Since his friendship with Ding Yuan, although no one in Taiyuan County can care about He Bai, He Bai still pretended to be a guest and crossed the border to Shangdang County. The prefect of Shangdang County is not a capable person. To this day, there are still white wave thieves and black mountain bandits in the county.

Since the news that the Bingzhou soldiers and the Xiliang soldiers attacked Baibo from Hedong from north to south, the Baibo thieves hurriedly withdrew from Shangdang and prepared to face the war. The Black Mountain bandits were not too much under Yang Feng's constraints, so Shangdang County has finally been much more stable since the beginning of the year.

He Bai led the fifty-year-old cavalry and drove twenty large chariots to Xiangyuan along the way. Not long after entering Shangdang, he was still in Nei County, and accidentally saw two and thirty-year-old cavalry coming towards him, calling He Bai nervous for a while, why did he meet Hu Qi here?

"Come, stop." The guard shouted loudly, and a sharp arrow flew out until the first three steps of the Hu cavalry inserted into the ground. The Hu cavalry quickly stepped back and looked at He Bai and his party, without any extreme reaction. He just whistled, and made way for the main road and stopped beside the road.

He Bai was stunned again. Why is the Hu Qi so easy to talk to? But since he gave up, he was not polite. He Bai's teammates walked through the Hu Qi's queue vigilantly and found that the Hu Qi was dressed in tattered clothes and mixed with sheepskin and linen cloth, and his body was dirty and smelly. Moreover, his appearance was different, and he was not from the same clan. It seemed that there were several white people with high noses and deep eyes. What kind of Hu was this?

Most of these Hu cavalry had numb faces, and a few had their heads lowered and their faces showed hatred. However, there were no weapons in their hands, only a small number of hunting bows and bone arrows. He Bai felt relieved that this Hu cavalry was not a thief. He just felt strange, how could he get the Shangdang County and see the Hu cavalry.

After traveling for a while, after discovering that there were Han people living there, He Bai went to ask the old Han people. Only then did he realize that the Hu cavalry belonged to a vassal of the Southern Xiongnu, were slaves of various tribes in the northwest captured by the Southern Xiongnu. Since the Southern Xiongnu attached the Han Dynasty, he moved south and gradually moved to the Wuxiang area of ​​Shangdang, scattered in Wuxiang and Jieshi, so he was called Jiehu.

When He Bai heard that it was Jie Hu, he was immediately furious. This was one of the biggest murderers who massacred the entire northern Han people a hundred years later. If it weren't for the Later Zhao of Wudao King Ran Min who destroyed Jie Hu's Later Zhao and issued a decree to kill Hu, the Han people in the north would not have the destruction of their clans and races, China would have become what would have become.

He Bai led his troops for a long time and ran around the three states of You and Ji to kill countless people. At this time, his face showed murderous aura, which instantly reduced the temperature around him, as if he had returned to the ice and snow, which made the old Han people beg for fear. He almost knelt down and begged for mercy.

After He Bai reacted, he quickly comforted the old man and asked, "Is this Jie Hu bullying the Han people in Shangdang?"

The old man showed a strange face, carefully peeked at He Bai, and whispered: "Shangdang is the land of our Han people, how dare Jiehu be arrogant? It has been said that since Jiehu moved to Shangdang, he has not lived a good life. Because he moved too far and his power is small, Hu Chief does not care about it and the Han officials ignore it. Instead, he is often bullied by the Han people, which is very miserable."

He Bai was stunned and asked for details. It turned out that after the Jiehu moved inward, there were main lands everywhere in the Han area. If Jiehu could not grazed or planted, it could only fall to the point of working for the Han people. However, when the Han people were in great power, Jiehu had no power to be a human being. Not only did he have to pay more taxes than the Han people, he might also die from physical work, and he would also get wages that he could not even eat enough.

Moreover, sometimes the Jiehu people are directly abused as slaves and do a lot of hard work. Not only do they not have a half-baat for wages, but they are often hungry. If they make mistakes and encounter a kind-hearted Han Chinese, they will inevitably beat them. When they encounter a bad-hearted Han Chinese, they will directly report to the official and kill them.

The old man's words made He Bai understand that the miserable situation of the Han people a hundred years later was just a projection of ethnic minorities at this time. As the saying goes, pitiful people must have hateful things, and hateful people must have pitiful times. Isn't the Jiehu people at this time a pitiful time? Without the willful bullying of the Han people for a hundred years, how could the Jiehu people be as perverted as they were later?

He Bai asked: "How many households are there in this Jiehu people? How many people?"

The old man replied: "The Jie Hu mermaids and fish and dragons are mixed, scattered everywhere, with different appearances, and there is no specific Hu Ke management, and the household registration is unclear. However, there are always more than a thousand households, seven or eight thousand people."

He Bai nodded, resigned from the old man, and set out again. When he was in Youbeiping, he had always been proud of the Han people and had never considered the issue from the standpoint of ethnic minorities such as Wuhuan. At this time, after learning that ethnic minorities lived a very difficult life under the bullying of the Han people, he could not help but look at the issue with a neutral attitude towards the future Five Barbarians' Invasion of China.

The Five Barbarians invaded China were just revenge by ethnic minorities after the Han people were weak. As more civilized Han people, they all oppressed ethnic minorities so cruelly, let alone how the more barbaric ethnic minorities would treat the Han people after they became more powerful. This was a major mistake in the Han people's policy of treating ethnic minorities, which led to the cruel revenge of ethnic minorities in the future.

It seems that after coming to this world, we will not only quell the chaos in the world and rebuild an advanced dynasty, but more importantly, let the whole country, including all ethnic groups near the Han territory, bathe under the benevolence from the New Dynasty. If possible, it is not a bad thing to radiate the benevolence of the New Dynasty to the entire earth.

He Bai thought about it in his mind. In this era when the people's living needs were low, how much food can a person raises seven or eight thousand people? Seven or eight thousand people, and 40 million yuan is enough for their food and clothing. But now he has money, not personal private money, but only the public money in the army, which is more than 2 billion yuan. This has not yet been considered land, and even if he raises seven or eighty thousand people, it would be fine.

The benefits of raising the Jiehu people are, first, it can dispel the hatred of the Hu people against the Han people, and second, there are at least 1,500 young and strong people in Jiehu. In the era of cold weapons, people will have stronger barbaric combat power. These 1,500 people can almost be called elite soldiers. If they have enough food and clothing and have excellent weapons, they will be a good candidate for elite thunder cavalry.

As for other elderly, weak, women and children, the Jiehu people must be familiar with raising horses, so let's raise horses for themselves. If there are more horses, there will be more cavalry. If there are more cavalry, both combat power and marching speed will be greatly improved. Maybe in ten years, they will have 100,000 cavalry in their hands. Hehe, who can stop them in the world by then?

After thinking about it, He Bai immediately wrote a letter and ordered people to return to Jinyang and hand it over to Luo Pei, so that Luo Pei would be responsible for the matter in detail. The Jiehu people were scattered everywhere, but they did not have the patience to persuade each household. Let Luo Pei go to Shangdang prefect and spend some money to collect all the Jiehu people. It will sooner or later be a disaster.

He arrived at the Han family fort in Xiangyuan and learned that Han Rong, the head of the Han family, was in the fort, and He Bai ordered someone to send a greeting from his Taiyuan Commander. Soon, he saw a thin old man in his sixties, leading dozens of men from the whole clan out of the fort to greet He Bai.

Before the people arrived, the sound came first, and a loud voice came from afar, "It turned out that the Taiyuan Duwei Lord He came in person. The Duwei Lord came from Shangdang to visit the fortress. My Xiangyuan Han family is so glorious."

He Bai saw that Han Rong was brisk, not like an old man in his sixties. It seemed that his skills were really good. Han Rong might have good martial arts, but he was a casual person and did not have much resistance to his current official position. He would probably be even more unbearable when he saw his heavy gifts later. Just by just seeing him leading the men of the entire clan to welcome him, he knew that this trip would definitely achieve his goal.

He Bai then smiled and bowed and said, "The head of the Han family did not blame He Bai for this evil guest. He Bai was so happy that he dared not say anything but shining brightly."

Han Rong went up to worship and said, "Master Duwei is too humble. Since Master Duwei took office as Master Taiyuan, he has been unable to fight against the Baibo thieves who are weak in the west. He has been attacking the millions of Black Mountain bandits named Chitian in the east. He also killed five of his thieves, and his martial arts and his martial arts. Although Han Rong is far away in the countryside of Shangdang, he has also heard about Master Duwei's reputation. Today, he is lucky to see him. I only sigh that my Shangdang does not have a famous general like Master Duwei. Otherwise, even though Han Rong is nearly 60 years old, he will be willing to be the Master Duwei."

He Bai was very happy when he heard this. It seemed that he was already among the martial artists, but he was still very popular. He was not as good as among the famous scholars. He Bai took out the gift list and gave it to Han Rong, saying, "This is a small worship ceremony. I hope the head of the Han family will not abandon it."

Han Rong took it casually, asked a child to continue, and bowed, "Mr. Duwei has worked hard all the way, so please go to Han's house to rest." As he said that, he took He Bai's hand intimately and headed towards the fort.

After entering the hall, Han Rongqiang asked He Bai to sit with him on the main seat. He Bai was useless to give in and obey his orders. After that, Han Rong ordered the Han clan members to come forward to see He Bai one by one. He Bai nodded with a smile, and bowed to him one by one. When he introduced Han Rong's son Han Meng, He Bai then looked at him carefully.

Han Meng was over thirty years old at this time, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, square nose and wide face, which looked quite powerful. Moreover, he was burly, about 1.9 meters tall, with solid steps, and breathing smoothly and vigorously. While walking slowly, he also showed a faint sense of oppression. Although he was not as strong as Brother Dian Wei for the first time, he thought he was also an extremely powerful general.

In history, Xun You once commented: Han Mengrui is sharp and underestimated the enemy. Rui means sharpness, courageous and unstoppable. Underestimating the enemy means that this person has extremely high martial arts skills and doesn't care much about everything. He thinks that no one can hurt himself, so he is very careless in fighting. He can only be a general who is trapped in the battle and cannot lead troops alone.

The four pillars of Hebei are all good generals who can lead troops alone, and Han Meng's Zhengliang is actually inconsistent with the name. The real Zhengliang should be Ju Yicai, a famous general who defeated Baima Yicong. It was just that Ju Yi was arrogant and was killed by Yuan Shao because of his merits. In order to dispel Ju Yi's reputation, Yuan Shao praised Han Meng. Therefore, Han Meng's martial arts was enough, but his talent in commanding and using troops was still much worse.
Chapter completed!