Chapter 278: Unexpected fulcrum

Raole's social form was still in a slave society. Although the animal husbandry was developed, there was almost no agriculture and handicraft industry. Just as the ex-girlfriend King Xi died suddenly, the grassland officially entered a turmoil that had not happened in decades. The tribes either fought for the king or protected themselves and began to make every effort to prepare for war. But at this deadly moment, they suddenly found that the most basic and important military weapons such as scimitars, bows and arrows could not be bought!

Rao Leben was close to the Tang Dynasty. After years of development, whether it was based on the autumn robbery or the initiative to surrender, the divisions also recruited some craftsmen, but now that even the cast iron lumps have been banned, let alone the craftsmen under the divisions, what do they use to build waist knives and bows?

A good cook cannot cook without rice. What Zhenzhen is talking about is the current situation.

This is not the first time that a similar embargo is. In previous years, when the famine comes, especially after the heavy snowfall on the grassland, the Tangdi will implement an iron embargo - the one that is prevented is the autumn glory. But in the past, when encountering such a situation, the heads of various ministries will inevitably frown and upset, but they will not regard it as a serious matter. After all, according to their past experience, they know that the ban of the imperial court is far from omnipotent. There are always many merchants who will try their best to smuggle weapons for the sake of interests. It is more expensive. When the autumn glory is over, they will grab a handful of everything and return it. But it is just a matter of changing the right hand. In the final analysis, the wool must be released on the sheep.

There are military weapons reserved by various departments on weekdays, and these smuggled goods from profit-seeking merchants to supplement them. Although the court issued a ban, it was not used. I didn’t hear that the one was missing from the scimitars and bows that were available during the autumn glory.

But the situation this year is very different. In the nearly half year between the ex-grown death of King Xi and the succession of Li Chengzhong, the five Xi tribes had a fierce internal riot in order to fight for the throne. Although the final result was that the northern sacred and Shali tribes stood out, one of the five tribes that were involved was the same - after those few months of fighting for the king, everyone's already small reserves of military equipment had been consumed. From the side, this is also an important reason why the internal struggle was able to stop the troops within half a year. The waist was blunt and the quiver was gradually empty. How could this battle continue?

Although nomadic peoples came and went like fire when fighting, and were as fierce as the wind, their fragile social foundations determined that they could not bear the long-term war of attrition. The last internal fight consumed not only military weapons, but also cattle and sheep that depended on for a living. The tribes' internal fight was not as good as the autumn plunder. It was a business that only lost money but did not make any entry. After the fight, except for the fact that the sacred tribes and the Shali tribes actually snatched some things to talk about as a small supplement, the strength of the other three tribes was a frustration. The connection between things was linked to one link. When the frustrated three tribes began to replenish the consumed military weapons after the battle, they had to adopt a long-term flow of water due to the sharp decline in wealth such as cattle and sheep.

In this way, this embargo, which had no signs in advance, was a blow to Shali, but it was even more of a life for the three tribes in the southern tribes. Asking all the elders in the tribes, no one had ever heard of the embargo in the Tang Dynasty at this time, and the month was completely wrong!

The first reaction to this situation in previous years was to rob, but this useful method is not available at present. In previous years, the robbery was produced by all five divisions. Even if there were not many people from each family, they would be strong after working together. They were not afraid of the Tang Dynasty border troops. As long as they did not do too much, they would kill less and restrain the scope of the robbery, the Tang court, who was also unwilling to fight, turned a blind eye to this and issued a few more harsh edicts afterwards. If the nomadic people in the north have a difficult life, they would have to rob nearby to supplement it. This is an old rule passed down for more than a thousand years. How can the court not know and be inconsiderate?

But it's not possible now. The five divisions have become a battle like this. The two strongest divisions are even more aligned. Even if they are willing to join forces, who dares to release Shali and Jusuo on their own pasture at this time? A fool can do the things that open the door to thieves.

The coalition failed. Domogao of the Domogao of the three ministries was stubborn and refused to let go, but let the other two ministries do what to do? It is impossible to support Domogao with all its strength. But the two coalition forces of the south were also not working. One of the two ministries was backed by Shisuo and the other was backed by Shali. How could they go? Not to mention that the attitude of the Youzhou Grand Commander's Office was extremely tough this time. Half of the Tiancheng Army had already gone out to the Jiehe River to camp, and Jia Crazy himself was personally leading the army. Even Tuyezhuo had mobilized his clan. When he encountered Qiuli in previous years, the old fox gave way with his tail.

Not only can the two movies not be able to leave, but even if they can leave, they will not be able to rob them even if they can. There are fewer people in the sect, and there are too many people in the sect, and they are afraid that the strong enemies behind them will take advantage of the situation. Perhaps the stolen things have not been consumed yet. What's more, these two movies, which are not powerful in Rao Le, are really worried about enduring the anger of the court alone.

The situation has changed again and again, and is related to each other and restricted. Even if it is so nervous, at least no one dares to let Ma Nan easily go.

The road to grab this is not working, and the Tang people were just embargoing when they shouldn't be embargoed. What's even worse is that the merchants who were excited about the embargo in previous years were completely gone this time. Seeing that the embargo had been so long, except for a few people who secretly came to negotiate, there were no acquaintances and great merchants who used to specialize in this industry.

Even these kittens and two sneaky merchants are not in charge of anything. They dare to call themselves a big business with hundreds of scimitars and three or two thousand arrow clusters. Such things are not enough to support a small-scale autumn sweep. How can Rao Le be used to do it now?

Although the Xi people, the tribe leader, gritted their teeth and scolded the merchants for being crazy, and cheered themselves up as if they were angry: I still don’t believe that these nine-subject bastards who only recognize money in their eyes were not coming! But what was extremely strange but real happened is that the nine-subject merchants seemed to have changed their temperament overnight, and they really didn’t make the money!

Seeing that the situation on the grassland was getting tighter day by day, seeing that Li Chengzhong, the old man who did not kiss or lick the cow, suddenly gave up his throne, seeing that the Shali tribe and the Shisuo tribe had already begun to enter the Grand Governor's Office, and the war was about to burn the entire grassland in an instant, the three southern tribes who were already desperate for the nine-sentence Shanghu were able to grit their teeth and go north to find a way. Even though they knew that the Khitans in Songmo were using stocks to rob, they could only endure it. In addition, there was the new cartons brought by the Black Shui Mo people. They didn't even mention it, and they didn't know what the Shali tribe had tinkered in the middle. In the past two days, they couldn't even get the Khitan goods.

The situation is like this. The most difficult thing among the three southern tribes is the Domo tribe. The Domo tribe was in charge of the Governor's Office. The Domo tribe was in a position of such a crater. In addition, his intention was to have a war in his hands. As a result, his desire for military weapons became stronger and stronger, and it would be fine if his waist was hard to handle the bow and arrow. At this time, the foreign trade of his entire tribe was suddenly completely banned.

Almost overnight, Dumo's troops suddenly discovered from top to bottom that no matter the Tang people's caravan or the Longmen Xi traded, they were missing. A few days ago, they were worried about not being able to buy ironware, but now they can't buy anything. Needless to say, silk, satin, porcelain, or even pottery used by ordinary people, especially salt.

If you want to buy things, you can't buy things, and you can't sell things. The current season is in early winter. Whether it is the fat and strong animal that has been raised, or the reduction of the pressure of forage in severe winter and the preparation of winter for each household, it is the most critical time to sell animals. In previous years, in this season, the livestock merchants and Longmen Xi people in the pass were endless, but now none of them are coming.

If you can't sell cattle and sheep, why don't you buy high-priced waist knives and bows? Seeing that the salt, pottery, etc. needed for winter preparation are not settled, and the cattle and sheep in the circle are still consuming a lot of forage day by day. These forages prepared in autumn are not for these animals, and Domo's tribe is really anxious from top to bottom.

These are major events related to every household and every tent, especially when the Domo herders saw the adjacent Tuxian and the two ministries were still trading normally, the anxiety in their hearts grew like wild grass in late spring.

What if these merchants bought enough animals elsewhere? What if they didn't come to Duomo's army? The pottery, pottery, salt and other things at home had to be replenished. More importantly, if these animals could not be sold, the grass stored in autumn would not be enough to eat. If they could not make any move, they would have to starve to death in their own circle. For any herder, this was almost an unbearable major loss.

After being anxious, I had to ask why these merchants were not alone in Duomo's tribe. Then news spread. Now the nine-sentence Hu merchants who almost monopolized the northern merchants have moved to Longmen County. I heard that Longmen County has settled them well. The person who handled this matter is the current Raole Sima, the former Longmen County magistrate Tang Cheng, who said that it was his words that prohibited trade with Duomo's tribe.

As for why Tang Cheng did this, the reason was very simple - the patriarch Dumogao offended him, and now he sent two thousand soldiers to surround him. Everyone was implicated by the patriarch.

Under the unique social form, the distinction between the upper and lower tribes among the Raole tribes is extremely strict. Since the root is the patriarch, ordinary herders and people dare not say anything. However, as every day goes by, as the unplanned forage grass is consumed by large bundles, a trace of dissatisfaction is flourishing under the fermentation of Jiao worry.

Raole Governor's Office, terrace.

The weather passed by day and the weather was colder. Standing at the highest point of the unobstructed Governor's Office, there was a bit of fierce strength in the wind that was rushing towards me, but Domogao, who was standing on the railing, was completely unaware of this, and his eyes were just staring at the two black dots in the distance.

These two black dots are two camps. Following the example of the Tang army, Rao Le's five tribes held their own flags each time they were dispatched. The two black dots were Cang Wolf and the other was Flying Wolf with two wings on the ribs. Cang Wolf represents the ropes in Rao Le's five tribes, and the Flying Wolf is the symbol of the Shali tribe.

The Shali tribe arrived four days ago, and the farther tribe was only one day slower than them. Now, the two camps were camped outside the governor's mansion forty or fifty miles apart.

Like Domogo's previous prediction, although the Tuxiangzi outside the Governor's Office was really vulnerable, neither of them sent troops to the Governor's Office first, who were afraid of each other. But unlike his expectations, these two groups did not start to be tied up as he wished.

The snipe and clam fight, and the fisherman gained benefits. In the past few days, perhaps the three tribe leaders, including Domogao, were thinking about this same sentence, and because of the hot situation that should have been about to break out, it actually dragged out a calm that could be the afterglow.

Tuxian and Cuoping did send people to each of them. When he saw these "small" four thousand people, Domogao, whose mouths were broken, had no choice but to give up his dream of participating in the battle for the king. Now he was thinking about how to sell the bronze drum in his hand, especially the bronze drum in the Governor's Mansion, for a good price.

He knew that neither Shali nor Shisuo could resist the temptation. The Governor's Office might be fine. The bronze drum in the mansion has been passed down for hundreds of years and is well-deserved as the first sacred object among the Raole Xi tribe. It not only represents the authority of King Xi, but also is a symbol of being praised by the wolf god.

Compared with the edicts of the Tang Dynasty, this huge and heavy bronze drum is the real symbol of King Xi, or it has surpassed the meaning of the symbol and has become an unparalleled weapon to summon the hearts of the people. No one who is determined to be the throne of King Xi can ignore it!

Li Chengzhong was "robbed" and left, which made Domogao furious. When he heard the news, his first reaction was to rush to the governor's office to check the bronze drum. Fortunately, this bronze drum was not taken away, otherwise Domogao would have led his troops to chase Tang Cheng and his party.

In the past three days, both Shali and Suo have sent envoys to come, and there has been more than one round, but they are all too stingy, and no matter which party's bid is far from Dumogao's expected level.

Selling a cow and a sheep requires three points of profit. If you want to be King Xi, how can you not pay a little price? Looking at the two little black dots in the distance, Domo suddenly smiled coldly in his heart.

Just then, an old Xi man with a gentle face over 50 years old walked over quickly.

Domogao still looked ahead quietly for a while before speaking, "What's the matter?"

"The three clan leaders have arrived." The old Xi obviously knew why the three clan leaders came, and also knew that this was the thing that bothered Duomogao the most. In order to avoid being upset, his voice became more and more respectful, "The three clan leaders are now below, I wonder if they want to see each other?"

It is also for the matter of cattle, sheep and weapons! Domogao really doesn't want to see these three idiots who are focused on the small interests of their clan, but he also knows that he really has no capital to refuse at the moment.

"Bring them up!" While irritated, Domogao suddenly thought of the root cause of all this, and then he smiled and cursed with hatred, "Tang Cheng, when I free up my hands, I will have to cut you alive!"

Tang Cheng, who wanted to cut him off, had no time to guess. He is very busy now, very busy.

In the impression that Tang Cheng left behind his generations of reading history, he always felt that the ancient nomadic tribes were as self-sufficient as the farmers and people in the Central Plains, and should not be so dependent on the outside world. Even after he became the magistrate of Longmen County, he felt the same, but he did not expect that once he entered the state of war, Rao Le, who had nothing to produce, would be as big as a waking beast, and he could not fill it up.

Under such a background, merchants and trade have exerted power far beyond their expectations. It was also after this personal experience that Tang Chengcai finally truly understood why the American arms dealers had such huge power and global influence in later generations.

As an agent of Hebei Road Observation Border Trade, he holds a huge business network with the largest group of merchants in the north, namely Jiu's surname Hu, and has the right to pass the pass and seal the pass in Suoyang Pass. For Rao Le now, his influence is no longer necessary. As a time traveler who had been practicing in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty for several years, once Tang Cheng realized this, he had no time to listen to Li Chengzhong's talk about the ancients.

Now he is like a busy spider, using the caravan in his hand as a line, he began to weave the network of his imagination bit by bit.

In the past, I went to Jinyang to meet Min Qian and sent Lai Fu to contact the Jiu surname Hu Shitang. I was only myself and Longmen. When I did these things, I never thought of Rao Le at all? But this is how life is. You will never know what kind of major impact the thing you are doing will have on your life three, five, or even ten years later. But this impact is real. The present determines the future. This is the butterfly effect of life.

"Are all the people who selected from your clan to collect information sent?"

"Yesterday they had already set off with the caravan." The answer was Tu Yesi. At this time, he no longer looked like a rich young man from a year ago. He sat upright behind the desk in Tang Cheng's tent, looking like a clerk.

Upon hearing this, Tang Cheng nodded and picked up the caravan list and cargo list that were about to start today.

Tu Yesi waited quietly until Tang Cheng finished reading the list and the list of goods, and said, "Sir Sima, should the Domo tribe relax? After so many days, the atmosphere on their side is wrong. After all, it is close to us. If you are anxious, jumping over the wall..."

"One relaxation and relaxation, the way of civil and military affairs is to relax," Tang Cheng put down the bamboo paper in his hand and pondered for a while and said, "There are four tribes in the Domo tribe. I won't talk about the tribe that Domogao personally led. I will find someone who is most distant from him among the other three tribes and let the caravan go over and explain to the leaders that you must not add extra prices when doing business in this tribe."

Provoking differentiation! Tu Yesi smiled knowingly and continued to ask without knowing it: "It is easier to separate the division between divisions, but it is difficult for tribes and tribes within this tribe. What if those three tribes are tempted by fishing in troubled waters?"

"Aren't the number of people and the approximate numbers of animals of the Domo tribe collected? Since there are numbers, you must know how to use them. You can determine the corresponding supply of goods and the amount of animals purchased based on this number. As long as this quantity remains unchanged, even if there are troublesome in this trip, we don't have to bother with the next trip. The selected tribe will naturally clear the people who stumble." At this point, Tang Cheng suddenly sneered on his face, "The profit is as close as a father and son, but you can still turn against him, let alone people from the same tribe."

"Yes", after keeping Tang Cheng's words in mind, Tu Yesi Xu asked again: "When will the supply of military weapons such as waist knife be released? What regulations should be used to release it? The leaders of the caravans who have entered and left Raole these days will ask about this, and it seems that they are anxious to wait..."

Just as he was talking about this, Zheng San walked in from outside and reported that there were guests outside.
Chapter completed!