After determining that the Huns were busy at this time, there were no conditions for sending troops, Jiang Wan went to Ji County with peace of mind, and now the population of Xiliang is mostly in Longxi and Jincheng, although the Qiang people will also riot, but because of the similar living habits of the two sides, they rarely do things like slaughter, and the Han has always adopted a strategy of suppressing and appeasing the Qiang people, which is a bit complicated.

The situation here is temporarily stable, but in the battle report of the Central Plains, Xu Huang has led the army to cross the river and arrive in Xingyang two months after the troops were stationed in Hanoi, and began to block various key roads in the Xingyang area, making a posture of attacking the Tiger Pass, but how many men and horses the other side has, Guan Ping's side has not been able to find out so far.

I only felt that there were a lot, and it seemed that I was going in and out every day, Guan Ping felt that the other party was bluffing, but he didn't dare to attack rashly, but he confronted Xu Huang on the Tiger Prison Pass, and notified Xuanyuan Pass, Xuanmen Pass, Yique Pass and other places where Cao Jun might appear to be blocked, so as not to Xu Huang from taking the path.

Now that the reconstruction of Luoyang has not been completed, at this time, as far as the Han side is concerned, it does not want to go to war.

"Bo Yuan, this is the tribe that has traded with us recently and intends to trade with us for a long time." In Lian County, Jiang Wan has left, Mi Zhu and Mi Wei father and son stayed here, responsible for assisting Liu Yi, with the recent transaction records, Mi Zhu found Liu Yi to discuss the matter of the Southern Xiongnu.

"There are more than thirty tribes?" Liu Yi looked at the list sent by Mi Zhu with some surprise.

"Well, they're all small tribes, with populations of only a few hundred." Mi Zhu sat down, took the tea soup handed by Xiaohuan and drank it all in one gulp, nodded and smiled: "The price of slaves collected by these tribes is different, but the population that can provide us is not much, only about three hundred. ”

Now is the time when the livestock have just experienced the cold winter, the body is thin, and they need to graze, and it is also the busiest time for the Huns, and there is a shortage of people, how can they sell too many slaves.

Besides, Mi Zhu is looking for a few small tribes now, which sounds like a lot, but it may add up to less than 10,000 people.

"I originally wanted to wait for a stable deal to be formed, so that they could lower the price for each other's interests, but now it seems that this will not work." Mi Zhu sighed and said.

"Oh?" Liu Yi was puzzled: "Why?" ”

With so many tribes, there are only about 300 slaves purchased at a high price, and an average of ten people per ranch is not enough, and looking at Mi Zhu's appearance, it is obvious that the other party is not too interested in such a trade.

"They're not stupid, it's time to hunt in the fall, and when the time comes, everything here is theirs, so why exchange slaves? Especially now that it's a busy time, and they are clearly reluctant to trade their labour, even though they need salt too. Mi Zhu analyzed to Liu Yi.

It's not suitable to do this business now, but if they are past the busy season, and the cattle and sheep are fat and strong, then the next thing is to hunt, and what they have here is not all theirs? Lianxian and Lingzhou are the closest to the Huns, and they are also the places that have been severely plundered.

"Good calculation!" Liu Yi clapped his hands and smiled: "People are tigers, and tigers are also people!" ”

"That's the reason, these are still those small tribes, in fact, the most slaves should be considered the big tribes, but the big tribes don't accept our trade at all, and even a few people who went to talk about the items were killed by them." Mi Zhu sighed and said.

"Killed?" Liu Yi narrowed his eyes and looked at Mi Zhu: "So arrogant? ”

"It's also something that can't be done!" Mi Zhu sighed: "If they don't be reasonable, we won't be able to deal with them." ”

Liu Yi nodded, Jinlian Yanze is five hundred miles away from here, most of the recruits he brought are infantry, even if he wants to find the field, if his 20,000 infantry drive over, the back road will be easily cut off by the Huns, even if the Huns are busy now, they can't gather together, but the infantry fights with human cavalry on this kind of plain, and the frontal battlefield is okay, but during the time he came here, Liu Yi has specially understood the tactics of the Huns, mainly cavalry guerrillas, and rarely will meet you head-on.

This is also related to the Hun system, even if it is single, there is no way to let these herdsmen do something that must die, and the frontal impact on the infantry phalanx, in the absence of stirrups, and there is no horse armor of the Wei cavalry, it is basically looking for death, the herdsmen are naturally reluctant to go, in terms of discipline, the Han army can throw off the Huns eighteen streets.

But it's the most troublesome thing not to bump into it, they will harass you when you're tired or messed up, and rush to you.

So it's impossible to do it, but just forget it, Liu Yi feels uncomfortable, don't look at his usual battles to defend, but this is just a personal style, it doesn't mean that Liu Yi is willing to swallow his anger when the enemy provokes him.

Just like Mi Zhu said, there is really no way to sanction the Tuoba tribe now.

Jinlian Yanze, there is indeed no shortage of salt, and the Tuoba Department dares to be so arrogant, I am afraid it is also because they control Yanze in their hands, even if the Huns are alone, they have to respect them for three points.

"Inquire about how the salt of this Tuoba tribe is distributed, they control the salt sawa, it can't be just for their own use, right? Also, what are they missing? Liu Yi thought about it and said to Mi Zhu.

"What is Bo Yuan going to do?" Mi Zhu looked at Liu Yi and asked.

"I can't say for sure now, but this field has to be recovered, or he really thinks I can't do anything to them?" Liu Yi smiled and shook his head, it is unrealistic to send troops, 20,000 recruits can't be so wasteful, in terms of materials, this Tuoba Department is obviously not too short, he can't do anything he wants: "And in a rich oily place like Yanze, there are many people who covet it, right?" ”

"Indeed." Mi Zhu nodded, not to mention the Huns, he was a little red-eyed.

"Then find someone who can cooperate, preferably one who has trade contacts with the Tuoba Department and is close to them." Liu Yi said with a smile.

"This ......" Mi Zhu thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Bo Yuan is really penetrating people's hearts. ”

He has been in business for many years, and he has seen a lot of sinister people's hearts, and he can generally calculate you, most of them are people who are close to you and have interests, and people who are far away may be envious and jealous, but the distance is too far, and they can't reach it, only those who have interests and can personally contact and feel the huge benefits of this will have this thought, because they are not only close to here, but more importantly, they can reach and destroy the Tuoba Ministry, they have the ability to get Shiozawa, these people are the most dangerous for the Tuoba Ministry.

"It's only to blame him for not following the rules, in fact, if the Tuoba Department is willing to cooperate, I won't think of this way, it takes time and money." Liu Yi stood up and stretched: "Although there are few slaves, don't stop collecting them, give me the three hundred people this time." ”

"Build roads?" Mi Zhu nodded, and looked at Liu Yi with some doubts, there is indeed a shortage of manpower here in Xiliang now, especially in Lian County.

"No, build a farm that combines farming and farming." Liu Yi shook his head, for a period of time, he has been looking for the possibility of integrating the two races, in addition to the assimilation of culture and language, the problem of survival is the most fundamental.

"Those slaves are in the city now, when will Bo Yuan use them?" Mi Zhu also got up and asked.

"Now!"

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In Liu Yi's planning, in addition to the fields and irrigation canals, there are septic tanks, mills, waterwheels, Shennong temples and other buildings, all of which are beneficial to increasing grain production.

Pastures, although also higher than some breeding in the south, but at that time most of the poultry were raised, only a fence was needed, and the feeding trough and chicken coops, duck cages or fish ponds were enough, but on this side, the storage was replaced by cattle, sheep and even war horses, and the southern set was not applicable here, there must be cattle pens, sheep pens, horse pens, and a large amount of pasture grass for livestock to eat.

The Hu people live in pursuit of water and grass, generally because the water and grass in one place are simply not enough to feed these herdsmen, so they can only continue to migrate and look for places where water and grass are abundant.

But is it possible to plant Cao by re-earth?

In addition, can the straw and other things left over from the grain after the autumn harvest be used as feed, just like Liu Yi's fishing and mulberry cycle at that time, animal manure is used as fertilizer, and the by-products of the grain are used as animal food, forming a virtuous circle?

What is the upper limit of what can be stored? Whether this cycle can continue in the coming year is something that Liu Yi has to consider, these three hundred people are the experimenters that Liu Yi is going to run a farm and ranch, and the number is enough, but Liu Yi also needs some people with rich farming experience to help him.

Such talents were the easiest to find in the Han Dynasty, and as an agrarian society, experienced farmers, not to mention other places, were also easy to find in this army.

Early the next morning, Liu Yi found all the people and began to take those purchased slaves to reclaim the fields, and Liu Yi selected a group of people in the new army to hire them to build farms and ranches with him, in addition, Liu Yi also wanted to make a windmill, this northwest land, there is wind all year round, but it is not fixed, it is certainly unrealistic to use it like a water stream, but it is not difficult to carry out some simple transformations and make life more convenient.

In a full month, the lower of 300 people was reclaimed, and there was a huge pasture, Liu Yi's prediction was to enclose the land according to the scale of 1,000 people, according to the plan, this large area, to be able to make 1,000 people at least able to be self-sufficient, the first year of success is not counted, if the second year can be successful, such a model can be carried out in the entire Xiliang and even the Hetao region, step by step to absorb and incorporate some small tribes of the Xiongnu, of course, these are only the first plans, whether it can be successful, It's hard to draw conclusions at the moment, and time will tell.