Chapter 175 Salt Transportation Team

On the grassland, women's status was originally very high, which was much stronger than the subordinate status of Han people. Now that they are given higher status, the people who trumpetize will not be as easy as Han scholars to oppose this.

Now, it is possible to ask Xie Xiaowan to teach them to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, which can speed up the pace of tribal sinicization, and women can also occupy a higher position in military operations, helping their husbands write orders and read official documents sent by superiors, which are all very beneficial.

After giving this order, Luo Dacheng also put on his clothes, walked out of the tent, stood in front of the tent, looked at the green grassland and the tents everywhere on the grassland, and thought silently whether the method of resolving the tribe's sinicization was correct.

After all, I am a Han Chinese. Although I am on the grassland, as the leader of the Shubu people, I am unwilling to see the situation of Han Chinese and Shubu people killing each other in the future. From now on, I will accelerate the pace of the sinicization of the tribe, which is also a precaution, laying the foundation for controlling the Han Chinese areas in the future and maintaining friendly relations with the Han Chinese.

Although I have been determined to make the tribes culturally, in other aspects, I still have to maintain the customs and habits of rushing to the Bu, especially in military operations. The wolf nature of the rushing people who live on the grasslands in difficult environments is the greatest help for outward expansion. If I want to defeat the strong with the weak and defeat the huge Liao Kingdom, I must have the most ferocious army.

The cheers from afar woke him up from his thoughts. He looked forward and could see smoke and dust rising outside the camp from afar, as if a huge group of people was coming.

The sound of horse hooves rang from a distance, but a commander rushed to the nearest place, jumped off the horse and knelt down and replied: "Chief, Timur Qianhu is back!"

Luo Dacheng couldn't help but be happy, waved his hand and led the war horse, turned over and rode, and galloped towards the other side.

After crossing the vast camp, Luo Dacheng ran to the edge of the camp. Looking up, there was indeed a huge convoy parked outside the camp.

The convoy consisted of hundreds of large chariots. Some of the people in charge of chasing and escorting the vans were the troops who brought to Xingzhou themselves, as well as a large number of Dangxiang people and people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions, etc., which seemed to be newly recruited caravan guards.

The person who led them was Timur, hugging his old companions with his red face, laughing loudly. Seeing Luo Dacheng coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and fell in front of the horse, saluting respectfully to greet him.

Luo Dacheng jumped off the horse, reached out to help him up, looked at the full caravan, nodded and smiled, and asked him about what happened after the parting.

Timur reported one by one that he had been worried that the Li family and his son would discover the secret of the treasure after sending Zhao Hu away, so he took the risk of transporting a large amount of gold, silver and gems from the underground treasure house, put them in a package, loaded them on a cart, mixed them in a salt truck, and brought them back together.

Because he brought in insufficient staff, he recruited a large number of guards in the local area, and came from various ethnic groups in the Western Regions. Because he gave a lot of wages, the local wandering warriors were willing to apply and followed them all the way north and transported a large amount of green salt to the grassland.

As for the base in Xingzhou, Timur left people to take care of him and continued to buy green salt. In the future, there will probably be a steady stream of salt transport caravans coming to this side.

After reporting, Timur signaled the people to transport all the salt trucks to the center of the tribal camp, pushed several cars into the tent that Luo Dacheng had prepared, and reported to retreat, leaving only the two of them, standing in the tent next to the salt truck.

Timur personally pushed the salt bag on the car, opened the bottom layer of the salt bag, took out large pieces of gold ingots from it, but hid the gold and silver jewelry in the salt bag to ensure safety. Fortunately, there was nothing wrong along the way, and all the green salt and treasures were safely transported back to the Hualie army base camp.

Luo Dacheng patted his shoulder and praised him a few times, asking him what reward he wanted, but Timur only wanted to stay at the Hualie army base and no longer go to Xingzhou to do business. For him, it would be more appropriate to fight on the battlefield.

Luo Dacheng nodded and agreed, deciding to send another reliable general to take over his job and be responsible for the salt road transportation work. Only when there was no war, did Timur occasionally go to Xingzhou to take out the treasures and transport them one by one.

Salt trading is also a very profitable business, and you must be careful of bandits and robbers along the way. After pondering for a while, Luo Dacheng decided to send 500 cavalrymen to Xingzhou in a few days to serve as a caravan guard. From then on, he would use the salt transportation business as the main business between Xingzhou and the grassland.

After finishing all kinds of affairs, Luo Dacheng tested his martial arts again and found that his cultivation was very fast. Now he can occasionally stimulate the body protection energy and his qualifications to practice martial arts are also very good. He is expected to become a general who stands alone in the future.

Luo Dacheng smiled and took his arms out, threw all the salt trucks to him for treatment, and went to wander the grassland again.

This time, a large amount of gold and silver were transported from Xingzhou City to ensure the supply of funds from the Hualie tribe. Luo Dacheng sent an envoy to other wealthy tribes with gold and silver to exchange cattle, sheep, and horses to enrich the number of livestock in his pen.

With so many livestock, the grass on this pasture is naturally not enough to eat. Luo Dacheng ordered the people to be separated and grazed on several different pastures so that the livestock can grow fat and strong, and the ministries can eat some meat, so that the newly recruited poor herders do not have to live by eating grass roots.

In the Xizhubu area, there were no major tribes that could threaten the survival and development of the Hualie tribe. Luo Dacheng issued an order to allow his subordinates to occupy the grassland with abundant water and grass, and divide some thousands of households into different camps, but they must be taken care of each other and send messengers to contact each other every day to avoid being defeated by powerful enemies attacking from afar.

The large area of ​​grasslands in Xizhubu area was occupied by the Hualie tribe. As the new overlord on the grassland, Luo Dacheng occupied a vast area, with herds of cattle and horses, and a wealthy tribe, with a reputation as the top, and was highly respected by the tribes.

However, the chiefs who had written to the tribe, asking them to bring people to surrender are still locked in the prison of Hualie's tribe.

I don’t know if their relatives can’t understand Chinese characters or Khitan characters. Most of the letters they wrote are like stones sinking to the sea, and there is no news.

The chief of only one tribe was respectful and was unbearable to see him being killed by Luo Dacheng. He brought the He tribe members to join the Hualie tribe, but they were all old, weak, women and children. Because they lost most of the young and strong men, they had no way to survive on the grassland and had to come and surrender.

Most of their relatives, except those killed in the battle, are now locked up in prison. Luo Dacheng issued an order to release them, and the tribe of the union was disrupted in his tribe. The chief was granted the position of Thousand Houses and continued to command half of his tribe, while the other half of his subordinates were herders of the former Hualie tribe.

In addition, those small tribes refused to surrender, which made Luo Dacheng angry. I remembered that they followed Wu Bayi to attack Hualie's tribe. If they hadn't rushed back in time, they would have been afraid that their relatives and subordinates would be killed by their enemies. Luo Dacheng couldn't help but be angry and led the army to conquer those tribes.

Three thousand iron cavalry roared and ran on the grassland, with awe of great power, which made the various herdsmen who saw this army from afar, stumble and were in awe.

The secret spies of the Hualie tribe have long been spread throughout the Xizhubu area. The stings of the Bubu area that adapted to the arduous environment of the grassland did not suffer at all because they were alone in wandering on the grassland, because the jerky meat brought with them every time they traveled was enough for them to no longer be hungry, or to desperately catch field mice and dig grass roots for feeding. They were much better than the thieves who wandered on the grasslands and were hungry and cold, and were much better than the idle man who had wandered on the grasslands before.

According to information provided by the spies, a tribe closest to has elected a new chief and migrated to a new pasture to grazle, but it is not too far away.

Leading the spies, Luo Dacheng led a large army to easily find the tribe that violated the order and did not come to surrender.

A horse stands on a hill covered with green grass, looking at the tribe from afar. A large area of ​​tents are located beside the water, among the green mountains and clear waters, and on the grassland, the scenery is picturesque, which is also a good place to go.

Not far from the camp, there are large areas of cattle and sheep on the grassland, which are grazed by some herders, reflected in the blue sky and green grass, which is quite interesting.

Luo Dacheng nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "This grassland is good, so staying to be a branch camp for my Hualie tribe. It is also great to continue grazing here."

Behind him, Shu Chitai and Timur stood at the horse and heard the sound, "Chief, since this is the case, we rushed down from the mountain, killed all the people inside, and took over this pasture!"

As he said, behind him was a large number of Hualie's cavalry. If they rushed down from the hill, they could easily rush into the enemy's unguarded camp with the charge force brought by the hill, and chopped the enemy who were caught off guard in large numbers.

Luo Dacheng shook his head and said, "No! The people in this camp can be our tribes or slaves in the future. How can we kill them at will and reduce our strength?"

When it comes to "slaves", the two of them no longer say anything. After all, there are more slaves in the family to help with their work, and everyone is happy, which is also one of the goals pursued by the meritorious soldiers.

Luo Dacheng waved his whip and pointed, and Shu Chitai and Timur were ordered to lead two thousand cavalrymen to gallop down the hill. The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the soil and grass splashed, and the earth was also shaken.

These two thousand cavalrymen sped on the grassland and surrounded the camp, leaving only the side of the camp against the river without encircling it.
Chapter completed!