"When I was in Liangzhou, I heard rumors about the Tuoba family of Xianbei: Tuoba Jiefen has no wife and family, and Tuoba Li is weak and has no uncle's family."
Feng took the chopsticks, picked up a piece of food on the plate, put it into his mouth and chewed it twice symbolically.
Then he put down his chopsticks and looked at Tuoba Desert Khan opposite:
"Tuoba Xianbei's current leader, is Tuoba still weak?"
Hearing the nobleman mention his lord, Tuoba Desert Khan, who had just sat down, quickly stood up again and replied respectfully:
"Aye is naturally still the leader of the tribe."
Seeing Tuoba Desert Khan's words and deeds, Feng narrowed his eyes invisibly.
In the consciousness of most people, the Suotou where Tuoba Desert Khan comes from is not much different from the tribes on the grassland.
Because there are too many tribes on the grassland now.
Not to mention the origin of the Xianbei people is really too complicated.
After the Xiongnu completely declined, Xianbei took the opportunity to annex more than 100,000 of them and occupied Monan.
In recent years, the Dingling people and Gaoche people in Mobei have also been moving southward, so they inevitably have disputes with the Xianbei people.
So the Xianbei people merged with some Dingling and Gaoche people from Mobei.
Wuhuan was defeated by Cao Cao, and many Wuhuan people changed their identities and merged with Xianbei.
This situation allowed Xianbei to grow the tribe as quickly as possible when it was strong, such as in the early stages of Tanshihuai and Kebineng.
But the hidden danger is that it expands too fast and the outside tribes are not fully absorbed and assimilated internally. Once there is a trend of decline, it will easily split.
Still taking Tanshihuai and Kebineng as examples.
Once these two people die or become weak, the race will immediately fall apart.
It is precisely because over the years, the tribes on the grassland have become more and more complex and numerous.
Therefore, although Suo Touhou is a large tribe with one hundred thousand string control people.
But their reputation within the fortress is not even as good as that of the tribes that are close to the border fortress all year round and trade with the Han people.
It just so happens that they are such a grassland tribe that lives in the northern part of Monan, far away from the frontiers, and has few interactions with the Han Dynasty.
As a young patriarch, Tuoba Desert Khan seemed to be just subconscious in his words and deeds, but he revealed a very important message:
Only those who are deeply influenced by the Central Plains culture can achieve such performance.
It is not unusual for the Hu people to admire Han culture.
In particular, Xianbei in the west was driven away like a lost dog by the Liangzhou army. Within a few years, countless Dingkou were captured and worked as laborers.
In the central Xianbei area, Kebi Neng died and his family was destroyed, and tens of thousands of fine cavalry were buried in Qiaoshan and Jiuyuan.
Xianbei's last ridge bone was finally broken by someone Feng.
The psychological advantage that Xianbei had over the Han people created during the Tanshihuai era was completely shattered.
In addition, Jihan has an industrial chain that is unparalleled in the world, and the products it produces are like magnets, tightly attracting the barbarian people on the grassland.
From Juyan to Jiuyuan, and from Jiuyuan to Pingchang, everywhere is filled with barbarians who speak mixed Chinese and learn nondescript Han etiquette.
But without professional guidance and systematic study, they would never be able to be as smooth and natural as Tuoba Desert Khan.
Feng's mind was spinning and he asked:
"Tuoba Liwei is your master?"
"Adult" in Chinese and "adult" in Xianbei dialect have different meanings.
But Tuoba Desert Khan was familiar with Han family etiquette, so he naturally understood the meaning of the noble man's words.
"My lord, that's right."
"Is he feeling well?"
"Thanks to your concern, Aye can still ride a horse and hunt, and he is still strong."
Hearing this, Feng couldn't help but sigh with emotion:
"I remember that he is only a few years younger than the bald boy. He is almost seventy years old, right? I didn't expect that he is still so healthy."
Tuoba Desert Khan was sent here by Tuoba Liwei, so he was certainly not an ordinary person.
Seeing Feng's aura, he heard the other person mention Liangzhou, and his tone seemed to be very familiar with the Tuoba clan.
When he heard the other person mention the bald boy again, his heart moved.
Others don't know about the bald man, but how could Tuoba Desert Khan not know about it?
I heard that the Bald Tribe, which was separated from the Tuoba Tribe, had attached itself to Feng Duhu in Liangzhou in the early years.
At this time, he was so happy that he suddenly remembered the very memorable encounter on the Baishan Mountain Trail a few days ago:
Isn’t Feng Duhu, who came to Pingcheng a few days ago, surnamed Feng?
As soon as he thought of this, Tuoba Desert Khan's heart suddenly began to beat loudly.
He swallowed with some difficulty, his heartbeat speeding up, and his energy and blood rising.
I saw him asking tentatively:
"Listen to the noble man's tone, and get acquainted with Aye?"
Feng shook his head:
"I don't know him, but he has been famous for a long time."
Now the Liangzhou Bald Tribe is split from the Tuoba Tribe.
Bald Pigu, the lord of the Bald Tribe, was originally the successor of the previous Xianbei lord of the Tuoba Tribe, Tuoba Jiefen.
Who would have expected that Tuoba Liwei, the son of a goddess, would appear halfway.
For the sake of what the goddess said, "descendants will inherit the throne and be the emperor from generation to generation", Tuoba Jiefen finally changed his mind and made Tuoba Liwei the heir of the tribe.
Tuoba Pigu was not angry, so he and his tribesmen who supported him fled westward.
Then he met Feng, and the fate of the tribe changed.
As for the Tuoba Xianbei who stayed on the grassland, their core tribe was Suotou.
Tuoba Xianbei was originally just a small species of Xianbei.
But as Tuoba Liwei is the son of the goddess of heaven, he is naturally not comparable to those ordinary leaders in the grassland, and he can be regarded as a heroic figure.
After Tanshihuai's death, Xianbei was divided and various tribes attacked each other.
The Tuoba tribe was also inevitably involved in this chaos.
Knowing that he was unable to withstand this chaos, in order to avoid being exterminated, Tuoba Liwei took the initiative to rely on Dou Bin, the leader of the Moluhui tribe, to jointly resist the invasion of Xianbei in the west.
In a certain battle, Dou Bin was defeated and even lost his horse, so he could only escape on foot.
At this critical moment, Tuoba Liwei gave him his handsome horse.
It was precisely because of this incident that Dou Bin was deeply moved and planned to give half of his land to Tuoba Liwei.
Of course, Tuoba Liwei must have strongly refused.
So Dou Bin married his favorite daughter to Tuoba Liwei.
At the same time, he helped Tuoba Liwei to go to Changchuan in northern Monan to establish a foothold.
Others were desperately trying to go south, but Tuoba Liwei's seemingly retrograde move actually gave Suo Toutou a chance to breathe and grow stronger.
Not only did it avoid the annexation war of the grassland tribes being annexed by Kebineng in the next ten years, but it also avoided being involved in disputes between Kebineng and the Han people in the south.
There were endless wars in his place, but Suo Touhou stayed peacefully in Changchuan, allowing many Xianbei people to seek refuge.
At the same time, when Kebineng was defeated by Wei and Xianbei in the west was expelled by the Liangzhou Han people, Suo Tou took the opportunity to absorb many fleeing Hu people.
Over the years, Xianbei in the west, which was the first to split off, was almost destroyed, and Kebi Neng, the most powerful after Tan Shihuai, was exterminated.
However, Tuoba Xianbei, who lived in the northern part of Monan and was led by Tuoba Liwei, was growing stronger day by day, and unknowingly, he quietly controlled less than half of Monan.
From a small tribe, Xianbei, it became the largest tribe on the grassland.
Feng was naturally well aware of this information.
But at this time, he deliberately looked at Tuoba Desert Khan with an appraising look:
"However, I heard that there are now 100,000 people who control the strings in Suo's head, and they are the largest tribe in the grassland."
"If you really wanted to kill someone on the head, why were you being harassed on the mountain road?"
Tuoba Desert Khan was slightly shocked. He didn't expect that the other party even knew about this.
But when he thought of the other person's possible identity, he quickly felt relieved.
"Since your noble lord knows what happened that day, you must also know that the people who made things difficult for me on the mountain road that day were people from the Wuluhui tribe."
"Then this matter becomes even more unreasonable. If I remember correctly, Suotou and Wuluhuibu are related by marriage, right?"
"The nobles only know one, but not the other." Tuoba Desert Khan smiled bitterly, "It is true that the two tribes are related by marriage, but the Lord Wuluhui regards us as relatives, but his two sons may not."
At that time, Dou Bin, the leader of the Luhui tribe, wanted to give half of the clan's land to Tuoba Liwei, which already caused a gap in the hearts of his two sons, Dou Suhou and Dou Huiti.
Not to mention that as the former sect leader of Suotou, now he has to rely on Tuoba Li's weak breathing, which is even more unpleasant.
Strangers who have never met each other have worked hard and turned around. Some people will feel envious, some will find it inspiring, and some will be jealous, but few will be so jealous.
But the relatives and friends who have always been below him have surpassed him, and even become existences that he has to look up to, and the feeling in his heart is different from that of strangers.
Not to mention that this relative and friend didn’t even have a place to live at that time and once stayed in his own home.
The start-up capital for his business was funded by his own family, and he was even willing to donate half of his family property to the other party.
Now that the other party is rich and has a net worth of billions, he is not willing to give even 1.8 million. Is this reasonable?
Dou Suhou and Dou Huiti believed that Tuoba Liwei first attached himself to his own tribe and was regarded as a servant of his own tribe.
Not many masters will be happy when a servant becomes a master.
Moreover, Tuoba Liwei received a gift from his own tribe to gain a foothold.
Besides, back then, my lord planned to give half of the tribe’s land to Tuoba Liwei, which shows how generous the gift was to him.
What now?
Tuoba Liwei controlled such a large area of land, and would rather give the pastures to the tribes who came to rely on him than give even a little bit of land to the Wuluhui tribe.
So the two of them were naturally resentful.
Now that I met Tuoba Desert Khan outside, it was only natural to deliberately make things difficult for him.
Having drunk some wine and being in an agitated mood at this time, Tuoba Desert Khan also started chatting.
But his face looked a little angry:
"Your Excellency led the tribe to Changchuan more than ten years ago. Over the past ten years, he has been vigorously promoting moralization. The old Xianbei tribe admires your virtues and therefore came to join us."
"If you, Sir, do what Dou Suhou and Dou Huiti want, and take other people's land for in-laws, wouldn't it ruin your reputation? Who would dare to come here in the future?"
Feng nodded:
"It turns out that there is still such a twist in this. In this way, Tuoba Liwei is really a rare visionary on the grassland."
He looked at Tuoba Desert Khan again:
"No wonder when I saw Tuoba Langjun, I felt that he was very different from the ordinary barbarians. It turns out that there is such an adult. It is true that the father of a tiger has no son!"
These words not only praised Tuoba Liwei, but also praised Tuoba Desert Khan.
How has Tuoba Desert Khan ever seen such stunts as "eloquent words and seduction"?
I was a little embarrassed on the spot, and at the same time I felt extremely overwhelmed, and inexplicably moved.
Because these days, I have been rejected repeatedly, and my heart feels gloomy.
At this time, he suddenly heard such praise from such noble people. If it weren't for the asymmetry in status, he would have wanted to make him a confidant.
Of course it’s not enough to just praise yourself, but it doesn’t hurt to talk about your Aye:
"Your Majesty often says that the Xiongnu and Kebineng in front of him were greedy for money and profit, and plundered the Han people on the border. Although they gained something, their casualties were not enough to make up for it."
"What he did was to attract the enemies of the Han family and bring disaster to the people. This is not a long-term plan. That's why your lord sent me here. I want to make good friends with the Han family and don't want to make the same mistake as Ke Bineng."
After saying these words in one breath, Tuoba Desert Khan breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down a little.
Then there was a wry smile on his face again:
"Who would have expected it!"
In fact, it doesn't mean anything to say such things.
After all, it is not a shame to make friends with Han people.
Any tribe that has grown to a certain extent on the grasslands will send envoys to the Central Plains whenever they feel they are qualified.
Except Tanshihuai.
Therefore, Tuoba Xianbei, who had benefited from the corpse dividends of Western Xianbei and Kebineng, and whose strength had expanded earlier than in the original history, was just acting as usual this time.
Of course, it would have been more sincere if Tuoba Desert Khan hadn't secretly glanced at the noble man opposite him when he sighed.
It's just that when Feng was sixteen years old and was fighting with the old demon Zhuge to the extreme, Tuoba Desert Khan was still riding a lamb to practice his riding skills.
Now at this age, how could it be possible for him to show his flaws in front of Tuoba Desert Khan?
But Feng smiled and said casually:
"No wonder I heard that in the past few days, someone wanted to see the Xianbei captain several times. It turned out to be Mr. Tuoba Lang."
Then he raised his glass and took a sip of wine, pointed at Tuoba Desert Khan, and said jokingly:
"Only for this matter, Tuoba Langjun has found the wrong person. The Colonel Protecting Xianbei is rarely in the city, but mostly leading troops outside the city."
"The person in charge in the city is Shi, the head of the Hu Xianbei school. Tuoba Langjun came here to do something. Why didn't he even inquire about such important matters in advance?"
Tuoba Desert Khan was startled when he heard this:
"Is this so? It turns out that I have repeatedly asked to see you, but I haven't received it, and this is what happened?"
Tuoba Desert Khan quickly saluted someone Feng:
"I have been asking for it so hard, but I didn't expect to find a way. Now I have someone to give me some advice. I'm really grateful!"
"It's just a casual remark. What's the point?" Feng waved his hand carelessly, "But I'm fairly familiar with the Principal's Mansion, so I just know the secrets."
These words seemed carefree, but when he heard them in Tuoba Desert Khan's ears, he almost couldn't hide the ecstasy in his heart.
Sure enough, this noble man's status is definitely extraordinary, and he is definitely a person worth making friends with.
Even if he has little relationship with Feng Duhu, he is probably still a very powerful person.
Otherwise, how would he know about protecting Xianbei's mansion?
After confirming this, Tuoba Desert Khan subconsciously wanted to find a topic and get closer to the other party.
But before he could speak, Feng asked again:
"There's just one thing, I'm a little curious and want to ask Mr. Tuoba."
"Your Majesty, please speak."
"Now the world is divided into three parts. Han, Wei and Wu are all standing together, not to mention the state of Wu. Do you want to make good friends with the Han people, or do you want to send others to the state of Wei?"
When Tuoba Desert Khan heard this, he was stunned and dared not speak.
