Chapter Ninety-Eight: Winter in Wuwei

"Father, I have already said that this is not the time to raise the banner of Great Qin."

Qin Hua said to Qin Huang, he had long known that Qin Huang was in a hurry to restore the name of Great Qin, but he didn't expect that he had just taken Chang'an, so he hurried over.

"Xuanhu, now that you have 200,000 troops and occupy the land in Guanzhong, why do you have to delay, is there anyone else who is your opponent now?"

"Father, there are so many heroes in the world, although I have an army of 200,000 under my command, half of them are not regular soldiers, and only 100,000 can fight. Yangzhou Yuan Shu, as the descendant of the Yuan family, also has 200,000 people with armor. Liu Biao of Jingzhou, known as the Eight Horses, has countless military generals under his command, with more than 100,000 armor. Yuan Shao of Yizhou, who is also a member of the Yuan family, also has more than 100,000 troops, although he was delayed by Gongsun Zhan, but the destruction of Gongsun Zhan is just around the corner. Cao Cao of Qingzhou, who also brought 100,000 armor, is now welcoming the Son of Heaven and occupying righteousness. It is also beneficial to Liu Yan, who has been entrenched in Yizhou for many years, and has long been deeply rooted, coupled with the complex terrain of Yizhou, the power is even more impregnable. ”

Listening to Qin Hua talking eloquently and commenting on the heroes of the world, Qin Huang finally fell silent.

Indeed, according to what Qin Hua said, Liangzhou's power is far from reaching the point of covering the sky with one hand, but Qin Huang is still a little unwilling.

"That Liu Xie's child also dares to be called the Son of Heaven. You were overwhelmed by the army at that time, why didn't you just kill him and break the foundation of the Han Dynasty. ”

Hearing Qin Huang's words, Qin Hua secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't rob Liu Xie with Cao Cao, otherwise he might really be killed by Qin Huang.

Although he knew that his father was just an ordinary family head in Liangzhou before, his vision could not be too high.

But hearing Qin Huang say such words, Qin Hua was still a little helpless.

"Father, this world is still the world of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie is the son of the Han Dynasty, if we kill him rashly, do you know what will happen?"

Qin Huang was silent for a while, and then said hesitantly: "The Han family is declining, is there anyone who will avenge him?" ”

"Confused."

Qin Hua couldn't help but raise his tone, and then apologized to Qin Huang again.

Qin Huang didn't expect Qin Hua to suddenly get angry, remembering that the last time Qin Hua was angry was before he didn't join the army, Qin Hua's temper was very irritable at that time, but since joining the army, especially after that injury, Qin Hua spoke to himself in this tone for the first time.

"Father, the Han Dynasty has multiplied for four hundred years, even if the Han family is declining now, it is only the emperor's lineage, and the side branches are still prosperous. Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Liu Yan of Yizhou, and Liu Yu of Youzhou were all relatives of the Han family, and once Liu Xie was killed, they were eligible to inherit the throne. On the other hand, if we kill Liu Xie, even if the princes of the world are not loyal to the Han family, they can use this excuse to attack us. Hasn't my father forgotten that the princes allied forces to fight against Dong Zhuo? Now the strength of those people is not what it used to be, not to mention the princes of the Eighteen Roads, even if two or three of them attack me at the same time, I may not be able to defend it. ”

After talking with Qin Huang all night, Qin Hua finally dispelled his idea of restoring the banner of Great Qin.

Qin Huang said that he wanted to see the old Xianyang, so he stayed in the Chang'an area, and Qin Hua returned to Wuwei with his subordinates.

Now that it has entered winter, those people who want to come to Bingzhou will not do it at this time, not to mention that there is Guo Jia watching there, Qin Hua is very directional.

The ancients said that the most important thing for people is food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and for ordinary people, food and clothing are the most final.

The issue of food does not need to be considered for the time being. Liangzhou had a bumper harvest a year ago, and this year also had a good harvest, and the last few wars have not consumed too many supplies.

In addition, after occupying the land of Sanfu, especially after Dong Zhuo Nayi County, Qin Hua harvested a lot of materials.

The rest is clothing, there is trade with the Qiang people and the Xianbei people, a large number of furs appeared in Liangzhou, and the problem of keeping out the cold has been greatly improved.

But Qin Hua was still not satisfied, he hoped that something else would replace him.

After he returned to Wuwei this time, he heard that the caravan that had traveled the Silk Road had brought back a new material.

Qin Hua recognized it as cotton at a glance.

After asking the caravan, I learned that they had extended their trade routes to the Frost Empire, and that the cotton was brought back from there.

Before this, when Qin Hua inspected the farmland, he had always felt that the peasant geography seemed to be a little less, which was much worse than what he knew.

After careful recollection, I found that there were no crops such as tomatoes, potatoes, corn, etc., which should be spread from abroad later.

Now Qin Hua remembered that the Han Dynasty at this time didn't even have cotton.

After learning that Shuanggui had cotton, Qin Hua immediately asked the caravan to go to Shuanggui again, this time not only to bring back a large amount of cotton seeds, but also to bring back the process of planting cotton.

In addition, Qin Hua also asked the Qin family's caravan to pay attention to whether there were any other crops that could be introduced into the Central Plains, such as corn and potatoes were very practical grains, but Qin Hua didn't know where these things came from.

After a long period of efforts, the trade on the Silk Road is now becoming more and more prosperous, in addition to the caravans from Liangzhou, the countries of the Western Regions and the Shuanggui Empire have sent caravans to walk on the Silk Road.

This made the post stations set up by Qin Hua make a lot of money.

The large amount of investment in the early stage has finally begun to pay off, and some of the post stations have even formed large bazaars, and Qin Hua needs to send special officials to manage the taxes.

This winter, Qin Hua never left Wuwei again, and played happily at home with the girls.

The two mastiffs that Beigong Tiexin was responsible for taking care of had grown up, and at first they were very wary of Qin Hua, but they were quickly tamed, and every time Qin Hua came over, they would come to Qin Hua affectionately.

However, this is only for Qin Hua, they are very fierce to others, even Jia Xu, who often goes in and out of Qin Hua's mansion, will inevitably be roared by them.

Therefore, the last thing Jia Xu, who has always cherished his life, is for Qin Hua to go to the Iron Heart Courtyard of Beigong, because this means that he also needs to enter that courtyard, but in this way, he feels that his life will be threatened at any time.

Cai Yan's yard is also a place that Jia Xu doesn't like to go, but compared to the two mastiffs, the Biao adopted by Cai Yan will not bark threateningly at people.

Now the dark golden Biao has also grown up, although the size is not comparable to the two mastiffs, but I heard that there was a fight between them, and in the end Biao won completely.

The flesh and blood of the two mastiffs were blurred, and they no longer dared to roar at Biao.

Every time Cai Yan and Beigong Tiexin met, the two mastiffs would obediently stay by Beigong Tiexin's side, not only did they not dare to approach the biao, but they also did not dare to approach Cai Yan's side.

Because of Cai Yong's matter, Cai Yan has been closed in his yard recently, and Qin Hua can only go to comfort him often, but what he didn't expect was that the news of Cai Yan's pregnancy came in the spring of the next year.

Almost at the same time as Cai Yan, Cui'er was also pregnant, which made Beigong Tiexin very dissatisfied, pestering Qin Hua every day, and also wanting a child of his own.

Qin Huang, who was far away in Chang'an, was overjoyed to learn the news, and sent someone to send a large number of gifts and supplements to the two.

Dong Yuan didn't care about the news of Cai Yan's pregnancy, and now she and Dong Bai live together.

Dong Bai found out in the intelligence of the nighthawk that Dong Zhuo actually had a child alive, you must know that Dong Zhuo was killed at the beginning, and the Dong family was killed by Wang Yun.

It's just that what Wang Yun didn't know was that Dong Zhuo actually had a son, because of his ugly appearance, Dong Zhuo sent it to the manor outside the city.

So he became Dong Zhuo's only surviving son.

Now this little baby named Dong Chou is being taken care of by Dong Yuan and Dong Bai in turn, so that they all seem to be a little lacking in interest when Qin Hua comes, which makes Qin Hua very dissatisfied.

So Qin Hua "taught a lesson" to the two of them before, and they began to pay attention to Qin Hua again.

However, Qin Hua still allowed them to continue to raise Dong Zhuo's son.

Qin Hua does not have the impression of Dong Chou, he thinks that even if he is alive, he is a person who does nothing, and he can just protect his glory for a lifetime.

This winter, the people of Liangzhou are very comfortable, and in the past winters, they either couldn't eat enough, or they couldn't wear warm clothes.

Now that there is enough food at home and warm leather clothes on his body, he is all grateful to Qin Hua.

The news of Qin Hua and Li Wei's victory also spread in Liangzhou, which made the people of Liangzhou very proud, even those families whose families had died in battle.

These families who have family members who died in the war, they will be proud of those people, and with Liangzhou's perfect compassion system, even if someone dies in battle, it will not affect the livelihood of the family.

Therefore, these people did not have any resentment towards Qin Hua.

The officials brought back by Qin Hua from Hongnong were also assigned to various parts of Liangzhou, and with the addition of this group of people, the official system in Liangzhou has been greatly improved, but this has caused some people to lose their original official positions.

Most of these people are the children of the family in Liangzhou, and Qin Hua's move seems to have caused the family to suffer the consequences.

Fortunately, Qin Hua is popular in Liangzhou, and he has a strong army in his hands, coupled with Qin Huang's suppression, these families will not make any more trouble.

There is also the fact that Qin Hua occupies Sanfu, and the original families in the land of Sanfu are few because of the persecution of Dong Zhuo, Li Dao and others, even if they survive, their vitality is greatly damaged, and this is the time when those families in Liangzhou occupy the territory.

So they didn't have the heart to trouble Qin Hua now, but were concentrating on expanding their territory.

After hearing that Qin Hua was going to move the administrative office to Chang'an, the land price in Chang'an more than doubled, and most of the buyers were those families in Liangzhou.

However, the Liangzhou family doesn't care, since Qin Hua opened up the Silk Road, as long as he has some ability, the family has made a lot of money, and he doesn't care about this little money at all.

During Qin Hua's time in Liangzhou, Han Sui also made some moves in Bingzhou.

He originally promised to help Zhang Yan of the Yellow Turban of Montenegro when he exchanged territory with Guo Tai, but after he took over the territory, he refused to send troops under various excuses, which also led to Zhang Yan being defeated by Yuan Shao again.

"Qu Shuai, then Han Sui wants to annex us?"

After Zhang Yan was repelled by Yuan Shao, he returned to Montenegro again, and at this time he suddenly received a letter from Han Sui.

The letter seemed to mean that Zhang Yan would be like his army.

"Now our army has been defeated by Yuan Shao again, and in recent years, Yuan Shao has fought on two fronts with our army and Gongsun Zhan, but the power is getting stronger and stronger. Even if there is no Lu Bu, but Yuan Shao's general Ju Yi is not something that our army can compete with. ”

Zhang Yan said helplessly.

"My Montenegrin Yellow Turban not only takes care of those soldiers under my command, but we also have to take care of more than 100,000 Yellow Turban families. Yuan Shao has been fighting with us for many years, and if he is put under his command, it is difficult to guarantee that he will be killed, and now he can only be put under Han Sui's command. ”

After Zhang Yan finished speaking, she sighed again and quietly watched everyone's reactions.

After listening to Zhang Yan's words, these Yellow Turban generals had nothing to say, and they couldn't think of a way to make the Black Mountain Yellow Turban continue.

Finally, after a short silence, all the members of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban agreed to join Han Sui's command.

After receiving the news, Han Sui immediately sent an envoy to Yuan Shao to make a truce with Yuan Shao.

"This Han Sui took advantage of the fisherman and accepted more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians from the Yellow Turban of Montenegro, and we must not stop there."

After reading Han Sui's letter, Sei Ji said angrily to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was also dissatisfied, he had worked hard with the Black Mountain Yellow Turban for so many years, and in the end he was actually picked up by Han Sui.

"My lord, I don't think it's a bad thing."

Before Yuan Shao spoke, he heard Tian Feng say.

"Previously, our army had always been fighting on three fronts, not only to exterminate the Yellow Turban of Montenegro, but also to fight against Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, and in addition to this, we had to guard against Wuhuan. Now that Wuhuan is in civil strife and the Yellow Turban in Montenegro is defeated, it is the time when our army is concentrating all its efforts to exterminate Gongsun Zhan. If you just covet the family members of the more than ten yellow turbans, you may face Han Sui, who is stronger than the Yellow Turbans of Montenegro. In case Han Sui formed an alliance with Gongsun Zhan, our army would be in an even more difficult situation. ”

After listening to Tian Feng's words, Yuan Shao couldn't help but nod secretly, the enemy he was most worried about now was actually Gongsun Zhan, and the Black Mountain Yellow Turban was just a minor illness. That's why he let his most trusted Yan Liang and Wen Chou resist Gongsun Zhan, and let Ju Yi, who he didn't pay much attention to, go to exterminate the Black Mountain Yellow Turban.

"The lord is eloquent and strategic, and the soldiers under his command are brave, how can they be afraid of that Han Sui."

After listening to Tian Feng's words, although he agreed with it in his heart, he was still tough on his lips.

"Alright."

In the end, it was Yuan Shao who interrupted the words of the sewing discipline.

"This matter is based on what Yuan Hao said, we will form an alliance with Han Sui, concentrate on fighting Gongsun Zhan, and strive to defeat Gongsun Chan next year, take Youzhou, and then give Han Sui a good look."

Hearing Yuan Shao's words, Tian Feng secretly shook his head.

"Even if the lord thinks so in his heart, he shouldn't say it directly, if this word reaches Han Sui's ears, it is difficult to guarantee what he will do when he fights Gongsun Chan on his side."

Just when Yuan Shao was discussing things with his advisers, someone suddenly came to report.

"Report, Yecheng Taishou came to report, Sergeant Lu Bu is in trouble, and there are more than a dozen lives in his hands, and I ask the lord to decide."

"Then Lu Bu is becoming more and more lawless."

Slapping the table, Yuan Shao said angrily.