Chapter 1,356 Preferential Treatment

After a night of silence, Su You got up the next day, led hundreds of guards, raised a banner, and marched towards Xiutuze.

Xiutuze is located in the northeast of Liangzhou. It is an inland lake with valley water as its main water source. In the Tang Dynasty, the Turks in this area called Xiutu Lake the East Sea and Juyanze the West Sea.

The area around Xiutuhai was the Wuwei County in the Han Dynasty, and the area around Yanze was the Zhangye County in the Han Dynasty.

There is a mountain to the northwest of Xiutuhai called Longshou Mountain, which is the famous nickel capital Jinchang in later generations.

In addition to nickel, there are salt, coal, iron, Glauber's salt, and graphite in the East China Sea, which provided mineral deposits for the development of iron smelting in Xixia. Chaogu made large amounts of steel here and made a lot of money.

There are oases along the river. The ecology of the valley water today is different from that of the Shiyang River in later generations. There are still intermittent forests.

Along the way, the river became wider and wider, and after four days, it finally flowed into a huge lake.

Beside the lake were cattle and sheep, and tents. A woman in luxurious clothes, with a child in her teens, and a five or six-year-old in her arms, were waiting for them together with Li Yong and Nori Eisu.

Su You dismounted and came to the woman: "Su You has met my sister-in-law."

The baby in the woman's arms was very interested in Su You's flicking cap wings, and stretched out its hand to express its desire by babbling.

Su You smiled: "This is Guoliang, right? Why don't you give me a hug?"

The woman handed the child in her arms to Su You: "Uncle is finally here."

The people who came with Su You, except Li Yong, were all as stupid as dogs. This, this, this... what is going on? Even if it is because of political needs, it is not as polite as surrendering, right?

Chao Guoliang finally caught Su You's cap wings and started to pull.

The woman got off the horse with her children beside her and said, "Guodong, give me a gift for your uncle."

Guodong got off the big green horse and met Su You with a Han greeting: "Uncle Su."

Su You was very happy: "I know you, your birthday is on October Bingyin, you are just fourteen this year, right?"

The woman touched Guodong's shoulder: "Even his name is..."

Su You coughed lightly: "Sister-in-law, take me to the tribe first. By the way..."

After speaking, he took out a letter from the leather bag beside his mount: "This is from Brother Chao to you and Guodong."

The woman smiled slightly: "Thank you, uncle."

The team walked around Xiutuhai for half a day, and in the evening, they finally saw countless tents dotted under a mountain to the west of Haizi, next to a land with rich water and grass.

Chao Guodong pointed to the mountain peak: "Uncle Su, that's Longshou Mountain, and our tent is there!"

In front of Su You's saddle was Chao Guoliang, holding the rice cakes Su You gave him: "Grandma Goat! Uncle, go drink Grandma Goat!"

"Woo--" Seeing people and horses appearing on the horizon, the horn on the watchtower halfway up the mountain sounded.

Two teams of cavalry quickly rushed out of the camp and galloped towards this side.

Mrs. Chao said: "At first, they were all my tribe, and the Yeli tribe who joined later. When we arrived in Hexi, we began to recruit tribesmen aggressively. Now there are one hundred thousand tents here."

Su You was a little surprised: "My sister-in-law is in charge of a hundred thousand accounts?"

Mrs. Chao smiled and said, "They are all generals who are loyal to their husbands."

"Actually, I didn't care about this before, but he... saw that he was working so hard, so I started to help him share some of the burden."

Su You couldn't help but secretly feel frightened. No wonder Brother Chao said that Hexi Jiedushi cannot be hereditary, otherwise in a few generations, he might be the same Li Yuanhao again.

Mrs. Chao said: "Let's go and support my uncle. I heard that my brothers and sisters are brave, so I won't follow the custom of the Tibetan people and stuff girls into my uncle's tent tonight."

Su You was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Li Ruoyu had been "entertained" like this back then, and he was so frightened that he suddenly thought: "Sister-in-law is joking, how dare Brother Chao go to another tribe..."

Mrs. Chao smiled slightly: "I am also brave."

Su You: "..."

Mrs. Chao grabbed the horse and headed towards the opposite side with Chao Guodong.

Onions have sprouted on the grasslands, and livestock have begun to give birth. Among the twenty-six counties of Xixia, Hexi has the best population preservation.

Only 20,000 people who were loyal to the Xixia royal family were violently beaten once by Liu Changzuo at Rouge Mountain.

The Xiping Military Division was also a powerful leader in the Guasha area, otherwise it would not have been possible to attack Liu Changzuo with some servant troops.

As a result, in the battle of Rouge Mountain, the Xiping Army's 20,000-strong army was wiped out, giving the surrounding tribes a clear understanding of the Song army.

That time also fully demonstrated the strength of the Song Dynasty's military power. After the Xia Kingdom was pacified, Liu Changzuo selected 15,000 Tibetan troops from the second division of Tugan Yeli. The heavy cavalry increased from 5,000 to 10,000, and the light cavalry increased from 10,000 to 10,000.

It became 20,000.

This force is enough to crush all the tribes and small countries in Hexi.

The name of Yixi Weishe is also well-known among Yeli and Tu cadres. After all, both tribes migrated from Hengshan.

The enthusiasm of the Tibetan people is even more exaggerated than that of the Yi people of the Erlin tribe, and their music and dance are unrestrained and enthusiastic, and the atmosphere under the bonfire is blazing.

It can be seen that they are really happy, because the first thing Su You did when he arrived here was to announce that the two tribes of Tugan and Yeli, because they did not directly participate in the war, followed the emperor's decree to lay down their weapons and hand over

He built the largest grain warehouse in the Xia Kingdom, Ta Liang City, and made a significant contribution to the peaceful settlement of the Xia Kingdom's problems.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty gave special preferential treatment. The first preferential treatment was to keep women but not men.

It's not about killing people, but it refers to the national costumes. The women of the two tribes can keep their costumes according to the national customs, but only the men need to change to the Han system.

The second preferential treatment is that the two ministries will become the trading partners of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty will exchange 300,000 pieces of silk for the two ministries of 100,000 war horses every year to support and stimulate the economic development of Wuwei and Zhangye counties.

There is precedent for this. At that time, the Tang Dynasty used this price to purchase war horses on a large scale and hired Uighurs to participate in the battle, which played a decisive role in quelling the Anshi Rebellion.

The third preferential treatment is that the Song Dynasty will develop mineral deposits in Zhangye and Wuwei and build Zhangye and Wuwei into more prosperous big cities than the Han Dynasty.

The fourth preferential treatment is to vigorously develop agriculture and animal husbandry along rivers and lakes.

The fifth preferential treatment is that the two departments will become the middlemen of the Song Dynasty. Under the management of Sitong Company, they will travel between Shazhou and Lanzhou to conduct trade.

To put it bluntly, it is actually taking advantage of the population gathered in other people's nest valleys, but the people who can't stand the two groups are inexplicably happy.

Jin Zhangye, Yin Wuwei, after the Yellow River iron bridge between Lanzhou and Lingzhou is built, Su You is confident to re-establish the glory of the Han people in Hexi.

Tong Guan and Sun Neng were sitting at the same table eating roast lamb, and the girls' singing and dancing dazzled both of them.

Tong Guan touched the few beards on his chin: "If I send a team like this to His Majesty, will I get a reward?"

Sun Neng chuckled: "Do you think you are the old Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty now?"

Tong Guan was a little confused: "What does it have to do with Tang Xuanzong?"

Sun Neng said: "These girls' music and dance must have come from Ganzhou, oh, that's Juyan where we are about to go."

"There were two important cities on the Silk Road, Ganzhou and Suzhou. Do you know the colorful and feathery clothes dance? Even the ancient songs adapted from Ganzhou and the palace music of the Tang Dynasty were mostly derived from this."

"The Ci Pai that scholar-officials listen to today, such as "Ganzhou Po", "Ba Sheng Ganzhou", "Ganzhou Zi", and "Ganzhou Qu" all have their roots here."

"Oh..." Only then did Tong Guan understand, and then he looked at Zhang Qi who was surrounded by girls with jealousy: "Look at that bitch, doesn't he just know how to play the flute? He can also play the drum and harp... oh he can also play the flute.

I can play the drums...hehe, I can also play the strings...hehe, I can also dance..."

Sun Neng said with a sly smile: "Uncle Qi is good at playing, playing and singing. This time he is in Happy Village. Keep an eye on him. When we return to Bianjing, we will go to Aunt Luruo to complain!"

Several girls on one side were laughing and chattering, and then suddenly rushed over, pushing and pulling Sun Neng and Tong Guan into the dancing crowd.
Chapter completed!