Great Zhou Empress

Eastern Liao.

Zhao Wutong brought a few people ashore. She was familiar with the people from the tribe here. She was the one who traded all the year round, and she could speak a few words.

The tribe here, that is, the Shiwei tribe, is a bit bigger, but not much bigger. If the population is really huge, it will be dismantled by the Liao court.After all, the Liao Kingdom only hopes that they are small and controllable tribes under its own jurisdiction.

But just like the Khitan tribe, the main body of the Liao Kingdom, developed from such tribes, hundreds of years have passed, and the tribes here have gradually grown, and some talented leaders have begun to appear, and some have begun to emerge. potential tribe.

This time, Zhao Wutong complied with Xue Zhijing's request, brought a batch of weapons, and prepared to support the largest Shiwei tribe here.

The Shiwei tribe is still in a very primitive period, probably a mixture of the Stone Age and the Iron Age. In fact, if it were not for the iron production in their area, they should have been in the ignorant Stone Age for a long time.

When Xue Zhijing was sold as a slave, the Shiwei people wanted the Han people to help them farm the land. They also wanted to live a stable life, have rich products, mature culture, and strong force.

The arrival of Zhao Wutong was warmly welcomed by the leaders of the Shiwei Tribe, and Zhao Wutong naturally said straightforwardly that he would do business with them.

The leader was very worried that all his belongings could not be exchanged for the weapons and food brought by Zhao Wutong. He could only provide some animal fur and some unforged iron.

According to Xue Zhijing's instructions, Zhao Wutong asked the leader for a piece of land. The area is a place by the sea with a large good harbor.

"A land?"

Zhao Wutong smiled, "In the future, we want to trade with the leader for a long time. You know, the sea is windy and the waves are rough, and it takes so long to go back and forth. We want a piece of land that belongs to Dacheng. We can build a trading city here, and we can put our When the goods are delivered, the people of your tribe can go to that city to buy whatever they want, and you don’t have to wait for our ship every time, and you can trade all year round.”

If someone like Zhao Wutong is half merchant and half pirate, he would never do such a thing. They would rather occupy an island surrounded by the sea, and no one can attack them.That's Xue Zhijing, who wants to occupy a piece of other people's land because he has a big plate.

Zhao Wutong can probably guess her follow-up arrangements, such as immigrating here and stationing troops.This is like opening a door in the backyard of the Liao Kingdom.

Not to mention that she still wants someone from the Shiwei tribe to be her striker.

This pile of weapons is no joke.

Although the leader was uneasy, he felt hot when he saw the mature weapons brought by Zhao Wutong. With such weapons, he could not only occupy more forests, pastures and cultivated land, but also merge several surrounding tribes, and even Fight against the taxation of the Liao court.

In the end, the talk came down, and Zhao Wutong also handed over these weapons and food to the leader, and Zhao Wutong fooled the leader and said that now they are holding the main force of the Liao Kingdom in the south. If they manage their nobles, they will surely succeed.

Zhao Wutong has been a pirate for so many years, and he is also a good at flickering, especially when it comes to taking advantage of the fire.

Here, when she returned to the leased bay, the students left behind at the Military Academy were torturing a few captured spies. They were sent by Nanjing City of Liao Kingdom to find out the reality of their Marine Corps.

The students of the Military Academy have grown rapidly during this period. As Xue Zhijing planned, actual combat has brought them more practical opportunities in school.

So they kept strict guards and caught spies quickly.

However, spies are often easy to miss, and the real situation of marine warfare is no longer tenable.

Zhao Wutong has an equal relationship with the students of these military academies, and it is not good to intervene too much in their torture. He just said that they cannot be let go, and they should be kept on the ship as servants for cleaning.

In addition, after discussing how to set up a simple camp in this port, it is estimated that there is still work to be done.

Zhao Wutong decided to build a big house for herself, where she will sell her goods in the future.

Over there, Chen Tang had already headed for Liao with the soldiers she had borrowed from Duke Jin.

Crossing the mountains in the east from Jin Guogong's jurisdiction, it directly enters the nominal border between Liao and Dacheng, the border of Xiongzhou. Now, there are almost no garrisons here, and some of them are cities inhabited by Han people and some nomads. Tribes in the steppe.

Chen Tang's strategy is to harass.

Duke Jin did not have many soldiers. Chen Tang almost pulled out all the soldiers and horses used to maintain law and order in various state capitals.

Like a guerrilla army, they wandered in the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom, harassing the cities where the Han people lived, and then robbing the cattle and sheep of the nomadic tribes.

Whether it was a city for the Han people or a nomadic settlement for other tribes, the number of garrisons was extremely limited, and Chen Tang's army could be said to have swept across all places like a broken bamboo.

The task Xue Zhijing gave her was not to occupy a city or a place, but to treat herself as a prodigal son, living among thousands of flowers without leaving a single leaf behind.

The entire hinterland of the Liao Kingdom is going crazy, because the main army is not there, and the defenses everywhere are extremely weak. When everyone hears that so-and-so has been robbed, and where is the army that fled from Dacheng going, they all feel a little nervous .

Although they haven't occupied a certain city for the time being, the fear of the unknown is even more frightening, because they don't know what the legion is going to do.

Huaihe North Camp.

Xue Zhijing still failed to go to Xiao Liege's tent, but she could clearly feel that Xiao Liege was becoming more and more gentle towards her.The recent period of stalking has finally had some effect.

She is happy and wants everything to run smoothly.

It was another evening, Xiao Liege asked Xue Zhijing to go out for a walk together.

Although it is not clear whether Xiao Liege has something to discuss with her, but being able to take the initiative to find her is also an improvement, and the relationship between the two has finally recovered slowly.

Xiao Liege and Xue Zhijing rode horses, followed by some female slaves and attendants, walking slowly in the flat field.

It was the end of winter and the beginning of spring. From a distance, it seemed that the land was green, but when you looked closer, you couldn't see the grass at all, and the surrounding area was still a khaki field.

The place where they walked was a road that could accommodate three horses side by side, and there were still deep ruts left by the carriages in the middle of the road.

Xue Zhijing looked at the place beside the road that looked like a wilderness, and said to Xiao Liege with a smile, "It looks like a wilderness now, but when it is cultivated, it is a fertile field."

Xiao Liege asked casually, "What kind of plant is this?"

"Sorghum, wheat, and millet." Xue Zhijing doesn't know much about it, "They are all crops that have been planted on this land for thousands of years, and the output of more than one mu of land can feed a person. Hey, they should all be abandoned by now. Well, your Liao army is passing through the border, no one dares to stay here anymore."

Xiao Liege looked at Xue Zhijing, "Are you blaming me?"

Xue Zhijing glanced at her, which means, I will blame you, you can do me wrong, but there is a smile on his face, "I'm just sighing, happy, the people are suffering, death, the people are suffering."

Xiao Liege raised his chin, "When spring comes, I will issue an edict to let the Han people come back and plant the land as they please. In the future, we will collect as much tax as your Dacheng court collects. In the past, in the north, we This is also how I treat the Han people, don’t worry, I will not let them be slaves, nor will I turn this place into a pasture.”

Xue Zhijing had given up, no matter how much he talked about it, it seemed that Xiao Liege would not back down easily.

Xue Zhijing's heart was cast with a layer of shadow, it is estimated that the news of the progress of the northern affairs should come in these two days, and by then Xiao Liege will have to retreat if he does not retreat.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, I know a good place to watch the sunset, I will show you there." Xiao Liege said.

Xue Zhijing raised his eyebrows, yo, play romance, okay, "Let's go."

After riding forward for a while, the two of them turned to a small hillside. In this plain area, this hillside is considered high. There are still some trees on the hillside, and there is a small river flowing on the side of the hillside. Pass.

Everyone tied the horses to the tree, female slaves and servants stood guard around, Xiao Liege and Xue Zhijing found a stone and sat down, facing the west.At this time, the sun was already sinking, and the color turned red, which was not so dazzling.

Xue Zhijing turned his head to look at Xiao Liege, at this moment Xiao Liege had lost the governing appearance he had maintained in the camp all year round, with a relaxed look on his face.

"It's rare to take a break from a busy schedule, but it's still so easy." Xiao Liege said lightly.

"Tired? Baby."

"You know, I'm too lazy to take care of so many things, but I have to." Xiao Liege breathed out, "Annoying."

"Then why did you come to fight the Central Plains? Isn't this more troublesome?"

"Let's not talk about state affairs now."

"..."

Finally, the two waited for the sun to slowly fall below the horizon, and the sky slowly darkened.

Xiao Liege stood up and was about to leave, but was grabbed by Xue Zhijing. She couldn't stand still and fell into Xue Zhijing's arms.

Xue Zhijing hugged her waist, almost holding her in his arms like a child.

"Xue Zhijing, you?"

"Hey, let me hug you for a while."

Xiao Liege suddenly became quiet, allowed her to hug her for a while, and said, "It's getting dark."

But Xue Zhijing suddenly raised his head, grabbed the back of her head, pressed her down, and firmly held her lips.

Xiao Liege was caught off guard by the kiss, his eyes widened, and he wanted to struggle subconsciously, but Xue Zhijing grabbed her hand, stepped back slightly, rubbed her lips and said, "Don't you miss me?"

Xiao Liege's heartbeat was a little too fast, how could she miss her, just?

Xue Zhijing approached again, and this time her kiss was a bit domineering, demanding strongly in Xiao Liege's mouth, making Xiao Liege a little overwhelmed and unable to breathe.

It was already dark.

With the light of the stars, the attendants and female slaves not far away could still see the two of them, but they didn't dare to make torches for fear of disturbing Her Royal Highness.

Xue Zhijing kissed passionately, and Xiao Liege was also a little emotional.

When the two separated, they both gasped a little.

Xue Zhijing said in a hoarse voice, "Shall we go to the woods?"

Xiao Liege: "..."