"I understand a little."

"Weichen has the ability to cover up His Majesty's eyes. Weichen has also gone down to see many places. Many places have become wilderness due to excessive logging or grazing, but are their water and soil really evil? No, many places are adjacent to rivers. If large trunks and water diversion canals are built, water can be directed to a place more than ten feet high and irrigated these soil mountains. It will increase two to three times the area of ​​use than the flat land. Although these lands will be evil, the actual yield will not be less than the plain yield. Fertilizer manure can also be used as forage fertilizer, or plant some miscellaneous grains as supplementary feed, and people can eat it. The same is true for pigs. Weichen asked carefully that some people who can raise feed some bitter rucao, chicory, and carrots can also be planted manually, or even planted with crops and fish. There are many records here, as well as the ideas of Weichen. Song Jiu pointed to a stack of documents he brought back and said.

It's not that easy in reality.

Of course nomads are not suitable for the Central Plains at all. Song Jiu remembered that he had watched an American western film in his previous life, saying that nomads had conflicts with the Dingmaster, and in the end the nomads killed the Dingmaster for luring. If the temptation also came in the Central Plains of China, the entire Central Plains would collapse.

The temptation may not be that important. If you tempt it, what should others do? In fact, the temptation of the herds will save a lot of resources and the benefits will be higher. If it is said to be bitter, the temptation of the herds may be even more bitter. Cattle and sheep need to be managed, and the forage grass needs to be irrigated, fertilized and harvested. However, the nomads are also suffering, and they have no place to live. If there is a major disaster and cold weather, the cattle and sheep will be completed, and the family will be completed.

But the problem is not that simple. First of all, there are various swine fever, rinderpest and sheep plague. In this era, vaccines cannot be studied at all. You can only pay attention to greenhouses, humidity, ventilation and hygiene. This requires slow experiments and explorations to promote the technology. Therefore, Song Jiu said: "Your Majesty does not need to be anxious, including raising the price of cattle, promoting hiding horses to the people, and not levied any direct or indirect taxes on large livestock. Weichen Hezhou has a low income. Next year, we can allocate a part to your Majesty. Weichen can hand over dozens of locations. Weichen hires people to test. Regardless of profit or loss, some technologies must be explored. Then we will consider it."

"Why did you ask about Juyankaido?"

"This is also important. One is for the cattle and the other is for the country. The Weichen did not explain in detail with the Zhe family. He planned to choose a place to accept in the northwest, transport cattle and sheep from the Pubu, slaughter it in the prefectures, produce salt in the northwest, and the salt price is low. If it is marinated into bacon, it can be preserved for a long time, trafficked to the Central Plains, and supplement the needs of meat."

“That’s a good idea.”

"Your Majesty, but this process is to organize merchants to enter, and the court must not preside over it. Otherwise, it will become a disadvantage of trafficking in Guanzhong."

Zhao Kuangyin still remembers this matter fresh. Zhao Pu made a lot of money by selling wood. No one knows how much it earns. Officials on both sides of the Wei River in Guanzhong were furious. Some merchants were short of money, so they borrowed loans from the government, and each official took one ten interest. It was not usury, and 60% of the annual interest rate was considered a real usury.

At first this was a good thing, but later the officials saw that it was profitable and forced merchants who were not short of money to borrow money. Only Zhang Mei refused to give up in Tongzhou, and some counties did not make any profit. So they instigated the merchants to go to the capital to file a lawsuit. Zhao Kuangyin asked the chief officials to return the interest. He said that he would give up tens of thousands of dollars and make a profit of thousands of dollars a year, not much, but this was only found out and returned, and the actual number might be ten times more. Unfortunately, Wang Anshi did not pay attention to this record in history, otherwise he would be very careful when presided over the Qingmiao Law, which would be 20% of the profit!

Then Zhao Kuangyin transferred him to Cangzhou. He took a fancy to a sister named Zhang, and forced him to be a concubine, and a little rich family of 4,000 yuan. The two also ran to the capital to sue, and Zhao Kuangyin personally summoned him to inquire. Can you be safe in the future in Cangzhou? He said you are uneasy? So what if you come? He said that there will be no revenge on the enemy. Zhao Kuangyin argued: "Since Zhang Mei has the fate of the people of Cangzhou, it is the greatest thing. Even if you take your daughter, how can you blame me? You ask me to depose Zhang.

Mei, why do I love you? I love you, the people of Cangzhou. I will warn Zhang Mei, if you won’t do such a thing next time, how much is your daughter worth?” Zhao Kuangyin laughed and said, “Five hundred yuan can buy a decent business in the capital with 500 yuan. He turned a big deal into small things and didn’t care. He gave this person five hundred yuan. He also told Zhang Mei’s mother that if you lack money, you can’t ask the people. Give his mother ten thousand yuan. Zhang Mei was moved and became a good official since then.

After hearing this, Song Jiu couldn't help but shake his head.

Just like Kang Yanze handled it, he did not follow the rules. Of course he would not care about it. He just used this matter as an example. He got meat, not horses. The court must not interfere. Once he intervenes, he will be in a mess.

"Song Jiu, you don't have enough confidence in officials."

"If you don't hide it from your Majesty, you are not very good at me, especially the economy, and you must not be able to manage the officials. If you can avoid them, it is best to avoid them."

Zhao Kuangyin swallowed.

"Your Majesty, the country can only use its best. It will eventually be used for the people."

"Yes, the national treasury is enough. What's the use of hiding the food that has been 60 years like Yang Guang?"

"Your Majesty is wise."

"If you talk about it, it's a problem for the country."

"The thing that's trouble is the horse. Weichen said that the Central Plains cannot raise good horses and do not want to manage horses. As long as you don't go to the rushing horses, the Khitan will not get angry. Weichen's second idea is that what Zhubu lacks is iron, cloth, tea and some porcelain. Especially cloth. Your Majesty, he sent a spy to the Southern Han Dynasty to introduce grass cotton seeds."

"The grass cotton seeds are also available in the Western Regions, and they are not suitable for planting in the Central Plains."

"Your Majesty, according to Mr., this plant is native to the mainland southwest of India and the southwest. Later, people gradually brought it to Lingnan and the Western Regions. The grass cotton seeds in the Western Regions are better, but their seeds adapt to the climate of the Western Regions that are sunny all year round. The Central Plains are rainy and cannot be planted. Only Lingnan seeds can be introduced in the Central Plains. After several years of planting and adapting, they can be promoted. Moreover, its yield is very high. One acre of land can produce fifty or sixty kilograms of cotton yarn, and ten kilograms of cotton yarn can spin a piece of cotton cloth." Song Jiu said it was very implicit. Even if he adapted, in this era, one acre of land would only produce fifty or sixty kilograms of cotton. It would never be possible to think of two hundred kilograms of 300 kilograms of cotton, and it was also inferior coarse lint cotton.

"What kind of cloth is Dashi?" Zhao Kuangyin asked nervously.

He knew that this cloth was very expensive, because it was small, four or five times more expensive than silk. But the account could not be calculated like this. If it was to produce five pieces of cotton, it would be great. The gross income of a mu of land could reach more than twenty pieces, which was not farming, but robbing money. Once planted on a large scale, it would be very cheap and could fall to the price of linen.

Song Jiu nodded and said, "But turning it into cotton will be very troublesome. Weichen must study a machine, not only cotton, but also wool can weave a good and warm cloth. There is also a milk butter like Weichen, which is inconvenient to transport in summer. If you set up some points in the blockade and teach them to refrigerate, transport it in winter, and then it will be a good price to go to the capital. Your Majesty, the Khitan will not be able to be vital, but because of the interests, the blocking will gradually be tangled with us. It should be worth ten thousand elite soldiers."

"If you said, it's more than 10,000 elite soldiers, but it should be worth 50,000 elite soldiers." Zhao Kuangyin paced back and forth, and suddenly laughed: "So complicated?"

"Your Majesty, such a complexity may not necessarily lead to a major breakthrough in the cattle problem. But if this is not possible, there is no cure."

"You have the intention."

"Your Majesty. I made a last statement. Although I am the sister of the Zhe Prefect, I am just a female. The Pan brothers are actually good at it. They will be defeated in a few rounds. This woman is hesitant, otherwise she will not be defeated. She will be able to stab the Pan brothers to death. Ye Zhiqiu, you can imagine the fierceness of the Dangxiang people. The Zhe family does not need to be afraid. They survive in the cracks and can only rely on our dynasty. What I am worried about is the Tuoba Li family. They are powerful and are the Wang family in the Dangxiang tribe. They have the power to be the Northwest. The appeal is the Northwest.

The head of the country is Khitan. If Dangxiang is harmed again, our dynasty will be in a difficult situation. Therefore, the poor ministers believe that they should support three to four families in Yanzhou and Lingzhou to restrain each other and not to be the only one. There were also examples in the previous dynasty, and the rise of Liuzhao. It was the Tang Dynasty who looked short-sighted and supported Piluo Pavilion to unify Nanzhao. Finally, the Tang army was humiliated, especially during the period of Emperor Wenzong, which captured Chengdu, and plundered men, women, hundreds of thousands of people, causing great trauma to be caused by the decline of the Tang Dynasty. This is a lesson from the previous car, and we must be guarded against it."

"You think the Li family will rebel?"

"They dare not rebel now, but if there are heroes in the future generations, they dare to rebel. Moreover, most of our dynasty are infantry and lack iron cavalry. They are located in Nanhetao, and many areas have become Gobi decks and deserts. It is difficult to supply and transport, and it is difficult to advance, and it is difficult to eliminate them. After repeated failure, our dynasty will suffer heavy losses. Finally, we are helpless when we look at their growth. It is better to plan ahead and support several families to grow. In addition, the Zhe family in Fuzhou, the Yang family in Linzhou, the Wang family in Fengzhou, the Yao family in Qingzhou, the Gao family in Suizhou, the Murong family in Huanzhou, etc. Then Tuoba cannot unify the Dangxiang tribes. The far-reaching ones can win over and divide them, so that they cannot gather, and the nearby ones will submit to the court, and gradually turn into the real territory of the court. This is a strategy to conquer the northwest without fighting."

But the two have different levels and different considerations.

What Song Jiu was worried about was the future Xixia.

However, whether it is Li Yuanhao who is so lucky in the future or Li Jiqian who is as cunning as a wolf, he can only get beaten when he meets Zhao Kuangyin.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin did not take Dangxiang people to heart.

Song Jiu had no choice but to say goodbye in disappointment.

When he got home, Yuping hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Jiulang, I heard that a woman from Dangxiang almost harmed you."

Zhe Yuxun wrote the memorial, and Zhao Kuangyin also sent an envoy to intercept Song Jiu on the way to inquire. Song Jiu had to write the memorial and briefly talk about the incident. Shi Hanqing said that he was embarrassing, but Song Jiu did not think it was embarrassing. It would be great if he was good. If so, how many people could Zhao Pu beat? Even Pan Mei could overthrow Zhao Pu fifty, but Pan Mei was afraid of Zhao Pu? However, some yamen were well-informed and had already informed him of Shi Hanqing's gossip.

I don’t know that the news spread by that person was at least a group of women. But Shi Hanqing really hated it. Especially although he was not a high status, he was Zhao Kuangyin’s spy, and his words worked. Now Zhao Kuangyin is not rejected by himself. Once he is rejected, this guy instigated him a few words, and he may not have good results. He said to Yuping: "That is a misunderstanding, don’t take it seriously."
Chapter completed!