Chapter 396: Population! Population!
Qianzhuang has the support of all the people, and the low loan price has moved many people, praising this is the royal temperament, and never competing with the people for profit.
The only ones who are unwilling are those usurious nobles and families, but in the face of the general trend, they are unwilling and can only swallow their anger.
The war in the Western Regions was endless, and at the suggestion of Feng Daiwen, Qiuzi and Yanqi came forward to buy a large number of prisoners, whether they were young and strong, or women and children, and Feng Daiwen appointed Cheng Chuliang, who was familiar with the Western Regions, as the commander of Xijile County, in the name of the Tang Dynasty, to inform the Western Regions, open a mutual market, and exchange weapons, clothing, frosting, and canned food for cattle and sheep.
If you want to say what is the most profitable, of course, it is the war, selling weapons and equipment, the previous war, countless trophies were collected, all of them were iron, Datang has long been unable to look at it, rather than returning to the furnace to recast, it is better to repair it and sell it to the Western Regions at a high price.
Of course, the armor can't be sold, but there is no problem with the bamboo armor, the defense of that thing is good, but it is easy to break, and it also provokes insects, there is little bamboo in the Western Regions, and it is also a problem to repair and replace the armor, even if those small countries buy it, they can still make money for parts in the later stage.
As for cotton clothes, take out some clothes made of inferior cotton, for the cold winter of the Western Regions, it is also a very good warm object, Shuofang and Chang'an's textile workshops, all year round without interruption, in the past few years are to take out the vast majority of the supply soldiers, the people, the real export is not much.
Now the country is not saturated, at least the vast majority of people have to wear, just can be transported in large quantities, after the autumn, can be sold, I think many people are still willing to buy one or two for their subordinates.
Because Li Ke and Li Tai came here, they brought a lot of canned food and milk powder, just to improve the food for their own people.
The best thing about the Western Regions is that it is a single country with a small population, Gaochang is already a large country, only about 100,000 people, not to mention other small countries, so the relative demand for food is smaller.
The use of greenhouses to grow vegetables can fully supply the needs of these three countries, and a little savings can also sell a part.
The occupation of Gaochang, plus Qiuzi and Yanqi, also has the advantage of using these places to grow cotton, which not only has high yield, but also good quality, and the land used is also a mountainous and sloping land that originally did not produce much food.
Using the method of interplanting, first plant a season of cabbage, and then plant cotton, and also plant pumpkins, gourds, and winter melons around the cotton fields.
"Husband, the concubine wants to establish a perfume workshop in Gaochang, what do you think?" Guang'an picked up the tea, handed it to Feng Daiwen, and asked gently.
"Of course you can, anyway, there are so many people in the house, you can take them to do it together, let the guards in the house help, and it is enough to gather some women and children." Feng Daiwen took the tea, put it on the table, pulled Guang'an to sit beside him, looked at her apologetically and said.
"Hee-hee! The concubine knows that her husband is the best. Guang'an grinned and said happily, Yaya and Aomei were also very happy when they heard their conversation.
"I'm sorry for you, I didn't have much time to accompany you, so I made you bored in this small place all day, I'm really sorry!" Feng Daiwen looked at the happy three, and was also happy that they could find something they liked.
"With your husband by your side, it's all good there, at least it's much better than staying in Chang'an." Guang'an leaned on Feng Daiwen's chest, like a kitten, and pushed his head hard, revealing a satisfied smile.
"But now there are too few flowers here, so you can set up a workshop first, and then plant a large number of moons, only half a year, and there are a lot of materials.
In addition, the husband will inform the Western Regions to buy a large number of fresh or dried flower petals. Feng Daiwen stroked Guang'an's hair and explained to her.
"Thank you, husband, the concubine is hot-headed for a while, and she doesn't know how to start, so you have thought about it." Guang'an reached out and hooked Feng Daiwen's neck and kissed him the face.
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Su Dingfang returned to Chang'an and brought back the news of the conquest of Gaochang, although the people were also very proud, but the reaction was not strong, but the family was very happy, which means that from now on, the road to trade in the Western Regions is unimpeded, unlike before, it also needs to be escorted by the army, all the way worried about the Turks, Tuyuhun, and horse thieves in the Western Regions, and now the entire road to the Western Regions has no enemies, even if there are a group or two of robbers, it is not the opponent of the caravan's own guard.
However, now the caravan has received a mandatory order, each caravan must transport a part of the grain to Gaochang according to the size, of course, some caravans will transport some other materials, it depends on how the government arranges.
Although it was a mandatory order, all the caravans did not complain, they all carried out in an orderly manner, and sometimes they overfulfilled the quota, they were the most aware of the benefits of having a strong background motherland.
Chang'an City in August, still shrouded in the scorching sun, more than 100 people such as Koji Zhisheng were escorted into Beijing, Li Shimin was still very happy to destroy a not small country, the same sacrifice to the heavens and ancestors, and then gave Koji Zhisheng an idle position, a title of prince, found a house, locked up, unless there is a big celebration in this life, it is not necessary to come out.
Feng Daiwen's secret performance, Li Shimin carefully read, knowing that there are large coal mines in the Western Regions, and he has strengthened his determination to control the Western Regions, and has also decided to increase his support.
Population has always been an important condition for restricting the Tang Dynasty, and it is also determined to recuperate for a few years and not have a large-scale war abroad.
Good things seem to like to come in pairs, Liu Renliang opened up the sea route to Tianzhu, brought over more than a dozen fleets, pulled full of gold and silver, precious stones, grain, and came back, only paying porcelain, frosting, silk, tea, which were deeply loved by the nobles of Tianzhu.
This is also the first time that such a large-scale Tang caravan has entered Tianzhu, which is far from being comparable to those land merchants before.
Liu Renliang along the coastline, found the three cities, and sold the supplies on the ship short, he kept in mind Feng Daiwen's teachings, and purchased all the grain that could be purchased, and also communicated with the three cities, after a period of time, there will be more goods to be shipped, which can be handed over to them as agents, but they need to buy grain, and there is no upper limit.
The Tianzhu people were still a little cautious, and they were already frightened when they saw the mountain-like, steel battleship on the seashore in the distance, which was beyond their imagination, and the smallest ships were several times larger than their largest ships.
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