Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 890
The descendants of civil officials entered the Wulue Yuan, and the descendants of generals entered the Guozijian.

This kind of change of family is nothing new among the senior disciples of Lu Qichao.Whether Lin Chong's choice was correct has yet to be determined, but the meaning behind this kind of thing is very clear.

In the final analysis, this is still a "bow and knee" of the courtiers to the monarchy.From Lu Qian's point of view, Baozitou and the others are really once-in-a-lifetime good brothers, and they all know each other well.But from a relatively objective standpoint, the choice of Lin Chong and others is nothing more than taking the initiative to reduce their own strength as a means of avoiding risks, which is a bottomless retreat from the monarchy.

Lu Qian's performance was naturally interesting, but after all, he didn't stop Lin Chong and the others, right?
This Pei Yun is one of the people in this trend.His father is Pei Xuan.

He thought he would be like this for the rest of his life.After graduating from the Martial Arts Academy, he first hung out in the Jinling garrison. After two years, he was sent to the palace as a bodyguard, and then he was put in the imperial court for three to five years. A small official position in the five-army governor's mansion has been like this for a lifetime.It is impossible to really have the opportunity to lead thousands of troops, and it is impossible to leave a name in history. All ambitions and ambitions should be placed on future generations.

But who would have thought that Lu Qian's sudden words more than two years ago changed their fate again.

The opportunity to fight was right in front of them. Although it was impossible for them to give full play to their greatest advantages, or even fight in their most unfavorable situation, Emperor Lu at least gave them a chance.An opportunity that is not an opportunity!

Do you want to give it a try or continue to live in a state of intoxication?Pei Yun chose the former.

He didn't want to be filled with remorse when his head was full of gray hair in the future, and he didn't want to be a dandy who ate and waited to die until he grew old.

Even if you fail, you still try your best, right?You have struggled too, haven't you?
Even if it was just to give himself a reason to avoid regrets in the future, Pei Yun chose to join the army, and in the Northeast, Northwest, and Southeast Asia, he singled out Jinhu City.

Gai because he felt that Golden Lake City was full of fighters.Soldiers who want to make contributions and get ahead early should go to war.

Jinhu City was directly facing the Kepchak Khanate. At that time, the Qi army had just started its western expedition. Seeing that they were going to do something drastic in the northwest, Pei Yun chose Jinhu City because he was expecting a war to come. .

At the beginning, he might not have rushed to the border military town with the lofty ambition to seal the wolf as his Xu.But now he has been in Jinhu City for three years. Not to mention the horses trampling the Huns, even the small frictions between the surrounding Naiman tribe and the Kepchak Khanate are pitiful.The Kepchak Khanate, which had been on good terms with the Khitans in the early years, and which had a tense relationship with China after the Lu Qi army's western expedition, sent envoys to pay tribute to Jinling last year. Although he has not yet surrendered, he has taken the initiative to show a very humble attitude.

It's a good thing for Lu Qi, but it's bad for him.The tense atmosphere in Jinhu City dissipated.

Pei Yun now feels that the Han people in Jinhu City and the Naiman people around them are just like ordinary people in the inland of the Central Plains, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.Those who cultivate the land cultivate the land, those who do business do business, and those who herd herds herd.When he first arrived, he could no longer find the kind of tension that was on the verge of firing.

And the Golden Lake City where he is located is not so much a fortress, it is more accurate to say it is a market.As one of several locations where Lu Qi borders the Kupchak Khanate, merchants, herdsmen, and farmers from the Kipchak Khanate come here almost every day from spring to east to trade.

Tea, rhubarb, salt, sugar, wine, silk, cloth, and iron pots have always been the most reliable hard currency here.Especially tea as a new organism.

Ever since Lu Qi publicized the effectiveness of tea bricks on the prairie, relying on Lu Qi's own excellent reputation and the real efficacy of tea, the latter quickly became the most popular item among herdsmen on the prairie.

It makes people happier than silk or cloth.

A large amount of tea in the Central Plains was also quickly imported into the nomadic peoples in the north with the unique method of "tea brick".

People in the north, northeast, and northwest eat more meat and dairy foods and less vegetables. Drinking tea can not only digest food and get rid of greasiness, but also supplement the multivitamins and trace elements needed by the human body. Today, the Great Wall In the prairie outside the country, there has long been a saying that "it is better to go without food for a day than to go without tea for a day". Brick tea has become a necessity in the lives of young people in various tribes.

And compared with rhubarb, its price is lower, because rhubarb, especially the high-quality Suzhou rhubarb, is almost always sold outside and shipped to distant Europe via Tianfang.

Without tea, it is impossible to cure meat, and without salt, it is even more impossible to survive.Sugar, wine, silk, cloth, and iron pots allow herdsmen to live a better quality life.While bringing the necessities of life to the prairie, the merchants from the Central Plains are also absorbing the endless wealth on the prairie-wool + cashmere + leather + cattle and sheep horns + medicinal materials + dairy products + dried meat.

In this series of transactions, wool, cashmere and dried milk powder are also new things in the north-south trade.

In the past, no one of the Han people and merchants would look at the wool, which was worthless in their hearts.Cashmere is a concept that many people do not know.As for dairy products and jerky, what are they?That is powdered milk cheese and the most common jerky.

Regardless of the taste of the latter, it has an absolute advantage, that is, it is easy to store and transport.If it is sent to a food processing factory for processing, it will become one of the components of Lu Qi's military dry rations.

It's just that compared with cheese, the production of milk powder is undoubtedly a bit more troublesome.Therefore, most of the dairy products obtained from nomads are cheese.

The acquisition of wool + cashmere + leather + cattle and sheep horns + medicinal materials + dairy products + dried meat has undoubtedly greatly enriched the wallets of grassland nomads.However, the emergence of utensils such as tea, salt, sugar, shochu, silk, cloth, and iron pots completely emptied the newly bulging wallets of the young people.

The two sides interacted in this way, which naturally deepened the connection and communication with each other.When the young people can no longer live without this kind of life, that is when the wolf is domesticated into a domestic dog.

In recent years, the price of wool outside the customs has been rising rapidly.Because sweaters were officially introduced in Lu Qi's army.

The wool of Mongolian sheep cannot be compared with the wool of long-haired sheep, but there is no way, and there is no news about the long-haired sheep so far.Short wool can only be used in large quantities in wool spinning.

Although the quality of domestic wool is worrying, it is still usable.Stir it into wool, and then weave sweaters and cloaks, which are very suitable for soldiers at the northern border.

Naturally, such news cannot only be spread within Lu Qi's sphere of influence, and of course the Kepchak Khanate can also hear it.The nobles of the latter immediately surrounded him like cats smelling fishy.Whenever the caravans of the Kupchak Khanate arrived in Jinhu City, most of the goods sold were cheese, dried meat, wool and cashmere.The trading volume of caravans is generally not large. If there are too many, the number of people will be mixed.Jinhu City has become a window for the Kepchak Khanate to recognize Lu Qi.

Because of this, the war between the two sides is becoming more and more difficult to break out.

Just as Pei Yun frowned subconsciously, another long caravan appeared on the high ground not far away.

(End of this chapter)