Chapter 17 Two Systems
The sound of horse hooves behind him was getting closer and closer. The prisoner Mi quietly looked back at the thick Hu rider, quietly tied the reins of the horse, slowed down.
Bai Xing didn't know what the master meant, but he still slowed down obediently.
The sanctioned prisoner Mi quietly looked back and observed, but did not turn completely, so that the Hu man mistakenly thought he was just riding hard and deliberately twisted his body.
There was a whirring sound of wind in his ears, but in the sound of wind, you could still hear the steps of Hu people and horses, which was already very close.
Just as the two horses were almost running side by side, the prisoner Mi Yuguang swept the Hu man's actions. He laughed in his heart. He was waiting for such an opportunity. The Hu man wanted to pull him off the horse to ensure victory.
He deliberately slowed down his speed and twisted his body, all of whom were tricking the Hu man into taking action.
Just as the Hu people reached out, the sacred prisoner Mi hooked the stirrup with one foot, turned her body directly to the side of the horse's abdomen, and patted Bai Xing lightly.
The tacit understanding of riding for many years made Bai Xing suddenly squeeze towards the Hu people. The Hu people reached out and grabbed the sky. The sacred prisoner Mi tried hard on his waist, and his body rebounded back on his saddle like a bent bamboo. It was just a staggered relationship. The Hu people's white horse had exceeded Bai Xing's head.
The Hu people captured the air, and the gang captive Mi gave up half of the horse's head, so they no longer had the chance to attack the gang captive Mi again.
The moment after the police captain Mi sat upright, he kicked the horse's belly suddenly. Bai Xing felt pain and took a quick step forward. The police captain Mi stretched out her hand and exerted force, grabbed the Hu man's sheepskin clothes and shouted: "Come down!"
With both arms and feet standing on the stirrup, he could exert the strength of his waist and abdomen, and grabbed the Hu man's body and penetrated it to the ground with force. The white horse knew that the master fell to the ground, so he hurriedly stopped. The prisoner Mi did not go to see how the Hu man fell, and leaned over and continued to rush.
When he hiding, lifting, throwing, almost in an instant, after he fell, the righteous master whistled in unison to enhance his power.
When the end was still a hundred steps away, the prisoner Mi looked back and found that no one could catch up with him.
He was also a young man who liked to show off. He pulled the reins lightly and made Bai Xing slower. Anyway, no one could catch up.
Holding the saddle with both hands, and taking off the stirrups with both feet. When Bai Xing's pace gradually stabilized, he suddenly pushed up with force, stood on the saddle with both feet, held his fingers in his mouth, and blew a whistle around him.
This whistle was exchanged for cheers from thousands of people, but the price he paid for this whistle was that he fell on the back of a horse many times when he was a child. I don’t know how many times his mother whipped her spanked with a broom.
The cheers were even louder. The sacrificial prisoner Mi blew a few times, and sat down on the horse's back with his body down. At the moment when the people broke through the finish line, they turned over on the horse's back, hooked the stirrup with one foot and ran towards the Hu leader.
The righteous master cheered like thunder, and the drumbeaters beat the drums and cheered, and thousands of people cheered endlessly. Even many Hu people were impressed by the horsemanship of the silence captive Mi and praised them.
In the stands, Qu Jiang stroked his beard and smiled. After all, Qu Jiang knew his name because of his father. Seeing the young man's vitality revealed by this young man, he liked it even more.
The leader of the Yihu people said with some sourness: "If you don't have any saddle stirrups, you can't win."
Qu Jiang thought to himself, nonsense, if you compare farming, you can't win, it's just that we don't compare.
Thinking of this in his heart, he said, "The difference between humans and beasts lies in wisdom, and people can master the will of heaven and make saddles and stirrups. Otherwise, they are worse than wolves than vicious people, and worse than tigers than brave people, but wolf-skinned tiger skins are covered by people. This is why people understand the will of heaven but beasts cannot use them."
"The Central Plains are not good at riding horses, but with saddles, there are also 100,000 good riders in the Central Plains, which is incomparable to the grassland. Do you know how big is the vast Central Plains? How many people are there?"
The Hu leader was speechless and stopped arguing.
After watching some performances, both sides had their own victories and losses, but in the end, the charity army showed shelling, volleys, and attacked with spears, the faces of these Hu leaders finally changed. They no longer thought about the unfairness of the gang captor Mi Sheng, and dared not speak out.
The leader who refused the invitation to rob the robbery secretly said, "I originally knew that they were good at defending the city, but I didn't expect that they were so brave. How could these people from the tribe compete with each other?"
The Martial Knight's spear-holding attack just now was like a mountain moving under his pedal, crushing all the enemies standing in front.
The Hu people have no stirrups or high bridge saddles, so they can only ride and shoot but not attack. Now they can't gain any advantage in the formation of muskets and sprints. If they want to meet, they really have no chance of winning.
After a demonstration, General Qu was quite satisfied. Looking at the expression of the Hu leader, he slowly said: "A few days ago, our people returned and made a transaction. This was normal. But after the transaction, they were attacked and did not keep their promises. This is something we cannot allow."
"Since your tribe has not participated, we will certainly not take revenge on you. One day, if you capture those leaders, you will erect a wooden pole here, hang it here, and educate their tribes!"
The Mo family kept their promises, and these Hu people who were closer to Gao Liu also knew that since he said this, he had demonstrated military strength before, and these leaders all thought that those tribes might be over.
I also thought that if I could participate, I could divide some spoils such as women and horses, so I said one after another: "Those tribes do not keep their promises, which is something my ancestors don't like. Such people should be punished. If you send troops, we are willing to follow!"
Seeing that the purpose of chanting Gan Qi's dance had been achieved, Qu Jiang began to discuss future institutional issues with the leaders of the Hu tribes who came here to attend the rally.
At this time, the Hu tribes had no formal system and were still in a period of institutional vacuum. Under the deterrence of force, and the system and policies formulated by Si Shang were also established, so the leaders of these tribes had to accept it.
The land has not been measured yet, and the pastures of the Hu people are not clearly divided. They will not dry hay to prepare for winter, and there are not enough tools. This provides the basis for the promotion of many policies north of Gaoliu this time.
Gaoliu will send people to draw pictures and ask about the traditional pastures of each tribe. During this period, each tribe will not be harmed. All food and consumption will be recorded temporarily or given money. You can exchange Gaoliu for various goods that the Hu people urgently need.
Once the drawing is successful, in order to prevent the tribes from "fighting each other" and in fact, it is to prevent big fish from eating small fish to make it bigger. The range of pastures for each tribe will be delineated and you must not cross the pastures to graz. Once you cross, Gao Liu will send troops to interfere, and the other tribes will also send troops to maintain this system.
The nine tribes in this alliance vowed not to invade each other again, and those who violated the violation would send troops to fight.
All tribes have to send people to live in Gaoliu, which is nominally a life of escaping from the bitter cold, but in fact it is to be hostages and to make them central to the central government as much as possible.
In the future, all tribes will implement an equal inheritance system, which will be supported by nobles other than the leader. Although the leader is reluctant, Gao Liu slapped and gave sweet dates to the side, and there is force to deter them, so they have to accept it.
After inheritance, they will demarcate their respective pastoral areas and do not cross the boundary at will. Crossing the boundary is regarded as betrayal. The Mo family will send troops to punish them, and the number of cattle and sheep will be punished to be compensated to the tribes that have crossed the boundary. If they do not pay, they will be punished.
Every summer, leaders of various tribes have to go to Gaoliu City. In addition to receiving transaction certificates, they also have to receive annual "sweet dates", including a certain number of iron pots, cotton cloth, grain, silk, tea, glass, etc.
The amount given is not large, and the profits obtained from trade are only a small part, but this sweet date is enough for these bitter and cold tribes to feel that it is a great gift.
Gao Liu will designate inspectors from nine tribes, mainly to mediate disputes among each tribe and count the number of people in the tribe.
The inspector is appointed by Gao Liu, and three adjutants are selected from nine tribes. The adjutant is treated well and cannot be served by the tribe leader. At the same time, the adjutant must live in Gao Liu for several years in the future before he is eligible to be elected.
On Gaoliu, with those mountains as the boundary, it acquiesced to the Hu serf system, and will not use too radical and tense policy confrontation for the time being. The main reason is that there is insufficient manpower now, and when there is enough manpower, it will naturally turn against you.
Each tribe dispatches a certain number of people to serve labor according to the population, and opens workshops for boiling salt and alkali in some salt lake areas.
The ownership of these salt lakes and alkali lakes belongs to Gaoliu and the nine tribes, and no tribe may invade.
The income from boiling salt and alkali is divided into 50% of the corvee wages, and each tribe distributes the benefits according to the number of people provided. This amount of money is directly paid to the leaders and nobles of each tribe.
The money you give can be purchased in Gaoliu, luxury goods, etc.
If there is a famine, Gaoliu will provide a certain amount of food support, but the number will not be too large. Those who cannot guarantee survival can migrate to Gaoliu. Gaoliu will organize them to farm to make them survive.
If there is a situation where troops are needed, each tribe will dispatch a certain number of cavalry as an auxiliary, mainly targeting threats on the grassland. Including any grassland tribe that attacks these nine tribes, betrays the tribe that vows to launch internal wars today.
Among the trophys obtained, horses, cattle and sheep will be distributed to the leaders of these tribes, but the population cannot be distributed, and all migrated to Gaoliu, where Gaoliu organizes farming.
If there is a conflict in internal tribes, it is strictly forbidden to resolve it on their own. It must wait until the inspector to make a decision in the annual alliance.
The nine tribes recognized the protection of the Mohist family, and the Mohist army could march and station in the nine tribes at any time. However, the internal system of the tribe was within the established oath scope at this time, the Mohist family would not interfere for the time being.
The tribes are not allowed to pursue herders who fled to the border fort. Once they arrive at the border fort, everything will be followed by the Mohist system and laws.
In the trade, the leaders of the nine tribes form part of the people, and they organize caravans with the Mo family to trade in tribes further apart, and the profits are also shared by the leaders of each tribe. This will make the nobles of each tribe jealous, and the nobles will also support this internal decentralization system. I think in a few years, these nine tribes will be divided into dozens.
Chapter completed!