Wanlibao is located on a plain, next to a small river, where the water and grass are abundant, and there is a mountain not far to the north, which blocks the cold current of the north, and the climate is not too cold.

In the past, there were a large number of miscellaneous hus grazing here, and after the Daqian pioneers and nobles came here, they quickly drove those miscellaneous hus away, and then established Wanli Fort here. The dry people farmed and grazed here, and successfully took root here.

Because it is suitable for grazing, it has also become the main supply point of cattle and sheep for the Ma family in Hanoi.

Wanli Fort is not big, the city wall is only ten miles, it is built with stones mixed with rammed earth, the height is more than four or five meters, and there are more than 1,000 households and 7,000 people living in the fort.

Because it is convenient for grazing, the soldiers here are mostly cavalry. These cavalry are dressed in light armor, and the war horses also have simple horse armor (only the front part has them), and the horses are also selected war horses, and the short-distance charge is very fast, and the endurance is also good, these cavalry are a combination of rangers and war horses, and they can charge against those miscellaneous hus, and they can harass the cavalry against the infantry, and Zhang Heizi is one of the best.

Of course, this kind of cavalry seems to have two advantages, but in fact, if you really have to face the elite of the great cadres, you will be beaten. But it's very suitable to bully those miscellaneous beards who don't even have iron armor.

The armies of these pioneering nobles used horizontal swords, bows and arrows, and spears, which were far from being able to withstand the miscellaneous beards. At the same time, because of the shortage of manpower, in this Western Regions, no matter what kind of bully scum you are in the Central Plains, as long as you can pick up a knife and cut people and obey the command, you can be powerful here.

Just like in Wanli Fort, all the peasant soldiers have more than a dozen slaves in their families, and they are given farms and horses, and each family has good land and pasture. If you can make great achievements and become Zhang Heizi's level, you can get hundreds or thousands of acres of land, hundreds of cattle, sheep and livestock, and more than a dozen slaves as slaves for you.

It can be said that out of the five countries of the Western Regions and out of the border of the Great Qian, it is the royal family and the cadres who share the world. Just like this Wanli Fort, only one-third of the people are Qianren, and the rest are all slaves of Qianren.

The court here is far away, basically there is no jurisdiction, and no officials will be sent, but the nobles here still have to respect the big cadres and the royal family.

The imperial court has the materials that these people need most and can give them support, if there is no support from the imperial court, these people will not be able to hold on even if they establish a dock fort.

When the royal family and the prime minister Chao Cuo jointly promoted the development order, the ministers of the imperial court were very opposed, and they all advised the imperial court not to engage in large-scale feudal division, so as not to cause a group of heroes to divide and threaten the center.

But the royal family strongly refused, and went directly: "Pioneering a wild place can be described as a life of nine deaths, if you don't give benefits, why do people work with their heads?" ”

"The land there is already ownerless, so naturally it is who contributes the most and who occupies the most! If the pioneer noble family wants to be completely independent, it is the incompetence of the court officials! ”

"There are so many means that can't control those pioneering nobles, what is it if it's not incompetence?"

"In those places, the race, language, and customs of the pioneer nobles are all different, if they would rather merge with those people than listen to the court, you can imagine how bad the court should have been at that time!"

"If that time really comes, it must be time for Daqian to perish!"

Hearing Wang Yi say this, the ministers in the court did not dare to say more. And with the endorsement of the emperor, those pioneering nobles became more heroic, and they fought down to their own land, and working for themselves and working for others were the same, and that kind of positive performance was the same?

Now those nobles who want to open up wild lands can be said to be more and more radical. Many nobles with little wealth went to the imperial court to borrow money, and when they went to the borderlands, they went to various places to rent weapons, armor, and war horses. Then gather the men and horses to seize the land, defeat and exterminate the barbarians.

Then kill the barbarians who dare to resist among them, and use the rest as slaves, and let these slaves build settlements, raise horses, and farm, and then they continue to ride their horses and wield swords to conquer more people.

When the position is firmly established and the construction of the pioneer fortress is completed, it will be reported to the imperial court, and at the same time, the family will begin to invest resources and manpower. During this period, these pioneering nobles would enter a stage of rapid development.

After they gain a foothold, the borrowed weapons, armor, and horses will be used as loans, and the pioneer nobles will need to pay off in three to five years.

After that, if the loan is paid off every year, and he is willing to accept the rule of the great cadres and pay a part of the taxes, he is a vassal, and the court will divide the title. If there is a large-scale enemy attack and you can't resist it, you can also ask for help from the nearby imperial court yamen and get the support of the imperial court.

The money and grain handed over by these pioneer nobles would be kept in the border areas as food and pay for the border army, and the town guard generals and county guards were usually responsible. The Western Regions are the five countries of the Western Regions that are responsible for each other.

Of course, these pioneer nobles will also form alliances with each other, and then watch over each other. Every year, they would go out on a large scale, either south or west, to drive away the barbarians, plunder their cattle and sheep population, and so on.

In addition to some of the cattle and sheep that were plundered for their own use, many people were sold back to Daqian for slavery. The big cadres stipulate that cadres cannot be slaves, and those who interfere with the collection of cadres as slaves must be severely punished. Therefore, those tenants and slaves of the Great Cadres are not slaves, but only the nobles and nobles who have mastered the means of production, and they can only rely on them.

Now the pioneer nobles have plundered a large number of barbarians, and these barbarians are not considered dry people, and they can naturally be slaves. As a result, these barbarian slaves were very popular in Daqian. There were even quite a few caravans that specialized in this kind of slave trade.

These caravans would select slaves, then train them, and then sell them to the nobles, nobles, and eunuchs.

For these slaves, the court also turned a blind eye, after all, in this era, slaves are of many uses, the court does not let the cadres be slaves, everyone agreed, if the barbarians are not allowed to be slaves, it is not appropriate.

What's more, if these slaves were not used, those pioneer nobles would not have enough money to repay their loans, and they would not have enough money to buy weapons and equipment.

Even if it is supported by the imperial court, how can it be so easy to develop, the cultivation in the previous few years cannot satisfy itself at all, and it must be supported by the imperial court. The slave trade was one of the few lucrative trades for the nobles.

The life of the nobility was dangerous compared to the days of other nobles and nobles in the Central Plains court, but after success, the benefits were also greater. For ordinary people, this place is no different from the war chaos in the last years of the Warring States period, but for those who kill talents, this is heaven.

(End of chapter)