Hua Kai led the Hua family caravan on a deserted mountain road.
They had left Guang County for twenty days. After leaving Qi's Leling Commandery and entering the Yan Kingdom, there were more mountains here. At the beginning, they could travel a hundred li a day, but later, they could only travel seventy, eighty li a day. Now that they entered the mountains, they could only travel thirty, forty li a day, and they often had to rest for one day.
In these twenty days, other than wild beasts and wild beasts, the caravan did not encounter any danger.
After this mountain forest, it was a vast flat land. They were not far from High Willow Commandery.
Hua Kai knew that Leopard Jade Pass and the northeast border of High Willow Commandery had been attacked. The family cavalry could not come to their aid. After passing this mountain forest, he had to be careful.
On the ninth day of the ninth month, there was no such thing as the Double Ninth Festival in this world. The Hua family caravan traveled on the plains in the southwest of the Yan Kingdom. Some wolves saw so many people moving, and gathered from afar, and followed on the sides of the caravan.
Hua Kai had the Household Servant ride the horses to kill a group of wolves. They had so many people and were not afraid of the wolves holding a grudge. If the Hua family wanted to control High Willow Commandery, their greatest enemy was Donghu, and the grassland wolves waiting for an opportunity.
The five thousand cavalry were divided into thousands of small teams. They killed any wolves they saw. In just three days, they did not see any more wolves. The caravan collected thousands of wolf corpses.
After climbing a high slope, Hua Kai rode on the [Luma Horse] and looked behind him.
There was no easy journey on the migration. The women and children all got off to push the carriages. Some carriages slid down halfway, and people were injured. The Household Servant hurried to help.
At this time, a Household Servant came to report that there were many mounted scouts ahead. They left after seeing them.
Hua Kai knew that half of the Yan Kingdom lived by herding. Many families in the north of the Yan Kingdom lived a nomadic life. They had a special relationship with Donghu. They were subordinate to the Yan Kingdom, but they were the bridge between the Yan Kingdom and Donghu. Occasionally, they would secretly play the role of horse bandits.
Hua Kai ordered his men to keep an eye on the movements of the enemy's mounted scouts. When they discovered a large group of enemy troops, they would immediately report back.
The distance from here to the southern border of the High Willow County was only a little more than a hundred li. Hua Kai ordered the convoy to speed up. The rest of the journey was a flat grassland. Everyone must enter the High Willow County before nightfall.
At noon, the Household Servant of the Hua family escorted more than ten people in special clothing to the Hua family. These were the spies that he had caught. He asked Hua Kai how to deal with them.
"Find out which country and which clan they are from. Lock them all up first and throw them into the labor camp when we reach High Willow City!" Hua Kai said.
The Household Servant quickly found out where they came from. They were all soldiers of the Fang Family of Shuo City in the Yuyang County. Shuo City was in the westernmost part of the Yuyang County, bordering the High Willow County. Right now, the Hua family's convoy was in the area of Shuo City. The Fang Family was a sixth-rank family in Shuo City. The entire Shuo City belonged to the Fang Family.
If the aristocratic families in the Qi Dynasty were pedantic and greedy for pleasure, then the Yan Kingdom was chaotic. Because the land was vast and the population was sparse, everyone was fond of martial arts. All the aristocratic families placed martial arts above all. The aristocratic families did not interact closely with each other. This caused the people at the bottom of society to live in a chaotic environment. There were very few families that could survive here without relying on aristocratic families.
Therefore, Hua Kai felt that the Yan Kingdom was more suitable for the Hua family. Even if they had a conflict with the aristocratic families here, it would not affect Ji City. Therefore, the Hua family did not have to restrain themselves. Everything depended on their strength!
Before afternoon arrived, not long after the Hua family's convoy started their journey, Hua Kai heard a large group of cavalrymen appearing in front of them. Hua Kai gathered the Household Servant of the Hua family and the main forces of the affiliated families and headed north for over twenty miles. They saw an army of nearly ten thousand soldiers waiting for them. There were about three thousand cavalrymen and five thousand infantry soldiers.
"Are you the Fang Family of Shuo City?" Hua Kai stood in front of his five thousand cavalrymen and shouted.
A young man came out of the group. He was about the same age as Hua Kai. Hua Kai checked him and found that he was only at the Qi Transformation Realm. He was protected by more than ten Qi Refining Realm warriors.
"Since you know that this is the territory of my Fang Family, how dare you attack my soldiers? If you know what's good for you, quickly hand over the people and leave all your horses behind. If you do, I can let you live. Hua family … Hehe!
I don't care about you at all. "The young man looked at Hua Kai and said disdainfully.
"You want my Hua family to leave our horses behind? Dare I ask, what do you think you have?
We are migrating to High Willow County, and your Fang Family kept sending out spies to provoke us. It's fine that I didn't cause any trouble for you, but how dare you stop us? "
Hua Kai saw that only the three thousand cavalrymen were capable of fighting. Most of the six thousand infantry soldiers were not fully equipped. As a sixth-grade aristocratic family, this Fang Family was too weak!
"Yo!
A little sixth-grade aristocratic family has some guts. Today, I'm standing right here. You can try to take a step forward! "The young man rode on his horse. He would not give way unless he saw some benefits!
"If that's the case, then there's nothing more to say!
I hope you can still be as arrogant as you are now. "
After Hua Kai finished speaking, he raised his Silver Bright Spear. All the Hua family Household Servants heard the order and reined in their horses, preparing to attack.
The young man did not expect that Hua Kai would actually dare to attack. He hurriedly organized his men to resist and then turned around to retreat. He was here to extort money, not to fight.
Hua Kai rode his horse and rushed towards the young man. He was not fast, so that the family members behind him could keep up.
This battle was to disperse the young man, not to kill him. The average strength of the Hua family's five thousand cavalrymen was above the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm. Although the young man had close to ten thousand people, they were unable to resist. With one charge, the young man was completely dispersed, and some of them had already started to escape.
The second charge completely disrupted the young man's formation. The Hua family's cavalrymen had already started to capture prisoners.
Hua Kai watched the young master of the young man escape on his horse, surrounded by more than ten people. He did not order his men to chase after him. He did not want to capture the young master for ransom. With so many prisoners of war, the size of Gao Liu City's labor camp would expand.
The battle ended in less than an hour. The Hua family's cavalrymen did not even stop to rest. After they came up, they saw the cavalrymen capturing prisoners. Some of them even came to help. Many young men in their teens took off their clothes and dragged the slaves back. Their faces were full of pride.
Although these horses were the spoils of war of the Hua family, they were now able to enjoy the feeling of riding them.
This battle was only a small episode on the journey of the Hua family's migration. Everyone's main enemy was still the wolves. Every night, the wolves would wait for an opportunity to sneak attack. Many commoners were bitten to death. However, Hua Kai would not compromise with the wolves at all. He would directly kill them when he discovered them.
He wanted to send a message to everyone. On the grasslands, the wolves would always be the enemy of humans. There would be no compromise.
When everyone passed through the irrigation river and entered the lands of Gao Liu Commandery, many commoners cheered in joy.
They looked at the vast plains in front of them. This would be their home in the future.
Because Gao Liu Commandery was vast and sparsely populated, there were many wolves and wasteland beasts here. The Hua family's cavalrymen had been attacked several times by beasts.
Hua Kai was most worried about the sudden appearance of horse bandits and Donghu cavalry. The Great Wall of the Yan Kingdom in the northwest had not been completed. Gao Liu Commandery had been neglected for many years. There could be Donghu cavalry hunting here, and there could even be Donghu tribes secretly moving into Baoyu Pass.
Thousands of cavalrymen scouted hundreds of miles. The Hua family's cavalrymen finally arrived in the south of Gao Liu Commandery on the seventeenth day of the ninth month. Hua Zihuan brought tens of thousands of family representatives, Household Servant, and commoners to welcome them.
After a long journey of thirty-two days, the Hua family's cavalrymen had crossed many rivers and finally reached their destination. Hua Xing and the Hua family's direct descendants came to Hua Kai's side. They walked through the welcoming crowd and let everyone know that the new master of Gao Liu Commandery had arrived.
The six great families had already built their new estates in Gao Liu City. The Hua family's new estate took up the most central position of more than six hundred mu of land in the inner city. It was surrounded by the estates of the great families and their subordinate families. This was where everyone would live in the future, a place that belonged to them.
It was the first time that Hua Kai had come to Gao Liu City. He saw that the city walls were only six meters tall. The walls were wide and majestic, but they were made of stone and mud. In the Qi Continent, no city dared to build walls like this.
Stone and wood were scarce here, and the city walls were more than enough to defend against the sneak attacks of wolf packs and cavalry. What made Hua Kai happy was that Highwillow City occupied nearly ten times more land than Guang County City. This was one of the largest cities in the Central Plains.
After entering Gao Liu City, Hua Kai felt that the atmosphere was completely different from the cities in the central plains.
The streets here were very wide. Many peddlers even set up their stalls in the middle of the street. Cows, sheep, and horses constantly passed by. The shops on both sides of the street were mostly made of mud. There were very few wooden buildings.
Hua Kai brought the important members of the family and thousands of subordinate families to the new Hua Manor. They stopped in front of the Hua family's new ancestral hall. After offering incense to the ancestors, the Hua family was officially established in Gao Liu City.
After the banquet with everyone, Hua Kai, his grandfather, Fourth Uncle, Chinese Ink, and the others came to the conference hall. The inner city of Gao Liu City was meticulously built by the various families. There were many pavilions inside, not lacking in comparison to the inner city of Guang County. All the tables and chairs were also made of high-quality spiritual wood.
After everyone sat down, Hua Zihuan, as the temporary person in charge of Gao Liu City, reported to Hua Kai about the new construction of Gao Liu City.
"When I first came to Gao Liu City, it was still in ruins.
There were less than three thousand people living in the city.
According to our plan, I brought a thousand Hua family Household Servants and two thousand refugees to renovate the inner city. We replaced the disaster with work so that the survivors who returned to Gao Liu City could help us rebuild the inner city. Only then did we settle down here. "
As Hua Zihuan spoke, everyone could feel that it was not easy to rebuild Highwillow City. It had taken more than a year to restore Highwillow City to such a state from a wasteland. The amount of work that had been put in was unimaginable.
"Later, the vanguard of the various families and families also came. The Hua family brought over twenty thousand people and thousands of craftsmen. Only then did the inner city slowly improve. Now, there are more than a hundred mansions built in the 2000 mu of inner city. There are more than ten thousand houses in total, which can accommodate fifty thousand people at the same time. The only problem is that the inner city walls have yet to be built.