Chapter 932: Township-style nomadism

"Regarding the system that is carried out on the steppe, my personal idea is to set up a township-style nomad. Select a suitable site to establish a city, and then set up a radioactive layout township with the city as the center. ”

"Then these townships can be seen as large herdsmen tribes, and the land around the entire township is divided among herders."

"Let these herders, say, a dozen or so households form a joint group and let them concentrate their grazing."

"Because if they unite a dozen households, they will have a very large area of pasture, so they can do nomadic herding in their own pastures, in different seasons and in different areas."

"In that case, the places where they graze can help them build some permanent sheds, at least it will be very helpful in keeping out wild animals such as wolves."

"In addition, the herdsmen's homes can be concentrated in the townships, and their children and their families can live in the townships, so that the townships can also have a certain degree of business ability and teach their children to read and write."

"And if there is any crisis, there are people who can ask for help. Each township can organize herders to form joint patrols, the steppe version of the security forces. ”

"In addition, we can also encourage some herders to migrate and become homesteaders in places suitable for farming."

"In this way, the location and location of these townships will be fixed, and these herders will be easier to manage." Li Ke probably said his thoughts, and these management methods are actually similar to the herdsmen's management methods on the Inner Mongolia grassland in later generations.

In fact, nomadism is chasing pasture, but in fact, nomadism does not need to really run far away.

But the reason why the current nomads are like this is because they have to gather a large number of people together for the reasons Li Ke said before, so that if a large number of livestock gather together, they will have to go farther and even go in a certain direction if they want to be nomadic.

Moreover, large tribes can rely on large herders to grab the best quality pasture.

But now, if the pastures are managed in advance and divided into shards for grazing, then this nomadism can be controlled within a certain range.

In this case, it is a semi-stationary nomad.

Somewhat similar to later generations of Inner Mongolia, many local herders in Inner Mongolia lived in towns and villages, and when it was time to graze, the men of the family would go to live in yurts on the grassland, and in winter, the sheep would be driven to nearby gathering points.

In the grasslands of the eastern region, because of the more precipitation, the pasture is very good, and the pasture can be directly harvested and packed by the harvester in autumn as a forage reserve in winter.

Although Datang has no way to implement winter captivity and grazing in other seasons, at least the number of herdsmen needed for such concentrated grazing does not need to be so much, for example, five people from ten households are enough to graze.

In this way, if the herders take turns grazing, the other herders can go home and rest. There is nothing wrong with rotational grazing on a village-by-village basis.

"If there are any problems in the actual operation, you can talk about it." Li Ke looked at the few people who had returned from Qinghai, and these people had also participated in the relevant management in Qinghai.

"Your Highness, I think that books related to the estrus of cattle, sheep and horses and the management of farrowing in Qinghai can be popularized on the grassland, although these herdsmen have experience, but these lambs are still relatively prone to problems." A man spoke.

"None of this is a problem." Li Ke nodded.

"Your Highness, in terms of sheds, I think it should be more strengthened in Hanhai Prefecture, there is probably more snowfall here in Hanhai Prefecture than in Qinghai, and it may be colder in winter, if the sheds are stronger, they should be more effective in preserving livestock." Another person also made an observation.

"There is no problem in this regard, adopt the method of cash-for-work, and let the Ministry of Construction come up with a policy when the time comes, after all, roads will be built on the grassland at that time." Li Ke said with a smile.

In fact, most of the people of Datang can't enjoy this, just like the comments Li Ke saw under a certain question in his previous life.

The question is: in ancient times, if the people were only given white porridge and mustard vegetables, could the people continue to dig the Grand Canal?

There is an answer below that Li Ke is very impressed: Always eat white porridge and mustard? If you can keep supplying, the ancient people can dig a canal for you to Siberia!

White porridge means that it is all dry food, and it is also the refined food after the husking! Mustard means that the people have eaten high-quality salt! These two things of unlimited food were very difficult things to do in any dynasty!

At present, Datang does not dare to say that it can do this, at least in many places in Datang, the people may not be hungry, but it is certainly impossible to eat shelled rice or white noodles openly, and it is already extremely good to be able to eat corn or black noodles all the time.

This is also the reason why Li Ke's reputation among the people of the Tang Dynasty is so high.

Because Li Ke is really solving their food problem, maybe in a few years, the people of Datang will really be able to eat white noodles for everyone. After all, potatoes and high-yielding wheat have been growing in popularity, not to mention the continuous replenishment of rice from places such as real wax.

Everyone discussed for a long time, and Tian Meng made a complete plan, and after all the records were recorded, everyone took their leave.

By the time they said goodbye, it was already night, although at this time Li Ke had time to go to Datang Sleepless City, after all, Qin Wangzhuang had gone out to Datang Sleepless City.

It's just that Li Ke is too lazy to move, it's so late, he went to Datang Sleepless City to have fun, but he didn't have to go there to have fun.

Fang Xuanling, who left Qinwangzhuang, first returned to Shangshu Province with an assistant from his department, and after returning to Shangshu Province, Fang Xuanling first burned a piece of paper in his clothes.

"Liang Guogong, in fact, isn't the method proposed by His Highness similar to the method you wrote? Why do you still ask Your Highness? Fang Xuanling's assistant looked at Fang Xuanling's movements, hesitated a little and asked.

"What do you know, if you know everything, what else do you want your leader to do? You have to show your leadership the right way. Fang Xuanling said quietly.

"Let me tell you, the future of Datang is yours, why did I promote you as an assistant, you are not young, you have to understand these truths." Fang Xuanling watched his assistant arrive, the other party was his student, so Fang Xuanling was not afraid of the other party's leakage or something.

"But...... Your Highness is not like that. The other party said with some hesitation, facing his teacher, of course he had something to say, and he had asked more stupid questions.

"Hey, you don't understand, it's like some people who sell books and write articles for a living in Datang will always leave a few typos for their readers to find faults, can't they be too perfect?" Fang Xuanling taught him.