The situation in Jiuyuan seems to be worse than that in Yanmen County, especially the environment, which is even colder.
The weather is cold, and there are more winters throughout the year. Such weather naturally has a great influence on grain production.
After all, the Liu Han Dynasty was no more productive than later generations.
However, the folk customs here are more tough and tougher than those in Yanmen County, and there are big men holding swords everywhere.
Obviously among the people of Jiuyuan, it can be said that everyone practices martial arts.
Rangers can be seen everywhere.
It can be said that when the alien tribes from the grasslands move south, these rangers are often a force to resist the grasslands. Although many rangers usually like to harm the people.
They are called rangers, but in fact sometimes they are no different from gangsters. Of course, some rangers are virtuous people who like to do chivalry and justice, but some are just gangsters.
However, whether they are rangers or gangsters, when the aliens from the grassland really attack, these people will be the first to take up arms and become the second line to resist the aliens from the grassland.
As for the first line, it is naturally the army. Whether it is county soldiers or local county soldiers, these will become the first line. Even if the local soldiers are very weak, they have to take up arms.
Because behind them are their own relatives. If they don't get involved, then what they are waiting for is their own family being harmed.
Because they have been invaded by foreign tribes in the grassland all year round, the folk customs here in Jiuyuan have become more and more fierce.
When Su Fan came here, looking at the situation here, there was nothing surprising. The situation in Yanmen County was actually just a close call.
The folk customs here in the North are indeed tougher than those in the Central Plains.
Su Fan quickly looked at the group of cavalry that had just rushed out of the city gate in Jiuyuan County. The tall horse was led by a strong man riding a black war horse.
The war horse's back is one foot high, and its overall length is no less than one and a half feet. It is obvious that this is no ordinary horse, and has become somewhat mature.
After all, this is a mythical world, and ordinary beasts can become spirits. This war horse and the horses in that team are actually somewhat spirited.
This kind of mount is actually quite normal in this world.
During the Great Qin Dynasty, the mounts that those generals sat on were all monsters. Some were war horses and monsters, and some were replaced by other monsters and beasts.
If you have the strength, even if you get the Qilin Holy Beast, it will be normal.
Of course, most of the prehistoric Qilin bloodlines are not pure. After all, after the war between the three clans, the Qilin clan was almost wiped out.
Originally, the number of the Qilin clan was much smaller than that of the Phoenix clan.
There used to be human sages in Kyushu who used Qilin as their mount. After all, many Confucianists have always believed that Qilin is a holy beast.
Of course, military commanders do not have high requirements for their mounts, as long as they are suitable.
It's just that in the Great Qin era, those mounts were all very fierce. Of course, Wu'an Lord Bai Qi directly suppressed a golden immortal demon as his own mount.
Today's Kyushu is naturally incomparable to the Great Qin era.
Nowadays, most of them are based on war horses. War horses in the North are still easy to obtain. Especially some elite officers and soldiers often attack the grasslands. They will rush into the grasslands, attack and kill those tribes, and rob their cattle, sheep and war horses.
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There are also some merchants who will enter the grassland and trade with foreign tribes in exchange for war horses.
Despite the deep hatred between the two parties, transactions are still common.
This is also the case of Youzhou Mu, who has always wanted to use gentle tactics to instigate those Xianbei people to rebel and make them available to the State Mufu.
Of course, many people in Youzhou are not willing to do so. After all, many nobles have a blood feud with Xianbei. In recent years, as many nobles have been wiped out by the grassland aliens as there are crucian carp crossing the river.
Of course, most of the nobles are small landowners, really powerful nobles, and they have enough power to protect their families.
In particular, first-class powerful families such as the Wang family in Bingzhou and the Zhang family in Yanmen would build armies to ensure the safety and interests of their families.
Therefore, families like the Zhang family have never lacked war horses. Among the tens of thousands of elites controlled by the Zhang family, there are 20,000 elite cavalry alone, and the remaining 30,000 belong to the major families in Bingzhou.
Of course, it's not that the Zhang family cannot build more cavalry, but the consumption of cavalry far exceeds that of infantry. The consumption of one cavalry is often several times, or even ten times, that of infantry.
After all, the resources consumed by those elite war horses are even more terrifying. They can raise 20,000 cavalry, which is actually something Zhang family is gritting his teeth at.
This is also the reason why Zhang Hu of the Zhang family went to the grassland to attack those tribes. Otherwise, they would not be able to support them at all.
After all, the Zhang family is not one of those big families in the Central Plains. They have a family heritage that goes back thousands or even tens of thousands of years, and their wealth is unknown.
However, the wealthy families in the Central Plains have a lot of wealth, but the power they control is far less than that at the border.
On the one hand, there is no crisis in the Central Plains. Although the rich clans will raise some thugs or family guards, they will not be too many. After all, their influence can directly command the troops and horses of local counties.
Secondly, even though the imperial court still had its majesty in the Central Plains, the local wealthy families did not dare to go too far. If one really followed the imperial court's laws, hiding three hundred armors would be tantamount to rebellion.
Although today's aristocratic families are big, not to mention 300 armors, even 3000 armors, many powerful officials in the county can assemble them.
Moreover, many local governments turn a blind eye. As long as you are not really rebelling, they, the officials, don't care.
After all, these officials are inextricably linked to those powerful families. As long as they don't stand up to rebel, then reporting or punishing them will not do you any good.
This is just an unspoken rule.
However, although this is an unspoken rule, everyone abides by it. The big families in the Central Plains also need to give face to the court. Those big families will definitely not do such things as building an army.
At most, it can be done secretly and secretly.
In the border area, it is naturally impossible to think of the Zhang family and the Wang family.
Of course, here at the border, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so it is difficult for the court's laws to affect it. Moreover, the court does not care about the life and death of the border, so the nobles here will find ways.
The Zhang family of Yanmen is like this, and the Lu family of Jiuyuan is also like this.
The Lu family has passed through three generations. In Jiuyuan, the foundation may not be the strongest, but in terms of strength, there is the God of Death who is feared by everyone on the grassland. Almost no one in Jiuyuan can match him.
Therefore, Lu's influence in Jiuyuan has also risen sharply.
The majestic cavalry team that Su Fan saw was headed by Lu Bu, the protector of Jiuyuan and the current head of the Lu family.
The domestic slaves with three surnames in the novel, of course, in this era, it is obviously impossible to achieve this goal. ()