Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 143 Jiaonan (Part )

Jiaonan City.

After Zhang Yi finished his banquet,

We began to visit this new city built by the gentlemen of the Xia Dynasty in the wilderness.

After all, since we are here, we have to have some fun. Otherwise, we don’t know the situation clearly, and how can we lobby the rulers of the Western Regions later?

Considering Jiaonan Jun's identity,
Zhang Yi couldn't help but feel:
The establishment and development of this city is probably a replica of the actions of the first generation of princes seven hundred years ago.

However, compared with Zhao Gongshi and Tai Gong Wang, who were enfeoffed to Yan and Qi by the Zhou emperor at that time, Jiaonan was at least closer to Qin State. If they encountered any problems, they could contact the monarch and ask for support.

Instead of sinking between the Rong Mountains and the Di Sea and disappearing without a trace.

"But where do all these Qin people come from?"

Zhang Yi walked around and then asked the tour guide sent by Jiaonan Jun, "Didn't Duke Xiao only give Jiaonan Jun 1,200 soldiers when he divided the fiefdom?"

The cake that Duke Xiao gave to Jiao Nanjun,

That is absolutely authentic.

It is only slightly worse than what King Ping of Zhou did when he nominally granted the Zhou territory that had been occupied by the Quanrong to the Qin people, allowing the Qin people to take it if they wanted.

Ask,

Zhang Yi gave the tour guide some money so that he could answer his questions instead of giving a perfunctory reply.

The tour guide took the money and his originally polite smile suddenly became warm.

He explained: "There were not many people at the beginning."

"But later, thanks to Shang Yang's reforms, more people came to the Western Regions."

Because of the opening of the Western Region trade route,
Shang Yang also made certain changes to the punishment measures for criminals.

The most typical one,
It was to exile the criminals to the Western Regions, and let them use their blood and flesh to build the foundation for the Qin State to continue to move westward and expand its financial resources.

After all, in order to ensure the stability of the source of wealth,
In the Western Region,

There must be more activities of the Xia people to make people feel at ease.

Once enough gentlemen from the various Chinese have given the Western Regions a good beating, leaving them with the imprint of the various Chinese, then later on, we can "comfort the people and punish the criminals" or conquer the barbarians who refuse to submit to the king's rule. This will make it more justified when we state the reasons.

And these exiled Qin people would naturally gather in Jiaonan.

After all, the people of the Western Regions are all barbarians with pale skin like ghosts, and few of them can speak the elegant dialect of the Xia Dynasty.

If they went to other places in the Western Regions, they would be treated even worse because they couldn't speak the language and their appearance was different.

In Jiaonan,

Although the climate and soil are different from those of other places, it is managed by gentlemen from other places, and what you hear is the local accent.

If there is an opportunity to make meritorious service and be absolved of guilt, you can return to Qin!
This was a temptation that was hard to resist for the exiled Qin people.

Zhang Yi suddenly realized.

Maybe because the money was in place, the tour guide also secretly told him, "Besides that, Jiao Nan-jun is actually in contact with Xin Xia!"

So Zhang Yi asked again, "Where is Xinxia?"

Before setting off, Zhang Yi collected basic information about the Western Regions and found that there was no country named "Xinxia".

The tour guide said, "It's not in the Western Regions, it's in Sindhu!"

"The Western Regions trade route was opened up because Duke Xian was looking for the new Xia. That's why he sent people to the west. By accident, he came into contact with the Rongdi people here."

Zhang Yi was even more confused.

He doesn't even know the Western Region very well!
So he continued, "Where is Sindhu?"

"In the places further west of the Western Regions, I heard that the journey is even longer than the journey from here back to Qin!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yi thought of the difficulties and obstacles he had encountered along the way, and felt that it would be difficult for him to reach Xinxia in his lifetime.

I don’t know why Duke Xian wanted to send people there.

He just said, "Since it is so far away, what kind of business can be done with Jiaonanjun and Xinxia?"

The tour guide chuckled twice, and his smile became mysterious.

He pointed to the street.

Zhang Yi looked in the direction he was going and saw people coming and going on the street, with various stalls on both sides displaying all kinds of goods.

The scene is a bit messy, unlike the countries of Xia, which have a clear plan for the market place.

But this is the territory of barbarians after all, so it is normal that they do not follow the Zhou rituals.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do!
But most of the goods on the stalls were common. Zhang Yi could not imagine how wild and remote a place like Sindhu was that such common items could fetch huge profits there.

He pondered for a while, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. His eyes widened and he looked at the tour guide, "Is this it?"

The tour guide looked at him and nodded, "That's it!"

"How could it be this!" Zhang Yi was shocked.

The tour guide said, "Scarcity makes things valuable!"

"Besides, Xinxia was originally founded by the gentlemen of all Xia. Bringing more people over will make it easier to open up new land there!"

That's it!

Hearing that Xinxia was one of their own, Zhang Yi stopped worrying and instead thought that Jiaonan Jun had done a good job.

Most of the people here are waiting for punishment.

If I go to Xinxia, I think I will be treated preferentially.

Subsequently,

He also asked about the countries in the Western Regions, especially the Kingdom of Gushi near Jiaonan.

The location of Jiaonan City,

It is out of the Hexi Corridor, past the location of Yumen Pass in later generations, and nearly a thousand miles ahead, the place originally named "Yiwulu".

There is an oasis here where many small tribes live.

After Jiaonan Jun arrived here with thousands of Qin's elite soldiers who were good at fighting, he defeated these tribes one by one, occupied Yiwulu, built a city and proclaimed himself king.

To the north of this place there is a small country called "Pulei".

The country to the south is Loulan.
Going a little further southwest, there is another country called "Shannan".

And the Gushi country,

It is in the east of Jiaonan.
The people of that country made friends with the people of the south and drank the water of the Jiaohe River together.

The reason for this location selection is,

In addition to the fact that the areas between these countries are vast and not occupied by the big countries in the Western Regions, and there are oases to stand on, it is also because of the vague ambition in Qin Jun's heart -

Although there is little rain in the Western Regions, the land is not fertile.

However, it connected the various parts of China and was an important route for trade. Just through caravan trade, the Qin State could earn a lot of money every year.

The Qin State is currently busy competing with the six states in Shandong and cannot take care of him for the time being.

But what about the future?

The power of Qin State became stronger and stronger. After several generations or hundreds of years, as long as there was no monarch who ruined the ancestral heritage, it would be possible to unify the world and replace the Zhou Dynasty!
Until then,
Then you can free up your hands to take over the Western Regions!

therefore,

Although the important route of the Hexi Corridor has not been fully understood, its general geography is already clear.

Qin knew that

If you want to conquer the Western Regions in the future, you must control this in your own hands and never rely on others!

To ban people from going out,
It must be outside this main road!

This is to prevent the people who were granted this title from becoming disloyal over time, blocking the passage and collecting bribes from both ends.

Therefore,
I can only endure the hardship of being newly conferred the title of Lord Jiaonan!
As for those barbarians living in the Hexi Corridor?

Due to the Qin State's actions of suppressing the Yiqiu people and cracking down on the Qiang people in recent years, no powerful tribe has emerged in this area. Only scattered nomadic tribes are active here. Apart from the occasional robbery of caravans, they have generally expressed their submission to the Qin State.

Therefore, Qin was not worried.

If any of them grows stronger,

The barbarians attacked

But I will never let the gentlemen of the Xia Dynasty hesitate!

……

"You just said that the Hu Ji beside Jiao Nanjun is the daughter of the Lord of Loulan?"

"Not bad!"

Speaking of which,

The tour guide laughed again, with a hint of sarcasm, "Not long after Jiaonan City was established, I accompanied Jiaonan Jun to visit the surrounding areas and pay a visit to the ruler of the country!"

Although Jiaonan City belonged to the Qin State,
But far from the mainland,
It's really far away.

Therefore, Jiao Nanjun believes:
It is necessary to build good relations with the surrounding small countries to avoid being attacked by all and being lost before Qin can send people to rescue them.

When he visited the Kingdom of Loulan, Lord Jiaonan was warmly received by its ruler.

Moreover, he fell in love at first sight with the Princess of Loulan who was accompanying his father to entertain guests, and even wanted to marry her as his wife regardless of the Chinese and barbarians' defense.

As a result, Jiaonan Jun asked the king to marry the princess, but was rejected.

Because the princess's marriage has already been decided, she will marry the King of Gushi who has been widowed for many years, and can no longer be betrothed to the King of Jiaonan.

Jiao Nanjun was very sad.

He climbed over the wall and ran to the Loulan Palace in the middle of the night. No one knew how he told the princess, but in the end, the two of them hit it off and eloped!
Zhang Yi was immediately shocked. "Is this the reason why the Gushi Kingdom targeted Jiaonan Jun?"

He thought that
It is because the establishment of Jiaonan City has damaged the interests of the original Western Regions countries, so the Gushi Kingdom is going to attack Jiaonan!

Who knew it was love rivals hurting each other!

Then, Zhang Yi also remembered how he was almost raped by the tigress in the grove.

He slapped his thigh and said, "Beauty is such a misleading thing!"

　^－_－^
　　Although I gave my colleague some black tea to make him sleepy,
　　But snoring actually affects my typing...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)