Chapter 52 The Price of Peace

Many, many years... the northwest has never been as safe as it is now...

The wheat has spitted ears, the millet has ripe, and the millet has also been ears, and the pods in the field have been eaten. Everything indicates a good harvest this year.

What surprised the people in the four counties of Hexi was that until now, the bandits in the mountains, horse thieves on the grassland, and the vicious heads were all very restrained.

At this time in previous years, whether it was a bandit, a horse thief, or a leader, they had already begun to become active.

Although the crops in the land belong to the Qiang people themselves, the final decision was the bandits, horse thieves and the leader.

In the memory of the Qiang people, the real owner of this land was a bandit, a horse thief and a man.

Not now.

The horse thieves are building roads, and the bandits are building roads. As for the leaders, they need to support a large amount of food and grass for those who build roads.

Yun Langtong led his army to sweep from north to south. They did not let go of any mountain village, nor did they let go of any horse thief, and they could not tolerate those who built a terrain to circle some Qiang people and said they were the leader.

General Wei's yamen was very easy to do with such a job. They had done it once in Guanzhong. This time, it was more efficient and had less trouble.

All the powerful people were among Yun Lang's attacks, and he even planned to make such an action a permanent example - it will happen every three or five years.

The people here are strong, so they need stronger laws to restrain them.

Huo Qubing is lonely. When Yun Lang saw Huo Qubing riding on a horse and running back and forth in the wilderness, he always felt a little sorry for him.

Such a person may die at the moment of victory.

Once there is no war, the remaining time will not make much sense to him.

Cao Xiang also left. He lost a lot of weight when he left, at least his big belly disappeared.

At this moment, Yun Lang is happy.

Looking back, his strongest brother was guarding his back.

Looking forward, his most caring brother is mediating for him.

Now, the only thing he has to do is to manage the four counties in Hexi well.

Yunlang marched towards Wuwei at a speed of twenty miles a day. The army walked twenty miles a day a certain number, which means that those laborers who built roads needed to repair twenty miles a day.

This is a deadly order. If you cannot repair it well, you will have a dead end.

In the past, when the main force of road construction was still working hard by the Han, Yun Lang did not issue such a brutal military order.

Since he had more horse thieves, bandits, and illegal men in his hands, he began to have such military orders.

This is very fair. These people have been lying on the Qiang people and sucking blood for many years. Now it is time to feed back to the Qiang people.

Yunlang wants to repair the road in the shortest time and squeeze out all the useful value of these people in the shortest time.

Therefore, this road is called the road of flesh and blood by many people!

Many years later, anyone walking on this continent would sing a sad song.

Li Guangli is also a person who also likes to sing sad songs.

The military order of Dazai Li Xi has not been revoked until now, so he cannot enter Yumen Pass.

He didn't get a single blood horse that the emperor needed...

He had no choice but to take his army of bad men and wander around the wasteland like a lonely ghost.

Nowadays, they have become the most familiar army in the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty.

Yun Lang learned from the military newspaper they sent that they had arrived at the Daxia Kingdom as far as the world, and fought with the Daxia Kingdom's army and looted two cities.

Yun Lang believed that this was very reasonable. The Han Empire must have an army cruising outside to declare the existence of the Han Empire to the Hu people in the Western Regions.

Yun Lang's memorial was approved by the emperor, so Li Guangli had to delay indefinitely if he wanted to return home.

Li Ling's army left the Lan family city and finally raised the butcher's knife to the poisonous people. The Dayue people and the servants of the Western Regions became her vanguards.

Even without Xie Ning's news, Yun Lang could still imagine how powerful Liu Ling was now.

Nearly two million people entered the territory of Physal Poison like locusts, which was definitely a catastrophe for that country.

The collision between the East and the West will come sooner or later... Yunlang hopes that the Huns will test it first.

He even looked forward to meeting Liu Ling again. At that time, Liu Ling had long lost his cliché like this now and should become a great queen.

In the original historical process, the Huns were still moving westward, forcing the Dayuezhi people who were afraid of the Huns to invade Shidu, and then established a powerful Kushan Empire in the north of Shidu.

After that, the Greeks, Serbians, and Sakhs also entered this rich place, and from then on, the ancient race fell apart and no real unified country was established.

In troubled times, it is very suitable for an ambitious man like Liu Ling to make achievements.

Correspondingly, the Han Empire has completed its expansion in the East.

Yun Lang can fully expect that in the next hundred years, the Han Empire will quickly become a powerful and glorious existence that people dare not look up to.

The road under my feet is still extending southward, with a progress of twenty miles every day. Yun Lang is very satisfied with this.

It was just that there were often large-scale slave riots, which made him feel a little upset.

Fortunately, Li Ling, Li Yong, Li Shen and others suppressed it, and every slave riot would be calmed down in a short time.

This also caused another bad result, that is, the number of bandits, horse thieves, and bad-headed men caught is decreasing, and it cannot perfectly complete Yunlang's original plan - that is, after the road is built, these people will be exhausted!

The rule of all nations over another nation begins with killings, without exception.

Yun Lang was performing selective killings. No matter when, bandits, horse thieves, and bad leaders were just a small group of the huge Qiang people.

As long as we protect most of the honest people, the Qiang people do not care about their stay or leave for these small parts of the scum.

There were no strong people in the area, which was just right for the officials of the Han Empire to enter, and finally completed the rule and assimilation of the Qiang people.

Yun Lang's policies in the four counties in Hexi were extremely polarized. On the one hand, after eliminating local tyrants, the burden on the Qiang people dropped sharply. After paying too high government taxes, all the remaining things belonged to him, and there was no need to worry about someone coming to rob him.

Even though Yun Lang implemented the three tax and one policy in the four Hexi counties, the Qiang people in the four Hexi counties still welcomed them.

Before this, the Qiang people never knew or knew how much they should pay to the head men, horse thieves and bandits.

The place where order gradually calms down. As the Qiang people gradually become naturalized, Yun Lang believes that the taxes paid by these people in the future will be comparable to those of the Han people - that is, one in ten taxes.

This requires a process. Any reward must be based on the changes of the Qiang people themselves. Giving benefits to the Qiang people without restraint will make them feel that they should be born to enjoy these benefits and thus they are unwilling to be naturalized.

Huo Guang killed Wu Tong!

Yun Lang felt that Huo Guang was too careful and should kill Changshi Jiang Huan together. Nowadays, there is no need for any other voice to exist in the four Hexi counties. This is very important when the four Hexi counties are about to usher in a period of great development.

As for Liu Ju... Yun Lang felt that he would become the king of the Han Dynasty.

It was not because the nobles of these people disagreed, but because Emperor Liu Che himself had a big difference.

He thought he was still young and had the energy to govern the country, and he didn't need a reminder that the prince would grow old one day.

Liu Che regards his imperial power more important than life, so how could he easily transfer it?

Based on this point, no matter whether Liu Ju is stupid or smart, he will never be a prince who satisfies Liu Che.

Unless - he is only one or two years old this year!

Zhangye County is right in front of you!

Yun Lang rode his horse through the large areas of farmland, ignoring the panicked Qiang farmers.

The people here have finally become a little more aware of leveling the land, at least knowing how to dig ditches and irrigate, and at least knowing how to accumulate fertilizer for the land.

Although this is just a small improvement, for the Qiang people in the four counties of Hexi, this is a drastic change.

"Next year, 20,000 acres of irrigated land will be developed along the banks of Ruoshui. The migrants in Zhangye County will also be arranged along the banks of Ruoshui. This year, relocating 50,000 immigrants is already the limit of Zhangye County."

Zhangye Governor Chen Shuang dared not get too close to Yun Lang. Seeing Mu stopping the war horses on the ground, he hurriedly bowed his hand to report.

Yun Lang smiled and said, "Mr. Ge Chuan is too modest. To be honest, it is beyond my expectations to have the current farmland scale in Zhangye County.

I will return to commendation documents and report to Your Majesty. I have not forgotten Mr. Ge Chuan’s achievements.”

Chen Shuang thanked him repeatedly and said softly: "I heard that the court is dissatisfied with the policies implemented by Junhou in Hexi?"

Yun Lang nodded and said, "There are indeed some despicable villains who think that I am implementing tyranny in Hexi."

Chen Shuang sighed and said, "How can they know the difficulties of our governance in the wilderness in Chang'an?

If we had not immigrated from the Han people, the officials would definitely not dare to implement the new agricultural plan in Zhangye County.

If we cannot completely restrain the Qiang people, doing so is tantamount to investing in the enemy."

Yun Lang smiled and said, "Mr. Ge Chuan is relieved. Since we want to completely incorporate the four counties of Hexi into the territory, we will naturally not give up easily.

The Qiang people are the most suitable race to naturalize into Han people. As long as we always pay attention not to let strong people appear in the Qiang people, after two generations, there will be no more Qiang people here."

Chen Shuang smiled and said, "As the Lord said, the officials have already recruited warriors among the Han people. Once the Zhangye Army Sima Mansion is formed, the officials can rest assured."

Yun Lang laughed and said, "When leaving Chang'an, all the dukes were holding their heads to share their worries for you. Shepherd guard, shepherd guard, how can shepherd guard without shepherd dog or whip?

Although Mr. Ge Chuan established the Army Sima Mansion in Zhangye County, not only Zhangye County wanted to establish the Army Sima Mansion, but all the four counties in Hexi should be established, and it should be the top priority!"

Seeing that there was no one around, Chen Shuang whispered: "Do you want to report to the Taiwei Mansion?"

Yun Lang glanced at Chen Shuang and said, "The army's Sima should be dispatched by the Taiwei Mansion!"

Chen Shuang nodded repeatedly and said, "In this way, the subordinate will draft the document and report it to the Taiwei Mansion. Please make a decision!"
Chapter completed!