Chapter 1,388 Choice

Two days later, a huge team came from the north of the Great Sunken Valley. In addition to the weak men and horses, there were also thin cattle and sheep.

In addition to the carriages of the Song caravan, there were also crude carriages made by the Tatars themselves. Women and children were sitting on the carriages, and some were holding lambs.

Lambs are the future of the tribe.

Su You has not been idle these two days. A large number of large pots have been placed at the entrance of Dachengtani, with broth and batter boiling in them.

There are also hot water and medicinal soup.

Being dragged down by the calamity star Zhao Xu, the Song Dynasty had rich experience in disaster relief and was quite methodical.

Seeing Ji Duo Gyaltsen, Su You hurriedly greeted him: "Great monk, you are a living Buddha. From now on, you can just sit in the Shuangta Temple. Can't you just send a disciple to do this kind of thing?"

Jiduo Gyaltsen saluted and said, "Yixi Weishe has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and his merits are immeasurable."

Su You shook his head: "This is just the beginning. At best, it's just an emergency. Is this the leader of the divination blocker, Su Rizhe?"

Su Rizhe prostrated on the ground: "After all, Changshengtian has not abandoned its children. It instructs us to walk out of the wind and snow in the direction of the wild geese's flight."

"Zubu, the Bai and Tatar tribes will obey the wishes of Changshengtian and will be the most loyal tribesmen of Gereltu from now on."

What does it mean? Su You didn't understand, but he quickly helped the old man up: "Loyalty is generally ineffective when you are too hungry or too full, and words after drunkenness are generally ineffective. I only provide help to you out of the compassion that everyone should have."

heart, and your loyalty is not a commodity, even if it is the most expensive commodity, it is still precious."

"If I say I can't help you, does loyalty disappear?"

Su Rizhe suddenly showed a look of horror.

Su You held his hand: "Don't get me wrong, old man. What I mean is that long-term reciprocity is more reliable than simple loyalty."

"Are you disloyal to the Liao people? But why did they take away your stallions and attract punishment from the Changsheng Heaven?"

"A sage among us Han people said that if a monarch treats his people like his own children, then his people will treat him like their own parents."

"But if he treats his people like robbers, then his people will treat him like an enemy."

"Two hundred carts of food are only enough for you to lead your tribe here. I actually didn't help you much, so I feel guilty for your loyalty now."

"Next, we should discuss together how to survive this disaster and even make the two tribes more prosperous than before the disaster."

"After achieving this, I dare to thank you for your loyalty on behalf of Your Majesty and the Song Dynasty."

Only then did Su Rizhe understand, and he said with tears of gratitude: "Griletu has already saved our lives, and Su Rizhe doesn't dare to make any more excessive demands..."

Su You shook his head: "I don't want to save you by letting you linger and wait for death, but I want to give you a future... Let's go, let's go to the Shuangta Temple to discuss it carefully."

When they arrived at Shuangta Temple, everyone sat down. Su You gave Su Rizhe a pot of milk tea: "Drink some first. Since we have arrived in the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty will not care about your life or death. First of all, please rest assured, leader."

After listening to Su Rizhe talk about this disaster, Su You realized that although the nomads were powerful, many times their wars were more of a gamble for survival.

This white disaster will bring enough for Daliao to drink a pot.

I heard from Su Rizhe that most of the surrounding tribes have gone to the Liao Kingdom. After all, the nomadic people consider Daliao, which started as a nomad and seems to be more powerful, as their suzerain.

They did the same at first, but this road was dangerous because everyone on the road was turned into bandits and wolves by the cold and hunger.

Zubu and Baita are adjacent to each other, and the commodities of the Song Dynasty mainly flowed into the Mobei Prairie through Baita, so Su Rizhe's first thought was to find a good brother to join forces.

The White Tartars themselves are not doing well either. Menggentulak's father, Erdemutu, the patriarch of the White Tartars, has become seriously ill and has fallen into a coma.

When Su Rizhe led the two tribes to a place called Naduhai, Erdemutu suddenly woke up and pointed at the wild geese in the sky: "Follow the blind crowd, you will only see arrogance and snow.

; Only by following the wise geese can you find the warm spring."

"Go to the south, my old friend. There are temples as majestic as palaces, auspicious sutras of the Buddha, and Gereltu, as clear as a salt lake."

"Take our tribe to the south, go to the south!"

After saying this, Erdemutu passed away.

Erdemutu means "talented and learned" in Tatar, but with the desert in the south blocking it, this decision was not easy to make.

At this moment, a stone tablet caught Su Rizhe's attention, with some weird and magical words written on it.

Su Rizhe ordered everyone to search, and soon another piece was found in the south.

In this way, by looking for stone tablets, everyone found the road through the Gobi, walked out of the desert step by step, and arrived at the Salt Sea.

Su You touched his nose and realized that this was a road monument secretly buried by the caravan, but it had been cracked open by the Tatars.

He had no choice but to say: "That was planted by me. From now on, the caravan..."

Su Rizhe was shocked: "Griletu knew that we were going to have this disaster? Did he give us guidance for crossing the desert in advance?"

He bent down with tears of gratitude and danced and sang: "Griletu, the wise and bright, even the wind and snow can only stop in front of you. Your wisdom is like the salt lake of Lou Bobei. It is not only clear and clear, but also huge.

wealth..."

Su You didn't understand at all. After being translated by Hutu, he shook his head repeatedly and quickly helped Su Rizhe up: "Old man, our sage once said that a wise person should never stop practicing the Sutra of Immortality.

We should take steps to make ourselves more perfect; we should also be like the earth under our feet, which can carry everything and cultivate our profound and generous character."

"Eternal life will only help those who always work hard and never give up."

"So you have to save yourselves."

Su Rizhe said respectfully: "Gereltu, what should we do?"

Su You said: "You have physical strength and can work. You have only lost your cattle and sheep now, but you have not lost your hands and feet. You can definitely earn back the lost cattle and sheep through labor, and it will be more and better."

Cattle and sheep.”

"Now there is mining on Hexi Road. I hope you can join in it. The men of the tribe will help us transport the mineral deposits; the women and children will help breed the herds in the pastures of Jiedan."

"The men's reward is three meals a day. Every month, the mine owner will give you two hundred copper coins in savings; the women and children's reward is one-tenth of the herd in charge."

"This time is one and a half years. When the disaster passes and the newborn lambs become strong breeding sheep, you can return to the grassland."

"At that time, men can use their savings to exchange for the items you need, and women and children can bring your harvest. You can start your new life again."

Su Rizhe asked: "Men and women must be separated?"

Su You said: "You don't have to separate, but I'm worried that if that happens, you will end up being greedy for the life in the Song Dynasty and not want to go back to the grassland."

"Now the Song Dynasty has a policy. If you are willing to become a subject of the Song Dynasty, you will be given two hundred acres of pasture land for farming and grazing."

"These lands will become the private property of small families. Except for paying taxes to the court, no one will be a vassal of anyone else."

"But the nomadic life is not acceptable, because it will wander onto other people's land and interfere with other people's lives. Your own cattle and sheep will also eat other people's pasture."

Su Rizhe was a little puzzled: "Isn't the grass given to us by Changshengtian?"

Su You smiled and said: "The grass on your grassland is grown by us here, so we have to draw clear boundaries."

"Xiedan Racecourse is just like your grassland, but it is a huge racecourse that belongs to the country and His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, so it can accommodate your original way of life."

"But the kindness of His Majesty the Emperor cannot be overstated. The military horse farm cannot accommodate all of your population. Therefore, men work while women and children graze. This is the best choice and the option that can help the most people."

"By the way, every six days, you will have one day to get together."

"You can choose between these two methods. It's best to discuss it with everyone. If you choose the lifestyle of one to two hundred acres of grassland, you will become Song people in the future and will be included in the household management of the Song Dynasty. You will not be able to move around at will.

.You need to cultivate your own land, take care of your family, and serve the country and pay taxes. This is the way of life of the Song people."

"If you choose to continue living the life of a herdsman and return to the Mobei prairie in the future, then separate the men and women for a year and a half, and finally return to your hometown with your accumulated property, cattle and sheep."
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