In the western part of the Central Plains, the later generation of Gansu and Qinghai generations, the tribes living here in this era were collectively called Dog Rong or Rong Di by the Xia Dynasty, and most of these tribes took canines such as wolves and dogs as totems.

With the fall of the Youhu clan in the westernmost part of Zhuxia, there was a power vacuum in the border areas of the Xia Dynasty.

The tribe that originally lived in the deep mountains came out of the mountains, and these people slowly became active in the territory that originally belonged to the Youhu clan.

In order to distinguish them from the dogs further west, the Xia Dynasty named these savages who came out of the deep mountains Qiang.

And some of these Qiang people absorbed some remnants of the Hu clan and slowly lived a half-farming and half-pastoral life.

It's just that some of these Qiang people near the east call themselves Zhou, and it is said that a great woman was born a long time ago when she combined with a god with big feet.

This is a rather mythical origin, and perhaps in fact in the era when only the mother was known but not the father, a certain woman and a young man with large feet slowly evolved into a romantic myth.

The reason for the appearance of the Zhou people is now unverifiable, and the white disaster at the end of winter this year has also affected these carefree Zhou people.

However, the leader of the Zhou people is a good leader, and the supplies stored in advance have made it difficult for them to survive this difficult time.

As long as the snow melts, the sturdy young men of the tribe will catch a large amount of prey from the mountains protected by the gods, and the fields near the tribe will also have a good harvest.

It's just that the life of the Zhou people is not always good, and the Xiqiang people who choose different paths from them will come to attack them.

Fortunately, the Zhou people relied on their unity to repel the enemy from the west.

Recently, however, the Zhou people have discovered that the enemy from the west has attacked and harassed their tribes more and more frequently.

The constant harassment of the enemy annoyed the Zhou people, and the leader of the Zhou people was worried about this and inquired about the sacrifices in the tribe.

After the divination, the priest gave a suggestion, which was to send men to the mighty tribe in the east and ask for their refuge.

The once powerful Youhu clan had all been defeated by the tribes of the east, and if they could be sheltered, the enemies of the west would have nothing to fear.

It's just that the Zhou people didn't know that when they were heading towards Great Xia, a delegation from the east had approached the tribe of the Zhou people.

This envoy group, according to Xia Qi's request, wanted to go to the west to find that legendary strange empire.

The Zhuxia clan was no longer afraid of Xia Qi's majesty, which made Xia Qi feel fearful, and he wanted to find strong reinforcements to redeem his fate of possible defeat.

And the legendary Horse Empire in the West became one of his possible options.

Xia Qi not only sent a mission to the west, but also people from the southwest also visited.

The Shu Kingdom in the southwest is no stranger to the powerful Xia Dynasty, this country with culture and customs is very different from the Central Plains, although it is not as powerful as the Xia King, Xia Qi knows that the gold of this country is much stronger than himself.

The bronze weapons of the Qi State gave him a lot of pressure, and when facing the soldiers of the Qi State, the Zhuxia coalition army with stone tools and rudimentary bronze tools was completely vulnerable.

This fiasco made Xia Qi realize the gap between himself and his enemy, and he wanted to close this gap.

In his opinion, the gold artifacts of the Southwest Shu Kingdom are comparable to the weapons of the Qi Kingdom, and there is no direct conflict between the Xia Dynasty and the Shu Kingdom, as long as he can show enough sincerity, he believes that the kind of gold artifact production method that should be able to pass.

Not only that, Xia Qi had already set out to have people renovate the city wall, and the city defense of Chang'an City made him feel frustrated and shocked at its reliability.

If he had such a city wall, then his Xia Qi's throne would be more stable.

While Xia Qi was busy consolidating his throne, the Qi Kingdom in the east had already preliminarily completed the population migration plan.

According to statistics, more than 50 new towns have been established between the three cities, and none of them have a population of 500 to 1,000.

There are a number of villages below the town, and the population of the villages is relatively small, more than a hundred people, and as few as twenty or thirty people.

These villages and towns were not built haphazardly, but were built according to planned roads.

This can effectively ensure that the decrees of the Qi State can be issued to every village and town, which is convenient for the management of the imperial court.

And each village and town has to be responsible for its own part of the road, if you can complete the decree issued by the imperial court well, the Qi government will also give some material rewards.

If there are villages and towns that are passive and slack off and resist the imperial court, the leaders will also be punished.

The consequence of the punishment is that if you can work for a year, you will be free, and if you do it, it will be postponed according to the situation.

Some diehards don't think much of this kind of punishment, but Yang Hao is not worried about it, and when he watches others happily measure the acres of land a year later, there are times when these people cry.

Although there were some minor riots this winter, it was generally stable.

In the border area, since the massacre of Fu, there have been some small-scale bloody clashes, which cannot affect the overall situation of the Qi country.

Yang Hao is still quite satisfied with the development of this winter, the fly in the ointment is that although the establishment of the prospecting department, but the progress is not ideal.

Maybe the technology is too backward, or maybe the area where Qi is located is a barren land of minerals, and after searching for a long time, it can be said that nothing can be found except for finding some dispensable loose ores.

Neither copper, nor any of the metals of gold, silver, iron, and aluminum, which is urgently needed at the moment, has been found.

For this embarrassing situation, Yang Hao had no choice but to make a decision, that is, to send a small army to protect the people of the Prospecting Division, go out of the border of Qi State, and go to the rest of the Fang Country clan territory.

If it is placed in the future generations, this kind of behavior is a naked invasion, but now that the clans have already taken care of themselves, Yang Hao estimates that the prospecting behavior of the Qi State should not cause them to react too violently.

Even these forces, dissatisfied with Qi State's provocation and small-scale conflicts, are still within Yang Hao's acceptable range.

Now, he doesn't want to have a large-scale conflict with those big clans, which is not good for the development of the Qi country.

However, if something of value is found in the land of some unlucky clan, the army of Qi will take it for itself with the power of thunder.

Yang Hao never considered the possibility of defeat, with the current productivity of Qi State, he would basically be invincible if there were no fatal tactical mistakes in the small and medium-sized forces of this era.

Of course, if the bones are too difficult to gnaw, Yang Hao will also consider giving up according to the situation, whether it is land, minerals or population, Yang Hao will only consider the direction that is most conducive to the development of Qi State.