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"Come on, let's toast to the immortal brew that Lord Taishou brought!"

The steaming fire, the cheerful energetic girls dancing and the cheerful faces sitting around the fire, the Karasuma tribe at this time was filled with happy notes, and from time to time you could hear a voice such as "Come again, I want to have a good drink today" and other words came from the crowd, including men and women, old people and young people. Where are the novels updated the fastest? Please look for the biquge.info of Aishang Novel Network

And in a large tent in the core area of the tribe, Li Shushi was toasting with the bone pagoda, the leader of the West River Karasuma. Of course, compared to the bone tower that couldn't wait to send the contents of the cup into the stomach, Li Shushi was just making a show, but the Karasuma people couldn't say anything, because there were no less than five "corpses" of the Karasuma warriors who originally planned to overturn Li Shushi but were easily knocked out by Su Xiaololi on the side. As a result, Su Xiaololi's "bravery" was full of surprise.

Uh~ Looking at Su Xiaololi, who still swore to "hunt down" all the Karasuma leaders who participated in the banquet except for the Karasuma patriarch, Li Shushi finally understood why those bosses and the like always like to bring one or two beautiful beauties to kill all sides on the wine table, it was really enjoyable to watch, and the retribution was not happy.

Please take care of the aura of Su Xiaololi, who is very powerful, and the Karasuma tribe is also very enthusiastic about Li Shushi, who can "tame" this female god of wine, plus the wine that Li Shushi gave is said to be worth a thousand gold in the capital is really very suitable for their appetite, and Li Shushi has made it easy for them to become quite good friends almost overnight.

Of course, the above reasons are only superficial, at most they are just adding points to Li Shushi's image, and the fundamental reason for the real friendly relationship between the two sides is the goods brought by Li Shushi and Li Shushi's identity.

Yes, as Li Kang said, the current Xihe Karasuma is in a very delicate period, their territory is constantly encroached upon by the homologous Taiyuan Karasuma, and even some small tribes that did not need to be taken into account at all in the past have begun to challenge them unscrupulously under the instruction of some well-intentioned people. Although with the return of the sect members, they can confidently take some deterrent actions against those small tribes who do whatever they want, but the previous losses still cannot be made up.

Of course, if the territory is gone, you can fight again, and even our shrinkage defense is not a big thing for the grassland peoples, who has no bad luck. However, the problem of a large population decline is not a problem that can be easily ignored for Xihe Karasuma, after all, the ancients said that "ten years of life and gathering, ten years of lessons", although the alien race can train those children to carry out some simple tactical training since childhood, but until those children become qualified warriors who will not become cannon fodder, they still need to wait until they are about fourteen or fifteen years old - this is because the Hu people mainly eat meat, so their physique is stronger than their peers in the Central Plains.

And don't forget, those newborns also include nearly half of the girls. Of course, this is not to say that girls can't do what boys can do on the battlefield, but because a woman who makes a teacup can say that the death of a woman is two or three fewer than a man who can make a teapot—which means that for every woman who dies for birth, the tribe has to lose four or five offspring who are likely to make a sound, and between one or two generations.

Therefore, although the grassland people claim that men, women, and children can be soldiers, unless they encounter a food crisis or resist foreign invasions, the significance of women is more to cultivate the offspring of the tribe, and the direct result of this thinking is the famous rule that the husband of the steppe people, the younger brother, the elder brother and even the son who is not related by blood can marry the widow of the man.

Therefore, there is not enough population, and the territory has been encroached on a large number of Nishikawa Karasuma, although he tried his best to make up for his losses, but in the end he still gained little because of the depreciation of Lu vegetation. Because they are still a little different from other Hu tribes, their naturalized Cheng dù should be the highest in Xihe, and it is said that the ancestors have some to do with the Karasuma Iron Cavalry who followed Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, so if they learn from other tribes to blatantly plunder everywhere, I am afraid that the sect members with good official reputations here will be able to kill them with the help of the power of other tribes, after all, they have been able to develop from a medium-sized tribal alliance to the current scale over the years, and it is absolutely impossible to say that without the help of the Han Dynasty behind them, A lot of people are very angry about this.

And at this critical time, Li Shushi came, and came to Nishikawa Karasuma with visible benefits and his goodwill.

Maybe Li Shushi can't give Xihe Karasuma any enviable conditions, and he can't send troops to help Xihe Karasuma expand their living space, and there are actually only two things he can do best - fairness and culture.

Fairness means that the Karasuma people will have the opportunity to integrate into the life circle of the Han people. In layman's terms, Li Shushi can give the people of Xihe Karasuma the national treatment of the Han Dynasty, accept the laws adopted by the Han Dynasty for the Han people, enjoy various rights while bearing taxes, and do not allow racial discrimination and will not give very special treatment.

In response to their unique way of life, Li Shushi also promised that they would still be able to continue their herding career, and even get a manor-like gathering place to protect their cattle and sheep from the cold winds during the winter. The animal skins, wool, and horses they had obtained from hunting could be used as taxes, and the exact amount could be set by their representatives after a tripartite meeting with Cheng Yu, the interior minister under Li Shushi, and representatives of merchants.

At the same time, they could also exchange their goods for money through guò caravans, or directly exchange the goods they needed with the Han Chinese, and Li Shushi would set up a special market outside the county town of Xihe for the two sides to trade. Li Shushi will also provide them with free ondol and plant straw fermentation technology to help them survive the cold and lack of food winter.

Of course, because of the strategic purpose, Li Shushi added a restriction that within five years, Nishikawa Karasuma would only be able to trade with merchants licensed by the Nishikawa Taishou Prefecture. Bone Tower agreed to Li Shushi's request after a little thought, because he believed that Li Shushi would not do anything to damage the strength of his tribe in the short term in order to win the trust of Nishikawa Karasuma. Five years later, he believed that even if the Li family, where Li Shushi lived, had the ability to monopolize the entire Xihe trade with foreign races, it would be difficult for them to organize merchants from other regions.

As for the question of how to protect the trade routes, Li Shushi and the Bone Tower did not discuss it in detail, but the mercenary market is already very mature in Xihe. As Li Kang said, for many tribes, the income above has become an important GDP growth point for them, not to mention that only a stable trade route can bring more merchants, and the bone tower is quite clear about this.

As for culture, that's even less to say. Culture is like flowing water, it has always flowed from developed areas to underdeveloped areas, not to mention that although many of the civilizations of the Han Dynasty are not suitable for the grassland peoples, they are still dazzling and fascinated. Not to mention anything else, at least the education system of the four major shrines makes them envious. Although Xuanwu is a god stationed in the north, the spells that the Hu people in the north can comprehend are still not as good as the Taoist priests of the Xuanwu Shrine.

This may be the result of generations or even dozens of generations of unremitting development of the brain, after all, although wisdom is very important to the Hu people, it is often forced by power and has to take a back seat. But even the Hu people admit that if force can be aided by wisdom, then this power is the most powerful.

Therefore, the Hu people are also constantly trying to absorb this power from the Central Plains, and Li Shushi also intends to use this power to achieve the rhythm of national integration into his own hands.

Because of the exodus of a large number of people from Xihe and the will of the imperial court to abandon this place, the four shrines here have been abolished, so if you want to develop education, you can only start your own private school like Cheng Yu did in Dong'e.

Of course, it can't be said that the private school is necessarily inferior to the four major shrines, just like the relationship between the public Aishang Novel Network and the private Aishang Novel Network. Although in terms of the number of talents, the private Aishang Novel Network may not be as good as the public Aishang Novel Network, but if there are some special characters such as Mr. Shuijing and Sima Hui, the private Aishang Novel Network will also burst into bright light.

Of course, due to the turbulence of the times, this light is often not constant due to the lack of long-term support, but it cannot be denied that it once shined. It is precisely because of this that Li Shushi has the idea of running his own school.

Although the teachers of self-run schools are not as good as those of the state, they have a natural advantage in promoting their own ideas. Although the so-called "castrated Confucianism" is often at odds with the philosophy of survival of the steppe peoples, it has an incomparable superiority in self-cultivation, and over time, even if this is the opportunity for the alien race to become in power, in fact they are no different from the Han Chinese in the end - and even they will actively integrate into it in order to better obtain wealth from the local area, the most typical example is the Islamized Mongol regimes: the Timurid Empire and the Ilkhanate.

Of course, the most subordinate condition, Li Shushi will support the intermarriage between Xihe Karasuma and Lishicheng, and at the same time, the two sides will also form a certain offensive and defensive alliance, but considering the consideration of making the Xiongnu Zhonglang suppress the Xiongnu and Xianbei, the soldiers under his command who belong to Xihe Karasuma will not be withdrawn.

However, although the clan's subordinates are more combative, he is a border general after all, although he has the power to hold the envoy, but for the local administration, he basically has no possibility of interfering, so what he can give Xihe Karasuma is obviously not as good as Li Shushi, the nominal supreme administrator of Xihe, and Li Shushi's encounter along the way also shows his extraordinary potential, and the bone tower is naturally willing to cooperate with a person who is still very weak for the time being but has strong vitality. Otherwise, he would have to consider whether he would be swallowed by a behemoth.

As for the current shortage of population, with Li Shushi's help, he can still recruit or annex some smaller tribes. Although it is said that the cohesion is not as good as its own people, isn't this the main way that Nishikawa Karasuma can develop to its current scale?

Suddenly, Li Shushi heard a huge cheer from outside the tent, and the voice was very loud and cheerful. "I guess the kids are playing."

Maybe it was because he got something that his tribe could continue to develop, but at this time, the bone tower's hideous face, which was no less than Dian Wei's, flashed with a kind look, even if this expression made people who were not familiar with him have an inexplicable sense of disobedience.

p.s. How is New Year's Day, let's say we are having a good time (covering your face), it seems that the Spring Festival is coming again (continue to cover your face)......

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