"Tian Zili planted corn for Lin Danhan, and Lin Danhan married his little daughter to him. That's all I know."
An Sanxi nodded and said in his heart: "This boy is quite talented. He actually cheated a wife from Lin Danhan through his business. It was really a worthwhile trip."
An Sanxi opened the letter and found out that when he set off in a big way, Xincheng sent a liaison officer to the Tabu Nang camp at the same time.
After reading the letter, An Sanxi knew the whole story.
I didn't expect that the master would make arrangements so early to do such a thing.
In order to rescue the Han slaves who had been plundered on the grasslands over the years, the master sent Tian Zili, who was good at farming and studying agriculture. The master dropped a bait that Lin Danhan could not refuse.
That is the food that can be grown on the grassland---corn.
This kind of thing has a short growth cycle, is drought-resistant, and has a high yield. Moreover, the straw can be used as feed in winter. It is simply tailor-made for Lin Danhan.
After planting the first crop of corn, Lin Dan Khan almost went crazy with joy. He forced the Monan Mongolia, Mobei Mongolia, the five Inner Khalkha tribes, and the Horqin people to hand over all Han slaves to him for farming.
Originally, Lin Danhan promised that after teaching the Mongolians to grow corn, Tian Zili could take his young daughter back to the pass. However, after seeing the huge benefits generated by corn, he broke his promise.
The various ministries were forced to hand over all the living Han slaves to Lin Dan Khan. Including the Han slaves in Chahar's headquarters, there were a full 100,000 people, half of whom were young and strong.
After all, the old, weak, sick and disabled will soon be eliminated in the cruel grassland of natural selection.
The reason why various tribes handed over all the Han slaves was because of the remaining power of Lin Dan Khan's western expedition to conquer the desert and the southern Mongolian tribes. The other reason was because of the severe drought in the grasslands in recent years and they had no extra food.
With food, Lin Danhan can control various ministries. Because it is difficult to preserve beef and mutton on the grassland, it can only be preserved for a long time through trade and exchanged for precious food. In winter, this is the life-saving food of the tribe.
And the reason why winter is so difficult is that cattle and sheep can only use their hooves to dig through the ice and snow and eat the dead grass and grass roots underneath. Therefore, places with leeward wind, dense grass, and shallow snow are limited overwintering campsites. After all, the snow is too thick.
Cattle and sheep will become thinner and thinner as the energy consumed by digging through the snow exceeds the energy replenished by eating dead grass and grass roots.
Without the thick fat, the anti-freeze ability will drop sharply. So either starve to death or freeze to death. The same goes for people. They can only reduce food in winter and endure until spring. Look at how many people and livestock are left in the tribe. In
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A white disaster caused some tribes to disappear on the grassland. It is very normal. This is something that happens every year.
The tall plants of corn, after harvest, can be stockpiled as feed for livestock. The huge and hard root system of corn, when dug out, is a very resistant fuel. This fuel also has important significance.
Mongolians usually burn cow dung. In summer, the water and grass are plentiful, and the cattle and sheep eat more, so there is naturally more poop. But in winter, except for the limited dried cow dung they have saved, fuel is extremely scarce.
This is also the reason why a large number of people freeze to death every year.
The limited dry cow dung, Wangye, Taiji, Tabunang, Nayan, and the herdsmen are not enough to burn. There are slaves and herdsmen. They have no other choice but to huddle together with their cattle and sheep to keep warm.
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Now we have solved the problem of winter feed and fuel for livestock out of thin air, allowing everyone and livestock to spend the winter safely in yurts.
As for other tribes, if you obey the great Batuktu Khan (Lindan Khan), the Great Khan will give you food to survive the winter. Or you can exchange it for cattle, sheep, and horses. Warriors are also allowed.
After seeing that Tian Zili's field in Baicheng had grown food as promised and taught some Mongolians, Lin Danhan never mentioned his promise to let Tian Zili return.
Lin Dan Khan's Chahar tribe was infiltrated by slaves like a sieve. Soon Huang Taiji got detailed information.
Lin Danhan was able to grow food. This was a bolt from the blue, which made Huang Taiji extremely anxious.
If left alone, Lin Danhan will soon become stronger.
If he controls the food, he can continue to increase the population. A large number of people from other tribes will defect to him. Chahar will only become stronger and stronger, and eventually become a serious problem for Dai Jin.
In the first year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji decisively launched an attack on the Chahar people.
After seven years of Tianqi's Western Expedition, Lin Dan Khan plundered a large number of people and livestock. His strength has been greatly improved. At this time, he was also at the peak of his strength.
The two sides fought intermittently for more than half a year, and did not cease fighting until the winter.
Huang Taiji had the upper hand in terms of strength, and he won a partial victory. Three of the eight camps outside Chahar defected to Jiannu.
But Lin Danhan has not broken his muscles and bones, and his strength is still strong.
After Chechen Khan learned that Lin Dan Khan had successfully grown food on the grassland, he began to show his favor to Lin Dan Khan. His territory was further north, and he had no chance to go to the Ming Dynasty to grab food, nor could he grow it.
Food can only please Lin Danhan.
In order to ensure the safety of the grain planting base and to expand the planting area, Lin Danhan handed over the cultivated land in Baicheng to the trained Mongolians for farming.
All Han slaves were handed over to Tian Zili Tabu Nang for management.
Moved to an area with sufficient water sources at the junction of the Chahar tribe and the Chechen Khan tribe, and opened up wasteland for cultivation. At the same time, five thousand cavalry were sent to guard this place.
Tian Zili came here this year with 100,000 Han slaves and began to open up wasteland to plant corn.
At the same time, he took the opportunity to invite Han craftsmen and their families to Lin Danhan. After all, land reclamation required too many institutional agricultural tools that needed to be built, and iron plowshares were also needed.
At this point, all the Han slaves on the grassland were concentrated in this area.
This autumn, there was a bumper harvest of corn. Fifty thousand Han slave laborers harvested enough grain to feed the Chahar people for three years.
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But Lin Danhan transported most of the grain and all the straw to supply the needs of his headquarters, leaving only rations for Tian Zili.
The seeds to be sown next year need to be transported by Yang Fan's camel team. These seeds are modern genetic breeding, and only the seeds from the first season can be used.
The rations were placed in the granary, and a Mongolian captain was responsible for handling it.
Every day, these Han slaves were distributed on a per-capita basis. They were often deducted, so that these people could only hang their lives and barely survive starvation. At the same time, it also prevented them from resisting or escaping. After all, there were 100,000 Han slaves gathered here.
With so many people gathering together, the Mongols were a little scared.
This made Tian Zili very angry. He contacted Lin Danhan several times to get the letter. Instead of improving the situation, he was reprimanded by Lin Danhan.
As for his request to return to the Han Dynasty, Lin Danhan always considered it. He kept looking for various reasons to shirk it.
Winter has arrived and transportation has been interrupted. Tian Zili does not intend to write to Lin Danhan anymore.
He had completely seen this person.
When he uses you, he never skimps on sweet words, and even his daughter can marry you. When he can grow food without you, his attitude towards you begins to plummet.
As for the reminder that Tian Zili told him that the seeds would degrade and that he must buy them from Yang Fan, Lin Danhan self-righteously thought that this was a ridiculous bargaining chip made up by Tian Zili.
Tian Zili trembled with anger, there are always some fools in this world who think they are smart.
You talk to him about science, and he uses his life experience to deny you. And his so-called life experience is not a universal truth at all. It cannot be compared to other fields.
Until one day, the master sent someone.
Tian Zili had had enough of being arrogant, and only then did he realize that all this was the master's plan.
The purpose was to gather together Han slaves from various tribes on the grassland and rescue them all at once.
