"Lord, why don't you kill all these people?" It was not until the Xianbei leaders left that Qiu Chi came in and bowed to Ye Zhao and said, "With this happening, wouldn't the grassland be even more chaotic?"

The grasslands are in chaos and tribes attack each other, the less affected Macheng will be. Especially in this battle, Ye Zhao has used his strength to explain to these grassland tribes that Macheng will not be easy to mess with, and for a long time, Macheng will have a very peaceful external environment.

"Crazy is a good thing, but it's just chaos is not enough, because no matter how chaotic they are, it has nothing to do with us." Ye Zhao took a sip of wine, shook his head and smiled, "This trade has to continue. These people are killed by life and death. That is the matter within the grassland. We don't care, but we need them to herd cattle and raise horses for us. This trade cannot be stopped. If they fight each other, they need more weapons, food and medicinal materials. For the sake of the tribe's growth, they will try their best to plunder resources. Not only the tribes here today, but more and more tribes will be brought in, using war horses and population to exchange resources for them to survive."

"Use their flesh and blood to nourish my Macheng?" Qiu Chi's eyes lit up. He had already understood Ye Zhao's true intention.

Ye Zhao smiled without answering, stood up and said, "Let's go, we should go back. Leave the rest to Diutu. His tribe suffered a lot in this battle, so it's a reward."

"Here!"

Although Ye Zhao didn't ask who attracted Mohan, he was confident. Although there were many people in Youzhou, there were only a few people with this ability and motivation. Sooner or later, this account would have to be settled. At present, the problems outside Macheng are gone for the time being, and it is time to develop vigorously.

In three years, he will build this border town into the largest city in Youzhou.

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In the following time, Macheng ushered in a rare peace. Ye Zhao followed his previous customized plan and started to run Macheng step by step. A large amount of wasteland was reclaimed and planted. The animal husbandry industry also flourished according to Ye Zhao's wishes, and even several small pastures appeared, specializing in grazing cattle, sheep and war horses.

There is actually no binding force for the deals set with the Xianbei people. However, the sixteen Xianbei leaders invited by Mohan were left when they returned. In order to compete for the tribes and populations left by the eleven heads, these five people gradually started a melee, and the scale spread from the Danhan Mountain at the beginning to the area east of Yin Mountain.

Originally, according to the idea of ​​these people, they were not going to trade with Ye Zhao, but as the melee continued to escalate, strategic materials were shrinking. Military, grain, salt, and winter materials could still be sustained when there was no war in previous years, but at this time they could not survive. Even the reversal of the expeditions and warfares also abandoned the livestock and lacked enough food. They had to trade with Ye Zhao, exchanged war horses, cattle and sheep from the Horse City for necessary supplies, and even to make up for the lack, they began to crazily rob people, women, children, and Han people living on the grassland. As long as Ye Zhao needed it, they would try their best to get it, send it to the Horse City, and return the resources.

Ye Zhao did not make things difficult for these people. As long as the things arrived, Ye Zhao would send out the resources they needed, whether it was weapons, food, or clothing.

At the same time, Ye Zhao sold war horses sent by the Xianbei people to the Central Plains. War horses were popular goods in the Central Plains. In addition, animal skins were also popular in the north, especially in winter, the warmth effect of this thing is even better than that of ordinary cloth.

The low taxes and huge profits attracted a large number of vendors to and from Macheng, and made Macheng prosperous. However, Ye Zhao left all business matters to Qiu Chilai. As for himself, in addition to occasionally checking the accounts, most of the time, he either practiced martial arts, read books, or gathered with a group of craftsmen to study. Many times, he was busy all day and lived a very fulfilling life.

In two years, it took a quiet passage through this. In the spring of the sixth year of Han Guang and Ye Zhao built eighteen levels in the Qiqiu River, isolating all the passages from Macheng to the outside of the Great Wall. Although Macheng is still a small border town, its coverage has expanded much compared to before. To the north of Macheng and beyond Danhan Mountain, it is all the coverage of Macheng forces.

"Lord, my subordinates don't understand." After horse racing followed Ye Zhao, Qiu Chi turned his head and looked at the pass behind him, and looked at Ye Zhao in confusion: "Now, under the rule of the master, Macheng is already the hope of this frontier. Hundreds of tribes have trade with our horse city. All the Hu people outside the frontier are afraid of the majesty of our horse city. Why do you need to spend so much manpower and material resources to build these eighteen levels?"

In the past two years, in addition to expanding Macheng, Ye Zhao has spent almost most of his experience on building these eighteen passes. If it weren’t for the large number of Hu slaves to be used, relying on the population of Macheng, even if there are tens of thousands of households in Macheng now, it is still a big city in Youzhou. However, it is still difficult to build these eighteen passes. In the past two years, there have been thousands of Hu slaves who died of exhaustion on these eighteen passes. More than a dozen slave riots have occurred, and Ye Zhao has suppressed them with iron-blooded means.

"If a person has no long-term plan, he will have immediate worries!" Ye Zhao looked at the heroic pass in front of him, and felt a sense of heroism in his heart. He turned his head to look at Qiu Chi and smiled and said, "Today, with me in this Macheng, these Hu people naturally dare not commit suicide, but Mr. Qiu would not think that this official would stay in this border area all the time, right?"

Looking at Qiu Chi who suddenly realized, Ye Zhao said in a deep voice: "In the past two years, although he has made a lot of profits from the grassland, he has been squeezing their flesh and blood all the time. On the grassland, he is deeply resentful. Now, the Japanese officials are here, and Guan Hai, Ding Li, and Meng Hu are helping, and two thousand elites are shocked to the enemy's courage. They dare not attack. However, if one day, the new Macheng County Magistrate may not be able to have the ability of his official position. At that time, these eighteen Guancheng cities will be enough to protect the people of Macheng!"

"The lord is concerned about the people, and it's too late." Qiu Chi said with admiration.

"Haha, just flatter me." After experiencing Qiushui, the scenery in front of him suddenly became widened. Ye Zhao took a deep breath and sighed: "Think about it, I have been here for almost three years. I wonder when the scenery of this grassland can be seen?"

Qiu Chi's eyes lit up and he looked at Ye Zhao and said, "Lord, is there any news?"

Although Macheng has become the first city in this village under Ye Zhao's development in the past two years, it is still incomparable to the prosperity of the Central Plains. Since Qiu Chi has entered the career of officialdom, he naturally does not want to stay in Macheng for the rest of his life and be a small county magistrate. However, he also knows that his destiny has long been associated with Ye Zhao, and Ye Zhaoxing will be prosperous.

Ye Zhao nodded. In the past two years, Macheng's income has been quite high. Ye Zhao secretly sent people to Luoyang every month, and he secretly sent a lot of money to Zuo Feng. At the same time, through Zuo Feng's relationship, he also contacted the ten eunuchs. In addition to the political achievements he made in Macheng, it was a foregone conclusion that he transferred him to the Central Plains.

"It's still the county magistrate, but this time, it's in the Central Plains." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"The Central Plains is good!" Qiu Chi's eyes flashed with excitement. Although Macheng has grown its population to ten thousand households in the past two years, it can be considered a big county, but this is in Youzhou, in the border area, but in the Central Plains, there are many counties with more than ten thousand households. Even if they are both county magistrates, it is completely different to be a county magistrate in the Central Plains and be a county magistrate in this border area. Moreover, with Ye Zhao's current political achievements, as long as there is nothing wrong with it, it is not impossible to move from the county magistrate to the higher level within three to five years, or even go directly to the court to become an official.

"What a f*ck." Ye Zhao sneered: "If someone hadn't secretly coveted the fat piece of Macheng, how could it be so fast? Do you know that the annual income of Macheng would be able to keep up with the taxes of the entire Youzhou for half a year."

"The lord wants to stay in Macheng?" Qiu Chi looked at Ye Zhao in confusion.

"Of course not to stay. Although Macheng is good, it is definitely not a place to live for a long time." Ye Zhao shook his head. The development of Macheng has reached its limit. If the world is in chaos in the future, neither Macheng nor Youzhou will be the foundation. The land is thin and the people are in danger, and no danger can be defended. Even if Macheng develops well, it cannot reverse this disadvantage. The innate defect is too great.

Looking at the place where the world is connected in the distance, Ye Zhao sneered: "But I want to see how the later people can firmly sit in the position of the Lord of Horse City?"

Macheng is indeed prosperous and prosperous enough now, but that's because Ye Zhao is here to intimidate him. When he leaves, the new county magistrate may not have the ability to strongly suppress those Hu people and let them trade according to the rules.

What's more, with Ye Zhao's understanding of the virtues of those corpse-positioned people, he may directly raise taxes after taking office. At that time, I'm afraid that the current prosperity of Macheng will only exist in people's memories.

"Lord, there's a bloody smell!" Guan Hai, who had been following Ye Zhao silently, suddenly frowned, rode his horse and snatched it two steps to protect Ye Zhao.

When Ye Zhao heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, reached out to signal everyone to be quiet. After listening carefully for a while, he pointed to the front of the left and said, "There is a sound of fighting over there."

"Go!" Guan Hai waved his hand, and a knight quickly rode forward, rushed to a hill, and looked into the distance.

After a while, the knight rushed back and bowed to Ye Zhao and said, "Lord, it's people from the Sang Gan tribe who are chasing a woman."
Chapter completed!