Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 950

At night, the Liuhe tribe lit a bonfire and slaughtered cattle and sheep. It was very lively.

Wang San was amazed at the enthusiasm and hospitality of the Qiang people. Old Wang smiled and said to him, "That's what you see now. It wasn't like this in the early years. I think I came to Tao County with a business for the first time, but I hired a lot of people. Hundreds of guards escorted several of our caravans. Just like that, we encountered several waves of robbery."

Especially in the early years, it was even more chaotic.

People from Tuyuhun in the west came over from time to time, inciting the Qiangluo on this side to become agitated.

"Since our Modao King pacified Guanlong, the Qiang people here have become more hospitable."

After the Qin army arrived in Guanlong, it brought not only strong deterrence of force, but also order and business opportunities. The rise of the border market allowed the Qiang people to enjoy the benefits of stability and transactions, so everyone no longer Attack each other and become hospitable.

The freshly slaughtered sheep, roasted on the fire and sprinkled with the salt brought by the old king, is already very delicious.

Another bowl of butter tea will be even more delicious.

Wang Sanyi was not very used to the taste of butter tea at first, but gradually he found it very tasty. According to Lao Wang, these Qiangluo women worked very hard. Go to the tent and start beating ghee.Ghee is the cream that is finally separated from milk and goat milk through continuous stirring and pressing.

From dozens of catties of milk, only a small ball of ghee can be produced. These ghee are very precious things, both nutritious and delicious.It is also the wealth of the Qiang tribe. In the past, they also exchanged butter for salt.

Wang San remembered the lessons taught by the teachers during the training in the Chang'an Lecture Hall of the Pro-Army Captain's Mansion. During the class, he felt that the stories the teachers taught were fresh and strange, but he didn't feel much, but now he really went deep into these barren places. Only when you come to Qiang Luoli to drink tea and eat meat with them, can you feel that these Qiang people are not actually the kind of people with blood like Maoqin in the legend, they are also a living group of people.

A small tribe with a few hundred people is really inconspicuous. If you send out a battalion of millions of troops in the north and south of the Great Qin Dynasty, such a tribe can be easily wiped out.

The patriarch was very generous, and he took out the wine and tea he had just bought to entertain the guests.

The elders and young adults in the tribe were also ranked according to their seniority, sitting together drinking and eating meat, while the women and children in the tribe were a little outside, drinking broth as well, and even started dancing when they were excited.

Old Wang said to Xiao Wang with a smile, "Drink less, kid, there are better things waiting for you at night."

Wang San didn't know what good things would happen at night, until the party ended, Lao Wang left with a smile, and the patriarch's eldest son, Baima, came over and took his hand.

"Third brother is going to sleep in my tent tonight."

Wang San didn't take it seriously at first, but the white horse took him to his tent and pushed him in. He couldn't go in by himself, and only left a sentence, "Third brother, have fun tonight, and I will invite you to drink tea tomorrow morning." .”

A little drunk, Wang San entered the tent, only to find that a pile of charcoal was burned in the dim tent, and there was a woman inside.

"I am Baima's wife, a distinguished guest of the Han family, please stay tonight."

Wang San was surprised and felt that the alcohol had gone a little bit. When he saw Baima's wife coming up directly, he took off his clothes. He thought that he might have met a fairy dance.

Could it be that the white horse wanted to blackmail him?

He flinched back, at this moment the woman froze for a moment, then burst into laughter.

The woman told Wang San one of their customs in Chinese, which she was not very proficient in. It is said that some tribes of the Qiang people have a custom of letting young women live with the Han people in the Central Plains before they get married, and they are proud of it. Sometimes, the parents of the Qiang people will proudly announce that my daughter has lived with some Han people, and the more they live with the Han people, the more honorable they are.

But ordinary Qiang people don't have this chance.

Therefore, if there are Han people who come to the tribe or pass by, they will warmly entertain them to stay and stay, and then let their wives and daughters entertain them. If they can get pregnant because of this, it will be a happy event.

They call it Duzhong, and they will value the children left by the Han people very much.

It was the first time Wang San had heard of such a custom, so he couldn't help being dubious.

The wife of the white horse told Wang San that these tribes are located in remote places, and they often do not meet other tribes all year round. Those few have been intermarried like this for thousands of years.

Therefore, the degree of species is actually to improve the race and avoid the weakening of racial reproduction after several tribes have been married for many years.Although these tribesmen do not know how to say that intermarriage of close relatives may give birth to deformed children, they also have gained experience in real life, knowing that children of close relatives are born weaker, and children born from intermarriage with more distant tribes are weaker. strong.

So slowly, there is this kind of custom.

In the eyes of the Han people, bloodlines should never be messed up. Han men would never want their wives to have an affair with other men, let alone raise children for others.

But the Qiang people need strong children even more in order to reproduce their tribe.

Regardless of whether it is from the seed or their own, as long as they are raised by themselves, they will generally treat them as if they were their own.

Baima's wife had given birth to several children, but Baima saw that Wang San was young, so he wanted his wife to find him to breed and give him a stronger child.

"Old Wang, oh is that my uncle?"

Baima's wife told him with a smile that Lao Wang had been with them for more than ten years. Lao Wang had left seeds for many women in the tribe. Now there are many children in the tribe, all of whom are Lao Wang's seeds.

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In the early morning of the next day, the white horse arrived early, and he was very happy when he saw that his wife made an exception today to milk the milk and make butter, and was still sleeping on the blanket.

"Is it done?"

The wife nodded to him.

So the white horse excitedly pulled Wang San up, claiming that he was the best brother, which made Wang San uneasy.

It wasn't until after breakfast that Wang San felt a little more at ease.

According to the tradition of Liuhe, now Wang San and Baima are brothers.

"Brother Baima, do you know which tribes Tianzhu King's envoys have been to, which tribes rejected him, and which tribes agreed to his request to send troops?"

Wang San talked about business.

Baima was happy all morning, and he told everyone that the Three Kings brothers spent the night in his tent last night, and everyone congratulated him.

Someone even started to invite Wang San to spend the night in his tent tonight.

"I've heard that most tribes rejected King Tianzhu's envoy, but some tribes agreed. There is a Sima tribe tens of miles away from us who agreed, and they are probably about to leave."

"How many people are there in their tribe?"

"About 500 people."

Wang San pondered in his mind for a long time, then he took Baima's hand, "Brother Baima, I have a big deal here and I want to do it with you, I wonder if you would like it?"

(End of this chapter)