I am a soldier in the border army

Chapter 505: All under Heaven are in Harmony! Yanbei Manufacturing Bureau!

After Han Shao took over Guanjun City, he strictly prohibited the flow of strategic materials such as ironware into the grassland.

But after the attack on Dragon City, these bans were gradually relaxed.

Therefore, many Youzhou noble families now feel that the deaths of the Yuyang Zheng family were really unjust.

Many people even think that the so-called ban was actually just set up deliberately by a certain Han in order to establish the authority of "those who obey it will prosper and those who go against it will perish" in the Youbei area.

The purpose is to force these noble families whose interests have been damaged to take the initiative to commit suicide.

But in reality, the truth is not as dark as those who are only concerned about their own interests think.

The previous ban was simply to weaken the war potential of the Karasuma tribe.

Now that the war has been won, the main purpose of re-sending these supplies to the grassland is to reassure people and maintain stability.

To rule, in fact, is to rule people's hearts.

Simply relying on violent suppression will not last long.

The longer the pressure lasts, the greater the rebound will be, and the subsequent cost of ruling will rise sharply, so much so that it may even become a losing deal in the end.

This was the case with Annan in the early Ming Dynasty, which eventually led to Xuande abandoning the land and bearing a stain in history.

Later, his eldest son poked a huge hole in Tumubao, and he became known as the "wise" "God of War of Tumubao".

So sometimes, even if you are the absolute winner and conqueror, you still have to give some sweet rewards.

Han Shao has even planned to wait until all plans are fully mature in the future, and then transport fruits and vegetables from the south to the grassland. This will quietly change the eating habits of the entire grassland barbarians, and at the same time, establish a close connection between the two that can never be severed.

What? You mean economic colonization?

Not really. After all, our ancestors on both sides said that this is called - Great Harmony for All!
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"Why did the master ask the merchant to sell the ironware as soon as possible?"

Although Temujin Aguda felt uncomfortable with the merchant's arrogance, he was unable to suppress his curiosity.

Of course, the more crucial thing is that no matter whether he was once the young patriarch of the Tiemu tribe or later a slave of the Qiyan tribe, he knew too well the precious value of these iron utensils.

Often an iron pot could be exchanged for many cattle, sheep, and slaves, and the supply was in short supply.

Because this thing can be used to cook food on a daily basis, but when needed, it can also be quickly made into a sharp scimitar that can kill people!

In the face of Temujin Aguda's doubts, Han Shao glanced back at him, then glanced at Abaoji and Chen Shu, and finally curled up a satisfied smile.

It seems that these people are not completely useless. At least they do a good job of keeping secrets.

Without caring whether Temu Aguda's question was presumptuous, nor directly answering Temu Aguda's question, Han Shao walked to a seemingly inconspicuous secret government office in the city.

As soon as he showed up, a strong aura locked onto Han Shao.

Abaoji and Chen Shu, whose existence was deliberately concealed by Han Shao, changed their expressions and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"How dare you! This is your Majesty!"

Your Majesty? Which Your Majesty?
The figures hidden in the darkness were obviously slow to react and their movements were delayed for a moment.

However, they recognized Abaoji and Chen Shu, so they quickly restrained their aura and hid themselves in the shadows or even the void again.

But that vague gaze still fell on Han Shao, full of inquiry and vigilance.

Seeing this, Chen Shu and Abaoji frowned in dissatisfaction.

However, Han Shao showed a rather satisfied look and interrupted their move to have these secret guards show up to greet them.

"They are dedicated to their duties and should be rewarded."

Han Shao could tell at a glance that these secret guards who were guarding this hidden place included not only Yong people, but also grassland barbarians.

The latter must be the grassland expert that Abaoji has recruited for his Six Gates in the past six months.

Han Shao, who was always generous in praising his subordinates for their achievements, immediately praised Abaoji.

"Your Longcheng Town Fusi has developed well, and I am very happy."

"I will ask Lao Gu to allocate some more official positions to you later, and you can arrange them yourself."

Once a system is formed, the so-called official status becomes hard currency in the hands of those in power.

With this thing in hand, Abaoji had the confidence and capital to distribute the pie and make promises to his subordinates.

Especially now that the Yong people are in charge of the grassland, many grassland warriors are feeling uneasy. The Yong people's official letter of denunciation, which seems to be too hard to wipe one's butt with, is a veritable golden ticket to immunity from death for those grassland warriors!

The temptation is huge.

Therefore, Abaoji immediately expressed his gratitude with great joy.

Just to prevent Abaoji from getting too proud of himself, Han Shao still gave him a warning.

"I have given you the position and I will also give you the power, but you need to concentrate and not take in all the rotten fish and shrimp."

"You have ruined the reputation of the Six Gates. I can give you this today, but I can also take double back from you tomorrow. Do you understand?"

The way of political power is to be able to give and take, otherwise it will be too big to get rid of.

Hearing Han Shao's words, Abaoji, who had just been full of joy, suddenly felt a chill in his heart, then he smiled bitterly and understood.

This "ruining the reputation of the Six Gates" is false, and "don't ruin my reputation" is true.

"Yes! Yes! I will definitely discipline them more in the future!"

As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Six Gates and the manager of the Longcheng Town Pacification Office, Abaoji was naturally qualified to receive a wolf talisman as a reward.

Therefore, in terms of cultivation strength, this eunuch is no longer what he used to be.

This is not just empty talk.

Seeing this, Han Shao said nothing more and walked into the secret government office with the words "Yanbei Manufacturing Bureau" hanging on it.

Similar to its appearance, the inner room of the Yanbei Manufacturing Bureau is not big either, and can even be described as cramped and simple.

But Han Shao knew that the small houses in the courtyard before him contained a powerful force for the future transformation of Dayong and even the entire world.

One day, the people who walk out of here will give the world a little shock.

Let everyone in this world wake up one day, open their eyes and look at the world... Wow - the world has changed!
Abaoji and Chen Shu, who were accompanying them, valued this place mostly because of Han Shao's appreciation of it, and they did not deeply realize the powerful force contained here that could change the world.

Therefore, they could not quite understand the excitement and expectation hidden in Han Shao's heart at this moment.

Chen Shu was better off. He had witnessed the power of the city defense formation built by those Mohist sages in the championship battle.

Due to time constraints, the formation was only for defense and no killing formation was built.

But even so, it was enough to make him realize that the four words "either Confucianism or Mohism" in his early years were not groundless, nor did they come from the unwarranted flattery of his predecessors.

As for Abaoji, how could he understand the true respect for "knowledge", a seemingly powerless and thin word, and the real horror of it?

The same was true for Temujin Aguda on the other side.

As he followed Han Shao's footsteps, he saw a dirty child lying on the open space in the yard, fiddling with something. He was about to yell at the child to get out of the way, but Han Shao glared at him fiercely.

Then Han Shao took the initiative to slow down his pace and moved forward.

He condescended to squat beside the little boy, looked at the small cannon on the ground that had been shrunk several times, and asked with half curiosity and half doubt.

"Can your cannon fire?"

The little boy was startled by Han Shao's sudden voice, and immediately retorted with a red face as if he was humiliated.

"Nonsense! My cannon has fired..."

As he spoke, he seemed to feel that there was something wrong with his words, so he spat lightly and quickly changed his words.

"Bah! What's the matter with the noise! ​​My cannon can fire very far!" Seeing that this dead kid dared to scold Han Shao, Temujin Aguda and the other two behind him turned green in the face.

If the master humiliates the minister, he must die, even if he is a child!
However, Han Shao, who had not been treated like this for a long time, did not take it to heart at all.

He teased with a look of disbelief.

"Everyone can brag. Why don't you just shoot me a cannon and let me see. If you can really say what you said, I will admit that you are awesome!"

How many kids in this world can resist the temptation of the words "admit that you are awesome"?
Sure enough, as soon as Han Shao said this, the little boy glanced at the house in front of him. Although there was a hint of hesitation in his eyes, he still gritted his teeth and said.

"Then it's a deal!"

As he spoke, he did not forget to mutter indignantly.

"Just give it a try! Today I will teach you how powerful I am!"

Then after just a little fiddling with it, the little boy yelled.

"Look at my cannon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a deafening sound was heard.

Han Shao had not expected that such a small thing could make such a big noise. He was caught off guard, and coupled with the fact that he was too close, a look of astonishment appeared on the face of this dignified eighth-level celestial being.

Before he could recover from the shock of the noise, he heard a roar far louder than the one from the cannon coming from the house in front of him with a hole in it.

"Azi! Come here!"

When the kid heard this, his smug expression suddenly changed.

"It happened!"

It was obvious that this was not the first time he had gotten into trouble, and he was about to run away as soon as he rolled his eyes.

But at this moment, he found that he couldn't move.

Being always smart, he soon realized that it must be the work of the extremely good-looking man in front of him, and he immediately glared at him.

"Asshole! How dare you hurt me!"

If it weren't for him, how could I have not been able to hold back and fire this shot?
If it weren't for him, even if I had done something bad, I would have been able to run to the house of my uncle or aunt next door and hide for a while!
At worst, he could still perform a "Qin Prince circling the pillar" trick and deal with that evil father.

But now everything is ruined!

"It's over... It looks like I can't avoid this beating today!"

Looking at his father who was striding towards him with a murderous aura, Meng Zi's dirty little face gradually turned pale, and finally he sighed helplessly to Han Shao.

"Forget it, I'll take care of this! You run!"

After all, this matter was instigated by the person in front of me. If we really make a fuss about it, he can't get away with it.

Although it seems relaxed here, it is actually heavily guarded.

In the same situation, I would at most get a beating, but if it happened to this guy, he would probably lose his head if he wasn't careful.

Han Shao looked surprised and weird when he heard this.

"I didn't expect you to be so loyal."

When the kid heard Han Shao call him "boy", a strange look flashed in his eyes, and then he grinned and said proudly.

"Of course! Why don't you go and ask around? Who here doesn't know that I, Meng, walk the world with a sense of justice?"

The roots of today's street knights can be traced back to the lineage of Mohist knights scattered across the world.

It is not inappropriate for a Mohist man to say "his righteousness is as great as the sky".

Just as the kid was boasting, his father had already come up to him with a "killing weapon" in hand.

When the kid saw this, he signaled Han Shao with his eyes to get away, while he stiffened his neck with a heroic look as if he was ready to sacrifice himself.

"All the mistakes today were made by Azi alone! You can beat me or kill me, it's all up to you!"

"As long as my father doesn't implicate others..."

He kept talking like this, but to his surprise, his father, who had been full of murderous intent just now, suddenly became silent. Instead, he looked at the good-looking man next to him with suspicion.

Azi was anxious and was about to say something, but he saw that his father, who was usually so scary, suddenly looked a little surprised and flustered.

"Your Excellency... Your Majesty?"

As one of the last batch of Mohist disciples to enter Han Shao's fold, the middle-aged man named Meng in front of him had never met Han Shao before.

But it seems that there is only that person who can make Chen Shu and Abaoji so respectful.

Seeing this, Han Shao smiled and nodded, giving him a positive answer to his identity.

Then he turned his head to look at the kid who was a little dazed at the moment, rubbed his messy little head, and said to the middle-aged man surnamed Meng.

"Your boy is a very good one. He is very loyal to me, so I naturally cannot be unloyal."

"So I'm responsible for the mistake he made today!"

"How about asking Mr. Meng to give me some face?"

After confirming Han Shao's identity, the middle-aged man named Meng, who was about to bow to greet him, was stunned for a moment when he heard Han Shao's words.

"Your Majesty... this..."

There were so many flaws in Han Shao's words that he really didn't know where to start responding.

First of all, that is——

"This... my house is not small--"

As if he realized what his father was going to say, the little brother's eyes rolled and he immediately spoke to Han Shao.

"You...you are the Duke of Yan?"

Han Shao asked with a smile.

"Why? Don't you look lonely?"

It’s true that they don’t look alike. They look too young and too good-looking.

This is a huge contrast to the mighty and serious image of middle-aged and elderly people that Meng Zi imagined.

After looking Han Shao up and down for a while, he avoided Han Shao's gaze somewhat uncomfortably, coughed dryly, and struggled.

"Will you let me go now?"

"Or is this how you, the Duke, treat this 'chivalrous man' Meng?"

Seeing Meng Zi speaking and acting without restraint in front of Han Shao, Meng's father's face changed and he hurriedly stopped him.

"Azi! You are not allowed to be rude in front of His Majesty!"

But Han Shao didn't take it seriously. Instead, he found it interesting and laughed and waved his hands.

"It doesn't matter."

As he said this, he let go of him and suddenly pointed at the small cannon that had made quite a noise just now and asked.

"Did you do this yourself?"

Facing Han Shao's burning gaze, the little boy brushed his messy hair and raised his head proudly.

"So what?"

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(End of this chapter)