The administrative seat of Liaodong County is in Xiangping.
Originally, this was a border fortress set up by the Yan general Qin Kai after he launched an army to attack Donghu and pushed the Yan border thousands of miles eastward. It had the same function as a beacon tower.
Later, Qin Shihuang unified the six countries and established Liaodong County with Xiangping City as the center. During the Han Dynasty, the aftermath of the Han army's eastward and westward expeditions completely drove the Hu people out of the Liaodong territory. In addition to the original Liaodong County,
The four counties of Xuantu, Lintun, Lelang, and Zhenfan were established east of Xiangping and most of the peninsula, the so-called four Han counties.
After that, Xiangping truly established its status as the center of Liaodong, achieved a certain level of development, and reached its current scale. Naturally, it cannot be compared with the Central Plains, but in this remote place, it is a miracle that makes Zhu Hu envious.
city.
The Goguryeo people have always coveted Xiangping and have taken action more than once. They want to seize this city and use it as the capital to show off. However, they are not strong enough and have worked hard for decades without any achievements.
On the contrary, he was forced to retreat again and again by the Han army. He was in danger for a long time, and gradually he could no longer care about greed.
Of course, the Goguryeo people in history finally got their wish. During the Jin Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, internal strife in the Central Plains was frequent, which in turn caused chaos in China. With no time left to look after, Goguryeo took the opportunity to encroach on the Liaodong and Han territories, and eventually occupied Xiangping City and the four Han counties.
Gone.
Although Zhang Fang didn't know what happened next, when he stood on the Liaozhong Plain and looked at Xiangping City from a distance, he was greatly amazed and felt that Xiangping was indeed worthy of the name of the Miracle City.
The city is indeed not big. The city wall is less than two feet high, and each wall is only three to five hundred steps. It is far from majestic. It is said that this is the result of several expansions. Such a city, let alone the Central Plains, even if placed in the same region
Bingzhou on the border also seems a bit too shabby. For such a small city, even if there are people living next to each other, it can only accommodate three to five thousand people.
What is truly amazing is the scene around the city.
Zhang Fang had lived in Gaotang for a while and was no stranger to this scene. When he first saw it, he almost thought he was back on the bank of the river.
Xiangping City stands on mountains and rivers. The surrounding terrain is flat and flat. The Daliang River, which stretches for thousands of miles, flows through the south of the city and merges with the Liao River a hundred miles away. It flows southwest and flows into the sea at the mouth of the river. It is very similar to the terrain of Gaotang.
The topography alone does not give people any illusions. The most surprising thing is the rolling wooden houses and tents outside the city. Especially those wooden houses are very similar to the style of Gaotang New Town. To be precise, they are more like Gaotang New Town.
What Tangcheng looked like when it was first built.
The style is similar and the scale is similar. The thousands of miles of fertile wilderness in the Liaozhong Plain seems to be covered by these tents and wooden houses, and it is actually endless as far as the eye can see!
This was Zhang Fang's first trip to Liaodong, and he did not take the land route. However, whether he was sailing offshore or after landing, he did not see many people. He felt that this place was as desolate as he imagined. When he arrived in Xiangping, he suddenly
How could he and his companions not be surprised when they saw thousands of people gathering together?
"This, this is simply..."
"Is it similar to Gaotang?" Liu Yi asked with a smile.
The trade relationship between Liaodong and Qingzhou has been maintained for several years. He has always dealt with Qingzhou, first in Donglai, and later Wang Yu moved to Gaotang. Liu Yi also visited Gaotang. He can understand Zhang Fang and others
His mood at this moment was because he had expressed the same emotion when he was in Gaotang.
"Yes..." Zhang Fang answered subconsciously before he realized something was wrong and quickly changed his words: "Ah, no, I mean, why are there so many people here?"
After being shocked, he naturally believed that Liaodong was imitating Gaotang. However, it had only been three years since Gaotang was founded. In such a remote place as Liaodong, even if Gongsundu wanted to imitate, he would not be able to achieve such efficiency.
"So I have always felt that Wang Qiaoqi is also one of my kind." Liu Yi did not answer directly, but sighed with deep meaning.
"Oh?" Zhang Fang didn't know what the meaning of these words was. He turned his head blankly, and his eyes met Liu Yi's burning eyes. The heat in the other person's eyes seemed to have turned into substance, which made him feel like he was being burned.
the illusion.
"General Liu, what do you mean..." According to the information from the Intelligence Department, Zhang Fang knew that Liu Yi was the leader of the pro-Qingzhou faction in Liaodong, so he went out of the city to greet his party. He doubted whether he had missed
He gave a certain hint, otherwise what would the other party’s senseless emotion be?
"It's nothing, please don't mind it." Liu Yi shook his head and said don't mind it, but Zhang Fang, who is good at observing words and expressions, keenly caught the flash of disappointment in the other person's eyes. However, he couldn't go into details because of Liu Yi's gaffe.
There was only such a moment, and then he talked endlessly about the development history of Liaodong.
"The prosperity of Xiangping today cannot be achieved in a day. Long before my lord took over the power, there were already tens of thousands of residents around Xiangping..."
Zhang Fang is still very interested in this topic. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. The Liaodong he sees now is obviously very different from what other Central Plains people understand. It is indeed easy to not understand the difference.
Mistake.
People in the Central Plains have always been indifferent to Liaodong. Even if they know that Liaodong has been prosperous in recent years, most people will only think that the prosperity here is purely because many refugees fled here. Even my lord is like this.
People with great foresight are not exempt from vulgarity.
But from Liu Yi's introduction, Zhang Fang heard a lot of unknown information.
The prosperity of Liaodong definitely did not start with Gongsundu or the chaos at the end of Han Dynasty. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, this place was a mixed place.
Tribes that lost power on the grasslands, such as the Wuhuan, were designated by the Han court as their residence in Liaodong. Criminals, refugees in the Central Plains, and even wealthy families who failed in political battles would all flee to the border areas to settle down. Over time, it turned out to be deserted.
Liaodong gradually became popular.
For some reason, after listening to this introduction, Zhang Fang always felt that Liu Yi had not finished what he said and had some unfinished meaning. But if the other party did not tell him, he would not be able to pursue it seriously.
"The first people who gathered in Xiangping were all Han people. The water and soil near Xiangping are very good, and it is a relatively warm place in Liaodong. The fertile fields along the river were cultivated from scratch by our ancestors.
Although the neighboring Hu people got the land, they didn't know how to cultivate it. After hearing about Xiangping's prosperity, they also gathered here one after another, and the neighborhood gradually started to look like something."
As he spoke, Liu Yi's voice suddenly increased and he said passionately: "But in the end, the person who achieved such prosperity today must be my lord! Without him, there would be no Xiangping today, today's Liaodong, for the country and the people, and my lord
They are all meritorious!”
"That's right!" Zhang Fang nodded and agreed.
This time he understood what the other party meant. Gongsun Du had merit, and he also wanted to use the credit to bargain. But Liu Yi didn't understand that he was not a messenger coming to bargain, but just a so-called "ambassador" who conveyed news.
All this thought was in vain.
However, Zhang Fang would not be stupid enough to clarify what he said. Anyway, he listened to what the other party said and then conveyed it to his lord in full. It was not in vain.
Liu Yi paused for a moment and glanced at Zhang Fang in surprise. He had lots of dealings with Qingzhou and suffered losses too - it wasn't really that he was cheated, it was just business bargaining. There would always be a distinction between high and low. The only difference was which side.
More initiative, rather than who cheated whom.
The people in charge of sea trade in Qingzhou are mainly the Mi Zhu brothers and sisters. Occasionally, Wang Xiu will come to join in the fun. Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong also observed and participated on the spot. Although Liu Yi is not an ordinary person, but when he meets such a group of talented people, he will naturally be frustrated.
share.
In order to welcome this visitor from Qingzhou, he was fully prepared. He just wanted to avenge his shame, but in the end, he met Zhang Fang, who seemed to have nothing to do but had a good temper. He felt like he was punched in the face of cotton.
Like inside.
He wanted to avenge his shame not for the sake of face, but just because he didn't want things to become irreversible. Zhang Fang agreed so readily, which made him confused. He didn't know whether Qingzhou was ready to make concessions or was determined to do so.
Force the lord to surrender.
Fortunately, he had experienced many storms and waves. After being stunned for a moment, he continued talking. Naturally, he was talking about Gongsun Du's importance to Liaodong.
Popularity does not necessarily bring prosperity. The history of the revitalization of Liaodong in the Han Dynasty is enough to prove this. After the prosperity of Xiangping was first seen, classes immediately appeared.
The Han people are mainly composed of run-down aristocratic families. Although these people have failed, their knowledge and experience are far above ordinary people. With these things, several big families will soon stand out.
There were many people from the Hu people who had migrated from the entire tribe, so they naturally had leaders. On the grasslands, they were adults and commanders. When they arrived in Liaodong, they quickly formed families like the Han people.
Once there is class and power, there will be endless internal fighting.
In fact, the places near Xiangping are not necessarily the best in Liaodong, but only here they have the highest degree of development. After the local forces took shape, they quickly lost their pioneering and enterprising spirit. Everyone regarded the other territories in Liaodong as nothing, and surrounded Xiangping.
A series of battles began for Ping'an's local interests.
Sometimes the powerful Han people join forces to deal with the Hu people, and sometimes the Han people and the Hu people work together to deal with the Han people, or the Hu people... In short, it is quite chaotic. The Hu people are not very good at fighting for power and profit, but they do as the Romans do and eat.
After a few losses, your knowledge will naturally increase, and when your knowledge accumulates to a certain level, you will be able to do it.
Fortunately, Liaodong itself is not a peaceful land, and the surrounding Goguryeo, Wuhuan, and Xianbei are all watching. Therefore, the people of Liaodong have always maintained restraint in their fights, and they will still join forces to fight against the enemy externally. Although they have won many external victories, their development has been
It's hard to talk about it. In a sense, the situation in Liaodong is similar to that of the Central Plains in later generations.
It was Gongsun Du who finally ended all this.
The history of his fortune is actually somewhat similar to that of Liu Biao.
Long before he received the imperial edict, he already had a certain amount of power in Liaodong. After receiving his rightful name, he immediately launched an attack and took advantage of the celebration banquet to kill nearly a hundred families who were most selfish and fought fiercely.
Catch all the powerful leaders in one fell swoop.
Later, taking advantage of the opportunity of these powerful families losing their heads and being leaderless, he defeated them one by one. In just a few days, he almost accepted the strength of hundreds of powerful families, and thus became a well-deserved governor of Liaodong and a prince.
"Under the leadership of my lord, in just a few years, the population of Liaodong has tripled, the newly cultivated land has doubled, and the fleet, maritime trade scale, and foreign war successes are all far better than before.
. It is not Liu’s own boast. Even if we go through the Central Plains, who else but Wang Qiaoqi can take the place of the lord and continue to make Liaodong prosperous?"
Liu Yi waved his hand fiercely, as if to enclose all the endless settlements and fertile fields, and asked loudly: "Your Majesty, you should know that the current scene in Xiangping is not just a day or two, but is even worse than the rebuilt Gaotang City."
Earlier! In this corner of Liaodong, who can do better than my lord?"
At the end of the sentence, there was anger in his tone, and he was obviously deeply dissatisfied with Wang Yu's possible move to cut down the vassal, so he asked the question by telling the history of the development of Liaodong.
Zhang Fang was silent for a long time, and finally said something muffled. Liu Yi was immediately speechless.
"General Liu is right. However, I am not an envoy representing my lord. I am just here to station in Liaodong to promote maritime trade. If you ask me these words, I can only say that I will convey these words back.
Let my lord know as soon as possible."
"Ah?" Liu Yi was stunned. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)