Chapter 62: Rich Reap

There are too many corpses. Even though the people helped them, it took several days to deal with them. When the corpses were burned, the stench could be smelled dozens of miles away, not to mention in Samarkand. The stench was unstoppable and unbearable.

The reason for burning is that the body cannot be kept for too long, and digging a hole will waste time. As the stench is smelling bad, the people come and ask Chen Wanrong for soil to bury it. They are willing to do their best.

Chen Wanrong agreed happily and dug dozens of large pits outside the city, threw the body inside and covered it with soil. Not long after, there were dozens of earthblocks under the city, like a small hill, Wei Cheng wonder.

The most important matter at present is to handle government affairs. Seeing that the handling of the corpse was going in an orderly manner, Chen Wanrong was relieved, so he went into the city to understand the situation. Chen Wanrong rushed to Samarkand and immediately entered the battle. He had no time to understand Samarkand at all. Now that he entered the city, he had the opportunity to understand carefully.

The vast streets, grand cities, and the residential areas with a scale are far inferior to Chang'an, and it is a rare big city in the Middle East.

What impressed Chen Wanrong the most was that there were people passing by, and everyone had joy on their faces. When they saw Chen Wanrong's face, they all roared happily: "Long live the Tang Dynasty!"

Since Gu Taibai conquered Samarkand, he has done rebellious actions, one is to plunder people as slaves and betray them at a low price. The other is to force the people here to change their faith and believe in Muslims, otherwise they will be beheaded. Under high pressure, the people have to recite the Quran on the surface, but in their hearts they are scolding Allah for not being a thing, and are always looking forward to Gu Taibai's unlucky and wanting to be finished with the Great Food Empire.

Now, the Tang army annihilated hundreds of thousands of Dashi Army under the city, which itself made the people happy. They had high expectations for the Tang Dynasty. How could they not be happy when they saw Chen Wanrong, the military supervisor.

"Hello, sir!" Many people greeted Chen Wanrong.

Chen Wanrong didn't go far, and a long dragon followed behind him. The people rushed over and asked each other what kind of government orders would be issued by the Tang Dynasty. This was their most concerned thing. An old man with gray hair and crossed the crowd and stopped Chen Wanrong: "May I ask, how will the Tang Dynasty treat us?"

This is their most concerned question. The people stared at Chen Wanrong and looked forward to his answer.

Chen Wanrong smiled and said, "Old man, aren't you asking knowingly?"

"Ask aware of it?" The old man was very confused.

Chen Wanrong reminded him: "Since the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi in Samarkand, has the Tang army disturbed you? Have you ever forced you?"

"No!" Geshuhan knew the importance of gaining the hearts of the people to gain a long-term foothold. He strictly restrained the Tang army and did not disturb the people. The people answered in unison.

Chen Wanrong asked again: "Old man, I am a high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty. You are following me, I have not sent anyone to drive you away, right? When Gu Taibai was there, could you follow him for such a long way?"

"No, no!" The old man came over and said uncontrollably: "He plundered people as slaves. We are eager to stay away from him, so how dare we follow him."

These two stakes alone are enough to gain the favor of the people, and the people following behind shouted in unison: "Long live the Tang Dynasty! Long live the Tang Dynasty!"

Chen Wanrong bowed and said, "Everyone, I will write the Tang Dynasty's measures into a list and make it public to you. You can see it. If you have any questions, just mention it."

"Okay!" has only one word, but it is strangely wonderful, with endless joy and expectation.

Chen Wanrong did not tell any lies, and came to the commander's mansion and immediately summoned people to write the list in the words "Dashi" and write all the new policies of the Tang Dynasty on it, posting them everywhere.

There are several main new policies: First, slaves are abolished, slaves are not allowed to be stored, and populations are not allowed to be sold.

Since Qin Shihuang unified China, China abolished slaves, but at that time there were still "official slaves". After thousands of years of history, in the Tang Dynasty, there were almost no slaves. Although there was a saying of "Kunlun slaves", according to Chen Wanrong's experience in Chang'an, his master did not treat them badly as his brothers.

In today's terms, the Tang Dynasty was far ahead of the world in terms of "human rights", which was the advanced nature of the feudal society of the Tang Dynasty.

The Middle East is different, and there is a largely problem of slavery, but it is not as serious as the Tubo. Of course, the slaves were happiest when this decree was issued, and they fully supported the Tang Dynasty.

Not only slaves support them, but also ordinary people support them, because since Gu Taibai came, he has plundered people as slaves, and ordinary people often transform into slaves. There is a large-scale slave market in the city of Samarkand, and the slaves are taken here to hawk, as if they are hawking animals.

Slaves are cheap labor, and those rich families buy and sell them in large quantities, which to a certain extent exacerbates the plunder of people as slaves. The most important thing is that after the prophets raised their troops, they were invincible and invincible, and they were themselves a system with a strong sense of slaves, and saving slaves was one of their functions.

Samarkand is a new land of conquest. Here, plundering people and turning civilians into slaves is an important goal. The consequence of doing so is that everyone is in danger, and no one can tell whether they will become a slave without freedom.

As soon as this decree was issued, the people were relieved and no longer had to worry about becoming slaves. In this way, only those big families who got benefits from slaves were no longer supported, and they were small in number, so it was very easy for Chen Wanrong to deal with them.

The second is to abolish privileges, all people are equal, and all nations are equal to each other, and bullying is not allowed.

This is just a copy of the government affairs in the mainland of the Tang Dynasty. Because of the advanced social system of the Tang Dynasty, coupled with all the ethnic equal strategies at the beginning of Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Tang Dynasty was widely loved by ethnic minorities. Ethnic minorities such as Geshuhan and Gao Xianzhi could hold important military positions in the Tang Dynasty and become famous generals from generation to generation.

Since ancient times, conquerors have been superior to others. They have asked them to put down their figure and be equal to the conquered nations. There has never been a past. The local people both liked and were a little unbelievable. It was not until a long time later, when they truly felt that they were equal, that they believed it was true.

The third is to advocate religious freedom, freedom of belief, whether to believe in religion or not, and decide which religion you believe in, and no one will force you.

It has to be said that this decree is the most supported by the local people, because this area is deeply influenced by Chinese civilization. Many people believe in Buddhism and are Buddhists. Some people also believe in shamanism, which are the two major religions in the local area.

It was originally a good thing, but since Gu Taibai came, they deprived them of their freedom of religion, destroyed Buddhist temples, and forced them to convert to Muslims, otherwise they would be beheaded. Under high pressure, they had to surrender and convert to Muslims. However, the change of faith was not so easy. They were unwilling to accept it, but they dared not say it, and they could only hate it in their hearts. Now, the Tang Dynasty allowed them to have religious freedom, which was a great favor, and they were happier than the abolition of slaves.

At that time, the Arab Empire was in a period of large-scale expansion. With powerful force, the empire's territory expanded rapidly. The consequence of the rapid expansion was that it was too late to digest and could not integrate. Even the Muslims who started their business were not recognized by the people in the conquering area. Resistance was everywhere, and uprisings against Muslims broke out from time to time.

Of course, the upper classes of the empire realized this problem and accelerated the promotion of Muslims. Their methods were very barbaric, that is, if they did not believe in Muslims, they would die! Under this high-pressure policy, the Arab Empire was built on dry firewood. It only takes a little spark to ignite dry firewood and become a raging fire.

Later, some imperial leaders finally realized the danger and took another mild method to promote Muslims. If you don’t believe Muslims, you will no longer behead you, but you have to pay heavier taxes. Muslims can pay less taxes, which to a certain extent eases the conflict and accelerates Islamization.

The real Islamization was after the Battle of Talas. Due to the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty and the lack of care for the Western Regions, the Arab Empire had no powerful opponent, the Tang Dynasty, so it began to Islamize with all its strength.

In another sentence, it was to start digesting too many territories. Due to the decline of the Tang Dynasty, the Byzantine Empire was relatively stable and had no opponents to restrain the Arab Empire, which made Islamization successful.

Fourth, it was declared that Muslims were illegal. The Great Food Empire launched a military campaign because of the prophets, the Quran, and the Muslims. This is the foundation of the Great Food Empire and will not be destroyed. It is difficult for the Tang Dynasty to gain a foothold in the Middle East. This is Chen Wanrong's idea.

All the sins were caused by Muslims. The people of Samarkand were very excited and rushed to tell each other. When they met, they said, "The damn Muslims can finally no longer harm people!"

Fifth, the Tang Dynasty was determined to punish a group of people who committed crimes and followed Gu Taibai.

This decree was of course deeply supported by the people. They exposed it one after another, and soon they found out those who had close ties with Gu Taibai.

The reason why Chen Wanrong did this is to eradicate the influence of Dashi here, but also to win people's hearts.

Sixth, we encourage the people to be diligent in farming and strive to live a good life through their own efforts. This is what we should do. Except for lazy people who will oppose it, no one will oppose it. Naturally, the people will not say anything, and they will whisper and praise the arrival of the Tang Dynasty, so that they will have a good life.

Seventh, warn those evil people who have the idea of ​​committing crimes, if they dare to committing crimes, they will be punished severely. This is a civil matter, and any ruler, whether it is a slave or a feudal monarch, will be promoted. This is also something that the people hope for, so they naturally agree with it.

After the government order was issued, Chen Wanrong ordered the Tang army to maintain public order and selected a group of talented and loyal people from the locals to handle civil affairs, which won the love of the local people.

After dealing with these, Chen Wanrong went to inspect the treasury. He didn't know if he didn't look at it. He was shocked when he saw it. The treasures that Gu Taibai had collected were piled up in several warehouses.

Chen Wanrong went to the largest warehouse first. When the soldiers opened the warehouse door, they saw bags piled up, and they were all bulging. Chen Wanrong asked someone to open a bag, and saw that it was a common currency of the Great Food Empire, a gold coin known as the Dinar. Chen Wanrong grabbed a handful of gold coins with his hand, and the heavy hand was very surprised and asked, "How many are there?"

Feng Changqing blinked his eyes, did not answer the question, and said, "Mr. Supervisor, guess."

Chen Wanrong thought for a while and said, "I can't guess. I won't say that it's all here, right?"

"Why can't it?" Feng Changqing's voice was a little high: "Military Supervisor, I haven't told you yet that this place is full of gold coins. Such a big place, without a hundred thousand kilograms, will not be too far away."

"100,000 jin?" Chen Wanrong was shocked: "It's almost enough for our year's military expenditure."

Feng Changqing smiled and said, "Military Supervisor, you are so generous. You are paying the military expenses of the Longwu Army. How can other troops have such generous salary?"

Chen Wanrong's eyes shone and said, "I just want to give a generous salary to my brothers! Some of these are left, and the rest must be transported back to Chang'an."

In order to inspire the adventurous spirit of the Tang people, Chen Wanrong planned to wait until the war is over and the Tang army can live a life of food and clothing for the rest of their lives. This has been agreed long ago.

Feng Changqing raised his thumb and praised: "Military Supervisor, you really have it! Military Supervisor, please come here. You may fall your eyes off after seeing it."

"Is that right?" Chen Wanrong was a little unbelievable and followed Feng Changqing to another warehouse.

Feng Changqing asked the soldiers to open it, and the two entered. Chen Wanrong looked at it and saw that the warehouse was full of boxes, one by one, and I don’t know how many of them were. The entire warehouse was almost filled.

He picked up a box and put it in front of him. Feng Changqing opened it and said, "Supervisor, look!"

It is shining and particularly attractive. When Chen Wanrong saw it, he actually found jewelry. Jewelry in the Middle East is famous all over the world, and jewelry in the Persian region, which is now Khorasan region, is even more famous. The famous Damascus knife is inlaid with jewelry, which was once the favorite of European adventurers.

Chen Wanrong stretched out his right hand and picked up the jewelry. He had a gentle texture and felt very comfortable when he bought it. Chen Wanrong knew these things, knew they were of great value, and asked, "Is it all?"

Feng Changqing nodded and said, "It's all! This Gu Taibai really has the means to scatter so many good things. How did he get it?"

Chen Wanrong pondered for a moment: "The ability he plundered was nothing more than to plunder the population, or to plunder the population, and then sell it as a slave."

"These things alone can tell that the crimes he committed are so great!" Feng Changqing was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth and said, "Fortunately, we were quick to start and didn't transport them away."

Chen Wanrong nodded and said, "Yes! With these things, there is no need to worry about military expenditure. However, this tax still needs to be collected. If it is not collected now, it will be difficult to collect it in the future. In the future, the people will scold us. Taking advantage of the opportunity when they have a good impression of us, they only need to lower the taxes than Gu Taibai's."

Feng Changqing smiled excitedly: "Military Supervisor, you are really cunning! It has always been the most difficult to pay for people. If you do this, the people here will be grateful to us for giving them low taxes."

"Although this warehouse is a little smaller, it is worth more than 100,000 kilograms of gold." Chen Wanrong was very excited.

Feng Changqing smiled and walked quickly, saying, "The military officer, there are also good things in a warehouse. Do you want to see them?"

"What kind of baby is it?" Chen Wanrong asked.

"Military Supervisor, you will never imagine a good thing!" Feng Changqing excitedly led Chen Wanrong to another warehouse, asked the soldiers to open the door, and the two of them went in.

I saw that the warehouse was filled with rectangular boxes, one after another, and most of the houses were piled up.

"What's so long?" Chen Wanrong was a little curious.

"This thing is also here. If it appears in Chang'an, it will definitely cause a sensation!" Feng Changqing patted a box with his right hand and said, "Ivory! All are ivory!"

"So many ivory?" Chen Wanrong was shocked and hurriedly opened a box. When he saw that it was true that it was full of white ivory, as beautiful as beautiful jade.

"Oh my God, how many elephants have to be killed?" Chen Wanrong sighed and sighed in his heart: "Fortunately this was ancient times. If so many elephants were killed in modern society, the animal protection organization would not have sued the United Nations?"

Feng Changqing disagreed and smiled and said, "Military Supervisor, ivory is very precious to our Tang Dynasty, but here is not the same thing. Because there are many elephants here, and there are too few such ivory."

After he said that Chen Wanrong remembered that China lacked ivory. The ivory in ancient China mainly came from Annan and now Yunnan. Of course, the Yellow River Basin area was also small.

It is precisely because there are not many elephants in China that ivory is more precious. However, there are many elephants in the Middle East that were once used in battle formations. For them, ivory is not a rare treasure, but is not as valuable as jewelry.

Chen Wanrong's eyes were still shining: "There are not many ivory in the mainland, and there are many ivory here, which is just right for business. Think about it, if these ivory are transported back to Chang'an, how much will it cost? We don't have military expenses? All of these ivory must be transported back."

Feng Changqing patted the ivory and smiled and said, "Such good ivory is white and big. If it is transported to Chang'an, it will definitely be sold at a good price. The military supervisor has many elephants here. If the military expenditure is insufficient, send an army to fight. Selling the ivory alone is enough for the army to provide services."

"I didn't realize that you are still a financial fan." Chen Wanrong was in a good mood and pointed at Feng Changqing and laughed.

Feng Changqing said seriously: "Military Supervisor, do you think I have a good idea?"

"It's good, I'm afraid someone will impeach you. You say you are pretending to be public and private, sending troops to trade, and be careful to go to the prison!" Chen Wanrong smiled and said, "As soon as this news spreads, it's probably not our turn. Those guys in the mainland who want to make a fortune, and those who don't hear the news come?"

Feng Changqing didn't think of this, and was stunned and said, "We don't allow them to fight, so that's enough."

"It's a good thing to let them fight!" Chen Wanrong had a different view, which just inspires the adventurous spirit of the Tang people. Going to the Middle East can make a fortune and will inevitably drive many adventurers to come. Then, the connection between the Middle East and China will be closer.

Feng Changqing limped and held an exquisite but antique box and patted it on it: "Soldier, there is another treasure, and the things here are not as valuable as this thing."
Chapter completed!