Chapter 143

"Is that the master? He looks so young!"

"Well, who?"

"The team with fresh clothes and angry horses, the one in front."

"Ah!"

In the farmland, farmers dressed in thick cotton wool clothes are picking stones and grass roots in the ice and snow season, hoping to sow seeds in the ice and snow season.

This year's snow season is not big. After all, it's only mid December. Should it be some months before it really snows?

At present, there are nearly 200000 people in the Han Dynasty, not including slaves. That is to export weapons or salt to families all over the Central Plains through trade. Recently, they also added fur and bought slaves from all over the Central Plains.

In other words, the quality of the weapons in the Han Dynasty is absolutely guaranteed, but the quantity can not be met. Instead, the supply of salt is open to all families. Whether the salt is sold to those families or saved by themselves is none of the Han Dynasty's business.

What is most important in any era? It's nothing more than salt and iron. In the era when the Han Miao people were the masters of the country, since Liu Che, Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty, nationalized salt and iron, any emperor of the Han family simply did not allow people to sell salt and iron privately.

What era is Liu Yan in now? It's the later Zhao of Shi, a member of the Jie nationality, who came to power. The Jie nationality said that it has only been many years since they turned over to be the master, and they still have two words to say whether they know or not. Besides, the biggest hobby of the Jie people is to bully other nationalities, especially delicious people. In addition, they have no other pursuit, that is, killing and playing with women.

Although the later Zhao court was assisted by great Confucianism, what kind of Confucianism were they? They were the pioneers and pioneers of traitors in previous dynasties. It's not a white back for them to bear the reputation of traitors. They must want to gain benefits. Will families or partners talk more when they manage salt and iron?

Liu Yan is definitely not the first person to wantonly manage salt and iron in houzhao, but he is definitely one of the weakest people.

The reason why Yao Yizhong is qualified to become the commander of the Qiang people is that the Yao family controls the largest salt pond in the northwest and the salt supply in the northwest, including Guanzhong, which has accumulated amazing wealth. It can be seen that the Yao family and other later Zhao regimes collapsed and immediately became independent and founded the country.

As for Fu Hong, the leader of Di people, the Fu family has a small amount of salt smelting channels, but the Fu family has a huge source of iron ore. Di people also have the most iron tools among the five Hu ethnic groups. How else can they create such a large Former Qin Empire after hiding their power and biding their time for a period of time? Although Fu Jian is really powerful, the sharp armour of the former Qin army also has a great advantage!

To say that Liu Yan's fresh clothes and angry horse are absolutely nonsense. He is wearing a dark blue corset similar to the later Sui and Tang Dynasties. He is also dressed in a set of black iron armor. At most, there are some necessary pattern carvings on shoulder guards, arm guards, skirt armor, leg guards and combat boots. The fire red cloak behind him looks a little exquisite.

Among the entourage, only Cai you wore the traditional Jin scholars' clothes, which looked dazzling and loose. The rest, one by one, were dressed in red and black "Chinese zhengshuo robes", and then put on a set of simple military uniforms without patterns.

"What are you doing?" Looking at the honest farmer, he stood up and angrily denounced a group of "savages" with disheveled hair: "you patrol on the road, * * * * Don't kneel down!"

Savages are actually slaves without the registered residence of the Han nationality, mostly some hybrid beards, or Jin people who have not been trained. Their clothes are thin. They work in the fields in ice and snow. When the cold wind blows, they can't help shaking all over. When they were drunk, they knelt one by one in the direction of Liu Yan and others walking on the avenue.

There are two kinds of kneeling these days. One is to bend your knees and kneel, which is a sitting method of pressing your legs and straightening your waist; The other is to kneel rather than worship, that is, kneel on both knees, the predecessor is dumped on the ground, the hands are concave to support the ground, the palms need to fold each other, and then lift the ass high.

Liu Yan naturally glanced at the movements on both sides. The free people stood, bent down and bowed, and the slaves knelt down to worship and salute.

In recent years, the Hu people have not learned the sinister side, they just can kill, but the courage to destroy a nation from the physical to the spiritual level.

In a word, the slavery of "I Qing" is the most successful. If you keep your hair but not your head, and then completely discount a nation's knees, the result is "I Qing pill". Even if it is over, a group of improper dog legs are uncomfortable. Ski has advocated restoration, which has been dead for more than 100 years. The fighters of the later Qing Dynasty also put Ge Ge La and ah Ge La on the screen, Remember the glory of "I am the first in the world in the Qing Dynasty".

If the Jie nationality... No, is one of the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Qiang and di nationalities who discount the knee bones of the Han people in this era, will there be later Yang Sui Fu Han rites or Li Tang tolerance?

Liu Yan's eyes have always been very good. The slaves in the field can probably see where they came from.

Most of the slaves from the Central Plains will look thin and weak, and their clothes should be distributed uniformly in Changguang county or Dongmou county. After all, it's winter. It's hard to see if they are not wrapped and frozen to death?

The slaves from Chao1 Xian peninsula have to change their clothes. They will wear the local characteristics of Chao1 Xian peninsula. It is mostly a long robe whose belt is about to be pulled to the chest. Baiji people like white and Gaogouli people like khaki.

To say, the slaves captured from Chao1 Xianxian Peninsula are more resistant to the cold. Moreover, probably no one will care about the life and death of peninsula slaves. Liu Yan can even see that some Peninsula slaves are naked in only one pair of trousers.

"Two mines have been found in liao1 East, and a large number of labor will be needed next." Liu Yan didn't slow down the speed of his mount. He looked around all the way. He had a rough understanding and had to talk about some things: "another thing is to keep warm. I don't want to hear about people freezing to death, even slaves."

Cai you was still happy. As soon as he heard it, he quickly tightened his face and arched his hands: "promise!", As a result, he almost lost his balance and fell off his horse.

In fact, there is no shortage of horses in the Central Plains. Even Han tribes, which are not grazing, swept through Changguang county and Dongmou county. There are more than 30000 horses, and the rest, such as cattle and sheep, are even more numerous.

Of course, a horse can't be a war horse. Let alone a war horse, it needs to be professionally tamed. Even a riding horse needs to be trained to ride.

Under normal circumstances, a horse needs to start training at the age of about one year. It takes two to three years to become a qualified war horse. The standard of a war horse is not to be surprised in noisy environment, not to be surprised when arrows fly down, to run between the belly, to stop pulling the reins, even to tap gently, to know how to slow down, and so on. It requires absolutely qualified horse trainers, but not everyone can figure out a set of processes.

At present, the horse species in the central plains are quite complex, of course, the dwarf horse (Mongolian horse) in the North accounts for the majority, but there are not few Dawan horses and Wusun horses from the western regions. There are also relatively excellent northern Sanhe horses and cold resistant liao1 East horses from liao1 East and other regions.

Because when the Hu people entered the Central Plains, they really became an era when the Central Plains was running horses everywhere. If Liu Yan was willing to collect a large number of Dawan horses or Xiji horses (Wusun horses) to form armed cavalry, as long as they could keep up with money, silk and iron smelting, they really could be formed.

The Jie people of the later Zhao Dynasty have an absolutely elite mounted cavalry, which is the elite of the Jie people called "Dragon Guard". In addition to about 5000 mounted cavalry and 8000 Armored Warriors, the Dragon Guard is the overlord of the Central Plains who no one dares to provoke because of the existence of this army. Later, the Capricorn people will organize another elite, which is the absolute elite called "colliers". (in fact, it is already being established)

The mighty Liu Yan and others galloped by slowly. The rural people who used to salute resumed their work. They still have nearly a month to toss the fields. If it snows again, it will take ten days and a half months.

"Can we really be like you in the future?" Although he was shivering with cold, Ashi really wanted to know. He endured the risk of being whipped and continued to ask, "it's half a year... What observation period can be the same as you?"

Chen Xing, a honest farmer, actually has many minds. It should be said that there may be any honest man who can be assigned to supervise slaves? He would not tell the slaves who were staring at him that there was no observation period before them. That was the system that appeared only after they migrated to liao1 east peninsula.

Yes, at the beginning of its founding, any force will absorb as many members as possible, but to a certain extent, rules and regulations should appear, that is, joining various conveniences early and suffering qualifications late.

He read something in his mouth. Chen Xing's eyes were always following the direction of Liu Yan's team.

There are a lot of news recently. For example, those who fought on Chaoxian peninsula will come back in turn. After they come back, they will be assigned women. Those who have meritorious deeds will be awarded military merit fields. It seems that they can still get slaves assigned by the government?

Er, the distribution of women is a misinformation. In fact, it is a combination of limited meritorious soldiers and folk women. Then, catch the population on the battlefield. According to the concept of three people leaving one, if there are more than three women, they have the right to leave one person to serve themselves.

Why did the Han Dynasty need the so-called inspection period? It is mostly in the system of official slavery. After all, the service of officers and soldiers is equal to being unable to participate in production. How can the military merit be awarded to the field? The existence of slaves is necessary!

In addition to the official slaves, the officers and men on the expedition can also catch slaves themselves. That is a prerequisite for the Han ministry to implement the twenty barons of the Qin Dynasty. Some things will change, but what identity and what treatment they get basically remain the same as that of the Qin Dynasty.

"Now I don't worry about food and drink, but I'm short of a mother-in-law. Should I sign up for the army next time?" Chen Xing was able to find that the status of the martial arts in the tribe was getting higher and higher, and made up his mind: "the guy who went to war has priority to have his mother-in-law. This one alone will make countless people envy. Not to mention many privileges, he must join the army and make contributions!"