In Zhang Qian's memory, every slave liberation in another time and space will inevitably be accompanied by killing and war. The old slave owners were unwilling to give up their superior status and the pleasure brought by enslaving humanity. Even if they had better methods of production and means of making money, they would definitely maintain the continuation of slavery at all costs. Some so-called cultural people who were blind and blind would also blow the magic snails for the slave owners. Therefore, the conflict between the slave owners and the liberator would inevitably intensify until the blood of one of them was exhausted...

For this reason, Zhang Qian had made the worst plan and even prepared to welcome the bad news that the ten surnames Tuqishi rebelled again. Anyway, Soge is dead, and no matter whether it is a cannibal with ulterior motives or the Turkic people who are unwilling to be lonely, they cannot find a new target for support. And it is difficult for the ten surnames Tuqishi to work together. When the flowers bloom next spring, he will successfully integrate all his soldiers under his command, and just look for them next to the tribe to support the war.

However, the survival wisdom of the elders of the Huang surname Tuqi Shi made him look at him with admiration. Less than ten days after he returned, Wanqi and the other two came again, and at the same time they also brought more than 4,000 slaves, another elder called Chage, and the head of Elder Morey.

"Report to Marshal Zhang, Morey tried to be unfavorable to Wang Zhenzhou you appointed, so we killed him." After meeting, before Zhang Qian asked a question, Ji Zhu lay on the ground, raised a wooden box with both hands, and reported loudly. "His head is in the box, please check it out."

"Pick it down and hang it on the city wall!" Zhang Qian received an emergency secret report from the temporary Yezhicheng guard Wang Zhihuan, so he didn't feel shocked, smiled and waved his hand gently.

"In Yezhi City, those who were arrested as slaves this year, and those who may have Han ancestry within three generations, a total of 4,382 people were sent to you. Because the road was cold, ten people were frozen to death. After the subordinates returned, they would select twenty of their children from their clan and compensate the general." Ye Hu, who had followed Soge for many years, was very straightforward to do things. Either they would not surrender, and if they surrender, they would implement the orders of the new boss to the extreme.

"I'll send it to the schoolyard later and count it to Wei Guo. As for your compensation, it's all right." Since the other party's attitude is so positive, Zhang Qian did not force him too much. He smiled and waved his hand gently, "Your surnamed Huang is too seriously injured this year, so you must keep some young and strong guardians to avoid being spying on others!"

"Thank you, the commander!" Qizhuo immediately looked moved and kowtowed with red eyes. Then, he introduced the third elder Chage, who was newly "recommended" by the Huang family's Tuqi Shi tribe, to Zhang Qian.

In order to win people's hearts, Zhang Qian had to be kind and encourage Elder Chage. Then, he asked about the preparations for wintering supplies of the Huang family's Tuqi Shi tribe and the tribe's future development plans. Elder Crane asked for protection from the Tang army, so he did not hide it. He honestly replied that the wintering supplies were sufficient, especially after handing over these slaves, the tribe saved a lot of food. The Tuqi Shi tribe never was afraid of eating fish, and there was no food, so he dug some ice holes on the surface of Rehai, so naturally some fish jumped on the ice.

As for the next year, the Huang family Tuqishi will only be nomadic within a radius of 100 miles of Yezhi City. If it is too far away, it will be easy to have conflicts with other tribes. If the other party is small in scale, it is fine, but if there is conflict between them, it can be resolved through negotiation. If the other party is huge in scale, after the conflict occurs, it may cause a catastrophe to the Huang family Tuqishishi tribe.

"It's okay. If someone deliberately attacks the Tuqi Shi tribe of Huang's surname, you can report it to Wang Zhenshou. Since he has been the guard of Yezhicheng, he has the responsibility to protect you!" Hearing the words pitiful, Zhang Qian thought about it and made a promise with a smile.

Wang Zhihuan only brought 300 brothers to Yezhi. Even if he was in full force, he could not deal with a tribe that was stronger than the Tuqi Shi tribe of the Huang family. However, Wang Zhihuan's horse was to a certain extent, representing the attitude of the Tang Dynasty. Suddenly, Qizhuo was moved again and his eyes were red and he thanked him hoarsely: "The Grand Marshal did not care about his past grudges and gave his troops a chance to reform himself. Our subordinates were already grateful. Now, we are allowed to rely on the Grand Marshal's troops. Our subordinates really don't know what to do to repay the Grand Marshal's kindness."

"It's very simple. When you see someone who talks about Tang Yan in trouble in the future, you can help me if you can!" Knowing that the other party's words and expressions may not come from the heart, Zhang Qian smiled and responded casually.

"Don't worry, Marshal, when I see Tang Yan in the future, I will treat everyone as the Marshal's confidant!" The newly "recommended" elder Cha Ge reacted quickly, and Tang Yan spoke very fluently, following Zhang Qian's words and expressed his opinion loudly.

"Then Zhang will be a blessing for you!" Zhang Qian nodded with a smile, then stood up, and pulled the three elders of Tuqi Shi one by one from the ground with their own hands, and ordered with a smile, "Come with me, Zhang said that as long as you obey the order, you will be compensated. Zhang showed you a piece of artifact. If your Huang surname Tuqi Shi has this item, you will definitely not have to worry about your future livelihood."

Besides, Wanqi and Cha Ge didn't know what the medicine was selling in the gourd of "Sir Zhang" so they had to follow him nervously. Soon, they were led by him to a steaming house, and then all six eyes were rounded.

I saw seven or eight large pots with a diameter of six feet wide in the room. Under the bottom of the pot, the firewood was sucking and spitting hot flames. In the pot, I didn’t know what ingredients were added, and the wool was boiling with foamy boiling water, which made the wool roll up and down, and the smell was stinky.

Even though he was used to dealing with sheepskin coats and felts, Wanqi and Cha Ge were also smoky from the smell of boiled wool, which directly caused tears. However, Zhang Qian seemed to be unable to smell the pungent smell. He smiled and led the three people through the smelly house and came to another spacious and bright house.

The whole house was filled with cooked and dried wool. It was as white as snow, bundles of them were piled up to the same height as the ceiling. And yet, Wanqi and Cha Ge lived for half their lives, and they had only seen such white wool on the lamb who had just been born not long ago. No matter how clean the lamb was, it also had the smell of saliva licked by ewes. At this moment, the wool in the house exuded a natural fragrance of plants.

However, no matter how clean the wool is, it can only be rolled out felt or used to heat it in clothes. The annual demand is very small, so in the Western Regions, the price of wool is as cheap as hay. To be honest, the money for firewood waste in cooking wool is probably higher than that of this room.

"Look at this side again!" As if guessing what the three of them were thinking, Zhang Qian smiled and took them through the back door of the house to another house.

The house is also spacious and bright. The sunlight shines through the window inlaid with clam shells on a wooden utensil that is more than half a person tall and has a strange shape, faintly with a little warmth. Zhang Qian grabbed a large handful of wool with his right hand, walked to the wooden utensil with a smile, and gently stepped on the bottom pedal.

The pedal moves up and down, and through a clever transmission rod, pushes the large wheel on the rack. The large wheel slowly rotates, and pulls a small roller three feet away through the belt. On the small roller, a twine thread slowly tightens through the far ball with holes, wraps it around outside the roller. At the other end of the ball, the twine thread stirs together with the wool in Zhang Qian's hand, slowly pulls out a strand of the wool, and then rotates and twists into the wool thread, slowly wraps it on the small roller.

Zhang Qian stopped talking. While stepping on the pedal, he bent down and grabbed the new wool with his left hand, and continued with the wool in his right hand. He moved faster and more skillfully. After only twenty breaths, a huge ball of wool yarn appeared outside the small roller.

Slowly stopping the pedal, he quietly waited for the roller to stop rotating. Then he took the ball of wool from the roller and put it in a bamboo basket with a smile. Then, he took three long chopsticks and picked out a thread from the ball of wool. He quickly moved with his fingers. In a blink of an eye, the ball of wool turned into a beautiful cylindrical fabric.

Putting down the "chopsticks", he handed the cylindrical fabric to Qiezhu's hand. Then, he opened another box, took out several pieces of fabric of the same material from it, and handed it to the three elders Tuqishi one by one.

There are short clothes, hats, gloves, socks, and each piece is woven from wool. Although it is several times thicker than linen, it is far less smooth than silk, giving people a soft and warm feeling.

Qizhuo knelt down tremblingly, and then it was Wanqi and Chage who dared not let the fabric in his hand hit the ground. They raised all their hands above their heads. Before they could speak, tears were already rolling on their faces full of frost.

"If you want to learn, you can teach them even if you send someone to study. If your people don't want to study hard, I can buy your wool for ten cents per catty! How much do you have, I will collect as much as you can." Zhang Qian had seen similar expressions on the face of the slave who was rescued. He smiled and continued to whisper, as if he had given out a few handfuls of wool.

Moreover, Wanqi and Cha Ge knew the real value of this gift. They held up the fabric in their hands and burst into tears.

This time, they were really moved.

They thought that Zhang Qian was just talking casually about the so-called reward. As the victor, Zhang Qian did not start a big killing, did not steal the food and animals from the Tuqiqin surnamed Huang, and promised to provide them with shelter. For them, it was already a great kindness. They really dare not ask for more.

However, Zhang Qian personally pushed open a door for them, allowing them to see the hope of the Huang tribe who truly lived a good life!

You should know that in the Western Regions, a sheep can only be sold for fifty or sixty cents, which is already a high price. In late autumn every year, cattle and sheep must be slaughtered to ensure that the forage for winter is not short of winter. The price of a sheep is almost equal to three chickens. As for wool, if you cannot use it, you can only throw it away or burn it as firewood. (Note: This is a fact. In the early 1970s, a sheep in pastoral areas could only be sold for five yuan, and a chicken is one yuan and five yuan.)

If the wool is cooked as white as snow according to the method of "Zhang Dashuai", remove the smell of mutton, and then spin it into wool after drying, and then knit it into clothes, hats, gloves and socks, its value may increase by dozens of times. Even if it does not increase, according to the ten cents per kilogram of wool given by "Zhang Dashuai", the value of a sheep cut every year is greater than that of the past! (Note: Ordinary sheep produces about five kilograms of wool per year. Merino sheep can produce 20 kilograms.)

The easiest domestic animal to feed in the Western Regions is sheep. Especially around the Rehai Sea, it is neither lacking water nor good grass, and it is simply a large ranch gifted by the Heaven of Life. However, the Tuqishi tribes lived very poor in the past. Especially the lower-class shepherds, except for the more adequate food, were not much more abundant than slaves.

The reason why Soge launched a rebellion was greatly affected by the response of the ten surnames' thunder cavalry was due to poverty. In order to live a better life, the shepherds of the lower class and the nobles and elders had to learn from robbers to rob. Therefore, every time they broke through a city, they would plunder the city completely, causing the city to quickly become dilapidated and could no longer provide them with any supplies. Then, they could only look for the next target of robbery.

Now, the Tang Dynasty was angry, and Soge was defeated and killed. The retribution brought to the Tuqi Shi people far exceeded the dividends. The Tuqi Shi tribes could only continue to make a living by nomadic life, and their lives became more and more poor until they were annexed by a larger tribe or died on their own.

At this time, "Standalone Zhang" told them that wool can be sold for money, spinned thread, and made clothes like hemp, kudzu, and cotton! It was like giving them a mountain of gold. And this mountain of gold is still alive, and can continuously produce new gold, so that they will never have to worry about spending it!

"Master Hong'en, my Huang surname is the chaser, and I will never forget you! Woo, woo, woo, woo..." When I was finally able to speak, my first words were only half said, and it turned into a wail.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Wanqi and Chage also held the wool fabric and burst into tears. "Master, give me a way out. My Huang surname is a cavalryman. If you develop a little disrespect to the Master, you will be despised by Changshengtian and will never be reborn!"

"Wuwu, wuwu, majestic, we can't repay the Majestic if we are like cows and horses. Wuwu, wuwu..."

"No need to give back. Logically, you are also Tang people. Zhang should find a better way out for you than robbery!" Zhang Qian felt a little mixed with emotion in his heart. He bent down with a smile, pulled up Qizhuo and others one by one. "In addition, Zhang also has some things that he needs your help."

"Mr. Marshal, even if he ordered, he would not dare to help. We are willing to work hard for the general!" He held a sweater tightly in his hand, and put his hands together, expressing his voice loudly.

There is no mutton in the world that can be eaten for nothing! "Standalone Zhang" gave the Huang family Tuqishi such great benefits, even if the Huang family Tuqishi attacked him, it would be natural. What's more, just doing some things!

"Master General, the Huang clan's family is all yourselves. We will deal with him with each other!" Wanqi and Cha Ge also expressed their opinions with red eyes. However, they never put down the wool fabric in their hands.

"There is no need to fight. I don't like to kill around at all." Zhang Qian smiled and shook his head slightly. Then he leaned over and opened a box and showed the things inside to the three elders of Tuqishi one by one: "I need saltpeter, sulfur, soda, iron ore, copper ore, and quartz, but I don't know where to find them, so I need your help to pay attention. After all, you are nomadic around here all year round, and you know more about this place than I do!"

After a pause, he took out an exquisite glass bottle, poured some of the black liquid inside, and showed it to the three elders in person, "There is also this fierce turmeric oil, I have found it in the warehouses of Saiye and Gumozhou. I don't know where Soge got it. If you can help me find the source, or buy some for me, I will definitely thank you very much."

"Asaltite and saltpeter can be found next to the Great Salt Lake near Gumozhou. But the best alkali and saltpeter are all from the Aral Sea and the prices are very cheap. As long as the Grand Marshal offers a suitable price, the Sogdian merchant will definitely come to you!" Hearing that Zhang Qian only had some ore and turbulent oil, Qizhuo and others immediately became energetic, and they didn't even bother to wipe the tears dry, so they rushed to report.

"Copper ore and iron ore can be picked up before on the mountains south of Rehai. When Wuzhile was there, he wanted to invite Dashi craftsmen to come and start the mine, but Dashiren thought it was too little money and refused to come."

"Sulphur is found on the Cheling east, and that thing is too easy to catch fire. So few people are willing to traffic. If the general needs it, when the weather is warm, they will take people to dig for the general." (Note: Cheling, now near Yining.)

"I dare not deceive the Grandmaster. Soge's fierce tincture oil was secretly transported by the Grandmaster. He originally wanted to use it for siege, but he didn't understand how to use it except setting fire. If the Grandmaster needs it, he can also buy it from the Grandmaster or Sogdian merchant. Although the Grandmaster banned the sale of this thing. However, the vendors only care about the price and do not care who does business with."

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It turns out that Zhang Qian was really asking the right person. Most of the minerals he urgently needed can be found in various parts of the Western Regions. The only thing that is not produced in the Western Regions is hot turbulent oil. But as long as he can pay the price, merchants are willing to take the risk of smuggling him. (Note: The oil in Xinjiang is buried very deeply and cannot be mined in ancient times.)

Zhang Qian's Fire Dragon Car has been burning with alcohol added with ingredients. He had already burned him so much that he felt very distressed. So, after hearing the squat, Wanqi and Cha Ge said that fierce tinder oil could be smuggled, and decisively entrusted the purchase task to them. Then, based on the actual processing ability of Suoyecheng, he ordered a batch of wool and fine wool thread from them. Finally, he told them to send their tribe members to come over early to learn the processing technology of wool and the techniques of spinning and braiding sweaters.

The three elders of Tuqishi, surnamed Huang, kowtowed with great gratitude and then left. Zhang Qian quickly entrusted Wang Han to take his own letter to Gumo area to report to the old general Niu Shi, and report the latest situation here and his arrangements for Tuqishi people in the ten surnames. At the end of the letter, he made a tactful request, hoping to stay behind Saiye for two to three years to avoid the unstable hearts of the people in various departments of Tuqishi and new changes.

"In Zhao, as the saying goes, "Sheng Mien, Dou Mi Qiu. Be careful to give too many people to the Huang family's thunder cavalry, and follow Guo Yuanzhen's footsteps in the future!" Wang Han took the letter, put a bamboo tube in front of Zhang Qian, and sealed it with fire paint. However, hesitated for a moment, and reminded him carefully.

The Wang family is in Bingzhou and has done business with various ethnic groups on the grasslands. Wang Han himself had experienced in the border army before he met Zhang Qian. Therefore, he knew the bad habits of some grassland tribes. He was very worried that Zhang Qian would teach the Huang family how to deal with wools, but instead raised a group of jealous wolves.

"It's okay, we keep all the good things ourselves!" As if we were hoping someone would ask ourselves, Zhang Qian shook his head with a smile. Then, he opened the drawer beside him, took out a large roll of extremely rough-looking homemade cloth, and stuffed it into Wang Han's arms, "If you don't mention it, I almost forgot. Take this to Manager Niu. Let him judge, if this thing is made of clothes, how about Bits and linens?"

"Not it?" Wang Han was stunned, pinched the corners of the cloth with his fingers and rubbed them gently.

It was wool! The moment his fingers began to rub, he felt it clearly. But the wool wool was much thinner than the wool that Zhang Qian showed to Tuqi. The thickness of the fabric seemed much warmer than the gauze. If it could be used as clothes, the outerwear of Anxi Army could be solved locally, and there was no need to spend any effort or money to allocate from Chang'an!

"It was made of wool and straw cotton. I was still asking people to slowly think about whether it could be made thinner, thinner and softer." He explained to Wang Han with a smile. All the fatigue on Zhang Qian's face was instantly replaced by Deei. "Knitting sweaters and spinning wool is just to find a livelihood for Tuqi and help them get rid of the habit of having no place to live. This is the foundation of our foothold here."

For fear that Wang Han would not understand, he deliberately made the word "Standard" very clearly. The clever Wang Han also understood what he meant instantly, nodded, hugged the coarse wool and the paint bucket that was carrying letters, and quickly left.

Looking at Wang Han's back, Zhang Qian nodded and smiled. Then he gently tapped the table with his fingers, knocking out a series of rushing rhythms like a stream.

On the Chang'an side, he will not go back for the time being. On the Western Regions, what he wants to do has just begun, and it is not advisable to leave halfway. Therefore, he must take root in Suoye City as fast as possible, and accumulate enough strength at the fastest speed.

Only by mastering enough power can he bring peace to this place and make his ideas come true. The population and natural environment of Suoye City are not allowed to develop step by step. Therefore, he must find a shortcut, even from the perspective of another time and space 21st century, this shortcut is to drink poison to quench thirst.

The leaves are cold, poor, sparsely populated, and the resources are far from rich. But there is one advantage here that cannot be compared with other places, that is, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away!

No matter what shortcut he chose to break leaves, he didn't have to worry about someone holding his elbow in the court. That's why he taught the techniques of cooking wool, pumping wool and weaving sweaters to the Tuqishi Department of the Huang surname. But he himself has been thinking about how to weave wool into cloth like spinning hemp.

After Soge rebelled, he almost killed all the Tang people in Xuanye, Gumo and other places, but according to tribal customs, he kept the craftsmen. With the help of these craftsmen, Zhang Qian easily transformed the linen weaving machine into a wool weaving machine. Although the weaving efficiency was not very high, the wool weaving was rough and thick, far less comfortable than linen and tree cloth. However, the warmth was far better than that.

The water flow of Suyechuan is very abundant. Once a water truck is set up on Suyechuan, Zhang Qian can guarantee that the efficiency of the textile machine will be increased by more than three times. The huge dividends of the wool textile industry will definitely bring great boost to various primary industrial products. Ren Cong, the emergence of various smelting workshops is inevitable. When more than 30% of the people in Suyecheng have gone from shepherds, farmers, and industrial workers. The vitality of this city is no other city in the entire Western Regions to surpass.

Even the primitive industrial civilization, which is so cruel that sheep eats people, can have an absolutely crushing advantage over the surrounding nomadic civilizations. At that time, the benefits of becoming a Tang people will be even more obvious. Youths of being attracted by all ethnic groups will be more serious!

Then……

This is the Western Regions, not Zhangjiazhuang outside Chang'an City.

In Zhangjiazhuang, no matter what he does, he needs to look forward to it and beware of others' robbery. Here, it is already a good thing that he does not rob others. With the example of Soge, who has the courage to rob him again in a short time?

At this moment, the Western Regions may be a barren land in the eyes of others. But in his eyes, it is a piece of white paper, just like the strokes!
Chapter completed!