The drizzle was drizzling, and the moisture in the air made people feel that water was accumulated in the lungs. The three thousand cavalrymen heading north did not mean that their morale was low, but they did make the water in the rainy season a little embarrassed.

Half a month passed, and a majestic black city appeared in front of him.

Jiuding City, the most famous city on the Jibei Plain, has a large area and a large population, but it is definitely the most solid city, and it is even above the capital.

It is rumored that when the Zhenlong Huang Fu Ming was about to divide the throne, he asked the royal son's opinion, and originally wanted to place him in Jincheng, southwest of the Great Cold. The climate is comfortable, materially rich, and more comfortable.

But for some reason, the royal son refused and finally chose the Jibei Plain.

The reason is unknown. Some people say that because Jincheng is the fief of the Xiao family of the Zhuque God General's family, living here will depend on the face of the Xiao family, so they are unwilling to do so.

There is also a saying that the royal son still has ambitions and does not want to be corrupted by the comfortable environment. Moreover, the people in the north are fierce and warriors. The environment in the central part of the Jibei Plain is harsh, so even the nominal owner Huangfu family is not permanent, let alone other things, relatively relaxed.

Once the family grows, if there is a chance in the future, it may be able to restore the Daxia Dynasty.

Although this statement is now just a joke, because in the old royal family, let alone the strong, it is hard to see even aspiring persons. They are all greedy for pleasure and exploit the people.

But no matter what, the matter was decided back then. Because the central part of the Jibei Plain is grassland north, and there is no danger to guard. For safety, the Zhenlong Huangfu Ming used huge sums of money to hire a large number of craftsmen and spent ten years erecting this heroic city on this grassland.

The city wall is eight meters thick and sixteen meters high, six meters higher than the capital. In order to obtain the stone, a stone mountain ten miles away was dug leveled, with large bluestone and glutinous rice mixed in the mortar.

It is rumored that as long as there is enough food and grass inside, the strong martial arts Tongxuan will break through the city and break from the inside. Otherwise, even thousands of troops will be difficult to achieve.

It is said that in a certain era, nomadic peoples tried to break through the city when the Great Cold Dynasty had no time to take care of it, and then occupied the north. As a result, with only eight thousand defenders in the city, 100,000 soldiers surrounded them for three months, and they didn't even climb up the city wall, so they could only return without success.

After that, nomadic peoples have the opportunity to cross the border and go south, and they will bypass the city directly without any other thoughts.

Because the four corners of the city and the gates are all like tripods, there is a large tripod built in the city, and the nine tripods were created by Emperor Dayu, the city was named Jiuding City.

"This city looks like it really makes people have no desire to attack!"

Looking at the city wall in the distance, Qin Shaofu sighed. This was the first time he saw Jiuding City, which was indeed as amazing as the rumors.

After amazement, he couldn't help but smile again: "I was probably exhausted from the national treasury in order to build this city?"

"It's not just exhausting all the national treasury!"

Huangfu Changqing shook his head and smiled, "According to the memorial of Taishi, this city spent a total of 800 million taels of silver, which was equivalent to the national taxes for eight years at that time. Many of them were debts, paid high interest, and it took a full thirty years to fill the books. It is impossible to say that the ancestor of the Si family's move was really high!"

"Gao!" Qin Shaofu was stunned: "Are you saying he did it on purpose?"

"I guess!" Huangfu Changqing said: "Because the legendary reasons cannot be used as a reason for his location. When Taizu agreed that he chose there, he would make a radius of 500 miles his fiefdom, and there is no need to look at the face of any god general family. Moreover, Jincheng is close to the southwest territorial area, the least dangerous place."

"Secondly, although the people in the north are strong, the population of the Jibei Plain exceeds eight CDs in the south, and it is close to the capital. He has no chance of recruiting the remaining population, let alone not to mention that there are not many people who can convince him, even if they all become his people, he will not be able to revive Daxia with this little population."

Qin Shaofu's thinking was quite good, and he didn't expect anything that he didn't know. When he heard these things, he suddenly realized after contacting them: "Are you saying that he intends to consume the national strength of the Dahan Dynasty?"

Huangfu Changqing nodded: "That's what I think. Although you have known that there have been so many wars with the demons, there are only two Demon God Emperors who died in the East Wilderness. One was the one who died with Ji Taihao fifty years ago, and the other was the one who died at the hands of Taizu."

"The Taizu of that era had no reputation that could be surpassed. With his strength, he had the opportunity to defeat other countries and unify the world with his remaining power."

"With its prestige, after unifying the world, it will take not many years for the people to forget the previous dynasty, and only remember that the only royal family is my Huangfu family. In this case, the one who is least willing to accept is the son."

"If I were the son of the past, I would try my best not to let this situation happen. The best way is to consume the national strength of the Great Cold Dynasty. So he took this promise from Taizu in front of hundreds of thousands of people, and then lived on this ruined construction site for ten years, and was in a dangerous place, forcing Taizu to build it for him as soon as possible."

Qin Shaofu shook his head: "Some things can only be your own guess, and may not be taken seriously. If the real dragon is intentional, if you want to make this person unhappy, you can think of at least ten ways... The rumors cannot be taken seriously."

After reading that book these two days, I deeply agree with this view.

"That's true!" Huangfu Changqing smiled: "It's also possible that Taizu intended to do so. After all, there were still many people in that era who were eager to unify the world. But at that time, the entire Eastern Wilderness suffered heavy casualties, and if another war started, it would be another catastrophe. Taizu was kind enough to use this excuse to avoid war."

“…”

Qin Shaofu did not say anything, he would not believe such a statement.

At this time, the group had arrived in front of Jiuding City, but no one was greeting outside. The city gate was closed, and only someone leaned over to ask: "Who is coming!"

Flags, armor, and pre-issue documents can all indicate the identity of the group. The other party deliberately did this, and it was clearly intended to show the majesty of the old royal family, so that people could know that even if the Huangfu family came, they were still royal family.

Huangfu Changqing was not angry, and ordered the generals to dismount and shouted loudly: "I'm sorry to inform King Xia that I am Huangfu Changqing, and come here to welcome King Xia to the south at the order of Your Majesty."

"Hold on!"

The guard said, and after waiting for a while, he heard a loud noise. The city gate slowly opened and the group walked out.

The clothes were gorgeous, although they were in the north, no one wore leather clothes, and they were all beautifully cloth like the Central Plains.

The person who came out was not very old, and the oldest was only in his forties. Yao Qiang, the chief guard behind him, cursed. He didn't even have a worthy person, so he put disrespect on the table.

However, Huangfu Changqing didn't care and asked the others to stay. He only brought Qin Shaofu to come forward to greet him, and then said, "Please lead me to see King Xia."

A man in his thirties said slowly: "King Xia is taking a nap and will wake up in an hour. Please wait for His Highness the Prince."

It was hard to imagine what kind of people he was like to be so rude that it was a group of people.

However, Huangfu Changqing was not angry or happy, nodded and waited.

The city gate suddenly became quiet and there was nothing to say. Suddenly, a sharp sound rang out.

"After watching for a long time, who am I? It turns out that it is you, a wild monkey from Tongling Pass!"
Chapter completed!