The Golden Family, rising from the Western Regions

Chapter 111 Thirty-eight Hundred Households
The Uliji tribe left a pile of corpses and retreated in a hurry.

Li Dashan and Luo Ping continued to chase forward for a distance and were about to leave the area where the Han people lived.

Further ahead, there were mostly pastures for nomadic tribes. In order to avoid complications, and given that the number of troops they led at the moment was not too large.

So, we can only retreat slowly.

But the anger after the victory has not yet disappeared.

Li Dashan and Luo Ping gathered together and started to criticize Wuliji.

"That bastard Wuliji is so bold that he dares to come to our Han tribe and act wildly."

"We must not let this bastard go~"

"After the wheat harvest is over, we will gather more troops and seek revenge on him."

"eye for eye."

"Yes~"

The two were filled with righteous indignation, but the anger soon dissipated and they began to brag to each other.

"Dashanzi, when the hell did you start practicing archery secretly?"

"Your arrow just now was really damn accurate. It directly shot that guy Wuliji off his horse. Hahahaha."

"I guess he might die before we can seek revenge on him."

Luo Ping said with a hearty laugh.

Li Dashan immediately shook his head frantically and said, "That wasn't my shot. The arrow I shot missed."

Luo Ping was stunned: "Who shot it?"

In such a chaotic battlefield, it would be impossible to accurately shoot Uliji through so many people without good archery skills.

I thought it was Li Dashan, but Li Dashan was otherwise.

Afterwards, the two men went to ask other people, and the cavalrymen under their command all said that they did not shoot arrows.

After all, in such a chaotic situation where it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, who would dare to shoot without certainty?
Not finding the person who shot the arrow, Li Dashan and Luo Ping were a little confused.

"Is this strange?"

"Who shot this arrow?"

Although the Han cavalry stopped chasing, the remnants of Uliji still did not dare to stop.

Even if they met a nomadic tribe that was on good terms with Uliji on the road, they must not go in.

Because the rule of nomadic people is that the big fish eat the small fish.

Today, the strength of the Uliji tribe has been greatly weakened, and the chief is seriously injured. In this situation, going to other tribes would be seeking death.

Moreover, the lower-level herdsmen are not absolutely loyal to the tribe. They simply admire the tribe's strength and believe that the Uliji tribe can protect them.

But if other tribes start recruiting herders at this time, the Uliji tribe will probably fall apart.

The young patriarch Amo and his people fled for a long way and came to an uninhabited mountain where they temporarily settled down.

Then it was time to treat Uliji's injuries.

"Make way, make way, the high priest is coming."

Just as everyone was surrounding the seriously injured Uliji and talking at once, Etulu shouted loudly, shocking many tribal leaders.

Then an old man with dark skin and a face full of tattoos came over.

This old man is the high priest of the Uliji tribe, and he is also the one who conveys the will of the gods to Uliji.

He looked at the seriously injured Wuliji and said to everyone, "Everyone leave here. I want to treat the chief's injuries."

After everyone left, he started to fiddle with Uliji.

In the end, the dying Uliji was successfully cured.

"Father~"

"Clan leader!"

The tribe let out miserable cries, especially the young chief Amo, who cried so hard that he was dizzy and in great pain.

The high priest also had a look of grief on his face, as if he was blaming himself for not being able to impress the gods and let the gods use their magic power to heal the patriarch.

Only Etulu came forward and supported the high priest, saying, "The high priest has done his best."

"It was the gods who abandoned the patriarch."

"Uliji is no longer the son of the gods. We need to elect a new patriarch to regain the favor of the gods."

As they spoke, Etulu and the high priest looked at each other, and both nodded imperceptibly.

Logically speaking, after Uliji's death, his son Amo should have inherited the position of leader.

But the high priest suddenly said, "There's no need to rush the selection of a new patriarch. The most important thing to do now is to decide the future of our tribe."

"How can we avenge the clan leader?"

Finally, after some discussion, they decided to go to Wuya Village and file a complaint with the governor of Dongdu.

Li Xiao, deputy governor of Jinzhou, condoned his subordinates indiscriminately killing meritorious officials.

And after all, Wuliji was a captain of a thousand households. His death was no small matter for Jinzhou.

Wuya Village.

Li Xiao has been very busy during this period.

The reorganization of the Jinzhou Han tribe consumed a considerable amount of his energy, so much so that he even played poker less frequently with Xiao Yanyan.

This caused Xiao Yanyan to always complain, wondering if he became bored with her after getting her body?

Men are all bad, they get bored easily and love the new. None of them are good.

Li Xiao cried out that he was wronged, saying that he was really busy! But fortunately, the busy time was about to pass, and the reorganization work was basically completed.

After Li Xiao's efforts over this period of time, the eight forts and sixteen villages of the Han tribe in Jinzhou have now been divided into thirty-eight hundred households.

For example, Yinshan Fort, Tangshan Fort, and Hexi Fort are large villages with more than 200 or even 300 households.

Li Xiao divided the area into two to three hundred households according to population and number of households.

They no longer had any authority over each other and all obeyed the orders of their own thousand households.

The original castle owner will definitely be compensated.

Just like Tang Sancai, the lord of Tangshan Fort, he was appointed as deputy captain and became Li Xiao's deputy.

It is a position where honor outweighs power.

After all, with Li Xiao's strong personality, it is naturally impossible for him to let Tang Sancai have too much power.

In the short term, the people who were truly influenced by him were the two centurions in Tangshan Fort.

But in the long run, this impact may gradually decrease.

As for Hexi Fort, Li Xiao must also reorganize it.

The original Hexi Fort had more than 200 households. After absorbing the population of Houzhai and Sanhe Fort, the number reached 400 households.

Li Xiao divided the four hundred households into three parts and formed three enhanced hundred households.

One centurion stayed in Hexi Fort, while the other two moved to Sanhe Fort and Houzhai, which was renamed "Dongshanzhai" respectively.

After decades of cultivation by the Han people, Sanhebao and Dongshanzhai now have large grain fields and fertile pastures.

Perfectly suitable for living and reproduction.

It was naturally impossible for Li Xiao to leave these two Feng Shui treasures empty and let them be occupied by others.

Therefore, we had long planned to send people to take over again after the war was over.

From then on, Hexi Fort was divided into three parts. Although its strength seemed to be weakened, it was actually still the same Hexi Fort.

It is just like Hexi Fort has two branches.

Compared with large forts like Hexi Fort and Yinshan Fort, small forts like Huangsha Fort and Qiyun Fort are very easy to reorganize.

Their population is relatively small, with about one hundred households.

Therefore, the structure was basically kept unchanged and it was directly designated as a separate hundred households.

The position of centurion was still held by the original village chief, the main difference was the name was changed, and the original village chief was changed to centurion.

Don’t underestimate this tiny change, because it is a powerful penetration of imperial power into local power.

In the past, the replacement of the leaders of each fort was passed down within the family, and it was enough to get the approval of the majority of the people in the fort.

However, after this reform, the replacement of centurions must be approved by the Governor's Office.

This shows that the Governor's Office has initially gained personnel rights over various forts, villages and tribes.

As time goes by and the lower-class people become accustomed to the system of hundred households, the hundred households inherited from family will eventually be replaced by the hundred households of itinerant officials.

Although this reform will have an impact on the interests of the Li family in Hexi Fort, from an overall perspective, this reform will be beneficial to the unity of the Han tribe in Jinzhou.

Initially eliminate the invisible barriers between the forts and integrate them into a whole.

Li Xiao has already regarded the Jinzhou Han tribe as his base. The more thorough the reorganization, the more beneficial it will be for consolidating Li Xiao's status and power.

He will naturally spare no effort to promote this reform.

Therefore, apart from Xiao Simo, Li Xiao is the biggest beneficiary of this Jinzhou reform.

That morning, Li Xiao was standing on the hillside on horseback, looking at the increasingly empty military camp and the grassland that was gradually withering, and his heart felt a little empty.

Most of the Han soldiers were sent home by Li Xiao to harvest grain.

The reason why Li Xiao didn't go back was also for Xiao Yanyan.

The woman refused to go home with him, saying that she wanted to return to Dongdu and live out her life alone.

Li Xiao naturally knew that the woman was joking, but he was also considering whether he would be driven out by the bastard if he went to propose to Xiao Simo at this time.
Although Li Xiao's physical age is less than sixteen years old and he still considers himself a child, in this era, he is indeed of marriageable age.

No matter from which aspect, if Li Xiao wants to choose a marriage partner, there is no one more suitable than Xiao Yanyan.

There is no need to say much about body shape and appearance, cultural quality, family education, vision and breadth of mind, etc.

The most important point is that by marrying Xiao Yanyan, Li Xiao’s career will be a success.

As long as Xiao Simo doesn't fall, Li Xiao will definitely be able to walk sideways in the northern border.

Even if Xiao Simo fell, with this relationship, Li Xiao would be able to more conveniently inherit his political legacy.

Therefore, no matter from which aspect, Xiao Yanyan is the most suitable candidate.

"But~"

A beautiful figure of a girl suddenly appeared in Li Xiao's mind.

Then he shook his head slightly.

Beautiful is really beautiful.

But it seems that apart from being beautiful, other aspects are not very good.

Li Xiao admitted that he was a realistic man who lived off his wife and enjoyed herself very much.

Just as he was thinking about how to propose to Xiao Simo, Dahu came hurriedly on horseback.

"Brother, Sixth Uncle sent someone over."

"It is said that someone attacked the food in Sanhe Fort, but they have been chased away by Sixth Uncle."

(End of this chapter)