Section 589 New World (5)
"Captain Bo, are these the immigrants this year?" Canghai Jun Nangong Xin is a little unaccustomed to riding on a horse, so when he speaks, he is slightly awkward.
The Hao people are a fishing and hunting people, and there is almost no animal husbandry, let alone the tradition of raising horses.
If they could have cavalry, even if it was a few thousand cavalry, they would have been ruled by the Emperor and then subjugated to the Wei Dynasty for the past few hundred years.
In fact, the commonly used weapon in the army of the Hao people is the harpoon.
Even the fork head on the harpoon is basically made of wood - metalwork is too luxurious for the Haoren.
That is, after the Han family accepted the submission of the Hao people, the army and merchants sent brought a large number of metal products, so that the Hao people got out of the Stone Age and successfully entered the Bronze Age - the black-hearted merchants used the second-hand bronze products that had been outdated in the Han Dynasty in exchange for a large number of Hao specialties, such as ginseng, bear paws, bear skins, tiger bones, mink skins and so on.
This is certainly very tricky, but the problem is that it is actually difficult to distinguish between bronze and iron, and the winter is too long in the place where the people live, which means that, in fact, bronze products are more durable and practical than iron here.
Bo Shi nodded: "These people are all family members of the Protector Army, today is the first batch, and there are four more groups of military families in the future, with a total of more than 3,000 people......"
For Bo Shi, no matter how deferential the Hao people may seem, they are less reassuring to him than immigrants from China.
The lessons of the Spring and Autumn period also taught Bo that China's expansion was only possible when Chinese immigrants and indoctrinated natives were in the majority. is stable.
But Nangong Xin didn't know anything about this.
The history of the people may be very long.
But they never had a tradition of recording their own history.
This means that they do not have even the most basic sense of national identity.
So. For Nangong Xin and most of the Hao nobles, national, independent, and autonomous. What's that, can you eat it?
In essence, the fishing and hunting people and the nomads are ideologically identical - if you have milk, you are a mother, you can let him get benefits, so why not call him father?
And for the people of Hao today, the army and merchant travelers from the Han Dynasty have proven to be able to bring them benefits.
Even Nangong Xin's life was saved by the Han Dynasty.
In March this year, Nangong Xin had a serious illness.
In the history of the Hao people, illness is basically equivalent to death. Not to mention being seriously ill.
However, this year, Nangong Xin was treated by a Han Dynasty doctor in Xinhua City, so he was cured.
This made Nangong Xin very grateful, and at the same time, he also strengthened his determination to enter the Han Dynasty - if he did not integrate into the Han Dynasty, his children and grandchildren would only live in barbarism and fear.
And this year the Han Dynasty began to immigrate.
This made Nangong Xin even happier.
Because, he knows, only the Han Dynasty has more immigrants. Merchants from the Han Dynasty will increase, officials and doctors.
Last year, there were only 2,400 Han Chinese in Xinhua City.
And this year, that number is likely to exceed 10,000.
This means that the people of Hao this winter. I can have a peaceful winter.
Besides......
"The Son of Heaven also promised me that he would send an inker to help us fish this year......" Nangong's little abacus in confidence made a loud noise.
The last time he went to Chang'an, the Son of Heaven told him personally. This year, Han Chao's father decided to help Haoren. The catch of the catch will be greatly increased.
Although, Nangong Xin doesn't know much about it. What did the father of the Han Dynasty do to make the catch greatly increase.
But last year, the Han Dynasty ink who came to Xinhua City to guide the Hao people in building houses and using tools convinced Nangong Xin that this was something that could definitely be done.
For the Hao people, the fishing flood from June to September every year is the top priority related to their life and death.
Therefore, looking at these immigrants, Nangong Xin was also smiling.
Can he not laugh?
According to the 'Han Dynasty Order' of the Han Dynasty nobleman who was also the captain of the Huwei and the Xinhua Order beside him, any Hao family who married a daughter to a Han or a man joined the Huhu army could move to settle near Xinhua City.
The Han Dynasty would build a sturdy house for these settled Hao people to keep them warm in winter, and at the same time guide them to use the advanced techniques and methods of the Han Dynasty to cultivate the land.
Since last year, more than 2,000 Hao families have settled in the vicinity of Xinhua City, forming more than a dozen villages, large and small.
So far, this policy has worked very well.
Among the Hao tribes, his prestige and status are also increasing day by day.
Even many of the wild people who had not eaten him in the past came to him, kneeling at his feet, praying for submission.
This made Nangong Xin very happy.
"Today, there are more than a thousand people waiting in the village,...... Nangong Xin said to Bo Shi with a smile.
The combination of Han men and Hao women has become a good story between the Han and Hao ethnic groups last year.
For the Hao people, exchanging a woman who is insignificant in the family for a better life in the future is too cost-effective!
The whole tribe was extremely satisfied with this.
For a tribe with a total population of two or three hundred thousand, the loss of a thousand young women is not a problem.
Although there was some noise in the tribe, overall, it was not a big problem.
Because although the Hao people have lost the young women in their tribe, they can still get more young women from the Yehao and Buyeo people.
Bo Shi was very happy to hear this.
What is political performance?
This is a political achievement!
Last year, he facilitated nearly a thousand pairs of Han Hao marriages in Xinhua City, which has made Chang'an's son of heaven Long Yan happy, and the edict of commendation has come three times.
This year, there will be a few thousand more marriages, so on the side of the Son of Heaven, his place is still rising slowly?
When there is something to do next time, the queen mother of the East Palace will also have a reason to speak to him.
In the future, he may not be able to live the addiction of a general like Dou Ying.
"But ......" Nangong Xin restrained his smile, hesitated for a moment, and finally looked at Bo Shidao: "There is one thing, Benjun thinks it is better to tell Du Wei......
"Canghaijun, but it doesn't hurt to say it......"
"A few days ago, there was a tribe in the disdain tribe that was more than 800 miles away from Xinhua City, and it was attacked, and only a few dozen tribesmen fled back...... Nangong Xin bowed his hand and said: "Please be the commander of the people!" ”
"Who is it?" Bo Shi asked solemnly.
The purpose of the establishment of the Protector Army was to maintain the existence of the Han family in this black land, and to protect the vassal people of the Son of Heaven.
Now, the Hao people have been attacked, and as the Captain of the Protector, Bo Shi must take a stand.
"Returning to the Duwei, it's a Xianbei person!" Nangong Xin said with a wry smile, in the past twenty years, the biggest enemies of the Hao people, except for winter, are Xianbei and Wuheng.
These two powerful nomadic peoples often invaded the tribes of the Hao people and took the population captive.
In the past, Nangong Xin could only admit that he was unlucky.
Now, with a backer, Nangong Xin decided to settle the old accounts with the new accounts of the Xianbei people. (To be continued......)