Destiny Only Han

Chapter 237
"Ginseng and antler Ulagrass..."

In the wing room of Zhuo County Magistrate's Mansion, Liu Ying looked at the dazzling array of gifts in front of her and began to count them.

Well, in fact, except for the velvet antler, the rest of the ginseng urad grass does not exist.

At that time, people did not have the habit of eating ginseng. As for Ula grass, this kind of thing is too low-grade, even the poor and white people of Wuhuan and Xianbei would not take it as a gift.

As for the tiger whip and tiger bone, it is full of...

Liu Ying looked at it and decided to send them all back to Guanzhong.

After all, he has no use for these two things for the time being.

As for the former, it is just for Lao Liu to make up for it. He has many wives and needs a lot...

Liu Ying learned through other channels that the things here are actually only a small part of what Wuhuan and Xianbei people prepared, and the rest are being transported here quickly at the moment.

In fact, many nomads or other indigenous people are really simple.

But their leader is extremely cunning.

The plan of King Wuhuan and King Xianbei is very simple. If the strength of the Han Dynasty is strong enough to fight against the Huns, then they will hold on to this thigh and not let go.

Those things that are coming are the gifts that make the Covenant happen.

If Han Guo could not give them a sense of security, after exchanging gifts accordingly, they would go back to their respective homes and find their own mothers.

They came here this time, in fact, to see Yan Guo's face.

After all, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yan Kingdom, which had never had a strong sense of existence, had most of its achievements made by the Donghu people.

For example, the five prefectures of Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong in the north of Yan State, a large part of which were once the former land of Donghu.

That's why later generations have such a saying that Rong Di is also a beast, fearing power and not being virtuous.

The reason why Liu Ying brought his newly recruited Hu Qi to the alliance this time was to deter Xianbei King and Wuhuan King and make them put away their contempt for him.

If the Huns can defeat you, then Liu Ying, who also has an elite Hu Qi in his hands, can also beat you to the sky and the earth!

In later generations, people did not call the Han clan who served in Xianbei and Northern Wei Dynasty as traitors, and this is also the reason.

Take a chestnut.

Xue Daoheng, Xue Ju, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Xue Rengui and other celebrities successively came out of the Hedong Xue family. There is a famous saying related to it, Qing is not the ancestor, but the ancestor.

The source of this sentence is that during the Sinicization reforms of Emperor Xiaowen Tuobahong of the Northern Wei Dynasty, he assigned the family status to the noble gentry below, such as the king of Taiyuan, such as Qinghe Cui.

At that time, his Zhige general, that is, the commander of the imperial guards, was named Xue Zongqi.

After Xue Zongqi saw that Tuoba Hong was unwilling to designate the Xue family in Hedong as the county surname, he went directly to the hall with a halberd to meet Tuoba Hong.

Tuobahong pointed out that the Xue family was from Shu, not from Hedong.

But Xue Zongqi said that my family has lived in Hedong for many generations, and I am no longer from Shu.

Therefore, the emperor should not regard himself as a Shu person, just as he does not regard the emperor as a Hu person...

After speaking, he slammed the halberd on the ground.

The meaning of this is obvious, either, the emperor listens to me, or, let's change the emperor today...

Therefore, Tuoba Hong had no choice but to agree to Xue Zongqi's request.

This way of getting along with monarchs and ministers is actually rooted in the constitution of the country's rights.

Until the rise of the imperial examination system, the imperial power and the aristocratic families checked and balanced each other to form a country together.

And they have a strong desire to expand their territories and shine in the annals of history.

That's why in Du Fu's military chariot line, there is such a poem that the court bleeds into sea water, and the Emperor Wu opened the border without any intention.

After the imperial examination system became popular, people found that everything was different from before.

A piece of beautiful paper, the top warriors have fought bloody battles for more than ten years!
So, rather than being a centurion, better than being a scholar disappeared.

Instead, the book has its own golden house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu.

And the well-known saying, the one who rolls the name outside the Donghua Gate is a good man!
But the butt determines the head, and civil servants from the grassroots of society naturally have a deep understanding of the suffering of the people.

So they naturally opposed the emperor to expand the territory.

If they win, the credit and land belong to the emperor and the Wuchen group, but if they lose, it is their potential tenants who die...

As a result, the martial arts of the Han and Tang Dynasties disappeared.

Liu Ying looked at the gifts from the Wuhuan people of Xianbei for a while, sorted them into categories, and turned around to leave.

In the barracks outside the city, there are still many things that he values ​​very much.

horse.

To be precise, it is a rough horse that grows in forests and meadows, fed by Wuhuan and Xianbei people.

These are the ancestors of Yan's cold-blooded horses.

To turn the land of Yanzhao into a large granary, those iron plows that need to be dragged by heavy horses are an indispensable tool.

And the nude horses of the Wuhuan people in Xianbei, with their tall bodies and thick limbs, are a good choice.

The Sharma in later generations, as well as the Hungarian horse, are the representatives.

Although they don't run fast, they can drag several tons of heavy objects and walk quickly.

What Liu Ying exchanged with him was the prairie horse bought from Hu Qi.

The reason why the Donghu people can't beat the Huns is because the grassland horses of the Huns are a kind of hot-blooded horses, which run fast and have a strong temper, and are more suitable for cavalry combat than the cold-blooded horses of the Donghu people.

As for King Xianbei and King Wuhuan who knew the general situation, Liu Ying was naturally unequivocal.

Before coming, he had prepared several large carts of high-quality silk.

These are gifts he gave back to the other party.

China is a country of etiquette, and the emphasis is on reciprocity.

Moreover, Liu Ying did this in order to cultivate the other party's consumption habits.

Something like silk sounds all sorts of high-end.

But in fact, in this era, because the silkworm breeding technology and spinning technology were not up to standard, the silk woven was smooth to the touch, but not strong.

Even if ordinary people can afford it, they will not choose such flashy things.

What they prefer is the high-quality and cheap cloth such as linen or Gebu.

As for cotton cloth, Liu Ying sent someone to write a letter to Zhao Tuo in the south half a year ago to explore the possibility of trade.

Although African cotton is far away in Egypt, Asian cotton has actually spread to Lingnan through Southeast Asia.

Just like the sweet potato and corn back then, the cotton at this time is also a kind of garden landscape...

In fact, the best choice is the continental cotton grown in America.

However, this is all about the lifetime series.

Not to mention whether he can find the seeds of mainland cotton, even if he finds them, he still needs to face a serious problem.

That is, until the Europeans landed in America, whether it was continental cotton or corn and potatoes, it was still a very primitive variety.

The early corn belongs to the series of seven melons on a vine.

On a plant as tall as a person, there are many spikes, large and small, and the largest one is no more than the size of a finger...

The reason why tomatoes are called wolf peaches is because in the early days, they not only looked hideous, but also had a touching taste.

Therefore, it is better to go home and make a net than to envy fish in Yuanyuan.

Domesticating the available species into what you want is the kingly way.

After all, the early corn and rice were similar to the dogtail grass...

In the barracks outside the city, the Wuhuan Xianbei people and Liu Ying who came to change horses and watched the horse change were very satisfied.

After the former got more high-quality war horses, it was enough to resist the small raids of the Huns.

Liu Ying, on the other hand, is more confident in plowing the land as soon as possible and rushing to plant a season of wheat.

Like Yangzhai in South Korea, Zhaodi had a lot of abandoned land after the war.

These lands only need simple weeding and fertilization, and the yield per mu can reach at least half of the usual!
At this time, the army was stationed in Zhao, and the reason why they did not launch an attack on Qi was because of the lack of food and grass.

After all, the food consumed by soldiers on weekdays is not the same as the food consumed during marching and fighting.

As for the Wuhuan people of Xianbei who went south to plunder after getting their horses, Liu Ying was not worried at all.

The land of Yanzhao has a solid Great Wall, which is enough to dissuade the Donghu people from the heyday of the past from going south.

And the most important thing is that the forests and meadows are rich enough that the Xianbei and Wuhuan people do not have a strong desire to rob others.

These places, in later generations, have the reputation of beating roe deer with a ladle to scoop fish, and pheasants flying into rice pots!

Although the winter is colder, and because of the accumulated temperature and rainfall, coupled with low productivity, they cannot cultivate a large area, but fishing and hunting alone is enough to feed themselves and exchange with others for living supplies.

To put it bluntly, the fighting desire of Donghu people who can eat well is not as good as that of Huns who are often hungry.

This is also the reason why they came from their hometown with big and small bags as soon as they heard about the alliance and trade.

But Liu Ying saw another kind of desire from their eyes.

A craving for hard liquor.

People in the more bitter and cold places actually consume more spirits.

But today, they are destined to be disappointed.

Limited by the grain production in Guanzhong and during the Chu-Han all-out war, Liu Ying's grain quota for making highly distilled wine was naturally limited.

However, after the sugar cane planted in Hanzhong has a good harvest, their demand for spirits can be satisfied.

Well, anyway, what they want is alcohol that can paralyze themselves. As for the ingredients of the drink, it doesn't matter whether it is grain, sugar cane, potatoes or bread.

Rum is also wine!
The alliance between Liu Ying and the Wuhuan Xianbei began after both sides developed a great affection for each other, and after Li Shiqi, whose leader was tested by alcohol, was knocked down one after another.

On the high platform outside the city, the two parties, commanded by the ceremony officer like puppets on a string, formally concluded the covenant after going through all the procedures.

And the business of exchanging spirits for horses reached a consensus on this.

(End of this chapter)