Chapter 240: The Difficult Heir (28)
Misty 100,000 Hengduan Mountain, gave birth to Jiuli Sanmiao and Baiyue, prehistoric legend, Chi You started here, the wings are gradually abundant, tossed to Guanzhong, the Central Plains region, and the two emperors of Yan and Huang compete, the brothers of the department are scattered, distributed in all directions, this mountain is composed of dozens of large and small mountain ranges, the north and south directions, undulating, continuing the geographical subsidence of the Tubo Plateau to Jiannan Daozhou County, there are many turbulent rivers between the mountains, the mountains and rivers are mutually beneficial, the difficulty of flying birds, the road that crosses the way to come and go, so it is called Hengduan Mountain.
Nomadic water and grass to live, farming and looking for the plain and work, the Qiang Miao tribe in the mountains, mostly in the mountains and forests, convenient for hunting and gathering places to live, Songzhou Qiang tribe, to Qionglai Mountain, Deng Shu Mountain and Daliang Mountain and other places of the tribe is the most dense, the largest Qiang tribe, is the Dangxiang Qiang, followed by Bailanqiang and Xishan Qiang, these three Qiang tribes, at that time occupied as much as sixty percent of the scale of the Qiang people.
These Qiang people do not pay attention to the laws of the Great Zhou, not to mention the so-called administrative divisions, the tribes are divided into many branches, and divided into small shares, flowing between the mountains, rivers and lakes, and they are at peace with each other.
Quan Ce walked in the mountains, Xu was because of the large number of guards and horses, the soldiers were strong and strong, and there were no Qiang people to provoke, but he witnessed a lot of Han and Qiang conflicts, some fought in private, who had the big fist, who had the final say, and some were economic officials, officials often settled down and did not adhere to the law.
The Qiang people refused to eat at all, and once it was wrong, they shouted at the officials, "You Han people dare to bully us Qiang people, let's go to Tubo, the Tubo army is coming, whose land belongs to it, not necessarily."
Along the way, Quan Ce heard such words not ten times, but also eight times, and every time the Qiang people put out this cruel sentence, the local officials who have the responsibility to defend the territory and cannot bear the responsibility of provoking the war will vent their confidence and let the Qiang people take what they want.
Quan Ce sighed and was speechless, and sent people to follow him, but saw that some local officials were not easy to fool, and secretly used means to make the Qiang people who were messing around pay a heavy price, and some were very lazy in government, but they gave repeated orders to the Han people, posted notices at the gates of the streets and alleys, and announced the places where the Qiang people often haunted, so that the Han people avoided them, otherwise they would bear the consequences.
He did not intervene, the Han and Qiang lived together, and the officials were all Han people, and the hostility and grouping of the Qiang people could not be resolved by one or two cases, if you want to cure the root cause, you can only remove the capital of these Qiang people swaying left and right, and truly link their fate with the Great Zhou.
Jiaochuan County, located in the midst of mountains, is one of the few counties where there are more Qiang people than Han people.
"Master, it's the guest house in front," Jedi pointed to a small two-story building made of bamboo and wood in front of him.
Quan Ce walked in and sat down in a place with a wide view.
Xian Yu Shijian is not credible, the people he arranged, the power did not dare to use much, to inquire about the basic situation of the Qiang tribe, not far from Hanzhou, so those people found a place in the countryside to watch, and contacted the Qiang tribe, can only use extraordinary means, Jedi arranged for the eighteen Arhats to sneak into the tulou where the three major tribes of the earth kings lived, and put a note around their necks, asking them to come to this guest house for an interview.
This adventurous action, is a last resort, the eighteen Arhats for the first time alone to carry out the wordless stele action, although involved in the military affairs, the task is only a simple communication, inevitably a little careless to underestimate the enemy, underestimate the defense and vigilance of the Qiang people, although the mission was successful, the eighteen Arhats paid the price of four lives, and their ability is far from commensurate, the Jedi was very angry about this result, the remaining Arhats were sent to the rear, and the peripheral personnel together to ensure logistics, in a short time, I am afraid that I will not be able to wait for the action order.
Not long after Quan Ce sat down, three middle-aged strong Qiang men walked in, and there were many Qiang people standing densely outside, holding bows and arrows and firewood knives in their hands, staring at Quan Ce and the others inside.
Quan Ce raised his eyes and looked at the person who was beating the head, wearing a blue cloth headband, wearing a linen gown, a sheepskin gown without sleeves, a pair of toed shoes embroidered with cloud patterns, and felt leggings wrapped around his legs, which was not much different from the Qiang people outside, the difference was that there was a large string of shiny silver ornaments hanging on his chest, and gold rings were worn on all ten fingers, and the rings were inlaid with agate, jade and coral, which were matched with rough clothing, which was very inconsistent.
Seeing that Quan Ce only stared at people and didn't speak, the Qiang people who started the head were not happy, his eyes widened, and his voice was like thunder, "Wu Na Han boy, which way are you going?" ”
Quan Ce came back to his senses, glanced at the Jedi, and saw him nodding, only to confirm that it was the main master, the party item Qiang Tuwang Tuoba Siyu, "I am Quan Ce, the official family, the son of Princess Yiyang of the Great Zhou, the imperial court, and the order of the southern road of the sword"
A string of titles, hearing this, Tuoba Siyu's eyelids jumped, frowning and asking tentatively, "What kind of Laoshzi is this, it means that you have a very close relationship with the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Jiannan Dao, what you say works?" ”
Quan Ce didn't think it was angry, and nodded with a smile, "That's what it means, Your Excellency Tuoba is worthy of a masterpiece, he is young, and he can already lead the eight party departments, which is admirable."
Tuoba Si's face was pale, and Pu Fan's big hand shook it, looking extremely disdainful, "Don't say it, our mountain people are different from you, just find some soft old men to take care of things, who can he control?" Can you hunt or catch fish? Sigh ......"
Tuoba Siyu said politely, but the right policy has some bottom, although this person is rude, but not ignorant, in the mountains to survive, their Qiang people's soil throne, should be passed on to the strongest heirs when they reach the age, and take on the important task of finding a way for the clansmen to live, "whether it is a mountain person, or a person outside the mountain, they are all making a living under a piece of the world, strength is important, wisdom is equally important, sometimes finding the right direction, than using a full strength, can make the clan live a good life"
Tuoba Siyu frowned again, and struggled to understand the meaning of the words, "What you said is not quite the same as those old men, the meaning is almost the same, I can hear it, so I will listen to what you said, forget about what happened last night, what do you have to say, as long as you don't let us mountain people fight for you, everything else is easy to say."
Quan Ce was amused in his heart, this person had some wild scheming, and he picked up the lost face when he turned a corner, pretending to be surprised, "How do you know that you are going to fight?" ”
"With such a big movement, can we really be deaf and blind in the mountains?" Tuoba Siyu snorted angrily, "If there is something serious, just talk about the right thing, today I also arranged a net fishing, not as good as you, fight a war, the grain is piled up like a mountain"
"Hehe, okay, I intend to ask you to send troops and fight against Tubo together with Da Zhou......" Quan Ce simply got straight to the point.
"Stop, don't talk about fighting" Tuoba stood up with a sigh of rage.
"Tuoba, you are not alone, you are the king of a huge tribe, you must be responsible for your people, any opportunity to improve the situation, you should not let go, or at least, you should let me finish speaking" Quan Ce was as calm as ever, and a trace of contempt flashed in his gentle eyes.
Tuoba Siyu was furious in his heart, and slapped the table, the guards around him had long been indignant at Quan Ce's hateful appearance, and in excitement, he picked up the firewood knife and slashed at Quan Ce, and with a whoosh, a black featherless arrow sank into his throat, blood gurgled and flowed, he covered his neck and held it for a while, and fell to the ground with a bang.
The sound of drawing swords and swords rang out, and people on both sides faced each other with swords and confronted each other.
Quan Ce stood up, facing a piece of firewood knife, stood opposite Tuoba Siyu, rolled up his sleeves, and stuffed the hem of his clothes into the jade belt, "Tuoba, if there is a fight, it can help you regain some sanity, I can accompany you"
Tuoba Siyu was very interested in Quan Ce's muscles, looked at it for a while, waved his hand vigorously, and the surrounding Qiang people retreated, he sat down, and the urn sounded angry, "No matter how nice you say, after all, you want to use the blood of the mountain people to be your stepping stone to fight the Tubo people."
The words are still hard, but the posture is willing to listen to the details of Quan Ce, Quan Ce slowly rolled down his sleeves, "You are not a vanguard, and you don't need to be the queen of the palace, my army will meet the Tubo Zanpo Department head-on, and look for an opportunity to surprise attack Anrong City, you are just on standby, after our army captures Anrong City, from Anrong City to the plateau, the march is heavy, supported by the Songzhou Governor's Mansion, one should be captured, and it belongs to you"
When the words fell, not only Tuoba Siyu, but also the other two earth kings' eyes were wide, and they swallowed their saliva hard, so they were about to nod their heads in response, Tuoba Siyu stretched out his hand to stop it, and glared at Quan Ce hard, "You said that I am responsible for the clansmen and should not let go of the opportunity to improve their situation, so what about you, you did this, and gave all the benefits to us Qiang people, what good is it for your clansmen?" ”
"I want you, and I swear a blood oath to your white stone sheep totem" Quan Ce gritted his teeth and glared back, the words were as heavy as a thousand pounds, "In the future, obey the laws of my Great Zhou, and you must not bully the strong with the weak and oppress my people"
Tuoba Siyu's face flashed a trace of unease.
(End of chapter)