In the northern desert, Zhang He had an additional follower at some point.
Gentle wind.
Perhaps it was because of his similar temperament, or perhaps it was because he discovered his shortcomings in a certain incident, Gan Feng now almost always sticks to Zhang He, asking this and that, asking this and that.
For Gan Feng, this is a better way than reading books.
Gan Feng has a problem, which is that when he picks up the book, he will feel sleepy. Then he stares at the words, and feels like mosquitoes flying around on the wooden tablets...
Therefore, compared to watching it himself, he prefers to listen.
Moreover, what Zhang He said can be heard whether it is a quote or a narrative.
This seems strange, but it is reasonable. After all, Gan Feng reads few books.
Listening, speaking, reading and writing are arranged in order of difficulty.
Zhang He was not tired of asking for help from Gan Feng.
Because most of the time, Zhang He also needed a certain amount of time to think. Through the process of telling Gan Feng, Zhang He gradually understood some aspects that he had almost not been involved in before, and improved from pure tactics to strategy, or civil politics...
"Trade, I didn't think it was that important at first..." Zhang He sat on the stone and looked into the distance, "just as if I had no impression of salt and iron before..."
『Salt and iron?』 Gan Feng said, 『This...I don't have any impression of it...』
『Actually, there are salt and iron envoys in all counties and countries...』 Zhang He said, 『Some places where salt and iron are not produced are not produced, but as long as salt and iron are produced, there are salt and iron envoys, and I know what is the main purpose? For the tax on salt and iron. Then why should I send salt and iron envoys?』
Gan Feng thought for a while, "For supervision."
Zhang He nodded and said, "Yes... the management is not strict, and the salt tax cannot be guaranteed. In fact, the same is true. If the county does not hold tightly, not only will the salt and rice be expensive, but the population will also grow less... I never thought of this before. What will the relationship between the price of salt and iron and population growth? Now after reading the report of the martial arts lecture hall of the Cavalry, I realized that if the people feel that the burden is heavy, they will not have children... the population will naturally be less... and the biggest burden is salt and iron... and eat it every day, and use it every day..."
『And there is also mental arithmetic...』 Gan Feng nodded, 『When I was in Xiliang before, I sometimes saw the corpse of a baby thrown directly into the mountain being dragged away by a jackal... At first I thought someone had accidentally lost it or was taken away by a jackal, but later I realized that it was intentionally thrown away because one more person would have to take more oral arithmetic... Sometimes, I said that I would raise one more person, and that one more scoop of water would be added, but this mental arithmetic... cannot be solved by a jack of water...』
Zhang He nodded, "That's right. I saw that the population in Guanzhong has increased a lot in recent years, especially in the northern county, which has now added four new counties... In comparison, there are almost no big changes in Shandong... The population in Guanzhong has increased. I think it is related to the measures of practicing Taoism, opening canals, clearing wastelands, and pursuing refugees since the lord took office... With more people, of course there will be more products, and the salt and iron needed are also needed... It can be said that "exploring ploughs and accumulations of plurals and raising Guanzhong"... So the lord's strategy has extended to the northern desert... Because the Hu people also need salt and iron, even more lacking than us Han people...
『But if it was given to the Hu people's salt and iron...』 Gan Feng grabbed the back of his head, 『I don't understand it either... But wasn't it prohibited to sell salt and iron to the Hu people before?"
Zhang He nodded and said, "Yes, it's prohibited, but just like why do various counties send salt and iron envoys... It's true that it can be prohibited? The court is prohibited, and the court is damaged, and it is less than half a penny from it.
"This..." Gan Feng tskated, then shook his head, "Xiliang was ruined by these guys... But I really don't understand these..."
"Then say something you understand... the cavalry..." Zhang He smiled, and was not stingy with sharing his thoughts because Gan Feng said he didn't understand. "You like to listen to this, right?"
『Haha, yes, yes, you said!" Gan Feng clapped his hands and said, 『I am familiar with this!』
There are two different things about having codes and not having codes.
Originally, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty was not the main force of war.
Until the Han people bumped into the Huns...
"In the beginning, we fought with the Huns. At that time, the Huns claimed to be "all armored cavalry", but now it seems..." Zhang He smiled, "And now, we don't like the Hu people's "armed cavalry"... The difference between the two emperors, I originally thought that they were stupid, but now I think... it's not entirely the problem of the two emperors, Huan Ling."
The Hun horses had a slightly short body and a large head, which basically belonged to the Mongolian horse system in later generations.
Although these Mongolian horses are not very tall, they have abundant physical energy, long-lasting endurance, quick movement, and are very suitable for the environment of plateau deserts. Therefore, when these war horses were accompanied by more advanced horse-control tools than the Han Dynasty at that time, horse bridles, saddles that were easy to ride, and soft kicks, the combat capabilities of the Hun army were greatly enhanced.
However, as the Han Dynasty rose up and chased, it quickly surpassed the Huns...
Zhang He knocked on the armor on his body and made a dull sound, "Look, if you put it in such a suit of armor now, can you and I wear it when you were the two emperors Huanling?"
Gan Feng shook his head, "At that time, Dong... Well, no one has such a good armor... I remember that it was the Liangzhou Sanming that year who was qualified to wear it..."
『The infantry had armor and no armor, which was almost the difference between heaven and earth.』 Zhang He said, 『The same is true for cavalry. Many of us Han people had leather armor, while the Huns all had leather armor... Well, there were not many war horses at that time... So in the early Han Dynasty, the Hu people pressed us to fight, and later we had horses. More importantly, we had armor, and even war horses were equipped with armor... However, most of them were leather armor at that time. If they were pierced by a spear, they would still be easily pierced...』
In the era of cold weapons that require close combat, the solidity of soldiers' equipment will greatly affect the overall combat effectiveness of the army.
『Now, even if the Hu man has armor, it is short," Zhang He took off the croaker on his head, put it in his hand, and said while gesturing, 『And even if the Hu man has croaker, most of the croaker is made of bronze, which is easy to brittle and not hard enough. In addition, the Hu man's croaker is flat in front and back, and the plain face is not clear. When worn, he does not distinguish between front and back. If someone cuts it from the back knife...』
Zhang He gestured for a moment, then patted the cap in his hand, "Look at the cap in the lord's office, which has a rim in front, which can shelter the wind and rain, a curtain in the back, and can expose sharp blades... And these caps and armors naturally require money to be built, and where does money come from? They come from salt and iron, or something like salt and iron... Just like the market we opened here in Mobei, just for us, and the armor on our children..."
Zhang He brought a puppet, "This is also why the military commanders should know the economy in the martial arts report. The diary also said that in Chang'an, the fifth generation of armor is being developed, which will be more comfortable and strengthen the winter's ability to keep warm..."
Gan Feng said happily: "Then the relationship is good! Then you won't be afraid of being frozen!"
"These are all for money," Zhang He smiled, "So now we know why we want to sell salt and iron, why should we protect these Hu people and formulate appropriate norms...Who is here?"
Halfway through speaking, Zhang He suddenly stood up and pointed at the ranks and rode.
The commander quickly arrived in front of Zhang He and then presented Zhao Yun's general order.
Zhang He checked the hot paint, then broke the seal, took out the order, looked at it for a few times, and then frowned.
"What's wrong?" Gan Feng asked.
Zhang He raised his head, looked into the distance, and handed the order to Gan Feng, "A Hu people bypassed us... and entered Youbei..."
"By bypass us?" Gan Feng couldn't understand for a moment, and looked up and down at Jiang Ling, as if he wanted to see a flower.
Zhang He gestured, "Mobei is so big, our frontier military block cannot cover all areas... Maybe that's it. They went around outside... By the way, weren't some Hu people unable to escape to us at that time, saying that they had encountered some attacks? Then these Hu people were met by Cao's army in Youbei... "
"What? Meet Cao's army?" Gan Feng asked, "How did you meet?"
"I don't know, maybe I think Youbei is better to fight? Or is it just for supply?" Zhang He shook his head, there was too little information and it was difficult to judge, "so the Protector asked us to investigate...
"Okay! Check!" Gan Feng replied immediately, and then hesitated again, "Uh... where should I check this?"
Zhang He thought for a while, "Go to find Rouran and Jiankun people first... They are in our northern periphery area. If they pass by them, there should be some news..."
...
The northern part of Mobei has gradually become colder, and the severe winter is becoming more and more stringent for the Hu tribes in Mobei. Most of the pastures have withered, and cattle and sheep can only eat the hay accumulated by the Hu people in summer and autumn.
Obviously, hay alone is not enough to make cattle and sheep live well. Hu people must also add some beans or other nutrients to the hay to ensure that cattle and sheep will not be frozen to death during the coldest season.
Nowadays, the market opened by the Han people has become the last straw for these Hu people.
The Hu people who came from the cold in Mobei can purchase or trade some urgently needed items, including salt and iron, in the market built by the Han people, to survive the cold winter.
This is undoubtedly beneficial to the Hu people, otherwise they can only kill the weak animals and free up more forage for the strong cattle and sheep. This is why the elderly in the tribe leave their hope of survival to their children, because the environment they live in is so cruel.
The Han people's market trading system made them feel the atmosphere of civilization...
Although the trade system was still very rough in the early stages of the market and there were certainly some unreasonable aspects, at least this was a brand new attempt and another expansion of the Northern Region's deep into the desert.
Many Hu people in the northern desert even trade from the North Sea to the south...
In the northern desert, the transaction place built by the Han people was like a bonfire in the cold winter, bringing light and hope, but it also attracted cruel and greedy eyes.
Among the Hu people, some are willing to abide by the rules, and some think that they are the rules.
For example, people from the Xianbei in the West.
In fact, this is also the evolution of dominoes triggered by Fei Qian.
The Xianbei is divided into three parts after the Tanshihuai.
The West, Middle and East are easy to understand.
The Xianbei in the central region was originally the largest and closest to the Han Dynasty. As a result, the Xianbei in the central region was first divided into two large tribes, Budugen and Kebieneng. The Xianbei in the western region was in the desert north of Longxi, and the Xianbei in the eastern region was in the area north of the Wuhuan people and bordered the Xianbei in the western region.
As the central Xianbei gradually declined under the continuous blows of Feiqian, part of the vacant area was occupied by the Wuhuan people, and the Wuhuan people quickly entered the footsteps of the central Xianbei people. They were beaten so hard that they could only hide on the Bangzi Peninsula in Liaodong to bully Fuyu and Goguryeo people. Later, they were divided. After the death of Loubannlou, the remaining Wuhuan people returned to Baishui Heishan Mountain and joined another Wuhuan Lord.
The large tribes such as Rouran and Jiankun, which were originally north of the Xianbei in the central region, migrated south under the policy of Feiqian's friendly relations. The gaps left by these tribes naturally aroused the coveting of Chile, Gaoche, Dingling and other things that were deeper and farther in the desert, as well as the Xianbei in the central and western regions north of Longyou.
There is also a saying that Chile Gaoche is a tribe. It called itself Dili, and was called Chidi in the Spring and Autumn Period. After the Western Jin Dynasty, all ethnic groups outside the border were called Chile. People in the Northern Dynasties called Gaoche, and those who moved to the mainland were called Dingling...
But in fact, it is probably a loose alliance similar to the Xiongnu Xianbei. Even the Xianbei has three main ways to distinguish between the West, East and West, among which there are various Xianbei small tribes, Suotou tribes, etc.
Especially the Xianbei in the West.
The Xianbei in the West was actually very chaotic. Even during the Tanshihuai period, there was no overall structure. It was divided into more than a dozen tribes of different sizes, including a larger tribal alliance, which was the Qifu tribe.
The Qifu tribe was a descendant of the Xianbei people who lived in Longxi from north to south of the desert. Similar to the Xianbei in the northern part, the Xianbei in the western part also originated from the Xianbei in the eastern part. After all, the Liaohe River was the starting point and base camp for the Xianbei people to manage the world.
The Qifu tribe was now integrated with the Chile tribe, and its power began to expand. In addition, Rouran and Jiankun were about to move south, so it began to gradually approach the Han Dynasty. In history, the Qifu tribe invaded the Longyou to Hetao area during the Western Jin Dynasty, occupying a large area in Liangzhou. Later, it surrendered to Fu Jian, the Former Qin Dynasty. After Fu Jian's death, he rebelled and established a country, calling it Western Qin. The Western Qin did not last long, and surrendered to the Later Qin Dynasty, and later became independent. Finally, he was destroyed by Helian Ding, the Xia Kingdom.
It can be said that from a historical perspective, the Qifu tribe actually showed a very obvious speculative quality. It took advantage of the situation and surrendered when it was not good. Its flexible and maneuverable characteristics made them basically integrate into other tribes even after the country was destroyed, and eventually became the "inner surnames" and "four-side surnames" of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
This time when Qifu tribe came, he actually received an "invitation" from the Tufa tribe.
After the Tuofa tribe was designed by Fei Qian together with the Tuoba tribe, the remaining tribes were dispersed, and most of them fled to the Xianbei area in Liaodong, and they ended up having sex with Ke Bi Neng again...
In addition, part of the Tufa tribe that fled westward united with the Xianbei of the Qifu tribe, and also brought hatred towards Fei Qian and the Han people to the Qifu tribe.
After learning that the Xianbei in the central region had been basically emptied, the Qifu tribe was coveting the grasslands in the central region, and the Qifu Hegan's ambition had already expanded at this time...
Qifu Hegan was also a smart man. He fully utilized the ignorance of the Hu people in the desert and claimed that he was transformed by a giant insect like "Lingfu". Of course, he was also quite brave and surrendered to Si Yin, and went out of Lian and Chilu tribes, and was elected as the Great Khan, that is, Qifu Khan.
From this point of view, Qifu Hegan has some residual characteristics of the Huns, because the Xianbei in the central region is generally called kings, big and small kings...
In the big tent of Qifu tribe, there were a circle of Hu people sitting around.
There are Xianbei people, Chile people, and Semu people.
Qifu Hegan looked at the people under his command and said with some pain: "We must unite! Look at ourselves. Once we are divided, what will we be bullied by the Han people?!"
The Xianbei people will not mention it, and the Chile people have also split and fought endlessly. It can even be said that whether it is the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, or Chile, they are actually somewhat closely related to the Dirong tribe during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
That's right, generations of defeated alliances are full of hatred for the Central Plains.
『This time, we need to contact all those who can unite...』 Qifu Hegan said in a deep voice, 『The Han people are our biggest enemy! We must join forces to fight against the Han people! Otherwise, we will all become slaves to the Han people in the end! Our property will be taken away by the Han people, our women will be taken away by the Han people, and our children will become the seeds of the Han people! Who would like to see such a future?! Unity! Or unity! You have also seen that as long as we are united, we can also defeat the Han people's army! What's so great about the Han people? They will also bleed, cry, scream, and be killed!』
Of course, for the Hu people, they may not be able to completely distinguish which Fei army is, which Cao army is. Just like the Han people, they often cannot distinguish which Xianbei people are, and those people are Wuhuan...
"Great Khan! Lord Yu Zhuze is here!" Someone is singing a name outside the big tent.
Great Khan.
Qifu Hegan conferred his own title.
The Hu people like the word "Khan" very much, because most of the Hu people are slavery at present, and everyone in the tribe has a common "father", or "master"...
Qifu Hegan stood up and greeted him outside the tent. He was holding hands and hugging the waist and hugging the tribute, and was very intimate.
Immediately, Qifu Hegan introduced the leaders of various tribes under Yu Zhuze, laughing at each other and the atmosphere was harmonious.
That's right, Yu Zhuze is the one who can "unify" Qifu Hegan, because he is Kebineng's son-in-law.
If among the Xianbei people, the one who hated the Han people the most because of personal experience was undoubtedly Yu Zhuo. Kebineng could be said that he was one step away from the Xianbei king at that time, and then after falling down, he would fall the most painfully and hate the Han people the most. So when he knew the news that Qifu Hegan and others came, he would come to meet Qifu Hegan immediately.
After a simple greeting, Yu Zhuge got to the point. He said seriously to Qifu Hegan: "The Han people committed heinous crimes against us! My father, my uncle... Huh... This time Khan came, without saying much, I will do my best to help Khan! However, it is only me, but I am still weak... So Khan, I need to find a few more people...
"Who?" Qifu Hegan asked.
"Suli, Gu Jin, Don't Hu Ba!" Yu Zhuo pulled his fingers, "There is another person, Khan can also contact him... Ri Lu Juan... This person is very interesting..."