Chapter 61: A vast world with great potential
Liaodong Jiedushi Mansion.
In the reception room, Qin Mo was chatting with Zhao Liuyun, the soon-to-be-appointed governor of Goguryeo County .
"To Goguryeo County, there is the Buyeo Kingdom to the northwest, and the Yiluo, Woju and other tribes to the northeast. They are all unstable factors that may cause chaos in the Central Plains in the future. We must find ways to eliminate them one by one." Qin Mo said loudly.
"I'm afraid that my will is there, but my strength is not enough." Zhao Liuyun seemed a little embarrassed. After the transfer, he had neither soldiers nor money and food. It would be good enough if he could stabilize Goguryeo County.
How can we have the ability to wage foreign wars?
"It's not enough to rely solely on the government. We must learn to bring out the power of the players." Qin Mo said.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for the relatively fully developed Central Plains, the Northeast, Lingnan, Southwest and other areas were not yet civilized, making them great places for players to explore.
There is a vast world and much to be done.
"I will give you full power. This time you will no longer be a village chief, but a lord. I will allow players to exercise their power freely. As long as they have the ability to develop a village into a town, they will be the mayor; if they can build a city or a county, they will be the county magistrate.
"In their respective territories, the lords enjoy full governing power and only need to fulfill the two obligations of taxation and military service. They can make decisions on all other matters on their own. Moreover, all taxes will be exempted within three years," said Qin Mo.
"That's no problem." Zhao Liuyun was very excited.
If we really do this, that would be the real territory construction model. I believe that not only players who are keen on farming would be interested, but also mercenary groups and even financial sponsors would be interested.
As long as manpower and material resources continue to flow into Goguryeo County, there will be no worries about its development.
Qin Mo thought further.
Once the Lord Mode is successfully tested in Goguryeo County, it can be used as a springboard to continue expanding northwards. With the player's powerful destructive and constructive power, the foreign tribes around the Han Dynasty will probably only be able to tremble in fear.
Why worry about the Kyushu not being unified? ?
Just think of it as a great gift Qin Mo left for the people of the Three Kingdoms.
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The next day, at the instruction of Qin Mo, Zhao Liuyun, as the governor of Goguryeo County, posted invitations to heroes on the official website, sincerely inviting heroes from all walks of life to jointly develop Goguryeo County and publicly recruiting 300 lords.
Promise all kinds of benefits.
As soon as the news came out, the players' passion was ignited again.
Players showed extraordinary enthusiasm for pioneering, and the number of applicants quickly exceeded ten thousand.
Reality is already restrictive enough. In games, most players don't like being constrained, especially being controlled by NPC officials. They always feel uncomfortable.
The lord building mode of Goguryeo County provides another way to play.
More freedom and more fulfillment.
Add to that an inexplicable sense of patriotism and it's not difficult to understand the players' enthusiasm.
What Qin Mo didn't expect was that in order to compete for the limited number of lord positions, the mercenary group and the merchants joined together, with the former providing manpower and the latter providing money, forming a consortium to bid.
It leaves ordinary players far behind in one fell swoop.
When the dust settled on the selection of the lord, villages like Jiannan Village, Daoxiang Village, Luhua Village, Leshi Village, and Qitian Village emerged one after another, vying for attention.
With the joint efforts of mercenary groups and merchants, 30,000 players flocked to Goguryeo County in just half a month, more than half of whom were new players of "Honghuang" and also the most enthusiastic group.
In order to build the village, the lords called on their friends.
Countless students and office workers, at night, rush into "Honghuang", farming, logging, building houses, or fishing, and they are busy and happy.
But I still enjoy it.
It feels like the grand occasion when Happy Farm became popular many years ago.
At the same time, in order to guide the construction of the territory well, Zhao Liuyun, with the cooperation of Li Bingyun, compiled the "Detailed Rules for Goguryeo County Lords", dividing the territory into three categories: village, town, and county, and each category was divided into three levels.
Promotion standards were also set for each level of territory, including population, taxes, etc.
For the first promoted territory and the top ten territories each month, the governor's office will provide additional rewards to fund territory development.
This further stimulated the enthusiasm of players.
Goguryeo County has suddenly become the most popular birthplace of "Honghuang", attracting everyone's attention.
When the dust settled, those players who had previously mocked and said that Qin Mo was stupid for attacking Goguryeo were left with only envy and jealousy.
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The changes don’t stop there.
The influx of tens of thousands of foreigners into Goguryeo not only made the local Goguryeo people uneasy and completely extinguished the idea of restoring their country, but also made the surrounding tribes terrified.
Among them, the Xianbei were the worst.
During the reign of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Tan Shihuai unified the Xianbei tribes, occupied the Mongolian grasslands, resisted the Dingling in the north, repelled the Fuyu in the east, attacked the Wusun in the west, and occupied all the former territory of the Xiongnu, which was more than 14,000 miles from east to west and more than 7,000 miles from north to south.
After unification, the Xianbei invaded the Eastern Han border for many years.
It was not until 181 AD, three years before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, that Tan Shihuai died and his son Helian succeeded him as leader, and the Xianbei tribe split again.
The area south of the desert from Yunzhong to the east was divided into three groups.
The first is the Budugen Group, which has tens of thousands of followers and controls the Yunzhong and Yanmen areas.
The second is the Kebineng Group, which is distributed in Daijun, Shanggu and other places, and is also the most powerful one.
The third group is several small groups under the control of the "Eastern Lord" of the original alliance, scattered in western Liaoning, Youbeiping and outside Yuyang.
Bordering the Liaodong Jiedushi Prefecture was the Eastern Xianbei, the weakest of the three tribes.
In the past year or so, because Qin Mo opened up border trade, the lives of the Xianbei tribes in the east have become much better, and they no longer have to worry about food and clothing.
After the players’ imaginations exploded, all kinds of new products also flooded into Eastern Xianbei.
The Xianbei nobles enjoyed the prosperous scene.
But the good times did not last long. As the saying goes, how can one allow others to sleep beside one's bed? Seeing that the Liaodong Jiedushi's office was becoming increasingly powerful and even destroyed Goguryeo in one fell swoop, the entire Eastern Xianbei clan was worried.
Worried that the Liaodong Jiedushi would be unhappy one day, he would send troops to attack the Eastern Xianbei.
What should I do?
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At the same time, Liaodong Jiedushi Mansion.
"Are there any new developments among the Eastern Xianbei recently?" Qin Mo asked Li Bingyun, who was in charge of intelligence.
He has also been secretly keeping an eye on the Eastern Xianbei.
Seeing that the alliance of princes was imminent, Qin Mo could not feel at ease unless the hidden danger of the Eastern Xianbei was eliminated.
Unlike Goguryeo, the Eastern Xianbei were a purely nomadic people. Although their tribal population was less than half of Goguryeo's, it was much more difficult to eliminate them.
If they can't win, the worst that can happen is that they escape deep into the grassland.
Because of this, Qin Mo's high-profile destruction of Goguryeo was also intended to serve as a warning to others, hoping that the Xianbei in the east would learn their lesson and take the initiative to pay tribute to the Han Dynasty.
That would save a lot of trouble.
"There is some panic among the Eastern Xianbei, but they don't seem to have any intention of surrendering," said Li Bingyun.
"Then add fuel to the fire." Qin Mo did not hesitate, and turned to Deng Mao and said, "Starting tomorrow, in the name of preparing for war, we will terminate all border trade with the Eastern Xianbei and seal off all border markets."
"This is easy!" Deng Mao nodded and took note.
Qin Mo looked at Li Bingyun again and said , "Immediately issue tasks to all major mercenary groups, allowing them to cross the border and enter the territory of Eastern Xianbei. If necessary, they can also obtain assistance from Youyun Iron Cavalry."
He is going to use both soft and hard tactics.
"What if they still don't surrender?" Li Bingyun asked worriedly.
"Then let's fight!"
Qin Mo would never allow the Xianbei to become powerful in his territory.
