The Tubo messengers who delivered the goods had dinner and rested in the city. They wandered around, investigated the enemy, and collected intelligence.
There were streets and roads in the city. The ground was still mud, and the houses were built with a layer of cement. A group of tents and stables appeared at a distance.
There were soldiers of the Tang dynasty working, and some common people.
The common people wore their own clothes, and the soldiers of the Tang dynasty wore military coats. Occasionally, the troops without military coats patrolled with things in their hands.
The messengers thought that the soldiers were different, but the truth was that there were not enough military coats. This year, Mian Mian was working overtime to make military coats.
Some troops who were not very strong temporarily wore leather coats, and some of them were second-hand goods that had been delivered before.
Last year, the Li Family Zhuangzi bought a lot of things from the pawnshop in the capital. They came back to refurbish and send them to the soldiers at the border.
Currently, they were changing their clothes one after another. The leather clothes and boots were given to the people who transported the Baggage in Sichuan and the rear troops.
The Tubo tribe did not need them. They had their own leather clothes and boots.
They preferred the needles and threads of the Tang dynasty. The cotton thread was strong, and needles of different sizes were made into a set. They were matched with a thimble, and ten rolls of thread without color were given.
Needles were more useful. They gave a small threading device, but needles were not so easy to make.
The people of the Tubo tribe did not know the speed of the Li Family Zhuangzi's needle-making. They used a thread puller to pull the iron wire.
After the wire was pulled thin, there was a tool table, and the iron wire was placed on it. A large piece of iron with a sharp tip fell down and inserted into the groove to make a hole in the iron wire.
It was lifted and dislocated to the side. When it fell down, the iron wire was broken.
It was lifted again and dislocated to the side. When it fell down, the hole was pressed all over.
When it was taken out, it was manually ground on a foot-operated grinding wheel until the back was smooth and the front was sharpened. Then, it was a needle.
When it was ground, it was also aimed at the hole. First, the iron wire was put in where the needle hole was. There was a hole from thick to thin with a grinding wheel inside. When it was put in, it came out.
It was thrown aside. When there was enough, it was taken to the next person's position.
This person turned the iron wire around and put in the small hole where it needed to be sharpened. Then, it was taken out, and the needle tip appeared.
The manual cold rolling mill couldn't be compared to Li Yi's pure automation, but it saved a lot of time compared to making an array now.
After making a set of needles, he added a thimble and a small tool to lead the needle and put them in a small box made of bamboo to sell.
In the Tang dynasty, the Governor's Office and the people in the surrounding areas used their household registration to buy houses. Each house cost one coin. Depending on how much they bought, the price would be calculated according to the quantity.
There was no household registration, and a set cost five bucks. If he thought it was too expensive, he would make it himself.
In Tubo, one piece of sheepskin was exchanged for three boxes, and ten rolls of one or two layers of thread were given.
For the time being, they couldn't care less about places that were too far away. They were all merchants who bought a box for five coins and transported to other places to sell.
The emissary saw an official stall that specialized in exchanging goods with the Tubo tribe.
There were kitchen knives, scissors, nails, and so on. Anyway, it was cheaper than making it himself.
They bought it with the jade stones and Heavenly Jewels they had brought.
Other than using it for himself, he also wanted to bring it back as a gift.
After resting in the city, they set off to look for the various tribes the next day.
"You need twenty pieces of sheepskin or ten sheep." The emissary in the lead first came to Bilala's tribe, which was the closest.
"No." Bilala didn't even boil tea for him. He was now determined to be a man of the Tang dynasty.
In that case, why should he give the Tubo people when they came to ask for things from him?
"Say that again?" The emissary drew his knife.
Immediately, a group of people around him drew their knives. Bilala sneered. "Do you believe that I won't let you die here? Go back and tell your Zangpu that I, Bilala, have rebelled. Now we are people of the Tang dynasty. "
"Where's your honor as Tubo people?" The emissary was dumbfounded. Rebelling? You were at the forefront. If you rebelled, what should we do?
"What honor? The honor of not being able to eat well and wear warm clothes? Now we are people of the Tang dynasty. We are descendants of the Yellow Emperor. "
Bilala retorted righteously. Afraid of you?
We are always on tenterhooks with you. If we are attacked, where are your logistics? Where are your reinforcements?
If we only give you things and help you fight, will our people die?
The key is that we can't defeat the Military forces of the Tang dynasty. We are still counting on the city to survive in winter.
"Just wait for Zangpu's army to encircle and annihilate you. Let's go! "
The emissary was angry. He left a harsh sentence and led his people to the next tribe.
Affected by the heavy snow, it was already noon when the emissary arrived at the next tribe living near the city.
When they arrived, they saw a group of people practicing snowboarding. The children were the happiest. They were laughing and laughing, falling down from time to time.
The leader of the tribe was very enthusiastic. He invited the emissaries to drink red deer soup.
They received news that there was a red deer that fell down about 30 miles to the southwest.
They rode on horses and pulled the sled they lent them to take a look. Sure enough, there was one. It was old and couldn't withstand the fatigue and cold and fell down.
They brought it back and gave the antlers, deer skin, deer penis, and other things to the Tang dynasty people in the city. They also took the deer tendons.
They ate the rest of the meat themselves and made soup for the elderly, children, and women. If they didn't eat it in their prime, one deer wouldn't be enough.
In the past, when they were in their prime, they definitely didn't eat it for the elderly. When women were pregnant and breastfeeding, they ate it for the boys.
Now, they were learning from the Tang dynasty. The strong were responsible for protecting the weak.
As the leader, he could eat it. It just so happened that the emissary of Tubo came over.
The leader was sure that as a member of the Tang dynasty, Tubo's emissary should be given some soup to drink.
"I need you to fight the tribe over there." The emissary thought that the other party still regarded him as a noble person.
"Bilala's tribe? He's now a member of the Tang dynasty like us. How can I fight him? If I fight him, I'll be considered a traitor to the Tang dynasty. "
The leader of the tribe was reasonable. They couldn't fight. They were a family.
"You're also a traitor? Aren't you afraid that Zangpu will send troops? "The emissary understood.
"We've all become members of the Tang dynasty. We can live in the city and send people outside to look after the livestock. It'll be better when spring comes."
The leader of the tribe understood what the emissary meant. He probably wanted to borrow troops from his brothers next to him.
"I'll kindly remind you that it's useless. This is the last time I'll help you.
From now on, we'll go our separate ways. "
"Why?" The emissary didn't expect that Tubo would lose not only land but also a large number of tribes in this war.
"Ask Zasykuzé. He made mistakes in command time and time again and forced us into a desperate situation. Where are your logistics? You won't send troops.
We're facing a large number of sky-scraping monkeys, hot air balloons, and explosives.
The Tang dynasty's hot air balloons saw the deer soup 30 miles away. We'll go and pick it up.
You tell me how to fight? Scouts can't come within 30 miles. We're not afraid of death, but we can't die in vain. "
The leader of the tribe complained. "Without reinforcements and logistics, you expect my tribe to fight against the Tang dynasty?
If the Tang dynasty wants to wipe us out, I'll fight.
The Tang dynasty didn't fight and even discussed exchanging things. When we encountered a snowstorm, we came to help without weapons.
I've risked my entire tribe for you. Are you sure I still have a place in Tubo?
I'm also doing this to survive. Do you think the Tang dynasty won't massacre us?
They have Zhang Xiaosong among them. At the end of the war in the Western Regions, three cities were massacred because the other side resisted.
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