At night, the Liuhe tribe lit a bonfire, killed cattle and slaughtered sheep, so it was not lively.

Wang San was amazed by the warmth and hospitality of the Qiang people, and Lao Wang said to him with a smile, "That's what you see now, it wasn't like this in the early years, I think it was the first time I came to Taojun with the merchants, but I hired hundreds of guards to escort several of our caravans." In this way, there have been several waves of robbery. ”

Especially in the early years, it was even more confusing.

From time to time, people and horses came over in Tuyuhun in the west, inciting the Qiangluo here to also be agitated.

"Since our Modao King pacified Guanlong, the Qiang Department here has become more and more hospitable."

After the Qin army arrived in Guanlong, it brought not only a strong military deterrence, but also order and business opportunities, and the rise of the border market, so that the Qiang people also began to enjoy the benefits of stability and trade, so everyone stopped attacking each other and became hospitable.

The freshly slaughtered sheep, roasted on the fire, dripping oil, sprinkled with the salt brought by the king, are already very delicious.

Another bowl of butter tea, it will be even more delicious.

Wang San was not very accustomed to the taste of butter tea at first, but gradually felt that it was very delicious, according to Lao Wang, these Qiangluo women were very hard, every day before dawn to get up to milk milk, and then carry the milk back to the tent to start making ghee. Ghee is the cream that is finally separated from cow's and goat's milk by constant stirring and pressing.

In dozens of catties of milk, only a small lump of ghee can be made, which is a very precious thing, both nutritious and delicious. It is also the wealth of the Qiang tribe, and in the past, they also used ghee to exchange for salt.

Wang San remembered the lessons taught by the teachers during the training in the Chang'an Lecture Hall in the Governor's Mansion of the Pro-Army Commander, and felt that what the teachers said was fresh and strange during the class, but he didn't feel much, but now he really went deep into these barren places, and came to Qiangluo to drink tea and eat meat with them, so he could feel that these Qiang people are actually not the kind of people who are in the legend, they are also a living group of people.

A small tribe of a few hundred people is really inconspicuous, and the three million armies in the north and south of Great Qin can easily destroy such a tribe by sending a battalion at will.

The patriarch was very generous, and the wine and tea he had just bought were brought out to entertain guests.

The elders and young men of the tribe also sat and drank wine and ate meat together, while the women and children of the tribe also drank the broth outside, and began to dance in excitement.

Lao Wang smiled and said to Xiao Wang, "You kid drink less, there are better things waiting for you at night." ”

Wang San didn't know what good things would happen at night, until the party dispersed, Lao Wang left first with a smile, and the patriarch's eldest son Baima came over and took his hand.

"Third brother go sleep in my tent tonight."

Wang San didn't care at first, but the white horse took him to his tent and pushed him in, but he couldn't go in, leaving only one sentence, "Third brother has a good game tonight, and I'll call you for tea tomorrow morning." ”

With a little drunkenness, Wang San entered the account, only to find that there was a charcoal fire burning in the dim tent, and there was a woman inside.

"I am the wife of Baima, a distinguished guest of the Han family, please stay tonight."

Wang San was surprised, and felt that the wine had gone away, and when he saw that Bai Ma's wife came up directly and took off his clothes, he thought that he might have encountered an immortal jump.

Could it be that the white horse wants to blackmail him?

He flinched, and the woman was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

The woman told Wang San about their customs in Chinese, which was not very proficient, and it was said that they had some tribes of the Qiang people, and there was a custom that let young women live with the Han people of the Central Plains before they got married, and they were proud of it, and when they were daughters, the Qiang parents would proudly proclaim that my daughter had lived with a Han Chinese, and that the more she cohabited with the Han people, the more honorable it was.

But the average Qiang people don't have this opportunity.

Therefore, if there are Han people to the tribe, or passing by, they will be very warm to entertain them to stay and stay, and then let their wives and daughters entertain guests, if they can get pregnant because of this, it is a happy event.

They call this the degree of seed, the children left behind by the Han people, and they will value it very much.

This is the first time Wang San has heard of such a custom, and he can't help but be suspicious.

The wife of the white horse told Wang San that these tribes were located in a remote area, and they often did not meet other tribes all year round, and although the intermarriage of the tribes was also with the nearby tribes, but it was too remote here, and the tribes that often intermarried were those tribes, and they had been intermarrying in this way for thousands of years.

Therefore, the purpose of the race is actually to improve the human race and avoid the weakening of the multiplication of the race after the marriage of several tribes for many years. Although these tribesmen did not understand that consanguineous marriages could result in deformed children, they also learned from practical experience that children of consanguineous relatives were born weaker, and children born stronger if they intermarried with more distant tribes.

So slowly, there was this custom of breeding.

In the eyes of the Han people, the bloodline is absolutely messy, and the Han man never wants his wife to have an affair with another man, let alone raise children for others.

But in order for the tribe to reproduce, the Qiang people need strong children even more.

Whether it is a degree or their own species, as long as they are raised by themselves, they will generally treat them as if they were their own children.

Hakuma's wife gave birth to several children, but Hakuba saw that Wang San was young, so he wanted his wife to find him to breed and give birth to a stronger child for him.

"Lao Wang, oh is my uncle?"

Baima's wife smiled and told him that Lao Wang had been in contact with them for more than ten years, and that Lao Wang had left seeds for many women in the tribe, and now there are many children in the tribe, all of whom are Lao Wang's species.

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The next morning, when the white horse came early, he was very happy to see that his wife had not made an exception to get up early to milk and make ghee today, and was still sleeping on the blanket.

"Is it done?"

His wife nodded at him.

So the white horse excitedly pulled up Wang San and called him the best brother loudly, which made Wang San uneasy.

It wasn't until after breakfast that Wang San felt a little more comfortable.

According to the tradition of Liuhebu, now Wang San and Baima are brothers.

"Brother White Horse, do you know which tribes the envoys of the Heavenly Pillar King have visited, which tribes have rejected him, and which tribes have agreed to his request to send troops?"

Wang San got down to business.

Bai Ma was happy all morning, and when he met people, he told everyone that the three kings and brothers spent the night in his tent last night, and everyone congratulated him.

Some people even began to invite Wang San to spend the night in his tent tonight.

"I've heard some, most of the tribes rejected the envoy of the Tianzhu King, but some tribes agreed, and there is a Sima tribe dozens of miles away from us who agreed, and it is estimated that they are about to leave."

"How many people are in their tribe?"

"About four or five hundred."

Wang San thought in his heart, for a long time, he took Bai Ma's hand, "Brother Bai Ma, I have a big deal here that I want to do with you, I don't know if you want to?" ”