Chapter 6 The New Village of Herdsmen
The autumn is approaching, and when morning comes, the cold wind from the north blows on his face, causing a little pain. His hair is scattered behind his head. Zhuo Ya, who has just returned from washing clothes from the river, held a wooden basin and looked at the camp that has changed, and he can't help but feel like he is taking the wrong path.
It was also in her impression that the tribal camps on the grassland never changed. They were always low, compact and connected gray-white convertibles. Whether it was the long and cold winter or the warm but short summer, the gray-white tent was always an indelible scenery on the grassland.
But now, although the tent is still there, it has already been built on the other side of the tent group. According to the prince, stronger wooden houses will be built there. Just like Nayan (called Mongolian officials) in Heshan City, there is no need to worry about snow covering the roof in winter.
Moreover, the prince also said that he would build some floor heating underground, so that even in the cold winter, the house would still be as warm as spring. Zhuo Ya really couldn't imagine what the scene would be like.
"Oh! Miss Zhuo Ya, are you going to wash the prince's clothes again?" Just as she was stunned, a soft call suddenly sounded from the side.
I saw the corner of the tent curtain on the side was lifted open, and the chef Ale's wife wearing a white felt hat was looking at her with a small bowl.
"Ri'an, Ale's wife." Zhuo Ya replied with a smile: "The prince doesn't like dirty clothes, and the prince likes to wear this piece of clothing very much. I have to guarantee that the prince must be clean when he wants to wear it."
"Is that so? The prince is really different from other Mongolians. Before the great emperor built the Great Mongolian Kingdom, our Taiwusi tribe heard that the orthodox Mongolians did not like washing clothes."
"Sister-in-law Ale, the prince is our master, we cannot discuss it." Zhuo Ya corrected with a straight face.
"Haha, I'm just talking nonsense." Alesou also felt that this was inappropriate and hurriedly said, "Let's go-to-see the prince, we just go together."
"You go first, I also need to dry clothes." As he said that, Zhuo Ya didn't care about Al's wife's reaction and went to find a place to dry clothes with a blank expression.
"I'm afraid this little hoof isn't trying to climb up the high branch?" Ale's wife looked at Zhuo Ya's departure back and left the place with a chubby clang.
After about half an hour, Zhuo Ya returned to the king's tent with an empty wooden basin. Ulutus was looking at the account book sent by the account, which contained the details of the entire camp's properties over the years.
The number of livestock is naturally the number of livestock. In addition to more than 4,000 sheep, there are more than 1,600 horses. In addition, as the prince, they received gold and silver rewards in previous years, as well as some negligible antiques. It seems that this was left by the short-lived mother for him.
So overall, the tribe is really not rich at all.
Although the ministers were all slaves and they didn’t need to pay wages or anything else. But Ulutus didn’t want to be a closed and backward tribe prince in peace. Therefore, in addition to changing the living habits and living environment of the ministers, they also had to think of some ways to make money.
Of course, if you follow the Mongolian habits, the best way to make money is to rob it! This is a huge profit, and you can kill and set fire when you are unhappy. But the Ulutus tribe is as large as a hundred households. It would be good if you can protect yourself from being robbed, but how can you still have the energy to rob others?
Therefore, the force is not enough, so we can only take a peaceful means.
When he couldn't think of a good idea for a moment, he suddenly noticed Zhuo Ya, who was sitting aside reading a book with anger but didn't turn a page of it.
"Why are you angry? Who bullies you?" Ulutus said curiously.
"No - no one bullies me!" As the prince's servant, there are really a few people in the tribe who dare to bully her. "I'm just angry that someone says the prince's bad things."
"Oh? What did you say about me?"
Zhuo Ya hesitated and said hesitantly: "Say - the prince is not like the Mongolians. Not only does he violate the emperor's laws, require everyone to take a bath and wash clothes, but he also needs to remove the tents and prevent everyone from continuing to shed sheep and ride horses."
Ever since Ulutus began to change the traditional habits of the tribe, gossip like this began to spread. Zhuoya has always been with Ulutus in the past, and rarely heard similar words, and never paid attention to them.
Today, after listening to Al's wife's gossip, she deliberately went around the camp area and heard a lot of similar words.
Since Ulutus has brought Zhuoya to her, he is pretty good to him, the more he hears these gossips that are not good to Ulutus, the more angry he gets.
"Hahaha, is that all?" Ulutus was not angry at all, and laughed happily, "Why are you angry at these words?"
"Prince! They are offending you, and slaves actually laugh at their masters. Shouldn't this be angry?"
"Zhuoya, if you want to get respect from someone, it is not what you hear from him, but from his actions. Now they are talking about me behind their backs because my decrees make them very uncomfortable. But because I am the prince, they dare not disobey me, so they only dare to say it. If they really respect me, they will focus more on completing my explanation and build a new tribe better and faster."
"But the prince--", Zhuo Ya wanted to say something else, but Ulutus interrupted her and said, "Believe me, Zhuo Ya. They just can't see the future clearly. When the new tribe is built, the complaints at this moment will become real praise in the future."
Seeing that Ulutus had said this, Zhuo Ya couldn't say anything else. She looked at the book seriously and focused on preparing for the evening class.
After about a month of this, the figure of autumn completely descended on this land. Everything fell into bleakness and the grassland became yellow. But on the banks of the Hailar River, a green village had been established.
This is the new Ulutus tribe, also called the village of spring. It symbolizes spring.
Because the materials used in the houses are selected from century-old trees in the forest, the village is full of the unique fragrance of trees.
Standing on the temporary wooden platform at the entrance of the village, Ulutus looked at the gathering of people below and felt a sense of pride.
This was the first change he made to this world! The first wooden village was established in the tribe that originally used tents as the place to live. Next, he would change the habit of tribe nomadicity and completely turn into fixed residence.
It’s just that unlike building wooden houses, fixed residence must ensure that the ministry will not starve to death. This requires material conditions for sustainable development.
Ulutus has already imagined and acted on this.
However, on this festive day of moving to a new home, he didn't have time to think too much. So he said some scenes and loudly announced that the first batch of officials assigned to the house could go in and choose a residence.
Others can only wait until the first batch of officials have finished picking them up before they can go to the village to live in the collective dormitory.
This is a solution that Ulutus came up with in order to motivate the enthusiasm of the people of his ministry. Only when he sees others gain benefits with his own eyes, others will be truly enlightened and have the motivation to take the initiative.
In addition, the ministers have always lived in tents and may not have much understanding of the benefits of the house. So let most people transition in the collective dormitory first to alleviate the discomfort in their living habits.
Of course, the most important thing is that there is not enough time.
Before autumn comes, the tribe must prepare the forage for cattle and sheep to spend the winter for the year. This is the support of people in the grassland to survive in winter, so Ulutus had to slow down the speed of building houses so that most people can prepare winter supplies.
In addition, he also organized hand-made fishing and hunting, and went to nearby towns to buy wheat and other supplies, so that everyone could survive the long winter.
Chapter completed!