Chapter 627: The Hardest Problem (Please vote and subscribe)
Outside the military camp of the Han tribe on the grassland, thousands of soldiers, except those on guard, are doing daily exercises, running, shooting arrows, and a few cavalrymen who come to the grassland are also having fun and galloping.
The cavalry of the two groups of Tiger Guards and Thousand Bull Guards stand on each side, sometimes chasing each other and shooting arrows, and sometimes they will have a saber charge against the formation, which is very exciting.
You Zhi has been sent by Luo Chong to receive the white salt and collect some intelligence from all aspects. But on this day, a person who Luo Chong has not seen for a long time came to him again.
In the distance to the north of the military camp, a sound of galloping horses came from far away. Thousands of knights soon appeared on the distant horizon and rushed here. They were men and women, carrying the old and the young, and driving a large number of cattle and sheep. They came to the front of the military camp all the way.
The leading man with tied hair immediately turned over and dismounted, and bowed respectfully in front of Luo Chong.
"Ling Feng pays respect to the chief."
"Hurry up, Ling Feng, I haven't seen you for a long time. How have you been in the caravan recently?" Luo Chong saw that it was Ling Feng who had joined the Han tribe before, and immediately helped him up enthusiastically.
"Thank you for your concern, chief. I am familiar with the grassland, and I am doing well in the caravan. When I met Commander You a few days ago, I heard news from home. My two children are now in school. I have my salary to spend, and we have fields and livestock at home. We are living a good life." Ling Feng said with a smile on his face, as if he had just received news from home.
"Well, that's good. It's really hard for you wandering outside." Luo Chong patted his shoulder and sighed.
"It's not hard. It's something we are proud of to be able to contribute to the development of the Han tribe. Although we don't have any great abilities, we know that as long as we listen to the arrangements of the chief and do what we should do, our Han tribe will become stronger and stronger." Ling Feng also said with great admiration for Luo Chong.
"Well, you are worthy of being a loyal and brave man of my Han tribe. What about you this time?"
"Replying to the leader, the newly appointed commander You came to the caravan a few days ago. He ordered us, the original grassland people, to find small tribes that we are familiar with and persuade them to join the grassland new city of the Han tribe.
So I went to find the Qianyang tribe that I was familiar with before. Their leader has also admired our Han tribe for a long time. After listening to my recruitment this time, he specially led the whole tribe to join us." Ling Feng explained while pointing to the crowd behind him and introduced them.
"Oh? Well done, it turns out that you are a member of the Qianyang tribe. I have heard of you a long time ago. I wonder who their leader is?"
Luo Chong actually saw the young man in the front. He was the leader of the Qianyang tribe, Qianyang Yili. The reason why he said that was just to let him take the initiative to come and pay his respects to him.
Ling Feng understood it as soon as he heard it, and hurriedly called Yili behind him to come and pay his respects.
Yili was obviously well prepared, perhaps Lingfeng had taught him in advance, so after he dismounted, he quickly came to Luo Chong, bowed respectfully, and said in broken Chinese, "Yili, hello, chief. I am willing to bring my tribe to join the Han tribe and obey the chief's orders."
"Okay, okay, please get up quickly. Since you can take the initiative to join the Han tribe today, I will never let you down. You can live here with peace of mind in the future. I guarantee that your people will have enough food and clothing, and live a life a hundred times better than before."
Seeing that this guy had a good attitude, Luo Chong helped him up friendly, and Lingfeng immediately translated Luo Chong's words into grassland language and told Yili.
Yili obviously only learned that one sentence in Chinese. After listening to Ling Feng's translation, he started to talk again and bowed to Luo Chong again.
Ling Feng translated directly, "Chief, he said that he was grateful to the chief for accepting him and his people. From now on, he will be loyal to the chief. However, his people are in great need of salt now. Can the chief provide him with some first? He is willing to exchange it with livestock."
Luo Chong nodded, "Of course, no problem. Besides, they have just arrived here. I can provide them with some white salt for free as a gift for joining the Han tribe, and an iron pot for each household. This will be obtained after the household registration is registered later. Let them settle down here first."
Ling Feng also translated Luo Chong's words immediately. Yili expressed his gratitude again and praised Luo Chong for his generosity. Luo Chong also accepted it with a smile.
After meeting Luo Chong, Yili returned to his tribe and told them the good news, which immediately aroused the cheers of the tribe. Everyone's first impression of the Han tribe was still very good overall.
Later, Ling Feng led the Qianyang tribe to set up a tent not far from the military camp and build a simple animal pen. Some young men began to ride horses to scout the surrounding grasslands and arrange grazing areas for each household. The women took their children to sort out the things they had just moved in, and squeezed some milk from cows and goats to make cheese and other foods.
Luo Chong arranged Ying Rui to register their household registration, distribute white salt and iron pots and spoons, and count their cattle, sheep, horses and other properties. Of course, it was just a count so that Luo Chong could have an idea. He couldn't take all the property of these people back to the tribe. That was unrealistic. There was no arable land here now, and people relied on these livestock to survive. Without livestock, what would you let them eat?
However, Luo Chong also discovered a very serious problem. Now the people who came to seek refuge have come, but how to settle them is a problem, and it is still a difficult problem.
The history of his previous life told him that since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, nomadic peoples and farming peoples have been at odds with each other, attacking and conquering each other. After thousands of years of fighting, they still could not effectively coexist. Until modern times, except for a few fixed large cities, the herders on the grasslands still live the same way as thousands of years ago, with no fixed place to live and driving cattle and sheep everywhere. Otherwise, how can it be called an autonomous region? It is really difficult to govern.
This involves the issue of survival mode. It is not that there has been no conquest of each other in history. During the Han Dynasty, the country was strong and the nomadic Huns were directly beaten westward, but they were only beaten away. There was no immigration to the grasslands for permanent occupation, because there was no food to grow on the grasslands, and the people could not survive.
In the Yuan Dynasty, nomadic peoples entered the Central Plains and returned farmland to pasture everywhere, turning good farmland into grazing grasslands. The people in the Central Plains who had lived on farming for generations could only starve to death.
This is the contradiction caused by the different survival modes of the two sides. However, if modern technology is so advanced, food can always be grown on the grassland. Luo Chong absolutely believes this, but why are there still nomadic herders? Can't everyone settle down to live?
It really can't be done, because if you don't want the good grassland and turn it into farmland, then doesn't your country need to raise cattle and sheep? How much fur and beef and mutton does the country need every year? Can they all be raised in a centralized manner? This is simply impossible.
Take the current Han tribe as an example. Let's not talk about whether the existing food can be grown on the grassland. Doesn't the Han tribe need grassland to raise cattle, horses and sheep? Of course, they need it, and the amount needed is still very large. The Han tribe needs a large number of oxen to reclaim farmland, and also needs excellent horses to form its own cavalry. Transportation is even more indispensable. So many livestock, all of them are raised in a pen?
It is said that a thousand-mile horse cannot be trained in a courtyard. Luo Chong deeply agrees with this. Horses are born to run. Even if they are locked up in a pen,
they can still survive. However, a pen-raised horse will definitely not be able to run faster than a horse on the grassland. This is beyond doubt. Therefore, Luo Chong is also very worried. The city has not been built yet. Of course, it is no problem for them to continue grazing. But after the city is built, it will definitely require a lot of herdsmen to graze outside the city for a long time. Moreover, they cannot stay in one place all the time, otherwise they will eat up all the grass. Therefore, they have to migrate everywhere. How can these floating populations be effectively controlled and managed at that time?
(End of this chapter)
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