Ayinong didn't want to speak, or he didn't want to speak. At least at this moment, he didn't want to speak when facing Su Ren. He didn't know whether he should regard the boy in front of him as a relative? a friend? or an enemy.
We say relatives because Su Ren is the father of his grandson. We say friends because it was Su Ren who brought the Bo people from a bitter and cold land to the paradise of Dujiangyan. We say enemies, but they are real enemies. Su Ren is Han.
They are Bo people, and these two races are fundamentally enemies. And the most important point is that this guy harmed his daughter. At this time, Ayinong didn't care whether it was his daughter who took the initiative or Su Ren.
"Chief A, how sure do you think this matter is?" Sima Xiangru asked Ayinong after Su Ren finished explaining his plan.
"Ah!" Ayinong was obviously distracted and took a deep breath: "What Su Xiaowei said is indeed a method, but I can't guarantee how many Bo people can be persuaded to come. Since we left, I heard that you Han people are against the Bo people.
People are being oppressed even more, and many people have moved back to the depths of the mountains, planning to never come out."
"You are living a good life here now, but you can't impress the Bo people who are still in the mountains?"
Ayinong shook his head: "We Bo people have lived in the mountains for generations and are not familiar with farming. Take the Bo people here as an example. Sir, you have not noticed that the grain and rice produced by our fields are not as good as those produced by your Han people's fields."
How much? Since we came to Han, our lives have changed a lot. Many things that were common before have been banned. The custom of hanging coffins is being replaced by burials, and wearing animal skins is replaced by linen."
"Isn't this bad?" Su Ren asked.
Ayinong smiled slightly: "It's not bad, I'm just not used to it!"
Hawking stood up: "Just say whether you are willing to go. Why are you talking so much? If you are not willing to go, then we will not care about the Bo people in the mine. We will burn them all and no one will come back!"
Ayinong sighed: "Hey! No matter what, I will definitely go, just give it a try! But Colonel Su, don't have too high hopes."
"That's good! When will we set off? How much time will we give you? You can't delay this matter!" Su Ren nodded: "The sooner the better, Zhuo Wangsun's people have already gone to the mine, and they should be handing over at this time. As long as they
We'll take action after the handover is over, there's no need to discuss this, I'm just telling you this to give you Bo people a chance, and I did it just for Lu Yi's sake."
Ayinong does not have a good impression of Su Ren, but Su Renchang has a favorable impression of Ayinong. Emotionally speaking, the Bo people are not Han people. Even after thousands of years, they still have not integrated with the Han people. As a branch of the Bo people
, the ethnic minorities that are still handed down to this day still live in their own villages, lead their own unique lives, and have their own writing and language.
The Bo people are a special existence. The lives of these people are different from those of the ethnic minorities in the bitter and cold lands of the north. Those people live in poverty and were enlightened earlier. They yearn for the beauty of the Central Plains and learn the culture and ideas of the Han people. Therefore, the barbarians in the north continue to
They invaded the territory of the Han people in the hope of controlling the colorful world of the Central Plains. Some succeeded. The Mongols a few hundred years later and the Manchus more than a thousand years later both entered the hinterland of the Central Plains. But their fate was the most tragic. They were either driven out or
Be assimilated.
The barbarians in the south are different. The place where they live is relatively warm and the food is relatively abundant. Although they also yearn for the colorful world of the Central Plains, most of them live their own lives in hiding. Very few people will be involved in the conflict between the Han people.
fight between.
Ayinong left, Su Ren, Sima Xiangru and others sighed and shook their heads. Ayinong's reaction was completely different from their expectations. There was no excitement of cheering, but more helplessness and indifference.
Sima Xiangru sighed: "This matter is not easy to handle. Regardless of whether Ayinong will help or not, if those Bo people don't believe us, this matter still won't be done. If the Bo people are not in chaos, we will not be able to approach the mine."
, On the way here, Liu Gao has already sent news that people from Huainan are rushing to the mine. Once these people arrive, they will seal the entire mine tightly. At that time, it will be difficult for us to send people in. "
"I'm not worried about that. I just pity the copper mine!" Su Ren said with a wry smile: "According to what Tang Meng said, the annual output of the copper mine can generate hundreds of millions of dollars. If we can hold so much money,
How many things can you do with your hands?"
"Are you really planning to take over that copper mine to make money?" Sima Xiangru looked at Su Ren: "There has been news from the imperial court. Many people are in favor of your majesty's move to collect the minted coins for the imperial court. If this happens, what will happen?
Copper mines are useless!"
"Don't worry, it won't be that simple. There are so many vassal states in the world who are not minting coins privately. It will not be so easy for the court to take it back. Unless the court is determined, it will be impossible!"
"just in case……"
"Nothing goes wrong. As long as the Empress Dowager still controls the court, His Majesty will not be able to do many of the things he wants to do!"
"Okay! What you said makes sense! So what should we do now?"
Su Ren thought for a while: "There is no way, let's wait for news from Ayinong first!"
During these few days in Dujiangyan, Su Ren stayed at Ayi Farmhouse. Lu Yi and the children were also there. Su Ren also lived a life of a wife and children. Confinement in the winter was very good, and there was a brazier in the room.
Warmth. In order to prevent his children from being poisoned, Su Ren specially hired a blacksmith and asked him to build a strange thing. An iron stove with a long chimney in the round valley became the symbol of the Ayi farmhouse. From morning to
At night, no matter where you are in the village, you can see the chimney emitting thick smoke on the roof of Ayi Farmhouse.
Huang Shisan struggled to split a log in half, put down the ax in his hand, straightened the half-split log, and divided it into two halves again. The neatly stacked pile of firewood behind him was Huang Shisan's last few days.
results.
Hawking carried a bowl of goat's milk and cautiously entered the yard: "Old Huang, put on your clothes. It's such a winter, why are you shirtless? You didn't see the big girls and little wives outside the door who kept coming in.
Look, are you so willing to let them look at you?"
Huang Shisan exerted all his strength, swung the axe, and split a log: "What are you afraid of! Nothing will be missing? You are jealous!"
"Come on! Jealous of you?" Hawking sneered: "When I get back, I will tell my sister-in-law what happened last night and see how she deals with you!"
"Hehehehe..." Huang Shisan chuckled, threw down his ax and went to get dressed: "No, you must not talk about this!"
Hawking smiled and opened the door curtain and entered the house. The room was very warm, and a gust of cold wind blew in. Su Ren quickly turned around to protect the child in his arms. The child has grown up a lot, because he has goat milk to eat.
Very quickly. The originally wrinkled skin had stretched out, and a small face was extremely smooth and tender. Su Ren glared at Hawking, who quickly stuck out his tongue and lowered the door curtain again.
The child slept soundly, with his eyes closed, and his little mouth kept moving. As if he smelled the smell of goat's milk, his dark eyes slowly opened, and he kept searching.
Lu Yi chuckled: "I'm hungry! Give it to me!"
Su Ren reluctantly handed the child to Lu Yi and sighed: "You are a mother if you have milk!"
The baby bottle invented by Su Ren is too crude. Cover a jar with sheep intestines and stick the end in, leaving a small gap. Pour the goat milk in and stuff the sheep intestines into the child's mouth. It is a simple baby bottle.
Hawking has been responsible for this job these days and is quite skilled. He made the "milk bottle" in a few seconds, tried it out first, and handed it to Lu Yi.
While Lu Yi was breastfeeding the child, he said, "Father has been gone for so many days. There is no news and I don't know what's going on?"
"No news is the best news. It means that he is talking. Once everything is settled, things will go smoothly!" Su Ren stretched his neck and looked at the child: "It would be abnormal if we just do it all."
"What if I can't convince others?"
"What else can we do? Everyone has their own choice. Since they have chosen to continue living a hard life, they are already prepared." Su Renyi turned over and lay on the bed at Lu Yi's feet: "Actually, I would rather
They chose to stay so that I wouldn’t have any scruples when I start taking action!”
"Hey!" Lu Yi sighed, looked down at the child, and stopped talking.
After another five days, Ayinong finally received news. This time, Ayinong worked very hard. He also saw Su Ren's determination. If the Bo people were unwilling to enter the Han region, the only thing waiting for them would be to flee to the mountains and forests.
, there is no chance of coming back. Ayinong persuaded three cottages, and more than a thousand people were willing to follow Ayinong to Dujiangyan. These cottages have one thing in common, that is, most of their tribesmen were arrested and sent to the mines.
While Abang reported the situation to Su Ren, he ate heartily. His whole body became thinner, his round face became pointed, and his eye sockets became sunken: "During this period, the patriarch and I traveled almost all over the country.
I have gone to all the cottages and lost my reputation, so there are only a few people who are willing to follow me. I wonder what these people think? If they don’t want to live a good life, they are willing to stay in the mountains. What’s so good about the mountains?”
"Sir, don't worry, the things you told me have been settled. As soon as the county soldiers leave, everything will go according to plan! The leaders and clan leaders of those cottages have promised that as long as they can rescue their people, they can do anything, and the date is set.
Okay, let’s take action in ten days. Then Sir, you just need to send someone to help. This time, the guards of those mines have been replaced. With Sir, there will be no problem.”
Su Ren let out a long breath: "Okay! Captain Gou, get ready!"
Gou Tianming chuckled: "I understand! Just watch it!"
Su Ren walked out of the yard and looked up at the sky. The dark clouds had been gathering slowly since a few days ago, and now they were heavy. The wind blowing down from the plateau, mixed with the cold air, caused some pain in the neck.
"The weather is about to change. It looks like it's going to snow heavily!" Sima Xiangru huddled his hands in his sleeves and talked to himself. (To be continued)