Chapter 2791: Trade makes way for fame, and a visitor from Zhuya suddenly comes to visit.
While they were seeking their own path in Jiangdong, Liu Bei and others in Jiaozhi were also preparing some matters.
There are really too many indigenous people around Jiaozhi.
These indigenous people are generally separated by natural boundaries, such as rivers or ridges. Perhaps after crossing a mountain or crossing a river, they are another tribe or a different tribe.
Most of the natives of the Zhan tribe lived in buildings. Well, they were two-story "buildings" with livestock and poultry living below and people living on the upper floors. So in the Han Dynasty, people who did not have buildings could retreat, because
Basically, even these tribes in the southeast, whether it is Minyue or Jiaozhi, their houses basically have this structure.
In the earliest days of the Han Dynasty, there was some administrative structure in Jiaozhi, but the system at that time was too rough. Well, not only at that time, but also in the later feudal dynasties, it was the same, only a rough management of the tribal and indigenous systems in the border areas. Generally speaking,
Generally speaking, official titles recognized by the court are awarded to the indigenous people of a certain powerful tribe, and they are basically hereditary. These people are often called "local officials" or "chieftains".
In exchange for their official positions, these native officials were responsible for suppressing the rest of the natives and maintaining local security and social order; and secondly, completing various assessments assigned by the government on time every year.
There are official taxes here, as well as the so-called "lucky money" privately owned by officials.
Of course, among the money collected, the native officials’ own income is also indispensable. After all, no matter how big or small the native officials are, the government does not give them any salary, and they have to collect it themselves. In other words, as long as the native officials every year
After paying the various public and private accounts and taxes on time, the native officials can do whatever they want in their own territory, and they are basically the emperor of the native land.
This political structure model naturally saves time, effort and worry. For those gentry children who are unwilling to leave the Central Plains, coming to the frontiers to serve as officials is equivalent to a lower level for the gentry children.
, after three to five years, plating with gold or inlaying with silver, the quality will rise immediately, and if you go up, you will naturally have capital.
But since then, these border areas have never been owned by the Han family...
This is the reason why many small countries around China in later generations clearly received a lot of cultural inheritance from China, but did not recognize Chinese culture at all, because these small countries were managed by local officials from the beginning. These local officials who have been passed down from generation to generation will be like
Are they so loyal to the central feudal dynasty as shown in various TV movies?
Could these answers be unclear to those high-ranking officials and bosses in the court who are all minded except for their hearts?
They must all know it, but they must all be doing things according to Bald Qiang's famous saying, so what is outside must be what is inside? If you don't first get rid of those who are thinking about your back, how can you think about doing outside?
Liu Bei and Guan Zhang slowly walked into an indigenous village.
Several warrior-looking natives led Liu, Guan, and Zhang to a small square outside the village.
Liu Bei looked at this indigenous village.
This village is different from some of the Zhan villages in Rinan that he has visited before. First of all, this village does not have a special wall, but seems to use a kind of thorn as a fence. There are also vines and bamboos planted in it, making it
The entire wall does not feel dead, but feels alive.
Of course, it's not about druid magic, but the wall is made of plants.
This kind of wall is an insurmountable barrier for ordinary animals without any special tools.
The wall made of plants must have taken a long time from laying to forming, which also shows from another perspective that the village here has existed for a long time.
Liu Bei was even certain that those thorns were probably poisonous...
The only weakness is that it is not fireproof.
Another point is that many of the houses in this village are stone structures. Unlike most local stilted buildings, these mud-stone structure houses also show a certain degree of strength. Without a certain amount of manpower, without tools,
Under such circumstances, whether it is mining or transporting stones, it is a huge project for the indigenous people of Nichinan.
Not long after, the Zhanren warriors came back and offered to let Liu Bei and the others enter the village.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not angry about waiting outside the village.
Guan Yu wasn't angry, maybe it was normal, but Zhang Fei was actually willing to let his elder brother wait outside without getting angry?
I think about the Zhuge villagers back then... Of course, there is no such scene as the Zhuge villagers now, but there is an additional villager. Sometimes getting angry is not to show your temper, but to make people watch. Of course, the Zhuge villagers are watching
You know, so Zhang Fei can let it go if he gets angry, but that's not necessarily the case for occupying people. If he really gets angry, he won't be able to speak with swords and guns on the spot.
Liu Bei came here to talk things over, not to play tricks.
Although Liu Bei has won over some Zhan people, they are just a few. There is still a large area of Zhan people who are aloof and not close to Liu Bei. At the same time, Liu Bei wants to attack these Zhan people, so the input-output ratio is very different.
It was too big, so Liu Bei came.
Coming with "peace"...
There were many curious people in the village, looking at Liu Bei and others from afar or near.
Zhan people almost don't wear much clothes.
On the one hand, it is because of poverty, and on the other hand, it is because of the climate.
When it was warm in the Han Dynasty, people in the Central Plains could wear single clothes in winter and go shirtless in summer. How much more so in a place like Nichinan? In the climate of the Han Dynasty, even the indigenous people in relatively northern locations such as Goguryeo Fuyu were naked every day...
Generally speaking, the clothing of a Zhanren is to tie some big leaves around the waist, or simply go naked, both men and women are the same. If there is some linen or leather on the body, it is considered a high-class Zhanren, such as for Liu Bei
The warriors who were leading the way had animal skins that they hunted on their bodies.
Without Chinese culture, these surrounding tribes would have been naked for who knows how long.
Most people are naked, regardless of gender.
Don't think that there are some "good benefits" in this. In fact, many of them are worse than not watching.
Because Zhan people, like other tribes around China, also like tattoos. Especially the farther south the region is, the more tattoos they have. Due to limited pigments, most of these tattoos are mainly blue and black, and they are very
They like to get tattoos on their faces, and then extend them to the body, hands and other parts. So if someone is not aware of this custom, they will be frightened to death if they suddenly come face to face with such a person under the flickering light and shadow in the forest.
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This may be one of the reasons why mainstream Chinese culture does not like tattoos, because since the Zhou Dynasty, only barbarians or criminals have tattoos. This has been the case for thousands of years...
In addition, these people usually do not have any skin care products, their skin is dark and rough, their hair is yellow and sparse, and their bodies are also covered with dirt, mites, fleas, lice, etc. that have been raised for ten or decades.
If you can still think that you are so flattering that you have to talk about it, then all I can say is that I admire you.
Of course, in turn, these accountants often looked down upon Liu Guanzhang.
Since Liu Guanzhang has no tattoos, nor exposed chest muscles, abdominal muscles, or other parts that show off his masculinity, how can he make a female accountant think he has any strong genes?
For the Zhan people, what they value more is the weapons and equipment of Liu Guanzhang, especially the powerful crossbow. It is said that such a thing can even shoot through the trunk of a tree, but almost everyone who is shot is dead. This is the Zhan people.
An important reason why the heads of people are willing to meet and negotiate with Liu Guan and Zhang.
Liu Guanzhang and his party were taken to the largest house in the village. This house was much larger than the other houses in the village. It was built on a platform with a stone foundation. The walls of the house were also built with stones.
Yes, there are also sliding windows made of bamboo, held up by a wooden stick.
However, even with such a sliding window, the light in the room is still very dark. The moment you enter the door, you will feel darkness before your eyes. It takes a few breaths to get used to it.
In the middle of the house, there is a fire pit, which prevents the house from feeling too damp and cold. There is a trumpet-shaped smoke collection port above the fire pit, which is generally made of bamboo. It is connected to a thick bamboo tube, which also makes the fire pit
The smoke will not spread all over the room and will not choke people.
This is considered "high technology" for Zhanren, and it is obviously not something that ordinary Zhanren families can have.
The person occupying the head is an old man, with gray beard and hair, and a lot of wrinkles on his face.
Because Zhan people generally don't pay much attention to hygiene, there are often some small bugs crawling around in these skin folds. There are too many bugs in tropical forests, so the Chinese people in the Central Plains say that the ethnic minorities in the southwest are...
In fact, it is mostly because of this situation that the body nourishes Gu.
Liu Bei brought gifts to the leader of the Zhan people.
There is no crossbow, although Zhan Ren really wants one.
A jar of rose wine.
A packet of caster sugar.
A hundred-refined sword.
For the current productivity of people, these three gifts are dimensionality reduction blows.
Liquor is also available in Zhanren, but it is generally rice wine and fermented glutinous rice wine. Because the brewing technology is still very rough, and there is no specialized industrial chain, Zhanren’s rice wine is not only unstable in quality, but also difficult to preserve.
Generally speaking, they are crudely fermented wines within a few months, and the ethyl acetate content is very low.
Therefore, the peach wine with high sweetness, high fruity aroma and bright red color has been amazed by people almost as soon as it appeared.
In addition to the wine, the sugar and steel knives also made the leader of the Zhan people praise him.
Liu Bei's smile was gentle, as if he couldn't see the little bugs that were occupying people's heads and bodies around him.
With gifts as lubricants, the friction between the two parties becomes much more natural, and talking about things becomes smoother.
Liu Bei brought translators, who were the first batch of accountants that Liu Bei gathered before, but because the environment around Ninan was really bad, mainly because there was no decent infrastructure in these places, not even the roads.
Trampled by humans and beasts, it is difficult to even pass a vehicle, let alone lead an army to march.
Therefore, Liu Bei especially strengthened trade.
Liu Bei found out that this is an important tribe of Zhan people. However, for the leader of Zhan people who didn't have much culture, he couldn't even tell how many people there were in this tribe. He just said that there were more than ten cottages.
It is under his control, but how many people are there specifically? It could be from a few hundred to a few thousand, it's all possible.
Anyway, the surrounding mountains and rivers all belong to him.
All in all, the internal affairs of the Zhan people are also very complicated. Even because of the different regions of the Zhan people, there are different habits and primitive worships, whether they are hostile or friendly to each other, and whether they intermarry or not. Almost no one can figure out the relationship between them.
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The attitude of the Zhan people towards the Han people is actually very average.
Originally, when Shi Xie was in Jiaozhi, he mainly focused on the Guilin Cangwu area of Jiaozhi. Jiuzhen County in the south, for example, basically had no involvement, let alone Rinan County further south.
If there is no trouble, just treat it as if it doesn't exist.
The Zhan people welcomed Liu Bei's trade proposal. They wanted various things, the most important being salt and iron. They liked wine and sugar, but most of them couldn't afford it.
The leaders of the Zhanren said that if Liu Bei could bring salt and iron, they would be willing to exchange it for animal skins, livestock, wood, bamboo and rattan utensils, etc., as long as they had anything, except for the population.
Jiuzhen Rinan is close to the sea, but not everyone knows how to obtain salt from the sea water.
Especially the Zhan people who live in the mountains and forests, some of whom have never seen the sea in their lives, but regardless of whether these Zhan people have seen the sea or not, they all need salt, and they also need iron tools.
These requirements were within Liu Bei's expectation.
Although it is said that Liu Bei brought three gifts, in fact, none of these three gifts could be provided by Liu Bei independently, and the only one he could offer was salt.
Because Liu Bei had salt, it was not a gift, but currency, and a general equivalent.
In areas with backward commodity economies, there is indeed no equivalent exchange product more suitable than table salt.
The Zhan people also have farming customs, but their farming methods are very rough. In other words, they basically just throw away the seeds and forget about it.
Of course, Zhan people have more things, namely wood, bamboo and rattan.
These plants that are so luxuriant in the mountains and forests are so abundant. Although the primitive farming of the Zhan people has destroyed some vegetation, it is actually like giving a manicure to these mountains and forests. If the Zhan people once
If you don't pay attention, these cleared areas will be invaded by various shrubs and weeds again.
Liu Bei wanted to build a ship, which required a large amount of wood, gum, related bamboo rollers, etc., and even some wild fruits, such as wild bananas, longans, jackfruit, etc., which could be used as food supplements.
In addition, there is wild ramie. The Zhan people are not very good at using these wild ramies, so Liu Bei plans to let these Zhan people grow ramie, and then purchase the raw materials to make cloth and sell it to these Zhan people, at least to make these Zhan people wear skirts.
Come on, otherwise it will be really unsightly...
Zhan people also raise pigs, cows, chickens and ducks, etc., but they basically raise them in free range. There are neither stables nor artificial feeding, so most of them are very thin, and their cattle farming skills are also very poor. There are not even any in any village.
A pair of ox plows.
Liu Bei is very good at learning.
He was originally just a country wanderer, but he was like a sponge, absorbing various skills all the time. For example, Liu Bei's tactics of setting fire were learned from the Battle of Changshe
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Therefore, Liu Bei also learned the current trade of Zhan people from Fei Qian...
With the force of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, there is basically no problem in massacring the Zhan people's villages, but what happens after they are killed? Is it possible that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei themselves are required to cut wood and cultivate livestock?
In the initial occupation process, Liu Bei's initial military conquest did indeed gain a lot of territory and some slaves, but in the subsequent process, not all the people were willing to submit, even those slaves
In the process of working, the phenomenon of escaping often occurs. He rushes into the ravines and forests to catch them, which consumes manpower and material resources. If he doesn't catch them, he runs away more and more.
In the end, Liu Bei finally stopped using force to conquer, turned to think carefully, and finally adopted trade.
Liu Bei's smile was gentle. He did not want to sell it at a high price to make huge profits.
The leader was naturally very satisfied.
Liu Bei proposed to establish a trade market point in the middle area between the two sides, and then conduct regular trade at the market point. Both parties can send goods to the market point for exchange...
The leader of the Zhanren had no objection. He thought the proposal was fair.
"Brother!" On the way back, Zhang Fei, who had been silent all the time, couldn't help it, "Brother, you are too polite to them!"
Liu Bei still smiled gently and did not answer. He knew that Zhang Fei always felt that he was a relative of the Han Dynasty and should not suffer the slightest grievance, but he also knew that no one in this world should be born without grievances.
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If you think about the young emperor Liu Bian, you will know that even the throne is not born to anyone, let alone the so-called grievances?
"Third brother, do you think this road is easy to walk?" Guan Yu said from the side, squinting.
"What a broken road!" Zhang Fei howled, "You can't ride a horse, and you can't drive a car! Fortunately, it didn't rain in autumn and winter. If it rained in spring and summer, you wouldn't even be able to leave!"
Guan Yu nodded, "Third brother, believe it or not, when we come back next time, this road will be easier..."
"Yes." Liu Bei nodded and said with a smile, "My second brother is right."
Guan Yu nodded slightly.
Zhang Fei scratched his head, and after a moment he slapped his hands, "Oh, that's it, I understand! Brother is so awesome!"
Liu Bei smiled and said, "Hey, I learned this from Hussar..."
Guan Yu squinted his eyes, "Spring and Autumn existed in ancient times!"
Liu Bei also nodded, "That's true. However, in the past four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, only the Hussar has used it best... There is no priority in learning, and a good person can be a teacher... Since the Husband can use this method to defeat the Xiongnu and the Western Qiang,
So now these people are occupying..."
"Of course the big brother is right!" Zhang Fei laughed.
Liu Bei still smiled, "This is just the beginning, there are still many things to pay attention to..."
