Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1632 Announcement Seven
It is said that Hu Tian is snowing in August, and it will be the end of August and the beginning of September, and the first snow in Mobei has already fallen early.

Outside the stele of Jianwen Shenwu Supreme Khan, Ye Li Da Chong bowed and saluted with admiration.

Half of it was for show, after all, he was beaten by a saint.

The other half is sincere.

The supreme emperor of Jianwen's martial arts has such achievements, and all the chiefs admire him from the bottom of their hearts, and dare not disrespect him in the slightest.

At the end of the pilgrimage, when I came to the west gate of Heichengzi, I happened to meet a group of business travelers going south.

They led a large herd of cattle and sheep, talking and laughing, relaxed and comfortable.

It is not that simple to do livestock trading on the grassland.

When livestock travel long distances, they need to stop halfway to fatten up, which often consumes a lot of forage.At this time, you need to cooperate with the chiefs of each tribe, and they will prepare the hay in advance, so the route is fixed.

This kind of cooperation allowed the grassland nobles to share in the benefits of this transaction, which undoubtedly deepened the connection between the grassland and the Central Plains.

There are rumors that the saint once planned to strictly prohibit the population exchange between the grassland and the Central Plains, but to be honest, it seems that this system was not implemented in the end.

With fewer population exchanges, economic exchanges will also decrease, and the final result is to push people out. Historically, the Qing Dynasty strictly prohibited Mongolians from communicating with people from the Central Plains. It was stipulated that merchants traveling north could not bring their female relatives, which eventually led to frequent cases of sodomy among the Han Chinese who went to the grasslands...

Before entering the city, they encountered dozens of carriages transporting firewood.

This is really a good business, and everyone on the grassland needs it.

The grassland is not without woods, at least in Heichengzi, because the rivers are crisscrossed, the mountains are continuous, and the forests are extremely vast, which is quite different from other places.

In fact, from the perspective of the geography of the Mobei grassland, the Qukun River (Orhun River) and the Posuo River (Selenge River) originate from the high mountains around Heichengzi, and there are countless large and small tributaries, forming a rare land with abundant water and grass on the Mobei grassland.

From this flat grassland to the north, it gradually transitions to rugged mountains, and the forest area increases greatly. The people who live there are called "forest people" in later generations.

Therefore, Heichengzi is located in an excellent location. It communicates with the "people in the forest" to the north, and it is located on a grassland with relatively rich water resources. It can support a large population, cattle and sheep, and can support a relatively powerful tribe. It crosses the desert to the south, and can also contact the tribes of the Qinan grassland-of course, all these distances are the concept of grassland.

In the [-]th century, because Wo Kuotai was established here, it was even called the center of the world.A considerable part of the people and property that Mongolia looted from all over the world will always be sent to the Great Khan.

After the construction of Harahelin Palace (located seventy miles east of Heichengzi) was completed, the missions of King Louis IX of France and Pope Innocent IV visited successively.Here, they saw craftsmen from all over the world who built very luxurious palaces and all kinds of weird gadgets for the Mongolian Great Khan. There were also an astonishing number of people of various ethnic groups living there—of course, that would have been the period when the lost queen of Oru Lihai was in charge of the country.

However, although Heichengzi's conditions are good, he will definitely not be able to become the center of the world.The Mongols moved captives, craftsmen, nobles, and soldiers here, and they were extravagant. The price was the great famine in Mobei, and they needed to transport food from the Central Plains.

Therefore, everything must be done according to one's ability.

In Heichengzi under the rule of Daxia, farming and reclamation began three or four years ago. At that time, it mainly relied on the collection and distribution of Guanbei Road masters to carry out civilian settlements.

After several years in a row, a large area of ​​cultivated land was opened up, so the large-scale village settlements were gradually cancelled, and people were recruited to cultivate it.

As of this year (the second year of Tongguang, 917), there are six to seven hundred households around Heichengzi, most of them come from Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Suizhou and other places, and a small part come from Puzhou, Lanzhou, and Shizhou in Hedong.

At the end of this year, with the withdrawal of the last village, more than a thousand households from Henan and Hebei will move here next year.

In a sense, Heichengzi is an enclave of the imperial court on the grassland.In addition to plowing the fields, the new immigrants will also graze a group of livestock to provide supplies for the officials and warriors living in the city.

The number of warriors is three thousand: two thousand mounted infantry and one thousand cavalry.They were transferred from the Luoyang Forbidden Army, and they took turns guarding this place for three years. After three years, they returned to Han to reunite with their families—this time of three years was almost the limit that martial arts masters could accept.

When Ye Li Da Chong entered the city, he saw the defenders with bright armor and heavy swords and guns filed out of the city, and went to the foot of Yudujin Mountain for camping exercises.

There are also quite a few prairie people gathered in the city, most of them are from the nearby tribes, and before the heavy snow falls in winter, they go to Heichengzi to buy some commodities and even food.

At the entrance of a restaurant, Ye Li Da Chong saw two shepherds who had just finished eating hot pot, bargaining with the store, planning to buy a few more bags of fried rice to take home.

Hot pot is very popular on the grasslands.In fact, it is a copper pot, and the thinly sliced ​​meat is rinsed in hot water, dipped in the seasoning brought from the Central Plains, and it is very refreshing—it is very similar to the shabu-shabu of later generations.

People who finish eating hot pot here usually buy a few bags of fried rice to take home.

The so-called fried rice is actually a masterpiece of the Khitan people.They grow broomcorns in Liaodong. After harvesting, they remove the shells, steam them, and fry them again in an iron pot. The locals call them "粆糒", which is a very convenient and filling dry food. Later generations of Mongolians learned it and evolved Mongolian fried rice and fried noodles.

"Are you going to go to war next year?" The store owner is from Suizhou. Hearing that the two shepherds will transfer cattle and sheep to Beiting next year, when they filled the bags with fried rice, they couldn't help grabbing two more, and then asked: "Who are you going to go to war with?"

"A court general sent by the Supreme Emperor," the shepherd said.

Ye Li Da Chong's heart skipped a beat.

The shepherd first mentioned not the leader of his own clan, nor the tribe Yi Lijin, but the "Supreme Emperor" and the "Court".

What does this mean?
It shows that in the minds of many grassland warriors who have gone out to fight and have seen the world, they are no longer just leaders, but the figure of the supreme emperor has begun to appear.

If this trend continues to be strengthened, fixed, and publicized, the imperial court can break the barriers between tribes and occupy a special position in the hearts of the grassland people. Of course, this will take time to settle down. The sage has already made a good start, and it will depend on how future generations operate.

In the 15th and [-]th years of Jianji, Yeli Dachong's family also dispatched [-] soldiers ([-] per year) in turn to follow the saint in the Western Regions.He thought carefully about the performance of those soldiers after returning, and sighed slightly.

In just two years, these 1000 people showed signs of "changing their hearts".If it is 20 or 50 years, he can hardly imagine it.

"What? Beiwei Army? You want to join the Beiwei Army? What kind of army is that? Forbidden Army?" After filling the fried rice, the store took two more sago, one for each person, and gave them to the shepherds.

"The Beiwei army is the forbidden army, and they are rewarded a lot." The shepherd who was confirmed to be selected into the Beiwei army and sent to the Central Plains for defense said, "The forbidden army is the most capable army in the world."

"That's not right!" The shopkeeper responded, and sighed: "I didn't squeeze into the Lingzhou Courtyard back then, otherwise I would have to eat the emperor's rations in the imperial army. The imperial army is good. One person is a soldier, and the whole family has no worries. There are sufficient pensions even after death. Just fight with confidence."

"It's a pity that it can only be a few years." The shepherd threw the bag of fried rice on his shoulder, sighed, and pulled his companion away.

Ye Li Da Chong's heart was blocked again.

His family's tribe was asked to select thirty warriors who were proficient in foot combat, plus fifty warriors who were proficient in riding and archery.Hexi Road Commander Yamen will send people to the door to inspect, and those who fail to pass are not allowed.

He could fully imagine how much the awe of this group of people would diminish when they returned home after serving as the Imperial Guard for a few years.

Moreover, people like them are the seeds of fire. If the number of people accumulates enough, it may destroy the relatively simple atmosphere in the tribe, so that more people only know the court, but not the leader!
too disgusting!

But on this matter, he didn't have the guts to raise objections.Can you disobey the will of the Supreme Emperor Jianwen?

Don't talk about violating it, if he is an old man with an honorary title, don't you have to go to Heichengzi to listen to the hadith?

If you look like a bear yourself, don't blame the people below for the court.

This is the general trend, and it seems difficult to reverse it at present.worry!worry!worry!

It was almost noon, and Ye Li Da Chong, who was full of thoughts, sat directly into the restaurant, ordered a hot pot and a few plates of meat, and took a bottle of cheap fruit wine, and started to eat and drink.

And while he was eating this lunch, more than ten people came back and forth in the store, all of them came to buy fried rice.

Some of the shepherds took a few catties of wool, some took a piece of skin, some took honey, and some took the prey they had hunted, and replaced them with fried rice.

Ye Li Da Chong watched silently.

If in the past, the shepherds hunted their prey, it would be a good time for the rare tooth-making sacrifice.Gein and the others mainly ate cow and goat milk, plus wild fruits, wild vegetables, mushrooms, etc. they collected, and their lives were poor.

The hunting organized by the headmen in autumn is a rare opportunity for them to eat meat. Sometimes they even fight for the prey, which shows the value of meat.

But now they don't eat it, and would rather exchange it for fried rice, which can last for two months after being carried back. Among the dozen or so people, only three sit down to eat hot pot, and they come here for various seasonings.

The herdsmen gradually learned how to spend the most money. The grain grown by the Han immigrants in Heichengzi would help them survive the long winter.Eating meat is refreshing for a while, but when winter is so hungry that your eyes blur and you can't help but slaughter sheep to satisfy your hunger, you will know the benefits of fried rice.

People who buy fried rice are also chatting.

Some people say that they find the headmen to intercede, report them, and go to Liaodong to beat Shiwei.As long as you can survive, you can get some money and silk rewards before you leave, and you can buy fried rice, seasonings, tea and even various daily necessities directly here with copper coins and silk, and you can buy a lot of them.

As for who to fight for in Liaodong, people who didn't know at first, after chatting with people in Heichengzi for a while, naturally knew: fighting for the court and the supreme emperor-the authority of the court permeated every corner of the grassland little by little.

After eating, Ye Lida Chong paid the bill directly with Jianji Tongbao.At this time, he smiled wryly again, the imperial court is really omnipotent, everyone who uses Jianji Tongbao, after a long time, will know where the copper coins came from, who cast them, and then know the imperial court, know the Great Xia...

After walking out of the restaurant, he looked up at the most conspicuous building in the city: a pagoda.

The monks are not "nice people" either!On the surface, he is kind and kind, but secretly he is constantly instilling concepts such as Great Xia, the imperial court, and saints.

People are sometimes very strange. After hearing and seeing a lot, they will gradually recognize and accept it.

Cities, merchants, temples, government offices, forbidden troops, and even a variety of commodities are all "capturing" the grassland from another level.

This kind of attack is slow, but also firm, and there is no trend of reversal in sight.

There are two modes of getting along with the Central Plains and grasslands.

One is to close the door and even build the Great Wall, ignoring and ignoring the outside world.

The other is not to build the Great Wall, but to mix with you directly, and the mix is ​​so deep that there is no distinction between each other.

Which one is more "harmful" to the grassland?After watching it for so long, Ye Li already knew it in his heart.

In the former case, a certain grassland tribe was destroyed or even wiped out, which is a "subjugated country", but the grassland is still there.

The latter belongs to the "destroyed world", grassland Lu Chen!

Yeli Dachou sighed and left the city that made him feel depressed.

(End of this chapter)