Jia Mu, who was responsible for sorting out the thirty-six oral stories by Zhao Xing into a book when he was a teenager, listened to Cui Yan's retelling of Zhao Xing's "Three Strategies for Plain and Wildness", his expression on his face was both admiring, as well as a bit of regret and self-blame.

Jia Mu said: "As soon as I am not as tall as the lord, I can see far. These three strategies of flat and wild are obviously transformed from the thirty-six strategies of Zhao. I personally sorted the thirty-six strategies into a scroll, but I didn't expect it."

Cui Yan comforted Jia Mu and said, "Military advisors don't have to be upset. The reason why you can't think of these three strategies is because you have always looked at and solved problems from a military perspective. After all, you lack experience in internal political affairs. What's more, there are some strategies that can be decided except for King Pingxi, and others do not have the courage and right to make decisions."

Jia Mu felt that Cui Yan's words made sense, so he bowed to Cui Yan with his fists and said, "In the future, Mr. Ji Gui will give me advice and give me more advice than internal affairs!"

Zhang Yan, who was standing beside him, joked: "Is it possible that the military advisor wants to be the prefect and is unwilling to plan things in the Black Mountain Army?"

Although Jia Mu was twenty years older than Zhang Yan, he obviously had a good relationship with Zhang Yan in private. He rolled his eyes to Zhang Yan and said, "You are just a rough person and can't explain it to you. I guess the King of Pingxi will definitely gather the Bai Ding in the army like you to study culture in the future. Then you will wait to suffer!"

Jia Mu's words completely dispelled Zhang Yan's "arrogance" arrogance. Zhang Yan quickly changed the subject and asked Liu Hui: "Brother Guangzu, I saw that this time there were not only a group of local people, but also hundreds of huge mastiffs. What is the arrangement?"

Xu Hui replied: "You can't neglect the people coming here. They will be the God of Wealth of your Black Mountain Army in the future! These young people's families are mainly engaged in business. This time they heard that there are ways to make money in the Dongyi land, so they came to conduct an inspection. You have to arrange soldiers to protect their safety and let them make a living in this area to see what money can be made. In the future, they will establish cooperative relationships with them to supplement the military expenditure gap during the expansion period. As for these two hundred fierce dogs, they are military dogs trained by the commander of the Canglang Army Zhang Xiu, who specially trained the dog trainer of the Fuyu Kingdom. They can undertake many tasks such as patrol, realm, and communication. Now all the troops are robbing them!"

After hearing Xu Hui's introduction, Zhang Yan was so happy that she couldn't stop talking about it and said happily: "Hehe, I knew that King Pingxi had not forgotten our Heishan Army. This time he was giving people and dogs. The arrival was really timely!"

Cui Yan also said: "The King of Pingxi still has something to encourage us. Please keep it in mind and don't forget it in the future."

When everyone in the tent heard that Zhao Xing had another important instruction, they put down the wine cup at the same time and waited quietly for Cui Yan's following.

Cui Yan said: "The King of Pingxi told us: Don't be greedy for merit and advance in the matter of Yizhou. If you want to be too rush to do it, you should divide the rain in spring and slowly plan it. This place is mountainous and the living environment is worse than that of the Central Plains. In addition, the people are ignorant and have not yet been enlightened. You are responsible for the important task of expanding territory for our Han Dynasty. When everything is difficult to decide, you can work together. When there is a sudden crisis, you don't have to wait for the instructions of Wohu City, and you can deal with it yourself!"

After listening to Cui Yan's retelling, everyone thought carefully, for fear of understanding Zhao Xing's intentions wrong.

Jia Mu asked Cui Yan again: "This place is very wide, but the mountains, rivers and plains in various places lack place names. I wonder how to name it in the future?"

Cui Yan replied: "The King of Pingxi specifically told the soldiers of the Heishan Army that it was very hard to expand their territory. The future conquered land will be named by the soldiers. As long as it is catchy, it sounds loud and easy to remember!"

After hearing Cui Yan's words, Zhang Yan and Jia Mu looked at each other and clearly saw the word "Gao Ming" from each other's eyes.

Zhao Xing's trick is indeed brilliant. Just imagine that in the future, the soldiers will have the opportunity to name mountains, villages, and towns after their own name. A hundred years later, although he passed away, his descendants will still pass on these place names by word of mouth. What a rare glory that would be!

Since Zhao Xing's instructions, Zhang Yan and Jia Mu immediately began to name the territory they had seized.

They named the hidden bay where the Black Mountain Army landed in Bianhan as Triumph Bay, the bay on the west coast where Tao Sheng is now stationed as Honor Bay, the first indigenous settlement as Heishan City, the small basin that Guan Gu was stationed as Jinyu Basin, and the large plain where Wang Dang and Yang Feng's troops were stationed as Dongxing Plain...

After these place names were confirmed, they were immediately marked on the military map. Everyone looked at these place names with beautiful meanings and full of Han style, and felt a sense of pride in their hearts. Who dared to think about it? A group of Yellow Turban monsters and bandits who hid in the Black Mountain jungle because they avoided the hunting of the imperial army and killed them, because they participated in Zhao Xing's banner, have now become a glorious army to expand the territory for the Han Dynasty!

In the next few days, Zhang Yan personally led a team, led two thousand soldiers and one hundred military dogs, and guarded the merchant representatives who came to Dongyi for field inspection. He conducted a serious investigation of the properties in the Benhan area and finally signed a batch of long-term cooperation contracts.

The content of the contract mainly focuses on agricultural production, collection of Chinese herbal medicines, making and selling of animal skins, fishing and selling of seafood, and purchasing daily necessities.

The indigenous people here are currently using relatively primitive and backward farming methods. Although they are better than slash-and-burn farming, they are completely different from the agricultural production technology of Jin State. After inspecting the soil of the Montenegro Plain and the Dongxing Plain, they agreed that these places are suitable for vigorously planting crops such as rice and millet, so they signed a contract with the Montenegro Army to purchase grain within the next ten years.

On the periphery of the Montenegro Plain and the Dongxing Plain are some mountains and forests, with many precious medicinal materials growing in them, among which ginseng is particularly prosperous. In addition, animals in the forest such as elk, tiger and black bear can also produce precious Chinese medicine musk, tiger bones and bear galls. These are very popular in the Central Plains and can naturally be sold at a high price.

The merchants were not only responsible for purchasing goods from Dongyi, but also undertook the business of providing the Montenegro army with various essential daily necessities in the future. This place requires too many things, ranging from a box of tooth powder to a toothbrush to a keel-pedal double-powered waterwheel. As long as it is a commodity visible in the Wohu City, the Montenegro army needs it.

Since the contract has been signed for ten years, it means that the Black Mountain Army has to stay in Dongyi for a long time. For the representatives of the merchants who came, it is a long-lasting big deal!


Chapter completed!