The vast grassland has no end as far as the eye can see.

The isolated city is particularly conspicuous in this grassland. The city is not far from the water source. It is not too big and the city wall is not very high. The city gate is wide open. You can see all kinds of people driving cattle and sheep.

, filed out.

People working in farming can also be seen inside and outside the city.

This place was originally the Muxianwu stronghold of the Huns, which was the vanguard camp leading to the Dai Kingdom. The Huns often stationed troops here, preparing siege equipment, weapons and ordnance here, and using this place as a springboard to attack the Yan Dynasty and other areas.

In fact, the technology of the Huns was not as bad as later generations thought. Whether it was iron smelting or other aspects, they were unique. In a certain era, the Huns even absorbed the smelting techniques from the East and the West, and even

After using technology, it was possible to achieve "all armored". As for the bone arrows that were often mentioned in later generations, they were mostly used by the Huns' servants, the so-called Zahu. The Huns not only understood

As long as they know the smelting technology, they can also recruit craftsmen to build siege equipment, and they can also recruit farming bastards to carry out large-scale farming. This is amazing.

There is often a situation among the peoples outside the Great Wall. Those who farm do not know how to herd, those who herd do not know how to fish and hunt, and those who fish and hunt do not know how to farm... But the Xiongnu is different. Later generations can often learn about the Xiongnu.

It was discovered that Nong Kej was here, and Shishi was able to combine the benefits of both Hungarians and Hungarians to lead the rebellion.

They probably did not change the traces of farming civilization themselves, but the Zahu living in Shuofang, Henan and other areas, that is, the Linhu and other tribes in the Zhao Dynasty, had long since transformed from nomadic to

For farming, the Huns asked them to farm and harvest more food.

This walled city of the Huns is now one of the three major cities of the Great Xia Kingdom. After renovation and expansion, it was named Xia's City. It is a very important gateway to the Xia Kingdom. It is very close to the Great Wall.

Businessmen all gather here.

The city is not too prosperous, and the population is not large, only tens of thousands of people.

There are not many merchants. Xia State does not have special products. What Xia State has is available in several surrounding vassal states. It is not competitive. It is not as good as that.

Xiting Kingdom, Xiting Kingdom can also rely on its favorable geographical location,

It grew rapidly, reaping dividends on the road of being a big man and being poisonous, and even being able to eat enough to fill your stomach. However, Xia Kingdom did not have such good luck.

There is no Xia Palace here, only a county governor's mansion, which is the seat of Mobei County.

Several knights galloped out of the side door and rushed towards the endless grassland.

The leading knight is not too old, and his brows are full of pride. He is wearing Zhao people's short clothes and a long golden coat.

Wearing a long sword and a strong bow hanging from the horse's waist, he looked dusty, with a weathered face, but his eyes were sharp, like a goshawk.

This is Fu Qing, the Prime Minister of Xia State.

Since Fu Qing came to Xia Kingdom, he has been running around for royal affairs. The first thing he did was to bring gifts and go to pay homage.

Go visit the chiefs of various tribes and make friends with them. Although Fu Qing is from a noble family, he does not have the arrogance of a noble. He can make friends with any kind of people. Regardless of his status, he drinks with the barbarians side by side.

He ate meat and traveled to almost half of the tribes outside the Great Wall. His reputation was so great that the barbarians did not know about it.

Best wishes to all guests

All the powerful leaders in various ministries knew him.

When those who regarded him as a friend learned that Fu Qing was coming, the chiefs of various tribes slaughtered cattle and sheep with their own hands to entertain him. When they saw that his horse was weak, they gave him the best horses.

Fu Qing was very courageous. He went to persuade these tribes alone to surrender to the Xia Kingdom. At this moment, they were even at war with the Tang Kingdom. He went directly to the enemy's side, taking only three or four people with him. At night

, he lived directly in the other party's tent without any fear.

There are also chiefs who want to scare him and specially set up a big cauldron in front of him to make people sharpen their swords.

As a result, Fu Qing showed no fear at all, chatted and laughed happily, ate a lot of wine, and performed a sword dance for the chief in public, which frightened the chief.

After Fu Qing put away his sword, he angrily reprimanded him, "I visit you as a friend, but you want to scare me in this way? Is this how you treat your friends?"

The chief hurriedly apologized and immediately surrendered to the Xia Kingdom.

Now there are more than 80 tribes under the name of Xia Kingdom, all of which Fu Qing recovered by himself.

At this moment, he rode out again, with only three knights beside him,

No one thought it was inappropriate. The Prime Minister did this for more than a day or two. He was really completely different from those Prime Ministers in the Central Plains. He often went out for more than ten days or didn't come back for several months...

Fortunately, there are no government affairs to deal with in the Xia Kingdom.

Among his knights, there was an older man who followed Fu Qing with his head buried. They drove for a long time and stopped to rest by a water stream. The other two knights were preparing to eat, and the old knight sat

came to Fu Qing's side.

"Fu Sheng... His Majesty asked you to come to Xia Kingdom to govern this place, not to make friends."

"Look, what have you done since you came to Xia Kingdom?" "You've been bringing gifts to the barbarians all day long, giving them treasures. How could these barbarians know whether the things you sent are good or not?

You grovel, why are you so afraid of these barbarians? Next door are Tang and Dai. If they don't obey, just attack them directly. Why bother?

Why do you do this?"

"Do you know that the officials are very dissatisfied with you now? You give away Xia's things, and you go around drinking and eating meat with the barbarians. What on earth do you want to do?"

Hearing the old knight's complaint, Fu Qing was not angry and said with a smile: "Your Majesty established the Xia Kingdom.

The Xia State was established to recover the grassland, not to massacre it. Of course, it could defeat him by calling on the troops of Tang and Dai.

If they know what we are thinking, they will run away from us. But what happens next? They know what we are thinking.

Li, this grassland is so big, and they keep running away, what can we do? Chase them all the way? If we chase them until they are all killed, the money spent will probably be hundreds of times more than if I sent them out, right?"

"Besides, I am not without achievements. When the Xia Kingdom was first established, it was an empty shell. Now there are more than 80 tribes under my command, all of which are attached to the Xia Kingdom and recognize our governance. Isn't this an achievement?" The old knight sneered.

He said, "If you give gifts like this, I would submit to you... This is using money to buy them, and it will definitely not last long." "This is not a long-term solution, but it can open up the current situation. If not, how long will it last?

None of the methods worked." Fu Qing said, stroking his beard again, and said seriously: "Don't listen to those people's words. They don't know that I once governed the Yuezhi people in the Tang State, and the remnants of the Donghu in the Yan State.

He has had many contacts, served as a county magistrate in the Dian Kingdom, served as an envoy to Funan in the Nanyue Kingdom, and served as a county magistrate in the Western Regions.

Shou...Of course I know how to treat these people, they always say

I should maintain the majesty of the Prime Minister, not show kindness easily, and not lower my stature easily... Haha, if I sit in a mansion like them, wear fine clothes and look like a noble, these tribes will themselves

Come and surrender? This is simply ridiculous."

"Now that the Xia Kingdom has just been established, we cannot just think about ways to govern, but we must first establish rule. Do you know that the original adventure

At the beginning, Mao Dun also adopted the same method... The people in the temple did not know this, and the king even sent someone to send me a letter, asking me to govern the Xia Kingdom according to the method he proposed. "

Fu Qing shook his head, looking slightly bitter.

Qishi stroked his beard, "After all, he is my disciple, or the old knight is stroking

Some are capable of governing the country."

This old knight is Gong Yangshou who was exiled to Xia Kingdom.

Fu Qing said calmly: "This is not a strategy that the king can propose. I think it is probably proposed by Chao Cuo.

"You can also see this??"

"I once served in the Shangshu Mansion and recorded many of Chao Cuo's memorials, all in the same style."

"Chao Cuo is indeed very capable, but after all, he is a person who stays in the temple and has no idea of ​​the actual situation in the place.

Talked a lot about treatment

Sharing the same place

What's the use? If you don't have a tribe under your command, how can you govern it? Maybe twenty years later, we can use his strategy to govern it."

Gongyang Shou glanced at him, "You have served in many places... I heard in the temple that you are the magistrate of the Sixth County, and it is indeed true!"

Fu Qing had many nicknames, among which the reputation of the Sixth County Magistrate was very famous.

He has such a reputation because Fu Qing served as county magistrate six times in succession. He served as county magistrate in the Tang Dynasty and did a good job. He moved county magistrates. Because counties are different in size, the salary of county magistrates is also different. A county with 500 shi

He was also the county magistrate of Qianshi. Fu Qing became the magistrate of a large county for the second time. He also did well. He was supposed to be promoted to a temple or a county, but someone suppressed him and prevented him from being promoted. As a result, he ended up third

The fourth time he was the county magistrate, and the fifth time he was the county magistrate... He served as the county magistrate in six counties in a row, and there was a lot of transfer. He was in Tang State for a while, and Yan for a while...

This is not suppression, this is simply strangulation... The founding of the Han Dynasty

Since then, I have never heard of a situation where political achievements are very good but they always stand still, and the better they do, the worse the county gets... If Zhou Chang hadn't seen it at that time,

If he goes down, he will probably have to continue to serve as the county magistrate in a worse county.

But under such circumstances, his abilities improved by leaps and bounds, and his political achievements began to become more and more abnormal. When he served as county magistrate for the sixth time, the local county guards came to him to ask him how to govern the local area... Later, after he was promoted

, he was also suppressed for various reasons, and was repeatedly sent to the most dangerous and harsh places to hold official positions. He fought in wars, sent envoys, transported grain, collected taxes, built cities, dug rivers, and raised horses.

..That is to say, Fu Qing's character is strong, otherwise it would have been broken by hardships.

Gongyang Shou sighed, "Forget it, I can't convince you. After you came here, you just tried to find ways to please those barbarians. Anyway, His Majesty is back. I have to warn you. If His Majesty knows about your behavior,

, maybe you will have to be dismissed and serve as a county magistrate to become the seventh county magistrate..."

Fu Qing shook his head, "Your Majesty will understand me. If I don't do this, Xia Kingdom will always be a decoration. And, according to you, all those who treat virtuous corporals are just trying to please?"

"Corporal Lixian, can these barbarians be considered scholars??" Fu Qing smiled at him but did not answer.

A bonfire was lit and everyone ate barbecue. Gong Yangshou ate happily and was very full. Then he stroked his belly and said with emotion: "It's just eating meat, but it's useless. Eating so much meat is useless."

what to do?"

These words seemed to be specially addressed to Fu Qing. Fu Qing still didn't answer him.
To be continued...