As the snow begins to fall in winter, the rangers and heroes who went to the Three Mountains and Five Mountains to pan for gold return to this relatively safe and warm city to spend the winter.
Now, the Anton Protectorate has adapted and got used to it. Every winter, more than 30,000 or even 50,000 rangers and heroes come to Xinhua and other places to spend the winter.
In order to meet the needs of these uncles for wine and various luxury goods.
After entering September, the route from Qilu to North Korea was filled with various ships transporting supplies.
Louchuan Yamen and Zhujue Duwei Yamen became the first beneficiaries of this grand event.
Just collect the transportation fees and taxes on these merchant ships.
Lou Chuan and Lord Duwei Yamen counted money until their tendons ached.
Businessmen are also willing to invest in this aspect!
After all, if you transport a thousand stones of wine to Anton, you can get more than twice the huge profit by changing hands!
In comparison, the shipping costs and taxes are nothing!
The second beneficiary was the reclamation regiments in various parts of Andong and the counties under Andong's rule.
Every year, there is an influx of nearly 100,000 or even nearly 200,000 gold diggers at the peak.
Let everyone who grows food in Anton smile from ear to ear.
The appetites of these 100,000 to 200,000 strong young men are like a bottomless pit.
They devoured countless amounts of food, wine and meat every day.
Especially in winter.
In Xinhua City alone, last winter, these people ate more than one million shi of food, more than 5,000 shi of alcohol, and more than 50,000 bolts of cloth. In addition, there were more than 200,000 kilograms of iron.
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This is just Xinhua City!
In Anton, there are two or three other places where rangers spend the winter similar to Xinhua!
Although the number and scale of the gathering were not as large as Xinhua's.
However, the food they ate and the commodities they consumed were enough to make the colonization groups from all over Andong, as well as the immigrants from North Korea and the new immigrants, make their mouths water with oil!
It is precisely because of the consumption of these uncles that all the settlement groups in Anton have repaid the court's debts and investments in advance.
In other words, from now on, the people of these settlement groups are already free.
They can legally own the land they reclaim and the homes they build.
These are properties they can pass on to future generations.
Even the people of some well-run or wealthy settlement groups still have money and savings left.
The third beneficiary was the favored fiefs of the princes and nobles.
All parts of Anton were flourishing, and a large number of immigrants and rangers poured in, creating a huge consumer market here that was no less than any other kingdom in China.
Here, anything can be sold at any price.
Whether it’s wild beasts on the mountain, ginseng in the mountains, or fish in the water.
Even if your own fiefdom has nothing, you can still gain wealth by logging.
Even if it is just a pig, as long as it is not squandered, the output of the feudal country alone can be enough to obtain the necessary resources to develop the feudal country.
pity……
Although most nobles are not pigs, their love of comparison, love of showing off, and lavishness have never changed.
Therefore, these guys took the money earned from the feudal country's resources and squandered and consumed it everywhere.
There are many dudes who spend hundreds of gold to raise and tame a big dog from the Yiren or Wuheng people.
And in order to marry a lady from South Korea, it is nothing to throw away hundreds of gold!
Therefore, in Anton, the feudal kingdoms of the princes produced astonishing output.
But most of the funds for the development of feudal states still need to be brought from the mainland...
Of course, the nephews and nephews of the princes also have their own reasons for being bastards. This favor and the enfeoffment of the country will probably have nothing to do with me in the future!
In this case...
Why should I save money for the legitimate sons of my master’s family?
Only those princes who sent their legitimate sons or even princes to come here to preside over the construction of the feudal country could barely manage to balance their expenditures.
And some of the more shrewd people even made more wealth by relying on the country's favors than the taxes of the country in China.
As a result, the joining of these princes made the trade and commercial atmosphere of the entire Anton even stronger!
So much so that some businessmen clamored to recreate Tao Zhugong's great achievements in Andong and build this place into the Cao Kingdom of the world.
But in fact, now, what is leading the changes in Anton and the market changes.
They are neither merchants, settlement groups or immigrants, but also the army and government.
But...
Rangers and heroes come from all over the world, across mountains and seas, for the common ideals and aspirations.
It was them who worked tirelessly and risked their lives to go deep into various places in Anton to pan for gold.
They worked hard to dig out the gold from the river sand and sand.
Then, they burn charcoal and melt the alluvial gold into gold cakes.
Finally, they took the gold cakes and entered the market and the city.
The money comes so fast, and it will naturally be spent quickly.
What's more, most of the knights and heroes believe in the motto of life: if you lose a lot of money, you will come back again; if you have wine now, you will be drunk next time.
As a result, they attracted businessmen from all over the world.
Therefore, they continue to consume various commodities.
They are like the schools of fish that migrate regularly every year in the Blackwater River.
Those fish have sharp teeth, strong bodies and rich fat.
The beast that attracts all of Anton.
Including bears, wolves, leopards, tigers and eagles, they squat on both sides of the river every summer.
And these schools of fish and wild beasts eventually attracted humans.
And it guides human beings to continuously trace back to find their final destination.
It is no exaggeration to say that without the migrating fish schools, the current Andong ecology will collapse immediately.
Likewise, there are no more knights and heroes who came to Anton to seek gold.
Anton's market will collapse immediately.
Rangers and heroes, who were the eyesore of the Han Dynasty and destroyers of social order in the past, have become the main force in national integration, border protection, development and construction in this newly consolidated land!
But the ‘main players’ have no so-called sense of mission and responsibility.
They are divided by region and ethnic group and gather in different areas of Xinhua City.
This is true even on a street.
Maybe the first half of the street belongs to the Qi people, but the second half belongs to the heroes of Yanzhao or Bashu.
Each force guards its own territory and will never interfere with others if there is no incident or conflict.
The reason is very simple. If something goes wrong in someone else's territory and attracts soldiers from the Anton Protectorate or even the robber captain, then everyone will be left with nothing to eat.
Hence, the ideal society of the Huang-Lao school of escapism.
Chickens and dogs hear each other, and they never interact with each other until old age and death. This is actually possible in Xinhua City this winter.
"Damn it!" A big man wearing a burlap coat and a layer of animal skin wrapped in the clothes to keep warm held up a wine bottle, drank most of the bottle of wine in big gulps, then wiped his lips and looked to the left and right.
Said: "Everything about this place in An Dong is good, except that it is freezing cold in winter! If I had known earlier, I should have brought everyone back to Hanoi in the autumn, so as not to suffer here!"
"Brother is right!" Several strong men around him nodded in agreement.
However, this is just lip service.
Who is willing to leave Anton?
Aren't you afraid that when the ice and snow melt next spring, the land that you spent a lot of effort and killed and injured many brothers to grab last year will be occupied by others?
What's more, in this land of wealth.
Even if you miss one day of gold hunting, the loss will be an astronomical figure of several gold or even more than ten gold!
In the past, everyone in Hanoi acted like a dog to merchants and powerful men. They bullied fellow villagers without conscience, and even killed people.
Only when the masters are happy will they give some benefits.
Then, if something happens, everyone has to risk their lives!
How can it be compared to being here in Anton, where you can eat a lot of meat, drink a lot of wine, send money home, support your family, and even send your children to school?
As a knight-errant, who wants his descendants to be arrested by the government, cast aside by his neighbors, and become the pigeons of the powerful like him?
In the past, everyone had no chance and no hope!
However, now that the emperor is doing both examinations and farming, everyone has seen hope.
As long as you make money, send your heir to a famous teacher to study for three to five years, and then go to Chang'an to take the exam.
Rely on your knowledge and use your skills to earn a bright future for your family!
Therefore, despite the fierce competition in Anton, the big guys are living a life of licking blood in order to protect their gold mining areas.
Even, we have to endure Anton’s polar night and bone-chilling cold in winter.
However, everyone is willing to do so.
People of my generation are illiterate, and their background is extremely humble.
I can only rely on this humble life and this strength to find a future for future generations.
"I heard that the imperial court will go to war with the Huns again this year!" A man said: "Damn, it's a pity that I am here in Anton, otherwise, I would definitely join the army..."
When the others heard this, they were all downcast.
In today's world, it is recognized that the promised land for men and heroes is the army.
Jiujiu warriors, officials of the country, wings of the emperor, minions of the country, and sons of the common people!
The entire empire, from top to bottom, is proud to have soldiers at home.
Because soldiers have a high status!
If there is a decent soldier in the family who joins the army, then the whole family will be honored.
The local subordinates dare not exploit him at all.
If there is a regular soldier in the field army, it will be the glory of the whole pavilion!
Not only the parents and brothers at home are respected and looked upon highly by others, but even exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are not borne by anyone who dares to pay them to the family members of a soldier in the field army.
Now, Mr. Qiu Ba is really a proud and powerful general!
Who dares to impose exorbitant taxes on the family members of these great men? If their superiors find out, they will report it to the military judge in minutes, and the military judge will report it to Sima Xiaowei. If Sima Xiaowei is in a better mood, he will ask questions in writing.
If you ask about the situation and you are in a bad mood, it will be great fun.
I wrote directly to the local governor and lieutenant: Is your county dissatisfied with our army?
When the local governor and lieutenant saw the letter, they were immediately frightened out of their wits.
Because God knows, will these current Sima lieutenants become generals and lieutenants next year?
I can’t afford to offend!
Then, those ignorant subordinates will automatically and consciously disappear from people's sight.
If there is a real soldier of the emperor's personal guard like the Yulin Guard or the Hu Ben Guard...
Then we can only say that as long as the whole family does not break the law, they can just walk away.
No space at home?
It doesn't matter!
Smart local officials would immediately sell a piece of fertile official land to their families at a very low price.
The rent and taxes are unbelievably low, almost the same as giving them for free!
The heirs at home have no wives?
That would be even more of a joy!
Immediately, local gentry will come to the door, willing to deliver a legitimate daughter and a large dowry to the door, just to get married!
Because when the main soldiers of the Yulin Guard and the Huben Guard retire, they are at least wandering around the same township, and even the county officials, and even the county chiefs, are all servants!
Their treatment is higher than that of ordinary scholars!
He is a real golden turtle son-in-law!
For the rangers who consider themselves heroes and men, one of their ultimate dreams is of course to become a member of the Han army, make contributions, and honor their ancestors.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as there is a chance, all the rangers in Anton will line up at the gate of the military camp, waiting for the selection of the army.
Unfortunately……
By the time Anton's rangers learned the news, it was already too late.
Even if everyone had wings, they would not be able to fly in the clouds of the Great Wall. Yanmen and his predecessors went to join the army.
It’s really disappointing!
"Alas!" Many people shook their heads and sighed, regretting endlessly.
"It would be great if the Huns came to attack Anton..." I don't know who was sighing and fantasizing. Suddenly, this yy idea immediately resonated with many people.
yes!
If the Huns don't open their eyes and come to Anton...
Everyone smiled at each other maliciously, and then touched the swords on their waists and the bows and arrows on their backs.
The heads of Huns are much easier to find than gold in the river.
If you want to pan for gold, you need a day's hard work of more than a dozen people and good luck.
But the head of a Huns is worth close to one gold.
What's more, the Huns were cavalry, and their horses and livestock were also very valuable!
How hateful!
Everyone shook their heads. Those Huns barbarians would probably not come here.
Their main force should be at the foot of the Great Wall or outside the Great Wall, restrained by the main force of the Han army and unable to move.
Want the Huns to fly in front of the big guy?
Unless a miracle happens, it's almost impossible!
"Drink, drink..." Everyone said helplessly, holding up their wine glasses.
……………………
Bo Shi stood at the top of Xinhua City, looking at the mountains and rivers outside the city.
Nearly four years have passed since he set off from Chang'an and came here to take over the Xinhua Order and concurrently serve as the Protector Commander.
It has been almost two years since his Antong Protectorate Office was established.
He built the Anton Protectorate and Huaihua County bit by bit with his own hands and watched them grow.
pity……
"I only have four years..." Bo Shi sighed. In four years, he would have to step down as Governor of Anton and return to Chang'an.
Not surprisingly, the guards or generals among the nine ministers are his treasures.
only……
"I have no military merit. I'm afraid I won't be able to convince the public when I go back..." Bo Shi rubbed his temples and walked down the city wall with him. (~^~)
