Chapter 559: Northwest is so beautiful
His instructions to Mo Zhongyuan were to kill all the emperors and nobles in southern Xinjiang and make the common people slaves forever, so that they would never have any chance to turn things around.
Although Nan Yu's actions were a bit cruel, for the sake of long-term stability, he had to nip any possible danger in the bud.
The fact that Nan Yu and Mo Jiuye can become close friends shows that they have many similar ideas.
Mo Jiuye is also not the kind of person who kills innocent people indiscriminately, but he cannot feel the slightest bit of sympathy for Southern Xinjiang.
Similarly, every single Mohist man hated Southern Xinjiang to this extent.
But it is different on the barbarian side. The barbarians do not know these crooked things, so the people are still innocent.
The main reason they attacked Dashun was to fill their stomachs.
Even if the occasional attacks on Dashun were not motivated by pure intentions, it was simply the greed of the king.
The barbarians must indeed be conquered and formally incorporated into the territory of Dashun, but there will never be any superiors left over for them.
From now on, there will be no more barbarians in the world.
Of course, Nan Yu incorporated the barbarians into the territory of Dashun and directly handed them over to Mo Jiuye for management.
The reason why he agreed so readily to make the northwest his fiefdom was because he had such selfish motives.
In fact, Nanyu didn’t know that this completely reflected He Zhiran’s thoughts.
Originally, she was thinking that after Mo Jiuye pacified the barbarians, she would ask him to find a way to rent a piece of land there for breeding.
This was not just a whim of He Zhiran. As everyone knows, the land in the barbarian areas is barren and most areas are grasslands.
Logically, the barbarians could choose to make a living by raising livestock, but they could not find a market for the cattle and sheep they raised, so gradually, they gave up the idea.
However, He Zhiran did not have to worry about the sales of cattle and sheep.
In her hands, no matter how many cattle and sheep there are, they can all be sold.
For example, hot pot, which was very popular among people in the past, is a delicacy mainly made with beef and mutton.
There are also roasted whole lamb, air-dried beef jerky, and even beef can be made into delicious cooked food.
In short, He Zhiran has so many ways to eat beef and mutton. With these ways to eat beef and mutton, why would he still worry about not being able to sell it?
Isn’t it true that the day before, the long-awaited Minister He finally arrived in the northwest with Uncle Feng.
He Zhiran took out a few copper hot pots that he had asked Hu Cong to help make not long ago, and bought some charcoal from the villagers.
On the one hand, she wanted to entertain her old father who came from afar, but she also wanted her family to taste authentic charcoal hot pot.
Although she had prepared this way of eating before, at that time, in addition to the unprofessional cookware, many seasonings had problems with being exposed to light, so she could only make do with it.
Today is different. In the autumn, Yu'er had already made several jars of chive sauce according to the method she said.
Not long ago, He Zhiran taught his family how to make tofu, and then used tofu to make fermented bean curd.
The sesame seeds harvested from our own fields are ground into sesame oil and sesame paste.
In addition, He Zhiran also specially bought a book on homemade seasonings on Taobao Mall and made soy sauce, oyster sauce, etc. according to the contents.
In addition, various vegetables in the greenhouse at home have matured one after another, and there are all kinds of vegetables for hot pot.
Not long ago, He Zhiran went to the fishing village in person, bought a lot of seafood, and made fish balls and shrimp balls.
So, today's hotpot is the result of He Zhiran's long preparation.
Minister He knew that the men of the Mohist School were busy going on expeditions recently and had no time to build fiefdoms for the time being.
Especially since the time for the Mo brothers to go on the expedition was approaching late autumn, it was too late to build a royal palace.
Moreover, before he left the capital, he had never heard that the court had allocated funds to build a palace for the Prince of Zhenxi.
This is no wonder, as the national treasury is now empty and the country is facing attacks from southern Xinjiang and the barbarians.
He saw with his own eyes that the national treasury was empty. Fortunately, the new emperor seized a large amount of property from the warehouse of the old thief Xue. Otherwise, he might not even be able to afford the expenses of this war.
Even so, after distributing these properties to the army, they were still insufficient to cover the expenses, and there was no financial resources left for the King of Zhenxi to build a mansion.
Considering that Mohist was exiled from Beijing and his property was confiscated by the imperial court, he was penniless. Even if he and his wife gave some money to their daughter to support such a large family, it must have been very difficult.
It is estimated that Mo Jiuye will be the poorest prince in history.
For this reason, Minister He decided to help a group of sons-in-law. Even if it was just a small contribution, it would be considered as a gesture of gratitude from his father-in-law.
This is also the real reason why he has not come to the Northwest yet.
In order to earn more money by selling the He family's farms, shops and properties, Minister He became very stingy. He would sell if the price satisfied him, but would rather wait if the price was not satisfactory.
As a result, when he arrived at Xiling Village with the silver notes that satisfied him, he found out that life in the Mo family was not difficult at all.
It's obviously heroic!
He had the same idea as Mrs. He. The Mo family was so generous that they used colored glaze as windows...
Fortunately, his wife can help him understand these things.
At the same time, Minister He also understood one thing, which was why his wife and son did not want to leave after coming to the northwest.
Staying here so that I can see He Zhiran often is just one reason, but I am also attracted by this kind of small life.
Mo Jiuye asked Hu Cong to build a courtyard house. Even if Hu Cong had to drop all other work, he didn't want to delay the Mo family who had been so kind to him.
Therefore, he helped He Zhiran's family build the courtyard house at a lightning speed.
Not only is the style of the Siheyuan the same as those of the Mohist school, but even the furniture inside is the same.
As soon as Minister He opened the door yesterday, he felt a burst of hot air in his face. He thought that this was because there were many charcoal braziers burning in the room.
After searching around, I couldn't find any trace of a charcoal brazier.
When talking about this warm house like spring, Mrs. He's face was full of smiles.
She proudly told her master that this was a unique heating method developed by their daughter and son-in-law, called floor heating.
Not only is it safer than placing a charcoal brazier in the room for heating, it is also very warm, and you can even adjust the temperature yourself.
This once again refreshed Minister He's cognition. Under the guidance of Mrs. He, he stepped on the ground barefoot, and the temperature was the same as the hot water bottle they usually held.
It’s great, Northwest China is great!
This was the true feeling of Minister He after he came to the Northwest, especially his lovely grandson and granddaughter, which made his heart as a grandfather soften.
And yesterday afternoon, his relative Mo Qing personally took him for a walk around, and he actually saw that green vegetables could grow in winter.
And the types of vegetables were all ones he had never seen before.
He also saw that the old Duke, who had been so powerful in the past, was actually taking care of these vegetables skillfully.
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