Liu hoped that Dong Zhuo could help him communicate with the local Qiang people on behalf of Zhang Fei, Liu Biao and others, so that they could establish a good relationship.

Of course, it was impossible for Dong Zhuo to refuse this request, but the situation on the Qiang side was very complicated, and their survival time in Liangzhou was much longer than that of the Han Dynasty.

Now Dong Zhuo probably knows that there are about hundreds of Qiang tribes living in Liangzhou, and these tribes are large and small, with thousands or even tens of thousands of people, and dozens of people.

How many Qiang people are in Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo can't say.

However, according to Dong Zhuo's inference, there are at least more Han people than those who have registered in Liangzhou.

And Dong Zhuo was also well-known among the Qiang people when he was young.

In Longxi County, Hanyang County, and Jincheng County, many Qiang tribes have a good relationship with Dong Zhuo.

In particular, there are several leaders of the Qiang tribe who have reached tens of thousands of people, and Dong Zhuo is called a brother.

It's no wonder that Dong Zhuo was able to have such a good relationship with the Qiang people.

The laws of the Han Dynasty attached great importance to the cultivation of cattle, and ordinary households forbade the slaughter of cattle, and only some beef that died of illness or accident was allowed to be divided and eaten after being reported.

Under the premise of prohibiting the slaughter of beef, many powerful people in the Han Dynasty often lied to the government office that the cattle died of illness, or died in traffic accidents, or even fell off the cliff to their deaths in order to eat beef......

In short, in the Han Dynasty, the death of cattle was strange, and the probability of cattle dying in accidents every year was much more than that of people.

Those who fall to death, those who drown, those who crash to death, those who die by bumping, and even those who die of depression.

Although many wealthy families in the Han Dynasty used these methods to lie about the death of their cattle, these dead cattle were generally used for banquets or to entertain very important guests, and rarely used beef to entertain unfamiliar people.

At least in the territory of Liangzhou, many powerful people are reluctant to use cattle from various dead methods to entertain the Qiang people.

But Dong Zhuo's behavior is different from that of ordinary people.

He often used the cattle that had died in his house with the Qiang people.

In Liangzhou at that time, there was almost no one else who could do this kind of thing.

Dong Zhuo gave great respect to the Qiang people.

Yes, it's respect.

For the Qiang people in Liangzhou, they also said that the reason why the Han Dynasty government that had been conquering them was not trusted by them was because these Han people in the Great Han Dynasty did not give them enough respect.

This is also an objective reason for the repeated rebellion of the Qiang people.

Liu Jian then asked Dong Zhuo what other Daqiang tribes were connected with him now.

Dong Zhuo roughly snapped his fingers, and counted out more than a dozen Qiang tribes from Hanyang County, Jincheng County, Longxi County, etc., saying that the leaders of these Qiang tribes were all young cubs back then, and they followed his ass to mingle, and now they have all become the heads of the Qiang tribe.

Although he Dong Zhuo hadn't seen them for a long time, as long as he sent someone to write letters and bring tokens over, these Qiang leaders would still give him face very much.

Listening to Dong Zhuo's confident words, Liu Jian's heart immediately relaxed.

He smiled and said to Dong Zhuo: "Taifu, can you leave me in the mansion for a banquet today, and the two of us will talk about the Qiang people together." ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he was stunned.

Although he is now a noble prince, most of the affairs in the court have nothing to do with him, and he wanders around Chang'an City all day long.

Although it is a good life of food and drink, I don't have any friends.

There is only his younger brother Dong Min, as well as Hua Xiong and some of the old departments of the Xiliang Army, and now they are still in the old department of Jingxi Liang, and they will occasionally come to take a look.

For a person like Liu Jian who is busy every day, Dong Zhuo is even more interested in having the opportunity to drink with him.

It is rare that Liu Jian took the initiative to ask to drink with Dong Zhuo today.

"Since it was Prime Minister Liu Cheng's invitation, the old man naturally did everything, and the old man ordered someone to prepare a banquet."

Subsequently, under Dong Zhuo's banquet, Liu Jian and Dong Zhuo started a drinking banquet in the living room.

The meat that Dong Zhuo entertained Liu Jian today was very special, and it was actually beef.

The moment he saw the beef on the living room table, Liu Jian was a little stunned.

"Why would Taifu entertain me with beef? Now beef is precious in this world, especially farming is in full swing in various places. ”

"As the head of the court officials, you and I should set an example, and we should not be good at eating the plough ox."

Dong Zhuo stroked his beard and laughed.

"The prime minister misunderstood, these beef were not killed by the old man, but that there were ploughing cattle in the old man's food town that accidentally fell into their teeth and died, so their meat was transported here for us to eat."

"Prime Minister Liu Cheng can rest assured that the old man's beef is reasonable and legal."

When Liu Jian heard this, his eyelids couldn't help jumping.

He also fell off a cliff and died......

Although he scoffed at Dong Zhuo's words, Liu Jian still didn't say much, but patiently drank with Dong Zhuo, and at the same time asked him about the Qiang people.

For Liu Jian, learning more about the Qiang people and how to make good friends with the Qiang people is now the most important thing.

As for Dong Zhuo's unauthorized eating of cows, it's just that, and he doesn't know anything like this old guy.

"I heard that Taifu traveled back and forth among the Qiang tribes when he was young, and he had a heroic reputation, and he had a very good relationship with the leaders of the Qiang tribe, even if he was from Liangzhou, he could be friendly with the Qiang tribe to such a point, but I am afraid that only Taifu is the only one."

After listening to Liu Jian's inquiry, Dong Zhuo said very proudly: "In other aspects, I am indeed very different from the prime minister, but when it comes to making friends with the Qiang people, haha, the old man has decades of experience. ”

"Well, there are some details that the old man said at the moment, and it is inevitable, but in the old man's opinion, the most important thing to make friends with the Qiang people is to make the Qiang people feel that you treat them as the same existence as yourself."

When Liu Jian heard this, he didn't seem to understand a little: "What does it mean to treat them as an existence like yourself." ”

Dong Zhuo stretched out his finger and pointed to the beef on the table, and said: "At the beginning, the old man was in Liangzhou, intersecting with various Qiang tribes, and never hid his secrets, such as the beef that feasted the prime minister today, which is a treasure in the old man's mansion. ”

"The prime minister is here, and the old man gives the prime minister beef to eat, but at this moment, if the person sitting opposite the old man is a leader of the Qiang tribe, the old man will also give him beef."

"The biggest problem of the Han people is that they eat beef on their own table, but what they eat for the Qiang people is pork meat, although it is also meat, but in the eyes of the Qiang people, it is not the case, and the Han people themselves think that being able to give meat to the Qiang people is to give them great kindness, but for the Qiang people, sometimes meat is not the problem."

As a descendant, Liu Jian naturally understood when he heard this.

"I understand Taifu's words, it seems that it is not okay to treat the Qiang people just blindly giving them benefits."

"The Qiang people live on the border of Liangzhou all the year round, and their ideas are very different from those of our Han people, and over the years, the imperial court has repeatedly conquered the Qiang people, which has long made them rebellious and hateful."

"And the people in the court have indeed always had a condescending attitude towards the Qiang people, perhaps for these strongmen, if the Han people can treat them fairly, it is the most important thing for them."

Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "The old man thinks that what the prime minister said is very right, but the old man can't tell the prime minister about the specific doorway, and the old man can only tell the prime minister how the old man used to make friends with the Qiang people and what happened to the Qiang people." ”

"The prime minister will go back and have a good exchange with Zhang Yide."

Liu Jian arched his arch and said: "Since this is the case, then Liu is here today to listen to Taifu's detailed description of the events of the year, and also let Liu evaluate Taifu's heroic appearance when he was young." ”

Dong Zhuo immediately began to think about the events of his youth, and he recalled the events that happened between him and the Qiang people when he was young.

The two of them drank wine and wine, and the more they drank, the more excited Dong Zhuo became, and Liu Jian probably had an understanding of what he did back then.

Through Dong Zhuo's past deeds, Liu Jian also slightly understood the way to get along with the Qiang people in his heart.

……

After bidding farewell to Dong Zhuo, Liu Jian immediately returned to his prime minister's mansion.

He found his long history Liu Ai and asked him to write down in detail what Dong Zhuo told him today, and at the same time asked Liu Ai to visit Dong Zhuo again on his behalf, check and fill in the gaps, and refine the information that Dong Zhuo said today.

After completing it, Liu Jian quickly sent this material to Zhang Fei in Liangzhou.

In addition, Dong Zhuo asked Dong Min to go to Liangzhou on his behalf to meet Dong Huang, who assisted Zhang Fei locally.

On behalf of Dong Zhuo, the two of them introduced the leaders of the three Qiang tribes that are now local to Hanyang County to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei is now a wise and brave person, after reading the materials given to him by Liu Jian, he understood Liu Jian's intentions, he carefully read Dong Zhuo's deeds back then, and probably understood the reason why Dong Zhuo won the hearts of the Qiang people in the local area.

Finally, under the introduction of Dong Min and Dong Huang, Zhang Fei made friends with the local Qiang leaders in Hanyang County.

As the so-called repetition of the old tricks, Zhang Fei felt that since he wanted to make friends with the local Qiang leaders in Hanyang County, there was no need to do any new tricks.

The road Dong Zhuo has traveled and the things he has done back then, since it has proven to be useful, he can completely act according to his routine again.

There's no need for so much innovation.

So Zhang Fei also got a cow that suddenly died of depression while plowing the land, and after killing it, he shared the food with the three Qiang leaders, and they feasted, drank wine, and ate meat.

Although the three Qiang leaders were befriending Zhang Fei for the first time, they found that Zhang Fei was the same as Dong Zhuo they knew back then, and they were all cheerful people.

Not to mention anything else, I heard that the new assassin of the Han Dynasty is building up the tuntian in the local area, and the production and construction corps led by Zhang Fei is also undergoing semi-agricultural and semi-military exercises.

This ploughing cattle can be said to be extremely important to them.

But this Zhang Fei was able to take a ploughing cow to eat with the Qiang leaders they had just met, which shows that this person is a person with a bold temperament.

The three of them were very moved, and in the eyes of the three Qiang leaders, although it was just a simple cattle ploughing feast, it represented Zhang Fei's attention to them.

Zhang Fei really took these three Qiang leaders as buddies.

After a meal, Zhang Fei was inseparable from them, although they had not known each other for a long time, their relationship was very close.

Especially Zhang Fei is so devoted to making friends, and these Qiang leaders also recognize Zhang Fei's strength.

After all, he has more than 20,000 elite troops in his hands, and some time ago he exterminated seven local Qiang clans, and even Ma Chao's troops were defeated by him in a battle.

The Qiang people also respect the strong very much, and Zhang Fei has proved with his strength that he is a new dark horse in this land.

At the same time, he also proved with his actions that he did not despise the Qiang people, and was also willing to make friends with the Qiang people on an equal footing.

Such a big hero, how could these three Qiang leaders not want to make friends with him?

Finally, the three Qiang leaders asked Zhang Fei what his purpose was in Liangzhou this time.

Zhang Fei told the three Qiang leaders that he came here to govern Liangzhou for Prime Minister Liu Cheng, but the foundation of Liangzhou was too weak to govern.

Especially in Liangzhou, there are local snakes like Ma Teng and Han Sui, who always cause trouble to the imperial court, so Zhang Fei wants to start step by step, he is not in a hurry to deal with Ma Teng and Han Sui first, he just hopes to gain a firm foothold and develop the local industry in Liangzhou, and at the same time drive the Qiang people, so that they can work together with themselves to become prosperous.

Zhang Fei told the three leaders that the imperial court was currently recruiting high-quality war horses to expand the cavalry battalion, and he could obtain enough shares for the three Qiang leaders to allow them to gain wealth, as long as the three Qiang leaders could provide war horses.

For a long time, Hebei's war horse business has formed an effective mechanism.

Because Youzhou and Bingzhou raise war horses under the management of Liu Jian Business Association, and at the same time sell war horses.

The horse business is already a mature chain of interests in Hebei, and the Xiongnu Xianbei Wuhuan is now under the control of Hebei, so the main area of horse supply in the Han Dynasty has always been northern Xinjiang.

Liangzhou Station in the west can be said to have lost a large market share since seven or eight years ago.

After all, in terms of volume and scale, Liangzhou and Youzhou are no longer comparable.

Now, Liu Jian occupies the imperial court, and according to everyone's conjecture, the war horse channels in Youzhou and Bingzhou will definitely enter the imperial court and monopolize more resources.

In a place like Xiliang, although horses are produced, the people who raise war horses are these Qiang people who have their own policies, how can they compete with the systematic horse sales in Hebei?

Being able to supply war horses to the center of Chang'an is something that none of these Qiang leaders dare to imagine.

But now that Zhang Fei has promised them, as the righteous brother of today's Prime Minister Liu Cheng, he will not fool them if he wants to.

The three Qiang leaders also followed Zhang Fei's prompts and prepared to start a war horse.

In fact, Zhang Fei did not disappoint them, and soon, the first order for the purchase of war horses from the imperial court arrived.

The imperial court was very generous and bought the war horse at the market price without any deduction.

Of course, if these Qiang people want supplies, the court is also willing to exchange grain or goods for the value of war horses to give them, they want money if they want money, and they want things for things.

Two hundred Xiliang war horses were taken away by the imperial court from the hands of the three Qiang leaders, and the tribes of the three Qiang leaders received rich horse buying materials from the imperial court.

The three Qiang leaders were immediately excited.

Xiliang was originally a place where survival was difficult, but Zhang Fei now gave them a new way to survive, so that they could exchange their war horses for supplies at the imperial court...... This is simply their great benefactor.

With this incident as a foreshadowing, these Qiang leaders of Hanyang County can't make friends with Zhang Fei.

In addition to the three Qiang leaders who were introduced to Zhang Fei by Dong Zhuo, other Qiang people in Hanyang County also began to come to Zhang Fei after learning about this, after all, they heard about Zhang Fei's behavior and felt that this person was a benevolent and righteous warrior who was worthy of respect.

Zhang Fei also received them very warmly, and asked these local Qiang leaders to build a horse farm in the local area according to their instructions.

Zhang Fei means that although the Xiliang War Horse is strong, it is not systematic to rely on nomadic breeding.

In Hebei, because the Xiongnu, Humility and other ethnic groups have been attached to the local government of Hebei, and the local government of Hebei has been raising war horses and raising cattle and sheep as a systematic business over the years, so Zhang Fei wants to bring this experience to Xiliang.

The life of the Qiang people is very hard, and the day is precarious.

Although they also cultivate, the means of cultivation are relatively backward, although they are good at raising war horses and sheep, but they are not systematic and large-scale.

Now, Zhang Fei wants to use Hebei's planting and animal husbandry experience to help these Qiang people, form effective planting, reclamation, and enable them to set up horse farms, and gradually transition from nomadic herding to a manor economy.

In this way, it will be conducive to their integration with the Han government in the future, and at the same time, it will also be conducive to the Han government's control over them.

Of course, their lives will be turned upside down as a result.

(End of chapter)