Zhao Meng drove his livestock to graze in the pasture that belonged to him.

Above the wilderness, there are vast pastures with a radius of hundreds of miles, and there are Loufan herdsmen like Zhao Meng everywhere.

They hold harnesses and whips and patrol around the livestock herds to prevent naughty and naughty cubs from getting lost.

This job is tiring and boring.

But it’s extremely satisfying.

As the sun gradually rose, Zhao Meng and other herdsmen began to drive and guide the livestock herds toward home.

Not long after, they met on the vast grassland.

Eventually, a huge herd of livestock was formed.

After the Battle of Mayi, the Han Dynasty settled all the surrendered soldiers and generals of the Jiuloufan tribe here.

Hundreds of thousands of livestock were allocated at the same time.

These livestock are certainly not annoying.

They are the property of the Emperor of Han Dynasty.

Therefore, in the pastoral area of ​​​​Loufan, there are groups of Han cavalry, fully armed and patrolling.

These are Loufan army cavalry who are directly under Loufan general Yingyinhou Guanhe.

When Zhao Meng and other herdsmen drove their livestock back, these cavalrymen would appear on both sides of the livestock herd from time to time. This was both protection and surveillance.

Zhao Meng was not surprised by this.

Suppose that now, those old nobles in the building may still have some tricks up their sleeves and are making some evil plans.

However, lower-class herdsmen like Zhao Meng had already voted with their feet and regarded themselves as the most loyal and reliable slaves and minions of the Emperor of Han.

After driving the livestock, Zhao Meng saw his home not far away.

Originally, Lou Fanren was placed behind this Yang Yang grassland.

Yingyinhou Guanhe, the general of Loufan who was ordered by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, ordered the people of Loufan to be registered as households and all the people were registered. Modeling on the rural pavilion system of the Han Dynasty, pastoral villages or pastoral villages were established one after another for centralized living.

The place where Zhao Meng lived was called "Jia Township, Zaoyang County, Han Dynasty".

It means the largest township in Zaoyang County.

that's the truth.

The entire Jia Township is built under a mountain.

Before Shanling, there is a residential area of ​​Jia Township in a radius of more than ten miles.

Every family is at least 300 steps apart.

Each family has a solid house built with bricks, tiles and beams.

This house looks a little low, but it is very suitable for herders' life.

There are several large fences in the open space outside the house. The fences are made of bamboo and wood, with grass and wooden canals placed inside.

There are even wooden sheds specially designed for pregnant livestock and cubs.

The shed is roofed with straw and filled with hay.

Whether it is windy or rainy, it will not affect the mother and cubs inside.

Zhao Meng's home is in a corner of this township.

When he drove the livestock home, his wife was squatting in the wooden shed, milking the cows and horses, holding two special milking tools issued by the officials of the Han Dynasty.

Recently, two cows and a mare among Zhao Meng's livestock gave birth to cubs.

Foals and calves are just born.

So, there is a lot of fresh milk.

Zhao Meng drove the livestock into the fence, and two men of short stature and rags immediately began to take over the rest of the work.

They separated the livestock according to size and type.

The cubs and mother were driven into the wooden shed.

Others were put into different pens.

These two men were herdsmen who escaped from the Huns last year.

After the Mayi War, Shan Yuting intensified the exploitation and oppression of small and medium-sized vassal tribes.

Every day, tribes are pushed into desperation, and large numbers of herdsmen flee.

Many came to Zaoyang, a Han Dynasty pasture outside the Great Wall, to seek life.

Loufan herdsmen are very welcoming to these people.

They accepted these refugees one after another and asked them to help take care of their livestock, clean, harvest and dry grass.

The reward is to feed them every day.

Zhao Meng warned the two refugees to pay attention to the safety of the cubs.

Then, he came to the wooden shed and looked at the sleeping son on Xijun's back, grinning and giggling.

At this moment, Zhao Meng felt very at ease and content.

This was a feeling he had never had in the Huns before.

"Master!" Zhao's wife looked back at her husband, smiled broadly, and then gave instructions: "Hurry up and help me light the fire. After a while, all this milk will be turned into cheese!"

"Yesterday, the price of cheese in the countryside increased again! Now a pound can be sold for more than ten dollars! I have to seize this opportunity and sell more money. In this way, when winter comes, I will ask the government to build two green storage cellars for me.

Invite carpenters to build a few wooden sheds..." Zhao's wife is a typical Chinese woman, simple, kind and very independent and planning.

In her mind, everything was in order.

She clasped her fingers and settled the accounts clearly: "Wait until next year, the cubs and the mother will have a place to live, and there will be no need to crowd together! The government veterinarian has said that this way for the mother and the cubs

, are all very good!”

After Zhao Meng heard this, he laughed stupidly, and then went to chop firewood happily.

Although Zhao Meng is not as tall and strong as the Han people, his limbs are well-developed and extremely powerful.

In addition, now he has no shortage of nutrition and food, so he is very strong.

Soon, he chopped dry firewood.

Coincidentally, at this time, the two herdsmen who were helping herdsmen had also finished their work, so naturally they would not wait foolishly.

In fact, herders on the grasslands are generally very simple.

My master gave me food and shelter, so I naturally had to work hard.

Skills like laziness are unlikely to appear in herdsmen.

Because if the herdsmen are just a little lazy, the whole family will starve to death!

Therefore, when they saw the dry firewood at Zhao Meng's side, they immediately came over to help clean it up.

At this time, suddenly, a bell rang from the direction of the government office in the village.

Boom!

Another sound!

Zhao Meng stopped what he was doing.

Zhao Meng's wife also stood up and looked in the direction of the township government office.

As Lou Fanren, a member of Lou Fan's army in Zaoyang County of the Han Empire.

Zhao Meng and his wife both knew very well what it meant when the bell of the township government office rang.

Only the two herdsmen looked blank.

Boom!

A moment later, there was another sound.

"Three bells!" Zhao Meng's wife shouted first: "Master, the emperor has ordered his troops! Put on your armor, take your bows and arrows, and report to the township government office. If you arrive late, you won't be able to eat the emperor's royal food.

Got it!"

Zhao Meng also jumped up immediately and hurriedly walked home.

He took off the bow and arrow hanging on the wall, put on the leather armor that his wife had sewn last winter, took the arrow basket, and put the arrows that were treasured in the cupboard one by one.

Then, Zhao Meng went out and selected the best war horse among his livestock.

This war horse is tall and handsome, with powerful hooves and healthy teeth.

It’s a rare BMW!

It is also Zhao Meng’s favorite and most cherished horse.

Originally, he planned to wait until autumn, when the imperial censor sent by the emperor to collect horses came, and then dedicate this horse to the great emperor as a contribution.
To be continued...