Yelu Qi ran on his horse with all his heart. He was full of joy. He hadn't galloped like this for a long time. He left his tribe and his tribe members for half a year. Although Tiele would send letters to him from time to time, telling that everything was fine, he was still a little uneasy.

First, he was worried that Li Ze would fulfill his promise to him, and second, he was worried that his subordinates would be rebellious and clash with the people sent by Wuwei. He knew too well that the group of guys under his command were not one of them that was a fuel-efficient lamp.

This time he followed Li Ze through Luoyang and went to Chang'an, and finally he truly realized what prosperity and what the heavenly kingdom was. Compared with those places, the places he stayed in before could only be said to be turned into a place. He had only heard people talk about the wealth of those places, but after he truly saw it, he realized that those legends really could not match the reality.

I originally thought that the kind of life that Zhang Zhongwu lived was like a god in the sky. When I arrived in Chang'an, Luoyang and saw the lives of those high-ranking officials and nobles, I realized that in the eyes of these people, Zhang Zhongwu was just a land bun in a border area.

Now, he is also a regular official in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, to be precise, he is now a regular general under the tent of the General of the Qianniu Guard Li Ze.

A guerrilla general under the fifth grade.

After the Wuyi Conference, he returned home with all his heart, but was pushed to Wuwei Academy by Jieshuai, saying that he wanted to learn the cultural knowledge of the Tang Dynasty. As a Khitan nobleman, Yelu Qi could speak Tang Dynasty language and write Tang characters. Of course, he had read many books from the Tang Dynasty. He originally thought it was a very relaxing thing, but when he was really sitting in the classroom and listening to the gentlemen's serious lectures, he was stunned.

It turns out that I can't do anything.

This is painful.

I originally thought that my tail would not attract the attention of others, but the professors above seemed to have focused on themselves, caring for themselves in class and caring for them after class. They always asked questions, and they always made themselves speak whenever they discussed. They would not have enough class to give themselves a small sensation after class, which would make themselves live a life worse than death.

However, this high-intensity oppressive learning also allowed Yelu Qi to learn a lot. At least, he now has a thorough understanding of the Tang Dynasty culture and a vague understanding of the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, he has a deeper understanding of the Tang Dynasty's etiquette. Because the gentleman who taught etiquette always used him as an example.

The only privilege he enjoyed at Wuwei Academy was that he could not take the sprinter. Even if he was pulled away, he would be a teacher to teach others the scriptures.

If it weren't for this little vanity, Yelu Qi felt that he wouldn't be able to survive this month.

Fortunately, the war broke out in Yingzhou. Although Liu Chenglin won the war, he suffered huge losses. The general of Jie began to send troops to Yingzhou on a large scale. He was also recruited and led a thousand cavalry into Yingzhou and merged with the command of the Ranger General Li De. Li De was the chief and he was the deputy.

Yelu Qi actually wanted to bring more troops to Yingzhou, but Jieshuai only allowed him to lead a thousand people. The reason moved Yelu Qi.

Li Ze told him that the Siwandan tribe had just settled down in Boxing County, Dezhou, and needed more young and strong people to live and work in peace and contentment, and to create a more comfortable environment for the elderly, weak, women and children. A thousand elites are enough, and the rest should be used to build a home. He regarded the Siwandan tribe as his own people, not a group of thugs.

These sincere words made Yelu Qi almost burst into tears, and immediately said that he would lead the most elite thousand athletes in the clan to the front line to make achievements.

In the past, when under Zhang Zhongwu's rule, Yelu Qi was reluctant to send more troops, because every time there was one more soldier, the tribe would have an extra burden, and everything the soldiers who went to the expedition needed was needed by his own tribe. After these young and strong soldiers left, the lives of the elderly, weak, women and children were even more difficult. But under Zhang Zhongwu's high pressure, he always had to go out in full swing.

But when Li Ze ruled, he could see the blue sky through the clouds and mist.

He sent 1,000 troops, and these thousand people could receive official military pay. Except for the horses they brought themselves, other things such as clothes and armor were all supplied by Wuwei Jie Town, and the food and grass were also provided by the local government. The only thing they had to do was to fight bravely.

The ten warriors who accompanied him to guard Li Ze to Chang'an were gone, and seven of them died in Mengjindu. This time he brought the pensions of the seven soldiers from Wuweijie Town to each of them, with a pension of one hundred yuan each, and now it is jingling on the carriage not far behind him. In addition to the compensation for cash, Wuweijie Town has even more subsidies for the soldiers who died in battle. The families of the dead will be exempted from corvee and tax until the children in the family are sixteen years old. If there is a widow at home, as long as they do not remarry, they can enjoy such exemption. If there are elderly people in the family and no brothers, they will be exempted from labor service.

This was something Yelu Qi dared not think about before.

Under Zhang Zhongwu's command, if you die, you will die and have nothing. Every time this time, the patriarch Yelu Qi, the patriarch, needs to pay for his own pocket to pay for his family. Frequent wars and many casualties, which also makes Yelu Qi, the dignified patriarch, live a worse life than an ordinary landlord in the Tang Dynasty.

But in the future, Wuwei Jie Town will take on these.

If you dare to ask such a commander, how could Yelu Qi not fight for him bravely! How could he not be devoted to him?

"Class leader, the people who are here to welcome us are here." A guard looked at a rushing army in front of him and cheered loudly.

Yelu Qi stood up and stood there. After a moment, a team of more than a hundred people with distinct flags arrived in front of them. Looking at the team, Yelu Qi couldn't believe his eyes.

Is this still the cavalry of my own tribe?

Under the brand new robe, there was a freshly tall breastplate, a scimitar on the waist and hips, and a long bow on his back. They all looked rosy and refreshed. The leader was Tiele.

"Captain, you are finally back!" Tieler stepped forward, and immediately stroked his hand and bowed his body as a gift.

"Tiele, is this?" he asked, pointing at the cavalry.

"A few days ago, Cangzhou No. lord escorted a batch of weapons and supplies to Boxing, saying that the clan leader was about to return and would lead a thousand warriors to the warriors. These are the weapons provided by the warriors to the expedition." Tiele, who had not seen half a year, looked like a Tang man in his dress and had gained a lot of weight. He explained with a smile: "The heroes in the clan have all their eyes red. There are too many monks and few porridges. Tiele had no choice but to let them compete in martial arts and skills, and the winner was the first. Three days of kung fu, a thousand warriors were selected. Just for this, there were still little people running to me to hit the wooden bell every day, saying that they had fewer people."

Yelu Qi laughed: "Who made them not practice martial arts diligently? This time they go to the festival coach, so they naturally have to choose the best, the best, Tiele, you did a good job."

"I feel relieved when the patriarch is satisfied." Tiele said.

The two of them walked together.

"How have the tribe been doing in the past six months?" Yelu Qi asked: "Has the things that the commander Jie promised to be fulfilled one by one?"

Tiele smiled and said, "Class leader, this time I'm afraid you won't recognize our tribe."

"Is that true?" Yelu Qi said: "In that case, everyone is doing well?"

Tiele pointed to the more than a hundred knights and smiled, "You just need to see what they look like."

Yelu Qi glanced at the red and energetic knights and nodded with satisfaction. This was the best mental outlook for his middle subordinates.

The group stopped talking, just walked on horseback.

After half an hour, the scales of the Sixin River appeared in their sight. Yelu Qi stood on his horse. A small boat was floating leisurely on the surface of the river. The boatman was wearing a hat on his head, standing at the stern of the boat, holding a pole in his hand, but letting the boat float freely. Around the boat, there were dense ducks floating in the water. From time to time, one duck could be seen piercing down one by one and then floating up.

"We raise tens of thousands of ducks, and every day they lay eggs, but there are thousands." Tiele said with a smile: "We have signed an agreement with the supply and marketing cooperative. Every day there are carriages and horsemen coming to us to transport these duck eggs. In fact, there are eggs, etc. We raise more chickens! The patriarch, now, just eggs and duck eggs can bring us a lot of income every day!"

Stepping onto the wooden bridge on the river and crossing the Sixin River, Yelu Qi saw rows of thatched cottages built not far from the river. Before the cottage, there were indeed a large group of chickens happily pecking at the insects in the grass. Walking through this grass, occasionally you could see scattered eggs scattered among the grass.

"Chicken and duck can not only lay eggs, but after two years of failure, they can sell chicken and duck meat, even feathers, and the supply and marketing cooperatives can take them away. Big feathers can make arrow feathers, small feathers and down, and they say they can make clothes. I don't know much about these things anyway. As long as they can turn them into money, it's great."

"Why didn't you see cattle and sheep?" Yelu Qi asked. He was used to raising cattle and sheep, but he couldn't see these livestock, and he always felt a little worried.

"Although Boxing County has a large territory, large areas of fertile fields still have to be cultivated and planted, so it is impossible to grazle like we used to. Yixing Society has sent many experts in this field, and now we have changed a lot of past habits." Tiele said with a smile: "Most of the cattle and sheep are now kept in captivity. They are divided into many categories. Anyway, only the varieties of meat grow are raised in captivity, so that the meat grows quickly, and the others are demarcated for free-range farms."
Chapter completed!