Chapter 49: Construction is more meaningful than destruction (Part 2)
For Yelu Dashi's generosity, many tribal chiefs were so grateful that they proclaimed that they were willing to fight for him until death. But they also expressed that they wanted to visit the Song Dynasty immortal who created these miracles and ask him for some "wisdom of life"...
——Yelü Dashi certainly understood their little thoughts, and he definitely wanted to give gifts and bribes to the people of Song Dynasty in exchange for the seeds and farming methods of [Seven-Day Quick-Growing Wheat] and [Edelweiss Alfalfa]: Although Yelu Dashi seems to be a pretty good ruler. Be generous, but what others have is ultimately not as good as what you have.
However, Yelu Dashi is happy to see the success of these small calculations of various tribes.
In terms of short-term benefits, once the grain output of the Mobei Grassland increases sharply, it will be able to provide more adequate logistical support for the Khitan War of Restoration. As for whether these chiefs will have dissent due to their increasing strength... If Yelu Dashi can't even suppress them, then don't think about restoring the country!
From a more profound perspective, this can even change the balance of power between the nomadic civilization and the agricultural civilization on the north and south sides of the Great Wall!
Before the rise of the Khitan and the capture of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, the reason why the northern nomads had been at a disadvantage in the competition with the Central Plains dynasties was that even the invincible Huns and Turks could not become truly powerful and completely overwhelm the Central Plains. Because although they can use the vast grassland to raise cattle, sheep and horses, they cannot farm and the production efficiency cannot increase. Without sufficient food supply, the population of the grassland cannot be compared with that of the Central Plains. At most, it is only one person. More than a million people. Once the human resources are exhausted, the Steppe Khanate is almost certain to lose.
(In the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms era, although the Hu people rode cavalry across the Central Plains, once any ethnic group of Hu people entered the Central Plains, they would inevitably change their lifestyle and gradually abandon their hometown on the grassland - in the eyes of the nomads in the Mobei Grassland , they have also become "Central Plains people" who are completely different from themselves. Before the Khitans established the Liao Kingdom, no regime could have the dual attributes of a nomadic khanate and a Central Plains dynasty.)
Although the nomads' cattle, sheep and horses are raised directly on the grassland, which seems very easy and easy, in fact it is not that simple. Not to mention the long-distance migration after eating each piece of grassland, just on weekdays How to prevent wolves and various natural disasters here is a big trouble. If there is a heavy snowstorm and countless cattle, sheep, and horses freeze to death, many small tribes will be completely destroyed. Droughts and locust plagues have similar destructive powers.
Therefore, although the farmers in ancient China were already suffering enough, the herdsmen on the grasslands were even more miserable, and their lives were even less secure.
If they can be allowed to grow enough crops on the grassland, it will inevitably lead to a rapid expansion of the population outside the Great Wall, allowing the regime in the North of the Great Wall to feed a sufficient number of people, raise enough military expenditures, supplies, and troops to compete with the Central Plains regime. ……
The only thing that makes Yelu Dashi feel a little worried is whether the people of Song Dynasty have also seen this and do not want these magical crops to spread in Mobei. In that case, most of the chiefs would not dare to take the risk of being blamed by the gods for taking the seeds from Kodun City to sow on their own territory without authorization - and they also lack talents who know how to farm - besides, when Guo Da After the immortal left, once such magical crops were separated from the protection of the immortal, could they continue to be planted in Mobei... Yelu Dashi was also very uneasy about this.
Therefore, let these bumpkin chiefs take the lead and test the attitude of Immortal Guo!
However, the result of this trial was so successful that Yelu Dashi was almost surprised.
——Faced with the worship and entreaties of the tribal chiefs, Great Immortal Guo Jingguo discussed with his disciples, and happily accepted the various gifts they sent, and readily agreed to the chiefs' requests, expressing his great satisfaction. I am willing to promote these miraculous crops to the entire prairie to benefit all people and save the people of Mobei from the suffering of hunger. Next, Guo Jing not only presented each of them with a number of seeds and seedlings, but also enthusiastically took out a pile of agricultural books from the Central Plains, such as "Essentials for Qi Min" and a pamphlet on precautions for planting new crops written by himself. Wait, and distribute them to everyone one by one... Finally, they are encouraged to study hard and work hard for a good harvest and prosperity for the people of all ethnic groups inside and outside the Great Wall.
Although this better-than-expected result should make Yelu Dashi happy, the hordes of visitors that followed made him feel as if his head was pounding. Although he received the agricultural books donated by Guo Jing, Many chiefs on the grasslands are illiterate, even those who Most people who are proficient in a few Chinese characters cannot understand such a difficult and obscure tome... So, they all found Yelu Dashi, the Khitan Hanlin who was recognized as the most literate on the grassland, to ask for advice on what to read in these books. What he didn't understand made the big Shi Linya very busy.
In addition, the slightly educated Khitan and Han officials in Kedun City, and even Yue Fei, who was only slightly literate in the Song army, were surrounded by countless people holding newly acquired books and asking for advice. As for those Han, Bohai and Xi farmers who had personally participated in farming before, they have become key poaching targets for various tribes. Many tribal leaders even put their own daughters as a price (to recruit sons-in-law)... …
And Yelu Dashi was even more determined. After the restoration of the country in the future, large numbers of Liaodong Han and Bohai people must be moved to the grasslands to reclaim wasteland. On the one hand, it is to increase food production, and on the other hand, it is also to move these self-contained grassland tribes. Add sand into it to strengthen the central government's control.
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At the same time, Wang Qiu happily counted the tributes, or tuition fees, sent by the chiefs of various ministries.
——Colorful gems from the Western Regions, gold and silver jewelry with unique styles that are very different from those of the Central Plains, precious mink and bear skins, and even Roman gold coins minted in an unknown era... These are all tributes offered by various tribes to Immortal Guo. . No matter how bitter and barren the Mobei grassland is, in the hands of the tribal chiefs as the ruling class, they can still get some good things together.
Although most of the belongings must be stuffed into the [automatic pawn machine] by Doraemon to exchange for money to pay off debts. But Wang Qiu unceremoniously stuffed a few gems and gold coins into his pocket as a reward for helping them purchase salt and serving as an agricultural technician to teach new crop farming techniques - although Wang Qiu had never farmed before. , but at least you can understand the introductory instructions and educational videos.
In fact, if the future new crop seeds provided by Doraemon are the same as the high-yielding rice seeds of Wang Qiu's era, they cannot reproduce themselves while maintaining basic traits, but will completely degenerate after a few generations. If you only need to buy new seeds every year, then the promotion of planting in this era will naturally come to nothing - after all, Doraemon cannot let the future world's seed company open a branch here.
Fortunately, according to Doraemon, [Seven-day Fast-growing Wheat] and [Edelweiss Alfalfa], two extremely tough and cold-resistant crops, were originally designed to develop the barren land of the Antarctic continent." "Pioneering pioneers" can reproduce on their own even without the follow-up services of seed companies. At most, their traits will only be degraded. But compared with any crop in this era, it can still be called an artifact for increasing yields.
Therefore, the lower-level soldiers accompanying the Song army did not know much about Guo Jing, the "real person who protects the country", who recently promoted farming and taught high-yielding new crops in Mobei. They only knew that they drank and ate meat all day long, and interacted with Turks and The Khitans and Mongols had a great time gambling and wrestling. But among the more knowledgeable and educated officers, there are quite some doubts and even worries.
For example, on the second night after Guo Daxian distributed seeds and farming books, the cavalry commander Yue Fei came over with a sad look on his face and complained:
"...Contacting the Khitan, attacking the Jinlu, and leveraging their strength is indeed the best strategy for our government to drive out the Tartars and restore the lost land. But the real people here taught the barbarians, taught farming, gave high-yielding seeds, and transformed the outside of the Great Wall into Jiangnan. It will be full of food and its strength will soar... After the Jurchens are defeated, won't they be suspected of raising tigers again? It should be noted that although the Liaodong Jin people have suffered from our dynasty, the grassland Khitan has also been a century-old enemy!
Besides, if the real person has such high-yielding and fine seeds, he will not give them to the people of our country, but let the grassland herdsmen take the lead. It would be too unfair to favor one! ”
In this regard, Guo Jing pushed Wang Qiu, the "big disciple", to answer Yue Fei's questions and explain why he wanted to be so "enemies".
"...Master's recent actions are not to emphasize the Khitan and underestimate the people of the Song Dynasty, but these two things are naturally suitable for the bitter cold land in the north of the Great Wall. As the saying goes, oranges grown in Huainan will become oranges, and those born in northern Huaibei will become oranges. If they are If transplanted to a warm and humid place in the Central Plains, the growth will be poor and the harvest will be poor. Once it is flooded, it will definitely take root. It will rot and all the previous efforts will be wasted... Of course, in order to show that we treat everyone equally, we can also give you some seeds of [Seven-Day Quick-growing Wheat] and [Edelweiss Alfalfa], and let you take them back to your hometown in Xiangzhou to find a piece of land to plant them, and maybe you can figure out something. Here is a good way to solve the above troubles..."
"...Secondly, it can be seen from Pengju that the Mobei Barbarians only number in the millions, so why have they been a serious problem for hundreds of millions of people in the Central Plains since ancient times?
First, the Saishang grassland is a bitter cold place where grazing livestock is not enough to survive. The reason why the Hu people risked their lives and went south for years, risking many lives and injuries to plunder the Central Plains, was because the barren grasslands could not support such a large population, and they could only survive by plundering the people of the Central Plains.
Secondly, the various ethnic groups in Mobei are rich in good horses and have no permanent place to live. The whole tribe is nomadic with water and grass. In war, all the people are soldiers. In a moment, tens of thousands of cavalry can go south to plow the valley... If our soldiers and horses in the Central Plains are to go north to the grassland, they will have to spend a lot of money. , It is difficult to find traces of them. If you sit guarding the border, you will be passively beaten everywhere and you will be unable to defend yourself.
However, if the Hu people learn farming, build cities and live in settlements according to our customs in the Central Plains, open fields to plant grass and wheat, and use stables to raise livestock, they can have enough food and clothing without plundering... Then they can still use the whole people as soldiers, regardless of the cities and fields at home. , the entire tribe went south to attack the Central Plains? Besides, in this world, only the poor rob the rich, how can there be any reason for the rich to rob the poor? If the northern part of the Great Wall obtains these two things and engages in extensive farming, and the grain harvests are far better than those in the southern part of the Yangtze River for many years, I am afraid that the Hu horses will no longer go south, and the people of the Central Plains will go to the outside of the Great Wall to rob..."
Then, after Comrade Yue Fei, who had been indoctrinated with "new thinking", got up and left in a daze, and went back to rest, Wang Qiu casually turned out the "Book of Time Travel" to see if there were any changes. However, I was so frightened by the latest two lines of writing that I almost dropped my jaw:
"...Upgrade the nomadic civilization in the Mobei Grassland to a settled farming civilization and get 10,000 reward points."
"...The total points are now 55,000 reward points, and the conditions for single-person separation have been met. I want to ask if the participant Guo Jing will be allowed to return to the real world?" Oh my God! The 50,000 reward points for ending the game were collected so unknowingly? ! !
Such massacres on the battlefields of Bianliang and Huining had changed the fate of so many emperors and generals, but in the end, they could only get 1,500 reward points from each person at most. And now it's just that some new crops have been spread on the grassland, without killing a single person or destroying a city, and yet I have received a full 10,000 reward points? Oh my God! This...could it be that for this world, construction is more meaningful than destruction?