentleman knows better than villains." The girl smiled. Then he said, "His Royal Highness's identity determines that he cannot be truly magnanimous."
Li Daozong nodded calmly. Unexpectedly, his daughter had a different understanding of His Highness King Qin. Li Daozong thought about everything that happened after His Highness King Qin came to Tuyuhun. He was indeed quite resourceful, but his behavior was upright.
"Today we have to rush to Chihai. Are you going to get back to the carriage or continue riding?" Li Daozong looked at his daughter and said happily.
Compared to his two sons, he felt that his two daughters were what made him most gratified. Those two sons would be fine if they didn't make him angry.
"Go back to the carriage." A peaceful smile appeared on the girl's face.
"Okay." Li Daozong was a little surprised. His children can ride horses. This distance is nothing. Traveling long distances and carriages is really not a good choice, especially when you are on the road. It is really tiring. If you can ride a horse, it is naturally not as good as Riding is comfortable.
The girl quickly dismounted and returned to her carriage.
The convoy quickly sped up and rushed to Chihai, striving to arrive before this evening.
Leaving the mountainous area, you can see the shape of the city wall that has been formed from a distance.
When building a city in ancient times, the first thing to be built was the city wall, drainage, etc. After the city wall was built, the residential buildings inside could be built slowly.
Following the road and approaching the vicinity of Chihai City, Li Daozong was a little strange. Is Chihai City resting today? It's still more than an hour before the daily end of work.
Before Li Daozong could think about the problem clearly, he saw a group of cavalry wearing uniform armor approaching from a distance. He could tell from a distance that they were His Highness's cavalry escorts.
Li Daozong stopped the carriage. After the cavalry arrived, the leader of the team was the commander of the guards of His Highness.
"Last General Huo Gang has met General Li." Huo Gang bowed his hand to Li Daozong.
"General Huo is exempt from courtesy, is General Huo here?" Li Daozong was a little confused.
"Your Highness is greeting General Li and General Li's family at the front. I wonder if General Li's family can be invited to ride into the city?" Huo Gang said softly.
Although only about half of the city wall of Chihai City has been built on the west and north walls, the city gate tower part was built first, so as not to delay entering the city.
"Oh, this should be the case." Li Daozong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked his wife and family to come out.
Li Daozong had a wife, two concubines, and three sons. The two daughters got off the carriage and changed the horses again. However, when the eldest daughter who had just chatted with him came out, Li Daozong was slightly stunned. Why did he change his clothes?
But it's still light-colored clothes, so it doesn't matter.
"General Li, please!" After everyone changed their horses, Huo Gang made a new invitation gesture, and then the cavalry brought by Huo Gang automatically divided into two columns and followed behind their team.
Li Daozong nodded, and then whispered to his wives, concubines, and several sons and daughters. His Highness greeted them in front and asked them not to be rude for a while, and then rode towards the city.
However, Li Daozong didn't see that his eldest daughter had changed her clothes. Her eyes were flashing with a thoughtful light, as well as a touch of curiosity, excitement and other emotions. However, she hid it very well and no one noticed it.
When their queue crossed the newly built city gate and entered the still empty city, Li Daozong was stunned for a moment, because after entering the city gate, there were teams standing neatly on both sides of the city gate, holding weapons in their hands. Neat and uniform, as motionless as wooden figures.
The neat queue formed a straight road in the middle.
Li Daozong didn't know what was happening, but Huo Gang behind him had already shouted loudly: "Salute to General Li's family! Salute!"
There was a uniform "bang" vibration, and all the soldiers near the city gate raised the military flagpoles in their hands in an instant and uniformly, and then fell to the ground.
Then a bugle sound of "woo" sounded, and a dull drum beat also sounded rhythmically at the same time.
Everyone in Li Daozong was confused. This is... except for special occasions, the highest military courtesy to welcome important guests and envoys? ! The soldiers behind the two rows of military flags lowered their heads at the same time and made a fist salute.
Li Daozong's family members were even more confused. They all felt at a loss. Several female family members were startled. Only Li Daozong's eldest daughter was stunned, and the surprise in her eyes burst out with an uncontrollable brilliance.
