Before we knew it, it was late July, and all undertakings in Bingzhou were moving forward in an orderly manner. (eng.com) In addition to the Flying Tiger Army led by Lu Bu, which began to enter Shuofang and fought a small-scale battle with the Xianbei people, the entire Bingzhou was calm and peaceful at the moment.

The time for Zhao Xing to marry Zhang Xin was decided. Although the beauty was very willing to sacrifice herself as soon as possible, the date of getting married was postponed to August 15th. Zhao Xing said that at that time, the autumn was clear, the clouds were light, the wind was light, the fruits and trees were prosperous, and the flowers were full of the moon was the most suitable for people behind closed doors. After a few nonsense, Xu Wanlin was envious and Zhang Xin was amused.

The capital of the Bingzhou Governor was located in Jinyang City in Taiyuan County. In response to the strong request of the people of Bingzhou, the General Mansion of Zhenbei was also built in Jinyang City. Zhao Xing had to go back and forth between Wohu City and Jinyang City in the future. In order to reduce the hard work of running back and forth, Zhao Xing ordered people to burn a newly developed plaster (the prototype of cement), and then recruited 20,000 laborers to start building a plaster road starting from Jiguan, passing through the eldest son, Tunliu, Xiangyuan, Nie County, Qi County, Yuci, and directly to Jinyang.

According to Zhao Xing's idea, within the next two years, Bingzhou will build two main roads. One of them is to start from Jinyang, pass through Daling, Pingtao, Zishi, Pingzhou, Zhongyang, Lishi, Linxian, Yuanyang, Yuanyin, Pingding, Guluo, Guangyan, and finally arrive at Longting Meiji, the Southern Xiongnu. The other is to start from Jinyang, pass through Langmeng, Yunxian, Yangqu, Yuanping, Guangwu, Yinguan, Loufan, Mayi, Wuzhou, Zhongling, Shanwu, and finally arrive at Pingcheng (Baideng).

After the construction of these three main roads will be in the shape of a "ya" that runs through the north and south of Bingzhou, greatly facilitating the circulation of materials and military mobilization, and becoming the main artery of Bingzhou's economic development. Zhao Xing also envisioned that in the future, the public transportation system between cities should be vigorously promoted, and the form of four-wheeled carriages would be used to allow the people to move with each other. According to later experience, if a place wants to stimulate domestic demand, it must first make the people flow. It must not be a pool of stagnant water and never interact with each other when they are old.

Just as Zhao Xing was planning the future for Bingzhou, he suddenly received information from the Shadow Force about internal fighting in the Qiang and Hu tribes west of the Yellow River, and in various departments west of Shangjun.

There are seven or eight tribes of Hexi, big and small, all of which are close to the banks of the Yellow River and located in the northeast of Shangjun. The Qiang and Hu tribes in Hexi are distributed between Liangzhou and Bingzhou, and are intertwined with the Han people, Xianbei people, and Southern Xiongnu people. In addition, in Qinghai, Sichuan, and other regions in later generations, Loudang Qiang, Baima Qiang, and Tang Jingfa Qiang.

According to information, the Qiang and Hu, who were busy with internal strife, were mainly concentrated between the northern county of Liangzhou and Shangjun, which was originally belonged to Bingzhou. As the new governor of Bingzhou, Zhao Xing had always been rebellious about not being able to include Shangjun in the territory. Among the four northern counties, Wuyuan County has now been recaptured, and the remaining Yunzhong and Shuofang County were also within the year. Only Shangjun was reluctant to take action because of the existence of Qiang and Hu people. The Qiang and Hu people's trouble reminded Zhao Xing that perhaps this was a good opportunity to regain Shangjun.

There are more than 30 Qiang and Hu tribes in Hexi, and seven or eight of them who defect to Zhao Xing are mainly concentrated in the east. The dozen tribes in the west have now defected to Dong Zhuo, the governor of Liangzhou. The dozen tribes in the middle are not mutual and live their own lives. The tribes that are now infighting are mainly concentrated in the west. When these tribes are integrated, the dozen tribes in the middle will be in danger. If the dozen tribes in the middle are also annexed by them, the seven or eight tribes in the east will also face the same crisis.

Zhao Xing naturally did not want to share this piece of fat meat with Dong Zhuo, but Zhao Xing was unwilling to have conflicts with Dong Zhuo too early. From this point of view, the Hexi Qiang and Hu still have the value and significance of their existence. After all, with the existence of a collision-proof pad like the Hexi Qiang and Hu, many unnecessary frictions between Zhao Xing and Dong Zhuo. In Zhao Xing's view, Dong Zhuo must be cut off, but it is better not to move before the time is ripe.

"Jinsi, immediately send people to these tribes to investigate and see if there is a Liangzhou instigation behind the internal strife of the Qiang and Hu tribes!" In the study, Zhao Xing handed Li Jinsi a letter, asking people to find out the reason for the internal strife of the Qiang and Hu tribes in Hexi.

"Brother Xing, Hexi Qiang and Hu should naturally send people to you, but I think we should pay special attention to the movements of the Xianbei people in the north at present." Li Jinsi said intently.

"Tell me what you think!" Zhao Xing frowned and said.

"With the character of Xianbei people, we have always been the one who only takes advantage of the situation without losing money. We sent people to stir up the wind and rain in Wuyuan. More than 20 tribes of Xianbei people have been destroyed before and after. The elderly, weak, sick and disabled tribes of these tribes were forcibly driven to the north, and we will definitely tell the situation in Wuyuan. What's strange is that until now, the leaders and the leaders of the Xianbei people have never been angry and led the army to revenge. The Xianbei people will never endure this anger. They may be hiding deep in the grassland to accumulate strength. Once they go south again, they are afraid that the several counties in the northern Bingzhou will suffer great harm!" Li Jinsi analyzed with reasonable and well-founded evidence.

"It is very possible to think about what you are thinking. I will immediately write to Wuyuan, Xihe, Yanmen, and Dingxiang county magistrates to strengthen the city and prepare enough food and grass. Once the autumn grain is in the warehouse, I will immediately prevent the invasion of foreign races!" Zhao Xing also felt the critical and urgent situation and immediately started the defense affairs of the northern Bingzhou.

"Report to the lord, Grand Secretary Zhang brought several guests to the mansion and is waiting in the foreground!" Li Tiezhu's report came from outside the door.

"Okay, I'll go to the front hall now." Zhao Xing replied in surprise while writing quickly.

In a reception room at the City Lord's Mansion, Grand Secretary Zhang Jian was chatting and laughing with several scholars of different ages.

"Grandmaster, can you really open a pure land for our scholars?" A scholar in his thirties asked Zhang Jian with his fists.

"Brother Genju has been worried about it. The general of Zhenbei respects the wise and the nobles, and has all the people in the world who are willing to come and submit to you. As long as the famous scholars in the world are willing to come and visit, they will all be welcome to the superior guests. It will only be a little bit of a matter of small things for you who are studying!" Zhang Jian replied with a smile.

"Along the way, only the people of Shangdang knew the books and answered the rituals, and were calm and did not suffer from the Yellow Turban. This shows that the achievements of the General Zhenbei were very great!" A scholar in his twenties and with a sparse face stood up and spoke to Zhao Xing.

"What Ji Gui said is reasonable. I look at Shangdang, purple clouds circling the city, and the population is prosperous, which is quite like a king's revival. In the future, the general of Zhenbei will surely soar into the sky, and it is not worth mentioning!" Another scholar in his thirties said with some meaning.

"Haha, Guochang is so ashamed to be able to win such high praise from scholars all over the world!" With a loud laugh, Zhao Xing came to the living room from the back hall.
Chapter completed!