The three tribes of the Northern Borderline were originally scattered in the form of many ethnic groups and tribes. They chased after rivers and herded horses. There were always disputes and fights between each tribe. Later, a tribe suddenly rose up with the support of the last emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty. It took decades for them to unify the major tribes of the Northern Borderline.
This powerful tribe was the Qiang tribe. It was said that they were the remaining descendants of the Qiang Wu tribe. They were the most powerful, populous, and wealthy tribe among the three tribes of the Northern Borderline. The royal court of the three tribes of the Northern Borderline was different from the Central Plains. The power structure was even more complicated.
If it was the royal court of the Central Plains, if the emperor was muddle-headed and immoral, the people would mostly choose to tolerate it. If the ministers could not persuade them, they would mostly turn a blind eye or do whatever the emperor wanted. But in the Northern Borderline, the situation was different.
If the king of the royal court was incapable, the elders of the three tribes had the right to use their respective powers to depose him and elect a new king!
Wu Liba had long suggested to the king of the royal court to slaughter the mares that had come into contact with the Ferghana horses of Shalan, but the king had hoped for a fluke. As a result, the horse plague had enough time to spread and cause immeasurable losses to the major horse farms. Who was to blame for this?
Before the king of the Northern Borderline consolidated the horse farms, the major horse farms were owned by the prominent nobles of the Northern Borderline.
The nobles were willing to let the horse farms be under the control of the royal court because it was profitable. Now that the king's wrong decision had caused them to suffer such a huge loss, how could the powerful nobles take it lying down?
When the news of Liu She reached the Xiangyang district, the three tribes of the Northern Borderline were already fighting amongst themselves. The prestige of the royal court had suffered a huge blow.
Jiang Pengji wore a slightly thicker hemp garment. She sat by the ridge of the field and wore a bamboo hat to block the sun.
Although there was a drought this year, the harvest was good. Last year, when the Xiangyang district was conquered, a large amount of wasteland was cultivated in one go. Almost every household was given more than ten mu. After experiencing the joy of the harvest, the people were burning straw to make the fields more fertile.
Jiang Pengji listened to the secret report quietly and looked up at the sky.
It was nearing the end of autumn. According to previous years, the first snow should have fallen.
Jiang Pengji said calmly, "Don't worry. When the first snow falls, the horse plague in the Northern Borderline will be suppressed. However, the losses that have already occurred cannot be recovered. Tell Father that if he has the ability, he should try his best to sow discord within the Northern Borderline. The Great King of the Northern Borderline has made a serious mistake in his policies, causing huge losses to many aristocratic horse farms. I think he is also full of bruises now, right? "
During that time, Jiang Pengji was either busy at the carpentry workshop or working in the fields. The audience in the streaming room thought she was going to change her profession.
Now that Liu She's secret envoy had arrived, everyone seemed to be on steroids.
Yinian Qu Zhong: "Hahahaha … I can laugh at this joke for a year. The three tribes of the North borderline wanted to invade Dongqing, but God didn't give them face and coldly threw them a horse plague. Great, now even the King of the Imperial Court will be chased down."
Stir-fried Mushroom: "The three tribes of the North borderline don't even have the right time, yet they still have the courage to attack Dongqing. Who gave them the courage? Liang Jingru? But now, the horse plague had come, and the warhorses were dying one after another. I have checked with Baidu. Hahaha, the ancient warhorses are really expensive. The horse farms of the North borderline were almost wiped out. How much money did they lose? "
Luori Yingtianqiong: "No, no, no … they did lose a lot of warhorses, which are very expensive when converted into money. But you have to know that warhorses are not currency, nor are they liquid funds. The losses of the three tribes of the North borderline were actually not that huge.
If the warhorses of the North borderline could be sold, the price to others would definitely be high, but it can't be said that the warhorses were worth that much.
The three tribes of the North borderline owned horse farms of all sizes, and they had the final say on the price. Outsiders didn't know the actual cost of a warhorse. "
Jintian Qiaohezi: "That's true. We calculated their losses based on the price of the warhorses. If we calculated it based on the cost, the losses would definitely not be as big as we thought. But it shouldn't be much different. Anyway, it was a huge loss. "
Shidama Jinji: "Am I the only one who is worried that if the streamer attacks the North borderline in the future, how will the horse plague be solved?"
Jiang Pengji glanced at the bullet screen of the livestream. The secret messenger had already left. She seemed to be daydreaming, but in fact, she was sending a bullet screen in the livestream room.
Streamer V: "After listening to the secret messenger's report, I can more or less guess how the horse plague spread. It is most likely related to mosquitoes and insects. The source of the horse plague came from near Shalan. The climate there was humid and hot. There was no frost or snow in four seasons, and it was mostly spring or summer. If mosquitoes and insects were the source of transmission, then when the weather turned completely cold and snow covered the earth, the horse plague would naturally be suppressed.
There were only a few ways for the source of transmission. After Jiang Pengji ruled out all the ways of transmission, she targeted the mosquitoes and insects that were more common on the grasslands. Although there was no conclusive evidence for this guess, she trusted her own judgment more.
If it was airborne, even if the source of the disease had a very long incubation period, the horse plague would be concentrated in a few days and spread throughout the grasslands of the North borderline. The results proved that this was not the case. The horse plague spread in all directions in the form of radiation infection. The speed of transmission was not fast, but it was not slow either.
The audience in the livestream room suddenly realized something.
Scarlet Starry Sky: "I feel that this horse plague is a bit like the African horse plague, but the incubation period is longer and the fatality rate is higher."
Heroes of the Storm: "Anyway, it's good that the streamer knows what to do. We'd better watch the show quietly."
At that moment, an audience member suddenly raised a question.
Nuanling: "Ah ah ah ah ah — I suddenly thought of something. Little White also came from the North borderline. Could there be a source of the horse plague?
Everyone was anxious at the thought of such a handsome and well-behaved star horse suddenly dying.
Streamer V: "Little White is in good condition. It's fine."
The manager of the treasure house told Jiang Pengji that he had bought a snow-white fine warhorse and wanted to present it to her. At that time, Jiang Pengji carefully inquired about some details. After making sure that Little White was fine, she asked the groom to throw Little White into White's VIP stable.
The manager of the treasure house left the North borderline with Little White. He deliberately took a detour to reach Xiangyang District, which took more than a month.
If Little White was sick, he would have died on the way. How could he reach Xiangyang District safely?
There were burning straws everywhere in the fields. Jiang Pengji got up and put on her wooden clogs.
At that moment, Liyun also returned from his patrol. There was a simple smile on his face, which attracted the attention of many young ladies.
"My lord …"
Jiang Pengji nodded, indicating that it was time to leave.
Liyun was so happy that he showed his white teeth. "I thought there would be no harvest due to the drought this year. I didn't expect it to be a year with a small bumper harvest."
He checked the harvesting situation of each household's fields. The food was enough to feed the people of Fengyi County.
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