The sky outside the plug was blue.

The grassland is long, the cattle and sheep are herds, and the scenery is infinitely beautiful.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but think of the famous "Hong Geese" in later generations, and whispered softly.

At this time, he had already approached the most important area of the Makunan Grassland.

It is also the most important pasture on the grassland in the past two hundred years - Nanchi Ranch.

During the Warring States period, Nanchi was the royal court of the Donghu people.

The Donghu tribe, who once dominated the southern part of the Makunan, established their rule here.

After the rise of the Xiongnu, Nanchi became the royal court of the Xiongnu Right Xian King.

Seven of the ten Xiongnu invasions of the Han dynasty were decided in Nanchi.

After the decisive battle of Mobei twenty-seven years ago, there was no royal court in the south of the curtain, and the Huns fled far away, and Nanchi became the place where the captain of Wuheng was stationed.

Moreover, Zhang Yue also knew that this place would continue to flourish for 2,000 years.

In later generations, it was called the Yellow Flag Sea.

It is one of the famous tourist attractions.

Until, it dries up due to drought and becomes a seasonal lake.

Finally, a huge lake appeared in sight.

He is so huge.

So much so that you can't see the edge at a glance.

On the surface of the lake, the blue waves are rippling, and many birds fly over the lake.

Zhang Yueyuan looked at Nanchi, was pleasantly surprised, and asked Tian Shui, who was driving: "Are the crucian carp and carp I brought alive?" ”

"My lord, they're all alive!" Tian Shui replied with a smile: "And it's alive!" ”

"Good!" Zhang Yue was overjoyed and said to Tian Shui: "When you get to the South Pond, put those crucian carp and carp into the South Pond......"

"No!" Although Tian Shui didn't know his lord's intentions, he still nodded.

At this time, hundreds of cavalry came from the direction of Nanchi.

When they came to the team led by Zhang Yue, they all dismounted, knelt on the ground one after another, and prostrate on their knees: "Nanchi Yuan, a savage outside, lead the Nanchi Department up and down, and welcome the angels!" ”

Immediately, someone brought two Shenjun horses decorated with flowers to Zhang Yue's car, and bowed respectfully: "This is the horse raised by my department, pay tribute to the angel, and hope that the angel will smile!" ”

This is the proper meaning of the question.

But......

Zhang Yue was a little unhappy, he asked people to accept the tribute, and then said in a deep voice: "Nanchi Department should pay tribute to the Son of Heaven last year......

"Why is it so long?"

The tributary system is unique to China.

Inherited for thousands of years, endlessly.

Even the Huns came to copy and copy, and used it in their rule over the Western Regions.

The countries of the Western Regions have the obligation to pay tribute to the court every year.

Even if it's Usun, follow it.

And countries with deep Xiongnu control such as Shache, Qiuzi, Yanxu and Cheshi even sent 30% of their wealth to Shan Yuting every year in exchange for Shan Yu's mercy.

Otherwise, it will be the entry of the army and the direct forcible seizure!

For China, whether or not to pay tribute and how often it is paid is the measure of the loyalty of its subjects and vassals.

According to this standard, the Nanchi Department can't even meet the standard of institutional tribute once every three years, which is obviously very disloyal!

If you change to the character of today's young people, I am afraid that Nanikebe will be erased from the face of the earth.

Listening to the angel's question, the top and bottom of the Nanchi Department were sincerely afraid.

Especially the nobles who were brought to Zhang Yue, they felt that their legs and stomachs were cramping.

Wuheng nine departments, in addition to the three internal relocation departments, the number of Nanchi is the most loyal to the Han.

In previous years, it was customary to pay tribute to Chang'an, and it did not fall every time.

In some years, when there is a lot of livestock, there is an extra tribute.

However, in the past ten years, with other tribes, they have gradually stopped paying tribute to Chang'an.

The psychology of the people of Nanchi has also begun to be unbalanced.

Especially the young people of the tribe were very unhappy.

They are unwilling to send the cattle and sheep they have worked so hard to raise to Chang'an for free, to a so-called son of heaven whom they have never even met.

They are also not like the older generation of Nanchi people, who know that everything they do is the reward and kindness of the Son of Han.

Instead, I thought it was a natural thing.

From the day they were born, they have been in this South Pond.

In addition, the other tribes that stopped paying tribute were not dealt with or punished.

Therefore, last year, several nobles of the Nanchi Department bypassed the old patriarch and found an excuse that there was no tribute.

All the while, they were still secretly happy.

How do you know that there will be things that the angel himself asks?

In particular, the actions of this angel in Yanmen have now spread to the Nanchi Department.

Thinking of those legendary things, everyone in the south pool is afraid of them.

Just as he was about to confess, he heard the angel say: "The son of the Han family, there has always been debts that must be repaid, and the Nanchi Department must make up for the delayed share of tributary livestock and fur this year, and it must be doubled!" ”

In Zhang Yue's view, this is a natural thing.

Because, without the protection and permission of the Han family, the entire Wuheng Nine Divisions in the south of the Makunan are probably still struggling between the white mountains and black waters under Karasuma Mountain.

Their population will never exceed 50,000.

Their lifespan will be stuck in the trench of forty years old.

As for such a thing as having a full stomach......

And never expect extravagantly.

Not to mention, you can graze freely in this abundant water and grass, warm and humid Makunan.

For the sake of security, peace and freedom, the soldiers of the Han family paid the price of blood and flesh.

From Juyan to Wuwei, thousands of miles of blood were shed.

Why can the Wuheng people enjoy all this without paying a dime?

Isn't that blasphemy against the Heroic Spirit?

Of course, Zhang Yue is not unreasonable.

Holding the prostitute Yao Jian on his waist, he stepped out of the carriage and looked at the nobles of the Nanchi Division: "Of course, the Son of Heaven and the Han family will never treat loyal ministers badly!" ”

He clapped his hands, and Li Chi led people to drive more than ten ox carts to the front.

When the curtain was lifted, it was filled with clay pots tied together with hemp rope and straw rope.

Zhang Yue picked up a clay pot, opened it, put it on the ground, and said to them: "These will be the reward of the Son of Heaven for your loyalty!" ”

"In the future, as long as the Nanchi Department is loyal and obedient, pays tribute regularly, and obeys the order of the Son of Heaven......"

"These fetal artifacts that can reduce fetal malformations and reduce the probability of dystocia can all be used as rewards!"

"This envoy will also ask the Son of Heaven to allow Nanchi's loyal ministers to exchange their furs for salt, iron, and cloth!"

This is the magic skill that Zhang Yue learned from the Mi Di, and the version after sinicization is called 'holding a sword, holding a poem'!.

The Nanchi nobles looked at the crockpots, and then listened to Zhang Yue's promise.

Finally, there was no complaint at all, and they knelt down one after another, bowing their heads and saying: "Nanchi savages, follow the admonitions of the angels, and you will be loyal and subordinate to the Son of Heaven!" ”

Zhang Yue listened and nodded with satisfaction.

The market is open!

In later generations, even when desertification was serious, the Munan prairie raised tens of millions of people and tens of millions of cattle and sheep.

Of course, that is based on modern animal husbandry technology and modern road transport.

But today, as long as it is used rationally and developed properly, it is not a problem to feed five million people with animal husbandry.

At present, the total population of the entire Makunan is only about one million, and the number of livestock is less than five million.

In other words, Makunan still has a lot of potential to be tapped.

Moreover, Zhang Yue feels that farming and nomadism are actually not natural mortal enemies.

In fact, the two are very complementary to each other.

Herders can produce large quantities of furs, cheeses and meats.

Fur can be used to make a variety of wool cloth, and cheese and meat are rich in protein and nutrients.

Through farming and production, farmers can produce grain, salt, iron, and other industrial products that herders cannot obtain.

The most important point is that there is no agricultural or industrial power to support it.

Pure animal husbandry is a dead end!

Not to mention, a lack of vitamins and various trace element supplements, all kinds of diseases and production difficulties, will always haunt their heads.

Conversely, the combination of two can produce the effect that one plus one is greater than two.

The nomadic herders of the steppes could sell their free-range livestock and their furs, cheese, and meat to the Central Plains in exchange for corn, wheat, salt, iron, tea, and other commodities that they desperately needed.

With a stable supply of cattle and sheep, Chinese farmers will naturally be able to cultivate all cattle.

The cheese, meat, and fur they produce will become the daily food and clothing of the Chinese people.

It's a win-win!

The current world situation and environment have created a favorable environment for this win-win situation.

The weak Xiongnu were unable to invade the south, so they could only fight Han in Juyan and the Western Regions.

And the newborn Wuheng is in the midst of splitting, and the authoritarian power of the Han family is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

As long as it is managed properly, one or two generations, the newborn herders, will fully adapt to this new life.

As long as it is stable for decades, then even if something happens in the future.

There will be no careerists in this steppe to rise.

Because......

At that time, it must be the era of queuing to be shot.

In the face of musket artillery, the cavalry will lose their dominance.

With this calculation in his heart, Zhang Yue waved his hand and said: "Let's go, everyone, the envoy is about to enjoy the scenery of this Nanchi!" ”

Surrounded by these people, he took the more than 2,000 righteous cavalry he collected from the fortress and went straight to the camp of the Nanchi Department.

Then, naturally, it was another beating.

Let this Nanchi be promised countless unequal treaties.

More than 1,000 horsemen were immediately sent to join the angels' ranks.

No way, the situation is stronger than people.

If you don't say yes, you can't do it!

What's more, the cavalry of the South Pool Department are all eager to try.

As Wuheng people born in Nanchi, they grew up in the sight of Captain Wuheng.

I have long envied the treatment and status of the Han army.

Now, the angels personally ordered the troops, which one is not actively participating?

Zhang Yue left these newly joined Nanchi cavalry to Guo Rong to manage, and he took Li Chi and Tian Shui to the shore of Nanchi Lake, and released the crucian carp and carp he brought into this endless blue water.

"Lord, what are you?" Li Chi didn't understand very much, so he asked softly.

"Wait until next year, and you'll know the meaning of what you're doing today!" Zhang Yue chuckled and lowered a few crucian carp into the lake.

Nanchi, which is the so-called Yellow Flag Sea in later generations.

In history, until the liberation, there were no fish and shrimp.

Until one day, someone released dozens of crucian carp into this big lake.

In just a few years, this Daze has become a plugged pearl.

In the fifties, the production of crucian carp in Huangqihai reached 2,000 tons per year!

As for now......

Zhang Yue looked at the rippling blue waves.

The area of today's South Pond is at least three times that of the Yellow Flag Sea in later generations.

According to rough estimates, its circumference is at least more than 40 kilometers and its width is more than 10 kilometers.

Such a large lake, moreover, because of the closed environment, has no natural enemies, even under the current circumstances, it should be possible to produce one or two thousand tons of crucian carp and carp a year.

In this way, in the future, there will be a solution to the meat of the Captain of Wuheng!

With this material foundation, Nanchi will definitely be able to build into a fortress for the Han family in the south of the Makunan.

Li Chi listened, but he didn't seem to understand.

What I don't understand is also the dozens of Nanchi nobles and Saixia nobles who were released with Zhang Yue.

But......

Their ideas are somewhat new.

"Angel is using magical powers, right?" Dugu Jing pulled Hao Lian Ponu and whispered, "It should be like this!" ”

"Probably!" Hao Lian Ponu said with a solemn expression: "I heard the Han people say that the angel is the god who will descend to the earth, so he is called 'Zhang Chiyou', and there are divine eyes between his foreheads, once they are opened, the power is endless, just like in the ...... of Shenhepo"

Speaking of this, the two of them looked at Zhang Yue who was being released with great reverence.

And the nobles of Nanchi listened on the sidelines, thoughtful.

They have also heard of these legends.

Soldier Master?!

Whether it is in Han or in Munan, it is now a god with countless believers.

Especially in the southern parts of this scene, the belief of the soldier master Chiyou is widespread.

Moreover, there are many responsibilities.

In addition to the duty of war, it has become his priesthood to protect livestock, women and children, as well as safety and health.

For the people of Wuheng, this god is almost omnipotent!

Therefore, they looked at Zhang Yue's expression and became more and more jealous.

So much so that even after a hundred years, the old people in the residents of Nanchi will still tell their children today's stories.

"Don't you know, back then, Zhang Shizhong released many fish in this South Pond with his own hands......

"My grandfather saw the scene of the release with his own eyes......

"The fish fell into the lake from Zhang Shizhong's hands, and suddenly a light shone from the sky, the lake was boiling, and a goddess came out to thank Zhang Shizhong......"

"From now on, the people of Nanchi can eat this sweet crucian carp and fatty carp!"

Now, however, the lake is quiet.

Lu Wei rippled out, and a crucian carp that had just been put into the lake scurried into it.

Then, it turns out that this is a paradise.

There are no natural predators and no danger.

The lake is rich in nutrients and is full of food.

Almost without any thought, it decided to make its home here.

Putting the last bucket of crucian carp into the lake, Zhang Yue stood up, looked at the people behind him, and said, "Let's all go and rest, starting tomorrow, we will prepare for battle!" ”

Now, the cavalry of the Captain of Wuheng should already be interspersed.

The elite cavalry of Captain Changshui should also set off from Longcheng and be on the way to Honghuze.