The heavy snow finally stopped for several days, and the city of Liu became lively again. People walked out of their homes and began to clean up the snow. The snow on the roof must be cleaned in time, otherwise too much accumulation will crush the houses. The snow on the streets also needs to be cleaned, otherwise the road will not be able to go.

Although it was the middle of winter, there were still a steady stream of foreign tribes coming to Liucheng to trade with fur, ginseng and other pasta items to Liucheng to exchange for iron pots, cloth, etc. The demand was very high, and it could not be stopped by the cold.

As the border city prospers, Liucheng has become more and more popular. Although water drips here in winter, the popularity of getting hotter and hotter seems to dispel the cold. The streets behind the snow are bustling. The residents in the city do not crouch in their houses to avoid the cold, but walk out of their homes and feel the hustle and bustle of winter.

In front of the official office, Wei Yunqi, a doctor who had completed his official duties, walked out of the gate and did not return to the inn where he was staying, but walked towards the market in the city.

The snow on the ground has not been cleaned up yet, and it is a bit slippery when walking up, but Wei Yunqi did not ride a horse and just walked like that.

Seeing this, the follower could only follow the horse slowly. Wei Yunqi walked and looked at the buildings on both sides of the street, as if he wanted to see the traces of the former site of Longcheng from the middle of the newly built houses.

However, Liucheng has changed a lot in recent years, and the original outline of the city has gradually blurred. Wei Yunqi knew that he might not find too many traces of the ancient capital of Yan State in the city.

The capital of the Murong Yan Kingdom (Former Yan Kingdom), Liucheng, was once the capital of Longcheng, also known as "Huanglong City". At that time, the Murong Yan Kingdom was first founded and built a city here, building ancestral temples and palaces, and then moved the capital here.

Later, after Yan State moved its capital to Ji, it was built in Longcheng.

After the revival of Yan State (Later Yan), Longcheng was regained.

When we arrived at the Yan State (Northern Yan) of Feng's family, we also regarded this as our capital.

Later, the Wei State destroyed Yan and established a town in Longcheng. Later, the town was changed to a prefecture, which was Yingzhou.

Wei divided the East and West, and became Zhou, and Qi confronted each other. After Zhou destroyed Qi, Gao Baoning, the governor of Qi Yingzhou, refused Zhou's persuasion to surrender, and then welcomed the royal family Gao Shaoyi from the Turks, supported him as emperor, and continued to use the Wuping reign of Qi.

Gao Baoning's dying struggle lasted for a few years and then failed. Yingzhou was included in the rule by the Zhou State, but it was not peaceful.

To the east of Yingzhou is Goguryeo, to the northeast are all the divisions of the Marine tribe, to the west of the north are all the Khitan tribes, to the northwest are all the Xi tribes, and to the west are the territory of the Turks. Such a complex geographical location makes Liucheng the best place for border cities, and the various foreign tribes go to Liucheng to conduct trades in exchange for Central Plains products.

However, the businessman and the clipper are both sides. The same group of people can trade barter today, and they may cover their faces with cloth tomorrow, kill people and rob people.

It is precisely because of this that Yingzhou is not peaceful every year. On the one hand, the border market is booming and good news is constantly coming; on the other hand, the smoke suddenly rises, and the border will be in a hurry.

Is the situation in Yingzhou getting better or worse?

This problem made people who were confused about the actual situation in Yingzhou. Wei Yunqi himself had a clear understanding of this: opportunities and risks coexist.

Sooner or later, the imperial court will use troops in Liaodong, which is an increasingly obvious fact. Therefore, the imperial court has been very concerned about the construction of Liucheng, an important city in western Liaoning, in recent years, and has continued to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to increase garrisons and reform, and expand the city.

The changes in Liucheng are different every year. When Wei Yunqi was in Chang'an, he saw many Liucheng maps and "landscape sketches" summarized by the officials. Although he was thousands of miles away, he felt as if he was there and "had witnessed Liucheng's transformation with his own eyes".

Because the Marine tribe went south and settled next to Liucheng, the Ministry of War sent officials from the Office to inspect Liucheng to see what the specific situation was.

He is in charge of the map, city god, war of war, beacon, and guarding the distance and distance of people's roads and the naturalization of the four barbarians. Therefore, it is legitimate to control this fact.

This is not the first time Wei Yunqi has come to Liucheng. When the military inspector inspected Youyan before, Wei Yunqi has been to Liucheng as a entourage. Now he is "revisiting the old place". Seeing the increasingly prosperous Liucheng, he is deeply worried while sighing.

If a tiger grows fat and strong, all beasts will only become more and more awe; but if a cattle and sheep grows fat and strong, it will only attract the siege of hungry wolves.

Today, Liucheng has attracted more and more foreign people to trade with each other because of the increasing prosperity of border cities. There are more and more migrant populations with vague identities in the city, which is very troublesome and dangerous to manage.

There are official army camps outside Liucheng. As a barrier to the city, the official army stationed in the camps will conduct inspections on the foreign people approaching Liucheng to ensure the safety of the city.

This approach is very necessary, but in fact the effect is not very good. It is difficult for the officials to determine what their true intentions are in the sporadic teams moving towards Liucheng.

Because the other party is likely to have a dual identity: an honest and decent "dog" and a cunning and cruel "wolf".

If the government forces do not allow these teams to pass, the border market will be affected; if these teams are allowed to pass, they will be afraid of turning into a wolf.

This kind of thing is not impossible. Wei Yunqi thinks that if he is a leader of a certain foreign tribe, he can join forces with several tribes to go to Liucheng to engage in a "big deal".

First, let the people scatter into small teams, and bring fur goods to Liucheng one after another in the name of mutual market, then gather to attack the city, grab people and things, and then escape from elsewhere to avoid the limelight.

After the stakes were over, he sent a few envoys to Zhou State to say good things and give some valuable gifts to apologize. At that time, Zhou State Council found that sending troops to attack was too much, so he apologized for "applications" when he had face.

Will this happen?

Wei Yunqi felt that with his temper today, things that would not have happened to lose his inner self for the sake of face, but it is very likely that Liucheng was attacked. Not only did the oil motives in Goguryeo, but the surrounding foreign tribes may also be ready to move.

Although the troops in Liucheng have increased their troops several times and are now sufficient, and are not afraid of the enemy's attacks head-on, they may not be able to prevent someone from stabbing them secretly.

Over the years, small and scattered foreign tribes have come to Liucheng to do business. The vigilance of the officers and soldiers will gradually be eliminated. When encountering emergencies, it is easy to be fooled by others.

There are many migrant populations in Liucheng, and there are mixed fish and dragons. Once something happens, the enemy's careful actions are likely to make trouble in the city.

Wei Yunqi was very worried about this. Of course, he was not the only one who had such concerns, and he could see the hidden dangers that existed in Liucheng.

In recent years, when Liucheng expanded the city, it took into account security issues and made corresponding arrangements for the division of areas within the city, so as to avoid the situation of being attacked by inside and outside the city as much as possible.

Previously, when the Goguryeo army attacked, the Yingzhou army defended Liucheng well. There was no Goguryeo in the city that was causing trouble.

But Wei Yunqi felt that focusing on the east side, the northeast side was not enough, and the Khitan and Xi tribes in the north and northwest side were also to beware of.

Especially the Khitan tribes, we should not take it lightly because the opponent's strength is weak.

After constant visits, Wei Yunqi talked to the local Hu Han people in Liucheng and learned about some specific situations of the Khitan tribe. He felt that if these seemingly weak tribes were not careful, they would easily be bitten by the other party if they were not careful.

The way of survival of the Khitan tribes is similar to that of other grassland tribes. They bow down to the strong and bully the weak.

When the Khitan tribe fights with other tribes, once they win, they will kill the loser's adult men and kidnap women and livestock.

This is a very direct way of survival. The adult men among the captives cannot be used safely, so they simply killed them to prevent future troubles and left children as slaves for driving. With enough women, a Khitan man can reproduce many offspring.

The Khitan tribes have been able to survive tenaciously after being repeatedly hit hard for hundreds of years, allowing the tribe to last until today. This way of survival has played a great role.

They depend on the strong, waiting for an opportunity to take advantage of the situation to strengthen themselves. Now they rely on the Turks, their attitude towards Zhou State is shaking. They can do business with the Zhou people with a smile today, and tomorrow they can be fierce and evil spirits with swords to chop people.

Therefore, once the Zhou State uses troops to Goguryeo in the east and the rear (west) is empty, the Turks are very likely to take advantage of the situation. Then the Khitan troops that often go to and from Liucheng may be accomplices of the Turks and take advantage of the situation to rob.

Thinking of this, Wei Yunqi looked at the crowd with different clothes in the city and couldn't get rid of his worries.

Yang Ji, the new Yingzhou general manager, attached great importance to the issues raised by him, and most of the new Wei Yunqi's suggestions were implemented.
Chapter completed!