Chapter Eighty-Six: Into the Prairie
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Winter goes to spring, and the military town is under the border pass of the Great Wall of Yanmen County.
The long slip under the eaves of every house on the eaves of the ice roof is as thick as a child's arm, crystal clear.
In the Yanmen Dart Bureau, when Li Hu received Su Su's letter, his brows furrowed, he remembered the burning of the seven thousand villages because of Li Zhiwan.
Red face and troubled water, it is really red face and bad water, and it can't have anything to do with the Li family anymore, Li Hu thought so in his heart.
At the moment, Li Hu not only planned to refuse this matter, but also found a thought, thinking that Li Chongjiu was of the right age now, and it was time to marry a wife and have children.
Marrying a wife not only cuts off Li Chongjiu's thoughts about Li Sanniang, but also helps the Li family dart bureau find a right-hand man. Li Hu is confident that with his current status, in Taiyuan County, Yanmen County, it will not be too difficult to find a good family.
In Yanmen County, Taiyuan County, a good woman who was born in a scholar's family, or the daughter of a merchant with a thousand fortunes, and a landlord's family with 100 acres of fertile land and 1,000 mulberry trees, are all the right choices for Li Humen at present.
Li Hu thought about it carefully at the moment, and felt that the woman from the scholarly family was the best, even if the family was poor, it didn't matter, after all, there was no shortage of money in the Li family's dart bureau at present, and what was lacking was a good background.
So Li Hu thought of this, and immediately decided to make up the matter, let the news out, and choose a good family for Li Chongjiu in the three counties of Shangdang in Taiyuan, Yanmen.
Thinking of this, Li Hu couldn't help but look forward to the scene of red candles hanging high and children and grandchildren full of children, for Li Hu, this is the fulfillment of life.
At this moment, Li Chongjiu didn't know that Li Sanniang came to Jinyang Dart Bureau to find him, and he didn't know that Li Hu was looking for a daughter-in-law for him. Now Li Chongjiu is busy with the construction of his Huaihuang Town. For him, Huaihuang Town is not only a city, but also the beginning of a foundation.
First of all, it is the matter of the displaced people on the road, when the winter snow has just melted, Li Chongjiu rushed to the Shangdang Dart Bureau, gathered the representatives of the displaced people, and said about it.
When they heard that they were going to Saiwai, the representatives of the displaced people were all worried, if it weren't for the lack of food and heavy taxes, who would have left their hometowns and would have to go to Saiwai at one time. Most people are upset.
Li Chongjiu and the homeless people agreed to stay and take care of themselves, but now the famine has not passed, if they are wandering, they will still have to suffer from the cold and cold, and they will have at least a bite to eat when they go outside.
The future is bright, but the road is tortuous. Li Chongjiu said that as long as he worked outside the Saiwai for three years, each homeless person would receive 20 acres of fertile land and three sheep.
After listening to Li Chongjiu's assurance, and many homeless people inherited Li Chongjiu's affection, Li Chongjiu had a great kindness to them, so they agreed one after another.
After the warm sun and snow melted, the 2,000 displaced people who had rested for a winter set out on the road again and headed for Yanmen County.
After traveling for more than 20 days, everyone arrived at the Great Wall Pass of Yanmen County. At this time, Lin Dangfeng and their caravan to Mobei, they were already impatient to wait.
At present, the two sides are merged into a road, and at the moment they exit from a hidden pass on the Great Wall, evade the investigation of the government, and set foot on the reckless grassland.
The sky is vast and the grassland is full of infinite scenery.
A few white clouds swept the sky, and under the dome-like sky, there were continuous Yin Mountains, and a white snow at the top of the cloud front was dotted on the horizon.
A large convoy of horses was heading east.
The horses' hooves broke through the three-finger-thick ice shell, and the big mules and horses carried large boxes on their backs and walked steadily on the path they stepped out.
The snow on the grassland melted slightly, so white that it was dazzling to the eyes, and everyone raised their sleeves to cover their eyes, while those who had snow blindness closed their eyes tightly, but they still wept.
The caravan, with more than 200 mules and horses, was at the forefront. The caravan groom men, holding the horses in their hands and shouting in their mouths, all wore thick black fur jackets to protect themselves from the spring cold on the grassland. The caravan and its own guards on the side walked majestically across the sword.
However, everyone knows that if they want to go down the lìtong guò grassland and make this money, the real hope is not them.
On the side of the caravan, the Li Family Dart Bureau Yanmen, Taiyuan, the third brother of the Shangdang Dart Bureau, 600 dart divisions went out, and the guards led by Sun Erniang and Wang Mahan were next to the caravan.
The dart masters of the Li Family Dart Bureau wore otter fur hats and three-foot-wide belts around their waists, riding tall horses, pots and pots of arrows on horseback, as well as large swords and spears. They were constantly riding horses, cruising to the left and right of the caravan, vigilant for any disturbance in the steppe.
The executioners honestly followed the caravan on foot, all of them carrying white bars and big guns, carrying regimental cards, bows and arrows, and more than a dozen crossbows tightly hidden, on the one hand, to avoid the investigation of the government, and on the other hand, to suddenly attack when the horse thieves appeared.
Out of the desert north is different from the Senei, in the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty, although there are green forest heroes intercepting the road, and the displaced people are in chaos, but it is still safe on the whole.
The grassland is different, not to mention the endless horse thieves, many tribes are at any time, between shepherds and horse thieves, and the identities of the two are transformed. The size of the guard of 500 people is not too much.
The dart flag of the Li family dart bureau is hung high, and the executioners shout the dart trumpet, walking between the grasslands, which is also a landscape.
After the caravan and dart, there was Li Chongjiu's 2,000 homeless people, as well as his 70 Shaolin soldiers, and a team of 200 homeless young people.
The deeper you go into the interior of the grassland, the more the scenery changes, the color of the snow field becomes lighter, and many places are showing greenery, and young shoots are occurring.
A large number of yellow sheep are not afraid of people, only thirty or forty feet away from people, gnawing on tender grass.
Dressed in tattered clothes, the homeless people pushed wheelbarrows with food and tents on them, and although the journey was not easy, everyone was attracted by the bright and vibrant grassland scenery. The children among the homeless people couldn't help but clap their hands and giggle as they watched the stupid sand grouse running past their feet with their fat buttocks.
The little girl held a bush of flowers picked from nowhere, pointed to hundreds of yellow sheep on the side, and looked curiously.
Seeing that Pingping's face was full of fresh curiosity, it happened that Li Chongjiu passed by Pingping's side, and immediately reached out and hugged Pingping on the horse's back, and rode straight towards the grassland.
Ping Ping saw that it was Li Chongjiu, and he giggled at the moment, and the laughter like silver bells spread far away from the horse.
Pingping's mother on the side couldn't help but smile gently when she looked at Pingping snuggling in Li Chongjiu's arms.
Three days later, the procession of displaced people arrived at the dam, and the 600 dart masters were divided into 200 people, led by Wang Mahan, and stationed in Huaihuang Town to prepare for the division of the dart bureau.
As for the rest of the dart divisions, they continued to hit the road with the caravan, heading to the depths of the grassland to find the Xi tribe.
When Li Chongjiu and the others arrived at Huaihuang Town, they found that not far from Huaihuang Town, they found a large number of sheep sweeping over the hillside like white waves.
There must be herdsmen in the place of this flock, and if there are herdsmen, there must be a tribe nearby.
Li Chongjiu was secretly surprised, he thought that there was no grassland tribe near Huaihuang Town, but now it seems that someone has taken the lead.
The biggest cause of the war on the grassland is the competition for pastures, and every year in order to compete for a good pasture, I don't know how many people die. If there really were steppe tribes who wanted to graze horses here, there would obviously be only one war.
Tanzong and Wang Ma Han both advocated striking first, and Li Chongjiu decided to investigate the details of the other party first, and then decide whether to fight or peace.
To judge the strength of a tribe is very simple, that is, to look at the tribe's flock, the quality and quantity of war horses, there are clouds on the steppe: the rise and fall of the Turks, only the sheep and horses prevail.
Although there was no white plague on the grassland last year, the grassland herdsmen generally dispose of the fat sheep and horses in autumn, so the number of sheep and horses is generally kept at the lowest base in the spring, which can also be said to be the time when the grassland tribes are weak.