According to the Qiang people at the head of the Cizhi River. The most vulnerable seasons for the "devil" are in summer and autumn, so although Sima Yi has secretly discovered the source of the plague infection, he still does not take action for the time being.

On the one hand, he wanted to give Zhang Lu a certain amount of time to let the tentacles of the Wudou Mi Sect extend from the Guanzhong region into the territory of Liangguo; on the other hand, he wanted to wait until the summer of the next year to give Zhao Xing multiple "surprises" at one time.

Pandora's box has not yet been opened, so for now, winters in the north are as calm as the ice on the Yellow River in winter.

Although the cold winter is very sad, the hundreds of thousands of troops directly under the King of Pingxi in the territory of Yanqi Kingdom in the Western Regions are still training hard despite the severe cold.

In the past half a year, the Xiliang men and the boys from Bingzhou from Yumen Pass have basically adapted to the climate and local food customs of the Western Regions......

The king of Pingxi had a special instruction a long time ago not to prohibit soldiers who went out of the customs to marry wives in the Western Regions, but the premise was that they could not play with the feelings of local women. This is easy to understand, that is, it is okay to be in a serious place, but it is not possible to pick wildflowers on the side of the road all the way.

In the Xiliang Army, the Kunlun Army, and the Pingxi Army, there were a total of 90,000 fierce men in the Guannei, who were far away from their homeland and in a foreign land, and if they were too strict in some things below the waistband, it would obviously be a big problem for the management of the troops.

The women of the Western Regions are originally generous and enthusiastic, and they don't have as many concerns about chastity as Han women, as long as they like each other, they will come together with men. Although the soldiers under the account of King Pingxi had strict military discipline, if they really liked the women outside the Guan, it was also a harmonious and beautiful thing to marry the women outside the Guan.

There are many large and small countries in the Western Regions, and many of them established vassal relations with the Han Empire, and they were not so exclusive to the Han people. Now Zhao Xing has 120,000 troops in the Western Regions (90,000 Han troops, 30,000 Yanqi, Cheshi and Montenegrin coalition army), and what he really needs to deal with is not these small countries, but the powerful Wusun State, as well as the small tribes such as Shule, Yutou, Wensu, Yuli, and Gumo who have taken refuge in the Wusun State. In addition, extraterritorial powers such as Dawan, Anxi, Dayue, and Kangju are also in Zhao Xing's calculations.

In addition to the Western Regions, Zhao Xing did not want to occupy them through cruel bloodbathing means, but wanted to use gentle and gentle means, plus occasional beatings, to gradually absorb them.

Allowing Han officers and soldiers to intermarry with local women from the Western Regions is a very effective means of tenderness. Once these women have children and raise the next generation, the estrangement between Hu and Han will dissolve, and if you add the many policies to benefit Hu introduced by Liu Yu, a master of civil affairs, then the speed of this integration will be accelerated a lot.

The Western Regions was the fief of Zhao Xing, the king of Pingxi, so it was destined that in the future, only a unified ethnic group that gradually merged would remain on this land, and the rest would either merge into this united ethnic group, migrate elsewhere, or perish.

Although Zhao Xing may not appear in the Western Regions all the year round, let alone live in Yanqi for a long time, Long Kui'a, the lord of Yanqi, still insists on building a large-scale palace for Zhao Xing in Yuanqu City.

When the king of Pingxi held the canonization ceremony, Long Huiyu, the prince of Yanqi, was fortunate to come to attend the ceremony, as a guest of honor of the Jin Kingdom, he received due courtesy, and also visited many places in the Jin Kingdom, and even the drill of the Crouching Tiger Army Heavy Armor Division also had the opportunity to witness.

After returning to Yuanqu City, the eldest prince truthfully reported what he had seen and heard on this trip to Long Kui'a, and Long Huiyu was full of praise for the advanced agricultural and animal husbandry production technology, developed commercial trade, complete public infrastructure, and superior social welfare security system of the Jin Kingdom.

Long Kui'a asked his eldest son Zhao Xing's power and prestige in the Han Dynasty again, but Long Huiyu only replied simply: "King Pingxi's current consideration is not whether to be the emperor, but when is the most suitable time to be the emperor." ”

With the words of the eldest son, Long Kui'a immediately came to Liu Yu and Guan Yu and asked to build a palace for Zhao Xing.

Liu Yu politely reminded Long Kui'a and said: "The kindness of the lord of the country has moved us very much. However, if the palace of the lord of the country is built in the same city as the palace of the king of Pingxi, I am afraid that the people of Yanqi will have an opinion of us, so please think twice. ”

Long Kui'a replied very dryly: "Yanqi Kingdom is just a small country in the Western Regions, not even a county in the Jin Kingdom, now that the King of Pingxi is powerful in the Western Regions and protects Yanqi, we naturally don't have to worry about being bullied and annexed by other countries, so I implore the King of Pingxi to follow the example of the former and rear Cheshi Kingdoms, and set the Yanqi Kingdom as a county under the rule of the King of Pingxi, so that I, Yanqi, will rejoice and no longer worry about the future." ”

In fact, Liu Yu was just polite, but his plan in his heart was to set Yanqi Kingdom as a county state, but he felt that the time was not ripe enough, so he didn't mention it to Long Kui'a. This time, since Long Kui'a took the initiative to mention it, Liu Yu agreed after being polite.

According to the precedent, if the entire Western Regions was Zhao Xing's kingdom, then he had the right to divide the county again. Long Kui'a made this good start, and in the future, Zhao Xing could bargain with the Western Regions with a stick and candy in one hand, and gradually bring all the tribes under his rule.

After finalizing the specific plan to build the Pingxi Palace, Long Kuia took out part of the wealth accumulated by his royal family and hired the local people of Yanqi to build the palace for Zhao Xing.

Long Kui'a was a very shrewd old fox, and he felt that he had paid out of his pocket to Zhao Xingxiu's palace this time, but he could actually make a lot of money. As long as the Pingxi Royal Mansion is built in Yuanqu City, it means that the Yanqi Kingdom will become the center of the Western Regions in the future, which can not only save a lot of money to maintain the army, but also develop the shop trade industry on a large scale.

After a few months, the outline of the Pingxi Royal Mansion has basically been completed, and the first-class craftsmen who came from Crouching Tiger City perfectly integrated the Central Plains culture and the Western Regions to design a moderate-scale, but extremely delicate and beautiful building complex for Zhao Xing.

In front of the gate of the Pingxi Palace, a large open space was still reserved for the construction of a large square in the future. After the palace and the main square are all built, this will become the most popular place in Yuanqu City. Adults and children, Han and Hu, are free to play, party, and hold celebrations in the square, learn about the latest world events, and get up close and personal with the bronze statue of the king of Pingxi, who is gilded on the surface.