Chapter 583: The Grassland (7)
In addition, this sheep tongue clan is very sensible, knows how to do it, has a lot of food, and there are song and dance performances, of course, this is not the main reason for Yan Xuelan to rest assured, but more because the sheep tongue is a very good person, knows what to do and what not to do, and before Yan Xuelan opened his mouth, they took the initiative to hand over the surrounding topographic map they made, and at the same time introduced Yan Xuelan in detail to the surrounding tribes, and they have already begun to work before they have been completely accepted by others. x
This is also when Yang Tongue was young, he traveled south and north outside, knew the changes in Beiyan, and also went to the place where the compatriots of Beiyan migrated inward, and the conditions were indeed much better than the grassland.
The Northern Yan did not treat them as coolies, but as ordinary residents, and the steppe tribes who moved inward still lived as a unit, and the official uniforms of the Northern Yan divided them into different areas, and they lived in this area, while accepting the jurisdiction of local officials.
Daily life is grazing, but also to learn the cultivation of the Central Plains, in the grassland arable land is relatively small, the technical problem is on the one hand, and then there is no suitable land, and in the Central Plains, the problem of land does not need to worry, there is a certain degree of wasteland in various places, are waiting for people to develop.
These herders can raise not only cattle and sheep, but also chickens, ducks and geese, not only to lay eggs, but also to provide food when necessary.
Of course, a little tradition has been preserved, which is the slave problem of the steppe.
It's just that these slaves are people's personal property, and the Beiyan government will not take them away.
Therefore, these slave officials will not care, and they, the steppe people who have moved inward, can buy slaves from Renyazi, but it is forbidden to force ordinary people to become slaves, and they can't be their own slaves when they catch people on the grassland like before.
Then these herdsmen except for the daily taxes they need to pay, the rest are their own, and with their family background, they can let their children study or practice martial arts in various private schools in Beiyan, and in the future, they can get fame or enlist in the army, and explore the rivers and lakes.
If it weren't for the urgency of the situation, these people would not have gone to war, and even those slaves would not have been forcibly dragged into battle, and could have been used as the main labor force at home.
The sheep's tongue is more curious about this kind of life, especially when he sees the smiles on the faces of these inward migrants, which is a happy smile, a smile that can hardly be seen on the grassland.
The living environment on the grassland is naturally different from that of these compatriots in the Central Plains, on the grassland they work hard for the life of the tribe, not only to worry about the problem of the pasture, but also to worry about whether they will be attacked by other troops at night, and sometimes when they encounter natural disasters, they also need to worry about the food rations of their tribes, the elderly, women, and children.
Other tribes won't come to your aid, some are too busy to take care of themselves, and some are ready to swallow up these small tribes in the event of disaster.
Not being swallowed up by others is already all right.
It's a pity that the sheep tongue is yearning for this kind of life, but he was not the patriarch at that time, and he didn't have the courage to lead the tribe to move inward, so he has been leading the tribe to live a difficult life on the grassland, and has also tried to make some changes, imitating the way of life of the compatriots in the Central Plains, although there are some changes, but the strength on the grassland is still relatively weak, counting the slaves only has 5,000 combat power, and a few of them old men have the cultivation of the Tongmai realm, they are already old and decrepit, although the realm is still there, But if you really fight people, you don't have to take advantage.
Especially when you meet some strong young people, you don't need to say much, it must be an old man like them who suffers the most.
rashly taking the clan to Beiyan can't guarantee the safety along the way, if there is really any accident on the way, then he is a sinner in the clan.
Sometimes the sheep tongue can't help but think about eating peaches, you say that one day they will be able to see the big people of Beiyan, and at the same time have an intersection with the big people of Beiyan, so that their sheep tongue clan can change their fate.
As a result, they waited for many years, and during this period, they did not see the Beiyan people, but more often they were caravans that came out to mix and eat, and they could help solve the problem of living materials, and they could not necessarily guarantee the safety of going south.
As a result, he didn't expect his idea to suddenly come true.
The sheep tongue sheath itself is a person who has a mind but no guts.
wanted to change his life, but he didn't have the courage to break it, and it was his luck that he ran into Yan Xuelan and others, otherwise he might not be able to realize what he wanted until he died.
Before Yan Xuelan could speak, he took the initiative to propose that he was willing to take the entire tribe to submit to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Northern Yan, their tribe would provide food and logistics for the army, and at the same time, they could also guide the army, where were the tribes nearby that could start, and what wealth could be plundered.
It can be said that it is an excellent leading party, and the surrounding situation is recorded in great detail, and it is definitely not formed in a day or two, and it should have been investigated for a long time.
It's either that this person has the intention of annexing the surrounding tribes, or he has had the intention of leading the party for many years, but he has never had a chance to show it.
Yan Xuelan avoided talking about the decision to accept the sheep's tongue, and asked some other questions.
"Sheep Tongue Patriarch, I want to ask how many people there are in your family"
The sheep tongue was stunned for a moment, why did he suddenly ask how many people in his family joined Beiyan's arms, is it related to the number of people, or is there any limit on the number of people, but they are nobles of Beiyan, since they asked, he naturally needs to answer.
"If you go back to the adult, the villain has three sons, five daughters-in-law, and grandchildren... Before he finished speaking, the sheep's tongue was interrupted by Yan Xuelan.
"Sheep tongue patriarch, you just need to say how many people there are, there is no need to say so much detail, and I am not investigating the household registration." Yan Xuelan smiled and tasted mare's milk wine, tsk, this taste is a little weird, sure enough, the wine from the Western Regions is more suitable for herself.
"Ah, there are seventeen people in this little family." The sheep's tongue replied cautiously.
"Then how many slaves do you have in your family?"
"This, a total of one hundred and seventy-eight slaves in the family." The sheep's tongue lowered his eyebrows and replied pleasing to his eyes.
"That is, one family of ten slaves, it seems that your family is quite rich, and you make a lot of money on weekdays." Yan Xuelan looked at the sheep's tongue with some playfulness.
"Ah no, no, what the villain said before is true, we are indeed a small tribe, and we don't have much wealth, but we are maintained to the extent that the clansmen will not starve to death, and we definitely didn't deceive the adults just now." Sheep tongue sheath began to explain.
"Then how did you raise so many slaves, since your tribe has so little combat power, slaves don't get through fighting, how did that come about" Yan Xuelan was a little curious, the self in the "memory" has been in charge of the battle, almost never dealt with other matters, and really didn't know the source of this slave in detail, maybe there is room for operation.
"My lord, you may not know enough about our steppe in the Central Plains, the value of slaves is actually not very high, now this season is not very timely, wait until next spring, you only need that bag of grass seeds to go to the door of those poor tribes to shake, you can directly recruit a large number of slaves, they do not need wages, only need some food to work, and they can also fight for us when fighting. If there are more rations, we can recruit more slaves, and the combat effectiveness of our sheep tongue tribe is not good, but after so many years of hard work, food is not a particularly big problem, so we can support so many slaves, and with these slaves, we can expand the production area and produce more food, as long as there is wealth, we will expand the manpower of slaves, and little by little it will be to the current level. "Sheep Tongue Lady seriously explained these to Yan Xuelan.
Yan Xuelan looked at it, and still had a little eyesight, this old man is not bad, not so pedantic.
"Sheep tongue patriarch, what you said is very good, a little vision, the sheep tongue clan can play to such an extent as now, you are indispensable." Yan Xuelan also praised him slightly.
"My lord, you praised it falsely, you praised it falsely, I said it before... Sheep Tongue smiled and waited for Yan Xuelan's reply.
Yan Xuelan pondered for a while, although this sheep tongue sheath does not have too outstanding talents, but it is still a person who understands the general situation, and loyalty cannot be talked about, if it weren't for the fact that she brought so many people here today, there would be no possibility for them to resist at all, it is estimated that the sheep tongue sheath will definitely order to do it, and it will definitely not be soft.
Although there are certain safety risks for such a person to stay, it is not impossible to be trusted, at least when Yan Xuelan's power and strength are still firmly pressed on their heads, the sheep tongue will definitely not have any thoughts.
Although Luanfeng City is saturated, it does not mean that Luanfeng City is not short of manpower, on the contrary, there are many places where there is a shortage of manpower, and often one person needs to do the work of two or three people.
Qin Qing had discussed this issue with Yan Xuelan many times, Luan Fengcheng needed more manpower, but if it wanted more manpower, it needed more places to settle it.
How to settle the already full Luanfeng City, of course, is to expand the area, or build an acropolis.
But this kind of work requires a lot of people to do, if the people of Luanfeng City go to build a new city, then what do you eat, drink, and wear
It's a cycle.
So along the way, Yan Xuelan was thinking about how to knock a group of people from the grassland back to work for herself.
There are a lot of people in Beiyan, but there are not many displaced people, many of them are registered, Yan Xuelan is obviously not in line with the rules to go directly to pull people, and others just deduct a brain is to ignore the national law.
Therefore, if you want manpower, you need to start from other places, and buy people from people's teeth, the cost is not half a point, if there is really no way. Yan Xuelan will not choose this path, she has a lot of small money, but these small money will follow her to establish the foundation of the industry in the future, it is not just spent casually, it is too wasteful, if this money is exchanged for manpower, many of Yan Xuelan's plans will be hindered in the future.
Now she knew that these slaves on the grassland were not expensive but very cheap, as long as there was a mouthful of food, as long as there was a place for them to live, these slaves could work for her honestly.
You can work as a labor force for yourself in peacetime, and you can also serve as your own reserve soldier when necessary.
But the number of people can't be too much, she is not a garbage depot here, everyone collects, now is the early stage of her career, everything must be handled strictly, the screening of people must be cautious, and the black sheep must not let the black sheep spoil the atmosphere of their team.
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