Chapter 246 Political Marriage

In order to maintain balance, let his daughter or sister and niece exert greater influence on Luo Dacheng, so as not to allow the Uighurs or Wei Mu clan to monopolize the interests, the leaders of all races proposed to marry Luo Dacheng, and they had planned to marry the most beautiful girl among their relatives to Luo Dacheng in order to compete for favor and get the greatest share of the power left by the Li clan in the Western Regions.

Wei Mushanxi was very dissatisfied when he heard the marriage requests of leaders of various races. After all, this son-in-law was found by his daughter. For the sake of this cheap son-in-law, he almost lost his life. Why do these guys who have not contributed their efforts also get a share of the pie?

But everyone can see the relationship between Mayunna and Luo Dacheng, and her beauty also made Wei Mushanxi feel anxious, worried that his daughter would not be able to compete for favor. Now there are so many old friends who are willing to help with their breasts. After all, Dangxiang people are closer, and they are much better than being the Uighurs and oppressing Dangxiang people.

Since Wei Mushanxi agreed, there was no reason to object. The two withdrew from the city, reported to Luo Dacheng, and raised all the conditions for the major families.

Luo Dacheng didn't care about the requests that did not infringe on the interests of major families. Instead, these requests from marriage made him sigh, knowing that he would also be poisoned by the arranged marriage.

As a king, he has to pay a price. Even his marriage cannot be handled at will. Luo Dacheng knows this very well, so although he sighs, he still nods his head and agrees, willing to accept the girls from those families as concubines. He is only temporarily engaged now, and when it is appropriate in the future, he will take them to him and officially become his concubines.

With the marriage agreement, the leaders of each family finally felt relieved. No matter what, after the marriage, the families had more close ties with Luo Dacheng, and their worries about the Hualie tribe turning against each other and slaughtering the tribes was greatly alleviated.

In this way, the girls who should have become Li Langyu's sister-in-law, who might have become his concubine after he took over as Queen Xiping, were transferred to Bei'an King Luo Dacheng under the agreement of the leaders of major tribes. The poor Li Langyu was sold out by several marriage agreements.

On a clear day in the sky, the gates of Xingzhou were wide open, and soldiers from major tribes opened the city, lined up outside the city, put down their weapons and surrendered to Hualie's tribe.

The brilliant sunshine shines on the heads of the Dangxiang soldiers, and everyone is in a complex and difficult mood. They have the joy of getting rid of disaster and the depression of failing to surrender. They stand dejectedly in the wilderness outside the city, waiting for the arrival of the Hualie army.

The sound of horse hooves came from the front, and smoke and dust surged. Thousands of troops rushed towards this side, and soon appeared outside the city of Ganzhou, in front of the surrendered army.

Under the first big flag, the tall Khan of Hualie's tribe rode on his horse. His heroic aura was shocking.

The leaders of all major tribes of Dangxiang urged horses to leave the line, stood in front of the army, bowed to Luo Dacheng to show his obedience.

Yeli Wangrong's face was gloomy and led the city defense force to come from behind. He waved his hand and dragged a person out of the crowd.

The man was very young and was tied up by many flowers. However, he was the new King of Xiping Li Langyu. The day before yesterday, when the major families and the city defense forces rebelled at the same time, the guards guarding the palace were killed and expelled by superior forces, dragging him out of the palace, and now he was pulled to the front of the formation as a gift to the Hualie tribe.

Li Langyu looked angry and looked at the leaders of various major families cursing and denounced them for their unrighteous actions of betrayal and surrendering to the enemy. He simply lost all the face of the Dangxiang people and completely destroyed the dignity of the Dangxiang people.

No one was willing to pay attention to those leaders of the great clans. As a nomadic people that lasted for hundreds of years, the Dangxiang people would obey the tribe of whichever clan was strong. Many Dangxiang tribes in the Gobi area had voluntarily or forced to surrender to the Hualie tribe. It was not embarrassing that they did this.

Yeli Wangrong was full of murderous intent, and he led him to his horse. With anger towards him and the various families, he waved a fierce sword and slashed Li Langyu's head away as a letter of fame to show his determination not to retreat.

The head fell to the ground, and blood spurted out from Li Langyu's neck. The staggered corpse shook for a moment and fell to the ground with the blood of King Xiping, which declared the fact that Xingzhou changed its ownership.

Wei Mushanxi and his subordinates took the newly surrendered defenders to the distant military camps and reorganized them. Luo Dacheng led tens of thousands of cavalry to enter Xingzhou City and inspect the city that had been occupied by him.

Behind him, Zhang Long, Timur and others were extremely excited, laughing loudly, slowly sailing along the street, looking at the bustling city, eyes shining.

Although Ganzhou was once a prosperous city, it seemed a bit broken after many battles. Wuwei has also experienced wars and may not be able to prosper.

Only Xingzhou, although it was not long since its completion, has gradually become like a royal capital under the painstaking management of the Li family. Although it is far inferior to the big cities of the Song Dynasty, it is already an amazing big city in the eyes of the people on these grasslands.

On the grassland, the only city owned by the Hualie tribe was the wooden city, which had already turned into ruins during the battle. Now that I suddenly got such a large city, the cavalry of the Hualie tribe stared wide and looked around excitedly. On the bustling streets, I felt quite dazzling.

The people in the city hid at home and dared not come out. Most of them were Dangxiang people, and they were mixed with Tubo people, Uighurs, Han people and all ethnic groups of the Western Regions. Under the rule of the Li family, they were used to such a life. Now they suddenly changed the city lord, and they couldn't help but be afraid and worried about encountering misfortune.

Looking at the fearful gaze they showed when hiding in the house, Luo Dacheng ordered the list of people to rest and issued another order to prohibit soldiers from looting, and the violators were executed immediately!

The Hualie army was very strict and had already been confirmed by countless killings. The cavalry abide by the orders in a horror. Although it was a pity that they could not rob such a big city, they did not dare to disobey the Khan's orders.

Luo Dacheng led a large army, crossed the long street and entered the palace hall, sitting on the throne, facing the generals below and the leaders of the major tribes of Dangxiang, he felt infinite emotion in his heart.

Since the rebellion on the grassland, after countless fierce battles, we finally seized several states in the Western Regions, as well as this big city and the royal palace inside.

The palace he is now in is his first royal palace. But this is destined to be an open palace, and his foundation is still on the grassland.

After the battle, we must reward the merits. The Li clan has been jointly launched by the Dangxiang tribes to prevent them from rekindling and threatening. The benefits and power they left behind must be decided by Luo Dacheng.

In the next few days, they rewarded the three armies and ate and drank in the city, which made the army extremely excited. The leaders of each tribe were also delighted. Luo Dacheng split the interests left by the Li family, and allocated some of the tribes, especially the benefits of the salt field, and distributed them generously, and encouraged them to establish caravans and traffic them in the state of Song to make high profits.

Pa Kepa appeared and described the benefits of the caravan to the fullest. According to what he said, as long as he could organize a few caravans, he could easily be rich and could not defeat the country. The savings of the small states in the Western Regions for many years could not match a Dangxiang tribe who was doing business well.

What is particularly important is that the Hualie tribe has received permission from the Song Dynasty, and caravans sent by the Hualie tribe can receive tax-free treatment throughout the Song Dynasty, which means endless benefits. At that time, the silk, rice, porcelain and countless luxury goods from the Song Dynasty can be purchased continuously in Xingzhou, allowing all major tribes to live a prosperous life.

Although I have seen the world, after Pai Kepa vigorously promoted the happy life in the future, the leaders of the Dangxiang tribe still felt dizzy. Therefore, Luo Dacheng took the opportunity to deprive them of military power, and did not arouse much opposition. Moreover, with the strong pressure of the Hualie tribe, they could not help but say no.

In fact, the military power was not completely deprived, but the private soldiers of each tribe were reorganized, and all major families could also send people to join the army and serve as high-ranking generals.

However, from then on, almost all regular troops became publicly owned troops of the Hualie tribe, and no major tribe was allowed to command and mobilize them privately. Otherwise, the person responsible would be beheaded or even killed by the whole clan.

Although he was dissatisfied with the loss of military power, it was not easy to survive under the army of Hualie's troops. The increase in wealth also made the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the leaders of all races disappear. Pa Ke and Pa talked in the hall about how to do business and the wonderful life that the leaders would live in the future. Any luxury goods and female slaves of all races were allowed to enjoy, and they patted their chests to guarantee that as long as they trust him, the major tribes would become rich in the shortest time.

Luo Dacheng followed the trend and conferred Pa Kepa as the Minister of Commerce and Prime Minister of the Western Regions' states, and ordered that the price of important goods sold to Song State must be set. There should be no malicious competition among caravans to reduce prices, otherwise they will be deprived of the right to enjoy official status. In this case, Song State has no reason to exempt such caravans from tax exemption.

Important commodities refer to horses, jade, blue and white salt and other substances. The Song people in Shaanxi needed to eat salt, and the salt sold to them in Xingzhou would not be more expensive than sea salt that had been sold from long distances. In this regard, the price could be raised several times. Although it may affect the diet and life of the people of Song State, Luo Dacheng was not so kind to the point of reducing the price of salt. It was banned from soldiers from pretending to be Liao soldiers to rob them. It was already a matter of incense in the past that he had captured them.

As for luxury goods such as jade that only come from the Western Regions, as long as they can be monopolized by the Hualie tribe, they can raise prices and sell them as much as possible. Horses are military supplies. Although Luo Dacheng intends to increase the number of cavalry and combat power of the State of Song, this does not mean that he is willing to help the State of Song establish a strong army for free.
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