After staying in Meiji City for a few days, Liu Rui's brothers personally walked around Meiji, investigated the people's situation, and gained a lot. After that, the group went north and headed towards the Monan grassland. Wang Rou had her own heavy official duties to deal with, so she only personally saw off ten miles, and ordered the counties and towns of Yunzhou to be received by good students.

Although he is a prince of the Hu people and grew up in Meiji, the three sisters and brothers are not much different from the Han prince and princess, and they are also raised in the deep palace, even if the degree of freedom is larger, the range of activities is also small.

After Izumo, all the way to the west, the three sisters and brothers were really shocked by the vastness and vastness of the grassland. The endless prairie has not reached its destination for several days and nights. Compared with the Hetao, the living environment of the tribal people on the Monan grassland is naturally more difficult, but it can be seen everywhere, and the summer flag is fluttering.

It has been more than ten years since Liu Yuan conquered the Monan grassland, and after so many years of assimilation, the traces of Xianbei have been gradually eliminated, and the remnants of Xianbei have become qualified Xia people. Mo Nan, which did not attack and annex each other, after such a long period of development, the population has grown steadily, and there are many livestock, cattle and horses, only Liu Yuan's order is enough to arm 100,000 iron horsemen.

Liu Rui and Liu Qi brothers watched and felt all the way, and finally understood why their father was so interested in this Monan, sometimes jealous, sometimes happy. Thousands of miles away from the capital division, if it is ignored and out of the control of the imperial court, how much impact such a powerful force will have, even two teenagers can understand.

In recent years, many people have been forcibly relocated south from the Monan grassland, and now it seems that the father intends to reduce the population of Monan and enrich the interior. And the frequent replacement of the governors of Mozhong and Modong and the generals and colonels of the prefecture is obviously to prevent both from sitting big and strengthening the rule of the imperial court.

Liu Shu was very happy all the way, galloping across the grassland, which seemed to activate the wildness in his blood, and did not forcibly suppress his temperament as in the imperial palace.

I personally "visited" in the settlement of Monan Yi, wanting to see how Daxia was kingly of the households. The results made the two brothers optimistic, and the majesty of His Majesty the Great Xia Emperor had obviously penetrated into the hearts of the people in the southern desert. Over the years, from the Xia Kingdom to the Xia Empire, officials from the central center have been sent to the grassland to publicize Liu Yuan's exploits and prestige, brainwash, and engage in personality cults. It has never been cut off, and the effect is naturally not bad.

What's even more gratifying is that the proportion of people who can speak Chinese is not small. And most of the officials in charge of each village, gathering, and yi can write Chinese characters, which is the most rare. Ten years of sinicization movement,This is the most intuitive result,Gratifying。 Although in Liu Rui's view, many people speak Chinese and are still wild and untamable, but this is what Liu Yuan needs, to guide his thoughts, and to use his courage to be good.

After entering the area of Yunqiu Shuinan, probably because of the excellent pastures, the people of the Great Xia tribe were much richer, and the weather was more vigorous than in the west. And the closer it is to the side of Danhan Mountain, the more obvious it becomes.

"Your Highness, Lord Angel, cross the water again, and it will not be far from Danhan Mountain!" On the west bank of the eastern basin of the Qiushui River, Wang Rou's guide for several people pointed to the water flow and said respectfully.

The honest-looking old man, estimated that he had already passed the confusion, and lowered his head very stiffly, not daring to look directly at the three sisters and brothers. The spirit is excitedly tight, in his life, he has been injured on the battlefield, robbed women and gave birth to babies, and now, he has the opportunity to personally lead the way for the noble prince.

After returning to his hometown, he bragged about his grandchildren, but I was afraid that he would worship his grandfather even more.

Danhan Mountain is the end of their group's northward journey this time, and after looking around, there is a large Yiluo, and some people have already left the village and rushed towards themselves. It was forcefully stopped by the Wuqi faction.

Or did Jiang He order him to get close: "Are you the mayor of this city?" ”

"Back to the angel, the minister is Longzhen, and he is the head of the city!" His person was humble and looked like a member of the Long family.

"Hearing that the angel and your highnesses have passed through Benyi, your subordinates have come to invite you to enter the city for a while!"

Just as he was about to reply, a rider flew from the south and shouted, "There is movement in the south! ”

"Alert!" When Wu Qi heard this, he immediately commanded loudly. The movement in the south is not necessarily from the Xia Kingdom.

This place is not far from Youzhou in the south, in recent years, the friction between the two sides of Xia and Zhao has been continuous, with Youzhou being the most intense, the Xia army often swept south, and Zhang He, who guarded Youzhou, also counterattacked from time to time to send troops to fight Xia Guoyi. Wu Qi has done his homework on this, no matter what the identity of the army from the south is, he must be vigilant.

Until the dust and smoke rose on the grassland skyline, a cavalry army slowly drove in, looking at its banner, it was the Xia army, but Wuqi still did not dare to relax. He has heard that there was once Zhao Jun, who changed into the uniform of the Xia Army and pretended to be a Xia cavalry to enter the country, which made Modong suffer a lot of losses.

Wuqi immediately sent someone to stop the other party, and the leader was a young general, who saw hundreds of murderous guards on guard, and knew that it seemed to have caused a misunderstanding. With a raised hand, the team stopped and came forward in person.

"Minister, the general Wan Qian revealed, see the angel, I have seen a few highnesses!" He is the eldest son of Wan Qianjin.

"Excuse me!" Jiang He's expression also relaxed, and he said lightly, pointing to his team and asking, "General Wan Qi, what is this?" ”

Hearing this, Wan Qian smiled heartily: "There is Zhao riding across the border, and the last general will be ordered by the governor to repel it!" ”

In the fourth year of Qiande, Danhan Mountain, like a surrendered city, has become a large grassland city, and is the political, economic, and military center of Liu Xia's rule over the eastern grassland. Around this place, tens of thousands of families of Xia herdsmen are scattered around.

Around the city, there are constantly patrols by the Modong Governor's Army, not only to monitor the interior, but also to guard against external enemies.

Two years ago, the former governor Lan Li was transferred back to Chang'an by Liu Yuan's edict and was promoted to the rank of official. The reappointment of Wan Qijin as the third governor may still be a little uneasy, and Ke Neng of Heluo (Ke Bineng changed his name and established Ke Shi, and a son named Conan) was transferred to serve as deputy capital.

In the south, Ke Neng is still a little "unadaptable", in Hanoi, in the face of the flanking attacks of Cao and Yuan, the more he fights, the more clumsy he becomes, and the more he fights, the more the power of the Xia State shrinks. Liu Yuan fortunately mobilized it to use force on the side of Modong, and also used it to contain Wan Qianjian.

"This Zhang He is really difficult to deal with, we plundered Youzhou, he didn't have to resist, but sent an army north to attack my Yiluo. If it continues to be consumed like this, it is we who will suffer, in the past two years, Youzhou Han has ridden, but the more you fight, the stronger it gets! In the governor's mansion, Wan Qian scolded.

"General Zhao, there is really no one to deal with, except for this Zhang He, there is a white horse general Zhao Yun, this person is similar to the original Gongsun Zhan!" Ke Neng sat down at the bottom, and shook his head when he heard the words: "But the last general can see it, that Zhang He is a soldier trained in battle, and he has five thousand elite cavalry, but tens of thousands of Zhao troops have been eliminated by fighting, and their losses are not small!" ”

"Humph! That's natural, if I only see the loss of our army, Your Majesty will have cured me of my sin! Wan Qian snorted twice, and the coldness in his eyes was warm: "I heard that Badun and Xianbei Yu Luo Han fell out?" Looks like we're going to be able to take advantage of the move! ”

"The last general will lead the army to the east!" Ke Neng said directly.

"Good!"

The two were discussing with themselves, when a voice came from outside the hall: "Governor, the angel and several highnesses have arrived!" ”

"Oh?" As soon as his eyebrows raised, Wan Qian stood up and ordered: "Come out!" ”