After receiving the court's response, Zhao Chengyue, who was already fighting against the aliens, increased his efforts and even invited Yunzhong Shou Lian Pi to attack together.

I don’t know if Zhao Chengyue secretly sent several carts of wine to Lian Pi, or if Lian Pi thought that he had not made any achievements after defecting to Wei, which made this fierce general who was one of the top ten tycoons of Bukwon, South Korea, respond to Shuofang Shou.

Zhao Chengyue gave the order to dispatch troops and led 6,000 Yunzhong troops to attack.

It is worth mentioning that after learning that Lian Bu led his army to attack, Li Mu of Yanmen County was immediately on high alert, even more vigilant than when facing a hundred thousand Qin troops.

But in the end, Lian Piu only wandered around for a few times within an area of ​​about 500 miles north of Yunzhong County, defeated a few Hu tribes who had secretly moved back, killed a few Hu warriors who called themselves warriors, and then left.

I happily went back to Yunzhong to drink.

Although this is indeed cruel to the foreign tribes, for the sake of the interests of the Wei State, the Wei army stationed in the border areas certainly cannot let those foreign tribes have the idea of ​​returning to Hetao again - fight them once and for all, until the other party completely gives up returning to Hetao.

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But facts have proven that in order to survive, the foreign tribes also spared no effort, and they were clearly refuted by Lian Cai. Zhao Chengyue, Feng Ting and other Wei generals stationed on the border had taught them a lesson, but after more than half a year, these tribes once again showed their intention to recapture the Hetao.

This is no wonder. After all, the Hetao area has a warm climate and abundant pasture. It is a natural pasture. How can there be fertile land comparable to the Hetao in the far and cold north?

Of course, there were also some foreign tribes who were aware of current affairs. They thought that they were unable to take back the Hetao area from the powerful Wei State, so they simply surrendered to the Wei State in exchange for the right to live in the Hetao area.

Under the instruction of the imperial court, the Wei army accepted these surrendered foreign tribes in Shuofang, Jiuyuan, Yunzhong and allowed them to relocate their tribes to the Hetao area, but required these foreign tribes to change into Wei people's clothes and learn Wei's customs.

Language and writing.

Under the combined grace and power of the Wei State, the prestige of the Wei State gradually spread to the north and to the ears of the Qiang and Hus in the north. These Qiang and Hu tribes who had lived in the north for a long time and had little contact with the Central Plains could also learn about it.

, in the fertile Central Plains, there is a powerful country called "Wei", which is more powerful than "Han" who has dealt with them.

Gradually, caravans from these large northern Qiang and Hu tribes also came to Shuofang County, exchanging goods mainly including spices, meat, and leather products for tea, silk, salt, rice, etc. from the Central Plains.

Although the scale of the transaction is not large and can only be said to be tentative contact between the two parties, the prospects are quite promising.

More importantly, the Wei State expressed the goodwill of the Wei State and the Central Plains to these Qiang and Hu tribes in the north and northwest.

Generally speaking, Wei's northwest border is relatively peaceful.

In the blink of an eye, in March, Han Wangran once again sent envoys Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo to visit Wei. On the one hand, they wanted to deliver the money for the original purchase of Wei's obsolete armaments, and on the other hand, they wanted to show respect to Wei, the overlord of the Central Plains.

Of course, in the final analysis, this so-called respect is just to fool people. At least Zhao Hongrun knows very well that South Korea is currently staring at his Wei State's every move, thinking of catching up all the time.

No, before the two Korean envoys Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo arrived in Daliang, Zhao Hongrun also received a secret letter from the Green Crows, which was sent by the Green Crows stationed in Jicheng, the capital of South Korea.

I saw those Green Crows writing in this secret letter that since last year's "Daliang Alliance", South Korea seems to be intending to imitate Wei's various reform measures.

The first is in terms of promoting talents.

Once upon a time, South Korea, like the Chu State, paid great attention to family background, and the power of the country was always controlled by the princes and nobles in the country. However, now, the King of Han has imitated the selection system of Wei State, not focusing on family background, but only meritorious service. This is both for the country and the country.

He has recruited countless talents and won the hearts and minds of the civilian class.

The gentry, including the new nobility corresponding to the old nobility such as the public clan, was actually the later bureaucratic class. From the perspective of historical development trends, this is the cornerstone of a country's prosperity and development.

At that time, Zhao Hongrun was very surprised when he saw this. You must know that when the Wei State suppressed the public clan and improved the status of the gentry, it had gone through a lot of twists and turns. After all, it was headed by the Wang Gui of the Zhao family, including those who were married to the Wang Gui of the Zhao family.

How could the aristocracy allow middle- and lower-level nobles and aristocratic families to seize their social status?

Even today, in the Kingdom of Wei, there are still considerable conflicts and conflicts of interest between the public and the nobles. However, the royal family is strong, so the public and the nobles do not dare to be too presumptuous.

And Han Wangran could actually make the Korean public class compromise, giving the country's gentry a chance to grow. This surprised Zhao Hongrun and was quite surprising.

Afterwards, he said to Du You, the Minister of Rites, "In a few more years, even if our country returns Han Wu, Marquis of Li, to South Korea, we may not be able to shake Han Ran's status."

Du You nodded in agreement.

He also believed that King Ran of Han was indeed a wise king of Korea who could be compared with his Wei counterpart, Zhao Run. He seemed to be inconspicuous, but he was actually quite capable and should not be underestimated.

In addition to promoting talents, South Korea also followed the example of Wei and launched many domestic project constructions.

For example, digging canals for irrigation, laying roads in the country, etc.

When it comes to paving roads in South Korea, Zhao Run feels depressed. The reason is very simple, because the existence of "cement" has been leaked.

In fact, this matter is not difficult to explain. After all, Koreans are not fools. In the past, it took more than ten years or even longer to build a city. However, your country, Wei, can build a city in a few months. This amazing construction speed,

It would be strange not to attract spies from South Korea.

As a result, even though the Blue Crows were on guard against South Korea's exploits day and night, and they didn't know how many people they had caught or killed, they still couldn't prevent the existence of Cement from being known to South Korea.

In this era where there is no so-called property rights at all, even though he knew that South Korea had stolen the secret of cement, Zhao Run could only bury his depression deep in his heart.

Similarly, there is the Wei Kingdom's rail carriage. According to the secret message sent by the Green Crows, Korean craftsmen are currently tinkering with this thing.

In view of this incident, when the Ministry of Household Affairs of the State of Wei presided over the private sale of the eliminated domestic armaments to South Korea, they secretly raised the price in retaliation for South Korea's shameless behavior.

At present, there are still many people dispatched by South Korea to wander around Xiaohuang County, apparently trying to find out how Wei can improve the "salt-alkali land". Although the Black Crows stationed in Xiaohuang County are disgusted by these people.

I wandered around the county day and night, and occasionally killed a few when I was free, but I still couldn't stop these craftsmen from continuing to stay near Xiaohuang County.

Zhao Run had nothing to do about this. After all, South Korea had surrendered to the Wei State and kept its posture very low, sending various tributes from time to time. In this case, whether it was the Wei State or Zhao Run,

There is no excuse to teach South Korea a lesson - you can't rashly attack a South Korea that bows to you because of a few spies who can't prove whether they are South Korean spies, right?

In view of this situation, Zhao Hongrun could only express his dissatisfaction with a few sarcastic words when Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo came to visit.

To be honest, this is of no use at all.

"How can we find a way to create a stumbling block for South Korea?"

In view of South Korea's development momentum, Zhao Hongrun believed that it was necessary to create some more trouble for South Korea.

After all, the 'wonderful strategy' he devised against King Han may take several years to gradually see the results, but what about before that?

Without thinking about it for long, Zhao Hongrun came up with two strategies.

The first move is to target South Korea's blind imitation of Wei's reform strategy: As the saying goes, the reform strategy that adapts to local conditions and suits Wei's national conditions may not be suitable for South Korea. He can completely start from this aspect and implement a special reform strategy.

The reform strategy is to deceive South Korea and deliberately let South Korea follow suit and create some trouble for the latter.

As for the second move, it is similar to when Zhao Hongrun used "heavy cavalry" to trick South Korea, causing South Korea to mistakenly spend a lot of wealth on the wrong path.

However, considering that South Korea has been deceived by Wei once, it may not be easy for Han Wangran to be deceived this time, and it requires long-term planning.

"Come here, invite the two Korean envoys Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo!"

After having an idea, Zhao Hongrun gave orders.
Chapter completed!