Liu Che's emperor's carriage stopped in this huge royal pasture.
The scale of this ranch is very large, almost spanning the two rivers of Fenghao and covering an area of almost one hundred square kilometers.
In the ranch, there are nearly a thousand people including the servants and staff of the Shaofu Yamen!
In addition, there are seven to eight hundred professional livestock managers working there.
The person in charge of the ranch is Chu Qiang, the world's best cattle-raising expert, whom Liu Che recruited when he was in Hedong in his early years.
At first, when he was in Hedong, Chu Qiang was still a little resistant.
But now, Chu Qiang is so happy at Zhounan Ranch that he no longer misses Shu.
Here, he is in charge of the joys, sorrows and fate of all the livestock and staff in the entire ranch.
He has millions of cash flows in his hands at all times.
In the pasture, there are more than 5,000 horses, 10,000 cattle, and tens of thousands of sheep and deer, which have become the guarantee of his status.
Even if he is a prince, when he comes in front of him, he must lower his eyebrows and obey him, and bend his temper to please.
Because he can decide the quality of the war horses assigned to the opponent.
Not to mention, as the emperor came to power, his title and status also rose steadily.
Last year, because of his outstanding performance in raising horses and cattle, he was jointly recommended by the Shaofu and Taipu Yamen. With the approval of the emperor, he was given the title of Marquis of Guannei. He was considered to have reached the pinnacle that non-generals and non-civilians could achieve.
As the saying goes, when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
Now, he brought his entire family from Xingyang to Chang'an and lived in the Shangguanli mansion specially built for him by the emperor.
The two sons were able to join the sect of Yang Pu, a famous scholar in Guanzhong, and became a glorious scholar-official reserve.
In the past, Chu Qiang could not even think about days like this.
Now, it has truly appeared in his life.
Therefore, he worked very hard, spending 300 of the 365 days a year at the ranch, concentrating on his work.
His professionalism even puts most of his colleagues to shame.
"I was so lucky when I ordered people to recruit Chu Aiqing!" Liu Che looked at the prosperous pasture and praised Chu Qiang without hesitation.
Chu Qiang's work performance and attitude made Liu Che feel deeply lucky.
Zhounan Ranch, the largest breeding base for special war horses and cattle breeding in the Han Dynasty, provides more than 1,000 excellent war horses and more than 3,000 excellent cattle to Taipu and Shaofu every year.
More importantly, in this ranch, among the Wusun horses and other excellent horse breeds obtained from Wusun through smuggling trade, not a single horse has died due to illness or other accidents.
Such outstanding results made Liu Che shout lucky.
It is conceivable that if Chu Qiang was not very responsible and at the same time very careful, such a result would never have occurred.
But the performance is too good. Sometimes it is not a good thing.
Especially a commoner like Chu Qiang who has no roots and no background.
The situation at Zhounan Ranch is getting better day by day.
More and more people want to pick peaches.
In the beginning, there were just a few civil servants who wanted to gain seniority in Zhounan Ranch and share some of the credit.
This is also one of the unspoken rules of officialdom.
The livestock are growing well and the pastures are prosperous. Who takes the credit?
Of course, our civil servants have worked hard and led well!
In particular, the current imperial servant Yuan An is regarded as the person with the highest level of peach picking in the Han Dynasty.
The Taipu Yamen under his leadership naturally and easily took back a lot of credit from Zhounan Ranch.
Of course, Yuan Ang still talks about food appearance.
After taking credit for someone else's work, you will also remember to compensate.
Afterwards, the Taipu Yamen tried its best to help the operation of Zhounan Ranch. For this purpose, it also approved a special horse administration fund of 10 million yuan and sent a luxurious professional horse breeding team here to help.
However, others are not as gentleman as Yuan Ang.
I'm just here to get credit, and that's all for seniority.
They just put names on the left and right, waiting for rewards, and Liu Che didn't miss the three or five pieces of silk cloth.
But the problem is, some people think that this Zhounan Ranch, since Cuo Da is a big man in the countryside, Xingyang's cattle-raising man can also make things prosperous and get promoted.
After I have read poetry and books, I will naturally be more than ten thousand times stronger than this guy who raises cattle.
If he takes over the South Ranch this week, his results will definitely increase several times.
Similar remarks even reached Liu Che's ears.
This made Liu Che unbearable.
So, coming here today is actually to support Chu Qiang.
Chu Qiang, of course, is also deeply aware of this.
After hearing the emperor's praise, he said humbly: "Your Majesty Miao Zan, I deserve it. I am just following your Majesty's edict and being loyal to the king..."
After a pause, Chu Qiang continued: "And the ranch can be what it is today. I only played a small role in it. Other colleagues and subordinates also contributed indispensably. It is also inseparable from the support of the young master and the eunuchs."
, and the most important thing is that I have His Majesty’s care and favor!”
It’s flattering, everyone likes to hear it.
Listening to Chu Qiang's compliments, Liu Che felt happy. Liu Che waved his hands and said, "You are so humble..."
After stopping, Liu Che turned around and asked, "Tell me, what difficulties are there in the ranch now? If I can do it, I will not be stingy!"
When he came to inspect Zhounan Ranch this time, in addition to supporting Chu Qiang, the most important thing Liu Che did was to deliver policies and resources to Zhounan Ranch.
You know, Zhounan Ranch is now the largest Wusun horse breeding base in the Han Dynasty.
In the past two years, more than 70% of the smuggled Wusun horses have been in Zhounan Ranch.
Its importance is naturally self-evident.
Chu Qiang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, if there are difficulties, there is one..."
"I would like to ask your Majesty, can you urge the Mo Gardeners to speed up the construction of the green storage cellar..." Chu Qiang looked at Liu Che and said carefully: "Winter is about to begin, and the hay reserves in this pasture are already exhausted.
The reserves are complete, but if you want to keep the livestock from losing weight, it is best to feed them with green storage fodder. However, there are only ten green storage cellars in the pasture, and the green storage cellars are less than a hundred stones. I am afraid that in the middle of winter, even the BMW will lose weight.
I have no choice but to eat hay to satisfy my hunger!”
Silage feed is an additional product of the Mo family's invention of 'chemical fertilizer' last year.
When several Mohists of the Mohist family were making "fertilizer", they had a sudden idea. They wanted to try and see if they could use grass or something and bury it in the cellar to see what would happen.
The result was beyond their expectation.
Buried in the cellar and fully fermented, the grass became the best livestock feed available to humans before the Christian era.
Especially those plant leaves and stems with crude fiber, after fermentation, become the most easily absorbed feed for livestock.
Moreover, because it is fermented feed, it can be stored for a long time, which has become the trump card of the Han Dynasty's current animal husbandry.
It's just a pity that due to limited conditions, the construction of green storage cellars is currently a difficult problem and requires a suitable cellar and location.
At present, the entire Han Dynasty has only built ten green storage cellars in Zhounan Ranch this week as experiments and pilots.
As for expanding...
This is difficult.
At present, all the painters in Moyuan are focusing on the improvement of waterwheels and the continued improvement of hydraulic forging machinery.
I'm afraid I don't have much energy to help.
But it doesn't matter, building a green storage cellar or something like that is not too difficult.
As long as Mo Yuan comes up with the drawings, the Shaofu's craftsmen can do it.
Thinking like this, Liu Che nodded and agreed: "I will give an order to the young master to build another hundred cellars in Zhounan Ranch to meet your needs!"
"I thank you for your holy grace!" Chu Qiang was overjoyed when he heard this.
With enough green storage material, the livestock in this pasture will have a good winter next winter, and at the worst, the needs of the "BMWs" can be met.
"If you have any other requests, please put them forward together!" Liu Che continued to ask.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is one more thing..." Chu Qiang knelt down and bowed: "I would like to implore Your Majesty to treat the dwarfs in the pasture as common people, and issue an edict not to discriminate against them!"
"Pasture dwarfs?" Liu Che raised his eyebrows. He looked towards the pasture and easily saw hundreds of dwarfs. They were running back and forth in the pasture, driving livestock, harvesting grass, or cleaning.
stool.
These dwarfs are the most basic and lowest-level employees of the entire Zhounan Ranch, and they are also the most pitiful people.
Since the Qin Dynasty, it has been these poor people who have raised and managed horses for the royal family.
All of them are patients with dwarfism.
There are even extremely rare cases of congenital dwarfism.
They are the outcasts of society, marginalized figures within the margins.
They are despised by the public and abandoned by the world. Many of them are even abandoned by their parents as soon as they are born. Their status in society is even lower than that of a son-in-law, and the blind are only higher than that of an idiot.
Out of pity, the Shaofu Yamen of the Han Dynasty took on the responsibility of raising and caring for these poor people.
More than 80% of dwarfs and patients with dwarfism were eventually adopted by Shaofu Yamen.
But the Han Dynasty government was not a country of later generations.
It would be very kind to adopt these dwarfs and give them food for a day, shelter from the rain, and a bed to rest on.
If you want any special treatment, it's just a dream.
As a result, they became the lowest-ranking members of the young family.
Even the prisoners in the Shaofu were slightly better than them in terms of status and treatment.
Usually, the Shaofu will train them as grooms who specialize in taking care of horses.
As the saying goes, when God closes one window, he will open another window for people.
Although these dwarfs are short in stature, their intelligence is no different from that of seven or eight-year-old children.
But their size makes them the best horse caregivers. They can clean the horses at 360 degrees without blind spots, and even live and eat with the horses. When the horses give birth, they are the best stable caregivers.
The choice of mother-in-law can easily help horses give birth.
And because they are simple and naive, they are extremely focused.
Just like the blind masseurs of later generations, they quickly became the most professional horse administration staff in the two yamen, Shaofu and Taipu.
It is no exaggeration to say that the construction of the Han family's horse administration was based on the sweat and dedication of these dwarfs.
But society and the country have not officially accepted them at all.
Liu Che remembered clearly that in the history books of later generations, even Dongfang Shuo used these dwarfs to exploit their innocence and naivety for his own benefit. (Historical Records. Biography of Dongfang Shuo)
Looking at these dwarfs, Liu Che sighed, then shook his head and said: "I can only agree to half of your request. That is to say, I issued an edict that it is forbidden to discriminate against and insult dwarfs, and they are not allowed to mistreat them deliberately, but the common people are allowed to
I can't be sure!"
"Because, once I get it right, I will harm them!"
Yes, there is no doubt that once these dwarfs are given free status, their death will come.
Once they obtain the status of common people, they must leave the young master and the imperial servants to make a living on their own.
What can they do?
What can be done?
They are not Yanzi, who can break out of their own world with their intelligence.
Moreover, society's discrimination against dwarfs is extremely serious.
Some people even view dwarfs as ominous beings.
To be honest, once they leave Shanglin Garden, all that awaits them is death.
Either they were killed or they died of hunger and cold.
Not to mention, many of these dwarfs have dwarf complications, such as mental retardation and so on.
Therefore, giving them freedom is actually asking them to die.
Chu Qiang also sighed and woke up.
Chu Qiang felt extremely pitiful towards these dwarfs.
After three years at Zhounan Ranch, Chu Qiang has dealt with these dwarfs every day. From the contempt and contempt at the beginning to the sympathy and compassion now, Chu Qiang has gone through an unknown mental journey.
After thinking about it, Chu Qiang had no choice but to bow: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I would like to thank you on behalf of the dwarfs!"
Allowing the emperor to issue an edict to the young master and his servants prohibiting discrimination and abuse of dwarfs is the best treatment these poor people can receive at present.
Chu Qiang even knew that it was possible that these dwarfs themselves did not understand that their lives had changed.
After all, for those dwarfs whose intelligence may only be seven or eight or even four or five years old, many of them even think that they are of the same race as horses...
After sighing for a while, Liu Che threw these heavy thoughts out of his mind and warned: "In the near future, more than 400 Wusun horses will come from Guansai. Please be prepared to accept it! Injured and injured horses must be taken care of first.
Identify them instantly!"
"No!" Chu Qiang accepted the order, and then asked doubtfully: "Your Majesty, why are there so many?"
Indeed, more than 400 Wusun horses came at one time, which was unprecedented in the history of trading.
You know, in the past two years, the Han Dynasty has received a total of more than 500 war horses from the Yizhixie line, of which there are less than 300 Wusun horses, and the number of male horses among them is only 50.
Less than.
But this time, there were not only more than 400 horses, but all were Wusun horses, and the number of male horses reached as many as 200!
What does this mean? There is no doubt about it!
Liu Che smiled slightly and said: "Someone wants to jump over the wall!"
In order to obtain this batch of Wusun horses, Liu Che paid a total of 4,000 bows, 500 sets of armor, 1,000 spears, and 10,000 jins each of pig iron and bronze.
It can be said that there was a lot of blood.
And where these weapons will eventually go, this is something you can guess without even using your butt, Wusun!
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Wusun's situation is indeed extremely bad at the moment.
It can even be said to be extremely bad!
A month ago, the Huns had captured Wusun's largest pasture south of Baishan Mountain and wiped out all the local Wusun cavalry.
This is only a minor issue.
After all, in a war, battle damage or whatever is not a big deal.
The Wusun people were indeed bitten severely by the Huns, and their bodies were covered in blood.
But the Huns were no better.
In the past few months of war, one Wanqi was completely maimed, and the heads of two Guduhou were cut off as trophies.
However, the loss of that ranch exposed the secrets of the Wusun people to the Huns.
Wusunma!
This new and excellent horse breed that the Wusun people secretly cultivated for decades, secretly hiding it from the Huns, has been acquired by the Huns.
Wusun's senior officials, as long as they are not idiots, will understand that the nature of the war will change next.
If we say that before, the Huns may have been beating their little brother for disobedience and it was time for a spanking. They just wanted to teach Wusun a lesson and let Wusun become the cannon fodder and vanguard of the Huns.
Therefore, during the war, the Huns showed mercy.
In the war, the Huns did not use the methods they used in the past against hostile tribes: killing all men taller than a wheel, burning all pastures, and polluting all water sources.
They adopted the strategy of internal war.
They just used the superiority of troops to squeeze and squeeze the Wusun cavalry's activity space, and tried their best to win at the minimum cost.
But when the secret of Wusunma was exposed to the eyes of all the Xiongnu nobles, especially the military officials.
The nature of war has changed.
Wusun was very frightened up and down.
After all, in the past, if Wusun was defeated, in the end, at most, Lao Kunmo Liejiaomi would apologize to the Xiongnu Chanyu, kowtow, and at the same time give up part of his autonomy. If Wusun could win once or twice, then Wusun would even win.
It can end the war with dignity.
But, when Wusunma was exposed.
So, as long as the Huns are not stupid, they will immediately understand the fact that the Wusun people have had ulterior motives for a long time and have two minds.
The war will immediately turn from the younger brother being disobedient and needing a spanking, to a life-and-death struggle for hegemony.
Just like the war between the Yueshi, Donghu and the Huns. The war will not end unless one party falls or flees.
However, the current situation is that even if the Wusun people want to run away, they have no chance.
The Huns already knew the boundaries of the world, and they even found the Yuezhi people who had traveled thousands of miles away.
If the Wusun people run away again, where can they go?
What's more, once the westward migration begins, a powerful alliance of domestic clans like Wusun will probably collapse soon.
Sai people and Yueshi people used to be able to be grandsons to Yi Zhixie in order to survive, but now they can also be grandsons to Xiongnu.
The only good news for the Wusun people now is that they are not fighting alone.
Yi Zhixie on the Xiongnu side is still replenishing their health and providing intelligence through various channels.
The smuggling trade channels with the Han Dynasty are still open to this day.
This has allowed Wusun to barely survive until now.
But now, with the exposure of Wusunma.
The Wusun people knew that they had to give up Baishan.
If you insist on fighting at the foot of Baishan Mountain, you will be waiting to die. If you don't take advantage of the opportunity before the Huns have adjusted, they will jump out of the encirclement. Then, once the Huns begin to change their strategies, strangle the Wusun people, and bribe and divide them, then the Wusun people will be divided.
The country is really going to be destroyed.
"But, where can we go?" Kundun, the lieutenant, asked.
To the west, there is the vast steppe, which means slow death; to the south, there is the Huns' heavy army; to the north, there is the vast Gobi.
The East is the only way out.
But the problem is that the east is the base camp of the Huns.
Moreover, the Donghu people also walked the same path back then.
The result, it goes without saying, was a death march.
The huge Donghu empire fell apart on the way eastward.
"Let's fight back to our ancestral land!" Kunmo Liejiaomi stood up and said in a very firm tone: "Set to the east, towards Rouge Mountain, Qilian Mountain, and Helan Mountain. The military officials will definitely not expect our actions, not to mention, we still can't.
We have Yi Zhixie. We can ask Yi Zhixie to provide us with guides and information to lure away the Xiongnu tribes on the road. Starting from Baishan Mountain, we can return to Kunxie's hometown in a month, where there are also little Yuezhi hiding in the mountains.
Tribes, we can unite with them, and we can also ask for help from the Han Dynasty in the south and borrow troops!"
At this moment, Liejiao Mi was like a gambler, putting all his chips on the gambling table.
"But..." Dalu Nemo stood up and expressed his objection: "Yizhixie is unreliable. In fact, my son is more worried that Yizhixie will betray us!"
really!
Considering the thinking of the grassland people, Yi Zhixie has a high probability of betraying Wusun.
As a friend of Yi Zhixie, Nemo knew Yi Zhixie's nature very well.
He is a hungry wolf, as long as something is beneficial, he will definitely do it.
Just like before, he helped the Wusun people to secretly pass news and intelligence, and also smuggled Wusun's war horses to the Han Dynasty through various channels in exchange for a large amount of supplies.
But Yi Zhixie did this just to make the military officials feel embarrassed.
He never thought about overthrowing the Huns Empire.
In fact, Yi Zhixie and Jun Chen are the same people.
To expect Yizhixie to help is to put a sheep in the tiger's mouth.
Nemo even suspected that the messenger of the Mulan family who died in Wusun for no reason was probably Yizhixie's fault.
If this is the case, then Yi Zhixie must have been ready to betray Wusun long ago to gain his benefits.
With the support of the Muyan clan and the strength of the former Youxian King's remnants, as long as Yi Zhixie accomplishes the feat of annihilating Wusun, it may be impossible to restore Youxian King's status, but at the very least, a Youguli King can even
King Zuo Guli cannot escape.
"But, except for Yi Zhixie, no one else can believe it!" Liejiaomi shook his head and said, "We can only believe in Yi Zhixie!"
"It is true that Yi Zhixie may betray us, but..." A cunning look flashed in Lie Jiaomi's eyes: "What if we say that we want to get behind the military officials and take their heads?"
"I believe that Yi Zhixie definitely hopes that the military officials will die!" Lie Jiaomi said: "He wants the military officials to die more than anyone else!"
This is indeed true!
Because the military minister currently only has a four-year-old son, Yu Shan, once the military minister dies, then Yi Zhixie will be the indisputable successor to the Xiongnu Chanyu.
"That's it, Dalu, you go and inform Yi Zhixie that we want to get behind the military officials, launch an attack, and take their heads!" Lie Jiaomi ordered: "Kundun, you go.
Contact the middle lord and the right lord, tell them that Ben Kunmo will have a decisive battle with the military officials at the Ile River, and let them lead their troops to the Ile River to set up defenses!"
There is no doubt that Liejiaomi intends to abandon the Sai people and Yuezhi people.
Just like a gecko cutting off its tail, throwing the Sai people and Yuezhi people to the Huns, and then running away. (~^~)
