Great time travel

Chapter 46. Cheeky Khitan
Japan, Tsukimidai, Nerima District, Tokyo, Nobi House, Nobi Nobita's room

After confirming that the thugs of the Time-Space Debt Collection Company had left, Wang Qiu came back with Doraemon and took a short rest.

"...Wow! You two guys are so treacherous! You don't even call me to eat the original grassland barbecue!"

Nobita Nobita, who had just returned from playing baseball, heard Wang Qiu and Doraemon talk about the fact that they received a banquet from the Khitan people on the grassland, and immediately turned his face with tears in his eyes, and hugged Doraemon for a long time. , "...Why don't you think of me when there are good things? Are we still friends?"

Doraemon was shaken helplessly by him, while Wang Qiu sighed, took out a plastic lunch box, and handed it to Nobi Nobita, "...I knew you were going to cry and make trouble, so I specially brought you a lunch box." A few pieces of bread and grilled lamb chops, Nuo, they are all here, eat them while they are hot!"

"...Ah, thank you very much, brother Wang is indeed a good friend." Nobi Nobita smiled immediately, grabbed a piece of lamb chops and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing a few times, his face suddenly changed, "... Bah Bah bah! What kind of smell is this? Half-baked, with a strange smell..."

"...This is the taste of roasted lamb! Absolutely unadulterated grassland flavor!" Wang Qiu laughed while drinking tea, "...but no salt, no sauce, no pepper and cumin, The sheep was not bled before it was slaughtered, the heat of the roasting was not enough, and the sheep looked sick..."

At the same time, Nobi Nobita reached out and grabbed the bread in the lunch box, hesitated a little, but out of curiosity, he finally broke off a piece and threw it into his mouth... Then he put on a resigned and frustrated expression He tried his best to chew the dry cake scum in his mouth, tried his best to secrete more saliva from his mouth, swallowed the slobbering thing, and then grabbed Doraemon's teacup and drank it all in one gulp. angry.

"...Mongols treat you with such unpalatable things?" After drinking tea, Nobi Nobita said with a bitter face, "...you are so stingy."

"...No way, the grassland is barren, and they can't even eat such things. And they are Khitans, not Mongolians."

Wang Qiu corrected and said, "...the Mongols at that time were just an ordinary force on the grasslands, confronting the old rulers of the grasslands such as the Khitans, Turks, and Uyghurs, and had not yet become the overlords ruling the entire grassland. ——The era of Genghis Khan will wait a hundred years later..."

"...Oh! Can you stop talking about it? I am most annoyed to listen to history lessons!" For these historical knowledge, Nobi Nobita fully expressed the irritability of a child who is tired of learning, "...Japanese history has already been learned. But come here, let alone such an unpopular Mongolian history..."

"...But we have stepped into that period of history and turned it upside down." Wang Qiu replied with a shrug.

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Although Yelu Dashi and other Khitans have done their best to entertain the "immortals" from the Song Dynasty, they are still trapped on the barren Mobei grassland, and there are years of wars, poor business routes, and scarce department stores. There is really nothing good to come out of a large banquet.

——If it’s spring and summer, they can go hunting with their horses and bring back some wild game for the guests in the Central Plains to try.But right now it's cold winter, and the grasslands have already migrated southward, animals hibernate, and even rabbits have retreated into their nests.

Yelu Dashi sent guards to walk around the countryside for a long time, but they didn't shoot a single bird, only a wolf, and the wolf meat was so thick that it was almost unbearable, and it had a sour smell.As for the Tula River outside the city... the Khitan people are not Jurchens, and they don't have that kind of ice-cutting fishing technique.

So in the end, it was nothing more than roasting a few freshly slaughtered cattle and sheep, preparing various prairie-style dairy products, taking out the stored grains and beans, making some simple pasta, and gathering some dried vegetables and Dried mushrooms, boiled with lamb meat into a big pot of soup, right to treat guests.

The problem is that right now is the season when the grasslands are lean and yellow, and all the cattle and sheep are losing fat, and the meat is naturally too old.Moreover, the current city of Ketun lacks both salt and spices, and even fuel has to be saved... As a result, hand-steaked meat, kebabs, rolled mutton, lamb chops, mutton soup, etc. , everything is full of peculiar smell, and it is estimated that only nomads can eat it.

The pancakes used as the staple food at this bonfire banquet are rough noodles with bran ground from barley and oats, and then spread out on hot stones to make dry pancakes without oil and salt. The taste is just like expired dogs. Grain, when you bite it, it will drop slag, and it is especially easy to make people feel thirsty.

As for dairy products such as milk porridge, milk tea, milk skin, milk cake, fried milk paste, and butter wine, they are completely different from the products of the same name in the modern world that have been sterilized by high-temperature ultraviolet light and vacuum-packed, and they are more or less rancid. taste.As for the so-called kumiss, the real feeling of drinking is more like a very strong lactic acid bacteria drink by the standards of later generations.As for the knife-burning spirits that are common in martial arts novels, it does not exist on the grasslands of this era—even in the Central Plains, the most primitive distilled alcohol has just appeared, and it has not yet been able to spread to the grasslands.

Even Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, the generals of the Song Dynasty, frowned at such an unpalatable meal.As for Wang Qiu, the traveler, he barely used a little buttermilk as an appetizer—that is, fried the green wheat with sour cream until it was browned—and couldn’t find anything to eat.Especially those dirty cups and plates are simply disgusting: everyone knows that there is a lack of water on the grasslands, so nomads have never paid attention to hygiene. In some tribes, rinsing clothes is even a crime. ...

However, the Khitan, Turkic and Mongolian men and women who accompanied them at the banquet ate heartily one by one.A group of people sat on the dirty felt rugs, drank directly from the skins, got drunk, and threw the gnawed bones everywhere.What's more, they don't look like the vigorous and strong "warrior on horseback" at all. On the contrary, they are all sallow, thin, and down-and-out, as if they haven't had enough to eat for a long time.There are even quite a few people who suffer from big neck disease, the meat balls under the neck are bulging like turkeys, and they don't know what to say.

They seemed to realize that such crude food and drink might not be able to satisfy the distinguished guests, so a group of girls from various tribes called the pearls of the prairie appeared, singing and dancing beside the bonfire to provide entertainment.Then, they came up to pour wine for the distinguished guests, and hinted in words: If they like it, they can dedicate themselves to serving the bed, which made Wang Qiu feel a little excited...just wait until they come closer and look at it carefully by candlelight Wang Qiu couldn't help being excited by the appearance of these prairie girls, and almost vomited out the little food he just ate.

——What kind of prairie pearl is this?Obviously cheating, right?Rectangular face with small eyes, flat nose bridge and turned lips, although the figure is still uneven, but the problem is, perhaps due to years of grazing, exposure to wind and sun, the skin is dark and red, and very rough, if you don't look carefully It is impossible to determine her gender... Hey, I also watched the beauty pageant show on Mongolian TV in the future, why is there such a big difference?
Seeing this majestic appearance, the little thoughts that had just arisen in Wang Qiu's heart disappeared in an instant--thinking about it, I can understand that these girls on the grassland were born to herd cattle on the frontier, fighting with the wind and sand all day long. As a company, with cattle and sheep, can this smell good?Moreover, the water source on the Mobei grassland is precious, and there are no bathhouses.Many herdsmen bathe three times in their lifetime, and they always pick up dried dung to burn. The smell on their bodies is really three feet against the wind and ten feet against the wind!If he really hugged them and slept for several nights, his nose would be tortured until he couldn't even tell the difference between smell and smell.

Therefore, when the banquet was over, only Han Shizhong, who was unscrupulous, seemed to have drunk too much kumiss, and entered a small tent with his arms around the two "little grassland sisters" with blurred eyes.And the other Song Dynasty officers all shrugged off the "love" of these "pearls of the prairie" with embarrassment.

As for Wang Qiu and Doraemon, they fled this world in a hurry and returned to Nobi Nobita's room, preparing to use the refreshments and comics collected by Doraemon to heal their devastated taste buds and optic nerves.

However, Immortal Guo Jing, who is still unable to leave this world, has to continue to discuss the next step of cooperation with Yelu Dashi.

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Generally speaking, Yelu Dashi's house is very quiet.There are several pieces of blue and white porcelain on the table and bookshelves, a painting of flowers and birds and a large character on the wall, and a pot of orchids on the window sill. felt tent.

Under the flickering candlelight, it can be seen that this Khitan Hanlin Yelu Dashi is really good-looking, quite refined and elegant, and he looks like a scholar full of knowledge, but his right leg is a little lame. It is said that he had a child when he was a child. due to paralysis.

However, the request he made with Guo Jing, the "true protector of the country" at this time, was not at all gentle and refined, on the contrary, it was like a lion talking loudly.

"...One hundred thousand stones of rice and wheat? Equipped with swords, bows and crossbows for 1 people? Military expenditure of 100 million guan? A batch of brick tea and table salt?"

Looking at the list handed over by Yelu Dashi, Guo Jing couldn't help but take a deep breath, his face was very ugly, "... Dashi Linya! Not to mention whether Dasong has the obligation to provide Khitan with military supplies, you ask in one breath We want so many things, don't we feel that we are too greedy?"

"... What the real person taught me is that your ministry first burned Huining, the Jurchen thief cave, to avenge the subjugation of our Khitan people, and then traveled thousands of miles to escort our compatriots and the remains of the late emperor. The benefactor should have been rewarded heavily."

Yelu Dashi showed a "sincere" smile, and said very "sincerely", "...However, my Daliao is at the end of its rope, and there is nothing I want. Although I am happy to hear that the Jurchen thieves have suffered heavy losses, my Khitan has a good chance to restore the country, but But Duncheng’s treasury is empty, and it can’t even raise the military expenses for the army, so I can only hope that the Song Dynasty can generously donate and subsidize one or two. If we can restore Shangjing (Linhuang Mansion, now Chifeng, Inner Mongolia) Nearby, the birthplace of the Khitan clan), take back the place where the ancestors are buried, and whatever the real person asks, the widow will not refuse!"

Speaking of it, the reason why Yelu Dashi lost his integrity and asked Guo Jing for funding was really a helpless move.

——Originally, 200 years after the founding of the Khitan people, who used to be nomadic peoples, the Liao Kingdom has already been highly Sinicized, and its military, political, and economic systems are almost the same as those of the traditional Central Plains dynasty.But right now, after losing most of the territory and leaving only a grassland centered on Ketun City, the exile regime of Yelu Dashi has restored the original appearance of the nomadic khanate.

Theoretically speaking, Yelu Dashi still has more than 1 elite cavalry skilled in bows and horses, but these troops, like the Huns and Turks before them, are based on tribal organizations and "irregular armed forces" that integrate soldiers and people. The control right belongs to the chiefs of each tribe, not the nominal lord of Yelu Dashi... On the bright side, this kind of military system links the production activities of nomads with military activities to a certain extent, and links patriarchal clan relations with military activities. The relationship between officers and soldiers is mixed, and the core organization is coordinated with the peripheral organization. Therefore, its military organization strength and mobilization efficiency in a short period of time are much higher than those of the general agricultural country's army.Often as long as the leader gives an order, tens of thousands of people can quickly gather and go south to hunt.

But the flaws of this military system are also obvious.First of all, this kind of system is a bit like "I am the king's vassal, but my vassal is not the king's vassal" in medieval Europe-in ​​this army, Yelu Dashi's direct line troops that can really be commanded by his arm are nothing but a There are only 1000 Khitan palace tent troops and more than [-] city defense troops in Duncheng. The other troops are the tribes of various chiefs, and they cannot be summoned to come and go.

Secondly, this also led to the extremely low efficiency of army command and the extremely great difficulty of mobilization-the only troops that Yelu Dashi can mobilize at any time are the [-] standing troops in the city.As for the soldiers and horses of other tribes, they must have sufficient reasons and sufficient interests before they can be mobilized: if the Jin army attacked across the desert, the tribes on the grassland would naturally fight to the death; Looting, then most of the nomadic tribes will be willing to go to the south with Yelu Dashi to make a fortune; but if everyone is recuperating in early spring, when the horses are thin and fat, they will drive thousands of miles with Yelu Dashi to recover the Khitan people The country...the price has to be negotiated.

——If Yelu Dashi wants to restore the Liao Kingdom, the first step must be to fight back to the Khitan ancestral land in Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, and then mobilize the Khitan tribe there to recruit at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of their own tribe, so that they can have a relationship with women Real people fight for the capital of the world...Obviously, during this period, he must strictly enforce military discipline and not allow these Mobei nomadic tribes to get rich by plundering their own Khitan mother clan, nor can they allocate the pastures in the Khitan Longxing land to outsiders as a trophy.For this reason, he must bear all the food and fodder expenses for this expedition, and also allocate a large amount of military pay and rewards in advance, instead of expecting each tribe to "participate in the war at their own expense", otherwise no tribe will be willing to follow him to "volunteer labor" ".

But the problem is that in the current city of Ketun, there is neither enough money, nor enough food, fodder and ordnance to support this expedition.

In the past peaceful times, the Khitan government in Kedun City organized caravans every autumn, driving cattle, sheep and horses, and carrying animal skins and minerals to the border, and exchanged some salt, sugar, tea bricks, and ironware with Central Plains merchants. , cloth, spices, and winter supplies such as dried beans, oats, and rye are used to maintain and enrich the reserves in the city-only a small piece of arable land by the river outside the city of Ketun cannot feed tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city of Ketun of.

However, with the collapse of Liao Kingdom and the rampage of Jin soldiers, this traditional transaction has been intermittent in recent years. They can't make ends meet... After a few years, they are almost becoming paupers.

And if due to lack of preparation, this once-in-a-thousand-year golden opportunity is missed, the Jin army who has suffered heavy losses can breathe, or some Khitan tribe leaders under the rule of the Jurchens rise up first and recover the Khitan ancestral land, Seized the political commanding heights of the restoration of the Daliao Dynasty, and made the Khitan tribe rise together... Then Yelu Dashi's road to restoration of the country will become extremely difficult, and even the tragedy of fighting against each other will happen.

Therefore, in line with the idea of ​​"one job without labor, two masters", Yelu Dashi simply shamelessly lost his morals and came to the immortal Guo for alms.

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"...So, he just bluffed and beat you up? This is already considered revenge, okay?"

In the castle tower of Floating Void City, Wang Qiu stared at Guo Jing dumbfounded, "...do we look so much like fat sheep and meat tickets?"

"...He probably thinks that it's best if this bamboo stick is hammered out, and if it doesn't work out, there's nothing to lose."

Guo Jing replied, "...Even if there is a falling out, as long as we humbly apologize and apologize, most of us will not do anything to him."

"...The trouble is that he really has to let him take this swindle! If we really hope that the Khitan people will take action as soon as possible to further change the world and get more reward points!" Wang Qiu thought for a while Afterwards, the mystery was discovered sullenly.

"...Yeah, if you want to cooperate, you have to show sincerity." Guo Jing touched his beard in great distress, and sighed, "...if you know that your friend is hungry, but you still want to compliment him He is a fairy who can not eat fireworks in the world, and a tough guy who would rather starve to death than ask for help. You know that when your friend asks you to send him some money, you are only willing to send him a letter full of comfort and encouragement. and told him how noble it is to be self-reliant... If you are such a man, I can assure you that your only friend is yourself."

——Although he was very annoyed by Yelu Dashi's extortion, in order to let the Khitan people go on the road as soon as possible, so as to change history and get more reward points, Wang Qiu still had to scratch his head and find a way to collect goods to meet the needs of the Khitan people .

"...For ordnance, I remember that before the expedition from Bianliang, Doraemon moved a lot of things in the military prison of the Song State, and then emptied the arsenal of the Generalissimo's Mansion of Hebei Bingma in Xiangzhou. Now There should be a lot left, and it can probably be made up.”

"...For table salt, I can pull a cart back from the salt industry company in the city, and say that it is to help buy goods for the supermarket. People from the salt industry company should not have that spare time to track and trace... As for the money used, Anyway, the price of table salt is not expensive, so I can put it first."

"...The price of tea is much more expensive, so I will reject such an outrageous request! There is no food left in the traverser's home!"

"...I really can't get out the 100 million copper coins, so I asked Nobi Nobita to get some sacks of glass beads and ask him if he wants any!"

"...The last one is grain of [-] shi... There is really no way to do this. No matter in China or Japan, such a large-scale grain business is very eye-catching!" Wang Qiu shrugged helplessly, "...Professor Guo, can you cross this out?"

"...This one is the last one that cannot be crossed out. There is not enough rations to feed the soldiers, and there is no beans and barley to restore the strength of the horses that have been starving for the winter. How can this battle be fought?" Guo Jing spread his hands. , "... Please think of a way again!"

So, Wang Qiu, Nobi Nobita, Doraemon and Guo Jing sat cross-legged, frowning and thinking hard for a long time,
In the end, it was Wang Qiu who took the lead in thinking of a solution.

"...There is an old saying that 'teaching a man to fish is better than giving him a fish'. Instead of letting us buy food for them at a loss, how about letting these Khitan people grow their own crops?" He stared at Doraemon Said, "...Traditionally, the grassland nomads believed that the land outside the Great Wall was difficult to cultivate, and they could only obtain grain and rice from the Central Plains in the south. But I remember that by the 21st century, Mongolia had achieved food self-sufficiency, which shows that with the With the advancement of agricultural technology, some crops can still be grown on the Mobei Plateau... Doraemon, do you have any future food crop seeds that are resistant to cold, drought, and barrenness, and adapted to the climate of the Mongolian Plateau, which can be used at this time? Planting seeds in Ketun city?"

"...Ah, this...let me look for it, it seems that there is really..."