There is no doubt that Li Ke and Li Tai are both smart people.

Today's Li Chengqian's position is too stable, and it is by no means something they can easily shake.

Although I gradually collected my thoughts before, I was still a little reluctant in my heart.

But this trip to Sun Moon Mountain made them completely lose their minds.

Before things develop to the point where they cannot be reversed, break those ideas, and at the worst they can mix with a prince of peace.

Think about Li Chengqian, he is indeed shining now, but how did he get all this?

It was in the army, with the body as a shield, to kill!

It's climbing the ice and lying in the snow, struggling out of the most difficult environment!

In other words, it's what people deserve.

After they all left, the two looked at each other and suddenly smiled.

"Got it figured?" Li Ke asked.

Li Tai smiled: "Second brother has also thought about it?" ”

"I hope he will continue to be so strong, don't let me see the opportunity, then I will be a gentleman with peace of mind under the protection of my brother and father." Letting go of a burden, Li Ke suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

Li Tai also smiled: "Then we wish the imperial brother to continue to be so strong." ”

There is a sentence that neither of them said, but it goes without saying, everyone knows it.

As long as Li Chengqian can continue to be so strong, they will not have that mind again.

The bloodshed of the battle for the throne, they have seen.

The lessons from the past are still there!

Stopping in time is actually nothing to lose for them.

"During this time, I will enjoy the scenery of the north." Li Ke smiled, "Qingque, how about going into the mountains to hunt together tomorrow?" ”

"That's exactly what I mean." Li Tai readily agreed.

And when the two of them put down their burdens, Changsun Chong looked at Fang Yiai and the others, which was not pleasing to the eye.

This forced him to take sides.

"Don't look at me like that." Fang Yiai was not used to him, and said, "Since you have chosen to enter the Ming Dynasty, you have to make your position clear, don't always eat in the bowl and look at the pot, you are like this, who dares to have a deep friendship with you?" How dare Your Highness trust you? ”

Hearing him say this, Changsun Chong was also angry: "When did I eat in the bowl and look at the pot?" ”

"Okay, okay, I said it wrong, I apologize to you." Fang Yiai said, "But if you can't recognize your position, I'll still say the same thing, go back to Chang'an as soon as possible." ”

"Indeed, although Fang Lao Er's words are more direct, the words are not rough, and the truth is like this." Li Jingren also continued, "Since you have chosen to be in the Ming Dynasty, you have to have a number of people to be loyal to." ”

Everyone is not stupid, what Li Ke and Li Tai invited them for, everyone understands in their hearts.

At this time, he made a statement, in fact, for Li Ke and Li Tai to see.

At that moment, the crowd dispersed.

Changsun Chong was so angry that he couldn't do it.

Are you suspicious of me?

Well, I have to show you who is the one who is loyal to His Highness!

In the king's tent, Li Chengqian was listening to Wu An's report.

As the spy leader of the Ming Dynasty, he was also called back after Li Chengqian completely mastered the source of Chishui.

On Taoyuan's side, there is no need for him to sit in person.

"Since they want this king to remain strong, then it will be as they wish." Li Chengqian said with a smile.

What is a restaurant for? Isn't the restaurant the place where Li Chengqian collects intelligence? This is the original intention of establishing Changming Restaurant.

said it, those two are also human spirits, knowing that they are on Li Chengqian's territory, and they still say this, isn't it just to spread this word to Li Chengqian's ears?

"It's been a hard time for you." Li Chengqian no longer mentioned this topic, "Next, you start to set up a secret spy department, whether it is the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun, Tubo, or the Western Turks or the Western Regions, we must have our people."

In the future, where the Ming Dynasty can go, your secret spy department will play a vital role in it. ”

"My subordinates understand." Wu An said.

He also watched the young man in front of him step by step to get to where he is today, and wanted to see where the young man in front of him could take them?

After Wu An retreated, Li Chengqian asked Liu San to inform everyone to come to the king's tent to discuss matters.

Although the Ming court announced his arrival to the whole world, the current Ming court, to be honest, is really a mess.

In a short time, everyone arrived.

Li Chengqian officially declared the world queen, and gave these guys two days off, otherwise, everyone would definitely be in their respective posts at this time.

"Now, the Ming court has gradually stepped on the right track, but there are still many problems we have to face." Li Chengqian said, "The governance of a country is by no means something that can be governed well by shouting just two slogans.

Pu Shangshu, tell me, what are the things that are our top priorities in the Ming Dynasty now? ”

Hearing this, Pu Xiruo immediately got up and saluted: "Back to Your Highness, the top priority of the Ming Dynasty is the shortage of food, Wei Chen roughly calculated, although after several wars, there are still one hundred and twenty-one tribes in the entire Ming Dynasty.

There are four with a population of tens of thousands, forty-one with a population of thousands, and the rest of the tribes have a population of more than a thousand.

The entire Ming Dynasty now has a population of nearly 300,000.

Of course, this is also counting the Tiele Department of General Chebi.

However, in recent years, the grassland has been suffering from snowstorms for many years, and countless cattle and sheep have been killed and injured, which has also created a shortage of food.

Today, many tribes on the grassland still don't have enough to eat.

Moreover, although they temporarily surrendered to the Ming court, they did not have a strong sense of belonging, and in the long run, Weichen was also worried about another turmoil on the grassland. ”

Li Chengqian nodded, Puxiruo's concern was still very necessary.

This also shows that he has really done his work recently.

"How much of our own food reserves do we have?" Li Chengqian asked.

At the beginning, he emptied all the old grain in the Jingyang Cui family's grain depot, and he could withstand it for a while, not to mention that he was able to withstand it for a while, and after defeating Murong Shun, the loot was still very rich.

Pu Xiruo said: "If we use the grain from our own grain depot, we can withstand all the people in the Ming Dynasty and eat for more than ten days, and if we add the confiscated cattle and sheep, it is estimated that we can last for more than a month." ”

"Is there any food for sale in the market?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Yes, there are now four grain stores on the market." Pu Xiruo said, "This also includes our own Changming grain shop, except for our own, the grain of the other three grain shops, the most is only 5,000 stones, compared to the gap, it is indeed a drop in the bucket." ”

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "In this way, a message will be passed to all the merchants, the paper of the Daming Commercial Bank will be given priority to the delivery of grain settlement."

Moreover, within a year, the Ming court did not levy any taxes on grain transactions. ”

"Your Highness, you can't do it without taxes...... Eldest Sun Chong said immediately.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Our top priority now is to let everyone eat first, this is the first place." The matter of taxation is put aside for the time being, and besides, it is only tax exemption for grain, and there is a time limit, which will not hurt the root cause for the Ming court. ”

"But the food is just given to them for nothing?" Ihara asked.

If he gave it away for nothing, he was still a little distressed.

Li Chengqian said: "No, no, no, this head can't be opened, and it can't be opened." In this way, we intend to build a city on the grassland, so we hire them to help us build it on the grassland, and settle it with grain every day.

It can not only help them through this difficult time, but also speed up the progress of our city construction, and in the end, they may be the ones who will benefit.

This king always believes that the people on the grassland are hardworking, and as long as they are given a chance to support their families, they can grasp it themselves. ”

"It works." Yi Yuanxi said, "In this way, many projects can be carried out in advance, especially in the border cities with Tibet, and Weichen was worried about the shortage of manpower before." ”

Li Chengqian said: "Again, these people are our people now, and they should not be exploited too much, especially in food.

As long as you can eat a full stomach, life will be harder, but if you can't eat enough, life is still hard, you know what the result is.

Also, although we have provided food, we must still hire them to build the city on a voluntary basis, and we must not force them, you know. ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers understand." Everyone stood up in unison and said.

Li Chengqian said again: "General Qibi, when will the people from your Tiele Department arrive?" ”

Now, Li Chengqian doesn't mind the dominance of the Tiele Ministry.

Now the Tiele Department, which has hundreds of thousands of people and tens of thousands of people, is no longer a trouble.

"It's about two months." He Li said with a smile, he sent people to investigate from time to time, and he knew this.

Li Chengqian nodded, but didn't say much.

Two months, that's September.

"In the future, the Ming Dynasty will still have to resume business as soon as possible.

After a big war, although we benefited a lot, we still broke the foundation of Chishuiyuan in the end.

Restoring the economy and improving the standard of living under the rule is what we need to do next.

There is still a long way to go before these people can fully recognize the Ming Dynasty. ”

Everyone nodded, which was true.

"So we're going to be business-based in the future? Will this be controlled by others? Changsun Chong said, "If nothing else, at least in terms of grain, we rely too much on others, which is not a good thing."

When there is a little contradiction, are we not controlled by others? ”

"Your concerns are inevitable." Li Chengqian said, "We must also make our own achievements in agricultural affairs, and in this regard, we really should not rely too much on others.

Even if it is Datang, it can't be too dependent.

But this year, after all, we have no better way, first, because the agricultural time has passed, and second, because our existing land, simply growing food cannot feed the hundreds of thousands of people under our rule.

As for the livestock industry, it has also suffered a devastating blow after years of snowstorms, and it will take several years to return to the previous level.

But don't worry, the geographical location of the Ming Dynasty is the key to our future rise.

In addition, some products unique to our Ming Dynasty, such as paper, high spirits, etc., will attract many caravans to and from our Ming Dynasty.

At that time, my Ming Dynasty can be regarded as the pearl of this plateau.

And what we are going to fight next is a war without gunpowder. ”

"War without gunpowder?" Wang Xuance repeated, this word is fresh, even if he is full of poetry and books, he has never heard it.

Everyone is also curious, what is a war without gunpowder?

Li Chengqian said: "To put it simply, it is a commercial war.

Why did Tuyuhun rely on this land and continue in this place for hundreds of years?

Isn't it just relying on the convenient geographical location to become popular?

From the Western Regions to the Tang Dynasty, how many caravans come and go every year? Not to mention how much commercial value they can bring, just eating and chewing will be a lot of income, and what we have to do is to lure these caravans to our Ming royal court.

At the same time, it is necessary to increase investment in the workshop, so that the workshop can create more utensils that benefit the country and the people, increase the intensity of exports, and seize the market of other countries.

For example, paper, the paper we produce today, is almost in short supply in Datang? This paper alone can bring tens of thousands of benefits to my Ming court every year.

And over time, the benefits will only get higher.

Another example is the table and chair, which is now slowly favored by more people, and in the future, it will also create a lot of income for my Ming Dynasty.

And spirits, and Changming Restaurant, and so on......

But in the future, we must produce more utensils that are conducive to the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the common people, and use our most advanced industry and manufacturing industry to seize the market of other countries.

Checks and balances are two-sided, as long as we control these, in the future, we can have a place on this plateau.

Moreover, whether it is Tuyuhun, Tubo, or even the Western Turks and even the countries of the Western Regions, they may be our enemies in the future, and we can regard them as our imaginary enemies now.

Take advantage of our advantage, fight with them, fight with them.

Why, do we have to watch them rise one by one before we make a decision? ”

"But are our current commodities too simple?" Changsun Chong said, "If you want to rely on one or several commodities to complete what Your Highness said, I'm afraid it's not easy." ”

Li Chengqian smiled: "That's for sure, isn't our workshop working overtime?" As soon as I heard you say this, I know that you may not have been to the workshop recently, but the workshop has made a lot of good things recently.

Yi Shangshu, you can go and see, at least what is being produced in the workshop is a good thing for you. ”

"Then Weichen will go back and take a look." Ihara immediately laughed.

Li Chengqian said so, it must be a good thing.

Then the crowd deliberated again.

Not to mention, such a war is something they have never experienced.

It sounds quite a novelty, though.

But with Li Chengqian's continuous in-depth analysis, everyone gradually discovered some of the magic.

But as Li Chengqian's analysis became more and more in-depth, everyone was also shocked, good guy, it was really a war without gunpowder.

How could they have imagined that Li Chengqian was merely unleashing the means of economic operation of later generations thousands of years in advance.

In terms of his understanding of business in these years, his means that can be popular in later generations are definitely a dimensionality reduction blow to the present.

"In this way, is the status of the merchant invisibly elevated?" Eldest Sun Chong asked.

As an authentic family, he still attaches great importance to the concept of Shinong Industry and Commerce.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Your worries are superfluous, all the sources are ultimately directed at our workshop, and who gave the so-called status?" What this king gives, since this king can give it away, he can also take it back. ”

That's where he comes in.

Not just the businessmen, but everyone present.

Don't forget who gave you your place today.

Everyone nodded, they all understood such a beating.

During the period when the Ming Dynasty was developing rapidly, Li Chengqian did not allow anyone to hold him back at this time.

"If we can thoroughly grasp Tuyuhun's commerce, and even their food, clothing, housing and transportation, and believe in this king, no matter how hard Murong Fuyun tries to govern at that time, it will be useless." Li Chengqian said again.

Regarding Li Chengqian's words, everyone actually didn't doubt it much.

Although they didn't understand what Li Chengqian had just said, they were really shocked.

"Moreover, the current Ming royal court does need to recuperate for a period of time." Li Chengqian continued, "The snow disaster for many years, coupled with the recent period of war, is both an opportunity and a crisis for the Ming court, and for a period of time in the future, stability is the most important thing for the Ming court."

Only when the people of our Ming court gradually live a good life, will they slowly recognize us, and will they have a sense of belonging and honor to the Ming court.

At that time, we had the ability to continue to expand.

It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to always be in a corner of peace, and in the future, not to mention Tuyuhun, the entire Western Regions will be the target of our expedition.

So, next, General Qibi and General Yi, you must spare no effort to train the troops.

This is not to say that if there is no big war for the time being, there will be no need for military training.

Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while.

This king hopes that when that day comes, the soldiers of my Ming Dynasty will still be the most courageous warriors on this plateau! ”

"The last general commands!" All the members of the military stood up and saluted.

They were afraid that Li Chengqian would be content with the status quo, but now when they heard Li Chengqian say this, they were all excited.

For conquest, that is what they desire the most.

If the general who leads the army doesn't fight, what's the matter?

And this is also the first time that Li Chengqian has revealed his lofty ambitions to them.

Not to mention them, Yi Yuanxi and the others are also excited.

The more powerful the Ming court, the greater their status and power.

As for whether it can be done?

Hehe, at the beginning, Li Chengqian took dozens of people to make wind and rain on this grassland, but it was only half a year, and the Ming Dynasty was already standing on this plateau?

It can be said that Li Chengqian has created a miracle that has never been seen before or since.

Nowadays, the environment is much, much better than it was back then, and this is just a small goal.