When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Borrow troops?

Xin Qu was stunned when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he realized that since it was the Shang royal family who came to borrow troops, they must be going to attack someone.

In this way, perhaps we could ask the Shang royal family for slaves and plunder a few in the occupied areas. Perhaps we could get the slaves we need for development in the next two years.

"Okay, go ahead."

Xin Qu went to the lobby. Not long after, Wei Shanzhou came, followed by a young man with white skin and chestnut hair. Xin Qu was stunned: "Why, you also like to bring this kind of blue-blood slave?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Shanzhou was stunned, and quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, this person is from the Southern Qiang You Xi clan, with the surname Feng, and his name is Xi Xun."

"Southern Qiang..." Xin Qu frowned, "It's far away. And how can I remember that the Southern Qiang should be mainly surnamed Si? Where did the surname Feng come from?"

The so-called Southern Qiang was actually a derogatory term used by the Shang clan to refer to the tribes that fled to the Qinling Mountains and Longyou after the Xia Dynasty.

In addition to the Southern Qiang, there are also the Western Qiang and Eastern Qiang ethnic groups.

Of course, the Dongqiang ethnic group lived in the Henan region. As a vassal of the Shang clan, they belonged to the ethnic tribe that was forced to surrender when Shang Tang destroyed the Xia clan.

Among them, the Jiang clan tribe is the most prominent.

As for the Western Qiang ethnic group, except for the Xia Dynasty who originally fled to the west, it is a general term for the ethnic groups on the plateau.

Therefore, the Nanqiang surname Feng seemed strange to Xin Qu.

Wei Shanzhou gave a dry laugh, not knowing how to answer, so he could only look at the young man following behind him.

The young Xixun seemed to have poor eyesight, and squinted his eyes as he said, "The Xia Emperor was defeated by the Shang King and fled in all directions.

Two hundred years ago, Wuyouxi was driven out and, under the orders of Jie, fled westward for three thousand miles to find the Queen Mother of the West in Kunlun.

Eventually they were unable to cross the Liusha Plateau and had to move east again.

We crossed Kunlun Mountains thirty years ago and moved inland to Longshan Mountains ten years ago.

We discovered that the local Western Qiang had close intermarriages with the Ji clan. Coincidentally, the Shang clan was experiencing civil strife, and Si Kunlun, the leader of the Xia clan in the Southern Qiang, summoned us to regain control of Longyou.

However, they were defeated by the joint attack of the Ji clan and the local Qiang people.

We had no choice but to flee to Baima Gaotian (Qinghai-Tibet Plateau). We left the plateau five years ago, but were blocked by traitors from the Si clan and You Bao. We had to take Xiao Kunlun (Qinling Mountains) and head east into Dan Shui. Finally, we were captured by the Danshan clan and became their slaves.

The so-called Southern Qiang name is nothing but a derogatory term used by the Shang clan.

Bei Bo saw that I looked different, so he was a little too vigilant. Aren’t the words you and I are saying now the same as what our ancestors have passed down for thousands of years?
Even though they look different, my maternal grandfather is of the orthodox Xiahou clan, my father is the high priest of the Feng clan, and my mother is a shrine maiden from one of the nine clans of Hotan.

When it comes to bloodline, why not be noble? "

The young man introduced his entire identity and background, and could hardly hide his arrogance: "Besides, Bei Bo said that regardless of bloodline or origin, anyone with merit can become a citizen. When I first heard about it, I only felt that Bei Bo was great, but after seeing it today, I feel that he is just a name in vain."

“Hey, kid.” Xin Qu was not annoyed when he heard this, he just waved his hand, “Although I said this, I also said that people of the same clan must use my three methods.

What are the three laws? The law of rites, the law of clans, and the law of law.

You have never used my three methods, so what if you are closely related to me by blood? The grace of a gentleman will fade after three generations, and will be cut off after five generations.

Even if our two families are related by blood, we have been separated for hundreds of years, more than five generations have passed. If we really want to talk about how close we are, at most we are strangers who don't hate each other that much.

The great thing is that when discussing family origins, it can help to strengthen the relationship, but when it comes to real interests, it cannot be involved.

Besides, you just got here, and you don't know that I and the General Zhenxi's Mansion had just fought a battle on the grassland a few days ago. They were all nomads from the grassland, and half of them looked like you, who came to harass us.

I should be a little more cautious, right?"

"This..." Xixun was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "May I ask, where are these people? Are there any people from the Xuanming tribe of the Ji surname from the north?"

"Ji surname Xuanming clan? Probably not." Xin Qu shook his head. "We asked everyone we could capture about their origins. Most of them are nomadic tribes that migrated westward or deep in the desert. I heard them call themselves Chengli and Dulan. In short, the origins of the tribes are mixed. Many of them were nomads scattered in the desert. We have no blood relationship."

Among the nomadic tribes captured this time, the only ones who could be considered their own were some people from the Wuzhong clan.

The rest, most of them are Caucasian.

In other words, this group of people came through the Turan lowlands, crossed the Altay region or went through Siberia.

Moreover, 70% of this group of people are nomadic slaves in various deserts.

They were contemptuously called blue-blood vampires, which was why when Xin Qu saw the young man with a mixed-race face in front of him, he subconsciously called him a blue-blood vampire.

Because even on the grassland, they were just slaves and would be abandoned when necessary.

"Well... okay. I heard that the Xuanming clan of the Ji surname settled in the North Sea, making a living by being a nomad on ice and snow." Xixun seemed a little disappointed.

He heard that Xinqu was Beibo, the lord of all the northern nations, and thought he could find out about his scattered relatives from him, but obviously to no avail.

"North Sea? Nomadic ice and snow? That shouldn't be the case. I remember that there is summer in the North Sea. And the tribes there don't seem to have lived there for a long time..." Xin Qu frowned and thought for a while. The North Sea should be Lake Baikal. The young man sighed when he heard that it was not common, "We met them before when our people were nomadic in the north.

They said that they would walk under the sun's gaze during the common days of the year until the summer was over and the sun was still high in the sky, and then they would slowly spend the cold nights under the light of the sky.

I wonder if such a North Sea really exists?"

Normal day? Sun hanging high? Normal night? Sky shining?

Hearing this, Xin Qu was stunned for a moment: "The North Sea you are talking about, is it the Arctic Ocean? Do you often encounter big bears?"

"Yes, it is white during the day and gray at night, and extremely ferocious." The young man nodded, then touched his pocket, took out a palm-sized piece of leather and said, "This is the skin of a giant bear, a token of the Xuanming clan, and it is basically not seen in the south."

Xin Qu only took one look and knew that this thing was a polar bear.

"The Xuanming clan... have run far enough!" Xin Qu's cheeks twitched slightly. "They have all run to the North Pole. But there is a tribe living in the North Pole that uses domesticated wolfhounds for transportation, and they are called the Dog Tribe."

"The Shiquan tribe... yes! That's them!" Xixun was delighted when he heard this. "Is their tribe large? Can they fight?"

"Don't even think about it. They can't keep up with the Central Plains' tactics." Xin Qu shook his head slightly, then he reacted and looked at Wei Shanzhou, "Could it be that the person who borrowed the troops is this Xixun?"

Weishan Zhou nodded: "This time, Xishi moved eastward and brought new news. Across Longnan, there is a mountain road that leads south to Liangzhou.

There is copper in Liangzhou, which is abundant and of excellent quality.

In recent years, most of the copper from Liangzhou has been exported from the east of the Yangtze River, entered Jingzhou and then went north.

Now the king has heard that there is a land route that can be taken, so he hopes to cooperate with Beibo and send troops to Liang together."

"For no reason, you're going to run away by land just for copper?" Xin Qu was suspicious and looked Wei Shanzhou up and down, "Do you think I'm easy to fool?"

Weishan Zhou laughed dryly twice and dared not say anything more.

Xixun said, "Don't worry, Beibo. We, Xishi, know the passages to Yong, Liang and Yu very well. With us as the guide, it will be no problem to go east to Liangzhou. In addition, the tribes in Liangzhou are in turmoil. The Cancong and Zongmu tribes have a war over the issue of sacrifice and succession. They are trying to bring in foreign aid.

Among them, the Zongmu tribe has entrusted us with the hope of contacting Gao Xin clan and inheriting the old alliance to help.

The Gao Xin clan was a complex group, with the Zi, Si, and Yao surnames all present. The Yao surname had Xin, who had now changed his name to the State of Yan, and the other branch was the Dayi Shang.

Xin Qu frowned: "Logically, since the Xin family is in the south, shouldn't they be the most suitable to send troops?"

"But...in the past, the Cancong tribe married their daughter to Lei, who took the Ji surname." Xixun shook his head and said, "The Yongzhou Jis have already sent troops south, most likely to help the Cancong tribe seize tribal power.

The Cancong tribe already had the help of the Baiguan clan of the Western Qiang, and with the addition of the Ji clan, it would not be difficult for them to defeat the Zongmu tribe and seize power.

If it weren't for the old relationship between Zongmu and Puyou, I'm afraid Zongmu would have been defeated."

Xin Qu understood the general idea. It turned out that the purpose of the King of Shang coming to borrow troops this time was to share and reduce the risk of the expedition.

However, it is true that wherever there is US dollars, there are merchant troops.

The Cancong tribe was famous for its textile industry, and the Zongmu tribe was famous for its gold mining industry.

There is no Dujiangyan Irrigation System built in the Sichuan Basin at present, so floods occur in the Chengdu Plain from time to time, making the stable environment required for metallurgy a luxury.

Therefore, in order to obtain a stable living environment, the Zongmu tribe chose to stay in Guanghan.

The Cancong tribe stayed in Chengdu after coming down the mountain, cutting wood and planting mulberry trees, and living a life of fishing, hunting, gathering, and textile trade.

The silk and cloth of the Cancong tribe went south along the Yangtze River for trade, and went deep into the Western Qiang and Baipu tribes to exchange for daily necessities with the local nobles.

However, it was difficult to sell the bronze from Zongmu because it had to go out through the Tuojiang River. However, the water conservancy environment of the Tuojiang River was not optimistic. There was a lot of mud and floods occurred frequently, making it difficult to sail.

As for Cancong next door, they take the Minjiang River and go directly downstream into Yunnan.

There are a lot of people in Yunnan, and from time to time there are Western Qiang people coming down from the plateau to fill in, so the local trade can always remain vibrant, and the geographical conditions are much better than those of the Zongmu tribe.

In short, in order to consolidate its own living area, the Zongmu tribe made enemies everywhere in Bashu, Hanzhong and other places. When they could not sell their products, they would rob the Cancong tribe of the same clan.

In fact, the two sides are drifting further and further apart. In a few generations, they will probably split completely.

The war caused by the change of tribal political power this time is just the tip of the iceberg of years of accumulated resentment.

The two groups chose different lifestyles, and the geographical environment of the territories they occupied restricted their development.

Of course, after learning so much, Xin Qu was no longer interested in borrowing troops.

Firstly, it is too far away, and secondly, he is completely in the dark. Xixun of the Xi clan obviously wants him to send troops to help them gain independence, and his purpose is not simple. It is better to take it slow.

"Let me think about it." Xin Qu gave an ambiguous attitude and asked someone to take them down to rest. (End of this chapter)