Everyone listened attentively, and Tian Meng was also holding a notebook and taking notes there.

Not to mention Tian Meng, even Fang Xuanling brought a few secretaries and officials.

"Your Highness, slow down and let them all write it down." Fang Xuanling hurriedly spoke, stopping Li Ke, who was about to continue, so that the people next to him could have time to record.

Li Ke was a little helpless, he looked at those people and looked a little familiar, "Aren't these people from the History Museum (non-typo, Datang has set up a History Museum, which is responsible for supervising the history of the country, history books, etc., and the historians are also subordinate to the History Museum)?" ”

"Yes, they were historians before, and they were good at shorthand, so the minister borrowed them from Menxia Province, and now the history museum is also cultivating shorthand officials." Fang Xuanling nodded.

The historian is currently subordinate to Menxia Province, but in history, it will be divided into Zhongshu Province later.

"Okay." Li Ke was a little helpless.

"In that case, then I'll mention some questions by the way, and you all record them. Tian Meng, you also remember that when you go to the grassland, you will basically encounter these problems. Li Ke said.

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness." Tian Meng said.

When these scribes had almost finished their records, Li Ke continued: "The first question is that the grassland herdsmen have a traditional concept, that is, to show their wealth by the number of livestock, although most of the herdsmen on the grassland have very few livestock, and the vast majority are noble. ”

"But after we distribute all these livestock to ordinary herders, this kind of thinking must be deeply rooted in their minds, that is, in the short term, it is not a big problem, but even if we allocate more pasture to them, they are not willing to let the livestock go out of the slaughter if they are not hungry, that is, the number of livestock on the grassland will increase."

"Once the number of livestock that can be accommodated in the pastures exceeds the limit, the pastures will be permanently damaged, and most of the pastures in places like Hanhai Prefecture will take a huge amount of effort to restore if they are permanently damaged. We must pay attention to this issue. Li Ke said seriously.

A huge example of this is the Saihan Dam in later generations, which was a land of abundant water and grass before the Qing Dynasty, from the 22nd year of the Kangxi Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the Republic was established, this land had almost become a desert.

If it weren't for the governance of that generation of Saihanba people, it would have almost never been able to recover by nature.

In the same way, the later Mongolia is a great example of evil.

It took decades of crazy efforts in China to finally eliminate the Mu Us Desert, which was the source of the sandstorm, and as a result, the dust began to be transported next door, which no one could bear.

It's a matter of transporting sand and dust, and it's also about transporting grassland fires, so it's especially speechless.

Once the grassland and the Central Plains are peaceful, the population of the grassland will inevitably increase, and the population of the grassland will grow, and the number of livestock will also increase, but the number of livestock must be controlled.

Now it is a must to prepare everything in advance.

"Yes."

"The second issue is to pay attention to the three modernizations of the grasslands, for example, because of the increase in the number of people and the peace between the Central Plains and the grasslands, some grassland herders, and even officials close to the grasslands, may allow some grasslands to start destroying grasslands and planting grain for the sake of grain and other outputs."

"Although this may solve the local food problem in a short time, the grasslands are not suitable for growing food, and once there is a good harvest of grain elsewhere, or more and more grain is transported to the grasslands, these already low-yield arable land will be quickly abandoned by herders." Turned into a wasteland again. ”

"But the land that has been turned back into wasteland has been destroyed in its original pasture mode, and if you want to restore it to the original grassland, even if no one grazes the herd, it will take decades, and if there are people grazing, it will quickly become a desert."

"Therefore, in many places that are not suitable for planting land, it is strictly forbidden to develop an agricultural economy. Destroy the largest natural grassland in Datang in the future. Li Ke said seriously.

"The third is that the herders have adapted to the nomadic life, extensive management, and free grazing, which will lead to their livestock without a fixed shed, no pasture reserves, and the ability of livestock to resist natural disasters will be very poor! Once there is a heavy snowstorm on the grassland, the mortality rate of herdsmen and livestock will exceed 50%! This is also important! ”

"Fourth, if the herdsmen are too scattered, the herdsmen's animal husbandry products will be dispersed in the future, and the ability to realize will be poor, and the herdsmen will become rich is a false proposition, and they cannot be rich by wool alone, if they want to be of one heart and one mind with Datang, they must be made rich."

"So we can't let the herdsmen be too scattered and nomadic, and if the townships are formed, my personal opinion is that the townships and towns will even jointly carry out some animal husbandry products processing to sell these livestock products."

"Also, the policy for the grassland I mentioned earlier is that cashmere goats should be kept in captivity, not on a large scale. At least not on ecologically fragile grasslands. Li Ke opened his mouth and added.

For example, in some places with strong ecological resistance, on the grassland with sufficient precipitation, it is no problem to raise cashmere goats, but in some barren grasslands, the precipitation itself is very small, and the damage of goats to the grassland is too great.

"So, to sum up, my personal idea is to improve the grassland contracting system, and divide the grassland to herders in a similar way to Yongye Field, but also teach the herders the importance of grassland protection and construction, and it is best to implement a seasonal grazing ban."

"Look for professionals to help herders divide their pastures into no-grazing areas, for example, herders' pastures are divided into patches and cannot be overgrazing, while some pastures that have already shown signs of destruction will be forbidden, and then wait for the pastures to recover."

"In addition, in some areas with abundant precipitation, large-scale artificial planting of forage grasses, such as alfalfa grass, has been carried out to change the farming structure in some areas."

"In addition, we can select some urban construction land on the grassland, and then invest in the construction of some animal husbandry product processing industries, so as to increase the job opportunities of herders and increase the diversity of herdsmen's income."

"Personally, I think that Shangshu Province should unite the subordinate supervisors and integrate experts in the field of agriculture from all over the world, and also start to train some experts in this area." Li Ke looked at Fang Xuanling and said.

"Yes, Your Highness, after I go back, I will hold a meeting of various departments, and then discuss this with Kong Yingda Shangshu." Fang Xuanling said very simply.

"Alright, let's talk about the policies I intend to implement on the grasslands."