Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 146 Trivia Before Years
Corn, barley, tea, and ironware are probably the most popular Han products among grassland people.

Corn is eaten by herdsmen, and barley is bought back to make wine.In terms of tea, of course the tribal leaders will consume it, and the herdsmen who are a little richer will also buy some low-end tea to enjoy, which is difficult for ordinary people.

Needless to say, ironware, from iron nails, butcher knives to large iron pots, are almost in short supply.In the large blacksmith shop in the north of Xiazhou City, the business received soft hands, and they rushed to work, and the fire did not go out all night.There are even those who are doing well in business, sending people back to their hometown to call their former senior brothers over, and everyone will open a shop together to earn money from the prairie people.

Blacksmithing is probably one of the most sought-after occupations in the four states of Dingnan.

In the four prefectures of Xia and Sui, after several years of development, the two major grain production bases of Sui and Yin prefectures have begun to get on the right track, not counting fruits and vegetables. In the four years of Zhonghe, they have harvested a total of 110 million dendrobium of millet and wheat, more than [-] Dendrobium beans.In addition, Shao Shude also attracted grain merchants from Fufang, Binning, and Guanzhong to transport grain through external procurement, and then sold war horses, cattle and sheep, and medicinal materials, and bought a lot.

Among these grains, 60 hu were given to the sergeant's family.Considering that they received a large amount of rewards of cattle and sheep (four goats are worth one reward, and two lambs are worth one reward of silk), food consumption has been greatly reduced, so there is still a lot of millet and wheat flowing out of Xiazhou City, and the place is naturally the grassland .

Not to mention that grassland herders have sheep to eat, in fact, if the Han people are willing to exchange grain with them for livestock, no one will refuse.Of course, ordinary people in Xiasui still didn't have enough food to eat, and it was the sergeant's family who could directly or indirectly trade with the prairie people, and they were also the biggest consumers of various commodities in the four states.

Shao Shude is also paying close attention to this trading event.He feels that he may be the handsome guy who pays the most attention to the price and transaction volume of each commodity in the whole Tang Dynasty, and he is already planning to go back and ask a few wives and concubines to make a statistical table to see which commodities are most popular with grassland herdsmen and which grasslands Commodities are more popular in Han, and then go back to the shogunate Caos for targeted guidance.

By the way, the Feng sisters are still compiling a package of commodity prices recently.That is, based on the surveyed prices of dozens of commodities that Xiazhou people need in their daily lives, analyze their trends to see if there is any worry about inflation.In short, the principle is to keep commodity prices stable, or even fall, and reduce people's daily expenditures. For now, grain prices and meat prices have fallen, as have silk and cloth prices. Effects brought about by the sheep trade.

The only hidden worry is that the ongoing war in the Kanto region has affected the grassland commodity sales market.Now he especially hopes that Guanzhong, with a population of more than 200 million, can maintain relative calm and continue to produce enough grain, silk, tea, porcelain, iron and other commodities to exchange with the grassland commodities that Dingnan's four prefectures mainly focus on. mutual benefit.

Damn, next time whoever makes trouble in Guanzhong, I will lead troops south to kill you and maintain "free trade".

After the Heaven Sacrifice Conference, some of the chieftains of the various tribes planned to go to Xiazhou for a few days, while others went back directly.Shao Shude went south with Weicai Sudu, Yeli Jingchen, and Meizang Qingxiang. They all had houses in Xiazhou and planned to leave after the New Year.

The Dangxiang people also celebrate Han Chinese festivals at this time, and they are mainly Hengshan Dangxiang who are farming.They start the year in December, so the most important festival for them is the Winter Solstice Festival, and the second biggest festival is the Cold Food Festival.As for other festivals, they are not so common, and may not be uniform among the tribes.

After the founding of the Western Xia Dynasty, when Emperor Taizong was surnamed Zhao and named Deming, there were many more festivals, not to mention all the four seasons and eight festivals, there may still be half of them.Shao Shude also intends to gradually make party members celebrate more Han Chinese festivals. With the frequent trade and personnel exchanges, he feels that this is very likely to be done.It is not difficult for an advanced civilization to assimilate a backward civilization.

And the party members, how should I put it, they are not the same as the Uighur, Tatar, Shatuo, Khitan, Xi and other ethnic groups north of the Yinshan Mountains. They are deeply influenced by Han and Tibetan cultures, and many customs in daily life are similar or say something close.Shao Shude felt that if one had to choose an assimilation target, the Dangxiang people would be easier to assimilate than the Uighurs and Khitans.

After returning to Xiazhou, it was almost New Year's Eve, Shao Shude didn't plan to do anything anymore, and stayed at home to enjoy family happiness.The two sons and daughters are so cute, he was so happy that he rummaged through ancient books all day long, trying to come up with a good name for them.

During the period, Zhe Silun's family came to live in Xiazhou, saying that they wanted to spend the New Year with their younger siblings.Shao Shude called Zhe Siyu from the army, and together with Princess Zhe Fangai, entertained Zhe Silun's family.

Zhe Silun's eldest son, Zhe Congxue, was only four years old, and he was articulate.Shao Shude gave him a piece of jade as a present, and Zhe Fangai gave him a sachet made by herself.

With Shao Shude's rising status, the Zhe and Shao families have undergone subtle changes.If Shao's status was not as good when he married his wife, then it is completely reversed now.The Zhe family, who lived in a small place in Linzhou, has gradually been left behind several positions. Even if Zhe Zongben can now obtain the position of Jiedushi of the Zhenwu Army, there is still a lot of difference-population, economy, and army. Much worse.

Upper decision decided by the economic background.

The so-called strong army and strong town without economic support are all fake. Paper tigers can't stand a defeat if they are smashed.And this is also the root cause of Shao Shude's painstaking efforts to manage the four states of Xia and Sui. In the cruel merger and war for hegemony, repeated stalemate and see-saw scenes will inevitably appear. At this time, any thing that can win by fighting chicken blood only exists in In novels and movies, the main factors that determine the outcome of a war are cold numbers: population, food production, ordnance production, mobilization ability, logistics system, military quality, diplomatic relations, etc.

War is three-dimensional.

The gap between the Dingnan Army and the Linzhou Army is like that of an adult and a child.Shao Shude used to be a little wary of Zhejia's influence in the Pingxia Party, but after the Heaven Worship Conference, after seeing the attitudes of the ministries, he felt that there was no need for it.Leaders are not stupid, they know who is strong and who is weak, and who is more suitable to take refuge in.

On the last day of the twelfth lunar month, Shao Shude personally visited Qiu Weidao, Weicai Sudu, Yeli Jingchen, and Meizang Qingxiang, and gave them many gifts.It's the Chinese New Year, these are very important people to me, etiquette is indispensable.Song Le, who was far away in Yinzhou, also received his gift and letter of condolences. The development and stability of the town's business has been greatly contributed by the governor of Song Dynasty, and this Shao has always remembered.

After doing this, he returned home, seemingly with nothing to do.

The house has changed a lot now.

The maids are all new faces.The Weicai family, the Yeli family, and the Wuzang family all became his concubines, and they were no longer maidservants. Zhe Fangai picked more than ten decent-looking Zhe family girls from the Zhe family in Linzhou to serve as maidservants in the county prince's mansion. .

Shao Shude took a look and found that the quality was okay.How many people are there in Zhejia?How many mouths?More than a thousand mouths?He deeply doubted that at least half of the Tibetans in Linzhou had the surname Zhe, otherwise how could they pick out so many qualified maids?
Don't be afraid to steal it yourself!Someone Shao thought.

Of course, this is from his point of view. If you look at it from the princess' point of view, you might rather him steal the Zhe family girl in the mansion.It should be noted that people's energy is limited, if they can vent their excess energy on these Zhe family maids, they may be able to avoid going out to rob other people's wives and daughters.

Of course Shao is still very disciplined now, he would rather watch Xiao Feng's sword dance.

The dance is graceful and heroic, but there is also a delicate and cute feeling.

"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid?" Xiao Feng finished dancing with the sword, and said pantingly, "I cut it off with the sword... Let you humiliate me back then."

Xiao Feng said this in an angry tone, but it was not so much angry as flirting.Someone Shao likes her silly look with a bit of cuteness, which is completely different from her steady sister Cong.

After holding Xiao Feng into his arms, he wiped the sweat from her forehead and said: "I will humiliate you like this for the rest of my life, and I won't stop until my hair turns gray. Well, after death, I will have the same acupuncture point, and we will be together." The sons cannot be separated. If anyone obstructs, I will kill him."

Xiao Feng lay comfortably in Shao Shude's arms.After resting for a while, seeing that there was no one in the room, he carefully embraced Shao Shude's neck, leaned his face against his chest, and slowly turned a little crimson.

The two of them are alone, such a private space is rare, and Xiao Feng can make some intimate gestures that are usually too embarrassing to do.

"Lang Jun, I will sing you a song."

"Okay, which song do you want to sing?"

"What do you like to hear, Mr. Lang?"

"Let's change it this time and sing "Weicheng Song"."

"Does Lang Jun want to go west to Yangguan?"

"That's right. A certain has the ambition of the world, so he naturally wants to go west to Yangguan. These great rivers and mountains, so and so will conquer one by one."

"Yesterday, Yuniang said that Mr. Lang not only likes to conquer rivers and mountains, he also likes to conquer other wives."

"Ahem..." Shao Shude didn't expect Xiao Feng to speak so boldly, and he was a little embarrassed, and said: "Nonsense. The city of Youzhou was destroyed, and more than ten female family members of the Tuoba family fell into my hands. I conquered... that's all. Don't mention it, let's sing."

The heavy snow fell outside one after another, and the five years of neutralization are already a short distance away.

(End of this chapter)