When Wu Rizhao rushed back to Zi Ni Nao non-stop, he happened to meet Liu Dingchen, who had returned from the mission, and the two met to enter Alert's temporary camp. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info entered the big tent, and the two of them said in unison as if they had discussed it in advance: "Leader Alert! Fortunately, it is not disgraceful! ”

Alett stepped forward and hugged the hands of the two of them, and said deeply: "Okay! All right! The two of them have made great contributions to the elimination of the threat of war for our Hechiti Division, and I salute them on behalf of all the subordinates. Come on! Serve! ”

After the two of them had drunk, Alert asked eagerly, "Did it go well?" ”

Although Liu Dingchen's task is above Wu Rizhao in terms of difficulty and contribution, but Wu Rizhao is also a veteran nobleman of the Hechi Ti Department, Liu Dingchen asked him to say first, standing quietly by himself alone, thinking that if the leader didn't ask, he would just keep a low profile.

Wu Rizhao said happily: "Leader Alert! You weren't there at the time, you didn't see the expression of Karkani when Erek agreed, and your face was as black as if you had died of your parents. Ha ha! ”

Khalkani has become the public enemy of the Hechiti Division, how can other nobles let go of such an opportunity to arrange?

Alert shook Wu Rizhao's hand again: "My good Anda! How did you convince Erek of that stubborn cow? ”

Wu Rizhao did not forget Liu Dingchen this time, he said, "Chief! Actually, I don't have that much charisma to convince Erek, and it's still the credit of Mr. If he hadn't succeeded in convincing Lin Dan Khan to put pressure on the Tushetu tribe. It was not so easy to bring Erek to his knees. ”

"Oh? Sir, can you tell us how you were confident that Lin Dan Khan would have intervened in order to satisfy your curiosity? In fact, in Alert's heart, he was still very jealous of Liu Dingchen, and he was afraid that the purpose of this Han man was not pure. The Hechi Ti tribe reused the Han people, but they were either hunted down and killed here, or reduced to slavery and liberated, and these people were much more reliable than those who took the initiative to surrender.

Liu Dingchen was not discouraged when he saw such courtesy, what he valued was Burhan and the future of the Hechi Ti Department. But for now, he still had to respond respectfully: "Chief Alett! Actually, it's nothing, it's all about analysis. There was a disagreement between the princes and ministers of the Tushetu Khan, and the Great Khan Erek had indulged in wine in recent years, and most of the tribal affairs and focus had shifted to the left. And the strength of the Khalkhani made it difficult for Lin Dan Khan to sleep, and Lin Dan Khan, as the king of Chahar and the Great Khan of Mongolia, did not have the courtesy to match his status, even if he did not provoke their relationship, Lin Dan Khan would definitely find an opportunity to knock on the Trans-Khalkha tribes. ”

After hearing this, Alett couldn't help but sigh: "Sir, good analysis." I didn't expect that as a Mongolian, I didn't know as much about the surrounding forces as Mr. Han, I'm ashamed! ”

Alert has always suspected that this Han man's purpose in approaching his son is not pure, and today's several temptations have made him even more convinced, but he has not shown it yet, and Alert does not want to hurt his son's heart. Wu Rizhao saw a little eyebrows, and immediately opened the topic and said, "Hey? Why don't you see Burhan? After we saddled the horse for him, he didn't say anything to greet him? ”

"Oops! Look! At this time, Alette patted himself on the bald mountain and said, "Burhan has been on the construction site these days, and in order to build a fortified city, even I have to find another place to station. ”

Allett never fills his words, what would it be like to be so excited to make him so optimistic? Maybe this is also a way to support my son!

When they arrived at the construction site, although the two had already been vaccinated, they were still shocked by the scene in front of them. Wu Rizhao pointed to the behemoth in front of him and stammered, "This... This... This is our new city? "I can't believe that they have only been away for more than a month, and the industrious people of the Hechi Ti Department have allowed a tall and fortified stone city to rise from the ground. Wu Rizhao stretched out his hand and pressed the tall city wall made of bluestone cement, and a sense of heaviness was transmitted from the palm of his hand to all parts of his body.

Seeing Wu Rizhao like this, Burhan was quite proud to beckon Lu Xiang and said, "Come!" Lv Xiang! Tell our Lord Wu Rizhao to let him know about the pride of our Hechi Ti Tribe. ”

With such an opportunity to perform, Lu Xiang said excitedly, "Leader Alert! Ladies and gentlemen! This is the main city of my Hechiti tribe - Purple Mud. The circumference of the whole city is 11 li, the foundation is 6 meters deep, the city wall is 10 meters high and 8 feet wide, and it is divided into four city gates. Every 150 meters around the perimeter of the city wall, there is a protrusion in the shape of a fan, protruding 10 meters from the wall and 12 meters high. The interior is provided with shooting holes, each shooting hole has a wooden treadle, which can be retracted in peacetime, and can accommodate a shooter in wartime, so as to save space and do not occupy the place of the spiral ladder, and the shooting range is open. There are dwellings, wells, workshops, bazaars, squares, livestock sheds..."

Listening to Lu Xiang's introduction, although most of these things are still on the drawings, the city wall alone has already made the two of them excited. But then Wu Rizhao asked, "The purpose of our city is only to resist the attack of the Tushetu people, is it necessary to build it so well?" "It's a workshop and a bazaar, and it takes too much time, is it too late?

Burhan said: "Of course it is necessary! Uncle Wu Rizhao, don't worry! With the temperament of the Chahar Mongols and the Tushetu Khan, they will not give up until one side bows its head, thanks to the two of you. "Even if Liu Dingchen and Wu Rizhao are not in the way, Lin Dan Khan is about to use troops against the Outer Khalkhas.

Burhan continued: "Uncle Urizhao! Our purple mud is where the big Duo Lieyan of my Hechi Ti Department is located, so naturally we can't make do with it! In addition, Zi Ni Nao is located in the hinterland of the Tengger grassland, surrounded by deserts, and is a necessary place to travel between East and West Mongolia. When the purple mud is built, the trade route will be opened again. There is an endless stream of business travel, and the products of the Tuerhute Ministry, the Tushetu Ministry, the Set Ministry, the Ordos Ministry, the Heshuo Special Ministry, and the Huite Ministry, all of them will gather here, so let's sit back and wait to collect the money at that time! ”

"Haha!" Burhan paints a beautiful picture for everyone. Wu Rizhao is also right when he thinks about it, the importance of Purple Ni Nao is obviously better than that of Ejina, which is the land of ancestors. Otherwise, how could it be that since the time of the old Khan, the Duoleyan of the Hechiti Department was set up here? As the headquarters of the Hechiti tribe, it should indeed be equipped with a magnificent city. Touching those angular boulders, each of which was three feet square, he said with a little regret, "Hey! It would be even better if these stones were polished and polished! ”

When Burhan heard this, he looked at Alert and smiled, and then said, "Uncle Urizhao! That's it, but when Ejina built the city, it must have been built beautifully. ”

"What? Are we going to repair the main city of Ejina? ”

Alert nodded, and said with a long sigh of relief, "Hey! After such a fuss in Khalkani, I deeply felt my own insignificance. I used to think that we would be able to protect ourselves by separating from the Turghut Ministry, but I didn't expect that when we encountered such a behemoth as the Tushetu Khan Ministry, it was so powerless, and fortunately the two envoys were able to resolve it. At this point, Alette bowed deeply to the two of them, and then continued:

"Although the Purple Nao has begun to take shape, and the Tushetu Khan Department has no time to take care of our department. However, we are also facing pressure from the Turks side, especially since last winter. Therefore, I felt the need to build a city in Ejina to defend the land of our ancestors. ”

In fact, Wu Rizhao didn't know that Alet's heart had changed after this. Taking advantage of the game between the "big powers" and the protection of the city, he also had a trace of ambition to dominate the grassland. For only in this way can the foundation of the tribe, his wife and children, his Anda and his people be preserved, and the glory of the tribe will endure.

The purple muddy city wall is built solidly and durably, tall and straight, but when everyone climbs the top of the city and looks at the inner city, the scene in front of them makes people feel a little disappointed. The whole city now has nothing but the tall city walls, it is simply an enlarged version of the earthen enclosure, and everything else remains on the drawings.

Alett slapped his hand on his bald mountain, and thought angrily in his heart: What is this called! I knew that time was pressing, and I didn't have time to build anything in the inner city, so I happily called my Anda and said that I would give him a surprise! If it weren't for his son and other nobles, he would have been eager to find a crack in the ground to get into, and now the purple mud is like an embroidered pillow.

Seeing that Alet was a little embarrassed, Kali relieved him and said, "Actually, the whole city is still very good!" There's nothing in there, but at least we can have a place to live now. That's right, isn't it! Otherwise, what are we going to do with the city? "It doesn't matter if there is a house in there, we can move the yurt in, wouldn't it look good?" Kari didn't think it was enough to help him, and he almost made everyone fall when he blurted out.

In the end, Burkhand was unable to get him to install the yurt in the city. After more than three months of intense construction, the purple mud in the main city of Hechiti has begun to take shape. Tall and heavy city walls, rows of houses, spacious and ornate council halls... The facilities that were once on the drawings have become a reality. In the bazaar in the east of the city, many merchants from Ningxia town are already full of goods there. The daily necessities urgently needed by the herdsmen, such as tea, cloth, needles, threads and brains, and other daily necessities, were exchanged for the felt fur of cattle and sheep of the Hechiti people. And Hechiti, as the master here, can also collect taxes from them. With the first month of tax paid, Alertle blossomed. He had never imagined that the wealth of the Hechiti tribe could be accumulated with taxes, so it is no wonder that Altan Khan spent nearly twenty years building Kuku and Tun and Dabansheng City. With the completion of the purple mud, it seems that the construction of the city on Ejina's side should also be put on the agenda.

Ejina is located in the northwesternmost part of the territory of the Hechiti tribe, and is named after the end tributary of the Heishui River called the Ejina River in the territory of the Hechiti tribe. It is precisely based on this that Lao Khan was able to dominate the entire Alxa in just 30 years, and Ejina also became the most important winter pasture in the Hechi Ti Department.

Not only that, Ejina's strategic location is extremely important, and it is an important hub for trade between the Central Mongolian provinces and the Western Regions. In the past, the northern section of the steppe Silk Road was out of the Yin Pass, Juyansai, and passed through Benchagan-Kobdo to the South Russian steppe, and then traded with Western countries. In the future, the positioning of the Hechiti tribe is to connect the Central Mongolian tribes with the Moxi Mongolian relay station, whether it is trade or military needs, it is urgent to have a strong city to defend Ejina. In fact, Alett can also be regarded as understanding, the Hechiti Department is surrounded by strong neighbors, if you want to have a way out, then the Turghut Department and the Dzungar Department, which also belong to the four departments of Oirat, may be a good choice, and in the future, Ejina City will become an outpost of the Hechiti Department to conquer Moxi Mongolia, of course, this wish may not have time to come true under his own name, but his son Burhan still has great hope.

If the Hechiti tribe wanted to build a city in Ejina, it was afraid that it would attract the dissatisfaction of the Turks. However, as the winter slave hunt intensified, the Ding Ling, who had been scattered, were pressured to unite to deal with the atrocities of the Turks.

Over the next year or so, the war between the Turghut tribe and the Ding Ling people, as well as the competition between the Tushetu Khan and the Chahar Mongols, provided a stable social environment for the growth and development of the Hechichu tribe. In such an environment, the Hechiti people used their industrious wisdom to make a tall and magnificent fortified city stand on the bank of the Ejina River in the shortest possible time, and she will always guard the master here.