Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 183 The rights of the golden family, establishment of the ranch
Tubo is really not something that can be eaten by itself. If these five thousand cavalry are just to grab a small playground, then Genghis Khan and some senior Mongolian officials will not ask anything.

But if you want to gradually encroach on this area in the future, or even seize the entire Tubo and make the entire Tubo surrender to you, then it is not just talk.

Although Tubo is poor, it is large enough. There must be a reason for you to attack such a large area of ​​land.

Therefore, Zhang Yong needs Tubo to nominally surrender to Mongolia and Genghis Khan, and the herdsmen under him can graze on the land of Tubo.

The merit of making the entire Tubo surrender to Mongolia is far greater than the current value of Tibet itself.

As for other things, to be honest, Tubo cannot provide them. Tubo has very few things such as population and food. At present, this land is too poor, too poor, even poorer than the Mongolian grassland.

Before the crossing, the combined population of Qinghai and Tibet was less than 1000 million.

Tibet has a population of only 3604 million, while Qinghai has a population of 5905 million. This is a modern population!
What’s even more terrifying is that 2408 million people still live in Xining City, which is now Xining Prefecture.

One can imagine how sparsely populated Tubo was in its vast territory.

Not to mention the population here in ancient times, which was probably only a few hundred thousand, but definitely not more than 10.

This area is indeed large, but most of it is an area where humans cannot survive. What is really precious to me is the grassland around Qinghai Lake.

Chahan wanted to bring down the entire Tubo.Zhang Yong can only say, haha!
Letting him surrender in name is the best result. This is the greatest result that he and Chahan can achieve.

Therefore, he must take Chahan with him in this matter, otherwise, he will inevitably lose his temper. After all, Zhang Yong plans to shamelessly take the land of Sichuan and Shu directly by then.

"To be honest, you don't need so many people to fight Tubo. How poor are they there?

Recently, I found some Tibetan businessmen and Xixia people who have been to Tubo and asked about it.Let alone 2000 cavalry, you can take down the territory even if you bring [-] people. Tu Lanlun said.

“My father Genghis Khan did not grant me the land of Tubo, so what Chahan and I have to do is to make him surrender to Mongolia.

Then we can freely graze on this grassland, instead of completely seizing it and giving it my surname. "Zhang Yong said.

"Oh! Actually, actually!"

"Actually what?" Zhang Yong turned around and asked.

Tu Lanlun opened his mouth, but suddenly stopped talking.

"nothing!"

In fact, it stands to reason that as the head of the family, you are also a member of the Golden Family, and you are the adopted son and son-in-law of Genghis Khan. If you really win this land, it is not impossible for you to become the Great Khan in the future!
However, she also knew that the head of the family was not interested in this land, but just wanted to find a pasture for these herdsmen. After all, neither the Guanzhong area nor the land in Xixia was suitable for grazing.

But in charge, you are a descendant of the Golden Family!You have some privileges, don't always think of yourself as those ordinary Han generals.

There is an essential difference between your identity and theirs. Father Khan regards you as one of his own. Even Guo Baoyu and Shi Tianze do not have Mongolian herdsmen under their control.

Those Han generals basically manage the Han people, but you are the only one who manages the Mongolian and Han people, right?

Even if your father Khan allows you to become the king, this actually means that you are agreeing to establish your own khanate in the future and be attached to the Great Mongolia.

According to the Han people, it is the title of king.

"You obviously had something to say to me just now, why did you suddenly swallow it back?" Zhang Yong came to Tu Lanlun, hugged him, and asked.

This girl obviously means something to her words.

"Master! You, don't think that you are the same as those ordinary Han generals and ministers, or even similar to Yelu Chucai. You are different from them, fundamentally different!" Tu Lanlun said.

"We are all Han Shihou, and my current status is similar to them, or higher than them." Zhang Yong said.

My current status, due to the blessing of some mythical colors, is much higher than ordinary Han Shihou and Jiang Jiang, but it shouldn't be much higher!
"No! Your status and status are much higher than them. You are from the Golden Family, my husband, and the adopted son of my father.

You are different from those Han princes. They were already crowned princes, but your father Khan promised you to be the king. Don't forget this.

Why does Chahan respect you so much, and why are those Mongolian generals willing to obey your orders?

This is not without reason. Look, if my father Khan assigned thousands of Mongolian herdsmen households to an ordinary Han prince, would these herders listen to the Han prince? The heads of thousands of households would not offend those Han princes. The prince's. Tu Lanlun said.

What's more, the head of his family came from a god, but he had seen the ancestors of the golden armored god generals. This honor was not something even Genghis Khan himself had.

Hearing this, Zhang Yong nodded thoughtfully. It was indeed true. Wo Kuotai and Genghis Khan did not regard themselves as outsiders. It was absolutely impossible for those Han generals to be assigned to the rule of Mongolian herders.

In this way, my identity is much higher than theirs. It seems that I thought up a mythical identity at that time.

It did bring a lot of convenience to myself. If I had just traveled through time as an ordinary person, I probably wouldn't have been used in such a big way.

But he has no intention of taking the Tubo land. He can just let this land nominally submit to Mongolia. Since this land is adjacent to his own territory, he still has the final say on some things.

"Tulan Lun, tell me, if my army becomes stronger in the future and I personally lead the troops to conquer Sichuan and Shu, will the Great Khan disperse this land to me?" Zhang Yong asked.

In fact, this was what he was most concerned about. The land of Guanzhong, the two prefectures of Xixia and even the Qinghai Lake area were all under his rule. Genghis Khan would not say anything because it was a reward given to him.

In fact, many people are jealous, but there is nothing they can do. Zhang Yong has always been worried that if he seizes the land of Sichuan and Shu, things may become different.

He even asked himself to hand over the land of Sichuan and Sichuan. At that time, he might have turned against him, but now listening to Tu Lanlun's words, it seems that things may turn around.

"Master! If you land the land yourself, then of course you can make the decision if you pay taxes on time every year. This is our Mongolian rule!" Turan Lun said.

Do you even need to ask her?Of course!

Hearing this, Zhang Yong nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that the Golden Family still had great power.

"Okay! Let's rest early today. Tomorrow you go to Xining Mansion with me. Those herders will live in Xining Mansion from now on." Zhang Yong said.

"Well! Do you want me to find those two Xixia women to come over and accompany you?" Tu Lanlun asked.

"Ahem! Forget it! They are all former nobles of the Xixia Palace. I think we should let them live here for a while first and then talk about it later."

Four people together, this is a bit exciting!
But these two Xixia women will be exempted for the time being!After all, he had just destroyed their country.

"Haha! Don't worry, I will teach them both well in a few months.

If you don’t call them, then I’ll call over the two women who were given to you by Father Khan before. You should rest assured about their details, right? Tu Lanlun smiled and said.

"Ahem! You can have this." Zhang Yong said.

Sometimes it is convenient if you marry an ancient wife!However, only women from ethnic minorities such as Mongolia can do it. As long as it is a Han woman, if you marry a concubine, she will not say anything, but if you want to be together, then it is probably not possible.

"Haha! Just wait, I'll call them over right now, and call Bahnaya too!" Tu Lanlun smiled and turned around and walked out.

It seems that I need to eat more kidneys tonight to make up for it. This kind of life is really desolate!

Early the next morning, Zhang Yong, who had some back pain, drove into an off-road vehicle and drove Tulan Lun, Bakhnaya, and two Mongolian women.All the herdsmen teams he led, plus tens of thousands of Han people of his own, set off for Xining Prefecture in a mighty manner.

He also told the Xiliang Mansion that if there was any news from Genghis Khan, he would rush over immediately to inform him.

After traveling for five days, everyone arrived at the grassland near Xining Mansion. This was the terrain that Zhang Yong brought people here to survey some time ago.

The total area is very large, which is very suitable for establishing a breeding farm here.

"Sir, you are here."

"Master Zhang!"

"Lord God Envoy!" As soon as he arrived, a group of his subordinates came over.

"Well! What do you know about the situation in Xining Mansion?" Zhang Yong asked.

There are about [-] people in Xining Prefecture, which is not much more populous than Xiliang Prefecture. Zhang Yong, his Han people, plans to settle them all in Xiliang Prefecture. As for the Mongolian herdsmen, they will stay in Xining Prefecture and watch the local Xixia people.

When the population increases in the future, some Han people will be moved over. The land in these two prefectures is very fertile and can accommodate a large number of people. (Xiliang Prefecture and Xining Prefecture are now Wuwei City in Gansu Province and Xining City in Qinghai Province.)
"Sir! In accordance with your instructions, we have been stepping up the production of soil blocks and collecting a large amount of wood. Now, the preparations are almost complete." Zhang Danshen stepped forward and said.

"Okay! Bamui, Zhang Danshen, Wang Ming, and Cha Tuohua, the four of you will bring 5000 people each, and surround me with all the land with a radius of forty miles, and build a large fence with a height of about three feet. The earth walls on the left and right, and then insert some wooden sticks on them, just a little higher than a person." Zhang Yong said.

First, build the outer frame first and then do the internal construction.

"Sir! Shall we build such a big district? Isn't this land a bit big?" It's forty miles in radius!Isn't this land a bit big?
It is equivalent to the size of a small city.

"It has a radius of forty miles, but the only place we really want to build a shack is the central area. The enclosed areas on the outside are used by me to grow grass and build a large pasture. Those outer walls are just for Just to prevent some wild animals from coming in." Zhang Yong said.

A three-foot earth wall is one meter high, and wooden sticks are inserted on it to form a courtyard wall of about 1.8 to 1.7 meters. It will be difficult for ordinary wolves to enter.

The inner area is where you built it for the animals to live.

"Sir, we can complete these things in a day or two. How are we going to build the middle area?" Wang Ming asked.

After all, there are 4 civilians staying here, as well as more than 1 Mongolians. This is a labor force of more than 5 people, enough to complete any large-scale work.

“You see, in the central area, we divide it into four areas, the largest area is for sheep, the other is for cattle, and the third is for horses.

As for the remaining area, things like camels and wild deer can be placed here. It should be smaller and can store about [-] to [-] livestock.

The height of each sheepfold should be about six to seven feet. The design is here. The empty roof can be covered with straw, but the surrounding walls must be made of earth. "Zhang Yong took out a design drawing he had drawn before and placed it in front of several people.

The design of the sheepfold is rectangular. According to Zhang Yong's estimation, each shack can store about [-] sheep. There is a wall in the middle to separate it from other sheep. This wall is made into a hollow type, similar to a fire pit. the design of.

Each earthen stove can heat two sheep pens, and one earthen stove can keep more than 6000 sheep warm.

A total of 120 such sheep pens were built, divided into four rows, with forty sheep pens in each row, symmetrical from left to right, and an earth fire heating wall was built in the middle. Sixty earth stoves can provide heating for 40 sheep.

A stone trough is added in front of each sheep shed. In winter, dry straw can be placed in it so that the sheep can graze without leaving the shed. It is also more convenient for feeding and management.

The design scheme of the cowshed and horse shed is basically the same as that of the sheep shed, except that the height of the shed is increased. Among them, the horse shed is the tallest, which is a full two and a half meters.

"This is the rough construction plan. After the design of this farm is completed, I estimate that about 2000 people will be needed to work in it. The work plan is based on a rotation system.

Today these 1000 people work, and tomorrow another 1000 people work. Their main job is to feed these livestock.

Then all the manure produced by the livestock is taken out and buried in the surrounding land to increase the fertility of the land.

The excess manure produced every day in the future can also be sent to nearby fields to increase the fertility of the fields. "Zhang Yong said.

"This is fine, Lord God Envoy, if only 1000 people are needed to work every day, I don't think there is a need for 2000 people to be rotated.

All of our herdsmen combined total over 8000 people, and we can just bring in a group of people every ten days or so. "Several Mongolian heads of thousands of households spoke up.

"Well! You can do this in winter, but in summer, spring, and autumn, you still have to go out to graze, so follow my plan.

There are 2000 people specifically responsible for this farm, in spring, summer, autumn and winter, all year round. If you don't have enough manpower, transfer some people from the Xixia people. "Zhang Yong said.

I hope that this farm will make a fortune. In the future, the grass produced by this farm will be self-sufficient. From then on, it will probably produce tens of thousands of cattle and sheep every year, and these will be sold for nothing.

As for the horses, they can be used as war horses or pack horses.

"Sir! This project looks very big, but there are tens of thousands of us. If we all work together, it can be completed in less than a month." Wang Ming and Zhang Shansheng said after calculation.

"Anyway, just don't delay the construction period. You and your brothers will work together. The remaining herdsmen will not participate in your work. I still have tasks to assign to them.

It's best to get it all done within a month. After winter, the sheep and cattle will move in. "Zhang Yong said.

"Don't worry, sir! We will finish it soon."

"Well! I will give you three thousand rams. You kill five hundred sheep every five or six days so that all the workers can have meat to eat. Even if each person has a mouthful of soup and bones to chew on, they must be full. Only when you are full can you have the strength to work." Zhang Yong said.

"Thank you for your kindness, sir. We will work hard." Everyone present was very happy to hear that there was meat to eat.

Even if you are marching and fighting, you don't necessarily have meat to eat every five or six days!
"Preserve all the sheep bones you eat. These will be made into bone meal and can be fertilized next year," Zhang Yong said.

"I understand, don't worry, sir."

After arranging the construction work of the breeding farm, Zhang Yong and everyone started working enthusiastically. It only took a day to build the outer frame, and then the remaining people started to build four breeding areas.

Zhang Yong took the remaining herdsmen to a place dozens of kilometers away in the direction of Xining, and began mowing grass along the way to prepare food for the livestock that would spend the winter.

More than 1 herdsmen worked together, and the efficiency was very terrifying. Basically, they could cut all the grass and other plants within a radius of five or six miles every day.

"In the coming year, sow your grass seeds here and let the cattle and sheep leave their dung here. Then this will be our pasture." Cha Tuohua said.

The quality of this grassland is good, enough to support them and their livestock.

"Yeah! Half of the fodder collected by the herdsmen is kept by themselves, and the remaining half is sent to the breeding farm for stacking." Zhang Yong said.

It's not enough to collect all the forage nearby. You need to go deeper to the west.

According to my own estimation, within half a month at most, hundreds of miles of pasture nearby will be mowed down by these herdsmen.

In just a few days, the progress of my herdsmen's cutting of grass has extended to the territory of the Tibetan people.

Some herders have even discovered yaks raised by the Tibetans.

Now that they have entered the territory of Tubo, they don't know whether Chahan can get there in time.

(End of this chapter)