The development of the Northeastern Mohe is an issue that cannot be avoided. These people living between the white mountains and black waters are essentially the same as the Lao Ba people.
They do not plant or graze, and their livelihood depends entirely on hunting and small amounts of gathering. Naturally, their personal bravery is not comparable to that of the peasants who farm the land. After all, if they cannot catch prey, they will starve to death, so they cannot succeed without being fierce.
After Wang Ying and Wu You discussed how to deal with the Mohe people, they decided to use both intimidation and inducement with benefits.
The Ba soldiers wearing winter clothes and holding sickles and spears had a higher winning rate when fighting against the Mohe people wrapped in animal skins and holding bone spears. Needless to say, the strong sake from Yuzhou was the favorite of the Mohe people. After all, the Northeast was bitterly cold, and the Mohe people only felt that the wine, which the Tang people felt was spicy, was refreshing and warm.
The transaction was very fair. One deer was worth five kilograms of strong sake, and one big tiger was worth one hundred kilograms of sake. It was much more cost-effective than the previous trade with the Goguryeo people, and the supply was open. It was only because I was not capable enough and got too little prey that I could not exchange it for more wine.
Ever since a Mohe man brought his wife and children to exchange for 100 kilograms of sake, the Mohe people began to capture slaves. Their method of capturing slaves was not bloody. The loser of the arm wrestling game would be taken away by the winner to exchange for wine.
Because they found that being a slave to the Tang people was not a bad thing. On the contrary, in the eyes of the Mohe people, the Tang people treated the slaves very well. Every day, they just took the axes and saws they distributed to the forest to chop some wood, and the whole family would have no worries about food and clothing.
"Hehe, there are still people, the Khitan, Goguryeo and Silla survivors. If that doesn't work, Baekje and Fuso are also fine. With their current living standards and the rules of Yuzhou, we are doing a good deed by bringing them here to cut wood."
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Except that they had to go to the bathhouse every few days, which made the Mohe people feel a little troublesome, being slaves of the Tang people was pretty good.
"The land here is indeed very fertile. You can squeeze out oil from a handful of it. It is many times more fertile than the loess in Guanzhong. If we continue to plant with the Yuzhou family, the output will definitely be promising."
"It's just a 15% tax, and there are no other taxes or corvée. Just give it to him. It won't change for fifty years. As for after fifty years, even if he didn't fall out with the royal family, he should have become a saint, and the rules he set will naturally not change. If he falls out with the royal family or dies, it's even better. The rules will naturally not be important."
"But under the rule of Yuzhou, the land and population cannot be kept secret, which is a bit uncomfortable."
Over a year, countless amounts of wood were transported back to the Tang Dynasty from the Northeast, and large tracts of black soil were also developed.
After the thick logs were felled and dried, they were sent down the Yalu River and then transported by large ships to various parts of the Tang Dynasty in exchange for the needed supplies.
"That's right. Besides the Khitans, they can farm and are more useful than the Mohe people. If we bring some people from our hometown to manage the land, the Northeast will be ours."
"But the Mohe people are now heading for the Yuzhou faction, and it seems we don't have any cheap people to use?"
"Just bear with it. Yang Jian, Yang Guang, and Li Shimin, they were all great men of great talent, but they were still outlasted by us. And even if we hadn't killed them, the emperor and empress wouldn't be easy to deal with. We have to bear with them too. At least we can still drink some soup now. Be content."
If they died, they died. But now it is different. If there are deaths or injuries, the Tang people will be responsible.
"The people of Yuzhou are not only good at growing crops. There are so many kinds of livestock here that they can easily feed the seven tribes of Mohe people. With the ability of the Yuzhou people, can't they transform the crops?"
"With such a dominant person, although everyone can benefit from this, it is also troublesome and we always feel constrained."
"What should we do now? Should we follow the rules set by the Yuzhou faction?"
"The Yuzhou faction is still kind-hearted. They can just take matters into their own hands. Wouldn't they be able to make more profit that way?"
There was fine snow floating in the sky. Behind a group of sika deer, a horse carrying a tiger ran out. The horse ran towards Wang Ying. The tiger stretched out a hand and pushed its head back, revealing a determined young face. After throwing a white fox to Wang Ying, he smiled foolishly at Wang Ying and said.
There were more casualties when hunting in the old forest, but there were not many benefits from the casualties at that time.
The shaman told them that the dead simply returned to the embrace of Changbai Mountain and would come back to the human world the following year, just with a new young body. The Mohe people knew that this was a lie, but what could they do?
The food is pretty good. There is not only meat but also wine. Although there is only half a bowl of it at a meal, you can't help but have it every meal.
"That's right, we just have to follow suit and try to occupy a good spot and wait."
The Li, Cui and Lu families who followed were stunned by Wang Ying and Wu You's actions.
"Do you really think that the Mohe people are as stupid as cattle and horses? If it weren't for the Yuzhou clan's sincerity in exchange for sincerity, would the Mohe people be so docile?"
To the Mohe people, this was the life they had always dreamed of. Even though they would be killed or injured from time to time, they did not care at all, because no matter who died or was injured, the Tang people would take care of them. If they died, they would have a coffin, there would be a drinking party, their parents, wife, children, brothers and sisters would all take care of them, and if they were injured, they would get medical treatment.
"I think we can make things a little more organized."
"I think we should follow the rules of Yuzhou. The exploitation is too harsh. If the Mohe people resist, it will be troublesome. Anyway, the profit is enough. The wood alone is worth a lot of money, not to mention the black soil that has been developed. The money and food that the Mohe people eat and drink is nothing."
"I knew the Mohe people were stupid, but I didn't expect them to be this stupid."
"Madam, the fox's fur has turned white. We can no longer release deer."
Wang Ying nodded and said with a smile: "Then take a rest tomorrow and remember to drink less."
The knight patted the wine bottle on his waist and said with a smile: "Now I drink a sip to moisten my throat when I eat, and usually I just smell it."
"Oh my, Bobo, you are really an obedient and good husband." Wu You ran over on a little white horse and joked.
Bobo rode away on his horse with a red face. Wang Ying raised an eyebrow at Wu You and asked, "Aren't you going to the beach to build a seafood workshop?"