This is urging the horses, Jingzhao Mansion is not a place to stay for a long time, your main place of work is in Huangzhou. Now the imperial court has found out that Zhuo Luo of Western Xia and the Southern Military Division have indeed gathered tens of thousands of slaves in the mountains north of the ancient bone dragon city to prepare to build the city, and there is no detailed information.

Because that area is located on the southern slope of the Qilian Mountains, the terrain is high and the mountains and rivers are vertical and horizontal, and it is a mixed area of Liangzhou Tubo, Hehuang Tubo and Qiang people, and there are not many Han people, so it is impossible to explore in depth.

The news that the Tangut people were preparing to build a city here was provided by the local Tubo and Xiqiang ethnic groups who returned to Shun, which was the main reason why many officials within the Northern Song court advocated not to spend much effort to run this area.

Their reasons cannot be said to be completely unreasonable, and at this level of productivity, it is indeed impossible to obtain any agricultural income under this kind of terrain, let alone taxes.

There are many river valleys and basins with abundant water and grass, which are very suitable for grazing and farming, but the local nomads move back and forth between these basins, and have no fixed residence, in fact, it is difficult to find people on time and on time, and even if they do, how to determine the tax rate is also a trouble.

And these tribes basically have no concept of the country, which side is beneficial to them will be attached to which, anyway, who they follow is also nomadic, and there is no substantial change.

Add a prefix to the Song people, whether to be frozen or cold, whether to starve or starv, it makes no sense to desperately defend this title for this.

"The plateau is still an area inhabited by ethnic minorities, there are no highways, no tunnels, no railways, no airports, and if you rush into it, you will be killed by the locals if you don't pay attention, and I am afraid that you can't even see what the Xixia Iron Horse looks like!"

The emperor was in such a hurry, Hong Tao didn't dare to delay his life, and was ready to set off for the west immediately when the industrial base of Weiqiao Town was officially put into operation and could meet the equipment supply of his hundreds of soldiers.

But the problem is that the more I know about the situation in Huangzhou, the more uncertain my heart becomes, the local environment is too complicated, not only there are clear enemies, but also many uncertain natural factors.

"The officials don't have to worry too much, Ji went to Yan'an Mansion this time, specially went to the Bian Ma tribe as a guest, and gave the sword and armor that the official gave me to their brother, in exchange for a boost. Bian Ma's wife's maiden family is also a native of Inner Tibet, and her ethnic group lives near Nanzongbao in Huangzhou, and she is still a big clan. "What I just said was something that made people's hearts cold, and now it's hot and heartwarming.

Fu Ji traveled with a camel on this trip, and it only took a month to bring it back, and the harvest can be described as a lot!

With the letter of introduction written by Ahmad's big smoker with no conscience, his clan jumped into the pit of Fu Shou paste without hesitation, and almost all the assets of the whole clan were exhausted, and two smaller clans in the vicinity were united to exchange two kilograms of flower paste from Fu Ji.

In fact, even if there is no black-hearted introduction from Ahmad, the flower paste is not worried about sales. Fu Ji repeated the old trick, still using the method of chemical water, and soon let the people of Ahmad taste the magic of this medicine, and then took out a sample of the smoking gun made by Hong Tao for Yegolo to try it himself.

Then, he took the initiative of the transaction in his own hands, and in addition to not giving his life, Yegolo even took out all the military horses of Turbid Water Village in exchange.

The life of the nomads is actually very difficult, the severe cold of winter and the epidemic of summer can kill the whole family's livestock, and the livestock will be lost without human life.

For this reason, they really risked their lives to maintain these necessities of life, coupled with years of war, the level of medical care is very low, from childhood to adulthood, even men and women are all full of pain.

Why do northerners drink so much? In addition to resisting the cold, alcohol can temporarily forget the hardships and pains of life is also one of the important reasons.

Compared with alcohol, the effect of flower balm is obviously more obvious, more intense, and more refreshing. Before it was clear that this substance would have such a big side effect, the flower ointment was a life-saving elixir and a miracle medicine to soothe spiritual wounds.

Horses, camels, cattle and sheep can be raised again if they are gone, but the elixir is gone, and it is impossible to ask for it.

I didn't listen to what the flower shopkeeper said, this thing is a monk who has found thousands of mountains and rivers, collected the essence of the world, and then mixed with countless precious medicinal materials, after nine hundred and eighty-one days, and worshiped the gods after the boys and girls N pairs were refined. It's not extra much to give, there's such a little bit a year.

Anyway, the more mysterious Fu Ji said, the more they believed it, which also reflected Fu Ji's value, she can keenly grasp the buyer's mentality, and make corresponding countermeasures. These things are really not taught by Hong Tao, this is talent.

"Whoever understands me, Tomi also! I was supposed to leave you to rest for a few more days, but the matter was urgent, and I had to bother you to go to the border again. ”

This time, Fu Ji exchanged three geldings, eight horses, and a spur horse, as well as a dozen camels. If you convert it to the market price of Kaifeng City, the price per catty of flower paste is almost 300 yuan, and the moving spur horse is not counted, this thing has a price.

A gelding is a trained stallion that can grow stronger and have a gentler temper after surgery, making it the most suitable for use as a war horse. If you don't, the stallions will have a little temper, and if you see the mares again, don't expect them to listen to the commands, they will fight with each other, and maybe they will carry you after the enemy's cavalry, as there seems to have been a case in history where mares were used to disrupt the enemy's cavalry formation.

A horse is a mare, which cannot be ridden without domestication, and can also be used as a war horse after domestication, but it is not as robust as a stallion, and it is generally used for peacetime.

The most valuable and the most rare is this six-year-old stinging horse, the so-called stinging horse is a stallion, a herd of dozens of horses, only one stallion can breed.

There are not many such horses even in the nomadic tribe, and if it weren't for the fact that the small tribe really couldn't take out too many horses and camels, and really wanted to take away some of the flower paste, they wouldn't have exchanged one of the only two spur horses.

If another horse gets sick or dies, the tribe's horses are almost wiped out. Other tribes will not lend a helping hand, they will only take the opportunity to swallow your tribe, this is the survival principle of the Northlands, cruel and direct, there is not so much ethics to talk about.

"As long as it's for the officials, Ji is okay!" When she heard that the colt was about to give her the task again, Fuji was not happy at all. Especially the sentence Fu Ji, who understands me, can hear her heart swaying, no matter how hard and tired it is, it is worth it.

"You go back to Qionglin Yuan first, give this thing to Qin Hu, and he will be anointed with flowers. After taking the flower ointment, go back here and bring a few treasure swords and armor, select capable soldiers from the water tiger wings as your subordinates, and go directly to Bian Ma's tribe. Use the sword armor to gain trust, and then they will introduce the Xia tribe to exchange flower ointment. The horses, camels, skins and other items obtained do not need to be returned, but are stored in a suitable place in the local area, and then used when the officials go to work. When building a fortress, ask the generals for their opinions, and they will understand how to choose the terrain. ”

The task that Hong Tao gave Fu Ji was the same as when he set off from Kaifeng, and it was still the front station. But this time it was more dangerous and difficult, everything had to start from scratch, and the only thing she could support her was the flower paste and the steel knife armor.

"After the officials arrive in Huangzhou, can they no longer be bound by the imperial court?" When Fu Ji heard that the concubine was going to prepare for Huangzhou again, she knew that the deadline for leaving for office was not far off.

"Don't have such thoughts, you and I are doing things for Your Majesty, so why bother to talk about it." This question is a bit difficult to answer, Hong Tao can only be sloppy. I can think like this, but my subordinates can't, they must have bonds, otherwise they can't lead.

Ji meant that it was better to plant rice sac flowers in Huangzhou, and I heard Bian Ma say that there was also arable land there, but because of the cold climate, there was little harvest. If you change to cultivating rice sac flowers and exchanging them for grain, rice and cloth, you will get more than planting barley. In this way, the local Tibetan people will no longer grow grain, but rely on the grain, rice and cloth of the officials, and there will be no recurrence. Fu Ji Quan didn't hear the loyal nonsense of the horse, but got up and walked to Hong Tao's side, and whispered in his ear.