"Chumo, you finally figured it out." Gu Qing held back his smile unkindly.

"We've made your wedding dress!" Cheng Chumo was depressed, "Gu Qing, is that the sea trade right? You are the same when you hold the port, right? You can take the benefits you receive from the port for many years, and in the future, people in the Central Plains will be unable to leave your port when going to sea, I know."

"I'm a good person." Gu Qing nodded seriously.

"Bad man!" Cheng Chumo did not add to his stinginess. For so many years! It turned out that Gu Qing had already planned to do it. No wonder Gu Qing was so generous. The biggest benefit of feelings was always in his own hands. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Now most of the businessmen with some foundation in Chang'an City were held by Gu Qing.

"Chumo, I'm such a good person." Gu Qing said sadly, "You have to turn around and say I'm a bad person after you make money. It turns out that good people are not easy to do."

The more Cheng Chumo heard, his face became darker and he kept riding a horse without making a sound.

The army came to a big lake, and the soldiers dismounted and wanted to take a sip of water. Then they found that the lake water here was salty.

"What's going on?"

"How come it is salty."

“…”

The army was yelling and cursing because of this saltwater lake.

"This is Qinghai Lake and the largest inland saltwater lake." Gu Qing looked at the vast lake, surrounded by barren slopes and bare mountains. This Qinghai Lake is as transparent as agate in the desolate, and the lake also reflects mountains.

There are also continuous snow-capped mountains in the distance, which have built such a magnificent scenery.

Even though there was no water here, some soldiers jumped out of the lake to take a bath. Su Dingfang commanded the camp to rest, because the route changed, Xue Rengui and some of the troops began to investigate around.

"There are sheep!" A soldier saw a flock of sheep, "Eat mutton!"

A little girl in Tubo clothes stopped the soldier who was about to catch sheep and spoke Tubo language sharply.

However, they couldn't stop the soldiers from carrying the sheep and leaving. The little girl screamed and rushed forward and bit the wrist of the Tang Dynasty soldier.

"What's wrong?" Gu Qing stepped forward in confusion.

"See joining the army." The soldier shouted, "Sir, we have sheep to eat."

Gu Qing looked at the Tubo girl, who looked only seven or eight years old, and her red face was rough and dry. She looked at these Tang soldiers with vigilance and fear.

"Give the sheep back to others!" Gu Qing shouted loudly at the soldiers, "Put down the sheep! Why did you raise you, the unpromising soldiers? Isn't it embarrassing to let go!"

The soldier then put down the sheep, and the little girl immediately stepped forward and hugged her sheep tightly and stared at the Tang people in front of her.

"I apologize to you for my soldiers' actions." Su Dingfang stepped forward and said to the little girl.

The little girl's eyes then calmed down a little.

"If they catch their sheep, what will they eat?" Gu Qing whispered, "They will survive all the time on these sheep for a year."

Su Dingfang nodded. The Tubo people valued the animals very much, and the sheep were very thin and didn't look like they had been out for a long time. It was finally a bit warm before they released them.

Su Dingfang took out the jerky given by Lu Dongzan and handed it to her.

The sound of horse hooves came from a distance. The man came was a Tubo man. He pulled his children behind him to protect him and salute the Tang army. Then he said Tubo's words and wanted to give one of the sheep to Su Dingfang.

"We can't ask for it, we have our own food." Su Dingfang didn't know if the other party could hear Guanzhong's words, so he made gestures to shirk it.

This Tubo man respects the Tang army very much, and Gu Qing could see that he said to the soldiers again, "You all return to the camp."

"Yes!" The soldier left.

The Tubo man was still standing there, standing straight and saluting, as if he was sorry or asking to leave.

"You go, we won't hurt you." Gu Qing waved his hand and said to him.

He understood the meaning and took his daughter and left with the flock.

"Gu Qing, I'm upset." Su Dingfang looked at the father and daughter who were walking farther and farther away. She came to herd sheep at such a young age. The clothes she was wearing were so dilapidated. She could work hard for the sheep. What kind of life were they living?

We are strong and they are weak. As long as the family and country are strong, their people will be strong. Tubo still has a long way to go. The business in Guanzhong has been almost done. In addition to the sea trade, I will put my business in Tubo in the future and use business to firmly trap the Tubo economy. After relying on the Central Plains, only their lives will be better. Only in the West of our Central Plains will be peaceful for a long time. Until Tubo can no longer leave the Central Plains, and he cannot give up the Central Plains.

"Sometimes I think what you did is right, and sometimes I think what you did seems to be wrong." Su Dingfang said contradictoryly.

"Don't think about it, we have to rush back to the Central Plains to celebrate the New Year after resting for a night."

"Return to the Central Plains and go home!" Su Dingfang also nodded, "I miss home too."

Chang'an ten days later

Wu Mei has been paying attention to the war these days, from the great victory in Tubo to the recovery of Persia, and until now the army has arrived outside Chang'an.

Wu Mei and Gao Yang were talking in simple clothes.

The backbone of the family is about to come back, and the housekeeper Fan Jian also took the lead and directed the servants at home to clean the house and welcome the return of the most important person in the family.

"It's time to come." Fang Yizhi put down the book in his hand and said to Li Tai, "This time they are going to make a big splash in Chang'an."

Li Tai stretched, "Gu Qing and Chu Mo did a beautiful job in this matter, and His Majesty's reward is indispensable, so I won't be jealous."

Di Renjie and Li Zhi walked together and looked at the scenery in the village.

"Gu Qing, that guy is back so soon, I thought he would take at least a year or two to return to Chang'an." Li Zhi said, kicking away the stone at his feet.

"I am still worried about the East China Sea. The changes in Japan alarmed the East China Sea in the Tang Dynasty. People living by the East China Sea saw this." Di Renjie said.

"Yan Liben also said this in the memorial." Li Zhi replied, "I don't know how Shangguan Yi and the others are doing in Japan, and there is no news yet."

Cheng Chumo and Niu Jinda stood at the gate of the city and looked at the servants of the Li Jing family beside him, "Li Jing family, your master doesn't come out, you have a good idea to greet him, call out Li Jing! Those babies have finally come back on the battle and show the appearance of an elder."

"The head of the family is not feeling well." The servant of Li Jing's family replied.
Chapter completed!