In the northern part of the Qin State, there is a tribe Okay, let's call it a tribe, this tribe is not big, according to the hierarchy on the grassland, it can only be medium, and it is a medium-to-low scale, about a thousand people.

Now, this tribe of more than 1,000 people is ready to do a big thing, they are ready to build a city at the foot of the mountain ten miles away!

That's a big ...... Joke.

It is a good idea to build a city on the steppe, because it means not only more people, more complete institutions, and more prosperous commerce, but also a multiplication of the ability of fragile humans to resist nature!

In other words, a sense of security.

Yes, moving from tents to cities is not a rejection and abandonment of traditional nomadism, but rather a kind of progress.

The big tribes on the grassland actually have their own cities, but these cities rarely have city walls. However, even so, there are simple castle outlines.

Building a city, even if the Central Plains Dynasty wants to build a new city, is not a simple matter. Not to mention the feng shui positioning and site selection in the early stage, just the wood, stone, mud, etc. required to build the city are extremely headaches.

Therefore, on the grassland, the difficulty of building a city by a tribe can be imagined.

Especially when the population of this tribe is still quite sparse.

It was a big joke, but the group of people started to do it despite the ridicule of the sky.

It all started with the suggestion of a Han Chinese.

Feng Shui or something, it's not important to Zhan Dashan, they can't even worship the gods of Tianshan Mountain, no matter how good Feng Shui is, what's the use? What's more, Xi Ren doesn't talk about this at all.

So I just chose an auspicious day and started breaking ground.

Zhandashan chose to submit to the Qin state, he set out before the Han New Year, reached the Qin capital before the Shangyuan Festival, and then worshiped the Qin emperor and was crowned King Xi.

The heir generously gave the young King Xi countless treasures and slaves, even armor and livestock, and then rewarded the grassland where the Xi people lived at this time for a radius of 300 miles as a fief.

When Zhan Dashan was in Qindu, he exchanged all kinds of treasures in his hands for gold and silver, he needed money, and he didn't care about Emperor Qin's emotions, it was mine, how I like to deal with it.

Then he took a very large amount of gold and silver and exchanged it in the slave market for four hundred strong male slaves and a hundred female slaves.

Ying Hei gave the most lenient treatment to Zhan Dashan's rude behavior, and ignored it. And the reason why Zhan Dashan was able to run rampant in the slave market and break the rules and no one cleaned it up was because of Bailidu's secret indulgence.

In fact, half of the 500 slaves that Zhandarshan bought were provided by Bailidu.

By the way, half of the rewards offered by Zhan Dashan were also pocketed by Baili.

Zhan Dashan has been in Qindu for a month, and he has done so many things.

Oh, and also, I met a Jin person.

Zheng Keming.

Zhan Dashan has a natural dislike and hatred for the Jin people. And this hatred is not only limited to the Jin people, but also the Qin people, and it is also the object of his hatred. It's just that for the latter, he didn't dare to show it.

That Jin man actually dared to approach him!

Therefore, Zhan Dashan ignored every word he said when he took the opportunity to get close to him, and the letter submitted by the other party after seeing that the negotiation was hopeless, was also thrown into the furnace by him.

He didn't even glance at it.

Being able to restrain himself from killing him on the spot is already extremely rare for Zhan Dashan.

The 1,000 slaves that Emperor Qin had rewarded him had come in March, and the 500 slaves he had purchased also arrived at this time.

When the tribe numbered 2,500 and became a full-fledged medium-sized tribe, the progress of the project was suddenly accelerated.

However, according to the people sent by the Ministry of Industry of Qin, the speed is still like a turtle crawling.

After all, there are only 1,000 people who rush to work day and night.

Zhan Dashan led five hundred horsemen, almost pouring out of the nest, plundering everywhere. Every once in a while, I can always bring back some people, one or two hundred more, and dozens of less.

In this way, the population of the tribe slowly increased, and the slaves were planting and grazing in addition to building cities

Xianbei Royal Court.

A man who was not burly, but was extremely tall, dressed in brocade clothes, was touted by many Xianbei nobles in a huge tent.

If it weren't for his braids and Xianbei accent, just looking at his clothes, I would have thought he was a Han.

He wears Han clothes, wears Han hats, drinks Han wine, and uses Han utensils, he is a brain-dead fan of Han culture.

At the same time, he is also the most noble four taizi of the Xianbei royal court.

Yes, he is the most exalted, there is no one.

Although every prince thinks so.

But in terms of bearing, food, clothing, and even military equipment, he is indeed worthy of the title of the most noble prince.

Tuoba Xiyi watched the crowd salivate over the various Han items he displayed, and he was complacent.

He had close business contacts with the northwest of the Jin Kingdom. In fact, because the territory he controlled was relatively close to the territory of the Jin people, he also benefited the most from the trade between the two countries.

Because of his superior insight, he collected only a relatively small amount of merchant tax in his dealings, and implemented a relatively liberal policy, which made the merchants of his land far more numerous than the other princes.

Especially when the commerce of the northwest began to slowly change, Tuoba Xiyi, who had a keen sense of smell, ignored the opposition of the elders of his tribe and followed the practice of the Jin people to escort the merchants in an organized manner, and seventy percent of the Jin people's goods flowed into his tribe. This also made his strength skyrocket.

After all, on the grassland, the most effective thing is always two things: scimitar and gold and silver.

yes, the scimitar with silver and gold, and not the scimitar with sheep and oxen, and the population.

Strength and the money of various strengths have enabled him to fully enjoy the honor of being the most noble prince in these two years.

A figure like a mountain walked in, stood still in front of him, and then saluted and said, "Fourth prince, my master is invited." ”

Tuoba Xiyi used the most standard Jin nobles to hold the wine glass, holding the wine glass, slowly sending the sweet liquid in the cup into his abdomen, rubbing the pattern on the wine glass with his fingers, and said softly: "Haha, the second brother is looking for a certain family, what's the matter?" ”

Haha said angrily: "Back to the fourth prince, the last general doesn't know." ”

Tuoba Xiyi stretched out his hand, and immediately a maid stepped forward and took what was in his hand.

"You wait for a while, and when Prince Ben bathes and changes clothes, he will go with you to see the second brother."

Haha agreed, then exited the tent, and followed Tuoba Xiyi to a large tent next to him, standing up straight and waiting.

"The second brother's shelf is really big, being a younger brother is being bullied, and he is on call"

Haha stood still, not saying a word.

Soon there was the sound of splashing water in the tent, and soon the seductive cries of women and the laughter of men came from the tent, and soon after these sounds disappeared, there was a sound of snoring.

Haha is still standing very straight, and there is still no expression on his rough hairy face.

It wasn't until the sun went down and the horses came back with their noses rattling, and the nobles had bought their favorite items and had their best time, that Tuoba Xiyi came out yawning.

"Haha, I accidentally fell asleep, don't be surprised!"

"The last general will not dare."

"Well, you naturally don't dare, but my second brother does, okay, let's go! Hopefully, he's not waiting. ”

As he spoke, Tuoba Yiyou tied a long knife used by the Central Plains people for him by the maid, and then smiled slightly and stepped on the horse.

At the same time, in a royal tent, a middle-aged man with shiny straight hair and a thick but extremely neat beard on his chin was looking carefully at the map of his clothes.

He was draped in a robe, stepping barefoot on a snow-white soft woolen blanket, with his hands behind his back, no ornaments on his body, only a short knife diagonally stuck in his waist, and his expression was focused and extremely serious.

On the other side of the tent, some men in white robes sat on the ground, prostrating themselves on the bookcase, writing and drawing, as if they were calculating something.

After a long time, the middle-aged man turned around and spoke.

As soon as he opened his mouth, it turned out to be pure and magnetic Chinese.

"How's the calculation going, Lonely Treasurer?"

A man in white stepped forward, lay on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty, it has been calculated clearly, all the dowry gifts of the Jin people can buy a total of 100,000 of the healthiest cattle and sheep." ”

The elegant but not weak man smiled: "The lonely daughter is worth 100,000 cattle and sheep?" ”

No one dared to speak, because the disdain in the man's words could be heard by anyone.

Is 100,000 head of cattle and sheep a lot?

Not less! What's more, it's just a dowry?

But who is he? He is the emperor of Xianbei!

The entire Xianbei cattle and sheep are his, adding up to millions, is he short of cattle and sheep?

There is no shortage, so he doesn't care about 100,000 cattle and sheep.

What he cares about is the sincerity of the Jin Kingdom. He thought that the Jin Kingdom should have sincerity.

"Tell Lone's prime minister to let him double the dowry, this is Lone's bottom line."

Immediately, an internal official ran out to convey Tuobari's will.

The treasurer, who was lying on the ground, could imagine how ugly the Prime Minister's face would be when he received this holy decree.

"Well, until this goal is achieved, Lone will not meet the envoy of the Jin Kingdom."

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, if the envoy of the Jin people makes trouble again, how should the ministers reply?"

Tuoba Rui seemed to be stumped, and he crossed his hand and touched his unmessed beard, thinking for a long time.

"Well, let's just say that there is an enemy in the southwest, and he is alone in dealing with state affairs, and he has not slept for several days, and he is already sick."

"Also, I don't see outsiders."

When the treasurer heard this, he was so uncomfortable that he died, and the excuse of the heart and the word had been used for a month, so couldn't he change it?

Slander is slander, but the treasurer said yes in the most normal tone for the first time.

In the post station of the Xianbei Royal Court, Lin Lingsi and Sima Yu were drinking together.

"I haven't seen me until now, I'm really powerless!"

"Hehe, just wait."

Lin Lingsi was very annoyed and said: "This is refuting my Dajin's face, and it is too deceitful!" When this matter is over, this official will definitely participate in front of His Majesty."

Lin Lingsi stopped, because the next words were completely meaningless.

Ginseng?

References to what?

Participate in Tuobari?

Joked

And this kind of joke, in the past month, Lin Lingsi has said it I don't know how many times, and every time he stops when he says this reference.

Sima Yu smiled slightly and said, "Just wait." ”

He was in no hurry.

(PS: Chapter 2.) This chapter is a bit scattered, but useful, as for how it can be useful, everyone wait and see, the scholar will accompany you to drink. ）