Li Yi changed the topic and said: "Good pastures in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. However, with the growing population of the Western Regions, the over-reliance on the interior for food is not a long-term solution. If Kong Ming can use various oases as points, connect all seas, reclaim fields, and grow grain, if he can achieve self-sufficiency, the pressure on the interior can also be relieved a lot. ”

Yu Ban said with a smile: "There are too many deserts in the Western Regions, and it is not easy to cover the mountains and rivers and grow food together. ”

Li Yi said: "There is no better way to control wind and sand than to plant trees. As the saying goes, if willow trees are planted in the desert of the Western Regions, once they survive, the wind and sand will stop. ”

Zhuge Liang bowed and said: "When the minister returned to Shule, he immediately sent someone to survey the water source of the Western Regions, plan and arrange, and plant willow trees. ”

Li Yi laughed and said: "If Kong Ming makes the Western Regions green everywhere, it will be a matter of heaven and earth." ”

At this time, there were still many water sources in the Western Regions, such as the Puchang Sea, which was the Lop Nur of later generations. At the time when Li Yi crossed over, Lop Nur had already become a forbidden area for life, where was there still a shadow of water?

Li Yi thought of the difficulty of controlling the desert in later generations, and secretly thought that if I did it in advance, would I be able to reduce the degree of desertification in the Western Regions a little?

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Li Yi and his entourage came to Shule City, and after a short rest, the army continued to return.

When passing through the Tianshan Mountains, Liu Shishi took her master down the mountain.

Liu Shishi is now a good thing with Li Yi, she has been named the concubine of the moon, and in the more than a year that Li Yi conquered Guishan and rested, she has been by Li Yi's side for a long time, which can be described as a holy family. The old man is her only relative now, so naturally she doesn't want her old man to continue to suffer in the Tianshan Mountains, after all, the old man is already old.

The old man originally didn't want to leave Tianshan, but he couldn't help Liu Shishi's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and finally agreed to go down the mountain and follow Liu Shishi to Jicheng.

On this day, Li Yi and his entourage crossed the Yumen Pass and came to Jincheng County. Yongzhou Thorn Shi Zhang Ji, Changshi Xu Miao, Sima Li Yan, and Jincheng Taishou Ye greeted the high-ranking people.

Zhang is the Yongzhou Assassin appointed by Li Yi after the establishment of Yongzhou, and has served as the Yongzhou Assassin for ten years so far. The original Changshi Changsun Wuji and Sima Huangfu Li have all been transferred out of Yongzhou.

When he came to Jincheng County, Li Yi saw Zhang Ji's dark face, and knew that he had been on the plateau for a long time, and the ultraviolet rays were too strong, and he was tanned, so he immediately asked: "De Rong has been dealing with Qiangdi affairs for many years, and he must have worked too hard to make him as old as a man." ”

Zhang Ji said: "Your Majesty, the ministers live up to the trust, and the Qiang people everywhere have their hearts set on the Tang Dynasty and voluntarily return to the territory of the Tang Dynasty. From the West Sea to the major river basins of the plateau, the ministers settled the Qiang people, mixed with foreign captives, reclaimed wasteland, and planted grain. ”

Li Yi was overjoyed, the Qiang people on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau had a very strong concept of land, and since the Qin and Han dynasties, it was not until the Qing Dynasty that it really belonged to the central government. During the Tang and Song dynasties, it had been at war with the central government, and the Ming Dynasty only sent personnel to implement the policy of restraint. If Zhang Ji really managed to make Qiangdi belong to the central government, then this credit is really too great.

Li Yi said: "De Rong can recruit the Qiang people and return to the imperial court, which is a great achievement. The Qiang land is vast, the climate is cold, the terrain is complex, between the mountains and rivers, there will be a suitable place for human life and residence, in order to maintain long-term peace and stability, on the one hand, schools are built to teach the descendants of the Qiang people; On the one hand, the Han people were relocated to the Qiang land. In this way, the Han and Qiang live together, which is conducive to the stability of the Qiang. ”

Zhang Ji said: "The land of Qiang is too cold, and the minister has recruited Han people into Qiang in many ways, but unfortunately there is little effect. ”

Li Yi said with a smile: "The Qiang place is famous for mountains and rivers, rich in mineral deposits, if it is tempting to make huge profits, why worry about the Han people?" ”

Zhang Hong was overjoyed and thanked: "Thank you to the emperor for mentioning it." ”

Li Yi said: "Zhang has contributed to the governance of the Qiang land to the country, and he has been specially appointed as the Marquis of the West Sea, and the Qiang land has been strategically envoyed, and he is fully responsible for the governance of the Qiang land for the benefit of the people. ”

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When Li Yi returned to Jicheng, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, he fell into various government affairs. Although the crown prince Li Yan was left in charge of the country before, the prince was only the prince after all, and he could not replace Li Yi, the emperor.

Just when Li Yi handled the government affairs almost and thought that he could breathe a sigh of relief, he received a letter from Sima Yi, saying that Guan Yu was digging a canal in Egypt, and it was very laborious to carry the soil, and asked the emperor and Concubine Yi to think of a way to make several tools to speed up the process of the canal.

After Huang Yueying married Li Yi, she has not been idle, and often goes in and out of the Ministry of Industry. Many of the technologies that Li Yi exchanged from the summoning system were able to be turned into physical objects and applied as quickly as possible because of Huang Yueying.

After receiving Sima Yi's letter, Li Yi hurriedly came to Huang Yueying to discuss.

Huang Yueying said with a smile: "Isn't it just to quickly carry the soil?" Don't worry, the emperor has already had an idea here. ”

Li Yi was overjoyed and said, "What brilliant idea does Concubine Ai have? ”

Huang Yueying said with a smile: "Now that the territory of Datang is vast, it seems that the merchants have made great efforts to make a long time to manufacture vehicles that do not cost manpower and material resources for them to carry goods." ”

When Li Yi heard this, he couldn't help but think of a legend, that is, the wooden ox and flowing horse made by Zhuge Liang in the romance were said to have been invented by Huang Yueying, but he was not sure about this, so he asked: "Concubine Ai, I don't know what it is?" ”

Huang Yueying said: "The wonder of the skill lies in my heart, and it cannot be declared to the outside. The emperor will wait for a while, and I will know when I make it. ”

After waiting for five or six days, Huang Yueying smiled and came to invite Li Yi.

Li Yi followed Huang Yueying to a courtyard of the Ministry of Industry, and saw ten carts lined up in the yard, either as horse heads or as cow heads.

Huang Yueying didn't explain, walked to the back of the car, stretched out her hand and tinkered a few times, Li Yi was dumbfounded, only to see ten cars, one by one, walking around on their own.

Although he had been prepared in his heart, Li Yi still couldn't hide his surprise and asked, "Aifei, how did you do it?" ”

Huang Yueying smiled: "I didn't tell you, but I can't tell you." ”

Li Yi admires his wife from the bottom of his heart, what level is this, absolutely surpassed, even the Mo master Lu Ban may not be able to do this, it is worthy of the system to give her a special skill of a work god.

In addition to being excited, Li Yi hugged Huang Yueying and yelled.

Huang Yueying shyly patted Li Yi's shoulders and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, the people are here." ”

Li Yi laughed and said: "The talent of the concubine is unparalleled, please give the name of the concubine to the vehicle." ”

Huang Yueying said: "Niu Ma is our best partner, how about this vehicle named Mu Niu Liuma? ”

Li Yi said: "Ai Concubine, the name is apt, and it really lives up to the name of the first talented woman." ”

Huang Yueying said: "Each vehicle can carry a weight of 1,000 catties, and if it is used in a canal, it can shorten the construction period." ”

Li Yi was overjoyed and said: "It's not small, with the help of wooden oxen and horses, the construction period can be advanced by more than several years." ”

Huang Yueying said: "The emperor can send a letter to Sima Junshi, and the vehicle will be sent to Egypt in a few days." ”

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Sima Yi heard that Concubine Yi Huang Yueying had created a wooden ox flowing horse, the vehicle did not cost non-manpower, and walked around on its own, and he was overjoyed, but he also admired it inexplicably, Feishu Jicheng, and wanted Huang Yueying to bring a large number of craftsmen to Egypt to make a large number of wooden oxen and flowing horses to assist in digging the canal.

Li Yi saw that everything was expected by Huang Yueying, and the excavation of the canal was related to the fate of the national war between the Tang Dynasty and the Roman Empire, how could it be stopped? sent 3,000 elite cavalry to escort Huang Yueying to Egypt.

Sending Huang Yueying away, Li Yi couldn't help but think of a problem that he thought of before he left to rest in peace, that is, how to unite people's hearts in the land he obtained.

On this day, Li Yi remembered that the White Horse Temple in Luoyang was the ancestral court of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, and sent an inner servant to the White Horse Temple to announce the decree and summon the senior monks of the White Horse Temple to Beijing to discuss major matters.

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Buddhism at this time in the Tang Dynasty is still in the initial stage, far less than the influence in the Western Regions, as a Buddhist disciple, the White Horse Temple presided over the master of Shiyuan could not help but be overjoyed, hurriedly convened the monks in the temple, and explained in detail the meaning of the Tang Wude Emperor's conscription.

White Horse Temple since the Eastern Han Dynasty Ming Emperor night dream of the Golden Armor God man, only to build, the first generation of monks is Tianzhu people take Morteng, Zhu Flange, in the efforts of two people, the White Horse Temple began to take shape, two people in the White Horse Temple translated the first Buddhist classics - forty-two chapters.

Because the Han Dynasty proposed to "overthrow the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone" from Dong Zhongshu, it was difficult for Buddhism to spread widely.

At this time, the emperor actually let the White Horse Temple send the monks to the north to discuss national affairs, and the monks of the temple were all very happy, as a disciple of the Buddha's teachings, the prosperity of Buddhism is a lifelong wish.

Shi Yuan presided over the selection of twelve monks in the White Horse Temple, set foot on the road to Beijing, thirteen people packed bright clothes, with a bright head, riding a high-headed horse, and walked around.

On this day, when they walked to Handan City, Shi Yuan and others were about to enter the city, looking for a place to stay, the sound of horses' hooves behind them, a group of people in fresh clothes and angry horses, rushed over from behind, the first person, wearing a fresh Taoist robe, a Chinese face, three strands of long hair under the chin, fluttering in the wind, a long sword behind the back, extremely majestic.

Shi Yuan looked at it carefully, and suddenly remembered a person, who was it if it was not Zhang Lu?

Zhang Lu, as a former prince, is also a star-level figure of the Han Dynasty. After Li Yi captured Hanzhong and Zhang Lu surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Li Yi did not throw Zhang Lu aside and refrigerate it, but reused it and served as the official of Wei County. This time, he was also ordered to enter Beijing.

Zhang Lu couldn't help frowning when he saw the thirteen monks in front of him. At that time, the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism fought fiercely, although the two factions did not accept anyone, Taoism thought that it was the local roots, and Buddhism was just a foreign product, so the Taoist priests consciously became a high monk.

Shiyuan as the host of the White Horse Temple, in the Shijiao at that time in the absolute Nan Bowan, although Zhang Lu and Shiyuan have never met, but the shadow of the famous tree, see the solemn old monk of the law, standing outside the city gate, a little thought, you know that this old monk is the White Horse Temple master Shi Yuan.