Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Chapter 42 Asking

Anding County is located in the northwest of Qishan Mountain. After passing Qishan Mountain, you can clearly feel that the population is gradually becoming scarce, and the mountains and rivers are gradually increasing. Looking up, it seems that you can see mountains at the end of your line of sight.

There are many mountains, and the arable land will naturally decrease. Naturally, it is not like Guanzhong where people can be seen everywhere. Although the life of the people at the bottom is not good in Guanzhong today, the fertile land of Qinchuan for 800 miles can feed enough people. Even if there are a lot of Heluo people who migrated here, as long as it is well managed, the fertile soil in Guanzhong can properly resettle these people and even live and work in peace and contentment.

This is actually what Dong Zhuo is arguing with the aristocratic family now. Dong Zhuo naturally wants more people, but there is no place to resettle them. The 800 miles of fertile land in Qinchuan is almost all the private property of the aristocratic family in Guanzhong, so he wants to resettle these migrants. population, they can only be allowed to be tenant farmers of the aristocratic family, which is obviously contrary to Dong Zhuo's interests.

After leaving Qinchuan, although this Xiliang land is sparsely populated, far less than Chang'an area, there are always some people. In the crevices between the mountains, you can also see the fields sandwiched between the valleys, and some even on the mountains. The field has been reclaimed, provided that the mountain is large enough and there is sufficient water nearby.

This kind of field opened up on the mountain is also very common in Bingzhou, but it is not as easy to cultivate as Guanzhong Plain or Heluo Plain, and the harvest is not as good as here, so this Xiliang land has always been regarded as a Looking at the barren land, Bingzhou is the same. Jiuyuan, where Lu Bu was born, is better. It is located in the Hetao Plain. Besides being colder, there is a lot of land that can be cultivated, and it is surrounded by river water. It is the most gentle section of the river. Not only will it not be a disaster, but it will make the land on both sides of the strait fertile.

The cities of the Great Han were mostly located in places with relatively flat terrain and a lot of cultivated land around them, while the Qiang people could only live in some more remote mountainous areas. When they could not survive, they would attack the Han cities, usually by sneak attack and by surprise. No big reason, just can't survive, looking for food.

When the times are good, there will be friendly exchanges between the Qiang and Han, and sometimes the Han people at the bottom will take the initiative to marry Qiang women or marry their daughters to seek protection from the Qiang people, so the relationship between the Qiang and Han is far more than Hu Han is more complicated.

"The government gives our tribe a lot of corvee. It sounds like the taxes are the same, but we also have a residence tax, a farmland tax, and a public security tax..." Lu Bu and Dian Wei sat in an unnamed ravine. Listening to the enthusiastic middle-aged Qiang people complaining about the harsh treatment of them by the government, the corvee of the Qiang people has always been very heavy, but helping the court to fight the war can exempt part of the corvee, which is why it is so easy for the court to recruit Qiang people, after all There are many Qiang people who mainly focus on farming. If they can be exempted from corvee, their life will be much better.

From Lu Bu and Dian Wei’s point of view, the Han people are already very poor, but to the Qiang people, they seem to be living in heaven. Happiness often comes from comparison. People live better than the Han people. Even if the current conditions of the Han people living here remain the same, they will still feel that they are not happy, and they will feel resentment in their hearts.

Therefore, there will be strange things here that outsiders will see. Intermarriage between Han people and Qiang people is basically voluntary, and Qiang women are also willing to marry into the Han family, so that the Han government office will not dare to oppress the people too much. On the other hand, if a Qiang married a Han daughter, he would also be exempted from some corvee labor. Therefore, intermarriage between the Qiang and the Han would bring benefits to both parties. Up to now, even though they are called Qiang, you have to judge by blood. This Anding area can be regarded as both Han people and Qiang people. After all, this kind of intermarriage can be traced back to two hundred years ago.

"I heard that there is going to be a war, but it seems that there is no preparation here." Lu Bu asked casually after taking the dirty wine handed over by the other party.

"Why do you ask this?" The middle-aged Qiang looked at Lu Bu warily.

"We came from Chang'an and went to Jincheng to seek refuge. When we left Chang'an, we heard that the rebellion here was going to be suppressed." Lu Bu said casually.

Zhong Qiang's rebellion was mainly because they captured Pengyang, otherwise ordinary small troubles would not disturb the court.

"Since it has nothing to do with you, don't ask any more questions. After drinking the wine, let's go on the road." The middle-aged Qiang kept his mouth shut and said no more.

"Why did you suddenly change your face, you man!?" Dian Wei glared and stood up.

"What do you want to do!?" The middle-aged Qiang was taken aback by the pressure brought by Dian Wei's amazing physique, and pressed the knife on his waist.

"Let's go." Lu Bu stood up with a frown, patted Dian Wei on the shoulder, took out a few five baht coins from his pocket and put them on the simple case, looked at the middle-aged Qiang and said, "Whether there is a war here or not, wait with me." It's irrelevant, but I'm going to Jincheng, I don't want to cause trouble, can you point me to the way?"

"If you go to Jincheng..." The middle-aged Qiang looked at the five baht money on the table. Although it is more convenient to barter recently, the five baht money can also be used to go to the county seat. Seeing Lu Bu hesitated, Put away the five baht money and said: "It's no big deal to bypass Fanxukou."

Lu Bu nodded, got up and left with Dian Wei.

"My lord, are we really going to Jincheng?" Dian Wei asked beside Lu Bu.

"Go to Fanxukou." Lu Bu shook his head, he just casually said that he went to Jincheng, and from the attitude of the Qiang people, he could tell that there was a problem with the court's suppression of the rebellion.

It's a pity that besides Gao Shun and Dian Wei, there is no one around. Gao Shun needs to run the army for himself. Dian Wei is not good at this kind of thing, so he can only come here by himself. After this rebellion, no matter what It is necessary to try to pull Wen Yuan under his command, and Gao Shun cannot be the only one who can use it every time he goes out.

However, the two did not go directly, but walked through several Qiang tribes along the way, but when it came to fighting, they basically couldn't ask anything, and some wanted to do it directly, in front of Lu Bu and Dian Wei, Naturally, a small tribe can't do anything to the two of them, but this journey has basically been determined, and the suppression of the rebellion is probably not as simple as imagined. In addition, Xukou is the main gathering place of a large tribe in Zhongqiang. It is also the core of Zhong Qiang's power in the Anding area. Fanxukou is a strategically important road. If it is controlled here, traders who travel between Anding and Longxi will have to pay a piece of property to pass. Single forces like Lu Bu and Dian Wei If you have a lonely past, you are likely to be arrested directly.

As for what to do, that's not certain.

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