Chapter 654: The Northern Wilderness People at the Bottom.....
"Jiangnan borrowed troops?"
The news of borrowing troops was quickly transmitted to the major tribes of Northern Yan, and the recruitment order had been conveyed through the messenger, and many soldiers were talking about it.
The countries of the Northern Wilderness are basically tribal, including the Great Northern Yan, except for the big city of the Northern Wolf City, the Northern Yan is in the grassland of the Northern Wilderness, but there are no other cities, and all the herdsmen under their command are tribal systems that move at any time.
And the so-called soldiers, especially those without blood, are herdsmen in the tribe on weekdays, auxiliary soldiers in wartime, and in ordinary times, they are no different from ordinary herdsmen.
The powerful and middle-class people live in warm cities, and ordinary children set up tents on the cold snowfields, which is the living state of the people of the Northern Wilderness, and it is the survival state of most of the low-level people for generations.
Most of the people who can live in the North Wolf City are bloodline families or warlock families, or they are scholars who are treated preferentially, the North Wolf City has the nearest trade, where there is salt, grain, cotton clothes, and the cattle and sheep raised by the people in the tribe can only go there to exchange things, and there are almost no other choices, unless there are merchants from the North Land who skip the North Wolf City and are willing to look for scattered tribes in the huge snowfield.
The bloodline warriors and warlocks in the Northern Wolf City have mastered absolute force, and they have mastered the economic and trade advantages, and the almost scattered tribes have no way to resist, for generations, they can only graze cattle and sheep on the cold ice field, and from time to time they have to deal with some unruly wolf demons.
At this time, the news came down from above, saying that Jiangnan borrowed troops and wanted to extract 500,000 hardcover from the tribe's children and go to the land of Jiangnan.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately set off an uproar!
"Is this news really fake? What do you guys think? ”
Outside the tent of a small tribe, several young people who had returned from driving cattle and sheep gathered together to discuss the important event that shocked the tribe.
"The heralds are here, how can it be fake? Didn't we also advertise some time ago that our Beiyan is attached to Jiangnan? ”
Several people thought about it when they heard this, although the news before was also shocking, but after all, it had little to do with them, according to the older generation, in the past, the countries of the Northern Wilderness were dependent on the Central Plains at any time, anyway, they were all transactions between the upper nobles and the Central Plains, and the interests basically had nothing to do with them, the lower herdsmen.
But this time.
"If this is true, then do we have a chance to go to Jiangnan?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts jumped slightly.
The only time when I had a good time in these years was when Dayan was full of martial virtues, entered the Central Plains, and occupied the Sixteen Cities of Youyun.
At that time, due to the lack of population, the herdsmen needed to help manage the city, and many herdsmen finally experienced the life of a small aristocracy, living in a warm stone house, drinking tea and listening to music in the backyard, and living a stable life like the Central Plains people.
Unfortunately, this good day did not last long, and they were driven back to the ice field, but because they were only beaten back in recent years, many middle-aged herders still remember that day.
And it is also the same dry and cold climate in the north, I heard that the Jiangnan water town that place, the spirit is very beautiful, not only the landscape is picturesque, the richness of the material is exaggerated, many of them have heard of Jiangnan, there is so much grain that the warehouse can not be put down, every household can brew fine wine, it is said that the blood ginseng wine that is sought after by the nobles here, people are drinking it as water!
"Do you want to go?" The oldest and tallest man inside glanced at the person who spoke first.
"Brother Chao, don't you want to go?"
"It's simple." The man who was called Super Brother shook his head and said: "No matter how good Jiangnan is, those good things are not something that ordinary people can enjoy, and you haven't seen the faces of those nobles, they just rot the food in the warehouse, and they are reluctant to take out a grain of rice to those who are about to starve to death, Jiangnan rich does not mean that ordinary people are rich, if you go there, life is not necessarily better than here, and if you are called, what will happen to your cattle and sheep?" Give it to the brothers at home? ”
A few people just opened their mouths and wanted to say that they could sell it, even if they took the money to Jiangnan to shine once, it was better than herding sheep in the Northern Wilderness, a place where birds don't.
But when they thought of the recent price of cattle and sheep, a group of people sighed again.
This year is like an evil door, cattle and sheep can suddenly burst out to eat people, not many people dare to buy live cattle and sheep, and dead cattle and sheep are not easy to sell in North Wolf City now.
The reason is that those pythons in the north will send some monster meat from time to time, and now there are too many monster meat piled up in each household, which has greatly impacted the price of grassland beef and mutton, and now sells fresh beef and mutton, and the price is not as much as half of what it used to be.
Many herdsmen are reluctant to sell the cattle and sheep they have worked so hard to raise now, and they are waiting for the meat of the demon beasts in North Wolf City to be consumed and the price of beef and mutton to pick up.
And at this time, Jiangnan was recruiting.
While a few people were sighing, the tribe suddenly announced that they had gathered.
"It should be the tribal elders who want to talk about this, you guys don't take the lead, this matter. If you can hide, you can hide, especially your son, you have made meritorious contributions, consumed the largest number of cattle, and if you operate a little better, you will be able to marry a daughter-in-law soon, but don't think about it at this time. ”
The young man named Hanzi nodded when he heard this, but a trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes.
He didn't want to herd sheep here for the rest of his life and then marry a woman to herd sheep until he was old. Oh, it's always a luxury, and people like them are likely to be called to the front line the next time the nobles want to fight, and once again become cannon fodder for those bloodline nobles
By the time they reached the open space outside the largest tent, there were already hundreds of young men standing outside.
The elder nodded slightly when he saw that the people had arrived, turned to a tall man and smiled, "General, the people are here." ”
The man nodded slightly, and the elder hurriedly said: "This is a general from Jiangnan, this time I came with the permission of His Majesty to draw troops, everyone has stood up, and if you are favored by adults, you can go to a good place like Jiangnan." ”
Many young people looked at the tall man curiously when they heard this, the armor on the man's body was really good-looking, domineering and mighty, and the cavalry lords of the grassland liked to despise the armor of the Central Plains, thinking that it was a turtle shell, and in front of the unparalleled soldiers of the grassland cavalry, it was the target of beating.
But at this time, I didn't think so in my eyes, this dazzling armor looked like a soldier.
And born so majestic and tall, it must be a bloodline child of Jiangnan, right?
Just thinking like this, the man spoke: "I am under the banner of the Seventh Army of the Jiangnan Fighter Army, the leader of the ten-person team: Han Lin, I only selected ten people from your tribe today, and I will follow my soldiers in the future, and they are all standing, this selection is not forced, if you don't want to, you can say it as soon as possible, I won't be reluctant, even if no one in your tribe wants to follow me, I can go to the next tribe, don't have to resist like this." ”
These words reassured many people a little, and what they were afraid of now was being selected and forcibly taken away.
But what is still worth caring about is the identity of the other party, the momentum of the other party, this physique, just a ten-person team leader? It's a ten-man in their steppe, right?
Just kidding, right?
The elder also looked at the soldier curiously, the elders who can be tribal elders are basically bloodline children, but the bloodline is not very pure, but after living for so long, the eyesight will not be bad, the man in front of him, full of blood and energy, when he walked over just now, the snowflakes floating in the sky were not close to three feet, and he walked beside him as if he had a mobile stove.
Such a man is a ten-master?
It's more than enough to be a commander, right?
Then, the big man's action of selecting people was even more surprising, and I saw him stretch out his hand and grope everyone around.
The elder couldn't help but ask, "My lord. But touching the bones? ”
"Hmm" The fighter army is obviously not a person who likes to talk a lot, and the answer is very succinct.
"But." The elder was a little puzzled, touching the bones is generally something that the bloodline family will do, when the children of the family are young, and they are not sure whether they can inherit the family bloodline, touching the bones can predict the strength of the child to the greatest extent, and if the good root bones are cultivated when they are young, the body will be stronger, and it is more likely to withstand the strong bloodline of the family.
This can be an ordinary soldier. Is this necessary?
"Your Excellency." The man who told others outside not to choose to go to Jiangnan easily opened his mouth and said, "Do you need to touch your bones to choose auxiliaries?" ”
He was very puzzled, touching bones is generally an action that only occurs when he is young, and the bones of people here are basically grown, what else is there to touch? And what's the use of touching it? Can ordinary people like them still use high-end medicinal materials to refine their bones?
When Han Lin heard this, his movements stopped and looked at the other party: "Who told you that you are here to select auxiliaries this time?" ”
(End of chapter)