Great Tang Idyll - Chapter 682

[Chapter 307]

Chapter 307: The people of Tubo don’t belong

. Zhong Gang seemed confused when he heard what Xiao Zong said.

“Little Worm, where did you move your hand? Why didn’t I see it?”

“I didn’t see it either. If you want to know, you must first investigate all the caravans in Pengzhou for a period of time, or know about grain stores, oil shops, and salt stalls. , and the situation of killing livestock and selling eggs and laying eggs. When Zhang Wang and his family arrived in Yizhou last year, they began to let the people of the surrounding prefectures see their own conditions to raise chickens.

Now it is the time to lay eggs, and last month they also sold pancakes and fruits. Some people complained that the eggs just opened are small, and if you put two of them, you will earn less, and people who buy one are unwilling. Now it should be the time when chickens lay too many eggs, so why should the price increase again?

The price of eggs has risen and the price of meat has dropped.

What happened is that the young master of the Zhang family is unwilling to cause too much damage to the local area because of his actions, did not see that the price of salt is still at the original position, the oil and grain rise is the same as usual.”

Xiaochong Now I have the same feeling as the first No. 1. As long as I encounter a special event, it seems like a thick fog has come out in front of my eyes. I finally blow away a place, but when I turn around, I can’t even find the way from where I came. Here, the unknown is scary.

Zhong Gang drank all the wine in the bowl, and reached for the wine jar, “That’s not right, how can there be no harm? People who keep chickens make money, and those who kill animals and sell meat will pay.”

“Stupid, meat .

Being able to lower the price means that when buying livestock, the price is low, and the meat sellers earn as much as they used to, and they are still earning that.” Xiaochong explained to Zhong Gang again.

“It’s still not right, don’t you lose money for selling livestock?” Zhong Gang’s head was easy to use at this time.

Xiao Zong nodded and said, “Yes, the price of selling livestock will be lowered. Who sold the livestock? Where did the livestock come from?”

“Tubo!” The two got the same answer.

“What about the eggs?” Zhong Gang asked again, before waiting for Xiao Zong to say, “Could it be that they were sold to Tibet?”

“It’s almost the same, but what does Tubo want so many eggs for? How do they buy and sell them?” The little bug, who thought he could guess the Zhang family’s young master’s tactics, was hit again.

Looking at each other, the two stopped talking about this matter. The more they thought about it, the more confused and tiring they became. When Xiao Zong drank with his thoughts, he didn’t take a sip as he did before, drinking a big gulp of wine and eating a big mouthful of meat.

The other merchants in the team do not have as much thought as two people. As long as they reach the desert, they can find the things the chamber of commerce needs,

especially herbs, and plant seeds, things that can grow Cistanche deserticola, which are very suitable for planting on sandy ground. Some rivers have too much sand, so it is good to grow such things.

By the way, they can also exchange salt and other things with the local people for local specialties, such as fur, bones that can be used as medicine by wild animals, and even live poisonous snakes. It is another income to bring back to the Tang Dynasty.

Today, there are more people living in the east of Ruoshui than before. Last year, due to the lack of food, the people of Tibet were not doing well, and people starved to death from time to time. For those who have no livestock, they found that there were A big problem, can’t farm as before.

Farm tools are lacking, and seeds are not enough. After a winter, there is no food, and they continue to stay on the west bank of the weak water, unable to find a way to survive.

As a result, many people brought their families and their families and wanted to enter Datang from Pengzhou and become a commoner of Datang.

But Datang and Tubo refused to let them. Datang was afraid that this part of the people would not be easy to govern and would cause trouble. The reason for Tubo was simple. All the people ran away, and there was only space left in Tubo. It would be better to give it to others. When the Tang Dynasty lived a comfortable life, other Tibetan people would naturally follow.

The pass in Pengzhou was closed, and the Tibetan cavalry even threatened and threatened the people, but they did not let the people move forward. The people had no choice, so they knelt outside Pengzhou Pass. The pleadings of adults and the cries of children actually caught the ears of the people at the pass. Buzzing.

The officials in Pengzhou couldn’t think of a way, and the Jiedushi from Jiannan Road was not ready to make trouble, so they watched as the Tibetan people outside the pass ate the food they brought, and prepared troops to prevent the people from rushing to the pass.

At this critical moment, the Zhang family’s inner courtyard, who was left behind in Yizhou, was dispatched. It was just a trivial matter. There was no need to ask the master’s family. The grain, utensils and salt were directly transported and put down from the city wall, telling the people of Tubo to cook their own porridge and drink it. Quasi robbery.

The flag of the disbanded Yizhou logistics camp still has a very strong deterrent effect. The people of Tubo are very obedient and began to boil the state. There are also wild vegetables that emerged in the spring. They are cooked and eaten together for three days. Come down, no longer as messy as when you first came.

Only then did the people from the Zhang family’s inner courtyard discuss matters with them. The Zhang Wang family provided the food, and the people of the Tubo planted the seeds of Bai Diezi in the east of weak water. Before the Bai Diezi could be harvested, there were other grains. The daily necessities are all in charge of the Zhang and Wang families.

After harvesting the White Diezi, part of the cost of daily necessities will be deducted according to the quantity, and the rest will be exchanged with the Zhang and Wang family for survival materials, which will be planted year after year and exchanged like this every year.

The people of Tubo were about to run out of food, and without even asking about the specific details of the exchange, they agreed to rebuild the village on the east side of the Ruoshui River with a lot of food, seeds and tools, ready to use their own hands to build a happy life.

They are also not afraid that someone will come into the village from time to time to bully people like before, but they are planting white folds for the cuckoo, whoever dares to come over and try.

Sure enough, the sergeants who occasionally came from Tubo were very greedy, but did not dare to do it. When they saw the meat and bones sent to the people from the Zhangwang family at the Pengzhou pass, they could only stare blankly, and no one had the courage. Grab it and try it yourself.

While growing cotton, the people of Tubo also do some chores. They weave last year’s hay into curtains, put the hemp into the water, and then take out the ropes. Then they go hunting. Prepare these things and wait for the Tang Dynasty. When the caravan came over, it was exchanged.

The common people do not know which side they belong to. They say they belong to the Tang Dynasty, but the Great Tang does not admit it. They say they belong to the Tibetans, but they are not controlled by the Tibetans. The question of the ultimate ownership is too profound, and the common people can’t figure it out. Don’t think about it any more, as long as you can live a better life, that’s fine.

This is the second time the caravan has come here. Last time, because the people of Tubo had just settled down, they didn’t get a lot of things. This time, the merchants felt that the people of Tubo could have a lot more goods than the last time.

At this time, they discussed what price to give next to the fire. Some people said that it could be a little higher than the last time. After all, the things that were exchanged were really valuable. The straw curtains and hemp ropes were all opened by Yizhou The Wang family was going, and the price was high, and the medicinal materials were taken away by the local pharmacy, which was also not low, needless to say about the fur.

So give more money so that the people of Tubo can work hard.

Some say that if you press it again, they say that the goods are not easy to sell, and they can make more money.

At the beginning, those who held different opinions were still discussing in a loud voice, and when they were talking, they drank too much, and they began to quarrel loudly, and some even prepared to fight.

At this moment, Xiao Zong, who had been reluctant to speculate on the specific actions of the young master of the Zhang family and could not let go, was unhappy, and shouted loudly: “What are you yelling about? I really thought this was your place, even if it was given to you, you guys Who can hold on to it? Don’t think about the meaning of the Zhang Wang family when doing things?”

The businessmen who were still arguing were honest when Xiaochong shouted, they knew that Xiaochong personally and the two Zhangwang family members back then.

The little ancestor has seen it before, and the kind that can talk. Just now I really thought about money and I was stupid. At this time, when someone said it, I realized that this road belongs to the Zhang and Wang families, to be precise, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang The cuckoo was paved with blood.

The money earned from this road has to be given out every year to the family of the Tang warriors who buried their bones here. It is not the businessmen who can control them.

“Little bug, what price do you want to give?” a businessman asked in a loud voice.

“Then you have to figure out what Xiaobao and Jujuan planned, why the people of Tubo were left here, and why they were only allowed to grow white buckwheat instead of grain.”

Xiaochong raised two questions.

The merchants also wanted to know why. They looked at Xiao Zong one by one and waited for Xiao Zong to continue talking, but Xiao Zong did not dare to say it. He felt that Xiao Bao and Cuckoo Juan planned to merge the east of Ruoshui River directly into Dalian one day. Tang, as long as the local people are accustomed to the current life, they will be able to merge in the future.

Seeing everyone looking over, Xiao Zong summed up in his heart and said, “Because this road is very profitable, if the people of Tubo are scared away, who will come to plant white jelly in the future? Tell them how much it will cost, and tell them the price we are willing to give.

If they feel that we are giving less, they will sell it themselves. If they feel that it is a waste of time and it is not easy to enter Pengzhou, then they will sell to us. Pay attention to the extra small money, the money in the desert is the big money, where the fish and shrimp in the lake are delicious, the medicinal materials are abundant, and there are cistanche cistanche. It

will not let us make less money, we really did something wrong, and annoyed Xiaobao and Cuckoo The cuckoo is angry, think about the consequences for yourself, do you really plan to let them rush over from the capital to solve it?”

Xiaochong’s words played a role, and many businessmen shrank their heads, feeling the cool breeze on their necks.

When the merchants decided to follow Xiao Zong’s words, they chased two fast horses from the direction of Pengzhou. One of each horse immediately approached the team and rolled over to the ground. One of them said to the crowd, “The Chamber of Commerce has decided, if we meet When the people of Tubo, let them go to Pengzhou to sell the goods in person, and tell them the approximate price.” The

merchants were a little unhappy, if they did this, wouldn’t they make less money?

Could it be that if you join the Chamber of Commerce, you can’t do additional business?

“As for your losses.” The visitor may have guessed what the merchants were thinking, and then continued: “You will report to the young master and the young lady for your losses, and the young master will find a way to make up for it, and the Zhang Wang family will do the work. Buying and selling will not cost those who cooperate.” The

merchants were happy now, and they said harmless words one after another, and the people who came here didn’t want to stay outside, so they got back on their horses and were ready to leave, when Xiaochong suddenly said: “Can you? Bring me a letter and say if I can help?”

The following words are more, but not counted

It feels really good to change the place. This is actually the village I lived in when I was a child. I haven’t come back to see it for 20 years. I walked around this morning and felt a special feeling. The original river, the original tree, the original Tian, the original road is gone.

After turning around for a long time, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com found the vague memory of the past, and climbed to the hill behind a school. There is not much change in this place. The pine tree twenty years ago is still alive, only However, it was labelled by others, and there were a lot of weeds growing on the mountain road, so there should be fewer people walking.

But when I was young, it was dark and early, so when I left school, I always felt that the graves on the section of the road followed by something had not disappeared.

The trenches left by the Japanese-Russian war that I could see when I was a child have been filled up by the years. There used to be no one to eat the thing called thorny plum fruit that grew by the roadside. I picked a few next to a grave bag, and I didn’t wash it. Just rub it and eat it. It’s not delicious. It’s not as sweet as when I was a kid with less fruit as a snack.

A lot of mountains have been dug up and buildings have been built. I can’t find any trace of my home on the hillside before, but there are still many mountains that have not been moved. It is estimated that they have been contracted out. Next spring, I can go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables. Well, I can still pick mushrooms, because the sheep herders are gone.

If you don’t know the mountain pepper seedlings, you can leave a letter to me in the group, and I will pick them up and send them to you. As for the cat’s paw, monkey-leg bracken, and pine diced, that is, pine millet, don’t think about it, I still eat it myself. It is very expensive, at most I will send you some local mushrooms called yellow mud dumplings.

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