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Volume 3: As soon as you enter the capital, it is as deep as the sea Chapter 66: Broken Leaf asks for help

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    After a while, the chief steward came over with a jade box carved from a whole piece of high-quality jadeite, and carefully placed the jadeite box on the table. This box alone was already a rare thing, and its value was hard to estimate.

    Kangbas smiled and said, "I bought this jade box in Suiye City for five hundred taels of gold. Frankly speaking, I don't know how much it is worth."

    Combas slowly opened the box. The light inside the box suddenly shone brightly. Yang Bing and Sihua immediately covered their mouths and exclaimed. The boxes were all filled with various precious gems, polished into various shapes. Under the dim light,  Below, it is dazzling and radiant.

    The jade box is made of gold grids. There are two layers in total. The upper layer has twenty grids and the lower layer has twenty-four grids. A total of forty-three gems are placed, ranging from as small as an apricot kernel to as large as a walnut. Each gem is  They are all extremely precious. Combas pushed the treasure box in front of the two girls and said with a smile: "Choose for yourself. Take whatever you like, as much as you like."

    Yang Bing and Sihua are both extremely smart girls. They also felt that buying gems this time was unusual. They both looked at their father timidly. Yang Yuanqing nodded, "If you like it, pick one each."

    The two of them immediately opened their eyes wide and looked for their favorite gems in the treasure box. Compas then said to Yang Yuanqing: "These gems are actually just my collection of more than ten years. They are basically Sogdian gems. I met them by chance.  I will only give it out to regular customers who really can¡¯t buy the gems they like, and I will also give one to each of my descendants as a token of appreciation from the elders.¡±

    Yang Yuanqing smiled and nodded. With Combas's wealth and his own power, a few gems really didn't count. What's more important was their friendship. Since he was willing to give his daughter as a gift, it didn't matter.

    At this time, Yang Bing chose an emerald gem, and Yang Sihua chose a cat's eye. Although these two gems were in excellent quality, they were not precious items after all. The two girls also knew that they should not choose too expensive.

    But Combas shook his head. He took out two diamonds from the innermost part of the bottom grid. The two diamonds were as big as longan and were polished extremely finely. The light shone on the diamonds, making them dazzling. He took two more small jade boxes and put them in.  He put two diamonds in and handed them to the two girls with a smile.

    ¡°One for each of you, consider it a gift from me to you.

    Diamonds are the most precious gemstones in both ancient and modern times. Especially as big as longan, they are even more valuable. Neither Yang Bing nor Sihua dared to accept them. Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, then nodded and smiled: "Why don't you thank Uncle Kang!"

    This meant that they should give in. The two of them quickly stood up and saluted, "Thank you, Uncle Kang!"

    Compas chuckled, "I can't afford the thank-you gift from the two princesses!"

    He put the two gems they originally picked into the small jade box and handed it to them. The two took the box, opened it, looked at it, and looked at each other again. There was surprise in their eyes.  At first they only wanted to get a small ruby ??or a piece of beautiful jade, but they didn't expect that the final harvest turned out to be a diamond. How could they not be extremely happy?

    Yang Yuanqing smiled at them and said, "You guys sit aside first, and Uncle Kang and I will have a few words."

    The two of them sat aside to study their gems. Yang Yuanqing then slowly said to Kangbas: "I want to know the situation of Yiping Western Turks. There are revolts and wars in various places. How is the progress?"

    Combas quickly waved the chief steward up and introduced to Yang Yuanqing: "This is my nephew, named Kangbo. He just came from Samarkand yesterday. He knows the situation better."

    The Sogdian man named Kangbo stepped forward and saluted, "See you, Your Highness!"

    "Please Lou!" Yang Yuanqing said with a smile and waved his hand.

    "Thank you, Your Highness!"

    Kang Bo did not dare to sit down. He stood aside and said to Yang Yuanqing in fluent Chinese: "The reason why the Sogdian countries revolted was that the Western Turks squeezed the roots too much and the taxes were too heavy. For example, I transported a piece of silk  Going to Samarkand, after deducting the capital, I can earn 60 dan, but I have to pay 40 dan for taxes, and I still have 20 dan left. I also deduct the expenses on the road, and in the end I only have a little left, and I may even lose money.  It was this heavy tax that forced the Sogdians to rebel."

    Yang Yuanqing nodded and asked, "Have the Western Turks suppressed the rebellion?"

    "No, it's become more serious now. At first it was just ordinary people who rebelled, but now the kings of various countries have started to rebel. There are wars everywhere. The Western Turks are exhausted. The most intense war is in Suiye City. I heard that Suiye City  The king is still a Han Chinese."

    "Han Chinese?"

    Yang Yuanqing frowned, "What's his name?"

    "I don't know the specifics. It seems that his surname is Zhang."

    Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, as if he had some realization in his heart. At this moment, a soldier walked in quickly and whispered to Yang Yuanqing:After a few words, Yang Yuanqing's eyes showed surprise, and he couldn't help but laugh, such a coincidence happened.

    He stood up and said, "I have something to do and I have to go back. Lao Kang, thank you for your kindness to my little girl."

    "Your Highness is too polite. The child has grown so big and I haven't expressed anything. I feel ashamed. I can only express my feelings today."

    Combas had been putting the three of them on the carriage, and then he turned back and sighed to his nephew: "I hope the Sui army can intervene in the chaos in the Western Regions and let the war calm down as soon as possible."

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    The carriage left Bei City and sped towards the palace. In the carriage, the two girls turned their backs to their father, each hiding in a corner and peeking at their own gems with smiles as bright as peach blossoms on their faces. Yang Yuanqing sat behind the carriage, smiling.  Looking at his two daughters with their backs to him makes the children happy and is the greatest joy of being a father.

    "You two, do you want dad to tell your mother about the gem?"

    "don't want!"

    Yang Bing and Sihua jumped up together like frightened rabbits, waving their hands repeatedly, "Don't say that."

    Yang Yuanqing laughed, "Then sit down and don't sneak around like you're hiding some secret and turn your back to daddy."

    Both girls lowered their heads in embarrassment. The carriage quickly arrived at the side entrance of the palace and stopped. Yang Yuanqing then said to the two of them: "Go back! Daddy has something to do at Jinyang Palace."

    Yang Bing and Sihua jumped off the carriage and walked hand in hand towards the mansion. Yang Yuanqing watched them cross the bridge and enter the mansion, then ordered: "Go to Jinyang Palace quickly."

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    It was already afternoon, Jinyang Palace had already gone to court, and there were still some officials in the palace who had not returned home, especially those from the Ministry of Revenue and Sinong Temple. Hundreds of officials were working overtime to distribute cattle and sheep to various counties.  .

    Yang Yuanqing¡¯s carriage stopped in front of Ziwei Pavilion. Zhu Suiliang, who had been waiting here for a long time, came to greet him, ¡°See you, Your Highness!¡±

    Yang Yuanqing nodded and asked, "Is he still there?"

    "Still waiting for His Highness!"

    ¡°Bring him directly to my official room.¡±

    Yang Yuanqing walked into Ziwei Pavilion and walked directly upstairs. He returned to his official room, took off his robe, and sat down at the table. At this time, the door opened, and Zhu Suiliang led a man in in a hurry. The man was young.  He is about thirty years old, tall and tall, with deep-set eyes. He is a Han with Hu ancestry.

    The man stepped forward, knelt down, and kowtowed heavily, "Ziye Li Zhaoyun pays homage to His Highness Chu's wife!"

    "Mr. Li, please get up!"

    Yang Yuanqing winked at the soldiers next to him, who stepped forward to help him up. Yang Yuanqing smiled and asked, "I heard that King Suiye's surname is Zhang, but is he Zhang Zhongjian?"

    Li Zhaoyun nodded and said with tears: "Exactly, I came to ask for help from His Highness on Guo Lou's order."

    After saying that, he took out a letter and presented it with both hands. The soldier forwarded the letter to Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing opened the letter and read it. As he expected, the Broken Leaf King was none other than the bearded guest Zhang Zhongjian. After leaving Luoyang that year, he went to  It took more than ten years to conquer the world in the Western Region, and finally established his own country in Suiye.

    In the letter, Zhang Zhongjian begged the Sui Dynasty to send troops to rescue Suiye, and was willing to annex his motherland and become a county of the Sui Dynasty.

    Zhang Zhongjian also made it clear to Yang Yuanqing in the letter that the Western Turks are now facing a great governance crisis. The army is suppressing uprisings everywhere, and its troops are distributed thousands of miles away. It is a good opportunity to send troops to destroy the Western Turks.

    "It turns out that Mr. Li is Suiye's general, so disrespectful." Li Yuanqing said with a slight smile.

    "Zhao Yun dare not, and I beg His Highness the King of Chu to send troops to rescue Sui Ye for the sake of the fact that most of the subjects of Sui Ye are Han people. The food in the city is already insufficient, and it can only last for another two or three months at most. I beg His Highness to send troops!"

    Li Zhaoyun's anxiety reached the extreme. He knelt down again. He could no longer restrain his emotions and burst into tears.

    Zhu Suiliang quickly helped Li Zhaoyun up and comforted him in a low voice, so that his mood gradually stabilized. Yang Yuanqing waited until he calmed down and then asked: "You said that most of the people in Suiye Kingdom are Han people. How many Han people are there? How?  In the past?"

    Li Zhaoyun sighed and said: "We passed through many channels. Some were Han people from the Western Regions, and some were Han slaves we bought from the Turks. But most of them fled to Suiye with their families during the chaos in the Central Plains a few years ago. Most of them were Han Chinese from the Western Regions.  They are Guanlong people. Since the seventh year of Daye, more than 30,000 people have fled one after another. We have provided them with food and travel expenses. Now there are about 40,000 Han people in Suiye, accounting for 20% of the entire population of Suiye country.  about."

    "Then how many Turkic troops are surrounding Suiye now, how many troops are in the Western Turkic Yazhang, and where is Shekui Khan now?"

      "Your Highness Huihe, the Western Turkic Army currently surrounding Suiye is about 20,000, and the number of troops is not large. The main reason is that we lack armor and can only defend the city. It is difficult to confront them head-on. Shekui Khan is now the Turk  The specific strength of the Khan Court is unknown, but it will not exceed 30,000 people."

    Yang Yuanqing took a few steps with his hands behind his back. He also realized that this was actually an opportunity. Rebellions were raging in various places under the rule of the Western Turks. The 200,000 troops of the Western Turks were distributed in the territory of thousands of miles from Qiuca to the West Sea.

    If Su Dingfang can unite with the Tiele kingdoms headed by Qizhuo to attack the Western Turks, this will definitely be a fatal blow to the Western Turks. Moreover, there are more than 40,000 Han people in Suiye. Zhang Zhongjian is willing to annex the Sui Dynasty. This is true.  It was a good opportunity for the Sui Dynasty to expand westward.

    In fact, from the beginning, when Yang Yuanqing knew the reason why the Western Turks did not attack Yiwu County, he had the idea of ??attacking the Western Turks, but he planned to consider it after unifying the world.

    But now that Sui Ye is asking for help, it is the opportunity for the Sui army to send troops. Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing made up his mind and said slowly: "I can send troops to rescue Sui Ye!"

    (To be continued)
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