Tao Shang's southern tour was accompanied by Tao Ying and Hua'er as guides, but to be on the safe side, Tao Shang still led three elite troops, including the Tiger Guards, Taishan Army, and Danyang Elites, to follow him, and led several
Strong generals will accompany you to ensure every plan is in place.
Diao Chan and Mi Zhen also came to Nanchang, but they did not go with them for the visit to Baiyue. Although the two women also wanted to go there with the pottery merchant, they still had to look after little Tao Ji, so they could not accompany them.
Diao Chan couldn't worry about the pottery, so she asked two personal maids, Qiao Yi and Qiao Yun, to accompany the pottery south to inspect the land of Baiyue, taking care of his health on the way.
While the pottery merchant was grateful, he couldn't help but sincerely praise the kindness of his two ladies.
Putting such two pretty little girls next to their husbands and not taking them seriously at all, these two daughters-in-law are really no one else.
When inspecting Baiyue in the south, the first person to visit was naturally Huadang, the leader of Hanyue.
Huadang is the leader of Hanyue, Hua'er's biological father, and Tao Ying's father-in-law. In terms of relationship, he is a close relative of the old Tao family.
Although Hanyue is the name of a tribe, if it is specifically divided, it should actually be regarded as a country within a country. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, although their development was relatively backward, their population was relatively dense, and Hanyue's
The leader, Hua Dang, is already the king of a small country in a certain sense.
Although the place where the king currently lives does not have a large-scale city, there are only stone and wood fortresses one after another to accommodate these remnants.
Hua Dang, the leader of Hanyue, heard that the pottery merchant was coming and immediately came to greet him personally.
When the two parties met, Hua Dang jumped off the horse and walked straight to the pottery.
He used their native salute method to salute the pottery merchant deeply, and said to the pottery merchant: "Wow, hahaha! Hua Dang has met Master Tao."
As soon as the pottery merchant heard Hua Dang's laughter, he knew who Tao Ying's daughter-in-law was laughing at.
Just like her father.
The pottery merchant smiled and stretched out his hand to help Hua Dang, and looked him up and down. He saw that the old man was wearing linen clothes, but he had a strong spirit and a rather majestic appearance, which was quite scary.
Tao Shang secretly thought that it was no wonder that he could give birth to such a strong-looking woman as Hua'er. She was indeed a tiger father with no dog daughter.
Two young men.
"Flowers, flowers..." the potter said, not knowing what to call the flowers.
He turned his head and asked Tao Ying in a low voice: "What should I call your father-in-law? Old man Hua, old man Hua, brother Hua, or the head of the family?"
Tao Ying thought about it carefully and whispered: "After all, he is the leader of a tribe. According to their customs, he must be regarded as a barbarian king, right? Anyway, I have always called my father-in-law here, why don't you come with me?
Call?"
The pottery merchant was speechless at his brother's wisdom. Why did the child speak so vaguely?
Seeing that the pottery merchant was unwilling, Tao Ying immediately said: "You are the king of the tribe, or you can call him King of Flowers."
"Kao, please get up." The pottery merchant hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Hua Dangxu up.
Hua Dang stood up and immediately led the potter towards his Stone City tribe.
The strong Hanyue warriors under his command were the first to clear the way.
As the potter walked, he developed a friendship with Hua Dang.
"Kao, Tao has always admired your old name, but unfortunately I have never had the chance to meet him. Now that the Emperor of Han Dynasty has decided to make his capital in Nanchang, he will hold a ceremony for the next year. At this critical moment, Tao is ordered to protect the safety of his lord.
It is really not easy to come here to inspect the border fortress, so we have the opportunity to meet Kao Bar. We must cherish this meeting."
Hua Dang chuckled and said first: "Uh-huh, hahaha... Well, Taifu... If you want to call me Kao, then just call me Kao. Just leave the word alone, it sounds awkward."
The pottery merchant nodded and said, "Of course."
Hua Dang continued: "After my daughter was promised to the Fuyi Zhonglang General, I intended to meet the Grand Tutor once to talk about our feelings. Unfortunately, the Grand Tutor was busy with affairs in the land of China and could not come here. I was also in person.
It is really a great regret in life to lose the important things in the clan and not to leave easily."
Look at the leaders of other tribes. Their culture is also very good, and they are more polite than the people in the Central Plains.
The pottery merchant smiled and waved his hand, and suddenly said: "Kao Wang is too polite... By the way, Tao has never been to the southern border and is not very familiar with this place. I wonder how many people there are in the Hanyue tribes that Kao King manages?"
Kao said carelessly: "To be honest, Taifu, there are a total of 200,000 people in the various tribes under my command."
The potter nodded slightly.
There is no need for Hua Dang to lie to himself about this number. He, the pottery merchant, is here to patrol on behalf of the emperor and ask the ministries to praise him. He is not here to find trouble and fight. Hua Dang also understands this truth. There is no need to fool himself with some frivolous things. It is meaningless.
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So Huadang specifically emphasized that it has a population of 200,000.
But what you say is so awesome and proud, so what if there are 200,000 people?
In this era when there are tens of millions of Han people, the pottery merchant feels that a population of 200,000 people has nothing to be proud of.
However, if in the late Three Kingdoms period in history, after decades of conquests between the Wei, Shu, and Wu kingdoms, the population of Central and Eastern China dropped by 78%, the 200,000 people might still be able to talk about it.
But under the current situation, such a population is not a big deal.
The potter touched his chin and said doubtfully: "As far as I know, Hanyue is also a large clan among the Baiyue in the south. How can there be only 200,000 people in the entire clan?"
After Hua Dangben said this number, he was quite proud. When the pottery merchant said this, his old face suddenly fell.
It seemed like I didn't fool him.
The pottery merchant's political sensitivity is indeed very strong. Hua Dang wanted to show off in front of him, but unfortunately she failed to do so, and immediately made him ask the flaw.
After a moment of silence, Hua Dang finally said: "To be honest with you, Taifu, among the Baiyue tribes, Hanyue should have been the largest tribe at the top, but due to the constant changes in the south over the past thousands of years, the Hanyue tribe has
In addition, during the Emperor Gaozu's period, the establishment of the Huainan Kingdom caused the Hanyue people to move south. Now our tribe has actually been divided into three branches, one is the Ganyue tribe controlled by me, the second is the Jiangdu Yue, and the third is the Fulou Yue."
The pottery merchant nodded and said: "It turns out that the family is separated, but that's okay. The family business is too big to manage. If we separate, everyone can become the boss, and no one will cause trouble to the other. It will save more worry.
Happy leisurely.”
Hua Dang's face twitched when he heard this, and secretly thought that what you said sounded nice! Since ancient times, which fool would think that his family's property is big and divide it up?
The pottery merchant and Hua Dang walked hand in hand, and continued as they walked: "After the separation, aren't Jiang Duyue and Fu Lou getting on better terms with you?"
Hua Dang shook his head vigorously and said: "That's not true. We are all Hanyue people. Even if we separate, we still have brotherhood and a very good relationship!"
The potter smiled and said: "Since we have a good relationship, King Kao might as well invite the two leaders of Jiangduyue and Fulouyue to meet Tao, so that Tao can establish me as the emperor of the Han Dynasty."
Tell them the good news."
Hua Dang was a little puzzled when he heard this: "Actually, it is not difficult to do this, but recently there was a distinguished guest from Fu Louyue, and he got along very well with his leader. King Fu Lou also invited King Jiangdu Yue to go with him to meet with him.
Since we have that distinguished guest here, I'm afraid they won't have time to come over and meet Tao Taifu for the time being."
Behind Tao Shang, Ji Ling, who had been silent all this time, raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "What kind of distinguished guest? He will be more distinguished than the Taifu! Can't those two stupid kings understand the priorities? Which one is more important?"
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The pottery merchant turned around and glared at Ji Ling gently, saying, "Don't talk nonsense."
After saying that, he turned to look at Hua Dang and said in confusion: "King Kao, I wonder what the name of the distinguished guest going to Jiang Duyue is? But how can a Han man get such attention from the two kings?"
Hua Dang said: "That person is said to be from the Zhou family in Lujiang. His surname is Zhou and his name is Yu Zi Gongjin. He is a very famous person among the young talents in Jianghuai. It is Yuan Shu. He also tried his best to recruit him back then.
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The potter and the others were stunned when they heard this.
Why did Zhou Yu come here to meet the leader of the Yue people?
For our own side, this is definitely not a good thing.