In Li Shimin's expectant gaze, Gao Ming first saluted him, and then grinned at him again.

"If you want to make those tribesmen obedient, the way is very simple, to put it bluntly, it is two words - interests!"

"Interests?" Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin frowned again: "What interests?" Do I have to give them benefits and buy them? ”

Seeing Li Shimin's frowning appearance, Gao Ming immediately shook his head with a smile.

"It seems that you don't understand what I mean, the reason why tribes are tribes is because they are a community of interests, but what the tribe can give, we can give, and if the tribe can't give them, we can also give."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming slowly walked to the side, found a chair and sat down, and then smiled slightly towards Li Shimin.

"Of course, the benefits have to be given, but it's not as complicated as you think, you just need a word from you to make sure they obey."

"Huh?" Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up: "Don't sell it, let's talk about it, what do you want me to do?" ”

"Give them identity!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately stood up with his chair again, and then raised four fingers towards Li Shimin.

"Do you remember, old man? At the beginning, the civic rank we set together was divided into four grades: A, B, C, and D, and I would divide all the people of these tribes into C! ”

"Class C?"

Originally, when Li Shimin heard Gao Ming talk about the rank of citizens, he thought that Gao Ming would give these grassland tribes the status of first-class citizens, but now that he heard that he was only given the third class, Li Shimin's brows suddenly wrinkled.

"Isn't the third class the same rank as a slave? Does that also count as a benefit to them? ”

Looking at Li Shimin's puzzled look, Gao Ming immediately nodded.

"Of course, it's a benefit, because even if it's a third-class, they are also citizens of Datang, and they have the right to get paid for their labor, and if they don't make any mistakes within twenty years, they can be promoted to second-class citizens of Datang with the consent of the local governor's office!"

"Huh?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin thought about it for a while, and knew the benefits that this could bring, because the Governor's Mansion had the function of rating, and his influence could easily be expanded to the maximum.

But soon, Li Shimin thought of an important question again, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Gao Ming.

"Gao Ming, you said before that the people of these tribes have the opportunity to earn remuneration through their labor, so where does this reward come from?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Gao Ming immediately smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

"It's worthy of my old man, looking at the problem is to the point, indeed, if this reward is not enough, then everything will become empty talk, but old man, think about it, for the herdsmen of these tribes, what are they most afraid of?"

This question is obviously difficult for the people, and as soon as Gao Ming's voice fell, he gave the answer without hesitation.

"Winter! What they are most afraid of is winter, because there is no pasture in winter, many cattle and sheep die because of lack of food, every time at this time, the Turks will go south to grab food, if they can't grab it, they will starve to death in herds, so for them, winter is the most difficult! ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming immediately nodded.

"Yes, winter is the hardest for the people of these tribes, but if we give them the chance to survive in winter, do you think they will be obedient?"

"Do you need to ask? Absolutely! ”

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Shimin immediately glared at him.

"But do you know how much food is needed to feed the tribes of the entire steppe? Even if our treasury is abundant now, we can't waste it like this! ”

Looking at Li Shimin's appearance of a miser, Gao Ming suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.

"Who said you were going to pay for it? Of course, the herdsmen have to earn what they eat, we just give them a platform! ”

"Platform? What platform? ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming didn't say much, just took the paper and pen on Li Shimin's desk, and then began to draw, explaining to him while drawing.

"Old man, look, this is Guannei, this is Saibei, in the past, we implemented strong walls and clear the wilderness, so they were extremely short of supplies, and now all we have to do is to open the city gate, let the merchants transport salt, iron, grain, cloth and other materials to the governor's mansion on the grassland, and then transport the cattle and sheep back!"

"Huh?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, and then looking at the sketchy schematic diagram he drew, Li Shimin immediately frowned and pondered.

Soon, he reacted, and then looked at Gao Ming with a look of surprise.

"I understand, what you mean is that I sent people to establish a governor's mansion in the grassland, which is not only responsible for controlling the soldiers and horses of the grassland, but also responsible for purchasing the cattle and sheep of the tribe, and whichever tribe is obedient, it will collect the cattle and sheep of the tribe!"

"Bingo!"

Seeing that Li Shimin understood, Gao Ming gave him a thumbs up again, and then grinned.

"That's it, the grassland is short of grain, and why don't we lack cattle and sheep in Datang? Now that our Datang has opened a commercial tax, we no longer need the grain of farmers, and if there is too much food, the price will definitely fall, so it is better to exchange it for cattle and sheep in the grassland, which not only solves the circulation of materials, but also allows the grassland tribes to return to their hearts, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone! ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin immediately nodded.

"Well, you're right, it's a good idea, but who's going to do it? Merchants are profit-seeking, and I am worried that they will raise prices, but it will add to the problem. ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin suddenly frowned again, looking at his hesitant appearance, Gao Ming immediately smiled and waved his hand at him.

"You can rest assured about this, of course this matter is done by the Commercial Bureau, the trade between the grassland and the Central Plains is a cornucopia, the Commercial Bureau has already returned to the Inner Government, holding my Tang Dynasty's Yulu, this is also the time for them to contribute, right?"

"Bureau of Commerce?"

Hearing this name, Li Shimin suddenly remembered that he did agree with Gao Ming to set up this department last year, although the officials in it were not of high rank, but they were real court officials.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin immediately nodded happily.

"Well, I remember that the people in the Commerce Bureau used to be big businessmen in Chang'an, so it was indeed appropriate to leave this matter to them, but the trade in the grasslands can really make a lot of money?"

"Of course, that's at least that amount a year!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately raised five fingers towards Li Shimin, and when he saw this scene, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly widened.

"Five million?"

"Uh......"

Seeing Li Shimin's shocked look, the corners of Gao Ming's mouth couldn't help twitching.

"You were made of gold for the cattle and sheep of the grassland? I mean 500,000 kan, what's wrong? Too little? Don't give it to me! ”

"Humph!"

Hearing Gao Ming ask for money, Li Shimin immediately snorted coldly, and then waved his hand at him.

"Okay, I'm going to deal with political affairs, you can go back first!"

"Uh......"

Looking at Li Shimin's disgusted look, the corners of Gao Ming's mouth couldn't help twitching again.

"Old man, you're unloading the mill and killing the donkey, it's too unkind, aren't you?"

"Huh?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin raised his head again, and then raised his eyebrows at him.

"Who's the donkey?"

Gao Ming: "......"