The chieftain system was a local political organization and system established in the minority areas by the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Tusi, also known as local officials, were local officials appointed and enfeoffed by the ancient central dynasty. The important characteristics of Tusi were hereditary political dominance.
Local officials had hereditary ownership of the land under their jurisdiction and hereditary rule over the peasants attached to the land.
The chieftain system had a long history. Before the Yuan Dynasty, the feudal dynasties had adopted the method of "governing the people with local officials".
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Jimi prefectures and prefectures were set up in the southwest and southern China, and local indigenous leaders were appointed as hereditary officials and governors.
After the Yuan Dynasty, officials such as Xuanwei Envoy, Xuanfu History, Pacification History, Recruitment History, Thousand Households and Hundred Households were granted to the leaders of various ethnic groups. The category, inheritance, tribute and levy of local officials formed a certain system.
In the Ming Dynasty, the chieftain system developed to its peak and gradually declined. In the early Qing Dynasty, it no longer occupied a ruling position, but in small places, they still had to be entrusted with important tasks.
Border areas like Kaihua Prefecture used such methods. Jiangna was a place seven miles below Peace Hall, which was the administrative center of Kaihua Prefecture. It was under its jurisdiction for more than 300 miles northeast of Kaihua Prefecture.
To be honest, as the leader of the village, when Yang Mubo heard the mockery in Zhu Bomu's words, he almost slammed the table and stood up.
However, when he thought of the 30-odd people at the door, he let out a sigh of relief. This was also a kind of helplessness they felt after they had fought hard against the Qing Dynasty to enter the pass at the end of the Ming Dynasty and suffered heavy losses.
They could not take care of some of the small forces within their own forces. After all, their equipment was not good. The best equipment of the soldiers was leather armor. For forces like Zhu Bomu, who had bows, arrows, and cavalry.
The hundreds of soldiers in the river were a joke, not to mention attacking the city to make Zhu Bomu yield.
The helpless Yang Mubo could only suppress his anger and whisper,"Since you, Li Yuan, aren't willing to join Jiang, then we won't tax you. I came here today to take a look, nothing else.”
With that, Yang Mubo was about to leave with his ten soldiers, but he was stopped by Zhu Bomu.
"Lord Yang, wait. Although I said that I won't join Jiang, it doesn't mean that we can't work together.”
"Cooperate?" Hearing Zhu Bomu's words, Yang Mubo frowned. He really didn't expect Zhu Bomu to cooperate with him.
Food?
What a joke. It was the 50th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, not the 21st century. Food was the most precious thing.
Even the wealthiest people in the Kun Prefecture in southern Yunnan could not eat grain for every meal.
It was already good enough to have ten catties of rice and some wild vegetables to eat every month. Occasionally, he had to go to the mountains to cut banana leaves to eat.
So when Yang Mubo heard Zhu Bomu talk about cooperation, he couldn't help but look at the leather armor on Zhu Bomu's body, because it seemed that only weapons could catch his eye.
Just as Yang Mubo thought, the thing Zhu Bomu wanted to exchange with him was a weapon!
Even though there was a limit to exchanging soldiers in the three camps, there was no limit to exchanging equipment.
The cavalry stables only needed ten dan of grain to exchange for a Southwestern Dian Horse, and a set of leather armor and spear in the infantry camp only cost one gold. The hunting bow in the archer workshop was also the same price.
One had to know that the price of a Dian Horse in southern Yunnan was fifty taels of silver. According to the grain price, fifty taels of silver could buy twenty stones of grain in the southwest. The price of leather armor and weapons was even more profitable.
Although Yang Mubo was the head of Jiangna, there were four or five villages in this 300-mile administrative center that were not willing to submit to him.
Moreover, Bai Miao from the neighboring Dong 'an Village was also very uncomfortable with him. Who knew when the two sides would start fighting?
When he heard about cooperation, Yang Mubo probed,"I only need food, weapons, and armor.”
"If you can provide it, we will have business to do. If not, then there is no need to talk.”
"Hehe ~" Hearing Yang Mubo's words, Zhu Bomu smiled and then pulled out the iron knife at his waist, making Yang Mubo and the others extremely nervous.
" Don't be nervous..." Looking at the nervous Yang Mubo, Zhu Bomu casually handed the iron knife to Yang Mubo and asked someone to take off the leather armor for Yang Mubo to check.
"I need food, wood, stone, silver, gold, or copper coins."”
"If you can get it, then five piculs of wood or stone for an iron blade, five piculs of wood or stone for a leather armor, Dian horses and arrows can be exchanged, but I only exchange Dian horses for food.”
"How much food does a horse cost?" Hearing that Zhu Bomu was willing to change horses, Yang Mubo immediately widened his eyes. After all, it was not easy for Yunnan to get horses.
"How about thirty dan of grain for a horse?”Zhu Bomu asked tentatively.
" It's too expensive, at most 20 dan…" Yang Mubo frowned, clearly dissatisfied with the high price.
Zhu Bomu looked at it and pondered for a while. He pretended to have a headache and said,""Twenty-five dans. I can't go any lower, or else I'll lose money. Of course, dried wild vegetables are also fine.”
"Deal!" Yang Mubo's eyes lit up when he heard that wild vegetables were fine.
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