Regarding the situation in Jiaozhou, there are responsible officials who report that it is a subject country of Datang, but it is not a direct territory of Datang at this time, strictly speaking, it is not Datang's own territory at the moment, and it is a franchise area.

In the fifth year of Wude, the Jiaozhou Governor's Office was set up, and Feng Ang was the chief administrator.

More than 100 years later, the Tang Dynasty set up the Annan Protectorate in Annam. It can be said that Jiaozhou has one word from the end of the Han Dynasty to the end of the Sui Dynasty, chaos!

It's so chaotic that even Feng Ang doesn't want to care about it, but also because there is no oil and water there, and every time he sends troops, it is an empty waste of military expenses.

"My soldiers, take the lead!" Yanagi said again.

Feng Ang slapped the table heavily and smiled: "Brother, you are a guest from afar, and the soldiers under you have worked hard all the way, so I will do this myself." ”

"Then, the younger brother is a little careful, and the elder brother wants to accept it. Three thousand swords, three thousand cuirasses. Liu Mu was very generous, so he gave some equipment to Feng An.

This reaction also made Feng Ang feel Liu Mu's thoughts about Annan.

Liumu wants Annam, so how big is the business of this spice, at least at the level of wool.

"Annan monkey is very, very, very restless. So, I have a plan. Yanagi came up with the plan that his staff had prepared a long time ago.

Feng Ang took a look.

Simply summarize it in a few words, comforting, discussing, and discussing merit. Then divide the Annamite people, support them to get rich, and then let the rich Annamite go to manage the rest of the Annamite on behalf of the Tang people. In the end, it slowly became the territory directly under the jurisdiction of Datang.

"Zhidai, Thunder Tiger. Let's go and make Jiaozhou City more comfortable first, and then clean up in Aizhou and arrange for our officials to come over. Feng Ang began to give orders and arrange for his subordinates to prepare for battle.

Liu Mu also said to Su Dingfang: "Bring five hundred soldiers and one thousand auxiliaries to help in the war." ”

Liu Mu only said that he would help in the war, Feng Ang had no reason to refuse, and there were only five hundred soldiers, so he had to give this face.

Feng Ang ordered people to set up wine while arranging an attack on Jiaozhou outside.

Su Dingfang returned to Liu Mu's side: "Lang Jun, Yue Guogong just told his subordinates, focusing on the mountainous areas west of Najiaozhou. There is agarwood there. As for grass and fruits, Yue Guogong obviously doesn't attach importance to it. ”

"Don't worry, it's rare that he can give me this face." Liu Muxin said that this is a normal reaction, Feng Ang is a generation of heroes, and he believes in himself with just a few words, and Liu Mu doesn't think that he has such a strong aura. This trust needs to be done step by step, first of all, let Feng Ang see the tangible benefits.

Su Dingfang said again: "However, he has subordinates who mention a kind of small dragon incense tree. ”

"Xiaolongxiang?" Yanagi had never heard of this at all.

Su Dingfang didn't understand either: "It's just a tree, the tree is twenty zhang high, and the resin has a strange fragrance." They thought that this thing was worth at least half the value of agarwood, so they cleaned up the Aizhou side for this kind of tree in the western mountain forest of Aizhou. ”

"Shen Tan Dragon Musk Deer." Yanagi said to himself.

Su Dingfang didn't know much about spices, so he didn't answer. Liu Mu continued: "Be careful when you go to Jiaozhou, the sergeants from the north may not adapt to the climate here, and you should be careful of poisonous insects, miasma, etc. We brought the little things so that the sergeants could give some to the soldiers who went with them and make friends. ”

"Yes, I'll keep an eye on it."

Su Dingfang is very expert in warfare, and he knows that since the Han Dynasty, there have been records of geography, climate, environment and other issues in Lingnan, Shunan and other places. The Northern Army will indeed be unaccustomed to the soil when they come here, and the probability of getting sick will be much higher.

Su Dingfang left to discuss with Feng Zhidai about sending troops.

Liu Mu used the excuse of changing clothes to find Dugu Lanruo.

"Madam, have you heard of Xiaolongxiang?" Liu Mu asked directly.

"I've heard that there was a tribute from Lin Yiguo in the former Sui Dynasty for about 100 catties, and I heard that it was the top spice."

"Isn't the top spice Shen Tan Dragon Musk Deer?" Yanagi asked.

Dugu Lanruo replied: "So, this is called Xiaolongxiang." But how did this spice get ......" Dugu Lanruo stopped: "Hug the qin, put down the fruit in your hand, and ask the spice master who came with you in the palace." ”

"No need to ask, I know Xiaolongxiang. Ye Siniang also let me go to Lingnan and have the opportunity to give her a pound. I heard that the spices were also sold in Chang'an by Tianzhu merchants, but they were not as good as the tributes paid by Linyi, and the Tianzhu merchants sold them called Karma Boluo incense. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, go find someone immediately and ask for details."

Baoqin put down the fruit in his hand, wiped his hands and hurried out.

Dugu Lanruo asked Liu Mu at this time: "Why are you suddenly asking this?" ”

"I'm thinking, after we go back to Chang'an, how about I use agarwood to build a house for you, it's called Agarwood Pavilion."

Dugu Lanruo couldn't stop laughing, and it took a while to pat Liu Mu a few times: "You're going to laugh at me to death, if we build a house with agarwood, I'm afraid that the impeachment of us in Chang'an City will pile up a few houses as high."

Liu Mu grinned and didn't smile.

The reason why Liu Mu mentioned building a house with agarwood is that he saw in the history books that Yang Guifei had an agarwood pavilion, and Yang Guozhong seemed to have built a house with agarwood.

Now that I think about it, this Yang Yuhuan family is the real scourge.

Liu Mu and Dugu Lan were laughing and laughing, and Baoqin brought the spice master in the palace over, and the spice master said to Liu Mu after giving a salute: "The dragon in the Shen Tan Dragon Musk Deer that the horse said refers to ambergris. This small dragon incense should refer to the ice incense, there is a record in the palace, there is a tree as high as 12 to 20 zhang, growing to a huge 30 zhang high giant tree. ”

The spice chef explains the spice in great detail.

"The horse, the original dragon of the Shen Tan Dragon Musk Deer, refers to this kind of incense, and some people call it dipterocarp. After ambergris was discovered, the dragon incense among the four incense was changed, so it is reasonable to call this small dragon incense. ”

"Is it precious?" Yanagi asked.

The spice master thought for a moment: "If you let the maid answer, the scarcity is expensive, and if it is the level that can pay tribute to the former Sui Linyi, I am afraid that it will not be as cheap as the high-grade agarwood." This incense Datang does not have, and the country of Linyi has been destroyed. ”

"Linyi." Willow repeated the name, and thought for a long time before he came back to his senses: "I know where it is, and I probably know where this spice can be found." ”

The spice master said that Datang did not, because Yunnan and more than half of Guizhou in the future do not belong to Datang.

The dipterocarp tree is in the tropics, so it can only be found in the southeast peninsula. Linyi is Champa, also called Champa. So if you want to really find this spice, you need Feng Ang to walk further south along the coastline, and maybe you can find this tree in the primeval forest.

When Liu Mu returned to the front hall again, he saw that Feng Ang and the others had all returned.

Even Lei Hu and Feng Zhidai, the son of Lei Hu and Feng An, who had been sent out to prepare for the transfer of troops, also returned.