Chapter XXXII: The Fate of Mercenaries "Well done!"
Zhao Wan's soft voice came out of the curtain, but it seemed vague and a little unhappy.
Tie Xinyuan dropped the paperwork in his hand, lifted the curtain and walked in, only to find Zhao Wan lying on a recliner, Mama Zhang holding a rope in her mouth, and a rope in her hand, and the rope was sliding back and forth on Zhao Wan's smooth face.
Zhao Wan's appearance looked painful.
Seeing Tie Xinyuan coming in, Mama Zhang spit out the rope and said, "The woman's family is opening her face, what are you doing when a big man comes in?"
” Zhao Wan tilted her head sideways and said to Shui Zhu'er: "Look, this is a weak heart, right?"
” Shui Zhu'er nodded and said, "Men can't do anything wrong!"
” When Mama Zhang wanted to judge two sentences, she found that Tie Xinyuan was gone.
Ouyang Xiu's work was very fruitful, and under his leadership, more than 300 civil officials broke out, and their work was extremely enthusiastic.
The preparations for the long journey were in full swing by them.
Grooms and blacksmiths revise horseshoes, carpenters load huge wagons onto freshly made steel axles, and tents stacked with supplies are lifted around to ventilate.
The men were busy making the dry food they needed on the road, and the white naan cakes were pounced from under their feet to the outside of the camp, just by looking at the color of the naan cakes, they knew that Ouyang Xiu had made up his mind not to make do with miscellaneous grains this time.
In fact, there are also millet seeds, but they are fried and packed in oilcloth bags, which are used for emergency food.
The convoys that went to Chang'an City to purchase were constantly coming in and out of the camp, and many things that Tie Xinyuan had never thought of were also transported into the camp.
Tens of thousands of people have to walk a long way, which is a very big test for Ouyang Xiu, so he can't allow anything to go wrong.
From this point, it can be seen that Ouyang Xiu is not as powerful as the old lady, her old man left the Great Song Dynasty with a larger team, and finally arrived in Hami safely.
Among them, in terms of the preparation of materials and the composition of personnel, it is much more difficult than this time.
"In three days, we will be able to set off, and tomorrow morning, Zema will leave with one hundred and twenty four-wheeled carriages, pass through Chencang, pass through Minzhou, and go straight to Taozhou.
Taozhou is the hinterland of Jiaoluo, she will meet with the blind felt in Taozhou, and there to trade directly with the blind felt, the old man thinks, asking for horses, cattle and sheep is the best, Qingtang Jia is second, dried meat, fur, medicinal materials again.
The natives will also have a small amount of golden sand, and the old man thinks that scattered gold is acceptable. ” Tie Xinyuan shook his head and said: "Horses first, medicinal materials second, felt third, don't want the rest!"
Speaking of armor, I Hami is not short of this thing, before I came, Hami had already started to use a hydraulic forging hammer, the speed of armor is very fast, and the texture is not worse than Qingtang armor.
We have no shortage of cattle and sheep, and once we have crossed the Qingtang boundary, I am ready to collect cattle and sheep on the ground of the grass-headed Tatar.
What Hami lacks most is not cattle and sheep, but medicinal herbs!
Qingtang is about to go to war, and I, Hami, are also going to war, at that time, medicinal materials will become a precious thing, and no one can lack it.
In fact, when it comes to abundant products, Qingtang is not as good as Hami, if it weren't for the excuse, we wouldn't even need to do business with Qingtang people. ” "You say that cattle and sheep are collected in the territory of the grass-headed Tatars?
How to solicit?
Who to solicit?
"Ouyang Xiu has never heard the news that the grass-headed Tatars are also subjects of Hami.
Tie Xinyuan looked at this charitable old man, smiled slightly, held the old guy's hand and said, "This is what the army should do, you just need to manage the team well and don't let it have problems." ” Ouyang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed self-deprecatingly: "The old man forgot that he is now serving in Hami, not in Tokyo.
Hami's armies occasionally revert to their horse thief nature. “ Tie Xinyuan said with a smile: "Not occasionally, but often, this is another way of conquest in the Western Regions, when those grass-headed Tatars can't stand the harassment of horse thieves, they will take the initiative to join Hami and begin to learn to pay various taxes."
This is a common thing in the Western Regions, if we don't rob, the Qingtang people, the Uighurs will also rob, these grass-headed Tatars are actually waiting, they are ready to be robbed to find the most powerful master to take refuge, Sir does not have to have too much guilt. ” Ouyang Xiu nodded and said: "In this way, the army of the Western Regions is not only a dry city to expand its territory and defend the country, but also a tool used by a country to collect money, is the old man right?"
” Tie Xinyuan smiled dumbly and said: "Mr. said it thoroughly, the investment of the army is so large, there must always be output."
The army of the Great Song Dynasty is to be raised by the state, and the army of Hami is used to feed the country. ” Ouyang Xiu said angrily: "No wonder you dare to pay the army such a high salary, because no matter how much you pay the soldiers, they will eventually give you a higher reward." ” Tie Xinyuan beckoned for tea, poured a glass of water for Ouyang Xiu and said, "You must admit that only such an army can always maintain high-intensity combat without slackening, and it will not be afraid of difficulties.
The swords in their hands, the hoes in the hands of the farmers, and the axes and chisels in the hands of the craftsmen are generally just a tool for making a living. ” "So, the people of the Western Regions are seedlings, gold, stone and wood?
It is no wonder that the kingdom of the Western Regions is also flourishing, and its demise is also sudden. ” Tie Xinyuan said with a smile: "It is said that the Hu people have no national fortune for a hundred years, but unfortunately I am not a Hu people." ” Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "With my Chinese clothes and Chinese etiquette, I am Chinese."
On the other hand, if you follow the Hu people in everything, I am afraid it will be difficult for you to become my Chinese. ” Tie Xinyuan shook his head like a rattle and said: "No, no, the fault of the Hu people lies in the excessive plunder, and I will stop abruptly after achieving the goal, which can not only achieve the purpose of strengthening the army, but also achieve the purpose of expanding the territory." ” Ouyang Xiu sneered and said, "Eating the marrow knows the taste, how can you control it."
Boy, the tiger won't stop after it tastes human blood. ” Tie Xinyuan cocked his tail and pointed at the soldiers outside and asked Ouyang Xiu, "Do you think these people are loyal to this king?"
” Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "They were originally my Great Song soldiers, even if the Great Song Dynasty didn't live with them for a while, after a long time, when they have money, they will forget that the Great Song Dynasty used to treat them badly, and they will be swayed by homesickness, and sooner or later they will go home, and finally buried in the ancestral grave, this is the nature of the Song people, you can't control it." ” Tie Xinyuan said with a smile: "I don't plan to control it, my army is actually divided into two kinds, one is the subordinate soldiers I recruited from the people of Hami, and these Qingxiang Valley warriors around me are all subordinate soldiers."
The other is the mercenaries who are no different from the group of people outside, among whom are the Qingtang, Khitan, Uighur, and even Tangut......
I don't care......
Now, my soldiers are still very weak, they can't fight big battles, they can't see blood, they need time to grow.
And my surroundings are not very good, I need an army that can fight in battle, fortunately, I am very rich, and I can organize a mercenary army with money, they can help me survive this most difficult time, and when my soldiers can be entrusted with heavy tasks, they will have no value in existence.
The dismissal of the demobilization, the return of the defence, the return of the defence, leaving only the officers to help me lead the soldiers, presumably those soldiers will not have any opinions, after all, they have earned a lot of money, their lives have become more expensive, and they may not work as hard as they did when they were poor at the beginning, what do you think of this method?
” Ouyang Xiu smiled bitterly, pointed at himself and said, "I'm afraid the old man is also a mercenary, right?"
As long as your local officials can take on big responsibilities, it's time for the old man to get out, right?
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” Tie Xinyuan laughed and said, "If you want, you can stay in Hami forever, this king can't ask for it." ” Ouyang Xiu patted his thigh and toasted Tie Xinyuan with a smile: "Really calculating, since you are so sure, the old man will wait and see what kind of country your Hami Qingxiang Country will eventually become!"
” It takes a lot of effort to talk to smart people, and Meng Yuanzhi does not have such a strong comprehension as Ouyang Xiu, and he is only happy that he is going to lead an army composed of soldiers.
Zema is leaving with Yu Chi Zhuo and Yu Chi Lei.
Tie Xinyuan was not in a very good mood when he went to see her off in the early morning, only the weak would use such a method to attack the west, and he very much hoped that such a humiliating conspiracy would be the last time he would use it.
The team was bigger than Tie Xinyuan imagined, and with the escort soldiers, this team dragged on for a long time, and it was five miles long before and after.
Tie Xinyuan believed that even if he saw this giant caravan, he would be extremely satisfied.
The larger the caravan, the less the blind felt will use any force to rob it, and the economy is not just an accumulation of materials.
Getting something for nothing is the biggest destruction of the fragile shepherd's economy, it is normal to have in and out, once the reputation of plunder goes out, there will be no caravans entering Qingtang, after that, unless he can rely on raiding in a short period of time like Tie Xinyuan to feed all his people in the three thousand miles of rivers and mountains, otherwise this head cannot be opened.
If the caravan wants to do business in Qingtang, it is natural to pay taxes to him, according to Qingtang's practice, this fee is thirty percent of the total value of the goods, and with these money and materials, he should be satisfied.
"Don't trap yourself in Qingtang, I always feel that this eunuch seems to have bad intentions towards you."
Zema chuckled and said, "You said he was a eunuch, what are you worried about?"
What man haven't I seen Zema?
As long as it's a man, there shouldn't be anything I can't deal with. ” Tie Xinyuan shook his head and said, "Perverts can't be measured by ordinary people!"
” "If you're really worried about me, tell Blind Felt that I'm your concubine, so he won't dare to make a mistake."
Tie Xinyuan smiled bitterly: "There's really no way, this method can be used, but ah, remember to explain to the real princess when you come back, otherwise my life will be very sad." ”