Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 413 Chapter 412. Lords of the Western Regions
Zhang Qi, who knows that deserts will grow when it comes to sand control and soil consolidation, will naturally mention this technology in advance and conduct research on it.

Although in this era, Lop Nur is not as sandy as in later generations, prevention in advance is always the right thing to do.

The current Lop Nur is just like its name. Although the depths are still desert terrain, there are still large swamp wetlands in most places.

The land near Yumen Pass and Yang Pass has already been desertified.

Controlling sand and consolidating soil now is also preparation for the future.

At this time, sand control was simpler than in later generations. The land was only desertified but not completely turned into desert. In addition, there was a large lake in Yumen, and north of Dunhuang was Daze Mingze, which was comparable to Juyanze. In terms of water conservancy, That's enough.

Small seedlings were planted one by one in the grass grid. The hard-working people raised their dark faces and wiped the sweat from their faces.

Looking around, the edges of the grassy squares can no longer be seen.

These 1000 people are fanatical followers of Zhang Qitian's teachings. They have dedicated their lives to their god Zhang Qi. They are extremely fervent believers in their faith.

face them.

Zhang Qi's heart is actually complicated. The existence of these people is not a good thing for him.

They are fanatical and loyal to his beliefs. If they were placed in any indigenous sect, their leaders would treat them as the most convenient swords.

But for Zhang Qi, it was a source of chaos for the towns under his rule.

Beliefs are terrible, and they cannot tolerate even the slightest flaw.

Anyone who speaks anything against Zhang Qi or the teachings of the gods will be punished by them.

Therefore, in order to control this hidden cause of disaster, Zhang Qi sent them to the most sparsely populated area to carry out the most arduous desert control work.

Zhang Qi felt sorry for them, and he knew this.

Because these people will never have the opportunity to return to their hometown in this life, and even after achieving results here, they will go to more remote places.

So that their ideas cannot be passed on.

Zhang Qi was glad that he had downplayed the impact of God's teachings on ordinary people early on. Otherwise, when the number of fanatical believers increased, the only way to exterminate them was with the butcher's knife.

The wind and sand blew by, and the seedlings in the grass grid were only slightly swaying under the protection of the grass wall.

The water nourishes their now fragile root systems.

But within a few months, they will, like the Haloxylon ammodendron saplings planted a year in advance, grow into an umbrella large enough to protect their own space.

These newly built grass squares are not far away.

The Haloxylon ammodendron tree, which is already half a man tall, is facing the wind, swaying its branches. As far as the eye can see, there are dense saplings.
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Western Regions.

The harsh winter temperatures don't last long here.

As early as when Liaodi was still covered in thick snow, the greenery here had already returned.

Sweet rain flows over this land.

On both sides of the strait, the people of Wusun, who had been under the rule of You Yi Army and Long Banner Army for half a year, had already begun farming.

It's just that what they are currently cultivating is not the seeds of food crops in the Liao region, but the cotton that has been cultivated in the Liao region for a long time but has not found a suitable place to plant it on a large scale.

Cotton seeds.

This plant appeared in Liaodi earlier than sweet potatoes and corn, but it has only now found its natural place.

Yili.

After taking the Wusun Kingdom, no one dared to touch the power of Longqi Youyi's two armies in the Western Region.

The strong muscles made all the countries in the Western Regions fearful.The Wusun Kingdom that had once been called the uncrowned king of the Western Regions disappeared almost instantly. Even the Yuezhi who had the ability to compete with Wusun had to pay tribute to Hu Shui and Huo Qubing due to the distance.

There is only July left in the October date, and many small countries that are far away have already begun to rush towards Wusun.

They didn't dare to bet. If they lost, they would be aware of Wusun's past mistakes.

"The head of the Dawan Kingdom has met General Hu and General Huo, the ministers of the Celestial Dynasty."

With a Eurasian face, the clothes he wore were somewhat similar to Greek clothes. His skin was slightly darker, and he wore a short sword on his waist. The leader of the Dawan Kingdom, Wu Wu, nodded and smiled at Hu Shui and Huo Qubing. On the side, a translator who was fluent in Chinese was using A poor Chinese translation of what Wu Wei just said.

However, judging from the meaning of the translation, this translator should be a businessman who was temporarily recruited by Wu Zi.

Hu Shui and Huo Qubing looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't feel annoyed at all.

"The Lord of Dawan will rest first, and you can give any instructions to your servants if necessary."

Hu Shui and Huo Qubing did not mean to be mean to these lords of the Western Regions who came as promised.

Their kings in the Western Regions want it, but the rule of the Western Regions still needs the help of these kings to consolidate.

The Western Region is not like the desert.

Although there are trains, the journey of thousands of kilometers cannot be reached in one or two days.

This time Hu Shui took the initiative and asked these kings to go to Liao for a ceremony, which was also the beginning of Zhang Qi's consolidation of his rule in the Western Regions.

Show off your muscles first, and then apply benefits. As long as these kings don't lose their heads, the Western Region will definitely have stability for a few years.

Once there is a stable buffer period in the past few years, with the maturity of the Liao official system and the practical benefits to ordinary residents of the Western Regions, it will not take a few years for the Liao official system to gain a foothold in the Western Regions.

At that time, the real affairs of the Western Region will change hands.

And how to control the Western Regions, the cotton that appeared earlier is one of them.

Secondly, Zhang Qi has planned to carry out grain trade with the Western Regions and use low-priced grain to liberate the labor force in the Western Regions.

Then, the planting habits of the countries in the Western Regions were changed by recycling cotton, flax and other crops that had only economic value but no sustenance properties at high prices.

As long as food is not valuable in the Western Regions, the nobles of the Western Regions will switch to cotton, flax and other crops priced by Liao for profit.

Small countries in the Western Region that cannot cultivate and maintain nomadic pasture will also produce wool and dairy products like the grasslands.

When the Western Region was inseparable from Liao Di.

The rule of the Western Regions will naturally become stable.

Human beings yearn for beautiful culture.

As long as Chinese culture appears superior in the Western Regions, residents and even nobles of the Western Regions will learn from it and become spiritual Chinese people because of their yearning. After a few generations, no, even in this generation, the Western Regions will completely become China's indivisible and own territory.

With the arrival of the Lord of Dawan.

In the following days, Hu Shui and Huo Qubing met successively, including the Lord of Qiuci, the Lord of Daxia, the Lord of Kangju, and several other Western Region rulers close to Dawan.

And only January passed.

All the kings of the Western Regions gathered in the Wusun Kingdom.

Hu Shui and Huo Qubing accompanied them to banquets every day, introducing them to the luxury goods of Liao, such as colored glaze, snow salt, icing sugar, honey, etc., which were difficult to produce on a large scale in this era.

In the past half month or so, these already wealthy kings have enjoyed even better meals in the Wusun Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)