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Chapter Forty-Eight: Construction Is More Meaningful Than Destruction (Part II)

Two months later, on the outskirts of Kotun, where the snow had long since melted, the neighing of horses was everywhere, forming a sea of tents.

-- These were all nomadic tribes who heeded the summons of Yelu Dashi and moved to the city of Kedun after the beginning of spring to "participate in great things".

Then, they were shocked by all kinds of explosive news in front of them, and their jaws almost dropped together:

Floating in the sky above the city of Kedun, the heavy buildings are stacked, the eaves are arched, the appearance is extremely gorgeous, and it is known as the castle in the clouds where the gods live!

The Song Kingdom from the south, the invincible immortals who can soar through the clouds and mist, have boundless mana, and annihilate 200,000 golden soldiers with a single big move!

The terrifying eastern enemy Jurchen Jin Kingdom was destroyed in this winter, and even the capital of the country was burned down!

Then there is Yelu Dashi, who has been trapped in the city of Kedun for several years, and is ready to lead the remnants of Daliao to march out this year and recover his homeland!

And also...... It can be planted in the bitter cold land of Mobei and harvested with surprisingly fast yielding crops!!

On the banks of the small river in the suburbs, thousands of nomads in leather robes watched in fascination with the piles of golden freshly harvested grain.

And after the officials who counted the total number of "seven days of raw wheat" weighed the last batch of newly harvested [seven-day raw wheat] with a wooden bucket and announced the total grain harvest for this year, many poor herdsmen who could not have enough all year round fell into a state of great joy, crying and laughing, jumping and jumping, as if crazy.

200,000 stones! A whole 200,000 stone of wheat!

-- In fact, if it weren't for the fact that eight rounds of wheat had been planted in a row on the same land, the soil fertility was on the verge of exhaustion, and it was necessary to plant alfalfa to increase the fertilizer, and if the land had been desertified and several more crops had been planted, then I am afraid that it would be no problem to produce 300,000 stone of grain!

You must know that although the Liao State in its heyday once completely conquered the entire steppe in Monan and Mobei, with the collapse of the Liao State, the nomads who still follow the white wolf banner of the Khitans and swear allegiance to Yelu Dashi are only a part of the tribes under the Northwest Recruitment Division. In total, there are only more than 20,000 households, less than 100,000 people. If it is distributed according to the head, each person will receive an average of two stones of food!

This wonderful prospect made everyone present can't help but look forward to the happy days of having a full meal of pasta and rolling on the pile of grain at leisure.

Of course, as veterans of horse breeding, they also know that going out to fight is different from grazing in peacetime, once they have been running on a horse for a long time, they must provide the horses with grains and beans and other concentrates, and they cannot only use pasture to deal with it. If it is a central plains in the south where horses are expensive, eggs are even added to the horse's feed, so a large part of this grain must be used to feed the horse...... But it can always make everyone have a round belly.

Moreover, according to the Han people who planted these crops, the astronomical amount of 200,000 stone of grain was only harvested on a small plot of land near the city of Kedun. If we could spread this miraculous wheat throughout the grasslands, even if it was only planted in places with abundant water and grass near rivers and lakes...... For a time, every steppe nomad present was fascinated by this beautiful prospect.

In addition, at the request of Guo Jing and Wang Qiu, Doraemon also found some seeds of cold-tolerant vegetables such as potatoes, turnips, onions, and cabbage, and asked the soldiers and civilians of Kedun City to open vegetable gardens and try to plant them to replace the lack of being able to get a large amount of tea.

-- The reason why the nomads on the steppe like to drink tea is that their diet is mainly based on beef and mutton and dairy products, which is too greasy. Drinking some tea soup can not only be appetizing and spleen, but also can dissolve oiliness, and at the same time, you can also supplement the vitamins and various nutrients needed by the human body that no one knows about in this era, so as to ensure that their bodies will not have problems due to dietary problems.

In the years before tea was cultivated by the Han Chinese, the northern nomads used rhubarb as a substitute.

However, if vegetables can be grown on the grasslands, as in the south of the Great Wall, to provide the grassland residents with essential substances such as vitamins and fiber, then drinking tea will become a pure pastime rather than a necessity for maintaining good health...... Considering that some tribes may not be able to settle down for a long time to grow vegetables because they have no permanent residence and are often on the move, the travelers also taught the inhabitants of Kedun how to grow sprouts from beans.

In short, with these 200,000 stone of grain as the base, Yelu Dashi's plan to summon all tribes to take the oath to go on the expedition went very smoothly.

-- All the seventeen tribes in the vicinity of the city of Kedun responded positively to his call, and gathered thirteen thousand cavalry outside the city.

In order to celebrate the unprecedented grain harvest in history, and to welcome the chiefs and nobles of the various tribes, Yelu Dashi ordered a feast to celebrate.

The banquet on the grassland, there is not as much red tape as the Han land in the Central Plains, that is, in an open space surrounded by tents, a huge iron pot is erected, and the chefs are throwing the large and small pieces of meat that have just been chopped into the pot to stew, and the bursts of meat fragrance wafting out attract many hunting dogs and greedy children to watch nearby. And not far from the iron pot, a dozen sturdy men were shirtless, wearing only a leather skirt, which was stained with blood and oil, each waving a big knife in his hand, slaughtering the cattle and sheep that had just been fed a little fat by alfalfa.

-- Unfortunately, spring is the time when birds and animals breed, and according to ancient traditions, hunting is generally forbidden, and Jerodashi did not violate tradition for no reason, so at this feast, there were only ordinary beef and mutton dishes, and there was no rare game.

However, despite the monotony of the dishes, the loyal flattery of the guests was enough to make Jerodashi feel happy.

Looking at the chiefs who used to be embarrassed and obstructive every time they were recruited, now they are competing to be the vanguard one by one, full of flattery and sycophancy...... Yelu Dashi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: alas, this is called "food in your hands and no panic in your heart"!

Of course, as the mover of this battle for the restoration of the Khitan country, Yelu Dashi was also very generous in allocating ordnance and grain. Before the army could be dispatched, all the weapons that Doraemon had obtained from the Great Song Dynasty weapons were put down, so as to ensure that all the young warriors of these Turkic and Mongol tribes had at least one weapon made of metal, and no longer sharpened arrowheads with bones and stones. As for the elite guards of the chiefs of each tribe, each of them was given a spear, an iron long knife, and dozens of long arrows made of iron arrows.

In the Song Dynasty, such equipment was just the level of an ordinary van army, but in the Mobei grassland, which was strict and iron-deficient, it could already be said to be armed to the teeth.

In addition to the ordnance, Yelu Dashi also undertook the full amount of food and straw needed for the expedition, and during the assembly and reorganization of the expeditionary force, the horses, cattle and sheep of their tribe could also enjoy free fodder, and they could eat the newly planted [edelweiss] on the outskirts of Kedun City to feed their fat.

In the end, although according to the rules of the Mobei grassland, only when you return from a victorious battle can you share the spoils. However, in order to improve the morale of the troops participating in the battle, Yelu Dashi specially followed the rules of the Central Plains Dynasty this time, and gave each soldier a little promotion fee before setting out on the expedition - although it was only a glass bead per person, it still made the poor herdsmen who had nothing but horses under their crotch wept of gratitude.