The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 163: Abandoned land nearly a thousand miles away, only five camps flourished
"Uncle, let's be honest! Have I and the people of Wuying enjoyed the kindness of the king and the country of Dazheng in the same way? Since I came of age, I have either been doing corvee service or causing chaos in the feudal clan. Anyway, I have never had a good year. What happened in the end? I ended up with no country to rely on. Since Da Zheng abandoned me and other people, we have nothing to do with Da Zheng anymore. Everything from now on is all up to me, but according to God's will, whose word is mine It's not easy to work here." Regarding Dazheng and his second uncle, Song Yingkui thought it would be better to talk openly about it first, so as not to get into any trouble because of his vague attitude.

The second uncle was stunned by Song Yingkui's words. When he came this time, he knew that Song Yingkui might not give too much face to the Zheng government.This kid can now be regarded as a person who can be called. Last year, when Yao Dake from Qinzhou contacted him, he was met with disappointment.I just didn't expect that his resentment towards Dazheng would be so serious, and he wouldn't even say a word to him.

After a while, the second uncle said: "Kui Wa, you are also the leader of one side now, you need to know that the all-round and exquisite side is the way to deal with the situation. The five battalions hang from Xifan, Beixiang and Dazheng In the meantime, if there is no reliable foreign aid, it will not be a long-term matter to rely on a small place. It is a good thing for you to have a certain face with Da Zheng. The above words should be regarded as the heart-to-heart words between your own family members. You can’t say that.”

Seeing that he couldn't win over people with big principles, the second uncle changed his attitude very well and turned the topic to practical interests.

"Dazheng is about [-] miles away from the nearest soldiers and horses of my fifth battalion. Apart from causing trouble, what benefits can be gained by being friendly with Dazheng? If Dazheng is an enterprising master six hundred miles away, The distance is not very far, but Dazheng is determined to retreat, and the distance of [-] miles is like a natural chasm. Collusion with him is worse than eating chicken ribs. "I don't have enough education, don't lie to me.We have already learned what kind of virtue Dazheng is.If we have the leisure to make friends with Dazheng officials, we might as well put more effort into Kurosawa's affairs. They will really come to help when something happens.

"Kuiwa, you have short-sightedness. Dazheng is not as useless as you said. If you accept the seal, at least General Yao of Qinzhou will be able to deal with you openly, and the trade routes between you will be But if it is unblocked, we can get some practical benefits by doing this, right?"

This seems to make sense?Qinzhou Mansion is now the northwest gateway to Dazheng. If this business road can be opened up in a serious way, it will be a profitable direction.

Seeing the sincerity of his second uncle's words, Song Yingkui stopped talking coldly to him.As for the official document given by Dazheng, we will neither reject it nor publicize the cold treatment.

The Dazheng official appointed the second uncle as the second in command of the Wuying Army Mansion, and let him be the general judge.In Song Yingkui's place, of course it won't work.But the second uncle can't be wasted, anyway, he is the only one in the current system who has been a decent official.After thinking about it again and again, Song Yingkui added a suffix to the post of general judge of the second uncle, Quan Zhiyungu City Lord's Mansion Judge Affairs, and marked the duties.

Quanzhi Yungu City Lord's Palace Judge serves as the chief judge of the entire Yungu system, making final judgments and rulings on untried cases in Wuying and Yungu Town.Song Yingkui originally wanted to take this job on himself, thinking that after the first trials in Wuying and Yungu Towns, there would not be many cases that needed to be tried by the City Lord's Palace.

As a result, it had only been a few months since the case review system had been implemented, and the total number of households in Yungu and Wuying was only three to four thousand, but there were actually eight or nine cases brought to the city lord's palace.Judging a case is a very energy-consuming task, so let the second uncle who is re-employed share this task and use some of his spare energy.

After settling his duties for his second uncle, Song Yingkui focused on how to have a good relationship with Qinzhou General Yao Dake.There is a distance of more than 600 miles between the place under Yao Dake's control and the place under his control. Contact with him does not guarantee the smooth flow of this trade route, and the complicated territory of other forces has to be passed in the middle.Fortunately, this trade route has been slowly recovering among the people. Without any external news to prove it, the recovery can be felt from Wuying Street alone.

During the recent period, when Song Yingkui passed by Wuying Street, he could see the number of people on the street, which was much more grand than before the feudal rebellion.Since the feudal rebellion, most of the foot shops on Wuying Street have gone out of business, but now these foot shops have basically reopened, and some are even trying to expand their scale.

No wonder the passers-by said that only the Five Camps within a thousand miles of abandoned land after the feudal rebellion have become more prosperous.

The streets of Wuying are prospering again, which naturally benefits from the great development of industrial and commercial products.The ironware, wheels, cement and other products produced by the military factories are all very valuable products, and it is understandable that the merchants rushed to the fifth camp to purchase these products.In addition to the recently released woolen fabrics and the linen and wool blended fabrics that have begun to appear on the market, they are all extremely attractive goods.Furthermore, the Fifth Battalion also has a large demand for external goods. Coal from Qiancheng, iron ore from Qingdangling, wool, linen, sulfur, saltpeter, sugar and other metals are purchased in bulk by the military factory. of goods.

There are goods for export and large quantities of imported goods. The consumption power of the local people in Wuying is not low (more people are paid than other places). The internal security and business environment are good. With multiple favorable conditions, it is difficult for business not to flourish. .

In addition to the above reasons, there is another external reason. The Sichuan Road official road from Qinzhou to Wazhou has been cut off.On the Dazheng side, they directly blocked the entrance at Qinzhou Pass, strictly prohibiting the entry of feudal merchants and the exit of Zheng merchants.The Xifan side was thinking about restarting the business, and discussed with Dazheng many times to open a forecourt in Qinzhou for bilateral trade, but Dazheng did not agree to the matter due to his face.

Since the official government did not agree with trade, the people had to find a way. The mountain road from Hengchuan through Minzhou to Huichuan became the only smuggling trade route between the hinterland of Dazheng and the western frontier.After smugglers arrived in Huichuan, some would go to Yeliguan and Sanchakou, to Taozhou, Hezhou, Sunan grassland and even cross the Yellow River from Hezhou ferry to Qingfan grassland.Some came directly to Wuying, and then took the small mountain road to Qiancheng and Wazhou to sell goods. Some even went directly along the mountain road through the Qishan Mountains and Wuling to Hexi to do business.

In addition to merchant gangs from the east, merchant gangs from the west such as Wazhou, Qiancastle, and Hexi Corridor also use Wuying as an important sales and purchase site, because in addition to self-produced goods, Wuying In addition, it makes transactions more secure.Trading in other indigenous forces or cities controlled by Xi Fan will not only impose heavy taxes, but occasionally people will rob them openly.How can it be like Wuying, where the government orders are clear and orderly?
If this trend continues, it won't be long before Wuying will become a serious little pearl on the Silk Road, as many places in the northwest region will often promote themselves in later generations, a place where business gangs from east to west meet. .

(End of this chapter)