Yelü Dashi was a difficult person to deal with, but also an easy one.

The difficulty lies in the impossibility of fooling him; the simplicity lies in the fact that collaborating with a smart person requires little effort.

It's impossible to manipulate Yelü Dashi by simply offering him favors.

Therefore, Zhao Huan had already sent people to infiltrate the western border of the Jin state.

There lived the Khitans and various former Khitan tribes, who were forced to submit to the Jurchens and lived miserable lives.

Many people were enslaved and forced to do hard labor day and night.

Tragic incidents of women being raped and children being abused and killed occur frequently.

The Khitans there, too, lived inhuman lives.

Yelü Dashi launched several attacks on the area and rescued some people, but he withdrew his troops afterward for the sake of the overall situation.

This is Yelü Dashi's weakness. As the only nobleman in the Liao Kingdom with the power to gather the remnants of his tribe, he must be responsible for the remaining people of various tribes.

In this way, he can unite people and get them to work together in difficult circumstances.

As the setting sun dipped below the horizon, Yang Qing spurred his horse and hurried toward the Jin Kingdom's stronghold.

In order to better govern the western border, the Jin Dynasty began to build some fortified cities here a few years ago, allowing foreign tribes to mine iron ore and cut down trees here, transporting the iron back to the capital for large-scale construction.

Some foreign slaves were responsible for hunting, skinning valuable animal hides, and sending them back to the capital to be sold at high prices.

Yang Qing is a Han Chinese. His ancestors were merchants in this area, and he continued to do so in his generation.

In everyone's eyes, the Han people are a very powerful race, not only because the Han dynasties established a prosperous central empire, but also because the Han people can survive wherever they go and establish their own power there.

During the Five Dynasties period, most Han Chinese left the Great Wall and were welcomed by many other ethnic groups because of their culture and technology.

Even someone like Yang Qing, whose ancestors migrated to the grasslands, was still popular.

Because they revitalized trade on the grasslands, some nobles made money and enjoyed a lifestyle they couldn't afford before.

Yang Qing revealed his identity and quickly entered the city.

The Meng'an (a commander of a thousand men in the Jin Dynasty) in the city was Wugulun Mingde, a prominent figure in the Wugulun tribe of the Jurchen people.

He belonged to Wanyan Chang's army.

Actually, he wasn't originally here; it's just that the political situation in the capital had changed.

Wanyan Zongwang's army was withdrawn from the western frontier, and the military power of an important Meng'an was taken back, reduced to a sinecure, which gave Wugulun Mingde the opportunity to be transferred here.

He was a rather cruel person by nature, and because of the suppression of the Jurchen people by the Khitan royal family in the past, he harbored a deep hatred for the Khitan people.

At this moment, Ugulunmingde was drinking and making merry, thoroughly enjoying himself.

Yang Qing rushed in. All the centurions knew this Han Chinese man and had taken money from him to varying degrees.

Therefore, they did not stop him.

"A rebellion! The slaves in the mines have rebelled!"

His voice was so loud that everyone inside could hear him even before he went in.

Ugulunmingde suddenly stood up. Yang Qing had already rushed in, and two soldiers immediately stopped him.

Ugulunmingde said coldly, "Get out of the way!"

Yang Qing immediately bowed and said, "Wugulunmeng'an, the slaves in the mines have rebelled!"

"That's impossible! Even if they had ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to rebel!"

“It’s absolutely true. Today, I went to inspect the mine with Wugulun Mengan. Wugulun Mengan started a riot by punishing a lazy slave, and Wugulun Mengan was killed on the spot!”

Ugulunmingde's face turned ashen instantly. The one who had been killed was his nephew, and he had been killed by those damned Khitans!

Ugulunmingde's eyes seemed to be spitting fire, and the blood in his entire body began to burn.

Enraged, he wanted to kill Yang Qing as well, but reason told him that Yang Qing was no ordinary person; this guy had bribed his superiors and contributed a lot of revenue to the Jin army.

Ugulunming rushed out and began to gather the soldiers in the fortress; he wished he could fly to the mine the next moment.

Riots were absolutely forbidden, and the Jurchens used brutal suppression against the Khitan and other tribes here.

Anyone who riots will be executed.

Ugulunmingde led his men out of the city and headed for the mine.

As darkness fell, Yang Qing quietly arrived at a very secluded grove of trees.

“All the Khitan tribes have rebelled, and Wugulun Mingde will surely massacre the mines.”

"Good, you have done very well. I will report your merits to Sima Shangguan truthfully."

Yang Qing said, "It is my honor to share the Emperor's burdens."

The man patted Yang Qing on the shoulder and said, "Hold on for a few more years, and soon the Jin Kingdom will be destroyed by the Holy Emperor. Then you can return to your ancestral homeland in Hedong."

When Yang Qing mentioned his ancestral home in Hedong, he suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

Going back is the dream of generations of them.

Back then, his ancestor fled to the Great Wall, and his regret before he died was that he was unable to return to his hometown.

Chinese people believe in returning to their roots. No matter how bad their hometown is, they hope to go back and be buried in their birthplace.

This ideal has been passed down from generation to generation, and even in Yang Qing's generation, they still do not give up.

"Thank you, sir!"

Yang Qing recalled what happened during the day. It wasn't that the Khitan and other tribes wanted to rebel at all, but rather that they were forced into rebellion by that scoundrel Wugulun.

Of course, Yang Qing's instigation and instigation were the main reasons.

He was certain that Ugulunmingd had killed all the thousands of people in the mine, and he wouldn't spare a single one, including the boys there.

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