Chapter 678 Translation, Settlement of Accounts, Guide Party (Please vote and subscribe)
"You are afraid of death" Dalantai said immediately after hearing what the old man said.
"What's wrong with being afraid of death? Don't you want to live?" The old man smiled and was not angry. While burying the bread in the pot, he did not forget to retort.
"You you" Dalantai was choked and speechless. He had never seen anyone say that fear of death was so justified.
"You, you are not worthy of being a warrior of the grassland. A coward like you is not qualified to call himself a herdsman. Warriors on the grassland should ride the most powerful horses, marry the most beautiful girls, fight tigers with their strength, and shoot eagles with their bows." Dalantai said you twice, and he was so angry that he started to retort again.
The old man who made stone buns shook his head and stopped talking. The boy in front of him was no more than twenty years old, and he was still very young. Wait for another thirty or forty years and see if he can still say this?
Seeing that the old man was silenced by him this time, Dalantai calmed down and sat down to eat. He was even a little scared of his impulsiveness just now. He was too excited and said too radical things. If someone heard it, he would doubt him.
Of course, the main reason was that he didn't expect the old herdsman to speak like this, otherwise he wouldn't be angry.
What he didn't know was that it wasn't just the old man who was setting up a stall in front of him who held such a view. Now basically all the grassland herdsmen who joined the Han tribe had the same idea.
Luo Chong's plan to assimilate the herdsmen had already been carried out. What assimilation was, of course, cultural concepts. How to attract herdsmen to join the Han tribe voluntarily? As long as the shortcomings of nomadic humanity were picked out and compared with the advantages of the Han tribe, even a fool would be able to tell the good from the bad. Of course, their perception of the good and the bad was guided by Luo Chong.
Take respecting the elderly for example. There is no problem for farming tribes like the Han tribe to support the elderly. As long as there is food in the fields, the elderly will not lack food. When the herders are short of food, they abandon the elderly. There is nothing wrong with this. Only the fittest survive. If the Han tribe is faced with the choice of starving to death together or leaving food for the young and strong and children, Luo Chong will choose to abandon the elderly without hesitation. In fact, not only the nomadic tribes, but also most of the tribes in the mountains that live on hunting and gathering are like this. This is just a means for Luo Chong to attack the nomadic moral culture.
Who doesn't know how to play double standards? As long as you are the advantageous party, you will definitely play double standards.
After a few months, the herders who joined the Han tribe have become accustomed to the living habits of tying their hair, wearing Hanfu, and eating food. Chinese is also slowly becoming popular. Now, except that they continue to graze and can't farm, they are not much different from those tribesmen in the Han tribe.
Luo Chong also wanted them to farm. The land by the lake didn't have to worry about water, but there was a market in Kaiyuan City, where a large number of livestock were traded every day. They couldn't kill all the livestock they bought for meat, so they still needed a lot of herdsmen to take care of them. Farming was possible in the future, but grazing couldn't be abandoned. The high-quality military horses of the Han tribe were still waiting for these herdsmen to raise them.
When Dalantai and his group had almost finished eating, the north gate of Kaiyuan City was opened, and a dozen clerks came out sparsely, including account keepers, weighers, and quarantine officers who checked the age of livestock and whether they had any symptoms. With a gong sound, today's livestock market was officially opened.
After hastily drinking the last mouthful of soup, Dalantai hurriedly called his men to go to the market together, and the stall owner selling stone buns also called his men to lead the cow to settle the bill with them.
The herds of livestock were not driven out of the temporary storage. Led by the mute man, they took the stub wooden sign directly to the market manager, and naturally someone went through the sales procedures for them.
First, the quarantine officer checked the condition of the livestock, then quoted a price based on the age of the livestock, and finally counted the number of livestock, and the transaction price was quickly calculated.
The quality of the livestock brought by Dalantai was not very good, and the price was not high, but he knew what was going on. There was no disease, but the age of the cattle and sheep was relatively old, especially the cattle. The Han tribe still hoped to use these cattle to domesticate them into oxen for work. He brought a batch of old cattle, which were weak and had a short remaining lifespan, so of course he would not offer a high price.
But this situation was normal. Winter was approaching, and the herders were anxious to deal with their old livestock. The livestock collected in this season were almost of this character, so the Han tribe did not suspect anything.
After packing several bags of silver coins in free sacks and putting them on the horses in the team, Darantai and his party were ready to go shopping in the department store outside the south city. However, not far from the market, several children in their teens ran up to the city wall and rushed to Darantai, frightening him so much that he picked up his stone axe.
"I can translate and lead the way. Brother, let me take you to buy things. It only costs two yuan each time." A boy immediately introduced himself in pastoral language. The pastoral language of the grassland is very pure, and you can tell that it is a pastoral language.
"Let me go, let me go. Not only can I translate, I can also do accounting, and I am familiar with the department store. I can take you directly to find the best and cheapest things for whatever you want to buy. It only costs three yuan each time." Another older boy said, but his pastoral language was very poor, and it sounded like he had just learned it.
Dalantai was shocked. He didn't expect that there were people doing this around the market. However, this was his first time here and he didn't know anything. Although he had asked people on the road before, he had never been here before. Now he really needed a translator who could do the math and lead the way.
Silently putting away the axe in his hand, Dalantai looked at a few people and finally chose the Han child who asked for three yuan. It was not that he didn't like herdsmen, but it was his first time to trade with coins and he really couldn't play with it, so it was better to find a Han child who could do the math and was familiar with coins.
The Han child took Dalantai away, and the other children continued to squat at the foot of the wall to learn, learn Chinese characters and arithmetic. Only by learning more knowledge can they charge more than others when leading the way. There is no way, it is so realistic.
"Brother, this is your first time here, you look unfamiliar, I wonder what you want to buy this time? Don't worry, I am familiar with that place and I guarantee that I can help you buy the right things." The boy took the initiative to help Dalantai lead the horse and asked about the other party's purpose while walking.
"I, I want to buy salt, and an iron pot, um, and some cloth. I haven't decided on other things yet. I'll go there and see what's available first." Darantai said after thinking for a while.
The young man looked back and saw that there were about 30 people in Dalantai's group, with only about 50 horses, an average of less than two horses per person, and more than half of them had to carry people, so he suggested.
"Big brother, do you want to buy a lot of things? I see that you don't have many horses. If you buy a lot of things, I'm afraid you can't take them back. Why don't you buy two carriages first?"
Dalantai was stunned after hearing this, and thought to himself that it was really like this. He came here to purchase a large amount of supplies. If he only relied on horses, he would definitely not be able to take them back. Fortunately, this Han boy reminded him, well, the three yuan was not wasted.
"Is there anyone selling carriages here? Do I need to buy horses to buy a carriage? Is the carriage expensive?"
"Not expensive, don't worry. Besides, you don't need horses if you only buy a carriage. You also have horses with you. When the time comes, let the guys in the carriage shop help you harness them, and then you can pick two smart people from your own people to learn from them for a while. They will learn quickly and it won't delay you from buying other things." The young man introduced immediately.
"Oh, that's good. Then you can take us to see the carriages first." Dalantai nodded after listening, and immediately called a few men to let them learn to drive the carriage.
The group arrived at the carriage shop outside the south city. There were only two kinds of carriages for sale here, all of which were double-axle carts, divided into large and small sizes. The small size was slightly narrower and only needed one horse to pull it, while the large size was wider and needed two horses to pull it when fully loaded.
Dalantai didn't know how much he could carry, but even if he couldn't load it this time, it wouldn't be a loss to buy the carriage back. The tribe would definitely need it, so he might as well take this opportunity to buy a few more. However, after calculating the number of horses he brought, Dalantai finally bought only three two-horse carts.
The young man who led the way acted as an interpreter throughout the journey, and helped Dalantai count the money when he checked out. A large-sized cart cost 800 yuan, which was almost the price of two old cows. Dalantai felt distressed, but in the end he gritted his teeth and bought it.
The guys in the car dealership quickly moved out the parts and started to assemble the car on the spot. That's right, it was assembled on the spot. The car plates, car beams, axles, wheels, and traction gear were all disassembled and shipped on the ship. Otherwise, if the whole car was transported directly, the ship would not be able to carry much. Moreover, Kaiyuan City is located in the prairie, and wood is very scarce, so it is impossible to build the car directly in Kaiyuan City. It can only be shipped from the rear.
The guys assembled the car, helped Dalantai choose a few obedient horses to put on it, gave him a bamboo whip for driving the car, and then began to train the driver selected by Dalantai.
Dalantai certainly didn't have time to wait here for them to learn how to drive the car, so he asked the translator to take him to buy other things first, salt and iron pots, which are all necessary items, of course, there are spoons, and there are also knives for cutting meat, skinning and deboning. They are all sharp knives made of wrought iron, not very long, and look similar to ordinary pig-killing knives. These are still within the range of what can be sold in the Han tribe. Of course, the knives can't be cheap.
After buying all these things, they collected a pile of stubs and invoices. When they left, they could call the carriage to load them all at once.
There was still some money left on the horse, so Dalandai asked the translator to take him to buy some linen and woolen cloth. These were all for the big men in the tribe. The ordinary tribesmen should continue to wear sheepskin. Winter was coming soon, and sheepskin was warmer.
After buying everything they needed, there was still half a bag of money left. Dalandai looked at the mess of things in the market and suddenly didn't know what to buy. Anyway, all the money had to be spent at once. They didn't plan to take the coins back. When
the young man who led the way saw this situation, he quickly recommended, "Brother, you will migrate to the winter pasture soon after you go back this time, so why don't you buy some alfalfa seeds? You can spread some on the current pasture, and then spread some more when the winter pasture comes. I guarantee that your pasture will be full of the best pasture grass next year."
"What is alfalfa?" Dalandai asked.
"Look, that's alfalfa over there, the grass that grows almost as high as your thighs, and each leaf is divided into four petals. That kind of grass is called alfalfa, and it's the favorite grass for livestock. Eating it can increase milk production. The grass seeds I'm talking about are alfalfa seeds. As long as you buy them and spread them on the pasture, they will grow by themselves next year."
"Is alfalfa expensive? Do many people buy it here?" Dalandai continued to ask.
"Not expensive, not expensive. A sack costs only one yuan, and many people buy it. As long as the tribes have fixed pastures, they basically bring some with them. You should buy some too, right?" The boy continued to urge Dalandai to spend money on grass seeds.
Dalandai thought for a while and actually agreed directly. Anyway, he had a lot of money in his bag, so it was not a problem to buy a dozen bags to study at home, just as a reconnaissance.
"Brother, do you want a lamp? Our Han tribe has newly invented a gas lamp. It doesn't burn wood or oil. You just need to pour some stones into water to light it. The lamp is very bright and can also protect against wind and rain. In winter, even if it is windy and snowing outside, you can use this lamp to check on the livestock at night. There will be no problem at all. Moreover, the thing can automatically ignite, which is very convenient to use. If there is a fire in the tribe one day If it is out, as long as you can find clean water, you can use the gas lamp to light the fire. There are flint lighters on them. If you want, I will take you to see them. There are not many of them now. If you go too late, they may be gone. "
The boy saw that Dalantai wanted to spend all his money directly, so he immediately urged him to buy other things. The calcium carbide lamp is not difficult to make. It has long been spread to Kaiyuan City. However, due to the long distance, the price is higher than that of the Han tribe headquarters. After all, the freight is added for such a long trip.
The same calcium carbide lamp sells for five yuan in the Han tribe headquarters, and it is ten yuan when it is shipped to Kaiyuan County to sell to herdsmen. Even so, herdsmen keep buying it because it is really convenient to use. The most important thing is, as the boy who led the way said, this lamp can be used for lighting and as a large lighter. Who knows when the fire in the tribe will go out? It will definitely be a lot more convenient to have such a lamp that can start a fire.
(End of this chapter)
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