Southern Border of the Tang Dynasty, Yunnan Prefecture.
Not long after the state was established here, the entire Dali area and Kunming area have completely become the main gathering points here in Yunnan state, because these two places have a large amount of plain areas for farming and a large number of people can survive.
Many Shanyue people who originally lived in the mountainous areas also migrated out of the mountains to farm here.
In fact, the people of Shanyue here used to live in a very wild environment. Many tribes and villages were like tribes in primitive society, and some villages in the mountains had some very bloody primitive ways of worshiping people.
It can be said that the influence of the Tang Dynasty on this place has always been very weak, or that the influence of all dynasties on this place has been very weak.
The land of Guangdong and Guangxi on the east side of Yunnan Prefecture is better, after all, it is close to the sea. Then during the Han Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, after Guangzhou Port gradually became prosperous, people gradually began to penetrate here.
However, the mountainous areas in these places in Yunnan have always retained their original features. Even these places once belonged to the Central Plains dynasties such as the Han Dynasty, but in fact there is a completely different world deep in the mountains.
Different from later generations, in this era, a large amount of virgin forest still covers a large area of land here, just like next to Erhai Lake in Cangshan Mountain where Li Ke wanted to build Qinwangzhuang. The dense virgin forest stretches down from Cangshan Mountain and directly extends to Next to Erhai Lake.
If the Tang Dynasty had not gradually begun to immigrate to this place after taking control of it, cutting down the forest for building houses, burning charcoal, and then exploring the surrounding mountains for minerals to build iron mines, etc., the forests here would not be there. There are too many changes.
The gap between this era and later generations is still huge.
But in a short period of time, the power of nature cannot keep up with human destruction, even in ancient times.
And as a large number of Shanyue people migrated down from the mountain forest, large gathering points here were also constantly formed. Similarly, departments at all levels in Datang naturally began to build up.
Many officials in these places are officials dispatched from Guangdong and Guangxi, and these officials can be regarded as the first batch of people who have gone through Li Ke's reforms. These local officials know very well what His Highness the King of Qin wants. After all, they are in Guangdong and Guangxi. The land has already gained experience.
What's more, if they want to capture more ports and cities like Lizhi Port, they must steadily follow His Highness's footsteps, and they must not cause trouble for His Highness.
Families such as Feng Ang responded immediately.
In addition to the officials responsible for main management, most of the members of the security army here were also transferred from Guangdong and Guangxi, and a considerable number of them were trained and trained by the people of Shanyue over there.
They have the idea of following Li Ke, and they also have the ability to be familiar with the customs and habits of the local Shanyue people and understand their living customs.
Therefore, these local managements are rapidly and stably developing in a state of rapid development.
In fact, Li Ke overestimated the difficulty here. The consciousness he received in his mind was more about how difficult it was for these ethnic minorities to get along with each other and how tricky they were from the late Qing Dynasty to the early founding of the People's Republic of China.
After coming to Datang, he didn't know the local people at all, so he strengthened his strength in all aspects to deal with the affairs of these local Shanyue people.
But Li Ke forgot one of the most fundamental things. In the Tang Dynasty, almost most of the people of Shanyue in these mountains and forests were struggling to survive. Many tribes lived in an extremely primitive state. Living was The greatest pursuit.
In addition, some messy beliefs and traditions did not take shape here at all, only some primitive worship and the like. The national issue is far less difficult to deal with than later generations, or whether a nation is formed is a question.
Under such circumstances, when Li Ke's thoughts entered here, it can be said that he was the first batch to invade the thoughts of these most simple mountain people who had just come out of the primitive state.
I'm afraid Li Ke couldn't imagine that in this mountainous place, all the sayings and rules passed by Li Ke would have the greatest influence here!
In other words, Li Ke has become the biggest belief here!
This led to the Tang Dynasty's dominance over the local area deepening at a terrifying speed. This is why the Tang Dynasty completely eliminated the influence of the local Liuzhao in just a few years, and the original Nanzhao quickly became A state and county in the Tang Dynasty.
And here, the largest number of mountain soldiers responded to the Tang Dynasty's conscription policy and became conscripts!
Because no one has ever completely solved the problem of food and clothing for these people, and no one has ever completely solved the problem of treating local people when they are sick, never.
But Li Ke did it.
Through the reverse transportation of the Lancang River, a large amount of grain, salt and various low-cost fabrics are transported to Yunnan and Guizhou every year, regardless of cost, allowing Li Ke's influence here to reach an unprecedented height.
I'm afraid only Qinghai can compare with this place.
It's just that Li Ke doesn't know it yet. The Southern Barbarians, who were the most difficult to deal with in the past dynasties, are now the most loyal followers of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, including the entire Lingnan Road, because these places are also dominated by mountain people.
Yunnan Prefecture, Pu'er County, Xinbu.
It has been more than a year since the new tribe joined the Tang Dynasty. They also migrated down from the mountains and lived in the southernmost part of Pu'er County. To the south are several independent large tribes, but they are not attached to the Tang Dynasty for the time being.
Xinbu is a township according to the classification of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact the population is not large. Because it takes into account the subsequent gradual migration of other tribes, it is planned as a township.
But in fact, there are less than 500 people living in the entire Xinbu. However, because it is planned as a township, the governor of Yunnan Prefecture in the Tang Dynasty is also responsible for the food problem here, encouraging local caravans to transport food here and then recycling it. The medicinal materials collected by the new department are then transported back to Kunming for processing.
Not only food, but also some cloth and salt had to be transported to them. These caravans would have monthly subsidies from the Tang Dynasty court.
Ningshan's caravan is this kind of caravan. Their caravan is mainly composed of pack horses and two elephants from Yunnan Prefecture. Yes, there are elephants in their caravan!
These two elephants were also given to them by the local mountain tribes. It is not easy to tame elephants. Not only did these two adult elephants transport a large amount of supplies for them, the most important thing is that these two elephants are part of their caravan. The use of force can deter all kinds of large wild animals in the surrounding primitive jungle.
