Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 259

Southern Huns (formerly Wuhuan area/Korqin grassland)
On the vast prairie, many Huns were drinking and having fun.

It has been more than ten years since they were moved here by the Han court. At first, they still missed the Hetao Plain, but now they have settled here.

Although the land here is not as fertile as the Hetao Plain, the advantage is that it is far away from the Han court, which makes them feel more freedom, and it is very convenient to carry out smuggling trade here.

When I was in the Hetao area, although there were occasional Han merchants who smuggled goods to the Southern Xiongnu, the amount was too small.

Since coming to this grassland, I no longer have to worry about trade issues.

I don't know why, but the smugglers here are very courageous. They not only smuggle armor, crossbows, iron weapons, etc., but also a huge amount. They are a group of people who don't care about anything just to make money. As long as there is profit, no matter what, they Can do it all.

This made the Huns feel the warmth of home.

The only trouble is that the Xianbei people in the north always like to go south, and then they will fight with the Huns by the way.

Once upon a time, the incomparably brilliant Huns were the overlords of the grasslands, but now, the Huns can't defeat a group of scattered Xianbei tribes without Shanyu.

It's really a tiger falling and Pingyang being bullied by a dog!
Ten years ago, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Han Dynasty, the Southern Huns plundered and looted a lot of wealth and young girls in the territory of Youzhou in the Han Dynasty.

After the Great Han quelled the civil strife, it finally freed up its hands to clean up the Southern Huns by the way, but the Han court only beheaded the Southern Huns' Chanyu, and then re-established a pro-Han Shanyu, without any other punishment.

No matter where, the boss who is forced by the suzerain country generally does not have much authority, and the Southern Huns are no exception.

Although the Shanyu of the Southern Xiongnu was pro-Han, it was meaningless, because everyone regarded him as a tool to avoid the punishment of the Han court. The actual power was in the hands of the nobles of the Southern Xiongnu, and the Southern Xiongnu Shanyu was just a display.

We nobles went to rob the Han land, and sent Shan Yu to the Han court to beheaded when the Han court came to punish them aggressively. This kind of thing is not once or twice.

You can kill our Shanyu at will, and we will rob whenever we have the opportunity.

While the Southern Huns were still singing and drinking, many carriages came from afar.

Looking at the skull flag hanging on the carriage, the Huns knew that it was their old friend who had come.

"You guys are here again, do you still have those [fine wine]?" A Huns who can understand Chinese asked impatiently.

"Of course there are, my lord." These carriages are naturally the smuggling caravans of the three major families. The three leaders are the children of the three families of Wang, Zhang and Li. The nobles of the Huns are adults.

Some people may say that adults are a respectful title for their parents, but this is the grassland after all, it is the territory of the Huns, and it is enough to make money, not to mention the nobles of the Huns, even if they are called His Majesty the Emperor of the Huns.

The children of the three major families have learned the Hun language long ago, so that it is convenient to carry out smuggling trade with the Huns.

The carriage drove into the Shanyu Court of the Southern Huns, and all the Huns were eager to see through it, especially when they saw the wine jars on the carriage, their eyes lit up.

There are many kinds of goods on the carriage, including: [fine wine (adding cold stone powder)] [wool sweater] [cloth shoes] [cloth clothes] [silk] [armor (monkey version)] [strong crossbow (monkey version)] 【Spear】【Spear】【Sea Salt】【Human Oil】【Iron Pot (Inferior Version)】

Because the smelting technology of the Wang family is higher, they have already mastered the iron pot technology, while the Central Plains is still in the iron tripod technology, and the grassland has no iron smelting technology.

However, in order to save materials, the Wang family's iron pots are divided into two types, one is used in their overseas colonies, and the quality must be guaranteed, and the other is sold to the grasslands and the Central Plains, and the quality is very poor.

Moreover, the Wang family imposed a technical blockade on the iron pot technology to strictly prevent the Central Plains and grasslands from breaking the technical barriers made by the Wang family. They wanted to use iron pots to manufacture this high-tech core technology, which severely stuck the people of the Central Plains and grasslands.

Previously, the head of the family, Wang Wei, wanted to spread the Wang family's iron pot technology to the Central Plains, but it was unanimously rejected by the family council.

But Wang Wei is indifferent to fame and wealth, and now he can't come up with interests that can interest the Wang family, so he can only leave Liaodong with a sigh, and go to Liangzhou to teach the way of saints.

"Unless the court is willing to give us 30 billion, we will never let go of the iron pot technology!" Wang Jiacheng said.

30 billion is really a scary number.

Even the former Han, who had stronger control and land annexation was not as serious as it is now, had a total fiscal revenue of only about 100 billion a year.

However, in the Han Dynasty established by Liu Xiu, the annexation of the gentry's land was too serious, so the current annual fiscal revenue of the imperial court is only 70 billion, and this revenue is still declining year by year.

The Wang family's annual financial income is 14 billion, which is already equivalent to one-fifth of the Han court.

In other words, as long as there are five large families like the royal family, they can stand against the entire Han court.

The Huns bought goods from Liaodong, and Liaodong bought livestock from the Huns, and everyone got what they needed.

Among the many goods, [Wool Fleece], [Iron Pot] and [Sea Salt] are just needed. In this windy prairie, it is easy to freeze to death in winter without a woolen sweater, and there is no way to eat and cook without an iron pot. All food can only be roasted, and without salt, there is no strength to work.

All kinds of iron weapons and equipment can be bought according to the situation, generally enough is enough.

As for silk and wine, only aristocrats would buy some in small quantities for enjoyment, and the demand was very small.

However, the Wang family's special [Qingjiang Wine] is different, really different.

At first, the Huns were reluctant to spend money on wine, but the Wang family said that they would give away a can of [fine wine] for free when they bought a cart of woolen sweaters. After this preferential policy lasted for one year, the Huns happily agreed.

Why not do it if you can go whoring for free?

As more and more Xiongnu nobles drank [fine wine], they gradually became addicted, and could not live without [fine wine].

Every time after drinking [fine wine], the nobles of the Xiongnu were so excited that they had to arrest and ravage the girls of the tribe immediately.

After each time they have a good time, they will enter a short-term state of sages, reflect on their behavior, and then make up their minds to quit drinking, and never drink [Qing Jiangjiu] again.

But in less than an hour, their desire for [fine wine] will make them lose their minds. In any case, no matter how much they pay, they must drink [fine wine]. It's addictive.

A large number of Xiongnu nobles became "alcohol addicts". In order to drink a can of [fine wine], they even did not hesitate to pull out and sell all the livestock in their tribe, and even went bankrupt.

(End of this chapter)