Chapter 397 Shu Body Poison Path
A group of barbarian soldiers from Jianning, led by Guan Yinping, staged a fusion of barbarian and Chinese cultures for Ma Su.
The dance was Nanman's own celebratory song and dance, but the one singing was Qin Feng Wuyi.
Moreover, Ma Di also discovered that even the songs and dances were not pure Nanman songs and dances, and many places had become more Han-style under the guidance of Guan Yinping.
Moreover, the chiefs of Jianning County did not stop this, but some jumped along with it. The Han soldiers couldn't dance, but they could sing along, and there wasn't much of a barrier between them.
After Zhuge Liang's first southern expedition, Guan Yinping married to Nanzhong. After ten years of education, he has obviously gained a lot. Under his help, the Han and Barbarian tribes in Jianning County no longer have such serious conflicts.
In fact, although Nanzhong has continued to rebel in recent years, its scale is getting smaller day by day. This was not just heavy taxation and suppression. Under the enlightenment of Han culture headed by Guan Yinping, a large number of barbarians also began to move closer to Han culture.
"Miss Guan is really benevolent and righteous, and she has the legacy of General Yun Chang!" Ma Di nodded slightly and made the most reasonable evaluation of this,
"Women don't give way to men, even if they have the patience to educate the barbarians, they are heroes!"
No wonder she can be Miss Guan San. In such a chaotic place as Nanzhong, it really takes ability to educate groups of barbarians into singing and dancing. If Guan Yinping can continue to be so gentle and enlightening, the best result will be for Nanman to be sinicized.
"General Youchang has oversold you. This matter was ordered by the Prime Minister. I am just following the Prime Minister's orders." Guan Yinping bowed and explained calmly.
"The Prime Minister often said that the people of the Southern Barbarians are the emperor's people, but they have not been educated and do not obey the management. In this regard, the people cannot only use force to control them, but also need to teach them with etiquette, so that the Southern Barbarians know how to return when they have lost their way, and then the chaos in Nanzhong can be solved .”
"There is another thing that the Prime Minister has never told me." Ma Di suddenly understood. Now he understood why even though the Prime Minister went south to conquer Nanzhong, the local natives still praised the Prime Minister thousands of years later.
The Prime Minister's policy in Nanzhong is not to completely suppress the immigrants, but has also been educating and comforting Nanzhong. Guan Yinping was the best at executing the Prime Minister's strategy, and he had a huge reputation among the Southern Barbarians.
Wanting to see Zhuman's admiration for Guan Yinping, Ma Di basically thought of the best solution for Nanzhong now.
"It seems that the new governor of Nanzhong has been selected..."
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The high-spirited rebels are the main force of the entire Nanzhong rebellion, with the largest number of troops and the greatest power. After Gao Gao was defeated in a wave, the remaining rebels seemed so weak.
The subsequent counter-rebellion basically did not require Ma Su's presence. Guan Yinping personally led the naturalized barbarians to quickly suppress it.
During the battle, Guan Yinping also proved that the tiger father had no dog daughter, and wore white armor and personally went into battle to kill the enemy. Under his leadership, the naturalized barbarians moved forward bravely, and the rebels from various places could not resist them.
In less than half a month, most of the Nanzhong rebellion had been suppressed. Seeing the ferocity of the Han army, the noisy small tribes in various places quickly cowered down and acted like good babies.
Less than three months after Ma Di's southern expedition, Nanzhong was basically pacified.
The time has almost come, and only the last southwest county is left to be suppressed. It is time for Ma Di to return to Chengdu.
However, just when Ma Su was about to lead his troops and horses quickly south to resolve the battle as soon as possible, several barbarian leaders who had been following Guan Yinping to suppress the rebellion suddenly found Ma Su.
"General Chariot and Cavalry, this is the only rebel force in this county. It's troublesome to travel on the road. You don't need to take action. We can just suppress it for you."
"Huh?" Ma Su was a little surprised. Why did these barbarian chiefs suddenly change their gender? When they were fighting against the rebels, they wanted to hide at the back. Why did they suddenly become more active now?
Ma Dixian obviously had great trust in the moral standards of the Nanman leader. This group of masters who neither see rabbits nor hawk eagles, without Guan Yinping's prestige and fame, would never be willing to fight against the rebellion everywhere with the Han army.
There must be a reason for suddenly being so active this time... For example, there must be some hidden secrets in this last county.
In the case of Southwest...
"Could it be the Ancient Body Poison Path?" Ma Su suddenly slapped his thigh and quickly understood why these barbarian chiefs suddenly became active.
In the entire south-central southwest, the most remote Yongchang County, there is a trade route that is not very well-known, called the Ancient Body Poison Road.
As you can see from the map, Yongchang County is almost in northern Myanmar, and it is very close to India. Among these high mountains, there is a small road that can lead directly from Shuhan to India, which is the ancient body poison road, also known as the Shu body poison road.
The Shendu people, also known as Indians, reported when Zhang Qian was on his mission to the Western Regions during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that there were a large number of Shu brocades among the Shendu people in Daxia in the south. Therefore, it was speculated that the road from Yizhou went directly to Shendu. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed and hoped to open this road in the southwest and establish formal contact with Daxia.
However, this road did not gradually surface until the Han Yuan Dynasty. But even so, because the Xiongnu had been basically defeated by the Han army, the Han Dynasty did not have a high demand for allies, so the body poison path was not mentioned again.
But now it seems that this Shushen Poison Road is still maintaining trade, and the profit is not small. If this were not the case, these barbarian chiefs would never take the initiative to ask for help.
After thinking about this, Ma Di immediately rejected the requests of several barbarian chiefs and prepared to go to Yongchang County to have a look in person.
There is a trade road here. For the current Shu Han, it is all about money!
My big man’s money!
Ma Di quickly led the Wudang Feijun to march southward and attacked Yongchang County. In just a few days, Ma Su reached the southwest border of Shuhan.
The local barbarians really didn't call them anything, and they all ran away as soon as Ma Su's heavenly soldiers arrived.
After recapturing Yongchang County, Ma Di obtained accurate information from the local population that the Shushen Poison Path was indeed nearby.
Every once in a while, many poisonous people come from the mountain path to the west and arrive here to do business. In fact, among the people, many businessmen from Chengdu came to Nanzhong from the north and conducted trade with the poisonous people here.
It's just that because the local barbarians are very powerful, most of the time businessmen in Chengdu just sell their goods to the local barbarians. Then the barbarians turn around and sell them to poisonous people, so that the middlemen can make a profit on the price difference.
Of course, if you want to make a first-hand transaction directly, that's fine. You'll also have to pay tolls to the local barbarian tribes.
This also leads to the fact that although the trade volume of this trade route is actually not small, the Shu Han's actual income is very low. Ma Su also saw it now. You are taking all the benefits from the court as kickbacks, right?
It’s time for Nanzhong to make some changes!