Dong Zhang, the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu, was originally a small servant in the family of Li Rang, a wealthy family of Kaibian, and after Li Rang was adopted by Zhu Wen as an adopted son and renamed Zhu Yourang, he could be regarded as following Zhu Yourang to join the Liang army, which was quite a brave name.

After the Later Tang Dynasty destroyed Liang, Zhuangzong Li Cunqiao knew that he was quite capable of fighting, so he continued to appoint him as a general. Li Qi attacked Shu that year, and Dong Zhang followed Li Qi and Guo Chongtao to lead the army into Shu, which was quite important, and was finally appointed as the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival.

Speaking of which, Dong Zhang can still be regarded as Li Qi's old subordinate.

The Dongchuan Jiedu Embassy is in Zizhou, which is actually not far from Chengdu Prefecture.

Dong Guangyan rushed from Baqu in Dazhou to Zizhou, and when he entered the Jiedu Bureau, Dong Zhang was having dinner in the backyard.

When Dong Zhang saw his second son coming back, he couldn't help but sink his face and scolded: "What are you doing here?" I haven't seen anyone for more than ten days! ”

"I have official business to go to Dazhou, and besides, I am not your subordinate, and there are some things that you don't have the right to know." Dong Guangyan choked him unceremoniously. This old thing married a concubine and actually forgot his wife, so he was very uninterested in the old guy.

"Bastard, what are you doing here?" Dong Zhang was so angry that he dropped his chopsticks.

"I'm coming back to see my mother." Dong Guangyan unceremoniously sat opposite Lao Dong, picked up chopsticks and began to eat.

Dong Zhang was helpless to take Dong Guangyan now, so he could only grab the chopsticks again with a snort: "When will your eldest brother come back?" ”

"He is now studying in Jinyang Academy, this is preparing to come back to replace you, are you so looking forward to his return?" Dong Guangyan rolled his eyes, picked up the wine jug in front of Dong Zhang, poured himself a glass of wine, and dried it.

"The Son of Heaven treated me well back then, and I knew it in my heart." Dong Zhang sighed and said.

"Hmph, when the Son of Heaven was in the most difficult time, I didn't see you send any tribute." Dong Guangyan sneered.

Dong Zhang's old face was ochre, and he retorted in his mouth: "Didn't Li Siyuan's soldiers and horses be separated by Li Siyuan at that time, and the old man's heart was still towards the Son of Heaven." ”

"Oh, by the way, did the imperial court order you move to Yuzhou?"

"I received this, second, tell me what this son of heaven means......

"What else can it mean? I'm afraid that you and Meng Zhixiang will fight, you are not one! ”

", can I be afraid of Meng Zhixiang's old horseman?!" Dong Zhang said angrily.

"It's one thing to be afraid, it's another thing to be able to beat it...... With more than 20,000 horses under your command, can you beat Lao Meng? I'm afraid that even Li Renhan can't beat you. Dong Guangyan didn't save face for his father, he was just slapping his face directly.

Dong Zhang didn't get angry when he heard it: "So the Son of Heaven still loves me very much." ”

"Hehe, the Son of Heaven hopes that you can restrain that Meng Zhixiang's ambitions."

"That means Lao Tzu is still useful!" Dong Zhang said, "Tomorrow, I will go to Yuzhou first, find a clever Mr. Yin and Yang, and plan where it is appropriate to build this section of the military office." ”

"What are you trying to do? If you are an old man, you should resign, go back to your hometown to support the elderly, and set an example for Meng Zhixiang. Dong Guangyan said.

Dong Zhang was stunned when he heard this, and then sighed: "Then there are no relatives in Bianliang's hometown, it doesn't matter if you don't go back this time." ”

In terms of ambition, this Dong Zhang is not as big as Meng Zhixiang, so Li Qi has also sold him a lot of weapons over the years to support him to contain Meng Zhixiang's ambitions. Up to now, Meng Yifan was appointed by Li Qi as the governor of Chengdu and the transfer envoy of Xichuan, Meng Zhixiang succumbed to the huge pressure of the imperial court, and acquiesced in the arrangement of the imperial court.

Li Qi's arrangement for Shu was to prepare to learn from the Song Dynasty and divide Shu into four military towns, so as to weaken the strength of each military town, so that the four roads of Sichuan Gorge could be formed as soon as possible.

……

Li Qi is quite satisfied with the current development of the situation.

What he was most proud of was that he blocked the Khitans east of the Great Khing'an Mountains, blocking their way to the west.

Yelu Deguang is willing to be the king of the northeast, he has no opinion for the time being, and even sent someone to give him ideas, there are many good things on the peninsula to the east. And across the peninsula, there is also an uncivilized barbarian island country that admired the Tang Dynasty very much, and there are gold and silver mines everywhere in that barbarian island country......

Who knows if Yerod Guang will have a convulsion in his brain, and in a moment of greed, he will order to fight all the way to the east.

The revolution in this world is coming, the sprout of industrialization has been gradually breaking ground in Jindi and Shanbei, it is estimated that in a few more years, after the successful development of the steam engine and the gradual practical use, the powerful Chinese Empire will begin its journey to sweep the world.

When the war machine spawned by industrial civilization began to operate, a nation with the largest population in the whole world should have become the strongest overlord in the world!

Muskets and artillery are about to be applied to the battlefield, and the history of human warfare is about to enter a new era. In such a new era, resources, population, and industrial capacity were also the ultimate factors in determining the outcome of war.

In the Southern Han Dynasty, some hateful traitors were helping others to castrate their own compatriots......

Li Qi now wondered if he would wait until the sailor was strong enough to land in Guangnan directly by sea.

……

Meng Yiyong and the caravan he led were trapped in Qinzhou.

Since the beginning of winter, the entire Longyou and even a large area west of Hehuang have been snowing heavily, and the snow on the field can even reach people's thighs, and now the whole winter is just over halfway.

In this winter, the life of the Tibetan and Qiang people living in this area will definitely not be easy.

The ability of the grassland peoples, who are mainly animal husbandry, to resist natural disasters is very weak, and when the snow falls heavily, the pasture grass on the grassland will be completely covered, and the cattle and sheep will not find enough pasture, and they will starve to death in groups. Even the cattle and sheep that survived were so hungry that they were left with only skin and bones, and there was no milk, and almost all the young lambs born in the spring would starve to death.

This is known as the White Plague.

Compared with the drought, the disaster brought by the snow disaster to the grassland people is even more terrible.

Generally at this time, in order to survive, the nomadic people who lived by water and grass began to bring long knives and bows and arrows, rode war horses, consciously gathered in front of the chief's tent, just waiting for the leaders to give an order, and then began to rob the Han people's grain, and of course, women and slaves.

"It's not going to be easy after spring, I need more food!" Li Jitong invited Meng Yiyong to drink in the palace and made his request.

"Is the prince ready for the government to come forward to relieve those affected tribes?" Meng Yiyong asked.

"This is natural, if you don't give them food, those tribes will go crazy and go hungry and rob, and the originally relatively stable situation in Longyou will have to be in chaos. It's just that these relief grains will not be given in vain, but those tribal leaders need to give some of their tribes and pastures in exchange. Li Jitong said, "It's just a business!" ”

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