Li Mu also talked about some differences. Basically, they gave a stick to a sweet date, which made Ashina Simo feel uncomfortable and yearned for it at the same time. After all, it is easy to enjoy the shade under the big tree. Once the Eastern Turks completely became the Tang Dynasty,
As part of the war, the Eastern Turks will have a chance to recuperate and recuperate. They no longer have to worry about when the Tang Dynasty's sword will fall, nor when Xue Yantuo from the north will go south, because the Tang Dynasty will take over the defense of the Eastern Turks.
Moreover, it does not mean that the Eastern Turks have completely given up their armed forces. Ashina Simo specifically asked that with the permission of the imperial court, the Turkic Autonomous Region can retain a certain amount of armed forces, because it is impossible to do so in the local area.
There is no such thing as Xiao Xiaoxiao, and the necessary weapons are still needed. Li Mu and Li Shimin also support this.
Then, there is only one question left, agree or not?
If he doesn't agree, he will fall out immediately. Can the Turks bear Li Shimin's anger?
Agree, the immediate urgent need can be solved. Li Shimin will be delighted and will receive many rewards. These are all trivial matters. The important thing is that he can see that Li Shimin really wants to do something for the Turkic people, so he will follow the advice of the monarch and his ministers.
Based on this idea, they will still do things for the Turkic people in the future. Although in this way, the Turkic people will think more about the goodness of the Tang Dynasty, gradually "lose themselves" and become a complete Tang people. But in Ashina
From Simo's point of view, it doesn't matter who they become. What's important is that these people who had a bad life, were enslaved, and might even freeze to death or starve to death now have a way to survive.
In the whole incident, the only class that was affected was the Turkic nobles.
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Businessmen are the people who value information the most in the world. Datang Daily is the carrier of first-hand news about Datang, and businessmen have a piece of it. Even if they leave Chang'an and cannot see it in time, they still have to ask someone to take it with them.
I'm afraid I might have missed some news.
Sometimes, businessmen would use the newspapers they had read to wrap dry food, and Tongluo would pick up these newspapers and read them, which gave him a deeper understanding of the Tang Dynasty and Chang'an.
He also met a man of great influence, Li Mu, the Marquis of Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty.
In his eyes, this man is simply a god.
It was he who escaped from the Turkic camp and sent a message to Li Jing's army. As a result, the Turks were defeated and the Tang Dynasty was completely victorious.
It was he who founded the Ministry of Internal Affairs and made millions of dollars for the Tang Dynasty. It was also he who promoted the mutual trade between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, which enabled the defeated Turkic people to have a bite to eat.
It was he who stirred up the wind and clouds in the northwest and made the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks form a brotherly alliance. The thirty-six countries in the Western Regions came to Chang'an to pay homage to the emperor.
Now, it's him again who has set up a farm in the south of the Yangtze River to hire propertyless Turkic people to farm the land and provide food for people like him.
To the Turks, he was both an angel and a devil. It was he who made the Turks so miserable, and it was also he who gave the defeated Turks a way to survive.
But to Turks like Tongluo, Li Mu was a saint.
Compared with the nobles of the same clan as the General Secretary, Li Mu, a Tang Dynasty man, cared more about the lives of ordinary Turkic people. Everything he did benefited the Turkic people at the lowest level.
Without him opening up the mutual market, Tongluo doesn't know if people like him would have survived the winter of the year of defeat.
Tongluo was grateful to Li Mu, and he was willing to believe in Li Mu, so when he heard that it was the new policy promoted by Luoyang Marquis Li Mu, Tongluo signed up without hesitation.
Tang Dynasty merchants traveling to and from Turks were temporarily granted the right to be envoys. Turkic proletarians who agreed to the conditions could just sign up with them. Tongluo often dealt with leather merchants and signed up as soon as possible.
But the nobles refused to let them go, and he did not dare to confront them head-on, so he kept waiting for an opportunity.
Suddenly one day, for some unknown reason, the Turkic nobles changed their attitude and allowed some people to leave. But before they were allowed to leave, they had to draw their bows and shoot arrows. Tongluo thought that only those who knew how to shoot would be allowed to leave, but he was still very disappointed. But he tried.
After shooting, those who couldn't shoot were allowed to leave. He never expected that his inability to shoot would be a blessing in disguise.
It seems that things are about to change, and the Turks who cannot shoot arrows are actually benefiting.
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It's getting dark now, and it's time to have dinner. But for people like Tongluo, they only have one full meal a day. In order to avoid being hungry at night, they go to bed early. Today is different, they will have to eat dinner tomorrow.
They were on the road. There were twenty or thirty households in this group that could leave. The person responsible for leading the way was none other than Uncle Fan, a leather merchant he knew well. The uncle was extremely enthusiastic about their ability to go to the Tang Dynasty.
Enthusiasm, they will be on the road tomorrow, and they are worried that they will not be able to walk without enough food. Tonight, the uncle took out a bag of coarse grains and asked the women from each family to get together and steam buns according to the method of the Tang Dynasty.
The Turks call steamed buns, which are actually the steamed buns of the Tang Dynasty. Paired with soup made from unknown dried wild vegetables, it is a sumptuous dinner for people like Tongluo.
"Here, let's add some seasoning for everyone!" Seeing that the vegetable soup was ready, Uncle Fan stood up and took out a small paper bag from his arms. When he opened the paper bag, there was fine white salt inside. People gathered around the campfire
People's eyes were wide open. This is snow-white fine salt. In Turks, only nobles can occasionally eat some. Ordinary people dare not even think about it.
Uncle Fan gave it a twist and put it into the soup. He caught a glimpse of the crowd from the corner of his eye, smiled, and sprinkled a small bag of white salt into the soup.
Everyone immediately exclaimed. This much fine salt was enough for even the nobles to eat for five meals. Uncle Fan actually threw it all into the pot at once!
Tongluo Qiqi Ai Ai said: "Uncle, it's a bit too much——"
"Not much, so happy!"
With this small packet of fine salt, everyone's numb expressions due to hunger finally became more lively, and the atmosphere became less depressing.
The steamed buns were brought up, and the children's eyes were fixed on the buns. Due to malnutrition, they all had slender necks and big heads. They wanted to eat, but they didn't dare to take them. They only dared to put them in their mouths.
He kept whispering in a low voice: 'Eat steamed buns, eat steamed buns...'
In fact, the adults don't dare to take it. Uncle Fan is treating us today. He doesn't say anything and no one dares to move. And we have to rely on his care all the way south. Who dares to offend him?
"You're welcome, come on, take them all. Just don't grab them as long as you have enough for today. Follow me all the way, and I'll keep you fed every day." Uncle Fan was particularly enthusiastic today, which was completely different from when he was bargaining with the nobles.
on the contrary.
Tong Luo had been in contact with him a lot, so he felt something was abnormal in his heart, but he couldn't think of the reason, so he didn't dare to speak out.
Under the watchful eye of Uncle Fan, everyone lined up to get their own steamed buns. There were two adults and one child, each with a bowl of vegetable soup. No one took more.
Everyone ate in silence, carefully savoring the vegetable soup which was a little tasteless due to the addition of too much salt. This was the first time in their lives that they had tasted such a strong soup, and their tongues were used to eating it lightly, so they couldn't tell the difference between good and bad soup.
Bad, I just think this is the best taste in the world.
Of course Uncle Fan didn't eat this. He couldn't do anything in front of these people, so he had finished eating it long ago.
"To be honest, you guys chose to believe in the Tang Dynasty and the Marquis. This step is really the right one. You have never been to the Tang Dynasty, so you don't know what kind of person the Marquis is - the Marquis is my Fan Debiao in this life.
The person I admire the most!”
"No matter what he does, there is nothing that is not successful. But no one who follows him does not succeed in his career. The sooner you follow him, the more you will make. If you listen to him and do things, you will not lose money.
!I, Fan Debiao, used to be a gangster on the streets of Chang'an. Because I worked with Master Bai, the father-in-law of the Marquis, and got a little support, I have achieved what I have today."
"How can I tell you?" Fan Derbiao sneered and said: "You think your noble masters are all pretty powerful, right? Compared with me, Fan Derbiao, ten of them can beat me. They are so meager.
Money, in the eyes of me, Fan, is simply not worth mentioning. And if I were to compare with Lord Marquis, I would be an ant - no, even worse than an ant!"
"Look at you now, you don't even have enough to eat - you all look pitiful. The Marquis just knows that you are so pitiful, so he tries to save you. The Marquis said that when we get to Jiangnan, as long as you are not lazy and willing to work
There is absolutely no problem in living and having enough food. As for today’s meal, I can eat it as much as I want when I get to Jiangnan! Eat two meals a day—no, three meals a day!”
"Wow..." the younger children couldn't help but exclaimed, full of food? Can you eat every meal? Three meals for you? Doesn't that make you a noble master?
"In addition to enough food, you can also eat salt every day. I heard that there is a lot of salt over there near the sea!" Fan Derbiao has never seen the sea, but these Turks have obviously never seen it, so let him brag.
Nor will it be exposed.
"Some time ago, I just returned to Chang'an and saw with my own eyes that Mr. Hou caught a big fish of more than ten feet. Think about it, how much meat does a fish of more than ten feet have? When you get to Jiangnan, you will definitely be able to eat meat. That fish
It comes from the sea and is soaked in salty salt water. Is it salty? Is it delicious?"
"Eat salted fish, eat salted fish!" The children shouted again, and the adults swallowed their saliva. But some people didn't believe it. A fish of more than ten feet was too exaggerated.
"Also, when you get there, you don't just farm. You also raise livestock and poultry. But it seems that you don't raise cattle, sheep, but pigs. I don't know exactly what's going on. When you get there, you
That's it. But there is one thing I know. The Marquis specifically said that if anyone can raise pigs well, it will ensure that every meal in your house is full of meat. What the Marquis said will not be untrue.
Pig farmers, remember and behave well!"
Fan Debiao talked for a while, his mouth was a little dry, he took a sip of the tea he brought, moistened his throat, and said: "You don't have anything you want to know? You can ask, I will tell you everything I can tell you."
No one spoke. Fan Derbiao was used to the silence of these Turkic people. They didn't speak much, and they couldn't understand Chinese. Just because they could understand it didn't mean they could speak it.
Fan Derbiao had no choice but to look at Tongluo, who spoke Chinese well, and said, "Hey, aren't you a good talker? Don't you have anything to ask?"
Tongluo swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth, drank the last mouthful of soup, and asked a real question: "Uncle, is it difficult to farm?"
"Farming?" Fan Debiao used to be a gangster. What kind of farming did he do? Although he had never farmed, his family members, including his father and eldest brother, had farmed. He still knew a little about farming, so he said casually: "
Planting is easy. Just dig a hole, throw the seeds down, and they will grow like grass. But planting good land is not easy. However, you don’t have to worry. The Marquis has already thought of this. Don’t you think so?
If you know how to farm, someone will teach you when the time comes."
"Ah!" Tongluo felt reassured. He is a quick learner. As long as someone teaches him, he can learn it quickly.
"Yes, do you have a place to live?" A middle-aged man with an unskilled accent said: "Our tents are all covered by -" The following words were said in Turkic language, which roughly means, tents
The nobles ordered them not to take them with them. When they arrived in Jiangnan, they had no tents to live in.
Fan Debiao burst out laughing: "Return the tent... How can anyone in the south of the Yangtze River live in a tent? Don't worry, the Marquis has built a house for you. You will have a place to live when you go there, and you will also take care of the food for the whole family! As long as you are willing to work, the days will be better."
It's getting better!" Fan Debiao said with emotion: "I was originally a gangster, but thanks to the Marquis, I am where I am today. Even if you are much worse than me, you will have no problem eating enough."
Fan Debiao solemnly said: "The Marquis specifically ordered me to tell you that when you arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, you were not slaves. Since you Eastern Turks have joined us, the Marquis will treat you as subjects of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty has said that since ancient times,
We value the Chinese and despise the barbarians, but Your Majesty loves them all the same. You are also citizens of the Tang Dynasty, so you don’t have to shrink back. The Marquis said that people have to be full before they have the strength to work. In order to save some food, let people eat less.
It’s not worthwhile to have enough food but not enough work. When you first arrived there, you had nothing, so you could only have food and clothing. But after a year or two, you saved a little money and had everything.”
"With these words, it is worth working as an ox or a horse for the Marquis!" Tongluo was a little excited and said: "The noble master is afraid that the animals will lose fat, so he never gives the oxen and horses a short bite. We do much more work than the oxen and horses, but we are afraid
Let’s have one more bite…”
"They don't treat you as human beings. Don't the Marquis and His Majesty treat you as human beings?" Fan Debiao chuckled and said: "If a person moves a living tree to death, he will starve to death, and he still hangs on a tree without moving.
, isn’t this stupid?”
Fan Debiao looked up at the moon above his head and said: "It's getting late, everyone should go to bed early. Tomorrow morning, the men will go to my place to set up the car. When I go back this time, I won't pick up the goods. Old, young, women and children
Take the car, and the men walk, and then switch when you’re tired—do you agree?”
You can even take a car...
Everyone was so moved that they knelt down and kowtowed. Fan Derbiao turned sideways and hid, and flew away. Fan Derbiao turned sideways and hid, and flew away.