My harem can't be this messy

"Queen, what's the matter?"

"Qinghe, are you okay!"

"It's nothing, just seeing His Majesty drinking wine, and thinking of His Majesty's hard work all the way, Qinghe couldn't help it."

"Come on, Your Majesty, eat meat. This meat is freshly cooked. The grass-grazing sheep from the Western Regions is cooked with a little salt. Your Majesty will try it."

"Sister Huang, do you have chive flower sauce?"

"Chive flower sauce, what is this?"

"Oh, it's the sauce made with chive flowers, it's perfect for grilled mutton."

"I really didn't prepare for this thing this year, but Miss Huang will definitely prepare it for you next year."

Li Zhi was holding a large piece of mutton, and he was already chewing hard at this moment, and now he was eating the mutton, and felt how unpalatable the dry food he ate all the way was.

Li Zhi chewed hard, and Murong Xueying chewed even harder there. A woman, eating like a woman, made Li Zhi just want to laugh when she saw her eating mutton.

"Little aunt, look at how Sister Wan'er eats."

"Don't look, you always say that I am a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, and that sister Wan'er is a lady of the family. Then my little aunt will behave like a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, eating big pieces of meat and drinking in big bowls."

"My son-in-law, I changed this wine glass for my aunt, and a bigger bowl."

The son-in-law is the son-in-law of the first emperor, and according to the title of Li Zhi's paternal line, Murong Xueying should also be called "Little Aunt Murong Xueying", so Cheng Huailiang should also be called "Little Aunt Murong Xueying".

"Okay, Huailiang will change the bowl for my aunt."

The bowl was changed, and it turned out that Murong Xueying was the first to lie down on the wine table. Li Zhi saw that she was lying down drunk, rubbed her head, and picked out the mutton stuffed in her mouth with his hands.

"Let the son-in-law and sister Huang laugh, and my little aunt has been with me all this way, and it really hurts her."

As Li Zhi said, he picked up the little aunt himself, and asked the maid to lead the way to the dormitory arranged by the Duhu Mansion.

Li Zhi personally took off the shoes and socks for the little aunt, took off her outer clothes, covered her with the quilt, and then walked out.

Playing and fighting all the way, crying and laughing, don't look at Li Zhi sometimes bullying his aunt, but only the closest people can do this sometimes.When the other party is really drunk and tired, he can do many things for the other party.This may be to rely on.

Li Zhi went back again, and here Li Wan had also got up, saying that she was going to rest.Li Zhi asked the maid of the Duhu Mansion to take Li Wan, and Lu Luo helped her own lady to leave.

There are only three princesses and Li Zhi left here.

"By the way, son-in-law, how is the cotton harvest this year?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this year's cotton harvest is bumper. After a while, Huai Liang will take His Majesty down to see the new cotton cloth workshop in Anxi. A lot of cotton cloth has been made at this time, and the first batch of Huai Liang has already been shipped to Chang'an."

"Well, I must go and see this for myself, but this year I am not in a hurry to transport cotton cloth to Chang'an. Cotton cloth and cotton are given priority to the Anxi army."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the winter coats Anxi Army needs are already being prepared, and Huai Liang will never miss this matter. The cotton cloth shipped to Chang'an will not conflict with the supply of Anxi Army."

"Well, that's good. Let the soldiers have enough food and clothing, so that they have the strength to fight against those Turkic barbarians."

"Your Majesty, when are you planning to attack the Turks this time, Huai Liang should prepare well in advance."

"My son-in-law, let me ask you a question, did Turks and Tubo send troops to harass Anxi this year?"

"Well, there is no large-scale harassment, but harassment is a regular thing. These foreign barbarians are engraved with burning, killing, looting, and getting something for nothing. If they were not afraid of my Tang military might, the border would not know how chaotic it would have been."

Li Zhi nodded. At this time, Li Zhi still needs to understand the current situation of Anxi himself. From the urgent documents sent by Cheng Huailiang to Chang'an, he is afraid that more than half of Anxi's population has been massacred by Turks and Tubo.

"Huailiang, let the heavy soldiers in the four towns of Anxi continue to step up their training. We will be ready to attack the Turks after winter."

"Your Majesty, it's winter, and now it's winter for the Western Regions."

"Wait for November."

"Yes, Huai Liang knows!"

"Your Majesty, why wait until November? Qinghe thinks that the Anxi army can gather now and go out at any time."

"It's hard for me to come to Anxi. Miss Huang is really wishing that I can lead troops to fight now."

"No way, you just stay in Anxi for a few years, and the emperor is happy."

Chapter 652 Western Regions

"Haha, I can't stay for that long. I'll stay here for three to five years. The queen mother must go to Anxi to find me in person. Just don't worry, sister-in-law, son-in-law, let's go to the cotton cloth workshop."

The cotton cloth workshop in Anxi Duhu Mansion is very large. Here in Nancheng, according to Cheng Huailiang, there are more than 2 weavers here, not to mention other things. The laborers brought from Chang'an at that time could not pick out such Many weavers were recruited in the Western Regions.

It was only when Li Zhi entered the cotton cloth workshop that he first saw the size of the collective workshops of the Tang Dynasty.

The chirping and chirping sound of weaving rang in my ears, and the looms in the shed were busy with passion.

The female workers carried the yarn and walked between the various sheds. Li Zhi really saw the faces of many women from the Western Regions, and their figures, well, now that Anxi is too cold, they are wearing thick clothes, which is not particularly obvious.

However, even if he was wearing such thick clothes, it could be seen from the bloated clothes that his figure was definitely not bad.

I didn't see any beauties from the Western Regions in the Protectorate's Mansion, but there are quite a few here. Li Zhi felt at ease. When he came to the Western Regions, Li Zhi's most important purpose was to see the beauties from the Western Regions.

In the past, Li Zhi couldn't get enough of watching Western Region Dance, Dunhuang Flying Apsaras, and those beautiful stars from the Western Region on TV. Now he can finally watch it up close, and it doesn't even matter if he gets started.

After all, I am the emperor, and these are my own people, so what, there is no woman in history that the emperor likes, and I can't get it.

But at this time, business matters, Li Zhi still knows what he is here for.At this time, I walked around a few workshops at random and looked at the cotton cloth that had just been woven. These cotton cloths were still extremely hard and did not feel very good. They needed post-processing before they could be worn on people.

"My son-in-law, sister Huang, I didn't expect this workshop to be so large. I don't think you can find such a large silk weaving workshop in Jiangnan."

"Your Majesty wants to ask Concubine Xiao Shu, she is the most familiar with matters in Jiangnan."

"It's a pity that I didn't bring Concubine Shu here. Otherwise, let her see this scene and promote it in Jiangnan. Now Datang's tax burden is more than half dependent on Jiangnan."

Li Zhi looked at the orderly work here, and walked around the workshop. Unknowingly, Li Zhi also sighed in his heart. With a cotton cloth workshop of this scale, it is no wonder that cotton cloth can also supply Chang'an in addition to supplying the army during the Chinese New Year.

However, Li Zhi was stunned by the production of cotton in the Western Regions. He thought it would only happen in two or three years, but this is only the first year of large-scale planting, and that's it.

The Western Regions is worthy of being the largest cotton producing area in the world in later generations. To grow cotton here is really the right time, place and people, and everything is available.

Li Zhi walked to the warehouse area, the cotton cloth piled up here is like a hill, some weavers are sorting and cutting here, and sorting the cotton cloth, Li Zhi saw a very slim figure here, he was wearing winter clothes, so he dared not I wondered what would happen if she was dressed like Dunhuang Flying Apsaras.

With his temperament, he just walked over and patted the other person on the shoulder. He really didn't feel embarrassed at all.

When the other party turned around, a very special and likable woman from the Western Regions appeared before Li Zhi's eyes.

"Who are you, why are you filming me?"

The Han nationality of the other party seems a bit crappy, but this is not surprising, after all, how long has the Anxi Protectorate Mansion been built, and it is rare for the other party to be able to speak Chinese. I am afraid that if she speaks a bunch of dialects from the Western Regions, then Li Zhi will be embarrassed up.

"Don't be unreasonable, he is the current emperor."

There, Cheng Huailiang hurriedly reprimanded, fearing that the people in the workshop would offend His Majesty.

"Ah, Di Liguna has met His Majesty. I didn't know you were His Majesty. Please forgive me."

"Okay, those who don't know are innocent, your name is very special."

Di Liguna was a little embarrassed at once, what's so special about this name, isn't it that all the girls here have this name.Compared with the names of Han women, it is very special, but in the Western Regions, this name is very common!

Oh, by the way, many Han women have no names yet.

"Your Majesty, my name is very common!"

"Haha, to me, it's very special."

Di Liguna looked at Li Zhi, and couldn't help but feel dizzy.

There, Cheng Huailiang pulled his daughter-in-law away very sensiblely. Before Princess Qinghe could react, she heard her son-in-law whisper in her ear that His Majesty will not leave here for the time being.

"Huailiang, why are you pulling me out?"

"Don't pull you out, do you want His Majesty to drive you out? You didn't look at Di Liguna in the eyes of His Majesty."

"Have it?"

"You can't see it, but my son-in-law can see it clearly."

"Then what is His Majesty doing in there now?"

"What are you talking about, you little brother, don't you know what you are best at?"

Princess Qinghe pulled her son-in-law, and the two of them went to the garment warehouse, where all the ready-made cotton coats for soldiers were piled up like a mountain.

As for the cotton cloth warehouse, Li Zhi and Di Liguna talked for a while, and they had long since said that the woman from the Western Regions was blushing, and Xia Fei didn't dare to look at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi didn't care about the girl's shyness at this time, he had already put his arms around Di Liguna's waist, and pushed her down into a pile of cotton cloths.

"Your Majesty, you are about to let go of Guna. Guna still has things to do!"

"Accompanying me is what you should do most now."

Li Zhi's strong arms are something that Di Liguna can't push away. Li Zhi looked at her, and this girl laughed. She really looks like those women who came out of the Western Regions in later generations. , but also has its own characteristics.

When Li Zhi thought of this, his hands felt a little faster. After a while, the cotton cloth covered the two of them. When Li Zhi got up again, the sunset glow on the face of the woman from the Western Regions was already strong.

"In a while, I will ask the imperial sister to bring you to the Duhu Mansion. During this period of time, you will serve me in the Duhu Mansion."

"Can Guna go to Chang'an?"

"That depends on whether the person you are serving is comfortable or not? When you feel uncomfortable, you will come back here."

The Protectorate of the Western Regions has four military towns under its jurisdiction, Qiuci, Khotan, Shule, and Suiye. These four military towns are all equipped with heavy troops.

The Western Regions at this time are very special. Although the Tang Dynasty set up the Anxi Protectorate here and stationed heavy troops, there are still large and small countries here. These countries all submit to the Tang Dynasty, but they also have some autonomy.

The state system of each small country is still basically preserved, just like in Journey to the West, Tang Seng passed through many countries and had to go through various procedures to clear the Wendi.

These countries can be said to be the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, and the fan countries are generally, but they are closer than these vassal states in the traditional sense.

Li Zhi came to the Anxi Protectorate, and before the third day, he received invitations from many small countries.

Chapter 653 Loulan

The news of these small countries is very well-informed. When Li Zhicai came to the Anxi Protectorate, envoys from these countries came.

Li Zhi was holding a lot of invitations in his hand at this time, and deliberately placed Loulan's invitation at the top.

Loulan, this name is no stranger to future generations, and it is one of the most familiar names among the hundred countries in the Western Regions.

This country is mysterious to the vast majority of people. In later generations, this country that was originally located on the banks of Lop Nur has long since disappeared in the dust of history, and most of the remaining relics have been submerged in yellow sand.

At this time, Li Zhi held the invitation card from Loulan, and was ready to go here to have a look.

"Di Liguna, have you been to Loulan?"

Di Liguna shook her head, it seems that the Western Regions are really big!Even if she is a native of the Western Regions, there are many places she has never been to.This is not surprising, the traffic is blocked at this time, and the scope of people's activities is very small, and some people have never even been out of the county where they live in their entire lives.

At this time, the Anxi Dufu Mansion was located on the bank of the Chishui River, and Loulan was located on the bank of Lop Nur. In fact, the distance in a straight line is not very far, but there is a vast desert in the middle, which is the Taklamakan Desert of later generations. However, this desert has no later generations at this time. That’s all that’s scary, many of these oases were formed by melting snow from Kunlun’s icebergs.

If you are familiar with the path, it is not impossible to cross the Taklamakan at this time. It will be difficult for future generations to cross this desert with the most advanced equipment.

"Little aunt, sister Wan'er, are you interested in visiting these countries?"

"Your Majesty is willing to transfer, we will naturally accompany His Majesty."

Li Zhi was holding a bunch of invitation cards, what was he doing in the Western Regions? Naturally, he came to taste the delicious food, beauties and beautiful scenery of the Western Regions.No, they came here to conquer the Turks in person.

But this is not ready to fight, so I went to various small countries to stroll around and meet the beauties of various countries, no, the royal families of various countries.

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I personally went to various small countries in the Western Regions. Isn't this also a means of connecting feelings and wining people's hearts?

Naturally, when the time comes, there will be lovely people, and it will be necessary to have some in-depth exchanges.

To take a step back, these countries all knew that they had come to the Anxi Protectorate, and they all sent envoys to invite them. If they didn't go by themselves, it wouldn't be disrespectful to others.

China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times, and Li Zhi still wants to give these countries this bit of face.

Only when the Western Regions are stable, can Li Zhi boldly expand the territory!

At this time, Li Zhi was holding the invitation from Loulan, and he had already called the maid arranged for him by Sister Huang.

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

"Is the envoy from Loulan Kingdom still in the city?"

"Still there, is Your Majesty looking for them?"

"Invite the envoys of Loulan Kingdom to come!"

"Yes, servant girl, let someone invite you."

Li Zhi made his decision to go to Loulan that day, and these Loulan envoys happened to know a road through Taklamakan, and they could arrive in Loulan in four or five days.

Now that he decided to go to Loulan, Li Zhi decided to set off with the envoy the next day. That night, Li Zhi drank a lot of wine with his son-in-law and sister Huang.