The southwestern direction of the Central Plains regime has always been extremely mysterious to the Qi people.

Although I know that there is a powerful regime there, since the founding of the Qi State, the two sides have not had much intersection.

As for the reason, it is nothing more than that the road in the southwest is too difficult, and ordinary people who want to go over it definitely have to risk their lives.

For this regime, in addition to the information he has now, Yang Hao is a sporadic record of this regime in the literature of his previous life.

The poet immortal Li Bai Shiyun of later generations: "

Silkworms and fish, how dazed is the founding of the country! He is 48,000 years old, and he is not populated with Qinsai.

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Like many hometowns in later generations, Li Bai, as a great talent, is not exempt from vulgarity.

This poem, although it reveals a sense of pride in the words, don't look at our hometown in the southwest, speaking of history, the history is longer than your Central Plains Dynasty.

Judging from the current situation, Li Bai's words are not bragging, the strength of the Southwest Shu Kingdom is indeed not up and down from the former Xia Dynasty, and even surpasses the Xia Dynasty in some aspects.

This is a civilization worthy of awe, although Yang Hao single-handedly established a super empire of this era, but for the ancient civilization born and raised, he has always admired it.

If possible, he would like to be able to annex the southwestern lands to his territory by peaceful means.

But this idea seems to be just wishful thinking on his part.

At the end of April of the 15th year of Hongwu, news came from the Qinzhou frontier that Shu categorically rejected the proposal of the envoy of Qi on friendly trade between the two sides, and severely reprimanded Qi as a country that betrayed its lord and did not want to have any exchanges with such a regime.

In other words, the Shu people believed that the ruler of Qi was a group of rioting slaves, a complete thief.

In their eyes, the Xia Dynasty was a country worthy of their own reciprocal exchanges.

Although the Shu people did not kill the envoy of the Qi State, this naked humiliation made the Qi people furious.

This almost touches a sensitive area at the heart of the power of the Qi state.

After so many years, those rulers in high positions have almost forgotten their humble origins.

Yin, who already had white hair on his temples, said sharply after listening to the envoy's story: "What a small barbarian country, how dare you humiliate me like this." ”

After that, he bowed down to Yang Hao and said: "King, the Shu people are rampant, they should send troops to conquer, as a punishment, let them know that this world, this world, let them see the majesty of my Daqi." ”

Yang Hao didn't mean to be angry at all, he looked at the anger and smiled: "Don't be so excited, when you are old, you have to be less angry, and the barbarian dog barks, why bother, since they are not going to have any communication with my Daqi, then don't communicate." ”

"King, do you just let this little barbarian country go?"

Yin said a little unpleasantly.

"Spare it? This is naturally impossible, they don't communicate with us, we will annex it, this king decided to increase the army to Qinzhou by 50,000 within five years, and within ten years, this king will include a complete Shu country into my Daqi territory.

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As soon as these words came out, the hall was shocked.

Especially those young generals, there was a strong battle intent in their eyes.

Unlike their predecessors, these newly promoted officers grew up in a relatively peaceful environment and did not experience much of the country's battles.

Without war, it would not be easy for them to be promoted to knighthood.

And now a guy who came out of nowhere provoked Daqi, this is simply a gift from God.

The battle to destroy the country, this is a masterpiece of the sky, it is conceivable how many lucky people will be able to get a few titles after this battle.

The generals asked for battle, and the civil officials were not far behind.

Qinzhou, which was almost forgotten in the past, suddenly became a fragrant bait at this moment.

The conquest of Shu State, the imperial court is bound to vigorously develop Qinzhou, which is a great opportunity for civil officials to gain credit.

It has become a key construction target of Qi State, and how many vacant official positions will there be.

Inserting your own protégés into it will increase your voice in the court.

The Qi people have always maintained a high degree of enthusiasm for expanding their territory, which is the fastest upward channel under the condition that the Qi country is becoming more and more stable.

If it weren't for the fact that in recent years, the policy of the imperial court has been placed above internal affairs, and those officers who are eager to try it would probably have shouted that the whole world is all together.

As for who to pass through the southwest, Yang Hao didn't pay attention to it for a while.

His original intention was those old ministers, but he also wanted to give the new generals some training opportunities, so before the candidate was determined, he could only put this matter aside for the time being and decide how to increase the army first.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Yang Hao sorted out the information about Shu that he had collected over the years.

The origin of the Shu people is mysterious, and how the source cannot be verified, but only one thing can be determined, that is, the name of silkworm cong has always run through the legend of the Shu people.

This person brought the primitive ancestors of Shudi, the barbarian savages who drank blood from Rumao, to a country dominated by agriculture, and even had extremely advanced technology in bronze smelting.

The more he studied, the more Yang Hao felt that the origin of the silkworm cong was more mysterious, and according to his background, he had to have more doubts.

"If this person also doesn't know from which era he came from, his achievements are much worse than mine."

Yang Hao thought a little smugly.

Regardless of whether this is the case or not, Yang Hao of Shu is determined to win.

Judging from the information brought back by the envoy, the agriculture of Shu has been very developed, and as long as it is received, it can be quickly incorporated into the agricultural system of Qi State.

It's very different from conquering those wild lands.

Although he called Shu a barbarian country, he had to admit that this was indeed a country with a high degree of civilization.

Perhaps the slower the development of the Central Plains in the past, the history of the entire Chinese country may be rewritten.

"King! The eldest prince asks to see! ”

The guards reported.

Yang Hao put away the information and said, "Let him come in!" ”

After Yang Zhi came in, he bowed down and said, "Erchen greets his father!" ”

"Hmmm! Have a seat! ”

After Yang Zhi sat down with some trepidation, he asked, "I don't know what my father called his sons and ministers?" ”

Yang Hao said: "What have you been doing these days?" ”

When Yang Zhi heard this, he suddenly felt bad in his heart, and said hesitantly: "Erchen... Erchen has been studying in the house? ”

"Huh?"

Yang Hao raised his eyebrows.

Seeing this, Yang Zhi knew that he couldn't hide his little thing, so he quickly knelt down and said, "The sin of the son!" ”

Yang Hao said: "Get up, the man should get married, the woman should get married, you are seventeen this year, and it's time to find a woman to let you take care of yourself." ”