On the grassland occupied by the Shuofang tribe, a large group of black ducks followed the cart in front of the whistle and headed towards the distance.

For the herdsmen of Shuofang tribe, they were used to this kind of scene. A year ago, they lived a nomadic life of living by water and grass, but now they have lived in brick and stone houses, no longer using cattle, sheep manure and wood and hay to make fire, and every household uses coal stoves.

Of course, what surprised these herdsmen the most was that they used to composting cattle and sheep manure and planting grass and then making it into silage. Although people were a little tired, they were much more comfortable to settle down than driving cattle and sheep to grazing after eating and rushing to the next pasture.

"What are these ducks for?"

Because the Hetao area outside the gate wall of Shenmu East Road is under the control of Gao Jin, it has now become a must-pass place for small merchants on the three sides of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia to go out of customs and trade with Mongolian departments.

Of course, if these merchants want to leave the customs, they have to go to the Sihai Warehouse, which has been renamed as Shuofang Chamber of Commerce, to exchange for passable license plates. Then they only need to pay ten taels of silver to be members of Shuofang Chamber of Commerce. As long as they abide by the rules of Shuofang Chamber of Commerce, they can enjoy the benefits provided by Shuofang Chamber of Commerce.

At present, the shopkeeper of a small caravan from Huamachi started to talk to the herdsmen who were mowing grass by the road. Although he had to go out of Shenmu County from Huamachi to Shenmu County, he could not resist the peace of Hetao under the control of Shuofang Protectorate. He did not have to worry about being forced to suffer losses by using a knife to do business with those Tartars.

Of course, these caravans who came out of customs must abide by the rules of the Shuofang Chamber of Commerce and cannot use junk goods to deceive the Tartars. Compared with the Shuofang Chamber of Commerce that can protect their safety in Hetao, this is not an unacceptable condition.

In fact, since passing Gubeizhai, this caravan from Huamachi has been shocked. There is water transportation from Gubeizhai to Shuofang City, but all the transportation volume is occupied by Shuofang Chamber of Commerce.

Then they saw that the Tartars who should have lived with water and grass actually settled down, and they also learned to farm, or rather plant grass. The cattle and sheep were fed in siding and fodder and fodder transported from the Hakou Fort. They only needed to be driven out regularly every day for stocking, and they were all fed extremely fat.

However, many of the sheep raised by the Tartars here were bare and were completely pulled out.

After several inquiries, the shopkeeper realized that the Shuofang Protectorate would buy wool regularly with these Shuofang herders, and the Shuofang herders only recognized the tall guardian. If they were replaced by other caravans to collect wool, they would definitely not sell it.

The herdsmen of Shuofang tribe are different from the Tartars in other places. They are dressed cleanly and have no smell of smell on their bodies. They are mostly speaking Chinese. Even if they are not very standard, there is absolutely no problem with simple communication. The most important thing is that some of these herdsmen can read. Although the words are missing strokes, and the best ones they learn are thousands of characters, most of the remaining ones can only recognize five or six hundred characters.

But this alone is enough to make the Ming merchants who came to the grassland feel awe. The tall archer in the wall was called a vulgar and insulting military man by scholars. But what they saw and heard was clearly the Tatar who was teaching Hetao.

In the eyes of those merchants, the Tartar herders were mostly lazy and unreasonable, but the herdsmen of Shuofang tribe were completely different in spirit. Those who had traveled around the world and had a lot of knowledge and could not see any common people in the state dynasty in the walls.

"These divine ducks were sent by the Protector to protect us."

After loading a large bundle of fresh grass into the car, Lao Buji said to the shopkeeper who was asking about it. Speaking of which, after the beginning of spring this year, a small-scale locust plague occurred on the grassland.

In the past, locust plagues were regarded as natural disasters by herders, so no one would pay attention to them. The locusts would breed and lay eggs on the grassland, then eat up everything and fly to the next grassland. Finally, they grow stronger and pour into the pass, turning the farmland into desolation.

However, the Shuofang tribe is not the traditional Mongolian tribe, but it has a tribe name. In fact, Gao Jin organized it according to the later construction corps. The heads of the ten households reported to the upwards immediately after they found locusts on the grassland.

When he was in Hekou Fort, Gao Jin asked farmers to raise chickens and ducks. When the Shuofang tribe reported that locusts were present, batches of ducks were driven northward. Although nearly half of them died along the way, more than 3,000 ducks finally arrived at the Shuofang tribe. Then, they formed in groups of three or five hundred, and led by special duck herders from Hekou Fort to control locusts to the grasslands with locusts.

In the hearts of the herdsmen of Shuofang tribe, Gao Jin's prestige was at its peak. He said that these ducks could control locusts, and the herdsmen believed that these divine ducks could really control locusts. When these ducks ate all the locusts one by one, the herdsmen even began to worship these divine ducks.

When they heard that the ducks were sent by the tall guru to the grassland to control locusts, the caravan was stunned. In their minds, the locust plague was an irresistible natural disaster. If a locust plague was encountered within the wall, the people would burn incense and worship the Lord Locust God!

"Can these divine ducks really eat locusts?"

"What am I lying to you? If the Protector of the Pastoral field had not sent the Divine Ducks, the grass would have been harmed by the locusts and the animals would have starved to death."

Lao Buji said with some displeasure that the people in Shuofang always talked with spit and never told lies.

"Don't calm down, I just heard that this divine duck can cure locusts?"

The shopkeeper said with caution that although the Tartars of Shuofang tribe were more reasonable than the Tartars elsewhere, they could not tolerate outsiders having any doubts about the tall guru. On the way he came, he heard that someone was stupid and said something bad, but he almost lost his life.

"The Great Protector is the Great Bodhisattva of the Ming King, and the divine duck sent by the Buddha was the one who had heard of the Dharma and had spirituality."

Old Buji said seriously, and the shopkeeper and his men were already stupid, but they couldn't find any rebuttals. After all, this divine duck could cure locusts.

Finally, out of curiosity, the shopkeeper led his friends to the large group of divine ducks in front of him. They wanted to see with their own eyes how those divine ducks treated locusts.

"Babe, they don't do business anymore?"

"The goods they brought were not good things, so they could only be sold to poor places in the north."

Lao Buji looked at the caravan with only a dozen people, but said with disdain that the Shuofang people were not those poor and sexy Tartars, but they looked down on the goods brought by these Ming merchants.

"That's right."

Xiao Buji smiled foolishly. The people of Shuofang only recognized the things of Shuofang Chamber of Commerce, which was the industry of the Great Protector, and the Great Protector would never cheat them.

After compacting all the clayed grass, Lao Buji and his son drove back in the car. It was already summer and the rain was uncertain on the grassland. After fertilizing the grass, they saw water growing in batches. They wanted to cut more grass to prepare for the winter. The Ming Dynasty merchants were all unsavory country bumpkins and were not worth paying attention.

...

When I first saw Shuofang City, the Shuofang Protectorate had risen from the ground.

Hou San, who was left by Gao Jin in Shuofang City, was much richer than the black and thin appearance when Shuofang was first established. The main reason is that there are no shortage of civil servants needed in Shuofang Protectorate. In the past, a large number of criminals who were implicated in the Qin King's plot against the case and their families were exiled to Hetao.

In Hekou Fort, the female relatives of the criminal family were left in the wall, and those who were beautiful and good-looking were promised by Gao Jin to his friends who had not yet married. His aunts were very happy. They didn't care about whether they were offended or not. They only knew that their daughters-in-law were all officials and ladies from the family. In the past, they were a good family that could not be reached.

As for Gao Jin and his friends, they were all very satisfied. After all, although there are many good women waiting to be married in Hekoubao, they all grew up doing farm work. Even if they look like a clever face, they are still not as good as those ladies from the official family.

Gao Jin originally wanted to fulfill his promise to the aunts that day and find a good wife for his friends. But in Hou San's eyes, the master walked in a wonderful way. After these father and brothers from the official family came to Shuofang City, they were really doing their best.

"Hou Changshi, all the accounts for this month have been sorted out."

In the Mingtang of the Protectorate's Mansion, Geng Ying, who was originally the left chief of the Qin Palace, held a stack of books in his hand. Chao Zheng was a little stunned. Now the civil servants in the Shuofang Protectorate and Shuofang were all capable officials from the Qin Palace. As for those incompetent people, they have been eliminated in the past few months.

"Brother Geng, why should I be so disgusted?"

Looking at Geng Ying, who was older than him, Hou San replied to the spirit that the Zuo Changshi of the former Qin Prince's Mansion was a good minister, but he was not a good person. However, the master said that he did not investigate the past and did not care about his thoughts. Geng Ying was capable of doing things, and now the Shuofang tribe is prosperous. Although the master set the airs, it was Geng Ying and others who were in charge and subordinates who made great efforts.

"Hao Changshi, the etiquette should not be abolished. Most of the Protectors are not here, so Hou Changshi is respected."

Geng Ying said in a deep voice. He could not see any arrogance on his face, but said sincerely. In fact, all of them, the old ministers of the Qin Palace, knew that the King of Qin had no intention of rebelling, and even more so, the so-called rebellion case was just fabricated by the Jinyiwei. But in the final analysis, it was the emperor who greedily pursued the wealth accumulated by the Qin Palace for many years that he had made this rebellion case. They were just suffering from the disaster.

Geng Ying and his group of people were naturally full of resentment towards the emperor and the court. However, they thought that they would never have the possibility of turning back. They were exiled and exiled to the army, and their female relatives were exiled to the Jiaofangsi, and their descendants would become untouchables, but they did not expect that they would wait for a turnaround in the end.

When exiled to Hetao, the female relatives remained in the pass. Their daughter and granddaughter married Gao Jin, the now popular trusted subordinate of the Shuofang Protectorate. After they arrived at the Shuofang tribe, they did not need to engage in hard labor, but became civil servants of the Shuofang Protectorate’s Mansion.

Of course, what shocked Geng Ying the most was that the tall guru actually operated a huge force outside the Great Frontier. The Shuofang Protectorate was not only a matter of restraint, but also a foundation for the king's hegemony. So they, who deeply hated the court, immediately became Gao Jin's loyalty. As for those idiots who were full of loyalty and thought of reporting to the court, were regarded as a letter of fame by them and directly killed and buried the fat land. Now they didn't know how many of the forage grass on the graves had been cut.

"Consul Geng, the Protector of the Great Descendants have sent people to send news. The Changxia Former will lead troops back to Shuofang City to take charge of the situation himself, but Shenmu County still needs to approve the capable officials to take charge of the affairs, so as not to cause any major troubles in the yamen. You can sort out the list for me in the past two days and send them back soon."

"Yes, Chief Hou."

Geng Ying showed joy on his face. Many of them worked diligently in the past few months just to be able to return to the pass. Although the Great Protector used troops like a god, beating a Tartar was like beating his son, they still needed to be used in this governance area.
Chapter completed!