Mythical Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Sui and Tang Dynasties, establishment of empire

Chapter 470 Kangju

"The land where the Western Region is based?" Moko couldn't help but frowned when he heard Hu Yanrong's words.

Compared to Hu Yanrong, Moko had a better overall view. He could see what problems would arise if the Han established a foothold in the Western Regions. It could be said that the entire Xiongnu's path to the westward development would be directly blocked.

But again, at this stage, even if the Huns have ideas about the Western Regions, their first goal must be to complete the unification of the prairie first. After this, they will integrate their forces, either attack the Western Regions, or attack the Central Plains. Take action.

"It's the territory given to the leading general Xiang Ceyu!" Hu Yanrong added.

Hearing this, the corner of Moko's mouth twitched. To be honest, this war was really eye-opening for him.

At least before today, Moko had never thought that there was such a fierce person in this world, but after today, Moko knew very well that if he did not agree with Xiang Ceyu to take the land, he would force Xiang Ceyu in the direction of the enemy.

To be honest, if Xiang Ceyu is regarded as his enemy, anyone who has seen Xiang Ceyu's heroic appearance on the battlefield will not even be able to sleep!

How worried Liu Hua was about Xiang Ceyu at the beginning, how afraid Mo Ke is now.

"Since it belongs to that divine general, then give them the land in Kangju!"

Moko made up his mind decisively and explained: "It is impossible to give the prairie to the Han people. But since Kangju listened to the Turks and chose to go against us Huns, then give Kangju's land to that god general!"

"..." Hu Yanrong looked at Mo Ke and guessed that the generals had been summoned by now.

But it doesn’t matter. The Turks were defeated in this war, and then his vassals and allies are naturally the meat on the chopping board. For the winner, they can cut it how they want!

"The other thing is that they want to gather prisoners from the Turks and affiliated countries!" Hu Yanrong said.

"Prisoners? What are they doing here? What's more, they're wasting food!" Moko asked doubtfully.

"Their King of Han seems to need these prisoners very much, so should we give these prisoners to them?" Hu Yanrong said.

"It's no problem if you give them some of them, but if you want all of them as prisoners, that's not possible!"

Moko frowned, obviously dissatisfied with the Han army's desire to eat all the prisoners in one go, feeling that their appetite was too big.

But for the grassland, in fact, the adult captives were lucky enough to survive as slaves after being captured.

Those who are unlucky will be killed directly. It is generally believed that children who have passed the wheel have already acquired self-awareness and it is difficult to assimilate into their own tribe, so the men in the tribe who have passed the wheel may be killed directly.

Of course, since women are considered property, they will be let go.

In any case, under such a system, Moko did not care much about the adult men captured in the Turkic coalition forces.

"But they have tea, silk, pottery and spices!" Hu Yanrong said, "These are good things!"

"Oh? Are they willing to trade these for useless Turkic prisoners?!" Moko's eyes widened when he heard this.

With the establishment of a trade city between the Han and the Huns, it can be said that the main products of both sides are very clear.

The Xiongnu's main means of production were livestock, war horses, and fur coats, while Liu Hua's products were all processed products such as silk and pottery. Especially after the tea trees were created, as long as the people on the grassland had eaten tea, they would Almost inseparable.

On the contrary, it is spices, which can only be said to be an accident, because many things were originally grown as medicine.

But as they were planted and planted, they gradually turned into food, such as star anise, fennel, coriander... Since others thought they were spices, they should be traded as spices. At least the Huns were quite accepting of these things.

And who is Moko in front of him? He is King Youxian of the Xiongnu. Although the main trading venue is in the trading city, for King Youxian, how could he not enjoy the high-end enjoyment products of the Xiongnu. The problem is that he is not very interested in enjoying these things. What he is interested in is building a trading city so that he can have channels to purchase these things. After all, these luxury goods are very popular among the tribe.

"Let's talk to them!" Hu Yanrong heard Mo Ke relent and said directly, "Let's see if they are willing to trade with tea, spices, silk, and pottery. If it can be done, all these prisoners will be handed over to them. deal with!"

"Okay, let's try it!" Moko nodded and left the matter to Hu Yanrong.

Anyway, let’s talk about it first. For Moko, if a trade city can be built here, it will be very convenient for him to develop the west.

The most important thing is that if the Han Dynasty lacks manpower, then the most indispensable thing in the Western Regions is people.

When the time comes, I will fight from the east to the west and sell all the people from the small countries in the Western Regions to the big men. I will treat them as local specialties of the Western Regions, and they can be regarded as more or less top products.

Hu Yanrong was really busy during the dinner. After communicating with Mo Ke, he went to Li Guang and said, "Brother, please tell me the truth. Do you have channels for tea, silk, pottery and spices?! "

"Channel? What channel?" After hearing this, Li Guang was still full of confusion and didn't know what Hu Yanrong was talking about.

Hu Yanrong was stunned, but explained in his own way, "Brother, don't be joking, we can give you all the prisoners from this war, and give you an extra month of food.

But you also have to use tea, silk, pottery, spices, and preferably weapons to trade these things. Can you tell your brother a word and let the matter be settled happily? "

"It is not difficult to replace these things, but although these things are not under the control of our brothers, the people in charge of the Western Region will give us some face." Li Guang said confidently.

This is not because Li Guang is talking nonsense, but because Zhuge Liang must give Li Guang face.

And as a wise man, Zhuge Liang does not need to fight against the Northern Liang generals. Helping them do some work can basically make these reckless men submissive. After all, if he wants to gain a foothold in the Western Regions, Northern Liang will be intimidated. Still very important.

Hearing Li Guang speak like this, Hu Yanrong couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

"In this case, these prisoners will be given to you. As for the accounts, just record them after the accounts are settled. When the trade here is opened, just send tea, silk, pottery and spices over here!"

"Open and bright!" After hearing Hu Yanrong's words, Li Guang happily accepted Hu Yanrong's kindness.

Hu Yanrong Li Guang agreed, his calculations in his mind were clear, and he quickly continued to say to Li Guang, "There are still many Turks and people from the Western Regions who have escaped. As long as our channels are established, I will continue to arrest people for you, brother." !”

"There is such a good thing!" Li Guang heard Hu Yanrong's words and said immediately, "Then I will tell Military Advisor Li first and open a small door for you. The specific matter will be reported to the king when he goes back, and then he will officially be in the Western Regions. Here, also build a trade city!”

Hearing Li Guang's Yunuo, Hu Yanrong naturally smiled, clasped his hands and said, "Thank you so much, brother!"

Then Hu Yanrong went to Xiang Ceyu and didn't say much. He just sent a map about Kangju.

The most important core of Kangju is probably located on the north bank of the Syr Darya River, adjacent to the Turks. This is also an important reason why Kangju can become one of the five countries in the Western Regions.

Kang Ju's possession of this place only meant that it became a kingdom in the Western Region, and it was also one of the five major kingdoms in the Western Region. It can be said to be very embarrassing.

If this place were handed over to the Han people, it might be difficult to support a country with a population of tens of millions with the intensive farming technology of the Han people, but it would still be possible to support a country with a population of millions.

For any power, millions of people already have a ticket from kingdom to empire.

Either go north or west. If you can annex enough land and population, you might be able to develop into an empire.

(End of this chapter)