The year has passed, and another year has passed.

If you don't calculate carefully, Zhou Shaoyu doesn't remember that this is the first few years since he came to Daliang, and he really left for a while halfway, which made people confused. Especially this time, I have been in Datang for several years.

Those scholars who came to join the state when they first arrived, but they can basically be used until now, and their original appearance is still a little immature, that is, Zhou Shaoyu and them, have not changed at all.

"The preseason of martial arts is imminent, and now there are more than ten confirmed participations, even Ashina Huqin is no exception." Ainul handed out a document, which was the tribe that participated in the competition. "Originally, except for a few teams, most of them were still waiting, and it also dragged Ashina Huqin's blessing, if he didn't send a team to participate, other ordinary tribes might not have the courage."

Zhou Shaoyu looked at it casually, and it was good to have a number in his heart, but as for what Ainur said, he was not surprised.

"In the end, people are also khans, and they are famous, so they generally dare not offend. This also illustrates Ashinahuqin's deterrent power to the grassland tribes. Zhou Shaoyu nodded and said: "Those tribes who don't care about Ashina's attitude and directly choose to participate can increase their popularity, since you can not look at Ashina's face, either they have enough strength, or the tribe is really weak and remote, even if they go to fight, they may not be able to find it." The reason why I chose to participate is also for the generous rewards of participating. If this is the case, it will be better to win over. ”

The grassland is a place that pays attention to strength, and the fat playground always belongs to the powerful tribes, as for the bottom ones, they can only graze in the most barren places on the grassland, and once they see other tribes, they have to hide far away, for fear of being destroyed and the inheritance will be broken. It can be said that most of the time they have not even solved the problem of food and clothing, and if they want to survive, they have to save money and go hungry from time to time.

Yanwuqiu is a new name for Zhou Shaoyu combined with football, rugby and even ice hockey rules, this thing is completely agreed upon by the Ainur Turks themselves, what the Turkic language means is not clear, and it is always Sinicized these three words.

No matter how many teams participate in the end, as long as they participate, they will get a decent amount of supplies, and the higher the final ranking, the higher the reward. That alone is enough to make the small tribes who are dying and desperate take risks. Not to mention that the materials are only a part of the rewards, but all participating tribes can get a certain amount of material exchange discounts, and exchange them for the materials within the regulations at a lower price.

And this is enough to attract larger tribes.

In addition, the martial arts exhibition tournament over the past year has been loved and highly recognized by the Turks, and the boxers who were responsible for fighting the ball in the past year are now almost familiar in the grassland. Even the tribe where he belongs has received more attention, not to mention anything else, if the guys in the tribe fall in love with women from other tribes, it is much easier to marry back.

"The strength of the Ashina tribe is not as good as before, but the deterrence is still there, and then you have to develop the market more carefully, control the grassland economy, control the speech, and when the time comes, if you want to overturn Ashina's current status, I dare not say that it is as easy as a hand, but I don't know how much easier." Zhou Shaoyu put down the information, and then prepared to hand over some business skills to Ainur.

I didn't want Ainur to bite my lip and said, "When will the son take Yu Niang to pass the door?" ”

Zhou Shaoyu was stunned for a while, and for a while he didn't realize what the matter between himself and Yu Niang had to do with Ainur. Then he woke up, and glanced at Ainur with a complicated expression, which was considered to understand what she meant.

Ainur thinks a lot, and sends people under the fence as her almost lost dog, although Zhou Shaoyu has the factor of using her identity, but Zhou Shaoyu's support is not small at all, such as today's market, the profit is naturally Zhou Shaoyu takes the lion's share, but even so, Ainur, who only shares a small part of the benefits, can control more wealth than the Asid family, who was still a khan.

If you don't do anything, of course, you can continue like this, and there won't be any problems in a short time, but what about a long time?

When the market becomes more and more prosperous, the trade volume is increasing, and more tribes are attracted by interests, and the day when Ashina is finally overthrown, how should Ainur deal with himself?

In the final analysis, from the current perspective, Ainul is not only a foreigner, but also has no substantive relationship with Zhou Shaoyu. No matter what Zhou Shaoyu's attitude is, at least in the eyes of outsiders, Ainul is not credible, let alone entrusting such an important place in the city to her.

In addition, Ainul thought a lot.

Suppose the Ashina family is destroyed, and Ainur rebuilds the Ashid family and becomes a female khan, then what happens after that? Without Zhou Shaoyu's support, it would naturally be her turn to manage the market. Once the market is returned to Zhou Shaoyu's control, he must be able to make most tribes oppose her in an instant with his means. It is equivalent to saying that she, the female khan, is also an illusion.

Moreover, even if the influence of the city is not so great, Ainul can only return to the grassland and lead the tribe to continue the herding life for thousands of years. Although Ainul didn't care about this, it meant that the Turks would remain the same, and there would be no changes. Maybe one day, a capable person will enter the Central Plains, or maybe a capable person will destroy the Ashide family again. Is this necessary?

And if Zhou Shaoyu is fully supported, he will make friends with the Central Plains in the future, share the interests of the city, control the grassland with economic power, and leave a part of the men and horses to rotate regularly for grazing, and retain objective combat power, so wouldn't Ashide's position be more secure?

However, the premise of all this is to get further support from Zhou Shaoyu.

It's Yang Yuhuan who is asking, but in fact, isn't she euphemistically saying that she also has this intention?

If memory serves, this is not the first time Ainul has made such a tactful statement. It's just that he feels that this combination is very interest-driven, so Zhou Shaoyu didn't agree, as for now......

"Why are big men so abrasive? Yes, no, no, just give a letter of approval. Am I, Ainur, not worthy of you? Or is it just a joke that you show every day? Seeing Zhou Shaoyu's hesitation, Ainur was a little annoyed. Or do you think I'm just choosing this for the sake of profit? I, Ainul, don't take care of myself so much! ”

Well, in fact, Ainul is also a little anxious, you see that it has been several years since we first met. If she drags it down any further, she can't say that she is really aging slowly, God knows why Zhou Shaoyu and them have not changed. After all, if she really became an old girl, Ainul would be embarrassed to open this mouth again.

Zhou Shaoyu rolled his eyes, everyone will talk about this, and it is not beautiful if he doesn't give a clear word, so marry it, but in the future, he still has to keep his heart in the future, and he can't mess around at will. Mainly because there are concerns.,I and the girls I brought over obviously won't age easily.,But the indigenous girls don't have this effect.,Decades have passed.,I'm still a weak crown that hasn't arrived.,The girls are still shining.,As a result, the indigenous girls are dying.,And weird.,What do you think?

Daliang, Youzhou, Yancheng.

This place has long been changed to Yunjing by Ashina Huqin, but it is more often called Nanjing within the Turks, since the beginning of the Ashina Huqin occupation of Youzhou, it has been here without moving, after all, it is not the peak period, to the south to attack Qingzhou, the defense of hundreds of thousands of Liang troops is not so easy to break through. And to the west, Zhou Shaoyu is a hard bone. In the end, Yuzhou in the southwest was left, but Huofeng abandoned the huge Jizhou and retreated to defend the Yellow River, which was even more difficult to attack under the natural danger.

But if you really think that Ashina Huqin has done nothing, it is a big mistake.

In his opinion, the biggest obstacle to his advance into the Central Plains was not how strong the opponent was, but his own source of troops. If you really have to make it up, according to the bottom line of each tribe, the 200,000 or so troops can still make it up. You can't look at it like this, there are too many dead and wounded, which has aroused the opposition of the tribes, so he can't sit firmly in the position of Khan.

Yes, if you want to go south, you need people first! Considerable combat power is required!

And at this point, Gao Yuyao, the Empress Dowager of the Great Liang, gave Ashina Huqin a 'hint'.

Gao Yuyao sat in Qingzhou Licheng, monopolized the trade with the Turks on this route, and opened up the sea and land, and further established maritime trade with Silla to obtain profits.

If Ashina Huqin wants supplies, he has to spend a lot of money to buy them from Gao Yuyao, but with such a way of buying, no matter how much he loots, he can't withstand consumption. This is the reason why Ashina Huqin will choose to send a team to the city to compete. By the way, I also brushed up on the sense of existence, whether Ashina's flag could float in the sky above the city, and the impact it caused were two different things. After all, he is a khan, and there is still a deterrent.

With the purchase one after another, the treasury is becoming more and more empty, and Ashina Huqin has to think of a way, there is no place to go for looting in this situation, and the population is also extremely needed, and suddenly thought that Daliang is trading with Silla, and his eyes lit up for a while.

Just like ancient China, the Northeast region was not very important, and the same is true of this world. However, not paying attention to it does not mean that there is no population, in addition to some migrating Central Plains people, there are also a large number of local aborigines.

If the Great Liang called all the people other than them barbarians, then at this time, the indigenous population of the Northeast, even the Turkic people, became the existence of the Yi people. The body cover is still animal fur, the hair is strange and disgusting to look at, and the face is covered with color and even tattoos.

The weapon in his hand is still a stone axe, and he naturally does not have a bow and arrow, but he is very skilled in throwing stones with one hand. These people have little etiquette, but they are very fierce, not to mention the Liang people, they are Turkic warriors, if they are really one-on-one, if they do not have a weapon advantage, they may not be able to fight.

Everyone thought that Ashina Huqin had begun to enjoy himself, hiding in the Yunjing Palace and never showing up, only a very few people knew that Ashina Huqin had led a part of the soldiers and horses of the headquarters into the northeast.

And the purpose is to subdue these people for their use!

The people are unruly and unruly, suppressed by force alone, and both men, women and children, all choose to fight to the death. But if you lure them when you show enough strength, these people will be honest and at your disposal, even if you ask them to attack the other tribes of your own tribe. And this so-called profit is nothing more than some obsolete blades, shabby clothes, and enough food to feed and wear, and the price can be described as extremely low.

The subjugation of the Yi people meant the formation of tens of thousands of troops, and not only that, but the northeast connected the borders of the Silla country. Gao Yuyao traded with him from the sea, so after he opened the road, he could plunder from the land!

At that time, people will have it, and money will be there, so why not make a big deal?

"Damn weather!" In the Yunjing Palace, Ashina suddenly threw down the leather whip in annoyance. Originally, he planned to solve the Yi people in the northeast before the winter of last year, but he never thought that the last year would be so cold and the temperature was so low, and the Turkic warriors he brought with him could not exert their due combat power at all, coupled with the distance, the supply was difficult, so they had to choose to temporarily retreat, and then do this move when the spring was warm.

Fortunately, it is not without harvest, the newly harvested army of 20,000 Yi people, although it is unorganized and undisciplined, but the individual bravery is indeed surprising.

Everyone is gradually improving their own strength, and everyone wants to win the championship in the end, but the result is still unknown.

Winter goes to spring, Gao Yuyao changed the name of the year to the first year of Liwu, the meaning is obvious, and the soldiers have gone through the horses to show their ambition.

In March, the first time that Daliang had not held the imperial examination in Beijing was officially opened, and the chief examiner at that time was an officialdom tumbler, who was slick and slick, only seeking self-preservation, and never offending others. However, he is famous for his good articles and Danqing, and his status with Shilin is not low. Using him as the chief examiner not only blocked the mouths of the outside world, but also made it convenient for Gao Yuyao to directly operate and admit satisfactory candidates.

According to statistics, more than 20,000 people participated in the imperial examination, and most of them were from poor families. As for the family, it is probably to make its position clear by refusing to take the exam?

But who cares? Gao Yuyao sneered. In her heart, she already had a comprehensive plan and layout, and at that time, from the south to the south, and even most of South Vietnam, would fall under Gao Yuyao's control.

On the same day, the send-off team officially set off for Tibet. Still on the same day, Tubo raised troops to attack the Western Regions, and Xiao Jiwen, who had already prepared, went to support as soon as possible, not wanting Tubo to suddenly turn halfway and attack Shuzhou! The war is on the verge of breaking out.

In April, the war between Xiao and Tubo entered a scorching situation, and it was obvious that it would not be over for a while. At this time, Enke ended, and the new branch jinshi went to their posts one after another, except for some who stayed in Licheng, most of them belonged to the localities, either a county governor, or a county magistrate.

In order to facilitate their rapid control of the place, each county went to work, and at the same time accompanied a hundred to two hundred casual troops, in order to deter the local squires and even the family. If they are neighboring counties, they must help each other.

In the same month, Ashina Huqin re-entered the northeast.

In May, Wednesday Mountain and his wife, the Li family, formally reached an alliance to jointly send troops to attack Zhuya Island, which is also the Hainan Island in later generations. In order to ensure sufficient military strength and future benefits, Tan Chau sent troops to support, and signed a trade agreement with the local forces of South Vietnam to further consolidate the alliance.

In the same month, the five countries of the Western Regions were wiped out by Tibet, and the camps of the Western Regions were divided into three, some of which were still subordinate to Xiao Jiwen, some of whom took refuge in Tibet, and a small part of which were far away from remote countries, so they joined together to protect themselves. On the 17th, the Liang family sent the team into Shuzhou secretly, which was obtained by Xiao Concubine, and the princess was intercepted.

In the same month, Ashina Huqin subdued most of the Yi tribes and organized an army of 50,000 with the intention of marching towards Silla to launch a raid.

Still in the same month, Gao Yuyao ordered a population inventory and land measurement. This move aroused strong opposition from the squires in various places, and the new county officials and associations vigorously suppressed it, and began to collect evidence of the crimes of major families. Several families were forced to rebel and then subjected to a bloody purge.

It's June, and the situation in the country is turbulent again!

(End of chapter)