Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 408 Chapter 419: Qiongnan's Status Quo
Zhu Ruihuan looked at Li Hao in bewilderment, feeling that his three views were about to be ruined, this Ni*ma was too immoral, both of them had no integrity.

For the farce of the three of them, Xue Rengui just watched with a faint smile. Anyway, he is used to it, and Li Guocheng is also an eye-opener. After all, it is the first time he has seen Li Hao's unscrupulous side. See, I don't know if it will lose powder.

After a small episode, Li Hao and the others set off towards Yazhou, and the team of more than 200 people moved forward unhurriedly.

In less than half an hour, their team passed Yancheng. Yancheng was not big, it seemed to be smaller than Xizhou, but the city wall was much better than Xizhou city wall, at least not adobe wall, but masonry wall.

More than half an hour later, Li Hao and the others finally arrived under Shecheng. Cui Peng, the governor of Yazhou, had already lined up outside the city gate with a group of Yazhou officials. After all, Li Hao was the king of Qiongnan. With a noble status, he must not be disrespectful to Li Hao.

Li Hao's men and horses stopped outside the city gate. Li Hao lifted the curtain and got out of the car, walked forward, and stood seven feet in front of Cui Peng. It is the best distance for people to meet each other for the first time. , without appearing too distant, or too abrupt.

As soon as Li Hao stood still, Zhu Ruihuan came to Cui Peng's side holding Li Hao's official uniform seal and official documents. Cui Peng checked all three things, and after confirming that they were correct, he cupped his hands at Li Hao and said loudly: "Cui Peng, governor of Yazhou, pays homage to King Qiongnan!"

"Greetings to King Qiongnan!" All the officials in Yazhou behind saluted and shouted.

Although they had only met for a minute, Li Hao already felt from Cui Peng's performance just now that this person was serious and cautious, which is a good quality.

Li Hao waved his hands and said with a faint smile, "You don't have to be polite, it's my king who bothered you, let's go to the city to talk."

Seeing Li Hao's easy-going conversation and not putting on airs, Cui Peng felt at ease and took Li Hao into the city. Cui Peng suggested that Li Hao go to the governor's mansion to rest, but Li Hao wanted to go to the post house. Cui Peng didn't object, so he took Li Hao there. the post house.

When he arrived at the post house, Li Hao got out of the car and went in to have a look, heh!Good guy, the yard is full of grass, the tallest grass is waist high, Li Hao was very embarrassed, smacked his lips, and said: "Let's go to the Dudu's Mansion."

At the same time, he secretly commented on this Cui Peng in his heart, three words, a nerd, knowing that the post house can't live in people, and he doesn't dissuade him, so nothing will happen?Are you still afraid of contradicting yourself?But now I am embarrassed.

Fortunately, Li Hao is not a narrow-minded person, so he won't mind it. If he meets a narrow-minded prince, Cui Peng will directly offend the prince.

After arriving at the Governor's Mansion, Cui Peng led Li Hao into the living room, and said, "My lord will have some tea first, and the officials will send someone to prepare some light banquets to cleanse my lord."

Li Hao nodded and said: "Okay, let's invite General Xue to join us at that time. After all, you will need to cooperate in many places in the future. Let's get to know each other first."

Cui Peng froze for a moment, nodded and cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

Li Hao went on to say: "Cui Dudu, regarding the matter of my king's exile in Qiongnan, did you receive any documents from the court beforehand?"

Cui Peng cupped his hands and said politely: "Go back to your lord, I have received the documents more than two months ago."

Li Hao asked: "That's a good thing, Mr. Cui should have already prepared the mansion for this king."

Cui Peng nodded: "Ready, since the court has written orders, the officials dare not neglect."

Li Hao smiled satisfied when he heard the words, because he was afraid that this guy would not be able to do things, if he didn't prepare a place for himself, he would have to scold him by the ear.

So Li Hao got up and said: "It's still early in the sky, Mr. Cui, why don't you take me to the palace first, so that I can settle down here as soon as possible. I still have a lot of luggage on the boat."

Hearing this, Cui Peng showed embarrassment, and said: "My lord, the palace is a bit far from here. Now that I pass by, I'm afraid I can only get there after dark."

"What?" Li Hao was surprised when he heard the words, "There is still more than an hour before dark, and my palace is more than an hour away from here?"

"My lord's atonement." Cui Peng said helplessly, "There is indeed no suitable idle mansion in Shecheng, so in a hurry, I can only find a courtyard for my lord in Qiongzhou, and I ask my lord to settle it first."

Li Hao frowned and asked, "Didn't the imperial court allocate the funds for this king to build the palace?"

Cui Peng shook his head: "Go back to the prince, no."

Li Hao sighed helplessly when he heard the words. It seems that Li Shimin was really disappointed in himself. When he was in Chang'an, he casually rewarded him with a Dahou's Mansion within the third ring road. The guards didn’t go to live, but now it’s good, when they come to Qiongnan, they don’t even give money to build the palace. According to Cui Peng’s said courtyard, it’s probably not too big, otherwise Cui Peng wouldn’t let him settle down first. After a while, it seems that if you want to live comfortably in Qiongnan, you have to spend your own money to build the palace.

In fact, it's good to think about it. It's better to build a house by yourself. It's comfortable to live in. Anyway, he's not short of money.

So Li Hao no longer entangled with the problems of the palace, and began to ask: "You just said Qiongzhou, as far as this king knows, there are only three states in Qiongnan? When will there be another Qiongzhou?"

Cui Pengdao: "My lord doesn't know something. It has been 12 years since I came to Qiongnan as an official. In these 12 years, although I haven't made much achievements, I still have done something."

As he spoke, he rummaged through the official documents on the desk for a while, found a map and handed it to Li Hao, saying: "My lord, please take a look, this is the map of Qiongnan just drawn this year."

"Oh?" Li Hao took it with great interest when he heard the words. After a closer look, he found that Qiongnan had expanded a little territory, and added two counties in the northern coastal area. If it went south, only Qiongzhou was added. However, according to the map , not far south of Qiongzhou, we have already reached the territory of Qiongnan natives, Li Hao frowned suddenly and said: "Master Cui, why is the territory of our Datang so small in Qiongnan Island?"

Cui Peng was embarrassed when he heard the words, and said: "It's because the officials are incompetent. They have only made so much progress in the past 12 years. The local aboriginal people in Qiongnan are a bit resistant to our Tang Dynasty. Although some tribes have been with us over the years, there are still some tribes who want Chase us away and sneak up on us from time to time."

"Oh?" Li Hao frowned when he heard the words, "Anyway, there's nothing wrong now, why don't Master Cui tell me about Qiongnan's current situation."

Cui Peng immediately nodded and said yes, and described the current situation in Qiongnan to Li Hao in detail. At present, there are 4 households in Qiongnan, with a population of 12 and 12 acres of land. Every year, Mutian relies on the government to allocate grain for relief. With such achievements, it is no wonder that Cui Peng has not been able to recover for [-] consecutive years.

Because the aborigines here in Qiongnan are more vicious and often attack some prefectures in the Tang Dynasty, there are more soldiers in Zhechong Mansion. Yazhou Zhechong Mansion has [-] troops, Danzhou [-] troops, and Zhenzhou [-] troops. Qiongzhou has [-] troops, making a total of [-] troops.

In order to resist the attacks of the aborigines, Cui Peng has never dared to open any county towns. He only added two county towns in the northern coastal area, because it is safer there, and the aborigines generally do not attack there. Every year when the harvest season comes, there are always aboriginals They will come to fight the autumn wind, if it is just to grab food, they will set fire to the fields if they can't take it away, which really makes Cui Peng's teeth itch with hatred.

After hearing this, Li Hao smacked his lips and sighed: "Sure enough, it's the poor people who came out of the poor mountains and rivers."

Cui Peng deeply felt the same way: "What the prince said is very true."

Li Hao counted the days and said, "Is it the harvest season?"

Cui Peng said bitterly: "The harvest season has passed, but the rice here in Qiongnan is harvested twice a year, and there will be another catastrophe in October." For Cui Peng, the harvest season is like going through a catastrophe. The most distressing time, because every time this time comes, the natives will come to rob.

Seeing Cui Peng's distressed appearance, Li Hao secretly sighed in his heart, the parents and officials in this place, which was originally lacking in ability, encountered these troublesome people with headaches, and it was really hard for the people in Qiongnan.

So he said slowly: "Lord Cui, please don't worry about it. Regarding the harassment of the aborigines, this king will find a way to help you solve it. If it is really impossible to resolve it peacefully, this king will help you exterminate them."

Cui Peng repeatedly waved his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you must not do this. These indigenous people hold vengeance the most. Once they go deep into the mountains, it will be difficult to find them. When they come back to take revenge, the people of Qiongnan will have no peace."

"You bastard!" Li Hao scolded suddenly when he heard the words, "When this king roams the Western Regions, he will wipe out 16 troops from the Seven Kingdoms within ten days! You will be afraid of these little natives!"

Cui Peng was stunned by his glance, and then he remembered that the prince in front of him was not an ordinary prince, he was awarded the title of prince by virtue of his military achievements, and he also had another title, that is, the God of War Never lost yet.

Thinking of this, Cui Peng immediately felt relieved, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "So... I really thank you, my lord. I thank you for the people of Qiongnan."

"Don't thank me first." Li Hao waved his hands impatiently, "Tell me about the specific situation of the aborigines first, which aborigines are closer to our Tang Dynasty, and which aborigines are against us."

"Yes." Cui Peng immediately told Li Hao about the specific situation of Qiongnan's aborigines.

After listening to Li Hao, he had a rough idea. Now Qiongnan’s indigenous population has increased a lot. There are 44 tribes, with a total of nearly 30 indigenous people. There are not many indigenous tribes close to Datang, only five, of which Ziliu tribe and The Tang Dynasty has the most friendly relationship, and there has never been any conflict. Moreover, the aborigines of the Ziliu tribe have moved from the mountains to the plains and established a town a hundred miles south of Qiongzhou. They often trade with the Tang people and learn culture and culture from the Tang people. Planting rice, they intend to live the life of the Tang people like the Tang people, and they have a heart that is free from barbarism.

However, there are many tribes against the Tang people, nearly ten of them, the Yashan tribe is the leader, and the Yashan tribe is the most powerful among all the tribes. The whole tribe has more than 1 indigenous people.

As for the other tribes, they have always held a neutral attitude and neither welcomed nor opposed Datang. In fact, their attitude is easy to understand. After all, Datang did bring them some materials and benefits, but at the same time they thought The Tang people invaded their territory, so they belonged to the group of people who were more contradictory and least assertive.

(End of this chapter)