Chapter 1411: Nomadic Herding Must Also Be Brought Under Jurisdiction

In this way, there is another benefit: the distance between each small Pasture and the territories of those Nobles is infinitely reduced, making it much simpler for everyone to contact or help one another.

Although they are herdsmen employed by Nobles and are not under the jurisdiction of the Western Development Group, they are, in the end, people of Huaxia. As the only city in the entire west with a formal establishment, Ce must try his best to protect the people in the surrounding areas; if he can help, he must help. This is not only for his own political achievements but also for the development of Huaxia.

To let them wander aimlessly on the grasslands by themselves, not knowing when they might wait for the formal establishment of Huaxia, it would be better to let the Western Development Group exercise jurisdiction, so that the herdsmen on the Noble territories can also be counted within the scope of the Western Development Group.

Baifeng did not consider this problem because the number of people is relatively small and it has just started; wanting to consider their problems is truly too difficult, so he can only leave them alone for these first one or two years. After all, wanting to manage nomadic people and let them have fixed places to go to school, receive medical treatment, and so on, is ridiculously difficult.

It is a matter that has not been settled in history, so he has no way to draw lessons from it and no way to make reasonable arrangements. Only by turning nomadic tribes into tribes with fixed grazing locations and fixed residences can one talk about what comes after.

However, in order to have more livestock, nomadic herding is still the best choice; manual grass-cutting and feeding, at least for now, does not seem very feasible.

Of course, in Baifeng's vision, it would be best for the Western Development Group to manage them in the future. The jurisdiction of the Western Development Group must continue to expand. Since it is to be built into a livestock city and a thoroughfare to the further west, the scale of the Western Development Group must continue to expand and expand again. Not only the jurisdiction but also the population must continue to expand. The population on those Noble territories must naturally also be brought under jurisdiction.

After all, it was made very clear from the beginning that Nobles only possess the territory, not the population; the population belongs to Huaxia, and those herdsmen are merely conducting their lives on the Noble territories.

Ce did not communicate with the Huaxia side; after all, for a round trip to exchange ideas, how much time would have already passed? The opportunity would have been missed. Moreover, there are almost no caravans coming to the Western Development Group now; this road that was built is still very desolate, and it will likely take many years before relatively more caravans and travelers appear on this road.

Ce's idea is also very simple: he has some basic facilities here, and everyone is grazing, so why not let their children come here to attend school? As for the children, the number is not large, and the Western Development Group can accommodate them; what is difficult about building a collective dormitory?

His place is a Development Group, and there are no towns or villages under it, so he might as well call those nomads "Nomadic Regiments," and those who go out to graze from his place will also be called Nomadic Regiments.

This is the Western Development Group, and they are the Yishang Nomadic Regiment; everyone is grazing, so there are many places where they can communicate and help each other.

Because the Nomadic Regiments have no government support, it leads to their information being blocked, making it difficult to communicate with the outside world. The Western Development Group is at least a bit better, and the infrastructure of the Western Development Group is also better.

After several negotiations, most of the grain of the Nomadic Regiment was stored here at the Western Development Group, because the Western Development Group has a Grain Storehouse, which is safer and not afraid of rain.

If it were not for the guarantee provided by the negotiations of those herdsmen from Huaxia, these newcomers would not have been willing to trust Ce and his people at all. No one is willing to hand over their grain to strangers, even if they are of the same tribe.

Without having to carry so much grain, the Nomadic Regiment can also travel light, and migration is even easier. Once the food reaches the warning point, they must go to the Western Development Group to collect grain, and the Western Development Group will also send the grain in their direction in advance. Calculated, the distance each side travels to fetch the grain is actually only two or three days, which can be said to be very short in this era.

With information shared and mutual help, the situation of the territories around the entire Western Development Group can also be easily grasped. Some simple basic facilities are also gradually being built; for example, at certain intervals, there will be a wooden house or stone house that everyone can share.

Casually inserted wooden stakes and casually moved stones can also make the division of areas between each Pasture clearer. It is impossible to achieve great results in one year, but as long as there is a start, Ce believes that his vision can be completely successful after spending a few more years in the future.

It is impossible to let everyone graze and be nomadic, but over time, it will be possible to build sufficiently sturdy livestock pens and human dwellings on every Pasture, and the roads between the Nomadic Regiments can also be opened up.

In order to better know their whereabouts, Ce also set up some signs with the herdsmen to mark them, so he knows which direction the nomadic people went and how far they traveled.

In the future, the population here will become larger and larger. Perhaps these livestock will be distributed to everyone's hands, letting everyone raise their own family's, which can allow everyone's living places to be fixed and no longer nomadic. But at least for now and for many years to come, Ce believes this is the best method.

Being able to let the people of the Nomadic Regiments also enjoy the education and medical care of Huaxia, and being able to provide them with help in all aspects, can allow them to integrate into Huaxia and identify with Huaxia faster. As long as he succeeds in this matter, Ce is certain that this will be one of his great political achievements.

Compared to the matter of finding cats, which extremely requires luck to obtain Nobility, the credit brought by doing such practical work is more solid, and the reputation is also better. Xiaohe has a Noble status, but everyone knows that Xiaohe only has this one reward of Noble status; he has status but no power. Credit obtained through luck and shortcuts is ultimately not as stable or dazzling as that obtained through military exploits and political achievements.

There is also nomadic herding; in fact, Baifeng has another matter that puzzles him, which is the Wulenge Tribe that once appeared briefly. Huaxia only encountered them once, and it was a very unfriendly encounter.

He has not seen what the actual people are like, only knowing that they are more barbaric, more filthy, and the languages are not even compatible. However, according to what Xiong and the others said, it makes Baifeng feel that this Wulenge Tribe is very likely a nomadic people, a collective nomadic people.

They are also very likely the ancestors of the Turkic peoples. If Huaxia wants to advance to the west in the future, it will naturally be inevitable to deal with them. If heading south, they might encounter the ancestors of the Di-Qiang.