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The young lady and the hundred officials dismounted, followed the king to the palace, and stood still.

The king was very happy, walked to the throne and sat down, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's great victory of the erudite master, our country has no big problem signing an alliance with the Yelu tribe, and it has been peaceful for decades outside the Yong Pass.

Ji Ping said: "Signing an alliance with the Yelu tribe, Master Erudite can let go of his hands and feet, vigorously develop the East Huanggang and the northwest region, and prevent the patrol slaves from being placed hundreds of miles in advance." ”

At that time, the national borders were not like now, and there were boundary monuments, which were clear at a glance. At that time, many border areas were yours and me, and I had you, and whoever occupied it belonged to him. This was also caused by the fact that there was too much wasteland at the bottom of productivity at that time. In the event of natural disasters such as floods and locust plagues, these border areas bear the brunt of the disaster and become places for displaced people to pass through. If there are more displaced people gathered, it will lead to evil and snatch food and other resources necessary for survival, so at that time, the place outside the border was very chaotic, today he came, tomorrow he went, looking for life in the flow. When they flow to the land of abundance, they will rob and cause war.

In the northwest area of Donghuanggang, there have been displaced people from all walks of life, and the farthest is the patrol slave of the grassland, who came here. Under the leadership of the great chief of their own clan, they robbed all the way and fought with various forces, but they did not fight, they ran away after grabbing and running, also in order to grab resources and survive.

Now that the Yelu tribe and the Yan country have made an alliance, it is a certain trend, and the Yan country and the Yelu tribe can abandon their previous suspicions and do their best to deal with those patrol slaves who speak the words of "the system of the system" that no one can understand. These patrol slaves fought against various forces in the grassland, and also found many places with abundant grass and water, but they were much stronger than their hometown, which had become a desert, so they relied on it to live, and lived a life of grazing and wandering like the people of the grassland.

There is an extra foreign force in the grassland, and it is still saying things that the original tribes do not understand, and the tribes of the grassland are of course unwilling, who knows when this foreign force will harm their tribes. In this way, as long as they encounter patrol slaves, it will lead to big wars and small wars, patrol slaves carry forward the stunt of mobile survival, run around, grab and rob, to a good place where there is no tribal power, they will recuperate, and over the years, the grassland tribes have slowly acquiesced to the existence of this foreign force.

As long as they don't harm their tribes, they will go, anyway, the grassland is so big.

In this way, it is fine in normal times, but once a natural disaster occurs, the patrol slave tribe will have to find a suitable place for grazing life again, and it will inevitably go south, invade the territory inhabited by Yelu and other tribesmen, and detonate the war again. Like the grassland Rong people, the patrol slave tribe is also mainly to grab resources to survive, and do not entangle, so there are often traces of patrol slave activities in the area above the dam outside the Guanwai.

These patrol slaves have strange origins, their hometown was originally a land of beautiful grass and abundant water, but gradually swallowed up by the desert, had to move around to find life, with the expansion of the desert, there are constantly tribes running to the eastern steppe, of course, there are also running west. These people who ran to the east, because they were always in flux, the original tribes of the grassland and the Central Plains forces of the Zhou Dynasty were guarding against them. No one could understand what they said, so they called this foreign force "patrol slaves", and if they were caught, they were slaves.

The king said to Ji Ping: "Aiqing has been tired for several days, so go back to rest earlier today." Tomorrow morning, you and the general don't have to come, bring our country's return gift, go directly to the official post to find the great chief of Yelu, and agree on an alliance between the two countries to compensate for the injury of the second lady of the Erudite Master's Mansion. ”

Ji Ping and Ji agreed to the promise, followed Liu Yu out of the palace, and went to get back the state gift for the great chief of Yelu.

The king turned to the young lady and said, "The big thing here has been decided, when will Aiqing go to Donghuanggang?"

The young lady said: "The minister is ready, and he can leave the day after tomorrow." ”

The king said: "On the day of Qing's departure, I will send off the city with hundreds of officials, and I wish Aiqing to open up the territory and succeed!"

The young lady arched her hand and said, "Thank you for your kindness." ”

The king turned to Li Er and said, "If you want to go out with the erudite master, you can send twenty soldiers from the inner government to help you, can you use it?"

Li Er arched his hand and said: "Thank you king, the minister can't ask for it." ”

The king looked at the hundred officials and said, "It's late today, if you have something to say tomorrow, you can retreat!"

The hundred officials left the palace and returned.

Now that it is time to apply, the young lady has said goodbye to the hundred officials and returned home.

The young lady returned to the house, entered the second courtyard, and heard the sound of talking coming from the living room, so she walked directly to the living room.

The door of the living room was not closed, and a room of people sat inside, and when they saw that the young lady was back, they all got up to greet and salute.

When the young lady saw it, Yin Kang, Ying Ning, the big housekeeper, Mei, Wei Guan, Hua Leopard, Yang Wu, Yang Liu, Guan Fengzi, Zhao Er, Wang Lai, and Fu Hui were all there, and there was one more Wang Fu and a stranger in the house, and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Ying Ning said: "I want to accept Wang Fu Wang Lu as an errand boy, and I am telling them the family rules and sending them jobs." ”

Why did Wang Fu come here? Who is Wang Lu?

Wang Fu's family lives in Yangtougang, eight miles west of the city, and is an authentic farmer. also once served as a pawn to participate in the war, and met Zhao Er in the military camp. Zhao Er was a small leader of the soldiers at that time, and when he saw that Wang Fu was a little bold in battle, he was not afraid of death, and he was very heroic, so he intended to befriend him. Wang Fu is honest and kind, where can he withstand Zhao Er, a big landlord, and the two became fox friends in the barracks, shouting five and drinking six, which is very enjoyable. After the war, Wang Fu had been taken bad by Zhao Er, and he became easy and tired, so he left a big well on his twelve acres of land, let his wife and children take care of it, and ran to the city to follow Zhao Er. Wang Fu's family didn't dare to offend Zhao Er, so they had to help his daughter-in-law take care of the land together. The land had a surplus output, and his daughter-in-law quietly sent some to the family who helped.

Zhao Er has always been a role model in Wang Fu's heart, Wang Fu saw that Zhao Er had changed his face and become a new person, and he was also impressed by the demeanor of the young lady, so he made up his mind not to do bad things anymore and go home to farm.

Wang Fu came home from the field that day, and his daughter-in-law said: "There is a notice posted at the head of the village, I heard that it is the erudite master who wants to compete with the Yelu national master in the military field, so that everyone can watch and be a witness." ”

Wang Fudao: "If there is such a thing, let me ask?"

Wang Fu went out of the house and came to his brother's house in the courtyard, and his younger brother Wang Lu was there.

When Wang Lu saw the eldest brother coming, he hurriedly let him into the house and asked, "Why is the eldest brother free today?" ”

Wang Fudao: "I heard that a notice was posted at the head of the village, let me ask what's going on?"

Wang Lu said: "Two days later, the erudite master and the Yelu national master competed in the military field, so that the people could go and see it and be a witness. ”

Wang Fudao: "It seems that there is such a thing, then I must go and see." ”

Wang Fu confirmed the news, and two days later, together with Wang Lu, followed the villagers and rushed to the military field. ”