Chapter 1179 Pressure

Chapter 1179 Pressure

Chapter 1179 Pressure
The atmosphere in Pingcheng is rather subtle.

Especially from the 10th to the 15th of June, when groups of tribal chiefs arrived one after another, the situation here became even more bizarre.

On the 15th, as if someone wanted to give Shao Xun, who had just passed Xinxing and entered Yanmen, a rebellion broke out in Mayi County. Two tribes of the mixed barbarians rose up in arms one after another, catching the local tyrants off guard and causing heavy casualties.

When the Yicong Army arrived, the rebels had already crossed the river and fled westward. Upon further questioning, they found that they had moved the elderly, the weak, women, children, cattle and sheep away half a month ago. Most of those left here were strong and healthy. They burned, killed, looted and left, which was obviously a long-planned plan.

After the news reached Pingcheng, Wang couldn't help feeling a little confused, but also a little relieved.

Early in the morning of the 16th, more than 10,000 guards went out of the city for training, attracting people from far and near to watch.

Heximu Khan shuttled through the crowd, and after watching from afar for a while, his expression changed from gloomy to bright.

"Bitch!" he muttered under his breath.

The imperial guards were well-equipped, and the infantry probably came from the Central Plains. Like the garrison troops, they were the children of the palace soldiers and their subordinates. They were equipped with large shields, long spears, bows, and ring-handled swords, and they advanced and retreated in an orderly manner.

The cavalry's equipment was also good. Many of them had a small round shield wrapped around their left hand and a lance, saber, mace, etc. in their right hand.

Some people did not carry shields, but held heavy halberds or horse lances in their hands.

Some even hung up their lances and rode away on horseback to shoot.

Various tactics were practiced, but this was not the focus of Heximu Khan. The focus was that these people had a lot of weapons, including a lot of iron armor and leather armor.

Obviously, the blacksmith shops in Pingcheng and Shengle alone would not be able to make so many instruments, and they may have received help from the Liang people.

There are so many benefits to sleeping with that person?
Damn, Heximu Khan even wants to sleep with Emperor Liang, but I don’t know if the Emperor will look down on this bearded man.

After the cavalry drill was finished, they all dismounted, and following the signals of drums, gongs and flags, they assembled into several infantry formations and began to practice attack and defense.

It's still the same for both infantry and cavalry! Bitch!

Heximu Khan sighed deeply, his face changing for a long time. He prepared to go into the city in the afternoon to see if there was any way - uh, to better rely on that bitch.

No matter how much he cursed and how unwilling he was, he still knew what was best for the tribe.

After a walk outside the city, just as the imperial guards had finished their training and were returning to the camp, a large group of troops suddenly arrived from the south.

"Pubu!"

"Which nobleman of the Pugu clan?"

"It must be Pugulu without a doubt."

"His surname is now Pugu, which was changed by order of Emperor Liang. The eldest son, Pugu Ting, did business with nobles in the Central Plains and made a lot of money. The second son changed his name to Pugu Cheng'en, studied in Pingcheng for a few years, and then went to the Central Plains to serve as an official."

Heximu Khan was a little surprised when he heard this. He knew that because the Pu tribe was located in Xinping City, they had frequent contacts with the area inside Yanmen Pass, did great business, and made a lot of money. However, he didn't know that Pugulü had a son who went to the Central Plains to serve as an official.

What's the difference between this and the aristocratic families in the Central Plains who serve in the north and south?
Of course, he had to admit that this was indeed a good way to maintain the family. However, this was based on the premise of putting the family above the tribe.

To be honest, it does challenge the traditional perception of Heximu Khan.

Shouldn't a family or clan be based on the tribe and stand together with the tribe? If you only care about the Pugu clan and put it above the tribe, then what are the Punai, Putun, and Puluru clans that have sworn an oath with you?
Back then, your ancestors swore before the gods to work together, and thus formed the Pu tribe, one of the ten Tuoba clans.

Degenerate! Degenerate! As degenerate as the Wuhuan people.

Many Wuhuan people behaved in this way, and their tribes disintegrated bit by bit, and finally they became powerful landlords of various sizes.

While I was daydreaming, Pugulu's convoy was already right in front of me.

Wow, it looked like a team of two to three thousand people, with more than a hundred horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts and dozens of flags, winding for miles. In the middle was an extremely gorgeous carriage, almost comparable to the Daigong, except that it did not have a wolf-head banner, everything else was exactly the same.

When Pugulu lifted the curtain and looked out, he saw two thick gold necklaces wrapped around his neck. His body was so fat that he didn't even know if he could still ride a horse - no wonder he had to ride in a carriage.

This guy came to meet Emperor Liang and to support the Wang family.

He made such a big fuss, fearing that no one would know he was coming. Only he knew how much conspiracy was involved.

Heximu Khan quietly left the crowd and returned to the vicinity of his temporary camp.

Surrounding it are large tracts of farmland, distributed on both sides of the amniotic fluid.

Unlike the Central Plains, crops are sown in spring here and there are no overwintering crops. In the past, millet was the main crop, supplemented by millet and beans, because these two crops have a short growth period and can be harvested in three or four months, which is an important supplement to grazing.

It has been eight years since the establishment of the Shanyu Protectorate, and the Dai Kingdom has also ushered in some changes.

During spring sowing, there are more millet and wheat, and less sorghum and beans.

Although both rely on the weather for harvest, one acre of millet and wheat can generate more than one hu of income than one acre of beans, which greatly increases the grain output of the tribes that practice both farming and animal husbandry, and makes them increasingly powerful.

There are mostly wheat fields on both sides of the amniotic fluid, perhaps because irrigation is convenient.

In places a little further away, millet fields are the main crop. I heard that millet is drought-resistant and resistant to barrenness, and is not as delicate as wheat. This is undoubtedly the reason.

However, there were continuous frosts and strong winds in May, causing heavy losses to these farmlands. We should be able to harvest some in the fall, but it is hard to say how much.

Heximu Khan looked at it carefully and remained silent for a long time.

Even though there have been disasters of all kinds, the area south of the Yin Mountains is still better than the area north of the Yin Mountains, and the area south of the Yanmen Pass is better than the area north of the Yanmen Pass. People all yearn for a good place and a good life. Otherwise, why have batches of grassland tribes since the Han Dynasty tried so hard to migrate inland?
For the first time, Heximu Khan seriously considered whether to make any changes.

Yixin Mountain is really not as good as here, let alone the Central Plains.

******
In the Pingcheng Palace, Wang woke up and turned to look at the child beside her pillow. At the end of May, she was in pain for half the night and finally gave birth to the child.

This is her fifth child and her fourth with him.

It's another son this time, he should be very happy, right?

But when Wang was alone, all she wanted to do was cry.

She was only 27 years old, but she was forced to bear him three sons and one daughter. Even pigs don’t do that…

As she had more children, she was no longer as beautiful as before, and people's gossip about her also increased, with all kinds of nasty words being said.

But is this the child she wants to have?
She once told Shao Xun that although she had killed many people, she was a woman and sometimes she would be weak and shed tears without being discovered by outsiders. That was the case now.

The eldest son forced her, the nobles of various tribes had ulterior motives, and even her brother wanted to use her to benefit the Wang family. Everyone wanted to take a bite of her.

It was so hard for her, especially last May.

The constant natural and man-made disasters made her feel a little breathless. Although Dai State seemed calm, she could feel the undercurrent surging underneath.

The only comfort during this period came from that man.

The Shanyu Protectorate sent someone to visit the child, and that person wrote to her directly, saying that he would lead a large army to Yinshan to "repel the frost."

It was only at this time that she realized a truth more deeply: it is difficult for a woman to rule the country. Without the help of men, it is impossible to maintain it for a long time...

After lying in bed and feeling sorry for herself for a while, Wang called in the female officials and palace maids to help her get up and dress.

It had been less than a month since she had given birth, and her abdomen had not yet completely flattened out. Wang looked down and sighed slightly: Would it be too ugly and disgust him?
She struggled with this until she finished getting dressed, then she suddenly realized and laughed at herself.

There was a memorial on the desk. Funny enough, it was compiled with the help of Shanyu Fu. It started in the ninth year of Shengui in the Jin Dynasty (325) and ended in the fifth year of Kaiping in the Liang Dynasty (331), a total of seven years.

"In the seventh month of the ninth year of the Divine Turtle, he went to Yinshan Mountain. In the ninth month, he returned to the palace."

"In the fifth month of the tenth year of the Divine Turtle, he traveled to the north of Yinshan Mountain. In the twelfth month, he returned to the palace."

"In June of the first year of Kaiping, he went to Yinshan Mountain. In August, he reviewed all the tribes."

"In May of the second year of Kaiping, he traveled to the north of Yinshan Mountain. In September, he farmed in the mountains."

……

Almost every year, she would go on a tour of Yinshan Mountain. Sometimes she would go in person, but if she was pregnant and it was inconvenient for her to travel, her brother Wang Feng would take her place.

In the ninth year of the Shengui era, she went on a tour of Yinshan Mountain just two months after giving birth to Lizhen. She was really working hard at that time.

In the first year of Kaiping, Ah Liudun was born just three months ago...

Every time he visited Yinshan Mountain, he had the purpose of quelling frost, or at least it was one of the purposes.

Meteoric frost may not necessarily cause frost, but this year's meteoric frost was too frequent, the nights were unusually cold, and the frost came so suddenly that all the experience summarized in the past became useless - "If the sky clears up after rain and the north wind is cold, there will be frost that night."

Wang continued to look down.

The staff of Shanyu Duhufu helped her summarize the specific dates and locations of frosts in the past seven years, as well as the weather and crop damage in the days before and after.

To be honest, at least in the Jin Dynasty, officials and subordinates would not necessarily deliberately collect this information, but Daiguo started it eight years ago. It was a gift given to her by the man at his special request.

There were continuous frosts in May, and the first batch of millet planted in Mayi and Wuyuan in mid-April suffered heavy losses, and there may be a large-scale reduction in production or even a total loss of harvest.

The State of Dai is different from before. Millet is not only a source of food, its straw is also very good feed. After the grass stops growing, the chopped straw is often used to feed livestock. It can be said that this is a matter of national economy and cannot be neglected.

The millet planted in Dingxiang and Yunzhong areas in early May should have been gone.

The batch sown in mid-to-late May was fine...

Forage

The grass on the southern pastures, which were the first to turn green, was also hit by meteorite frost and became sparse and scattered.

The pastures in the central part are better, and the pastures behind the mountains are the last to turn green and are the least affected - but who dares to say that there will be no meteoric frost in the future?
Moreover, there are many strong winds this year. Even if there is no meteoric frost, the millets will mature in August and will not be afraid of frost, but the strong winds will blow the seeds off and affect the harvest.

Life outside Yanmen Pass is so difficult, so each tribe is particularly eager for warm and fertile land.

Wang turned to the end and found a sentence on the memorial: When Emperor Liang stopped in Wuxiang, he ordered the Jinyang warehouse to allocate 600,000 hu of millet and wheat to be transported to Pingcheng by carts.

The arrival of this batch of grain can win people's hearts and even be used as bait to lure the tribes to do their bidding.

In the past, Wang would have been a little unhappy, but now she felt relieved.

Leaving everything to a man is like taking off a huge burden.

Thinking of this, she called the female official to her side and ordered, "Please invite the four assistant ministers to come to the palace to discuss matters."

The female official was a little surprised and said, "Khatun..."

"No problem." Wang didn't care about meeting people right now, and said, "Give the order immediately. Also, keep an eye on Shi Yijian and don't let him run around."

At this point, he sighed, as if to excuse himself, and said, "If you don't run, you still have a chance to survive. If you run, you really have no chance to survive."

(End of this chapter)