Governor's Palace!

Luo Tong stretched his waist, looked at the official document in front of him, stretched his hands and feet long, and said with a smile: "Depending on the situation, this year is a rare harvest year!" ”

For most of the year, Luo Tong really did what the local governor should do, and took on all the government affairs, military affairs, and military affairs.

Luo Tong didn't know when he had a certain understanding of government affairs.

He also has a certain experience in dealing with government affairs, and he used to think that the three-state government affairs were complicated, but now he is not so troubled, and now he finds that he can easily control the three-state government affairs.

Ma Zhou and Shangguan Yi snickered on the side, the two of them saw farther than Luo Tong, the Tang Dynasty was indeed a martial era, but the generals had to transfer the text at the end. This is the case with the so-called general and in.

It is true that Luo Tong can fight well, but if he continues to develop like this, one day he will enter the political arena with his military exploits, and if he has no ability to handle government affairs at all, it is obviously not possible.

Not to mention how good it is, at least it must be first-class.

Ma Zhou and Shangguan Yi knew that Luo Tong would carefully check their official documents to understand the trends in Sanzhou. In order to let Luo Tong grow up, the two of them simply deliberately wrote the official document extremely esoteric, which made it difficult for people to read it thoroughly.

Sure enough, Luo Tong couldn't understand it, so he could only ask the two of him to interpret it.

Ma Zhou and Shangguan Yi spoke in detail little by little.

Luo Tong is not a pig, and over time, he can gradually understand some and understand the relationship between them.

Shuofang has today's prosperity, and the main contributors are Du He, Ma Zhou, and Shangguan Yi, three capable people who focus on government affairs, but no one can deny Luo Tong's efforts and gains.

Because there were many extorted and robbed cattle from the two Turks, and there were more than 100,000 captives as free labor.

On the basis of the original fields in Shuofang, Luo Tong extended the newly dug canal, and reclaimed more than 500 acres of fields in the place where the canal passed. Experienced farmers unanimously said that this year will be a rare bumper harvest year.

Until then, Shuofang had been unable to provide for itself due to the lack of food in the fields, and this harvest will completely change this situation. As for the Turkic prisoners of war, they were still serving as free laborers, enthusiastically digging canals, preparing to divert water from the Wushui River to irrigate the entire territory of Xiazhou.

These captives began to be relentless, and the broken barracks cut down more than 5,000 people at once in front of these captives, and a group of people were as obedient as sheep.

In this era, there are no human rights, and as a captive, you must have the consciousness of being a captive. If you want to turn the sky upside down, that is to find death by the light in the toilet.

But after these people were honest for a while, they didn't make trouble on the surface, but they were lazy behind their backs, Luo Tong directly divided the prisoners into a detachment, and divided the time period, and if the task was not completed within the specified time, the whole team would have no food to eat and no rest until it was completed. For a bite to eat, for an early rest, the captives worked so enthusiastically that they didn't even need to be supervised, and the other members of the same team would accuse those who tried to be lazy, so as not to harm themselves, and under mutual supervision, efficiency increased.

In view of the fact that Shuofang was sparsely populated, Luo Tong opened up the net of captives, singled out a hundred loyal Turks who behaved well every month, gave them the status of common people, gave them land, and let them live a normal life.

For those who are unwilling to work and harbor evil intentions, kill as many as they want. Under this policy of sticks and turnips, the living captives are too honest to speak. In order to win civilian status, the captives worked harder.

However, Luo Tong and others knew that most of these people died of old age, and it is estimated that they did not get the status of civilians, but the captives still had the idea of turning over into serfs one day and singing songs, and they were working hard. The length of rivers and roads is increasing every day, and the fertile land is also increasing at the rate of acres!

When it comes to heart black, Ma Zhou and Shangguan Yi ask themselves that they can't compare to Luo Tong, who came up with this series of ideas. At the beginning, listening to Luo Tong's plan and the good results it produced, some people even secretly rejoiced that Luo Tong was on his side, otherwise, when he was his enemy, he didn't know how to die.

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After a short rest, Luo Tong picked up the last official document on the table.

The official document records the tax situation of Shuofang in the past month, and Du He, who is in charge of statistics, has carefully recorded the tax revenue of the first two months in the official document, and there is a sharp contrast between the increase and decrease.

"The monthly growth rate of this tax revenue is beyond our expectations!" Luo Tong looked at this official document, and his eyebrows fluttered.

Ma Zhou said sincerely: "The governor is talented and a genius among people. The two proposals of border trade and tourism have greatly stimulated the development of Shuofang, driven the rapid development of the two industries of food and housing, and driven the economy of Shuofang. The subordinates are ashamed of themselves as ......"

Luo Tong laughed, looking indescribably proud.

Border trade is a development project proposed by him, as a posterity. Law informed the importance of business to the development of a place.

If Shuofang wants to be rich and strong, agriculture is far from enough. The land here is relatively barren, and the food produced here is at best self-sufficient, and the people rely on agriculture to make a fortune.

However, Shuofang is located in a remote area, sparsely populated, and not geographically important. There are no fixed specialties, and it is not easy to develop the economy.

In the face of this kind of reality, Wang Xuance, Liu Renliang, Ma Zhou, Shangguanyi and other cattle are also at a loss, just like a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice.

After thinking about it several times, Luo Tong found that the biggest feature of Shuofang is that it borders with neighboring countries, so it is better to open up trade between countries, and eventually develop Shuofang into a commercial city, thereby driving the rise of food, accommodation, snacks, handicrafts and other industries.

He knew that the most prosperous places were the land border trade cities and coastal areas. Trade with other countries is the key, and the most profitable is overseas trade.

Since agriculture is not enough to make the people rich, then simply use the specialties of the grassland peoples and the Central Plains to make a deal to develop their own economy.

This proposal was approved by Du He, Ma Zhou, and Shangguan Yi, but was questioned by Wang Xuance and Liu Renliang.

Ma Zhou felt that Luo Tong's proposal gave full play to the characteristics of Shuofang, but Wang Xuance and Liu Renliang felt that doing business with the steppe peoples, especially the Turkic peoples, would make them stronger, and the gains outweighed the losses.

Regarding Wang Xuance and Liu Renliang's worries, Luo Tong believes that bilateral trade is mutually beneficial to both sides, and a fool will not do this loss. But what if you don't trade?

The Turks can also be obtained from black merchants and from various sources. There was no effect on the Turks at all. Instead of letting the black businessmen benefit, it is better to let the people of Shuofang and the Tang Dynasty benefit. Moreover, the establishment of a free market in Shuofang is tantamount to taking the initiative into his own hands, and what can be traded and what is forbidden to be traded is up to him.

Externally, the Turks were encouraged to transport the abundant cattle, sheep, horses, leather and other materials to Shuofang for trading, but internally, the Turks were restricted from purchasing strategic materials such as weapons, ironware, science and technology from the Central Plains, and only allowed them to purchase tea, silk and satin, porcelain, wine, vinegar sauce, honey syrup, literary couch cloths, ordinary books, paper, calligraphy and paintings, and other very common daily necessities.

Luo Tong also promised to the outside world that no matter which tribe or nationality on the grassland, as long as you honestly pay the entry tax and transaction tax, and do not make trouble in the territory of Datang, Datang will never be embarrassed.

After the news spread. The merchants of the Turkic tribes were a little hesitant, but the merchants of the hundreds of tribes of Tiele were not restricted, and they boldly started trading with Shuofang. The productivity of the steppe peoples is low, and the common necessities of life are exactly what they need. They had no special resources, and could only trade with the Tang Dynasty with special cattle, sheep, horses, and hunted leather.

In the past, they could only obtain daily necessities at a high price by transferring them from black merchants or transshipment to several countries, but now they can exchange them for special products by simply entering Shuofang. Although the entry tax and trade tax are not low, and they are also restricted by trade, the basic daily necessities plus some luxury goods unique to the Central Plains are still profitable compared to the sky-high asking price of black-hearted black merchants.

The Tiele merchants, who earned their first barrel of gold, became a role model for all ethnic groups, and also started trading with the Shuofang Free Bazaar. At first, the Turks were afraid that Luo Tong, an unreasonable evil star, would use some "conspiracy" against them, so they pretended to be Tiele merchants, but their worries proved to be unnecessary.

After Shuo Fang opened his door to do business, Luo Tong did not intend to damage his name, everything was done according to normal business transactions, and over time, the Turkic traders did not hide their identities.

In their eyes, Luo Tong was as terrible as a fierce spirit, but his reputation was just as hard as his fierce spirit. As long as you don't break the agreement and make some shady deals, everything is easy to talk about.

The Turks had suffered from Luo Shixin in this regard, so they were unusually obedient.

Tie Lezhong's Sijie Department intended to take this opportunity to buy some salt from Datang, so that the search was out. Luo Tong unceremoniously killed all the merchants of the Sijie Division, handed over all the money they came from trading to the state treasury, and also forbade the people of the Sijie Department to set foot in the territory of Shuofang, and if they were found, they would be killed.

Luo Tong did what he said here, and the Sijie Department wanted to send someone to explain the easing, and even the messenger asked him to kill him. All of a sudden, those suspicious traders were shocked, and they also understood a truth, if they want to come to Shuofang to do business, abiding by the rules is the only way out.

The grassland people lacked daily necessities, and the people of the Central Plains also lacked cattle, sheep, horses, leather and other grassland specialties. They don't have the worries of the grassland people, they open shops and rent shops, and they have no scruples. Luo Tong has no special requirements for them, as long as they do not sell illegal goods to the grassland people, they are welcome, and they can also promise some convenience discounts. In order to reduce the pressure of Shuofang's investigation, checkpoints were even set up in Yanzhou and Suizhou to inspect contraband. If someone still trades contraband with aliens for profit, Luo Tong will mercilessly put him in prison and close his home.

As long as he was in Shuofang, he would not allow the existence of such traitorous merchants.

This ancient period was not as developed as in later generations, and it was not easy to be a ghost.

Because of the border trade and Luotong's policy of treating everyone equally, Shuofang has the conditions to attract businessmen, and Shuofang's economy is naturally booming.

At the same time, Luo Tong also vigorously promoted tourism, sent special personnel to the Central Plains to promote the style of the grassland, and attracted literati and local heroes to come to the Shuobei grassland to gallop and play.

This has seen a lot of mountains and rivers in the Central Plains, can have a glimpse of the scenery of the Shuobei grassland, gallop on the endless grassland, sit on the grass to drink and talk, and eat the barbecue of the people, which is also a great elegant thing.

No one dared to risk their lives to visit the grassland before. But now, in addition to business travel, the grassland aliens dare not approach the Shuobei grassland for half a step, which is very safe, and naturally has been loved by many literati and scholars.

In order to promote the exhibition of tourism, Luo Tong racked his brains and copied a lot of poems and articles about the grassland, Shuofang, and Biansai, and also specially printed a "Qingxiao Biansai Anthology".

The publication of a book containing hundreds of poems and articles instantly launched Shuofang's fame and brought invisible publicity to Shuofang. So much so that the children of rich families, literati and writers who came to Shuofang to take a look at the grassland scenery abounded. Most of them come in groups, and they shoot generously. The impact on the economy is also considerable.

Luo Tong's two suggestions made Du He, Ma Zhou, and Shangguan Yi dumbfounded, but also had a small sense of frustration: he felt that his top boss was really extraordinary, and if he didn't make a sound, he would have become a blockbuster, thinking about things that ordinary people couldn't think of.

I thought he was not good at politics, but he didn't expect that he had only studied for a long time, and he immediately came up with two clever tricks to bring up Shuofang's economy.

The development plans of Du He, Ma Zhou, and Shangguan Yi are effective, but step by step, the development of a solid foundation is really not as effective as Luo Tong's two clever moves. Where did they think that Luo Tong had this proposal, all because he had thousands of years of experience.

Luo Tong was lustful for a while, and then put down the official document and said cautiously: "Shuofang has been on the right track, and the next government affairs of Shuofang will depend on you." In the future, I don't have the heart to ask about Shuofang's government affairs. ”

Du He's heart moved, and he said heavily: "Could it be that there is a change in the north?" ”

Luo Tong motioned to Wang Xuance, who was in charge of intelligence.

Wang Xuance said: "Tuli is a dou who can't be supported, our Datang helped him like this, not only did he not kill the coalition forces of the eastern ministries, but he fell into the quagmire of war in the east. After more than half a year of recuperation, Jieli already has the ability to crush Tuli. According to our detailed work, Jieli is in the process of reorganizing the army, and the Governor, Zhengzheng and I all think that the day of the decisive battle is not far away, and the Tuli war for more than a year, causing the soldiers to be war-weary, once Jieli sends out the army, it will surely crush Tuli into ashes with the power of destruction and decay. ”

Ma Zhou said in a low voice: "Then do I want Datang?" ”

Luo Channel: "I have come forward to mediate, trying to resolve the contradiction between Tuli and the Eastern Ministries, now the Eastern Ministries have suffered heavy casualties, the population has plummeted by seventy percent, and they are about to be unable to fight, I Datang will mediate They must be very happy, it depends on the decision of the fool Tuli, if he accepts the kindness of Datang, he can live for a while longer, otherwise, he will die a miserable death......

Ma Zhou said: "Jieli has ordered all the departments to assemble, will he give Tuli a chance to breathe?" ”

"No, we're going to have to help this idiot. Perhaps, my Datang's chess pieces will also exert their strength. ”

"Chess pieces?"

"Tiele Xue Yantuo's Yi Nan!"