In the blink of an eye, in November, Zhao Ta lived in Lingzhou for more than three months, arranged the affairs of Tuntian, and according to the promise made to those archers who accompanied the army during the Western Expedition, he allocated fields and pastures for them, so that they could re-establish themselves in Lingzhou. In this way, Lingzhou has 13,000 generals of the forbidden army, including 4,000 cavalry; There are 6,000 people in the Xiang Army, who are responsible for maintaining the daily law and order of the territory, suppressing rebellion, cracking down on smuggling, and participating in foreign defense operations when there is a war; In addition, there were tens of thousands of tunken troops and more than 20 Tibetan archers under the command of Lingzhou, which were enough to resist the small-scale invasion of Western Xia with the natural danger of the Yellow River.

Zhao Ta climbed the pagoda of Longxing Temple to look at the four fields, the land in front of him was once an endless wilderness, but now it is no longer lonely, the trunk canal built by the ancestors of the reclamation on the wasteland is like a branch of the Yellow River, and the diversion canal of the road is divided on this branch, turning the wasteland into a fertile soil that is vertical and horizontal. Castles were erected in between, and patches of earthen houses were built around the castles to form villages. Seeds will be sown here in the spring of next year, and the autumn will turn into a golden ocean, and in a few years, this hundred miles of wasteland will become a pearl in the south of the Yangtze River, the granary of the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty!

"Lord Wang, it's time for you to go!" Jin Heok, the presiding officer of Longxing Temple, looked at the sun and reminded in a low voice.

"Yes, I should leave again, the matter of Lingzhou will be handed over to you, you must stare at Brother Cha, this person is not a peaceful person, he will be ready to move as soon as he has the opportunity!" Zhao Ta turned his head and confessed.

"The subordinates know that they will never let him succeed!" Kim Hyuk replied respectfully.

"Lao Jin, I don't know when we will be able to meet again today, take care!" Zhao Ta took Jin He's hand and shook it vigorously and said, these days the two often talk together for a long time, and they get along very happily, if it weren't for the fact that Lingzhou needs him to be in charge alone, Zhao Ta really wants to take this old monk back.

"Take care of the prince, his subordinates will pray for the prince in front of the Buddha to eliminate disasters and bless the prince!" Kim Hyuk's body tightened, but he still resisted his impulse. Tenten bowed his head.

Zhao Ta didn't say anything more, patted Jin He and walked out of the tower, turned over and led the crowd out of the city, Lingzhou officials sent each other off, and Zhao Zhi had already led the dragon general to wait outside the city. They will return to Hedong with the prince. and served as a return escort, so that the last loyal and brave army team left in the Lingzhou area was also evacuated, and all handed over to the forbidden army and the box army to defend...

"Lord Wang, all of our loyal and brave troops have withdrawn from the Lingzhou region and returned to Taiyuan. Xia Jun is no longer afraid, their wolf ambitions, I am afraid that they will violate the realm again! Along the way, I was afraid that the prince would catch a cold, so I persuaded him to get into the car. Zhao Zhi also came up to chat with the prince, this time he led the army to confront the Xia army in Lingzhou, knowing that the reason why the Xia army did not dare to easily violate the border was because of the fear of the loyal army, now not only the dragon generals stationed in Lingzhou are leaving, according to the arrangement of the prince, the lion generals and tiger generals arranged in the second line will be evacuated, and he is not without worries.

"No, Xixia is no longer the wolf of the past, and now he is a leper dog!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Lord Wang. No way? Although the Western Xia were defeated by us, they still have the rich land of Hexi, and they can recover after two years of recuperation! Zhao Zhi shook his head and didn't believe what the prince said.

"It will take at least seventeen or eighteen years for a person to grow from a croaking to the ground, and it will take at least seventeen or eighteen years for us to annihilate the Xia army of 100,000 troops. 100,000 Ding Zhuang. How many years will it take to grow! Zhao Ta said leisurely, when he went west, he understood that it was an impossible task to destroy a country with his own strength, and in order to gain time, the battles he launched were all aimed at annihilating the enemy's vitality. That is, due to the sharp decline in the population of Western Xia, it was difficult to launch large-scale wars.

"Lord Wang. Since you don't want Xixia to come back, why do you have to sell grain to Xixia and starve them to death? Zhao Zhi still puzzled, the northwest is already very short of food, and now the northwest is not even allowed to open a winery to save food, but after winter, the prince sold 50,000 stone of grain to Xixia, and promised to sell them 50,000 stone per month until the beginning of spring.

"Zhao Zhi, you are in charge of logistics, how long can 50,000 stone of grain feed for millions of people?" Zhao asked.

"Each of our sergeants needs two liters of food a day, and even if it is halved by one liter a day, it will only be enough for a million people to eat for five days!" Zhao Zhi quickly came up with the results.

"Yes, these grains are only enough for Xixia to eat for five days, far from enough to supplement Xixia's needs, this is only enough for them to barely survive, they will definitely not be full, but they will definitely not starve to death!" Zhao Ta said with a smile, "Although Xixia has degenerated into a leper dog, dogs will jump over the wall when they are in a hurry, and if they are hungry and can't live, they will find another way." One is to start a war and plunder the neighboring countries, which of course includes our Great Song Dynasty, and now that the Liao invasion is imminent, our strategic center of gravity must move north, and if it is contained by the Western Xia, it will not be able to get out; The second is to charge heavy taxes on the transit caravans to make up for the shortage, although the Western Xia also knows that this is to drink to quench his thirst, but he must do it in order to survive, this result is not what we want to see, the trade route in the Western Regions that has just been opened up has to be re-closed, and the consequences will affect us more than I do! ”

"Oh, I understand, what the prince means is to let Xixia starve and not survive, and they are looking for trouble, so that we can free up our hands and prepare to clean up the Liao Kingdom!" Zhao Zhi touched his head and said.

"Hehe, Zhao Zhi, you are in charge of logistics, you should know the importance of the economy!" Zhao Ta took out two plates of snacks from the locker in the car and put them in front of him and said, "In fact, the cause of war is often caused by economic reasons, and the economy can also be used as a form of war, he can also conquer a country and make him your vassal." ”

"Economic warfare?!" It was the first time Zhao Zhi had heard of this new term, and he was surprised.

"Yes, the Western Xia is not abundant, all he has is livestock, he must exchange the livestock for grain, tea, silk, salt, etc. to maintain their daily needs, and the countries around him can only meet his needs in our Great Song Dynasty, which makes his economy heavily dependent on us, and at the same time, we have obtained the tools to balance him, if we use it properly, we can control the economic lifeline of the Western Xia, affect their political direction, and have to submit to us!" Zhao Ta handed Zhao Zhiyuan a snack and explained.

"Well, I kind of understand, just like we bought a large area of salt pans in Yanzhou, and the salt produced accounts for the vast majority of the market, then we have the pricing power of Qingbai salt, others just want to raise the price, but we can't do it in them, now we have controlled the entire northwest salt road, and in the future we will expand the market to the whole country, and even neighboring countries, then we can achieve what we want by controlling the supply of salt!" Zhao Zhi said suddenly.

There are too many things, I'm afraid that it will take May Day to gradually update steadily, I'm sorry everyone!

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