Herders on the grasslands have to pay different taxes than people in the Central Plains.
The ordinary people in the Central Plains only had land rent for their land, apart from taxes and taxes. The tax was 40 to 1, which was not very heavy.
Even in a place like Qili Village with many mountains and little land, most of the Koukou-fen fields are allocated to hills that cannot be cultivated. However, when the Yongye field is sufficient, it is not so difficult to accept the 40 taxes for Koukou-fen fields.
Moreover, Luojiang County has always been very poor. The three county magistrates before and after were all pretty good people. They knew that most of the farmland was in the mountains and did not generate income, so the basis for setting it was not high. The 40-year tax was basically not much. In comparison, the small tax was
Higher.
This is not the case on the grasslands. In addition to the Ding tax, they do not have to work, but directly perform military service. When the Jin Dynasty goes to war, they will directly recruit troops from here to enter the camp.
There were no donations or gifts, but there was a grazing tax. Bai Shan quietly calculated the amount and found that it was much higher than the people in the Central Plains.
However, ordinary herdsmen are not too worried about this, because in the Khanate before the Jin Dynasty, they did not even own the people, let alone the cattle and horses they raised.
When the Khan gives an order, small tribes like them have to make sacrifices. If they don't obey, they are likely to be thrown to the front line to block stones.
So they didn’t feel it was unfair at the moment, but they just felt unhappy about being drafted into military service from time to time. “Three years ago, Tian Khan wanted to attack Gaochang, so we were recruited to guard Liangzhou, and finally fought with the Tubo people who came over.
In one incident, eight people from our tribe died."
"How many people did you go to?"
"Twelve, there are two more in the army now. Their legs are not lame and they cannot come back." Speaking of this, the herdsman proudly put his injured leg forward to let Bai Shan see.
Showing off: "When the horse was charging, I was hit by a stray arrow. I was very clever. I held my head and rolled down. When I rolled to the side of the road, my foot was stepped on by a horse coming from behind. Then
I was burned before I died."
Bai Shan: "...then why can the other one come back?"
"Oh, he had better luck than me. When he was fighting against someone, he had his arm chopped off. He chopped off the opponent's head. When he finally came back, he took Anjia's money. He used the money to buy fifty lambs.
, plus the original cattle and sheep in his family, he is now the eighth richest family in the family."
Bai Shan said with a complicated heart: "...I am very lucky."
The herdsman said happily: "But I'm not that bad. I also bought ten lambs with the money I got back."
Bai Shan felt complicated in his heart and was speechless for a long time. "Do you think life is better now or fifteen years ago?"
Fifteen years ago, Xiangli Khan was still here.
The herdsman thought for a while and said: "It's not much different, but now there are not as many wars as there were back then, and the number of people in our clan is not dead. And there are also merchants. It is easier than before for us to buy corn, tea and salt."
, I, Aye, only supported me, but three of the five children I gave birth to survived.”
Bai Shan, who has no children yet, cannot understand this pride, but he also knows that the survival rate of children is not high in the Central Plains, let alone the grasslands.
He said no more.
Yin You, who had been sitting quietly aside without saying a word, pulled down the grass beside him and knitted it randomly. He didn't know what he had knitted into. He looked disgusted and wanted to throw it away.
Bai Shan took one look and said, "This is a red flower, which can activate blood circulation and remove blood clots."
When the herdsman heard this, he immediately looked at the grass in Yin You's hand and asked with bright eyes: "Mr. Bai, is this medicine?"
Bai Shan smiled and nodded, "Yes."
"Then can we sell them to merchants after we pick them?"
"sure."
The herdsmen are worried, "Will they accept it?"
Bai Shan smiled and said: "Of course I will, and haven't you sold all your medicinal herbs to Brother Zhou in the past two years? He will accept it."
The herdsman smiled sheepishly and said, "That's not necessarily true. Mr. Zhou is very strict. He checks the herbs very carefully. No grass is allowed to be mixed in."
The smile on Bai Shan's lips froze, and he said: "Herbs are no different than others. They are sold to patients. If they are mixed with other things, not to mention the effect of the medicine, there may be poisoning, etc., so
You really should be careful.”
The herdsmen smiled sheepishly and nodded. In the past, they didn't know this. They thought they were all grass and they were eaten anyway. How much difference could there be?
Now, after seeing Zhou Man using those herbs to treat diseases of his children and clan members, they no longer dare to look down on these medicinal herbs.
At this time, Manbao was also squatting in the Tutu Department picking out the herbs they had picked. He picked up one and first asked Ayina what it was called and how to use it, and then she told them the name and how to use it that she knew.
She said: "Many medicinal herbs can be obtained anywhere, but some are not available here. You have to buy them. You won't be able to remember them if I tell you too much, so I will only tell you the herbs that can be found here to treat smallpox."
But turning around, after teaching the four of them, she gave Ayina a small prescription alone, "You don't have all the herbs to treat smallpox, but you do have the herbs to treat basic diseases such as wind and cold."
Ayina's eyes suddenly brightened.
Man Bao said: "You don't have to follow the prescription. I just suddenly thought that you can make one or two prescriptions based on the herbs you can find here. Do you know what herbs are here?"
The name Aina said was a little different from what Manbao knew, but she described it and Manbao knew what herb she was talking about. She took a note and took a note, then glanced at Aguya San who was still trying to memorize the prescription.
The man stood up and said: "You memorize the prescription first. When I come back, I will continue to teach you how to feel the pulse. I will simulate the pulse of a smallpox patient for you."
Man Bao turned around and went to the carriage to look for the herbs he had dug during this period.
There are plants included here after Keke pointed it out, but most of them are herbs she saw while running around on the grassland.
As long as it was an herb she knew, she couldn't help but dig it up when she saw it. She felt that Keke brought them all.
So she knew that the types of medicinal herbs on the grassland were no less than those of Ayina.
She took out the herbs that had been dried or were being dried, and took a few samples of each. Then she gave them to Zhou Liru, "Write out the name and efficacy of the medicine, and tape it to Ayina."
Zhou Liru took a handful of herbs, divided them first, placed the ones that still needed to be dried on the wooden boards outside the tent to continue drying, and took the others that had already been dried into the tent.
Man Bao then took a bag of needles and went back to find Dai Yi and the others. She sat in her seat and waved her hand, "Go and call in all the men, women, and children who will feel your pulse."
Now, the Tutu Department has dedicated people who stay in the tribe to feel their pulses. They work in the camp when they are not needed. When they are needed, they will come over and roll up their sleeves to let them feel their pulses, acting as models for learning.
.
However, feeling the pulse this time is different from the previous times because Manbao will insert an acupuncture before feeling the pulse this time.
The herdsmen who saw acupuncture for the first time were shocked, especially when the first needle Manbao pulled out was so long...
They trembled all over and looked at Man Bao in horror.