Chapter 139 Impatience
“Can you find the seeds?”
This is the issue that Feng Yong is most concerned about.
“General Ma said it should be found, but it will take time.”
Wang Xun nodded.
“As long as you can find it. Time is not a problem.”
Feng Yong got the answer he wanted, felt happy and laughed.
“Also, General Nama asked his younger brother to bring a message to his elder brother.”
Bring me a message?
Feng Yong was stunned for a moment. These words were a bit familiar. He seemed to have heard them somewhere.
At this time, the imperial army has not appeared yet, right?
“What words?”
Wang Xun coughed dryly: "General Ma said that these days, the Di people in Yinping and Wuxing are a little restless, so he wants to lead his troops there to have a look. I wonder if my brother has any suggestions?"
Um? What suggestions can I have?
Feng Yong thought it was a bit ridiculous. Ma Dai, a border guard, asked me, a young kid...
Wrong!
Just as Feng Yong was about to speak, he suddenly realized that Lao Ma was about to open his mouth and couldn’t wait to eat.
At this time, Yinping and Wudu were still nominally in the hands of Cao Wei. But in fact, during the Hanzhong War that year, Cao Cao not only moved away all the people in Hanzhong, but also didn't spare Wudu and Yinping. In the end, only a few token troops were left to garrison.
These two places are now places where the Di and Qiang people graze and rest. It's just that the Di and Qiang people are all biased towards Cao Wei.
At that time, in order to fight for Hanzhong, Liu Bei asked Ma Chao to rebel against the Di and Qiang people, but some Di and Qiang people still turned to Cao Cao. So Liu Bei and Cao Cao fought in Hanzhong, and the Di and Qiang people in Wudu and Yinping were also involved in this war that did not belong to them.
However, in the end, it was because Cao Cao occupied Hanzhong first and took control of Xiliang early, so his support to Wudu and Yinping was much more timely than Liu Bei's.
Because of this, the Qiang and Di people in these two places favored Cao Cao in the end and gained the upper hand.
Later, after Liu Beifang's Wu Lan was defeated by Cao Hong, he fled to Yinping and was killed by King Di of Yinping who was pro-Cao Wei. His head was also sent to Cao Cao's camp.
Therefore, as the Qiang Di people in Wudu and Yinping who are closest to the Shu Han, they are not very friendly to the Shu Han. In addition, the small tribe of Muwuzhe was forced by the Di people, so Ma Dai settled a border Qiang The reputation of Di people as being restless is actually nothing wrong.
Then what?
Since we are restless, of course we should lead our troops to have a look!
After reading this, whether to kill the restless Di and Qiang people on the spot or capture them to herd sheep is irrelevant to the overall situation and is not worth mentioning.
In the two hundred years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, how many times did the Qiang people have bad friends, and how many were recorded in the history books?
At the most, that is, just make a note of it. In such and such a year, a certain Qiang tribe rebelled, and a certain captain defeated it, and that was it.
As for what happened after it was broken? There is no need to remember it.
Since people don’t remember, they won’t remember whether those cattle and sheep were let go or whether they were stuffed by the soldiers.
Lao Ma probably had this calculation in mind. Anyway, the Di and Qiang people dared to make enemies of the Han Dynasty when the late emperor was still alive, so they had long been labeled as restless.
Of course there may be some really restless places, so it is reasonable to give them some color.
Lao Ma's move showed that he not only agreed with Feng Yong's distribution plan, but was even a little impatient.
Feng Yong said that this kind of ugly eating appearance is too much, too much!
I just like to deal with people who are straightforward and forthright. This kind of spirit of just putting it on their sleeves is really... great!
Looking at Wei Yan again, he seems much more pretentious.
I have asked Huang Wudie to send a message a long time ago. It has been so many days and I haven’t even replied a word.
If you don’t want this benefit, at least say something!
It’s really unpleasant!
The key is that Zhuge Lao Yao didn't authorize it at this time, and Ma Dai couldn't cause much trouble.
The most he can do is to bring some personal soldiers to fight against the autumn wind. If he crosses the border, it will be beyond his scope of authority. It is impossible to rob many cattle and sheep, but even if he robs the population of some scattered small tribes, it will still make money.
In those Diqiang tribes, except for the chiefs, some elders, nobles and the like, most of the rest are herdsmen and slaves.
Some are even in the state of primitive tribes. The leader says that the herdsmen are part of the leader's wealth, not to mention their freedom and life and death.
If someone is really robbed, who should he graze for?
“It’s a pity, it’s a pity that the time has not yet matured!”
Wang Ping didn’t know where he was now, and Feng Yong could only hold back his impatient thoughts until Old Demon Zhuge sent back the news.
"But brother, General Ma said that in a few days, most of the Di and Qiang people will move to other places to spend the winter. If you want to rob again," Wang Xun said with a slight smile on his face when he mentioned the word "rob". Feeling a little hot, I paused for a moment before continuing, "I'm afraid I have to wait until spring next year."
"This is something we can't do anything about." Feng Yong sighed, "This matter is of great importance. If the Prime Minister doesn't say anything, even these small actions are meaningless."
Without Zhuge Lao Yao’s intention, how big an autumn wind can Ma Dai fight? The ultimate goal is to sweep away the Di and Qiang people near Yang'an Pass. Maybe there will be a dozen or so Han people among them - all the refugees who are not registered with the government.
These days, anyone who looks slightly human-like is considered a labor force.
Not only those who participated in the ranching would think so, but also those who settled in Hanzhong would definitely think so.
Profit determines the madness of human beings, there’s nothing wrong with that!
Of course, if we really can get some people back, that doesn’t mean we can’t. There will still be a term for skilled workers in later generations.
Those who get it back will practice it for the whole winter first to practice their skills, and it will not be in vain. Shearing sheep, washing sheep, and women's weaving, making clothes, etc., don't they all require practice?
Di Qiang women are not like Han women, who are born with talent for farming and weaving, they also have to learn it.
But as a landlord class figure who values efficiency, Feng Yong feels that if he only counts sheep and produces so much wool, how much proficiency can he develop? It is better to use it to let the Qiang women who have it now concentrate on practicing.
“Besides, we don’t have much fodder now. I don’t know if the fodder we have collected now is enough for the cattle and sheep to survive this winter. So I’d better try my luck with these cattle and sheep this winter and see what happens.”
Testing is just like raising chickens. Isn’t it the best way to come up with the best method through constant testing?
Practice is the only criterion for testing truth.
“Then according to my brother’s opinion, General Ma would be better off just standing still?”
Feng Yong nodded: "It's better not to alert the snakes yet, and let them live a happy winter first."
As he spoke, he seemed to think of something again, and sneered: "When spring comes, it will be okay if they are not in the Han Dynasty, but the Hu and Qiang people in the Han Dynasty will have a hard time!"
(End of this chapter)