Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Oh."

After several months of urgent construction, the Turkic Metropolitan Protectorate has been completely completed. The city wall is as high as three feet (in fact, it can be repaired even higher, but at this time, the city wall of Chang’an City is only 12 meters, and it will be better if it is repaired). The city wall presents the unique blue-gray color of cement buildings. Sitting on the green grassland, the majestic and majestic atmosphere rushes towards the face. The houses in the city have also been built, and they are also mainly brick and stone structures. Looking at it from the first day, there is a special feeling. brutal beauty.

At this time, more than 5000 skinny people gathered in the square in the middle of the Duhu Mansion. They watched the surroundings cautiously and cautiously. They registered information with the help of some officials nearby, and there were also guest guards from the army to help maintain order.

"Everyone is protected."

"I've seen the Great Protector." Whether it was the audience or the officials, they all saluted Li Zhen immediately. The immigrants were terrified when they saw this. On the ground, there are even more people who want to take advantage of the chaos and escape, and their performances have their own advantages and disadvantages.

"You don't need to be too polite, get up quickly." Li Zhen smiled bitterly in her heart. In order to show her sincerity, she deliberately put on a formal suit and brought the guard of honor of the governor, but now it seems that it is a bit self-defeating.

After another panic, everyone finally stood up, and Li Zhen also came to the high platform in the center of the square, but after just standing there, there was an uproar in the audience.

"Whose child is this?" He didn't respond.

"Isn't it the chief protector? Why is it a child?" This is a bit of a reaction.

"Could this be our chief protector?" This was already reflected.

"What? He is the chief protector? The child's chief protector?" This is doubtful.

"As I said earlier, you can only trust half of what the imperial court says, and if a child is the chief protector, is this immigration policy reliable?" This has ulterior motives.

"It's over, what did I say, if I knew it, I wouldn't have come, and the trip was in vain." This is regret.

"" The bustling and chaotic mess makes people feel like they are in a vegetable market.

"Silence, silence!" The order officer knocked out the gongs, finally calming everyone down.

"Everyone, don't doubt that the imperial court has great sincerity, and everything written in the immigration policy is true, and there is no half-deceit." Seeing everyone quiet down, the immigration official said quickly: "This is our Grand Master. The eighth son of the Tang Emperor, when he is His Royal Highness the King of Yue, he is dignified and noble, and his status is unparalleled, we will lie to you, will he lie to you?"

"So it's the prince, so it shouldn't be a lie."

"That's right, he is a god descending to earth, what are you doing to lie to us?"

"In other words, what do we have worth being cheated on?"

"Anyway, it's better to ask more questions."

""

"My lord is right. This king is the king of Yue. I can assure you that everything promised in the immigration policy will be given to you." Seeing that the atmosphere had calmed down, Li Zhen also took a The tin trumpet shouted: "If the things you get don't match up to anything, just come to Dadu Hufu to find the king, and the king will make decisions for you."

"The immigration policy said that each person will be given a thousand acres of land. Is it true?" Finally someone asked the most concerned question, and the buzzing discussion in the audience disappeared instantly, and everyone pricked up their ears. , waiting with bated breath for Li Zhen's answer.

"To be precise, it's a pasture, a thousand-acre pasture." Li Zhen corrected: "This pasture is used for grazing. Of course, you can also try to cultivate farmland, but it's best not to have too much, or it will damage the environment."

"Grasher? What if we don't know how to herd?" Someone worried. Although they have herded cattle and sheep at home, few people have done special herding.

"Don't worry if you don't know how to herd." Li Zhen beckoned, and a group of Xue Yantuo people came up immediately: "We will send people to teach you in the early stage. These people are the best herdsmen on the grassland, with their guidance , you don’t have to worry about learning it.”

"Then can we turn pastures into fields?" Some people may not have confidence in themselves, but they still asked cautiously.

Li Zhen immediately warned: "It's best not to do this. The grassland environment is harsh, not only lacks water, but also the land is barren. You can dig rocks by digging two feet at most. This kind of land can't grow any crops, at most it can be planted." Order vegetables or something, I think they should have told you about this before you came."

"And to be honest, farming is far less profitable than grazing. Let's talk about raising horses. Do you know how much a horse costs in Chang'an City now? Let me tell you, even the worst draft horse can only be used The most useless horses that come to pull carts and carry goods as coolies are worth at least ten guan in Chang'an City." At this point, seeing that everyone was a little moved, Li Zhen hurriedly said: "Ten guan Money~ This is already half a year’s expenses for a family of three, and as long as you sell two horses, you will basically have a year’s living expenses covered. This is the worst horse. If you don’t have [-] or [-] rods, you won’t be able to get them. And if you can raise the best war horses, the price will be even higher. One war horse is enough for you to eat for four or five years.

Don't forget, each of you can get a thousand acres of pasture. With such a large pasture, you only raise two horses?Impossible, at least a dozen horses must be raised, right?Raise some cattle and sheep for the rest, and in less than three years, you will all become rich men. "

"There are also cattle. You know the price of farming cattle in Datang better than I do. A healthy farming cattle is worth at least ten taels of silver. A thousand mu of pasture can raise a dozen or so, isn't that much? That's 100 taels of silver. With so much money, what kind of wife do you want to marry? And raising cattle is much easier than raising horses. You can just find a piece of land and leave it to graze. You basically don’t need anyone to care about it. It’s fine to let them run away. It can be said that as long as you are herding cattle, you can basically raise cattle—is it no problem for one person to herd ten cows? How much is ten cows? Let me ask you, yes With such a lucrative business, who still farms the land? Ah? Who still farms the land? Tell me, is this the reason?”

Li Zhen really didn't fool them. Although Datang has unified the prairie, the supply of horses, cattle and sheep will greatly increase, and the price may drop slightly, but compared with Datang's huge population base, it is still far worse.Just like the cars of later generations, despite the increase in production capacity, they will not lose money after all.At this time, the status of horses is almost the same as that of cars, and even more precious. According to Li Zhen's estimation, horse breeding will be a profitable business for at least 100 years.

There are also cattle. Datang is notorious for its lack of cattle. There is even a special law that prohibits the slaughter of farm cattle. Those who violate the order will be severely punished. Business.

"That makes sense."

"In this way, grazing is indeed more profitable than farming."

"I've decided to graze cattle here."

"Why don't you raise horses?"

"I only know how to herd cattle, and the price of cattle is not cheap, why not raise cattle?"

"The growth period of a cow is less than a year. So it is more cost-effective to raise cattle."

""

"Is there anything else you want to ask?" Seeing the people below who were attracted by the prospect she painted, Li Zhen decided to work harder.

"Well, according to the immigration policy, not only will we be given land, but also certain production tools and daily necessities. Can you know what they are?"

"It's tent ropes and other things, shouldn't this be mentioned?" Li Zhen asked doubtfully.

"Your Highness, what he means is that they don't have much, and I'm afraid they don't have the money to buy cattle and sheep." Someone beside him reminded in a low voice: "It's hard to live without these on the grassland."

"Oh, it turned out to be this." Li Zhen suddenly realized: "Don't worry, the Duhufu will provide you with a certain number of breeding cattle and sheep, but this can only be regarded as a loan to you. After the money is paid, it must be returned to the Duhufu according to the price."

There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. Giving them pastures and tools for production and work and rest for free is the most benevolent thing possible, let alone cattle and sheep.Moreover, the price of breeding cattle and sheep is not cheap, and you need to spend money to buy them from herdsmen (a lot of daily necessities such as tents were seized on the battlefield, so they are free).

"Thank you, Chief Protector, I, Liu Er Er, will follow the Chief Protector's Mansion."

"Yes, my hundred and ten catties will be handed over to this grassland."

"If I can't make money, I won't go back."

""

"Phew, it's finally resolved." Li Zhen was always worried that the immigrants would not accept the novel policies and change their minds, but after communicating with them in detail, they found that they were actually easy to talk to. promise.It's not as ignorant as I imagined, but thinking about it, those who can accept the immigration policy at the first time, except for the reason that they can't survive, their courage is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Time flies, another few months have passed, and it is already February of the fourth year of Zhenguan. Seeing that the first batch of immigrants have indeed benefited, the immigration policy is not a deceitful policy, so the people who were originally on the sidelines can no longer bear it. They couldn't stop, and they took their families and mouths to drill into the yamen, just like what Li Zhen said, the threshold of the yamen was really broken.

Through the organization of local yamen, ranging from one to two thousand to as many as ten to twenty thousand, batches of immigrants were also sent in one after another. Although it was not all smooth sailing, there were no major mistakes, and the immigration policy went smoothly. It was carried out.Going on like this, within three to five years, the entire prairie will be completely filled with Han people, and the original prairie people will become a real minority.

Only at that time, from the Great Wall in the south, to the Xiaohai (Lake Baikal, also known as the Beihai in ancient times) in the north, to the Mohe in the east, and to the West Turks in the west, can the land and mountains of thousands of miles be truly considered the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Highness, it's getting late, we should start." Fang Yiai came in and reminded: "By the way, are you really going to take a look at the Surrendered City? I heard that the building there is stronger and stronger than the Protectorate's Mansion." Hongwei, don't you really want to see it?"

Shoujiang City is the second city built on the grassland besides the Duhufu (that is, Gaoquesai). It is located near the historical West Shoucheng City. It has now been completed-Li Jing did not break his promise, he joined forces with Xu Maogong Cheng Yaojin and many other military leaders suggested to Li Shimin that he plans to choose a site on the grassland to build his seventeen or eighteen large cities, and completely nail the grassland to the map of the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, Li Shimin was not prepared to agree. There are two reasons: first, after these two wars, the military power has greatly increased. If seventeen or eight fortresses are built for the military at this time, the military power will really be reduced. It is so big that it has no borders, and it will be difficult to control it in the future.

Second, building a city also requires money. Although it doesn't take much money because of self-sufficiency, if it is really necessary to build seventeen or eight cities, that is a very scary figure.

But in the end, after discussing with the ministers, Li Shimin finally agreed to this proposal, because there are so many benefits-with these cities, not only can the grassland be firmly held in his hands, but also the nomads will stick to the city. Life will gradually break away from the nomadic state, which is very effective in controlling the grassland tribes.

Moreover, several of the dozen or so Chengchi are located on the east-west border, where Mohe can be monitored in the east, and Western Turks can be watched in the west, and can also be used as an offensive springboard during wartime