Chapter 16 The Mighty Shepherd, the Horses, and the Poor Migration

Qi vigorously summoned only four tents from Qu Yuanguang's subordinates.

It's not because of his poor eloquence, it's because the atmosphere is wrong.

In the eyes of Qi Dali, the key to "luring Hu" is the word sneaking.

He used to be the small rate they planted, and he knew the psychology of the small rate and the big rate.

The number of accounts is related to the status and interests of the small rate and the large rate among the grassland tribes. There is no one who has few tents but can monopolize the lush pastures and dominate one side. Therefore, there will never be a big or small recklessness to see their own people being fooled.

However, this other part of Yuanguang has only migrated here from the previous nomadic land, and has not yet allocated their respective grazing routes and pastures to the small people in the department, so that there are quite a lot of small people who are stranded here.

In the past few days, he often feels as if someone is watching him, gloomy and uncomfortable.

Out of prudence, in order not to provoke a certain small rate and be sullen, he did not dare to be too presumptuous, which led to a not very good harvest.

He coincided with Bal Lianfan, and he also fooled Hu Mu with the words "You are not happy to pay taxes in two years, you can walk away".

Coaxed to the fourth behind, his sense of crisis became stronger and stronger, his back was cold, and he felt that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so he made a decision immediately, and accepted it when he saw it, so he took them to leave quietly at night.

The four falls summoned by the beggar are a "Aur".

"Aur" is a Hu language, which can be understood as a pastoral group, usually composed of patrilineal consanguineous families, similar to the "family" of the Tang people; It is an intermediate unit below the clan and above the family in the political hierarchy of the Hu people, and it is also the basic unit of the Hu people when grazing.

It is not easy for the Tang people to farm, and it is also difficult for the Hu people to graze.

The living conditions in the grasslands are harsh, not only drought, snow and other disasters come from time to time, but also between different tribes, and even between the same tribes, there are also small-scale looting and theft, and it is difficult for a single Hu family to survive in the vast grassland.

Therefore, in order to fight against natural disasters and man-made disasters, the Hu people, like the Tang people, also formed a mutual aid group such as a family.

Daily grazing, nomadic migration, and living, Hu herding is mainly based on "Aur"; Externally, it is divided into other "Aur" divisions, and internally, the members depend on each other.

Under difficult living conditions, the herders in the same "Aur" are very united, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as "dependent on each other". In some of the larger "Aur", there are herdsmen from outside the family who are not from their own family, but when danger comes, they all work together, such as being plundered, even if the raider is a close relative of the foreign herdsman, he will treat him as an enemy.

For this reason, unhappiness is only a difficulty for the Hu people to be lured, and their pastoral group, or family cohesion, is also a difficulty.

A single Hu family is too difficult to move.

Qi Dali and Bal Lianfan knew Hu Qing very well and understood this, so they came to Lu Shuihu this time, and did not regard a single Hu family as the focus of persuasion, and their main energy was spent on persuading the head of "Aur".

Just as the Tang family is rich and poor, rich and low, the same is true for the Hu people, and "Aur" is rich and poor.

In addition to the people of his own family, the group is also like the rich and noble people of the Tang Dynasty, who have tenant farmers and vassals, and there are helpers hired by the cattle owners, or bankrupt Aur who is attached, and those who have a lot of money, or have hundreds of accounts, and hundreds of herdsmen.

This kind of Aur, even if he is in person, he can't say anything.

Bald even Fan and begging for strength are not good, so they pick on the destitute "Aur" who is on the verge of dissolution.

Once "Aur" is disbanded and attached to other pastoral groups, the herdsmen in the group will not be free, but will be driven by the master's family, and they will be like the disciples of the Tang people. In this case, Bald Lian Fan and Begging vigorously flickered, and some of them were willing to migrate inward in order to find a way to survive.

Ballian Fan summoned dozens of Luo, and there were not many people who summoned Hu Luo in the Yuanguang Department, and many people who were summoned elsewhere, and there were also sixty or seventy Luo.

The shepherd group summoned by the beggar in the Yuanguang Department has four tents combined, thirty or twenty sheep and horses, almost nothing, and one tent cannot afford to raise, and the people usually only work for other herdsmen and beg for food to make a living.

Life was hard, but their possessions were small, and it was easy to move.

Overnight on the road.

The grass grows in the deep spring, stumbling out for more than ten miles, no one chases, and the beggar is relieved.

He asked his entourage to help Hu Luo settle down temporarily, and then leave after dawn, and slipped to the side alone, squatted in the grass for convenience, and reviewed the gains and losses in the Yuanguang Department this time, thinking: "Touching a large part that is not separated, that group of small and head people are guarding against me like thieves, phew!" It's not pretty, but it doesn't matter. As the saying goes, 'There are sheep that do not worry about driving them into the mountains.' "Anyway, Lu Shuihu is here, if the black water does not move, they will not be able to run away, they will be my sheep sooner or later, and let them for a while, when they are separated, I will come to catch them again!" ”

He made an appointment with Hu Luo, who had been summoned, to meet in three days, and decided to take them back to the county to exchange money in case of long nights and dreams.

It has been half a month since I left the county, and after calculating it, I can get more than 100,000 yuan this time, and it will become like a middle-class home.

The beggar vigorously whispered happily: "Sure enough, people have no foreign wealth and are not rich!" It's not in vain that I have been trekking through mountains and rivers for half a month, mosquitoes biting and insect bites. ”

When I think of money, the spring breeze blows, and I can't help but feel my heart fluttering.

After finishing Gong, he dragged a piece of coarse grass with his hand, wiped it twice, lifted his pants and stood up, and said in his heart: "...... The female Lu in the "city" of Lejuan, Yingying Yanyan, hooked my soul to float, and I touched it a few times outside the door in the past, but I had no money in my pocket. Now that the marquis of the army is a solid rich man, he can be called powerful and rich, and he can finally swagger in and become a nobleman! He fastened his trouser belt, pulled it under his crotch, and sighed, "Father is greedy for a marriage and has found me an ugly wife, but I also have a prosperous day?" Brother, I've suffered you all these years! Now that we have money, we can't treat you badly, and when the girl is happy for a few days, let's come out and suffer again! ”

Waiting until dawn, I rushed to the meeting point with the summoned Hu Luo, and waited for two days, and all the Luos arrived. There are a few "second-level falls" that have summoned "third-level falls", but the total number is not sixty or seventy, but more than 100 falls. The beggar led them back to Lechuan with great joy.

Xin Er heard the news and personally met with Hu Luo of the county.

After resting for a few days, he worked hard to regain his strength, although he had left the city the day before yesterday and returned to Huzhong, would the Huluo he had summoned earlier change his mind? How much can he summon this time? We don't know yet.

After the policy of "luring Hu" was put into practice, the first batch of Hu Mu who arrived attached great importance to it.

The meeting took place in the barracks.

The reason why I am not in the county government is because there is no such a large courtyard in the house; Second, the selection of the barracks is also to show the "strength" of the county government, so as to facilitate the management of these Hu Mu in the future.

Xin Er specially selected five hundred sturdy Tang foot soldiers to practice the array on the school field; Half of the adjacent high platform was vacated for Hu Mu to stand.

More than 100 falls, three or four hundred Hu Mu, crowded and crowded.

The shouting sound of the foot soldiers over there during the exercise attracted Hu Mu's attention, and some people watched with cringe from time to time.

The county lieutenant Fu Qiao, the general Shi Yangfu, the county government Gong Cao Shi Liang, the chief bookkeeper Zhang Daojiang, the post supervisor Huang Rong, Lan Baozhang, Qi Dali and other officers came to the stage.

He looked down the stage, and saw that the Hu herds in the field were ragged and dirty, and some children were bare-bottomed, thinking that they had no clothes to wear; Young and strong are few, and old and weak are the majority.

Xin Er was slightly disappointed.

There is no doubt that Hu Mu, who could be summoned in the early stage, must be a poor man.

But the number of old and weak exceeded Xin Er's expectations. On second thought, this situation is also normal. But whoever is young and strong, has a lot of labor, and no matter how poor his life is, he can barely be satisfied, and only Aur, who is mainly old and weak, will be mixed to the point of bankruptcy.

He encouraged himself and said in his heart: "The strategy of 'luring Hu' works, and it is good to be able to summon hundreds of Hu Mu for me." Although there are few young and strong, it doesn't matter, just like my method of 'winning trust', the more old and weak, the more I can show my sincerity. ”

If you are very generous to the old and weak, then of course you will be more preferential to those young and strong Hu Mu who are willing to come.

Yang Fu doesn't understand nonsense.

Cao Shiliang, the county gong, stepped forward on his behalf and said to Hu Mu in the audience: "General Yingyang and Jiankang County Shouxin Jun are here, you quickly bow down." ”

Hu Mu bowed down.

Xin Er carefully prepared a "speech", but after only saying two sentences, he found that Hu Mu in the audience was either trembling or absent-minded, and few listened carefully.

Trembling, he knew that he must be afraid of his own "official authority", or afraid of the Tang soldiers over there; Absent-mindedly, he only thought that Hu people were untamable, but he didn't know the real reason, but it was actually the saying that Bald Lianfan and beggar vigorously fooled Hu Mu's "it will be good luck to leave in two years", which was to only stay for two years, deceive some sheep and horses, and then run away, and they were not very interested in Xin Er's speech.

Fu Qiao shook his head beside him and said, "The Hu people are rude and don't know Wang Hua. Young book, you are bustling, but you only play the piano to the cow! ”

Xin Er's "speech" was read by him, and he polished it. Seeing that Hu Ren didn't listen, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Since the Hu people did not listen, he simply stopped talking, and instructed the beggars to vigorously call them into a queue, so that the county officials who spoke Hu went down, first according to the unit of "Aur", one by one, registered the name of each Ural, the name of the herdsmen inside, and the family relationship between each other, and then assigned pastures to them; and whosoever shall borrow the lamb, and make a note as a proof.

The small number of individual families who migrate, according to their own volition, form new "aur" on the spot, which is also recorded.

Take out the copper coins you brought, give them to those who have summoned the "third-level fall", and send the money to cash; Those who don't want money are left on the pasture and given lambs of equal value.

It is more attractive to "order sound" or "pastures and goods".

Hu Mu's mood suddenly rose.

Before coming, many herdsmen were skeptical of the words of begging, and were willing to migrate inward, but they were just destitute, so they just tried it, and when they arrived at the school, they saw that there were hundreds of Tang soldiers here, shouting and drinking, with swords and guns, so they were timid, and they thought that the county government was going to kill them, and they were very frightened; As a result, the Tang official on the stage didn't say a few words, and began to send people to register them, really divided the ranch for them, divided the ranch and fulfilled the promise, and really gave them money.

The apprehensive no longer doubts; The joy of getting the ranch was full of joy, and the money was counted in disbelief.

A smile broke into the old man's wrinkled face, and the woman's chapped lips rose up. The children scurried around in the crowd, naughtily running to the edge of the field where Tang pawn was practicing, and watched endlessly.

I don't know why, Xin Er suddenly thought of "dividing the field and dividing the land".

Putting aside political considerations, judging from the boiling scene in front of him, he seems to have done a good thing.

The feeling of relief did not linger for long, and his eyes turned to the county officials beside him, and an unresolved matter came to mind.

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