Ten years of Jian'an, that is, 205 AD.

Two years have passed since the last massacre of Gongsun Kang in the grassland.

In the early morning, the bright sun rises over the grassland as usual.

Herds of cattle and sheep and horses were driven out. The industrious herders began another day's work.

Wang Qiang was an orphan whose father died on the battlefield. It was the junior military schools all over Liaodong that raised them.

In the military school, he learned arithmetic and learned Chinese characters.

In the choice of skills class, he chose herding. He loved cows, sheep and horses, the boundless prairie, and the blue and unobstructed sky.

At the age of 16, in this era, he can already be a father of children.

Wang Qiang officially graduated at the age of 16 and was assigned to the eastern grassland along with his classmates.

Nearby is the site of the Great War two years ago. Wang Qiang and his friends go there every day to graze. There is no way, the water and plants there are too abundant. The roots are plump, tender and juicy.

Whether it is cattle and sheep or war horses, they all like to go there to have fun.

"Hi" Wang Qiang and Zhang Long greeted each other, "I heard that your daughter-in-law is pregnant again?" You're so capable! ”

"That's" Zhang Long's face was full of spring breeze, and he said proudly: "The women of the Xianbei tribe are anti-creation, begging me every day!" ”

When Wang Qiang and the others came to the grassland, each of them was given some cattle, sheep and horses.

This is the property of the Liaodong government and is rented to them. And they only need to pay two-tenths of the new cattle, sheep and horses every year, one head as rent and one head in taxes.

For example, if there are 10 lambs born to the flock this year, two of them need to be handed in.

If there are no new students, then there is no need to turn them in.

But the original number cannot be reduced, if you kill and eat meat, the quantity is not enough, then you will be sentenced, arrested for the crime of damaging public property, arrested for mining, and reformed through labor.

If it is a death caused by force majeure, hurricanes, blizzards, etc., the government will not pursue it. But in this case, everyone's cattle and sheep will definitely die in large numbers. Therefore, it is very good to judge whether it is force majeure or your own reasons, which caused a large number of cattle and sheep to die.

The eastern prairie is rich in water and grass, and with a little care, there will be a bumper harvest and a flock of lambs and cows.

You can choose the surplus cattle and sheep yourself, or sell them to the government; It is also possible to sell it to merchants who wander the grasslands every day. Many people bartered and took out a cow or sheep in exchange for a large amount of salt, cloth, tea, rice, and white flour.

You can also return the cattle and sheep to the government, and the rest will be your own flock, and you can get rid of one-tenth of the annual rent.

The government gave each herdsman a large house with red bricks and gray tiles, which was a loan, which allowed the herdsman to repay the cost of building the house for ten years.

Near the big house, there are huge cellars, which can store a lot of green fodder to survive the cold winter.

The method of storing green fodder, Wang Qiang and Zhang Long have all studied in the military academy.

Including the methods of grazing, the methods of delivery, how to take care of livestock, how to be a veterinarian, and treat cattle and sheep, they have all learned systematically.

Eight years in school is enough for them to learn all this.

As for the lazy people, they didn't learn it for eight years, and in the end, those who failed the assessment were sent to dig mines.

In this day and age, laziness is also a sin. No one is used to them! All people need to be self-reliant.

Speaking of Zhang Long's Xianbei daughter-in-law, Wang Qiang also has one.

Two years ago, along with the distribution of cattle and sheep, there was also a sturdy Xianbei woman! It's not free, it's the government that makes the price, half sells and half gives. It is also necessary to repay the loan within 10 years.

Because this is the spoils of the brave Han soldiers, after being exchanged for money, it will be distributed to the soldiers, so no herdsmen say bad things and think that the government will die for money!

The appearance will not be very beautiful, but the hands and feet are thick and healthy. The work of grassland grazing is more proficient than Wang Qiang and Zhang Long, who have been in the school and professional school! After all, they grew up on horseback in the grassland.

Therefore, Wang Qiang and them have one more virtuous helper!

After two years, they basically have children, and Wang Qiang's children are almost a year old. I didn't expect Zhang Long to have a second child so soon!

The composition of these new herders in the steppes is very complex.

In addition to orphans who graduated from military academies such as Wang Qiang and Zhang Long, there are also some Han people who have been separated from large families.

The Central Plains refugees who had fled to Liaodong basically had more than three sons, so the government forced them to split up their families, and selected one of the adult sons and assigned them to live in the grassland.

At first, they were all resistant, because the concept of clan was very popular, and the whole family liked to live together.

But the government's propaganda is in place, so that everyone thinks: go to the grassland, occupy the grassland! If other nomads are not given a chance, they can avoid a new steppe nomad attacking the Central Plains a hundred years later. You can avoid the war and prevent the Han people from becoming two-legged sheep!

This is a kind of righteousness, and the government has publicized it through various forms. It creates an atmosphere: if there are more than two adult men in the family, it is selfish to go to the grassland without distinguishing one of them! It is to ignore the continuation of the Han race.

The national hero Gongsun Kang first took the lead and named his two sons Gongsun Yuan and Gongsun Yue, who were only eight or nine years old, as the Khans of the Eastern and Western Grasslands, and promised: When they are 16 years old, let them live on the grasslands independently!

Of course, people come to the grassland to be kings, and there will be a large number of guards and staff. But this is also an attitude, the attitude of turning the prairie into the territory of the Han people since ancient times!

Now, two years later, the number of Han people in the Central Plains has exceeded two million in the eastern steppe!

In addition to the Han people, there are hundreds of thousands of Wuhuan people and millions of Goguryeo people.

They mixed with the Han people, and they were no longer called Wuhuan and Goguryeo.

They are also Han people, Han people who have gone through three years of mining and two years of farming! Therefore, they cherish their hard-won Han identity. Speaking Chinese and writing Chinese characters are the things they are most passionate about.

For their next generation, the Wuhuan language and the Goguryeo language are not taught at all. They don't want their children to go through three more years of labor reform. Not to mention being blasted into pulp by Thor's cannons on the battlefield.

Gongsun Kang's last battle on the eastern Xianbei prairie has been sung by the people of the world and has been mythologized.

Everyone in the world knows that it was Thunder God Gongsun Kang who transformed the Thunder God Cannon, and with one bombardment, he bombarded 100,000 Xianbei and Wuhuan warriors into pulp!

Every day, admirers from all over the country visit the battlefield site. When you see the plump, tender and juicy fatty aquatic plants, you have to sigh: This is the flesh and blood of 100,000 Xianbei warriors.

These new Han people, who were originally Wuhuan and Goguryeo, enjoyed exactly the same policies as the Han people in the Central Plains. There is no discrimination and no special preferential treatment. Within 20 years, their second- and third-generation children are authentic Han Chinese. They themselves will forget where their grandfather's original tribe was.

These millions of people have fixed stations, which are divided into county and township management. That is to say: there is a county order, there is a township head.

The government of Liaodong has begun to prepare to build a city in the grassland.

The initial plan is to build a county seat with 100 miles as a county, so that it can have the same functions as the county seat of Liaodong.

The Liaodong government also began to prepare to build cement roads in all directions on the grassland. The initial plan is to be able to walk the road side by side with four large carts in width.

It can be expected: after two years, the grassland will change even more.

Except that the main business is grazing rather than farming, there will be no difference between the rest and the mainland of the Central Plains!

Now grazing on the grasslands is no longer just about eating meat. You can also sell wool!

Gongsun Kang wore a woolen sweater in his previous life, and knew that by shearing sheep constantly, he could make the herdsmen rich.

He didn't bother to analyze and study it, but just pointed out the direction to Zhang Yong and them: after washing the wool, find a way to remove the grease, and it can become smooth. If it's sheep fluff, the effect is better. Wool can be spun into wool threads like cotton, and wool threads can be woven into sweaters. Wool threads can also be dyed, red, red, green and green, and can be played arbitrarily.

In this way, Gongsun Kang told the steward of the family workshop the common sense that could be seen everywhere in the life of the later generations, and let them study it.

In the past few years, both the family workshop and the army's artisan battalion have mastered the use of wool, and even the method of dyeing.

Before there was no technology, there was not so much wool to use. Now the eastern steppes have become wool production bases.

The family workshop and the army's artisan battalion would go to the prairie every month to buy, but fortunately they did not fight a price war, met with each other, and negotiated a reserve price. It's basically a harmonious implementation.

In the army of Liaodong, the grass-roots officers above the rank of even rank can now receive a woolen sweater in winter. It is expected that in a few years, every soldier will be able to wear a cardigan as a standard winter uniform.

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