"Meng Qi, Shanshan City will be handed over to you, take over the settlement in the oasis as soon as possible, and if you are not a soldier of the Changshi Mansion, you are not allowed to bring armor. Those who do not follow are eliminated. In the Shanshan Palace, Liu Cang said to Ma Chao.

"Whoa! Your Majesty can rest assured that the population of Shanshan Country is not large, and some sons and daughters of the Xiliang Army are willing to move their families here. Ma Chao responded.

"Well, you can sort out other trivial things and make a written report in detail, but there is one point, not only Loulan, but also the entire Western Regions in the future, non-military tuns will no longer grow food crops, and all will be planted with spices." Liu Cang nodded, and after speaking, he looked at the other generals in the hall.

In addition to Dian Wei and the hussar generals, about the cultivation of the Western Regions, Liu Cang mainly told Ma Teng and his son and the hundred Changshi Peng's subordinates who would develop in the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty, although spices are expensive, if you don't grow food, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for all the countries in the Western Regions to survive, and Your Majesty wants to guide them to take the initiative to conflict with our army?" Ma Teng stood up and asked.

Ma Teng's cognition that Liu Cang was also ruthless to foreign races, and Ma Teng couldn't help but think that Liu Cang planned to find an excuse to slaughter the Western Regions, but if this was the case, the Western Regions would probably fall into war for a long time.

"There is no shortage of merchants in the Western Regions, so if there is a shortage of food, let the merchants bring more, and use Loulan as a distribution center, I have no intention of conflicting with them." Liu Cang shook his head.

"Your Majesty wants to restrain the Western Regions with food? If this is the case, why not vigorously develop animal husbandry and exchange grain for livestock, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? Ma Chao proposed.

"Heh, does Meng Qi still want to take advantage of all the good things? The development of animal husbandry in the Western Regions is already prosperous enough, and in the future, not only can we not vigorously develop animal husbandry, but we must also try to weaken the animal husbandry industry here. Liu Cang said with a smile, and everyone frowned and thought.

Liu Cang's idea is obvious, that is, to use food to curb the restlessness of the countries of the Western Regions. But he didn't want to bring down the Western Regions, but only to weaken the production of survival materials in the Western Regions, and try to let it develop in the production of living materials.

In fact, this aspect is quite strange in later generations, and those who produce living materials cannot produce living materials.

The so-called planting industry cannot do the manufacturing industry, and the grain planting industry cannot do the work of growing flowers and fruits, these are originally quite distorted phenomena.

The grain-producing areas in the north are pressed to the ground by the manufacturing and processing areas in the south, and they are almost labeled as inferior and inferior.

In the final analysis, the peasants do not know that the so-called 'enterprising' has an unshirkable responsibility. To put it simply, those who farm will not starve to death first, you will plant less, do not sell grain, and endure a few years of backwardness.

It doesn't take much, three or five years, and it depends on whether you panic or those developed regions. As for the so-called backwardness, it is even more ridiculous to be beaten, and you let him try to fight, not to mention that it is still within his own house, even if it is external aggression, do you think he will fight or not?

Of course, if you think that you are the one who wears shoes, you are more life-saving than others, and you want to vomit blood and sell your kidneys, then you don't need to say anything.

Farm land and pay grain for others, enjoy the worst treatment, and don't be foolish when you look at people on top.

"Planting a large number of spices is convenient for controlling the price of spices, and ensuring that spices are slightly more profitable than growing grain."

"Reclamation and planting spices can limit the development of animal husbandry to a certain extent, and I can't die without spices for ten or a hundred years. Jia Xu rubbed his beard and said gloomily.

In fact, the situation in the Western Regions is similar to that of the Qiang land, but the Qiang people will knock on the border and plunder, but they will not loot the caravan easily.

The fundamental reason for this is that there is a need for caravans to keep them alive. But the Western Regions are different, with arable land, cattle and sheep grazing, and the countries of the Western Regions are already self-sufficient.

Guarding the Silk Road, mercenaries will work part-time merchants, and there is no shortage of caravans carrying various supplies.

There will never be a shortage of businessmen, let alone despised by others, even in the face of life and death, there is no shortage of fearless people who seek wealth.

This also made merchants more vulnerable to slaughter on the Western Regions. If the Silk Road is ruined, it will not be able to be rowed, and since it cannot be killed on this side for the time being, it can only increase their demand for merchants.

Although it is a little ruthless, the ministers of the DPRK and China have long reached a consensus with Liu Cang, and the early operation is indispensable for military suppression, but when it runs smoothly, it will be beneficial to everyone, including the Western Regions.

"What the prime minister said may be feasible, but in recent years, the Han Dynasty has become more and more abundant, if the grain is hoarded enough and the grain is cut off, will it damage Your Majesty's reputation?" Ma Chao asked thoughtfully.

"Hehe, stock up on food? Grain crops are more conducive to the growth of livestock, and it is not easy for me to stock up on enough grain. Liu Cang shook his head with a smile, Ma Chao was stunned, this.

。 That's a bit of a no-brainer, isn't it?

"Alright, that's it. Meng Qi, although the Shanshan Wangcheng is down, the surrounding bandits still need to be dealt with, and the horse bandits are chasing and suppressing, and they must not be slack. Liu Cang waved his hand, and the topic returned to the war.

"Whoa! The minister immediately started to ride five thousand people in Xiliang, and within a month, he will remove the horse bandits and thieves in Ruoqiang, Jimo, and Xiaowan. Ma Chao responded.

"Well, just suppress the bandits, and the land of the royal city has its own hussars to deal with it." Liu Cang nodded and looked at Ma Teng.

"Shoucheng, you will lead the Xiliang Army to garrison troops in Wulei and reorganize the Western Regions Protectorate. Troops were sent along the Tarim River system all the way to the west, until the Green Ridge River, and Fengsui was built along the way. Liu Cang said to Ma Teng.

The Western Han Dynasty and the Western Regions were established in Wulei, but since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the court opened up from Dunhuang to Yinwu

"Yin Wu Dao", while diverting the army and business travelers on the Loulan Silk Road, since the Yellow Turban, the Western Regions Protectorate has been missing repair and operation for a long time.

Ma Teng led the army into Wulei to deter the surrounding countries, the so-called beacon is the beacon tower, and tens of thousands of Xiliang troops are enough to establish a relatively complete communication defense system.

Most of the Xiliang troops under Ma Teng's command came from Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and other places, and they would not return to their hometowns if they were stationed in Wulei.

Ma Teng and Ma Chao's main tasks tended to be stationed, and later the hussars were more inclined to pursue bandits in the Western Regions.

That's right, although Liu Cang pushed Shanshan City, he would not take the initiative to attack other Western Regions countries. After all, these kingdoms have nominally been subordinate to the Han Dynasty, and the horse bandits from all sides in the Western Regions are Liu Cang's main targets.

The hussars were a battalion of 1,000 people, divided into dozens of battalions, and each battalion had water seekers with the army, scattered into the Western Regions in all directions.

From Loulan in the east, to the Green Ridge in the west, after reaching the Cheshi in the north, and arriving at Qule in the south, when the military order was issued, the entire Western Regions became the hunting ground of the hussars.

The hussars scattered, Liu Cang sat in Loulan, and all the soldiers and horses pursued the horse bandits and sand thieves at the same time, but also conveyed the will to the pilgrimage to Loulan to the countries.

Liu Cang was indeed not prepared to take the initiative to attack the countries, but since it was a subject country of the Han Dynasty, it was natural for the monarch to come to meet him, the Son of Heaven, and by the way, discuss the issue of annual tribute.

As for if you don't come? Hehe.. As the hussars dispersed into the Western Regions, small and medium-sized battles were frequently staged in this land of yellow sand.

Flying horses roam treacherous regions, the golden wither becomes the eyes of the soldiers in searching for the enemy's nest, and the water seeker guides the army to find supplies and avoid the quicksand and dangerous places.

Liu Cang destroyed Shanshan with a thunderbolt, and also made the countries realize the determination of the Han Dynasty to rectify the Western Regions this time, and Ma Teng's nearly 200,000 troops recast the majesty of the Western Regions Protectorate, which also made the countries chill.

The continuous transportation of grain and grass from Yumen Pass to Loulan Wulei made the countries put away the only remaining little caution in their hearts.

While welcoming the Han army passing by and supplying the Han army, the kingdoms found that Liu Cang's attitude towards them was not too fierce.

But immediately after that, another army from the Han land was a little unreasonable. Gongsun Chan!

Led by Gongsun Zhan, Roxana led her troops out of the customs and traveled west along the Silk Road, where the slightest disrespect would be attacked by them.

This Persian is so unreasonable! And this Persian girl ate Naka all the way as if she had tasted the sweetness, and began to wander between the countries as she walked.

It wasn't until the Western Regions Governor's Mansion sent officials to convey the rebuke of the Han Emperor's Son that the Persian ladies reluctantly left, and the officials of the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions were also stationed in various countries.

And these officials of the Changshi Mansion have certain similarities, young, handsome, eloquent, and strong in martial arts.

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