Zhaduo first put half a bowl of rice in his arms in front of the grave, and then put half a rabbit leg in. He looked at the grave silently for a long time, and then said: "Zhamu, eldest brother is about to make a mistake. I can't." I helped you get revenge."
"Maybe you don't understand me, but don't blame me, because I know now that you are wrong."
"You don't know what happened after His Highness came. You have always thought that Khan's generals are very powerful, just like the eagles on the grassland. You want to be like him, so you went to serve as a soldier for Khan's generals. "
"But later I learned that the true soaring eagle in the sky always looks far away, and his mind is as broad as the outstretched wings, which can accommodate the entire sky."
"Your general left you and ran away in order to survive, and you fought for him like a fool. The moment I found your body and cremated you, I swore to avenge you."
"But after Your Highness came, I realized that I am like a rat on the grassland. I can only see the situation around my cave and never dare to go too far away."
"Did you know? After your Highness came, you didn't rob any herdsmen's cattle or sheep, nor robbed any beautiful women, nor killed any men taller than a wheel. Your Highness let everyone go."
"Not only that, in order to keep us alive, he also took the initiative to transport countless amounts of food, and then found a reason for us to work for him, just to give us food and keep us alive."
"The shaman once said that the best way to save a person is to teach him to hunt instead of giving him prey. In order to save us, His Highness made us feel that we depended on our own hands to survive, so he tried to find a way to help us find it. A lot of work.”
"He also distributed all the nobles' cattle and sheep equally to each herdsman. He tried his best to find forage seeds for us. He was afraid that our cattle and sheep would freeze to death due to heavy snowfalls in winter and could not find hay. He gave iron tools, table salt They were all sold to us at low prices that we could never have imagined before.”
"It's about giving us a better life."
"And His Highness also said that he will not collect any taxes from us in the next five years, just to enable us to get through this difficulty."
"So...Zhamu, I'm going to make a mistake. Not only am I going to make a mistake, I may have to fight for His Highness in the future. Forever, the steel sword in my hand will be swung at all His Highness's enemies."
"If you were still here, I believe you would agree with me, right? After all, what you want to do most when you are alive is not to be hungry forever? And now we don't have to be hungry."
Having said this, Zha Duo unscrewed the water bag next to him, then smiled and took a sip, and poured some water in front of Zhamu's tomb. He smiled and said, "Zhamu, you may not know that we are almost here now." You can eat meat every day, yes, you can eat meat every day, fish.”
"But His Highness said that sooner or later, we will be able to eat mutton all year round. I think that day will not take long, because now the cattle and sheep are our own, and after a few years of raising them, it will be fine. You must be really greedy, right?"
"Don't worry, I will tell you when the day comes. Today I will bring you a bowl of rice and a rabbit leg. Don't be too little. This is what I saved yesterday, and I will give it to you."
"I have to go. I'll see you again when I have time. Your Highness said you have three days off, but I think I'll learn how to plow the land and plant grass as soon as possible! Dad and mom are fine, don't worry."
Standing up from the ground, Zado looked at the grave silently for a while, then turned around and left. He walked to the horse that was grazing outside. Zado got on his horse and ran towards the village.
The originally chattering forest became quiet again, and the chirping of insects and birds seemed to be more cheerful, as if they were also happy for Zaduo.
That's right, Zado's brother died while fighting the Tang Dynasty. It was Zado who carried his body back, cremated it, and then buried it.
The burial places are always far away from water sources, because people living on the grasslands know that water sources are always the most important, and no one will let corpses contaminate water sources, because that will cause plague.
Not only human bodies, but also animal carcasses must be taken out of the water source and thrown out if encountered, because if cattle and sheep drink this water, it can easily cause a plague, which is simply a disaster. , even more terrible than human illness.
These are the lessons learned by these nomadic peoples from their long-term lives.
Therefore, both the original Tuyuhun herdsmen and the Turks were accustomed to cremation, while those with a slightly higher status would choose pit and rock burials.
The same funeral method is used in Tubo today, and funeral methods such as water burial were gradually changed due to the prosperity of Tibetan Buddhist culture in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, but in fact they are not implemented much.
When Zado returned home, he tidied up, discussed with his family, and then went to find a hammer. He was going to learn how to plow the land.
As the distribution of cattle, sheep and horses was completed, the atmosphere in the entire Xizhou seemed to become heated, as if everyone suddenly became more motivated, and everyone was much more active in working than before.
When Xizhou is gradually getting on the right track, it is early morning in Sanliu Village, Lanzhou (not the name of the city) next door.
"Is Wang Tie here?" Li Zheng's voice came from the entrance of the village. Wang Tie was a little stunned, but he still walked out of his yard immediately and said, "I'm here. What happened to Li Zheng?"
"Wang Tie, please pass on the order from His Highness King Qin." Li Zheng said with a straight face.
"Ah..." Wang Tie was stunned for a moment, and quickly wanted to kneel down, but Li Zheng stopped him directly: "No need to kneel down. Let your family members come out."
Although Wang Tie was a little confused, he still called out the people at home. Wang Tie only had a mother-in-law, a son, and a daughter. Wang Tie's son, who is over thirty this year, is not very old. He is only ten years old this year. His daughter is only eight years old. His mother-in-law is four years younger than Wang Tie.
After everyone in the family came out, Li Zheng said with a smile: "Now there is Wang Tie, a villager in Sanliu Village, Liangzhou, Tang Dynasty. He was a soldier of the Tang Dynasty. During the battle against the Eastern Turks in the fourth year of Zhenguan, Wang Tie performed bravely. A model for the army of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Tie lost three fingers on his right hand in battle and retired from the army to farm at home. Today, the Tang Dynasty destroyed Tuyuhun and established Xizhou. His Majesty the Tang Dynasty remembered that Wang Tieli had military merit and his life was relatively difficult. Therefore, His Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty We specially set up a commercial bank and established a Datang service area, and specially hired Wang Tie and his family as members of the service area."
