Gospel of Lazy Cancer

The weather on the prairie is changeable. It was sunny one moment and it rained suddenly the next. The middle-aged herdsmen hurried into the cow-hair tents.This kind of weather can only be comfortable in a felt tent. The felt tent made of cow hair is not afraid of being soaked by rain and snow. No matter how heavy the wind and rain outside, the tent is still warm and dry.

In the middle of the tent was a stove, a pot stove set up with three stones, and horse milk tea was boiled in an iron pot on it. When his wife saw him come in, she immediately poured him a cup to keep out the cold.

This iron pot is the most valuable property of their family. Their tribe is relatively close to the Liaodong Guard. His sister married a Han soldier and bought it in exchange for a good horse.

"What did the chief say?" his wife asked eagerly.

"Oh, let's take another look." The middle-aged herdsman replied with a sad face.

"If you are naturalized, you can go to the market to buy and sell freely with the guard. Our tea and salt are almost used up. I don't know when the caravan will come next time. The price is still so expensive..."

"How can things be so simple? If you are naturalized, the imperial court will levy taxes on the head and pay corvees, who should we ask for reason?" The herders used the leader's words to perfuse their wives, which sounded somewhat reasonable.

"The aristocratic lords of the tax group did not take less. There were not a few sheep left in the nest last year, huh!" His wife was full of complaints when she said it, but their tribe is not bad, and the leader is not too old. The life of the herdsmen is still passable, but the seniority of the leaders also means that they are stuck in the old ways and are less able to accept changes.

This herdsman is quite knowledgeable, otherwise he would not have married his girl to the soldiers of Liaodong. He also received rumors that he wanted to set up a capital. , he felt that being close to the court was not a bad thing.

It is reluctant that the child cannot catch the wolf.

The aristocratic leaders stared at the position of power, but did not show their loyalty and sincerity. The young general is not stupid. Could it be that he benefits you for nothing?

Even if you pay poll tax, you can save a lot on the business side, and still make money.

He thought for a while, stood up again, and planned to go out.

"It's raining fast, where are you going?"

"Go to my brother-in-law and ask about it."

Not long ago, Yao Chen hosted a banquet for the leaders and envoys of various ministries, and announced the general regulations.

There are several guard commanders and envoys under the Dusi. Each guard has five thousand households in the front, rear, left, right, and middle. Each thousand households has ten hundred households. Each guard has about five to 6000 people. Tun Shou, was ordered to attack and defend in wartime.

In order to prevent empty pay, Yao Chen asked all the guards to register and make books, and to train soldiers according to the imperial court regulations. The first batch of places released is not many, there is only one guard, and each ministry is free to register. The minimum number of people is [-] households, and the number of small tribes is not enough. joint with each other.

In fact, the main tribes had already communicated with each other in advance. Yao Chen basically knew which ones were friends and which ones were thorns after contacting them over the years.

The strict household registration system has always been difficult to implement in the grasslands. First, the situation is relatively unstable;

Yao Chen made up his mind to tie these tribes to the chariot of the imperial court. With them, they are a natural barrier against foreign countries. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen their win over and control. The household registration system is the first item he advocates. If you want benefits, come to register first, there are still many successors waiting for them!

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

There are turbulent undercurrents among the tribes and within the tribes.

Some distrusted the imperial court very much, and regarded it as a strategy to divide the tribes. The so-called capital guards were just to lure them for profit, and then sent the tribes to the battlefield as cannon fodder.

Some neutral tribes vacillated and gathered together to spy.

"When we set up the capital before, we didn't get much benefit." There were a lot of doubts and worries.

"It's different this time. We can make a lot of profit just by opening the market." Some people are just about to make a move.

"Although there is a young general now, who is more or less reliable, but what if there is a change of people behind the court?"

"If you can't survive, you can use the old method and move farther away. There are still our people in the west..." Someone alluded to Tatar.

"Hey, what kind of clansman is that? Lord who eats people but doesn't spit out bones, quickly put away such thoughts."

"That's what I said..."

After some discussions, they couldn't make a decision, and finally someone said: "Why don't we wait and see what happens? There should be more places in the future."

The man wore a golden tiara on his head. His golden tiara consisted of four ornaments, a cap and three crown belts, indicating that he was the highest person in the tent.

Everyone seconded: "Not bad."

As a result, within the deadline set by Yao Chen, they all saw familiar faces.

"Didn't you say you were going to the west to join your tribe?"

"Didn't you say to wait and see what happens next time?"

On the contrary, those who were loose in tone did not appear.

Tsk, this plastic alliance.

The Nuergan Dusi is different from other capital divisions. With the special approval of the imperial court, Yao Chen temporarily acted as the commander of the capital, commanded the secretary, and served as the palm seal. His deputy positions were respectively held by two tribal leaders and thousands of households. One person was in charge of military training, and the other Responsible for patrolling, litigation, and warehouse affairs.The imperial court likes to separate military leadership from military training to avoid excessive concentration of military power.

Yao Chen's daring to decentralize power has also made the hearts of the grassland ministries fall into place. At least the main practical affairs are still in charge of their own people, without the imperial court interfering.

Except for the occasional military patrols from the Liaodong Guard Station after naturalization, the herdsmen feel that their lives have not been greatly affected.

Everyone's focus is on the tea market that will open in three days.

Discussion field is a trading place set up by the imperial court for various ministries, and a certain tax is charged. Some are only opened at specific times, and some are open all year round.Every once in a while, tea, salt, cloth, etc. will be sold intensively. At this time, the goods may not be the best, but they are cheaper than usual, and the commercial tax is also discounted.

This batch of tea has just been shipped from the south, and they are all old tea. Scholars may disdain them, but the price is very high in the northern grasslands.

The imperial court has always carried out the frontier policy of "using tea to control the army". Nomads eat more meat and cannot get sick from tea. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, tea has been used to trade horses and use tea to make Qiang army. Anyone who privately exports tea will be killed.In order to reflect the importance attached to Nuer Gandusi, the emperor specially decreed to relax the control.

Yao Chen made a lot of publicity about the emperor's benevolent government and caring for the people, and he announced that all tribal people who joined the guard can freely enter and exit the bargaining market, and each person has a certain purchase quota to prevent malicious reselling.

The herdsmen seem to have caught up with the "Jiangnan leather factory closed down, the boss ran away with his sister-in-law and had to sell the package to pay for his salary", jumping off the building to clear the warehouse and vomit blood. The purchasing power exploded unprecedentedly. After entering the market, it was transported to various parts of the capital by water transport.

And those who hesitated before, their intestines are green with regret, and the voices of dissatisfaction among the tribe are getting stronger and stronger.

However, Yao Chen will not expand the enrollment in a short time, and he will have to digest this guard for a while, it is not expensive.

Although there are only 6000 to [-] soldiers, including their families and tribes, it is the burden of tens of thousands of people.

Yao Chen was a little suspicious that he was about to lose his status as a salted fish.

In the short term, the work tasks have increased, but in the long run, these people will help Liaodong enter a good cycle, and Yao Chen has no complaints. Uniting all the forces that can be united, at least he doesn't have to worry about being attacked by the enemy, or when foreign enemies invade. Many leading parties.

Before that, he paid great attention to maintaining the relationship with the tribes. If there were snowstorms or bandits, he would help out if he could, and win the favor of all tribes. After many years, the implementation of the New Deal has been so smooth.

"Major General, this is today's post." The personal guard brought in a basket, and since the capital's benefits gradually became known, postings from all over the place flew into the guard like snowflakes.There are various tribes who want to get a place in the guard, and there are also businessmen from all over who want to squeeze into the market.

Yao Chen took a deep breath, read all the famous posts at a glance, recalled all the materials in his mind, picked out the important ones, and put the others aside.

"Has the post been posted yet?" Yao Chen asked.He has already announced to the public that the short-term guard will not recruit any more people, and he will notify at this time next year. Those who are far away and have no information, although regretfully missed it, can go to the guard to receive some subsidies.

The personal guard replied: "Notices have been pasted on the walls of all thoroughfares and intersections, and soldiers who are proficient in various languages ​​have been ordered to read and answer them at all times."

Yao Chen frowned, a little confused: "Then why are there so many posts?"

The personal guard confessed that the work of guarding the gatehouse is very popular recently. The major general allowed them to earn some extra money.He guessed: "Probably want to go through the back door."

Yao Chen: Can you pass through my back door?Only the little wolf dog emperor can walk hehehe.

Among the many famous assassins, a very special post caught his attention.

The name post is made of Yangzhou paper, gilded red silk, top quality, and this material alone may cost ten yuan. When Yao Chen first bought it, he thought it was a wealthy businessman.

When I opened the post, it read "Zheng, Quanzhou, Fujian".

This is very strange.

A general name post usually has a lot of content, mostly dozens of characters, indicating name, place of origin, title, background, experience, etc., and it is only used as a call notice, just like a business card, telling the host who I am and why I am worthy. See you soon.

Yao Chen asked, "Do you still remember the person who voted for this post?"

The guard thought for a while: "I have the impression of a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman in this post. His skin is dark. From the looks of his demeanor, his subordinates should be a practicing family. But running a business is dangerous, and it is not uncommon for a businessman to practice martial arts. matter, I didn’t pay much attention to it.”

The person who posted this post was either ignorant of etiquette, or extremely arrogant, thinking that as long as anyone in Quanzhou, Fujian Province said his surname, he would know him.

Yao Chen thought for a long time, but still had no idea.

Sorry, the southernmost place he has been to in this life is Beiping.

Where is Quanzhou, Fujian?No way.

Yao Chen secretly thought that this person was playing tricks, so he should write a letter and ask the little wolf dog. There are kabuki.

When he received the news that Liaodong came to report, Zhang Shoufu knew that he might have to work overtime again today.

In the past, the style of Liaodong Zoushu was basically like this:

"I've finished my dad's food."

"Didn't I just give it to you?!"

"Dad has run out of pocket money this month."

"Didn't I just give it to you?!"

"Dad, I got into a fight with someone."

"It's not just... How much will I pay this time?"

now becomes:

"Dad, I learned how to fish!"

"Build a fishing boat for you."

"Dad, I made canned food for you!"

"I will open a shop for you."

"Dad, my friends and I are getting along very well!"

"Okay, okay, as long as you don't mix with bad guys, you are a good baby for Dad."

The old father had tears in his eyes, and the child has finally grown up. Not only has he learned to support himself, but now he also knows how to communicate with others and understand the difficulties at home.

Although the development of Liaodong is getting better and better, every time news comes, it means a lot of things to do.

This time it was even more exciting, even though Zhang Shoufu was used to big scenes, his hands couldn't help shaking.

"Daddy, let's go dig someone else's gold mine, shall we?"

To be precise, this gold mine is not someone else's.

The original Nuergan area occupied a very large area. Later, Tatars and Jurchen countries rose up and encroached on the territory of the current dynasty. The imperial court's control over the north became weaker. The Nuergan capital was in name only, and was finally abolished directly.

Now reset, besides tightening the household registration policy and expanding the scale of trade, another thing Yao Chen is doing is prospecting.

He remembered watching a classic TV series called Chuangguandong, in which the male god made his fortune in Laojingou. According to some research, Laojingou was in Mohe.

One of the tribes in the newly-established Thousand Households Office is near Mohe. Yao Chen took advantage of the registers and records and sent a large number of people to investigate. Sure enough, gold sand was found in Taipinggou, Guanyin Mountain by the Jiayin River.

According to the preliminary survey, the vein of the gold mine is five hundred miles long, and there is a large amount of gold sand in the river.

Yao Chen immediately reported the good news to the court.

Zhang Shoufu was a little embarrassed, who wouldn't want the gold delivered to his door?

But location is too sensitive.

It is located at the border with Tatar, and it should have been entirely within the territory, but because the country’s power has become weaker than before, many tribes have turned to the enemy, and even their range of activities has also belonged to Tatar. Unfortunately, Mohe is in the in.

Mining is difficult, and Mohe is located at the northern end, far away from the center of the country, but is closer to Tatar, which is really frustrating.If troops are stationed, the Tatars will think that the imperial court intends to go to war, and the peace that the two countries have managed to maintain will be broken.

Or worse, the news of the gold mine was leaked, and the Tatars came directly to kill them. At that time, they lost their wives and lost their soldiers.

But it doesn't work if you leave it alone, knowing that there is a golden mountain and not digging it, and worrying about being discovered by the old enemy, it's really aggrieved.

For fear of leaking the news, this matter was not brought to the court for discussion, and several bigwigs met together for a secret discussion.

The young emperor first set the tone: dig, must dig!

The queen mother also felt that Tatar should not be cheap, not digging and rounding up is equal to being an enemy!

"How about in the name of restoring the homeland?" Someone suggested.

"It seems to be better than the name of gold mining..."

Someone else said: "Actually, it's not considered the homeland. The border is blurred. The Tatars didn't set up a new boundary marker with us. They occupied it secretly. Now we just occupy it secretly!"

"Then do you want to write a letter of credence?"

This opinion was unanimously opposed.

Everyone felt that this matter should not be brought up on the table, and they just took advantage of it secretly.

In the end, after much consideration, he decided to ask Deputy Commander Yao to carefully evaluate the danger and feasibility, and look for opportunities to test Tatar's reaction.

The emperor felt that everyone was a little unreasonable, and he didn't understand how he felt about supporting his family.

Tens of millions of people are waiting to be fed.Money is needed everywhere, and he feels that he is the richest and poorest person in the world.The family business has a huge turnover every day, but there is not much balance, and it is clinking poor. Even the place where he lives has not been repaired for a hundred years!

He was aggrieved and wrote a letter to his general, asking for a hug and a hug.

What can Yao Chen do?Of course it is trying to coax!

He ordered people to pretend to be a lost caravan and stroll to the border. As expected, the enemy tribe took the bait and robbed the fat sheep delivered to the door.

The other party felt that it was unreasonable not to grab it.

Don't you know that there is only a thin line between herdsmen and robbers on the grassland?Carry so much tea and silk out without familiar roads?

The other party finished the robbery, and saw the caravan fleeing to the border, but did not pursue it, thinking that the matter was over.I don't want to think that in a few days, the whole tribe was taken over.

This is the first battle after the restoration of the capital, and it must be fought beautifully!In the future, it depends on how many tea markets you have and how many tea markets you have!

Every soldier worked hard. They had dismounted to herd sheep and go to war. No one knew how to fight on the grassland better than them. The Liaodong Han army was only finishing behind.

When we hit the Daxing'anling area, the gold mines were almost rounded up, so, call for gold and withdraw troops, and accept it when you see it.

Yao Chen gave all the gains to the tribes participating in the counterattack, re-established the boundary markers, and left troops to garrison them.

Tatar feels that the rich neighbor in the south who is stupid and rich has been a little bit drifting lately.

It was fine if he didn't hit him, but he actually hit himself back.

Alutai, the grand master in charge of the Tatars, immediately sent a threat: Is it itchy?Do you want me to visit your house as a guest?

By the way, he also teased the queen mother: I am a good match for your age. I am a widower and you are a widow. If you marry me, you will take your land as a dowry!

He thought that the southerners would give in immediately as before, and he didn't want the other party to present the facts and make sense. You were the ones who snatched our caravan first, and we were just defending ourselves!As for the occupied land, there was no mention of it.

The queen mother also teased back: You take Tatar as a dowry, I will reluctantly think about it.

Arutai was very angry, but he was also afraid of the national power in the south, which had a tendency to revive, which was vaguely not good.On the other hand, inside Tatar, there are many factions and miasmas. At this time, he has changed the three khans of Guilichi, Ben Yashili, and Atai, and now he is fighting with the Khans in full swing.I can only eat this boring loss and comfort myself.

Anyway, the place that was occupied was poor, miserable and chaotic, so there was nothing to regret.