Seeing that everyone's mood had calmed down, Tian Meng hurriedly said: "Besides, it's not like we have nothing to do. His Highness also gave you a task."
"What mission?" Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became interested and asked excitedly.
"That is to provide a transportation team of 40,000 people. This team does not need to go to the battlefield. Each person has two pack horses. When necessary, supplies will be transported to the front line."
"Everyone's monthly payment is based on the normal monthly payment for ordinary soldiers. And each village must provide a certain amount of dried meat as support. The price of dried meat will be purchased by Datang Grain Reserve according to the market price." Tian Meng said directly.
Seeing that everyone was about to refute, Tian Meng said directly: "No one is allowed to refute, and you must hold the money, because now our Tang Dynasty is not short of money. His Highness said that only when the people are rich, the Tang Dynasty will be richer."
"Now that you have money, won't you buy grain, cloth, and salt from Tang Liang in the future? At that time, these profits will naturally be returned to the court, so you must keep the money. If you don't accept the money, Your Highness will not You are allowed to use and participate.”
"In addition, each village provides a quota of dried meat, and no overspending is allowed, because if too many cattle and sheep are killed, it will affect the national security of Datang in the future. Don't believe it, the reserve of cattle and sheep is also For the national security of the Tang Dynasty, a certain number of cattle and sheep must survive!"
"In the future we will be able to provide more wool, more hides, tendons, horns, and even animal power, right?"
After being on the grassland for such a long time, Tian Meng knew very well what these people were thinking, so he stopped them in advance.
"Of course... we have no problem transporting supplies and providing dried meat, but if we charge money, wouldn't this... be a national crisis? If we are still making money, wouldn't it be a national crisis?" A village chief hesitated. He spoke after a few moments.
"You're the only one who can speak, right? You've just been learning for a few days. What is this called national treasure? If you don't know how to use the words, you don't need to use it." Tian Meng looked at him angrily and said, these village chiefs also have their free time in winter. time to learn.
At first glance, these words look like they have just been learned recently.
"This is called national coordination. It is when the imperial court needs to replenish certain supplies before buying them from you. What is national crisis wealth? National crisis wealth is called the Tang Dynasty. The country has been destroyed and foreign enemies have invaded. At that time, you did not sell things according to the market price and drove up the prices. If things are sold at high prices, then it is called a national crisis." Tian Meng explained to them.
"Look at you, you can't speak, what you said is bullshit." Another older village chief directly kicked the village chief just now.
"Hey, it's my fault. Aren't I just learning and applying it? Then...then we are always uneasy." The village chief said a little embarrassed.
"Actually, I can understand everyone's mood, but everyone, you are all village chiefs. To put it bluntly, you are all officials of our Datang. Although you are grassroots officials, you should stand with His Highness. If even you say otherwise, , how do you expect you to go back and convince your respective villagers?"
"I can understand that we have a good life today and don't want anyone to ruin our good life. I can understand that we want this good life to last forever. But please believe in the court. Even if you are If you don’t believe in the imperial court, don’t you still believe in His Highness?”
"To put it bluntly, bastards like Goguryeo are simply not worthy of our Tang Dynasty using all our strength to deal with them. His Highness didn't want you to participate, and he didn't even want Hanhai Prefecture to send troops."
"But because of everyone's high fighting spirit, everyone is allowed to participate, but they must follow normal wartime disciplines. Don't delay things."
"Everyone should understand that the law of the Tang Dynasty is the highest standard in our country. The army naturally has military discipline. This foreign war is also a time to collectively test this discipline."
"Think about it, you all have good intentions, but if you do this in the future, if you meet a fair and honest official, he will truthfully report the things you provide for free."
"But what if you meet someone who is corrupt and bribery? If I, Tian Meng, am a corrupt and bribery person, you all have good intentions and contribute to Datang for free, but in fact the imperial court paid you monthly money, but in the end all the monthly money was stolen by me. Swallow it yourself. Tell me, are you making a wedding dress for a bad person?"
"We are all men from the grassland, with straightforward personalities, but you can't deny that none of us can guarantee that there will be no bad people, right? Every bad person is not a bad person at the beginning, but he learns to be bad step by step. "
"There are many rats on this grassland, let alone people who are far smarter than rats?" Tian Meng looked at the village chiefs and said seriously.
Everyone looked at each other, then thought for a while, and then an old village chief said: "Captain Tian is right, we can't cause trouble to the court. We are the most basic officials of the Tang Dynasty. We should lead by example and follow the court. Let’s go, follow His Highness.”
"In this way, after we all go back, we will tell our respective tribes and herdsmen what Governor Tian said, and then strictly follow the above requirements to complete our tasks."
"We let our respective herdsmen take the money that we should take. We cannot break the rules and laws of the Tang Dynasty because of ourselves."
"Yes, we didn't think about it before."
"Captain Tian, then we understand, please give the mission."
Those who can be elected as village chiefs are all highly respected and have flexible minds. After Tian Meng said this, they gradually understood.
The main thing is that they have corrected their identities. They are not just ordinary herdsmen, but also grassroots officials at the last level of the Tang Dynasty. They must guard and stabilize this last hurdle for His Highness.
"Okay! Thank you for your cooperation. The dried meat and related materials provided by each village will be sent to you later, including how many people can be produced in each village, the monthly salary of relevant personnel, the cost of using horses, etc., the imperial court There will be dedicated people here to connect with everyone.”
"Don't worry, everyone. Tell the herdsmen in our village and tell them that His Highness hopes that they will become richer and richer, because the richer we ordinary people are, the richer the Tang Dynasty will be."
"To put it harshly, if each of our families has thousands of sheep, and when Datang really encounters natural or man-made disasters in the future and needs donations, if each family gives out a thousand sheep, we will not be injured. When the bones are broken, it can be of great help to the entire country, isn't that true?!" Tian Meng laughed loudly.
