"Of course, generally speaking, I would not do this, because this thing is just a credit, and it is supported by the credit of His Highness. However, although it cannot be abandoned directly, there are other means, such as Through some channels, a large amount of food stamps were transported to Tubo."
"These food stamps can quickly flow into the hands of ordinary people after purchasing some basic materials. However, when they want to buy things, they find that the number of food stamps has increased sharply, and some basic materials that food stamps can purchase But it began to decrease rapidly, and some other key supplies were reduced to very little."
"Their social system will be severely damaged." Li Ke said with a smile.
In fact, the currency of the Tang Dynasty has always been used in the surrounding small countries, but the ancient copper coins cannot implement this strategy because the copper coins themselves are also valuable, and this equivalent has always been recognized by the people of various countries, so some of its There is no way to play with financial means.
In addition, like the strategy of grabbing people announced by Li Ke before, there was no way to implement it before the Tang Dynasty, or the implementation effect was very poor. Why?
To use a later term, it is a matter of ideology.
The Tang territories that bordered Tubo were all Han Chinese, and they did not have the conditions for nomadicism. They did not share common beliefs, languages, etc. The Tubo people would not come over hastily because they did not believe you.
But Li Ke is different now. What is the difference between the tribes near Tuyuhun in Tubo and the herdsmen of Tuyuhun?
In ancient times, unlike modern times, the borders between countries were connected by barbed wire. You could not cross the border casually. You had to pass through the port. Otherwise, if you were caught, you would be directly imprisoned or even shot on the spot.
The ancient border was more like a nihilistic concept. The Central Plains dynasty was better and paid more attention to the border, but nomadic dynasties like Tubo and Tuyuhun had no concept of border at all.
How did they determine the territory? For example, two tribes are one kilometer apart. Tribe A is loyal to Tubo, so the territory of Tubo is where I usually move. Tribe B is loyal to Tuyuhun, so the territory of tribe B is Tuyuhun.
This is basically the situation, and wherever nomadic people have abundant water and grass, there are also fixed tribes. The Han people have fights over water during disaster years, and herdsmen also have many fights over pasture.
"This is basically the strategy we will implement next. However, in the short term, it is impossible for food stamps to leave Xizhou, which is what these herdsmen are using. I am just telling you about its future power." Li Ke described it to everyone .
"If you have any comments or suggestions about the future development of Xizhou, you can tell us."
Li Daozong and the others looked at each other. To be honest, what opinions could they have? Even though what Li Ke said was very general, everything was a very complete system and they just needed to implement it.
According to Datang's previous plan for managing a place, compared to this, it was far behind.
How was it managed before the Tang Dynasty? Almost all after controlling a place, the corresponding highest officer is established in this place and then controls the soldiers. In addition, the underlying management is basically left to the locals.
Then register the household registration, and that's basically it, because these nomadic areas are difficult to manage and it is impossible to follow the system of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, even after ruling for many years, these nomads had no sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty because their living environment had not changed.
"I have no objection." Everyone saluted.
"Okay, then I will request a plan. This plan will be Xizhou's first five-year plan."
"I request that within five years, not to mention all of Chihai City will be built, the population of Xizhou will exceed 150,000 households, and a city will be established at the bottom of Chihai, Qinghai, and Huangshui Valley."
"In addition, all official roads from Chihai to Jincheng (later Lanzhou) to Chang'an have completed the service area improvement plan, and the preliminary construction work of the city has also been completed in Wuqiang. And on the road from Chihai to Wuqiang, at least three construction projects have been completed. Construction of a small urban stronghold.”
"On the border with Tibet, a total of three garrison points have been completed on a semi-permanent basis."
"The other is to increase the annual salt production to over 120,000 shi!"
Li Ke told everything he had planned.
Li Daozong and the others were all numb when they heard about these plans. The construction work in three cities was not a small job. Although the requirements of those two cities may not be so high, it was not an easy job either.
Not to mention the construction plan of the official road service area connected to Chang'an, the semi-permanent evolution of three military stations, and a total of four small urban strongholds including Nuoqiang.
Although in these city strongholds, a circle of city walls may only be about 700-1400 steps (one step = 1.51 meters = the distance continuously stepped by the left and right feet), and the city walls cannot be as high as the Red Sea, but this is also the construction of a small city. ah!
Is this going to be done in just five years? Isn't that a bit exaggerated?
"Your Highness, is this five-year plan a bit too much?" Li Daozong was a little bitter, because he knew that Li Ke would definitely return to Chang'an after spending the early period. Although Li Ke might not step down as the Protector of Xizhou, he The deputy governor is the one who actually does the work.
This... is a lot of pressure!
"It's not difficult! As long as you do what I say, you will definitely be busy." Li Ke said decisively, hey, ancient carriages and horses were very slow, so the ancients also had a bad habit, that is, they were too slow to do things efficiently. .
Sometimes it is normal for a project to take more than ten years.
Although many times it is for the sake of excellence, there are still many things that go wrong.
"Yes!" Li Daozong could only agree.
"By the way, General Xue, your task is not heavy for the time being, but it is not light either. That is to complete this training!" Li Ke took out two revised militia training manuals from behind and handed them to them.
Of course, this cannot be a complete version. It only contains training manuals such as queue training and discipline training.
"After you complete these trainings for the soldiers under your command, I will take the time to conduct relevant military training for all the herdsmen in Tuyuhun. It doesn't need to be too much. After a month of intensive training, militarization will be continued in some special working places. Management." Li Ke said.
"Your Highness, I need to go back and study this."
"Well, you can ask my guards to act as instructors for auxiliary training. They have already mastered it." Li Ke nodded.
"promise!"
The reason why Li Ke conducted military training was naturally that these Tuyuhun herdsmen would be needed to join the army in the future and form cavalry to attack Tubo, so that they could be connected seamlessly at any time.
This business is no stranger to Xue Wanche and the others, because the Tang Dynasty's military force system is actually a bit like this. New soldiers serve every year. When there is no war, military training must be conducted within this year.
