After a while of rest, the team set out again. Looking at Zhang Xun who was lying on the horse, Chen Guang sighed. Zhang Xun was upright. If he advised him again, he would look down on him.

However, only those who are cruel enough to themselves can defend the lonely city in such desperate situations!

Chen Guang sighed and no longer looked at Zhang Xun, but instead knocked his horse's belly and trotted. They could change horses and ride along the way, so they didn't have to worry about the horse's physical strength, otherwise they wouldn't be able to travel more than 300 miles a day within ten days and were about to arrive in Dunhuang.

Under the high sun, the weather was still cold. When Chen Guang and the others came over, they even encountered heavy snow. The official road of the station was still open, so they did not miss the itinerary.

The sand dunes in Cui Qi's mouth can only be regarded as a small Gobi Desert. After Chen Guang and his team rode forward for a while, they could see sporadic green bushes.

At this time, smoke suddenly rose up in front of him. Chen Guang looked up and knew that there was a team of at least fifty people opposite him. However, the opponent's flags were not very clear in the rising wind and sand. Chen Guang just asked the team to stop for the time being. Although he was on guard, he was not too nervous.

"Is it my own?"

Zhang Xiaojing asked Cui Qi next to him. This guy looked like a reckless man, but in fact he was very smart. The two were newcomers under Shen Langjun's command, and they became friends after a while.

"The one who came here is our old friend of Doulujun."

Seeing the horse team on the opposite side slowing down and seeing the style of the flag, Cui Qi laughed and shouted to Chen Guang, "Son-in-law, the person coming is the patrol army of Doulu Army. We won't have to eat pancakes later."

When Chen Guang heard this, he also smiled and replied, "Since you are your Dou Lujun's comrade, I will treat them with some wine later."

"Son-in-law, you must not use it. Those who kill are all drunkards. Our Anxi doesn't have much spring, so we have to save some drinks."

Cui Qi hurriedly said, and everyone on the side was worried. They had a good idea of ​​burning spring along the way? They knew the benefits of Anxi's spring? It was not that hard to take a sip from time to time during this cold weather.

"Then let me listen to you? But if you are like your fellow comrades in the future, you won't blame someone for coming up."

"Don't worry, son-in-law? I'll wait until someone returns with the son-in-law and ask these guys to kill him before he can have a good time."

While he was talking, the patrol troops of the Doulu Army had already arrived. The leader was also a captain. After seeing Cui Qi, he drove forward and said, "Cui Dabang? I heard that you are so developed!"

Seeing Cui Qi wearing brand new refined iron armor? The bright light on his chest was shiny, and the captain of Dou Lu Jun was jealous. If he had known that he would have rushed to send the girl home, he might have said that he would also be able to turn to the new son-in-law.

"The surname of Chen, why don't you come to pay your respects to your son-in-law quickly."

Cui Qi shook his armor and helmet proudly. They were all good families who joined the army and brought their own armor and armor. However, most of the armor is inherited from the family. If there is no Yucai, they can only repair it? It has been three years and three years.

"Chen Tong has met his son-in-law."

Seeing Cui Qi mentioning Chen Guang, Chen Tong looked awe-inspiring on his face? Then he respectfully saluted Chen Guang with his hands crossed.

Chen Tong was also a soldier from Wang Zhongsi's tent. Later, he became the captain of the Doulu Army. There were many like them in Longyou Shuofang Hexi, and they were all Wang Zhongsi's old subordinates. Although their official positions were not high, they were the backbone of the army.

The soldiers of the Doulu Army behind Chen Tong also looked at Chen Guang with great respect. They did not respect Chen Guang because of the general Wang Zhongsi, but Chen Guang made a way to make a living for them.

It is the most difficult to be a soldier in the border area. Even if the military pay is not short of military salaries, the border area is so cold that many people can't save a lot of money for five or six years. But some of the money was either drunk or spent on Hu Ji's belly.

However, after Chen Guang's escort agency was opened, it gave these soldiers a chance. After they retired, they could work as escorts and guards in the local escort agency. The monthly payment was more than military pay, not to mention that Chen Guang was even speaking. As long as he worked for three years, he would give a slut to be a woman. This was called the soldiers who were bachelors who were very excited.

"You don't have to be polite to Captain Chen, they are all his own family."

This escort agency is the most successful thing that Chen Guang did in Chang'an. Li Longji regards the escort agency as an existence like a traveler camp and a united soldier. In addition, the escort agency is profitable and does not require the court to spend money to support people, but in fact he can also pay taxes.

However, Chen Guang also allowed Li Longji to participate in the business of this escort agency, so Li Longji naturally exempted the escort agency from taxes, so he avoided the money earned by the escort agency to be included in the left and right treasury. Li Linfu and the officials in the court never thought about how much money they could make in the escort agency industry, and could be self-sufficient and help the court raise some troops as a supplement to the army.

Only Chen Guang himself knew that the escort agency he had created was actually equivalent to levying commercial tax on the Hu merchants on the Silk Road instead of the imperial court. Who made the Tang Dynasty feel pitiful to the Hu merchants who were seriously charged?

Of course, for Hu merchants, the emergence of the escort agency is not a bad thing. At least they don’t have to worry anymore. The Tang Dynasty escort agency escorts all the way, so they don’t have to keep caravan guards and can also spend a lot of pensions.

The two sides met, and Chen Tong led Chen Guang and the others to the nearest oasis to repair it. In just half an hour, they arrived at the land and saw that the lake where the oasis was located was not small. Although the market town centered on the fort was small, there were many earthen houses built.

After handing over the horses to the herdsmen of the foreign tribes in the town to take care of them, Chen Tong called the local foreign tribes and asked him to offer more than a dozen fat sheep. Seeing that Chen Tong did not give him money, Chen Guang frowned. Even Zhang Xun also lowered his face. Cui Qi, who was accompanying him, knew his son-in-law's temperament, so he hurriedly said, "Son-in-law, our Pinglu army will keep the safety of the Shazhou government. These foreign tribes will usually provide cattle, sheep and horses..."

"We have to pay for our meals."

After hearing this, Chen Guang said that he had no intention of blaming Chen Tong. Since Hexi, there have been many of these foreign tribes in the Tang Dynasty. They make a living by grazing and there is no question of levying taxes. The relationship between local border troops and them is similar to the collection of protection fees. They usually offer horses, cattle and sheep, while the Doulu army ensures their safety.

This is the rule that has always been like this. Chen Tongguan, the leader of the Fan tribe, really is nothing, but Chen Guang thought it was not good, and Zhang Xun was the same.

"General, these rules will still be changed in the future. If we cannot form households and all the people and adopt these foreign tribes as the people of the Tang Dynasty, how can we talk about long-term stability in the border areas? It's just that our army is strong, then those who are female..."

Zhang Xun said seriously beside him that he came to Anxi to establish a real achievement and complete the great cause of making Anxi a barrier to the Tang Dynasty in Shen Guang's mouth.

"Brother Zhang, things have to be done step by step, and they can always be corrected in the future."

Chen Guang looked at Zhang Xun who became serious and ordered someone to withdraw money and hand it over to Chen Tong, asking him to buy it on his behalf. He asked him to ask for this sheep. Before he could rectify this rule in the future, everything should be the same.

"Son-in-law is really generous."

After Chen Tong took the money from Cui Qi, he sighed and found the familiar Fan leader and counted all the money to him, which made the Fan leader unhappy. He even volunteered to roast the sheep for the noble man Chen Guang.

In front of the blazing bonfire, Chen Guang took the lamb leg offered by the bride leader, and saw that although Tang Yan was speaking rudely, there was no problem with the communication, so he started chatting with him. Zhang Xun also asked from time to time. The soldiers of the Doulu Army were quite surprised. It was the first time they saw a noble man like Chen Guang who could talk and talk like this with these stinky brides.
Chapter completed!