It is said that the sky is flying in August. It is the end of August and early September. The first snow in Mobei has already fallen early.

In addition to the monument of the Supreme Khan of the Civil and Shenwu, the Wild Li Da Chou bowed and bowed with a respectful expression.

Half of them were for show, after all, he had been beaten by a saint.

The other half is sincere.

The solemn emperor of Jianwen and Shenwu was so successful that the chiefs of all tribes admired him from the bottom of their hearts and did not dare to be disrespectful at all.

After finishing the pilgrimage, when I arrived outside the west gate of Heichengzi, I happened to meet a team of business travelers heading south.

They brought a large herd of cattle and sheep, chatting and laughing, relaxing and comfortable.

It is actually not that simple to do livestock trading on the grassland.

Livestock travel long distances and need to stop to gain weight in the middle, which often consumes a lot of forage. At this time, you need to cooperate with the tribe chiefs, and they prepare the hay in advance, so the route is fixed.

Such cooperation has also contributed to the benefits of this transaction, which undoubtedly deepened the connection between the grassland and the Central Plains.

There are rumors that the saints once planned to strictly prohibit population exchanges between the grassland and the Central Plains, but to be honest, this system seems to have not been implemented in the end.

As population exchanges are less, economic exchanges will also decrease. The final result is to push people out. In history, the Qing Dynasty had strictly prohibited Mongolians from communicating with people in the Central Plains, and it was stipulated that northbound merchants should not carry female scrolls, which eventually led to frequent sodomy among the Han people who went to the grassland...

Before entering the city, I encountered dozens of carriages carrying firewood.

This is really a good deal, and everyone on the grassland needs it.

The grassland is not without woods, at least in Heichengzi, because the rivers are crisscrossing, the mountains are continuous, and the forests are extremely vast, which is very different from other places.

In fact, from the perspective of the geography of the Mobei grassland, the 萌方 (Orhun River) and the Posar River (Selangge River) originated in the mountains on the left and right of Heichengzi, with countless tributaries of various sizes and tributaries, forming a rare place with abundant water and grass on the Mobei grassland. Later, it was called the Selangge River Grassland, and the Huns prospered here, the Uighurs built royal courts here, and Mongolia also regarded this as the capital.

From this flat grassland to the north, it gradually transitions to the rough mountainous areas, and the forest area has increased greatly. Those who live there are later called "people in the forest".

Therefore, the location of Heichengzi is very wonderful. He communicates with the "people in the forest" to the north. He is also on a grassland with abundant water resources. It can feed a large number of people, cattle and sheep, and can afford a relatively powerful tribe. It crosses the desert to the south and also contacts the tribes of the grassland in the south of the Chinan region. Of course, all of this distance is the concept of grassland.

In the 13th century, because Ogedei established its capital here, it was even called the center of the world. A considerable part of the population and property that Mongolia plundered from all over the world would be sent to the Khan.

After the construction of the Halahelin Palace (70 miles east of Heichengzi), the missions of King Louis IX of France and Pope Innocent IV visited one after another. Here, they saw craftsmen from all over the world who built very luxurious palaces and various strange things for the Mongol Khan. There were also an astonishing number of people of all ethnic groups living in the local area. Of course, it was already the period when Oulihai lost his queen's reign.

However, although the conditions of Heichengzi are good, they will definitely not reach the point of becoming the center of the world. The Mongols moved prisoners, craftsmen, nobles, and soldiers here, and they were extremely extravagant, and the price was the famine in the northern desert, and they needed to transport food from the Central Plains.

Therefore, do everything within your ability.

The Heichengzi under the rule of Daxia began to farm and reclamation three or four years ago. At that time, it was mainly relied on the recruitment of Guanbei Dao Fuzi to implement civilian towns.

Over the years, a large area of ​​mature land was opened up, so large-scale civil settlements were gradually cancelled and people were recruited to farm.

As of this year (the second year of Tongguang, 917), there were six or seven hundred households near Heichengzi, most of which came from Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Suizhou and other places, and a small number came from Puzhou, Lanzhou and Shizhou in Hedong.

At the end of this year, with the withdrawal of the last civilian town, more than a thousand households from Henan will be moved here next year.

In a sense, Heichengzi is an enclave of the imperial court on the grassland. New immigrants will also grazed a batch of livestock while plowing the fields to provide supplies to the officials and warriors living in the city.

The number of martial artists is three thousand: two thousand horse-riding infantry and one thousand cavalry. They were drawn from the Luoyang Imperial Army and guarded this place in turn for three years. After three years, they returned to the Han area and reunited with their families. This time, three years is almost the limit that martial artists can accept.

When the Yeli Dazhe entered the city, he saw the bright armor and fierce swords and guns of defenders leaving the city one after another and went to the foot of Yudujin Mountain to conduct camping exercises.

There are also many people gathered in the city, most of which are from nearby tribes. Before the heavy snow falls in winter, they go to Heichengzi to buy some goods and even food.

At the door of a restaurant, Yeli Dacheng saw two herders who had just finished hot pot and were bargaining with the store, intending to buy a few more bags of fried rice and take them back.

Hot pot is very popular on the grassland. In fact, it is a copper pot. Thin slices of meat are rinsed in hot water and dipped in seasonings from the Central Plains. It is very refreshing - very similar to the shabu shabu in later generations.

People who have eaten hot pot here usually buy a few bags of fried rice to take home.

The so-called fried rice is actually a masterpiece of the Khitans. They planted millets in Liaodong, removed the shells after harvesting, steamed them, and then fryed them in an iron pot. The locals called it "fried rice". It is a very convenient and can fill the stomach. After the Mongolians learned it, Mongolian fried rice and fried noodles evolved.

"Are you going to go to the battle next year?" The shop owner is from Suizhou. When he heard that the two herders were going to transport cattle and sheep to Beiting next year and pour fried rice into the bag, he couldn't help but grab two more handfuls, and then asked, "Who will go to the battle with?"

"The Supreme Emperor sent the imperial general." said the shepherd.

The Yeli Big Worm's heart moved slightly.

The first thing this shepherd mentioned was not the leader of his own clan, nor the tribe Yilijin, but the "supreme emperor" and the "mortal court".

What does this mean?

This shows that in the minds of many grassland warriors who have gone out to fight wars and have seen the world, there is no longer only the leader, but the figure of the supreme emperor has begun to appear.

If this sign continues to be strengthened, fixed, and promoted, the court can break the barriers between tribes and occupy a special position in the minds of grassland people. Of course, this requires time to settle down. The saint has already made a good start, and it will depend on how future generations operate.

In the 14th and 15th year of Jianji, the Yeli Dazhe family also sent one thousand soldiers (500 per year) to follow the saints to fight in the Western Regions. He carefully recalled the performance of the soldiers after he came back and sighed slightly.

In just two years, these thousand people had signs of "changing their minds". If it were twenty or fifty years, he would have unimagined it.

"What? Beiwei Army? Are you going to join Beiwei Army? What kind of troops is that? Is the imperial guard?" After filling the rice, the store took two more sand fruits, one for each person and gave them to the shepherd.

"The Beiwei Army is an imperial guard and has many rewards." The shepherd who was sure to be selected into the Beiwei Army and sent to the Central Plains to guard the Central Plains said: "The imperial guard is the most capable army in the world."

"That's not!" The shop responded and sighed: "I didn't squeeze into Lingzhou Courtyard back then, otherwise I would have been guaranteed to eat imperial food in the imperial guards. The imperial guards are good. If you serve as a soldier, the whole family will not have to worry about it. If you die, you will have sufficient pensions. Don't worry about fighting."

"It's a pity that I can only be a few years." The shepherd threw the fried rice bag on his shoulder, sighed and pulled his companion away.

The heart of the wild big worm was blocked again.

His tribe was asked to select 30 warriors who were skilled in infantry battles, plus fifty people who were good at riding and shooting. The commander-in-chief of Hexi Road sent people to inspect the house, and those who failed were not qualified were not allowed.

He could have imagined how much awe would be reduced when these people returned home as imperial guards for several years.

Moreover, people like them are fire. If the number of people accumulates enough, it may destroy the relatively simple atmosphere in the tribe, so that more people only know the court but not the leader!

Too disgusting!

But in this matter, he had no courage to raise objections. Can you violate the will of the Supreme Emperor of Civil and Military?

Don’t say it’s against it, if he adds a title, don’t you run to Heichengzi to listen to the Hades?

If you look like a bear, don’t blame the people below for their hearts towards the court.

This is the general trend, and it seems difficult to reverse at the moment. Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!

It was almost noon, and the worries of Yeli Dazhe sat directly into the restaurant, ordered a hot pot and a few plates of meat, and took another bottle of cheap fruit wine to eat and drink.

And just as he was having this lunch, more than ten people in the store came back and forth, all of whom were buying fried rice.

Some of the herdsmen took a few kilograms of wool, some took a piece of skin, some took honey, and some took the prey they got, all of which were replaced with fried rice.

The wild worm watched silently.

If the shepherds were hunting their prey in the past, it would be a rare good time for a tooth-beating sacrifice. Because they usually eat cattle and sheep milk, plus the wild fruits, wild vegetables, and the solitary they collected, and their lives were very hard.

Hunting organized by the heads in autumn is a rare opportunity for them to eat meat. Sometimes they can even fight for prey, which shows the preciousness of meat.

But now they don’t eat it anymore, so they would rather exchange it for fried rice, so they can last for two months after carrying it back. Only three of the dozen people sat down to eat hot pot, but they came for various seasonings.

The shepherds gradually know how to spend the most. The food grown by the Han Chinese immigrants in Heichengzi will help them survive the long winter. Eating meat is refreshing, and when you are hungry in winter and you can't help but slaughter the sheep and fill your stomach, you will know the benefits of fried rice.

People who bought fried rice were also chatting.

Some people say that they are asking for a leader to talk to them, report them to Liaodong to fight for the Wei family. As long as they survive, they can receive some money and silk rewards before leaving. Copper coins and silk can be bought directly here for fried rice, seasonings, tea and even various daily necessities, and they can buy a lot of them.

As for whom to fight for in Liaodong, people who were not clear at first, after chatting with people in Heichengzi for a while, they naturally knew: fighting for the court and the supreme emperor - the authority of the court has penetrated into every corner of the grassland little by little.

After dinner, the Yeli Dazhe directly took Jianji Tongbao to pay the bill. At this time, he smiled bitterly again. The court is really doing everything he can. Every person who uses Jianji Tongbao will know where the copper coins are produced and who cast them, and then they will know the court and Daxia...

After walking out of the restaurant, he looked up at the most conspicuous building in the city: a pagoda.

Monks are not "good people" either! They look kind and look on the surface, but they are constantly instilling concepts like Daxia, court, and saints behind their backs.

Sometimes people are very strange. After hearing more and seeing more, they will slowly recognize and accept.

Cities, merchants, temples, government officials, imperial guards and even a variety of commodities all "submarines" the grassland from another level.

This offense is slow, but also firm, and there is no trend of reversal.

There are two ways of getting along between the Central Plains and the grassland.

One is to close the door or even build the Great Wall, ignoring the outside world and not asking about it.

The other is not to build the Great Wall, and it is directly mixed with you, and it is very deep and there is no distinction between each other.

Which one has more "damage" to the grassland? The wild big insect has seen it for so long and has a clear idea in its heart.

The former can hardly be the worst that a certain grassland tribe will be destroyed or even destroyed, which is a "destroyed country", but the grassland is still there.

The latter belongs to the "destroying the world" and the grassland sinks!

The Yeli Big Worm sighed and left the city that made him feel depressed.
Chapter completed!