The survival and production of the Liaoren people in the deep mountains is very backward, and they basically rely on the special production of mountains and rivers. The existence of rice fields in Jinzhou is able to exist, which indicates that a kind of agricultural self-generating and survival progress is made.

Through the guide, Wei Fufeng learned that rice has been planted here for only three years, and also learned that Jinzhou is surrounded by mountains. Many of the terrain are smooth and vast, with abundant rainfall, sufficient sunshine, pleasant climate, suitable for rice growth.

As a prince, Wei Fufeng thought about how to consolidate his rule and strengthen his power. The fundamental thing he achieved was to have more soldiers and enough food, which would stabilize people's hearts and more soldiers and generals.

Compared with Xichuan or Jingzhou, Wei Fufeng's occupied by southern Sichuan, central Qian and Badong, they are not fertile soil for grain production.

The grain production in Junzhou under Jinzhou is better than that, but Junzhou is at the forefront of the strategic and faces many powerful vassals eyeing it. Once the grain is ripe, a war of invasion may occur.

As for Langzhou and Yanzhou, they suffer from floods all year round.

During the reign of Lei Man, floods were never managed. If Langzhou and Yanzhou could produce a high yield of food, Lei Man would not often plunder and harm the territory.

Flood control cannot be successful in the short term and under the premise of hostile threats against the vassal states, Wei Fufeng cannot control floods on a large scale. He can only maintain the status quo and maintain small-scale water control and conservation.

Wei Fufeng did not expect the grain output in Langzhou and Yanzhou, but he had expectations for the Dongting Lake Plain in Tanzhou.

The Changsha Prefecture of Tanzhou was able to become an ancient city that rulers of all dynasties were concerned about because of the similar regions to Jingzhou or Chengdu Plain.

Wei Fufeng was unable to advance to the Chengdu Plain and even had the strategic idea of ​​retreating to the south of the river. One day he really retreated and lost grain production land in Jiangyang, Dazu County, etc., and the consequences were short of food.

Therefore, Wei Fufeng needs to develop grain sources, and the focus of development is to the area south of the Yangtze River, with Tanzhou first and Qianzhou second and Yanzhou and Langzhou second.

With the development of the long-term vision, we will continue to seize the Guiguan area and Lingnan Road to the south, and open up a ruling area that obtains sea salt. The output of Yun'an salt well alone cannot meet the wide-area needs.

Wei Fufeng's development power had a deviant idea to avoid going to war with the powerful vassals north of the river. The territory under Jinzhou became the strategic depth and frontier that blocked the powerful vassals of the Central Plains for his rule.

Wei Fufeng was in the hinterland of Jinzhou and saw a suitable area for rice growth. However, he rationally knew that the result of the capture by force was not worth the loss, and the nobles of Qianzhongdao were rebellious and difficult to conquer.

If the force failed, Wei Fufeng could only use soft measures. Along the way, he had already developed a strategy to invade Qianzhongdao.

The strategy is to trade, and it intends to use the Yuanjiang River Waterway to establish a trade route deep into Qianzhong Road.

In the middle reaches of Jinjiang, it is suitable for establishing a trading distribution center. The mountains and rivers of Qianzhong Road contain endless precious specialties, among which medicinal materials can make huge profits.

However, the Liaoren people are exclusive and hostile to outsiders. They want to build a bridgehead in Jinjiang, and they will inevitably encounter many obstacles.

Wei Fufeng needs to reach an alliance with a powerful human race and use local snakes to open up trade routes.

Wei Fufeng and his party continued to go to Sizhou. Although he was willing to occupy the Jinjiang area, it was impossible to implement it in recent years. In recent years, the development was to seize Tanzhou and the areas south.

Six days later, Wei Fufeng and his party entered Sizhou.

Four days later, we arrived at Yanhe County, which was under the jurisdiction of Sizhou, and saw the magnificent waters of the Wujiang River.

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, I saw a vast city standing by the river, and there was a waterway dock on the riverside outside the city, with hundreds of ships mooring.

Wei Fufeng looked at Yanhe County while walking. Yanhe County looked more ordinary than ordinary, and could not be said to be beautiful and elegant. He was basically made of stones. The city wall was obviously tilted, as high as seven or eight meters. The tower on the city gate was made of bamboo.

The roughness of Yanhe County was beyond Wei Fufeng's imagination. He originally thought that the Sizhou Tian family, as the overlord, should show their majesty and wealth, but in fact, it was even worse than the Yuanling County in Chenzhou.

As he approached, Wei Fufeng looked at the city gate guards, and his expression showed a bit of solemnity.

Although the city is crude, the guards are very strict. There are hundreds of human warriors standing on the city walls, and dozens of armored soldiers are also at the city gate.

When approaching the city gate, there is no need for Wei Fufeng to give instructions, and the general and guide will come to communicate.

Wei Fufeng stopped waiting. It was impossible for Tian to know his arrival. There was no chief official outside to welcome him, which showed Tian's hostile attitude.

However, Wei Fufeng and his party successfully arrived in Yanhe County, which also showed that the Tian family was unwilling to get along with him, and had no chief official to welcome him, and even set up a strict guarding formation, which was obviously to declare their authority and shock Wei Fufeng.

The general returned to report that the governor of Sizhou was not present, and the city gate guard had already gone to inform the governor of Si.

Wei Fufeng knew it clearly after hearing this and believed that the governor of Sizhou deliberately avoided his views and asked his subordinates to deal with his arrival.

I could only wait patiently. After waiting for half an hour, I saw a middle-aged man wearing the service of the human race.

Behind the middle-aged man, a pair of young girls, both in the costumes of the Liaoren tribe, holding a scimitar in his right hand, and behind the young girl were eight powerful sword-holding soldiers.

Wei Fufeng took the initiative to greet him, stopped on the opposite side, and almost raised a greeting together. Wei Fufeng smiled and said, "Chu Yu, the governor of Fuzhou, come to visit."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "The Chu envoy came from afar, and his subordinates were in trouble to welcome him. The subordinates Si Prefect General Shi Tian Zhongmian."

Wei Fufeng smiled and said, "I came to communicate with the Tian family in Sizhou by following the orders of the Jiedushi. Can Lord Tian enter the city to speak?"

"It is natural for the adults to enter the city, but the governor of Sizhou went to Feizhou for business. When a rebellion occurred in Feizhou, the governor went to the tutelage in person, and he could not return for a while. The officials did not dare to make any decisions about communication without authorization." Sizhou Chief Shi bluntly refused to accept communication.

Wei Fufeng nodded calmly and said, "Since the Governor of Sizhou is not here, the official can leave conditions for communication. Please consider the Governor of Sizhou in the future."

Si Zhuangshi nodded and said, "That's OK. Please come to the city to talk."

Wei Fufeng smiled and nodded, walked into the city with Sizhou Changshi. At first glance, the layout in the city was chaotic, and there were many bamboo buildings, with a wide and narrow curved street running through the city.

Wei Fufeng understood why Sizhou Yanhe County was rougher than Chenzhou Yuanling County, because Sizhou was mainly the custom of the Liaoren people.

The Liaoren people are accustomed to living in mountain bamboo buildings, and the cultural Chinese influence of Yuanling County, Chenzhou is deeply influenced by the Chinese.

Although the ancestors of the Tian family in Sizhou became famous for their Han officials, if they wanted to become a local tyrant in Sizhou, they could only follow the local customs and integrate into the human race.

While walking along the street, Sizhou Governor General asked with a smile: "Chu Envoy, I heard that the governor of Fuzhou was a position of Li Ji. That Lord Li Ji was once the governor of Jiedu.

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Now the father-in-law of a man is replaced by the envoy of Chu."

Wei Fufeng was deliberately stunned and then said, "Lord Li Ji is also the father-in-law of the Jiedushi, and he has never stopped his in-laws."

"Oh, why did you hear that the emperor ordered Li Ji to break the engagement. Does the Jiedushi dare to resist the order?" Si Prefect Shi said calmly.

Wei Fufeng replied: "Of course, the Jiedushi cannot disobey the will of His Majesty the Emperor. Lord Li Ji has two daughters to betroth the Jiedushi. Among them, the illegitimate daughter has been with the Jiedushi. The legitimate daughter is engaged, so she will break the engagement according to the order. Lord Li Ji and Lord Li Ji are still father-in-law and son-in-law."

Si Governor Si was stunned and said, "Oh, it turns out that he has betrothed two daughters."

Wei Fufeng said: "The Jieduan was born in the Wei family. He originally had a marriage contract with Li Ji's daughter. Later, the Jieduan entered southern Sichuan and was named Fufeng Marquis. Li Ji's brother Li Xian believed that the concubine's daughter was not compatible with the Jieduan, and insisted that the legitimate daughter marry, and Li Ji's daughter became a dowry and went directly to accompany the Jieduan."

Sizhou Chief Shi nodded and said, "Well, the Jieduan is named Marquis, and he should be worthy of the legitimate daughter. I heard that His Majesty the Emperor gave the marriage princess to marry the Marquis of Fufeng in order to appease the Jieduan."

Wei Fufeng said: "Of course, Jieduan accepted the marriage of His Majesty. However, when I was drinking with Jieduan, I heard Jieduan say that in his heart, Li Ji's illegitimate daughter was the original wife."

Si Prefectural Chief Shi shook his head and said, "His Princess should be the wife of the Jiedushi."

Wei Fufeng smiled and said, "Sizhou is far away from Chang'an City, Lord Tian has great information."

Si Prefecture Chief Shi smiled and said, "Although Tian is trapped in the mountains, there is a Wujiang River waterway, so he will naturally not be blocked from ears and ears."

Wei Fufeng smiled and said that he needed to respect the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If he despises the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and denies the emperor's decree, the Tian family of Sizhou could also despise the official position of the governor of Qianzhong.

The group walked into a stacked bamboo house with regular bamboo houses. Wei Fufeng was invited into a main bamboo house and sat on the ground in the bamboo house, with a bamboo table in front of him.

Si Prefect Si was sitting on the ground in the main seat, and the young girls sat opposite Wei Fufeng, and eight servants stood in the building.

Such a simple hospitality can easily make people feel despised. Wei Fufeng also understands the customs of the Liaoren tribe and knows that the Liaoren tribe is so casual to treat guests.

Although he understood the customs of the Liaoren tribe, Wei Fufeng also knew that Tian was rude to him.

He is the deputy envoy of the Qianzhong Jiedushi, the governor of Fuzhou, and is a Shangguan. Even if Sigurei is a landlord, he should be polite and ask him to sit in the main seat to express respect. However, Sigurei directly regarded Wei Fufeng as an ordinary visitor.

When he sat down, a servant brought tea. Sizhou Changshi picked up a bamboo cup and rushed to Wei Fufeng, smiling and said, "Please tea."

Wei Fufeng raised his glass and responded with a smile, and then listened to the governor Si Shi, saying: "Chu envoy was born in the Marquis' Mansion?"

Wei Fufeng put down his cup and smiled and said, "I came from the Hou Mansion of Qingyang, Chang'an City."

Sizhou Chief Shi nodded and said, "My ancestors were also the Duke of the Kingdom."

Wei Fufeng nodded and smiled and said, "I heard from the Jiedushi that the ancestors of Tian's family were once named Duke Jinlong Guardian by Emperor Sui. They served as the chief supervisor of the Governor's Office during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang. Now they are the governor of Sizhou, and they are the military commander of the Yi army."

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