Since the Yiqu tribe was placed in Longxi, the role of the county guard in Longxi has weakened, and the year before last, he was sent to Jincheng by Yingzheng to govern the Hexi Corridor with the general soldier Xu Wan.

Today's Longxi is more like a vassal state, with a high degree of autonomy from the Yiqu tribe.

In the past, Yu Tu took the Yiqu people to wander between the Xiongnu, Yueshi, and Xiqiang, which can be described as sending people under the fence, and there is no sense of belonging at all.

Today's Yiqu tribe not only has no worries about food and clothing, but also does not have to pay much taxes, but also has the protection of the strongest empire, and lives a very comfortable life.

Along the way, Ying Zheng still followed Ji Fa to survey the terrain, and in his spare time, he talked about the situation in the world with Yu Tu and other elders.

On this day, I finally returned to Didao.

In the Yiqu Mansion, Yu Tu took the elders to set up a banquet to entertain the King of Qin and his close ministers.

On this occasion, Ji Fa usually didn't mix much, ate something alone in a study, and then began to sort out the road map drawn these days.

Yingzheng's side is quite lively, the older generation talks around him, and the younger ones are even more together.

"Yiqugong, since I rescued you, I have always been worried about your body, has it really not relapsed in the past few years?" Ying Zheng asked with concern.

Yu Tuhaha smiled: "At that time, I was suffering from a sudden illness, according to Master Li Si, it was qi and blood attacking the heart, blocking the heart veins, since it was opened at that time, how could it recur." ”

The three elders on the side quipped: "Not only has he not relapsed, but he has become more and more resolute in the past few years, and we old guys are gradually aging, only the patriarch seems to be getting younger and younger." ”

"Not really." The four elders said to the side, "Give him a spear, and he will definitely be able to go into battle to kill the enemy." I said don't send Thorin either, and let the patriarch help you fight the nations. ”

Yu Tu laughed again: "You old guys, you know to make fun of me." Alas, fighting on horseback is enough, but being an Overseer and transporting grain and grass should still be fine. ”

Ying Zheng said: "If you are really asked to go into battle, then you will really be laughed at by the countries that I have no one in Daqin, and how can those juniors raise their heads." You can stay in Didao in peace and arm Thorin and them. ”

"Yes, yes, listen to the king." Yu Tu nodded in response, and then asked, "By the way, the king said before that he wanted to transfer the Great Wall's. Set up in Didao, but really? ”

Ying Zheng nodded: "Shizun said that the tail of the dragon vein is here, and it will be built along the dragon vein, and the beacon tower of our Qin realm will be built first, and then it will be connected." ”

"Dragon's tail?" The third elder asked, "Where is the dragon head of the dragon vein?" ”

"It is in the territory of Yan Kingdom, near the Bohai Sea, in a place called Laolongkou." Ying Zheng replied, "But I can't go over now, so I have to defeat Yan Guo." ”

Yu Tudao: "It seems that this plan to build the Great Wall still has a long way to go." ”

"That's why it's time to hurry." Ying Zheng said, "A letter came from his thumb before, saying that he would be here tomorrow, and when he arrived, we would be on the road immediately." ”

"There's no need to be in such a hurry." Yu Tu said, "You might as well stay a few more days." ”

Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "It's late autumn now, I have to rush to Jingjie before the snow falls, if it's too cold, it's not easy to hurry." ”

Yu Tu saw that he couldn't stay any longer, so he persuaded a few more glasses of wine.

The next day, Thumb arrived with a team of men.

This team brought a change of clothes for the winter, a drape for the war horses to keep out the cold, grain and grass, as well as silk, pottery, tea and so on, which were very popular in the Western Regions.

The teams on both sides began to reorganize, but the thumb pulled Ying Zheng aside, handed him a letter, and said: "Li Xiangbang asked me to bring a letter to the king, saying that Yan Dan, the prince of Yan State, has arrived in Xianyang, and he came to show Yan Guo's attitude as a proton, and asked the king if he would go back." ”

Ying Zheng quickly looked at the content of the letter, and then said: "I already know about this matter, if I go back, there is no big need, I will write a letter back and ask Li Si to settle it down." ”

Immediately, the king of Qin took out the jade seal of the country, wrote a letter to Li Si, stamped it with a big seal, handed it over to the herald, and quickly sent it back to Xianyang.

In the afternoon, all the teams dressed in merchant costumes were ready to go, and under the leadership of Ying Zheng, they (this chapter is not over!) )

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embarked on the road to the west.

Ji Fa led a group of ghost hands brought by his thumb and began to look for the fire eye, using magma to make dense stones, with Di Dao as the temporary core, for the construction of the Great Wall. Be as prepared as possible.

Yu Tu took the tribesmen of Yiqu and sent the troops of the King of Qin to the banks of the Yellow River.

On the bank of the Yellow River in the north of Di Dao, it was originally a small ferry, and later after Ying Zheng went to the Western Regions, he decided to build a new city here, named "Jincheng", which means a place of more money and more wealth.

(Jincheng, later renamed Lanzhou)

In the past few years, as expected, the people from all over the country are extremely dense, the business is highly accessible, and the merchants who have made money have stayed here for a long time or intermittently, which naturally makes a lot of money, and it also drives the economy.

"I really can't imagine that although the area of this golden city is not large, it is so prosperous." Ying Zheng looked at the brand-new city and sighed.

"It's all the blessings of the king." Yu Tu said with a smile, "After crossing the Yellow River, it is the Hexi Corridor, and it is also the connection between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, so this golden city has become the hub of the Hexi Corridor." ”

The fourth elder said on the side: "That's right, almost all the caravans set off for the Western Regions after they were rectified here, and some merchants who were unwilling to go to the Western Regions in person also transferred their goods to other caravans here. ”

The Third Elder added: "Moreover, most of the caravans from the Western Regions also completed their transactions here, and they went back without going deep into the hinterland, so there are also many merchants who sell their goods here and stay for a few days waiting to receive the goods. ”

Since ancient times, where there is trade, there is profit, and where there is profit, development will certainly not be slow.

This can be seen from the annual increase in taxes in Longxi County.

Shen Jun, the county guard of Longxi, came to Jincheng after giving up the Di Dao Mansion to Yu Tu, and began to focus on the construction of city defense and docks, and built the county guard mansion in Jincheng.

He had long known that the King of Qin had led his people here, and Shen Jun had already prepared a boat in the past few days, ready to ferry the team to the Western Regions.

After taking the state official to meet Wang Jia, Shen Junsu stood beside him and reported all the goods, grain and grass for Yingzheng on this trip.

"Shen Jun has worked hard." Facing this veteran of the previous dynasty, Ying Zheng looked quite respectful, although he usually didn't communicate much, he obviously attached great importance to Longxi County.

Shen Jun arched his hand and said: "Dare to ask the king, if there is anything else you need, Weichen will prepare immediately." ”

Ying Zheng smiled and waved his hand: "This is enough, we are going by land, not by water, and we will not bring useless objects." However, the widow really didn't expect that this golden city would be built so well. ”

"Wechen looked forward to it day and night, and finally looked forward to the king." Shen Jun said, "I hope that the king will stay for a few more days to see the deficiencies in the city, and Weichen will also improve." ”

"It's not okay to stay for a few days, so it's better to take the widow to see it now."

Immediately, Shen Jun took the King of Qin and a group of courtiers to visit the entire Jincheng, and encountered food stalls and restaurants along the way, and also ate all over the place.

The vendors along the street were still strange in their hearts, where did the merchants come to such a large team, and they asked the county keeper to accompany them personally, and they were respectful.

Ying Zheng was also afraid of revealing his identity, so he broke up the team a long time ago, and asked the Tiger Benjun to go to the stall and give money as usual for whatever he ate.

After walking around, King Qin was extremely satisfied, and greatly praised Shen Jun and the governor of Longxi. "When the widow sent General Xu Wan to Jiayuguan, he once gave the Hexi Corridor a name, called Liangzhou." Ying Zheng said to Shen Jun, "How is the construction there, you can also see it this time, but although Liangzhou has a large area, the population is very small, so it is better to officially incorporate it into Longxi and become a state in Longxi County, what do you think?" ”

King Qin's intention was to hand over the entire Hexi Corridor to Shen Jun to control.

Shen Jun was slightly startled, and then bowed down and said, "If the king does not give up, Weichen will definitely live up to the king's high expectations." ”

"Hahaha, that's it." Ying Zheng smiled, "When the widows go all the way west, I'll tell them." ”

In this way, the Hexi Corridor on the other side of the Yellow River was officially named Liangzhou and was incorporated into Longxi County.

(Later, Li Xin took the Li family to take root in Longxi, laying a solid family foundation for later generations of descendants Li Yuan to establish the Tang Dynasty, which is a later story)

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The sky was dark, the autumn wind was also cool, and the group set up camp and slept in the south of Jincheng.

The next day, Ying Zheng led his team to board several cargo ships and sailed to the opposite shore.

Looking at the not turbulent river, King Qin frowned slightly, as if he was thinking.

"Uncle Thumb, don't you think the Yellow River seems to be a little muddy again?" Ying Zheng looked at his thumb.

Thumb looked at the surface of the river and nodded: "I can also see that the color of this river is darker." ”

Ying Zheng said worriedly: "I heard from the master that the Yellow River was originally extremely clear, but with the control of the dragon vein, the huge energy at the bottom of the Kunlun Mountain has rebounded, causing the Yellow River to become muddy, and the sand mill plate in the north of the exquisite has gradually expanded. ”

"Now that the river is more turbid, it means that the sand mill should also be changing, and maybe in a few years, the desert will accelerate its expansion."

Thumb sighed and said: "Although I don't understand this principle very well, but what the teacher and the Lord said must be true, fortunately, I met the Lord at this time, if it is a few years later, I am afraid that the essence will be ......."

The terrible consequences, the thumb didn't speak, but the picture floated in front of the two.

A dry city, full of yellow sand, lifeless and hopeless.

The once prosperous ancient city of the Western Regions seems to have swayed and sunk into the turbulent river in front of him, and will never see the light of day again.

Ying Zheng shuddered, and couldn't bear to imagine the terrible picture anymore, but found that the ship was not far from the shore.

It is said that Hexi and Hexi, in fact, the opposite bank of this Jincheng port is the north bank, and stepping on this land again, Yingzheng couldn't help but cheer up and slapped the dust on his body.

This fertile soil is not uncultivable, nor is it much different from the land of China, but it has always been sparsely populated and barren.

From beginning to end, it has not been able to be divided into the land of China, and has been occupied by nomadic peoples such as Xiqiang and Xiongnu.

Ying Zheng understood that what he wanted to do was not only to permanently include this land in the territory of China, but also to completely change the living habits and living methods that had lasted here for thousands of years.

Reclaiming wasteland and allowing it to grow food in perpetuity may seem easy to say, but it is easier said than done.

First of all, someone has to do it.

The biggest advantage of Jincheng now is that it gathers people from all walks of life, and they can all live and work here in peace and contentment, and no longer worry about the enemy's attack.

Because the enemy has been blocked thousands of miles away at Jiayu Pass.

And the so-called enemies are nothing more than Xiqiang in the west and Xiongnu in the north.

These two former opponents, by coincidence, both formed an alliance with Great Qin.

As long as you are strong, your opponent will naturally be afraid of you.

Now that the Hexi Corridor is safe, let's go to Jiayuguan quickly!

Ying Zheng made a slight adjustment and led the team straight to the fortress of the Western Regions.

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