Zhao Cunxiao drove the horned carriage with his head bored, and seeing that the two people in the carriage were silent, he was really embarrassed.

"Alas, I can't control my emotions in front of a child, and I am really ashamed of the teacher's teaching. ”

Thinking of the fact that he was going to see his teacher in Lintao Township for a while, Zhao Cunxiao felt embarrassed again.

In order to alleviate the embarrassing atmosphere in the car, Zhao Cunxiao still took the initiative to open his mouth and introduced Zhao Xiaojun to Longxi, the place where Zhao Xiaojun will live in the next few years.

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Since the Qiang people left northern Xinjiang, the people of the Qin Tianjian of the Central Plains Dynasty began to frantically explore mineral deposits in various parts of northern Xinjiang.

Among them, Longxi County is the county with the largest reserves of Lingjing ore that has been proven, as mentioned above, there is a large Lingjing vein in Didao, and the Lingjing Mine near Lintao Town is a branch of the Didao vein, and later the Zhao family got the seal of mining the vein here, and established a stronghold in this vicinity, which has become today's Lintao Town after years of development.

In addition, because the environment of northern Xinjiang was not suitable for the growth of various crops and cash crops, the Central Plains Dynasty adopted a policy of restraint on northern Xinjiang at that time, and did not interfere too much in the management of villages and towns in addition to setting up county governance in various counties.

Therefore, Lintao Town is actually the private territory of the Zhao family.

Zhao Xiaojun heard of this for the first time, and the uncles of Cangshanzhai rarely mentioned the history of Northern Xinjiang to him in the past, because the uncles once said that living in the present and looking forward to the future is what young people should do. Sad spring and autumn, nostalgia for the past, that is something that you can only do when your cultivation is hopeless and your line is about to die.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xiaojun remembered the bits and pieces of Cangshanzhai again.

I remembered the first time my uncle Leng Xiaoye taught me to meditate, I remembered the first time my second uncle Yin Tao taught me how to hold a knife, I remembered the way my third uncle Han Jun stood in front of me, and I remembered how my fifth uncle Mo worried made himself happy all day.

Zhao Xiaojun slapped himself hard in his heart:

"Hey, Zhao Xiaojun, you really have no conscience, the uncles have never thought of anything in return for their dedication to themselves in the past ten years, and now they are bothering to leave the desolate place of Northern Xinjiang, you will doubt them. ”

When Zhao Xiaojun calmed down his inner emotions, the nature of the young man was revealed, and he remembered a sentence he had occasionally heard before, and he asked curiously:

"Isn't it true that all the whole world is the king's land, and the shores of the land are all kings' ministers?"

This kind of words came out of the mouth of a thirteen-year-old boy, which still surprised Zhao Cunxiao a little, but seeing that Zhao Xiaojun's mood was no longer low, he explained in detail.

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A thousand years ago, in the battle of the Canglan River, due to the addition of the Xuantian Dao Sect in the last stage, the Central Plains Dynasty also suffered heavy losses, and after the two sides finally concluded an alliance, the dynasty was unable to support the huge expeditionary army to clean up and finish the work, except for leaving a part of the people to guard the Canglan River, the rest of the troops were all transferred back to Chencang Pass.

In fact, after the main Qiang tribes were driven out of their homeland, there were still sporadic small Qiang tribes that slipped through the net, hiding their heads and showing their tails all day long, and they lived in fear.

However, although the remaining Qiang tribes were no longer able to pose a threat to the Central Plains, in order to completely solve the hidden dangers in northern Xinjiang, Emperor Wu issued a government decree that had been controversial for thousands of years - the Frontier Expansion Order.

In the eyes of many literati and doctors, the Frontier Expansion Decree was a policy that subverted the ancestral system, allowing all strata of society, even prisoners, to go to northern Xinjiang to expand the frontier.

The Frontier Extension Decree stipulates that as long as you can grab and hold on to all the land in northern Xinjiang, except for the county administration and various ore veins, the state will recognize its ownership, and you can go to the county administration office to register and make a register on its own.

Under the order, the world was in an uproar.

After the establishment of the dynasty, after thousands of years of development, the inherent resources of the Central Plains have long been digested. A large number of lonely families, ordinary people, living in the inherent class, can hardly achieve anything in their lives.

Later, it was not until Emperor Wen founded the academy that these people were given a path to heaven. But on such a path, not everyone has the opportunity.

Most of the seats in the four courts of the world are occupied by the noble class, and the commoners can only fight for those remaining opportunities through the world examination every few years.

Even so, more people can only spend their family wealth to let their juniors enter the township school, or the county school to obtain the status of literati, and after several generations of efforts, finally squeeze into the circle of scholars.

And now, under the order, everyone has the opportunity to carp jump into the dragon gate, and a large number of people began to rush out of Chencang Pass like crazy and poured into northern Xinjiang.

In the 100 years since the implementation of the Frontier Expansion Order, there has been no reason to talk about, no affection to speak of, and no integrity to exist, and there is only chaos and desire in northern Xinjiang.

In the last few years of Emperor Wu's life, the situation in northern Xinjiang was already somewhat difficult to control, and various forces frequently wanted to attack the county and the mineral veins. Therefore, when Emperor Wu died and Emperor Zhao succeeded to the throne, he abolished the frontier expansion order.

Later, the army of the Central Plains Dynasty entered the northern frontier for the second time, and there was no extra choice.

Those who go along are prosperous, and those who are against them.

Lose.

In the end, the vested interests of the entire northern Xinjiang were the Han family in Beidi County, the Zheng family in Anding County, the Li family in Tianshui County, the Zhao family in Longxi County, and the Zhou family in Wudu County. According to rumors, behind many bandits, there is the support of these families. It can be said that in Northern Xinjiang, they are the real uncrowned kings.

After listening to Zhao Cunxiao's speech, Zhao Xiaojun knew that Northern Xinjiang was so complicated, and at the same time, in the depths of Zhao Xiaojun's heart that he had not discovered, a trace of longing for power had quietly planted the seeds.

During the time when the two were chatting, slowly, they could already see the shadow of Lintao Town.

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"Cunxiao?is it really you?haha, you're finally willing to come out of your kennel!"

When Zhao Cunxiao drove the wildebeest into Lintao Town, the inspector sitting next to him rubbed his eyes and immediately jumped over.

Looking at the man in front of him, Zhao Cunxiao sighed with emotion in his heart and said:

"Cunxin, long time no see. ”

Zhao Cunxin stepped forward and patted Zhao Cunxiao's shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Haha, it seems that you have finally come out of your demons, the day before yesterday, I went to visit Yuan Lao and heard him mention you. ”

Hearing that Zhao Cunxin had advanced the teacher's name, Zhao Cunxiao felt guilty again and said:

"I am ashamed to teach the teacher, and I should come to the door today to apologize in person. ”

"The teacher has never blamed you, and now that you can get out of your demons, he must be extremely happy. ”

Zhao Cunxin said:

"Let's not talk about it for now, I'm still on duty, so let Uncle Seven see it, it's another lesson, after I get off duty in the evening, we must have a drink, I'll please!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Zhao Xiaojun suspiciously, turned his head and returned to his previous position.

"My brothers of the same clan used to attend classes together in the village school here. ”

Zhao Cunxiao explained to Zhao Xiaojun on his own, and continued to drive the wildebeest carriage towards Lintao Township.