Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 429 Uighur Trade
Under the leadership of Lao Zai, Li Fusheng found the best bowsmith in the city.

The Khitan people are half-nomadic and half-agricultural, and they have their own way of making bows and arrows.

In many cases, the bow and arrow shooting skills of nomadic people are better than those of farming people, not only because of living habits, but also because of materials and resources.

For example, the bow in Lao Zai's hand is made of dense cold wood, which is strong and flexible, and is a high-quality bow and arrow material.

However, most of the bows and arrows used in the current Datang style are made of fast-growing wood, which is light in weight and easy to break.

The bowstring is also woven with a mixture of horse tendon and beef tendon, which has excellent elasticity.

When Li Fusheng touched the longbow, he felt that it was a work of art rather than a weapon.

"We can go patrolling the forest!"

Old Zai did not teach Li Fusheng archery, but only explained some wild survival skills, and then took Li Fusheng to the forest in the valley.

Walking along the edge of the forest, Li Fusheng felt back to his childhood.

The fresh air, the towering forest, and the sounds of various animals from the forest all make people who have worked in big cities feel refreshed.

The job of the two was to patrol the forest along the edge of the forest, and Lao Zai's hunting dog kept running back and forth between them.

Li Fusheng couldn't help but chatted with this NPC:
"Old Zai, has your tribe always lived here?"

Old Zayi said in proficient Chinese: "We lived here decades ago, and those of us who are familiar with Khitan live by trading with Datang."

"Risk Khitan?"

"This is what your Han masters said. Khitan people who can speak Chinese are called Shu Khitan. If there are people in the north who can't speak Chinese, they are called raw Khitan."

Li Fusheng nodded, and Lao Zai said:
"When there was no war before, the tribe could live a good life relying on trade with Datang."

Old Zai pointed to the mountains and forests and said: "For us Khitan people, the white mountains and black waters are treasures. The delicacies in the mountains, ginseng, and pearls from the sea can be sold for a lot of money."

"But it can't work now. Since the war started, Hedong has often rushed to Songmo to arrest Ding. My two sons have been arrested and served as soldiers. The old man can only hide in the mountains with his grandchildren."

"We didn't come down from the mountains until Dudu Fang came to Tongliao to build the city."

Then Lao Zai made a silent gesture, and Li Fusheng immediately stopped talking.

Lao Zai pointed forward, only to see a small snow-white creature on the snow not far away.

Li Fusheng looked carefully and found that it turned out to be a white ferret.

Old Zai slowly took out the bow and arrow, held his breath and focused on aiming at the ferret on the ground.

With a bang, only the bow and arrow flew out!
Old Zai's archery skills are very good, this arrow directly shot through the ferret's eyes!
The hound rushed up immediately. This old hound was very humane, knowing that this was a precious prey, and it was only for the ferret to spin around to prevent other predators from snatching the ferret's body.

Old Zayi walked over with Li Fusheng and picked up the dead ferret on the ground.

Old Zai said: "The most expensive thing about this ferret is this piece of skin. If a bow and arrow shoots through the skin, it won't be able to sell for the price."

It turned out that it was for this reason that old Zai shot ferrets in the eyes with bows and arrows.

At this moment, old Zai pointed to the front again and said, "There is a rabbit over there, try it?"

Li Fusheng also had some itchy hands. He untied the bow and arrow he was carrying, and stretched the bowstring to face the rabbit on the snow in front of him.

Although Lao Zai also talked about the key points of archery before, this bow and arrow is not so easy to use.

Li Fusheng tried his best to aim, but his fingers kept shaking.

Old Zayi watched patiently as Li Fusheng shot an arrow, but it landed on the snow beside the rabbit, scaring away the white snow rabbit.

Old Zai smiled slightly and said, "Take your time, this bow and arrow cannot be practiced in a day."

However, Li Fusheng was amazed by this primitive hunting experience. If he wanted to enjoy this kind of hunting in the real world, he would never have a chance if he was not a billionaire.

I didn't expect to experience such a hunting trip for free in the game.

Li Fusheng thought of the carefree days of shooting birds with a slingshot when he was a child, and he quickly became addicted to "The Wind and Cloud of the Tang Dynasty".

While Li Fusheng was enjoying the primitive wildness, a new batch of goods arrived at the Uighur trading post in Seoul.

Timur, the Uighur propaganda envoy stationed in Uighur Ke Seoul, is the person who is now the talker of the Tang Dynasty in Uighur.

In the current Longyou system, the responsibilities of the Consolation Envoy are very important, and Timur is in charge of all the affairs of the Tang Dynasty in the Uighur.

Fortunately, Timur's parents are diplomats. He lived with his parents in embassies abroad when he was a child, and he got started quickly with these affairs.

Timur is now the guest of Uighur Mou Yu Khan, and even Mou Yu Khan still relies heavily on Timur's advice.

The Uyghur trade is a top priority, and Timur naturally wants to check it himself.

After checking the bows and arrows in the box, Timur said, "The bows and arrows have been removed from the list of contraband?"

The player in charge of escorting the goods, Bo Yang, said: "At the end of last month, the Salt and Iron Tax Department and the General Staff had a meeting. Now the threat of wooden bows and arrows has been greatly reduced. Free trade is already possible for vassal states like the Uighurs."

Timur picked up a bow and arrow, which was Datang's standard bow and arrow from the feel.

The performance of this kind of bow and arrow is average, all the fast-growing woods in the temperate zone are used, and the quality of the bowstring is not good.But the advantage is that it is cheap and can be manufactured on a large scale.

Bo Yang said: "The steam musket factory in Guazhou is already debugging equipment, and it will be able to produce muskets soon. These bows and arrows are given to the Uyghurs, so what kind of trouble can they cause? Besides, who can't make bows and arrows? Now we in Longyou There is no need for an embargo on bows and arrows."

Timur asked, "Is Longyou ready to make guns?"

"Handmade firearms have already existed. This time it is a firearms factory driven by steam engines. The production capacity is estimated to be [-] pieces a month. I heard that something went wrong during the debugging process and the progress was delayed. Otherwise, production can already start now. .”

"What kind of gun was made?"

Bo Yang is also very concerned about the development of weapons, he said:

"Arquebus is too outdated, this time the mass production is the classic flintlock."

"As long as the flintlock guns are produced, the Uighurs will become a grassland nation singing and dancing."

Timur smiled knowingly.

Bo Yang said: "The General Staff Office has already studied the report of the Consolation Envoy last time, giving the Uighurs some obsolete weapons and letting them clean up the surrounding tribes in a planned way. This is also beneficial to us in Longyou."

"That's why the Staff Office and the Salt and Iron Taxation Bureau reported to King Jianning and released the export restrictions on a batch of obsolete weapons such as wooden bows and arrows."

Timur said: "It should have been like this a long time ago. Don't those people in the Salt and Iron Taxation Bureau know the importance of the economic cycle?"

"The Uighurs bought our weapons, captured the slaves of the surrounding tribes, and then sold the slaves to Ge Luolu's mines."

"Use the exchanged money to buy our Datang's products. This is the perfect business closed loop."

"Now the Uighurs are all thinking about the great Tang Dynasty."

Bo Yang said helplessly: "There is also a market in Longyou for the Uyghur wariness theory. Many people are complaining that we are Shanxi merchants, saying that we are breeding tigers, and the salt and iron tax bureau has great resistance."

Timur said: "Let these keyboard warriors do this as a consolation mission! With such a large territory in Mobei, all kinds of nomads can be killed. Today, if the Uyghurs are gone, there will be Khitan, and if Khitan is gone, there will be Khitan Jurchen, are they going to kill the entire northern border?"

"The Sui and Tang Dynasties' division of restraint is the best way. When firearms become popular, the nomadic people's advantage in riding and shooting will be completely eliminated. At that time, won't they be a family that is good at singing and dancing?"

Bo Yang nodded and said, "The staff office also thinks so. The Uighur took the initiative to make peace with the Tang Dynasty, and the attitude of submission is obvious."

"This Mou Yu Khan has just succeeded to the throne, and his position is not very stable."

"The Pugu tribe we support is also on the rise. This time, the Princess Guangqin who is related to us is also from the Pugu tribe of the Tang Dynasty. He is related to the Pugu tribe."

"The staff office means that it is best to create a binary and unstable situation in the Uighurs."

Timur said: "It is already being done. The Uighur Khan's wife is titled Ketun, and she also has a lot of power in terms of law."

"We have been wooing the Pugu clan all the time. Now the Pugu clan is stationed in the forest of steles, and they are the first Uighur tribe to cooperate with us."

"After the marriage is successful, we will promote the union of the Pugu clan and Xin Ketun."

Bo Yang continued: "It's best for the Propaganda Envoy to have a plan in advance. I'm just conveying the advice of the General Staff Office. The specific implementation depends on the Xuanwei Division."

Timur asked again: "Where did this princess go? When will I be able to arrive at Uighur Yazhang City?"

Bo Yang said: "I heard that we have only just arrived in Wuwei, and the sending missions have to go to Shazhou to meet King Jianning first, before they can go north to Uighur to get married. It seems that this Ke Dun can arrive in the grassland before the end of the year. It's not bad."

Bo Yang remembered another thing and said:

"The staff office asked Xuanwei Division to continue buying Uyghur horses. Isn't it going to be winter soon? It will reduce the burden of raising horses for Uyghurs."

"In addition, Longyou also vigorously brought in the Uighurs who know how to raise horses. Now the treatment at Shandan Racecourse is good. The Xuanwei envoy can help spread the word."

Timur agreed one by one.

The two stood on the edge of Yazhang City, looking at this city that is becoming more and more "Longyou", Timur couldn't help but sigh:
"Sure enough, as long as people live a good life, they will never go back. The pastoral pastoral scenes where cattle and sheep are underestimated by wind and grass are becoming more and more difficult to see."

Bo Yang said: "The pastoral songs are nothing more than the petty bourgeoisie's unrealistic dream of farming and animal husbandry. The wave of industrialization will eventually swallow everything."

"Not to mention the people on the grassland, no one wants to live the primitive life before."

(End of this chapter)