Tibet

Chapter 416
Xiaokang nodded slightly, and Li Ye said again: "My family is in Chang'an, and there is a little maid in my house, one year older than you, named Xiaohong, she is my little maid, and you will be like her from now on."

Xiaokang is very smart, he immediately understood, and quickly said: "I can cook, I can do laundry, I can clean the room, I can comb my hair, and I can do many things."

Li Ye smiled and said: "Her salary is three gold coins a month, food, clothing and housing are borne by the master, and you are the same. When you are 16 years old, I will give you another dowry, and you can get married in a beautiful way." .”

Xiaokang blushed, and said coyly, "I don't quite understand. Why do you need to pay wages when you have food and clothes?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "If I hire a young lady to do something in Samarkand, do I need to pay her?"

"Yes, at least one gold coin a month."

"That's fine. Like the little lady in Samarkand, you have to pay wages. With wages, you can buy your favorite snacks and snacks."

Xiaokang's eyes lit up, "I like snacks, but I have no money. I do their laundry, and they only give me a small bite."

Li Ye really felt sorry for this little lady of the Tang Dynasty, who was sold into slavery at the age of six, walked on the road for a year, and lived in a foreign land for three years.

He took out a handful of gold coins, about a dozen, and stuffed them in her hand, "Go and buy your favorite snacks and snacks, you can buy as much as you want. We will set off for broken leaves tomorrow, and you will not There is a chance to come here again.”

Xiaokang's eyes were red, and the tears were pattering down. She quickly wiped away the tears, bowed and said, "Thank you, General, I'll go buy it right away!"

Li Ye asked a soldier to go with her, holding a dozen gold coins, so as not to meet bad guys.

Li Ye pondered for a moment, and suddenly he found an important question, what if there is more than one well-off person?
Obviously, there must be more than Xiaokang Tang people here, and there must be other Tang compatriots. Although his duty does not include helping compatriots from other countries, it should be. It is recorded in "Lu Shi Chunqiu". The country will reward compatriots in distress in foreign countries for helping them return home. Zi Gong did not want this reward and was severely criticized by Confucius.

Such an institution should be set up to help the people of the Tang Dynasty who were trafficked into the river to return to the country, or to redeem the broken leaves.

Li Ye thought of the embassy. It is indeed necessary to set up a permanent office of the governor's office in Samarkand. The duty is to contact the countries in the river and help the trafficked Tang people return home.

I don't have suitable candidates around me, but I can recruit Han officials in Suiye.

This is not the duty of the governor of Hezhong, but Li Ye's non-duty duty.

At this moment, the soldiers reported: "Qi to the governor, King Bhanna begs to see him!"

"Please come in!"

Li Ye got up and went out to meet him, only to see King Murdo coming with a smile on his face.

Li Ye smiled and said, "It looks like the talk went well?"

"Exactly! The agreement was jointly signed with several kings today. They agreed to hand over Juzhanti and the attached land to Bahanna."

"Congratulations to the king, congratulations to Bahanna!"

Li Ye invited King Murdo into the big tent to sit down, and King Murdo handed Li Ye a roll of parchment documents.

Li Ye looked at it, and there were the signatures and seals of the kings of the six kingdoms of Sogdia. Li Ye did not understand Huoxun Kingdom and Wudi Kingdom. They are far away and have little contact, but why is there no Stone Kingdom?

"The State of Shi, like Ba Khan, has been seeking a Juzhan proposal, but its relationship with Dongcao is not good. The Dongcao firmly opposes giving it to Shi. The Juzhanti belongs to Dongcao. The other Sogdian countries had no choice, and Chebishi left Samarkand without signing the agreement in a fit of rage."

Li Ye nodded. This was considered a major setback. I am afraid that there will be a rift between Shi Kingdom and other Sogdian countries, especially Dongcao Kingdom.

This is a hidden danger.

Li Ye looked at the clauses again, it was very detailed, there were dozens of clauses.

"In fact, only three are the most important, and the others are additional clauses, which are not important."

King Murdo explained: "The first article is trade and taxation. Bahana is not allowed to cut off the trade caravan with Tocharian under any excuse, and no business tax can be collected during the battle;

The second article is preaching, freedom of preaching, including Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and Dashiism, and the government must not interfere;

The third is residents and property. Sogdians should not be deprived of their legal property in Juzhanti, including land, houses and other properties. "

Li Ye nodded, "These three are really important!"

King Murdo said again: "The Sogdian countries only demanded the guarantee of private land and property, and they all gave up the government's land. Among the lands that are all mentioned in the war, there are also military lands. I consider Tang Jun to inherit them."

"How much land does Tang Jun have?" Li Yerao asked with interest.

"I don't know exactly how many there are. I only know that it consists of three parts. One is cultivated land, with at least [-] hectares;

Li Ye nodded, "When is the king going to take over?"

"It's convenient for the governor, we can do it anytime."

Li Ye thought for a while and said: "At the end of this month! The king sent officials to Suiye to go through a handover procedure. Both parties signed a delivery document, and then I signed and stamped it, and it will officially take effect."

King Murduo heaved a long sigh of relief. Pull Khan's 100-year-old dream of Juzhan finally got it. He was full of gratitude to Li Ye in his heart. Only Li Ye helped him realize this dream. If Gao Xianzhi didn't even think about it.

"I am so grateful to the governor for mentioning this battle. If there is anything else Captain Li needs from me, feel free to bring it up."

Li Ye smiled slightly: "There is really something that needs the king's help!"

"Please tell me, Commander!"

"Bahanna has a permanent office in Samarkand, right?"

"Yes! Officially, merchants also have chambers of commerce in Samarkand. It has been there for hundreds of years, and we are very familiar with it."

"There should be slaves from the Tang Dynasty here, whether they are women sold into brothels or other slaves from the Tang Dynasty. As the chief officer of the river, I want to redeem them all so that they can go back to their hometown. If they can't go back to their hometown, then You can also live in Suiye as a commoner!"

King Murdo sighed, "As a king, I fully understand Li Dudu's feelings. I sincerely hope that Li Dudu can establish his own country in the river, and our two countries will definitely become brothers."

Li Ye smiled, "That's for the future!"

"Okay! I'm going to order today. There should be Tang people. I've heard them talk about it. I'll tell them to act immediately. All the ransom will be paid by Pulling Khan!"

Li Ye thought for a while and said: "Bahana will advance the money for me first, and then I will use the military land that Juzhan raised to pay back, so everyone is happy!"

King Murdo said happily: "We've made a deal, and the governor will leave it alone. I will arrange this matter, and I will send them to Suiye!"

In the evening, Xiaokang bounced back, and the accompanying soldiers carried a large bag of snacks for her.

The snacks didn't cost much, only three gold coins, but the young lady was very caring, and bought Li Ye a few bottles of the most famous Sogdian sanle pulp, and spent all the money.

Looking at the exotic ceramic wine bottles, which were painted with twig patterns, there are five bottles in total, and Li Ye immediately fell in love with this cute little lady, how sensible!
Pointing at the wine bottle, Xiaokang said solemnly: "Actually, there are six bottles. The store buys five bottles and gets one free. I gave the free bottle to Brother Yu. He carried a lot of things for me."

Li Ye smiled and said, "Brother Yu is very happy?"

"Yes! He couldn't close his mouth from laughing."

"Xiaokang, do you know any other Han people here?" Li Ye asked again with a smile.

Xiaokang thought for a while and said, "I only know about Aunt Xu, who took care of me for seven months. She became ill and couldn't take care of me, so she sent me to the Saintess Association."

"Is this Mrs. Xu still there?"

"She passed away, and I passed away the second year I came here. Before she died, she begged me to bring her ashes back to her hometown, but her ashes demanded ten gold coins, and I have no money."

Speaking of this, Xiaokang began to cry, and Li Ye quickly hugged her to comfort her: "Don't cry! Don't cry! Let's think of a way, as long as her ashes are still there, we can bring her back to my hometown, remember Where are her ashes placed?"

"She is a Zoroastrian, her ashes are in the Church of the Holy Spirit!"

Kang Guo believes in Zoroastrianism, and Zoroastrianism advocates fire. All dead believers must be cremated. The ashes are placed in clay pots, stored in the Church of the Holy Spirit for seven years, and then thrown into the Amu Darya River. Aunt Xu actually died last year. The ashes should be still.

Of course, Li Ye did not need to do this matter. Li Ye immediately asked Wang Changling to take a dozen soldiers to do this matter, accompanied by an interpreter, to redeem all the ashes of the people of the Tang Dynasty and bring them back to the Tang Dynasty.

At night, Wang Changling came back and brought back a total of 23 clay pots for ashes. The ashes of Aunt Xu that Xiaokang was looking for was one of them.

In the morning of the next day, Li Ye led [-] Tang troops to leave Samarkand and head towards the northeast city of Talas.

(End of this chapter)