Li Chenan also looked at Su Meng at this time, with a touch of surprise on his face.

It's really not a family that doesn't enter the door!

This Su Meng's delicate appearance just said such a sentence that was appropriate for the occasion.

This sentence was excellent, and it scared this Yuan Shi's face into a cold sweat.

After all, people are afraid of death, especially people like Yuan Shi who don't have any firm beliefs.

"Say it."

After getting these two words from Li Chen'an, Yuan Shi seemed to have just walked back from the ghost gate.

"Back to the regent, the rations of the desolate people used to be the most important cattle and sheep grazing by the tribes."

"But as the population of the deserted people grew, cattle and sheep gradually could not meet the needs of the tribes, so the large tribes recruited many men from the smaller tribes to form an army."

"There is only one thing these armies do, and that is...... It is to rob neighbors. ”

"In the eyes of the desolate people, whether it is Yue Guo, Wu Guo or Ning Guo, they are all sheep raised by them!"

"When the autumn harvest comes, it's time for them to set out to loot."

"The warriors of the Xiushan tribe once organized by the emperor also did this job at the beginning......

When Wang Zhenghaoxuan heard this, he glared at Yuan Shi again: "What bullshit emperor?" ”

"How dare you call Yuwenfeng's thief the emperor in front of the emperor of our Ning Kingdom? Believe it or not, sir, this is the pot on the shelf and cooking you alive? ”

Yuan Shi was trembling again, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, it's the thief of Yuwenfeng!" ”

"When he was fighting on the grassland, he had a special cavalry for robbery, and the stolen grain was provided to his army, which ensured that he dominated the grassland."

"But after the founding of the wasteland, under the persuasion of Prime Minister Zhong, the wasteland did not commit robbery anymore."

When Li Chenan heard this, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he asked, "Why is this?" ”

"Prime Minister Zhong said that since the country is established, it must be like a country."

"Plundering between countries is too inferior, and it will make other countries look down on it, and it will even lead the rest of the countries to unite to fight against the wasteland."

"Prime Minister Zhong said that there is a shortage of grain in a barren country, so it is necessary to buy grain from other countries through normal commercial exchanges between countries."

"But, where are the desolate people of the desolate country how much silver is there? The barren country was first established, and the treasury did not have a few taels of silver. ”

"Prime Minister Zhong said that there are cattle and sheep in the wasteland! He advocated that the cattle and sheep of those tribes should be returned to the imperial court, and the cattle and sheep of the wasted country should be exchanged for the grain of other countries by bartering. ”

Yuwenfeng adopted this method and asked Prime Minister Zhong to handle it, and Prime Minister Zhong found a ...... A native of the Central Plains named Shen Wansi seems to be also a Ning person. ”

Li Chenan was taken aback and asked:

"Wait, what is the origin of this Shen Wansi? Does he have an older brother named Shen Wansan? ”

Yuan Shi raised his head, looked at Li Chen'an in amazement, thought carefully for a moment, and shook his head:

"This ...... The villain doesn't know. ”

"The villain only knows that this person went to Yue from Ningguo in his early years, and the business he did in Yue was quite complicated, but the biggest business was food."

"Oh...... You continue. ”

"Well, since then, the grain of the wasteland has relied on this person to sell the grain from the country to the country of the wasteland, in exchange for cattle and sheep and then sell them to the country of Yue."

"Beef and mutton are expensive, and the grain in Yue is cheap, so this move basically solves the problem of eating for the deserted."

"Then, Prime Minister Zhong began to strictly order the desolate people to stop nomadic herding, and let them put down their horsewhips and start farming."

"Of course, not all pastures have been banned, but if you want to herd, you must apply to the imperial court, pay a large sum of silver, and get a grazing permission issued by the imperial court before you can operate the ranch."

"Those former tribal leaders had a very well-to-do family, and they preferred to graze cattle and mutton, so they had to pay silver to get the right to run the ranch......"

"Prime Minister Zhong's move not only allowed the treasury of the wasteland to have silver to maintain the operation of the imperial court, but also allowed the vast majority of the wasteland to take root and start to learn to farm."

"Of course, there are many policies issued by Prime Minister Zhong, such as the household registration policy that the wasteland has never had, such as the nationalization of pastures, and those who have paid the silver do not own their own pastures as before, but adopt the method of leasing."

"However, the fields that were cleared by the desolate people belonged to the cultivators, and the agricultural tax had not been collected for the time being, and even the imperial court would distribute seeds to the desolate people who had gone to the fields to teach them how to farm, etc."

"In short, today's wasteland, under the leadership of Prime Minister Zhong, is learning from the countries of the Central Plains."

"Many market towns in the wasteland have opened schools, and most of the gentlemen invited are from the Central Plains, and the words they know are also the words of the Central Plains, and the content taught is also the Confucianism of the Central Plains."

Li Chenan asked again: "Yuwenfeng didn't object?" ”

Yuan Shi shook his head: "The desolate people don't have complete words, and what Yuwenfeng learned was originally the knowledge of the Central Plains. ”

"He does not reject the culture of the Central Plains, and he also highly approves of these policies and ...... of Zhongxiang in education."

"Yu Wenfeng has a very deep understanding of the history of the Dali Empire, and he established the Wasteland under the suggestion of Prime Minister Zhong, wanting to start from the Wasteland, and then unify the Central Plains, and reproduce the prosperity of the Dali Empire thousands of years ago."

"So he knows the importance of words, and he also knows the importance of the culture of the Central Plains, and he even ordered those nobles in the Wasteland to learn the culture of the Central Plains, saying that this is the basis for the future unification."

Li Chenan laughed.

It's not that I think Yuwenfeng is ignorant.

Yuwenfeng is not wrong to do this, the Central Plains civilization has a strong inclusiveness and advancedness.

The Wasteland is a country established by a barbarian nation, and if the Wasteland wants to have contacts with the rest of the countries, it must learn the culture of the Central Plains throughout the country.

And since Yuwenfeng has this ambition and wants to settle the Central Plains, he must not enter the master as a desolate man.

Li Chenan found it a little interesting to be the prime minister named Zhong Bo.

There is nothing wrong with his policies for the newly founded wasteland, but I am afraid that it will lead to many contradictions within the wasteland-

The leaders of those tribes are now subjugated to the feet of Yuwen Peak.

But instead of receiving actual benefits, they have lost a lot of money and more rights than those empty titles.

This is equivalent to weakening the power of those tribal leaders, will this plant the seeds of imbalance in their hearts?

In any case, these policies of the prime minister really made the people who were once on the horse settle down now.

They dismounted!

Put down the sword and bow!

Picked up the hoe!

Pulled up his trousers and went to the field......

With cattle and sheep in exchange for grain, without as much pasture as before, there will only be fewer and fewer cattle and sheep.

They will no longer be able to enjoy beef and mutton as they used to, and they will start drinking porridge too!

Their wildness and the formidable fighting power they once had will be weakened imperceptibly.

Maybe in a few generations, they won't even be able to ride a horse.

So is this Zhong Bo doing this good or bad for the wasteland?

Li Chenan did not draw conclusions.

All he knew was that in a few decades there would be no more desolate people.

Looking at the sunset that had converged on the horizon, Li Chenan asked again:

"Do you know who sold the salt in the wasteland?"

Yuan Shi shook his head: "Only Uncle Zhong knows about this. ”

"What kind of person is Uncle Zhong?"

There was a look of admiration in Yuan Shi's old eyes.

He sighed for three breaths before he said:

"He's an old man over the age of six."

"He has a very high intelligence and a very high status, but he lives the most simple life."

"In addition to taking care of the government every day, there seems to be only one kind of joy for him."

"Which one?"

“…… Fishing! ”