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Chapter 299

There are a large number of Yi and Miao tribes living in the deep mountains and old forests to the east of Zhaotong.

The gathering place of the Wusa tribe, that is, the place Li Xia marked as "Weining" on the map, there is "Molu Mountain" fifty miles to the north, and there is a Miao village at the foot of Molu Mountain. Because three clans settled down, outsiders call it "Molu Mountain". "Sanjiazhai".

Sanjiazhai is relatively close to Wuchi Road, and merchants leading to the Southern Silk Road would occasionally stop here to trade goods with Miao Village.

This is also one of Xiongshan's roles as a guide for merchants, that is, to deal with these old seedlings in the deep mountains.

Because Xiong Shan served as a general under Li Xia's command, when Li Xia went to Baiyan Miao Village to buy tea from Xiong Chun, Xiong Chun specially sent Xiong Aqi to accompany Li Xia on this trip as a guide.

On March [-]th, after Li Xia arrived in Weining along the Wuchi Road, he heard that there was a rebellion in Dali, so he asked Xiong Aqi to stay in Sanjiazhai with the goods.

When the time came to the sixth day of April, Xiong Aqi saw that nearly a month had passed, and Li Xia hadn't brought his troops back yet, so he felt increasingly anxious.

In his view, Li Xianwei's reopening of the Dali smuggling business has failed.

Of course, Baiyan Miao Village didn't have much loss, but it was selling some tea, and Li Xia had already paid half of the money first.

But Xiong Aqi was also worried when he saw Li Xia's salt, sugar, cloth, porcelain and other goods piled up there.I am worried that the situation will deteriorate and be robbed by someone, and I feel sorry for Li Xia for the big loss of this waste of time...

On this day, Xiong Aqi was still cautiously leading his clansman to guard the mules, horses and goods, when he suddenly heard the clansman who was guarding the mountain pass come back and shout loudly.

"Tiger head, tiger head, the county lieutenant is back! The county lieutenant is back... There are only 100 people left... What should we do?!"

Xiong Aqi was both surprised and happy. The surprise was that the Qingfu army had suffered heavy casualties, and the joy was that Li Xia had finally returned.

He rushed out to greet them, only to see Li Xia and his party were at the mountain pass, but they did not return from a disastrous defeat.

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"County Lieutenant, the current situation in Dali, I'm afraid it's not easy to continue selling goods?"

After exchanging pleasantries, Xiong Aqi asked cautiously: "Why don't we just go back here?"

Li Xia said: "No, this trip went smoothly. In the future, someone from Dali will receive our goods, but we just have to wait for the war to pass."

"Then... the goods we brought this time?"

"Trading with Yi people and Miao people."

Xiong Aqi was taken aback, and smiled awkwardly: "The old barbarian in the deep mountains, how can there be something that can be traded with the county captain?"

"Yes." Li Xia said: "In exchange for their labor, I want them to cheer for us, build camps and cannons, build cities and walls..."

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In the eyes of the Song people, the Uzza tribe was just barbarians.But Uzzah is actually a regime with its own language, writing, and strict system.

In addition to growing rice and raising livestock for a living, the Uzza tribe also had a large number of skilled craftsmen to weave bamboo and iron wares, and there were also literati who educated the tribe, called "Bumo", who were both priests and ministers.

This is a stable regime in which "scholars, peasants, and workers" each perform their duties. The so-called "the soul of the emperor gives orders, the soul of the minister commands, the soul of the teacher has knowledge, and the soul of the craftsman manages the artists."

After the Ursa tribe surrendered to Dali, the Dali Kingdom sent many generals to the border to monitor the Ursa tribe, but in the end they were all integrated into the tribal regime of Ursa because of their interests and became its pillars.

The four most famous among them are known as the "Four Great White Yis", and they maintained the relationship between Uzzah and Dali until the end of the Dali Kingdom...

The leader of the Uzzah tribe was named "Al" and he was 73 years old at the time.

He was lost in the wilderness due to the war when he was still a baby, and survived by sucking mulberry moss that was blown off by the wind.From the perspective of the tribesmen of Uzzah, Al was the ruler protected by the gods.

Subsequent facts also proved this point. Al revived the Uzza tribe and maintained the stability of the tribe until the Dali Kingdom was destroyed...

The Mongols went south, bringing a new destiny to everyone in the southwest.

Al and his eldest son, Leyu, were unwilling to surrender to the Mongols.

However, when Wuliang joined forces to attack Shu, he attacked and plundered the city of the Wuza tribe, so Al had no choice but to move to the Naien Mountains, avoiding Wuchidao.

On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, Le Yu led someone to carry two boxes in front of Al, and said, "Father, the gift from the Miao people in Sanjiazhai said that a Song official and Dali Gao wanted to see us."

He opened the bundle, and inside were fine cloth and porcelain.

Al sat there seemingly drowsy, asking in an old voice, "What do they want?"

"They fought with the Mongols at Kedu Pass in the south, and they wanted Uzza's help."

Al didn't speak for a long time, and seemed to be lost in distant memories.

When he was young, he led his people to fight against the four coalition forces, and fought 47 games, 43 of which were victorious.In this world, they are regarded as heroes.

But in his later years, when he met the Mongols, he knew that the Mongols were really good at fighting.

"Father?" Le Yu asked again.

"Song people? Song people can't control the mountains... Dali's Gao family is no longer the majesty of the past. Don't see them, and they can't lead the war to the mountains of Uzza."

Le Yu said: "Then these gifts?"

"Gifts stay, people drive out."

Le Yu was a little disappointed, thinking that Al was old and had lost his usual ambition.

His thinking is different from Al's. After Al's death, he needs to inherit as the ruler of Uzzah. He urgently needs to establish his own prestige and lead his people out of the current predicament.

Therefore, he was also unwilling to surrender to Mongolia. What Al wanted was to keep the people safe; what Le Yu wanted was to win a few battles first, to convince the crowd, and to exchange for more even if he surrendered later. benefit.

Of course, this is a matter for him in the future. For the time being, he still tends to unite with people from Song and Dali.

Le Yu thought for a while and said, "The Miao people said that the Song official is... the King of Pluto."

"Pluto?"

Al opened his eyes.

One very important reason why Yi and Miao can coexist in the land of Wuman is "witch".

The Yi people are pantheistic worshipers who believe that "everything has spirits and witchcraft". All kinds of ghosts and gods dominate the world. Only by believing in ghosts and gods can the race not decline...

Seeing his father open his eyes, Le Yu took two steps forward, and said in a low voice, "The Tongsi of the Kuixiang Miao Village said...that Han official is the reincarnation of Pluto, who came to save the world from the Mongols. She said, people After death, the soul will leave the body and go to another world... just like what the priest said."

"How could Pluto be reincarnated as a Han?"

"But she cured Mabo Awei's soul-loss disease, and the Miao people in Sanjiazhai all believed that the Han official was the king of the underworld."

Al didn't speak, just opened and closed his lips.

Le Yu said again: "Father, that Han official is not only the King of Hades, but also Gao Taihe's son-in-law... Also, he killed Wuliang Hetai."

"What's his name?"

"The Chinese name is 'Li Xia'..."

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at the same time.

"Is Feiyu confident in persuading Al?" Gao Changshou asked, "After all, my uncle and father were defeated and died. Even my cousin would find it difficult to make Ursabu serve."

"Yes." Li Xia said.

He looked up at the deep mountain, and said in a low voice: "Ale, who was abandoned in the wild and lived by smoking mulberry moss since he was a child, needs another myth to restore the confidence of his tribe..."

(End of this chapter)