Anzhou, now is the pain of the Ahui Department, since Liu Heimin garrisoned, Fangcheng has become an important commercial city, sheep, horses, cattle, camels, mink skins of all ethnic groups are transported here to trade, and the Great Sui provides salt, iron pots, iron hoes, porcelain bowls, cloth, shochu, tea, rice, etc., around the Jiaoshi supervisor, and even opened more than 30 large and small restaurants, so that guests can appreciate the delicious taste of the Central Plains.

In order to encourage trading, although it was bartering, for each livestock traded, the officials who handed it over to the city supervisor would take the initiative to give the Hu people two copper coins, and the next time they came to trade, they could offset the tax money of one livestock. If you have 100 heads of livestock at a time, you will also have a reward of 200 copper coins, which can also be used as tax money, and you can also spend in restaurants and department stores.

Dahe Mo will walk in the city, can only sigh the shrewdness of the Han people, two copper coins are not worth much, two hundred wen is not much, but with the extra money of these copper coins, the Khitan, Murowei, Xi, and Xia tribes rarely trade with each other, and would rather trade with the Han and Xianbei people. As for taking an extra 200 wen, most of them go to a restaurant for a meal, or go to the opposite department store street to buy a little knack or two and take them back to their families.

Abgu sat on a tall horse, and watched happily behind the Great Horma Society, which was as lively as the Great Thorn City, but the journey was nearly five or six days; Facing him, a Han official hurriedly ran over, saluted the Ogamokai and said, "My lord has heard that the chief is coming, and I want to invite the chief to a light meal." ”

Agamo was surprised and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Lord Chi Xiao, the deputy supervisor of the city supervisor." The clerk said neither humbly nor arrogantly, and Ogama would nod and signal the clerk to lead the way; Fangcheng Jiao City Supervisor only has a deputy supervisor, and Wei Chixiao is the official with the biggest official position in the squeeze field, so he can't help but give this face. The officials led the group to the largest pine forest hotel in the press, and Wei Chixiao really waited; Seeing that the seven people of the Dahe Mohui came in, Wei Chixiao instructed the officials to open a table for the five entourages in the lobby, and he took the uncle and nephew of the Dahe Mohui into the private room.

On the table, there is a large plate of braised fish, a large plate of white-cut lamb sprinkled with pepper, a plate of fried peanuts, a plate of braised pork, two drawers of steamed buns and a pot of rice, and the wine is bottled Fenjiu. As soon as Abgu heard Wei Chi laugh and say "casual", he filled a big bowl of rice and ate it with his head down; Dahe Mohui and Wei Chixiao drank old wine and chatted about some customs and customs in the Northeast; Both of them are very self-conscious, not to talk about the current situation in the Northeast.

Wei Chi smiled and talked about the specialties of Luliang Mountain, and suddenly changed his words and said: "The chief can discuss with the big chief when he goes back, and if you need help to survive the winter, tell us in advance, we have a way to help you solve the winter food, and the price you pay is very small." ”

Both Ogamo and Abgu were stunned, and Ogamo was disbelieving and said, "Your food is in trouble, and you have to transport it from within the Great Wall, and he said that he would help us solve it." ”

It was an open secret, and the alien race had more than once instructed the horse thief, or simply pretended to be a horse thief to rob it, and naturally knew the four passages for transporting grain; Wei Chi smiled and took a sip of wine and said, "Last winter, the ice and snow closed the road, did you see that we were short of food?" ”

No, the Khitan people froze to death and did not wait for the grain truck, and the Sui people did not transport grain for at least two months. Ogamakai asked bluntly, "What conditions are required?" ”

"Do business with us." Wei Chi smiled and said steadily: "Do business with us according to our requirements, for example, we need a hundred horses, and you can't offset it with a hundred sheep." ”

Da He Mo will put on a straight face and said: "We Khitan people never do this kind of thing, we can solve the problem of wintering by ourselves." ”

Wei Chi smiled approvingly and said: "You now occupy the hometown of Liaohe, you do have this kind of arrogance, it's a big deal to go deep into our Yanshan side, and find a way to grab a little back." But do the people on both sides have to solve the problem through war, we hope that you can first be self-sufficient, and then help you build a city to stabilize and live well, and it is better not to see war for decades or hundreds of years. ”

Before Wei Chixiao took office, he was fortunate to listen to Yang Chong's strategic analysis, and the greatest danger to the Central Plains was the Khitan occupying the Liao River, and Yang Chong believed that the grassland of the Liao River was a springboard to enter the Central Plains. Donghu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, Rouran, and Eile, which were rampant on horse, lived on the plateau and cold region before entering the Liao River, and the natural conditions were relatively harsh, and only the strongest individuals among the nomads survived, and gradually made everyone in the tribal group the best and most healthy.

As long as these fishing and hunting nomads enter the Liao River, which has superior natural conditions, they will grow up rapidly, and the vast and flat grasslands with abundant water and grass will enable the advantages of the horse nation to be carried forward rapidly, and once they are raised to be strong and strong, they will have the desire to enter the Central Plains. Therefore, Yang Chong's proposition is that only by holding the Liaohe region and Anzhou can the danger north of the Great Wall be relieved, and when the Great Sui does not have the ability to go north, it is necessary to choose a neighbor who can be at peace with the Great Sui.

Oga Mohui and Abu looked at Wei Chixiao in disbelief. In more than a year, the Great Sui showed their invincible combat effectiveness, the Khitan, Turkic, Xi, Jian, and Goguryeo were all beaten upside down, and a large area of land was lost. Ogama will calmly say, "Tell me about it." ”

Wei Chi smiled and nodded and said, "We want you to raise pigs, and if you eat this kind of pork, is it better than the pigs raised by Murowei; Let me tell you, one of our pigs weighs at least half as much as the pigs raised by the Murowei people, and one hundred and seventy or eighty pounds is stable. If you think about it, it is more convenient to raise pigs than cattle and sheep, that is, it is no problem for one person to raise one, and in winter, you can eat one pig for a long time, and it is no problem to save a little bit and a month. ”

Ogamo would blink, pull Wei Chi with one hand and smile and say, "Take me to see your pigs." ”

Wei Chixiao shook his head with a smile, and led the Khitan people to the pig farm in the military camp and several nearby pig farmers to see, the pig raised really weighed as Yu Chixiao said, and the pig that was being killed weighed two hundred catties. Dahe Mo will understand that he has encountered the devil, and it will be terrible if the pigs raised by the Murwei people can have one hundred and twenty or thirty catties, and if the cunning Sui Dynasty official in front of him can't negotiate with him, he will definitely go to negotiate with other tribes in the Khitan, and even the Murwei people.

(End of chapter)