The horse business was the best channel to open up the relationship between the imperial court and the Qiang people in Liangzhou.

After all, the boundary of Liangzhou is too poor, even if Liu Jian took the initiative to bend down and wanted to establish good communication with the people of Liangzhou, but Liangzhou had no interests for the imperial court at all, except for the Liangzhou war horse, there was really nothing else to find.

The three Qiang tycoons in Liangzhou sold two hundred war horses to the imperial court and made a lot of money, and then other Qiang people in Hanyang County came to Zhang Fei, hoping to cooperate with Zhang Fei.

For these newly found Qiang tribes, Zhang Fei has a good relationship with them, no matter how big or small.

Zhang Fei himself is a bold person by nature, and in the face of these Qiang leaders, he is not stingy, taking out his treasured goods, wine and meat to entertain them, chatting with them, and forming friendships.

At the same time, according to the situation of their tribe, Zhang Fei was also willing to represent them to the imperial court to carry out the war horse business, and provide them with an effective sales channel for the war horse.

In history, Zhang Fei was a person who respected the scholars, but was not very considerate of the sergeants under him.

But in this era, Zhang Fei has changed.

From the scholars, to the ordinary soldiers, to the ordinary people, to the Qiang people today, he can do it equally.

No matter who they were, he would not look at them through colored glasses.

And Zhang Fei is not pretentious, he is very bold when he interacts with people, which makes people feel very comfortable.

is also because of the arrogance, which greatly increases his personal charm.

Zhang Fei brought the way of war horses to the Qiang people in Hanyang County, so that the life of their tribe was no longer so difficult.

This made the heroes of Hanyang County very grateful to him.

Next, Zhang Fei proposed to these people, hoping to let them organize the construction of ranches in the local area.

What Zhang Fei means is that he is willing to contribute manpower and resources to help these Qiang people build high-quality horse farms, sheep farms and cattle farms.

Then every year, he Zhang Fei contacted the imperial court as a recommender, so that the cultivated mature war horses, cattle and sheep could directly exchange materials or money with the imperial court, and Zhang Fei guaranteed that the prices were according to the prevailing prices at that time, and would not deliberately oppress them.

For this matter, the local Qiang leaders in Hanyang County were a little hesitant at first, but soon, the three Qiang families who had first befriended Zhang Fei agreed.

Although they have not been in contact with Zhang Fei for a long time, they were all introduced to Zhang Fei by Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo still has a very high status in the hearts of these Qiang people.

What's more, the benefits and respect that Zhang Fei brought to them also made them extremely impressed by him in their hearts.

As a result, the leaders of the three Qiang tribes decided to build the farm Zhang Fei said on their pastures first.

Zhang Fei quickly spread the news to Chang'an.

After Liu Jian learned the news, he was very happy.

At present, the main construction forces of the imperial court are used in Guanzhong, Yanzhou and other places, but it does not mean that the imperial court has no spare power.

Helping the Qiang people in Hanyang County build a horse farm and a kang house that can keep them warm, this is the strategy that Liu Jian used against Wuhuan and Xianbei back then.

Although this investment does not have much benefit in the short term, it is that after a long investment, you will find that this is a cause that will contribute to the Han Dynasty for a long time!

On the side of Bingzhou, new coal mines and iron mines have been excavated, and the advanced iron-smelting and coal-making industries in Youzhou have also been transmitted to Bingzhou, and the Xiongnu tribes have enjoyed the benefits of iron-smelting and coal industry.

Now, Liu Jian has brought these to Liangzhou through Zhang Fei.

Liu Jian wrote a letter to Guo Jia in Bingzhou, asking him to transfer experienced managers and technicians from the Xiongnu pastures to Hanyang County to help Zhang Fei organize the construction of the Qiang ranch in Liangzhou.

Guo Jia has no opinion on selling graphite in the territory to the Qiang people, but Guo Jia is a little reluctant to let the talents he trained in Bingzhou go to Liangzhou to teach.

These talents have been trained for a long time, isn't it good to stay in Bingzhou? Why did you send it to Liangzhou?

Guo Jia wrote a letter to Liu Jian, saying that Bingzhou has only been developed for a few years, and it is far less good than the development of Youzhou and Jizhou, and talents can be transferred from Jizhou.

In response to Guo Jia's inquiry, Liu Jian wrote a letter very politely to "educate" Guo Jia.

The content of this education letter is not very polite, and it convinces Guo Jia's education.

Subsequently, Guo Jia quickly sent the talents and the support needed by Liangzhou to Hanyang County.

After all, Hanyang County is only a county in Liangzhou, and compared with the Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei and other tribes that have been co-opted, it is not a difficult thing to help the Qiang people in a county establish pastures.

This is just a pilot, and when it succeeds, the Qiang tribes in other counties in Liangzhou will inevitably rush to cooperate with Zhang Fei.

Just when Zhang Fei was helping the Qiang people in Hanyang County to establish a horse farm in Liangzhou, Liu Biao also did a big thing in Liangzhou!

This matter, even Zhang Fei, who was in Liangzhou with him, never expected it.

If it is said that after Zhang Fei arrived in Liangzhou, the first thing to be rectified was the Qiang people, and the first thing Liu Biao did when he arrived in Liangzhou was to rectify the Haoqiang of the Han nationality.

Previously, Haoqiang, who colluded with Ma Teng Han Sui and other rebels in Hanyang County, had been disposed of by Zhang Fei, and Zhang Ji also served as the Taishou of Hanyang County, and the tuntian and various undertakings in Hanyang County were on the right track.

Zhang worked hard to develop in Hanyang County, but Liu Biao was not satisfied with just sticking to Hanyang County.

According to the situation, Liu Biao felt that if the power of the imperial court was to be stable in Liangzhou, then there should be at least four counties that he could directly govern.

In addition to Hanyang County, where he was located, Liu Biao felt that the three counties of Longxi, Anding, and Wudu, which surrounded Hanyang County, should also be under his rule.

Wudu County is the junction of Liangzhou and Yizhou, both in terms of population and arable land, it belongs to the end of the Han Dynasty, not to mention the imperial court, even the locals of Liangzhou such as Ma Teng and Han Sui are not willing to put their hands into Wudu...... The reason is that there is no oil and water, and it is too poor and desolate.

When Liu Biao analyzed the situation in Liangzhou, he once wrote a note to Liu Jian, which means that although Wudu County has a population of only 3,000 households, it is the junction of Liangzhou and Guanzhong and Yizhou after all, and it is also the key area for the imperial court to extend its power into Shuzhong in the future.

Liu Biao still has some strategic vision, and what he means is that he hopes that Liu Jian can build Wudu into a military fortress to the south, which will be used to block the forward position of the Yuan clan in Shu in the future.

However, in Liu Jian's view, although Wudu County is to be controlled by the imperial court, there is no need to do such a defense.

Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the sky, let alone Yuan Yi, even if Yuan Shao controls Yizhou, Liu Jian is not afraid that he can fight it, and now Liu Jian still wishes that they would rush out of Yizhou and send him to death.

It is not necessary to build Wudu County into a so-called front-line fortress.

Because the one who defends will not be him.

In Liu Jian's view, the development of people's livelihood and industry is the strongest fortress.

Liu Jian wrote a letter to Liu Biao to inform him that Wudu County was not populated and poor, and it was not suitable for farming, but there were many mineral resources in Wudu...... Although it is not as rich as the mineral resources excavated by Liu Jian in Youzhou and Bingzhou.

In addition, although Wudu is not suitable for growing grain, according to the exploration of experienced people under Liu Jian, the local geology of Wudu County is more suitable for growing traditional Chinese medicine.

In order to improve the survival rate of the people and increase the number of people, Liu Jian has begun to plan to start experimenting with traditional Chinese medicine cultivation in various parts of the Han Dynasty.

As for Longxi County and Anding County, they are both large counties in the east of Liangzhou, and they are closely connected with Hanyang County, and the population is also a relatively large county in Liangzhou.

So, Liu Biao found his most trusted Gong Cao Jiang Jian in Hanyang County, and discussed with him how to control Anding, Wudu, and Longxi counties in the shortest possible time!

Jiang Jian is a person who is both civil and military, and he is also very famous in Hanyang County.

Liu Biao asked Jiang Jian and said: "In the land of the three counties, the Qiang people are very prosperous, and the masses are not attached, so Ma Tenghan will make trouble. ”

"I intend to consolidate the eastern part of Liangzhou, but I'm afraid it won't be able to gather, so I don't know what to do?"

Jiang Jian said: "The law of governing the people, the first is benevolence, if the way of benevolence and righteousness can be practiced, then the people will return like the downward trend of water." ”

Liu Biao said: "I'm afraid it won't be able to solve the urgent need." ”

Jiang Jian also said: "Those who govern peace take benevolence and righteousness first, and those who govern chaos take power and scheming first." There are not many soldiers, but they can win their people. ”

"Han Sui Ma Teng is brave and indecisive, Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu are both brave martial artists, so there is nothing to worry about."

"Although the Qiang people are numerous, as long as they are properly governed, they will not rebel!"

"The key is still in these local heroes in Liangzhou!"

"The local heroes in Liangzhou are greedy and violent, although they are Han Chinese, they do not understand things and do not abide by benevolence, they secretly provoke Qiang people to rebel."

"In the past, the Qiang people rebelled every year, and seven or eight out of ten were the envoys of the local heroes in Liangzhou,"

"Now that Prime Minister Liu Cheng is in charge of the court, the general trend of Xizhou is clear, and there are people in this county who can speak well, if they are sent to show their benefit, the powerful leaders of the counties will definitely come with the crowd."

"So that the king will punish the unenlightened, and then use the people, so that the people of half the state, are happy to stay in this state, knowing that the king is virtuous, he will definitely help the old and the weak, and then gather the army to attach, according to Di Dao in the west, Ji County in the east, and the land of the three counties can be passed on."

After hearing this, Liu Biao nodded with satisfaction.

"Jiang Gongcao's words are even in harmony with my heart!"

Therefore, Liu Biao made two preparations next, and he secretly sent the eloquent people recommended by Jiang Jian to communicate with the Haoqiang of the three counties and listen to their attitudes.

Sure enough, as Jiang Jian said, some heroes can see the situation clearly and express their willingness to submit to the imperial court, and everything is based on the imperial court.

However, some heroes have been tempted, and it seems that they still want to secretly dominate in various places, and they are not very happy about the imperial court's measures to start rectifying Liangzhou.

Although the attitude of these people was not clearly expressed, through the temptation sent to them by Jiang Jiong, Liu Biao could feel that these people seemed to want to start making small moves in secret.

They didn't want their family's county to be completely under the control of the imperial court.

Liu Biao is a smart person, he naturally understands that these people are the unstable factors in Liangzhou, and maybe in the future, the entire Liangzhou will have more chaos because of them.

Compared with the Qiang people, these Liangzhou heroes are even more hateful.

In order to be the emperor of the soil in Liangzhou, in order to be able to squeeze out more resources, they did not hesitate to deceive their superiors and subordinates, and sacrificed the interests of local ordinary people to satisfy their selfish desires.

In recent years, the rebellion of the Qiang people in Liangzhou has become more and more vigorous, mainly because these people are secretly fanning the wind.

Originally, they could have discussed some things directly with the court without having to oppose them, but after the instigation of these places, the rebellious determination of these Qiang people became even worse.

In this way, the imperial court used troops against the Qiang people in Xiliang every year.

They used the imperial court's vigilance against the Qiang people in Liangzhou to constantly improve their strength, and at the same time, they also used the hatred of the Qiang people of the Qiang people to constantly incite the villains of the Qiang people to take advantage of it.

Although Liu Biao has not been in Liangzhou for a long time, he is a political veteran, and he has long understood the relationship between them. And Liu Biao is indeed decisive in doing things in this regard, he does not drag his feet, and directly invites the twenty-seven powerful family heads who he feels are unstable factors in the name of the imperial court.

Liu Biao's reason for inviting these 27 powerful leaders is very simple, he just wants to talk about cooperation with this powerful leader, and he hopes to ask these 27 leaders to cooperate with him to jointly govern the eastern part of Liangzhou to resist the rebels in Liangzhou.

Liu Biao's attitude in inviting them was very sincere, which made these twenty-seven powerful leaders mistakenly think that Liu Biao was a weak and incompetent person.

He was really afraid that these heroes would not cooperate with them.

If you want to say that these twenty-seven powerful leaders look down on Liu Biao, this is also reasonable.

After all, in the hearts of Liangzhou people, although Liu Biao has the name of Baji, he is just a Central Plains scholar clan after all.

In the eyes of these Liangzhou border people, the Central Plains Shi Clan, even if they are rough in military affairs, they are just some rotten goods that can't be handled.

They are all cowards, and they don't deserve to be compared with their Liangzhou heroes at all!!

It is normal for outsiders like Liu Biao to be able to be soft in front of them.

But these local heroes in Liangzhou didn't think about one thing, Liu Biao was a party member in the past!

What are the roles of the party members? It was a group of people who dared to pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers in the past, and directly confronted the court, and gave up their lives.

They have improper officials, they do not return to their homes, and they live in exile all day long, just for the breath of air in their chests.

How can such people be cowards?

The same is true for Liu Biao, he pretends to be very weak on the surface, but in fact he is a ruthless character who dares to attack at a critical moment.

If you think about it, too! In history, Liu Biao was sandwiched between Cao Cao and Sun Ce, but Yuan Shuzhong was able to maintain stability all the time.

He guards the territory steadily and does not let others invade, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

This time, Liu Biao invited these people to Hanyang County, ostensibly to show weakness, but in fact he wanted to take their heads.

In fact, Liu Biao was indeed successful.

These twenty-seven proud heroes, after coming to Hanyang County, were directly smashed by Liu Biao at the banquet, and ordered a group of swords and axes to cut them into meat puree.

And it is precisely because of this incident that the reputation of Liu Jingsheng, the assassin of Liangzhou, resounded in the land of Liangzhou, and his prestige caught up with Zhang Fei in an instant.

Even Zhang Fei himself couldn't help but admire after knowing about this, Liu Biao is a character!

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