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Li An did not hide anything. He told Yan Zhenqing everything about how he had entered Gourd Valley of Luzhou to recruit soldiers and horses, how he had trained them strictly, how he had suppressed the bandits, mined the gold mine, and how he had entered Cuan Land at the most opportune time.
Of course, he didn't tell Yan Zhenqing about what happened with Ah Kui and Man Man, as well as the fact that he went to Dongnu Province to visit Zhao Yefu and Tang Er on the way back. Although it was not a big deal to talk about these things in the Tang dynasty, Yan Zhenqing was, after all, Yan Ruyu's uncle. He would not be happy to hear it.
There were too many things that happened in Cuandi. Ang Lee didn't talk about some unimportant details. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to finish it in three days and three nights.
After listening to Ang Lee's detailed explanation, Yan Zhenqing's face was full of surprise. He didn't expect that Ang Lee could deal with the crisis in Cuandi so skillfully. First, he hid in Gourd Valley to accumulate strength and watched the performance of Cuandi and Nanzhao. Then, he suddenly took action at the best time to seize Nanning Province and Kunzhou Province, forcing the Nanzhao Army, who thought they had everything under control, into a dilemma. Then, he took the risk to attack the Tang Army.
What surprised Yan Zhenqing even more was that a few thousand soldiers of the Tang Army actually defeated the Nanzhao Army without any power to fight back. Moreover, the Tang Army showed mercy. Otherwise, they were fully capable of wiping out Nanzhao's elite troops and making Nanzhao suffer heavy losses.
"You obviously have enough strength and reason, but you didn't wipe out all the soldiers of Nanzhao, which saved Nanzhao's face. Not bad, you handled this matter very well. If you really wiped out all the soldiers of Nanzhao who provoked you, the Tang dynasty and the Tang dynasty would really have a falling out. At that time, the Tang dynasty would have one more battle line."
Yan Zhenqing appreciated Ang Lee's rationality very much. Although he was only an eighth-grade Imperial Censor, he still had a clear understanding of the current situation of the Tang dynasty. He understood the importance of the Nanzhao Kingdom to the Tang dynasty. Not only did he have to restrain the ambitions of Nanzhao, but he also had to try his best to win over Nanzhao, make Nanzhao obey the arrangements of the Tang dynasty, and fight against Tibet together with the Tang dynasty.
This was like the United States in the future. On the one hand, it suppressed Wo Nihon, but at the same time, it supported Wo Nihon's forces to block and encircle the Hua Xia Empire together with Wo Nihon, and let Wo Nihon be the vanguard against the Hua Xia Empire, thus reducing the huge pressure it faced.
"Uncle, you worry too much. Nanzhao is a very important country to the Tang dynasty. Of course, I won't fall out with them. Nanzhao also needs to rely on the Tang dynasty, so Nanzhao will know what's good for them. They will know what they should get and what they shouldn't."
Ang Lee firmly believed in a truth, "If you don't have the strength to kill your opponent at any time, then tolerance is weakness." Now, the Tang dynasty was fully capable of destroying Nanzhao. Therefore, even though Nanzhao offended the Tang dynasty's army, they could forgive Nanzhao and reward Nanzhao with a lot of wealth. This was strength, and without strength, rewards could only be seen as money. [Love ↑ Go △ Xiao ↓ Say △ Wang]
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"You're fine. You just came back, so rest for a few more days. In a few days, uncle will take you to see His Highness the Crown Prince."
Yan Zhenqing had talked with Li An for so long. To be honest, he was already very tired. He believed that Li An must also be very tired after the long journey.
"Uncle, rest early. I'll take my leave now."
Ang Lee bowed respectfully, left Yan Zhenqing's mansion, and returned to his residence in Daye Square.
Since Kun Xiong, Feiyu, and the other brothers were all helping to clean up his courtyard, the three rooms and the large courtyard were all tidied up. Moreover, many daily necessities were added, such as food, drinks, and necessities. There was not a single thing missing.
When Ang Lee returned home, the rewards from the imperial court had already arrived. In addition to gold, silk, and food, there were ten teenage girls, and they were all very good-looking.
"Big Brother, all the rewards have been moved to the secret room. Only these ten beauties are left. We don't know what to do with them, so please deal with them yourself, Big Brother!"
Li Kun Xiong's face was full of excitement. Their rewards had already arrived, but in order to save trouble, they had written down the address of Ang Lee's residence. All the rewards were naturally sent to Ang Lee's residence and placed in a separate place in the secret room of Ang Lee's residence.
Ang Lee carefully sized up the ten beauties. He felt that only three of them were pretty, and the rest could only be considered average. There were even three burly women. This was the first time that Ang Lee felt that the imperial court's rewards were sometimes unreliable. When the rewards were given, they said that they were beauties, but in the end, they used ugly women to make up the numbers. This was just like how fruit sellers in the future would always hide a few ugly ones among the fruits. In short, Ang Lee felt that the imperial court's rewards had shrunk.
"The few of you, one or two, can warm the bed at night!"
Ang Lee looked at Kun Xiong and the others, who were holding back their laughter, and said with a serious face.
"Big Brother, there are five of us. If one or two, won't Big Brother have no one to warm the bed at night?"
"Don't worry, I don't want them."
"I don't want them either."
"A gentleman doesn't take other people's beauties. These are His Majesty's rewards to you, General. You should keep them for yourself!"
Ang Lee's words just now were, of course, all joking. The beauties that the Emperor gave to him, even if they were uneven in appearance, should be kept as treasures. How could he casually give them away? Moreover, his residence was so big that he really needed servants to fill it up.
However, Ang Lee always had an inexplicable worry, as if there was Li Longji's spy among these people.
"What did the few of you do in the past? What can you do?"
Since these young ladies would be the people of his residence in the future, Ang Lee naturally wanted to know their past and what they could do. This way, it would be easier to arrange their jobs.
"Alang, this servant knows how to do laundry and cook. I also know how to sew and mend."
"Alang, this servant only knows how to do these."
"Alang, this servant knows how to chop firewood and carry water."
"Alang, this servant practiced singing and dancing in the palace. I know some simple songs and dances."
"Alang, this servant washed clothes in the palace …"
The ten of them had all kinds of jobs. Washing clothes, cooking, chopping firewood, carrying water, singing and dancing to liven things up. Everything was here. It seemed that Li Longji was very thoughtful and had thought of all the things that he needed.
However, this also made Ang Lee feel surprised. Did Li Longji do the same when he rewarded others in the past? Did he make up for all kinds of talents needed in the residence? In this way, with the current population of Ang Lee's family, there was no need to hire any more servants at all.
Once these people were all Li Longji's spies, Ang Lee would be monitored in all aspects at home. In this way, there would be no privacy at all.
However, this was not a bad thing for Ang Lee. Ang Lee had no intention of conspiring to overthrow Li Longji, let alone colluding with others to do things that would endanger the imperial court of the Tang dynasty. Therefore, he did not have to worry about Li Longji's surveillance at all. This was called 'if you do not have a guilty conscience, you will not be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night'.
Although these ten women knew everything, and the number was enough to meet Ang Lee's current needs, they were all women after all. Ang Lee had a mansion with three entrances and a large courtyard. It was absolutely impossible to live without male servants. Moreover, how could Ang Lee bear to let women chop firewood and carry water?
Ang Lee had already calculated that after hiring the male servants, he would let the male servants live in the front yard as soon as they entered the house. These female servants would naturally live in the middle yard at the back, and the backyard would be where Ang Lee lived. As for the large courtyard at the back, it would be used to build a martial arts field and grow vegetables.
However, growing vegetables definitely required servants to take care of them. From the front yard and the middle yard, they had to pass through the backyard to enter the large courtyard at the back, which was bound to disturb the master's peace. For this reason, Ang Lee had already thought about a comprehensive renovation of the existing residence. He would set up a corridor at the corner so that the servants in the front yard and the middle yard could directly enter the large courtyard at the back through the corridor at the corner. This would avoid disturbing the master's rest. When fertilizing the dishes, it would also avoid the stinky feces and urine polluting the backyard.
At the same time, Ang Lee could also directly enter the backyard through the corridor to avoid disturbing the servants' work. In other words, he did not want the servants to be too aware of his whereabouts.
Of course, in addition to building a corridor, there were still many settings in the mansion that needed to be modernized. After all, Ang Lee came from the future, and he was really not used to many of the furniture in the Tang dynasty. Moreover, many things in this era were really inconvenient. Moreover, the problem of hygiene was relatively serious.
After that, Ang Lee arranged for the ten female servants to live in the middle yard. He also told them that the kitchen was in the front yard, and they could go to the kitchen in the front yard to cook. Then, he let the ten of them walk around the mansion and familiarize themselves with the environment.
"Kun Xiong, Fei Yu, the mansion can't be without male servants. Let's go to the West Market and have a look!"
Ang Lee led Kun Xiong and Fei Yu straight to the West Market of Chang 'an City.
The distance from Daye Square to the West Market was not close. However, Ang Lee and the other two all rode on horses. It did not take long for them to arrive at the West Market, and they went straight to the mule and horse company.
In the era of the Tang dynasty, there were millions of people in Chang 'an City. The big markets were the East Market and the West Market. The East Market was close to the place where the rich and powerful lived, so it sold valuable goods. However, servants and animals were obviously not valuable goods, so they were naturally in the West Market.
The East Market and the West Market were divided into many lines according to the different types of goods. In other words, all the businesses that sold the same type of goods were gathered on the same street, so that it was convenient for the customers to choose. There were meat shops, wine shops, rice shops, firewood shops, and of course, mule and horse companies.
However, the mule and horse companies not only sold large animals such as mules and horses, but also slaves. In other words, in the eyes of the people of this era, slaves had no human rights. The so-called slaves were labourers like animals, and they could be bought and sold at will just like mules and horses.
Although as a person of the later generation, he was not quite used to this cruel fact. However, since he had come to the Tang dynasty, he had to adapt to this era. If Ang Lee did not buy one or two of these slaves, these slaves were likely to be sold to the families of the fierce masters, or even be abused to death.
There would be no harm if there was no trade, but if Ang Lee was the only one who refused to buy slaves, it would not have any effect at all. This situation was something that Ang Lee could not change no matter what. Just like in the later generation, Nihon was always against Hua Xia, which seriously hurt the hearts of the people of Hua Xia. However, this still could not stop a large number of people of Hua Xia from going to Nihon for fun and shopping, which saved Nihon, whose economy was on the verge of collapse.
Of course, this did not mean that the people of Hua Xia were not patriotic. It was just that their patriotism in their hearts could not stop their enthusiasm to buy Nihon products. It was just like the readers of the later generation supported the legal edition, but it did not prevent them from always reading for free.
This was the way of the world, and no one could change it. Anyone who tried to change it would be met with cruel failure.
Sure enough, as soon as Ang Lee and the other two entered the mule and horse shop, they saw a large number of livestock and slaves for sale. Many merchants even put the slaves together with the mule and horse to show that the status of the slaves and the mule and horse were the same.
Ang Lee found that the number of slaves in the mule and horse shop was still very considerable, and there were men and women of all races and skin colors. It was a little dazzling to look at.
"Big Brother, who are the slaves over there? Why are they so black? It's scary."
"They should be Kunlun slaves! However, they are much darker than the Kunlun slaves we see on the street. "
Ang Lee naturally recognized them at a glance. They were African Africans, but according to the standards of the Tang dynasty, they were still Kunlun slaves. The majority of Kunlun slaves were people from Indonesia and Malaysia in the later generation. Of course, only a small number of them were African Africans. And because of the principle of scarcity, the price of these black Kunlun slaves was naturally much higher than that of the Indonesians who were not so black.
Ang Lee knew that African Africans were very good at enduring hardships. It was precisely because of this that the African Africans in the later generation were sold to the American continent to work as coolies. Thus, Ang Lee thought very highly of these African Africans. Moreover, these African Africans looked very healthy and strong, strong enough to be bodyguards.
The merchant selling the African Africans was an Arabian with a high nose bridge. Arabia was very close to Africa, so it was naturally very easy for them to come into contact with African Africans. They would travel thousands of li to sell them to the capital of the Tang dynasty to earn a huge profit.
"How much are these Kunlun slaves?"
Li An walked over and asked for the price.
"Ten brackets of gold for one Kunlun slave."
The Hu merchant respectfully bowed to Ang Lee. In the territory of the Tang dynasty, the Hu would never dare to behave atrociously toward the people of the Tang dynasty. Moreover, their attitude was as respectful as a servant, afraid that they would make the people of the Tang dynasty unhappy and bring trouble to themselves. And Ang Lee was clearly a person of status, so they could not afford to offend him.
"Ten brackets of gold for one? Why is it so expensive?"
Li Kunxiong suddenly roared, scaring the Hu merchant into taking a few steps back. He lowered his head and explained, "Dear customer, these Kunlun slaves are very rare. We have traveled thousands of li to sell them. When we bought them, we spent five brackets of gold. It was extremely difficult to transport them over, and a few of them even died on the way. Ten brackets of gold is really not expensive.
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