Chapter 129
Chapter 129
"Mudus is a god, kind and cruel. He will burn the rebellious people with flames. He will ignite the fire on the black stone to keep the devout believers warm and full; he will catch the blue lightning from the sky and turn it into A sharp thorn in the world, punishing the disrespectful..."
The first half of the sentence is a song passed down by the Qiang people through the ages, and the second half of the sentence is added by Shigong and shamans on the Gehele Grassland after seeing the spell cast by the messenger of the true god, and painstakingly added it, so that future generations will live forever. The grace of the envoy of God.
In fact, the envoy of the gods did not intend to make such a big fuss at first. He threatened to make the barbarians feel awed, and then the business would be easy. Who knows that this group of brave and brutal barbarians, no matter whether they believe in birds in the sky, He was also a ferocious beast on the grassland. After seeing Li Shenxian's spells, they all agreed that this must be a messenger sent by the true god to the world.
As long as Master Li takes a step, there will be kowtowing bugs all the way.
The masters in the live broadcast room screamed, saying that Zhong Daxian chose the wrong place to enter the small world. If he had cast the anchor point on Manhu early, he would definitely be enshrined as a god, worship every day!
[Guys, do you like to watch the smog surround every day and be surrounded by people worshiping?Is it annoying enough to watch this kind of thing for a few days? ! 】
Zhong Daxian didn't take it seriously. Although it was all in the Middle Ages, Manhu was far behind the civilization of the Central Plains. If the anchor point was not lost, let him hang out among a bunch of barbarians every day. Not to mention that the audience didn't like to watch it, he couldn't bear it himself. ah!
Li Shenshi was a little annoyed, he felt that God made this signboard, it was good enough, but he wouldn't stay in this barbaric place for a long time, the caravan was fundamentally connected with each other, it was scratched hard, It will be difficult to do business for a long time if the barbarians take out their old roots to worship.The barbarians can't survive the winter, and they won't wait to die. The biggest possibility is to invade and plunder from the south, and it will be the people of the frontier who will suffer.
When they are unable to completely wipe out the barbarians, exhausting their survival resources is urging them to plunder the Central Plains.
How can we make them barely survive without aggression?In addition to aggravating the "hard" defense of frontier fortresses, all dynasties have racked their brains for it.
Zhong Daxian rummaged through ancient books and found out a series of strategies of the Central Plains Dynasty to "restrain" foreigners in the frontier fortress.
Tai Shigong said: "Ji, the horse's head is also; 縻, the ox is also", the core of the ji is to win over and control.
After listening to Zhong Ke's explanations of the pros and cons of the policies of each dynasty, Li Xian pondered for a while, and decided to follow the advice of a certain "farming party" master—to use economic means to punish the grassland nomads on the basis of strengthening their military equipment. control.
If you want the wolves not to eat the sheep, you must at least sharpen the horns of the sheep, and let them weigh the price they have to pay, so that they can slowly trap these ferocious beasts.
The herdsmen on the prairie outnumbered the headmen hundreds of times and thousands of times. They herded cattle and sheep for a living. They were fierce and simple, and most of them lived in extreme poverty. The shepherds would happily pick up the tattered weapons they treasured, as if they were hunting in the mountains.Because the proceeds from the looting, even if it is just a little leaked from the hands of the chiefs, is enough for them to live a good life for the first half of the year.
The weak Han people are their granary.
It doesn't matter what benevolence and morality are, what they believe in is the law of robbers that allows them to survive.
Slaves are more miserable than herdsmen. Those who have been looted, defeated and captured, do the lowest and most difficult work in the tribe, and live a life worse than pigs and dogs. The headman only treats slaves as talking animals. They don't even beat them deliberately, because if they are killed, they lose their own property.
Most slaves are willing to do anything as long as they can survive.
Li Shenshi felt that these coolies were wasted in vain, which was really a waste, especially when many of them were Han people who were taken captive!By buying them cheaply, not only can they be used as laborers, but they can even be selected to form a Hu cavalry team among them who are loyal and capable. The farming Han Chinese are always inferior to the Hu people in terms of riding and shooting skills.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could reuse the captured Xiongnu prince Jin Rixun, and it must not be a problem for Li Shenshi to pull out a Hu cavalry team.
There is no distinction between family and country at all for Man Hu, as long as he has milk, he is a mother. As long as he is strong enough, he will not be afraid of their wolf backs.
The caravan originally brought a lot of goods, but unfortunately, there was a heavy snowstorm on the road, and more than half of the cattle and horses were lost, and more than half of the goods were lost in Beima Tubu and could not be transported out.
The Aohan tribe was also severely affected by the snowstorm this time. Not to mention countless cattle and sheep froze to death, even if they survived, it will not be a few days. Without the grass under the snow, relying on manual snow shoveling, relying on the little pasture accumulated in autumn, the only way to die of starvation.
What's more, not only the animals froze to death, but also many slaves and even herdsmen of various tribes froze to death under the starvation and cold. How could there be any extra manpower?If the problem of food and clothing cannot be solved, the devout believers of Li Shenshi will pick up their weapons and go south to grab the fat sheep of the Central Plains as soon as they kowtow to the head.
At such a moment, there is one item in the Lily God Envoy caravan that is particularly favored by the headmen and herdsmen, and even regarded as a treasure bestowed by the God Envoy—the briquette stove!
There are few trees and more grass in the Gobi Grassland. Usually, cow dung cakes are used to dry the fire. The smoke is big and it is not burnt. Now the cows are almost finished, and the saved ones can’t be burned for a few days.
With the honeycomb coal stove, heating and cooking are extremely convenient, and it is simply hard to put it down.
Li Shenshi said that this kind of coal stove and black coal stones are God’s gifts to believers in the guise of Han Chinese caravans, but God does not like people who get something for nothing. If you want to get it, you must have something of equivalent value in exchange, such as cattle, sheep, etc. You can live or die, anyway, the cold weather is not afraid of bad weather, even the bitter salt in the White Lake can be exchanged, but the more cheap the things are, the more the quantity will naturally be.
For example, one coal stove is exchanged for one live cow, or four dead sheep, and the precious black coal pancakes are barely exchanged for one bag of bitter salt.
In addition to the coal stoves exchanged with the shepherds, Li Shenshi also prepared luxury goods for the headmen - delicate and fragrant tea bricks, shiny silk, the former is for the headmen to relieve oiliness, and the latter is for weaving the gods' banners The most exquisite material, which god would not be delighted to see such a wonderful soft satin weave?
As for the exchange, cattle and sheep are fine, slaves are also fine, the more the better.
After staying in the Aohan tribe for five days, Li Shenshi left several friendly tribes, performed miracles several times, and cleared a large pasture for the surviving cattle and sheep of each tribe, although the electricity bill is a little expensive , but Li Shenshi also believes in Uncle's theory now, money!Can't eat or drink, how can I count myself if I don't spend it?
On the snow-covered, bitingly cold Gehele Grassland, there are always songs chanting the benevolent angel, the angel who controls the thunder and lightning, pities the shepherd, and loves the warmth. He is Mudus Li!
The vicious spirit of the Guardian God Envoy——Zhong Shenwei was not idle, Master Li ordered him to lead the Black Armored Army to carefully search for the remnants of the Namuyi tribe, and take advantage of his illness to kill him!It would be even better if all the captives of Bema Tubu could be brought back.
Gemma's father and brother are dead, and with the support of the envoy, it is not difficult for her to re-support a tribe that is friendly to the Han people.
Master Li needs such pious believers, to spread the edicts of the gods on the grassland, and to insert a bone spur among the Qiang barbarians, who knows if it will be of great use in the future?Anyway, it's not tiring to be idle.
The luck of the Namuyi tribe was really bad. They chose a day when God was angry to rob the Bema tribe. As a result, the leader met General Zhong and the Heijia army when he was chasing and killing Jima, and he died with regret.The pack of wolves had no leader, and they lost many people, cattle and sheep in the snow disaster. They wanted to go all out to plunder the weak tribes nearby. After saving some property, they simply invaded the south and robbed the Han people. Now the Han people came to their door and wanted to grab them them!
Li Shenshi mercifully looked at the chains of captives who were tied up, and very kindly exchanged these lively and vigorous prisoners of war with the pious Zamba leader for a bunch of weak Han slaves, and several Ten barbarian slaves who are good at riding and shooting.
Seeing the Aohan people who knelt down again, all five bodies prostrating on the ground in gratitude, and the rescued people of Bema Tubu, Li Shenshi laughed lightly—a wolf that has not survived is hard to tame , Or change some bitter people who have been slaves for a long time, it is easy to use, and can easily buy people's hearts, and it can also save a group of Han people, this is more than one stone!
There were not many goods in the caravan, and they were sold out quickly, but Li Shenshi's caravan had a unique mode of transportation, and it was very convenient to go back and forth on the snow, so most of the people dragged thousands of living dead The cattle and sheep set off respectfully by the Qiang barbarians kneeling on the ground.
With these animals, they will return to Diqiu with a full load of harvest, and the remaining small part of the caravan will travel between Zhezhiguan and Gehele a few times before the snow has melted. One is to resell the god stove and black coal cakes, and the other is to promote the power of the gods, telling those leaders who are ready to move, the power of the black armored army blessed by the gods, if they dare to violate the border, the gods will definitely lead the thunderbolt, and will dare to offend. Tribal extermination - just like the Namuyi tribe that disappeared in smoke.
As for why the envoy is a Han, why did the gods protect the Han black armored army?
snort!Even a white sheep can become a demon, and a tree that grows weirdly can become a god, so what if the god envoy is reincarnated as a Han Chinese? !Even though he was born as a Han Chinese, the envoy still loves the Qiang people and saves the Qiang people from suffering!
This winter, the people of Diqiu had a fat year, and they ate all the cattle and sheep with their cheeks off. Everyone lamented that Sao Manzi was really good at raising sheep and cattle. None.
This winter, the people of Pinglu were unfortunate, but extremely lucky.
It was snowing heavily, and the dilapidated houses in Pinglu collapsed. Fortunately, they were all short thatched mud houses. Not many people died in such accidents. The county magistrate had made some preparations in advance, so the number of seriously injured people was only a few dozen. , although there were many minor injuries, but the wounds were not easy to ulcer in winter, and Mr. Zheng from Diqiu was ordered by Master Li to administer medicine and porridge, and nine out of ten they survived this difficulty.
While everyone was grateful, they also heard Diqiu's officials say: "Ah!My people in Diqiu have few houses and many houses. Recently, a circle of big warm houses with bricks and tiles has been newly built, and there are many old sheds.Diqiu still has a lot of work to do in winter, less labor and more work, the wages are so scary, a strong laborer can work for a whole winter, and the whole family can have food!
County Magistrate Lu of Pinglu County is not willing to part with good fortune, does not want to spend money to support the victims of the disaster, and also received the favor of Li Miracle Doctor, this kind of abduction of people, cough!It's a good thing to resettle the people and save Pinglu County from difficulties!When the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, and the farming season comes, these disaster victims will always have to return to their hometowns to farm. How can they be willing to part with their belongings in the countryside?You country gentry and landowners don't have to worry too much.
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