The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 297 The Rogue War
Since the spice embargo on the South Vendura Grassland began, the war between Bu Kui and the four major tribes had officially begun.

It's just that this war really doesn't look like a war, rather it looks like a game.In the words of the four major tribes, they are fighting a bunch of rogues.

The government corps was broken into parts, and with the company as a unit, it went deep into the South Wendula Grassland and Wendula Mountain.From time to time, I would harass the leaders of the four major tribes and the upper-level figures of each tribe.

As long as you meet, no matter how many people there are, you just go up and beat them, then turn around and run away.Even if there are few people on the other side, it is obvious that the leaders can be captured alive, but they don't go to capture them, and they just let go of the opportunity in vain.

Although those prairie cavalry were also very brave, they were quite a headache when faced with such rogue tactics.

They wanted to surround them, but before the encirclement closed, the Bukui people ran away.

Want to chase, but can't catch up.

The horses of the Fubing Regiment are fast, durable, and well-trained, much better than the horses of the tribal soldiers.

What's even more exasperating is that while these people are harassing, they still don't forget to continue promoting.

As long as there is an opportunity, he will preach to those tribes how the chiefs do not pay tribute to the court, and how to wait for the balance when purchasing goods from the tribes.When selling goods to the ministries, they mixed them with fake ones, shoddy them as good ones, hoarded them, and drove up prices.

Especially when it comes to tea, salt and other substances necessary for the daily life of the people, it is even more detailed.

In detail, list the price of salt and tea in the place of production, list the shipping cost, and list the price to the headman, explaining how much the court lost in order to transport these things here, and how much the headman sold them to his followers. How much is it.

In the end, let the people know that the things that the imperial court sold them at a loss turned out to be expensive.All the money here was earned by the chiefs.

The reason why Jia Min chose salt and tea is because they are essential necessities in daily production and life.

In the diet of these tribes, meat and milk accounted for a large proportion, so tea played an important role in the diet balance.

The application of salt is mainly human edible salt, livestock edible salt and food pickling salt.

It can be said that all the tribes cannot do without these two things.

The second is that these two things are used in a large amount, and the chiefs exploit them the most, and they are one of their main sources of income.

The purpose of exposing these truths to the tribe is to drive a wedge between the tribe and the leaders.Let the leaders lose their mass base.

On the surface, the method used by the headman to control the tribe is through the relationship of tribes, clans, and families. In fact, it is actually the control of resources.

It is controlled through the means of production such as grasslands, forests, and water sources, the means of subsistence such as salt and tea, and the market monopoly of product sales.

Through this economic dependence relationship, the personal dependence relationship of the tribesmen to the leader is realized, so as to achieve the purpose of driving the tribesmen to fight for them.

If the followers can get these things from other sources at a lower price, their dependence on the leader will be greatly reduced or even no longer dependent.

Even if you have to come out to follow under pressure, you can shirk in every possible way, or even work without exerting yourself.

Therefore, Jia Min took the second measure.

As long as the grassland tribes came to Bukui, they could buy these materials at official prices.

Although the imperial court controls these strategic materials, the price of these materials is very favorable.

Neither Bukui nor the entire north of Shengjing produced salt and tea.Salt was produced along the southern coast of the Northeast, and tea was brought entirely from the south.If the market price is used, plus shipping and tax, the price of these materials will be much higher, and it will be the same as the market price.

In fact, the official price is much lower than the market price.This is actually the court subsidizing.

However, ordinary people did not get the benefits of imperial subsidies, but were pocketed by the chiefs.

Accumulated over time, just this part is a huge amount.That's why the competition for the position of the tribal leader is so fierce, even bloody in many cases.

That's because there are huge benefits in it.

It was precisely because of this that Jia Min believed that the chiefs had the financial resources to pay tribute.

The doorway here is clear for wintersweet flowers who have been educated in the Han land and understand the Han land and the imperial system.That's why she objected to letting tribal children go to school in Bukui.

What she is afraid of is that these children will understand the truth after they are educated.

Therefore, the actions of Wintersweet Blossom and other leaders are in essence just a manifestation of the ignorance of the people.

This kind of economic differentiation has caused panic among the tribal leaders.So they all prevented the troops from going to Bukui to buy goods.

This caused Jia Min's first big confrontation with the tribe.

This engagement is actually a lure battle.

On the side of Erdaojiang Ferry close to Bukui, the Fu Corps gathered a large amount of salt, tea, ironware and spices, and announced to the tribesmen of various tribes a three-day discount to attract them to buy.

Secretly, Jia Min gathered 200 soldiers from the Fubing Regiment and [-] Frang machine fast guns newly made by Dai Zhi, waiting for the leaders to take the bait.

There was no movement for the first two days, but on the third night, the Luosun tribe finally lost their composure.

Luo Muge led more than 700 people to sneak attack, trying to rob these goods.When he was crossing the river, he was bombarded by the Fubing regiment who had been ambushing here for a long time, and then all the crossbow arrows were fired.

More than 100 soldiers of the Luosun tribe died before they got ashore, and they fled in embarrassment, and Luo Muge was also seriously injured.

Wintersweet Blossom was originally intended to be snatched, but seeing Luo Muge being duped, he didn't dare to make such an idea.

The war has since returned to its previous pattern.The government soldiers continued to harass the upper echelons of the tribe, and caught the artisans and those who had escaped by the way.

All of a sudden, the craftsmen and shamans on the grasslands of South Wendura were panicked, and all trees and trees were in panic.Many artisans who flowed in from the outside also withdrew from the grassland.

The consequences of the shortage of craftsmen soon became apparent.

The car broke down and no one fixed it.Horseshoes need to be replaced, but no one will change them, and no one will ripen the leather, so they can only watch them rot. People and livestock are sick, and no one can cure them.May I ask God that I can't find the shaman, and I can't find the matchmaker for Zhang Luo's marriage....

The normal order of production and life on the grassland was completely disrupted.There were complaints from up and down.

On the Fubingtuan's side, they originally thought that fighting was a confrontation between the two sides, and then they charged and fought, but they didn't expect that there was such a way of fighting.

However, they also knew that it was Chief Min who was asking them to train soldiers, so they didn't dare to neglect.

After being harassed on the grassland, when they came back, the soldiers discussed together, summed up experience, studied tactics, and then wrote down their experiences, and then communicated with each other to learn from each other's strengths and improve together.

In addition to summarizing tactics and tactics, officers also conduct sand table operations and war games.

Wei Ruolan and Jia Qin's military intelligence department sneaked into the grassland for reconnaissance, and when they returned, they drew maps and made sand tables.

Drawing, map recognition, sand table, and war chess are the basic skills of officers. Jia Min trained them when they were at home. Now they are here, they are officially applied, and they are constantly summed up and improved.

Wei Ruoshui was ordered to form the "Owl Special Warfare Squad", which conducts arduous training every day and prepares to carry out special warfare missions when necessary.

The repeated defeats and repeated battles that Jia Min mentioned in the memorial refers to this kind of harassment war, and the symbol is the hit-and-run tactics of the Fubingtuan.

In the eyes of the tribal armed forces, they also win every battle, and in the eyes of many people in Bu Kui, the Fubingtuan also loses every battle.

However, they all overlooked the fact that after more than two months of war, only three people were killed in the Fubing Regiment, and only a dozen were injured.

As for Jia Min's request to increase his troops by [-], it was completely a smokescreen he released.He didn't expect the court to send him more troops at all.

The reason for this is just to keep most of the money after the tribute is collected in the future, so as to facilitate bargaining with the court.

Only when I have enough money in my hands can I start construction and develop the economy in Bukui.Only with strong economic strength can Bu Kui gain a firm foothold in this lonely place.

Jia NO.18 Guanzhuang, located in Shuaiwanzi, has more than doubled in size.

The original Zhuangtou Du Qingshan now has a new official title: Director of Bukui Experimental Farm.

The functions of NO.18 Guanzhuang have also undergone a fundamental change.From the original purely engaged in agricultural production to the experiment and promotion of agricultural technology.

From the group of farmers brought by the scholar, more than a dozen people have now been transferred here, and they have been given land, livestock and farm tools.In addition, some migrant labor is at their disposal.

What they undertake is the experimental tasks of some new agricultural technologies.The purpose is to sum up the experience and carry out large-scale promotion in the future.

Broadly speaking, Pukui has almost unlimited land resources.The land that has been reclaimed and planted so far accounts for less than [-]% of all the land in Bukui.Most of the remaining ground is also suitable for reclamation as land.And as long as it is reclaimed, it will be high-quality black land.

If the entire Vendura Grassland is added, the land area that can be reclaimed will be even more.

Therefore, it is completely reasonable to say that Bukui is a virgin land.

The project that Jia Min is focusing on developing in Shuaiwanzi Experimental Farm is a commercial crop—tobacco.

In the breeding industry, there are mainly two projects, one is reindeer and the other is mink.

At present, there is no artificial breeding of reindeer and mink.Jia Min intends to realize artificial breeding of these two items through artificial domestication.

If this road goes well, it will produce huge social and economic benefits in the future.

Accompanied by Du Qingshan, Jia Min came to a sable house, a man and a woman, two Westerners with blond hair and blue eyes.busy here.

(End of this chapter)