This winter seems to be particularly long, it has arrived in March, but there are still many areas on the grassland covered by snow, according to the year name of the Three Kingdoms period, it should be the spring of the third year of Zhongping, 186 AD, Dong Zhuo's time to enter Beijing should be 189 AD, a full three years of preparation time, it seems to be very abundant, three years, if you look at the previous rocket-like development speed, it is enough for Li Xuan to lay a territory comparable to Youzhou outside the Saiwai.

But when you think about it, combined with the current form, this idea is obviously not very realistic.

Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, it is the instinct of human beings and even the entire biological world, Xianbei people are not stupid, standing there in a daze waiting for people to kill, and the pressure from within Youzhou also began to emerge, from February Yue Fei and Zhao Yun led the crowd in Jincheng to order the army from several large tribal alliances in Xianbei to lose troops and generals, and was even more Li Xuan took the opportunity to go around behind the enemy, and pulled out three large tribes in one breath, so that Zhongbu Xianbei was greatly injured, after that, the name of the wolf butcher, the twenty-eight counties of the three states of Youzhen, the area of Youzhou, the Hu people did not dare to go south and herd horses, The people of the Han family ushered in a rare period of peace, and even Emperor Ling, who was far away in Luoyang, also praised this minister who opened up the territory, although the official position was not changed, but gave Li Xuan the title of Marquis of Guannei.

Although it is only an empty marquis, it is also an important promotion, you know, in this relatively peaceful era, the Hun Zhonglang General is basically the pinnacle of the title of general, the four marches, the four towns and the chariots and hussars on the top are not permanent, as for the position of the general, I am afraid that it will not be Li Xuan's turn to perish until the Eastern Han Dynasty perishes.

A knighthood, but it has made Li Xuan's identity qualitatively improved, not to mention others, just at the beginning of the year, Tian Chou took the initiative to recommend several Tian children. Although it is only a side branch, it also represents a trace of kindness released by Tian's wealthy family in Youzhou to Li Xuan, which is not recognition, but at least it is a disguised recognition.

Several Tian disciples, although they all have real talents and real learning, but that's all. In terms of the standard of evaluating talents in this era, at best, they are only a few capable officials, not even a county's talent, and Li Xuan is not of substantial help, but it is a signal released by the wealthy family of Youzhou, which has important significance for Li Xuan's future unification of Youzhou.

Of course, there are two sides to everything, and with Li Xuan using the grassland as nutrients, he will achieve the goal of strengthening himself. Although it has achieved phased success, it is obvious that not everyone wants to see it, at least this way is completely contrary to Liu Yu's Huairou policy, and during this time, at the same time, Li Xuan's power continues to grow, which is also beyond Liu Yu's control.

There is a Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, which is already a headache for Liu Yu. Now there is one more Li Xuan, which Liu Yu absolutely cannot tolerate. Gongsun Chan is at least Liu Yu's nominal subordinate, even if it is yin and yang, but nominally he is still subject to Liu Yu's control.

But Li Xuan is different, he protects the Huns and generals, but he has the right to open the palace on his own. The status is on par with that of the state pastor, and at the political level, it is even more threatening than Gongsun Zhan, who has now actually controlled the three counties of Yuyang, Youbeiping and Liaodong, and nominally, Liu Yu does not have any right to inquire about the affairs of the general's mansion.

And. What worries Liu Yu and Gongsun Zhan, the two overlords of Youzhou, is that although Li Xuan only has three cities, according to statistics, the population under his rule is as high as 500,000.

These pastures were dominated by animal husbandry and were surrounded by stars and provided a large population base for the two cities.

What made Liu Yu even more angry was that Li Xuan openly began to sell Xianbei slaves in Dragon City.

In the pasture between Jincheng and Longcheng, almost every owner of the ranch will buy some Xianbei slaves, after all, the Han people are good at farming, but grazing is not good at it, the owners of the first batch of pastures, most of them are relatives of some military generals under Li Xuan's account, these Xianbei slaves were traded out at a very low price, and then under the secret promotion of the city lord's mansion, a unique pasture appeared.

The grassland is thin and not suitable for farming, and the Han people's ploughing technology can obviously come in little use here, and Li Xuan has never thought about turning the grassland into a farm, which is unrealistic, but if the Han people want to take root in this grassland, they must stand at the top of the grassland pyramid, and how to effectively and reasonably plan the structure of the pyramid has become a problem that Li Xuan must face.

With the Han people as the ranchers, they established pastures in the pastures occupied by Li Xuan, raised cattle and sheep in captivity, and then distributed the domesticated Xianbei slaves, and the Han people were the slave owners, commanding these Xianbei slaves to graze, and the cattle and sheep harvested every year must be unconditionally handed over to the city within the scope of the city, which is the pyramid structure of Li Xuan's initial planning.

The general's mansion is naturally standing at the top of the pyramid structure, and the second layer is the vested interest groups dominated by the families and relatives of the generals from all sides of the general's mansion and the Youzhou Haoqiang who have taken refuge. There is no shortage of gamblers who are full of gamblers.

Although it is not obvious at the moment, there are already many powerful people near Macheng who have begun to move closer to this side, and these people, plus the relatives and families of the generals in the General's Mansion, are the second layer of this pyramid.

And the third layer is the Han people, but also the backbone of the pyramid, although they do not have enough assets to buy ranches to buy Xianbei slaves, but in this emerging power, the most important thing is the opportunity, the general's government has issued a lot of measures to benefit the people, there is a skill, you can go to the city to engage in their own professional work, if the ability is outstanding, you may also be recruited into the general's mansion.

As long as you can save enough money, you can go to the general's mansion at any time to buy land and slaves, buy your own pasture, the vast grassland, and the last thing you lack is land.

With these things involved, these vested interest groups will naturally spontaneously maintain the status of the General's Mansion, and even in order to get more slaves and land, they will take the initiative and spare no effort to support the General's Mansion to attack foreign races.

Further down, the fourth layer is the naturalized or surrendered aliens, this group of people is only higher than the slaves, can barely have a free body, but can not enjoy any of the benefits that the Han people have, they have only one way out, join the army of the general's palace, as long as they make enough merit, they can obtain the status of Han people, so as to enjoy many rights and benefits of Han people.

The fifth layer, which is also the lowest level of the pyramid plan built by Li Xuan, is those alien slaves who have been taken captive, there are no human rights, even if they are killed, no one will pursue them, if you are lucky, you may be able to live better if you meet a benevolent master, but if you meet some harsh masters, a tragic fate will be doomed.

At the same time, Li Xuan was extremely strict about the classification of this pyramid, and the troops of the General's Mansion would ruthlessly exterminate those who dared to commit crimes, and even set up all kinds of cruel punishments to deal with those unruly slaves or aliens, but he was extremely lenient to the Han people, and also greatly strengthened the Han people's sense of superiority and centripetal force to the general's mansion in a certain way.

Although this plan has just begun to be implemented, and the big impact is not yet visible, but at present, it has caused a lot of impact on the territory of Youzhou, and many displaced people have begun to gather in the north, and even some powerful people have begun to inject capital into the general's mansion, even if they did not move their families to Li Xuan's rule, they also bought a lot of Xianbei slaves through various channels.

No matter in which era, the upper class will always be compared to the trend, in the past, only foreign races came to plunder the Han people, the Han people as slaves, now they have been transferred one by one, but the feeling is very different, for a time, in the upper class of Youzhou, the purchase of Xianbei slaves has almost become a trend, there are few foreign people in the family, and they are embarrassed to report their homes when they go out.

Of course, the slaves sold to these high-end people will naturally not be the five big and three thick Xianbei warriors, with these strong family backgrounds, there is no need to buy Xianbei soldiers to go to the home nursing home, but more are some beautiful alien beauties, these alien beauties are not very practical for Longcheng, but in the eyes of these Youzhou families, the value is far more valuable than those Xianbei strong men who are five big and three coarse, and do not understand the amorous style.

According to this trend, the wealth of the upper class will continue to converge to Longcheng, and the people will also move closer to the side under the drive of interests, and continue to increase the strength of the general's mansion, this kind of result, whether it is Gongsun Chan or Liu Yu, can not be accepted.

It is for this reason that Liu Yu and Gongsun Zhan, two political enemies who have always been conflicted by political disagreements, reached an agreement on a certain matter for the first time, and began to impose various restrictions on Li Xuan's general's mansion very tacitly.

Prohibition of trade, setting up many checkpoints along the way, restricting the migration of displaced people and even ordinary people in the direction of Longcheng, and even strict zhòng, Gongsun Zhan has issued a ban on trade with Longcheng under his rule, and for a while, it has curbed some momentum.

"It seems that this time, the husband has won again!" Longcheng, in the general's mansion, holding Xiang'er, who was tired of being in his arms and refused to come out, Huang Rong smiled and picked up a white piece and landed on the chessboard, looking at Li Xuan with a smile flashing in her eyes.

"Dayu controls the water, it's better to block it than to sparse, two fools are also princes of one party, don't you understand this truth?" Zhao Min pursed his lips disdainfully, quite angry, obviously having insight into someone's calculations.

Zhou Zhiruo gently poured Li Xuan a cup of tea, shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't understand, but there is no other way, and I can only use this way of drinking to quench my thirst to temporarily inhibit the development of Xianggong. ”

"Therefore, who wins and who loses, after all, depends on the success or failure of this battle." Li Xuan dropped a sunspot into the chessboard, with a calm confidence in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Sister Rong, it seems that you have already lost." (To be continued......)