The wind picked up, and dry yellow waves rolled on the grassland, just like the sea.
Fengzhou has fertile soil and extremely prosperous pastures. Just like the thistles brought to the Pampas by later Spaniards, pastures are the dominant species. Although they are not as tall as humans like thistles, which invaded South America,
But it still provides local people with the resources they need to survive.
"What kind of grass is this?" Shao Shude felt a little ashamed. He had lived in Fengzhou for so many years and really didn't know much about animal husbandry and had never done such work.
"Liluocao." The Hu girls looked at each other. They were still learning Mandarin and couldn't understand what Prince Lingwu was saying. However, Queen, a 13-year-old Qiang girl, spoke Mandarin very well and just listened to her.
Said: "There are also yin grass, ox grass, sapon grass, sedge grass, and wolf's needle grass over there. They are all pasture grasses."
Shao Shude looked at her with admiration and asked: "What is the relationship between yuluocao and yluolu?"
Wang glanced at the accompanying Turkic girl Shu, and said: "The Turks should have brought it from the Western Regions."
"You know a lot, you have done enough homework, right?" Shao Shude said with a smile.
Mrs. Wang looked around and saw that the soldiers were scattered far away in the four states. The other girls did not understand Mandarin, so she looked at Shao Shude boldly and said: "I know that the king has extraordinary ambitions, and the honor and disgrace of the Wang family is also important.
Since the king is here, I want to do more homework in case the king inquires. If I can look at you differently, I will have the opportunity to serve the king."
Are all prairie girls so bold in their words? Shao Shude laughed. He is not crazy enough to let these girls of thirteen or fourteen years old sleep with him. He must at least be over sixteen years old.
A few snowflakes fell from the sky. Shao Shude didn't care and continued to wander on the grassland.
Ahead is a small river, or canal. Shao Shude knows the name of this canal: Lingyang Canal, which was dug in the first year of Jianzhong. In the Zhenyuan year, the induction canal and Yongqing Canal were also dug. These two canals irrigated hundreds of hectares of farmland.
, near Tiande Military City.
During the Yuanhe period of Emperor Xianzong, Li Jiang reported to Fengzhou that the Zhenwu Army had tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, so he asked talented officials to camp in the fields. After four years, the Zhenwu Army dug canals in Fengzhou and acquired 4,800 acres of land.
Yu Qing is mainly within the territory of Zhenwu Army, and Fengzhou is estimated to be only a fraction.
Fengzhou currently has a total of more than 2,000 hectares of farmland that can be irrigated. However, not all of these lands are used, and agricultural production is much worse than that of its neighbor Zhenwujun to the east.
The average family of Fengzhou people only has about ten acres of farmland, but they raise some livestock. After farming, they bring their livestock nearby to graze and graze, so they don't have to go too far from home. I don't know if this counts.
A different kind of Dingmu.
Combining farming with animal husbandry is the agricultural model that Shao Dashuai is experimenting with in Lingzhou. In the future, the people of Fengzhou can actually improve it and develop in this direction. It should be more convenient than it is now.
Improving the economic strength of the town and improving the living standards of the people is as important as fighting abroad!
The sound of horse hooves rumbled on the grassland to the west. A large group of Tibetan people rode war horses and drove their cattle and sheep all the way south. I appointed five patrol envoys, but I didn’t just give you a piece of paper. I guarantee you wealth, and you also have to help me fight.
In the world, wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone in the world would get rich together in the future?
The five inspection envoys each sent more than a thousand soldiers, all of whom were members of their own tribe. They gathered together six thousand men, rode horses, brought equipment, and drove a large number of cattle, sheep, horses and camels, and first went south to Tiandu Mountain in Huizhou.
Grazing in the area, waiting for the next order from the "Khan".
In addition to the initial 800 or so people from the Yang and Wang families, the Leopard Cavalry Capital has recruited more than a thousand people in Yongqingzha. It has expanded again in the past few days and recruited some Fengzhou Dangxiang, Shannan Dangxiang and Kujie Shafan.
The army will gather up to 3,000 people - basically all strong men from small tribes. If there are any battle losses in the future, priority will be given to recruiting men from small tribes to replenish them.
In fact, the Tuoba tribe in Xiazhou also received an order and marched to the Luoshan area in the southern border of Lingzhou. Lingzhou and Yanzhou Cangcheng allocated food nearby, and first helped Mingsha County to dig ditches and provide work for relief.
After the Western Expedition next spring, they will set off with the large army. They don't have cattle and sheep yet, and Shao Shude's order to them is to go to Helong to rob the Tibetan people's cattle and sheep!
This is the first time that Marshal Shao has organized so many Tibetan soldiers to join the expedition. If you include the rebel army, the Tibetan soldiers who will go on the expedition next year are estimated to be around 25,000 people, with many cavalry and cavalry, driving cattle and sheep to the west to graze wherever they go.
Wherever you go, it's a spectacular sight.
From the present dynasty, except for the Jiedu envoys of various towns during the Tianbao period and his sworn brother Li Keyong, no one should have organized twenty to thirty thousand Tibetan soldiers like him. Even in Youzhou Town, the Xi soldiers in their hands are
The Khitan soldiers should only number ten thousand, but they are far inferior to our own.
"Let's go back." Shao Shude said in Dangxiang dialect. Wang and Zhuang Lang looked at him in surprise.
Shao Shude chuckled. It was quite satisfying to show off in front of the little girls. At least their reactions were sincere and sincere.
I have pretended to be cool in front of the emperor and eunuchs, in front of Jiedushi and generals, and in front of Li Keyong. I have pretended to be cool in front of him so many times that I can’t even count them, but the reactions of those middle-aged and elderly people no longer matter.
The reaction of a girl who is old and not young and charming makes me feel comfortable.
Men, or male animals, have the instinct to pass on their genes to more female animals. With my current status, I can afford to raise even a hundred children. If I become a king in the future, I will take over Helan Mountain.
Bieye was expanded into a royal palace. Every time a land was conquered, not only did the local families and tribes send hostages to join the army, but they also asked them to send their legitimate daughters to serve as palace maids.
The snow gradually became heavier and fell on Shao Shude's face, making him sober up a little.
Your Excellency, the minister sent his daughter to the palace to be a maid. This is a treatment that only the emperor can have. I am proud, I am proud.
Xishoujiang City has not changed much to this day. The only thing that has changed may be the old Shaw family house.
Shao Shude walked for the last time on the street where he could see the end at a glance, recalling it with satisfaction in his heart.
Some of the people I was familiar with back then have passed away, and some are still there. When they saw me, they were all very reserved. When the soldiers presented their belongings, there was a smile on their faces, and I gradually regained a little bit of the feeling of the past.
Shao Shude met Liu Gouer's family again.
His younger brother opened some wasteland outside the city wall, which was very hard work. He is now in his twenties this year. His family was poor and he could not afford a wife for a time. In desperation, he found a party girl as his wife.
My younger sister, Xiu Niang, is also married. She just gave birth to a child the year before last and is pregnant with another this year. When she saw Shao Shude, she blushed very much, but still mustered up the courage to ask: "How come the king has been away for eight years and only came back?"
Wang glanced at her and then at Shao Shude.
Shao Shude was stunned for a moment, and finally said: "Be loyal to the king and fight everywhere."
Back then, I was young, pure, ambitious, loyal, and didn't like to enjoy myself - in fact, I didn't have the conditions. He was also a junior officer, so he must have been full of aura in the eyes of the girl.
Now I am no longer young, no longer pure, my ambition is getting bigger, my hands are stained with blood. Of course I still talk about loyalty, but it is also mixed with the cunning of politicians. My daily expenses and enjoyment are even worse than before.
Different places, the lives of the captain and the king - they are not the same world in the first place.
"Your Majesty is different from before..." Xiu Niang was slightly disappointed: "The way you look at people is different. In the past, there was compassion and kindness, but now it's like - like you want everyone to kneel in front of you, and there are people around you.
They are all people who want to cling to you."
Wang glared at her.
"It's like climbing a mountain. After you climb to a new height, you see a different world and your thoughts will change accordingly." Shao Shude found a place to sit down and said: "Every time I did something before,
You don’t need to think too much about things, just follow your own heart. But now, when you do something, you often can’t help it. Everyone is looking at you. I can’t go back to the way I used to be. Everyone knows how to do something.
changing."
If all the great power is attributed to oneself, one may be able to do things based on one's own heart, but if one's great power lies in gathering people, there will be too many things involved.
Power is truly the most powerful thing in the world. No matter how heroic you are, it cannot escape corrosion. It can turn a young anti-Qing patriot into a traitor, and it can also turn a passionate revolutionary youth into a warlord.
Without the correction of ideals, people change so quickly. What is your ideal? Give the people a stable order and let them live the life they deserve. In this process, many people may have their originally stable lives broken by themselves.
, maybe many innocent people will be killed because of themselves, maybe their ideal is just a self-deceiving joke.
But I am no longer at an age where I can do nothing. I will no longer be entangled in the moral paradox of killing more people or saving more people. I am not a moral gentleman. Desire for power and ideals are not necessarily opposites. I just need to stick to it.
Just stick to the bottom line and forge ahead.
"I'd also like to thank Xiu Niang." Shao Shude suddenly smiled and said: "In these years, I have been fighting and killing, and the time when I can calm down and think is getting less and less. Now that I have analyzed my true intention, the road ahead should be clearer.
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After saying that, he took off his cloak, saber, and bow, and said: "If the embroiderer asks you, I will give this to you."
"If anyone dares to bully you in the future, take out someone's saber and make him kneel down." Shao Shude winked and joked.
After that, he led everyone out of the yard, got on his horse, and went home!
At the same time, Wang Bian, the governor of the Zhenwu Army, had also packed his bags and headed south to Chang'an with his family. He already knew where he was going and had no intention of staying any longer. It was better to return to Chang'an early. It was already dark at this time.
November 12, the first year of Qi.
As for the sergeants from the two places, they will not go south until next year. Marshal Shao has not included these 10,000 people in the Yamen Army for the time being because he cannot afford to support them. A reward was given one year ago, and another reward will be given next year when the army is dispatched.
If the Western Expedition goes well, we capture Lanzhou and other places, harvest Tibetan cattle and sheep, and then start mining and smelting copper, life should be much better. At that time, it will be a matter of course for the Tiande Army and the Zhenwu Army to be incorporated into the Yamen Army system.
This volume is over, and the next volume is "Those who miss the Han people so much in recent years are half old and sick and half buried in their bones".