"Li Yuan from Ba Shu greets Lord Yang!”
When Liu Zhao Mountain, Zhu Bomu, Mu Yong, and Li Dao opened the gate, Yang Mubo, the head of Jiangna, was immediately frightened.
The reason he was frightened was not because Zhu Bomu had so many soldiers, but because Zhu Bomu actually had ten cavalrymen.
Even though the ten Southwestern scouts were wearing leather armor and only had a short knife and a short bow on their waists, they were only Dianxi ponies. However, to Yang Mubo, who only had two thousand civilians and one to two hundred soldiers, they were still a significant force.
Before Yang Mubo could speak, the servant beside him stepped forward and said softly,""My lord, this Han is very strange. Let's go back first and bring enough people before coming back…"
"Um…let's see." Yang Mubo, who had been persuaded by the servant, was a little hesitant. However, since he was riding a horse, he could escape if he wanted to. Therefore, he wanted to see how Zhu Bomu would treat him.
While Yang Mubo was hesitating, Zhu Bomu, who had his head wrapped in cloth, walked out with his men and said loudly,""What's wrong? Is Lord Yang afraid that I will plot against you?”
"Hehe…I don't have that many thoughts.”After an awkward smile, Yang Mubo could only brace himself and lead his men into the village.
As soon as he entered the village, Yang Mubo saw hundreds of acres of flat paddy fields as expected. He also took the opportunity to observe Zhu Bomu's village.
Speaking of this, it had to be said that Zhu Bomu had not escaped in vain these past few years. The place he chose to build his village was the valley halfway up the mountain of Liu Zhao Mountain.
If one wanted to enter or leave the village, they could only go out through the northeast or southwest gap. There were about 2,000 acres of flat land in the valley, which made Yang Mubo speechless.
He didn't know how Zhu Bomu found such a good place. To think that this place belonged to his territory, but he didn't know that there was such a good place in his territory.
In fact, it was not Yang Mubo's fault, because Zhu Bomu was born and raised in Kaihua Prefecture in southern Yunnan before he transmigrated. In his later life, he would travel and go on business trips when he had nothing to do. It was not surprising that he knew such a good place.
"Lord Yang, please come in." Zhu Bomu indicated for Yang Mubo to go to the village office to rest. Yang Mubo nodded and walked into the village office with his men vigilantly.
After all, the village office was the town center of Zhu Bomu's territory. The decoration was not considered high-end, but in a barren land like Southeast Yunnan, it was still considered a landlord's decoration.
However, Yang Mubo probably didn't come here to see this. Sure enough, after he sat down, he didn't wait for the tea to be served and went straight to the point,"I'm not a Han. I'm here to see your power. Also, since you're living in the Six Zhao, you're under my jurisdiction.”
"Hehe, Lord Yang wants me to pay taxes?”Zhu Bomu chuckled.
In his previous life, he was often in sales and was one of the company's top performers every year. He had seen officials, businessmen, losers, and scholars. He had already gotten a good grasp of Yang Mubo.
Yang Mubo was only putting on an act now. After all, his subordinate Jiang Nali was the weakest in Kaihua Prefecture.
If the two sides fought, he would only be able to pull out two hundred people. If he got more, his house would be stolen by the neighboring Dong An Village or Peace Hall.
The southwest was not as peaceful as it seemed. One had to know that there had been countless rebellions in recent years.
For these places, the Qing Dynasty could only use local Green Army soldiers to guard the main cities to deter the local Tusi forces.
For example, although Peace Hall in Kaihua Prefecture had a population of tens of thousands, it only had 800 Green Army soldiers under its command.
The Seven Li Thirteen Stockaded Villages next to it were basically villages with fewer people. With a total population of more than 30,000, they could produce 4,000 to 5,000 troops. If they were determined to rebel, it would not be surprising if they could produce 10,000 people. After all, the fewer people were tough.
Therefore, the Kaihua Prefecture and the Qing court mainly maintained stability. Not only here, but also in most of the minority areas in the southwest and Guangxi.
If they really wanted their dignity to be destroyed by the Qing court, they would have to wait until the Han population in the Yongzheng period skyrocketed and they began to return to their native land.
At present, the Qing Dynasty only had a little over 40 million people. Even if they included the hidden families protected by the mountain wilderness and some Eight Banners descendants, there were only 50 million people.
It could be said that this era was definitely the weakest era of the Han people in the Central Plains after the Three Kingdoms.
It was precisely because of this that these people dared to rebel many times, and this Yang Mubo was probably a restless person.
From his long hair, it could be seen that this guy was definitely not from the group of people in the north who had been instilled with servility.
It should be known that the Qing court's hair-cutting policy was not only targeted at the Han people. Basically, except for the Mongolians in the Qinghai-Tibet region, the Mongolians, Han people, and ethnic minorities in other regions were forced to implement the policy of shaving their heads and changing their clothes.
From the looks of it, this leader of Jiang Nali might be someone he could work with…
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