Yanshan.

Qingji's patrol arrived all the way north and arrived in the Yanshan area.

Yanshan is the boundary between the mainland of Dawu and the Liao State, and a Shanhaiguan is set up.

Its strategic significance is unquestionable.

However, Liao has always been a barrier in the northeast of Dawu, and never dared to go south to herd horses, so the actual role of Shanhaiguan is actually just to collect customs duties.

At this time, Qingji, who arrived in Yanshan, had already received a report that Wu Hong, the king of Ning, and Wu Di, the prince of Liao, had rushed to Yanshan to meet him.

Qingji immediately met with Wu Hong and Wu Di in Shanhaiguan.

"Son-in-law Wu Hong, see my father! 10,000 years for Your Majesty! ”

"Grandson Wu Di, see Imperial Grandfather. Your Majesty, 10,000 years! ”

Wu Hong and Wu Di knelt down towards Qingji, who was sitting on the steps, and bowed to him.

"No need to be polite. Sit. ”

"Thank you, Father!"

After Wu Hong and Wu Di sat down, Qingji set his eyes on Wu Hong's body and looked at it.

Wu Hong is the eldest son of Qingji, more than forty years old, with long hair, wide ears, and a tall figure.

It is said that it is the spirit of the king, but in fact, it is mostly elegant, and it is very restrained......

Wu Di, the prince of the Liao Kingdom, who was sitting on the side, was also a young man, compared with the introverted Wu Hong, Wu Di was domineering and exposed.

"Wu Hong, we father and son, we haven't seen each other for five or six years, right?"

"Exactly."

Wu Hong sighed and said: "Father, in the past, Jinling was goodbye, and his sons returned from worship, and it has been five or six years since they came. ”

"Erchen misses his father day and night, and when he sees that his father is still as strong as ever, and he looks younger than Erchen, Erchen is relieved."

Qingji stroked his beard and smiled: "I am old, but thanks to the elixir refined by Nan Rong and Yin Xi, I have maintained such a appearance. ”

"I heard that the development of the Ning Kingdom under your rule is very good, no less than the rest of the counties in my Great Wu Territory, this time I will go to your Ning Kingdom on a northern tour."

"This is the honor of Erchen, and it is also the honor of Ning Guo!"

Qingji bowed slightly, exchanged a few words with Wu Hong, then set his eyes on Wu Di's body, and asked with interest: "Wu Di, how old are you this year?" ”

"Back to the emperor's grandfather, my grandson is fourteen this year."

"Only fourteen? You look like you're seventeen or eighteen years old. ”

Qingji smiled and said, "Okay, young and promising." Wu Di, it's really hard for you. ”

"Your father went on an expedition to the west on my behalf, and he is still stationing troops in the west to prevent rebellion among the foreign races in the west. At a young age, you have to be the regent of the country and deal with national affairs, so you must have suffered a lot, right? ”

Wu Di hurriedly replied, "Thank you for your concern." In the past two or three years, the uncle has helped his grandson to take care of everything, not only helping his grandson to quell the rebellion in the country and killing the rebellious party, but even the foreign races such as Sushen, Donghu, and Shanrong outside have been cleaned up by the uncle. ”

"My grandson is grateful."

Qingji squinted his eyes and said, "Wu Di, since your uncle has given you so much help, don't you want to repay him?" ”

"This ...... The grandson didn't know how to repay the uncle, so he asked the emperor's grandfather for advice. ”

"How about putting the land of the cities east of the Songnen Plain, including the Songhua River and the Mudanjiang River, under the rule of Ning Guo?"

“……”

Wu Di didn't dare to speak.

Wu Hong hurriedly excused himself and said, "Father, don't do it!" ”

"Erchen's strength is not enough, and governing a Ning country is already exhausted, let alone the huge Songnen Plain?"

"Please Father, Emperor Ming!"

"Don't speak."

Qingji waved his hand to let Wu Hong stop, and then looked at Wu Di intently and asked, "Wu Di, do you have any opinions?" ”

"The grandson has no opinion."

Where does Wu Di dare to have an opinion verbally?

However, he was really very dissatisfied in his heart.

Liao has two large grain-producing areas, one is the Songnen Plain and the other is the Liaohe Plain, between the white mountains and black waters, the land there is the most fertile, and it is also the most suitable for grazing and farming.

The Liao State can afford to raise so many large armies, and it all depends on these two important grain-producing areas.

Now, if the Songnen Plain is assigned to the rule of Ning State according to Qingji's order, the national strength of the Liao State will inevitably weaken, how can Wu Di accept it?

It is true that Wu Hong has given great help to the Liao State, and it is true that he has given Wu Di great help, but he is very unconvinced when he asks Wu Di to take out a Songnen Plain.

"Grandfather Huang, the matter is big, and the grandson doesn't dare to call the shots. After all, the real head of the Liao Kingdom is my father......"

Wu Di wanted to drag it out.

Slick!

Qingji just smiled and said, "Wu Di, my order, your father will not disobey it." ”

"However, since Wu Hong doesn't want the Songnen Plain, then let's stop this matter."

"No."

Wu Di was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he finally felt the sense of oppression from Qingji.

No wonder, his father Wu Zhang was so unruly and unruly before, no matter what Qingji wanted to do, Wu Zhang obediently did it.

It turns out that Qingji's sense of oppression is so strong.

It's not just bloodline suppression.

Through this incident, Qingji can also see what kind of person Wu Di is.

This prince of Liao, his grandson, has wolf ambitions, and his future achievements are limitless.

Qingji doesn't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

……

The next day, Qingji's patrol team left Yanshan, went all the way north, and after crossing the Liao River, they arrived at Gaoping, the capital of Liao.

Gaoping, the approximate location is modern Shenyang.

Wu Zhang, the king of Liao, was a reckless monarch, good at leading troops to fight, but not good at governing the country, but Wu Zhang would use people and know how to use people, so the Liao State had never been in chaos under his rule.

The regulation of Gaoping City is equivalent to the second-class city of Dawu, with 30,000 or 40,000 inhabitants and no less than 100,000 floating population, because Liao is a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic country, and there are quite a lot of herdsmen living in pursuit of water and grass.

On both sides of the official road, after seeing Qingji's Luan driver and the honor guard, Li Shu of Liao State knelt down one after another.

In order to prevent the cattle, sheep and horses from colliding with Qingji's Luan, the herdsmen had to hide far away.

The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep.

This kind of savannah scene has not been seen by Qingji for many years.

It is worth mentioning that the official roads in Liao and Ningguo are also extended in all directions, and they are connected with the official roads in Dawu to form an endless stream of "highways".

Every day, tens of thousands of business trips are made to and from the official road.

Relying on various official roads and bridges, the Great Wu and the vassal kingdoms could also collect taxes from them and make a lot of money.