A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 543: In this aspect of not being a human being, honorable people can always surprise you.

Some people like a peaceful and stable life, while others like a war-torn life. Some people like to be nobles in the country, and some people like to be local tyrants in the wilderness.

This is the case for those noble families who went to pioneer.

The rumble of horse hoofs sounded, and four hundred cavalry were seen rushing down like a strong wind. Four hundred fine cavalry formed a cone-shaped formation, like awls, trying to drill through the chaotic military formation.

These elite cavalrymen from Wanli Fort were condescending, and their horses were very fast. Before the miscellaneous cavalrymen could react, these elite cavalrymen had already charged over.

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With a burst of bow string vibration, Wanli Fort's elite cavalry fired arrows, and the miscellaneous cavalry were immediately shot down. Then these elite cavalry put away their bows and arrows, picked up their spears, and rushed straight into the formation from the gap just now.

The formation of the miscellaneous cavalry was originally loose. After a gap was opened, how could they stop it? One after another, the miscreants were knocked to the ground directly by the spear.

Seeing this situation, the remaining miscreants immediately dispersed and fled. The four hundred elite cavalry easily penetrated the military formation, then turned their horses' heads and began to chase the remaining people.

The miscellaneous cavalry did not confront them head-on, but kept wandering around, trying to use mounted shooting tactics to deal with these elite cavalry, but the effect was not good.

The fine cavalry of Wanli Fort did not pursue them very far. After defeating those cavalry, they returned to the fort.

After fighting many times, they knew that they could not completely eliminate Zahu now. Only when the strength to develop the territory is strong can we completely control the land here.

At the same time, the development of the south was also in full swing.

The development of the South was earlier than that of the Western Regions. After these noble families in the South established their strongholds and established a foothold, they did not immediately open up. Instead, they first adapted to the environment, built settlements, developed agriculture, and recruited manpower. They also mostly use defense against those barbarians.

The pioneering nobles in the south used completely different methods from those in the north. Because the south is mostly hilly and mountainous, with a hot climate, barbarians mostly live in the mountains and forests.

Basically, villages are the unit, and there are many hatreds between each other. The life of these barbarians is very primitive. The pioneering nobles in the south will make good friends with some village and cave owners, and then unite with them to attack those hostile villages and tribes.

Then, salt, cloth, sugar and other materials were exchanged for slaves with tribes willing to make friends. After obtaining these slaves, the pioneering nobles in the south sold some of them later and kept some for farming.

After getting familiar with the local cave owners and village owners, the pioneering nobles had a better understanding of the operations and governance methods of the barbarian tribes. So some people came up with some destructive tricks.

Most of the Shanyue and Nanman people lived in the form of villagers and cave masters. In a village, the village master had the highest status, followed by some of the leaders and minor nobles in the camp. The vast majority of the rest are slaves of these people.

Ordinary Shanyue people and Nanman people are slaves of the noble leaders and village owners. The upper-class nobles squeezed the lower-class people, and the lower-class people lived in extremely hardship. If there were no accidents, these Shanyue and barbarians would have remained like this until the end of the Ming Dynasty.

But after Daqian started to open up the wilderness, the pioneering nobles who wanted to expand began to find ways to destroy this system. These pioneering nobles developed the territory in order to increase the population and began to secretly bewitch the villagers. These people secretly told the low-level villagers that as long as they went to their territory, they would be free, and they could open up wasteland and cultivate the land. As long as they paid taxes, the remaining food would be theirs.

At first, the people of Shanyue and Nanman at the bottom naturally did not believe it. After all, Daqian is an outsider and has almost no interaction with them. These people naturally have more reason to trust the village master and the cave master.

Later, the pioneering nobles began to do these things to those Shanyue and Nanman slaves. They first told those Shanyue and Nanman slaves that as long as they worked for them for five years, they would be free, and they could get a piece of land here to cultivate on their own, and the food they obtained would belong to themselves after paying taxes.

At first, these Shanyue and Nanman slaves did not believe it, but after five years of farming, those Gan people actually gave them freedom and distributed them land. Those Shanyue and Nanman slaves immediately believed it, and even became those The fanatical crowd of pioneering nobles.

These Shanyue and Nanman slaves who originally had nothing became Daqian's most loyal supporters in a short period of time after receiving the land. He began to quickly learn Gan language, learn Gan people's customs, and wear Gan people's clothes.

At this time, except for the Gan people, the other barbarians had no concept of ethnicity at all. Even the Shanyue and Nanman people collectively referred to by the imperial court were actually divided into ethnic groups based on tribes and villages.

The pioneering nobles asked the naturalized Shanyue and Nanman people to persuade the Shanyue and Nanman people at the bottom of other villages, and the effect was far better than that of Ganren.

After all, it is easier to gain trust from people who speak the same language as them than to do it to others.

What kind of life did these people originally live in the village? Not enough to eat, not warm enough to wear, having to work for the village leader every day, and having nothing of my own. Now I see people like me before, with their own fields and houses. Although they don’t eat well, they can When you are full, you also have salt in your meals. It can be said that compared with them, this kind of day is simply paradise.

If they didn't know how those people lived, the Shanyue and Nanman people at the bottom of the village could still endure it. But after knowing that people like them suddenly lived a good life, how could they not be envious?

They can live a good life, why should we act like cows and horses? These people become unbalanced in their hearts. But considering the power of the village master and cave master in the past, these people could only think about it in their hearts.

Because of the wooing of the pioneering nobles, caravans would be sent to these mountain villages and cave barbarians within a few months to conduct transactions. Most of the traded items were salt, sugar, cloth, a small amount of ironware, etc.

These businessmen also received the request of the pioneering nobles, and took advantage of the gathering to begin subtle brainwashing of the lower-level Shanyue and Nanbarians.

Tell them about the lives of ordinary people in Daqian, and tell them that the Vietnamese barbarians who fled to the mountains to open up noble territories got their fields and houses in a few years. Now they have married their wives and are living their own lives.

On the other hand, these caravans brought a lot of luxury goods, such as silk, cane sugar, refined salt, tea, exquisite lacquerware, fine wine and other kinds of enjoyment things, which made those who had never seen What kind of world can the tribal leaders enjoy.

Few of these leaders can resist these enjoyments, and these things are valuable. Once they have enjoyed them, few are willing to give them up. But the prices of these materials are very expensive, so these leaders intensify their efforts to exploit the people at the bottom.

And this is exactly what the pioneering nobles want.

(End of this chapter)