In the winter of this period, the northern land must be a scene of heavy snowfall, however, now few people freeze to death in a large area, or the situation of livestock appears, such as Dingxiang, Wulan, Tai'an, Shangqi and other cities, there are specially built greenhouses for cattle and sheep to spend the winter, and there are enough green fodder reserves, they even directly use soybeans, oats, millet, sorghum, these staple foods that people used to eat, to feed livestock, those Hu people in the Western Regions see such a scene, always feel that the Tang people are a little sad about luxury.

After Broken Leaf City was built under the hands of Changsun Chong, it was basically the same model as Dingxiang, so when it was winter, people from many surrounding places would come here to spend the winter, because every house here must be warm, including livestock sheds. All food must be delicious, including the concentrate of cattle, sheep and livestock.

Xue Li and Xi Junmai are almost bored to death now, with their martial arts, the regular training intensity of the soldiers can't play much of a training role at all, so they can only take care of such a small matter as the Hu people in the Western Regions stealing livestock and grain to eat.

"These guys are really useless, stealing food from cows, horses and livestock every day." Looking at the lack of a bunch of soybeans and millet outside the greenhouse for feeding livestock, Xi Junmai exhaled a white air.

Hundreds of thousands of troops, plus millions of local people, plus hundreds of thousands of Persian laborers, have cultivated more than 20 million acres of fertile fields here in more than two years, and with the guidance of Sun Erli, the second-in-command of the Ministry of Agriculture, although they only plant one season a year, they can't eat the grain produced at all.

Of course, even if they can't finish eating, they can't sell to their neighbors without the emperor's permission, which will upset the balance of power of those neighbors and make various changes in the pattern of the west.

It's good to maintain the current situation, the Tang Army, and does not restrict the entry of the Hu people in the Western Regions, but after they enter the country, they can't get the treatment of the people of the Tang Dynasty without household registration, and if they work in the dark, the businessmen will only give them a small half of the salary of the people of the Tang Dynasty who are comparable to the same type of work and hold household registration, which is barely enough for them to make ends meet.

If you want to enter a household, and you don't have money, then please learn Chinese with all your life, and the whole family will learn Chinese, as long as the Chinese proficiency has passed the assessment of the examiner of the Immigration Department, then, congratulations, you can become well-off overnight.

Therefore, in winter, when the largest population gathers in border towns like Broken Leaf City, the cattle and sheep will be kept in those greenhouses here, and they only need to pay a certain amount of cattle and sheep to the Datang official to pay for foster care.

Then, they will learn Chinese like all those who want to join the Datang household registration.

The scale of Broken Leaf City is slightly larger than that of Dingxiang City, because there are a lot of garrisons here, of course, those taller buildings in Dingxiang City, there are not so many, Changsun Chong has opened Chinese training classes in various districts of the city, including teahouses, there will be storytellers, constantly telling stories to guests in Chinese, hotels, theater stages, will also be staged every day Han cultural background programs, you know, there are many garrisons here, then, there are many actors in the art troupe with the army.

These people will go from distant myths and stories, human origins, to the current living habits, and the code of conduct, to the people gathered in these surrounding areas in an all-round way, instilling Han culture, two years, there have been a lot of achievements, more and more families have passed the Chinese language test of the immigration department, which has also led to the rulers of several surrounding countries, more and more panicked.

Because, immigrants in this period do not need to be agreed by both parties, only need to be unilaterally approved by Datang.

It is a pity that among these neighboring countries, even the largest Persia, can only turn a blind eye to this matter, let alone the kingdoms of Ozgu, Vilam, Hebo and so on.

"This is nothing to be despised, a few years ago, our people in the Tang Dynasty couldn't eat the essence of these cattle and horses, for us at that time, these things were also important materials to save our lives in winter." Xue Li pulled a bag of grain from the car to supplement the feed for the livestock in the greenhouse and threw it down from the car. In fact, with his level, he will definitely not fall to the point of sending feed to livestock, but he thinks that throwing food bags like this can train his strength, after all, a big bag of grain, but dozens of catties!

"Hey, I thought I would come to the west to fight a few big battles, but I didn't expect that every day I was idle enough to get food to feed the thieves." Xi Junmai was very depressed.

After the winter, it is the time to prepare for strategy, however, this year, like last year, the imperial court did not give any battle plan, it was still cantonment, training, and garrisoning. He has been doing these things here for more than two years, and if he continues to do this, he is worried that he will become a farmer.

"These coarse grains that we are not rare to eat now can help us attract more Hu people from the Western Regions to come over and learn our culture, and also let the poor people of those who steal grain feel the tolerance of our Tang Army, its value has been reflected, not to mention, those Hu people in the Western Regions use their cattle and sheep in exchange for our green fodder, coarse grain, and the right to live in the greenhouse, we have already made a lot of money, don't tell me you don't know how much this cashmere coat on your body is worth, these cashmere, But it's all taken from the sheep they pay, and don't you think it's the best situation for us to eat mutton buns every day and let them eat the coarse grains we grow? ”

Speaking of this, even militants like Xi Junmai couldn't help but nodded, due to the lack of manpower, they and Ben could not intensively cultivate and plant more than 20 million acres of fields into wheat, so simpler, millet, oats, sorghum and other crops became their crops for large-scale sowing, and the people who helped them reclaim these lands and sow these crops were actually those Hu people in the Western Regions who had not yet obtained household registration.

That is to say, the Tang Dynasty uses the fields cultivated and cultivated by these Hu people in the Western Regions to earn more money or cattle and sheep in the hands of the Hu people in the Western Regions, but those Hu people in the Western Regions still have to be grateful to Dade, for fear that Datang will abandon them.

Therefore, the introduction of Dingxiangcheng textile technology of the Anxi metropolitan protectorate is not too rich, more than two years, not only self-financed to build the Broken Leaf City, Fanshi City, but also intends to build Talas into a frontier city.

It's no wonder that the two top martial artists will become chatterbox, because, on days without war, it is indeed too boring for them, but there is no way, the means of the people are really clever, and they can complete the set goal without a trace of effort, and they can only slowly accept Changsun Chong's series of plans to achieve expansion through cultural dissemination and political means, so they were a little surprised when they suddenly heard the rallying cry coming from the barracks.

"What's the situation? Could it be that someone else dares to call? Hahaha, it just so happens that Grandpa's big knife is already hungry and thirsty. ”

Xi Junmai, who was stunned for a moment, reacted and then laughed and ran to the barracks next door to the livestock shed, regardless of the grain and grass that was piled up outside the greenhouse and had not yet been moved to the warehouse, and Xue Li, long before him, had already rushed out, anyway, these millet soybeans are not worth a few dollars, if someone likes to steal, steal it! If they don't eat secretly, maybe Tang Jun will have to make his own efforts to pull it out and give it to them! Let's go to the barracks to see the situation first, in case it is an expedition, I have to grab the position of the vanguard officer, after all, there are so many garrisons here, and there are so many generals, who knows who will fall on the position of the vanguard officer.

However, the situation in the barracks is not like a war, because there is no tense atmosphere, at this time, in the conference hall, several generals are discussing things around Changsun Chong, and this meeting does not restrict middle and low-level generals from observing, many generals who were originally in the barracks have already walked out of it shaking their heads.

However, Xi Junmai and Xue Li, who were bent on fighting, didn't care about looking at other people's expressions or feeling the atmosphere of the military camp, so they opened the sheepskin door curtain and heard the eldest Sun Chong inside say, "Who wants to go to this operation?" ”

When Xi Junmai and Xue Li heard this, they were immediately overjoyed, and said in their hearts, fortunately, they ran fast, otherwise, this would have started to be ordered, and if it was a little late, they wouldn't be able to catch the soup.

"The last will go."

"The last will go."

After clenching their fists and asking for their lives, Xi Junmai and Xue Li realized that something was wrong with the situation, because there were many generals in the entire meeting hall, but there were only the voices of the two of them asking for their lives.

"Okay, it's just the two of you, time is running out, you immediately count the supplies, and set off with the people of the headquarters, if it's late, those refugees are afraid that they will starve to death in a large area."

"What, count the supplies? Only with the main staff? Hit whom! The two of them, who were a little confused, looked up at Changsun Chong and several generals who were holding back their laughter.

Among them, Feng Zhidai said with a smile, "I didn't ask you to fight anyone, but after the big cannibals entered the winter, they expanded outward in a big way, but this time they did not fight Persia, but some small kingdoms close to my Tang Dynasty and the Byzantine Empire. ”

"What? Not a war? At this moment, Xi Junmai and Xue Li instantly understood why only the two of them who had just returned from outside in the council hall took over.

Changsun Chong took over and said, "In terms of the current number of garrisons in our Anxi Dadu, that guy with his head in the water dares to attack us?" The purpose of your trip is to bring enough clothes and food to protect against the cold, and to bring the people of those small kingdoms in the west who are fleeing the war to the territory of our Tang Dynasty and escort them to the resettlement site outside the city of Talas. ”

"No, what, the big cannibals are so rampant, why don't we clean them up? If they continue to expand, they will almost border my Datang. Xi Junmai was very puzzled.

Changsun Chong replied, "Now is not the time, they fight with the Persians, or with these vassal states of the Byzantine Empire, it is beneficial to us, you think about it, the people of these war-affected kingdoms do not run to the Byzantine Empire, but choose to take refuge in our Tang Dynasty, what is the reason?" ”

"Of course, it's because I'm rich and powerful!" Xi Junmai replied without thinking too much.

Eldest Sun Chong nodded and said, "Yes, it's because I, Datang, are rich and powerful, and at the same time, it's also because Datang doesn't start wars easily, it's the most peaceful and stable country in the world, and it's the country they yearn for in their hearts." ”

Xi Jun said, "Then, let's just sit and wait for them to hit our door?" ”

Eldest Sun Chong shook his head and said, "Of course not, the war will only make the local people yearn for a country like my Datang even more, and achieve the first basic condition for our expansion." ”

After all, Xi Junmai was born as a ranger, he didn't read much, and he couldn't understand too many political things, so he shook his hand and said, "Just tell me directly, how many basic conditions we still have to complete later!" ”

Changsun Chong thought for a moment and replied, "At least, after the start of the head-to-head battle between Dashi and Byzantium, these current small countries are just some barriers for Byzantium itself, and they can't play a decisive role, and I, the Tang Dynasty, have not grasped the two great empires of Dashi and Byzantium, so I need to wait for the opportunity."

In addition, have you forgotten that we don't have a military order from Chang'an, so all our generals here only have the responsibility of commanding the troops and garrisoning, but they have no power to start a war with the outside world. ”

All right! Changsun Chong's explanation is very powerful, Xi Junmai and Xue Li had to take this drudgery in frustration, of course, in this situation, Changsun Chong also sent a report to Chang'an for the first time, but Li Shimin had to receive his report at the end of the first month at the earliest. ()

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