The grand blueprint outlined by Xia Xun attracted the attention of Chu Bingbei and Ding Dusi. They had settled in Liaodong for many years and had their own families there. Although they were fourth-grade generals, due to the backward economic environment of Liaodong, their families
They are not very wealthy. Once, as Xia Xun said, an economic network runs through Liaodong and the interior, their family's local connections and capital are stronger than ordinary families, and they will naturally gain a place in it.
, and reap great benefits.
The young imperial envoy was hesitant and reminded: "It is certainly a good thing for the ministry to develop the economy of Liaodong. However, military horses and other important materials are important. The imperial court has built several horse markets in Liaodong, which are dedicated to buying and selling military horses.
, if according to what Bu Tang said, these military horses and other items are also included in the transaction, wouldn't it be..."
Before he finished speaking, Xia Xun smiled and said: "Young Imperial Envoy, you only know one but not the other. Don't you know that the imperial court's horse administration has already been reformed?"
Xia Xun said: "Our horse administration in the Ming Dynasty has been very strong, because there is no place to raise horses in the pass, so training cavalry and raising military horses are a heavy burden. When the emperor ascended the throne, there were only 24,000 registered military horses in the country.
Come on, is this possible? In order to accumulate more army horses, the emperor is planning to build several Yuanma temples in Shaanxi, Gansu, Liaodong and other places to raise army horses.
In order to promote horse breeding among the people, the emperor also abolished the ban on horse breeding during the Hongwu period, allowing not only free breeding, but also free trade. This was the decree issued in July of the first year of Yongle, why don't you know about it yet?"
What Xia Xun said is true. After Yongle came to the throne, he found that the stalls left by Emperor Jianwen had very few troops and horses. He had fought with the Japanese for many years in the north and knew that once there was a large supply of troops and horses, he would be in trouble.
In the war with the northern nomads, they will be in a state of passive defense, so they thought of many ways to increase the number of war horses and allow people to freely raise and trade horses. This is one of the policies. Zhu Di also knew that "people are more efficient when working for their own benefit."
The principle of "the highest".
The young imperial envoy really didn't know much about this, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he heard this. Xia Xun said: "So, if we have a way to expand the purchase of military horses, and the emperor knows about it, I'm afraid he won't be able to smile from ear to ear, and he will disagree.
What?"
After saying that, he looked at Magulhun, smiled and said: "How about it, do you agree?"
"Agree! Completely agree!" Magulhun said immediately as if he was afraid that Xia Xun would change his mind again.
Just kidding! This is a good thing that will benefit him without any harm. How can you disagree? If you keep showing off again, let the other wealthy families in Kaiyuan know the news and run to the governor's house without breaking their heads.
Fight for this deal?
Standing aside, he rolled his dark eyes and said suspiciously: "It seems that the Governor is not trying to take advantage of my uncle. Look at the way he is smiling..."
Xia Xun's idea is indeed a good way to make a fortune for Ma Guerhun. In fact, no one may have thought of this method before. The problem is that no one can do it, which requires huge funds and connections.
It requires strong policy support and it is simply impossible to complete the entire operation process if another person is in charge.
This is like some places that were originally poor and backward. After successful investment promotion, the local economic environment has been greatly improved. Why can't the economy be active before there is no investment promotion? It's not that no one thinks of how to get rich, but because they
Either there is no policy, or there is a policy but no start-up funds, or there is funds but no ability to connect all aspects of the relationship, and none of these are problems for Xia Xun.
With his status, a promise is enough to gain the trust of the tribal leaders in Liaodong without any upfront investment; with his power, he is enough to coordinate the distribution of interests among the generals involved in the area; with his direct control of smuggling
Ships, coupled with the indirectly controlled shipping power that is booming in Dengzhou Bay, Shandong, are enough to complete the most critical step of the entire problem, the most critical step of turning materials into property: transporting things out!
Xia Xun's words dispelled everyone's concerns. During the banquet, while chatting and laughing, they agreed on this cooperative business plan! Just like in 1978, eighteen households of farmers in Xiaogang Village, Fengyang, Anhui Province pressed down their blood.
Just like the handprint, which took the lead in implementing household responsibility for production and taking responsibility for profits and losses, thus opening the prelude to the reform of China's rural economic system, the change in Liaodong's economic outlook began from this moment...
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At dusk, smoke began to rise from outside the bags, and herdsmen from far and near began to drive the cattle and sheep back to the tribe and drive them into the pen. This was a very big tribe, and some
They even raised pigs and chickens.
The people who take care of the pigs and chickens are all elderly people or captured slaves. The slaves are both male and female. The men are mainly half-grown children. Those slaves who have just been captured will have their ankles tied.
The rope of beef tendon was tied next to the felt tent. The young female slave had to work during the day, and sometimes her master would drag her into the tent to vent her lust at night.
There are many felt tents, a large tribe with more than 20,000 people. The felt tents are like mushrooms after the rain, rolling up and down for miles. Such a large tribe is very rare, because their main means of survival is herding, and the tribe has multiplied a lot.
They had to separate their families and live together. The nearby pastures could not feed so many cattle and sheep.
However, because this tribe is close to Liaodong, it has obviously accepted a lot of Han people's way of life. Not only do they raise pigs and chickens, they even opened up some vegetable fields and farmland near the tribe. This should have been taught to them by the captured Han slaves.
method.
It's just that their planting model is relatively extensive. I don't know whether it's due to environmental reasons or because farming is not their main production method, so they haven't received enough attention. However, because they raise a large number of cattle and sheep, the cow and sheep excrement is good fertilizer.
So the crops and vegetables are growing very well.
Some people have already cooked. After a busy day, the man comes home and sits comfortably on the floor, eating the tender mutton and drinking the rich kumiss. It is very comfortable. At this time, it is a tribesman.
When you are most relaxed and relaxed.
"Rumble, rumble..."
In the distance, the sound of hoofbeats was like thunder. At first, the sudden sound of hoofbeats was covered up by the footsteps and shouts of the horses, cattle, and sheep from the tribe that had just been driven back and were about to be put into the pen.
Getting closer and closer, the ground began to tremble, and some people began to notice that something was wrong.
"What's going on? Why does it seem like a large herd of horses is approaching?"
A man wearing a right-sided, sloping lapel, high collar, long sleeves, edging, and unslit hem, a fat leather robe, and riding boots frowned, and he pushed away a man who was waiting for him to eat.
The woman grabbed the knife and walked out of the tent.
The woman who was waiting for him was wearing a French-style robe, with a collarless, sleeveless jacket, no darts in the front, a longer waistcoat in the back, and her hair was also braided in a French-style, but her face was very beautiful. This
She is a Han woman, the daughter of a prisoner whose family was exiled to Liaodong due to corruption. Because she was very beautiful, she was favored by him after being kidnapped, so she did not have to do too heavy labor and only did some squeeze work with the housewife.
Mare's milk, cooking food and other relatively easy tasks.
The man stood at the door of the felt tent, put his hand on the awning and looked into the distance. When he saw the scene in front of him clearly, he couldn't help but open his mouth in shock...
A large number of cavalry surged in like a wave and suddenly appeared in front of him. These people were wearing uniform clothes, with flags like clouds, and their red coats fell together with the galloping horses, like a blazing fire spewing out of a volcano.
Yanliu, they are actually Akito!
"What's going on? Where are the police posts posted by the tribe outside? How come there is no news sent back?"
He had no time to think about it. When the cavalry arrived in front of the tribe, it was like encountering a flood of huge rocks. It immediately split into two tributaries and continued to spread forward, outflanking the entire tribe's thousands of felt tent groups.
tactics.
The tribe was full of cattle, sheep and horses that had just been driven back. These animals crowded the originally very wide space. The men who heard the police and ran out of the tent hurriedly put on their clothes, grabbed swords, guns, bows and arrows, and climbed on the horses that had no time to saddle them.
The war horses, however, were blocked by the herd of animals and could not rush out at all, let alone gather together to form a joint force.
"Woooooooo..."
The horn sounded, and I don’t know whether it was their people who blew the horn or the Ming army who blew the horn. The galloping Ming army had already started shooting arrows. Only those with the best riding skills can guarantee accurate shooting.
At this time, they didn't need to worry about accuracy. The arrows were raining down like rain, and the several hundred warrior teams that had just barely formed a combined force were scattered.
Then bows and arrows were used, and heavy and sharp spears were thrown. Once the encircled Ming army stabilized the momentum of the charge, the accuracy of the weapons was greatly increased. Those sharp spears could penetrate heavy armor, stringing together knights and horses.
At the same time, the lethality was extremely shocking. The tribal warriors who faced the enemy in panic immediately responded with bows and arrows, but then there was a thunderous explosion among the Ming army, the choking smell of gunpowder wafted away, and projectiles and iron sand flew everywhere.
, amidst the roar of the bowl-mouth gun, a large felt tent was bombarded into tatters.
The fire blunderbuss hit the human body and easily penetrated the leather armor. The bowl-mouth blunderbuss was replaced with loose pellets and hit a large area. No matter whether it was human or animal, there were blood holes all over the body, as dense as a honeycomb. The violent explosion sound was even more shocking.
The herds of cattle and sheep were scurrying around, colliding with each other so that the mount under the crotch of the Tatar warrior was like a small boat in the wind and waves, swaying and unable to stand.
There was only a simple fence on the outside of the tribe, which was easily broken through in the chaos. The Ming army's cavalry began to attack the interior of the tribe. The horses galloped with hooves, and the spears in their hands flashed in the blood-red sunset.
Under the biting cold light, the neighing of cattle and horses, the cries of women and children, and the shouts of warriors intertwined to form a strange movement full of passion and death...