Chapter 1146 Kebi Neng and Budugen

Inside the prefect's mansion.

After being reminded by Bai Feng, Liu Yan admired Bai Feng's understanding of the Xianbei people.

Especially after Bai Feng planned to start with Kebi Neng, the largest tribal leader of the Xianbei people, to develop mutual trade between the Xianbei people and Youzhou.

Liu Yan recalled Kebi Neng's experience in his heart.

Kebi Neng was originally the tribal leader of a small tribe near the border of the Xianbei.

Because Kebi Neng was brave in battle, he always led the troops and never took the spoils of the tribe for himself.

And when disputes occurred in the tribe, Kebi Neng's judgment was fair and just.

So Kebi Neng's tribe continued to grow and develop on the grassland.

Of course, Bai Feng decided to find a breakthrough in Kebi Neng to develop mutual trade with the Xianbei people, not only because of Kebi Neng's character.

It is also related to an important experience of Kebi Neng.

This experience was when Yuan Shao occupied Hebei, and the people of Hebei could not bear the war, so they fled to the border.

Kebi Neng accepted all the people of Hebei who fled there.

And he began to learn the Central Plains culture from these people of Hebei who fled there.

The Central Plains culture that Kebi Neng learned from it not only included the Four Books and Five Classics, but also included the more advanced methods of deploying troops and battle formations in the Central Plains at that time.

So under the Xianbei tribe led by Kebi Neng, they began to constantly learn the advanced culture of the Central Plains and military theories.

And Kebi Neng was also a person who integrated knowledge and action.

After learning the advanced military theories of the Central Plains.

When Kebi Neng was hunting on the grassland, he trained his subordinates to hold up the military flags in the style of the Central Plains army and use drums as orders to march and withdraw troops.

So Kebi Neng can be regarded as proficient in the Central Plains culture among the Xianbei people.

Bai Feng placed the breakthrough point on Kebi Neng, which was one of the reasons.

Secondly, during the 220 years of Jian'an, Kebi Neng, who had learned the culture of the Central Plains, had paid tribute to the court at that time through Yan Rou, the then Wuhuan school lieutenant.

Before that, when Cao Cao was on the westward expedition to the eleven princes of Guanzhong, Tian Yin and Su Bo rebelled in Hejian County.

When Yan Rou suppressed the rebellion of Tian Yin and Su Bo, Kebi Neng also led 3,000 Xianbei cavalry to Hejian County to help Yan Rou.

So it was not difficult for Bai Feng, the Hanzhong Marquis of the Great Wei, to meet Kebi Neng.

After recalling Kebi Neng's past experiences in his mind, Liu Yan believed that with Bai Feng's ability and Cao Cao's support.

And his full cooperation.

It was not too difficult to start the trade with Kebi Neng's tribe first.

The only problem to worry about is that the Great Wei has now unified the world.

The attitude towards the Xianbei people in the court gradually changed from subjugation to extermination.

After all, the Wei Dynasty has the strength, not to mention that those who are not of our race must have different hearts.

But even if all the Xianbei tribes are wiped out, it will not be of much benefit to the Wei Dynasty.

The grassland is extremely vast.

If you want to completely wipe out the three Xianbei tribes of Kebi Neng, Budugen and Suli, you must send at least 300,000 cavalry.

These 300,000 cavalry also need reliable guides and sufficient food and grass supply.

The Wei Dynasty naturally has a lot of capable generals, such as Xiahou Dun, Zhang Liao, Deng Ai, etc.

But after sending out a large army to completely wipe out the Xianbei tribes, it is not an easy task to open up wasteland on the grassland.

In the final analysis, the Wei Dynasty is now in a period of population recovery.

There are not so many people who can't grow crops, especially after Bai Feng provided grain seeds with a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu.

So now the Wei Dynasty's attitude towards the Xianbei is:

As long as you don't come to plunder Youzhou, Bingzhou and other border states.

Then I will let you fend for yourself on the grassland.

"Hanzhong Hou, if this Kebi Neng, after trading with Youzhou, blocks Budugen and Suli from trading with Youzhou."

"Then unify the grassland with the support brought by the trade with Youzhou, what should be done then?"

Now Liu Yan no longer considers whether the trade can be carried out.

Instead, he is worried that Kebi Neng will unify the grassland and become too powerful to be removed.

Bai Feng was also stunned when he heard this.

He really had not considered this issue before.

Because the three Xianbei tribes of Kebi Neng, Budugen and Suli on the grassland have always been at odds.

In order to unify the tribes on the grassland, there have been many wars between the three.

So Bai Feng plans to start trading with Kebi Neng first, and then go to Budugen and Suli to talk.

Bai Feng has already prepared the negotiation words.

That is, Kebi Neng has already traded with Youzhou, and you Budugen and Suli do not trade with Youzhou.

By then, Kebi Neng will strengthen his strength with the trade, and your two tribes will be in danger.

Liu Yan's analysis from the perspective that Kebi Neng would hinder Youzhou's synchronization of the Dugen and Suli trade can be said to have given Bai Feng new inspiration.

"What the governor said does make sense."

Even if the Wei Dynasty can gradually control the economic lifeline of the grassland tribes through the trade.

But it will take a long time.

Unless the Wei Dynasty has already entered industrialization before Kebi Neng has the strength to unify the grassland.

Then the industry will definitely defeat the nomads.

Even if Kebi Neng has unified the grassland, facing the fully armed, even large-scale use of muskets.

The Wei army that relies on trains to ensure food transportation is still vulnerable.

This is the only way to ensure that Kebi Neng will not become a threat to the stability of Youzhou.

Thinking of Bai Feng here, he no longer had any worries about the future.

Of course, it is impossible for Bai Feng to tell Liu Yan that he has a system that can allow Wei to quickly enter industrialization.

"The current solution to the prefect's worries is to let the three major Xianbei tribes: Kebineng, Budugen and Suli."

"At the same time, we come to Youzhou for mutual trading, so even if Kebi Neng wants to prevent Bu Dugen and Suli from improving their tribal strength through mutual trading, it will not be that easy."

"After all, the Youzhou cavalry of the Wei Dynasty are not vegetarians."

"They can come and go freely on the grassland, but they must be honest when they arrive in Youzhou!"

After Bai Feng told Liu Yan his thoughts, Liu Yan thought about it and felt that this was the best solution at the moment.

"In this case, Hanzhong Hou can rest at his house for a while."

"I will write a letter to Ke Bineng first, and then I will wait for you in Hanzhong before setting off for the grassland."

Then Liu Yan said to Bai Feng.

Bai Feng didn't expect Liu Yan to be able to write directly to Ke Bineng now.

This saved Bai Feng a lot of trouble.

It turned out that Bai Feng planned to go directly to the grassland to find Ke Bineng's tent.

"So good!"

"Thank you so much, Governor!"

Bai Feng did not refuse and immediately thanked Liu Yan.

"Hahaha, Hanzhong Hou is too polite, this is just a trivial matter!"

As the governor of Youzhou, Liu Yan naturally had some channels and means.