"Uncle Xiao, how are your cattle and sheep raised?"

A third-grade officer wearing a Dashun official uniform, leaning on the fence with a smile, looked at the cattle and sheep that were really grazing, and said to an uncle sitting on the grass. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The uncle was lying on the grass, covering his face with a felt hat, and resting with his eyes closed.

Hearing the voice, he put down his felt hat, saw the official, and hurriedly got up: "Zhang Xianggong is here?" ”

"This official came to take a look, your ranch seems to be very good!" The official laughed.

"It's a blessing to you! I never thought there would be such a day! Uncle Xiao was also happy.

He knew that this official from Dashun was called Zhang Ji. is upright, but he can put down his body and mingle with the people. In Uncle Xiao's eyes, this is a great thing. Previously, when it was still under the jurisdiction of the Liao State, which of those princes and nobles and court officials was not arrogant and arrogant?

That's not all, these Liao officials are still eager to make the people's cattle and sheep his family, but when they see the money and silver, it's like a dog smelling.

The reason why the people of Liao dared to be angry and did not dare to speak out was because they were afraid of the power of the imperial court.

But now it is different, the Liao State has been repulsed, and this grassland has been taken over by Dashun. Dashun's policy is excellent. First, the herdsmen of a tribe were found, then the number of households was counted, and then the grassland was divided equally, and the water source was shared by everyone. In this way, although it is inevitable that there is a difference between fat and thin grassland, the Han people are smart and teach them to grow their own pasture. This idea seems to have been conceived by Emperor Dashun, who said, "Why can grain be planted and pasture grass not planted?" If you plant grass for cattle and sheep to eat, and then people eat cattle and sheep, isn't it the same as eating grain? ”

After some experimentation, the herders knew it was an excellent idea. It wasn't their own grass before, and they wouldn't have thought of it. Now that it has become their own meadow, they have to find a way to make the water and grass fertile.

In just one month, the herders knew that this method was really good. Grass is much easier to handle than crops. As long as you sprinkle the seed, you don't have to worry about it, and it will grow on its own. In less than a month, the mountains were already full of green, as if they had been covered with a green blanket.

When the water and grass are fertile, the cattle and sheep raised will increase.

There are more cattle and sheep, and there is more income.

At this time, the herders found that the Han official was right, raising sheep would eat the grass roots, but raising cattle and horses would not. And in recent years, there have been too many sheep, and the price of mutton in the market of Dashun is not high. At this time, the Dashun officials taught them to start serving sheep and shearing sheep to make big jackets. I heard that such a big jacket is the favorite of the rich Han people. When I wear it in winter, my body is warm. With some good workmanship, you can sell it for a consistent amount of money.

This wool buying business alone has made a lot of money for the herders. So much so that they forgot whether they were Khitans or Han Chinese.

Does it matter whether it is a Khitan or a Han Chinese?

When I was still in the Liao State before, wasn't there more than half of the Han people in the Liao State?

Even in Dashun, in the border areas, there are Khitan people who live.

For the common people, there is a stable life, a mouthful of food to eat, and it doesn't matter who you are the emperor!

Dashun's policy was good, so they listened to the words of the Dashun court and became the people of Dashun. It's not that they are unpatriotic, but everyone has a scale in their hearts that can measure good, evil, beauty and ugliness.

When they were still in the Liao State before, the princes and nobles pressed them, and they almost couldn't survive. If they hadn't known how to be restrained, I'm afraid they would have rebelled a long time ago.

Now Dashun has taken over and divided their own meadows for them, just like the Han people's own fields. The reason why herders are displaced is because they have to live in search of water and grass. Now that they finally have a meadow of their own, they have exerted their greatest enthusiasm and fenced off their own meadow with wooden planks.

If Lu Chengqi came to the grassland to take a look, he would definitely feel incredible: "Isn't this the western United States!" ”

People are of the same mind, and their hearts are of the same mind. The Khitan people don't know anything about the United States, but they know that their own grassland can't let other people's cattle and sheep come to graze. So fence it off so they can feel at ease. People are self-interested, when this meadow is not their own, where will they bother to do this? The water and grass here are not fertile, so go to the next meadow.

The Han takeover not only taught the Khitan herdsmen to grow pasture, but also taught them to dig wells for water.

Even if there is no water source under the grass, the people around you will be willing to lend a hand.

There was a happy scene on the grassland, and the Khitan people were completely relieved of Dashun, or they were almost completely home.

Knowing that Dashun was fighting with Da Liao, they even hoped that Da Shun could win, so that their grassland would not be greedy for ink by the princes and nobles.

It's a very simple truth, most people do it for their own benefit. When Dashun puts the interests of the people and its own interests together, how can the lagging and rough management mechanism of the Liao State be an opponent? Once the people have returned to their hearts, the end of the Liao Kingdom will come.

Even if the forbidden army does not occupy the sky and does not occupy the geographical advantage on the grassland, as long as there are people and the people's will, the forbidden army will not lose.

But Yelu Hongji, can he afford to lose?

For these major events, this Uncle Xiao ignored them, but talked and laughed with Zhang Qi, the governor of the political affairs. Zhang Ji was sent to the grassland by Lu Chengqi, firstly, because he took a fancy to his ability to write and martial arts, and he could control the scene; secondly, it is also because he is a good talker and can win people's hearts; Three, it shows that the imperial court attaches great importance to the grassland, and even the governor has been sent out to make this Bei'an Prefecture Economic Envoy, what doubts do you have?

Zhang Kai chatted with Uncle Xiao for a while, and then went to visit the second house.

The steppe people are very strange, when they are evil, men, women and children do not let go, and even slaughter the city, just like the savages; But when the guests came, they were hospitable and made the guests feel at home.

Zhang Qi couldn't figure it out before, but now he has figured it out. The steppe people fought to survive, and their bestiality broke out; Once they can survive, their humanity returns.

It's strange to say, Zhang Qi visited the past all the way, and these Khitans were either surnamed Xiao or Yelu.

Zhang Kai also knows some of the history of the Khitan people, the early Khitan people have no surname, and they often take the place name as a surname in the early days, and the surname Yelu and Xiao only appeared before and after the establishment of the Liao Dynasty by Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji. Among them, the surname Yelu is related to the Xilamulun River, first the name of the tribe, then the name of the tribe, and later the name of the clan. Yelu is a Khitan language, and is also known as the Liu family of the Han nationality. According to the historical records of the Liao State itself, it is said like this: "Emperor Taizu Mu Hangao, so Yelu is also called Liu's, and Xiao Xiangguo is surnamed Xiao in Room B and Balibi." ”

This created a spectacle in which the Liao State had a population of millions, and in addition to the Han and other ethnic groups, there were also millions of Khitans. But these millions of people only have two surnames!

This is something that is unimaginable in the Central Plains, but among the Khitan people, they have become accustomed to it.