"Your Majesty, rest assured! The minister understood that the fields were the foundation of the empire, and that these fields could be used to grow grain, so that the granaries of the empire had sufficient food reserves. 35xs," Li Kai said.

Food, no matter what era, is the most important material, and it can be without money, but it cannot be without food.

"Now the bank lending business has been opened all over Datang?" Li Chengqian asked.

If the whole country has the empire's loan business, then it will be able to continue to expand outward, so that the whole world can lend to Datang.

As long as the other party's economic lifeline is controlled, then the other party can only obediently be at the mercy of the empire, and even become a colony of the empire.

"Your Majesty! Bank loans have already spread across all states and counties in Datang, and in addition, countries around Datang have also borrowed from Datang. Li Kai said.

He had already put his hand into the pockets of other barbarians outside the Tang Dynasty, and lent them money in exchange for benefits.

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Li Kai was so international-minded, which made him very satisfied.

"Which countries have lent us money?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Silla, Baekje, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Uighur, Fugu and other vassal states of the Tang Dynasty and tribes that submitted to the Tang Dynasty."

"The minister has a detailed account book, if Your Majesty is interested, the minister will go back and bring it to Your Majesty." Li Kai said.

"No need! I don't look at any ledgers, you continue to infiltrate the tribes around the Tang Dynasty or the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, and lend money to these vassal states and tribes who need it. Li Chengqian said.

The advantage of this can make these vassal states more dependent on the economy of the Tang Dynasty, make them closer to the Tang Dynasty, and make them lose their fighting spirit under the corruption of money.

Slowly being thoroughly tamed by Datang in various ways, it takes a long process, and the desired effect is achieved through a gentle way, and whether it can succeed depends on the future development.

Now that Tuyuhun has borrowed money from the Datang Bank, then he has even more reason to station troops around Tuyuhun and station troops to Tuyuhun on the pretext of protecting the borrowing country, and no one can say anything.

At that time, if Tubo dares to send troops to Tuyuhun, Datang will have enough reasons to prevent Tubo from annexing Tuyuhun.

Moreover, the Tang army stationed on the plateau near Tuyuhun can no longer be afraid of altitude sickness after adapting, which will be of great help to the future attack on Luosu.

"No!" Li Kai saluted.

"That's it! That's all for today, all of you. You go back and think about how to do it, especially in the area of bank wealth management products, you must come up with an effective plan as soon as possible. Li Chengqian said.

"No! Retire!" Yu Bo and Li Kai bowed and retreated.

After they left, Li Chengqian was lost in thought about how he planned to develop the empire in the future. Flash Dance

After a while, Li Chengqian came back to his senses from his contemplation and said to Wang Quan, "Go and call Cheng Wuting to me." ”

"No!" Wang Quan was ordered to retreat.

Wang Quan soon brought Cheng Wuting to meet Li Chengqian.

"Cheng Wuting, the leading general of the minister's left, pays a visit to Your Majesty!" Cheng Wu bowed and worshipped.

"No rudeness! Throne! Give tea! Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Cheng Wuting got up and sat down on the side, and the maid brought the tea and put it on the table next to him, and then retreated.

"I don't know what His Majesty's purpose is when he summons his ministers to come?" Cheng Wuting asked.

"I want you to go to Lingzhou, select 30,000 elite soldiers, go to Dafeichuan in Tuyuhun, and then garrison troops in Dafeichuan."

"I want an elite army that can adapt to the plateau environment, in case of emergency, people are as you choose, and you can change them."

"As long as you can't adapt to the plateau environment, you can replace it, I must have sufficient troops, at least 100,000 people."

"Lingzhou, as well as the states and counties around Lingzhou, you can select suitable candidates at will." Li Chengqian said.

Li Chengqian decided to take a group of soldiers and horses to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to stay, and after adapting to the plateau environment, if Tubo is restless and guards himself, then he will send troops to eliminate Tubo in order to prevent future troubles.

For the Tang army, the most difficult opponent was not Tibet, but altitude sickness, after all, the territory of the Tang Dynasty belongs to the low-altitude area, and the high principle belongs to the high-altitude area.

It is simply impossible to march from a low altitude to a high altitude and destroy them, and the soldiers will not be able to adapt to the environment at high altitudes, which will cause altitude sickness, which will only damage the combat strength of the army or lose its combat effectiveness.

"No! Is Your Majesty planning to start a war with Tibet? Cheng Wuting asked.

In Cheng Wuting's cognition, in the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, only Tubo has the strength to threaten the border of the Tang Dynasty.

As for Tuyuhun and the other tribes, there is no need to worry at all, Cheng Wuting has not taken them into account yet, and the only one who can be looked at by him is only the Tubo force.

"If a person has no foresight, he must have near-term worries! Tubo and Datang are in-laws, although the relationship is good now, it does not mean that it will be so good in the future. ”

"We have to take precautions, and when that moment comes, we will also be able to have enough strength to fight against the Tibetan army." Li Chengqian said.

Cheng Wuting understood what Li Chengqian meant, and then said, "Your Majesty! Dafeichuan is in the territory of Tuyuhun and belongs to the territory of Tuyuhun, can Tuyuhun allow us to garrison troops in Dafeichuan? ”

This is what Cheng Wu is quite worried about, after all, it is someone's territory, you can go if you say it, although they are vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, they may not be able to agree to the army of the suzerainty country stationed in their own country.

The side of the couch does not allow others to snore!

Once the Tang Dynasty is allowed to garrison troops in Dafeichuan, it is equivalent to a sword hanging above Tuyuhun's head, which may fall at any time.

Let's ask, from top to bottom, who can sleep peacefully, and when the time comes, it will inevitably be opposed by Tuyuhun.

If he were to be replaced by Cheng Wuting, he would inevitably be strongly opposed, and no one would want to put the danger by his side.

"You don't have to worry about this, today's Tuyuhun economy is more developed than before, that's because Tuyuhun borrowed a lot of money from my Datang Bank, according to the contract, Tuyuhun is based on Dafeichuan and its surrounding territories."

"As collateral, if you take out a loan from my Datang Bank, my Datang will have the right to use Dafeichuan and its surrounding territories for a period of fifty years."

"If Tuyuhun wants to get back those places, he must take enough wealth to redeem them, and no one in Tuyuhun today is willing to shrink his clothes and diet to redeem Dafeichuan, so you can go where to garrison with peace of mind." Li Chengqian said.

is accustomed to a life of big fish, big meat, fine clothes and fine food, who wants to go back to that day when there is not enough to eat.

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, under the sugar-coated shells of Datang, Tuyuhun has already surrendered!

As long as they can live a good life, love the garrison and let him garrison it!