Chapter Twenty-Three: The Resurgence
Nanzhao didn't get as messy as Gai Luojiao thought, the four shopkeepers and dozens of Baimiao soldiers brought by Zhuo Ao threw themselves into Nanzhao like a stone sinking into the sea, as if they didn't even splash the slightest splash.
Except for the fact that different letterheads would fly back every day in the form of flying pigeons, proving that these people were indeed alive, Ge Luojiao could hardly feel the presence of these people, which made her even more contemptuous and disdainful of Zhuo Ao's so-called strategy, and she didn't even bother to read those 'information', because the things recorded on it made her not think that this had anything to do with dealing with the moon.
How many buckets of rice were sold today, how much money was made, what things were purchased from the Miao people, and after sending out Nanzhao, it is estimated how much can be sold, how much profit is there, and where to sell the most important thing.
Firewood, rice, oil and salt, Gai Luojiao couldn't find anything she couldn't understand from it, but because of this, she didn't understand these things even more, and it had nothing to do with Bai Miao's plan, so she simply didn't pay attention to it anymore, and practiced diligently every day, the Han people were really unreliable, and if they wanted to regain what they lost, they could only rely on the knife in their hands.
Gary Luo Jiao no longer asked, Zhuo Ao naturally did not ask for boring explanations, and never expected a primary school student to understand the content of advanced functions.
Nanzhao's climate is like spring all year round, and in such a place, there may be floods, just like the monstrous floods ten years ago, but there should never be a drought, but now, it has happened, the people can no longer be self-sufficient, and the grain stored in the Nanzhao treasury is not enough to relieve all the people.
For Nanzhao, this is naturally not a good thing, and even for the moon worship is by no means a thing to be happy about. Therefore, although the Miao people are xenophobic. But when four merchants from the Central Plains came to sell a batch of grain and grass, not only were they not disgusted. There are even quite a few people who welcome it.
Especially after these people entered Nanzhao, they recruited several black Miao people to help, which also greatly enhanced the Miao people's sense of identity with them.
What's more, these four businessmen seem to have some competitive relationship, and in order to attract more guests, they keep prices very low, and it is precisely because of this that these four businessmen have successfully gained a firm foothold in Nanzhao and quickly won the recognition of Nanzhao people. People will always subconsciously move closer to their own advantage, which is a universal truth, and Zhuo Ao also took advantage of this to let the four shopkeepers successfully gain a firm foothold in Nanzhao, which is also the first step of Zhuo Ao's plan.
It doesn't seem to have any special significance, but it is very carefully listed as the first step, because only when you have a firm foothold here can you do anything else. The four shopkeepers are all Han Chinese, and it is not easy for Han people to gain a firm foothold in the Miao place, if they can't even stand on their heels, no matter how many tricks and tricks they have. It's all just empty talk.
The four shopkeepers were also selected by Shen Wansan, and they did a good job in this regard, even exceeding Zhuoao's expectations. Therefore, it is better to proceed to the next step. Take control of Nanzhao's economic lifeline.
The information sent back every day seems to be a trivial matter of firewood, rice, oil and salt. But through these, we can understand the general living standard of the Nanzhao Miao people today.
The four shopkeepers are here, not just to sell grain, even if the Miao people are short of food now, but there is always a saturation of demand, when their demand for food is no longer urgent, they will remember your Han identity again, people are a forgetful race.
Therefore, if you want to stabilize the position of Nanzhao, you must not let your value cool.
Controlling the output of grain is a method, but it is by no means a long-term solution, Nanzhao is like spring all year round, and drought will never happen every year, so for grain merchants, after this year has passed, when the grain is received next year, that is, when the grain merchants lose their role.
Therefore, while selling grain, it is necessary to continue to buy some special products from the Miao people, transport them to the Central Plains to sell, bring more profits, and then come back to buy more special products, forming a virtuous circle.
Many of the Miao people's specialties are actually not worth much in Nanzhao, but if they are sent outside, the value is different, which is a win-win situation.
People will hate a lot of things, but no one will hate money, even in this somewhat closed Nanzhao, no one wants to live with money, it can make you live more comfortably.
As long as this step is stable and common interests are created, the foreshadowing in the early stage will be completed, with common interests, and the four shopkeepers really control the economic lifeline of Nanzhao, then their position will not be shaken.
Such a profound question, Zhuo Ao didn't think that Gai Luojiao's big-chested and brainless woman could understand, let alone expect her to understand, if she had this eyesight, the Bai Miao clan would not have cowered in Dali City for so many years.
Bai Yue has been very troubled recently, there are definitely not many things in this world that can make him feel headaches and troubles, and there is only one that can cause him troubles at present, Zhuo Ao.
The name seems to have become a source of trouble for him.
Of course, Bai Yue didn't know that Zhuo Ao had come to Nanzhao now, and he didn't even know Zhuo Ao's whereabouts at the moment, but it was precisely because he didn't know that he was even more anxious.
What kind of enemy is the most feared?
There may be many answers, and it is not that the moon has not thought about this question before, a smart and cunning enemy is undoubtedly very difficult to entangle, if this smart and cunning enemy has a good strength, it should be a headache, and if the strength of the other party can still crush himself, then it will be a little scary.
But this is by no means the most frightening, the most frightening thing is that you know that he exists, but you can't see a powerful enemy.
A powerful and intelligent enemy, already terrifying, if this enemy hides himself, it will definitely be a very terrifying thing, Bai Yue can begin to experience this feeling very deeply at this moment, he spends almost every day in torment, fearing that his enemy will suddenly come out of some unexpected corner and kill him, power, wealth, everything he has now, will be wiped out in an instant with his death.
When a person dies, no matter how high the power and status he has in his life, no matter how much wealth he has, it is useless, there are all kinds of injustices in this world, but there is one thing that is fair to everyone, and that is death.
In this world, there may be people who can do justice and light life and death in some cases, but few people can suffer in the shadow of death, although Bai Yue is not an ordinary person, but he is also unable to handle this kind of torment, he can clearly be sure that Zhuo Ao must have entered Nanzhao, but he doesn't know his location, let alone what kind of idea he is playing, and he doesn't dare to really find the other party, which is tantamount to looking for death.
This kind of waiting, which is more torturous than death, even with the heart of worshipping the moon, has a feeling of being on the verge of collapse, in such a state, he naturally can't perceive it, within his control, Nuwa's faith doesn't know when it began, and quietly rekindled in Nanzhao.
In other words, Nuwa's faith has never been broken, but under the bewitchment of Lunatic Worship, it has gradually been buried in the bottom of people's hearts, and it needs an inducement to induce people's hearts to re-establish their belief in the great god Nuwa.
Zhuoao's third step plan is to restore Nuwa's faith.
Although the four shopkeepers are now in Nanzhao for a short time, they have been deeply rooted, because they not only bring hope to the people of Nanzhao to live, but also let them see a better tomorrow.
One day, Shopkeeper Liao had lunch with his Miao buddies as usual, which was also a strategy to get close to the Miao people.
"Shopkeeper, isn't your hometown good?" A guy asked the shopkeeper Liao suspiciously.
"That's good." Shopkeeper Liao looked at his man suspiciously: "My hometown can see the endless sea, the water and grass are abundant, and the people are rich. ”
"Then why are you here?" The young man from the Black Miao people looked at the shopkeeper Liao in confusion.
"I heard that this is the hometown of Nuwa Niangniang, blessed by Nuwa Niangniang, outstanding people, do you know, in the Central Plains, Nuwa Niangniang is worshiped as the god of the earth, enjoy the faith of all people, we have been listening to the legend of Nuwa Niangniang since we were children, I heard that Nanzhao here, there are still descendants of this Nuwa Niangniang, so I will come to see, can I see if I can see the descendants of Nuwa Niangniang." Shopkeeper Liao said with a smile.
"A descendant of Nuwa Niangniang? Did you find it? ”
"Not yet." Shopkeeper Liao sighed: "It is rumored that Nuwa Niangniang is a human snake tail, she is the common ancestor of our human race, she created our human race, saved the human race several times, in order to protect the human race, I would rather be removed from the divine realm and die of old age." ”
"Human snake tail?" An older Black Miao man's face suddenly changed when he heard this.
"yes, you know?" Shopkeeper Liao nodded and looked at the old man.
"No, I don't know." The old man suddenly felt a little bitter at the corner of his mouth, ten years ago, the loving witch queen seemed to be a human snake tail, but they treated it as a monster and forced him to death.
Shopkeeper Liao didn't ask again, and the others didn't say anything more, but from that day on, Nuwa's faith unconsciously rekindled among the people, and at the same time, more and more people among the people began to implicitly accuse the Lunatic Worship Sect of forcing the witch queen to death back then, which caused God's punishment and made Nanzhao have today's drought.
"Where did this come from!?" When the moon worshippers knew about these rumors, various versions of the moon worship had begun to circulate among the people, and the image of the moon worship was constantly blackened among the people, and the dominance of the moon worship religion was constantly provoked. (To be continued.) )