The Yellow River in the Qin Dynasty was very different from the Yellow River channels in later generations.

Especially in Henan, after the river water passes through the mouth of the mouth, it suddenly divides into two rivers. One river channel, that is, the Yellow River channel, and the other river channel continues to flow northward, forming a bow-shaped inner cover area with the Yellow River channel.

This river that was separated was called Beihe (now known as Uga River).

Kowloon County includes the south of the river and the inner cabin area.

In a broad sense, the land of Hebei refers to the north of the river. But in the eyes of the people of Jiuyuan County, you must cross the North River to be considered the land of Hebei.

Linhe, just by the North River, is a river bank fortress in the inner city.

Emperor Shin-Yinhuang built a large-scale construction in Henan to build the Great Wall. But in fact, the Great Wall was built with river water as a barrier. Although the river water was still within the territory of the Qin Dynasty, most of the time, there were no Qin troops stationed in Linhe here.

The Neita area is a trade zone where the Great Qin Empire and the Yuezhi Kingdom in Hebei.

Since the Huns fled north, the Yuezhi Kingdom and Lao Qin established a deep connection. In particular, the First Emperor established Jiuyuan County and opened forty-four cities, which made the Yuezhi and Lao Qin more frequently. When Fusu was alive, on the one hand, it was to strengthen the connection with the nomadic peoples on the grassland to facilitate large-scale economic invasion and integration, so another city was built in the inner area.

This city is called Wuyuan.

However, at this time, Wuyuan did not exist in the form of a county town.

It plays more a role in trade exchanges. The permanent population is not large, only more than a thousand people.

It consists of elderly garrison soldiers and some criminals exiled to the northern border, and also has to assume the responsibility of managing and cleaning Wuyuan City.

No matter what purpose Fusu came to Jiuyuan with at the beginning.

But overall, during the four years of Fusu's military supervising Wuyuan, he and Meng Tian vigorously rectified Jiuyuan County, which made Jiuyuan County quite prosperous.

After Wang Li took over, he did not erase all the rules set by Fusu Mengtian back then.

However, he still gave up his control over the inner calamity area. Apart from the 800 garrison soldiers stationed in Linhe Fortress, the entire inner calamity was no longer stationed by the Qin army. The role of Wuyuan was also weakened, and later it was taken over by Wushi and changed its name to Wushi Castle.

Wu Shi is a very smart person!

He bought a large mansion in Quyan City, but he rarely lives there.

In addition to holding a banquet and inviting Wang Li and other local officials, the Quyan mansion was often managed by only a few dozen old servants. Wang Li also admired the attitude of Wushi. Later, he simply handed over the Wushi to Wushi.

In this way, Wuyuan gradually became the private property of Wushi.

The bulk of border trade was almost entirely handled by the Wushi. To a large extent, the Wushi had controlled more than 50% of the economic lifeline of Jiuyuan. Wang Li was not aware of this, and on the contrary, he trusted more than the Wushi.

After all, Wang Li is just Wang Li, not his father or grandfather.

If it were Wang Jian or Wang Ben, he would definitely not tolerate such a thing happening. But Wang Li... he was just a pure soldier.

"I didn't expect that this Wushi Jun is really capable."

After entering Henan, Liu Kan ordered the speed of his journey to slow down. On the one hand, he continued to go north, and on the other hand, he sent people to Jiuyuan to negotiate with Wang Li's envoy to purchase supplies, food and grass to alleviate the pressure on food.

There are wars in the north and south of Shandong.

But the wilderness of Jiuyuan County is deserted and deserted.

Along the way, Liu Kan saw many small villages and towns, with the largest ones having a population of about a thousand households, while the small ones might not even have a hundred people. The so-called forty-four cities are just a general statement. Many cities with the name of "county" are even smaller villages that are not as good as Lou Cang.

Henan is too big!

Meng Tian expanded his territory for three thousand miles, almost worth a Guanzhong.

Hundreds of thousands of people thrown in, the effect is very small, just like a rock sinking into the sea.

Just imagine, one Guanzhong has a population of about four or five hundred. Of course, the Guanzhong that people mentioned at this time does not include the later Gansu and Ningxia. The thousands of miles of fertile soil in the Hexi Corridor are still deserted, but even so, it is a world of difference from Jiuyuan County.

"Dad, it's so desolate here!"

When passing an abandoned city, Liu Qin took the chariot leader and climbed onto the big carriage Liu Kan was riding, complaining with some disappointment.

Liu Kan's big car is very big.

It has been specially processed, and the carriage is almost as good as a small room.

In the middle of the carriage, there is a brazier with a hat on it. The heat air comes out from the holes in the hat and is scattered very evenly.

There are twenty such big cars in total.

In addition to the big car that Mrs. Kan was riding in, the largest car belonging to Liu Kan.

It can accommodate more than a dozen people at the same time, and it is also a temporary place where Liu Kan usually convenes aide to discuss matters.

The leader of the car is Che Ning's grandson.

Liu Kan put down the official document in his hand and smiled slightly, "It's much better than when I first came to Henan eight years ago.

Eight years ago, I walked all the way here and could not see the village for hundreds of miles.

In addition to those nomadic Hu people, there are lots of wastelands... Qin, Dad, I hope you remember that no matter how prosperous the place is, it will be cultivated bit by bit. Jiuyuan is the gateway to Shandong and even the entire north. Even if there is only one person here in the future, you must not give up."

Liu Qin couldn't quite understand what Liu Kan meant, but he could see that Liu Kan's solemn expression still nodded vigorously to indicate that he had written it down.

"Okay, go and have fun!"

Liu Kan rubbed Liu Qin's head, "You grew up in Lou Cang, and I believe you have never seen such a spectacular scenery. Lou Cang... Beautiful is beautiful, but in the end you lack the courage. Go out for a walk and find your grandfather to see if you can catch two good horses back."

As soon as he entered Henan, Che Ning and slaughtered more than a dozen wild horses, which gave Liu Kan's cavalry some supplements.

After all, when passing Hengshan, Liu Kan's cavalry suffered a considerable loss. At least more than a hundred war horses lost their lives in the mountains.

When Liu Qin heard this, he cheered and got out of the car with the captain.

Liu Kan found Li Cheng and Jia Shao and others to discuss the matter...

"We are going to arrive in Quyan tomorrow, and I believe the Wu family has already received the news.

Judging from the actions of Wu's clan in Jiuyuan, the plan is probably quite large... I asked him to transfer to Jiuyuan County, but I didn't know whether it was right or wrong.

However, I believe that Wu Shiwu would not welcome us at this moment.

Whether we stay in Jiuyuan or cross the river to the north, it will greatly affect his interests... This person must be guarded against."

Li Cheng took out a roll of cowhide map from his luggage and spread it in front of Liu Kan.

"Junhou and Sima Jia have found out the main areas of activity in the Wu family in the past two years.

He had a close relationship with the Yuezhi people, and had frequent contacts with Maodun in Longcheng. I heard that at the end of last year, the Yuezhi King betrothed a daughter to the Wushimen... This man was in Wuyuan and controlled the inner garrison of Hebei. He had thousands of miles of fertile soil under his name, with more than 100,000 horses, and was very strong. At the same time, he controlled copper, salt and other materials, and had good friends with the Yuezhi Huns, and was quite prestigious in Jiuyuan.

If the king wants to establish a foothold in Jiuyuan County, I am afraid that the Wu family will be the biggest obstacle."

Liu Kan nodded and looked at the densely marked red dots on the map, and felt a little heavy.

When Wu Shiwu was going to Jiuyuan to develop, he just wanted to use him to become a nail. But unexpectedly, this nail had become a weapon that could make Liu Kan feel a headache... Since he wanted to establish himself in Jiuyuan, all power must be concentrated in one person's hands.

In this way, conflicts with the Ushi are inevitably inevitable.

"Jia Shao, have you ever contacted Daozi?"

Jia Shao shook his head, "It's strange that I could not contact him based on the contact information left by Daozi.

However, Meng Shaojun contacted him..."

"Monk? Where is he now?"

Jia Shao said: "Young Master is still in Wuquan, Yunzhong (now northeast of Hohhot City)."

"Wu Quan?" Liu Kan was stunned and looked at Li Cheng.

If you talk about your familiarity with Jiuyuanyun, Liu Kan is far inferior to Li Cheng.

Li Cheng hurriedly said: "Wuquan is a fortress in Yunzhong border and also the northern gateway of Yunzhong County. If the Donghu and Yuezhi people want to attack Yunzhong, they must pass through Wuquan. I think the reason why Meng Shaojun went to Wuquan was because he was worried that Wang Li's army would evacuate, and the Hu people would harass there."

Jia Shao said: "Meng Shaojun said the same thing.

Wang Li gathered more than 80% of the troops in the northern border and entered Shandong to suppress the rebellion. From Yunzhong to Guankou, only tens of thousands of people remained behind the defense line for thousands of miles.

Meng Shaojun said that it was Daozi who asked him to summon the former generals in the clouds. After Wang Li left, he took over Wuquan and was already harassing Donghu. Moreover, judging from the news from Meng Shaojun and Li Shaojun, since the end of last year, after Wang Li gathered troops into Shandong, the Donghu and Xiongnu were indeed ready to move... In this spring, he attacked three times, but he did not stay for too long."

Liu Kan also knew about this news.

Luanti Alimon, the leader of the Donghu Xiongnu, was also considered Liu Kan's old rival.

The two had a fight when they were in Henan. Although the strength was very different, Liu Kan did lose that time.

"Did Mr. Meng say where is Daozi now?"

"Meng Shaojun said that after Daozi arrived in Henan, he first walked around Jiuyuan, Quyan, Guangwu and Wuyuan, and went to Hebei alone, and took away most of the gold. He never had any contact with Shaojun again.

Before Shaojun and Liqiu, they had been hiding in a general of the General's former army... Junhou, do you think Daozi will..."

"Absolutely impossible!"

Before Jia Shao could finish his words, Liu Kan waved his hand to signal him not to continue.

Liu Kan knew very well what Jia Shao meant. He wanted to say whether Chen Ping had escaped with the money.

Liu Kan and Chen Ping have known each other for more than ten years, and have had a relationship of life and death. His brother is now on Liu Kan's side. Although the Chen family's assets have shrunk a lot after leaving Yuanwu, if Chen Ping betrayed Liu Kan for just ten thousand taels of gold...

Liu Kan doesn’t believe it!

"That means, Daozi did not contact Wushi?"

"It should be that there is no such thing as Meng Shaojun."

Liu Kan's eyes suddenly lit up: That means Chen Ping may have noticed Wu Shi's ambition. Otherwise, he would have used such a good nail. The reason why he did not look for Wu Shi's is that Chen Ping was wary of Wu Shi's.
To be continued...