In September, the scorching sun in northern Xinjiang is no longer hot. Occasionally, cold currents have begun to move south from the distant North Pole. The grasslands at night have begun to enter subzero temperatures, although it is still hot at noon during the day.
But for the nomads in the north, this year is particularly different.
The establishment of Hanhai Prefecture has spread throughout the grassland. Except for the Shiwei, Khitan, Xi and other tribes in the east, all other nomadic tribes have been included in the management of Hanhai Prefecture. The western end of Hanhai Prefecture has been completely integrated with Xinjiang Prefecture. .
The northern part of Hanhai Prefecture has completely included Beihai under its management, while the further north of Beihai is almost deserted. Beihai is surrounded by primitive jungles, and some tribes in these forests have also been included in Hanhai Prefecture's management.
As for the east, it naturally borders Shiwei and Khitan.
For all the herdsmen in Hanhai Prefecture, the biggest difference this summer compared to previous years is that they are very busy. In the past, they were not busy, but this year they are extra busy.
Basically, each herdsman family keeps one person at home, and then the herdsmen of a village jointly graze. The cattle and sheep of more than 20 herdsmen are supervised and grazed by ten people, while the others go to build roads!
That’s right, road construction! The political commissar and security forces responsible for commanding them told them that Aobao was the preliminary preparation for road construction.
In just over two months, tens of thousands of Aobao appeared on the entire grassland. These circular, triangular, and polygonal Aobao were spread all over the grassland, and routes were drawn on the grassland one kilometer each.
Where there are big stones on these obos, the names are carved directly on the stones. Where there are no big stones, the names are carved on wooden boards, and then dyed with colors and inlaid on the acute corners of the obos.
And each Aobao has a cross and a five-pointed star on it to represent the direction on the grassland.
In two months, nearly one million herdsmen on the grassland participated in this infrastructure construction operation, and each herdsman earned on average about 30 kilograms of grain or related salt and cloth.
After entering September, these supplies began to be replenished to these herdsmen.
Just as Tian Meng and Li Ke thought, things like the Aobao itself are very beneficial to the herdsmen, so this tradition quickly spread throughout the grassland. The originally constructed Aobaos were constantly being passed by herdsmen, so some of them were removed. Add the stones you brought along.
Because the political commissars who organized these herdsmen said that these stones may have new uses in the future, and when new roads are built in the future, these stones may be used.
Therefore, many herdsmen did not stop even if they were no longer organized, even if the required obos had been piled up. They silently started loading gravel in baskets from the nearest mountain, and then followed the road pointed by the obos. Just pile the gravel on the side of the road.
Anyway, they are idle. Even if they send a basket of stones a day, they will send a lot of stones a year. When the stones are needed for road construction in the future, they will not need to pull them from further away. They can find them nearby. Stone.
The stretching stones are like slowly growing lines. Close to some villages, except for some specially left gaps between the two ovos, the piles of rubble are not even connected. became a line.
All the soldiers and officials of the Tang Dynasty who entered the grassland were shocked. It turned out... is this the power of the people?
It turns out that these herdsmen are the same as the people of the Tang Dynasty. As long as they meet someone who treats them well and treats them sincerely, they are willing to give their sincerity.
It turns out that the people at the bottom of any country are the same.
Tian Meng and the others realized more deeply what His Highness said: Sincerity is the surefire way.
These herdsmen may not have much culture, and they don't understand many principles, but they all know something. In the past, they could only live, but now they will have a better life.
Whether it's road construction or Obo, they all exist for them. Since His Highness is willing to spend money for them, why don't they work hard themselves?
This incident was written into a memorial by Tian Meng and sent to Chang'an. Li Shimin, many officials in Chang'an, and Li Ke all fell silent after receiving the memorial.
Compared to Li Ke, Li Shimin and the court officials were more shocked. No one has ever done this kind of thing, including many great khans preached on the grasslands. But Li Ke did it. .
Just a simple decree did it. And the result of this formation is really shocking.
There is one Obo for one kilometer, and tens of thousands of Obos represent tens of thousands of kilometers. They form a spider web-like structure on the grassland. It is hard to imagine that such a project was completed in two months.
But when you think about it with millions of people participating, you understand why it is so powerful.
And Li Ke was also very emotional when he saw such achievements, because this is the greatness of human beings!
The group effect of human beings often produces a kind of shock that makes human beings find it unbelievable.
What leads to this result now is obviously the social facilitation effect, the social convergence effect, and the herd effect among the group effects.
When a large group collectively does something, it often creates a united effort, and the final achievement will shock and raise eyebrows among everyone.
And such things often even form a kind of collective honor and even belief of mankind! Outsiders cannot understand them, but they themselves know this deeply.
Li Ke thought of the once shocking construction corps in later generations. Without the selfless dedication of those generations, how could it have developed so fast? How could those lands have developed so fast?
Just compare two similar countries in Asia in later generations and you will see that they were founded at about the same time, have similar poverty, and have similar populations, but their final achievements are worlds apart.
This is the horror of the group effect.
Li Ke was sure that although Tian Meng and the others didn't say anything, the herdsmen and some adults on the grassland had definitely begun to tell their children and descendants why they had to transport these stones.
And there will be more and more people like this. When their children grow up, this kind of thinking will affect their lives. Li Ke even suspects that this behavior of transporting stones may even become a tradition on the grassland.
Li Ke wanted to know if he didn't use these stones when building roads in the future, and if these people put them on the route formed by the stones from generation to generation, would this be another world wonder like the Great Wall? , a man-made wonder? !
Perhaps in the future, this behavior may even form a belief similar to that of kowtow in Tibetan areas in later generations.
