In the following time, Lu Bu decided to quickly open up the land passage between the Central Plains and the Kushan Autonomous Region.

In the next goal, Lu Bu decided to take down Liangzhou first, then march from Liangzhou and Yizhou to eliminate the Di tribe.

The first step is to take down Liangzhou.

With the help of Dahua, Liangzhou has reclaimed a large amount of wasteland, and farming alone can be self-sufficient.

Then, they also have side jobs in animal husbandry.

The war horses in Xiliang mainly come from Dayuan and are famous all over the world.

Xiliang is a multi-ethnic area with many ethnic groups, including Han, Qiang, and Di people, and their living forms include farming and animal husbandry.

However, in the past, most people still mainly focused on animal husbandry because of their willingness to eat food, climate and harvest.

But now with the help of Dahua, farming can completely solve their food and clothing, and animal husbandry has become a side job, and gradually, it has lost the habit of nomadicity.

Who is willing to be displaced if you can settle down in a stable manner?

In addition, Dahua also helped them build wind power stations and introduced electricity to every household.

Now, the living standards of the people in Liangzhou are getting better and better.

Although there is still a certain gap with the people in the Central Plains, I don’t know how much better it is compared to them before.

The geographical location of Xiliang is also very important. It connects Lanzhou to the east and Xinjiang to the west. It is separated by mountains in front and surrounded by deserts.

The line is connected to the vast desert and controls the throats of the five counties.

Liangzhou has eight counties under the jurisdiction of Jincheng, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Xiping and Xijun.

The basic scope is in western Gansu, southeast of Qinghai, in the Hexi Corridor area, and the westward to Dunhuang.

Therefore, Liangzhou must be taken back.

In fact, with Dahua's current national strength, it is simply too easy to win a mere Liangzhou.

Just send a legion to handle it.

However, they still need a great thing now.

After all, they were still friendly at the time.

When Dahua and Dawei were facing each other across the river, Ma Teng exported many war horses, cattle, sheep, fur and other supplies to Dahua.

Up to now, Ma Teng's son Ma Chao is still in Dahua and holds military positions.

If you turn around and attack Liangzhou immediately, your face should not be good.

After much thought, Lu Bu called Ma Chao and decided to let Ma Chao go and discover Ma Teng's words.

Soon, Ma Chao appeared in the study room.

"I will meet the emperor at the end!"

"Meng Qi, are you here? Come, sit down and talk."

After Ma Chao sat down, he couldn't help but look at the emperor in confusion. He couldn't guess what the emperor was trying to find him.

Looking at Ma Chao, Lu Bu smiled and said, "Meng Qi, that's right. Now my Dahua unified the Central Plains and the people live and work in peace and contentment. This year, the Kushan Kingdom took the initiative to surrender and was willing to return to my Dahua."

"However, it is very inconvenient to travel thousands of miles between the Central Plains and the Kushan Autonomous Region. Therefore, I thought about opening up the land channel between the Central Plains and the Kushan Autonomous Region."

"However, in this case, you need to borrow Liangzhou. Liangzhou is the commander of the emperor. So, what I mean is, let you go back to Liangzhou, discuss with your father first, and borrow a passage for my Dahua soldiers?"

"By the way, you haven't been back for many years. Take your wife and children together and let everyone meet you."

When Ma Chao heard the emperor's words, he was immediately stunned.

Ma Chao is a fierce man, and his martial arts are no longer inferior to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

However, although he is a rough man, he is not stupid.

What does the emperor mean?

He wanted to open up the land passage between the Central Plains and the Kushans, and the army needed to pass through Liangzhou, let himself go back and discuss with his father, and borrow a way for them.

But, is it really that simple?

I am afraid that if you borrow this path, you have to borrow it, and if you don’t borrow it, you have to borrow it forcibly.

And, will this road be returned after borrowing it?

The emperor means to annex Liangzhou!

Thinking about it, the Central Plains have been unified now, and even Kushan has become the territory of Dahua.

Now, Liangzhou is sandwiched in the middle, do you still want to continue to maintain autonomy?

It's like a fool!

On the contrary, the emperor is already very interesting.

Originally, I was a hostage in Dahua.

And over the years, no one has treated himself as a hostage in Dahua.

The emperor not only let people teach his martial arts, but also allowed himself to be an official in Dahua without any restrictions.

If you want to leave, you can leave at any time.

But Ma Chao did not do that, but instead stayed in Dahua with peace of mind, and got married and had children here.

This time, the emperor specially arranged for himself to take his wife, children and children back?

Doesn’t this mean that if you really don’t want to surrender, then we will meet each other.

However, the emperor was still very kind and asked himself to take his wife and children back, but he did not mean to take them as hostages.

The problem is, even if they go back, what can they use to resist Dahua by relying on the land of Liangzhou?

Choosing to start a war with Dahua is like blocking arms and cars, and you are overestimating your ability!

Thinking of this, Ma Chao couldn't help but say firmly: "The emperor told the matter of the general that the general is important. This time, the general will not take his family back with him. When you have time, let my father and the others come to Nanjing to come to grandson and the others! Please rest assured, the general will definitely explain the truth to his father and let the emperor lend it to the emperor!"

Hearing Ma Chao's words, Lu Bu nodded in satisfaction.

Lu Bu couldn't help but patted Ma Chao on the shoulder and said, "Meng Qi, don't worry about doing things! After halfway through this, I will definitely not treat you father and son badly!"

Ma Chao couldn't help but say, "Thank you for your grace. I'll leave. Then I'll pack up and set off immediately."

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Go, be careful on the way."

"Yes, the emperor, I will finally surrender!"

After Ma Chao retreated, Lu Bu was in a very good mood.

It is best to be able to resolve this matter peacefully, after all, there is still a passion between him and Ma Teng.

Just when Lu Bu was free, the eunuch who served by Lu Bu reported that Concubine Shu asked for a meeting.

When Lu Bu heard the Empress Shu ask for a meeting, he had a headache.

It turns out that this Concubine Shu is Lu Lingqi's biological mother Yan Rui.

Since Lu Lingqi ran away from home, Yan Rui has been crying all day long and goes to Lu Bu to find out about Lu Lingqi's news every day.

But now Lu Lingqi has boarded the passenger ship to the Kushan Autonomous Region. It took about a month to stop and stop along the way. So how could there be news so soon?

Just as Lu Bu was worried, Yan Rui had already walked in, wiped her tears with her handkerchief, and asked cryingly: "Emperor, is there no news about Lingqi yet? Woo, Your Majesty, I am asking the Emperor to allow me to go to Kushan to find Lingqi."

"This girl has always gone abroad and still ran out secretly. How much hardship and how much grievance does she have to suffer?"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!