"There were a few heavy snowfalls last year, and there should be no more drought in this pass this year, it is the time to vigorously rejuvenate agriculture, and the resettlement place for the families of the soldiers mobilized from all over the country has been built, but the fields allocated to them are not too enough, and they are ready to reclaim a piece, of course, the grain and grass needed for the reclamation of the wasteland are provided by us." After being busy with trivial matters at the end of the year, a few days later, Chen Mo summoned everyone to the government office to discuss the development of Guanzhong this year.

If there was no drought last year, it was actually the best period for development, but unfortunately there was no if in this world, and if there was no great drought, it would not give Chen Mo the opportunity to clean up those bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods in the court.

"Lord, there is not much grain in the government, don't say that the Qiang chaos has not been broken, that Ma Teng and Han Sui are eyeing the side, and there may be a war breaking out at any time, not that the lord is not right to rejuvenate the peasants, but at the moment the government treasury is short of grain and grass, and if it is still distributed to the people at this time, once there is a war, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with it." Xu Shu said with a wry smile, last year's drought almost emptied the treasury of Guanzhong, Chen Moxing repaired water conservancy, so that there was no shortage of grain during the autumn harvest, and a lot of grain was collected in the fields controlled by the government, but Chen Mo was tax-free last year and this year, that is to say, in addition to the official field, even if there is a bumper harvest this year, Chen Mo will not harvest too much grain and grass, and investing in grain and grass to develop at this time will make Chen Mo lack the ability to deal with the war.

"I've thought about that, of course." Chen Mo nodded and smiled.

Li Ru on the side looked at Xu Shu and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhi doesn't know, last year, we have reached an agreement with Zhang Lu to buy 300,000 stone grain from him, and it will be shipped in two days, and after the autumn harvest, we will buy a batch, about 500,000 stone, in terms of military food, our army is actually not too short." ”

"There is so much grain and grass in Hanzhong? And are you willing to sell to us? Xu Shu said dumbly.

Now in these years, the princes are fighting, and no one will have too much grain and grass.

"Yuan Zhi doesn't know." Jia Xu twisted his beard on the side and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhi should know about Liu Yan's death last year." ”

Xu Shu nodded, Liu Yan died of illness, and his son Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne, and he also sent a watch to the court last year, in fact, this is not in line with the Han law, how can the state pastor inherit it? But at present, the imperial court does not even have the Son of Heaven, how can it be able to manage the problem of the princes inheriting the territory.

Earlier, Liu Yan ordered Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu to kill Hanzhong Taishou Sugu, and cut off the sloping valley and not pay tribute, so the news of Shuzhong was relatively closed.

Jia Xu said: "Do you know that after Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne, the first thing he did was to kill Zhang Lu's mother and family members on the grounds that he was not obedient to him. ”

Of course, there are many checkpoints set up in the valley, and Zhang Lu's willingness to reconcile with the imperial court does not mean that he is willing to give up his current rights and soldiers.

Xu Shu's eyes flashed, he looked at Chen Mo and said, "Lord, this land in Hanzhong ......"

"It's useless." Chen Mo shook his head and said, take Hanzhong, the biggest role is to cut down Shu, but the difficulty of Shu Road, even if you haven't been there, Chen Mo has also heard of it, even if you take it, it is difficult for Shu to provide any help to Guanzhong, but its special geographical location is easy to separate, so Chen Mo's current focus is on the battle for the Central Plains, supporting the division of Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, and giving some help when necessary, but taking Hanzhong is of little significance to Chen Mo, but it is necessary to divide troops to guard against Liu Zhang.

In contrast, now let Zhang Lu block like this, while supporting Zhang Lu behind his back, he can get enough support from Zhang Lu, not only in terms of food and grass, but also other support such as prestige, which can be regarded as a kind of alliance, although Chen Mo did not take Hanzhong, but Chen Mo, the resources of Hanzhong, can be mobilized, which is the most ideal state.

Of course, the premise is that Zhang Lu has no ambition to expand northward, and he is only a Hanzhong Taishou, otherwise, this relationship will not last long, but as long as it can be maintained for the time being, it is enough.

After Guanzhong gets through this difficulty, as long as there are no more natural disasters, there will be great prosperity, maybe in just two or three years, he will have enough strength to clear the rear, clean up the two bastards Ma Teng and Han Sui, and then he can focus on the Central Plains.

"There is no need to worry about grain and grass for the time being, we can also buy some from the Qiang people, although the Qiang chaos is not stopped, but there are also many Qiang people who are willing to repair with us." Chen Mo smiled.

On the issue of the Qiang people, Chen Mo had several disputes with Huangfu Song and others.

In fact, in Chen Mo's view, the Qiang people can be integrated into the Han people, regardless of the living habits or the degree of sinicization, the Qiang people are more likely to accept the Han people than the Xiongnu and Xianbei outside the fortress, and in the past, the Han Dynasty in the war against the Qiang people, after several big victories, if the Han was willing to accept the Qiang people at that time and integrate the Qiang people into the Han people, there may be no Qiang people now.

However, in this regard, the Han Dynasty rejects the integration of other ethnic groups, and the view that non-ethnic groups must have different hearts cannot be said to be completely wrong, but in the case of occupying absolute strength, taking the initiative to assimilate these so-called alien races into themselves to achieve the goal of strengthening themselves is the most correct means for foreign races in Chen Mo's opinion.

If you talk about blood, whether it is the Qiang or the Xiongnu Xianbei, they can be traced back thousands of years or even longer, they are all ethnic groups that went out from the Yellow River Valley, and even Chen Mo knows that many tribes of the Xiongnu and Xianbei are composed of Han people in exile, and they were later assimilated into the Xiongnu and Xianbei people.

Now that Chen Mo is sitting in Guanzhong, the problem of the Qiang people has become a point that Chen Mo cannot ignore, Fufeng, Feng Yi, and the farther Longxi, Anding, and Beidi are all Qiang and Han mixed residences, if they can be included, the population can be a lot, and there can be a lot of military disasters every year.

But in this matter, even Cai Yong didn't quite support Chen Mo doing this.

Chen Mo can only come step by step, starting with trade, at least these Qiang people who are willing to make friends and even have a heart for the Han Dynasty, Chen Mo feels that he can't give up, and he needs to win him over.

"My lord, the affairs of the Qiang people need to be cautious." Li Ru on the side couldn't help but remind him when he heard this, as Chen Mo's core strategist team, Li Ru naturally knew that Chen Mo advocated the integration of the Qiang people, but the resistance to this kind of thing was not just opposition from the DPRK and China.

"Wen You rest assured, this is not a one-time effort, maybe it may not be possible to do it in a lifetime, but at least it is a direction, if the Han wants to be stronger, it should have the mind to embrace all rivers, if the Qiang people can succeed, others such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Karasuma may not be impossible, according to Batagan, outside the Central Plains, it may not be all barbaric, and the world is not only as big as we see." Chen Mo smiled and nodded.

Batakan opened a larger vision for Chen Mo, the west of the Han Dynasty, the Western Regions further west, there are also thousands of miles of fertile soil, maybe it is difficult for the Han to occupy it, but exchanges can be had, even must have, Western culture also has its merits, the Han needs to embrace the mentality of all rivers to absorb and compatible with these so-called alien ideas.

Li Ru nodded, it's good that Chen Mo has this thought, what he is most worried about is that Chen Mo is young and too aggressive, so even if Chen Mo's idea is right, if he is in a hurry, it will mess up their original steps.

After everyone discussed the possibility of compatibility with the Qiang people, the topic returned to the governance of Guanzhong, those things are too far away from now, just like Chen Mo said, maybe the poor may not be able to do it in their lifetime, the important thing now is to develop and expand themselves.

"Now the hearts of the people in Guanzhong are gradually settled, if the grain and grass are worry-free, I think that the policy of the lord to concentrate on the military household can be more perfect, after all, he has left his hometown, and there will be some resentment, and he thinks that he can give some preferential treatment to the sergeant's family, so that he can not only remove the people's grievances, but also win the hearts of the army." Xu Shu said with a smile.

Chen Mo's practice of concentrating military households seems to be a bit unkind, but if it is done well, it can make the army's heart more towards Chen Mo.

"It's already being done, the academy has been built, and the sons of meritorious soldiers can enter the academy to study, but I'm afraid these are not enough." Chen Mo nodded.

Although reading is a luxury for many people, many people want to learn all their lives, but not everyone will think like this, after all, for ordinary people, what they can see is more of three meals a day in front of them, running for a living, if they can't even fill their stomachs, I'm afraid there are not many people who are really dedicated to studying, Chen Mo's establishment of a academy so that the children of meritorious soldiers can study may make some aspiring soldiers work hard, but most soldiers are afraid that they don't care about this.

They can't be laughed at for being short-sighted, unable to even sustain their livelihoods, how can they talk about the future?

"This, you can follow the Qin law, but it can't be completely imitated, if like the pre-Qin, in exchange for military merits for the field, you can indeed train a tiger and wolf division in a short period of time, but the fields in the world are these, there will always be a day when the seal is finished, and once it can't be cashed, I'm afraid it will backfire itself, Confucianism thinks that the military family, can reduce some taxes, if they have made meritorious deeds, they can be reduced more, if they die in battle, the taxes can be directly halved, until their children and crowns." Li Ru groped his chin and said.

It is a bit too extreme like the Qin Dynasty, and if it is really a direct fief, the final threat will not be smaller than the current family, and it will be useless to the people's livelihood, after all, it is something four hundred years ago, and it may not be suitable for today, Li Ru obviously took this into account, so he did not copy the Qin law of the year.

Chen Mo groped his chin and nodded: "Wen You's words are indeed feasible, in this way, draw up a charter first, and then we will discuss it." ”

Although some things will be brought to the court to discuss, but some fundamental things, Chen Mo will not go to the court to discuss, but directly decide here, if it is brought to the court to discuss, this kind of thing, with Chen Mo's experience, it is not surprising that it will drag on for a year and a half.

"Whoa!"