A convoy left Yewang and headed west.
The carriage is filled with all kinds of linen, pottery pots, lacquerware and other daily necessities.
The motorcade moved very slowly and stopped at one place only at noon.
When the tribal herdsmen saw it, they immediately surrounded him.
The team members took the opportunity to start shouting and selling goods.
Liu Dahu smiled and leaned under the tree, enjoying the cool southeast wind, silently looking at the camp in the distance.
The camp is surrounded by wooden fences and is used for people to live in.
Outside the camp, there are many cattle and sheep grazing. It is obvious that this is a small tribe that has moved from elsewhere. There may be several clans among them, and the leaders are obeying orders under the tent of General Anxi of the Wild King.
"I'm not afraid that Jin people will raid and steal your cattle and sheep." Liu Dahu pulled out the stopper on the cowhide water bag, took a sip of wine, and muttered to himself.
Of course, it's just a secret.
This place is still quite far away from Heyang, and the Jin people don't seem to have many cavalry. It is almost impossible to avoid the sight of the wild cavalry.
The transaction not far away went smoothly.
As the domestic slave of General Anxi, Liu Dahu is still very respectable in Hanoi and the Shangdang area. There are some businesses that only he can do and others cannot.
A guard brought meals, purchased from the tribal camp.
Liu Dahu reached out to take the milk and meat, and started to eat slowly.
"The milk is good. Should I milk the ewes that have lambed this spring?" Liu Dahu asked casually.
"Exactly," the guard said, "I watched them squeeze. The sun is at the top of the sky, the yin and yang are alternating, and the milk is delicious."
"Not bad." Liu Dahu glanced at him approvingly.
This boy has a future, and I feel comfortable serving him. Let him make a little fortune in the future.
As for how to make a fortune, that's too simple. He just needs to be allowed to bring some of his own goods and sell them with the caravan.
Liu Dahu drank the milk and burped.
Don’t say that you can’t drink freshly squeezed milk. Shepherds have been doing this for thousands of years. It doesn’t matter whether it is sterilized or not, as long as it satisfies your stomach.
Milk from cows, sheep and horses has always been the staple food of ordinary shepherds. After entering the Central Plains, some farmland "depending on the harvest" became available, but dairy products still occupied the most important part of their lives.
"Don't forget to buy some kumiss." Liu Dahu began to chew the dried meat and ordered.
The guard responded, then carefully picked out the maggots from the meat, put the remaining meat into his mouth and chewed it.
Doing business can really make huge profits.
When he was there just now, he saw that more than fifty pairs of boots had been sold at once, including more than ten pairs of satin boots, and the rest were leather boots - boots (also written as Ding, Ding).
), there is no such word, so it is called "Hu people walk with their legs on their legs". King Wuling of Zhao learned the Hu costume when he was riding and shooting, but it was not popular before and was not widely worn until the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
For warriors who often need to fight, leather boots that can protect the ankles and even the upper shins are indeed better than shoes. They are urgently needed goods and are very easy to sell.
In addition to boots, they also sell a lot of trousers (crotchless trousers, open crotch pants worn by non-Han people), felt hats, pots, spoons, knives and other daily necessities.
Selling luxury and expensive items is really not profitable because the volume is too large.
And everything they sell is produced in the city. There are indeed some craftsmen in the tribe who make such items, but the number is not enough to meet all the needs. This gives opportunities to the Jin people living in the city.
The Han Dynasty covered several states, but in the end the Chinese people (the Huns) were not as good as the Jin people. I really don’t know what to say.
In the case of General Anxi's business, the Jin craftsmen made the goods, the Huns sold them, and the Jie people acted as guards. Ordinary herdsmen could only exchange skins, cheese, preserved meat, kumiss and even livestock, and they could not even sell them.
price.
In the whole process, General Anxi made the most money, followed by craftsmen, then Jie people, and ordinary herdsmen lost the most.
But life can still go on, just make do with it and don't think too much.
Another guard hurried over.
Liu Dahu raised his eyelids and asked, "What's the matter?"
"A familiar leader said that there are many Jin soldiers coming from Beicheng, and the situation is tense. Let us be careful," the guard said.
"How did they know?"
"Some people came back from the south to change defenses and said that there were many ships on the river approaching the three cities of Heyang. There were many more ships than before."
"This alone is not enough to judge."
"Some people say that the North City side used to have a maximum of a thousand cavalry, but recently the count was down to two thousand. They are practicing combined attack skills outside the city, and sometimes they charge straight into the rangers who are watching them."
Liu Dahu sat up straight.
Some things cannot be deceived, such as the collection and distribution of supplies and the gathering of soldiers.
When Jin people go to war, it is almost impossible to achieve suddenness.
When the Han Dynasty went to war, they hunted and killed all over the country and drove away the Jin army's scouts, so that they could achieve suddenness.
Since the Jin army gathered materials and soldiers in Heyang with great arrogance, they must have a plan.
"Go back to Ye Wang. Regardless of whether General Anxi has received the news or not, I have to inform him." Liu Dahu ordered.
"Okay." The guard didn't waste any time and ran directly to his mount, turned around and headed towards the Wild King.
Liu Dahu raised his head and looked at the camp again.
After the exchange, the shepherds were very happy and walked back to their tents one after another.
In the wilderness where pasture is growing well, women are milking cows everywhere.
Old people make cheese that can be stored for a long time, and even pick wild fruits to make wine.
Children herd cattle and sheep, ride horses and chase and play in the fields, and their innocent laughter spread far and wide.
What a great place.
Liu Dahu couldn't help but stood up and looked at the endless wilderness.
Once upon a time, there were villages of Jin people everywhere here. But now, the houses are in ruins, the canals are blocked, and the fields are barren - it cannot be said to be completely barren. At least these herdsmen have grown a lot of food, but they have never taken care of it.
There are almost as many barnyard grasses as millet in the field. It is good to be able to harvest one bushel of dendrobium per acre, which is good, but it is not comparable to the three or four bushels of dendrobium per acre that Jin people can harvest.
But it's still a great place.
Recently, a tribe moved from Wuwei. They first went to Hexi, and were later resettled by Shan Yutai to Shangdang, and then part of them were sent to Hanoi. When they first came to Hanoi, a land of fertile fields thousands of miles away, they were all shocked.
There is such good pasture.
Hanoi is just a corner of the Central Plains.
South of the river, there are countless good pastures. The reputation of the Guangchengze Ranch established by Shao Thief has spread to Hebei. I heard that the water and grass there are rich and have never dried up even in years of drought. If they can graze their cattle, I don't know how many tribes can be raised.
Everyone is heading east and south.
At the end of last year, Yao Yizhong, the leader of Chiting Qiang in Nan'an, led his troops to move eastward to Yumei, with tens of thousands of followers.
Prior to this, Peng Tianhu, the leader of Anding Lushuihu, defeated Jia Tong, and his tribe also settled in the hinterland of Guanzhong.
Moving eastward and southward is the general trend.
Liu Dahu didn't know what was happening in the west, and tribes moved eastward one after another.
Perhaps, there is no complicated reason, it's just that Jin Ting is weak and everyone wants a piece of the pie.
When the nearby tribes leave, the distant tribes will occupy their pastures. Migration is the normal state of the grasslands.
Who can resist the temptation of high-quality pastures in the Central Plains?
"Let's go." After eating, Liu Dahu got on his horse and walked listlessly ahead.
A long motorcade followed, heading west.
A melodious song rang out in the wilderness, sung by the shepherd.
The Jie people accompanying him also took out their harps and played on horseback.
Liu Dahu laughed heartily.
The sky is high and the clouds are clear, the grass is long and warblers are flying, the cattle and sheep are wild, and the horses are galloping.
Duandi is a beautiful place. This is the romance unique to the grassland people.
I really hope this is their land forever.
****
At the end of May, the convoy entered Hedong.
Once here, it's a completely different scene.
Liu Dahu even saw part of the farmland that had just been harvested.
Wheat straw was piled high and was being hauled away in carts.
Birds swooped down and pecked at the ears of wheat left in the fields.
Wheat is grown in Hedong, but generally spring wheat is grown, and winter wheat is rarely grown.
There have been more and more people in the past few years. The root cause is that the local tyrants from Hedong followed the Han Dynasty king's army and robbed many people from Hanoi, Jijun, Henan, Hongnong and other places and returned. Therefore, the practice of planting winter wheat gradually
Increase, because it does help improve land utilization.
Jin people still have some skills.
In early June, the convoy arrived in Pingyang. After selling out all the goods, they took the money and went straight to the Anxi General's Mansion.
Liu Dahu did not rest, but began to inquire about the news, and reported it to General Anxi upon his return.
Nowadays, the most popular figures in Beijing are undoubtedly two people, one from the East and the other from the West.
In the west, King Yao of Zhongshan repeatedly defeated the Jin people. He once attacked Chang'an, but later retreated due to lack of food. Chang'an was so big that Peng Tianhu didn't want it, and the King of Zhongshan also despised it, which made people sigh.
The King of Zhongshan is currently trying to pacify the barbarians in Guanzhong, and the people of Jin are also pacifying them. Whoever can gain their support will own Guanzhong.
As for the Jin family and the Wubao masters, they will usually defect to the winning side after the dust settles, and there is no need to specifically appease them - even if they do, it may not have much effect.
The one in the east is Shi Le.
He joined forces with Zhenyuan General Liang Fuchan and had just attacked and killed beggar commander Tian Hui.
Bo Sheng, who had taken refuge with Sima Yue, led his troops to surrender.
At this point, Shi Le concentrated on running Hebei for several years. Based on Yecheng, he had almost conquered Jizhou.
The imperial court regarded him as a servant and the general who conquered the east to conquer Yecheng, and he was highly respected.
Liang Fuzhen was the general of Zhenyuan and the governor of Jizhou (zhianping).
Liu Dahu silently wrote down the news and prepared to dictate it when he returned home. The officials would write it down and bring it back to the Wild King.
"I think back then, Shi Chao was the governor of Jizhou and Shi Le lived in Yecheng. The court once wanted to appoint Shi Le as the governor of Yuzhou, so that he could lead his troops south to conquer Henan for the Han Dynasty." Liu Dahu sighed in his heart: "Shi Le's luck is really good. If he
If we really go to Henan, most of them will be wiped out by Shao Xun. At most, they will attack each other and just stay in a corner. It will never be as good as staying in Hebei."
"However, General Zhenyuan is still based in Anping and is the governor of Jizhou, and Shi Le is just the governor of Yecheng. He does not have the final say in Hebei, so it is not a big problem."
"If Youzhou is captured next, Hebei will be conquered. The power of the Han Dynasty will reach its peak."
"I don't know when Guanzhong will be captured..."
After completing the investigation, Liu Dahu returned to General Anxi's Mansion and wrote down the news he got today.
Chapter completed!