Although the city area of Silver Mountain is not large, it is quite prosperous. There are a large number of medicinal herb shops, medicine halls, woodworking workshops, furniture workshops, and horse-drawn carriage manufacturing factories here, all because of the abundance of medicinal herbs and wood in the Northwest County, and the whole street seems to exude a faint fragrance of medicinal herbs and wood. It's a great rear! When Qin Duan let out this sigh with feeling, Zhuge Fang also closed his head in agreement.

"My lord, it seems that we are still on the right step here, with this, the Northwest County has become a solid shield, we can also attack, retreat and defend, greatly reducing the risk, and Tokugawa County has also gained a strong backing. I really didn't know that Sun Dejian had such good conditions, but he made this place look like this. Zhuge Fang was obviously very satisfied with the plan he had designed.

"It's still too early to talk about the success of the project, although controlling the northwest county is one of our goals, but taking the Gaoshan people under our command is our more important goal." Qin Dui's gaze had already flown over the mountains in the distance, flying towards the lush depths.

cleaned up Sun Dejian's family foundation, only to find that this guy is worthy of being a master of accumulating money, and the small treasury of the treasury and the normal county treasury actually left nearly 80 million taels of silver, and he made himself a big bargain in vain. It can also be seen from here that the financial income of Northwest County is very considerable, and under Sun Dejian's extravagant enjoyment, there is still a huge amount of remaining, and it can also be imagined that Northwest County is attractive.

"Stop! Don't come close! Who are you? What are you doing here? ”

Shortly after a two-day trek with a few guards, Zhuge Fang and I entered the sphere of influence of the Gaoshan people in the Dahengduan Mountains, a few vigilant shouts came from the woods, and it was a young Gaoshan woman who took the lead.

This was the first time Qin Duan had seen a Gaoshan woman, and she was a female warrior, so she couldn't help but take a few more looks. This woman is about seventeen or eighteen years old, she is very beautiful, especially her height, which is estimated to be no less than two meters tall in Qin Dui's eyesight, which is the tallest woman Qin Dui has ever seen in his life.

Of course, the height of the male soldiers behind her is not low, basically more than two meters. This made Qin Duan a little excited, these are all natural soldiers' materials, if you let these people from the Gaoshan clan join your army, the combat effectiveness of your army can definitely be raised to a higher level.

"What do you see, what do I ask you?"

The woman saw that Qin Duan's eyes had been staring at her, and after secretly scolding "lust~wolf" in her heart, she asked very unhappily.

"I'm the Governor of Tokugawa County and Northwest County, and I'm here today to meet with the noble elders and discuss some things."

Qin Du glanced at the dense woods. Neither humble nor arrogant answer. From the early information, it has been known that the Gaoshan people are somewhat different from other ethnic groups, it is composed of many tribes of different sizes, and there are also geographical divisions, most of the people live in the lofty mountains and mountains of the Great Hengduan Mountain Range spanning thousands of miles from north to south of the continent, the total number is about one million, and there are about 200,000 people living in the northwest counties of the empire.

"You're really the Tokugawa County Keeper Qin Dusk."

The woman looked at Qin Du in surprise and asked, and there was immediately a panic in the dense forest, although she had been hostile to the local government for a long time. There are even constant conflicts, but this is the territory of the Great Qin Empire after all. And this person is the famous Tokugawa County Governor in the northwest, and he can't help but make these minions in charge of vigilance busy, and they don't know what to do for a while.

"Yes." Qin Du returned to the road.

The Gaoshan woman looked at Qin Du with a suspicious gaze for a long time, and then asked, "You said that you are the warden of Tokugawa County, and you are the warden of Tokugawa County, what proof do you have?" ”

"Bold!" Several of the pro-soldiers behind Qin Duan all scolded. "My lord, who dares to pretend!"

Zhuge Fang also replied: "This is indeed my family, I don't think you can be the master of this matter, it is better to ask the girl to report to the top." ”

There was a hint of anger in the woman's eyes, but she soon reacted that it was definitely not a trivial matter for these people to come up the mountain. Not to mention himself, even ordinary leaders may not dare to receive it, as the man said, I am afraid that only the Great Elder can receive it.

"Okay, you wait a minute, I'll report to the top first, and I'll let you know if there's an echo from above." He stared at Qin Duan fiercely. The woman's figure quickly disappeared into the dense woods.

After half an hour, the woman's figure reappeared, but her demeanor had calmed down a lot, so that Qin Duan and the others followed her, and after half a day's trek on the path, they arrived at a slightly flat dam, there were obviously many more residents here, which was very different from the scattered houses that Qin Duan saw along the way, and it seemed that this should be an important settlement for the Gaoshan people.

"Back to the Great Elder, the guests have been invited." The woman who led the way respectfully saluted the people standing in front of a very old wooden house.

Qin Duan also took this opportunity to carefully look at the principals of the more than 200,000 Gaoshan clansmen. Standing at the front was an old man in brown, his face was wrinkled and it was impossible to tell his specific age, but his jet-black hair matched his old face, which made people feel indescribably strange from a visual point of view. The shining eyes also make people feel his abundant energy.

Three of the four people in the back are also old men who are over the age of sixties, and they all look quite imposing, but only the man in black on the edge looks less than thirty years old, and he is actually a great elder, which is quite amazing, especially there is always an unpredictable smile on his dark face, and his hands are also tightly closed in the sleeve cage, which is unforgettable at first sight.

"When you come to visit, you will lose your welcome, and you will lose your welcome. Lord Qin is famous and famous, and although the old man has been in the wilderness for a long time, he has already heard of it. ”

The old man in brown smiled and stepped forward, and the four people behind him also quietly followed. "The old man is the chief elder of the Yinshan Gaoshan clan."

It could be seen that these people were very prestigious here, and the Gaoshan people who were watching next to them all showed a look of disbelief and shock when they saw the five people walking down the stairs together to greet them, perhaps they had never seen any guests who needed the five elders to greet them at the same time.

"Elder Kapok's name, the lower officials have already heard about it, and they should have come to visit early, but when they first took over, there were still many trivial matters to deal with, so it has been delayed until now." Qin Du also smiled sincerely, and strode forward to hold Elder Kapok's soft hands.

"Please."

"Please"

It's a modest wooden house, but it's a long way to tell, and it's not a place where anyone can come and go. A few wooden chairs in primary colors have been polished and rustic, but spotless, albeit austere. This is probably their council chamber.

"This is Mr. Zhuge Fangling, who is currently the director of the administrative office of Northwest County." Signaling the guards to stay outside the house, Qin Du and Zhuge Fang calmly walked into the wooden house.

"Mr. Zhuge is a big name, and the old man has also heard of it. Now that Lord Qin has the world in mind, Mr. Zhuge can make great achievements under his command. ”

Elder Kapok's words seemed to be pointing out that Qin Duan's brain, which was originally thinking about how to cut into the topic, quickly worked, and he couldn't see that this old guy's eyes were so sharp, he had only just entered the Northwest County, he could actually guess his ambition from this point, it was not simple, but it was okay, it was much easier to deal with smart people, it seemed that today's trip should be rewarding.

"The Great Elder really has something to say, the purpose of me and Lord County Guard coming here today, I guess the Great Elder also knows a little bit about it." Zhuge Fang also-for-tat.

The wrinkled face showed a sly smile, "I would like to hear the two of you." ”

Seeing that Kapok was so cunning, Qin Duan didn't want to go around in circles with him, "Elders, I went up the mountain with Lord Zhuge today to change the current status quo of Northwest County, which is not conducive to the economic development and social security of Northwest County, so I am here to discuss with a few people. ”

"I want to hear about it." The attitude of the five elders was stern.

"As we all know, under the world, it is not the king's land, and our northwest county is the territory of the Great Qin Empire, and it is also a treasure land of feng shui rich in precious timber and medicinal materials, and it is also famous in the whole continent."

"The current situation is that due to the confrontation between the Gaoshan people and the local government and local forces in the Northwest County, the administration of the Northwest County Government cannot reach the whole territory. Due to the restrictions imposed by the local government, the Gaoshan people are unable to provide themselves with basic necessities such as grain, salt, and cloth, and it is difficult for them to produce and live, while the timber and medicinal materials produced are restricted by various species and cannot be sold freely. ”

"Therefore, this official wants to discuss with the elders to solve this problem fundamentally, so that the economy of Northwest County can develop smoothly, and at the same time, the life and development of the Gaoshan people can embark on a broad road."

Although Qin Duan's first few words made several people a little dissatisfied, when they heard the next few words, several people showed a thoughtful expression.

After a long time, Kapok nodded slightly, and at the same time looked at the other Great Elders next to him, "It seems that Lord Qin must have a good plan to teach me this visit, Kapok and my brothers are very eager to hear Lord Qin's thoughts." ”

Qin Duan stood up and slowly walked around the spacious hall, everyone's eyes were focused on Qin Duan's body, "For now, it seems that no government on the mainland has recognized the equal status of the Gaoshan people, including the Great Qin Empire, they all adopt a discriminatory attitude towards the Gaoshan people, which is also the main reason why the Gaoshan people have always been trapped in the Great Hengduan Mountains, as long as this reason still exists, the Gaoshan people will never be able to really develop and grow, and they will gradually decline." ”

Although Qin Dui's words were very unpleasant, these elders also had to admit that what Qin Duan said was the truth, and two of the elders couldn't help but sigh softly. (To be continued......)