A banquet has been prepared in the palace. Li Mu and others took their seats after bathing and changing clothes. The lieutenants of the army were responsible for the banquet.
"We haven't seen each other for a year, and we have become even sharper." Tian Dan raised his glass to Li Mu and said, Li Mu was half of his son, and Tian Dan was very pleased to see Li Mu grow up to what he is today.
"In the environment in the north, it's impossible not to have a sharp edge. But fortunately, now that the enemy has been eliminated, all that's left is to recuperate." Li Mu said with a smile.
The young man who once saw Tian Dan, Le Yi, was extremely excited, but now he can face it calmly and talk eloquently.
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The realm of Le Yi and Tian Dan is no longer far away from him, and more importantly, he is still young. Le Yi and Tian Dan have been finalized, and he still has unlimited potential in the future.
"Is Donghu strong?" Meng Wu asked curiously.
"Generally, each tribe operates independently and is full of filth. They only unite when facing foreign enemies. King Donghu is only the king in name. However, the population of Donghu is larger than that of the Xiongnu, and the potential for war is huge. If a hero can be found, all the tribes can be conquered.
When tribes are integrated together, it is not difficult to become the overlord of the grassland."
"But now, they are not even as good as the Xiongnu. What's more, King Donghu has been captured by us, and the Donghu Langqi are almost wiped out. Next, Donghu will inevitably start a war for the throne. If nothing else happens, within ten years there will be no
It will pose a threat to our country, Zhao." Cai Ze said with a smile.
The State of Zhao has already occupied half of the grassland. When it frees up its hands, it will inevitably hold the other half of the grassland in its arms. For the State of Zhao, the chaotic Donghu is the good Donghu.
What he didn't know was that Hunyue's simple "Recapture the Golden Eagle King" enabled Donghu to avoid a big war. Of course, some small wars are inevitable, but overall they are still within a controllable range.
Loss of Donghu’s national strength.
"In this case, we can develop the grassland with peace of mind." Zhao Kuo drank the glass and said happily.
With the availability of cotton, down, fire pits and other things, the climate in Saibei is no longer a natural barrier for Zhao. Although large-scale immigration is impossible for various reasons, it is still possible to arrange for some people to develop it into pastures.
In later generations, Outer Mongolia alone raised 50 to 60 million cattle, sheep, horses, camels and other livestock. Our country of Zhao does not want many, so we can just raise a fraction.
Moreover, the areas behind Donghu, the Northeast, and the Outer Northeast are all good places. They have mature soil without development, and the cultivated land area is equivalent to the entire Central Plains combined.
The area near Beihai is also a good place for farming and grazing, and there is ample water. It will be necessary to erect a monument there.
As for the place farther north, forget it. Even if there are cotton-padded clothes and the like, it is not a place for people to live. However, if any weird family wants to go there and experience it, Zhao Kuo doesn't mind dividing them there.
"Your Majesty, this is Donghu's golden eagle." Li Mu took out the golden eagle from his arms and handed it to Zhao Kuo.
"So small?" Zhao Kuo remembered that the Xiongnu's little golden eagles were already as old as children, and the gold content of these ten golden eagles together was not as high as those of the little golden eagles.
Still the atmosphere of the Huns!
"I heard that Donghu's golden eagles are usually hung on the king's tent, so they are not too heavy." Yu Xin said.
He was right. Donghu's golden eagle was indeed hung on the king's tent under normal circumstances.
But on the day of the expedition, King Donghu opened the tent curtain and walked out. A gust of wind blew by, and the golden eagle suddenly fell from the king's tent to the feet of King Donghu.
King Donghu suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. After hesitating for a while, he did not hang the golden eagle back, but carried it in his arms.
At this moment, Golden Eagle and King Donghu never saw each other again.
Zhao Kuo played with it for a while and found nothing strange except that gold was more valuable. "Did you find anything?"
"The general can feel the power of faith contained in it, but there is no way to use it." Li Mu shook his head. He and Cai Zelisi tried many times along the way, but to no avail.
"Let me take a look." Tian Dan stretched out his hand and said.
Zhao Kuo handed the golden eagle to Tian Dan.
"What method did you plan to use on Qi Guo? Try it now." Tian Dan glanced at Le Yi and said unhappily.
"It's useless. What matters to Qi is the destiny of the country. This is the power of faith." Le Yi shook his head. He had tried it when he was in the Hetao. "But when you said this, I remembered that the destiny of the country and the power of faith
Although they are different, there is a certain connection. The power of faith comes from the people under the rule, and a large part of the national destiny depends on the people under the rule. We can use this to study."
"The witchcraft culture is prevalent in Chu State, which is similar to the Golden Eagle of Donghu. Maybe you can borrow some things to come and have a look." Xu Li said.
In the past, the culture of witchcraft and medicine was also popular in the Central Plains, but it became less popular from the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, after various countries suppressed it, and with the rise of hundreds of schools of thought, the inheritance of witchcraft and medicine gradually came to an end.
On the contrary, in Chu State, the witchcraft culture has endured for a long time.
However, the witchcraft culture of the Chu State and the Central Plains are not the same system. The three Jin, Qi, Wei, and Lu, including the Qin State in the west and the Yan State in the north, are one system, and the Chu State is a separate system.
"The land of Bashu also has this inheritance." Chulong said.
"The royal court of the Xiongnu should have records in this regard." Tian Dan suddenly said, if anyone knows the most, it must be the Xiongnu. As long as the Xiongnu is not a fool, he will definitely study it.
"I will arrange for someone to check." Zhao Kuo looked embarrassed. Pang Nuan moved everything that could be moved from the Xiongnu royal court like a sweep. After sending it to Handan, he threw it into the warehouse and left it alone.
Zhao Kuo had long forgotten that all the civil and military ministers were extremely busy. Who could have thought of such a thing?
Of course, the main reason is that there is nothing valuable inside, almost all of it is junk, and there are even skulls collected by the Huns.
If they were robbing the royal palaces of various countries in the Central Plains, this group of people would never do this.
In fact, a small golden eagle does not need such a big fanfare at all. The power of faith contained in it is completely worthless to the entire Zhao Kingdom.
Even the Xiongnu, who relied on the power of faith to increase their fighting power to the limit, were still defeated by Zhao and are still digging coal and building roads.
What's more, Dong Hu's power of faith is only as small as that of Golden Eagle.
The important thing is the secret inside. If it can be cracked, it can unite the faith of Zhao State, or seize the power of faith of other tribes, which will be of great help to Zhao State.
"I have the inheritance of the Yarrow Turtle Sect here. Although it is different, we can draw parallels." Wei Wuji said, he was also very interested in this kind of thing.
In the past, he always thought that faith was an illusory thing that could not be seen or touched, but later he discovered that this kind of thing did exist and could sometimes play an unimaginable role and even change a person.