Zhen's salt, as well as the wine that Yang Zhao later asked Zhen Yan to brew, not only circulated in the Han Dynasty, but also exported to Xianbei a long time ago.

These things are quite sought after in Xianbei and other places, and there are many people who want to buy them, and they will even be in short supply.

However, the amount of exports is not very large, and there are various restrictions, and even if you can buy it, there are not many of them, so this request for formal trade is proposed.

"Commerce?"

Yang Zhao listened to Tuoba Liwei's words, and thought of his own, the highly sought-after salt, he suddenly had an idea in his heart, nodded and said: "Mutual trade can enhance the friendship between our Han and Xianbei, and facilitate the maintenance of peace in the future. ”

Tuobali asked slightly excitedly, "Did the general agree?" ”

Yang Zhao nodded and said: "After I go back, I will arrange for someone to contact you, and the place for trade between us will be temporarily set up in the north of Yanmen, between Dahan and Xianbei, and the market will be opened once a month, as a place for our two countries to exchange goods and get rich together, how about it?" ”

"Okay!"

Tuobali was slightly overjoyed, and used the etiquette of the Han Dynasty to bow and say, "Thank you, General!" ”

"You're welcome!"

Yang Zhao behaved, still with a kind face, and said, "You go back and wait for news." ”

After deciding on the matter of trade, the two Tuoba Liwei brothers left with anticipation, and hurried back to tell their Da Danyu.

Seeing off these Xianbei people, Zhuge Liang asked curiously, "Do we need to do business?" ”

"Just now, I came up with a pretty good idea."

Yang Zhao sorted out his thoughts for a while, and said: "The Xianbei people graze in the north, and the most raised sheep are, if we link the exchange currency to the Xianbei sheep, and the merchants who go to the north to do business, specially use salt and wine to exchange the Xianbei sheep, including wool, what will the Xianbei people do next?" ”

Jia Xu's eyes widened and said: "When Xianbei people see the benefits, they will only raise sheep, and ignore war horses, military training, etc., as long as they can get enough salt and wine and other things, even if it is an army, they will go to raise sheep, eager to use more sheep to exchange more things with us." ”

"That's right!"

Yang Zhao said again: "A country that only knows how to raise sheep may not even have cavalry at that time, and it can still become a threat to us?" ”

This method made Jia Xu and the three of them surprised for a while.

If it can be implemented, in the next few years, the Xianbei people may no longer be a threat.

They want to destroy Xianbei, as easy as a hand.

"We used so much salt, wine, and even money to exchange for sheep, and after we got it back, we couldn't consume so much, wouldn't it be a loss?" Feng Ming asked.

"Raise it appropriately, the price of salt and wine, the future exchange, mainly salt, because it takes a lot of grain to make wine."

Unless potatoes and sweet potatoes are cultivated, Yang Zhao will not make a large amount of wine to exchange for sheep, and said: "The sheep that are exchanged for it, we sell them to the Han people at a price not much higher than the cost price, we have many Han people, as long as the price is not high, a large number can be consumed every year, and I will also use the sheep as food and use them in the army." ”

In this way, the soldiers can also eat meat.

Replenishing enough meat will not only make the soldiers stronger, but also strengthen the morale of the army.

"If this can't be consumed, there are still sheep leftover, which can be used as social security in the future to encourage childbearing."

"Families who have more children are rewarded with a sheep on a regular basis."

"But if you do this, the last loss may be the Elk family and the Zhen family."

Yang Zhao frowned slightly at the end.

Now the only people who make money for Yang Zhao's business are the Elk family and the Zhen family.

Even if Zhen Yan and Lu Zhu can agree, the family behind them may also have some objections.

Behind their big family, there are also interests, and there are many clansmen.

Zhuge Liang said: "Why don't we start with business, open up business, and make up for their losses?" ”

"No!"

Feng Ming was the first to object: "If we pay too much attention to business, it will cause many people to see that the benefits of doing business are higher, and they will all go to business, ignore production, abandon farmland, and food will not be guaranteed." ”

Food insecurity is mainly due to low production.

It is impossible for a small number of people to grow food and feed the majority of people, and it is all produced by small farmers.

But the current state of production will soon be broken by the potatoes.

Yang Zhao is still confident in this.

Even if we can't achieve a high yield like more than a thousand years later, we can improve the food problem.

"Businessmen do business, they don't just stay in one place to do business, they need to move around."

"Once people are moving, it's hard to manage."

"If the group of merchants is too large and the floating population is large, it will also cause a lot of trouble, and there will even be a situation where merchants interfere with the rule."

Jia Xu is not very much in favor of opening up business.

The ancient policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce was the result of various factors.

It is not for nothing that the status of merchants in ancient times was not high, after all, in ancient times, the productivity was low, the level of transportation, communication, etc. could not keep up, and the population had to be controlled in one place in order to maintain stability.

Fields are the best way to control the population.

"Developing business and controlling business can solve a lot of troubles."

Yang Zhao agreed with Zhuge Liang's suggestion, and did not resist business as much as the ancients, and said: "But these will be discussed later, and I am ready to implement the matter of doing business with Xianbei people, as for the losses caused, I will deal with it well, and it will not cause too much trouble." ”

Hearing him say this, they looked at each other and knew that there was no way to change it, so they could only agree.

The idea of the lord is sometimes more special.

Maybe this idea can also bring unexpected surprises to them.

"Of the 10,000 war horses you get, send 5,000 to Yanmen Pass to Zijing, and bring the rest back."

"20,000 sheep, leave 10,000 in the Hetao area, add food to the soldiers, and treat the whole army."

"5,000 head are used as breeding sheep to breed and breed in the Hetao area."

"As I thought before, it was farmed in the north and planted in the south."

"When the time comes, I will have people send the seeds of crops for planting, and these will be handed over to the garrison for planting and breeding, after all, the population is not enough for the time being."

"When it's almost over, I'll arrange for the relocation of some people into the Hetao."

"In the future, the people will be used to plough and replace the army."

"The remaining 5,000 sheep were brought back to Linzi and distributed to various officials."

Yang Zhao finally said: "Go back in three days, arrange the garrison, and the beacon tower must not be forgotten." ”

"Yes!"

Everyone said in unison.

The grievances with Xianbei have come to an end for the time being.

I'll fight again later!

But the garrison must stay, and if the Xianbei people go south again, they can resist for a while.

However, it is not easy to hold such a long northern side, and many troops are needed.

Yang Zhao could only arrange a part of the garrison in the surrendered city, and also built a number of beacon towers on the Great Wall, sent people to garrison, and most of the garrisons guarded the gates of the Great Wall leading to Mobei.

Once the enemy is found to be moving south, the beacon tower on the north side of the surrendered city will give a warning.

If the Xianbei people bypassed the surrendered city, then the place to warn them could only be the Great Wall.