Although over the years, countless Hu people have died directly or indirectly in the hands of Feng Duhu.
Not to mention how many barbarians became laborers.
But one thing is undeniable.
There are more Hu people, because of Feng Duhu's various measures, they have ended their precarious life of living by the water, with no clothes on.
Divide pastures, raise cattle and sheep, exchange wool for food and other necessities, and even work in various workshops to ensure a stable life for the family...
When the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty was marching south in the past, countless barbarians lost their lives in the war.
But now the Nanzhong Yi people call the prime minister Grandpa.
If the current trend continues, Feng Duhu may also be called Grandpa Feng by the barbarians in the grassland in the future.
As for whether the name of Grandpa Feng will be passed down for thousands of years like Grandpa Zhuge, no one can say for sure.
But it is foreseeable that in the final years of the Han Dynasty, as long as it involves people and things on the grassland, Grandpa Feng will definitely be a figure that cannot be bypassed.
Grandpa Feng...ah, it's not considered worthy now, he should be called Feng Duhu.
Feng Duhu inspected the Northland and came to Jiuyuan from Qinzhidao, focusing on Wuyuan County.
At the same time, instructions are given:
The forests in Henan and Yinshan have been regarded as frontier fortresses since ancient times, and have the same status as pass fortresses.
Now, if we want to cut down trees to burn charcoal, we must adhere to the principle of cutting down one tree to plant two.
After giving the instructions, Feng Duhu cordially met with the local people and asked about the difficulties they encountered in their lives.
What Feng Duhu is most concerned about is the learning environment of the children in border schools.
He personally came to the school, inspected the environment of the border school, and encouraged the children to study hard and make progress every day.
As one of the most important figures in the court, Feng Duhu's trip has a lot of political meaning behind it.
Feng Duhu came to Jiuyuan this time, ostensibly to inspect the North, but his main purpose was to endorse Wuyuan Ironworks.
After staying in Jiuyuan for more than a month, the weather in the north has begun to get cooler.
Taking advantage of the crisp autumn weather, Feng Duhu left Jiuyuan and turned east, towards Pingcheng.
In Quecheng outside Pingcheng, the last batch of barbarians from the grassland were packing their goods and preparing to rush back to their tribes before it snowed in the north.
Feng Duhu, who came from Jiuyuan, took the same road he took to attack Bingzhou.
It's just that the Baishan Mountain Road, which was blocked by the Xiegui Ni Sect in the past, has now become a commercial road connecting the grasslands.
With more people coming and going, it will naturally become lively.
But sometimes too much excitement may not be a good thing.
On a certain main mountain road, two tribes that were going back and forth met each other, and for some unknown reason, a dispute suddenly broke out.
"Dou Huiqi, what do you mean? On such a wide road, all your carriages and horses are blocked, and you can't let people go?"
But when they saw the tribe returning from Pingcheng and preparing to return to the grassland, someone yelled: "Haha!"
"I'm sorry, Tuoba Desert Khan, my servant didn't tie the goods securely, and they fell apart when they got here. They are now tying them up again."
"How about you turn around and go another way?"
There is more than one trail to Baishan Mountain, but if you get halfway there, turning around and changing the trail again will waste at least a day.
The leader of the blocked tribe was a tall young Hu man with a rather handsome face.
At least among the slovenly prairie barbarians, it is a rare appearance.
But he saw that the clansmen behind him were all angry.
On the contrary, although the young man known as Tuoba Desert Khan had a gloomy look, he could still keep his composure:
"Dou Huiqi, your servants made an oversight. They should be punished and warned to make up for their mistakes as soon as possible, instead of causing the road to be blocked and making it impossible for people to walk because of their oversight."
"Our two tribes have fought together against the enemy. In view of our past friendship, can you ask your servants to move the goods blocking the road so that we can pass first?"
It's just okay that he didn't say this. As soon as he said this, Dou Huiti immediately felt as if he had heard a big joke and said sarcastically:
"Love? Yo, yo, so you know what love is? Who did the master of your family marry? As the son of the master of your family, shouldn't you know nothing about me when you meet me?"
As soon as these words came out, Tuoba Desert Khan choked.
His face twitched and he looked extremely ugly.
"Dou Huiqi, don't bully others too much!"
The clansmen behind Tuoba Desert Khan almost drew their swords when they saw the young clan leader embarrassed.
Dou Huiqi was not afraid, he just sneered:
"It's you who talk about friendship, but it's you who don't want to talk about seniority. What? Are you still thinking of taking action now?"
"Come on, come on, let me see if you have the courage to use the knife. I will stand here today and let you chop!"
Tuoba Desert Khan stretched out his hand to stop the tribesmen who were about to rush out, and shouted:
"Don't move!"
Although the Han people did not set up a sentry tower in this place, everyone who came here assumed that the nearby area was Han people's territory.
In the territory of the Han people, you must abide by the rules of the Han people.
Unless you don't plan on trading goods here.
Unless you think you can beat the Han's fine cavalry.
Otherwise, if his side really uses weapons first, then he will never come to Pingcheng again in this life.
And when the Han cavalry is coming, run as far as possible.
Seeing that Tuoba Desert Khan was not fooled, Dou Huitei looked a little surprised.
If the guess is correct, it must be the first time for the other party to come here. Unexpectedly, he knows the rules here so well.
But Tuoba Desert Khan took a deep breath and slowed down his tone:
"Uncle, for the sake of my mother, can you let us pass here as soon as possible?"
Seeing that winter is approaching, Pingcheng's market may be closed at any time.
Even if it is not closed, if it arrives one day late, there will be one less product that can be traded.
The most important thing is that there are a lot of clan members behind him.
If he showed weakness at this time, how would he explain it to the adults?
How to convince others in the clan in the future?
Therefore, Tuoba Desert Khan naturally did not want to change roads.
But it was Dou Huiti's sister that his lord married.
Therefore, no matter how unwilling Tuoba Desert Khan was, Dou Huiti was still his uncle in terms of seniority.
Although you and Dou Huiti are enemies, you have a fatal friendship with Dou Huiti's master, Dou Bin.
Otherwise, how could Dou Bin marry his daughter to an adult?
When the people on Dou Huiti's side heard Tuoba Desert Khan calling him uncle, they burst into laughter on the spot.
Seeing that Dou Huiti still had no intention of letting anyone move the goods, Tuoba Desert Khan was about to speak when suddenly a group of people came up from behind with a look of shock on their faces:
"My eldest son, a group of elite cavalry is coming from behind. They are extremely elite. They seem to be the Han army..."
"What?"
How could the Han army come from the north?
And why did you come here at this time?
While he was hesitating, he saw that there was already a commotion behind him.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
Before Tuoba Desert Khan could figure out what was going on behind him, several elite cavalrymen of the Han army had already forced their way through the crowd and rushed over.
Glancing at the scene that was obviously the center of the accident, the leading Han army general rode on a horse and asked condescendingly:
"What happened? Why are you stuck and can't leave?"
Not only was his attitude condescending, but his tone was also a bit arrogant and domineering.
But Dou Huiti, who originally wanted to make things difficult for Tuoba Desert Khan, changed his expression drastically.
Before Tuoba Desert Khan could speak, he had already stepped forward, nodded and said:
"Sir, this is the negligence of our slaves. They did not tie up the goods exchanged from Pingcheng. They were scattered on the way. We are cleaning them up. They will be fine soon. They will be fine soon!"
The Han army general sat on his horse and took a look, and found that some goods had indeed fallen to the ground.
Then he said impatiently:
"Clear the road quickly!"
"Yes, yes, immediately, immediately, immediately, immediately!"
Although the elite knights in front of him were only wearing leather armor, their horses, weapons, and even the murderous intent that could not be concealed on their bodies were far stronger than the Han army he had seen in Pingcheng.
Obviously, the status of the noble person who can send such elite cavalry to explore the road is extremely extraordinary.
Dou Huiti, who had been stuck in Tuoba Desert Khan for most of the day, cleared all the goods to the roadside in less than a moment, clearing most of the road.
After a while, the Han cavalry with bright armor and sharp weapons came proudly.
The flags are cracked, the halberds are like a forest, and the momentum is amazing.
This is definitely a formation reserved for noble people when traveling.
Neither Dou Huiti nor Tuoba Desert Khan dared to look up. They stood on the side of the road, bent down and holding their hands, holding their breath.
Their tribesmen, under the close threat of the Han army's elite cavalry, even involuntarily prostrated themselves on the ground and touched their foreheads to the ground.
I don’t know how long it took, but after the mighty Han army passed by, many people were still dazed and did not recover for a long time.
Tuoba Desert Khan, on the other hand, looked at the smoke and dust raised by the Han army with confusion in his eyes.
Although he is considered a figure in the clan, but at this time, with all his thoughts, only one voice echoed:
"Is this the majesty of the Han family? It is really shocking and makes people feel frightened..."
While feeling emotional, he was the first to come to his senses, and quickly asked people to follow the Han army, passing through Dou Huiti's tribe and heading towards Pingcheng.
No matter whether someone is leading such an elite division, or this elite division is protecting a certain noble person.
Whenever they see such a large formation, everyone knows that a big shot has arrived in Pingcheng.
Many people are speculating, who is this big shot?
But soon, no one will have to guess anymore.
Because the news spread the next day:
The right hussar general of the Han Dynasty, led by the Marquis of Pingcheng County, and the Protector-General Feng Zhong came to inspect the north.
Tuoba Desert Khan heard this and thought of yesterday's battle, and he couldn't help but feel a little enlightened:
"It turns out it was Feng Duhu who came, no wonder!"
Thinking again that he had just passed by the legendary Feng Duhu, he sighed again.
How great would it have been if I had been lucky enough to meet Feng Duhu at that time?
But the cruelty in reality told him:
Not to mention meeting Feng Duhu, even if he wanted to meet Colonel Hu Xianbei, that was still elusive.
In fact, Tuoba Desert Khan came to Pingcheng this time not just to exchange goods.
He was representing the adults to see if he could establish good relations with the Han people.
It's just that he went to Hu Xianbei Xiaowei's mansion for several days in a row to ask for an audience, but he couldn't even get in.
This frustrated him greatly.
Although over the years, under the leadership of the adults, the tribe has continued to grow, and many old Xianbei tribes have come to join us.
Nowadays, there are more than 100,000 people who control strings, which makes the Dingling people who come south from Mobei famous and avoid it.
But in the eyes of the Han people, they are still just larger tribes on the grassland, no different from other tribes.
After all, the Han people had excellent soldiers and strong horses, even as strong as Kebineng, and they were exterminated.
Nowadays, in the border areas, only the Hu people seek help from the Han people, how can the Han people ask for help from the Hu people?
His own tribe was neither close to the frontier nor comparable to Kebineng, so naturally it was impossible for the Han people to value him.
Tuoba Desert Khan was depressed after being repeatedly rejected for meeting, so he went to the only restaurant in Pingcheng to drink away his sorrow.
Winter was coming soon, and if he failed to cause trouble, he would have to lead them out of Pingcheng and back to the clan.
How will I explain it to the adults then?
"well!"
Tuoba Desert Khan drank a glass of wine, and then let out a long sigh.
While I was thinking about it, I heard someone sitting next to me say:
"There is a saying that one should raise a cup to relieve one's sorrow and make one's sorrow worse. Mr. Sir, I see that when the barbarians from the desert come to Pingcheng, they come back full of joy. How come when they come to you, their faces are full of sorrow?"
"Raise a glass to relieve your sorrow and make it worse? What a good sentence!"
Tuoba Desert Khan's eyes lit up and he looked around, only to see a man in extraordinary clothes sitting there with guards behind him. He knew at a glance that he was not a simple man.
It's just that this man, although his clothes are of extraordinary quality, he actually looks a bit sturdy. He doesn't look like a scribe, but like a general leading an army.
If it weren't for the looming nobility, it would be hard to believe that such beautiful words came from his mouth.
"I see that Mr. Lang has an extraordinary demeanor. If it weren't for this leather robe, he would be almost different from the ordinary barbarian. That's why he started talking to him out of curiosity. Don't be surprised."
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Although this statement sounds a bit contemptuous of the Hu people, it is actually praising Tuoba Desert Khan for being different from ordinary Hu people.
The Hu people have been looked down upon by the Han people for hundreds of years.
To Tuoba Desert Khan's ears, this man's words were not considered offensive.
In addition, Tuoba Desert Khan usually admired the Han culture. Now when he heard the sentence "raising a glass to relieve sorrow, sorrow will become worse", he couldn't help but want to clap his hands and applaud.
"It's a lucky thing that a barbarian can get into Mr.'s eyes. How dare you say something strange?"
Tuoba Desert Khan stood up, straightened his robe with some embarrassment, cupped his hands and saluted:
"Xianbei Suo's head is Tuoba Desert Khan. May I ask Mr. Gao's surname?"
"My surname is Feng."
The man sat there proudly, only returning the courtesy without getting up.
Not only was his tone rude, his actions were even more rude.
But the more he behaved like this, the more Tuoba Desert Khan believed that this Mr. Feng must be a noble man of great status.
"Tuoba Langjun comes from Xianbei Suotou?"
Mr. Feng tilted his head slightly and thought for a moment:
"I remember that Xianbei Suotou moved to Changchuan a few years ago, which is not close to here. How did Tuoba Langjun come here?"
Tuoba Desert Khan was shocked when he heard this:
"Sir, he is well-informed! I did come from Changchuan, and I just arrived a few days ago."
At the same time, he felt more and more that the noble man in front of him, who was guarded by the guards, was enigmatic.
"What are you doing here?"
The two of them only said a few words and asked someone like this, but Mr. Feng didn't seem to feel embarrassed at all.
"It's natural to exchange some materials needed by the clan..."
Before he finished speaking, Tuoba Desert Khan saw a look that seemed to be a smile but not a smile on Mr. Feng's face.
I saw the other party raised his glass and took a sip, but didn't answer.
Although silent, everything is in silence.
Tuoba Desert Khan couldn't help but swallow the rest of his words.
Although Mr. Feng's expression was calm, his gaze was too sharp, which made Tuoba Desert Khan feel like he was being ignored.
It made people feel that if they lied in front of him, they would only be treated as a joke.
