I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 212 Bai Diezi

Second, Shuofang County and Wuyuan County in the west of Bingzhou and Beidi County in Liangzhou were more or less occupied by the Xianbei in the west before that.

The leader received news that the Han emperor had sent troops to Liangzhou to quell the rebellion, and both the southern and northern Xiongnu sent troops to assist, which gave him the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Starting from Hetao, attacking Beidi County, and then passing through Xiaoguan and along the Jinghe River Valley to force Guanzhong. This is a tactical route that the Huns have long been accustomed to.

However, with the decline of Sanfu, its importance has been declining, and due to the existence of the imperial mausoleum, the Han Dynasty had to station additional troops here. As a result, the cost-effectiveness of this road became even lower.

However, low cost performance does not mean that it is worthless, especially after Kuitou learned from the Han merchants that the Han people were organizing Huns and Qiang people to farm in Guanzhong.

Will the price-performance ratio become higher soon?

Kuitou was not sure that he could use the road from Beidi County to directly enter the Han people's pass, but if he had the opportunity, he would never let it go.

Bu Dugen asked in confusion: "Since we are going to attack Shuofang and Beidi, what does it have to do with Xianbei in the east? Do we want them to send troops?"

"They want to attract the attention of the Han people in the east!" Kuitou replied without hesitation.

He was keenly aware that cotton was comparable to bamboo paper, but he had finally reached the position of serving the emperor closely, so he was not willing to give up and leave.

Guo Sheng wanted to apply to Liu Bian to personally take charge of this matter. Bi Lan was granted the title of marquis by relying on bamboo paper, and even some scholars praised him, which made Guo Sheng extremely envious.

His Majesty didn't tell him, and he didn't dare to ask.

Before convincing his two younger brothers and the tribes belonging to the central Xianbei through various methods, Kuitou had already sent envoys to contact the Xianbei adults in the east and west.

Objective conditions do not allow it.

"As far as I know, people often plant mulberry and hemp in fields beside their homes, roads and remote areas. If we want people to allocate some fields for planting... I think cotton sounds better than white cotton, so I will call this flower cotton from now on. Bar……"

Well, Liu Bian admitted that the sudden drop in temperature in November made him a little anxious.

Although I don’t know how your majesty knew it, your majesty has always been like this. Maybe Shi Zixuan told your majesty?

……

Guo Sheng looked at the cotton in front of him, feeling extremely troubled.

The number of cotton seeds alone cannot be increased by just tapping his head. In addition, cotton bombing and corresponding textile technology also take time to improve and improve.

After learning about the outstanding role of cotton in keeping warm, Lu Zhi and Ma Rixi attached great importance to it and planned to plant it in suitable public fields when the weather gets warmer.

He learned about the prospects of cotton from Liu Bian, which was a warmer material than linen and silk.

Guo Sheng missed this opportunity in the struggle.

He could give away more money and food slaves, but he was determined to gain the reputation.

Of course Liu Bian, who was still in Luoyang Palace, didn't know that someone in the north had already taken up the idea of ​​Sanfu. He was looking at several "ornamental plants" Bai Diazi in front of him.

This is obtained from Liangzhou.

Because Liu Bian has decided to ask the Sangong Mansion and Shangshutai to recommend a few talents who are familiar with farming to take charge of this matter.

Liu Bian stopped talking. If he wanted to forcefully promote the cultivation of cotton, the best way would be to enforce it.

He also sent a message to Huangfu Song, asking him to try to send envoys to communicate with the Western Regions in order to obtain more cotton, which is the seeds of Bai Diazi.

The cold and dry winter is also a period of high incidence of fires. Since the beginning of winter, houses in and around Luoyang have frequently caught fire, but fortunately they have not caused much damage.

Just when Liu Bian was glad that nothing happened to the palace and asked Yousi to continue to strengthen inspections and strengthen fire prevention propaganda, he received news that there was a fire in the Luoyang arsenal. The importance of the arsenal is no less than that of the palace, especially when the existing army is on an expedition.

The fire sparked mixed opinions.

Some people think that this early warning should be in Liangzhou, while others think it should be in Qingzhou.

Huangfu Song was originally from Anding County, Liangzhou. This time he was leading troops to put down a rebellion so close to his hometown that he could not help but arouse suspicion.

The progress of Liu Bei's suppression of bandits in Qingzhou is still unclear, but officials are arresting them one by one, and they are confiscating each house one by one. The new governor of Qingzhou, Chen Ji, let Liu Bei have his way in this regard and even provided help to Liu Bei.

Moreover, in November, all the Shi Yushi who went to various states have returned one after another, and some members of the School Affairs Department have stayed in various states. However, Qingzhou is an exception. None of the Shi Yushi and members of the School Affairs Department have returned.

Jinwu Cui Lie quickly entered the palace to plead guilty to Liu Bian, and repeatedly assured that the fire was purely accidental.

Zhijinwu was already in charge of the affairs of the Imperial Palace, and the arsenal order in charge of the arsenal was also subordinate to Zhijinwu.

Cui Lie is an old acquaintance of Liu Bian. Although he once proposed giving up Liangzhou, he also recommended Tian Feng.

His eldest son Cui Jun, Cui Yuanping, and his youngest son Cui Jun and Cui Zhouping are both talented people.

But Liu Bian was instinctively skeptical about Cui Lie's assurance.

Without him, in Liu Bian's opinion, there were too many voices targeting Liu Bei.

However, judging from the feedback from Jia Xu, there was no useful news.

According to Liu Bian's knowledge, after Chen Ji arrived in Qingzhou and learned about the situation in Qingzhou, he wanted to exempt those including Taishi Ci from the culpability that could be forgiven due to the excessive intensification of conflicts between prefectures and counties. Reuse it again. A number of officials were also dismissed.

Liu Bian did not think that Chen Ji, Liu Bei, Sima Fang, and the school official would join forces to deceive him.

Therefore, Liu Bian will still support the situation in Qingzhou to continue.

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In December, Xianbei invaded Youzhou.

Lu Bu, who had already been promoted to the rank of captain of Shanggu County by virtue of his military merit, became excited again, Xianbei people, how good they are!

In Bingzhou, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan made many preparations, but did not wait for the arrival of the Xianbei people.

This year's cooling has come earlier than before. It stands to reason that the Xianbei people in northern Bingzhou should be as active as the Xianbei people in northern Youzhou.

Neither Cao Cao nor Gongsun Zan wanted to be beaten.

Although the combat capability of going out to the fortress has not been captured, there is still no problem in sending people out to explore the news.

But what surprised them was that some Xianbei tribesmen who used to be close to the border fortress unexpectedly migrated to the colder north.

This abnormal scene aroused the suspicion of the two people.

Beidi County, as an area that has been harassed by Xianbei all year round, the Huns in the North are not like the Huns in the South because they are controlled by the Han Dynasty and sometimes work for free, which leads to various ambivalences.

Because of the decline of the power of the Han Dynasty, it was difficult to properly take care of Beidi County, which was subordinate to Liangzhou. The Han, Huns, and Qiang people living here achieved harmonious national unity under the oppression of the Xianbei people.

In Niyang County, which was built by the Han people, most of the people responsible for defending the city were Hu people.

Fu Xun stood on the city wall, looking at the dark crowd of Xianbei people outside the city, and felt panicked. He had never seen so many Xianbei people before.

(End of this chapter)