And just when Su Dingfang was preparing to continue his efforts to completely pacify the thirty-six countries in the Western Region, a sudden trouble disrupted Su Dingfang's pace again.
The remaining small countries in the Western Region already know very well that if they rely solely on their strength, they cannot be Su Dingfang's opponent. If they want to avoid the fate of the previous Western Region countries, which lacked internal strength, seeking external support seems to have become the only way.
As a result, Wusun, Dayuan, Kangju and other countries jointly sent 150,000 troops to Su Dingfang's headquarters.
These countries, whether in terms of population or territory, cannot be compared to any of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions alone.
They had not taken action before because those small countries in the Western Region could not possibly threaten them. Even though Yelu Dashi has attracted their attention, it has not yet reached the point where they want to jointly send troops.
But now, only eight of the thirty-six countries in the Western Region are left, which of course has allowed them to see the threat Su Dingfang poses to them. In this regard, it is no longer possible for these powerful countries to continue to sit idly by and ignore this. Even if the remaining eight small countries do not ask for help from them, they will probably take the initiative before long.
However, now, these small countries in the Western Regions have actually taken the initiative to ask for help, which has given them the best excuse to send troops.
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Southern barbarian.
In most people's inherent impression, perhaps this place is synonymous with barbarism and backwardness. However, after actually arriving here, they discovered that the situation here may be different from what they had imagined before. Although it cannot be compared with other places in Dahan, there are indeed many vendors going around, and there is already a hint of prosperity. Fireworks.
If you want a horse to run, it's impossible if you don't give it grass to eat. Liu Che also deeply understood the principle that if you want to get something first, you must give it first. Therefore, he has always been very attentive to the issue of Nanman.
In addition to using foreign wars to reduce the power of the Southern Barbarians, Liu Che also paid great attention to winning the hearts of the lower class people of the Southern Barbarians. And if you want to do this, the first prerequisite is to let them live a good life. If you don't let people live a good life, but still let them live in dire straits, of course they won't really believe you.
If you want to do this, it is relatively simple for Nanman. After all, the Nanman's previous foundation was low. One of the important reasons why they repeatedly attacked the Han people was to obtain corresponding living supplies. Many Nanman people have been trapped in the most basic food problems for a long time.
Although the land in Yizhou is fertile, Liu Che cannot give away food for free. Even these Nanman people can now be regarded as his people, but it is impossible to use this method to solve the problem. This method can only solve the problem. One moment cannot solve a lifetime.
Therefore, Liu Che took advantage of the potential of the Nanman itself and set up a large number of small towns at the junction of the Han and Nanman residential areas specifically for trade. The jade and furs of the Nanman were still quite attractive to merchants. of.
After all, exchanging some basic living supplies such as simple grain and cloth for those jade and furs, and then selling these things to other areas of the Han Dynasty would definitely be a huge profit. The profits are even much greater than those of horse traders who trade between the north and the south.
Even if Liu Che uses means to forcefully lower the price, or even double the previous price, Nanman will not suffer the same loss as before, but for those merchants, compared with their efforts, the jade is still no different from giving it for free, and it can still be obtained. Let them derive great violence from it.
Indeed, Liu Che used the means of forcibly lowering prices. It would have made little sense for him to set up these towns specifically for ordinary use if he had left them alone and allowed the market to develop freely.
After all, most businessmen are profit-seeking people. Before Liu Che regained the Southern Barbarians, it was not like no one discovered the huge profits. But it was precisely because those merchants were too greedy that even if Nanmen paid a large amount of jade during the transaction, the various daily necessities including food that could be obtained were very limited.
Therefore, conflicts with the Han people were inevitable in the end, and in the end they still had to use plunder to forcibly seize daily necessities from the Han people.
In addition, Liu Che used this method not only to help the Nanman solve the most basic life problems, but also to rely on this method to subtly and continuously strengthen the Sinicization of the Nanman.
With Liu Che using so many methods at the same time, if he is allowed to continue doing this, he might really be able to solve the Nanman problem.
The senior leaders of the Southern Barbarians are not without smart people, nor are they completely unaware of the impact Liu Che's series of methods have on them. However, people under the eaves have to bow their heads. Without a good opportunity, they would not dare to act rashly.
An old man with a thin face and a smooth mouth without a trace of beard is sitting in a wheelchair, with a soft and smooth wool blanket covering his legs.
It's hard to imagine that in his world, this old man who makes countless people fear him is now like a market vendor, bargaining with the people opposite him, and even arguing over a few copper coins.
However, this behavior makes it less likely to arouse other people's suspicions. This way, you can truly look like some traders.
Due to the particularity of Yizhou, floating houses are not very powerful in Yizhou. However, since the next target is set on Yizhou, it is bound to strengthen the power of Floating Water House among the Southern Barbarians.
At this time, although the two sides were still coexisting peacefully on the surface and had not started fighting, in fact, the fighting behind the scenes never stopped. Liu Che didn't get it for nothing, and Li Xiang's floating water house didn't just infiltrate.
From the end of the Jingbei War until now, Floating Water House has invested too much effort in the land of Yizhou and suffered too many losses.
However, for Li Xiang, as long as he can achieve his goal and the final gain can be greater than the effort, then these investments and losses will be within his tolerance.
If it can help a useful flag enter Yizhou, so what if it costs several chess pieces damage. A usable chess piece is much more useful than these ten intact but useless chess pieces.
Even on top of dealing with the issue of Yizhou, some really important figures in Floating Water House also used various means to come here...
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