Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 489 Heroes See the Same Thing

Liu Chang still did not disclose his whereabouts.

I just sent someone to write back to Chang'an, saying that I will go back soon, so don't worry.

Along the way, Xia Houzao was always chattering, and Lu Lu was a little annoyed by what he said. Can't this guy learn to shut up?

Liu Chang listened with gusto until the group of them entered Xiting Kingdom. Liu Chang never thought that the gap between two countries that are so close would be so big. His current feeling is as if he came directly from a big man. It's like walking into Daqin.

On the roads of Beiting and Xiting, there is a checkpoint, and the soldiers are stationed here. There are soldiers on the sentry tower, looking into the distance. As soon as Liu Chang and his party approached, they were stopped by the soldiers here. , Liu Chang found that there were many sentry towers in the distance, as well as dug ditches, and Juma. Those who didn't know thought that the Xiting Kingdom was at war with the Beiting Kingdom.

Liu Chang's face suddenly became a little ugly.

Originally thought that no matter how unreliable Liu Xiang and Liu Ang were, Liu Qi would be a reliable one, but he didn't expect that this guy wanted to plot against him!
what do you mean?Guard against the army of Beiting Kingdom?Or beware of the army of temples? ?
When Naigong was in the Tang Dynasty, he did not dare to build fortresses and reject horses in the east of Hexi. This is simply lawless.

The soldiers saw Xia Houzao who was accompanying them, but they still checked their identities. This time, Liu Chang borrowed the identity of Mrs. Fan and entered the country. But it’s different, our soldiers here won’t let people pass so easily, even if it’s a Taiwei traveling, he must have a pass, otherwise he will be arrested!”

"Then when are you planning to rebel?"

Liu Chang asked calmly.

Xia Houzao said subconsciously: "We are planning to rebel next year? Rebellion? Your Majesty, how could we rebel?!"

"This refusal horse has stood up, and you still say you won't rebel? Will you rebel in June next year? The time is well chosen."

"No, no, next June we plan to recover the surrounding foreign kings and let them become counties voluntarily"

Xia Houzao hurriedly explained that the situation of Xiting Kingdom is different from that of Beiting Kingdom. The small countries in Beiting Kingdom basically supported the Huns, so they were liquidated. Here in Tingguo, most of them were the allies of the Han Dynasty. Han Xin even took their soldiers to fight. Many of the meritorious men married women from the Lu family and the Liu family, and became the son-in-law of the Han emperor in name.

Xiting Kingdom is like a tribal alliance, and Liu Qi is just the most powerful one in the tribe, and there are many foreign kings who are independent. This situation is very similar to Dian Kingdom, the difference is that Liu Qi is not from Dian Kingdom Zhuang Buzhi, Liu Qi has been trying to solve this problem, wanting to completely integrate the Xiting Kingdom, so that he can become the true king of the Northwest, not the chief of the tribal alliance.

Liu Xiang once wrote a letter to ridicule Liu Qi as his younger brother, beginning with: "Wang Gong of Hexi asks Xiting little Shan Yu'an for his well-being."

Liu Qi was furious after reading this letter, even if you didn't add that small letter?
You Qinggao, you are amazing, you have the territory of four counties, and a city like Anling, but which of these things is your own credit?Throwing you in the West Court, you can't even be the chief, and you have to run away the next day! !
Of course, the relationship between the two brothers is still very good. Although Liu Xiang ridiculed, he was never stingy when it was time to give supplies. The development of Xiting Kingdom is inseparable from the great assistance of Hexi Kingdom.

The atmosphere of Xiting Kingdom is different from that of Beiting. Walking all the way, you can see a lot of cultivated land. The people here look very solemn. Under the organization of the officials, they lined up and headed back home without looking sideways. Well, where is this Xiting, this is his Xiqin.

Liu Chang was stunned. He finally understood the function of the defense line. Liu Qi must have adopted the governance method of the Qin State, and the people were strictly prohibited from going out. The defense line was not external, but internal. Therefore, the main roads of Xiting Kingdom seem to be flatter than Beiting, and even comparable to Hexi Kingdom. In many places, in the yellow sand, you can see pavilions holding crossbows and looking ahead. Long, but it made Xi Tingguo a little sad.

Xia Houzao knew all the pavilion chiefs and even soldiers all over the country.

He greeted these people happily. The faces of those pavilion chiefs were cracked, their lips were cracked, and their bodies smelled of loess. In Xiting Kingdom, only the best cultivated land is near Liuquan, where there are lakes. , there are water flows and oases, while many other counties are next to yellow sand.

"Do you know every pavilion chief here? How many pavilion chiefs do you have here??"

Xia Houzao said proudly: "We have a lot of pavilion chiefs, there are 43 pavilion chiefs!"

Lu Lu almost laughed out loud, "43 people?? That's really a lot."

Xia Houzao didn't hear the sarcasm in Lu Lu's words at all, and said seriously: "Yes, there wasn't any at first, and we carefully selected them over the years. It's quite chaotic here, and there are often bandits. What the pavilion chief has to do There are many, and the responsibilities are very big, which is not something that ordinary people can take on. Now we have 43 kiosk heads! Soon, we will also set up a kiosk here, and we will have 45 kiosks at that time!"

For some reason, when Xia Houzao said these things proudly, Lu Lu could no longer sneer, he opened his mouth and didn't speak anymore, even feeling a little guilty inexplicably in his heart.

When they came to Liuquan, the city surprised Liu Chang. This city was newly cast, and it looked very strong. When they entered the city, it also showed a well-shaped shape inside, which was symmetrical. In the middle of the Qin-style building complex is the palace of Xiting Kingdom, which is far inferior to the palaces of King Hexi and King Beiting.

With Xia Houzao leading the way, Liu Chang basically encountered no obstacles in Xiting Kingdom.

"We now have 1000 armored soldiers. The full 1000 armored soldiers are all soldiers. After more than a year of training, even if there is any conflict with Beiting Kingdom, he may not be able to defeat us!"

Amidst Xia Houzao's bragging, Liu Chang followed him into the palace.

In Hexi country, Liu Xiang went out hunting, and in Beiting country, Liu Ang was addicted to wine and sex, Liu Chang wanted to see what this stick could do.

When Liu Chang walked into the inner hall of the palace, he only saw the khaki walls, which were not even as rough as the walls outside the palace. Outside the palace, Liu Qiji was sitting in front of the case, with many memorials in front of him. , He frowned, thinking hard, when he heard footsteps, he suddenly raised his head and saw Liu Chang, at that moment, he was also startled, trembling, hurriedly got up, and leaned over to Liu Chang Salute, "Your Majesty!!!"

Liu Chang seriously looked at this Youzi in front of him. Compared with the time in Chang'an, he was much thinner. His whole face was a little withered and yellow, stained with the color and smell of loess, and his lips were also cracked. As if just crawled out of the yellow sand, there are a few spots on the face.

Liu Chang stepped forward, lowered his head, and looked at Liu Qi.

Liu Qi remained motionless, with a solemn expression.

Liu Chang clenched his fist a few times, let go a few times, opened his mouth, wanted to say something a few times, but couldn't say anything.

"Ugh"

In the end, he just let out a long sigh.

"Shuzi, it doesn't have to be like this."

Liu Qi straightened up and looked at Liu Chang in surprise, "When did Father Zhong come here? Why didn't you tell me in advance? I didn't greet Father Zhong here either, this is the inner hall!"

Liu Qi led Liu Chang into the simple inner hall, and then let Liu Chang sit down. Liu Chang looked around and couldn't help asking: "You don't even have a servant?"

"Father Zhong doesn't know the situation of Xiting Kingdom. For Xiting Kingdom, close servants are too extravagant. I sent all the former close servants to serve as officials in the localities. There are not even a thousand people who can read here. There are even fewer who can be officials, but this official can't arrange Father Zhong at will, you try my tea here. Taiwei Xiahou, please kill a few chickens to entertain Father Zhong!"

Liu Chang stroked his beard, unable to speak for a long time.

"Father Zhong, there is something I need to confess to you."

"You say it."

"A few dead people escaped from Xiting Kingdom and went to Beiting Kingdom. They were unwilling to surrender, so I sent people to kill them. There is so little cultivated land, if I don’t use strong methods, there is no way to have enough food, unless I give up the city and go nomadic. And such a strong method will cause dead people to appear in the country, I have to kill them, if If you don’t kill them, more people will flee.”

Liu Chang just frowned and didn't reprimand Liu Qi.

"It's really not easy for you. How many people are there in the country now?"

"Including me, there are now 520 people in the country."

"Then how many people were there when you first came here?"

"Thirteen thousand and eighty people."

"In less than two years, you have doubled the number of people in the country. You have also opened up roads and arranged officials from all over the country. It is good to have a thousand soldiers. Among the descendants of the clan, you are the only one who is the most capable. Humans can."

Liu Chang spoke calmly, but Liu Qi was a little dazed. Suddenly receiving such a big compliment from Liu Chang, he was also a little shy, and his heart was even more joyful, but also a little bit bitter. With many emotions mixed, he was a little helpless, and he said after a long while: " Father Zhong, there are so many talented people in the clan, how can I have any virtue?"

Among the princes and kings of a generation, the one with the highest ability to govern the country is himself!
The fourth brother also barely made do, although he devoured all the barbarians including Minyue without bloodshed, which doubled the population of the Wu Kingdom several times. Governance expanded the sphere of influence of Nanyue to Jiuzhen County, and allowed Changsha's sphere of influence to break through Yelang and border the Kingdom of Dian
Anyway, the highest one is myself, after all, the achievements of the princes and kings have to be regarded as their own!
Then among the second generation of descendants, Liu Qi and Liu Zhang are probably the most talented.

Even, compared with Liu Qi, Liu Zhang's political ability is much worse.

Of course, Liu Qi's talent can't be compared with his own, nor can he be compared with his father, but it's not a problem at all to hang and beat the other second-generation princes and kings.

Liu Chang tapped on the case in front of him lightly, "It won't go on like this forever, you can rest assured that the Xiting Kingdom is the most important thing in my big man's trade with the poisonous body, in the future, I will vigorously support the Xiting Kingdom , I can see that this good feed still has to be fed to a thousand-mile horse, thrown to a donkey, and it will be nothing to pull a cart or anything. If my Anling is built here, I don’t know if you can How much to do."

"It's a waste to give Xiang this stick!"

Speaking of this, Liu Qi was no longer sleepy, he nodded, "Yes, yes!"

"After I go back, I will send you good things. However, you must continue to maintain your current style, and you must not be complacent. You must recover the surrounding city-states as soon as possible, actively assist my teacher, and open trade routes with Shendu. To turn your place into the center of the big man and body poison trade, build roads, post stations, and turn Hu into summer, you know what to do, right?"

Liu Qi nodded, almost unable to hide the joy in his heart.

His second father had always been a man of his word, and if he said he would vigorously support Xiting Kingdom, he would definitely do so.

For the impoverished Xiting Kingdom, even sending a hundred sheep would be a great deed.

Liu Qi rubbed his hands excitedly. Xiting Kingdom is in his hands, and it will definitely become stronger. When he has a child in the future, let him inherit this powerful Xiting Kingdom, and he can go out to fight and open up borders. Expanding the soil, of course, it's a bit early to think so much at this moment, after all, Liu Qi has not married yet, and he is not very old.

There is nothing to see in Xiting Kingdom. Liu Qi has a map here. He doesn’t need to go anywhere, he can choose the best camping place, transit place, post station construction location, etc. Liu Chang wrote down all these, And based on the scenes he saw along the way, he drew a dozen complete road maps. Each road map is different, which seems unnecessary. Liu Qi stood aside and looked at Father Zhong. As he was busy, he could guess in his heart that Father Zhong was going to have a knife on his body.

He was overjoyed. The Xiting Kingdom must have gained a lot of benefits. Now Han Xin is digging out the pockets of the Huns and took out a lot of good things. Most of them are left in the Xiting Kingdom. It is still a bit too strenuous to transport the spoils back to the temple. , The location of Xiting Kingdom is the closest, and the ministers of the whole country are more fond of Han Xin. Han Xin took out these trophies, which can be regarded as a reward for them. Han Xin's gains are great, which is also an important reason for the rapid development of Xiting Kingdom. Han Xin was transfusing blood for him.

"Father, why did you make a mark on the map?"

"Ahem, don't ask too much!"

Liu Chang reprimanded him, and then asked, "Is my teacher still in China?"

"In a school field outside the West Court."

"Alright, let Xiahou Zao take me there!!"

"Master!!!"

With a roar, under the darkness of night, Han Xin, who was lighting a lamp and watching the generals play, was taken aback. He suddenly raised his head, and a big, stupid man rushed into the tent with a silly smile on his face. Han Xin was a little lost , how could this stick be here? ?
He even blinked, wondering if he was too tired and had an illusion.

And Liu Chang was not polite, he rushed to the teacher's side quickly, and was about to hug the teacher with his arms, Han Xin's eyes instantly became cold, Liu Chang froze in place, withdrew his hand in embarrassment, but hurriedly held back Touched the teacher's hand and refused to let go.

"Master, I miss you so much. Why haven't you replied to me all these years? I write to you every time, but you never reply to the letters I wrote to you. There are hundreds of letters, isn't it? Have you accepted a new disciple here?"

"Hey, master, why do you look so haggard? Could it be that you didn't follow the method I said to march and fight?"

"Master, in the past few years, I have written letters several times, why don't you go back to Chang'an? You don't have to worry, Chen Ping is seriously ill now, so you don't have to worry about him at all."

Liu Chang stepped on the minefield accurately with a few consecutive sentences, which was almost dancing on Han Xin's bottom line.

Sure enough, Han Xin's face turned red, then livid, and finally turned black.

"Xia Houzao told me that you often miss me."

"Yeah. I miss you so much. I beat you up in my dreams. You are finally here."

At some point, Han Xin had already taken off his shoes and held them in his hands, Liu Chang suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Master, I am already thirty."

"Shuzi! I'll let you cut down my tree!!"

"I let you annex my house!"

"I asked you to teach me how to fight!"

"I'll let you mention Chen Ping!"

Xia Houzao outside the tent shook his head, looking at the shadows cast by the firelight inside the tent, one was running, the other was chasing and beating, and from time to time there was a miserable howl, which struck Lu Lu's ears, and Lu Lu was stunned. He said with emotion: "This is good and evil will be rewarded. The Marquis of Huaiyin still beat him a little lightly."

Lu Lu asked: "Then do you think His Majesty is angry, who will he vent his anger on when he comes out?"

Xia Houzao was taken aback, and immediately cupped his hands, "There is a major event in Xiting, please resign!!"

Liu Chang smiled obsequiously and helped Han Xin to sit down. After Han Xin vented, his mood improved a lot. He looked at Zhuzi beside him and asked, "The king of a country secretly came to the frontier, is he going to arrest me?"

"Haha, how dare you, how dare you. Master, I am here this time mainly because of my poisonous body!"

"Oh?"

"Master, I have planned a lot of roadmaps along the way."

Han Xin smiled with disdain, "Oh? You also drew? Let me see?"

"Master, you also drew it, right? Let me see it first."

Han Xin casually took out a map and handed it to Liu Chang.

Liu Chang looked at it for a while, and then shouted: "Oh! Master's painting is the same as mine!"

He turned his back and searched on his body for a long time, finally found a map and put it in front of Han Xin. Han Xin opened it in surprise. Sure enough, it was the same road map. Han Xin was even more surprised. Can it be the same as what you think? ? ?
"Master and I are indeed the two great generals today, regardless of superiority!! Invincible in the world!!"

"Did you draw a lot of roadmaps in advance, and then look at the routes I took out to choose the most similar one?"

"Forehead"

(End of this chapter)