Xiao Rui gave Su Lie a look, Su Lie understood, and immediately walked out of the living room, "The mansion is on alert, no one is allowed within a hundred steps of the living room." ”

"Order!"

Looking at the well-trained Anle guards, Chai Shao finally had a good face, and walked directly to the main seat and sat down, "Say, today you kid will explain everything clearly, otherwise don't want me to give you special affairs to protect you in the future." ”

Xiao Rui smiled, "Madam, my uncle is here, don't be stunned, hurry up and serve tea." ”

The gentle and polite Wei Yanran smiled and went to pour tea.

Xiao Rui began his own explanation: "Let's start with raising cattle. The rhetoric of the beef restaurant is just an excuse for me to paralyze the Khitans. Datang is guilty of killing cattle, it is forbidden to eat beef, I opened a beef restaurant to make up for death? The real intention is to plough the cattle. ”

"Ploughing cattle? What ploughing cattle? Didn't you buy all bison? The Khitan did not have ploughing cattle. Chai Shao was puzzled.

"I have figured out a way to tame the bison, and if I do it, no matter how fierce the bison is, I will have to plow the ground honestly in less than three days." Xiao Rui said proudly.

"Really?" Chai Shao couldn't sit still, and suddenly got up, his face full of shock.

"It's true! But this matter can't be said to Khitanming, and he doesn't even dare to leak it out. Otherwise, they may be worried that we will become bigger, so they will no longer sell cattle to us, or they will sit on the ground and increase the price, and now the purchase price of a cow is 200 yuan. It's more than ten times cheaper than Datang, tsk, if the Khitan knows the details, they will no longer sell it to us, or sit on the ground and start the price, hehe, it's not a loss. ”

"The reason why I hid it from my uncle was not to make a fortune in a muffled voice, but because this news could not appear in Youzhou, Youzhou was too close to the Khitan. I sent all the bison I bought to Luoyang, which is our hinterland, and there is a lot of arable land around, and there is a shortage of cattle. ”

Chai Shao nodded: "Yes, you kid is cautious." Then how much does your cow sell for in Luoyang? ”

Sell?

Xiao Rui shook his head and said, "I don't want money!" I'm not here for private trading. The money for buying cattle was earned from Anle, and now Anle's business is run by the government-run chamber of commerce, and the money earned is provided for the self-sufficiency of the guards on the one hand. The extra cattle are all public money. Counting the cost of transportation to Luoyang, it all comes from here. ”

"When the time comes, the government will act as a guarantee, domesticate the bison, and then a new plow will be given to the people in need in the form of a contract lease to encourage farming. When the people became rich, they bought it back at a low cost of two taels of silver. In this way, it will not hurt the original cattle purchase market, and it will not delay the farming, and there will be no loss inside and out. ”

Hiss...... It's really, really...... How do you look like your kid's head? Thinking so long-term?

"How much money can you buy with the money you make in Anle City? If it's not enough, I can squeeze it out of Youzhou to give you some? This is a major matter for Xingnong, and the imperial court should be allowed to take money from the treasury! Chai Shao said seriously.

Xiao Ruixin said that this uncle can handle it, and there is something really good.

"Forget it, uncle, we are not outsiders, who doesn't know that the treasury is tight? The hundreds of thousands of taels of silver stored in the treasury were obtained by me who had offended people by raiding my house, and half of my trading income went to the treasury. Do you let the treasury out? Far water can't quench the thirst of the near, or it's convenient for me to be happy. ”

"Don't underestimate this city, drive away the five surnames and seven wangs, after the government undertakes, all the materials are paid by our hands, and we can make a lot of money every day. More than enough to buy a thousand cattle a day. Considering that the Khitans have few people and small land, they may not be able to supply them if they buy too much, so I negotiated another order with Murwei. ”

"Now Anle's funds are temporarily enough, and I will talk to my uncle when I am short of money."

Chai Shao pinched his teeth and scolded with a smile: "I heard it, you kid is clearly rich, and Anle's income has not been reported." What else do you say that I will support if I am short of money in the future? Support a fart, you kid can't keep it better than me, the governor, who is rich. If there is no money in the treasury, do I have money in the treasury of Youzhou? Just as poor as jingle. ”

Chai Zhewei covered his mouth and couldn't help laughing.

Chai Shao glared fiercely, but seeing that his son seemed to be more mature, he said with relief: "Do you understand?" Your brother-in-law takes one step and sees three steps, does his best to be public and selfish, and is a capable person with ability and mind. You learn more and follow your brother-in-law's example. ”

Chai Zhewei saluted respectfully: "Knowing the father, the child must study hard." ”

Chai Shao asked: "Who supervises the matter of raising cattle from the imperial court?" Is it reliable? ”

Xiao Rui recalled for a moment and said: "The matter of cattle is supervised by Dasi Nong Su Yan himself. As for Luoyang, it was originally said that it was entrusted to the veteran Qu Tutong, but the old general was not in good health and passed away last month. His Majesty re-sent the old prince Li Shentong. ”

Chai Shao smiled: "Okay! Huai'an Wang Laocheng is serious, Dasi Nong is also a practical person, the two veterans are out of the horse, and they can't be wrong. If farming is prosperous, you kid should take the lead! ”

Xiao Rui waved his hand and said: "Don't mention it, I don't care about any credit, as long as I can get all the bison from the Khitan before the matter spreads." By then, even if they had understood, we would have almost bought enough cattle. ”

Because of the turbulent times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, during the Zhenguan period in the early Tang Dynasty, the total population was only more than 12 million, which was almost a record low. According to the calculation of four people in a family, that is, three million households. One cow per household, three million heads.

If the supply of Khitan and Murowei can keep up, then 60,000 cattle can be bought in a month, which is more than 700,000 a year......

It's a pity, these are all wild, it is estimated that there are not many, and it will be up to the sky to buy smoothly for a year, and the final gap still has to rely on breeding, or after getting it, cultivate and breed it yourself in the people's homes.

Chai Shao patted Xiao Rui's shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry about this, it's up to people to make things happen, just do your best." Your Majesty and the court will not forget your merits. You secretly called me over this time, not to talk about cows, right? Is it because of the war? Afraid of a Turkic counterattack? ”

"I expected this, so I have ordered the gathering of 5,000 soldiers and horses, and I am secretly on standby. Just wait for the Turks to come again, and personally lead the team to come to support. ”

"The Turks will retaliate, but they shouldn't dare to start a big war yet, the 10,000 troops won't come, but it's possible to be a few thousand, and the Turkic Turkic little Khan is not easy, so be careful, send more scouts to the west."

Hearing Chai Shao's words, everyone couldn't help but admire this great general, who deserved to be able to guard Youzhou, and this vision and courage were remarkable.

The military system of the Tang Dynasty is to say that when you are free, you can plow the fields at home, and when there is a war, you will gather to fight. The general city defense army is a conscription, and everyone takes turns to come and guard. The families of the people of the Tang Dynasty are full of adult labor, and they are forced to serve for 30-50 days a year. Serving in the army to defend the city can also resist conscription.

And summoning 5,000 men to be on standby means that you need to keep them all the time and be ready to go to war at any time. If there is no war, people will have to pay for it.

Although Chai Shao, as the governor of the capital, had the right to recruit troops on an ad hoc basis, he also had local financial support. Everyone knows the finances of Youzhou, and if you can do this in a bitter cold place, you must tighten your belt.

So Xiao Rui was very moved!

"I asked my uncle to come over for this purpose. In order to deal with the enemy's next counterattack, I am going to come to a 'grass boat borrowing horses' plan......"