The other tribesmen smiled gratefully at Jiang Gang. Due to the low temperature, their facial muscles were stiff and their smiles were uglier than crying.
They did not care who made the decision behind the scenes. They only knew that Jiang Gang was responsible for it.
If Jiang Gang did not help to contact them, how would Her Majesty know?
They had just surrendered this year and immediately arranged things for them to do.
They just had to collect their weapons, unlike the tribesmen of Fu Difu.
Even so, it was not bad! There was nothing to do in winter to earn money! Winter consumed the harvest of summer and autumn.
In autumn, they stored the grass and waited for winter to come.
The heavy snow two days ago this year, when they surrendered to the Tang dynasty … Sigh! They did not dare to think about it.
People in their twenties and thirties had never encountered such heavy snow.
They were picking pine nuts at that time. The front and back teams all entered the forest and relied on the trees to block the snow.
After that, they rode horses and plows to rescue. Everyone was fine. There were more people and more supplies.
Family was the most important. The people who came to rescue said that the place where they lived was safe.
In terms of losses, there were fewer sheep. Everyone killed them to drink mutton soup. Removing snow was tiring.
In comparison, the other tribesmen found that their current lives were better.
"At most half a month. Let's end the pine nut picking activity and go home to live on a hot kang." Jiang Gang thought that everyone was anxious.
"Half a month is not enough. It's better to go back before the new year."
Indeed, some people were anxious and thought that time was too short.
He worked in the forest and earned money every day, feeding sheep to his left and right.
"People can bear it, but horses are tired. Winter should be for the animals to rest and fatten up.
A batch of horses will not be able to move when they go back. A new batch of horses will not be able to fatten up in a month.
If we keep changing horses, the Tian Bing Army and the Hengye Army will not be able to fight anymore. "
Jiang Gang felt sorry for the horses. They had to run 1,500 to 600 miles in the snow. Going back was the same distance.
The extra 20% was too little. Adding another 20% was more like it.
The people who objected just now lowered their heads and did not say anything. He remembered that the transportation horses were all military horses. They could not be ordered around.
"Come next autumn. Winter is not suitable for pine nuts, but hunting is fine."
Jiang Gang comforted everyone. Next year, it would be better.
In his heart, he thought that they would start farming next year. Everyone would have work to do.
How to teach a group of nomadic tribes to farm!
According to Dongzhu, the position of the muscles in the body was different.
For those who were good at horse-riding, if they were asked to plant rice seedlings, they would be so tired that they would fall into the paddy field in half a day, or they would sit down and plant rice seedlings while walking.
Why don't you just walk forward and plant rice? If he stepped on a seedling, he would spread his legs and bend over. If the seedling avoided him, he would be crippled.
"Time to fill the soup, time to fill the soup." Seeing that there was not much time left, someone urged everyone to hurry up and get to work.
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"Can we go back in half a month?" In the northeast region, the tribal leader Ah Jin looked at the huge team and asked Li Endong.
"A month?" Li Endong wasn't sure. The team had swelled to 50,000 new members.
Including them, there were more than 56,000 people, both old and young.
Among them, the older ones had a lower status in the tribe and should be eliminated in winter.
He didn't know how many more heavy snowfalls there would be this year. Rather than leaving the tribe and dying, he might as well sell himself.
Make money for the tribe and follow them to the Tang dynasty. It would be best if he lived, but he would have no regrets if he died.
The children and women in the team were pure slaves who were bought. Generally, the children were weak and the strong ones were not sold.
Other male slaves who didn't follow the tribe to the Tang dynasty were in poor health. They took the opportunity to sell them. They didn't want to die in his hands.
Li Endong and the others didn't refuse. Their requirements were simple. As long as they could live to see Dongzhu, they could be cured.
Of course, if there were strong slaves, the goods would be good. The other party couldn't find poor slaves, and they coveted good things, so they could only exchange.
After the exchange, the remaining goods were handed over to Da Zuorong. It was agreed that they would bring the goods next year.
Kerosene lamps, thermos bottles, small mirrors … if someone's broke, they would exchange with him. When the goods were shipped next year, they would bring them over and exchange for new ones.
Da Zuorong agreed very quickly. Li Endong always felt that the other party wanted to take advantage of others' money to sell at a high price and make a profit.
He didn't care. Anyway, he couldn't bring the goods back to Zhuangzi.
"I promise to go back before the New Year." Fan Fan said. It was safe to go to the seaside.
When the telegram was sent, the ships by the seaside were already ready.
They received people and sent them to Haizhou. From there, they took a train to Luoyang.
The Southwestern barbarians were tired and looked after the weak.
At noon, there was a relatively flat place ahead. They set up camp.
The Southwestern barbarians were responsible for cooking. They didn't know how to cook stew.
The big pot depended on the situation. The body was strong and had more fat in the meat.
The thin and weak people were stewed skin, tendons, liver, and lean meat.
The thin people didn't eat fat for a long time and suddenly had diarrhea after eating oil.
There was no problem with protein and collagen, not to mention carbohydrates.
If someone was allergic to protein, there was no need to wait until now. They would have died long ago.
The strong women who were breastfeeding at a high price would feed their own children and then feed the thin children of the thin and weak women.
They ate the best food. The fish under the ice were quickly cleaned up. When it was frozen hard, they would melt it and stew it for them.
There were also wild boar thighs and elbows. They didn't put any salt. They were allowed to eat salted vegetables, but the amount was controlled.
Because a pork shoulder could taste salty, the salt used was guaranteed to be more than the salted vegetables.
Salt was a matter of taste. Eating a little salted vegetables made them feel comfortable.
It was like drinking soup. With a big bowl of soup and a small spoon of salt, one wouldn't feel salty.
If they made salted vegetables separately and put half a spoon of salt, one would feel salty after eating a mouthful.
Drinking a big bowl of soup without salt and salted vegetables with one-third of a spoon of salt was very comfortable, but the salt intake would be reduced.
This was the measure taken for the wet nurses in the team. The wet nurses understood and were willing to pay.
They had agreed that when they returned 'home', they would enjoy additional benefits.
They were full of yearning for the home they were looking forward to. As long as they didn't take the initiative to stop breastfeeding, there would always be milk provided.
"Gradually provide them with meat with more oil. Without oil, they won't be able to withstand the cold."
Fan Fan drank half a bowl of meat soup to warm his stomach. After taking a stroll, he came back to talk to Li Endong and the others.
"Tomorrow, after a few days of recuperation, we should indeed give them oil." Li Endan nodded.
"I finally know what it means to be weak and not be nourished. Obviously, there is a lack of oil, but we can't give them a lot of oil.
Sometimes, it's even more difficult to use medicine. If we don't use strong medicine, the patient will die. If we use strong medicine, the patient will die. "
Li Enbei believed that he had comprehended the true essence of medicine and went back to study medicine.
"Our Dongzhu is not afraid. At worst, we can … what's it called again? Oh! Support the treatment. "
Li Endong swallowed the meat in his mouth and said while suppressing his disgust.
He was tired of eating meat. He usually didn't lack meat to eat.
At present, he gritted his teeth and persevered. If he didn't eat, his body wouldn't be able to bear it. When he returned to Zhuangzi, he would look for Dongzi to recuperate.
"Yes, let them recuperate well. Only then can we speed up."
Li Endan ate two more mouthfuls of salted vegetables. At worst, he could drink more water.
"Stabilize your emotions. The more we return, the more testing it will be." Fan Fan reminded him to avoid any problems.
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