Great time travel

Chapter 48. Construction is more meaningful than destruction

Two months later, on the outskirts of Ketun City, where the snow had already melted away, horses neighed everywhere, forming a sea of ​​tents.

——These are nomadic tribes who obeyed the call of Yelu Dashi and migrated to Ketun City after the beginning of spring to "jointly participate in major events".

Then, they were shocked by all kinds of explosive news in front of them, and almost dropped their jaws together:
Floating above the city of Ketun, there are many buildings, cornices and bucket arches, and the appearance is extremely gorgeous. It is known as the castle in the clouds where the gods live!
An invincible immortal who came from the Song Kingdom in the south, able to ride the clouds and ride the fog, with boundless magic power, and wiped out 20 golden soldiers with one big move!
The dreaded Jurchen Jin Kingdom, the old enemy in the east, was destroyed this winter, and even the capital of the country was burned down. The unprecedented good news!

Then there is the heroic order of Yelu Dashi, who has been trapped in Ketun City for several years, and is going to lead the survivors of the Daliao Dynasty to set off this year to regain their homeland!
And... the high-yield crops that can be planted in the bitter cold of Mobei and harvested surprisingly fast! ! !
Thousands of nomads in leather robes were fascinated by the piles of golden newly harvested grains by the small river in the outskirts.

And when the officials who counted the total weighed the last batch of newly harvested [seven-day fast-growing wheat] with wooden buckets, and announced the total grain harvest this year, many poor herdsmen who could not eat all year round were caught in a big mess. The realm of joy, crying and laughing, jumping and jumping, like madness.

20 stone!A whole 20 shi of wheat!

——In fact, if it weren’t for the eight consecutive rounds of wheat planted on the same land, the soil fertility was on the verge of exhaustion, and it was necessary to replant alfalfa to increase the fertilizer. Then I'm afraid it's no problem to hit 30 shi of grain!

You must know that although the Liao Kingdom in its heyday once completely conquered the entire prairie in Monan and Mobei, with the collapse of the Liao Kingdom, it is still following the White Wolf Battle Banner of the Khitan people and swearing an oath to Yelu Dashi Among the loyal nomads, only a part of the tribes under the Northwest Recruitment Division remained.A total of more than 2 households, less than 10 people.If distributed according to the head, the food can be divided into two stones per person on average!
This wonderful prospect made everyone present look forward to the happy days of having a full meal of pasta and rolling on the pile of millet when they are idle.

Of course, as experts in raising horses, they all know that going out to war is different from grazing in normal times. Once riding a horse for a long time, they must provide the horse with grains, beans and other concentrates. Forage coping.If it is the Central Plains in the south where horses are precious, eggs are even added to the horse feed, so a large part of the food will be used to feed the horses...but it will make everyone feel round.

Moreover, I heard from the Han people who planted these crops that the astronomical 20 shi of grain was only harvested from a small piece of land near Ketun City.If this miraculous wheat can be spread throughout the grasslands, even if it is only planted in places with abundant water and grass near rivers and lakes... for a while, every prairie nomad present will be shocked I was intoxicated by the bright prospect.

In addition, at the request of Guo Jing and Wang Qiu, Doraemon also found some seeds of cold-resistant vegetables such as potatoes, radishes, onions, and cabbage, so that the soldiers and civilians in Ketun City can open up vegetable gardens and try to To replace the lack of availability of large amounts of tea leaves.

——The reason why the nomads on the grassland like to drink tea is because their daily diet is mainly beef, mutton and dairy products, which is too greasy.Drinking some tea soup can not only stimulate the appetite, invigorate the spleen, but also resolve greasy. At the same time, you can also supplement vitamins and various nutrients needed by the human body that no one knows in this era, so as to ensure that their bodies will not be affected by diet. The problem went wrong.

As for the era before tea was cultivated by the Han people, the northern nomads used rhubarb as a substitute.

However, if vegetables can be grown on the grassland like the south of the Great Wall to provide the grassland residents with essential substances such as vitamins and cellulose, then drinking tea will become a pure pastime rather than a necessity to maintain good health... ...Considering that some tribes live in no fixed place and move frequently, they may not be able to settle down to grow vegetables for a long time. The traversers also taught the residents of Ketun City how to use beans to grow bean sprouts.

In short, with the 20 shi of grain as a base, Yelu Dashi's plan to convene all the tribes to swear to the army went very smoothly.

——All the seventeen tribes near Ketun City actively responded to his call, and gathered thirteen thousand cavalry outside the city.

In order to celebrate the unprecedented grain harvest in history and welcome the chiefs and dignitaries of various tribes, Yelu Dashi ordered a banquet to celebrate.

The banquet on the prairie does not have as many red tapes as in the Han area of ​​the Central Plains. It is just a huge iron pot set up in an open space surrounded by tents, and the chefs are throwing freshly chopped meat pieces into the pot It was stewed in the middle, and the smell of meat wafted out, which attracted many hounds and greedy children to watch eagerly nearby.And not far from the iron pot, more than a dozen sturdy men were shirtless and wearing only a leather skirt, which was stained with blood and grease. Feed a little fat cattle and sheep.

——Unfortunately, spring is the time for birds and beasts to reproduce. According to ancient traditions, hunting is generally prohibited, and Yelu Dashi has no unreasonable idea of ​​violating the tradition, so in this banquet, there are only ordinary beef and mutton dishes , there is no rare game.

However, although the dishes are a little monotonous, the flattery of the guests' loyalty is enough to make Yelu Dashi feel happy.

Looking at those chiefs who used to look embarrassed and push back every time they were recruited, now they are all vying to be the vanguard, full of flattery and flattery... Yelu Dashi couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion: Alas, this It's called "have food in your hands, don't panic in your heart"!

Of course, as the initiator of the Khitan Restoration War, Yelu Dashi was also very generous in distributing armaments and supplies.Before the army was dispatched, all the weapons that Doraemon had obtained from the Song Dynasty Military Weapons Supervisor were distributed to ensure that all young and middle-aged warriors of these Turkic and Mongolian tribes had at least one metal weapon. Instead of grinding arrows with bones and stones.As for the elite personal guards of the tribal chiefs, each of them was assigned a spear, a long iron knife, and dozens of long iron arrows.

This kind of equipment was only at the level of an ordinary Xiang army in the Song Dynasty, but in the severely iron-deficient Mobei grassland, it was already armed to the teeth.

In addition to ordnance, Yelu Dashi also undertook the full amount of food and fodder consumed by the expedition, and during the assembly and reorganization of the expeditionary force, the horses, cattle and sheep of their tribe could also enjoy free feed supplies, and gnawed on the outskirts of Ketun City. Eat the newly planted【Edelweiss alfalfa】to fatten up.

In the end, although according to the rules on the Mobei Grassland, only after winning the battle can the spoils be divided.However, in order to improve the morale of the troops participating in the war, Yelu Dashi specially followed the rules of the Central Plains Dynasty this time, and gave each soldier a little starting fee before going out. The poor herdsmen who had nothing but their horses burst into tears of gratitude.