After settling the land dispute among the five tribes, Heifu did not rush back to Yiqu City. Instead, he led more than a hundred personal guards to patrol around Oyuan.
"Dong Zhiyuan's head is a wonder, and the vast plains are far away from the sky." Later generations used this sentence to praise Dayuan. Indeed, compared with the surrounding Liangmao, which is more than a thousand miles away, Dayuan is like a flat and boundless plain.
Once inside, I couldn't believe that I was walking on a high plateau.
After every certain distance, Heifu got off the carriage and asked the accompanying agricultural officials such as Tian Shifu, Tian Zuoli and other agricultural officials to check the water and soil. It was found that there were thirteen streams in the Great Plains, evenly distributed within a radius of two hundred miles, with a forest coverage rate of
Not bad, there has been almost no water and soil erosion in later generations. The soil in various places is also deep and soft, making it very suitable for farming.
Back then, if the ancestors of the Zhou people could defeat the troops here, they might have settled here.
The dark-faced Lao Tianguan threw down the soil in his hand, licked his lips and said, "Jun Lieutenant, as long as there is enough water, not only millet but also wheat can be grown here."
Another field man also said: "The land of the Great Plains is flat and it is easy to plow the fields. If there are enough manpower, it will be easy to cultivate millions of acres of new fields..."
After receiving such a report from the field officer who specializes in agriculture, Heifu was even more certain that Gongsun Bailu's proposal to convert Dayuan from pasture to agriculture to feed more people and resolve pasture disputes was feasible.
There is a saying in later generations: "The eight hundred miles of Qinchuan is not as good as the border of Dongzhiyuan"! You must know that for a long time in the future, this will also be a fertile land known as the "Granary of Longdong". As Beidi County, it is the most suitable
In agricultural areas, even with the current agricultural technology, it is easy to feed tens of thousands of households, but now it is crowded with more than ten thousand people. This is simply a waste of resources.
But Heifu's idea was slightly different from Gongsun Bailu's.
"Forcing soldiers to abandon herding and turn to farming is like forcing a war horse to take off its saddle and harness and put on farm tools to plow the fields."
Confucian scholars say that in China, Rong and Yi, the people of the five directions, all have their own nature and cannot be transferred. In the west, they are called Rong, and they are clothed with skins, and some of them do not eat grains. In the north, they are called Di, and they live in caves, with feathers, and there are people who do not eat grains.
There is a certain truth to this sentence. The most obvious difference between Rongdi and Huaxia is not blood, but lifestyle. The living habits of Rongdi are deeply rooted and cannot be changed by a decree. Although the Rong people of Dayuan are half farmers and half
Animal husbandry, but from what Heifu has seen, it is undoubtedly animal husbandry. They measure the wealth and poverty of each family based on the number of livestock. The fields are burned randomly, and seeds are scattered all over the land. They do not cultivate intensively, nor do they fertilize the land.
Forcing them to abandon herding and engage in farming will definitely meet with huge resistance. Even if it succeeds, Heifu still doubts whether the food grown by the Rong people will be enough for them to eat.
Besides, if all the soldiers went to farm and neglected cavalry and shooting, the northern cavalry would lose a large number of troops.
All in all, Hei Fu’s plan coincides with Gongsun Bailu’s second idea!
"Jun Lieutenant, let me tell you, since the Great Plains can no longer accommodate so many people and livestock, and the ban fifty years ago is outdated, it is better to ask the court to relax the ban and allow the five tribes to move to other places for grazing... Otherwise, even if the county
The captain ordered the five tribes to reconcile. In a few years, the five tribes will still fight and bleed. At that time, the matter may not be resolved by tug of war."
Hei Fu didn't know whether Gongsun Bailu's proposal in Pengyang City was acceptable. He didn't know that the new county captain had a plan in mind that was more radical than his!
On the first day of October, after returning to the county town, the Heifu family didn't even bother to go back, so they went to the county lieutenant's office and asked Chen Ping, who was left behind, to come and see him. He told Chen Ping what he had seen and proposed a bold plan.
"Within three years, I want all the Rong people in Dayuan to move away voluntarily and move to Guanzhong. The immigration from Guandong will be implemented!"
"Relocation voluntarily?"
Chen Ping was slightly surprised.
Heifu had his own plan: "The place where he lives is impermanent, relying on water and grass, and the land has little grain, so he relies on animal husbandry as his occupation. This is the custom of the Rong people, but King Zhao used the Great Plains as a dog pen and kept the five tribes in it. If
Even if the government removes the barriers, the five tribes will still migrate."
During the half month that Hei Fu left, Chen Ping was not idle either. After Shi Xinguan, the county captain, took office, he stayed in the government office day and night, giving him the tasks that Hei Fu had given him, such as checking the county soldiers.
After completing the list, preparing winter clothes, food and other things, they then worked non-stop to receive the "Shanghai Plan" brochures sent from various counties and filed them one by one. They were so busy that they didn't even have time to drink water.
Even so, he took the time to look through the books of the armies in Beidi County and had some knowledge of the armies of Ohara. At this time, after listening to Heifu's words, he asked:
"My subordinates dare to ask the county captain where they can move to? You must know that there are more than five tribes of Dayuan Rong people in the north. On the Jingshui line, there are Wushi Rong, Chaonarong, Nishui line, and Yuzhi Rong, Yiqu
The soldiers and others each occupy pastures. The northern land seems vast, but there are not many truly flat and livable places..."
In his view, the Rong of Ohara were originally the troublemakers in the North. If they were placed elsewhere, they would probably cause conflicts and disrupt the order of the North. It would be better to be trapped in one place.
Therefore, when Heifu went to deal with the dispute between the Rong in Ohara, Chen Ping also came up with a poisonous plan of "using Rong to control Rong": he could take this opportunity to create disputes among the five tribes, causing them to engage in more vendettas and destroy each other.
, the government supports two tribes to attack three tribes, or vice versa, the last five tribes are weakened, and the government and immigrants benefit.
Heifu disagreed: "Hounds get into fights and are very bloody, and they can also bite their owners. What's more, hounds are used for hunting. Now that the cunning rabbit is not dead and the birds are still there, how can we rush to hide the dog and cook it?"
His vision is not limited to the Northern Territory, but also casts its sights into the vast distance.
"Bring me the map!"
The lieutenants quickly hung up the map of Beidi County.
Hei Fu and Chen Ping walked to the map and said: "The bustling world is all for profit; the hustle and bustle in the world is all for profit. In the past few decades, whenever the Qin army recruited soldiers and cavalry, the soldiers rushed over each other.
The reason for applying is not only that the Rong people have a strong and brave character, and that death in battle is auspicious and death from illness is unlucky, but also because by conquering the six countries, they can get bounties and the property they capture can be theirs."
"The world is unified. In the past two years, the army and cavalry have no place to use, and they dare not disturb the common people. They can only fight against each other and private fights have become common."
"What if there are new prey in the land outside the country now that they can bite and plunder, or even seize its rich pastures? Will the Five Divisions still guard the Great Plains and remain indifferent?"
Chen Ping's heart moved. He also knew that Heifu's appointment as the governor of the North was an important part of Qin Shihuang's "Western Expansion" plan. Li Xin of Longxi County's goal was Hexi, Shangjun Qiangxu, and Feng Jie's goal was the Xiongnu Henan
On the ground, Meng Tian of Yunzhong County's goal is Zhao Jiuyuan City and Gaoque Fortress, which were taken away by the Huns. As the initiator of the plan, how could Heifu not have his own goals?
"Could it be that the cunning rabbits and birds that the county lieutenant is interested in are..."
Chen Ping's eyes found Xiaoguan on the map, and then looked up. Most of the places outside the country were blank, occupied by stretches of desert and mountains...
But not all is lost!
That's right, Heifu has already found the prey in his heart.
It is located outside the Great Wall, to the north of Xiaoguan, to the south of Helan, and on the bank of the river!
Heifu found its approximate location, clenched his hand into a fist, and hit it hard on it!
"Here, there is a place flowing with honey and milk! Not only can the five tribes of the Great Plains immigrate to live as pastoralists, but also new counties can be established for immigrants to open up fields!"
There, later generations called it "Lingzhou Yinchuan", and it also has a famous name:
Block up Jiangnan!
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October has arrived, and six hundred miles north of Xiaoguan, I felt the chill from the north earlier.
A ten-year-old young nobleman, wearing a gold crown, a black panther fur, a strong bow on his back, and deerskin boots on his feet, is riding his fiery red horse, galloping on the withered yellow grassland.
On the top, the horse has slender limbs and light legs. It gallops forward, leaving the Hun riders behind it far behind, and is the first to arrive at the felt tent!
The young man reined in his horse and looked back, raising his bow high. He was the winner of this competition!
"Helan!" the Hun riders arriving one after another cheered and threw their felt hats under the young man's hooves to show their admiration for him.
"Helan!" The Hun women who had been waiting for a long time at the felt tent also ran over with a smile, stretched out their hands, and raised their round faces, eager to win the prince's favor.
But the young man ignored them. His eyes were always staring at the Helan Mountains covered with silvery white frost and snow, watching the snowflakes above being blown by the strong wind and falling to the mountainside.
"Helan", in the Xiongnu language, is the name of a horse. He liked this mountain and the winter pasture at its feet, although this was only one of the many territories of the Xiongnu.
Because the prince felt that this mountain had some mysterious connection with him.
On the day he was born, the great witch lifted the bloody man high, put him on the horse, and announced the prophecy about the prince:
He, the son of Touman Chanyu of the Xiongnu and Prince Modun of the Luantang clan, was destined to be a horse that could gallop thousands of miles in the future!