Xiaobei and the others' ideas are good, serve the people, can't wait.

Since I had just arrived in Queensland and did not immediately contact the locals, I built a camp next to Dianchi Lake.

When the nine people came out of the protection of the guards, they listened to the inner courtyard around them, and walked to the southeast, along the Dianchi Lake, and walked for about ten miles, and they could see the people.

Xiaobei and others listened to ten miles, first observed the terrain, ten miles listened not far, riding a horse is instantaneous, but it depends on what kind of place, now it is next to Dianchi Lake, mountain, is there a road, yes, there is a road that vaguely walks by people, or livestock.

The weather is good, the grass grows luxuriantly, and the grass on this road is a little different from the grass next to it, mainly because it is less and relatively sparse, but it is absolutely not allowed to ride a horse.

The nine little ones estimated that it would take about half an hour to get to the place, so what if they ran? It doesn't take more than three quarters of an hour, but it's easy to fall.

"Are there a lot of people going there?" Xiaobei asked, don't go to the place, it takes a long time, and you end up meeting dozens of people, which is not cost-effective.

The inner courtyard seemed to know a lot about this area before coming, and immediately replied: "Now in the past, there was a tribe, and the chieftain's surname was Jia, and his name was Jiamoa, and of course, the people of the entire tribe were surnamed Jia. ”

"Are there any other surnames around?" Becky asked again.

"Yes, there are still some people with the surname Meng, in the past, the language communication was not very smooth, and they needed to translate, and the most important thing is that the etiquette is different from ours."

"Oh, don't you understand? What else is around? "Becky doesn't know anything about this place.

"Further west are the Six Edicts."

"What? So close? Strange had to go west, in case my brothers and sisters remembered that they were with Japan before, and there were many cannibals that harmed us, I couldn't help it for a while, and it was easy to destroy them first, then ...... Is it safe here now? ”

Xiaobei has always heard of the Six Edicts, and never thought that one day he would be so close, and he vaguely felt that the situation was different from what he imagined, and maybe the locals would not treat him like the people in Yizhou.

The inner courtyard smiled gently and said, "It's safe everywhere." As long as you want to go, you will be safe, and if someone dares to make you unsafe, we will make them inconsiderate. ”

"Oh, I believe in you. I mean to say. In the case that you don't protect me, are we safe? "Xiaobei is depressed, we are here to investigate the people's livelihood, and you are planning to go to war. Two different things.

"The area with the surname is safe, almost, they will not hurt you, they have a good impression of you, and they belong to the farming tribe; The surname Meng is a pastoral tribe. It's a little less safe to go to a place with a surname, but I believe that if they don't plan to be exterminated, they will know how to choose how to treat you.

In the past, the Mongolian surname was the ruler in this generation, and the surname was naturally the ruled, and the farming people normally liked peace and struggled with nature, because they could get more food; Immediately the nation is a little more aggressive. They don't build, they plunder more according to the laws of nature.

Therefore, I propose that we go to the tribe with the surname of the family, and it is convenient to communicate. Even when you write, there are other people who know you, and many of them have the same habits as us. ”

The introduction of the inner courtyard is also a kind of knowledge indoctrination. It's not just about being around, it's about the little ones when they have questions. Give an explanation.

Xiaobei Jiuren listened very seriously, they cherished the words of the inner courtyard in daily life, it seemed that every sentence was very simple, and contained countless connotations, looking for the Tang Dynasty, they couldn't find a second home.

"It means that people with the surname are bullied, right? How pathetic! Becky began to feel sorry for others.

The inner court replied: "Yes before, not now, since my Tang Dynasty began to support the surname Fu many years ago, and pushed the king of Fu Gui to the position of the vassal king, the people with the surname Fu are no longer bullied, and now no one dares to bully them, because the local government is composed of them."

Another purpose of the little boy and the little lady this time is to repair a few projects, Dianchi Lake, one is a dam, the other is an artificial river, otherwise the local area is always flooded, almost every year there will be a situation where the water inflow of Dianchi Lake is greater than the amount of water, and the consequence is that the water overflows, and the fields and houses of the people surnamed Fu are washed away.

Another purpose is to leave 200 people and supplement them to the local government, so that people with surnames will not be allowed to rule all the time, and there is no need to raze them now. ”

After Xiaobei and the others listened, they began to walk in the direction of the inner courtyard, thinking as they walked, and discussed a few words with each other.

After a while, Xiaobei looked at the scenery of Dianchi Lake and said: "We understand, we really can't give them too much power, they were bullied before, and now that they have power, they must think about bullying back, it's okay to bully, but people are animal husbandry tribes, good at fighting."

can't beat people, let people beat them, Datang still has to send troops, after pacification, the dead can't survive, how sad should it be? And the person surnamed Meng is also part of Datang, and he also knows how to raise animals, isn't it better for the two to join forces? To each his own, he takes what he needs.

The elder brother and sister arranged for someone to stay as an official, with the purpose of making the two surnames one into one, and the role played was greater than the two. Also, we don't believe that King Guigui will be better than our people in every way.

The people we left behind will quickly find out the local resources and make use of them to help the local people develop as quickly as possible, because the elder brothers and sisters will continue to use troops to the west, and the local area will become a rear area very close to the front line, right? ”

The inner courtyard squatted on Xiaobei's face and kissed it vigorously.

praised: "Our Xiaobei is so powerful." ”

"Hehe, what everyone thinks about together, there is a little bit of achievement, and it is also under your guidance at all times, under the care of your brothers and sisters, under the expectations of your parents, and under the protection of the guards, that we have achieved it while studying. Oh, what should I do with the six edicts? They were closer to the front line later. ”

Xiaobei was modest, as her diplomatic practice, and suddenly thought of the six edicts. At the beginning, the elder brothers and sisters left a lot of retreat for the six edicts, saying that they would fight more food first, and then solve Silla and Japan, and finally pointed the finger at the six edicts.

Moreover, the strategy in the early stage is to help plunder, which can be said to be gracious, and the helping plunder can be changed at any time. If the six edicts see the results of others and wake up, then it is the real follow-up means to cooperate with the early means to help; If you are still obsessed, the follow-up method is another, which will immediately make the six edicts fall into a place of no return.

"It depends on Zhenla's movements, whether it is war or peace, war is destroyed, and peace is passed. If we make peace, we will pass on the six edicts, meet the leaders of the six edicts, warn them, and let the caravan follow suit. Let's enter India from the north of the country of Pyu. Go there and seek a fighter, and whatever you choose, you will have to take a boat home before next summer arrives. ”

The inner courtyard explains the strategic intent. At present, it is not possible to make perfect arrangements for this strange army on his side, because the army is impermanent.

Because he didn't know the local situation, Xiaobei went back to discuss with the others, and when he could see the smoke rising in front of him from a distance, Xiaobei and the others also discussed the results.

"Let's just sum it up. It was felt that it was not cost-effective to transport supplies from this road, the distance was long, and the terrain was still complicated, so it should be transported from Yizhou and further north. ”

Xiaobei said to the inner courtyard.

This inner courtyard smiled, and did not make a sound, and the other spoke.

"Yes, far, the consumption on the road is large, but it is transported from this side. At that time, the things that can be transported through the six edicts are dried sea fish, canned food, salt, and all kinds of cloth. There is medicine, there is munitions. ”

Xiaobei nodded as he listened: "There are also portable musical instruments, drawing paper and brushes, cooking tools and seasonings, because they are for the army." There is no need to worry about quality.

So many good things are blatantly transported from the territory of the Six Edicts. They watched. They want to have, is this the last chance given to them? ”

"Almost." The inner court replied.

Xiaobei exhaled: "Okay, when things are transported in my Datang territory, the people along the road will find a way to repair the road, and provide some porridge, hot soup, tea and small pickles." In exchange for the Six Edicts, if they want to live the same life as the people of the Tang Dynasty in the future, they don't need to follow them, as long as they don't rob them.

Just like the small bridge in front of my Zhuangzi, good and evil come from the heart, one thought of heaven and one thought of hell. Not everyone has this opportunity, not in general, not in Japan and Silla. ”

After speaking, everyone continued to hurry, and what Xiaobei and the others couldn't figure out was why their brothers and sisters showed mercy.

"Wow, look, look, on the tree, there is a big furry head, so interesting, how can it look familiar?" Getting closer and closer to the tribe in front, the big man and the little man shouted at the same time with a heart, and every word was wrong.

Everyone looked towards the tree, and saw an oak tree in front of them, and there was a fluffy clump at the height of one person.

There is an inner courtyard that used to cut things off and showed them to Xiaobei, and now the big man and the little man recognized it, no wonder it was familiar, lion's mane mushroom, I have eaten it, but I don't know if it grows on a tree.

"How did it climb up?" Xiaoyuan wondered, pondered, and said, "How does it grow on the trunk of a tree?" Is there a lion's mane mushroom? It's amazing. ”

"There are the most lion's mane mushrooms in this area, and there are other mushrooms, because of the climate, and there are also those in the south, next to the Zhenla country. The 200 people who stayed behind would specialize in helping the locals to grow these things, and the little boy and the little lady said that this could be planted, unlike the red mushroom, that is, the pine mushroom, which could not be completely cultivated artificially, and the semi-artificial yield was not high.

If it is said that it is artificially cultivated, it tastes slightly worse than the wild, and people who don't always eat it can't taste it at all, which is an additional benefit for the locals, and it will be sold in the future, and the price is not low. ”

The inner courtyard continues to explain to the little ones.

Xiaobei and others have begun to fantasize that in the future, with the help of their own families, local people will grow a lot of lion's mane mushrooms, which can be sold directly to the restaurant at home, and when the cultivation technology is mature, ordinary people can eat it if they want to.

"Locally produced lion's mane mushrooms, so to speak...... The tribe we're going to must have stock too, right? Xiaobei licked her lips and asked with a slanderous look.

"Yes, occasionally a merchant comes to collect it, and the price given is fair, and the person with the surname will keep it when he finds a good thing, and when the time comes, he will exchange it with the merchant, and I have brought a gift, so that I can exchange their things in my hand, and I can give you something to taste."

The inner courtyard said to Xiaobei, which can be regarded as another purpose of coming.

Xiaobei heard the key words in the words: "It's fair?" ”

"Yes, when you price your goods to the locals, you can price them at a third of the normal price, and when you exchange your goods for the locals, you can exchange them for three times the normal price, and you can exchange them for nine times."

"It's not a bully, it used to be even lower, you can't imagine what you can get in exchange for a pound of salt, you can exchange it for all kinds of fungi, that is, seventy catties of mushrooms, dry goods, you can exchange it for eighty to ninety snake gall, a hundred times the profit.

Three years ago, our caravan went on a trip, and since then it has been nine times the profit, due to the long distance, this ratio is okay, it has not been pressed too much, and after going back, the profit is about three times. ”

"That's called 300 percent, it turns out that backwardness is like this, if my caravan doesn't come, the locals will be even more sad, it is estimated that many merchants who go this way will hate my family, haha, come once and set the price, the locals looked, ah, it turned out that it was too cheap before. Isn't there any salt here? Do you have to ship it from somewhere else? ”

Xiaobei immediately figured out that his family had been a villain, but fortunately, he had left three times the profit margin for others.

The inner courtyard replied: "Yes, the little boy and the little lady said that there is, and there are quite a few, enough for the locals to eat, but the locals can't find it, and there is no means to deal with the salt mines, and the people we left behind will help to detect and mine."

In the future, merchants who wanted to exchange salt for things had to bring in goods that were not available in other areas, so as to improve the quality of life of the locals. This time, we brought a lot of salt, which was half exchanged and half sent, and we didn't expect to generate much profit. ”

"No wonder you said that it was safer for us to come, the effort made three years ago had an effect at this moment." Becky knew where the confidence in the inner courtyard came from.

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When the procession approached the tribe, there were quite a few people in the tribe, with swords of very average quality, bows and arrows, and spears made of pure bamboo and wood, the kind without iron spearheads.

Obviously, someone in the tribe had already seen a large group of people coming in advance, and gathered to deter and guard against each other without knowing whether they were friends or enemies.

Xiao Bei looked at the opponent's bow and arrow and bamboo spear, and shrank back, she couldn't estimate the strike range of the opponent's long-range weapon.

The team stopped, someone ran over to negotiate, and after some communication, the people of the tribe threw their weapons directly on the ground, looking like surrender.

Then the people of the tribe put on small faces, and some people ran back and came out with basins and sprinkled them on the ground, which normally they did not have such etiquette.

It is estimated that he wants to learn the behavior of officials who have reached a certain level of status in the Tang Dynasty when they travel, but the learning is not complete, because there is no yellow sand to pave the road.

Xiaobei and the others are already very satisfied with this, it's okay if they don't learn well enough, as long as they really have that heart. They all know that it is very difficult to get ethnic minorities to recognize you, not that people deliberately have estrangement, mainly because of the knowledge they have come into contact with, and many businessmen want to take advantage of others, and when people find out later, they will naturally be vigilant.

When you are not sure whether you are really trustworthy, they will not have more contact with you, otherwise they should be deceived again. It's not so much alienation as a means of self-preservation.

At this moment four men stood up and put one hand on the handle of the gun next to their legs, and the other on the firing device of the revolver.

"Don't be impulsive, don't fire at 0.3 or 0.5 seconds, you can have time to judge." Xiaobei hurriedly instructed the four people, these four people are the most powerful fast gunners in Datang now, and they are dedicated to protecting them, not even their brothers and sisters.

Immediately, Xiaobei asked the inner courtyard: "I'm going to come forward to talk in a while, how should I introduce myself?" ”

"Zhang Xiaobei between the water and clouds." The inner courtyard said.

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There is one more chapter.