Chastity Layman

Zuoxi.

After passing Zhennan Pass and entering Zuozhou, Qin Lang deliberately took the eleven Han barbarians brought from Wu'an Prefecture to take a detour to Jinlongdong, Guangyuan Prefecture.

This is a piece of mountainous forest land, most of which are stone mountains, with high mountains and steep slopes, surrounded by big rivers and small rivers, the terrain is dangerous, there are also a large number of natural stone caves, and the roads are less densely forested.

There is only one path along the Pingjiang River and into the Zuoxi River.

This barren land is rich in gold and cinnabar. Most of the men are mining gold, and most of the women are mining for gold.

The method of farming is also simple, slash and burn.

A mountain is burned every year. After the forest is burned, the leftover plant ash becomes the best fertilizer. Take a sharp stick and make a small hole on the burned mountain, and then sprinkle grain seeds into the hole. When the rainy season comes , The rice germinated, and after a few months, it turned into golden rice all over the mountain.

A piece of mountain land can be planted for two or three years at most, and the land is not enough, so the mountain land is abandoned and burned again to plant.

Generation after generation, this traditional slash-and-burn farming model has continued.

Jinlongdong stands on a hillside by the Pingjiang River, and one wooden house after another is built on the mountain. There is no plan and level to speak of, and the houses are all made of local materials, which is very simple.

There are stones everywhere.

The dirty pig staggered past, very free and comfortable, arching a few times here, arching a few times there, rolling over when encountering a puddle.

Several dogs heard the movement and ran out of the house, barking at the person who came.

A dog barked, and then more and more dogs barked, and soon the whole village was barking.

This stockade is very large and was once very prosperous.

But now it's dilapidated.

Someone poked his head out and saw well-armed soldiers and horses, and then shrank back when he saw the brightly colored flag.

Someone went to report.

Soon, the brigade of barbarians came.

Some savages were still hiding behind the house and peeping.

Yang Xu looked at this scene and couldn't believe it.

"I've been here a few times before, and it was very prosperous before."

Guangyuan Jinlongdong Nong’s family has a lot of gold, so they are called the Golden Nong’s family. All ministries from far and near are willing to come here to trade, bring their own output, and even sell goods.

Rich, arrogant, numerous and powerful, with strong soldiers and horses, this is the impression that outsiders have of them.

But now this extremely dilapidated village, how can there be the slightest image of a golden dragon?

A group of disciples from various tribes in Wu'an Prefecture also looked at the rumored Jinlongdong very curiously.

It is true that some people, like Yang Xu, have been here in person and seen the bustling and prosperous scene in the deep mountains.

Now I can't help but tell my companions about the great changes here.

Fumeng, one of Fusan's sons, led the team to meet him. He was the second son of Fusan, and he was a tough and ferocious barbarian just by his name.

Seeing that it was Qin Lang who was coming, he hurried up to meet him.

"Fu Meng pays homage to Prime Minister Xuan, why is Prime Minister Xuan here?"

Looking at this kid's respectful appearance, there is actually a reason. Before the Jinlongdong Nong's family dared to fight against Qin Lang, Qin Lang used the excuse of the Nong's family and the Shuikou Huang's family to rob and kill officials in an attempt to counter-judgment, and directly charged Nong Fude killed. Then let the other seventeen governors of Zuoxi unite to attack Jinlongdong.

It was also agreed that after the Nong family's Guangyuan prefecture was captured, whoever snatched the people and goods would return to the court, but half of it would be handed over to the imperial court. Governor of the state.

This is extremely exciting.

So everyone worked very hard.

In the end, Fusan, the most powerful Zuoxi barbarian king, dispatched the most troops, moved the fastest, and fought most bravely. In particular, Fusan's second son took the lead and was the first to attack Jinlongdong.

So according to the agreement, after the Nong's family was destroyed, the vacated post of Governor of Zuozhou Xiaguangyuan Prefecture belonged to the Fu family, and it was fair for Fu San to directly give this position to the second son who attacked first. Fu Meng.

The boss didn't have any objections, and the second child became the Governor of Guangyuan Prefecture, which meant that no one could compete with him for the position of Governor of Jimi Prefecture of the Fu family.

Zhu Xidong had put in all his strength, and of course no one showed weakness in the fight.

Everything that could be snatched was taken away, and seventeen Daxidongs were divided into one meal.

Guangyuan Prefecture was robbed, and the few people in the village now were actually snatched by Fu Meng himself, plus the Fu family he brought from Zuoxi.

This Jinlongdong under the leadership of the new governor of Guangyuan Prefecture, Fumeng, is a bit dilapidated.

"Master Xuan laughed, it's a little messy here now." Fu Meng said shyly.

"Is there any difficulty?" Qin Lang asked.

He purposely walked around, not for his own share, of course, the barbarians didn't dare to covet the half of the spoils agreed with the barbarians, they honestly took it out a long time ago, and sent someone to ask Qin Lang for instructions.

Qin Lang asked them to send them to Yongzhou City, and asked Li Guangdu to send them to Guizhou, and then Li Xizhi sent people to Chang'an. This was for the emperor, and Qin Lang didn't take any money.

Fu Meng said with a little embarrassment, "At the beginning there were too many Xidongs, but after they were captured, the entire Guangyuan Prefecture was robbed. It originally had a population of more than 20,000, and there was nothing left after the robbing. After grabbing this village, I have to share more than half of it with my brothers and my father, now in the entire Guangyuan Prefecture, there are only people left in this village, a total of less than 2,000 people."

Qin Lang patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, although you have lost your population now, but with this land, you can get up soon. Besides, Guangyuan Prefecture is famous for producing gold and Danzhu, so I'm afraid it won't happen." ?”

"But I am short of people now, and there are not many people who know how to mine gold."

Qin Lang found a rock and sat down, looking at this ruined stockade, it's actually not bad here, there is a waterway leading to Zuoxi, and there are mountains in all directions, but there is such a flat land here, which is very rare.

"If you plan to reopen those gold mines and Danzhu mines, I can provide you with craftsmen and technical guidance, and even sell your goods. As for the lack of people, in fact, if you have gold, there will be no one?"

In fact, there is no shortage of people in Lingnan. What is lacking here is Qimin, but the number of local barbarians is extremely large, and they are also extremely worthless. In addition to the well-developed gold and silver mines in Lingnan, there is another biggest business. Slaves were bought and sold.

It is very common for the streams to rob each other, and even stealing and trading are common.

Needless to say, in fact, the major ports of Jiaozhou, Qinzhou, and Guangzhou also have a large number of foreign trade and sales transactions.

Fu Meng was very grateful for hearing this, although he won the position of governor of Guangyuan Prefecture by his ability and got this golden land, but no one has no skills, and he has no choice but to beg for food when he has a golden job.

Qin Lang is willing to help Meng, but there are conditions.

The first condition is, of course, to share profits. The two companies cooperate in the mining of gold danzhu, and Qin Lang certainly wants to benefit. Another one, Qin Lang wants to allocate a piece of land for him to build a Gaoping County, and also set up Gaoping Post, Gaoping Fort, and station a troop here.

Gaoping County will be a court official county.

Qin Lang will build a smelter here, etc., and will farm here.

This is a county directly under the imperial court.

As for the reason for building this Zhengxian County, it was to facilitate the garrison, etc. Qin Lang said it was for the convenience of protection, and also said that it was to prevent those barbarians in the west who were not under the control of the imperial court.

The reason is far-fetched.

But what Fu Meng is worried about now is that this treasure land is in his hands, and even the basic maintenance is difficult, so Qin Lang is willing to help run this place, and he is already very satisfied. He doesn't care about ordering troops to open a post station and repairing trade routes.

Anyway, Guangyuan Prefecture is so big, going to the west, there is no border at all, the mountains are vast, and there are fewer people in the mountains, but the people are more savage. Now he only has so few people, and he is really worried about the people there The savages will come to grab the territory.

He also asked his father Fusan for help before, but the help Fusan gave was limited, and he also said that he had already come out to start his own business, and he had to rely more on himself.

Qin Lang knew that although Fu San was the biggest Dongzhu in Zuoxi, he was only a Dongzhu after all, and there were sixteen Dongzhu with similar strength to him. State, then his own strength will be greatly weakened.

His position will be unstable, and Xidong will not be safe.

"If you believe in me, we will work together. I guarantee that within ten years, Guangyuan Prefecture will not only return to the prosperity of Nong's family, but even become more prosperous than it was. As for Gaoping County, don't worry too much. For me, the establishment will only be beneficial and not harmful.”

"Believe it, believe it." Fu Meng hurriedly said. He is only in his early thirties, he is young and vigorous, and he has endless strength, but after all, he leads a team out, and it is still a bit difficult to develop here. Qin Lang already had great prestige in Zuoxi area.

Mishuikou, then Guangyuan, and the two Dazhais, will be destroyed if they are said to be destroyed.

And Qin Lang didn't break his promise in the slightest when he promised everyone. After Guangyuan was conquered, more than 20,000 people were divided among the 17 participating Daxidongs. Qin Lang only wanted the share that was agreed to be given to the imperial court in advance, and he trusted everyone so that they would share it among themselves. half out.

The burly and strong man never imagined that Qin Xuanxiang would still come and give charcoal in a difficult time. He was so excited that he didn't know what words to use to thank him, so he knelt down on the ground, picked up two casserole-sized fists, and hammered hard Hitting his thick chest, he expressed his loyalty to Qin Lang.

Qin Lang said, "We are cooperating, so you don't have to do this. You didn't take advantage of me for our mutual benefit. I just went north from Wu'an Prefecture and am going back to Chang'an. If you have children, would you like to take them to Chang'an with me? , I can arrange for them to see the world, and even let them study in the Imperial College for a few years."

Fu Meng was very excited.

"Xie Xuanxiang, I'm going to call my little ones over here to see who Xuanxiang can take a fancy to."

We only spent one day in Jinlongdong, and reached a cooperation agreement with Fumeng.

When leaving again, Fu Meng was sent all the way to Longzhou.

The children from various tribes who came from Wu'an Prefecture were silent a lot along the way.

Qin Lang watched their reactions, smiled slightly, and answered his purpose. Taking them around to Guangyuan purposely was just one way to catch a leak. The key was to let the disciples from various tribes in Wu'an Prefecture who were about to follow him to Chang'an know that besides convincing others with virtue, Qin Lang also knew Has a fierce and ruthless side.

The Nong family in Jinlongdong, Guangyuan Prefecture is an example.

The once powerful and wealthy Nong family had more than 20,000 people in Xidong, but because of Qin Lang's words, the entire tribal alliance was over, and more than 20,000 people were all reduced to slaves in other Xidong.

He believed that after seeing what happened to the Nong family in Guangyuan Prefecture, these people would tell their family members in Wu'an Prefecture what they saw.

And after those people know this, they will think twice before doing things in the future.