In the late days, the rivers and mountains are beautiful, and the spring breeze is fragrant with flowers and plants.

The mud melts and flies the swallows, and the sand warms the mandarin ducks.

At the Zhangjiang ferry, Li Kuo and his party went around the nearby villages to confirm the situation of each family planting rice.

This year was a warm winter, and spring was a little earlier than usual.

It's just the end of February, and the seedlings can start transplanting.

"Lord Wang, the area of rice sown by the more than 1,000 Turkic immigrants in Yuzhang County alone, as well as the rice sown by local residents, has reached more than 200,000 mu, and then this Yuzhang County alone will have more than one million catties of rice surplus. It won't take a few years for Datang to become full. ”

Tang Tongren stood behind Li Kuan very excitedly, depicting the blueprint of Yuzhang County.

In his opinion, the geographical location of Yuzhang County is actually very good, and the state capital to the south is generally not flat enough, and there are many mountain people living in various places, which is destined to no state capital can compare with him.

To the north, although it is the radiation range of Poyang Lake, the cultural heritage since ancient times is not as good as Yuzhang County, and Yuzhang has a natural advantage in the region in terms of population attraction.

If he can make a name for himself here, he will return to Chang'an City one day, and he will inevitably be able to get a good official position.

"What you said is true, but the yield of this rice has risen, and the price of grain will inevitably fall at that time, and how to deal with the relationship between them also needs to be considered in advance."

For a country, the more food the better.

However, if the imperial court does not pay attention to this effect, it will eventually affect grain production.

In the short term, though, none of this is a problem.

First solve the problem of feeding the majority of the people, and then expand the scale of high-grade liquor brewing, and at the same time, the cultivation of cotton will also be expanded, and the increase of grain will be within a relatively reasonable range after all, so that the people will not live a life of increasing production and not giving away harvests.

"Lord Wang, some of these people are very active in planting Nanyang rice, and some are perfunctory, in my opinion, we still have to think of ways in this regard."

Wang is cautiously optimistic about the current situation.

The situation in Yuzhang County is relatively ideal, but when I went to several other counties in Hongzhou a few days ago, the effect was obviously worse.

He had never worried about too much food, and he didn't even think about what to do if there was too much food.

Of course, there is nothing particularly wrong with his view.

As far as the per capita grain output in future generations is concerned, even if Gangnam Province is replanted with a new type of Nanyang rice, the grain will not be rich to a certain extent.

It's just that many people used to only eat two meals a day, and they still ate porridge, but they will become able to eat three meals a day and occasionally have some dry rice.

If you really let it go and eat it, Datang will never have the problem of what to do if there is too much food.

"This issue of Xuan Ce is indeed very important, and if you are not careful, it will affect the promotion plan of Nanyang rice."

Wu Meiniang also felt that this was a problem.

In the same village, some of the Turkic people who also migrated from here were very active in clearing the land and farming, while others felt that the imperial court was providing food to everyone during this time, thinking that even if they didn't work hard, the county government would not watch everyone starve to death in the future.

This kind of person is simply a grain of rat feces, and a pot of porridge is broken.

"It's actually pretty simple."

Li Kuan thought about it for a while and had an idea.

"Huh? Simple, isn't it? Wu Meiniang thought she had heard it wrong.

"What is the best way for the prince?" Wang Xuance looked at Li Kuan with anticipation.

"It's simple and simple, it's nothing more than a way to commend the advanced and punish the backward. For the little expert in farming, this king has already mentioned it before, so now it is time to punish the backward. ”

Li Kuan said, a sneer on his face.

Some Turkic people thought that the Tang Dynasty had moved them from the Yunzhong Governor's Mansion to Hongzhou to enjoy their blessings.

The brain is in the water.

Wang Xuance: "Punishment backward? ”

"That's right, for the Turkic people, who have the least rice-growing area, they need to serve an extra month of labor, just to repair the surrounding roads; If they are the least for two consecutive years, then they will be directly relegated to slavery, and the imperial court will take back their land, and let them go to build roads every day, and they will not plant any fields. ”

In fact, Li Kuan was thinking that he would simply get all these Eastern Turks to all parts of the Tang Dynasty to build roads.

However, because these Turks have been too peaceful in recent years, Li Shimin wants to show his generosity as a Khan, which makes this proposal stillborn.

However, now that these Turks have moved inward, if they are disobedient, then don't blame yourself for being unkind.

Only obedient Turks deserve to be treated as human beings.

"There is another problem, these Turks are not very different from the local people after all, there will inevitably be some conflicts in ordinary times, maybe when, this will become a source of turmoil, when the time comes, as the proposer of the Turkic internal migration, you will inevitably encounter criticism, and your subordinates feel that this issue also needs to be considered in advance."

Hongzhou was the target state capital for the Turkic people who Li Kuan and his entourage first investigated.

How to settle these Turks and how to avoid possible chaos in the future, in Wang Xuance's view, needs to be considered from here in Hongzhou.

"I have an idea about the worry that Xuan Ce said. These internal Turkic people, both male and female, can actually consider marrying these Turkic women to the local people. For example, if a Turkic woman marries a local Tang person, she can allocate an additional 20 acres of Yongye field, or the county government rewards two yuan and the like. ”

Wu Meiniang did not mention a plan for a Turkic man to marry a Tang woman.

Based on the views of the common people in this era, there is no market for this proposal at all.

Besides, as a woman, she herself can't accept the women of the Tang Dynasty marrying these Hu people.

"Mei Niang's method is certainly feasible. However, this king still has an idea, and this one is up to Tang Tongren to carry it out. ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, whether it is going up the Sword Mountain or going down to the Sea of Fire, if the prince has any orders, the students will definitely go all out."

Tang Tongren heard this behind him and hurriedly expressed his position.

"You don't need to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, it's just a step deeper in your current practice. Many of these Turks do not speak Tang dialect, let alone write Chinese characters. You can develop a set of standards to encourage these Turks to speak Tang dialect, wear Tang costumes, and perform Tang rituals, especially those Turkic children, so that they can be proud of becoming Tang people from an early age, and give them a chance to register as Tang people on their household register. ”

The foreigners of this era basically have admiration for the Tang Dynasty, which is far from the appearance of later generations.

In this context, if there is a little guidance, these internal Turkic people can change the direction of their struggle to how to become Tang people, so that they can feel the benefits of becoming Tang people.

"Lord Wang, if you slowly let the Turkic people live in various villages, after a few decades, there will be no Turks in this Hongzhou, and everyone is Tang."

Li Kuan's method made Wu Meiniang's eyes light up.

You must know that Li Tang himself is also of Hu blood.

Even the nobles in Guanzhong, many of them have some Hu blood.

It's just that with the passage of time, both they and the people of the world have already regarded them as Han people.

These inward migrated Turks, under coercion and temptation, must have made the right choice.

As for the stubborn......

Hehe, there's a shortage of slaves to build roads.

Do you really think that the court is blessed to move them inward?

"Well, Xuan Ce, you will discuss it with the county order of Yuzhang County, come up with a set of feasible plans, and start to implement it in this Yuzhang County first, there is no particularly big rebound, and it will be promoted to the surrounding states and counties immediately next month."

In a few words, the fate of many inward displaced Turks was doomed.

……

In Peach Blossom Village, Ashina Yong walked out of his yard as usual and walked on the yellow mud road in the village.

Because of his outstanding performance during this time, Ashina Yong received a jar of burning knives from Li Kuan yesterday, which made him happy.

"Muramasa, it's not good, something is wrong."

Early in the morning, Ashina Yong ran into Atatu who was hurrying back from the field.

"What's wrong?"

Ashina Yong was a little unhappy.

If it weren't for the fact that Atatu was a model figure in rice cultivation in Peach Blossom Village, he would have scolded this guy who was babbling early in the morning.

"Dajep at the end of the village is missing."

Atatu's face was a little flustered.

This Dajiepu has a good relationship with Atatu, and both of them belong to the more down-to-earth and hard-working people in Peach Blossom Village.

Apart from Atatu, the village has the most land in Dajep.

In addition, his family's land is basically close to the tributaries of the Zhangjiang River, although some are swamps, but if you are careful, you can still grow rice.

"I saw him yesterday morning, why is he missing now?"

Ashina Yong's face also changed, and he brought a group of people from the tribe to Peach Blossom Village, and so far there has never been a case of disappearance.

"Could it be that he secretly ran to Yuzhang County?"

Ash Nayong couldn't help but ask again.

The Turkic people who moved from within were not allowed to leave the village at will; But people who have been to the county seat will itch in their hearts, and they can't help but sneak away.

Many herders in Taohua Village now learn to wear Tang clothes and a hat, so that it is not so easy for people to see that they are Turkic when walking on the road.

"Murazheng, Tajiepu definitely didn't go to Yuzhang County, he told me yesterday afternoon that he was going to ask Tang Langjun today, what was the matter with fertilizing rice, how could he suddenly go to the county seat? Besides, his mother-in-law also said that Tajiep went to work in the fields on the edge of the Zhangjiang River yesterday evening and never came back. His mother-in-law thought that Tajep was going to do farm work for a while in the night as usual, so she didn't pay much attention to it, who knows......"

"Let's go to Tajp's house first."

Ash Nayong felt that this thing seemed extraordinary.

No, this is the first chapter of murder in the history of Peach Blossom Village.

If you don't figure this out, then it will be difficult for you to work with these people in the future.

"Muramasa, please help someone find my Tajep, he hasn't returned overnight."

As soon as he arrived at Tajp's home, Ashina Yong was entangled by a woman who was crying.

However, Ashina Yong has no good impression of the woman whose man did not return from work all night, but only found out that something was wrong the next day.

"Enough, will crying solve the problem? I ask you, when did you sleep last night? ”

"I ...... It didn't take long for me to fall asleep after dark. I also set aside food on the table, which is what I usually do. ”

"Then you didn't wake up at night and find that Tajp hadn't returned?"

"My family has planted too much rice this year, and I am also tired after a busy day, so I ...... So ......"

You don't have to listen to anything, Ashina Yong probably knows what's going on.

"Atatu, you go and gather the people in the village, and everyone will go around and look around separately to see if they can find any movement."

Ashina Yong couldn't figure out why Tajp had disappeared.

In the past few months, Tajiep has hardly been out of Peach Blossom Village, so naturally there is no possibility of making enemies with the people in the surrounding villages.

And if he is unfamiliar with life, he will not be able to go to a place that is too unfamiliar at night.

Come to think of it, he should be nearby.

You may find Tajp sleeping there in a few ridges.

Ashina Yong couldn't help but give himself a little comfort.

"Tajep!"

"Tajp, where are you?"

"Tajep!"

These Turks are still relatively united, and when they encounter the disappearance of Tajep, everyone has put down their farm work and helped to find it.

There are no mountains and forests around Taohua Village, and the paddy fields with seedlings are planted, and you can see the end at a glance, and there is no figure in sight.

"Muramasa, there's a situation here!"

After searching for half an hour, a careful villager discovered the abnormality.

"Huhuhuhu"

Ashina Yong gasped and trotted over.

"Huh? This shoe ......"

In front of him, a relatively new shoe appeared in front of Ashina Yong.

Obviously, no one would have the luxury of throwing such a new shoe here.

"This ...... Muramasa, this shoe seems to be Tajp's. ”

Atatu soon ran over and recognized the shoe's origin.

"Muramasa, this place is close to the Zhangjiang River, could Tajep accidentally fall into the river?"

"It's also possible that you fell into the swamp. In this area, except for Tajp, there is no one else here to open up wasteland at all. ”

"Impossible, the water on both sides of the Zhangjiang River is not deep, even if you accidentally fall down, nothing will happen. There hasn't been heavy rain recently, and the water is not too turbulent. ”

The surrounding villagers expressed their opinions.

"Muramasa, come and see, here...... And ......"

Villagers scattered along the river, and soon another movement was spotted.

However, listening to the voice, this discovery seems to be a little unusual.