"Hey, sir, have you forgotten that you mentioned the currency denomination to the chief some time ago?" the official reminded.
"Ah!" Hua Xi now remembered that after the first massacre of the mountain garrison, he had a conversation with Yu Gong in the palace about currency denominations. He must have responded now.
"Sir, is there news from the Imperial Capital?" Hua Xi said in surprise.
"That's right, sir. After discussing with all the ministers, the great Emperor Yan felt that your opinion was very forward-looking. After adopting your opinion, the denominations of copper coins will be 1, 2, 5, 10, 50, 100.
And 500 adults, you are really doing your best for our thousands of people..."
I don’t know whether he was really moved or fake. Anyway, Hua Xi was surprised to find that this man actually burst into tears. The improvement in currency denominations will make future transactions, carrying, and settlement more convenient, both for the common people and the entire Yandi tribe.
Economic development is a good thing, and it is a great thing
In this way, it not only provides a more convenient basis for the Yandi tribe's business, but also allows the Yandi tribe, which lacks copper mines, to save more copper coins and use them to cast weapons.
"My lord, I am really ashamed of myself for being like this," Hua Xi said quickly.
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A few days later, the officials returned to Changyang City with a good harvest. Hua Xi learned from the officials that he had obtained another 2,000 acres of land with this move, and there was also more important information: Emperor Yan had begun to notice him.
As long as I work harder, the day when Emperor Yan summons me is just around the corner! Work hard, and I want to see what these ancient people who are famous for future generations look like!
Hua Xi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, perhaps because he was getting older. Hua Xi had not rested during this period. He was either busy with shops, marching, or dealing with various matters in the territory. His energy and body were exhausted.
I can't take it anymore. Often as soon as the curtain falls in the sky, I feel a little tired and want to sleep.
Alas, time is not forgiving of heroes! It’s a pity that I had not been in contact with my two-year-old son for long, so I left everything there and came to this land full of myths and legends. The two places are thousands of miles apart.
See you in the distant future
Thinking of this, Hua Xi felt happy and sad.
"Your Highness, according to your instructions, dozens of people from small tribes over Tianshui have arrived." Just as Hua Xi was sighing, Bai Zhan came running up on a horse and shouted refreshed.
"Uh? So quick, quick, take me to see it," Hua Xi said in surprise.
Half a month ago, the general work in the territory was on track. There was no need to worry about it anymore. Establishing your own private armed force was the only way to ensure that you would not be invaded by other tribes and plunder resources by yourself.
However, the idea is there, but there are not many ethnic groups of our own. Now basically every ethnic group is working hard to get one-third of an acre of land for themselves. The ethnic groups in workshops and shops are also busy with their own work and livelihood ideas.
Continue to buy slaves and increase the population. Now several tribes are rushing to buy slaves. Not only has the price of slaves continued to rise, but it has now become priceless and marketable. Slaves are not available, but most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are simply unable to engage in large-scale work.
some physical work
This era is not modern. Even the old, weak, sick and disabled can support themselves with skills and knowledge. In ancient times, physical strength was the most basic condition for supporting a family.
It doesn't matter if you are young, but you must be at least eight or nine years old. If you buy some three- or four-year-old children, you won't have enough spare rice to feed the old, weak, sick and disabled for a few years. Even if you give them away, I'm afraid there won't be many chiefs or children.
Slave traders are willing to accept these slaves. Even some slave traders with small capital only eat a little bit of minced meat and some gruel to fill their stomachs.
Therefore, the agricultural production of your own tribe must not be delayed. To establish the source of private armed forces, you must find a way from outside. The Yandi tribe is composed of tens of thousands of tribes, including many small tribes with more than ten or twenty people. As long as you
By incorporating some small tribes into your own tribe, the population will naturally increase.
In fact, tribe in this era is just a term passed down from ancestors to a closely related clan. The ancients had a small vocabulary. For a group of this nature, people used to call it tribe. In fact, the nature of tribe is also changing.
Quietly changing
The Yandi tribe is like a kingdom, and the subordinate tribes below are vassal states, guarding a territory. As for the tens of thousands of small tribes with dozens or even hundreds of people, they are just a group of people gathered together for blood or various reasons, elected
It’s just a collective whose head is the patriarch.
Just like in later generations, it was a very common thing for vassal states, that is, tribes to conquer each other. Victory, defeat, annexation and annihilation of tribes. In the eyes of the people of this era, it was the cycle of heaven and the alternation of the old and the new.
No, Hua Xi immediately asked Bai Zhan to lead thirty or forty warriors across the border of Changyang and into the realm of heaven, water and earth, looking for a small tribe to coerce and induce them to join.
When Bai Zhan took Hua Xi to a small forest one mile outside the checkpoint, they saw hundreds of people standing densely there.
"See you, Your Highness!" Seeing Bai Zhan and Hua Xi arriving, these newcomers knelt down and kowtowed and shouted.
"Well, let's get up and talk about it. How many of you are here and what do they do?" Hua Xi took a general look and found that many people came with their families. There were old and young, and naturally there were also many young and strong.
"Back to Your Highness, there are 17 people in our clan, and they all go to the fields and do some simple pottery work!"
"Back to Your Highness, there are 13 of us here who know how to hunt, and everyone has good archery skills!"
"Back to Your Highness, there are 73 people in our tribe..."
Everyone was told one by one the number of people and the skills they knew.
There are 360 people in total, most of whom are farmers and hunters, as well as a small number of craftsmen engaged in ceramics, medicinal herbs, and tanning.
With an increase of 360 people in half a month, the tribe's population is now nearly 6,000. As long as it takes a few years to rest and recuperate, it is not difficult to develop into a vibrant and prosperous large tribe. It is not impossible to separate one side and eye the Central Plains.
However, things often develop faster than the plan itself
Ten days later, two checkpoints located between the peaks of the territory had just been completed. Before Hua Xi had time to celebrate with the people, there was news that the mountain garrison was invading in an attempt to break into Changyang City before the weather turned to the depths of winter.
After a lot of looting and plundering, the chief had an order. For any tribe with more than 1,000 people, the chief must lead a private armed force that agrees with the identity and rush to Changyang City to discuss the options for facing the mountain garrison. There must be no mistakes!