Although a little unwilling, but the winter is still helpless and slowly passing, the buds of early spring have been blooming on the branches, in the field, carefully distinguished, you can vaguely see a little bit of green. Although he was puzzled and uneven, Xenobud still followed Li Ze to Chang'an City without saying a word.

There is already life in the city, but outside the city, it is a hot scene.

Countless people are dredged the moat.

The water was still cold, but there were rows of men in the water, who dug up the mud from the water one by one, put it in baskets, transported it to the shore, and dumped it on the ground.

Others load the sludge onto wheelbarrows and carry it far away. Li Ze stopped immediately, looked at these people, and said: "Now that the water level is depleted, it is the best opportunity to dredge the moat, and I don't know how many years the moat has not been so dredged, making the moat almost a decoration." This silt, transported to the poorer ridge of the land, covered upwards, can greatly increase the fertility of the land, this is a double kill. ”

"Li Xiang, it's more than killing two birds with one stone." Chen Wenliang added with a smile on the side: "It's a matter of killing several birds with one stone. At present, the people outside the city are starting spring ploughing, but Chang'an City is a hundred industries withered, for a while, it is really unsustainable, it takes time to recover to the heyday, but so many labor in the city, but can not be wasted in vain, so there are these large-scale projects. ”

"Explain it to him." Li Ze pointed at Xenobud and said with a smile.

Chen Wenliang said: "The imperial court pays money to hire these laborers in the city to work here, firstly, to avoid these people from having nothing to do and have nothing to do, and to increase the problem of public security in the city, and secondly, it is also to give these people a chance to make money." Earn money, so that these people can live, and people's livelihood will naturally be able to settle down. ”

"It's just that the pockets of the imperial court are rapidly deflating again!" Li Ze said with a smile.

"That's what I said, but I can't count it that way." Chen Wenliang said: "If these people have money, the seven things that open the door can be regarded as settled, and some of this money will eventually return to our hands." If we count the goals we have achieved with this money, politically, economically, and on the whole, we still make a lot of money. ”

Li Ze laughed: "Xenobud, now the officials under my rule all understand one thing, that is, putting money in the treasury, except for listening to a sound, it is useless, and it is worthwhile to be able to spend the money, which is the ability." You have always said that my Datang is getting richer day by day, but as everyone knows, I, the prime minister, often fight famines. Do you know where the money goes? ”

Li Ze pointed to the hard-working people.

"Where are they. Then I used this money to exchange for a clear and transparent moat, in exchange for a piece of fertile land that had turned from a poor ridge to a fertile land, and, of course, the people's heartfelt support for the imperial court. ”

Xenobud nodded: "Li Xiang's ability to govern the world, Xenobud has seen it a long time ago over the years." Although Guanzhong is now withered, under the governance of Li Xiang, it will not take two years to prosper. ”

"Of course, it must be!" Li Ze said proudly: "I heard that where are you nobles, the gold, silver and jewelry in their homes are piled up like a mountain, and the ropes of the copper coins in the treasury are all rotten, I don't know what is the use of them gathering these money together?" Do you count money all day long? I've also heard that Tocharo's toilets are made of pure gold? The tableware used for eating in Delhi China is carved from ivory and jade, is it possible that this can make the Spitfire, and make Delhi China eat several bowls of each meal? ”

Xenobud smiled wryly.

In this matter, it is really not that Li Ze is insulting the two bigwigs who are now in power in Tubo, but it is true.

"Li Xiang, as far as I know, in the past, those wealthy families and powerful families in the Tang Dynasty seemed to be the same, right?" He retorted with some confidence.

"So they're finished!" Li Ze smiled: "Some of the people you mentioned have long since turned into dust, some are now running for three meals a day, and of course, some people have fled to the south, but their fate in the future will not be much worse." ”

Xenobud immediately remained silent.

Li Ze's words, isn't it hinting to him that the Tibetan nobles may also end up like this in the future?

All the way. But from time to time, I have to get off the main road and detour, because the road is being repaired. The muddy road is being shoveled away, the shoulder of the road is rebuilt, and then layers of small stone seeds are laid in the middle of the road. On both sides of the road, ditches are also taking shape, and craftsmen have skillfully inlaid stones of different shapes, but the ones that are exposed are neatly aligned.

If you want to get rich, build roads first! This famous sentence of Li Ze, which is circulated in the Northland, is naturally known to Xenobud.

In the north over the years, Xenobud naturally has a clear understanding of Li Ze's tricks in governing the place.

Is it simple? Simple.

Have you learned? Can't learn.

The reality is so cruel, you know how the other party is getting stronger step by step, but you can only watch, you can't use it.

Because all of Li Ze's work is based on a powerful central regime.

Not to mention Tibet, even the south of the Tang Dynasty can't learn it.

The whole of Tibet is composed of the big nobles and chieftains who control the place. Land, pastures, cattle and sheep are all the private property of the big nobles and chiefs, and it is possible to distribute these land and pastures to the common people?

Let the big nobles and leaders take out their own money to build roads and water conservancy, are they willing to do it?

Naturally, the imperial court also has taxes, but the big nobles, the leaders do not pay taxes, and the little taxes paid by ordinary people can maintain the normal operation of the imperial court. It is common for Yin to eat grain.

Even if it is the army, how much is directly controlled by the imperial court?

More often, when it was necessary to fight, the nobles from all over the country came with their own private soldiers to organize an army.

Such an army, when the army directly under the imperial court is strong, can naturally exert its greatest strength, but once the power of the imperial court declines, the nobles and leaders in various places also have their own ideas.

Fight with the wind and move forward one by one.

The headwind battle will push three and four one by one.

Wasn't I one of them before?

Where is like Li Ze's command, all the armies belong to the imperial court, and the generals are just the commanders of this army, and replacing a general is a matter of the imperial court.

Seeing the Tang Army's military camp from a distance, Xenobud couldn't help but be a little surprised, Li Ze brought him to the military camp, was he going to show him military might?

It doesn't have to be.

He has long been clear about the combat effectiveness of the Tang army.

Tu Lichun, who got the news in advance, was standing outside the camp to greet him. There were not many generals in his entourage, and it seemed that Li Ze didn't want to alarm too many people.

"Let's go, let's go see your storeroom!" After entering the camp, Li Ze didn't talk nonsense, and said directly.

"Is it going to the arsenal or going to the ......," Tu Lichun asked.

"You know very well our ordnance, and we have sold you a lot over the years." Li Ze smiled at Xenobud and said, "Today, let's take a look at those daily supplies, and finally, let's show you some of our latest weapons that you haven't seen yet!" Lichun, are you ready? ”

Tu Lichun nodded with a smile and said: "There is nothing to prepare, those new weapons that have just arrived are already in daily drills, and the soldiers are not familiar with them, so they can only be used to practice their hands." ”

The two of them were talking as they walked.

"How does it feel?"

"As Li Xiang said earlier, there are advantages and disadvantages, but I am very optimistic about his prospects!" Tu Lichun said: "Now, it will be used." For us, it doesn't take much yet. ”

"That's it!" Li Zedao.

The huge, bright storeroom dazzled Xenobud. Although he is also considered the number one person in the Northland, these places in the army are not places that he can set foot in, and today is the first time he has come.

This is not an arsenal, just the daily necessities of the soldiers.

One by one, boxes were piled up like a mountain, from the ground, almost all the way to the roof.

"Every box is the basic equipment of a soldier, and this arsenal is the equipment for the recruits!" Tu Lichun smiled and said: "So this warehouse is a comprehensive warehouse, and the others are warehouses for individual objects." ”

"Open one!" Li Ze looked at Li Peng and said.

Li Peng immediately stepped forward, brought over a box, opened it, and took out all the things inside, there were no less than twenty things.

Looking at these things, which contained all the things of the soldier from the inside out, Xenobud's face turned pale.

Li Ze picked up a set of black clothes from the ground and said, "This is the raincoat that we only started equipping the soldiers with in the second half of last year. As he spoke, he shook it off and put it on his body, "This is made of special materials, not afraid of rain and snow, and has the function of keeping warm, with this thing, no matter how strong the wind and rain, it can ensure that my soldiers can not suffer from rain and snow." ”

Taking off his raincoat, Li Ze picked up a soft pocket-like thing from the ground: "This thing is called a sleeping bag, don't look at him floating lightly, it's all filled with down, look at it, after folding it, he is just such a small group, after opening it, people drill into it, and there is no difference between following the bed, warm and comfortable!" Lichun, these two things are more expensive! ”

"Down sleeping bags aren't that expensive, and now the price has been knocked down." Tu Lichun said: "It's a raincoat, and the unit price is still too expensive." ”

"New things, naturally, when we solve the problem of the source of raw materials, the price will drop significantly, and now, many of our businessmen in Datang are already doing this." Li Ze said casually.

Tu Lichun smiled silently, Li Ze's casual remark actually contained too much blood. Those Tang caravans in Li Ze's mouth, the means to solve problems are much more cruel than their armies. It's just that since it's not on the land of Datang, the laws of Datang naturally can't control them.

When these hideous-looking guys return to Datang, they will immediately become polite gentlemen, building bridges and paving roads, and benefiting the good people of the township.