Jiang said unhurriedly: " I counted just now, in addition to the one lying on the ground and the one who had already expressed his sincerity just now, there were fifteen barbarians, some of them were too many, and the official could only allow five of the remaining people to be qualified to make friends with the officials, and as for the remaining ten people, their tribes would be merged into the tribes of these five people, but I think those ten people would never give up easily, rather than trouble in the future, it is better to bring their heads now as a vote for you to become friends of the official, and their tribes will be equally divided among the friends of the official, what do you think? ？”

"It's too much to deceive people!" A tribal barbarian raised his head, looked at Jiang Liang fiercely, pulled out his sword, and said sharply: "Everyone fights with him!"

"Poof~"

Almost at the same time, a blade burst out of his chest, bringing out a pool of blood, and under the barbarian's incredulous gaze, two other knives slashed off his arm, and the other chopped off his head.

"Roar~"

After a short period of silence, in the huge tent, the remaining fourteen barbarians suddenly let out a shout and killed together, Yeluqi and Wang Hai hurriedly pulled out their weapons and protected Jiang Qiao's body.

The battle of the fifteen people was very short, not even the time of tea, except for Jiang Qiao's three people and the middle-aged barbarian who was the first to surrender to him before, only four people were left in the tent who could still stand in front of Jiang Qiao.

"Obviously it was five, but now there are only four left, it's a pity that ......" Jiang Wan shook his head, looked at the scarred four and smiled: "Congratulations, from now on, we are friends, now, you can go and receive the sincerity of this official, these people's tribes will be divided by the five of you, as for how to divide ...... Again, the official does not interfere in the affairs of the grassland, and you will discuss how to divide it yourself. ”

"Lord Xie!" The five barbarians arched their hands towards Jiang Wan with ugly faces, and after seeing that no one stopped them, they left one after another, found their war horses as fast as they could, and galloped towards their tribes.

"Lord, why don't you kill all these people?" It wasn't until after the barbarians had left that Dong Ping walked in, bowed to Jiang Wan and said, "In this way, wouldn't the grassland be even more chaotic?"

The grassland is chaotic, the tribes crusade against each other, and the less affected Ma Cheng will be, especially in this battle, Jiang Qiao has used his strength to explain to these grassland tribes that Ma Cheng is not easy to mess with, and for a long time, Ma Cheng will have a fairly peaceful external environment.

"Chaos is a good thing, but chaos is not enough, because no matter how chaotic they are, it has nothing to do with us. Jiang Wan took a sip of wine, shook his head and smiled: "This trade has to continue, these people fight to the death, that is the internal matter of the grassland, we don't care, but we need them to give us cattle and horses, this trade can't be stopped, they fight each other, they need more weapons, food and medicinal materials, in order to grow the tribe, they will do everything possible to plunder resources, not only these tribes here today, there will be more and more tribes will be involved, with war horses, with the population in exchange for enough resources for their survival." ”

"Use their flesh and blood to nourish my Ma Cheng?" Dong Ping's eyes lit up, he had already understood Jiang Qiao's true intentions.

Jiang Wan smiled, didn't answer, stood up and said: "Let's go, we should go back, and leave the rest of the matter to the dug bald, in this battle, his tribe has suffered a lot of losses, so it can be regarded as a reward." ”

"Whoa!"

As for who recruited Fanjia, although he didn't ask, Jiang Qiao knew the bottom in his heart, although there are many people in Youzhou, but there are only a few people who have this ability and motivation, this account will have to be calculated sooner or later, at the moment, there is no trouble outside Macheng, and it is time to vigorously develop.

In the following time, Macheng ushered in a rare tranquility, Jiang Qiao began to make Macheng run step by step according to his previous customized plan, a large amount of wasteland was reclaimed, planted with encouragement, and animal husbandry also flourished according to Jiang Qiao's meaning, and even several small pastures appeared, specializing in grazing cattle, sheep, and war horses.

For the deal with the barbarians, there is actually no binding force, but the sixteen barbarians who were invited by the Van Jia at the beginning, only five people were left when they returned, and these five people gradually started a melee in order to compete for the tribe and population, cattle and sheep left by the eleven leaders, and the scale spread from the beginning of Danhan Mountain to the area east of Yinshan Mountain.

Originally, according to the ideas of these people, they were not ready to trade with Jiang Weak, but with the continuous escalation of the melee, the strategic materials were constantly shrinking, such as armaments, food, salt, and materials for the winter.

In previous years, when there was no war, they could still survive, but at this time they couldn't survive, even turning over the war, the same abandoned animal husbandry, not enough food, they had to trade with Jiang Weak, with war horses, cattle and sheep from Macheng in exchange for necessary materials, and even in order to make up for the shortage, began to frantically rob the population on the grassland, women, children and people living on the grassland, as long as Jiang Weak needs it, they will do everything possible to get it, send it to Macheng, and return the resources.

And Jiang Weak didn't embarrass these people, as long as the things arrived, the resources they needed, whether it was weapons, food and clothing, Jiang Weak would send them out without hesitation.

At the same time, Jiang Weak sold the war horses sent by the barbarians to the Central Plains, which were sought-after goods in the Central Plains, in addition, animal skins were also in demand in the north, especially in winter, the warmth effect of this thing was stronger than ordinary cloth.

Low taxes and huge profits have attracted a large number of traders to and from Macheng, and it has also made Macheng prosperous day by day, but most of the business things are handed over to Dong Ping to do, as for himself, except for occasionally checking the accounts, most of the time, either practicing martial arts, reading books, or getting together with a group of craftsmen to study, many times a busy day is a whole day, and the days are quite fulfilling, and Jiang Weak's system level has also unknowingly reached the point of reaching the top peak.

Two years, just like this, quietly passed, Huangji Guoguang and the spring of the sixth year, Jiang weak in Jishui built eighteen checkpoints, the passage from Macheng to Saiwai was all isolated, although Macheng is still a small border city, but the coverage has expanded much than before, north of Macheng, to the outside of Danhan Mountain, are the coverage of Macheng forces.

"My lord, my subordinates don't understand. Riding a horse and following Jiang Weak's side, Dong Ping turned his head to look at Xiongguan behind him, looked at Jiang Weak suspiciously, and said: "Now that Macheng is under the governance of the lord, it is already the hope of this side, and hundreds of tribes have trade contacts with my Macheng, and these barbarians outside the Saiwai are not afraid of the majesty of our Macheng, why do they need to spend so much manpower and material resources to build these eighteen checkpoints?"

In the past two years, in addition to expanding Macheng, Jiang Qiao has spent almost half of his experience on the construction of these eighteen cities, if it were not for the large number of barbarian slaves to use, only the population of Macheng.

Even if there are now 10,000 households in Macheng, which can be called a big city in the entire Youzhou, but to build these eighteen gates, it is also too much to catch it, in the past two years alone, there are thousands of barbarian slaves who have died on these eighteen gates, and there have been more than a dozen slave riots, all of which have been suppressed by Jiang Wan with iron and blood.

"People have no long-term worries, they must have near-term worries!" Jiang Qiao looked at Xiongguan in front of him, and a heroic feeling was born in his heart, he turned his head to look at Dong Ping and said with a smile: "Today, with me in this horse city, these barbarians naturally dare not die, but Mr. Qiu will not think that this official will always stay in this land, right?"

Looking at Dong Ping, who suddenly realized, Jiang Weak said in a deep voice: "In the past two years, although a lot of profits have been made from the grassland, they have been squeezing their flesh and blood all the time.

"The lord cares about the people, and he can't wait for a long time. Dong Ping said with admiration.

"Haha, don't pat yourself on the back. Out of Jishui, the scenery in front of him suddenly opened up, Jiang Qiao took a deep breath, and sighed: "Count, this official has been here for almost three years, I don't know how long I can see this grassland scenery?"

Dong Ping's eyes lit up, he looked at Jiang Liang and said, "Lord, but there is news?"

Although Macheng has become the first city in this village under the development of Jiang Weak in the past two years, it is not as prosperous as the Central Plains after all, since Dong Ping has entered the official career, he naturally does not want to nest in this Macheng for the rest of his life and be a small county, but he also knows that his fate has long been linked to Jiang Weak.

Jiang Wan nodded, in the past two years, Ma Cheng's income is not expensive, Jiang Wan will secretly send a lot of property to Luoyang every month, and Uncle Liang will secretly send it to Zuo Feng, and at the same time, through Zuo Feng's relationship, he has a contact with the ten permanent servants, plus his political achievements in Ma Cheng, it is a certainty to transfer him to the Central Plains.

"It's still a county order, but this time, it's in the Central Plains. Jiang Qiao said with a smile.

"The Central Plains is good!" Dong Ping's eyes flashed with excitement, don't look at Macheng in the past two years, the population has grown to 10,000 households, which can be regarded as a big county, but this is also in Youzhou, in the border land, but in the Central Plains, counties with more than 10,000 households abound, even if they are the same county orders, but making county orders in the Central Plains and doing county orders in this place are completely different things, and with Jiang Qiao's current political achievements, as long as nothing goes wrong, within three or five years, it is not impossible to move up from the county order, or even directly enter the court as an official.

"What a fart. Jiang Qiao sneered: "If someone hadn't secretly coveted this piece of fat in Macheng, how could it be so fast? Do you know that the annual income of this Macheng is as much as half a year's tax payment in the entire Youzhou." ”

"The lord wants to stay in Macheng?" Dong Ping looked at Jiang Wan suspiciously.

"Of course not, although Macheng is good, it is by no means a place to live for a long time. Jiang Wan shook his head, the development of Macheng is already the limit, if the world is in chaos in the future, whether it is Macheng or Youzhou, it is by no means a place of foundation, the land is thin, the people are bright, there is no danger to defend, even if the development of Macheng is good, it cannot reverse this disadvantage, the congenital defect is too big.

Looking at the place where heaven and earth met in the distance, Jiang Wan sneered: "But I want to see, how can the later people sit firmly in the position of the lord of the horse city?"

Macheng is indeed prosperous and prosperous enough now, but that is because he is weak here to deter, and when he leaves, the new county commander may not have the ability to strongly suppress those barbarians and let them trade obediently according to the rules.

What's more, with Jiang Qiao's understanding of the virtues of those corpse vegetarians, I am afraid that after taking office, I am afraid that the tax will be directly re-established, and at that time, I am afraid that the current prosperity of Macheng can only exist in people's memory.

"Don't you have to be on duty today?" Jiang Miao handed the horsewhip in his hand to the subordinate who greeted him, and teased casually.

"My lord, someone has come from the state capital. Meng Dan leaned over to Jiang Qiao's side and bowed.

"Oh?" Jiang Qiao raised his eyebrows.

"Let's go, let's meet. Jiang Wan unsheathed his sword and walked towards the banquet hall.

Outside the living room of the county office, four warriors who were full of a fierce spirit stood outside the door, and when Jiang Weak came to the door with people, the four of them turned their heads to look at Jiang Weak at the same time, and a wave of evil pressure came over.

Jiang Qiao frowned slightly, these four people are all warriors who have seen blood, and they are the kind of people who crawl out of the corpses, if they are ordinary people, they are so frightened, I am afraid that they will be directly frightened by the momentum of these four people.

Dismounted?

Jiang Wan raised his eyebrows, this is the wrong object, there is no need for Jiang Wan to say anything, Yeluqi, who was standing behind him, had already sensed that these four people were provoking, snorted, took a step forward, protected Jiang Wan, and shouted: "Who are you waiting for?"

As he spoke, a ferocious aura burst out, in the past two years, as a general under Jiang Qiao, he has helped Jiang Wan to deter the barbarians, and he has experienced no less than 100 bloody battles, and the fierce spirit honed in the battlefield is extremely fierce.

Although the four people in front of them are also considered elites of a hundred battles, in front of Yeluqi, there is obviously a lot of fire behind, just a shout of anger made the faces of these four people change greatly, as if their lives will be in danger at any time, and they subconsciously pulled out the blades in their hands.

"Presumptuous!" The four guards behind Jiang Qiao drew their swords in their hands, and the guards in the mansion moved even more when they heard the sound, and quickly surrounded the huge banquet hall.

"Don't be rude, step down!" In the banquet hall, a dignified-looking, eight-foot-tall man came out, smiled at Jiang Wan and clasped his fists and said: "Jiang County Order is not strange, these subordinates are on the border, they don't understand the rules, and if they are disturbed, I hope Jiang County Order will forgive me." ”

The faces of the four subordinates were a little bitter, how could they see that the other party was disturbed, but they were a little frightened.

"Your Excellency?" Jiang Qiao waved his hand, and all the guards around him retreated, and Yeluqi glared at the other party fiercely and retreated behind Jiang Qiao.

"Zou Jing, I've seen Jiang County's order. The man clenched his fists and smiled.

"It turned out to be Brother Zou. Jiang Wan nodded, made a gesture of please, and invited Zou Jing into the banquet hall together.

"Then who is this?" When everyone entered the banquet hall, they saw that a young man of the same age as Jiang Qiao was already kneeling on the main seat that originally belonged to Jiang Qiao, and raised his eyebrows, Jiang Liang turned his head to look at Zou Jing.

"Let me introduce you. Zou Jing hurriedly took two steps forward, arched his hand at the young man and said: "Childe, this is this Ma Cheng Ling and Cavalry Commander Jiang Weak, Jiang Xiuming, Ma Cheng can have the current scene, thanks to Brother Xiuming's efforts." ”

"Not bad. The young man stood up with a smile and nodded: "When I was in Luoyang, I also heard that this horse city is a barren land, when His Majesty sent Brother Xiu Ming here, I thought that there would be nothing to do, who would have thought that only two years, now Ma Cheng, there is such a scene, although it is not as prosperous as the Central Plains, but in this Youzhou, it can already be called a big county." ”

"Brother Xiuming, this is a guest of the royal family, Wen Ding!" Zou Jing smiled at Jiang Wan.

"It turned out to be under the royal family, rude. Jiang Wei nodded.

"This ......" Wen Ding looked at Zou Jing with some hesitation when he heard this.

Zou Jing hurriedly arched his hand and said, "But I want to congratulate Brother Xiuming." ”

"Oh, where does the joy come from?" Jiang Wan looked at Zou Jing in surprise.

"As soon as my lord entered Youzhou, he heard that Brother Xiu Ming was able to govern the city, and in less than three years, not only the prosperity of Ma Cheng was governed, but now it is a large county with 10,000 households, and it has also made 17 barbarian tribes naturalized, and the land outside the country has greatly increased the majesty of our emperor. Zou Jing waved his hand, and a soldier came to Jiang Qiao's side with a tiger talisman and armor.

Jiang Wan didn't answer, frowned and looked at Zou Jing and said, "What about the captain of the original barbarian clan?"

The captain of the barbarian clan is the real power of the military position in Youzhou, and he, the captain of the cavalry, has to be controlled by the other party, and there are three schools of men and horses under his command, and half of the military strength of the entire Youzhou is in his hands.

"It has been transferred to the state. Zou Jing said with a smile: "After all, according to the laws of our dynasty, an official cannot concurrently serve as a military and political leader in a state at the same time. ”

Guo Xun is the assassin of Youzhou, and theoretically speaking, his clansmen cannot serve as an important military position in Youzhou such as the captain of the barbarian clan.

But this is only theoretical, but in fact, now the law of the Emperor Pole Kingdom has existed in name only, and there are not many people who really abide by it, before the three brothers of the Guo family served as the assassin history, the Taishou of the county and the captain of the barbarian clan for several years, and the court did not pay much attention to it, and now an order has been given, and a barbarian captain who holds nearly half of the military power in a state has been replaced, it seems that although the imperial court has been weakened, but the control of the whole world is still there.

"Then this Ma Cheng ......" Jiang Qiao looked at Liu Qiao.

Zou Jing said with a smile: "My son-in-law has now reached the age of becoming a general, and it is my lord who recommended him to the imperial court, and the son-in-law will serve as the commander of Macheng." ”

Jiang Wei nodded, but there was no resistance, although Liu Yan took his Ma Cheng, but he fought for him to protect the barbarian captain, although the money is definitely not as good as Ma Cheng, but it is a state real power official position.

Signaling Yeluqi to take the seal, Jiang Qiao asked Yelucai to take his official seal and tiger talisman and hand them to Wen Ding, and thought about it: "Although this horse city has nothing to do with me now, there is one thing, Jiang said, as for whether to listen or not, it all depends on Brother Zisheng's own ......."

At this moment, Jiang Weak's ears suddenly sounded the sound of the system, which was also the second time that Jiang Weak had heard the mechanical sound of the system since he got the system.

"The battle of national fortunes!

The next moment, there was a sound from the outside that looked like a beast but not a beast, and then, the sky was pouring blood and rain, and the heavens and the earth resounded with a wail, Jiang Qiao looked up and saw a golden dragon shrouded in the sky of the entire Imperial Pole Country at this moment, shattering inch by inch, turning into a little golden rain and falling into the realm of the entire Imperial Pole Country.