At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

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"Hahahaha!"

Dong Dana couldn't help laughing when he heard what the Yao chief said.

The chief of the Yao tribe was a little confused and asked: "Why are you laughing? I didn't buy the brocade robe with money. Wasn't it robbed?"

Dong Dana puffed up his chest and said slightly shyly: "It seems that the chief has stayed in the mountains for too long and knows nothing about the great changes in the outside world. He has no idea what Nanzhong is like now."

The chief of the Yao people said with some confusion: "Nanzhong has been like that for hundreds of years. It is not much different from us Yao people. Almost all of them live in the mountains and forests, making a living by fishing and hunting, supplemented by farming."

"Did something happen to Nanzhong now?"

Dong Dana smiled and said: "Does the chief know that the Han Dynasty is now divided into pieces?"

The chief of the Yao tribe said: "I have heard a little bit about it."

Dong Dana continued: "Does the chief also know that a great hero has appeared in the south of Jiuzhou, occupying the three states of Jing, Yang and Yi? He has thousands of generals and millions of soldiers under his command. He is the lord of Chu State. Is this the king?"

The Yao chief was indeed a little surprised now.

In fact, if Shixie had not sent people to the major tribes in Yulin County many times and given them a lot of money, food and materials for free, I am afraid that the Yao chief would not even know that Jiaozhou was controlled by the Shi family.

Although the Yao people are scattered throughout Yulin County, due to underdeveloped farming technology and living on fishing and hunting, the tribal population cannot develop at all, and the living environment is also relatively poor.

"Can barbarians also be knighted?"

"Treat everyone equally, do you know what that means?"

The chief of the Yao tribe listened to Dong Dana's description of the current situation in Nanzhong and learned that not only did the state of Chu not prohibit the transportation of salt, iron and other controlled materials to the barbarians, but the barbarians could even get appropriate extra points when participating in the imperial examinations held by the Chu state government. , the Yao clan chief couldn’t help but feel envious.

The Yao chief was dumbfounded.

Seeing that the chief of the Yao tribe had indeed never heard of the King of Chu, Dong Dana immediately began to tell the story of the King of Chu with respect on his face.

They have lived in the mountains and forests for a long time, and the Yao people in Yulin County are very exclusive of outsiders and rarely trade with other people, so the news is very limited.

"Even the children in the tribe can go to the academy to study for free, and the government will also provide the children with lunch every day."

Dong Dana looked at the expression on the Yao chief's face and said with some ostentation: "What does this brocade robe mean? The chief may not know that the Nanzhong barbarians, Ba people and Wuxi barbarians in Chu State can only be found in the government By registering a household registration, you will have the same rights and interests as Han people."

Dong Dana said: "It wasn't possible before, but now we live under the rule of the Chu State. Regardless of Han people or barbarians, as long as they register their household registration with the local government, they will all be treated equally."

If the Han people can treat the Yao people equally, then the living standards of the Yao people will definitely improve a lot.

"We can join the army and even serve as officials just like the Han people. As long as we have made enough achievements, it is not impossible to be appointed as a general."

Even the Nanzhong barbarians rarely came to Yulin County for trade because their tribe did not have sufficient supplies before.

When he heard that Dong Dana's brocade robe was a reward for his military exploits in the southern expedition to Piao, he suddenly realized it.

It took half a day for the Yao chief to know that such a powerful political power had emerged in the north of Jiaozhou.

"The Barbarian King Gaoding and his general E Huan were not only rewarded with a lot of money and silk, but were even given a title because of their great achievements in the conquest of Piao. They are really enviable to others!"

As a result, the Yao chief did not know that Zhou Qi was in the south of the Yangtze River and claimed to be the King of Chu.

This is why, whenever the population of a tribe expands to a certain size, it will disperse into several small tribes, and then migrate to the surrounding mountains and forests.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu sent people to build cities, build houses, cultivate fields, and set up schools in various places in Nanzhong according to the population of nearby tribes. The people of my tribe were all allocated fields enough to support themselves, as well as brand-new houses."

If Dong Dana's previous description of the current situation of the barbarians had shocked the Yao chief, then after learning that the barbarians could actually be knighted, his face was even more in disbelief.

In this way, after Dong Dana's exaggeration, the Yao tribe leader also began to yearn for the life of the Nanzhong barbarians.

After Dong Dana left the tribe and continued downstream from Yushui with his merchant ship, the reluctant Yao tribe leader thought for a long time and finally went to contact several nearby tribes.

He wanted to inform those tribes about the changes in Nanzhong and then think about the future of the Yao people.

As Dong Dana continued to promote the new policies of Nanzhong in the process of doing business, many Yao tribes along the Yushui River were yearning for it. Many tribal chiefs also began to contact nearby tribes to find out what everyone said.

This news soon alarmed the most powerful tribes within the Yao tribe. They listened to the accounts of those Yao tribesmen who had witnessed Dong Dana's caravan with their own eyes, and they could not help but feel envious and suspicious.

One of the chiefs of the Yao tribe near Jiaozhi County said: "As far as I know, the Nanzhong Governor of Chu State was leading troops to attack Jiaozhi County at this time, but the battle was blocked and he was blocked in the river and could not advance even an inch."

"This time Dong Dana came with so many high-quality and cheap goods, I'm afraid he has other motives. He wants to use our territory to directly attack Jiaozhi County."

"Perhaps even the current situation in Nanzhong described by Dong Dana is a lie made up to confuse us."

"I don't believe that those Han people can really treat the Nanzhong barbarians equally!"

The chief's words also aroused the suspicion of many other chiefs.

One of them said: "Shixie has sent people many times before to give us a lot of money, food and materials, and he has some friendship with us. If the soldiers of Nanzhong really want to take advantage of Yulin County to attack Jiaozhi County, we will I can’t agree!”

As the saying goes, you have short hands when you take someone else, and you have a short mouth when you eat someone.

Although they had never thought of relying on Shi Xie, these tribal chiefs still had a good impression of Shi Xie in the face of the generous gifts that Shi Xie sent him again and again.

This is exactly the purpose of Shi Xie's spending huge sums of money to give away money and food.

Jiaozhou was not stable before. A big reason was that after food shortages, the Yao people in Yulin County often went to nearby counties where Han people lived to snatch money and food.

Fortunately, they only grabbed money and food and did not rebel, so the government often turned a blind eye.

However, since Shi Xie ruled Jiaozhou, he began to deliberately make friends with these Yao tribes, which also greatly reduced the frequency of Yao people going to the counties where Han people lived to rob.

It is precisely because the living environment in Jiaozhou has gradually stabilized that it has been able to attract many refugees from the north. The chief of one of the most powerful tribes listened to everyone's remarks without saying a word. After they all expressed their suggestions, he suddenly stood up, looked around everyone, and asked: "If it is really as Dong Dana said, King Chu We have completely occupied the three states of Jing, Yang, and Yi, and we have received support from the barbarians in Nanzhong. Do you know what this means?"

When the chiefs of each tribe heard this, they couldn't help but look confused, and some couldn't figure out what the chief wanted to say.

Seeing everyone's appearance, the chief couldn't help but sigh secretly, and then said seriously: "As far as I know, the population of Yongchang County in Nanzhong alone is nearly two million."

"What is the total population of the seven counties in Jiaozhou combined?"

"Even if the tribes of our Yao tribe unite together, how many soldiers and horses can we recruit?"

"If the King of Chu is determined to capture Jiaozhou and we insist on resisting, do you know what the consequences will be?"

It has to be said that this person can become the largest chief of the Yao tribe, and his knowledge and vision are far beyond what other chiefs can match.

He quickly saw the crisis that had been hidden before, so he never mentioned Shixie's favor to Yulin County, but directly pointed out the comparison of the strengths of the two sides.

no doubt.

Not to mention the entire Chu State, not to mention the entire Yizhou, even just half of Nanzhong has the power to completely crush Jiaozhou.

The reason why Yulin County was able to become a thorny household that no one dared to offend before seemed to be very independent. The fundamental reason was because the Yao people knew how to measure their own.

Although they would rob money and food, they did not dare to kill people indiscriminately, nor did they dare to use the banner of rebellion.

It is precisely because of this that Yulin County is like a useless part of Jiaozhou and even the Han Dynasty. There will be no benefit from the strenuous conquest. Without conquest, we can only sit back and watch them in a semi-independent state.

Over time, many Yao tribe chiefs subconsciously believed that Yulin County was the territory of the Yao people, and the Han people did not dare to invade and could not enter.

However, the chief of the Yao tribe has extraordinary vision.

He knew that compared to Jiaozhou, Yizhou and even the entire Chu State, Yulin County was nothing at all.

Even the massive rebellion of the Nanzhong barbarians, who were as powerful as the Nanzhong barbarians entrenched in several counties in the south of Yizhou, were quickly put down, and they were put into submission.

Once the King of Chu is determined to capture Jiaozhou, if Yulin County dares to become a stumbling block in front of the Nanzhong Army, the chief of the Yao people has no doubt that the entire Yao people will be burned.

You know, the Yao people are not the only people who make a living by fishing and hunting and are good at mountain warfare.

The Nanzhong barbarians, the Badiba people, and the Wuxi barbarians from Wuling County in Jingzhou are also good players here.

If only the Han people come to conquer Yulin County, the Yao people may be able to resist a little or two. If the Nanzhong barbarians, Ba people and Wuxi barbarians who surrendered to the Chu state also come to conquer, then the Yao people's biggest support will no longer exist.

When many tribal chiefs heard the great chief's words, they suddenly woke up, and then their expressions changed slightly.

They had been free for so long that they had even forgotten how powerful the Han people were. After being reminded by the chief, they finally remembered how Nanzhong was pacified by the Han people.

The chief of another large tribe asked: "Then what does the chief think?"

The great chief pondered for a long time, then slowly exhaled and said: "Logically speaking, our Yao people can be regarded as common people under the rule of the imperial court. In recent years, the development of the Yao people has entered a bottleneck. If we want to achieve greater development, we must expand our territory. , or learn the farming techniques of the Han people."

"If what Dong Dana described is true, and the king of Chu treats all ethnic minorities the same as the Han people, why should we be enemies with him?"

"Investing in Chu State will be more beneficial to the Yao people!"

A certain chief who was very close to Shi Xie immediately said: "Does this make me worthy of Shi Xie? Remember, he gave us a lot of money, food and materials before. We can't forget this friendship, right?"

When the chief heard this, he sneered: "Shi Xie is at most just a small prince in Jiaozhou, but the King of Chu is a great hero capable of competing in the world. One is destined to fail, but the other has already shown his prowess. How to choose? Do you need me to teach you?"

The chief who had spoken just now couldn't help but be so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead when he heard what the great chief said, and he hurriedly retreated, not daring to say anything more.

The great chief glared at the chief with a hint of warning, and then said: "I didn't say that I would defect to the Chu State now. It is better to send people to Nanzhong first to see for myself the changes in the life of the barbarians in Nanzhong."

"If it is as good as what Dong Dana said, why shouldn't our Yao people seek refuge in Chu?"

The chief's words set the tone for this meeting of chiefs.

After that, the chief asked each tribe to send elite people to form a huge caravan with the goods from the tribe, and went upstream from Yushui into Nanzhong, hoping to have an on-the-spot investigation.

The movements of the Yao people soon reached Xiang Hong and Fazheng.

Fazheng smiled and said: "It seems that there are smart people among the Yao people. The governor ordered all places to let them go, and deliberately guided them to the newly established barbarian cities to see the changes in the life of the barbarians in Nanzhong."

Since Xiang Hong gave the green light to various places, the Yao caravans did not encounter any difficulties when they went to various places.

This inspection took more than two months.

But after they saw the real life changes of the Nanzhong barbarians, and learned about their current situation through conversations, they were shocked but also very envious.

After getting the results they needed, the Yao caravan quickly returned to Yulin County.

When the chiefs of the Yao tribe and the other tribal chiefs learned that what Dong Dana said was true, they immediately sent people to find Dong Dana without any hesitation, expressing their intention to attach themselves to the Chu State and hoping that the other party could Convey the wishes of the Yao people on behalf of the Yao people.

Nanzhong Military Camp.

Xiang Hong looked at the chief of the Yao tribe who was brought by Dong Dana, stepped forward to help him up, and said: "The chief is willing to lead all the Yao tribes in Yulin County to surrender. If this matter is spread to the lord, it will definitely attract the attention of the lord." Overjoyed.”

"Don't worry, Chief. My lord treats Han Chinese and ethnic minorities equally. As long as the Yao people are sincerely attached and willing to abide by the laws of Chu, the treatment you can enjoy will be exactly the same as that of the Nanzhong barbarians."

"Even if I lead the army to attack Jiaozhou this time, if the chief can make great achievements, he will be granted the title of general."

The chief's eyes lit up and he saluted hurriedly: "The Yao people are willing to use the strength of the whole clan to help the governor pacify Jiaozhou!"

(End of this chapter)