When Li Dongjia invited Huang Yi to drink wine, he also treated Huang Yi's men to a good meal.
It was impossible to have a banquet, but they were given twenty extra bowls of braised pork.
Herdsmen often have the opportunity to eat beef and mutton, but they basically cannot eat pork.
So everyone had a great time eating, and they all said that pig meat really satisfies the craving for food.
Huang Yi did not treat the thirty knights sent by Hedanbaater badly. When he returned, each of them was given five measures of wheat and a jar of wine as a reward.
The knights headed by the three captains of ten, Dumohe, Teng'er, and Jebirger, all respected Huang Yi and were willing to obey Huang Yi's orders.
They ate and drank along the way. The work was not hard, they were just helping to drive the car.
They were already quite satisfied, but when they unexpectedly received soju and wheat, everyone was very happy.
The three captains of ten are all disciples of the former Hedanbaatar tribe and are the most loyal knights.
The treatment given to them is of course different. The gifts they receive are double those of ordinary knights.
All in all, the knights Huang Yi saw when he came to the Hedanbaat'er tribe, as long as they are not dead or disabled, are now at least captains of ten, managing about five to ten Mongolian families.
These ten captains have a high degree of identification with Hedanbaatar, and their loyalty is not a problem.
It also comes with respect for Huang Yibatulu, who brought a bright future to this tribe.
Of course, Hedanbaat'er wanted to share some of the benefits. Huang Yi generously presented fifty stones of wheat and twenty five-jin jars of soju.
All the famous people in the Ming Dynasty's grasslands liked Shaojiu. Hedanbaat'er also exchanged some cattle and sheep for some, but he was not willing to exchange too much, only ten jars.
Huang Yi gave him so much at once, which made him very embarrassed, and he couldn't think of anything to give as a return gift.
He knew in his heart that Huang Yi was just a distinguished guest, never his subordinate, and would one day fly away.
He really hoped that this day would come later.
Huang Yi also gave Karitu two jars of shochu and five shi of wheat, and also gave Geerleng's two sons two jars of wine and three shi of wheat each.
Not surprisingly, the other leaders also received two jars of wine and two stones of wheat.
Huang Yi has walked the road between Zhangjiakou and the grazing land allocated to the Hedanbaater tribe twice, and the terrain is basically familiar.
This is the north of Zhangjiakou and the western foothills of the Yanshan Mountains. It is the Xinghe Mansion in the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty.
There are three types of mountains, hills, and plain basins, of which about one-third are basins.
Huang Yi didn't want to go to the Great Basin for the time being, so he took all the Han people to find a relatively secluded small basin where he could temporarily establish a foothold.
Huang Yi took Huang Dazhi and Amugu Leng to explore carefully for five days. He led his horse on foot in areas that were inaccessible by horseback, and finally spotted a basin that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The reason why I like this place is because there is a river passing through it, and a lake with several thousand acres of water surface has been formed. Of course, what I see now is not the water surface, but the ice surface.
The remains of the fortress were also found at a strategic point on the mountain pass. It is estimated that in the early Ming Dynasty, this place may have been a hundred-household residence or a border fort.
Because in the era of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the Ming army near Zhangjiakou and Datong did not use the Great Wall as a boundary at all. There were several guard posts and military forts outside the Great Wall, and they were stationed and guarded.
The mountains here are not too high, so it is not a problem for infantry to climb over, but cavalry must pass through the mountain pass to enter this basin.
The road into the mountain pass is more than a mile long, and only a carriage can pass at the narrowest point. After passing the mountain pass, it suddenly becomes clear, and a flat basin is right in front of you.
Huang Yi decided to bring the Han people to live here temporarily. There is water and relatively fertile land here. Moreover, the land should have been reclaimed before, so it would be much easier to reclaim it.
Without measuring tools, we could only rely on a few steps to calculate the area that could be cultivated. It should be no less than 30,000 acres.
Huang Yi is from the city and has never farmed, but he knows that it was not easy to cultivate land in ancient times.
He did not expect that several hundred Han people and one to two hundred large animals could cultivate 30,000 to 40,000 acres of fields in a few months.
This is unrealistic. It would be great to be able to cultivate 3,000 acres of fields and plant wheat next spring.
This must be done safely and securely.
Theoretically, outside the mountain is the pasture of the Hedanbaatar tribe.
From now on, this area can only be grazed by the Hedanbaat'er tribe. Other nearby tribes must be exterminated and swallowed up, and the scattered herdsmen must be collected into the Hedanbaat'er tribe.
Looks like we still have to fight! It is difficult to gain a foothold without fighting.
It's snowing heavily and winter is coming. Never before has Hedanbaatar's department stocked up so many winter supplies.
Huang Yi also put the icing on the cake. Not only did he take dozens of people out to eat for more than a month, but he also earned a lot of food.
Hedanbaatar was elated. He was sure that no one would starve or freeze to death this winter.
The tribe chose a place with a mountain behind and facing south to spend the winter.
Except for the Han people who are still busy, most of the Mongolian knights are drinking and warming themselves in the yurt.
Huang Yi has announced that he will find a good place to settle and open up wasteland for farming.
Once you occupy a good place, you have to hold it.
Otherwise, you cannot build your own home.
He called on all Han people, including young women, to learn fighting skills. At the very least, they must learn to form a formation and thrust together with a 1-foot-2 foot pewter pole spear.
No one complains about the hardship, because they used to have to work as cows and horses without enough food and clothing, and they had to face war and chaos.
Nowadays, you can basically eat meat and white-flour pancakes even if you have enough food, and no one is whipping you in front of them, so your life is promising.
Why do you say you are basically full?
There's a reason for that!
Food is scarce and must not be wasted!
In order to prevent people from eating too much or eating stupidly, one kilogram of grain is enough, but they have to hold on to one and a half kilograms.
Therefore, everyone is provided with food in a rationed manner, ensuring that they are 80% full, and it is even more impossible to eat meat without restraint. A few slices or pieces are given every now and then, and three or four ounces is enough!
Everyone understands this kind of distribution. Everyone knows that the days are long, so how can we eat the same amount of food?
But young people between the ages of thirteen and fifteen were given preferential treatment. Others gave them two taels of meat, while others gave them three taels. Others had one pancake and a bowl of batter, and they had two pancakes.
The reason is sufficient. It is the time when young people are growing up. Let them eat more, maintain their physical strength, and practice their fighting skills. In the future, they will dare to risk their lives and fight tooth and nail in the battle to defend their homeland.
Zuo Guanghu, Yue Mufei and Yao Yongchao have all been slaves for more than three years. They all escaped death and left psychological shadows.
They always have nightmares, often dreaming back to the miserable years of slavery, and often wake up from their dreams, breaking into cold sweats.
They have awakened and would rather die than be slaves from now on. They told everyone the sad stories of their personal experiences, and they practiced thrusting hard by setting an example.
There is reason to believe that with one hundred days of training, one hundred spearmen will be able to form combat effectiveness.
