At this point, Li Ke stopped and looked at them and asked: "If you have any ideas, just tell me. After all, I thought of these things alone. Let's brainstorm."
Everyone began to think that Jiang Feng could never speak. He was just a craftsman. These things were not something he should consider.
"Your Highness, should the salt farm management here be more ruthless?" Li Daozong hesitated and asked. Li Ke's management of these salt fields is no different from that of herdsmen outside. The only thing is that they have separate places to live and are not allowed to contact the outside world.
In addition, the food, drink, and even rest time are similar to those outside. To be honest, although these Turkic nobles are called nobles, they are different from the nobles of the Tang Dynasty who cannot carry their shoulders or lift their hands. They still do their own work on a daily basis. They worked a little harder, so they just worked harder and ate worse, but many people's health actually improved a lot.
"What do you mean?" Li Ke looked at him and asked.
"Just find an opportunity to let them all die." Li Daozong said harshly, Tuyuhun is now the Xizhou of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no need for these nobles to exist.
Moreover, Datang does not lack manpower. To be honest, the work here in Yanchi is not heavy. In fact, ordinary people are willing to do a lot as long as they are given money.
"Forget it, there's no need." Li Ke thought for a while and shook his head simply. It's not that Li Ke couldn't be cruel, and he didn't have to see it with his own eyes. Li Daozong and the others had many ways.
The main thing is that this group of people now poses too little threat to Li Ke. Even if they run away, they can't find the herdsmen who went with them. So what's the threat if they escape? And they can escape?
It's not that Li Ke has confidence in himself, but that he feels that if they escape, these herdsmen will probably be captured by them.
"The main reason is that I'm afraid that they will leak the news here if someone runs out." Li Daozong thought for a while and said.
"It's not necessary. The procedure here seems simple, but in fact it is not that simple, and this kind of thing can't be used just by taking it out." Li Ke smiled lightly. Zhenguan Year is indeed not a national specialty of salt and iron. , but Li Ke has already figured out that sooner or later the price bureau must be brought out.
"As long as you manage them well, there should be no problem if you strengthen patrols and alerts in this regard. Let me tell you our next foreign strategy."
Li Daozong and Su Dingfang immediately looked serious. They must have carried out this aspect.
"After General Xue and the others come back to hold a meeting, I will ask people to notify all the herdsmen near Chihai and Qinghai Lake, select some people, and let them pass the news to the entire Xizhou." Li Ke said, "Except In addition, our next step will be to target Tibet."
"Now? Isn't this... not good?" Li Daozong, like Li Jing, hesitated.
The Tang Dynasty had just completed its battle against Tuyuhun. Although it was said to be a great victory, the Tang army actually suffered casualties, with the total casualties close to 10,000. If we continue to fight against Tibet at this time, morale will inevitably be affected.
"There's nothing wrong with it. We don't need to use force. We can just draw out the firepower." Li Ke said directly.
"Taking the fire under the cauldron?" Li Daozong and the others all had some doubts.
"Yes, let these herdsmen who promote our policies not only preach to the Tang Dynasty, but also to the herdsmen in the Tubo direction close to Xizhou. Anyone who enters the territory of the Tang Dynasty in Xizhou will follow the laws of the Tang Dynasty and be willing to work in our country. Those registered in Xizhou are all my subjects of the Tang Dynasty. We will give them Yongye fields, Yongye cattle, sheep and horses, and provide them with protection!" Li Ke said with a calm face.
Li Daozong and the others were stunned for a moment, and soon they understood the ruthlessness and power of Li Ke's move.
No wonder His Highness said they were trying to pull the trigger. To be honest, they never thought they could poach people from other countries.
In other words, no one can imagine that in everyone's eyes, these ordinary people are simply insignificant. It doesn't matter if they are killed in a war, it doesn't matter if they are bullied in peacetime, in short, it doesn't matter to them no matter what.
But are they useful to Li Ke? it works!
It can be said that as long as there are sufficient materials and can be fed, population is the greatest wealth. Now Xizhou has enough supplies to feed these people. The Huangshui Valley means that it can accommodate at least 300,000 households. If calculated based on the average number of five people in a Tang Dynasty household, this would be 1.5 million people. In addition to In addition, grazing areas such as Qinghai Lake can also accommodate 200,000 to 300,000 people.
The entire Western Continent can easily support at least two million people.
But now the total population of Tuyuhun is only between 400,000 and 500,000. This number is an estimate, because no one has counted it, and Songtsen Gampo probably doesn't even know it.
But based on estimates of the number of people supported by the grassland area in this era, the current population of Tubo is around 500,000. As Tubo became stronger in later generations, Tubo once controlled the southern foothills of the Himalayas. At that time, the population of Tubo was probably There are millions.
As for Tubo's strength, it can be said that Princess Wencheng played a decisive role. Of course, Tubo also had a long-term rapprochement with the Tang Dynasty, thus receiving strong support from the Tang Dynasty.
However, the people in Tubo are not yet civilized, and even the current Tibetan Buddhism is just a prototype. Li Ke went to look through the history books and found that the true formation of Tibetan Buddhism in later generations had already reached the middle and late Tang Dynasty.
It is also related to Princess Wencheng. The arrival of Princess Wencheng brought Chinese Buddhism to the Tang Dynasty, and Songtsen Gampo also married a princess from a vassal state of Tibet. Later, a Nepalese princess brought Indian Buddhism, and then gradually in the It took decades for Tibetan Buddhism to be formed, and it would be more than a hundred years before Tibetan Buddhism had a place in Tubo.
The current Tubo is actually similar to Tuyuhun, and more of them believe in shamanism, which is the main belief of nomadic peoples such as Changshengtian. It is also a primitive religion with totems as the main religious belief.
In other words, the current Tubo people are actually not much different from the Tuyuhun herdsmen, which is also the basis for Li Ke to attract them.
"So, after the two generals Xue come back, you will lead your troops to station at several key locations on the border of Tubo. You don't need to be too close to Tubo. Choose a few oases. These oases are currently vacant, and all the herdsmen have migrated to Qinghai. You can camp wherever you like near the lake. As for logistics, don’t worry, I will hire these herdsmen to deliver food to you." Li Ke said with a smile.
Because Li Ke's next plan can already be started, and with the economic circulation, Li Ke can theoretically control all the territories in Xizhou. He can hire all the hundreds of thousands of herdsmen in Tuyuhun in front of Xizhou.
To put it bluntly, it is to keep money flowing, and in this process, Xizhou will develop greatly! This is the most important thing!
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