My father is Yuan Shu?But I want to be a Cao thief

Chapter 474 Merging Qiang Flute
Xiqiang is located in the southwest of Xiliang.

It can be regarded as the territory of Qinghai in later generations of China, while Xiqiang is collectively referred to as the entire Qiang nationality. There are many large and small Qiangdi tribes, mainly nomadic peoples.

Of course, these people are far worse than the northern nomads.

The sense of presence has always been relatively low, but it is indeed in the hinterland of Chu Han and Xi Liang. If you are not obedient, it will be a trouble.

When Ma Chao and Han Sui confronted each other before, they often went to Xiqiang to borrow troops, and Xiqiang advocated force and always put force first, so Ma Chao's status in Xiqiang was extremely high.

As for the Western Qiang, the three largest Qiang tribes are Baima Qiang, Shaodang Qiang, and Shenlang Qiang. The three Qiang tribes are also fighting openly and secretly.

At this moment, the leader of the Baima Qiang tribe was inside the big tent.

King Baima Qiang looked at the letter from Chu and Han, and couldn't help frowning. All the leaders under his command were also filled with anger and a little unhappy.

"King Qiang, what should we do now? That Chu army is indeed extremely powerful, even that Cao Cao from earlier was killed!"

A tribal leader frowned and said solemnly.

"King Qiang, why don't we fight the Chu army? Otherwise, our Baima Qiang will surrender to Chu Han unconditionally, and there will be no Baima Qiang in the future!"

Another tribal leader came out, with a serious face, and immediately suggested.

"Fight? Hehe, how to fight? Then the Chu army has that kind of unknown artillery, which is said to have a range of tens of thousands of steps. Our cavalry will die if they can't see anyone at all!"

"That's right, how do we fight? Even if we call all the Baima Qiang, there are only [-] to [-] soldiers capable of fighting, while Chu and Han have millions of troops, and there are all kinds of artillery to help them!" Another tribal leader said with a frown.

"Desperate? King Guishuang just suffered a disastrous defeat. Don't you know? How many people are there in Guishuang? Hundreds of thousands of troops are vulnerable to Chu's defender Xu Shu!"

"The one who came here this time is Huang Zhong. This person is not only the five tiger generals of the Chu army, but also one of the army commanders. His command of the army is not much weaker than Xu Shu's, and his force is far superior to Xu Shu. How do we fight this?"

"Could it be possible to surrender like this?" Someone said with a frown in displeasure.

For a while, everyone in the tent was discussing endlessly, and they couldn't decide to pay attention. The main reason was that this Chu Feng really put them under too much pressure.

"Don't even talk about it. Resistance will surely lead to death. Aren't the Xiongnu and Wuhuan all subjugated? Could it be that we are more powerful than the Huns and Wuhuan?"

"Let's surrender, Chu Han is a huge monster, we can't shake it, let's see if surrender can give Chu Gong some rights, this may be the best result!"

King Qiang frowned, and took a deep breath. He was not someone who wanted to surrender, but if he didn't surrender, his subjects would probably be slaughtered.

"Um, here, King Qiang, do we really want to surrender?" Someone said in a deep voice, still unwilling.

"You must surrender, there is no way!" King Qiang's voice was dignified. This time, he was afraid that if he thought about it, let alone the entire Baima Qiang, even the entire Qiang tribe would be killed.

It can only be said that he can't do stupid things.

"King Qiang, why don't we contact several other Qiang kings, pretend to surrender, and then trick Huang Zhong into negotiating, and then kill him, wouldn't we win a big victory?"

Someone still didn't give up, frowning and talking.

"Hmph, stupid. Could it be that there is only one Huang Zhong in the Chu and Han Dynasties? Among the brave warriors in the Chu and Han Dynasties are Zhao Yun, Zhao Fan, Tai Shici, Xu Chu and other mighty generals, including Ma Chao, the mighty general we call him."

"What's more, the Chu army still has eight major commanders. Even if we can kill Huang Zhong, how will the other seven major commanders deal with it? Not to mention that there is Chu Feng!"

"Chu Feng is brave and resourceful, but now that he is on the throne, he doesn't often charge forward. Earlier, he led troops to fight the Huns,"

"Hundreds of black cavalry troops, out of tens of thousands of Huns, killed seven in and seven out. The Huns are no match at all. How do you compare to the Huns?"

King Qiang immediately vetoed it. It's not that he hadn't thought about it, but it was too nonsense, almost unrealistic.

"Um, this!" Everyone was silent, indeed, even if they were lucky enough to defeat Huang Zhong, so what?
At that time, the big deal is to kill a group of soldiers and horses, but there are still eight generals in the Chu army. Can they fight every time?
What's more, that Huang Zhong is not easy to fight, and if they are just set up to fight, they will only welcome the crazy revenge of the Chu army.

"Don't say too much, surrendering to Chu and Han is not necessarily a bad thing, at least the people of all tribes can live and work in peace and live a normal life!"

"Actually, you, including me, don't envy the lives of the people of Chu and Han. The kind of farming is much better than ours!"

King Qiang shook his head ridiculously. Although they could ride horses and shoot arrows, they would love each other happily, but if the cattle and sheep in the first year's reserve were not enough to eat, they could only kill horses or starve.

Especially in this place, the winter is very long in the world, and many people can't survive it. It can only be said that they yearn for the farming life of the people of Chu and Han.

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

Indeed, why don't they envy the lives of the people of Chu and Han? Of course, this premise is that the people of Chu and Han live and work in peace and contentment.

You know, whenever they are covered by heavy snow or when the cold winter is long, there is not enough cattle and sheep to eat, and the final result is to choose the young and middle-aged to stay.
Then the children and women stayed, and all the old and weak were thrown out to freeze to death, so as to reduce food intake and survive this winter.

This kind of thing happened often in previous years, so there are hardly many old people in the tribe. The old people are useless when they are old.

Instead, it will only drag down the tribe, drag down the family, and increase rations, so that the tribe's handling has always been like this.

The elderly are the happiest when the cattle and sheep are fat, because they can have a bite to eat and will not be thrown away. When the cattle and sheep are not fat and covered with heavy snow, the elderly are the worst.

"Come here, send a letter to Huang Zhong, General of the Chu Han Dynasty, saying that Baima Qiang is willing to surrender, but I hope Duke Chu will give us enough respect."

King Qiang confessed in a deep voice.

"No!" The messenger on the side recorded, and immediately rushed out.

"In addition, send a letter to the Qiang tribes such as Shenlang Qiang, Shaodang Qiang, etc., telling them that I, Baima Qiang, surrendered to Chu Han, and advise them not to make mistakes!"

King Qiang spoke heavily again, he naturally did not want to see the decline of the Qiang people.I only hope that the Qiang people will be well.

"No!" The messenger on the side rushed away again.

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September in golden autumn, the last month before winter.

At this moment, it is late September and winter is approaching.

And this day was a very frightening day for the Qiang people, because on this day the five Qiang people gathered together to meet Huang Zhong.

At this moment, the gathering place.

The five Qiang and Qiang kings came here with their respective men, and here, the Chu army was guarding everywhere, looking at their armored swords and guns, the Wuqiang and Qiang kings also took a deep breath.

The armor of the Chu army is bright, the swords and guns are shining, standing there full of momentum, it is obviously an elite army that is prohibited by orders.

"Guys, we represent the entire Qiang people. I hope you will focus on the entire Qiang people later, instead of thinking about each other!"

Bai Ma Qiang looked at the few people, and specially gave a deep warning.

"Hehe, King Baima Qiang, just take care of yourself, we know better than you!" Several people snorted coldly.

"Hehe, I hope!" King Baima Qiang snorted coldly.

As they spoke, several people entered the account together, only to see that the first person sitting was Huang Zhong, his sitting posture was straight, and his iron Fengzui knife was still placed on the knife rest next to him.

"Several Qiang kings, please sit down quickly!" Huang Zhong said with a chuckle. Before meeting with several Qiang kings, he specifically asked Chu Feng for instructions. implement.

"General Huang, you are too polite. How dare we, the tribal chiefs, be called kings!" Several people panicked and hurriedly took their seats.

"Several, my majesty said that you can make such a big compromise for the sake of the Qiang people, and you don't care about your own enjoyment. My majesty admires you all the time."

Huang Zhong stretched out his hand and signaled the guard next to him to pour tea.

"Come on, let us drink this cup first! On behalf of His Majesty, I also welcome you to join Chu Han, and the rest are colleagues!"

After Huang Zhong finished speaking, he drank it down.

A few people hesitated a little, but they all raised their heads and drank it all.

"I don't know how His Majesty plans to plan our Qiang people?" Baima Qiang King asked first, and even said with a little expectation.

"Haha, what General Baima asked is exactly what I want to say next, and you all know that our Great Chu governs the world with states and counties."

"So, my Majesty will classify the entire Qiang people into Qiangzhou, named after Qiang, and the people living there will still be your Qiang people, but they will be collectively referred to as Han people. Do you have any opinions on this?" Huang Zhong looked to the crowd and asked.

"What about us?" King Shenlang Qiang frowned.

"His Majesty Qiangzhou will send a civil servant and a military garrison to govern, and you and I will be officials of the state and county to assist in the governance of the state and county. Do you understand?"

Huang Zhong looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice.

"That's good, otherwise, if other Qiang kings are appointed, I will be the first to refuse." Shaodang Qiang king sneered.

"It's really good, I agree." King Baima Qiang also said.

For a while, all the Qiang kings expressed their approval.

"General Huang, Duke Chu can't just merge. Our Qiang people have always been surrounded by severe cold, and people have died due to insufficient livestock all the year round. I wonder if Duke Chu can solve this problem?"

King Baima Qiang hesitated a little, but asked in a deep voice.

"Haha, what General Baima asked is exactly the favorable policy that my lord has brought to you."

"My lord is aware of the ills of the Qiang people, and also knows that the Qiang people are suffering from it, so he specially formulated a very good plan."

As Huang Zhong said, he signaled the guards next to him to step forward and spread out the map on the table, while Huang Zhong took a baton and pointed.

"Now you mainly rely on animal husbandry for your livelihood, but once the winter is extended or the university is closed, many people will die, right?"

Huang Zhong said.

"Yeah!" All the Qiang kings nodded in unison.

"Well, the Bailong River is right in the middle of the Baima Qiang and the Shenlang Qiang, and this river can turn into the Qiang River, enter Yizhou, and enter Hanzhong. It can even be said that when entering Yizhou, it can flow into the Yangtze River and go straight to the entire Yangtze River. .”

Huang Zhong said in a deep voice,

"What does this have to do with us?" King Shenlang Qiang frowned and asked with some confusion.

"Hehe, of course it has something to do with it, because water transport represents business, represents the economy, and represents prosperity."

After following Chu Feng for a while, Huang Zhong felt that he could brag.

"Uh, this!" Everyone was stunned.

"There are only a few common sources of food for you, one is dairy products, which can replenish energy very well, and can also be maintained without slaughtering cattle and sheep."

"Secondly, hunting is not as good as gazelle, wolf, wild boar, roe deer, etc. This is your second source of survival."

"The third is to use Nuo Da's pastures to feed cattle, sheep and even war horses, is it possible?" Huang Zhong asked with a smile.

"That's right, that's the main thing. There are also some fishing and hunting, wild fruits and so on, but not many!" King Shaodang Qiang spread his hands and said carelessly.

"How long can a fat sheep last?" Huang Zhong asked with a smile.

"A fat sheep removes the bones, fur, etc., and the meat is [-] catties [han catty, about [-] catties], and an adult man has about five catties of meat a day, which is enough to eat for half a month."

Shaodang Qiang King spread his hands and said boldly.

"For half a month, have you ever thought about transporting these sheep to Yizhou, or Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other places for sale?"

Huang Zhong asked with a smile.

"Hmph, don't mention it, those big businessmen don't treat us as human beings, and the rice they sell is almost like eating meat. It's too bad!"

Shao Dang Qiang Wang waved his hand, with a look of reluctance on his face.

"That's an old story, so don't mention it. Wait, let me do the math for you. Eighty catties of mutton can feed one person for half a month!"

"The price of mutton in Yangzhou, Jingzhou and other places is 10-15 yuan a catty, so you can sell such a sheep for about [-] yuan."

"Nowadays, our grain price is 2-3 Wen, and 240 catties of millet can cost up to [-] Wen, and millet is as hungry as mutton."

"That is to say, you can exchange nearly four times the amount of food for one sheep. Even after removing the cost of transportation and so on, you can exchange three times the food for one sheep. That is to say, one sheep can only feed one person for fifteen days. ,

But now, one sheep is enough to feed three adult men for fifteen days. Do the math, if so, will you still be short of food? "

Huang Zhong looked at the crowd and said with a smile when he heard the sound.

This is indeed a fact. The north is good. There are Bingzhou and Wuzhou that can provide cattle and sheep, but the south has too little meat, mainly fish.

The key point is that the economy in the south is now booming, and the people have money in their hands. It is okay to buy some meat from time to time.

"This, although it is very good, but who will do it? I worry that it will be screwed up by a group of businessmen soon!"

King Baima Qiang frowned, which really moved him, because if this thing could be made, the Qiang people would not be starving and freezing to death.

"Don't worry, my Majesty has a professional chamber of commerce, and you can also send people into the chamber of commerce, so you don't have to worry about it!"

"But what I just said was just selling meat. Not only do you have sheep, you also have all kinds of high-quality mink fur, which the mainland still likes."

"In addition, the sheep and wool you eat can also be made into various cashmere clothes, which are all sources of wealth," Huang Zhong added with a smile.

"We don't know these things either,"

"My lord will arrange someone to come and teach you, so that your women and children can earn more!"

(End of this chapter)