The hall was silent because of Li Hong's words, and after a while, Dai Zhide asked tentatively.

"What does Your Highness mean?"

In fact, Li Hong's words have been said to this point, and a few people here still don't understand what he means, but Li Hong's idea is indeed a little unacceptable, so Dai Zhide will ask.

"Naturally, let them pay for it!"

Li Hong's tone was slightly cold, but he said firmly.

"My Datang 300,000 soldiers, people eat horses and chew, spend countless money to quell the rebellion, all because of the rebellion, and now compensate me for the loss of Datang is naturally the right intention!"

"This ......"

This person's tone was righteous and awe-inspiring, but several people in the hall invariably hesitated.

It's not that they think this is inappropriate, but there has never been such an example before, and the army to quell the rebellion is to subdue the king, pacify the Quartet, and raise the prestige of the country.

Everyone here never thought that the battlefield would have anything to do with these copper-smelling things!

But if you think about it carefully, Li Hong's statement is not unreasonable, if they didn't betray the Tang Dynasty, how could it cause this war, since it was because of them, then it is a matter of course to compensate for money!

"His Royal Highness's words are not unreasonable, but now the Turkic vitality is greatly damaged, even if he agrees to pay compensation, I am afraid he will not be able to make much money, and his people belong to the barbarians outside the Guan, who neither know how to farm nor weave, and still need my Tang Dynasty to help, what can be used as compensation?"

On the contrary, Xu Jingzong was not as pedantic as others, and was the first to accept Li Hong's statement and directly pointed out the difficulties.

Not to mention that the Turks are now greatly damaged, even when they were not damaged at the beginning, they did not have anything that the Tang Dynasty could afford, salt and iron. Cloth and silk, they don't have any of them, and they even have to rely on the Tang Dynasty, which is why the Turks were so anxious after Li Zhi ordered the cessation of trade.

It is better to say that the cloth things are originally wrapped in animal skins. But without salt and iron, they were almost cut off.

Without salt, after a long time, people will be weak, and even seriously ill, and without iron tools, it will be difficult for them to process food into food, which is why the Turks have been invading the Tang Dynasty for so many years, and they can't mine salt. There is no way to cast ironware, and these things are the necessities of life.

Once Datang closes the mutual market, it is equivalent to cutting off their way of life!

"Horses!"

Unexpectedly, at this time, Pei Xingjian's eyes lit up and he spoke.

"The Turks grew up in the steppe and were extremely good at taming horses, among which there were countless excellent horses, and now my Tang cavalry is invincible. But the most lacking thing is good horses, if the Turks are allowed to deliver good horses to the Tang Dynasty. The combat power of our army will be able to reach a higher level! ”

Pei Xingjian's face lit up, and his tone became a little excited.

As a soldier, he couldn't understand the power of cavalry, and in this battle of the Western Expedition, he relied on the charge of cavalry to win several battles, but at the same time, the consumption of horses was the most headache for him!

Datang is located in the Central Plains. It is difficult to domesticate good horses, and the Turks are completely opposite, there are a lot of good horses in them, but unfortunately good horses are also valuable in the Turks, and they are generally reluctant to give good horses to the Tang Dynasty. But is it up to them now?

For a while, General Pei Da left all the businessman's spirit behind, how could he not think that he could do this before, if he could match the good horses, why worry about the lack of military strength of the Tang Dynasty?

Xu Jingzong looked at Pei Xingjian, who was excited, and couldn't help but be speechless in his heart, I'm afraid that if anyone dares to say that he will not let the Turks pay compensation at this time, General Pei will be the first to be anxious with him!

I couldn't help but admire Li Hong's methods again, in such a short period of time, it was really not easy to get a general of Qianniuwei to completely agree to his plan.

"Hehe, it's more than that!"

A smile appeared on Li Hong's face, and he said lightly.

"Although the Turks do not produce, but domesticating horses is a good hand, and I Datang prohibits the slaughter of cattle, but it is repeatedly prohibited, thinking for a long time, I feel that it is better to block, the Turks are not only good at raising horses, cattle and sheep are their housekeeping skills, plus the Turkic beef cattle are wild and untamable, can not be used for farming, just used for slaughtering, in this way, presumably the phenomenon of slaughtering cattle in my Datang will be greatly reduced, and it will be of great benefit to my Datang's farming!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Dai Zhide's face was stunned.

He didn't think of this before, indeed, slaughtering ploughing cattle is a headache for the court bosses, agriculture is the country's foundation, and ploughing cattle has become the top priority, so the Tang Dynasty has always strictly forbidden the slaughter of ploughing cattle, but at the same time, many people slaughter them privately, especially some official eunuchs, who will "accidentally fall" one or two cows during the New Year's Festival!

It's just a headache for them, if according to Li Hong, after the introduction of Turkic beef cattle, I'm afraid this situation can really be greatly alleviated.

Suddenly, Dai Zhide was much less resistant to this matter.

also made Xu Jingzong speechless for a while, but he didn't expect Dai Zhide to be so easily fooled after so many years in the political affairs hall......

"Ahem, what His Highness said is not unreasonable, but has His Highness ever thought that today's Turkic vitality is greatly damaged, and it is still difficult to survive, how can he have the spare strength to supply such a large amount of materials?"

Xu Jingzong saw very clearly that the method Li Hong said was not impossible, but the question was, how can the Turks still have the strength to support the reparations?

If you can't get anything, it's useless to say more!

However, Xu Jingzong also knew that since Li Hong dared to say this method, he must have made up his mind for a long time, but he didn't say it, just waiting for others to ask.

For a while, Old Man Xu hated itchy, but he could only ask obediently.

"Hehe, Xu Xiang is too worried!"

Sure enough, Li Hong didn't even stumble at all, a smile appeared on his face, and he said lightly.

"The Turks don't have anything now, but it's a long way to go! I can't afford it now, so I can owe it first! The calves will grow up, and the ponies will grow up, and Lone doesn't plan on letting them pay it off all at once! I can't afford it this year, I can continue to come next year, just send it as a court, my Datang is on the day, go and receive the horses, beef cattle and lambs that have been raised, and leave them ponies and calves! ”

Xu Jingzong grinned, this lord is really ruthless!

This is a plan for long-term exploitation!

Let the Turks do long-term free labor, and once the horses and beef cattle are raised, they will be taken away immediately, leaving a bunch of ponies and calves, and let them continue to raise them, and so on, until the reparations of the Tang Dynasty are paid off!

However, in this way, it can greatly delay the recovery of the Turks, if it is really according to Li Hong's method, I am afraid that within a hundred years, it will be difficult for the Turks to recover.

However, what Xu Jingzong didn't expect was that the more ruthless was still to come...... (To be continued.) )