After the rain and dew, the three daughters looked more enchanting in the autumn sun, and I couldn't help but move under my crotch, and the three girls soon became good friends, especially Yingying's hearty and generous surname was in love with the two, and the three of them invited to go out. I also set my mind to think about what to do with this particular captive in front of me.

The young man in front of us was an ordinary prisoner of the war with the Rope, but during the interrogation of the Rope captives, we soon learned that this man's identity was very unusual among the entire Rope captives, and that he was one of the seventeen nephews of Wadeya, the chief of the Lope, and the eighth in line. Wadya has no heirs, only a few nephews, and although he is still energetic, the question of who will inherit the position of the great chief of Wadya in front of him cannot be ignored, and almost all the nobles of Luobei are very worried about this matter.

The great chieftain of the Rope people is accustomed to being the head of the largest tribe in the tribe, and Wadya is the head of the largest of the Tyuk tribe, known as the Eagle of the Fall, and his family has always served as the head of the Tyuk tribe. Since Vadya had no heirs, he himself had decided to choose the best among his nephews as the heir to the position of his head, that is, the heir to the position of the chief of the Rope. This naturally caused these nephews of his to look down on the position of the headman, and how to perform well to win the appreciation of his uncle, so as to have a better chance of inheriting the position of the head of the Tyuk tribe, has become the same wish of these ten or so young people.

This time, Watt and Ulle went to the east together, originally hoping to use this to make war achievements and increase his weight in his uncle's heart, but he did not expect to be ambushed by the enemy before entering the enemy territory, and he became one of the captives. In the prisoner camp, what he heard and witnessed all day long was how Li Wufeng fought hard to conquer the world, strategized, and won a decisive victory thousands of miles away, which also aroused Watt's strong curiosity to see what kind of person this legendary hero of the Tengger Prairie was, so when the censors asked him about his background, he did not hide it, and asked the interrogators to see me.

The young man in front of him, who was not a few years older than himself, was the legendary Luopi Clan's hero and the hero of the Tanghe people? Although his momentum was a little different from ordinary people, he was really too young, how did he win the support of his subordinates? That is, he was able to defeat the elite troops of Tu Da and Wule, who dominated the steppe, to the point that they were powerless? How did he govern his territory with a large population and a complex ethnic composition?

Watt's heart rippled with sincere admiration but also full of all kinds of questions, the young man in front of him gave him too much stimulation, similar to his own age, but he was already a general guarding the border pass, and I heard that he still relied on his own one-handed and one-footed business, and look at himself, although he is the nephew of the great chief, and he and other brothers have tried their best to win the favor of their uncle, and a strong desire suddenly swelled in his heart, not to go back, and to study here under the man in front of him who he really admires, fight and live, make your own career, maybe this will be the real turning point in your destiny.

I didn't expect that the young man in front of me would have so many thoughts in his mind in this short moment, and he had already made up his mind to follow me, and I was a little surprised that this young man had a suspicious look on his face since he came in, and looked me up and down carefully, and his expression was very complicated.

"Your name is Watt, and you're the nephew of Chief Wadeya?" was silent for a long time, and finally I broke the deadlock.

Nodding silently, he was still thinking about something.

"I heard the soldiers say, you want to see me, what's the matter?" I said mildly.

"I want to stay under you, to be your subordinate, to learn and work with you. With a decisive glint in his eyes, Watt said something that surprised me with determination.

"Don't be afraid, your negotiating envoy is almost there, and you and your companions will be able to go back soon. "I thought he was afraid that we would take him hostage.

He shook his head solemnly, "I don't want to go back now, I want to study under your tutelage for a while, please be sure to approve my request." ”

I leaned back slightly, my eyes narrowed, and I looked at the young man, not laughing. "Why did you have this idea?"

"I need a suitable environment to learn and be a strong person as my goal. "The youth does not hide his purpose in the slightest.

My eyes were firmly fixed on his face, and he seemed very calm and did not avoid my gaze.

"The Lopes are still my enemies......" I said slowly.

"But the Rope is not an eternal enemy, and perhaps it will still be your best ally and subordinate, depending on you and me. A wise smile also appeared on the young man's face.

I chewed on this profound sentence repeatedly in my mind, but my body stood up without hesitation, walked to Watt's side, and patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, very good, you can stay by my side, but after your messenger comes, you have to explain it to him, and in addition, you must also start from the very bottom." ”

"Yes, sir!"

As I watched Watt's sturdy back disappear into the doorway, my mind was still spinning rapidly, and whether it was a wise choice or a foolish decision to leave him by my side was something I couldn't tell for now.

This young man has an extraordinary temperament, and his words are full of challenges, whether the Luope people are a formidable enemy, a strong ally, or a loyal subordinate, depends on my own strength in the future. In time, this person will definitely perform well, and it is too early to draw conclusions whether such a leader will be a blessing or a curse to my great cause. But wouldn't it be boring if my career wasn't a little challenging?, and the thought of it brought my usual confident smile to my face, and maybe I would be able to produce a good leader for the Rope, and it would be unclear if the Ropes would actually become my subordinates or allies at that time.

On October 16, Doni, the negotiator of the Luope people, finally arrived in Qingyang with the negotiators, and after a short rest, Doni asked that the negotiations could be started on the same day. During the negotiations, the Luo Pei side proposed that due to the financial constraints within the Luo tribe this year, it could not come up with more money to redeem these prisoners of war, and hoped that the ransom issue could be resolved by other means, and the original family proposed that they were willing to exchange slaves for prisoners.

I had expected financial constraints within the Rope, and they offered to exchange slaves for captives, but it was not to my liking. After listening to Xiao Tang and Mo Lun's debriefing, I asked them to enlighten the Rope people more, and suggested that they could trade land for captives. Xiao Tang and Mo Lun expressed great confusion that I wanted to acquire the land in the southeast corner of the Luope people bordering the northwest of Qingyang, because although the land was not small, due to the lack of water sources, it was impossible to graze, and even the herdsmen of the Luope tribe barely grazed there, and I don't know why I became interested in it.

I explained to them that the proposal of the Luope people to exchange slaves for prisoners of war was not actually suitable for us, because the environment in Qingyang and Jinzhou was greatly improved, and immigrants came in droves, and we no longer needed these highly discounted laborers, and with the rapid development of Qingyang's economy, agriculture has gradually developed, while animal husbandry is dwarfed by comparison, although I have ordered the War Readiness Department to establish a military horse farm, which is far from keeping up with the needs of the development of the army according to the current changes in form, which compels me to consider finding a more reliable way to solve this problem。 Relying on the purchase of war horses and transportation horses is not only expensive, but also easy to be controlled by people, so I am not inclined to this method, so I only have to develop animal husbandry by myself, and the grassland area in Qingyang is not large, if you want to return farmland to grassland, you have to compete with agricultural production for land.

Although this small piece of land in the southeast corner of the Luope territory is not very fertile, it is after all part of the Tengger grassland, which is connected to a small grassland in the northwest of Qingyang, and the main reason why there are not many people grazing here is that there is no surface water, and people and animals cannot drink water. I consulted Mr. Bucklov, a well-known scholar in Qingyang, who thought that there was a wealth of groundwater under that land, which could be dug for water, and that it was not too far from the nearby River Toon, and that ditches could be dug to divert water, and that if this problem was solved, it would be a fine pasture comparable to that of the shores of Lake Salar and the middle of the Issey River.

After listening to my explanation, Xiao Tang and Mo Lun both agreed with my opinion, Xiao Tang also said that this move will also play a good propaganda effect, the empire has been established for hundreds of years, in addition to the establishment of the empire in the early days of the glorious history of expanding territory, in the past two or three hundred years, through war for the empire to win land, it can be said that it is unheard of. Although the land area is not very large, and it is not a very fertile place, the historical significance is very far-reaching. Mo Lun analyzed that this move has advanced our territory to the Tengger steppe by nearly 100 kilometers, and will have closer ties with the nomads in the eastern Tengger steppe, and also find a foothold for us in the Tengger steppe, which may play an unexpected role in the future.

When Xiao Tang and Mo Lun proposed this condition to the Luo Pei side, Doni, the chief negotiator of the Luo people, did not even know the existence of this land, and after he asked the other members of the delegation in detail about the situation of this land, he agreed to this condition almost without thinking, and the other members of the delegation even proposed to sign the negotiation agreement immediately in order to prevent our side from renegotiating. The nomads were not very clear in the division of territory, and the dividing line of the sphere of influence often changed, in their eyes, that piece of land was purely a piece of chicken ribs, and even the herdsmen of their own tribe rarely visited, it can be said that the food is tasteless, and it is a pity to abandon it, and now they can sell it for such a good price, of course, they can't ask for it.

The exact terms of the captive exchange agreement were quickly negotiated, and a formal agreement was signed between Doni and Xiao Tang. During this time, I also learned through Watt that Doni was an important figure in the upper echelons of the Rope, and that he was the brother-in-law of the Great Chief Wadeya, who was mainly responsible for internal affairs among the Rope. After the signing of the agreement, I invited Doni alone for a secret talk, and I frankly explained to him my intention not to want the Rope tribe to decline because of this, and my frankness also won the favor of Doni, and we exchanged views on bilateral relations and future developments, although we both fought for our own interests, but in many respects we also had common interests, and finally we guaranteed the smooth communication routes in the north of the continent, and protected the normal flow of caravans between the two sides (including the reduction of tariffs), The two sides reached four secret agreements on non-aggression (valid for five years) and our side to provide grain, tea, medicinal herbs and other strategic materials to the Luope people at parity in disaster years, and Morun signed these four secret agreements with Doni on my behalf.

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