As soon as Li Ping'an finished speaking, a burly man walked out of the back hall.
"Brother Long, how are you? Did I do this well?" Li Ping'an said with a smile.
Qinglong glanced at Li Ping'an, who was smiling playfully, and said calmly, "Remember to send the gold sand given by the Ni people to the Ministry of Finance later."
"Uh..." Li Ping'an was immediately embarrassed. Qinglong's tone sounded like he was guarding against thieves. Besides, he was not short of money and had no intention of keeping the gold sand.
Naturally, Qinglong didn't care what Li Ping'an thought, and continued: "The prince said that after you meet the envoy of Ni Kingdom, there is still a task for you."
"What mission?" Li Ping'an suddenly became interested.
"The prince asked you to return to Liaozhou, recruit 50,000 troops, and establish the Liaodong Protectorate on the old lands of the five previous kingdoms, including Xianbei and Chenbang."
"What? Brother Long, have you made a mistake? Brother Xun really wants me to go back to Liaozhou?" Li Ping'an was suddenly confused. Why would you want him to go back to a place where birds don't shit?
"Why did I lie to you? Besides, aren't you the governor of Liaozhou? Shouldn't you go back to Liaozhou?" Qinglong said angrily.
Only then did Li Ping'an realize that he also had the title of Liaozhou Governor.
Xu Ai was in charge of Liaozhou before, but now that Xu Ai is leading his troops south, Liaozhou naturally lacks a person in charge.
"The prince said that in addition to building the Protectorate, you also need to build a city there to facilitate subsequent immigration." Qinglong continued.
After destroying the Five Kingdoms, Yang Xun did not occupy the land there, firstly because of insufficient manpower, and secondly because of lack of money.
Now that Yang Xun has strong soldiers and horses, and money and food in his hands, it is naturally impossible for him to let that land go.
Yang Xun not only wants to develop that place, but also wants the people of Daqian to move there.
After a few decades, it will become the inherent territory of our Han people since ancient times.
"Build a city? Who would want to go to a place where birds don't shit?" Li Ping'an was stunned.
"What do you know? The prince said that there is fertile black land, which is most suitable for farming. In the future, the prince will issue some policies to benefit the people and move part of the people from Beiyan and Huaizhou there."
"What about the funds and manpower? Why don't you lend me some of the millions of slaves in Tianlang Mountain?" Li Ping'an asked again.
A smile appeared on Qinglong's face and he said: "Ask Liu Zheng for the funds. Don't worry about the manpower. We will have them after the victory over Ni Country."
"However, according to the intelligence of our Jin Yiwei, the huge empire in the north has not been very honest recently. You may conflict with them when you establish the Protectorate. You must be careful and ask for help from Tianlang Mountain when necessary."
Now the Tianlang Mountain side has been managed vigorously. In addition to the 100,000 Euphorbia soldiers, Beiyan's frontier troops have also moved forward and stationed near Tianlang Mountain.
Coupled with the 50,000 soldiers and horses of Liao Hua's Northern Desert Protectorate, Tianlang Mountain can be said to be tightly defended, with strong soldiers and horses, and can pull up an army of more than 200,000 at any time.
Hearing this, Li Ping'an immediately laughed and didn't care at all.
Yang Xun left this matter to him because he thought highly of him. If he couldn't even handle this matter, how could he have the face to continue to follow Yang Xun?
So he waved his hand and said, "I know those red-haired ghosts, it's no big deal. If they dare to come, I'll beat them up!"
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To the north of the desert, a group of thousands of cavalrymen was slowly advancing.
These people were the Huns rebels who had just been defeated by Burker and driven to the north of the desert by the Xuanjia Army.
They occupied a piece of grassland north of the desert and established the Northern Huns regime. However, the materials on the grassland were poor, and the young and middle-aged men had to leave the tribe and search further north for everything they could plunder.
The leader was a middle-aged man who was nearly forty years old. His complexion was sallow and his lips were chapped, but his eyes were still sharp.
This man is the son of the original leader of the Beast Skin Tribe, Ba Beast, who is now the Chanyu of the Northern Huns!
However, except for Ba Beast, who was still in high spirits, the Huns cavalry behind him were all listless, and some even lay down on their horses.
This is no wonder for them, mainly because they have very little water and dry food left. They can only eat one meal a day and they are not full.
Ba Beast also knew that this group of people was at the end of their rope, and if they could not get supplies anymore, they would all die.
Once these young men die, the newly established Northern Huns will also perish.
"Changshengtian, protect me!" Ba Beast closed his eyes and prayed devoutly.
When he opened his eyes again, he found a city on the high ground not far away.
No, to be precise it should be a fortress.
Ba Beast's eyes suddenly lit up. There was a fortress, which meant that he had reached the border of a certain country, and there was probably a village or town behind this fortress.
Ba Beast immediately pulled out the sword from his waist. The fortress was on the high ground. It was very likely that they had been discovered at this time. They had to fight quickly!
"Sons of the Huns, wake up, the enemy is right in front of you, showing your fangs!"
Following Ba Beast's shout, the Hun cavalry behind him drew their sabers one after another.
If they were languid just now, now they saw fresh beasts with bloodthirsty desire in their eyes.
"kill!"
Ba Beast roared and charged, followed by thousands of cavalry.
The Huns' war horses were very fast and reached the fortress in a blink of an eye.
As he got closer, Ba Beast discovered that the fortress was not big. The walls were made of wood and were only four to five meters high. There were four watchtowers on the four corners, and there was not a single birdman on the watchtower.
This configuration is not even as good as the temporary military camp set up by the Dagan people.
Thinking of those solid city walls on the border of Beiyan, and then looking at the fortress in front of me, didn't it open the door for them to rob?
At this time, the soldiers in the fortress also discovered them, and immediately sounded the alarm. The soldiers and civilians around the fortress hid in the fortress, and the gate of the fortress slowly closed.
Dozens of soldiers armed with bows and arrows boarded the fortress, aiming at the charging Hun cavalry.
However, the Huns' cavalry had no intention of attacking the fortress and simply passed by, leaving only one or two hundred riders surrounding the fortress from a distance.
The soldiers in the fortress watched thousands of Huns cavalry heading straight for the distant village, circling around anxiously, but the bows and arrows in their hands could not reach them.
There were less than a hundred people in the most important fortress. They did not dare to go out at all. They could only huddle in the fortress and watch the Huns sack the villages behind them.
After Ba Beast and his men rushed into the village, they robbed everything they saw, cut down the men they saw, and arrested the women they saw.
What surprised him the most was that these women were actually so fair, whiter than Dagan people, and they either had blond hair or red hair, which gave them a unique charm.
Soon, a village with dozens of households was looted by Ba Beast and his men. Ba Beast had people burn the village clean, and then captured an old man and asked the old man to lead the way to the next village.
When the Hun cavalry surrounding the fortress saw that Ba Beast and others had finished looting, they no longer stayed, turned around and ran away, making the blond soldiers in the fortress stomp their feet in anger.
