Just when Pu Yuan was about to take the water from Shu River to cast the divine sword, Yang Qing had left Mianyang, and even left Hanzhong, heading towards Wudu.

Wudu County is located in Hanzhong in the east, Zitong in the south, Tianshui in the north, Yinping in the west, and Luoyang in one thousand,878 miles. There are six counties, and the county is located in Xiabian. This county has dangerous land and rich resources, with many famous horses, cattle, sheep, lacquer, and honey.

However, there are not many household registrations in the county. In the ninth year of Yonghe of Emperor Shun, there were more than 20,000 households and more than 80,000. Currently, there are only more than 10,000 households and tens of thousands of Han and foreigners who have completed the registration of households.

Of course, a small household registration does not mean that the actual population in Wudu County is small. There are many Qiang and Di people in addition to the government’s household registration, and these people have more than 10,000.

The population unit of ethnic minorities is generally a population unit, while the population unit of the Han people is households. A household of Han people generally has four or five people. There are more than a few people saying that the Qiang and Di tribes in Wudu County have fallen. Some say that ten people fall, thirty people fall, and even fifty people fall.

There are different opinions, but the number of people who have fallen out of these foreign races is usually more than that of one household in the government.

Therefore, the population in Wudu County is currently less than 100,000. Of course, most of them are Qiang people and Di people, which are not completely controlled by the government, are relatively few Han people.

In fact, Wudu had a larger population before, but during the years when Cao Cao and Liu Bei fought for Hanzhong, Cao Cao was afraid that Liu Bei would seize Wudu and advance to Guanzhong, so he ordered Zhang Ji to move more than 50,000 Di people from Wudu to Tianshui and settle them in Fufeng.

Of course, plan is plan, reality is reality. People love their hometowns and should not migrate easily. Di people are tough by nature and will not obey orders and leave their hometown honestly.

So in the 24th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao ordered Du Xi to migrate to the Di people and Han people who moved to Wudu again. This time, more than 10,000 households moved to Jingzhao, Fufeng and Tianshui.

Therefore, after two large-scale migrations by Cao Cao, the population of Wudu is now more than half smaller than before, but it is not a sparsely populated place. Because sending troops from here can bypass Hanzhong and insert it into the hinterland like Zitong County, Shuzhong, Cao Wei still set up official and pastoral guards here and included them in the rule.

Although the Wudu is under the rule of Cao Wei, Shu Han is not unrelated to this place. The Ju County where it belongs is currently in the hands of the Han Dynasty, becoming a nail for Ji Han to enter the Wudu.

Ju County is located east of Jushui, and is also named after Jushui. This location is located at the junction of Wudu and Hanzhong counties, right next to Mianyang. Therefore, although Ji Han had never sent troops to capture Wudu, he still occupied Ju County with the advantage of the local area.

The current guarding of this place is Ma Dai, the younger brother of General Ma Chao. The reason why he used Ma Dai as the governor was to take advantage of the influence of the Ma family among the Qiang and Hu people in Liangzhou. Xi and Zhurong were strategies that Zhuge Liang had formulated as early as the Longzhong period, so of course he had to do his best to follow it.

In fact, it was Ma Chao who guarded Ju County in the past. Since the 23rd year of Jian'an, Liu Bei was preparing to go north to compete with Cao Cao for Hanzhong, he sent his general Ma Chao and Zhang Fei to Wudu to launch a battle of Xiabian, hoping to take Wudu Yinping first and break Hanzhong's left arm.

However, the situation of the war was not going well, and Zhang Fei and Ma Chao were repelled by Cao Hong and Cao Xiu, and the battle of Xiabian did not achieve the set goal. However, the reason why Liu Bei sent Ma Chao north to Wudu was because he had close ties with the Qiang and Hu in Liangzhou, and he hoped to use his influence to attract Qiang and Hu to use his power to use it for the Han Dynasty.

Later, after the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei still asked Ma Chao to guard the bridgehead of Ju County and block the defense of the entire Hanzhong Basin. After Liu Bei became emperor, Ma Chao was still the governor of Ju County as the general of the cavalry, showing that Ji Han always wanted to spy on Guanlong.

Yang Qing's trip was to meet with Ma Dai in Ju County to discuss the matter of recruiting and pacifying the Qiang and Hu. Although he, the prefect of Hanzhong, could not take charge of Ju County, he was still the prime minister and joined the army. When he came north, he was entrusted by Zhuge Liang to connect with Qiang and Hu, so his trip was also considered his responsibility.

Outside Ju County, seeing the crowds in front of him, Yang Qingzao dismounted and greeted him. A middle-aged man in his forties bowed forward: "Is the person coming Yang Fujun?"

"It's Yang, but General Pingbei is in front of him?" Yang Qing replied with a smile.

Ma Dai nodded and said, "It's Ma, Dai is polite." He looked up and down at Yang Qing and smiled, "Haha, Yang Fujun is indeed a talent that the Prime Minister values. He is indeed a young hero.

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"Qing has met General Zhonghua, and the general is also very handsome. It's true that he is a general in the Han Dynasty!"

Yang Qing's words were not entirely polite. Ma Dai was tall and majestic, and he could be said to be handsome and majestic. It seems that the appearance of their Ma family is very good.

Ma Dai smiled and said, "Haha, Yang Fujun is too good." He turned to everyone behind him and said, "Come on, haven't you seen Yang Fujun?"

"I've met Yang Fujun."

Yang Qingxu raised his hand and returned the gift halfway: "Forget it, you guys are exempted from gifts."

The two sides introduced each other. After recounting the etiquette, Ma Dai and Yang Qing drove into Ju County together.

When I walked along the street, I saw shoulder to shoulder and loud people on the street, and there were many people coming and going, most of them dressed in different races, and they were obviously from Qiang and Hu people who came here to go to business.

Walking through a street, there seemed to be a market on the west side. Yang Qing looked at him and saw that there were more Qianghu and Hu merchants and travelers inside. The goods on both sides were also full of items, with a wide range of cloth, coarse salt, lacquerware, leather, cattle and horses, etc., which made people dizzy and couldn't see them.

After only a few glances, Yang Qing knew that the market was prosperous and he thought that Ju County was indeed a place where Han people and Qiang and Hu traded with each other, and it was indeed convenient to implement the strategy of recruiting Qiang and Hu.

On that day, General Ma Dai of Pingbei led officials from all over the country to have a banquet for Yang Qing and others in Ju County. Everyone gathered overnight, and the guests and hosts were all happy. The next day, Yang Qing and Ma Dai met at the meeting hall to discuss the plan to recruit Qiang and Hu.

"General Zhonghua, Qing Dynasty saw the scenes in the city yesterday. The Han and Hu tribes had close contacts, and they communicated with each other's business and travel. It is true that Juxian's mutual market resort is true!" Yang Qing took a sip of tea and said lightly.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ma Dai said with a hint and said, "It's great that the Duke Jun knows that my Ju County is located at the junction of Hanzhong and Wudu, and is in a junction. If the Qiang and Di people want to get ordinary life, the Han people need to come to our Ju County to get leather horses and cows, so my city is still prosperous."

Yang Qing said: "The Han and Hu traded together in a big way, and the pseudo-Western governments don't care?"

Ma Dai laughed: "What can they do to help? As long as the Qiang and Di people did not cause any major turmoil, they would be satisfied. The officials of the pseudo-Western Wei knew that the business and travel trade could not be prohibited. As long as they did not rebel and cause chaos, they would turn a blind eye."

"In this way, the Qiang and Hu people in Wudu are mostly interested in the Han Dynasty?"

Ma Dai shook his head slightly and said, "You can't say that. These aliens do business with you, but if they force them to take sides, they will be unwilling to express their feelings in a neat way."

After pausing, he sighed and said, "Oh, it's because my Ma family's prestige is still losing its power. Otherwise, would they dare not welcome the royal army to Qinchuan with a certain order?"

Yang Qing said: "General Zhonghua doesn't have to be discouraged. Your reputation and brother Ling spread to all parts of Longxi. Qiang and Hu are all yearning for it. Such reputation is a great achievement. As long as there are more kindnesses, the Qiang and Hu will definitely abandon the darkness and turn to the light to support the Han Dynasty and make unparalleled achievements."

"Thank you for your consolation. Now that you are here, you will be able to make up for the shortcomings and comfort the hopes of distant people. Dai Ding will do his best to assist you." Ma Dai said with his fists.

Yang Qing returned the courtesy and said, "Then please ask General Zhonghua to post a wide invitation and invite the heroes of Qiang and Hu from all over the world to meet in Ju County. I have a good idea to speak out and I will definitely teach those who will return to the Han Dynasty."

"Good. If you have this from the Lord of the Mansion, I will feel relieved. Today I will issue a wide document to let the heroes and commanders from all departments gather in Ju County to listen to your instructions." Ma Dai looked quite moved when he heard this.
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