Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 429 Competing in the Central Plains ([-])

While Tai Shihu was visiting Shihu...

Xugang (formerly Xuxiang County of the former Han Dynasty)
The State of Yan classified the trading cities by name. Ocean shipping locations were called "ports", river and lake shipping locations were called "Jin", and land trade transfer stations were called "ting".

"Hong Kong" has "Hong Kong Shi", "Tianjin" has "Tianjin Shi", and "Ting" has "Ting Shi".

"Your Majesty, you can get on the boat now." A disciple of Yan State respectfully said to Cao Yi, the warlord of Qingzhou.

Cao Ni, who was defeated by Shihu, couldn't wait to board the ship of Yan State, and wanted to go to Liaodong to seek refuge and stay away from the demon Shihu.

However, when he boarded the ship, he found that his soldiers were all on other ships. He couldn't help wondering, "Why don't my soldiers go with me on the same ship?"

"You have a noble status, so you naturally want to take a more luxurious boat. How can you ride in the same boat as ordinary soldiers?" The disciple from the branch of the Yan Kingdom laughed.

Afterwards, Cao Yi carefully observed the fleet and found that the boat he was on was indeed the most beautiful one, so he stopped being suspicious.

However, until the next day, Cao Yi could no longer see the ships carrying soldiers.

"Their boats are slower. Yours is a VIP boat, so it's much faster. They're just left behind." The disciples of Yan Kingdom continued to explain softly.

Finally, Cao Yi arrived at Taohuagang, the capital of Yan. He was dazzled by the prosperity here. He originally thought that his Linzi was already magnificent, but compared with here, it seemed like a countryside.

There are thousands of ships moored on the bay of the port, and tens of thousands of laborers are handling goods on the docks. Those ships are full of slaves, and it is not known where they are going.

The only thing that makes people feel bad is the smell of fish. The whole port is filled with the smell of fish and the sweat of laborers.

The domestic garbage of the residents of Taohuagang was directly discharged into the sea, making the sea of ​​peach blossoms stink to the sky. Under such an ecological environment, all the fish in the sea died.

In order to better discharge sewage and domestic garbage, Yandu built an artificial canal in Taohua Port, which is responsible for discharging all kinds of filth from the port city into the sea.

Today, this canal, which was only built more than ten years ago, has become the most famous stinky ditch in Yan State. It is full of garbage. There is no water on the river, only various floating garbage. (For the specific pollution situation, please refer to the Ganges River in modern India)

Some members of the parliament have already submitted a proposal to Jiuqing, that is to use boats to transport the domestic garbage from Taohua Port to Phi Mao Island (Sakhalin Island). Anyway, there are frozen swamps that cannot be developed at all. It is better to store garbage.

However, this proposal was not approved, and it was not because of the emphasis on the environment of Phi Mao Island. The main reason was that the cost of transporting garbage by ship was a bit high, and Yan Guo was reluctant to spend money to clean up its own country's environmental problems.

In addition to using canals to discharge garbage, Taohuagang will also directly incinerate garbage, but incineration of garbage will also cause environmental problems, resulting in poor air in Taohuagang.

This is the first time that Yan Guo has encountered such a large-scale environmental protection problem, so he has no experience and does not know how to deal with it.

Cao Ni covered his mouth and nose, endured the stench and got off the boat.

But as soon as he disembarked, the Imperial Guards of the Yan State arrested him. The boy from the branch of the Yan State just now pointed to Cao Ni and said to the soldiers of the Imperial Guards of the Yan State: "He is Cao Yi, the governor of Qingzhou."

Immediately, Cao Yi was pinned down by the soldiers of the imperial guards and could not move. After realizing what was going on, he yelled, "You Yan Kingdom will be punished by God for treachery! Swallow thief! Swallow thief! Swallow thief!"

"Hehe, go tell Shi Le Shi Hu about this." The disciples of the Yan Kingdom sneered.

Cao Yi has no use value anymore, his head is his final function, which can enhance the friendship between Yan State and Jie Zhao.

puff!

"what!"

The descendants of the branch of Yan State cut off Cao Yi's head and put it into a wooden box that had been prepared long ago. They were going to let Tai Shihu take it to Xiangguo when Tai Shihu came back.

The last one to enjoy this kind of treatment was Qingzhou Mu Zhangbu, and the last one to enjoy this kind of treatment was Jiaodong King Liu Xiongqu.

another three months later

The summer of the fifth year of Yanhou 110 (325 years)
襄国
Royal palace
"Xuan, the envoys of the Yan Kingdom have an audience!"

"Xuan, the envoys of the Yan Kingdom have an audience!"

"Xuan, the envoys of the Yan Kingdom have an audience!"

The eunuchs passed on to ten, ten to a hundred, and let Tai Shihu enter the main hall.

In order to show respect for the Yan State, Tai Shihu was allowed to enter the main hall wearing shoes, carrying a sword, and walking slowly.

When I came to the main hall, I saw many ministers of civil and military affairs in Jiezhao. Most of the civil officials were from the Central Plains gentry, and most of the military generals were from the barbarians.

Among them is the famous Cui family of Qinghe in the later Han Dynasty, who is now a courtier of Jie Zhao and serves Jie Zhao.

The Qinghe Cui clan and Tai Shihu are quite familiar with each other. Their ancestors had a great Confucianism, and another ancestor Cui Lie spent money to buy a Taiwei from Hanling Emperor Liu Hong, and proposed to give up Liangzhou.

In addition to the Cui family of Qinghe, there is also the Li family of Zhaojun, who is also a civil servant of Jie Zhao at the moment.

They have their own Wubao as their hole cards, coupled with a positive attitude towards cooperation, so Shi Le did not embarrass these aristocratic families who did not travel to the south, but integrated them into the ruling class, forming a combination of Hu nobles and Han aristocratic families to rule the bottom Han and bottom Hu. human situation.

The low-level Hu people serve as serfs for the Han family, and the low-level Han people work as slaves for the Hu nobles. Everyone has a bright future.

The last time the royal family brought a human head to pay tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty was during the reign of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu. Time has passed, and more than 200 years have passed in the blink of an eye.

"Yan State envoy Tai Shihu, please see your majesty, your majesty is forever!" Tai Shihu saluted Shi Le respectfully.

Looking at Tai Shihu, the envoy of the Yan State, Shi Le was full of pride: Back then, you Yan State looked down on me, Shi Le, and didn’t want to form an alliance with me, and even helped Wang Jun attack me. At the beginning, you ignored me, but now you want to come and give me a hand. I am a subject.

But Shi Le was not so narrow-minded yet, he just sighed in his heart, and then drew closer to Tai Shihu: "I don't know if the prince of your country is still alive?"

Shi Le asked Wang Miao, and he only knew Wang Miao among the nobles of the Yan Kingdom.

It was Wang Miao who took him in at the beginning, so Wang Miao is his benefactor.

Wang Miao is now 65 years old, but still writing books in Yandu, so Tai Shihu replied: "Uncle is writing a book in Yandu."

"I never thought that Mister is still alive. If Mister is willing to assist me, I, Shi Le, will give Mister half of the country." Zhao Wang Shile wanted to repay Wang Miao's kindness.

"Your Majesty, don't do it!" However, Shi Hu was the first to worry. You, Shi Le, gave away half of the country. Whose country will I, Shi Hu, inherit?
"Huh?" Shi Le glared at his eldest nephew, and then blamed him: "I heard that you attacked Qingzhou this time, and how many cities have you slaughtered? Is there such a thing?"

"Uh..." Shi Hu knew that Shi Le didn't like to slaughter the city, so he hesitated, and finally had no choice but to quibble: "The people in the city still have the Jin Dynasty in their hearts, and they will rebel sooner or later. It's better to slaughter them in advance, so you don't have to worry about them rebelling in the future." .”

"Bastard!" Shi Le was furious: "Since the city has been captured, it is the people of my Great Zhao. If you have the ability to slaughter the people of my Great Zhao, why don't you have the ability to build Kangkang and slaughter the people of Jin? You can only fight in the nest If you slaughter a city today and a city tomorrow, you have slaughtered all the people in Dazhao, so who will farm and pay taxes for us in the future?"

However, Shi Le only reprimanded Shi Hu, and then locked Shi Hu in confinement for a few months. It is impossible to really punish Shi Hu seriously, after all, he is his own nephew.

Afterwards, Shi Le and Tai Shihu had a detailed discussion about [Liao Pay], and the final result was that Jie Zhao paid [-] jin of gold (five tons of gold) to Yan State every year as a reward for his loyalty to his younger brother Yan State , if the gold is not enough, it can be compensated with livestock, and if the livestock is not enough, it can be compensated with people.

(End of this chapter)