Clouds suddenly gathered in the blue sky and turned gloomy. Then, a light drizzle fell and turned into tiny snowflakes that couldn't be held in the palm of one's hand.
The first day of the ninth lunar month, the sixth day of the tenth lunar month.
The autumn equinox had long passed, and the cold dew would arrive in two days.
In Zheng County, the administrative center of Huazhou, there were only a few people wearing straw raincoats and bamboo hats hurrying on the streets.
A team of three thousand people was marching in the rain and snow. The hooves of the horses fell on the road, making crisp and dull sounds. People were standing in the shops on both sides of the road and watching.
The people looked at the team, and the one thousand people in the team kept looking around.
"Gao Xiang, do you really know how to fly with a hang glider? Your name is too good. "
Te Gelu wiped the water off his face and talked to the Winged Knights.
His team of one thousand people was trapped by the fire attack, and all of them surrendered. They passed by Zheng County on their way back.
The rain and snow did not matter to them, the people of the Tiele Nine Families, and the Winged Knights did not care.
However, the southwest barbarians frowned. It was cold, especially uncomfortable. Fortunately, they had lived in Chang 'an for a few years, so they could endure it.
The other southwest barbarians and the people of the Tiele Nine Families had returned early, and they were the last batch.
The Later Turks ran further north, and their mission was over. They went home to continue their studies and work.
The one thousand captured Later Turks elites were no longer tied up, but they consciously did not hold the reins, indicating that they were not running, and they could even take off the reins.
The Winged Knights and the people of the Tiele Nine Families did not care if you held the reins or not. They were the same kind of people on horseback, and they could not ride without reins.
How did they catch the wild horses? Throwing away the rope was not a good man.
Directly riding the horse, and after a little bit of time, jumping on the horse and landing on the back of the wild horse, taming the horse without any tools. This was the normal way to do it.
Throwing ropes, as well as the lassoing rod that Li Dongzhu 'invented', were getting worse and worse with each generation.
However, the lassoing rod was more useful and saved arrows.
When a group of people surrounded a wolf, the lassoing rod was indeed convenient. As for the lassoing of horses, the lassoing rod was embarrassing.
The less skilled ones could throw ropes, which could be used to pull down the enemy's buckler during a battle.
The horse pole was not sturdy enough, and it needed to be pulled at a close distance. Twenty to thirty steps away, was the pole that long?
"Gao Xiang, why aren't you saying anything?" Te Gelu wiped the water off his face again.
"This kind of rain isn't good. It's considered freezing rain. It's difficult for the people to farm. I hope it doesn't get too heavy. Otherwise, a layer of ice will form on the tents. I'm afraid they'll collapse."
As a member of the Winged Knights, Gao Xiang considered the problem from a different perspective.
He didn't care if he got wet, but he was worried about the people. Once the disaster struck, the people's lives would immediately become difficult.
The translucency of the cloth in the greenhouse was not good. The wind, rain, snow, and sun would cause the cloth to rot quickly.
If it weren't for the fact that the price of the vegetables in the greenhouses was still acceptable, they would have lost money if they used such greenhouses to grow them.
"What does their poor life have to do with you?" Te Gelu thought that Gao Xiang was too sentimental.
"I'm the Winged Knights. How can I have nothing to do with the disaster relief?
The common people suffered, but the army bore the burden. The Winged Knights set an example.
If it's too far away, we won't be able to make it in time. Let's use the local government's power first. Huazhou is closer to us.
Gao Xiang observed as he spoke. If there was a need, he would tie up a thousand captives and lead everyone to disaster relief.
"I've seen the shops around. They're all rich people. If you help them, will they give you money? Will they listen to you in some matters in the future? "
Te Gelu's ideology was different from that of the Winged Knights. They only cared about their own small tribe.
They would only help if other tribes gave them benefits.
The benefits didn't have to be material. It could also be asking for help to prove that they couldn't do it and needed help.
"Some of them pay taxes, some pay rent. The imperial court took the things and didn't care about their lives?
Li Dongzhu said that other people pay rent and taxes and wait for their houses to collapse.
If you take the taxes and food, you have to build a good house for them.
If you say that this is insurance and there's no need to pay additional commercial insurance, wouldn't the imperial court be playing hooligan?
The money that we, the Winged Knights, take is actually part of the common people's rent and taxes.
Don't think that His Majesty gave it to us directly. His Majesty is the emperor of the Tang dynasty, not the emperor of the Winged Knights. "
Gao Xiang tried his best to explain, hoping that the other party could understand.
The imperial court had subsidies. Once a disaster struck, they would liquidate their positions and reduce the common people's rent and taxes.
"If there are lazy people whose homes are destroyed and you help them, wouldn't you be contributing to this situation?"
Te Gelu was quite knowledgeable. He found a possibility that was guaranteed to exist.
"Helping the majority of the kind-hearted people and a small number of such people won't affect the overall situation.
Our goal is to help the people who are affected by the disaster, not to keep an eye on a few people who take advantage of the imperial court.
The goal is achieved immediately. Don't put the cart before the horse. There will be other departments to take care of individual situations. "
Gao Xiang used to think that Te Gelu was quite smart, but now he despised him. He was too stupid!
"Oh! So that's how the Tang dynasty is now. "Te Gelu got the information he needed. He was not stupid.
"I'll let you go? I'll send a report first and ask Dongzhu. "Gao Xiang did not care. You can understand if you want.
"When I reach Chang 'an and learn something, can you still say this?" Te Gelu did not hide his purpose.
"Learn? I don't even understand it. You can learn it. It's a huge system. Even the ministers are learning it. "
Gao Xiang despised him. You're still thinking about what to learn? Go ahead and learn. That knowledge is as ethereal as smoke and as vast as the sea!
If you can learn all the skills of Dongzhu, you won't be where you are now. Why didn't you become the Khan?
Dongzhu is the kind of person who I don't want to be the Emperor. I find it tiring and troublesome. I still have to cook braised pork with soy sauce with my wife. I'm too busy today.
If it's you, can you do it? Do you know how to cook braised pork with soy sauce? The kind that doesn't taste too fishy or greasy.
Te Gelu thought carefully and laughed. "You think you can't be compared to Li Yi, so you are afraid of him?"
"Don't try to provoke me. I really can't do it. But I'm mainly afraid that he will bring me out to play. Alright, we'll go back soon. I'll let Dongzhu bring you out to play. "
Gao Xiang was one of the first 3,000 Winged Knights. When they came out, they could all be commanders.
That period of time was both a fortune and a suffering. It left a psychological shadow.
"The Tang dynasty is well prepared!" Te Gelu was smart. He did not want to fall into the trap. He looked at the situation on both sides of the street and found something wrong.
The freezing rain was getting heavier. Everyone lifted the stone slabs on the underground canal and started to pile sandbags at the entrance.
The underground canal became an open canal. The water could not flood through.
The things on the first floor started to be moved to the third floor. This showed that the people were experienced.
"It was flooded before. The officials of the entire prefecture were arrested. The officials of the counties were all dealt with except for the officials of Zheng County. Dongzhu impeached them personally."
Gao Xiang explained. The water level was not high now. The people who had been affected by the disaster would not care. Anyway, they had to move the things first.
What if the water level rose? After suffering once, they would not fall in the same place again.
"How's Li Yi doing in administration?" Te Gelu took the opportunity to ask.
"At that time, it was Dongzhu who came to Huazhou. He impeached the officials and arrested them. He was in charge of administration.
What you see now is the result of his handling of administration. It's a waste of talent. "
Gao Xiang shook his head and said something that made Te Gelu feel conflicted.
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