A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 541 Colonizing Central Asia

In the Western Region, Daqian's population does not hold an advantage. Here, the population is divided into several different levels, and Gan people are undoubtedly the highest. Next is the half-blooded Ganren, whose bloodline is close to that of Ganren, who can speak the elegant sounds of Ganren, and wears Ganren clothes and customs.

Next are those other ethnic groups who are willing to naturalize. These people also have different classes. Those who can speak the Gan language and accept the customs and education of the Gan people are naturally the first class, followed by the ordinary locals. These people have no political rights and are civilians. The lowest is the slave.

After Da Gan conquered this place, he could get preferential treatment just by looking like a Gan man.

Daqian enfeoffed and developed nobles here. These people also obeyed the orders of the court, but they had a high level of autonomy. These pioneering nobles more often need to obey the orders of the Western Region Protectorate.

The ethnic groups in the Western Region are complex. In addition to the Gan people, there are dozens of other ethnic groups, such as the Huns, Wusun people, Dawan people, etc. These ethnic groups hate each other and it is difficult to live in peace.

So the Gan people selected tribes that were close to the Gan people and did not have an advantage in numbers, and asked them to serve as some low-level officials. These people were often bullied by other tribes because of their small population, but now they have the support of the Gan people to obtain official positions. After that, it was natural to deal with other tribes even harder.

The Ganren just use these people to attract the hatred of the local people. When the anger of the lower class is about to break out, they can kill these people to calm the anger of the lower class. As long as it lasts for a few years and the number of people increases, the place will be stable.

All the pioneering nobles who were enfeoffed by Daqian must, after successfully establishing themselves, send their princes to Luoyang, the divine capital, in accordance with the laws of Daqian Kingdom. The royal family specially built the Zhuxia Academy in Luoyang, allowing the princes of the overseas vassal states and pioneering nobles to come and learn Daqian culture.

This method is to let them remember their identity and improve their centripetal force towards Daqian.

After all, when the pioneering nobles arrived in the wilderness, the population was not large at first. The first and second generations were fine, but by the time the third generation came they would be affected by local customs and culture. If they fail to persist, these Gan people will be assimilated by the barbarians in a few generations.

Naturally, the royal family would not allow this situation to occur, and naturally wanted to continuously strengthen the customs and culture of Daqian. This is also the reason why the pioneering nobles will invariably elevate the status of Ganren.

In addition to these, all pioneering nobles and vassal states must pay tribute to Daqian every three years after building a city or establishing a country, and a large tribute is required every ten years. In other words, after two small tributes, the third time will be postponed for one year and will be used as a major tribute.

Of course, according to the tribute rules of Daqian, this would not happen. The country that came to pay tribute would bring a tribute of 10,000 guan, and the court would give back 20,000 guan. This is a stupid operation.

The royal family will not engage in this kind of ostentation, regardless of economic interests, only looking at face, but both face and heart. If foreign vassals pay tribute, the imperial court will reward them with items of equal value.

Of course, the price of these items in Luoyang is equivalent to the tribute paid, but when these foreign envoys return with rewards. These items can be sold for several times the price locally.

The imperial court knew this very well. If it looked like this, the envoys would make money every time they came. After all, if a caravan travels thousands of miles and sells goods, it will also make huge profits.

Since then, every time those foreign vassals send envoys, they will become very active. Of course, in order to prevent these envoys from taking advantage of this opportunity to do business, the imperial court would also limit the number and size of the envoys.

Zhang Heizi was about to go in and talk to the head of the Liu family about the price, and then place a deposit for them to buy specific silk and Shu brocade. Suddenly, the big bell in Wanli City was heard ringing. Pedestrians on the street immediately ran to their homes regardless of doing business. The serfs who were farming outside the city also ran towards the city.

"There are thieves coming to Wanli Fort to cause trouble. All peasants and soldiers are armed and go to the training ground to listen to orders. Those who are not late will have thirty sticks!" As the bell rang, a horse-riding Wuhou shouted along the street while beating the gong.

At the same time, when the peasants and soldiers in the city heard the bell, they immediately dropped their tools and shouted to their servants to help put on their armor. After finishing putting on their armor, they immediately rode to the school grounds with several soldiers from Yi.

Zhang Heizi, as the uncle, immediately ran to the school grounds, cursing as he ran: "These thieves are here to rob again. This time we must deal with them severely!"

In less than two quarters of an hour, hundreds of soldiers in the city had assembled.

Although these soldiers were nothing in Daqian's country and their equipment was average, compared with those barbarians, they were completely crushed.

Ever since the Hanoi Ma family established their foothold here and established Wubao, there have been several attacks by miscreants every year. As the uncle of Wanli Fort, Zhang Heizi has fought several battles with these miscreants.

He didn't take these bastards seriously at all. If it weren't for the lack of troops under his command, he would have killed them all long ago.

Zhang Heizi drew out his horizontal sword and got on his horse. More than a hundred armored soldiers had gathered in the school field. They all carried crossbows on their waists and held long spears. The generals behind him were also wearing armor and carrying bows, arrows, swords and guns.

Zhang Heizi saw that another uncle, Liu Dalang, was also there, and he immediately felt relieved. He immediately rode over and said, "Liu Da, the guard is not here, and the barbarians are attacking. You stay in the city to defend it, and I will take a hundred soldiers." Three hundred auxiliary troops came out of the city to fight."

"Okay, all the soldiers are on horseback, and the three hundred auxiliary soldiers are also equipped with good horses. Leave fifty soldiers in the city, and then recruit all the men in the city who are over fourteen years old and under forty-five years old, and we can gather five hundred people. , you are out to contain them, and we will cooperate with each other to teach those bastards a lesson." Liu Da said confidently.

Zhang Heizi thought for a moment and immediately agreed. Then he got off his horse and shouted to Ma Yong's ten-year-old eldest son: "Give the black bird flag to a certain family. You can follow Uncle Liu and stay in the fort honestly. Don't worry, those bastards can't win!"

"How can Uncle Zhang look down on people so much? My nephew has worked hard and practiced martial arts since he was a child. He can ride a horse, draw a bow, and wield a sword. He is a dignified and capable man. How can he be a coward? I don't think so either. Go into battle and kill the enemy!"

"Hahaha, what a good boy, you have the demeanor of being a father-in-law!" Zhang Heizi laughed and praised: "He is our godfather, but this Wanli Fort is more important, it is our home!"

After saying that, he looked at the soldiers who had formed a team in the school grounds and shouted: "Those bastards are here to rob, do you dare to go out with a certain family to kill thieves?"

"Don't worry Zhang Tou, a certain family wants to chop off a few more heads so that they can earn more acres of farmland and more slaves for their children and grandchildren!" Someone immediately shouted loudly on the school grounds.

"Okay! Then attack with X and chop off more of his heads!" Zhang Heizi waved his hand and rode in the lead. A black bird flag unfolded behind him, and hundreds of cavalry swarmed out of the fort gate.

(End of this chapter)