For the Mohe people, the Western Qin military group had a fatal weakness. Zhang Xiaowu also realized it at that time, and ordered to stop the expansion of the Western Qin army's territory, consolidate the territory, and digest the territory. He summoned the leaders of the Western Qin to discuss and decide to absorb a large number of Central Plains
I immigrated, but encountered a lot of troubles.
After the ten-year treaty was signed, the threat from the north was eliminated. Gu Yong, the prime minister of the Holy Han Empire, began to reduce the military and streamline administration, and the country recuperated. Except for merchants and adventurers who went to the Western Regions, only fugitives were willing to live outside the border.
What's even more disgusting is that Sardin is guarded between Lianglangguan and Western Qin. They no longer allow Han people to immigrate to Western Qin. Sardin has now become a pair of big hands on the neck of Western Qin.
Zhang Xiaowu mentioned the possibility of eliminating Sardin, and everyone believed that as one of the two major tax revenue centers of the Qing Khanate, the Mohe people would never let Sardin fall into the hands of anyone.
"We lack an excuse." The old voice with wolf ears said with a bad smile, "The Sardinians need to make a mistake."
"Since we cannot annex Sardinia for the time being, we will increase trade to the west and north and open up the Yumen Pass trade." Zhang Xiaowu ordered Zhao Suo.
Zhao Suodao: "We need to have a serious talk with the Northwest Warlord Group."
The so-called northwest warlords refer to the remaining seven of the Eighteen Tigers under the late Dushan County Prince Ye Xiangdong. They formed the Seven Tiger Generals and controlled the three states and two passes in the northwest of the Holy Han Empire, namely Daizhou, Bingzhou, and Huizhou.
Prefectures, Lianglangguan and Yumenguan, whose members are headed by Daizhou Mu Ouyang Hong (Smiling Tiger), and others such as Huizhou Mu Han Dehu (Earth Split Tiger), Bingzhou Mu Maming (Pied Tiger), Langwei Lu You (Jinmao Tiger)
Tiger), Yuwei Xi Ziqiang (Flying Tiger), Bingzhou Guard Qin Yong (Dwarf Tiger), Daizhou Guard Diao Renyi (Qiu Bearded Tiger), etc. all listened to his orders and united as one.
The ten-year agreement led to the reduction of the threat from the north. While military expenditures decreased, trade taxes increased rapidly, and the pockets of the northwest warlord group became richer. Gu Yong, who worked hard to promote the ten-year agreement, became the largest supporter of the northwest warlords. Ouyang
Hong even threatened that anyone who opposes Prime Minister Gu will oppose the 200,000 Northwest Seven Tigers Army.
Previously, the Western Qin was just a group of bandits and had nothing to do with the northwest warlords. However, the Western Qin has now developed into a national group, and the two sides should negotiate. The Western Qin Legion is a military regime group created by the Han people, and the Han people who do business prefer it.
They came to the Western Qin to live and do business. At the same time, the trade in the Western Regions that had been interrupted for hundreds of years was also ensured by the existence of the Western Qin.
Subsequently, Zhang Xiaowu sent Zhao Suo to Yumen Pass to negotiate with the northwest warlords, and appointed Zhao Suo as the chief administrator of the Western Qin Dynasty and the great steward of the Western Qin Dynasty.
Zhao Suo was very optimistic about Ba County Magistrate Cao Wei. During the negotiations at Yumen Pass, he sent someone to kidnap Cao Wei back. When Cao Wei found out that Western Qin was founded by Zhang Daxia, he was so surprised that he could not close his mouth and said after a while:
"This - this - a horse bandit of this size can be considered powerful."
Zhang Xiaowu laughed loudly and appointed Cao Wei as the civil minister of the Western Qin Dynasty to assist Zhao Suo. He also appointed Wang Xiaojian as the military commander of the Western Qin Dynasty temporarily, and Lang Er as the intelligence chief of the Western Qin Dynasty. For a military group, it is normal for these four people to perform their own duties.
That's enough. Zhang Xiaowu is not worried that the Western Qin Dynasty will be in chaos - the people's life was quite good, but too many yamen were created, which sucked the wealth of the people.
The first thing Cao Wei handled as civil chief was to accept Rakshasa and Wuhuan refugees and open up trade channels with Wuhuan and Rakshasa. To the north of the Western Qin Dynasty were the Eighteen Northern Tarta tribes and Wuhuan.
Wuhuan was caught in a long-term war, and the people also longed for a peaceful life. After the rise of the Western Qin Dynasty, many Tartar herdsmen were attracted to live there. Northern Tartar bordered Wuhuan, and their customs and languages were also close. When the Northern Tartar herders fled to the West
After the Qin Dynasty, some poor Wuhuan people also came.
In fact, compared to the fact that the Central Plains is vast and self-sufficient, Western countries prefer trade. They do not have such rich resources and manpower in the Central Plains. Especially in the fields of creativity and art, they rely more on transactions to promote the growth of national power.
When the Western Qin trade mission arrived in Wuhuan and Rakshasa, the two khanates in civil strife immediately expressed their support. No matter which force, they were eager to achieve trade needs with the Western Qin. Wuhuan's specialty medicinal materials, Luo
Sha's specialty is fur, while Western Qin's specialty is jewelry, Uzi's specialty ironware, Shengfan's specialty grain, Amita's specialty cotton cloth, and Tarta's specialty cattle and sheep. Through the trade between Anxi City and Andong City in Western Qin, each village can obtain what they need.
Soon, the Mohe people discovered that the one who gained the most from the ten-year agreement was the newly established Western Qin Army. They were quietly integrating the resources of various countries in the Western Region. However, the Mohe people also controlled an important resource, and that was Sardin.
Most people from the Central Plains like to trade from Lianglangguan to Sardin City, trading silk, books, artworks, tea, spices, etc. with merchants from the Western Regions. The Sardinians strictly prohibit the Central Plains Han people from entering the Western Qin Dynasty, which leads to the collapse of Anxi City and Anxi City.
Dongcheng can only become the trade center of the Western Region, but it cannot become the world trade center.
Zhang Xiaowu realized the importance of opening the Yumen Pass. Fortunately, the negotiation between Zhao Suo and Xi Ziqiang went smoothly. Especially when Xi Ziqiang heard that Zhang Shouzheng, the founder of the Western Qin Dynasty, was a Han knight, he felt incredible and threatened to go to Anton City if he had the opportunity.
Pay a visit.
Xi Ziqiang was happy to cooperate with the Western Qin Dynasty because there were only two roads from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, one through Lianglang Pass and the other through Yumen Pass. Compared with Lianglang Pass, Yumen Pass was further away, and merchants were usually willing to go through Lianglang Pass rather than through Yumen Pass.
Take the Yumen Pass. Beyond Yumen Pass are thousands of miles of yellow sand and the Gobi Desert. Merchants often walk westward along the edges of the yellow sand and the Gobi Desert, and finally arrive at the Shengfan Khanate.
Zhang Xiaowu built five post stations with 200 soldiers on the Gobi Desert between Yumen Pass and Andong City. This road was called the West Qin Road by merchants from the Central Plains and the Western Regions. The establishment of the West Qin Road did not attract much attention from Central Plains merchants, but for
The merchants from various countries in the Western Regions traveling from the Western Regions to the Central Plains are of vital importance. They would rather take the Western Qin Road than go to the Lianglang Pass - the distance of the former is almost half of the distance of the latter, and the Western Qin has eliminated the banditry in the Gobi Desert.
But unexpectedly, these horse bandits and sand bandits were driven to the South Tarta Tower and the East Tartar Tower - the West Qin Road was safer.
Xi Ziqiang personally visited the First Post of Xiqin Road. The First Post of Western Qin was only twenty miles away from Yumen Pass. It was built at the foot of a mountain called Black Mountain. Xi Ziqiang found that the First Post only had the ability to resist bandits.
, did not have the ability to defend against the Han army, so they felt relieved and even offered wine and meat to express friendship. The two hundred Western Qin soldiers in the first post were all Han people, and they were particularly friendly to the Yuwei. Apart from the different military uniforms, the two sides
Besides, they even speak with the same accent, so there's nothing wrong with them.
The First and Second Posts of the Western Qin were thirty miles apart, but the distance from Yumen Pass was only twenty miles, so they wanted Xi Ziqiang to ask if they could go to Yumen Pass to buy supplies. Xi Ziqiang saw that the Western Qin people's post actually asked them to provide supplies.
, was very happy, and even actively asked to sell it at a low price, making First Station gradually rely on Yumen Pass for survival.
After receiving the news reported by Lang Er, Zhang Xiaowu just smiled softly and said: "We are from the Central Plains. Now that we are building a country in the Western Regions, we need to deal with the relationship with the Central Plains well, instead of fighting and killing each other. You and I are fighting for each other. Yu Wei treats me kindly.