This winter seems to be particularly long, and it is already March, but there are still many areas on the grassland covered with snow. According to the year number of the Three Kingdoms period, it should be the spring of the third year of Zhongping. In 186 AD, the period when Dong Zhuo entered Beijing should be 189 AD. There is a full three years of preparation time, which seems to be very abundant. Three years, if we look at the previous rocket-like development speed, it will be enough for Li Xuan to capture a territory comparable to Youzhou outside the Great Wall.

But if you think about it carefully, based on the current situation, this idea is obviously not realistic.

Seeking profit and avoiding harm is the instinct of human beings and even the entire biological world. The Xianbei people are not fools, standing there waiting for people to kill, and pressure from within Youzhou began to emerge. In February, Yue Fei and Zhao Yun led the army in Jincheng to cause the army from several large tribe alliances to damage the generals. Li Xuan took the opportunity to attack the enemy behind and pulled out three large tribes in one breath, causing the vitality of the Central Xianbei to be severely damaged. After that, the name of a wolf butcher shocked the 28 counties of the three prefectures of You and Ji, and the Hu people dared not go south and shed horses. The Han people ushered in a rare period of peace. Even the Ling Emperor far away in Luoyang praised this minister who expanded the territory. Although his official position had not been changed, he gave Li Xuan the title of Guanneihou.

Although it is just a short marquis, it is also an important improvement. You should know that in this relatively peaceful era, the General of the Huns' Protecting the Huns was basically the peak of the title of general. The four expeditions and four towns and the chariots and cavalry on the rise were not permanent. As for the position of the general, it is probably not the turn of Li Xuan to perish when the Eastern Han Dynasty perishes.

A title has qualitatively improved Li Xuan's identity. Not to mention anything else, just the few Tian family members recommended by Tian Chou at the beginning of the year. Although they were just side branches, they also represent the kindness released by the Youzhou wealthy family of Tian's family to Li Xuan. They are not recognized, but at least they are also a disguised recognition.

Although several children of the Tian family all have real talents and knowledge, that's all. To use the standards of evaluating talents in this era, they are only a few capable officials at best. They are not even talented in a county and have no substantial help to Li Xuan. However, they are a signal sent by the wealthy families of Youzhou, and are of great significance to Li Xuan's future unification of Youzhou.

Of course, everything has two sides. As Li Xuan used the grassland as nutrient to achieve his goal of strengthening himself. Although he achieved phased success, it was obvious that not everyone was willing to see it. At least this method was completely contrary to Liu Yu's Huairu policy. During this period, Li Xuan's continuous growth of power also exceeded Liu Yu's control.

There is a Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, which has already given Liu Yu a headache. Now there is another Li Xuan, which Liu Yu will never tolerate. Gongsun Zan is at least a nominal subordinate of Liu Yu, even if it is against the Yin and Yang, but he will be controlled by Liu Yu in name.

Li Xuan was different. He had the right to protect the Huns' General, but he had the right to open a prefecture alone. His status was the same as that of the prefecture and the governor. On the political level, Gongsun Zan, who had actually controlled the three counties of Yuyang Youbeiping and Liaodong, had a greater threat. In name, Liu Yu had no right to interfere in the matter of the general's mansion.

Moreover, what worries Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan, the two overlords of Youzhou, is that although Li Xuan only has three cities, according to statistics, the population under his rule is as high as 500,000. Between Longcheng and Jincheng, there are now many gathering places for Han people based on pastures.

These pastures are mainly animal husbandry, and they are surrounded by stars, providing a large population base for the two cities.

What made Liu Yu even more angry was that Li Xuan had openly started selling Xianbei slaves in Longcheng.

In the pasture between Jincheng and Longcheng, almost every ranch owner would buy some Xianbei slaves. After all, the Han people are good at farming, but they are not good at grazing. The first batch of ranch owners were mostly relatives of some military generals under Li Xuan's tent. These Xianbei slaves were traded for very low prices. Then, under the secret promotion of the city lord's mansion, unique ranches appeared.

The grassland is thin and not suitable for farming. The Han people's technology of arable land is obviously not very useful here. Li Xuan never thought of turning the grassland into a farm, which was unrealistic. However, if the Han people want to take root in this grassland, they must stand on the top of the grassland pyramid. How to effectively and reasonably plan the structure of the pyramid has become a problem that Li Xuan must face.

Taking the Han people as ranchers, they established pastures in the grassland occupied by Li Xuan, raised cattle and sheep in captivity, and then the domesticated Xianbei slaves were distributed. The Han people were slave owners and commanded these Xianbei slaves to grazing. The cattle and sheep harvested every year must be unconditionally paid 20% of the cattle and sheep in the area. This is the pyramid structure initially planned by Li Xuan.

The General's Mansion is naturally the wave at the top of this pyramid structure. The second layer is the vested interest group mainly composed of military generals from all sides of the General's Mansion and the powerful Youzhou who defected to him. The aristocratic families obviously do not look down on these things, or they value their own identities and disdain to get involved. The tyrants have different responsibilities. They do not have the deep foundation of the aristocratic families, and the burdens of the family are far less heavy than those of the aristocratic families. Every decision must be implemented after repeated discussions. There are no shortage of gamblers among the powerful people.

Although it is not obvious at the moment, many powerful people near Macheng have begun to move closer to this side. These people, together with the relatives and families of civil and military generals of the General's Mansion, are the second floor of the pyramid.

The third level is the Han people, and it is also the backbone of the composition of this pyramid. Although they do not have enough assets to buy ranches and buy Xianbei slaves, the most in this emerging force is opportunities. The General's Mansion has issued many measures to benefit the people. Those with a skill can go to the city to engage in their own professional work. If they have outstanding abilities, they may be recruited into the General's Mansion.

As long as you can save enough funds, you can go to the General's Mansion to buy land and slaves at any time and buy your own pastures. The vast grasslands are the most undesirable.

With these things in hand, these vested interest groups will naturally spontaneously maintain the status of the General's Mansion, and even actively and spare no effort to support the General's Mansion to attack the alien race in order to obtain more slaves and land.

Further down, the fourth level is the alien race that was naturalized or surrendered. This group of people has only higher status than slaves and can barely have freedom, but they cannot enjoy any welfare possessed by the Han people. They only have one way out. Join the general's army, and as long as they make enough contributions, they can obtain the status of the Han people and enjoy many rights and benefits of the Han people.

The fifth floor is also the lowest level of the pyramid plan constructed by Li Xuan, which are the alien slaves who were captured and plundered. They have no human rights and even if they are killed, no one will pursue them. They are lucky and may live a better life when they meet a kind master, but if they meet some harsh masters, their tragic fate will be destined.

At the same time, Li Xuan was extremely strict in the classification of the pyramid. For those who dared to commit crimes, the troops of the General's Mansion would mercilessly wipe out those who dared to commit crimes. He even set up various cruel punishments to deal with those unruly slaves or foreign races. However, he was extremely lenient and kind to the Han people, which greatly strengthened the Han people's sense of superiority and centripetal force to the General's Mansion to a certain extent.

Although the plan has just begun to be implemented and the big impact cannot be seen, it has now had a significant impact on Youzhou. Many refugees have begun to gather in the north, and even some powerful people have begun to inject funds into the general's mansion. Even though their families have not moved to Li Xuan's rule, they have also purchased many Xianbei slaves through various channels.

No matter what era it was, the upper class always became a trend. In the past, only foreign races outside the Great Wall came to plunder Han people and regarded Han people as slaves. Now they have been transferred, but they give people a different feeling. For a time, among the upper class of Youzhou, buying Xianbei slaves almost became a trend. There were not many foreigners in the family, and they were embarrassed to report their own home when they went out.

Of course, the slaves sold to these high-end people would not be the big and thick Xianbei soldiers. With these powerful families, they don’t have to buy Xianbei soldiers to visit and protect the house. There are more beautiful alien beauties. These alien beauties are not very practical to Longcheng, but in the eyes of these Youzhou families, their value is far more valuable than those Xianbei strong men who are not sympathetic.

According to this trend, the upper-level wealth will continue to gather towards Longcheng, and the people will also move closer to the frontier under the drive of interests and continue to strengthen the strength of the General's Mansion. This result will not be accepted by Gongsun Zan or Liu Yu.

It is precisely for this reason that Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan, two political enemies who have always been contradictory due to disagreement in politics, reached an agreement on something for the first time, and began to impose various restrictions on Li Xuan's general's mansion in a very tacit way.

Trade is prohibited, and many checkpoints are set up along the way, restricting refugees and even the people from moving towards Longcheng. In fact, Gongsun Zan has issued a ban on trade with Longcheng under his rule. For a time, it has curbed some momentum.

It seems that this time, my husband beat Longcheng again. In the general's mansion, holding Xiang'er who was tired of being unwilling to come out of her arms, Huang Rong smiled and picked up a white piece and fell on the chessboard. She looked at Li Xuan with a smile in her eyes and said.

Dayu was better than to stop the flood. The two idiots were at least one prince. Didn’t they understand this truth? Zhao Min curled her lips disdainfully, and she was quite angry that she was not arguing about her. Obviously, she had a clear understanding of someone’s abacus.

Zhou Zhiruo gently poured Li Xuan a cup of fragrant tea, shook her head and said: It’s not that I don’t understand, but there is no other way. I can only use this method of drinking poison to quench thirst to temporarily suppress my husband’s development. If my husband is defeated in Danhan Mountain this time, everything now will naturally be vain.
Chapter completed!