Chapter 957: Migration Road
Merchants are the people in this world who value information the most. As the carrier of the first-hand news of the Tang Dynasty, merchants all have one. Even if they leave Chang'an and cannot see it in time, they still have to ask someone to take it over, because they are afraid that there will be any news that will not be left behind.
Sometimes, merchants would use the newspapers they had read to wrap dry food, and Tong Luo would pick up these newspapers to read, which made him have a deeper understanding of the Tang Dynasty and Chang'an.
He also met a sensible figure, Li Mu, the Marquis of Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty.
In his eyes, this person is simply a god.
It was him who escaped from the Turkic camp and sent letters to Li Jing's army, and even the Turkic defeated and the Tang Dynasty won.
It was him who founded the Ministry of Internal Affairs and accumulated millions of wealth for the Tang Dynasty. It was him who promoted the exchange between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, which allowed the defeated Turks to have a bite of food.
It was him who stirred up the northwest storm and made the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks form brotherly alliances. The thirty-six countries in the Western Regions surrendered and came to Chang'an to worship the emperor.
Now, he has set up a farm in Jiangnan again, and wants to hire proletarian Turkic people to farm and give people like him a bite of food.
For the Turks, he was both an angel and a demon. It was him who caused the Turks to be so miserable, and it was him who gave the defeated Turks a little way to survive.
But for Turkic people like Tongluo, Li Mu was a saint.
Compared with the nobles of the same general and tribe, Li Mu, a Tang Dynasty man, was more concerned about the lives of ordinary Turkic people. Everything he did allowed the Turkic people at the bottom to benefit.
If it weren't for him to open the trade, Tong Luo wouldn't know if someone like him could survive the winter of defeat in the year.
Tong Luo was grateful to Li Mu, and he was willing to believe Li Mu, so this time he heard that it was another new policy promoted by Li Mu, the Marquis of Luoyang, so Tong Luo signed up without hesitation.
The Tang Dynasty merchants who came and went to the Turks were temporarily granted the right to envoys. The Turkish proletarians who had the conditions were allowed to sign up with them. Tong Luo often dealt with leather-collecting merchants and signed up as soon as possible.
But the nobles did not allow them to leave, and he did not dare to fight head-on, so he kept waiting for an opportunity.
Suddenly one day, somehow, the Turkic nobles changed their attitude and allowed some people to leave. But before they were allowed to leave, they had to draw a bow and shoot arrows. Tong Luoben thought that he could shoot arrows and was still very disappointed. But after going to test the shot, he could not shoot arrows and allowed him to leave. He never expected that not being able to shoot arrows would make him a blessing in disguise.
It seems that the weather is about to change. The Turks who can't shoot arrows actually get benefits.
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It was getting dark now, and it was the time for dinner. But for families like Tongluo, there was only one full meal a day, and they went to bed early in the evening to avoid hunger. Today is different, and they will set off tomorrow. There are twenty or thirty households in this group. The one who can walk in this group is the leather-selling businessman, Uncle Fan, who is familiar with him. The uncle was extremely enthusiastic about their ability to go to the Tang Dynasty and would set off tomorrow. He was worried that they would not be able to eat enough to walk. Tonight, the uncle took out a bag of coarse grains and let the women from each family get together to steam steamed buns according to the Tang Dynasty method.
The Turks called steamed buns, which were actually the steamed buns of the Tang Dynasty. Coupled with soup made with dry wild vegetables, it was a sumptuous dinner for people like Tongluo.
"Come on, add some seasonings to everyone!" Seeing that the soup was ready, Uncle Fan got up and took out a small paper bag from his arms. The paper bag opened it, and there were fine white salt inside. The people surrounding the bonfire all had their eyes straightened. This was snow-white fine salt. Only the nobles in the Turks could occasionally eat a little, and ordinary people dared not think about it.
Uncle Fan twisted it and put it into the soup. Yu Guang caught a glimpse of everyone's appearance, smiled, and sprinkled a small bag of white salt in it.
Everyone immediately exclaimed, "That's enough for the nobles to eat five meals, Uncle Fan actually threw all the fine salt into the pot at once!"
Tong Luo Qiqi Ai Ai said, "Uncle, there are a lot of them--"
"Not much, I'm happy!"
With this small bag of fine salt, everyone's expression of hunger and numbness finally became more lively and the atmosphere was not so depressing.
The steamed buns were brought up, and the children stared at the steamed buns. Because of their malnutrition, they all had slender necks and big heads. They wanted to eat them, but they didn't dare to take them. They only dared to keep muttering in their mouths: 'Eat steamed buns, eat steamed buns...'
The adults actually didn't dare to take it. Today, Uncle Fan treats him, and he doesn't speak, and no one dares to move. Moreover, he has to rely on his care throughout the way south, so who dares to offend him?
"Don't be polite, come on, take it all, just take it all, don't grab it today. Follow me along the way, keep it safe and eat every day." Uncle Fan was particularly enthusiastic today. This was completely opposite to when he and the nobles were selling their prices.
Tong Luo had a lot of contact with him, and felt abnormal, but he couldn't think of the reason, so he didn't dare to speak out.
Under Uncle Fan's gaze, everyone lined up to lead their own steamed buns. Two adults, one child, one bowl of vegetable soup, and none of them took more.
Everyone ate it silently and tasted the soup that was a little terrifying because of the addition of salt. This was the first time in their life that they had such a heavy-tasting soup. They were used to eating light tongues and could not tell the difference. They just felt that this was the most delicious thing in the world.
Of course, Uncle Fan doesn't eat this, so he can't have a small meal in front of these people, so he has already finished eating.
"To be honest, everyone chose to believe in the Tang Dynasty and the Marquis. This step is really the right way. You have never been to the Tang Dynasty, and you don't know what kind of person the Marquis is - the Marquis is the person I, Fan Debiao, admires the most in my life!"
"No one fails in anything he does. No one who follows him will fail in his career. The earlier he follows him, the more he earns. He does things without losing money when he listens to him! I, Fan Debiao, was once a gangster on the streets of Chang'an. Because after following the father-in-law, Mr. Bai, and got a little support, he achieved what he has today."
"Why tell you-" Fan Debiao sneered and said, "You think your noble masters are all very powerful, right? Just compared with me, Fan Debiao, ten of them can beat me one. Their little money is simply not worth mentioning in the eyes of me, Fan. If I compare with the Marquis, I would be a ants-no, no, even an ants!"
"Look at you, you can't even eat enough to eat - you're pitiful. Just because the Marquis knows that you are so pitiful, you're like a way to save you. The Marquis said that when you arrive in Jiangnan, as long as you are not lazy and willing to work, there is absolutely no problem with eating. Today, this group of food will be eaten casually when you arrive in Jiangnan, and you'll have enough to eat! Two meals a day - no, the Marquis can also take care of three meals!"
"Wow..." The young children couldn't help but exclaim, "Filling every meal? Can you eat three more meals?"
"In addition to enough rice, you can also eat salt every day. I have heard that there is salt over there!" Fan Debiao had never seen the sea, but these Turks had obviously never seen them, and they would not be exposed even if they brag about them.
"Some time ago, I happened to go back to Chang'an and saw with my own eyes that the Marquis caught a big fish worth more than ten feet. Think about it, how much meat does a fish worth more than ten feet have? When you arrive in Jiangnan, you will definitely be able to eat meat. The fish is from the sea, soaked in salty water. How can it not be salty? How can it not be delicious?"
"Eat salted fish, eat salted fish!" The children shouted again, and the adults also swallowed their saliva. But some people didn't believe it. More than ten feet of fish were too exaggerated.
"Also, when you go there, you don't just farm, you raise livestock, poultry, etc. But you don't seem to raise cattle and sheep, raise pigs - I don't know exactly what's going on, you will know when you get there. But there is one thing that I know. The Marquis said specifically, if anyone can raise pigs well, you can guarantee that your family will have meat every meal. No one keeps their words, and they will raise pigs. Remember to be a little bit good and perform well!"
Fan Debiao said it, and his mouth became dry. He took a sip of the tea he brought, moistened his throat, and said, "You don't want to know anything? You can ask, tell you what you can."
No one talked, Fan Debiao was used to the silence of these Turkic people. They didn't speak much at all, and they couldn't speak Chinese. If they could understand, it didn't mean they could speak.
Fan Debiao had no choice but to look at Tong Luo, who was speaking well in Chinese, and said, "Hey, aren't you quite good at talking? You don't have anything to ask?
Tong Luo had a lot of contact with him, and felt abnormal, but he couldn't think of the reason, so he didn't dare to speak out.
Under Uncle Fan's gaze, everyone lined up to lead their own steamed buns. Two adults, one child, one bowl of vegetable soup, and none of them took more.
Everyone ate it silently and tasted the soup that was a little terrifying because of the addition of salt. This was the first time in their life that they had such a heavy-tasting soup. They were used to eating light tongues and could not tell the difference. They just felt that this was the most delicious thing in the world.
Of course, Uncle Fan doesn't eat this, so he can't have a small meal in front of these people, so he has already finished eating.
"To be honest, everyone chose to believe in the Tang Dynasty and the Marquis. This step is really the right way. You have never been to the Tang Dynasty, and you don't know what kind of person the Marquis is - the Marquis is the person I, Fan Debiao, admires the most in my life!"
"No one fails in anything he does. No one who follows him will fail in his career. The earlier he follows him, the more he earns. He does things without losing money when he listens to him! I, Fan Debiao, was once a gangster on the streets of Chang'an. Because after following the father-in-law, Mr. Bai, and got a little support, he achieved what he has today."
"Why tell you-" Fan Debiao sneered and said, "You think your noble masters are all very powerful, right? Just compared with me, Fan Debiao, ten of them can beat me one. Their little money is simply not worth mentioning in the eyes of me, Fan. If I compare with the Marquis, I would be a ants-no, no, even an ants!"
"Look at you, you can't even eat enough to eat - you're pitiful. Just because the Marquis knows that you are so pitiful, you're like a way to save you. The Marquis said that when you arrive in Jiangnan, as long as you are not lazy and willing to work, there is absolutely no problem with eating. Today, this group of food will be eaten casually when you arrive in Jiangnan, and you'll have enough to eat! Two meals a day - no, the Marquis can also take care of three meals!"
"Wow..." The young children couldn't help but exclaim, "Filling every meal? Can you eat three more meals?"
"In addition to enough rice, you can also eat salt every day. I have heard that there is salt over there!" Fan Debiao had never seen the sea, but these Turks had obviously never seen them, and they would not be exposed even if they brag about them.
"Some time ago, I happened to go back to Chang'an and saw with my own eyes that the Marquis caught a big fish worth more than ten feet. Think about it, how much meat does a fish worth more than ten feet have? When you arrive in Jiangnan, you will definitely be able to eat meat. The fish is from the sea, soaked in salty water. How can it not be salty? How can it not be delicious?"
"Eat salted fish, eat salted fish!" The children shouted again, and the adults also swallowed their saliva. But some people didn't believe it. More than ten feet of fish were too exaggerated.
"Also, when you go there, you don't just farm, you raise livestock, poultry, etc. But you don't seem to raise cattle and sheep, raise pigs - I don't know exactly what's going on, you will know when you get there. But there is one thing that I know. The Marquis said specifically, if anyone can raise pigs well, you can guarantee that your family will have meat every meal. No one keeps their words, and they will raise pigs. Remember to be a little bit good and perform well!"
Fan Debiao said it, and his mouth became dry. He took a sip of the tea he brought, moistened his throat, and said, "You don't want to know anything? You can ask, tell you what you can."
No one talked, Fan Debiao was used to the silence of these Turkic people. They didn't speak much at all, and they couldn't speak Chinese. If they could understand, it didn't mean they could speak.
Fan Debiao had no choice but to look at Tong Luo who was speaking well in Chinese and said, "Hey, aren't you quite good at talking? You don't want to ask? Tong Luo has had a lot of contact with him and feels abnormal, but he can't think of the reason, so he dare not speak out.
Under Uncle Fan's gaze, everyone lined up to lead their own steamed buns. Two adults, one child, one bowl of vegetable soup, and none of them took more.
Everyone ate it silently and tasted the soup that was a little terrifying because of the addition of salt. This was the first time in their life that they had such a heavy-tasting soup. They were used to eating light tongues and could not tell the difference. They just felt that this was the most delicious thing in the world.
"In addition to enough rice, salt can also be used to savoring the soup every day. Because of the addition of salt, it is a bit terrible. This is the first time in their life that they have drunk such a heavy-tasting soup. They are used to light tongues and cannot tell the difference. They just think this is what it is.
Chapter completed!