At the request of the Yu clan, Yang Hao reluctantly agreed to send them an army to negotiate with the Miao Barbarian tribes, if the legend is not wrong, these Miao people should be the previous Jiuli tribe, the descendants of Chiyou.

If it is said that the enemies of the barbarians in the north of China in the history of China have changed one after another, the Miao people are an ethnic group that has fought with China for 5,000 years in the true sense.

In this era, the gap between the Miao tribe and the Central Plains was not so big, and the reason why it was later thrown away by Huaxia was that Yang Hao felt that perhaps Huaxia occupied the most suitable land for cultivation.

There are more tech trees than seedlings, and the population is a little larger than them.

However, in this era, this is not obvious, and the Miao are still a powerful ethnic group that can threaten the Central Plains, and perhaps they are still hoping to restore the glory of their ancestors.

On the first day of the first month of the second year of Hongwu, the winter solstice day in the Qi calendar, this day is equivalent to the Spring Festival in later generations.

Yang Hao couldn't return to Chang'an during the Spring Festival of the second year of Hongwu, but in this ruined city, he had a simple New Year's meal with the front-line ministers, and held a symbolic sacrificial activity, which was the end of each year.

In order to be in line with future generations, Yang Hao wrote a volume of official documents to Yin and Shaoyan, who stayed in Chang'an, and asked them to allocate some money and distribute it as a reward for officials at the end of the year.

Yang Hao knew that these officials were rolling up their sleeves and working hard, they were so selfless and dedicated to the country.

But he knew very well that this state would not last too long, and if such a drive could be maintained for ten or twenty years, the national strength of Qi would not only increase several times, but at least not inferior to any feudal dynasty in later generations.

But can it really last that long? Yang Hao felt that it would not, with the continuous increase of officials at all levels in Qi State, all kinds of people would appear, and it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no corrupt officials.

If his slowly formed policy of high salaries and honesty does not work, at that time, he will not mind learning the way of peeling and filling the grass.

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the first year of Hongwu, Yang Hao sent 200 elite soldiers and 1,000 people to follow the envoys of the Yu clan and began to move south.

If Yang Hao wants to send someone to mine, he must ensure that the social security of the Yu clan is stable, if a terrorist such as bandits and bandits comes out at every turn, he is not afraid, but there are too many mosquitoes, which is really annoying.

If the Miao people gave Qi a chance to pretend to be forced, Yang Hao naturally didn't mind letting them see what a primitive army was armed with modern ideas and tactics.

And after the envoy left, Yang Haoyou sent fifty cavalry to the west, and he wanted to knock this restless Shang tribe.

The cavalry's super mobility allowed fifty horsemen to come and go like the wind, and it only took two days to reach the junction of the two clans.

The merchants who saw the cavalry for the first time immediately fell into a panic, even if the other party only had dozens of people, it made them feel like a great enemy.

The low horn sounded in the territory of the merchants, and the brave and warlike merchants soon spontaneously assembled, and under the masks painted with strange patterns, a pair of eyes looked nervously at the strange people who stopped in the distance.

Although they hadn't seen the Qi people, the news of the destruction of the Xin clan had already been known to everyone, and the other party was a stranger from the east, so the identity was about to come out.

The merchant warriors with improvised bronze and stone tools chatted about the Qi people, not only the fear of unknown enemies, but also their curiosity.

These people are dressed in strange hairstyles, and from a distance they look like monsters with human faces and horses.

After a while, an old man from this merchant tribe, trembling with a twisted cane, with the help of others, came to the front of these merchant warriors and looked at those Qi people.

"Dare to ask who you are?"

Although the old man was old, his voice was full of energy, and although the two sides were far away, Qi people could still understand what they were talking about.

And it's still a very standard Xia Yin, which is a thing that makes people look forward to it in the era of thousands of feet.

The cavalry officer knew that this old man was the person in charge of this merchant tribe, so he rode his horse to the previous few parts: "We are the Great Qi Heavenly Army, and now our king has conquered Youxin and won!" After a month, if you don't arrive, the Ministry of Commerce will be the enemy of our Great Qi, if you still want to live, I advise you to return to Shun as soon as possible, and when the Great Qi Heavenly Army arrives, you will bear the consequences. ”

When the old man heard this, his face turned blue for a while, Qi Ren was so arrogant, it was unheard of in his decades of life, even if it was Xia Yu and Xia Qi, they were also kind to the Ministry of Commerce.

The old man coughed angrily for a while at these words, and his face improved a little.

He was about to say something harsh. But suddenly saw the other party raise his bow and aim at this side, his pupils suddenly shrank suddenly, only to see a cold light flying, this arrow was as powerful as a meteor, the old man didn't have time to react, only heard a muffled sound.

The feather arrow was nailed directly to the trunk of the tree not far away, and when the cavalry officer saw this, he sneered and shouted softly: "Withdraw!" ”

The fifty horsemen turned their horses' heads, and did not give the other party a chance to speak, so they beat their horses and returned.

The order they received was to give these merchants a dismount, to scare them a little, so that they would be as annoying as flies around them when they were developing in the Qi country.

The old man had some hard words, but he was frightened back by this arrow, and only a look of horror was left on his face.

What a power this was, he was sure that if that man really wanted to kill himself just now, he would have become a corpse by now.

Turning his head to look at the cluster of arrows that had completely submerged in the trunk of the tree, the old man's face changed again, and he asked him to take the arrow off and take it to himself.

Looking at the clusters of golden arrows shining in the sun, the old man's face was solemn, and he was a little glad in his heart that Fang Cai didn't make any moves to anger Qi people.

If the Qi people were as powerful as Fang Cai's man, the merchant might really be doomed because of himself.

"Wise man, what shall we do?"

"Send this arrow to Shang and give it to the chief! And tell the leader what the Qi people say! ”

Looking at the warriors who hurried away, the old man sighed deeply.

A few days later, the cavalry returned to Xincheng, and Yang Hao was very satisfied with the mission.

He didn't care whether the Shang chief came to see him or not, it was beneficial for him to do so.

He didn't plan to raise a large army to attack this Shang tribe, fighting would cost money, and he was like a stingy profiteer now, and he could save some.

Almost bloodlessly took the Youxin clan, but governing the country is not only about fighting, it is the post-war reconstruction work that really costs money.

In particular, to build a road to the south, it will require a huge amount of manpower and material resources. At this time, if the unnecessary war can be strangled in the cradle, it is most beneficial to align the country.

Although Yang Hao is stingy, it does not mean that he will tolerate the disrespect of the Shang tribe all the time, if a month later, the Shang leader does not even send a messenger, although there is no big battle, but the matter of fighting the grass valley, the Qi people are not unable to do it.