Author: Gongsun Wujiu

After owning the Black Sea prairie, King Youxian was very satisfied.

The fertile Black Sea prairie is richer and more vast than King Youxian imagined.

What's more important is that in such a fertile and fertile land, there are no powerful enemies.

Looking around, King Youxian suddenly found that there was no decent opponent in the four directions.

"Perhaps I can build a country as big as the Han Dynasty here!"

He felt that he could build an empire of his own in this fertile Black Sea prairie.

A real empire like the Han Empire, and he should become the emperor of the empire.

In order to achieve this goal, King Youxian recalled all the kings who were away from home in July of the second year of Yuanfeng.

"Everyone, I want to build a city here. What do you think?"

After all the kings arrived, King Youxian directly expressed his thoughts without beating around the bush.

However, he did not directly mention the establishment of an independent country, but first established a city.

As soon as Li Ling heard King Youxian's words, he understood King Youxian's thoughts.

However, he did not speak, but quietly looked at the kings in the tent.

As the one who gained the most from the Western Expedition, King Yu Ting couldn't help but speak first.

"Your majesty, do you want to build a Shanyu court here?"

King Yu Ting's words were not surprising. In fact, the kings had already realized this when they moved westward.

In their opinion, there is nothing wrong with King Youxian being a Chanyu, as long as it does not affect everyone's interests.

However, to the surprise of the kings, after listening to King Yu's words, King Youxian actually shook his head.

Seeing this, King Xubu couldn't hold back his anger. He stood up and asked King Youxian, "Why doesn't your Majesty want to build Shan Yuting?"

King Youxian no longer concealed anything, he looked at everyone proudly, "Do you think Han or Hu are stronger?"

King Otu and King Huyan looked at each other and said: "Although Shanyu once said that there are big Han people in the south and strong barbarians in the north, in fact, my strong barbarians are still insufficient compared to the big Han people..."

King Youxian smiled, and then sighed: "Compared with the big man, my Qiang Hu is not insufficient but far behind..."

"I'm strong, not to mention compared to the big man. Even a Western Region Protector may not be as strong or weak as me!"

Having said this, King Youxian turned his attention to Li Ling, who was deliberately shrinking aside.

"Does the Right School King think so?"

Li Ling sighed in his heart. He originally wanted to keep a low profile, but now that King Youxian called his name, he had to speak.

"What the king said is true. If we want to be strong, we must imitate the Han Dynasty and carry out reforms..."

King Youxian laughed loudly and said: "Sure enough, the only one who knows me is King Youxiao!"

After finishing speaking, King Youxian looked around at the kings and said, "I want to imitate Chang'an of the Han Dynasty and build a capital city on Luntai here. What do the kings think?"

Wujiitu's heart moved and he immediately agreed: "The king really sees thousands of miles away... I thought that not only the king, but also all the tribes should have their own cities!"

When Ni Mi saw Wu Jiitu speaking, he immediately responded: "What King Wuchao said is true. The kings are like stars holding the moon to guard the capital... Each department is based on the eight wastes, which is no different from that of the Han Dynasty...

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King Yu Tuan had doubts and said: "This is a good move, but it requires a lot of manpower and material resources..."

King Xubu touched his chin and looked at the people in the tent, not knowing what they were thinking.

At this time, King Huyan suddenly said to him: "What does King Xubu have to say about this?"

King Xubu looked up at King Huyan, and then stared at Li Ling.

"Except for King Jiankun, none of us have experience in building a city. We are just talking about this kind of thing. Why not listen to King Jiankun's opinion first!"

After hearing this, King Otuo high-fived and shouted: "King Xubu is right. King Jiankun built Zhangye City when he was in the Han Dynasty. He is much better than us!"

At this time, King Youxian also felt that what King Xubu said was reasonable, so he also asked Li Ling for advice: "What does King Jiankun think of building the city? If he wants to build the city, how much manpower and material resources will be needed and how much time will it take?"

Everyone had unknowingly changed their name for Li Ling.

Li Ling had actually planned the construction of the city a long time ago. When King Youxian asked, he told him the plans he had made.

"If you build a city like that of the Han Dynasty, I might not be able to do it given my current situation!"

"For example, a certain person used more than 20,000 people to build Zhangye City and spent three years..."

"Although Zhangye is a county town, it is actually just a small town in Han Dynasty!"

"To build a city like Luntai, even a big man would need 100,000 people, and it would take more than five years..."

"I, Qiang Hu, have no experience in building a city. I'm afraid I won't be successful even if I spend ten years..."

When Li Ling said this, he noticed that King Youxian had frowned.

At this time, he suddenly changed the subject, "But we don't need to build a city like the Han people. We can completely take advantage of our current advantages..."

When Li Ling said this, he paused and prepared to pour himself a cup of tea.

Seeing this, Ni Mi took the initiative to get up and pour tea for Li Ling.

While pouring tea, he asked: "I wonder what the advantage King Jiankun mentioned is?"

After drinking tea, Li Ling moistened his throat and asked everyone: "In addition to pasture, what else does the Black Sea prairie we occupy now have more to offer?"

Wujiitu thought for a moment and said: "This Black Sea prairie is not only grassland but also forest... A certain person is now preparing to clear out the barbarians in the forest!"

Li Ling looked at Wujiitu with a smile, and then said to everyone: "What King Wuchao said is true. What we are most in need of now is forest wood... We can build a city made of wood first..."

King Yu Ting thought for a moment and said: "It is feasible to build a city with wood, but it will be difficult if the enemy uses fire to attack..."

King Huyan said disapprovingly: "Now that we are in this western land, who is my enemy of Qiang Hu... King Yutian is too worried!"

King Youxian is obviously not as short-sighted as King Huyan. There is no strong enemy now, which does not mean there will be no one in the future.

However, temporarily using wood as the main material to build a city is a compromise.

King Youxian thought this in his heart, but he did not express his position. Instead, he looked at Li Ling. He wanted to know Li Ling's full plan.

Li Ling was also observing King Youxian's expression.

He continued: "Building cities with wood is just a transition. This Black Sea prairie is so fertile, it is really a God-given land..."

"With such a treasure land, I believe that Qianghu will soon become stronger, and it will not be too late to slowly build a city like the Han Dynasty..."

Wujiitu thought of Luntai City at this time. Luntai City was just a small fortress at the beginning.

With the development of the Han army in the Western Regions, it slowly developed, which is similar to what Li Ling said.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but agree: "What King Jiankun said is true. We can definitely follow what Marquis Yunyang did in the Western Regions..."

After some discussion, the kings finally approved Li Ling's plan.

King Youxian re-enfranchised the kings.

The most powerful King Yu was enfeoffed to the far west area near the Bode Plain.

King Zuo Aoqian was enfeoffed to the southwest of the Black Sea Steppe.

King Youaogan was enfeoffed to the Belarus area in later generations.

King Subu was enfeoffed to the Moscow region in later generations.

King Huyan obtained the western region of the Ural Mountains.

King Otuo obtained the area that originally belonged to the royal court of King Youxian before moving westward.

Ujiutu obtained the Moldova region in later generations.

Nimi was left east of the Ural Mountains and gained the entire Caspian Sea and the northern areas of Atami.

Li Ling also got his wish and obtained a large area of ​​land north of the Caucasus Mountains.

In order to reward Li Ling for his meritorious service, King Youxian also gave Li Ling two thousand tents from his royal court.

After obtaining these two thousand tribesmen from King Youxian, Li Ling's Jiankun tribe became a powerful tribe with nearly ten thousand riders.

Li Ling, who had become stronger, could not help but turn his attention to the Kingdom of Armenia south of the Caucasus Mountains.

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It was already July of the second year of Yuanfeng when the news of the large-scale westward migration of the right group reached Shan Yuting.

Upon hearing the news, Xulu Quanqu Shanyu almost breathed out of anger.

Everyone knew that the Xiongnu, who had lost its right wing, had completely lost the ability to compete with the Han Dynasty.

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Xulu Quanqu Chanyu immediately ordered to summon all the kings to Shanyu's court to discuss the matter.

Before the kings came to Shan Yuting, another bad news came.

King Zuogu Li, who had been missing since the Battle of Shuofang, suddenly returned to his tribe and announced that he would not recognize the status of Xulu Quanqu Chanyu.

Immediately, he proclaimed himself the Chanyu of Killing Fins and established himself outside the Chanyu court.

After learning the news, Xulu Quanqu Shanyu could no longer sit still.
To be continued...