Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 198 Savage Descending the Mountain
Hearing this, Sima Qian's eyes flashed with surprise. He knew very well what Li Huan was thinking. He immediately stood up and bowed his hands: "I accept the order... But I dare to ask, can you still do it in the future?" Do you work with the lord?"

"What are you thinking about? When you continue to add to the biography of Anyang Hou, won't you come and ask me, the person involved?"

"That's true." When Sima Qian heard this, his expression relaxed, he bowed his hands to Li Huan again, and then withdrew.

Huo Qubing didn't understand what it meant: "Father, I don't understand."

"It's okay if you don't understand. You understand this at your age, so what will happen to you in the future? Will you become a demon directly?"

Huo Qubing shrugged: "I'm bored, I'll go roast mutton with An Shi and Dalang."

Almost all matters have been settled, and Li Huan is now waiting for one thing: the savages coming down the mountain.

There have always been different opinions on whether the rate of natural population growth is fast or slow, and it makes sense.

But Li Huan preferred this method of savages going down the mountain to increase the population.

The land of Hanzhong is far more desolate and primitive than the land of Guanzhong, so naturally more people hide in the mountains and become savages.

In fact, it is not appropriate to say savages. The so-called savages, even if they go to the mountains, essentially use their surname as a stronghold. Instead, they are more like the people of the previous dynasty who have escaped from the protection of the Han Empire and have been avoiding wars until Now, none of them have gone down the mountain.

Hence, the term savage came into being.

If they don't pay taxes, the court will naturally not regard these people as its own subjects; but when the country is politically clear and prosperous, it can allow these people to transform from savages into normal people with household registration.

The wind was blowing loudly, and Huo Qubing brought some dressed mutton skewers with a layer of sauce he made on top. It tasted pretty good, but Li Huan had always been a big regret because there was no chili.

Moreover, Li Huan also felt that if there were chili peppers in such weather, it would be a wonderful thing to cook a pot of chili soup for the victims to drink.

It's just a pity. If you let yourself develop the Han Empire however you want, it's unlikely that things like chili peppers will burn your taste buds in your lifetime.

Xu Fu had already done it in his childhood and the Qin Dynasty, but wanting to cross the Pacific and go to another continent was almost a dream.

And if you want to go all the way north and cross the Bering Strait when it freezes in winter, it is almost like a dream.

If you really have this idea, it's really better to sit down and study navigation technology and colonize America first.

At night, the wind and snow wreak havoc on the people on the earth even more crazily.

Li Huan didn't know how he fell asleep while leaning on the chair. When he woke up, Jinzhan was reading Dahan Daily and adding firewood to the small stove.

Li Huan looked sideways for a while, but Jinzhan hadn't noticed that he had woken up, so he whispered to the palace maid next to him, sometimes laughing, sometimes taking a sip of the milk tea that had cooled down.

The Han people also like the things of the Huns. Shengxue Shi walked in with a snow-covered body and a jug of mare's milk that she had just squeezed out. She was going to make something that the Huns would eat in winter.

"My husband is already awake..." Master Shengxue smiled, and Hongzhi and Manguyin immediately went to prepare hot water for washing.

Jinzhan glanced at it and couldn't help but laugh: "Just let the other palace servants do it. You guys are always like this, and you can hardly tell the difference between master and servant."

When Man Gu Yin and Hongzhi heard this, their faces turned slightly red.Hongzhi said: "I have always been the master's slave." Then she turned around and left the room. Mangu Yin beside her saw him, showed a shy smile, turned around and caught up with Hongzhi.

At this moment, the two palace maids who were sitting and chatting with Jinzhan came forward with smiles on their faces and helped Li Huan get dressed.

"How did I get here last night?"

"Reporting to the master, it was the mistress who brought you here to sleep." A court lady spoke cautiously.

Li Huan waved his hand nonchalantly, signaling the two palace maids to step aside. Master Shengxue came forward and sat down next to the bed: "Husband, there is news from the savages."

"Tell me quickly!" Li Huan immediately sat up from the bed.

Master Shengxue picked up the clothes on one side and said, "The people sent out by the county magistrate had just reached the edge of the mountain pass and already encountered savages who were preparing to go down the mountain to seek a way to survive."

Li Huan interrupted Master Shengxue: "Is your way of seeking survival a serious way of seeking survival?"

Master Shengxue couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It's a serious way to survive. The savages in their mountains have prepared a hundred pretty women to go down the mountain in exchange for some food that can survive the harsh winter with you, my husband."

"The people on both sides were very nervous when they first met, but after they figured it out, they sat together and talked." Master Shengxue seemed to be holding back a smile: "Those crying women gradually stabilized after eating the bread. .”

"Have you decided to live in Anyang County and don't want to go back to the mountains?" Li Huan had already put on his clothes and was ready to meet these people in person.

Master Shengxue smiled slightly: "Not to mention humans, even animals know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages."

After washing up under the service of several people, Li Huan hurriedly drank some hot milk tea, and then the group went directly to the courtyard.

The first three dark-skinned men stood on the side obediently, and heard the people around them say that this is Anyanghou, so they knelt down directly.

Li Huan turned around and sat down on the chair. He looked at the three strong men kneeling in front of him with a smile on his face: "How many people are there on your mountain?"

"There are...many, many people!" A strong man raised his head and said, making everyone want to laugh.

Li Huan didn't blame him, and asked patiently: "There are many, many people, how many people are there?"

This man seemed to want to talk, and another older man quickly jumped in and said: "There are more than 2000 people in our village, more than 500 people in their village, and more than 3000 people in this man's village. Our three families and Together, we gathered a hundred women and wanted to go down the mountain to exchange food with the Marquis!"

These three people actually represent three different villages; however, these three villages have indeed spent a lot of money to produce a hundred women of childbearing age.

"So many people?" Li Huan was quite surprised. He and his people had made such a big move in Anyang County, but they had never found any trace of these people... Well, it can't be said that they hadn't been found. In the past, Han soldiers liked to shoot and kill The savages discovered, but the people on Li Huan's side did not do this. As long as the savages were willing to show a fair trading posture, they could also trade some necessities of life with the people in Anyang County, such as the most lacking thing in the mountains-salt.

"There are still many people walking in. The snow is too heavy, so we can only go down the mountain. We have never thought of harming the people of Anyang County. Lord Marquis, please have mercy on us!!"

This person seemed to be very smart, as if he knew that the man in sable fur and brocade clothes in front of him would take pity on them, he immediately took the lead in kowtowing.

As if they also knew that this man was smart, the two others immediately started kowtowing along with him.

(End of this chapter)