Destiny Only Han

Liyang Palace.

With her sleeves folded in both hands, Liu Ying strode across the dark corridor and walked towards the long steps several meters high in the distance.

This is what made him hate it deeply. The level of architecture in the Qin and Han Dynasties was not good enough, so the only way to make the palace majestic and towering was to create a sense of oppression by piling up the foundations.

Although Liu Ying drew many classic restoration pictures of later palaces based on her memory, people are always accustomed to following the old ways. Therefore, the architectural styles of Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace still continue this style that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

He looked at the empty hall, and waved to Wei Wuzhi who was sorting out the memorial: "Where is Your Majesty?"

Wei Wuzhi bowed slightly and saluted: "Report to Your Highness, Your Majesty has gone to the Queen's place."

Isn't Lao Liu in the middle of a cold war with my mother, why did he run over at this time?Heh, man... Liu Ying froze for a moment, then asked again: "When did you go?"

Wei Wuzhi looked at the omission in the hall, recalled it and said, "About a quarter ago."

Liu Ying nodded and followed Liu Bang's trail.

It's still early in the day, and it's an old couple, so he's not worried at all about his sudden passing and being turned away...

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Chenglu Palace.

When Liu Ying walked in panting heavily, what she saw was Lu Zhi who was sitting on the couch and only hated that she didn't have two hands long enough to pet the cat, and Lu Zhi who was lying on the ground without the dignity of an emperor at all, being The cat overwhelmed Liu Bang who was at a loss.

After the Western Regions business group returned, the government, the palace, as well as the East Palace and some butlers from the Gonghou came one after another.

What Xiao He took away were of course the good horses from the Western Regions brought back by the merchant group, and the Central Plains horses that the merchant group carried when they left the customs had all been replaced with this kind of Hequ horse with a taller body and faster running speed.

Among them, the few blood-sweat horses smuggled from Dayuan Kingdom were also taken away by Xiao He, and transferred to Shimuyuan under the jurisdiction of the eunuch Xia Houying.

These are used for tax deductions.

When the butler Gonghou came, what he took away were those agates and jade, as well as the Hu Ji musician.

These are the rewards for their shareholding this time, as well as their confidence in enrolling enthusiastically next time.

As for the people from the Eastern Palace, what they took away were those weird seeds and spices, as well as jewelry that accounted for nearly half of the total ratio...

The prerequisite for everyone to earn money is that Liu Ying first earns a lot of money.

After all, getting rich first leads to getting rich later. If Liu Ying doesn’t get rich first, how can she suppress it?
And the person who came from the palace was of course Lu Zhi's Empress Shaofu.

As a cat slave who suddenly became obsessed with hoarding cats, when Lu Zhi thought that these cuties were not by his side, his heart felt like a knife and he was unwilling to eat...

But what Liu Ying never expected was that Liu Bang, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, has also fallen now...

Liu Ying thought for a while, silently crushed the catnip hidden in her bosom, and sprinkled it evenly on her body.

So, it feels really good to be overwhelmed by cats...

Opposite him, Liu Bang and Lu Zhi looked at the cats and cats who were still beside them before, and they all ran to Liu Ying's side in the blink of an eye, their jealousy was palpable.

Liu Ying believed that if he wasn't his own, he would have been dragged out to make sausages...

Amidst the meowing sounds, Liu Ying couldn't help sighing in her heart.

Counting on these guys to catch mice is likely to be useless.

The cats brought back by the business group are basically Persian cats from Central Asia. Although Persian cats are also cats, they have been domesticated as pets, relatives, and not wild.

Well, it's like a Ragdoll that's like a dog among cats.

Liu Ying thought about it. In fact, there are cats in China, but that kind of cat is too wild to live in harmony with humans. To be precise, if you expect to raise local cats to catch mice, it is very likely that the first ones to suffer are those raised at home. chicken duck goose...

Some people say that there will be a "welcoming cat" link in the wax festival celebration to prove that China has long had domestic cats, but this is actually wrong.

Because the "cat and tiger gods" are sacrificed in the La Festival celebration, the reason for sacrificing them is that the former catches mice and voles, while the latter hunts wild boars.

Well, voles are in the hamster family and mice are in the murine family.

The juxtaposition of cats and tigers shows that cats at that time were still wild animals, not domestic animals or pets.

Liu Ying raised her legs and walked past this group of trash, planning to wait for some leopard cats to come back after a while, and inject wild genes into these foreign cats.

Anyway, they are all cats. Even if there are hidden dangers, as long as there are enough breeding speed and enough individuals, bad genetic characteristics will become recessive and eventually disappear.

Just like the wild rabbits that are flooding in Australia, there are actually only a few ancestors.

Liu Ying walked to Liu Bang's side, lowered her head and whispered a few words, and forcibly grabbed a three-flowered cock. Liu Bang was stunned, his eyes full of solemn expressions:
"Is the news reliable?"

Liu Ying nodded: "Xiao Tong and the others captured a Hun who said so, it should be true."

Liu Bang stood up and was about to walk out of the hall, but was suddenly stopped by Lu Zhi:
"People can go, cats stay!"

Liu Bang collapsed in an instant, looked at Liu Ying who was full of contempt, and then at Lu Zhi who had a firm attitude, and said reluctantly, "I'll come back later..."

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Liyang Palace, Xuande Palace.

At this time, the sun had already slanted to the west, and layers of burning clouds were rolling in the distant sky, and the inside of the huge palace gradually became dark.

Liu Bang waved his hand, and two lines of waiters walked in, lighting a candle.

Amidst the flickering candlelight, Zhang Liang, Xiao He and the others who rushed to the scene showed serious expressions on their faces.

At this time, although nomads' southward invasion has not become the norm, the disasters in the northern neighboring countries still make everyone have to be cautious.

After all, being a robber before starving to death is a common sense regardless of nomadic or agricultural.

At this time, the Han Dynasty had just recovered from the war. Although the national power crushed the opponent, the population was too small and he was not familiar with the opponent's organizational structure.

The latter is the most deadly, because it is easy to recruit troops to go north, but it is difficult to find the other party.

Although Liu Ying recruited some Xiongnu herdsmen, it was approaching summer, and the herdsmen were in a scattered state. Unless they had the means of high-altitude investigation, they could only find a needle in a haystack.

This is why it is difficult to solve the nomadic invasion of the south in all dynasties.

In the overall silence, the Hun who was captured by Xiao Tong and later taken over by Tingwei Houfeng, who was trained a lot, was escorted up.

In these short two hours, he lived and died, died and lived in the prison of the Tingwei Mansion, and he was no longer as unruly as before.

Hou Feng took a step forward and asked, "Tell me, how long has it been since it rained or snowed on the grassland?"

The Hun raised his head and glanced at Hou Feng, his pupils contracted violently, and he stammered and replied tremblingly: "Since, since the first month of winter, there has been a piece of snow and a drop of rain..."

Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment and asked, "The Huns also have a calendar?"

The Hun turned his head to look at Zhang Liang. Although he was in severe pain, his face still showed some amazement, which soon turned into regret.

Zhang Liang couldn't be more familiar with this kind of expression, so there was no slight fluctuation in his heart.

Born a man, I'm sorry...

Amid Hou Feng's gloomy cold snort, the Huns replied tremblingly: "Every January, the leaders of various ministries will gather in the Shanyu Court to worship their ancestors, so I remember very clearly that from then on, the grassland has never No rain or snow fell."

Liu Ying asked: "You said that you went to the Qiang people to exchange food. What I want to know is, is this your own idea, or your Chanyu's idea?"

Well, since the Huns occupied the south of the old Great Wall, that is, the later Ningxia Plain, they have bordered the nomadic and agricultural Qiang people who are entrenched in the Qinghai area.

When Zhang Qian returned from his first envoy to the Western Regions in history, although he deliberately spared him from the southern line of the Silk Road to avoid the territory of the Huns, he was still captured by the Qiang people who surrendered to the Huns, so he was detained again more than a year...

The Huns glanced at Liu Ying, who seemed harmless to humans and animals, and resentment arose in their hearts.

It was this person who handed him over to that man with an eagle-like face, who tortured him so much that he could only survive or die!

He didn't want to answer Liu Ying's question, but when he saw Hou Feng's perverted gaze, he shuddered and said honestly: "It was our own idea. Almost half of the cattle and sheep in the tribe starved to death, and the little lambs all died." Died in the belly of the ewe, I really can't survive!"

Liu Ying asked again: "What about Shan Yu's headquarters? How is the situation of their cattle and sheep?"

The Huns thought for a while and replied: "Not many cattle and sheep of the Great Chanyu starved to death, and there are Qin people who can farm land, and there is a lot of food..."

Liu Ying smiled: "Since Da Shanyu has a lot of food, why don't you go to Shanyu to borrow food, but go to the Qiang people to buy it?"

A look of resentment appeared on the face of the Huns: "The Great Chanyu will not borrow!"

Liu Ying nodded lightly: "I'm done asking, you can just..."

After a while, the Huns were escorted away again, and the hall fell into silence.

In fact, I didn’t ask anything from the population of the Huns today. After all, the tribes in the vast grasslands are far away from each other, and communication is inconvenient. In addition, this person is only a small leader and does not know any core secrets.

Liu Bang looked around for a week and asked, "Tell me, what do you all think?"

Zhang Liang said softly: "I'm afraid it is true as the Marquis of Huaiyin said, the Han-Hungarian War will break out this year at the latest, and next year at the latest."

Liu Ying said: "I think the war will probably start after autumn!"

Liu Bang moved his eyes to Liu Ying: "Why?"

Liu Ying explained: "There will be no war now, because the rainy season on the grassland is coming soon, and the Huns have not only dispersed, but also have been seriously injured. It is not appropriate to start a war at this time."

"And after autumn, the prairie horses that have been recuperating for several months are at their fattest, which is conducive to the maneuvering of the Huns."

"But that's not why I dare to be so sure..."