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Chapter 416

Chapter 416

There are many prosperous times recorded in history books, saying how rich the people were.

But is it really so?

We must know that the ancient people were easily satisfied. As long as they could eat, have clothes to wear, and there were no wars, it would be a peaceful and prosperous world.

Many people don't have a clear concept of the life of the ancient people, but they can know it by looking at the life in the countryside before the reform and opening up.

We must know that the grain output of later generations is much higher than that of the Tang Dynasty. The high-yield grain of later generations is not available in the Tang Dynasty.

Many people may think that the population at that time was so large that it was dozens of times more than in the Tang Dynasty, and the land cultivated per capita was much less than in the Tang Dynasty.

The people of the Tang Dynasty did not move at all, and a family planted dozens of acres of land, which was simply incomparable.

But things don’t look like this. When the Tang Dynasty was first established, a large number of unowned fields were distributed to the common people.

An adult man can be divided into dozens of acres. If this is put in later generations, can one person grow dozens of acres of land?

There were no machines in ancient times, all relying on oxen, horses and mules.

In fact, the so-called prosperity in ancient times was not as beautiful as imagined, but the people at that time were easily satisfied.

Lin Xuan really likes a line in "Shanpo Yang·Tong Caring for the Ancients".

Prosperity, people suffer; death, people suffer.

He decided to do this in order to hire more people and let those people have other ways to make money.

Lin Xuan has been thinking hard for the past few days, what should he do after traveling once by himself.

He has no shortage of glory and wealth, and he doesn't care about rights.

Later, Lin Xuan finally figured it out. He wanted Datang to be stronger and the people to be richer.

Although there are many problems in the history of Datang, it is undeniable that Datang is the most inclusive dynasty in history.

Historically, there have been constant wars in all dynasties against the surrounding alien races.

Only Datang is to integrate those ethnic groups into Datang.

Seriously, Changsun Wuji and Yu Chigong are all alien races.

Among the generals in the court, there are more foreigners.

War is never the best way to deal with alien races, fusion is.

On the one hand, Lin Xuan plans to develop industries in Datang to make the people of Datang more prosperous.

On the one hand, he assisted Li Shimin to annex the countries around the Tang Dynasty and complete the national integration.

The production of pancreas is the first step.

Lin Xuan was not worried at all that ordinary people would be reluctant to buy soap.

After all, they usually wash their clothes by pounding, which hurts the clothes too much, and the soap is only two pennies, and it will be cleaned after rubbing, and the damage to the clothes is also small, and it can be worn for a longer time.

Calculated in this way, for the common people, it is still profitable.

When Cheng Chumo heard Lin Xuan say that there was an enhanced version, the confusion in their hearts completely dissipated.

Several people discussed while drinking.

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"Didn't I say that you are not allowed to go to the Tang Dynasty to plunder?" Nishu looked angrily at the leaders of the various departments in the big account.

"Khan, there has been too much snow this year, and many cattle and sheep have been frozen to death. If we don't loot, many people in our ministries will starve to death."

"Khan, we didn't attack Datang's city, but just looted some villages. It is impossible for Datang to send troops to us because of this. There is nothing to worry about."

"Yes."

For nomads, cattle and sheep are their food.

In winter, cattle and sheep are very thin due to lack of forage. For them, it means that there is less food, so every winter, nomads will come to the Central Plains Dynasty to plunder.

"Didn't I give you all the food? Now our target is Xue Yantuo. You are now plundering the Tang Dynasty. With Li Shimin's character, how can he swallow it?" Nishu said with a livid face.

His goal is to annex Xue Yantuo, and he doesn't want to cause trouble at all.

Knowing that the ministries would face food shortages in winter, he deliberately distributed the grain traded with Datang to the ministries. Unexpectedly, they still sent people to Datang to plunder.

"Khan, normally, the food you distributed would be enough for us to survive the winter, but the situation is different this year."

This year is colder than usual, and many of their cattle and sheep froze to death.

Although the meat is not bad because of the cold weather, it is completely edible.

But they usually eat those adult cattle and sheep, and the small ones have less meat, and they will keep them for grazing in the coming year.

The froze-to-death cattle and sheep don't matter how big or small they are, so they need to kill more adult cattle and sheep.

In order to keep enough cattle and sheep to breed, they had to go to Datang to plunder.

Although Nishu had explained before that they were not allowed to go to Datang to plunder this year, who would care about that at this time.

The Western Turks have a tribal system, and the leaders of each ministry have complete control over their own tribes. They don't need Nishu's consent to send troops. When Nishu knows about it, it's too late to stop it.

"If you don't go to Tang Dynasty to plunder, will you starve to death?" Nishu sneered.

He naturally knew that part of the cattle and sheep needed to be kept as 'seeds'.

But as the Great Khan of the Western Turks, he also has tribes, so he naturally knows the situation among them.

Although many cattle and sheep were frozen to death this year, but with the food he distributed, life will be a little tighter in the coming year at most.

It's just that they are used to looting in the Tang Dynasty, and they are also used to living a luxurious life.

"Khan, Datang sold so much food to us, and now there is no food at all. Even if he is angry, he can't send troops. What are you afraid of?"

The leaders of the ministries felt that Nishu was making a fuss over a molehill.

Didn't they do this before?

Datang could only guard and did not see revenge on them.

As for the extermination of Eastern Turks in the Tang Dynasty, it was because of natural disasters such as years of war and frost and drought in Eastern Turks that the people were exhausted and livestock thinned, and many sheep and horses were frozen to death or starved to death; Xue Yantuo, Huihe, Bayegu, Tongluo tribes They also took the opportunity to revolt together, and jointly pushed Xue Yantuo's leader, Yi Nan, as Zhenzhu Khan, and accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty.

The Eastern Turkic Khan, Tuli Khan, who had been oppressed and squeezed out by Jieli Khan for a long time, also secretly contacted Tang and expressed his willingness to join him.

Because of these internal and external troubles, Datang was able to destroy the Eastern Turks.

Datang has only mobilized troops against Gaochang in these years, but how many people are there in Gaochang?

So they are not afraid of Datang at all.

Seeing that other people looked down on Datang, Nishu cursed inwardly: "A bunch of idiots."

He is not afraid of Datang, but now his main target is Xue Yantuo. At this time, if he provokes Datang, and Datang is stationed at the border, how can he let go and fight Xue Yantuo?

He knew that Datang had at least 70 million troops, and if he stationed 10,000+ troops on the border, he would definitely reserve some troops to guard against Datang.

When Xue Yantuo is annexed, even if these people don't do anything, he will take the initiative to come to Datang to plunder.

Why trade cattle and sheep with Datang when you can grab it?

But these premises are after the annexation of Xue Yantuo, not now.

"Let me tell you, if anyone is going to the Tang Dynasty to plunder, then after Xue Yantuo is wiped out, those places with lush water and grass will have no share." Nishu said.

Since it doesn't make sense to reason, it can only be lured with profit.

Although the ministries have a high degree of autonomy, as a khan, after the annexation of Xue Yantuo, the division of the chassis still depends on him.

"Khan, don't worry, we won't go to Datang to rob again this year."

"Yes, we must obey the Khan's orders."

The leaders of the ministries quickly expressed their views.

Nishu didn't take the lead, they fought on their own, and they couldn't break through the city of Datang, they could only plunder some villages, and they couldn't grab anything at all.

It's not as important as getting a site with lush water and grass.

Nishu sneered, if he really obeyed my order, the previous things would not have happened.

But now is not the time to argue with these people, as long as they don't provoke Datang.

(End of this chapter)