Gently, Li Shushi left. He waved his sleeves and took away three clouds.
Although there are many people in Hanyang, outstanding ones such as Jiang Xu and Yang Fu are the core children of the local powerful. Although when they grow older, they will inevitably be recruited by the state and county or go out to study, but now they are still young and the world outside
It was not peaceful, and Li Shushi never informed the other party of his true identity from beginning to end, so he was naturally worried about the child going out with the group.
As for the three clouds taken away, they were Yan Xing, Liang Tian and the mysterious and hesitant Zhang De.
Although Yan Xing is not much older than Jiang Xu, because he is not a member of the Yan family, the Yan family just lets him do what he does, and Yan Xing is good at martial arts. For the Yan family, if he can make a name for himself next to Li Shushi
If so, it can also increase the reputation of the Yan family and find a new way out for the family's children.
Liang Tian and Zhang De, one is alone, the other does not seem to have any family ties, and they are both martial arts enthusiasts, especially Zhang De, who has potential in Suikong, but has no ability to turn it into skills, so he was unexpectedly killed.
Liang Tian, whose martial arts potential was less than 70, suppressed Liang Tian, and Li Shushi seemed to be able to hear the cries of the frustrated potentials in Zhang De.
Of course, Li Shushi had doubts about Zhang De's identity, but since he didn't want to tell him, Li Shushi couldn't ask more questions.
After leaving Hanyang, Li Shushi's next destination was Jia Xu's birthplace, Wuwei County among the four counties in Hexi.
The four counties in Hexi are located on the west side of the big bend in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. They are a symbol of the Han Dynasty's enterprising spirit in expanding its territory. Although "Hanshu - Geography" and "Hanshu - Chronicles of Emperor Wu" are not
There are different descriptions of the date and method of the establishment of the four counties, but both of them call them the former nomadic lands of King Hunxie and King Xiutu of the Xiongnu, and they are the territory that the Han Dynasty recaptured from their enemies.
Again, you can despise Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as a person, despise his character of seeking great achievements, despise his jealous and cruel nature, despise his bad hobbies in public affairs, despise his nepotism that turned the court system upside down, but you can't
What he denies is that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty controlled the Han Dynasty in the Four Fortresses and the great significance of its development to the Chinese nation - North Korea was an integral part of the Han Dynasty, and North Vietnam was also an integral part of the Han Dynasty's territory.
Therefore, compared with the Qin Emperor, Han Dynasty, Wu Tang Zong, Song Zu's military contribution is really pitiful.
The four counties in Hexi are serious border counties. The four counties have a vast territory, but the total population is less than 350,000, which means that the population is only 80,000 households at most. If the Han Dynasty did not regularly send people here, I am afraid that the Han people would
It must have been annihilated by the large number of barbarians a long time ago. But now, the situation is not much better.
The land of Hexi is a very special place. Its rise and fall are not only a symbol of the strength of the Han Dynasty, but also a barometer of the rise and fall of the ethnic minorities in northern China. If you look at the importance that the Han attaches to the land of Xihe, you can know that the grassland peoples
's current situation.
Why does such an interesting phenomenon occur? The answer is that the land of Hexi is a term we are more familiar with now - the Hexi Corridor. If we use a more vivid metaphor, it is the umbilical cord extended by the mother body of the Han Dynasty to the Western Region. At the same time, Hexi
But the land is also a dagger, a dagger that separates the Xiongnu from the Qiang, Di and Central Asian peoples in the northwest.
Everyone knows that the living conditions of the grassland peoples are quite poor, and their productivity is far behind that of the Han people. However, the fact that they have become a thorn in the side of the Han people is not just because they are good at riding and shooting and endure hardships. After all, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
Therefore, the role of the Western Regions became prominent at this time.
If you look at the world at that time, the two major civilizations - the Han Dynasty in the East (plus Pre-Qin Dynasty) and Rome in the West - were surrounded by some relatively small but very distinctive small and medium-sized civilizations relying on their characteristics or unique geographical locations.
Two huge civilizations, and the road connecting these two civilizations was the Silk Road, which was famous in later generations but was almost completely absent when the Western Han Dynasty was first built.
Although the two major civilizations are splendid, the inferior countries are not without their bright spots. Whether it is the Ptolemaic Dynasty that built the pyramids or the riding and archery technology, it is no less than the Parthian Empire of the northern barbarians (the Romans called it
Parthia) or the Yuezhi people who were the original owners of the Hexi Corridor and later established a huge Kushan dynasty in one of them.
The Huns were indeed low in productivity, but they could obtain a large amount of the war materials they needed from the Western Regions through war and trade, the most important of which were population and weapons, or perhaps just iron ore or iron ingots.
It is certain that the forging technology of the Huns is definitely not as good as that of the Han people, but it is very doubtful whether the same is true in terms of casting technology. After all, the golden man who offered sacrifices to the sky when King Xiu Tu was snatched away by Huo Qubing was obviously the result of his casting ability.
Best expression.
With the blood transfusion from the Western Region, it not only increased the Xiongnu's combat capability but also increased the endurance of the Xiongnu's combat. Moreover, for the Han Dynasty, controlling the Western Region not only cut off the blood source of the Xiongnu, but also added a new direction of attack, allowing the Han to
The Huns were attacked from both sides, so this is the impact of Zhang Qian's trip to the Western Regions on the Han-Hungarian War.
Therefore, for Hexi, as long as the Huns were strong, their role would still be valued by the rulers of the Han Dynasty.
But all this, with Dou Xian's Yanran Leshi, the Xiongnu, this behemoth that had occupied the heads of the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties for hundreds of years, finally completely dissipated in history, leaving only a few surviving members of his bloodline singing.
Although its former glory can still set off several large and small waves in the rest of history, it is still submerged in the rolling dust of history.
Although the Xianbei people rose up after the decline of the Huns and inherited most of the territory that originally belonged to the Huns, their threat was not great until Xia Yu, Zang Min and Tian Yan were defeated in the fortress.
and scale only becomes more frequent
Secondly, the most important external enemies of the Han Dynasty at this time have become the Qiang people located on the east and west sides of Liangzhou. Therefore, the land in Hexi is not very fertile but the climate is quite harsh in the eyes of the Han court.
It becomes useless.
The result of this is that when Li Shushi and his party crossed the Yellow River and officially set foot on the land of Hexi, they saw only yellow and blue - blue is the color of the sky, and yellow is the color below the horizon to their feet.
color.
The desert, the yellow sand, the solitary smoke, the strong wind, and the setting sun. Under the empty and silent sunset, people felt that he was the only one in the world at this time, as if he was the only one left in the world.
He is only fifteen years old, but he has experienced many more things than many fifty-year-olds.
He was walking aimlessly on this road that he didn't know where he came from, let alone where it was going.
He doesn't need to find a woman, because there is already a woman in his life who makes his heart beat, and there is another woman who is destined to leave a space in his life. He doesn't need any extra women anymore.
He also doesn't need to find enemies, because he doesn't know what a real enemy is. The two people who were originally facing each other with swords can finally sit and drink with each other laughing, and those who have betrayed can talk and laugh together as if they have no grudges.
, the blood feud of tens of millions of people could disappear under the requirement of "looking forward in everything". He didn't know what kind of hatred could not be resolved.
Therefore, he is confused, he is uneasy, he is afraid that all this is just a passing cloud, and will disappear when the sun becomes angry again. He is afraid that all this is just a mirage, and when the sun sets again, he will find that it is just the shadow of others.
Night has finally enveloped the earth. There are no lights, no candles, no fire, only darkness.
"Wake up from your darkness!"
With a very clear sound, Li Shushi felt that the scene in front of him had changed. The land that had been shrouded in darkness turned into day again, and there were a lot of people around him who were originally empty except for himself.
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Of course, the most important thing is that standing next to him is a loli who looks very inconsistent with a wooden stick that can be used as a pointer, looking at him with an unhappy face.
, and from time to time there was a dissatisfied snort or two coming from his nose.
As a large mercenary group with hundreds of people at their disposal, the appearance of Li Shushi and his entourage is undoubtedly a boon to the merchants living in the war-torn northwest. After hearing the news that Li Shushi intended to go to Wuwei, many people were stranded in Wuwei.
Businessmen began to gather around Li Shushi, and this trend did not stop until Li Shushi and others crossed the Yellow River and came to Hexi.
Among these merchants are Han merchants, but there are also many foreign merchants. They speak different languages and sell goods that everyone is accustomed to in modern times but are quite rare in this era. There are also goods sold by certain gem merchants.
Even in the future, they will be quite rare. Some of the handicrafts sold by merchants have long been lost in modern times.
These goods, which were nothing more than that in Li Shushi's eyes but dazzling in the eyes of others, turned those guys from Guandong among Li Shushi's group into ignorant bumpkins. They surrounded the businessmen one by one and asked this and that, very curious, and some even
He secretly took out his salary and planned to
Take advantage of this rare opportunity to buy a few small items. After all, merchants have inconvenient material turnover due to the war. If they can take this opportunity to sell some goods, they are willing to do so even if they are cheaper. After all, for merchants, capital turnover is obviously faster than goods.
It's much more cost-effective to smash it in your hand.
As for the soldiers under Li Shushi, especially those who had followed Li Shushi since the Yellow Turban Uprising, all of them had pretty good fortunes. After all, although Li Shushi did not disperse all his wealth to his subordinates like some generals, he also rewarded him quite a lot.
It was plentiful, and several seizures also gave the big-headed soldiers a lot of gains.
Not only could they be protected, but they could also take advantage of the opportunity to do some business. It was no wonder that more and more businessmen gathered around Li Shushi and his party.
p.s. I couldn’t log in to the author area for a long time. I don’t know why. I also pretended for a while and it was amazing...