The first thousand four hundred and thirty-sixth chapters of the merchants with outstanding combat e
For the merchant group of the Han Dynasty, especially the big merchants.
They have been looking forward to this day since the fourth year of Yuande, after the Battle of Mayi.
After the Battle of Gaoque, they were already clamoring and promoting the Han Dynasty's conquest and control of Munan.
This is not only because of profit, but also because it is related to everyone’s wealth and life!
During the Battle of Yanji, more than a dozen merchants from Anton, at the initiative of the Zajia family, joined forces to carry out a thousand-mile transshipment. The fleets of these merchants immediately unloaded at their respective docks, and then carried soldiers, weapons and food.
Braving the storm and harsh sea conditions, they continued to gallop towards Quanzhou.
Within two months, they organized more than 500 large and small ships and transported 5,000 soldiers and all their weapons and equipment, 150,000 shi of grain, hundreds of thousands of sets of clothing, and countless items to Quanzhou Port.
of medicinal materials.
After the war, they continued to deliver supplies and medicines needed for post-war reconstruction to Quanzhou.
For this reason, they paid a heavy price. Twenty-five ships of various types sank in the storm and harsh sea conditions, and even the heads of merchants died along with the ships.
However, no one flinched and no one was afraid.
Even the son of a merchant who had just lost his father, dressed in mourning clothes after hearing the funeral, continued to command his family's merchant ship to ride the wind and waves towards Quanzhou.
It was not until the war was won that he returned home to build a mourning hall and a tomb for his father.
This incident gave the merchant community a lot of points in front of people all over the world.
For the first time, people remembered that merchants were indeed scum.
But there are also righteous businessmen and gentlemen!
In ancient times, there was Xian Gao, who sacrificed his family for the country, and there was Zigong, who was a merchant, but he was respected by others, and there was Tao Zhugong, who was praised by the world.
Later, the city of Chang'an was rebuilt, and big businessmen from all over the country, including local wealthy businessmen in Chang'an, "generously donated money", which also made people's impression of them even higher.
Taking advantage of this unprecedented relaxed public opinion environment and good situation.
The merchants, of course, immediately rushed to promote and operate Xia Yijiu.
This is why Xia Yi was able to leave the country so quickly!
Otherwise, I am afraid that the court is still debating the issue of whether Guiyi Shanyu should join the country or not.
There is no way, Wuyan's death is too tragic!
You know, for many big businessmen in the world today, Wuyan is their spiritual idol and a legend in their hearts.
During the Wu-Chu Rebellion, if you dared to lend money to the country, you could still recover the principal and interest.
This is simply a miracle!
When merchants from all over the country came to Chang'an for the first time, the first thing they felt was never the majesty of the Han family or the sanctity of the emperor.
But the glory of the wealthy Wuyan clan!
In its heyday, almost all the well-known ecstasy caves in Huajie and Liuxiang were owned by the Wuyan family!
This terrifying family once monopolized the entire high-end clubs and high-end financial industry in Chang'an.
They have funded thousands of officials, and have provided various financial services to the princes and princes, relieving them of their worries.
When it comes to personal connections and relationships, all the merchants in the world can only compare to him.
But such a huge family, such a legendary family.
In front of the imperial power, he is even worse than an ant.
With a gentle pinch, it was shattered into pieces.
All properties were confiscated, and all wealth was confiscated!
It is said that the Shaofu transported more than 80 cartloads of gold from the main residence of the Wuyan clan...
In the Chang'an Direct Market, thirty boxes of debt were piled up together. The pride and glory of these Wuyan clans were burned in a fire.
All the bystanders clapped their hands and cheered, and the princes and ministers all let out a sigh of relief.
But the merchants all over the world, especially the big merchants, were breaking out in cold sweat, standing on their heads with cold hair, and their two legs were trembling.
At that moment, they knew that even though they were worth hundreds of millions and had thousands of slaves, the person they wanted to marry was a top-ranking prince, a two-thousand-stone official.
However, if you are not a relative of the emperor, you will be nothing but ashes after all.
Only by becoming an imperial merchant like the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family in Linqiong, or learning from the Shi family and becoming an honored minister of the emperor, can we have a chance to become a slightly stronger ant, no longer under the power of God, even
He couldn't even say a word to defend himself, and he couldn't even find an excuse for himself.
And I want to become the Cheng Zheng family, the Zhuo family, and the Shi family.
The road was already laid out before them.
Of course, they have another way to change the country!
Capital has no borders.
But it is a pity that the Han Empire at this time was more terrifying than the Mi Emperor in later generations!
In this world, only the empire can give them the wealth, market and resources they have today.
Only the Han Dynasty could make them so noble!
This is more embarrassing.
Therefore, capital has only one choice.
Just like the Jews of later generations, they could only prostrate themselves in front of the imperial power, bowing their heads and willing to be cowards!
You have to pay attention to your posture and method at all times, because if something goes wrong, it will be the end!
Of course, as long as you pay attention to the dimensions, even if you cannot become the Zhuo family or the Cheng Zheng family, you can still work hard towards the status of the Shi family!
Today, we are still very tolerant towards those who are willing to follow him!
This is also the reason why so many businessmen came to Dragon City in groups this time.
Even if you don't do business, you just want to show your face and tell Weiyang Palace: Your Majesty, what do you want to do? Even if you sell yourself, I will help you fulfill your wish!
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After arriving at Longcheng, Guiyi Shanyu Xia Yi immediately sent envoys to all the tribes in the southern part of the country to announce his orders.
Every time he visited a tribe, the messenger would blow the traditional song.
The sound of the Huns' chirping is easily identifiable.
Because the so-called singing dart is actually similar to the blowing darts used by some primitive tribes in later generations.
It's just that the Huns made this kind of chiming dysprosium out of bones.
When blown, the sound is sharp, like a vulture neighing.
Upon hearing the sound of chiming, the tribes, large and small, who had been trained by the Huns to have conditioned reflexes, immediately came out to greet them under the leadership of their leaders.
The envoys held their heads high and rode arrogantly on their horses, announcing the Shanyu's order: "The only clan of the Jingtang clan established by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Guiyi Shanyu has an order: limit the tribes to the tribe before the fifth month of summer.
Arrive at Dragon City and participate in the Dragon City meeting. Anyone who dares not to obey will be regarded as a provocation to the majesty of the Chanyu! The Chanyu will order the army to burn all the pastures of the tribe, kill their livestock, and insert their heads into the
On top of the wooden pile, let the scorching sun shine on you!"
Faced with such an order, the various departments in Munan reacted differently.
Some people sneered, some were trembling with fear, some were ambitious, and some were indifferent.
But in the end, wherever the envoy went, no tribe dared to resist.
No tribe dares to say: I won’t go!
the reason is simple.
Because life in Munan is really unbearable!
Last year, a battle of Yanji almost destroyed the entire nomadic economy in Munan.
Large tracts of pasture were chewed up by the livestock and horses of the Huns army until even the turf was gone.
In order to support the war, the military ministers used coercive means to snatch away more than half of the livestock in the entire Munan area.
I originally thought that as long as the war was won, enough food and population could be obtained from Yanji to tide over the crisis.
But unexpectedly, the battle of Yan Ji failed miserably.
The Xiongnu lost so much that they even threw their underwear on the Great Wall.
Subsequently, the retreating Huns army took away almost all the livestock, people and other resources they could see along the way in order to make life easier for themselves after returning to Tokugawa.
By the time the main forces of Julihu and Hulushe cross the desert, what will be left to the tribes in Munan is a mess.
Throughout the autumn and winter of last year, a terrible famine swept through Munan.
I don’t know how many people can only watch their children, their livestock, and even their brothers, sisters, and wives starve to death.
In some places, tragedies of cannibalism even occurred.
Only the small and medium-sized tribes that were close to the Great Wall and had already taken refuge with the Han Dynasty relied on the support and rescue of the Han Dynasty and the Han army and survived intact.
The other remaining tribes all suffered heavy losses.
Some tribes even died out completely in the heavy snow in winter.
The entire clan was wiped out by cold and hunger.
So when the winter ice and snow melted, and some tribal herdsmen drove their remaining livestock out to graze, what he saw with his eyes was a human tragedy: many formerly fertile pastures were full of dead people and animal carcasses.
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The bodies of hungry and emaciated children, desperate mothers, and fathers struggling in the snow and ice are often piled together.
The few who survived went crazy.
Carrying the bones of their loved ones, they wandered across the vast land.
This is a feast for all careerists.
The strength of those tribes that had survived the cold and hunger and still had strength expanded rapidly.
As long as they can provide food, even a small tribe with a few hundred people can attract herdsmen more than ten times its own population to defect in an instant.
As long as you give someone who stutters, there will be people who are willing to work for you.
But the problem is that even now, the richest tribes, after suffering the terrible disasters throughout the autumn and winter last year, don't have much food left.
Unless they can find a blood bag to suck blood from.
In the long history of thousands of years, the rise of nomadic peoples in the north was due to global natural disasters, which forced them to go south to plunder. At the same time, due to global climate disasters, the powerful Central Plains dynasties would also be destroyed one after another.
The peasant uprising was devastated and they lost control of the border.
But the problem now is that the disaster in Munan is a man-made disaster.
Moreover, the Central Plains Dynasty in the south was at its peak.
This is very embarrassing.
The tribes that could not find anyone to plunder turned their attention to those tribes of their own kind that were still alive.
Battles, killings, destruction and conquest spread throughout the autumn of the sixth year of Yuande and the winter of the seventh year of Yuande.
When spring comes, even the victors are exhausted and out of breath.
But a more serious problem has been placed in front of the leaders of each department. They have no savings and strength to survive another cruel winter!
Even, even this spring with fresh grass and fragrant grass, this beautiful spring.
All major tribes also felt the biting cold.
Last year, the Xiongnu army’s devastating damage to the grassland ecology finally showed its consequences!
Large tracts of pasture have not grown this spring.
In more places, there is only a little bit of greenery.
When the breeze blows, it can bring up sand and dust.
Experienced herdsmen are extremely frightened because they know that this is a symbol of disaster!
If these pastures cannot be protected well, they will degrade and even turn into deserts in a few years!
Once a desert is formed, it will continue to erode and destroy nearby ecology for decades or even hundreds of years.
In these places, no grass will grow, the sky will be filled with wind and sand, and they will become dead places!
The shamans of many tribes declared in horror: This is the punishment of the gods on all tribes! Only by praying sincerely and offering sacrifices that satisfy the gods can the disaster be resolved!
Now, even the most unruly tribal leader knows that his tribe has reached a critical moment of life and death.
If one choice is not good, the entire clan will be exterminated!
For the nomads, staying alive, surviving, and continuing is their ultimate and eternal goal!
Even under such circumstances, no one dared to refuse Xia Yi's order.
All tribes began to prepare to go to Dragon City.
Of course, this does not mean that they surrendered and knelt down.
I just went to Longcheng to see what price the Han Dynasty people could offer.
If the price offered is good, you shouldn't consider being a dog for the Han Dynasty people.
Some people even have the idea of deceiving a wave of food relief just to show off.
After all, for these tribes, from their standpoint.
The problem between you Han Dynasty people and the Huns is the conflict between your relatives, the Twins and the Lius.
It's best not to offend anyone.
The careerist feels that maybe this is his opportunity.
An opportunity to replace the Huns and become the overlord of the grasslands!
In their view, even if the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, they would not be able to live on the grassland for a long time. The grassland would still be returned to them.
When various tribes with various thoughts set foot on the road to Dragon City.
From Yunzhong County, Shanggu County, Langmengqi, on the roads leading to Dragon City, heavy-duty carriages passed through the Great Wall in an endless stream, carrying corn, wheat, cheese and various cloths,
Ceramics and even iron pots, salt, and spices were continuously transported to Dragon City.
Near Dragon City, warehouses were built one after another.
Countless supplies were piled high.
The nephews and confidants of the well-dressed merchants of the Han Dynasty were busy sharpening their knives.
For the merchants, although everyone knows that this time they are mainly here to do things for the emperor and to be the king's pioneer.
However, it is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits!
not to mention……
In this vast grassland, there are thousands of fat sheep. If you don't kill them with a knife, how can you live up to yourself? How can you live up to Tao Zhugong's teachings?
