Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1399 "People"

"What is this?" On the outskirts of Yilan County, Mengzhou, Jiang Xuanhui looked at the post road in surprise and couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

Several cow-like deer walked on the post road, and a group of Shatuo soldiers drove them carefully.

The size of this deer is really too big, maybe it weighs [-] jin, so it looks very scary.If it wasn't for his mild temper, probably no one would dare to approach her.

"Moose." Yishatuo Military Academy said: "It took a lot of effort to catch them from the north. The sage has an order to send a few to Beiping Mansion for everyone to see."

"This..." Jiang Xuanhui was speechless.

With such a big body, it is better to kill and eat meat.

"Want to eat moose meat?" The military academy asked with a laugh.

Jiang Xuanhui was a little moved and asked, "Really?"

"There is dried meat, several hundred catties." The military academy waved his hand, and someone took more than ten catties of dried meat from the carriage behind, and stuffed it to Jiang Xuanhui.

The military academy also tore off a piece, threw it into his mouth, chewed it, and said: "This place in Liaodong, apart from being cold, really has no shortcomings. There are too many meat and fish, and I'm afraid they won't be able to catch them for hundreds of years." over."

Jiang Xuanhui stared blankly at the meat in his hand, and suddenly reacted, and asked someone to remove a bag of white noodles from his carriage, and said, "Anton white noodles, here you are."

"Oh, this is a good thing." The military academy was overjoyed, and asked someone to bring another bucket of fish to Jiang Xuanhui and his party, saying: "I didn't take your things for nothing."

This is marinated salmon, there are many in the black water, the meat is thick and oily, and it is very popular.

Jiang Xuanhui smiled, did not refuse, and waved goodbye.

He knew that this was Shi Jiantang's man, who had returned from Dongping Mansion.

They've been in the limelight lately.With the help of the Bohai people, it can almost be regarded as the home court, with tens of thousands of people riding on foot, killing the rebel tribes crying and howling.

Jiang Xuanhui has read the official documents of the local state capitals. In just one place in Tie Li Mansion, more than 3 captives were captured, and most of them were from the Mohe tribe who moved inward—no, as far as Tie Li Mansion is concerned, this should not be inward migration. The people of Mohe Tieli Department chose to stay more than 100 years ago and surrendered to Bohai State.

In addition to the Shatuo tribe, the Sage tribe and the Anqing tribe were also transferred eastward to Mengzhou after defeating Abaoji.

Their target is not just the Mohe soldiers gathered around the Meituo Lake.If they are dishonest, they may attack their lair and completely destroy the morale of the enemy.

Shatuo's three tribes are all grown-up men, and sixty to seventy thousand soldiers and horses are at their fingertips, which is already a very huge force.

Jiang Xuanhui was not very interested in these wars, he only cared about his own official position, and what price he had to pay and what achievements he had to make for a higher official position.

Now it seems that the first priority is to resettle the immigrants.

He turned around and caught up with his brother-in-law Zhang Quanyi and his party.

"Huangyun dry grass, sincerely do not deceive me." Zhang Quanyi has come to Tie Li Mansion for the second time.

The last time I came, the grassland was still green and full of vitality.

This time, the bleak scene of autumn is everywhere.

To be honest, he still likes the scene of green grass, which makes him feel at ease and full of energy.

Zhang Quanen, dressed in military uniform, looked at the dilapidated village without sadness or joy.

Montgomery has its first immigrants.

The sage pardoned [-] households of Beiping palace servants as common people, and ordered them to move to Mengzhou.

Another three thousand servants were moved here, and they were demoted to trilogy.

These [-] households were originally going to Shenzhou, but they changed their route temporarily, and after a long journey, they arrived at Tie Li Mansion, from which they could get a glimpse of the court's determination.

"Let's go and have a look in the village." Zhang Quanyi got off his horse and walked to the village under the guard of the sergeant.

There are more than [-] households in the village, mainly adobe houses. The furnishings in the houses are extremely simple. It is not an exaggeration to say that the walls are bare.I don't know if it was like this in the first place, or it became like this after many times of robbery.

There are traces of burning inside the earthen kang, and it is still warm when you touch it with your hands.

"Shatuo soldiers lived here when they passed by." Cunzheng followed behind him, explaining.

Zhang Quanyi nodded and asked, "Is this your home? Where is your hometown?"

"It's my family, from Raoyang County, Shenzhou." The village official replied.

"How long have you been here?"

"Half a month."

"How does it feel?"

"The land is good. It will be leveled in a few days, and the seeds will be planted in the spring next year. The harvest should be good."

Zhang Quanyi nodded, and asked again: "Besides leveling the land, what else have you done?"

"The warrior who escorted us reminded us to prepare firewood for the winter."

"Are you ready? Where is it?" Zhang Quanyi asked, "Take me to have a look."

The village official didn't realize that the official was so serious that he wanted to see the firewood he had prepared, so he immediately responded, "Please come with me, official."

After speaking, he led them through the north gate and into the backyard.

Zhang Quanyi took a glance, there were a few chickens raised in the courtyard, and they were digging for food with their heads down. It was amazing that they didn't get passed by the passing Wufu.

A vegetable bed was opened in the northwest corner, but it was empty at this time, and there was nothing left.

There is a plum tree on the northeast corner, which also bears no fruit.There is a well under the tree, and the well is covered with a manhole cover made of reeds.

"You are lucky." Zhang Quanyi sighed: "If there are no houses left by the people of Bohai, you will have a hard time this winter."

Muramasa sighed: "This is all the kindness of the saint. I don't know when it will be repaid."

Zhang Quanyi laughed when he heard the words, and asked: "I have built the palace city in Beiping for several years, don't you hate saints?"

"If you lose, you have to admit it." Muramasa said: "Finally, the sage is kind and gave us a way to survive."

"It's good if you can think so." Zhang Quanyi said: "The sage has never shown mercy to the warriors who make trouble. Zhang Wanjin occupied Luzhou and punished his family. It is a blessing that you are still alive. The weather in Mengzhou is not good. You can only grow grain for one season, but the advantage is that the soil is good, and after the cultivation is completed, it is no problem to harvest two dendrobium per mu."

"Can you take two dendrobiums?" Muramasa widened his eyes in disbelief.

He knew that the land was fertile and oily, but he didn't expect to harvest two dendrobium grains per mu.

"Why not?" Zhang Quanyi said: "In the past, Heizhi Changzhi was farming in Qinghai, planting one season of wheat a year, and harvesting two dendrobiums per mu. In this way, the army rations would be abundant, and there would even be more than enough to support Guanzhong in times of great famine. Mengzhou, Apart from being cold, there are no shortcomings. By the way, do you know how to shoot arrows?"

Cun Zheng stretched out his callused hands and said, "I have been playing bow for no less than ten years."

"Wouldn't that be great?" Zhang Quanyi said with a smile: "Go hunting in your free time, maybe your life will be better than that in the Central Plains."

Muramasa forced a smile, not quite believing it.

"Don't you believe it, kid." Seeing that Muramasa didn't believe his brother-in-law's words, Jiang Xuanhui jumped out and said, "The beasts here are like idiots, and they won't run away when people get close. As long as you have the heart, it's very easy to make a few tooth-beating offerings."

"The official is right. If that's the case, it's a good place." Muramasa smiled and said, "I'll find someone to make a secondary bow tomorrow. I heard that the natives use birchwood bows, maybe you can try it."

Zhang Quanyi scanned the inside and outside of the courtyard for a long time, and said: "I'm afraid this firewood is not enough."

The villager was a little surprised, and asked: "Dare to ask the officials, the firewood has been burned for two months, is it not enough?"

"Winter in Mengzhou lasts for more than two months." Zhang Quanyi said earnestly, "Don't use Hebei's method to Liaodong, it's different. What about your family?"

"I went out to mow the grass. The village said that some pigs raised by the Mohe people were caught and delivered in a few days, so I asked them to go out to cut some pig grass." The village official replied.

These new immigrants, of course, have rations distributed.But for the first time here, no one knows what the next year will be like.People save a lot of food, and they often eat it mixed with wild vegetables, let alone pigs?
"We need to prepare more pigweed. However, firewood is more important." Zhang Quanyi said: "October may be able to survive for a while, but it will be winter from November to March next year. It is very difficult without heating. It’s tough, so prepare more.”

In fact, there are some people who are not afraid of the cold, just Heishui Mohe.

They are divided into burrowing and non-burrowing.

Those who do not live in caves use branches as the skeleton, and birch bark or animal skins cover the outside to keep out the wind and rain.It is conceivable that such a house must have air leakage everywhere, and how cold it is in winter.

Those who live in caves are not much warmer, and it is even inconvenient to light a fire for heating, which is even worse.

But people have adapted to this climate, what can you do?

Human beings are of course infinitely adaptable.The savages in Tierra del Fuego are even naked in winter, but their ability to resist the cold is not comparable to that of the Han people who have just immigrated.

The Khitan people can send troops to fight in the first month. For example, in history they broke through Beijing on the Bohai Sea in the first month. They are not afraid of the cold at all, but can you do it?
Since it doesn't work, it's better to honestly prepare more firewood and burn the fire pit.

This is what the people of Goguryeo and Bohai did, and based on this, they survived the harsh winter, planted seeds in spring, harvested food in autumn, and continued to grow and develop. on one's last legs.

Civilized people must be good at using tools and use their own advantages to defeat barbarians.

"Since the officials say so, I will do as I wish." Muramasa replied.

"Are you a commoner, or a part?" Zhang Quanyi suddenly thought of something and asked.

"People."

"People" and "parts" are two concepts.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong attacked Goguryeo and captured a large number of people. They should have been rewarded to the government soldiers as slaves, but Taizong took pity on them and bought them with his own money. They were resettled in Youzhou and "pardoned as common people".

The people are good citizens, and Buqu is slaves, two different things - of course, if it is true, Daxia's Fubing Buqu can also be admitted to study and become officials, because they are "common people" in the legal sense.

"Is there a part nearby?" Zhang Quanyi asked.

"There are people in the neighboring village, all from Zhenzhou. I heard that there are two families of Chengde government soldiers."

"Do they have objections?"

"After building Miyagi for a few years, no matter how great your ambitions are, you've lost all your ambitions." Muramasa smiled wryly, and said, "Besides, what's wrong with this place? The imperial court sent troops to suppress it. Where can you escape? Mohe people are dogs? Don’t you think it’s shabby? What can Mohe people give you?”

Zhang Quanyi smiled.

He was most worried about the rebellion of the new immigrants, because they were not good people.

The thousands of households that have come this year are servants who repaired the palace city. The root cause is that they are soldiers from Hebei and their families.

Next year, there will be some people from Shu, also soldiers and their families who rebelled.

There will even be savages coming over.

Zhang Quanyi can even imagine how difficult it is for the southerners to adapt to the cold weather in Liaodong.Filled with resentment, will he rebel?This possibility cannot be ruled out.

Thinking of this, he was very worried.It’s hard to become a transfer envoy, but don’t let the successive rebellions affect your official career—the governor and commander of the capital are the first to bear the brunt of the large-scale rebellion in Liaodong, but other officials will also be implicated. The official department treats them as a whole The low evaluation, under the cover of the nest, there are no eggs!
There was a dense sound of horseshoes outside the village.

Zhang Quanyi signaled that the village was opening the small gate of the backyard, and a group of people went out to observe, but they saw a large group of Kunfa Khitan riding horses in the vast grass, marching eastward.

"The Khitan people in the Seven Sacred States are ordered to serve the king." Zhang Quanen said.

"It was ordered to deter the black water mobs." Jiang Xuanhui corrected the sentence.

Zhang Quanen glared at him.

Jiang Xuanhui shrank his head, took two steps back without any trace, and hid behind Zhang Quanyi.

"Let's go." Zhang Quanyi waved his hand and said, "Come back after winter."

"Ah?" Jiang Xuanhui was startled, and asked, "It's freezing cold, do you want to visit again?"

"If you want to be promoted, can you not pay a price?" Zhang Quanyi snorted coldly, and said, "I am old, and I have nothing else to ask for in this life. I am satisfied to be a governor. But my son Ji Zuo, Ji Zuo Sun is not good enough, if you don't lay a good foundation for them, in the next generation, the Zhang family will be wiped out by everyone."

Zhang Quanen nodded heavily.Several of his children are also young, and they really have to pave the way.

Jiang Xuanhui was somewhat disapproving.If it really doesn't work, you can intercede with Chu Jieyu and Princess Xinmi, what a big deal.

"Go to various counties for a while, and then go back to Longquan Mansion." Zhang Quanyi got on his horse and said.

Liaodong Road is currently attached to six prefectures of Shen, Xian, Xia, Mo, Meng, Le, and Longquan. It used to govern Shenzhou, but now it has moved to govern the mountain city of Chongchun River in the northwest of Huhanhai.

The terrain of this mountain city is dangerous, and it can even be called sinister, but the area is quite large.There is no need to waste it, and it is reluctant to dismantle it, so it is simply used as the office of the governor, transfer envoy, and command envoy of the Liaodong Road.

Geographically, it is located in the center of Liaodong Road.

In terms of management, it avoids the embarrassment of the road, state and county in the same city.

From a military point of view, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so that the central core will not be destroyed.

No matter from which aspect, it is very suitable as the place of Taoism.

The sound of hooves gradually faded away.

Cunzheng walked out of the courtyard, casually playing with the epee he picked up from nowhere.

After a long time, he sighed and said, "If I can survive, or even get rich, I will give Shao Shengli a tablet of longevity. If not, it's the other way around!"

As soon as the words fell, a young man turned out with a bundle of firewood on his back, and said with a smile: "Grandpa is thinking about it. If life is really hard, I will learn from that Cai thief. Farming is busy during farming, and going out to do a few jobs during slack. It's not that sad."

Villager Zheng shook his head and smiled, and said: "Erlang is right. The court is easy to fight, so it will oppose the court. Mohe people, Khitan people, and Bohai people are weak, so they beat and kill them. So, you have to practice martial arts well."

"I've been practicing." The young man put down the firewood, stretched his body, picked up a wooden spear without a gun end, and played a few times.

Muramasa watched with a smile.

His son's martial arts skills are not bad, but he dared not even rebel against the imperial court, but this kind of spirit is not enough.

Alas, one generation is not as good as one generation, and the descendants are afraid that they will be eaten to death.

Zhang Quanyi had gone far away and did not hear the conversation between the father and son.Otherwise, he would have doubted whether these new immigrants from Hebei were "common people" or not?
However, in such a bitterly cold place, perhaps only these ruthless people can stand firm.As long as they can restrain their temper, fear the military power of the court, and dare not rebel, maybe it is not a bad thing.

(End of this chapter)