The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 568 Prairie Walk

The population distribution in Han Dynasty was extremely uneven.

The North occupies [-]% of the world's population, while the South only accounts for [-]%.

But even so, the land in the north is still incredibly fertile.

Li Yunze went north to Xindi, counting counties in Wangdu, and checked the farmland records along the way to record the number of acres, yield, planting plants, degree of reclamation, harvest, and many other data.

Moreover, it is not allowed to notify the local government office, and would rather eat and sleep in the open than enter the county to rest.

This can make all the followers puzzled.

Your Majesty is not born in the palace to enjoy singing and dancing, drinking fine wine, playing with beauties, what is he doing?

But the king's riding skills are really good, not at all like the pampered prince raised in the palace, even better than the guarding knights.

Li Yunze ignored them and went all the way north and finally arrived at the northern edge of Zhongshan country.

The mountains in front of you are towering and tall.

The pale green towering ancient trees are bathed in the sun like a green ocean.

Li Yunze, who was on horseback, said with emotion, "Five clouds often cover the five platforms, and the sky is very cold when it is near Qing."

Here is the famous Mount Wutai.

Of course, Buddhism has not been passed on yet, such beautiful scenery has not been captured by the painting, and the mountains and fields are still almost like primitive jungles.

Only river valleys and mountain roads meander through the rolling mountains.

On the other side of the mountain is a valley, from which the Hutuo River meanders down.

On the other side of the river valley is the ridge of the sky in the clouds, especially this mountain statue. 'The Mount Heng.

Similarly, because Buddhism has not yet come, there is no Hengshan sect on Mount Hengshan, and it is still a place where anyone can go up and does not need to be charged for tickets.

At the east end of Wutai Mountain and Hengshan Mountain, there is a series of valley villages, the local name is Pingxing Village.

That's right, it's the Pingxing village in Pingxingguan.

After crossing Mount Heng and going north, there are Shuozhou and other places in Yunzhou, which are the first line against the Xiongnu, Yunzhong County, Dai County and Yanmen County.

But that side is not under Li Yunze's control now, and he can't even leave the Feng Kingdom.

It doesn't matter, Li Yunze took a few breaths of fresh air on the mountain, then turned his horse's head and galloped down the mountain.

If you go further north, you will be Zhuojun, the hometown of Zhang Yide, a native of Yan.

The Northland has been turned around, and he will go to the southern counties to visit next.

Li Yunze's physical fitness is there. It doesn't matter if he gallops for a few days or nights, but his followers can't bear it.

Fortunately, when they returned to Lunu City on the way, Li Yunze gave them silk goods as rewards, and then another group of people led them southward.

Crossing the Hutuo River and going down, I also wandered around several counties in the south, carefully inspecting the local materials.

All the way south to the outside of Zhending County, the prefecture of Changshan County.

Changshan County was originally Hengshan County established by the First Emperor. Because the name of Emperor Wen Liu Heng was taboo, it was renamed Changshan County.

It can be seen that the emperor's choice of a popular name will bring too much trouble to the lives of the people.

Both the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties once set up Changshan Kingdom here, which is why Zhao Yun called himself a native of Changshan Kingdom.

Its prefecture was Zhending County, which was later Shijiazhuang.

Go south from Zhending, that is Handan, Yecheng.

After wandering around Fengguo, and thoroughly understanding the relevant information, Li Yunze, who knew what he knew, led the team back to Lunu to start strengthening the national power so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

The first thing I did when I returned to Lunu was to find Chang Shilang, who later became Zhongchang Shi.

It should be noted that the Zhongchang servants in the early Western Han Dynasty were not eunuchs like those in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but healthy literati.

The well-known Dongfang Shuo once served as Chang Shilang.

Li Yunze's permanent servant, named Zhao Yan, presumably has some relationship with the Zhao royal family in the Warring States period.

The man was Chang Piao, and he didn't know which noble person he had gone through, and Chang Shilang, who became the king of Zhongshan, followed him all the way here.

It was originally a leisurely job with a salary, and Zhao Yan hadn't received any job before. He thought it would be like this in his life, but he was suddenly given a heavy responsibility.

"Go north and go to the grassland."

Li Yunze's words almost scared Zhao Yan into a heart attack.

Go north, to the grasslands.In this era of confrontation between the Han and the Huns, it usually only means one thing, and that is to contact the Huns to prepare for rebellion!
Zhao Yan was in tears. He has long lost his ambition after drifting for many years. He just wanted to dawdle around in a job that could get him a salary. He really didn't dare to participate in such a big event.

Before he begged for mercy, he heard Li Yunze continue to say, "Bring your gold and silk treasures and go to the market to buy cattle and come back."

Zhao Yan took the crying that had already reached his throat, and stopped it abruptly.

"Your Majesty wants to buy a cow?"

"Ah."

Zhao Yan smiled, "Your Majesty, Lunu City is connected to Zhuo County in the north, Handan in the south, Hejian Kingdom in the east, and Taiyuan County in the west through Kuxing."

"You don't need to popularize geography, this king knows all about it."

Zhao Yan choked, and said hastily, "Lu Nu's business is developed here, and there are many caravans coming and going. If the king wants to buy cattle, he can do it in this city."

"Oh?" Li Yunze raised his eyebrows, "Can you buy tens of thousands of cows in this city?"

"Thousands?!"

Zhao Yan burped, "Why did your lord buy so many cows? I can't eat them."

"Who told you that this king wants to eat cattle?" Li Yunze waved his hands impatiently, "This king wants to buy cattle from the grassland and domesticate them for farming."

"This, this." Zhao Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead, not knowing what to say.

Then he heard Li Yunze say, "If you can't even handle these things, then you should find another job."

Having said all of this, Zhao Yan had no other choice but to agree.

After all, it's not easy to be a Qianshi official.

However, what made Zhao Yan even more frightened happened after the caravan set off.

The king actually appeared in the caravan!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Zhao Yan couldn't speak easily, "I'll just wait and see you off. Your Majesty will send you off without trouble."

"I'm not seeing you off." Li Yunze, who had changed into normal clothes, waved his hands, "I'm going with you."

Zhao Yan was about to cry, but it was useless to persuade him no matter what.

The kings of the Han Dynasty were not allowed to leave their fiefdoms without an edict. If they were found out, Ting Wei would definitely go up for a crime of conspiracy.

The king may have just been reprimanded, grounded, fined or something.But he and other close ministers around him are definitely going to be unlucky.

If something happens to the king on the way, don't say anything, just wipe your neck and pull him down.

It's a pity that no matter how Zhao Yan tried to persuade him, it was useless, and he could only follow along in fear.

As for the palace in Lunu City, it is natural to block the news, pretending that the king is eating, drinking and having fun in the palace all day long.

No one will be careless, because if something happens, the king may not be able to do anything, but they are bound to be unlucky.

The caravan entered Kuxing along the Hutuo River, crossed the Taihang Mountains and entered Taiyuan County.

After reaching Taiyuan County, turn north, pass Yanmen County and enter the cloud, and then exit the Great Wall from the cloud and enter the grassland.

At this time, although there was no large-scale war between the Han and the Xiongnu, and they even continued to make friends on the surface, as the only two superpowers in the world, it was inevitable to fight openly and secretly.

Of course, while fighting openly and secretly, business exchanges have never stopped, and they have even been encouraged by both sides.

The big man needs materials such as horses, cows, sheepskins, medicinal materials and other materials from the Huns, especially horses.

And the Xiongnu wanted everything, from grain to cloth, from ironware to silk and satin, and so on.

The strong complementarity in the economy is also the root cause of the fact that the two countries have not broken out a national war since the Baishan Mountaineering War.

The big man is not ready yet, and the internal problems have not been resolved. Last year's Seven Kings Rebellion was quelled, which is considered a fundamental turning point.

As for the Huns, it was purely because they couldn't fight.

It's not that he doesn't want to go south into the big Han to plunder, but he can't fight.

The temper of the Han people is stinky and tough, and they would rather burn everything with a fire than leave it to the Huns.

Then it is to defend the city firmly and fight the Huns to death.

Going south to gnaw hard bones, the loot won is completely out of proportion to the heavy price paid.

If you have the skills, it is better to go to the Western Regions in the west, they are all softies, you can do whatever you want.

The trade between the two sides was very frequent. Li Yunze's caravan came to the grassland, and soon there were nearby tribes coming to trade.

Naturally, he wouldn't bring iron tools, Li Yunze didn't want to become an enemy.

What he brought with him were the silk and satin rewarded by the emperor and the queen mother when Liu Sheng left Chang'an City, as well as various gold crafts, etc. These were the favorites of the nobles of the Xiongnu.

There is also a large amount of millet and wheat. Grassland herdsmen don't eat meat every day, that is the treatment that noble people can enjoy.

Ordinary herdsmen mainly rely on milk and cheese, and it would be even better if they had food.

In addition, there are dozens of carts full of wine that Li Yunze looted in Zhongshan Country!
If you want to say what commodity is the most popular on the grassland, besides ironware, it must be wine.

After a busy day, I returned to the yurt to drink a few bowls of wine. I felt dizzy, as if the exhaustion of the whole day had gone away.

The caravans were busy doing business, but Li Yunze carefully observed each tribe and evaluated their strength.

The herdsmen's riding skills are very good, at least much better than the cavalry of the Han army. After all, they grew up on horseback.

However, their equipment was very poor. Most of them didn't even have leather armor, let alone iron armor.

There are also all kinds of weapons, and there are all kinds of things.

The most important arrows are mostly spike arrows or bone arrows.

These things are true to their names. Spike arrows are sharpened wolf teeth to make arrows, and bone arrows are naturally ground bones.

Not to mention shooting through iron armor, it is estimated that it would be difficult to penetrate leather armor.

In addition to armaments, Li Yunze also focused on the strength of each tribe.

Such as the size of the population, what is the composition of the population, how many cattle, sheep and horses are raised, and so on.

Naturally, the geographical environment of nearby mountains and rivers, the distribution of rivers and grasslands, etc. are also indispensable.

Like a secret agent, he memorized all the information along the way.

If you come again in the future, you will come with a large army.

(End of this chapter)