Chapter 969: Limited Autonomy

Li Mu said some differences, basically beating a stick to give a sweet date, which made Ashina Simo uncomfortable at the same time, but also had some yearning. After all, it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, once the Eastern Turks completely become part of the Tang Dynasty, the Eastern Turks will have a chance to recuperate, and they no longer have to worry about when the Tang Dynasty's sword will fall, and they don't have to worry about when Xue Yantuo in 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 abandoned their arms. Ashina Simo specially asked, under the condition of asking the imperial court to allow, the Turkic Autonomous Province can keep a certain amount of armament, because it is impossible for the local people not to have any small people, and the necessary armament is still needed, which Li Mu and Li Shimin also support.

So, there is only one question left, yes, or not yes?

If you don't agree, you will immediately turn your face. Can the Turks bear the wrath of Li Shimin?

promised, the urgent need in front of him can be solved, and Li Shimin will be rewarded with a lot of rewards. This is all a trivial matter, the important thing is that it can be seen that Li Shimin really wants to do something for the Turkic people, and follow the ideas of the monarch and the minister, and they will still do things for the Turkic people in the future. Although in this way, the Turkic people will remember the good of the Tang Dynasty even more, and gradually 'lose themselves' and become a complete Tang Dynasty. But in Ashnasmo's view, it doesn't matter who he becomes, what matters is that these people, who were not living well, were enslaved, and might even freeze to death or starve to death, they have a way to live.

In the whole thing, the only class that was hit was the Turkic nobility.

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Businessmen are the people who value information the most in the world. Datang Daily, as the carrier of Datang's first-hand news, is even more for businessmen. Even if you leave Chang'an and can't see it in time, you have to ask someone to carry it, just because you are afraid that there is no news that will be lost.

Sometimes, the merchants would use the newspapers they had read to wrap dry food, and Tongluo would pick up these newspapers to read, which gave him a deeper understanding of Datang and Chang'an.

He also got to know a man of the hour, Li Mu, the Marquis of Luoyang of the Tang Dynasty.

In his eyes, this person is simply a god.

It was he who escaped from the Turkic camp and sent a message to Li Jing's army, so that the Turks were defeated and the Tang Dynasty was victorious.

It was he who founded the Ministry of Internal Affairs and collected millions of dollars for Datang. It was also he who facilitated the mutual market between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, so that the defeated Turkic people could have a bite to eat.

It was he who stirred up the situation in the northwest, made the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks form a brotherly alliance, and the 36 countries of the Western Regions came to Chang'an to worship the Son of Heaven.

Now, it is he again, who has set up a farm in Jiangnan, and wants to hire proletarian Turkic people to farm the land in the past, and give people like himself a bite to eat.

To the Turks, he was both an angel and a demon. It was he who caused the Turks so badly, and it was he who gave the defeated Turks a little way to live.

But for Turks like Tongluo, Li Mu was a saint.

Compared with the nobles of the same clan as the general manager, Li Mu, a native of the Tang Dynasty, is more concerned about the lives of ordinary Turkic people. Everything he did, he benefited the Turkic people at the bottom.

If he hadn't opened up the mutual market, Tong Luo didn't know if a person like himself would have survived the winter of the year of defeat.

Tong Luo was grateful to Li Mu, and he was willing to believe in Li Mu, so this time he heard that it was a new deal promoted by Li Mu, the Marquis of Luoyang, and Tong Luo signed up without hesitation.

The Tang Dynasty merchants who came and went to the Turks were temporarily granted the right of envoys, and the Turkic proletarians who were attached to the conditions could sign up with them. Tong Luo often dealt with the merchants who collected leather, and he signed up as soon as possible.

But the nobles wouldn't let him go, and he didn't dare to fight head-on, so he kept waiting for an opportunity.

Suddenly, one day, for some reason, the Turkic nobles changed their attitude and allowed some of them to go. But before permission to go, it is necessary to go to draw the bow and shoot arrows. Tong Luo thought that he was allowed to go if he knew how to shoot arrows, but he was still very disappointed. But after going to the test shooting, those who can't shoot arrows are allowed to go. He never imagined that not being able to shoot arrows would make him a blessing in disguise.

It seems that the sky is about to change, and the Turks, who can't shoot arrows, have actually benefited.

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It's getting dark, and it's time for dinner. But for people like Tongluo, there is only one full meal a day, and at night in order to avoid being hungry, they all go to bed early. Today is different, tomorrow we will be on the road. There are twenty or thirty households in this group who can go, and the person who is responsible for these twenty or thirty households to lead the way is the leather merchant Uncle Fan who he is familiar with. Uncle they can go to Datang, they are extremely enthusiastic, they will go on the road tomorrow, worried that they will not be able to eat enough and will not be able to walk, tonight the uncle took out a bag of coarse grains, let the women of each family get together, according to the method of Datang steamed buns.

The Turks call it steamed bun, which is actually the nest head of the Tang Dynasty. Coupled with the soup made with dried wild vegetables, it was a hearty dinner for people like Tongluo.

"Here, add some spices to everyone!" Seeing that the vegetable soup was ready, Uncle Fan got up and took out a small paper bag from his arms, and when the paper bag was opened, there was a thin white salt inside. The people gathered around the campfire had their eyes straightened. This is snow-white fine salt, only the nobles in the Turks can occasionally eat a little, ordinary people dare not think of it.

Uncle Fan twisted it and put it in the soup, and when he caught a glimpse of everyone's appearance, he smiled, and sprinkled a small packet of white salt into it.

Everyone immediately let out a burst of exclamation, so much fine salt, even the nobles, is enough to eat five meals, Uncle Fan actually threw it into the pot at one time!

Ai Ai in the same period of the same period, said: "Uncle, it's a bit too much-"

"Not much, happy!"

With this small bag of fine salt, everyone's expressions of numbness due to hunger finally became more lively, and the atmosphere was not so depressing.

The steamed bun was brought up, and the children's eyes were staring directly at the nest head, because of malnutrition, all of them had slender necks and big heads, they wanted to eat, but they didn't dare to take it, they only dared to whisper in their mouths: 'Eat the nest, eat the nest......

The adults actually didn't dare to take it, but today Uncle Fan had a treat, but he didn't speak, and no one dared to move. And this way to the south, you have to rely on his care, who dares to offend him?

"You're welcome, come, take it all, it's enough today, just don't rob it." Follow me all the way, and keep you fed every day. "Uncle Fan is particularly enthusiastic today, which is diametrically opposed to when he bargained with the nobles.

Tong Luo had a lot of contact with him, and he felt abnormal in his heart, but he couldn't think of the reason, so he didn't dare to speak out.

Under the gaze of Uncle Fan, everyone lined up to lead their own steamed buns. There are two adults, one child, and one bowl of vegetable soup per person, and no one takes more.

Everyone ate silently, savoring the vegetable soup that was a little panicked because of the addition of too much salt. It was the first time in their lives that they had drunk such a heavy soup, and they were used to eating a light tongue, so they couldn't tell the good from the bad, they just felt that this was the best taste in the world.

Of course, Uncle Fan doesn't eat this, he can't open a small stove in front of these people, so he has already finished eating.

"To tell the truth, the big guy chooses to believe in Datang and Hou Ye, this step is really the right one. You haven't been to Datang, and you don't know what kind of person Hou Ye is - Hou Ye is the person I admire the most in my life! ”

"But nothing he does, nothing fails. But there is no one who follows him who does not make a career. The sooner you follow him, the more you earn, listen to him and do things, there is no loss of money! I Fan Debiao, I used to be a gangster on the streets of Chang'an, because I followed Master Hou's father-in-law, Master Bai, and got a little help, and I have today's achievements. ”

"How can I tell you—" Fan Debiao sneered and said, "You think your noble lords are quite powerful, right?" As far as they are, compared to me Van der Biao, ten can top me one. Their meager amount of money is simply not worth mentioning in the eyes of my fan. And like me, if I compare with Hou Ye, it is an ant - no, it is not as good as an ant! ”

"Look at you now, you can't eat enough - you look pitiful, Hou Ye just knows that you are so pitiful, so he seems to be a way to save you. Hou Ye said, when you go to Jiangnan, as long as you are not lazy and willing to work, there is absolutely no problem with having enough to eat. Just today's food, when you go to Jiangnan, you can eat casually, and you will eat to your heart's content! Two meals a day - no, three meals can be taken care of! ”

"Wow......" The young children couldn't help but exclaim, full of food? Can you eat every meal? Still three meals? Isn't that a noble lord?

"In addition to enough rice, salt can also be eaten every day, but I have heard that there is salt by the sea!" Fan Debiao has never seen the sea either, but these Turks, apparently, have never seen it, and they will not be exposed if he brags.

"Some time ago, I happened to go back to Chang'an, and I saw with my own eyes that Master Hou caught a big fish of more than ten zhang, think about it, how much meat does a fish of more than ten zhang have? When you go to Jiangnan, you will definitely be able to eat meat, the fish is from the sea, soaked in salty and salty water, can it be salty? Can it be delicious? ”

"Eat salted fish, eat salted fish!" The children shouted again, and the adults swallowed. But there are also some people who don't believe it, more than ten zhang of fish, too exaggerated.

"Also, when you get over there, you don't just farm the land. They also raise livestock and poultry. But it seems that I don't raise cattle and sheep, but pigs - I don't know exactly what is going on, but you will know when you get there. But there's one thing I know. Hou Ye specially said, if anyone can raise pigs well, to ensure that your family has meat, Hou Ye said, there is no nonsense, will raise pigs, remember the point, good performance! ”

Fan Debiao spoke, 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 to know?" I can ask, I will tell you everything I can say. ”

No one talked, Fan Debiao was used to the silence of these Turks, they didn't talk much, and they couldn't understand Chinese, and if they could understand it, it didn't mean they could speak.

Fan Debiao had no choice but to look at Tong Luo, who spoke Chinese well, and said, "Hey, aren't you kid quite able to speak?" You don't have anything to ask? ”

Tong Luo 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 place did he have? Although he has never farmed, his family, father, and eldest brother have all planted, and he still knows a little about farming, and he said: "Farming, planting, it's easy, dig a pit, throw the seeds down, and it grows like grass." But it is not easy to grow good land. However, you don't have to worry, Hou Ye has already thought of this, you don't know how to farm, and someone will teach you when the time comes. ”

"Ahh Tong Luo is at ease, he learns things quickly, as long as someone teaches him, he can learn quickly.

"Yes, is there a place to live?" A middle-aged man with a not very proficient accent said: "Our tents, all, are-" The latter words are said in Turkic language, which roughly means that the tents were not allowed to be brought by the nobles, and they arrived in Jiangnan and had no tents to live in.

Fan Debiao laughed: "Return the tent...... How can there be a tent in Jiangnan, don't worry, Hou Ye has built a house for you, and you will have a place to live when you go, and you can take care of the whole family to eat! As long as you are willing to work, life will get better and better! Fan Debiao sighed with emotion and said: "I was originally a gangster, relying on Hou Ye, and I have today." Even if you are much worse than me, it will not be a problem to eat well. ”

Fan Debiao said solemnly: "Master Hou specially ordered, let me tell you." When you came to Jiangnan, you didn't become slaves. Since you Eastern Turks are attached, Lord Hou will treat you as the people of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty has said that since ancient times, China has been cheap and cheap, but Your Majesty loves it as one. You are also the people of the Tang Dynasty, so you don't have to cower. Hou Ye said that people have to eat enough before they have the strength to work. In order to save some food, people can't eat enough, and they can't do good work, but it's not cost-effective. You just got there, and you didn't have anything, so you had to eat and clothe yourself. But after a year or two, I saved a little money and had everything. ”

"Chong this sentence, it is worth treating Hou Ye as a cow and a horse!" Tong Luo was a little excited, and said: "The aristocratic lord is afraid that the cattle will lose fat, so he never gives the cattle and horses a short bite. We do a lot more work than cows and horses, but I'm afraid we'll eat more......"

"They don't treat you as people, don't they have the Hou Ye and His Majesty treat you as people??" Fan Debiao said with a smile: "If people move a living tree to death, they will starve to death, and they will hang on a tree without moving, isn't it stupid?" ”

Fan Debiao looked up at the moon above his head and said, "It's not too early, everyone should rest early." Tomorrow morning, the man will go to my place to set up a car, this time I will go back, I will not pull the goods, the old and young women and children take the car, the man walks, and when he is tired, he will change - do you agree? ”

You can even ride in a car......

Everyone was moved, and they knelt down and kowtowed, Fan Debiao dodged sideways, Feiye, Fan Debiao dodged sideways, Feiye