Regarding the question asked by Li Shi, Zhou Nan had already considered it when he was in Sanssouci Village, but now there is one more thing about Pingzhou Road.

"If this matter had been asked more than a hundred years ago, I would naturally have said that Yanjing and Pingzhou were both Han lands and should be returned to Han;" Zhou Nan did not answer Li Shi's question directly, "If it was ten years ago, Li Hanlin would not have asked such a question, at that time there was no sign of defeat in the Great Liao, Li Hanlin, as a native of Luanzhou on Pingzhou Road, naturally felt that Yanjing and Pingzhou should belong to the Great Liao." ”

Li Shi couldn't help but nodded, more than a hundred years ago, the sixteen states of Yanyun were ceded to the Khitan, at that time, the Central Plains was in dispute, and the forces of all parties were constantly fighting, and there was no time to take care of the cession of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the Han people of the sixteen states of Yanyun could only be classified as Khitan. Later, several emperors of the Great Liao repeatedly plundered the population from the Song Dynasty to enrich the prefectures and counties. Most of the Han people in Daliao were slaves and soldiers, and they were deeply exploited. The Yanyun Han people are always eager to return to their homeland and the Central Plains. But after a long time, slowly the Han people took root in Daliao, and the Khitan people also began to learn Han poetry and etiquette, and the Han people were half masters in the land of Yanyun, and the theory of the homeland of the Central Plains had long been forgotten. What's more, the Great Song Dynasty collectively referred to the Han people who lived in the land of Yanyun as "Han'er", and the words were full of contempt and humiliation, which Han people were willing to go back to such a "homeland"?

Zhou Nan continued: "Since you are now asking me whether Yanyun will return to Han or Tibet, of course it will neither return to Han nor to Tibet. ”

Li Shi's eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly, "General Zhou, but he wants to start a country?" ”

"I can't talk about the founding of the country, but I just want to reject the Jin army in the north, and the Great Song Dynasty in the south, and build this Nanjing Road into a happy place shared by the people of the Han people, and shelter the people." Zhou Nan said straight to the point, "Yanjing is a place, the sea is surrounded by its east, Taihang embraces its right, Zhang, Wei Bao are in the south, Juyong locks and keys are in the north, and the swallow is victorious, and it is the world." "With the advantages of these terrain and tens of thousands of elite soldiers, only a few dangerous checkpoints need to be cut off to block the Jin army from the pass. And there are thousands of miles of fertile fields inside, cattle and sheep, salt and iron, rice, millet and wheat, cotton, linen, silkworms, and cultivation of hundreds of crafts, all of which are not lacking, which is the place where the people of Yanjing are given by God to reproduce and survive. ”

Li Shi asked rhetorically: "Although Yandi produces grains, the land is barren; Although there are hundreds of work, the workmanship is rough. With tens of thousands of elite soldiers, how can they resist the attack from the north and the south? ”

Zhou Nan said with a smile: "What Li Hanlin said is mostly speculation. Li Hanlin is very knowledgeable, when he knows that during the Taiping Xingguo period of the Great Song Dynasty, there was a festival envoy, surnamed He, he was originally a native of Jiangnan, familiar with the method of rice farming in his hometown, and saw that there were many river depressions along the border of Song and Liao, and the terrain was low-lying, which was conducive to planting rice, connecting rivers and depressions, and through the construction of necessary water conservancy projects, Tuntian was built, and rice seeds were transported, and it was completed in two years. To the south of Wuqing and Shicheng, a large area of saline-alkali waterlogged land is the same as the land where the surname He made Tuntian, and if it can be carefully managed, it should be a land of fish and rice. ”

"I've heard of this, and the Jie Du envoy surnamed He is a tuntian built with the method of "guiding water to make it a solid lake, building an embankment and storing water for paddy fields". I heard that in the first year, because of the late planting, the rice was not tolerant to frost and did not grow; The early rice planted in the second year was successful. I didn't expect General Zhou to remember this. Li Shi said in surprise.

"In addition to the area south of Wuqing, which can be used to plant rice, the area of Yutian and Anxi, I have been to it in person, and they are all fertile fields. However, under the rule of conquest, the countryside was barren and no one cultivated. If the people plough with their hearts, picking mulberry and weaving hemp, why worry that there are people who are cold and hungry on the road? Zhou Nan said with a sigh.

"I don't know what General Zhou has to make the people work hard?" Li Shi asked tentatively.

"It's very simple, just don't let them work for nothing. In other words, the government determines the number of acres of land for the population, and each household is given a share of the land for cultivation according to the capitation, and the rent is low. At the same time, the wasteland reclaimed by himself will be rent-free for three years. If Li Hanlin, as a farmer, doesn't know if he is willing to work hard? "Regarding the implementation of these land laws after the recovery of various places, Zhou Nan has already discussed with Yu Liyan, and it is natural to talk about it.

Li Shi said, "But the things used are not as exquisite as those of the Southern Dynasties, and the hundreds of works are far behind." ”

Zhou Nan said with a smile: "You must eat well before you can work, right?" When everyone has food and clothing, there will be a lot of needs, and there will naturally be craftsmen who will carefully process and strive to be exquisite; In addition, they can also open border markets with southerners, and each can take what he needs. ”

"With a small place, how can you resist the attack of the tigers and wolves from the north and south?" Li Shi asked again.

"Although the place is small, it naturally has dangerous terrain, elite soldiers, and more advantages of magic cars and explosive arrows, and the Jin army only knows how to withstand the power of explosive arrows with flesh and blood? The Great Song Dynasty is good at defending and not attacking, and the bow horse is its weakness, I don't want to fight him, he is already an ancestor of virtue. Militarily, Zhou Nan was not worried.

After listening to this, Li Shi said convincingly, "There were many things that offended the general in my words just now, and I ask the general to bear with me." After listening to the general's words, I realized that the general is a benevolent and generous person, and he has a heart for all the people, which is really a godsend. was deceived by Zhang Jue, misheard the treacherous words, didn't notice it for a while, and misunderstood the general. If the general does not give up, he is willing to throw himself into the general's account and do his best for the general. As he spoke, he bowed down and saluted Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan smiled and grabbed Li Shi's arm and said, "Li Hanlin is a learned person, he is rich and rich, and when he is contributing to the people, how can he be in the countryside?!" If I didn't have the intention, how could I deliberately ask Brother Yang to invite Li Hanlin here? ”

"Brother Yang? Is that the general who led his troops out of the city just now? Li Shi's scalp tingled a little when he thought of the general who was messing around just now.

"Exactly, this person is the Song General Yang Keshi you said. Brother Yang is a dissolute and uninhibited person, and if he offends in his words, he is not surprised. Zhou Nan explained.

"How dare you!" Li Shi is not a narrow-minded person, and when he saw Zhou Nan come forward to explain Yang Keshi, he also smiled and was relieved, and then asked, "I don't know how General Zhou will deal with the three-way Pingzhou army outside the city?" ”。

"Although there are many troops in Pingzhou, they can't use so many soldiers and horses at the moment, these people are all from poor people, so they should naturally return the people to the fields to supplement their labor. These people outside the city chose the best of them, and the rest took their armoured soldiers and horses, and let them return to their homes. As for these generals, in the future, they can serve as garrisons in various states and counties, lead the soldiers in the city, and fulfill the responsibility of guarding the city and law and order. Zhou Nan said frankly to Li Shi.

"It turns out that the general has a plan. This is a very good arrangement. I am willing to come forward and persuade them one by one. Li Shi said to Zhou Nan.