In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 398 No dignity

After these more than 700 riders ran hundreds of steps, they suddenly stopped slowly. Many people looked back at Diezhou City, and most of them had a look of disappointment in their eyes.

Originally, according to the regulations, they could bring their whole family to live in Diezhou City, but now, they all have to return to their hometowns, and they can no longer even stay outside Diezhou City.

"Look no further, grasslands and pastures are suitable for us. Big cities like this are not for us to live in." Geerqin loudly encouraged the people.

"Let's go home. The nobles will definitely use us. We are the strongest warriors." Dawaji said loudly.

His voice infected everyone, and everyone's mood instantly became much higher.

"Drive." More than seven hundred riders flew towards their homes.

The Song Army stipulated that within the radius of Diezhou City, there should be no herdsmen within a thousand steps on the east and west sides. Since there are mountains in the north and south, there should be no herdsmen at the foot of the mountains.

After Ah Lili and the others ran a few hundred steps, they could already see a dark camp in front of them, with a large number of tribesmen entrenched around Diezhou City.

Of course they know why, because they can trade with the Song people nearby, and all the daily necessities the people need can be traded from inside and outside Diezhou City, and the prices inside the city and outside the city are different.

In the past, when they were soldiers of the Song Dynasty, they could exchange them for goods in the city at low prices, but in the future, I'm afraid that won't be possible.

We didn't have the goods of the Song Dynasty before, so our life was not the same, Ah Li thought secretly in his heart.

"Drive." He rode hard and quickly rushed to the south area. Everyone dispersed in a hurry. More than 700 riders were looking for their homes. Some people may live further away, and others may have to turn north and south. Home In the mountains.

Ali and Geerqin lived close to each other, so they walked together.

After so many years in the Song Army, both A'ali and Geerqin have been promoted to corps commanders. If A'ali does not leave, they may be promoted to deputy chief this time.

But they still chose to go home for the sake of their faith.

"Why do I feel like there are more and more people, and I can't see the end at a glance?" Geerqin followed Alili at this time, and the two of them slowed down their horses and talked as they walked.

The tribesmen all enclosed a piece of land outside the city, and some of them did not need to herd (mainly relying on helping the Song people to mine, build and other coolies to maintain their lives), and some specifically helped the Song people to farm fields. Only in distant places are they dedicated to shepherding.

This area relies on Song people to make a living, either helping Song people work or helping Song people farm.

Ali's face was gloomy, and after thinking for a while, he said: "If this continues, in a few years, the people on the grassland will all forget their duties."

If Mo Yong were here at this time, he would immediately ask him, what is the duty of the herdsmen? Be a slave to a noble?

It's a pity that these people are all the same. Geerqin nodded heavily. We can't forget our roots. We are still suitable for Mu Shou.

"Ali is back." Suddenly, familiar herdsmen greeted them from a distance.

Alili immediately forced a smile on his face and responded with a smile.

The further you go, the more familiar people you meet.

Many people started greeting them.

"Did you win again?"

"Have you seen Zazile?"

"Gerqin is becoming more and more heroic."

"Hahaha."

The two of them were somewhat proud. Many people looked at them with envy, and many Tibetan girls secretly watched them.

Ah Li held his chest high and high, hoping to make himself look more heroic.

About a quarter of an hour later, the two passed through many camps and passed a long river. There was farmland beside the long river. The Song Army asked the herdsmen to set up new fields here. The two were surprised to see a large water conservancy windmill beside the field.

It wasn't there when they left a few years ago, and now everything seems to have changed.

After crossing the river, the population on the other side is more densely populated.

Because this was a trading area back then, Song Jun opened a supply and marketing office here.

There are all kinds of supplies inside. Now that it has not been here for two or three years, the supply and marketing department has become even bigger. The continuous shops alone are more than a hundred steps long.

There is a wall surrounding the shop at the supply and marketing center. When Ah Li and the two arrived, they saw people outside the wall. People were queuing up to go in and exchange their purchases. Generally, people entered through the south gate and came out through the north gate to keep the flow of people flowing.

When they left, there was no queue here, but now they have to queue?

Because it had just entered the third year of Yuanzhen and not long after the New Year, the Song army was said to have replenished a large amount of supplies, all of which the herdsmen liked.

Ali and Geerqin rode their horses and looked at the people lining up outside. Everyone's faces were very happy, and there was talk and laughter everywhere. They couldn't help but feel a mixed taste.

"Let's go home first and then talk about it." Ali said suddenly.

Geerqin nodded, the two looked at each other and turned their horses' heads.

Their home is less than a mile away.

There are four words in Ah Li's family: parents, younger brother and younger sister.

His brother is eighteen and his sister is thirteen.

My father and younger brother usually work for the Song people in Diezhou City. They have two days off every ten days, and six days a month. They can take ten days off or one day off a month.

It only takes less than half an hour to get here from Diezhou by horseback, so it is more convenient to go home.

His mother and sister helped Song Jun make leather armor at home.

The Song Army had a leather armor shop five miles west of the supply and marketing station. The nearby herding people sold their cattle and sheep skins to the Song Army. The Song Army recruited local women to help them sew leather armor or leather goods. Most of them are relatively simple jobs, and the important jobs will be handled by the craftsmen in Diezhou City.

Their family relied on the Song Army and lived a pretty good life.

Ali had just arrived a few hundred steps outside his home, and his expression was already a bit shocked. When he left, his home was still in a tent and could be moved at any time. But now that he has not been back for two or three years, a house with a civil structure has been built.

A row of four houses stretched in front of him, surrounded by fences. The fence enclosed more than a hundred acres of land. He remembered that there used to be herders next door to his house. Apparently, the land was sold to them and moved away. Let their homes be enclosed over a hundred acres.

There are also buildings such as horse stables and cattle pens, and the family raises cows and horses.

Of course, this is not their main business, and they basically raise a small amount for their own use.

The Tubo herdsmen had to pay cattle and sheep taxes to the Song Army. Those who made their living with the Song Army paid other taxes and did not need to pay the cattle and sheep taxes.

Raising cattle, horses and sheep at home means that there is no shortage of meat and living conditions are getting better and better.

In the past, these few cows, horses and sheep were not enough to pay taxes to the nobles.

In addition to these changes, there are many other herdsmen at home, and even more herdsmen are coming from far away.

Ah Li stared blankly at the changes in his home. When his horse approached, a young girl suddenly came out of the house.

The girl also saw Ah Lili, and after a moment she exclaimed: "Ajia."

"Yoma, hahaha."

Ah Li was overjoyed to finally see his sister.

Ah Li jumped off his horse, came to his sister, and asked happily: "Where is Amma?"

My sister said that Ama had gone to hand over the sheepskin and would be back soon.

Now, any sheepskin that is available at home within a ten-mile radius will be handed over to Alili's family. Alili's mother will collect it together, record it, and then give it to Song Jun.

Because Ah Li’s younger sister can read and write, she helps with counting.

"Can you read?" Ali exclaimed.

"After studying for two or three years, I now know hundreds of Chinese characters and can also count." Amei smiled sweetly.

Ah Ma brushed her face hard and her face became even more ugly: "What Chinese characters should I learn? Why should I learn Chinese characters?" The younger sister suddenly looked at her brother in confusion. She must learn Chinese characters here first, and then she can have a better life by learning to speak Chinese.

Then my sister said that she had already thought of a Chinese name for herself. Would it sound good to call her Li Meili?

"..." Ah Li's face became even more ugly.

"You are not allowed to take Chinese names." Ah Li was furious.

The younger sister was confused by the scolding, and she said doubtfully, the girls around are all taking Chinese names now, and Chinese names have priority.

"...What priority?" Ah Li was shocked and angry.

Song Jun has leather goods factories and supply and marketing offices nearby. Whether it is buying leather or selling supplies, priority will be given to those with Chinese names and who can speak Chinese.

The key is that Song Jun is willing to marry one of their ethnic groups, and the requirement is to change their surname to Han.

Many local girls are willing to marry Song Jun, but they must change their surnames to Han.

My sister is thirteen years old, and she has been thinking about choosing a foreign name recently.

She thought about it and picked up Li Meili for herself.

There is no way, there are many girls around now with similar names, Li Meili is beautiful, Li Meili is beautiful.

My sister has only learned a few hundred Chinese characters in two or three years, and she doesn't know how to use them much. She only knows what beauty means, and she feels that it suits her very well.

Ah Li was about to teach her sister a lesson, telling her that the Song people were very ambitious and wanted to annex their grasslands. Unexpectedly, many herdsmen also came around. These herdsmen were all neighbors within a radius of ten miles. They gave their cattle and sheep skins to Ah Li. mother, and then sent them to Songjun Leather Factory for processing in exchange for supplies.

Now everyone has gathered at their home, waiting for Ali's mother to come back.

Many people are familiar with Ah Li.

"Ali, you're back."

"We haven't seen you for a few years, and you have become a lot more heroic."

"Why aren't you wearing Song Army armor?"

People came around one after another, and there were more and more people at home. Some people asked if Ali had a girl he liked. They probably wanted to introduce her to him.

Someone also asked what position Ah Li held now.

Ah Li's face turned red and he could only say, Captain.

"Wow, are you a corps commander?"

"It's amazing, A'Maili has managed to stand out."

A's efforts to teach his sister were interrupted, so he had to greet the neighbors first.

At this time, a clan uncle pulled Ah Li aside.

With an embarrassed look on his face, he asked Ah Lili if he could help him go to the supply and marketing center to exchange for something.

"...?" Ah Li didn't know why.

The clan uncle said that he wanted to slaughter 20 sheep and sell them to the Song Dynasty supply and marketing center with their skins and skins. However, the normal exchange price is about five kilograms of white sugar and twenty kilograms of refined salt, and then add some tea leaves, cloth, and iron tools. etc.

If the Song army among the Tubo people goes to exchange for it, they can get one-fifth more of each item.

That is to say, you can have one more pound of sugar, four more pounds of refined salt, and you can also change more of other supplies.

Of course, he won't let Ah Lili help in vain, he can share some of Ah Lili's help.

When Ah Li heard this, his face turned red again, because he was no longer Song Jun.

"Agu, I'm afraid I can't help you with this matter." Ah Li could only say.

"Why can't you help me? Tashi, who came back from Diezhou City last year, also helped me like this." The clan uncle was a little angry.

There are also Tibetan soldiers stationed in Diezhou City. They often go home to help their families or neighbors next door.

"I-I--" Ah Li was about to say, I am no longer Song Jun.

Suddenly there was a commotion all around, and everyone turned their heads. It turned out that his mother was back.

Ah Li's mother was riding a horse, and her equestrian skills were better than those of some men. She could move from far to near in a short time.

The herdsmen all around rushed forward one after another.

"Don't worry, don't worry." Mother laughed and took out a handful of long bamboo sticks from the bag.

"Yan Xiaoniu." He called out his Chinese name first.

"I'm here, I'm here." A Tibetan man smiled and raised his hand.

Ah Li stared at him in disbelief. This Tubo man actually had a Han name.

"Song Jun said that your cow and sheep skins are good. You can go to the supply and marketing office to get your things. You must have exchanged them all for sugar and tea."

"Yes, yes." Yan Xiaoniu took it in his hand and saw on the long bamboo stick, twenty pounds of white sugar and ten pounds of green tea.

Yan Xiaoniu used to like drinking milk tea, but now he likes to drink Song Dynasty’s green tea.

He exchanged a large amount of white sugar and green tea. He happily took the bamboo stick and left. After a while, he could go to the supply and marketing center to exchange for his own supplies.

Ah Li’s mother gave everyone bamboo sticks one after another, and there were more items with Han names than the average Tibetan people.

There was a burst of dissatisfaction at the scene. Some people said that they also wanted to take a Chinese name, and some said they would rather die than take a Chinese name.

Another person said, just pretend to pick one, why not do it if it is beneficial.

The man said, I can't get used to people calling me by my Chinese name.

Ali's mother finally finished dividing the things, and then she had a chance to talk to her son.

"Amma."

"Look at my brave Tashi." Mother touched his head lovingly and asked with a smile: "How long can you stay here after you come back this time?"

"I'm not leaving." Ah Li said forcefully.

"?" My mother also looked confused.

"I am no longer Song Jun. I will come back to accompany Abba and Amma."

"?" Mother and sister looked stunned.

The surroundings suddenly fell into silence, and Ali looked at her mother and sister with some horror.

Mother is looking at everything around her.

There are rows of houses, cattle, horses and sheep, and more than 100 acres of fenced land.

She also thought about the money and food that her family had managed to save over the past few years, which they could never use up, and even a large ingot of silver.

"What should I do? What should I do?" She murmured to herself, her expression a little horrified.

"What should we do?" Ah Li said: "Let's go back to our hometown, go to Luoche (later Lhasa), and then find a place to continue herding."

The mother suddenly became furious. She almost cried: "I finally escaped back then, and now I have to go back to work for them (referring to the nobles) as cattle and horses?"

"Isn't it the same as being a bully and a horse for the Song army here?" Ah Lili also said angrily: "I almost died in Xixia."

"The taxes paid here in ten years are not as good as the taxes paid in one year in Luoche." Mother cried: "Aren't the nobles you followed Luoche also going to the battlefield? Luoche will be drawn three times. Your father, Even your brother might be whipped.

"You have no dignity in logic." Ah Lili's mother actually said such words, which shocked Ah Lili.

(End of this chapter)