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Volume 2 Dragon Fighting in the Wild 0140 Hunting Tianshan

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    After Xia Bolong became emperor, he made a series of plans so that the people on the grassland could not feel constrained or too laissez-faire. After careful consideration for a long time, he finally customized the official system of the Dragon Empire.

    The original structure of the Uighur army was retained, the centralization of power was strengthened, and all domestic power was taken away from the hands of the nobles and city lords. The system of the Qin and Han Dynasties was followed, and the general's palace and the prime minister's palace were established, with one civil and one military officer commanding all officials, because  Uighurs like this simple and clear official position best.  Similar to the complex and changeable official system of the Song Dynasty, the Uighurs really had a headache.

    In addition to these aspects, Chabaron further suppressed the Uighur nobles invisibly, and divided the original noble land to the descendants of the nobles. In this way, the original unchanged land was divided into many small pieces.  This further divided the power of the nobility, making those new nobility who obtained fiefdoms become loyal supporters of Chabaron.

    The place occupied by the Uighurs can be said to be a treasure land. There are a large number of resources buried underground, including oil, natural gas, coal, gold mines, silver mines, iron mines, manganese mines, chromium mines, flux limestone, dolomite, etc.  In this vast grassland and Gobi.  Sitting on these rich mineral resources, as a modern man, Chabaron would be a waste if he didn't know how to make use of them.  However, the only things that Chabaron knew how to utilize were coal mines, iron mines, gold mines, and silver mines. He didn't know how to utilize things like oil and natural gas, let alone other rare metals.

    Xia Bolong summoned a thousand blacksmiths to explore for iron ore across the country, and personally led a team of people to explore for coal mines. It took more than a month to explore all the iron ore and coal mines in the country.  Some soldiers were stationed in the exploration office, and some people moved there to take charge of mining matters.

    Before he knew it, Xia Bolong had been emperor for two months. The summer heat in the grasslands and Gobi Desert in July was overwhelming. The ideal time was to ride up to the Tianshan Mountains.  In the empire, Yanqi City produced good horses. Riding on Yanqi's good horses, climbing mountains was like walking on flat rivers, fast and stable.

    The horns were wailing, the flags and banners were fluttering, and the horses were neighing. The cavalry led by Lin Chong gathered.  More than 10,000 knights came to the outside of Gaochang City in a row. Hundreds of hounds were rushing here and there. Horses were barking and people were shouting. Outside Gaochang City, there was a grand atmosphere.  In a hunting atmosphere.  Two to three hundred carts loaded with baggage set off first, and the tense and noisy atmosphere seemed like a war.

    Hunting in July is also a tradition of the Uyghurs. They are also a horse people, and hunting is actually military training.  Hunting is a collective activity, a sport that highlights men's majesty. People on the grassland revere heroes. The most heroic thing is hunting. They don't fight alone. When they go out, they work together as a group, hunting prey together and dividing labor.  Details.

    People on the grasslands have been hunting with their father and brothers since they were young, and are accustomed to long-term ambushes and various hunting tricks.  They will not fight head-on with the beasts, but choose the opportunity to attack them unexpectedly, and then immediately escape, allowing the attacked beast to pursue it in anger. When it is tired of chasing, it will suddenly turn back and launch a fierce attack.  Over and over again until it is exhausted.  The same goes for people on the grasslands when it comes to marching and fighting. Therefore, hunting is actually training soldiers.

    Xia Bolong practiced archery hard, and he still shot arrows on horseback. This was his weakness, but as the emperor of an empire, how could he refuse the invitation of the nobles?  He was invited to leave Gaochang, leaving the affairs to his appointed general Han Shizhong, and the government affairs to his appointed prime minister Molu. Then he took 10,000 fine cavalry and food and grass baggage, and prepared to enter the Tianshan Mountains for hunting.

    Five days later, Xia Bolong and his party arrived at Tianshan Mountain.

    Entering the Tianshan Mountains, the heat of the grassland is left far behind, and the cold air of the snow-capped mountains that hits you will immediately make you feel as cool as autumn.  The blue sky is set against the towering huge snow peaks. Under the sun, a few white clouds cast cloud shadows between the snow peaks, like a few silver-gray dark flowers embroidered on the white satin.

    The melted snow water flows down from the high mountain streams and cliffs, like thousands of shining silver chains.  The falling snow water merges into a rushing stream at the foot of the mountain, and the waves are thrown upward, forming thousands of white lotuses in full bloom.  But every time we reach the migratory eddy where the water is slow, there are fish jumping.

    At this time, sitting on the saddle by the Yinma Stream, you can overlook the clear water bottom where the sunlight shines through. Among the colorful water rocks, the shining scales of fish reflect the clear snow-water flow, adding a sense of beauty to the silent Tianshan Mountains.  Infinite vitality.

    Going further in, the Tianshan Mountains become more and more beautiful. Along the snow line of the white-capped peaks, there is an endless stretch of green primeval forest. The dense Tasong pines are like giant umbrellas holding up the sky. The overlapping branches are just like the sky.  The scattered and fragmentary shadows of the sun are leaking out. When riding a horse through the forest, you can only hear the sound of water splashing on the rocks by the horse's hooves, which adds to the tranquility of the dense forest.They were busy chopping wood and setting up the fire, carrying various prey to chop and process, and they were also grilling a sumptuous dinner with great interest. They were going to have a hearty meal tonight.

    Holding a glass of wine in his hand, Wo Nai stood up from the grass, pointed the glass at Chabaron, bowed and saluted first, and then said: "Dear His Majesty the Emperor, your power today has opened our eyes to the fact that there is someone like you in Wo Nai.  Your Majesty, you are truly lucky. Your Majesty, please allow me to toast you and our heroes on the grassland!"

    Chabaron laughed loudly, stood up, raised the wine glass in his hand high, and shouted: "Okay, come! Let's drink this cup together. Without the soldiers rounding up, we would not have such a good harvest today! Come on!  Come on, let¡¯s drink this together!¡±

    All the noble ministers raised their glasses together and drank all the wine in their hands.

    After drinking, I saw the nest clapped my hands, and twenty beauties wearing thin shirts, bare feet, bells and veils came from the outside.  The beauties quickly walked to the bonfire with light steps, stepped on the soft grass, and began to sing and dance to the accompaniment of some prairie musicians

    I don't know how much time passed. The people around the bonfire were all slightly drunk, and the beauties were tired from dancing. When they were about to take a rest, they saw a soldier quickly running to the bonfire, saluting Xia Bolong and saying, "Qiu Qiu."  Your Majesty, urgent report from the border!"

    Xia Bolong was not good at drinking, so he drank less and ate a lot of roast lamb.  When he heard this and saw the soldier holding a roll of sheepskin in his hand, he hurriedly said to Zhang Dahan: "Bring the roll of sheepskin over here!"

    Zhang Dahan took the parchment and handed it to Xia Bolong.

    After Xia Bolong opened it, he saw that it was written in Uighur script in the light of the fire. Fortunately, he knew the words. After reading it, he frowned tightly and suddenly threw the parchment to the ground and shouted loudly.  : "The Black Khan Dynasty bullied me too much!"

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