Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 221
But at least for now, it is completely okay for the Agricultural Society to help itself promote agricultural knowledge and expand the market for cattle.

Therefore, the Youzhou pasture, which was gradually developed due to the grass seed plan, gradually took shape after two years of adaptation.

Compared with the traditional nomadic animal husbandry, which relies purely on grasslands and mountain pastures as grazing locations, nomadic herdsmen can only drive livestock for grazing. Relatively speaking, the input cost is low, the output is low, and the ability to resist risks is lower.

Often, a storm may cause a large herd of livestock to die of illness.

Even if a large number of livestock are fattened up throughout the autumn, some livestock still freeze to death every winter.

This is almost impossible to avoid for the grassland animal husbandry. Otherwise, as soon as the Central Plains dynasty weakens, the grassland nomads will basically come to the Central Plains to rob once they suffer from snowstorms. This can be said to be the inevitable aggressiveness of the grassland civilization.

However, with the implementation of the "Grass Seed Plan", pastures have been successfully planted and harvested in the northern region. A large amount of grain for cattle and sheep can be planted in spring and harvested in autumn like the grain of farming civilization. In winter, these pastures can be made into green storage. It is very important that cattle and sheep can eat nutritious forage stably even in winter.

Because of this, there is no need to rely on the yurt to chase aquatic plants.

Instead, it can build a factory building for the cattle and sheep on the spot to prevent wind and cold in winter, and even provide a set of heated kang to ensure the body temperature of the cattle and sheep.

Anyway, the coal industry is controlled by Li Tai. Compared with the consumption of coal, it is better than the direct freezing of cattle and sheep to death.

Indeed, the cost of nomadic animal husbandry in the early stage of animal breeding, especially in the process of living by water and grass, is definitely lower than that of the modern pasture breeding industry gradually formed in the "Grass Seed Plan".

But each winter comes a real test.

The nomadic animal husbandry herdsmen who live by water and grass every year can only resign themselves to their fate every winter.

However, herdsmen who follow the path of pasture breeding can survive the winter safely as long as they have enough savings.

Not to mention the breeding of improved breeds or the specialization of animal husbandry, or even the road of researching dairy products, this alone has formed a dimensionality reduction blow to the grassland animal husbandry.

But now, Wang Xuance's continuous domestication of livestock according to the "Grass Seed Plan" has continuously proved the feasibility of Li Tai's "Grass Seed Plan", and he has continuously supplemented the farming cattle needed by the imperial court with animal husbandry cattle.

To be honest, this is the most direct increase in productivity, especially for Datang in an era of labor shortage.

Not to mention that the needle is not aimed at foreign races, because the population of Datang itself is too small, it is too much in need of supplementary labor.

"After this year, when Henan has purchased a large number of farm cattle, I can also tell the imperial court that the "Grass Seed Project" has achieved phased results. It is up to the imperial court whether to conduct a comprehensive experiment in the north of Yinshan Mountain. It's over!"

Li Tai slowly calculated in his heart, feeling that because of this matter alone, he might be transferred back to the court!

To be honest, Li Tai really felt that it would not be difficult for him to go back to the court.

Whether it is the "Grass Seed Project", the price of salt, or even the huge benefits brought by future ocean fishing, as long as his policies affect the overall plan of the central government, he will inevitably be recalled to Chang'an.

Because this thing is too profitable, it can only be assured if it is in the hands of the state.

This is not to say that in feudal countries, it is the same even in modern times. Except for the people's livelihood industry, any other industries whose interests exceed trillions will be held by the government instead of being opened up. The most typical one is tobacco.

It has nothing to do with freedom or not, it's just that any class that rules a country will eat the fattest morsel.

Therefore, after the success of his "Grass Seed Project", what the imperial court saw was a terrifyingly huge blue ocean.

The land to the north of the Yin Mountain is no longer the uncultivable waste soil that the Confucian scholars in the Central Plains said, but it can really make Tiele Xue Yantuo and other foreign tribes all become Chinese people, and truly complete the great achievement of enlightenment.

After all, is there any difference between plowing grass and plowing wheat?

As long as the nomads are no longer nomadic, but let them stop and build cities, they will naturally change from grassland civilization to farming civilization and become a part of China.

And if this plan is really implemented, then the best choice for the executor must be Wang Xuance. At the same time, the imperial court will send an important minister to lead and coordinate the affairs of the foreign races like building a canal.

At the same time, Li Tai, the person who originally proposed the "Grass Seed Project", was either dispatched to the center to become the communication medium between the center and the whole plan, to analyze the development process of the whole plan, and to provide various supporting supports, or Li Tai Ty was thrown straight away to carry out the plan.

All in all, Li Tai definitely won't be able to stay in Youzhou anymore.

Because the difference between building canals and the "Grass Seed Project" is that building water conservancy is almost a necessary skill for court ministers, but this kind of way of changing the way of life to educate the people can only let Li Tai take the lead.

Of course, unless the imperial court has no interest in the "Grass Seed Project", then Li Tai will continue to stay in Youzhou, waiting for his next opportunity to return to Chang'an.

But to be honest, as long as there is an aspiring king, it is impossible to refuse such a plan!
Not to mention that the Tang Dynasty defeated the Eastern Turks and deterred the north. This is the best time to implement it.

To be honest, Li Tai knew very well that the plan he should have smashed had already been smashed in Tianjin City.

Each plan is also developing in an orderly manner, at least until the development of Tianjin City reaches a bottleneck, I don't need to do anything more.

As for the development of Tianjin City, even if there is a bottleneck, I still have a project to develop Jizhou Iron and Steel, and I am also pressing it. After all, I have asked the court for the right to salt and iron, and now I have at most moved the right to salt. .

Under such circumstances, the development of Tianjin City has reached a bottleneck, so the steel project will also be developed.

It's just that the iron and steel project is more sensitive. Once this kind of thing starts, he might be rebelled against, so let's put it aside for now.

But if you can't return to the center after smashing the previous plans, then you should also prepare to take the hidden route of King Yan.

As for now, Li Tai continues to practice martial arts and study every day, and occasionally goes to the agricultural college in Youzhou to meet the students there.

After all, compared with the previous batches of students from the Agricultural Institute, these students came to Youzhou Agricultural Institute after he came to Youzhou. To Li Tai, they were naturally a little closer.

Just when Li Tai was growing steadily in Tianjin, Zhang Liang and Cen Wenwen had already arrived in Cangzhou.

Both of them traveled northward in a light boat, and they could clearly feel the entire busy trade route of Yongji Canal.

Zhang Liang did not directly enter the boundary of Youzhou, but entered the boundary of Cangzhou, so he sent some people to the boundary of Youzhou to investigate first, especially Tianjin City, which had to be looked at clearly.

As for myself, I will first settle down in Nanpi, Cangzhou, and come to the boundary of Cangzhou to watch the wind!

"Cen Shilang, where do you think we should start first!" Zhang Liang asked Cen Wenwen while playing with the turtle shell.

"The sage has an order. Governor Zhang will decide on the province tour. The text will only be recorded and not described." Cen Wenwen said cautiously.

"Then let the subordinates come and report first!" Zhang Liang looked at Cen Wenwen's posture and said in a deep voice.

Zhang Liang likes to often dispatch his subordinates secretly to detect the good and evil under his rule, but this time as a watcher, Zhang Liang's habit has not changed in the slightest.

Because what you see with your own eyes is often what local officials let you see.

Therefore, after arriving in Cangzhou by water, instead of going directly to Cangzhou City, they stayed in Nanpi.

One is to send a group of men to Youzhou to explore the road, and the other is to take a look at the situation in Nanpi first.

The two didn't go directly to the official station, but stayed in the local restaurant and inn first, planning to slowly go all the way to Cangzhou City. After all, they have seen the bustling scene on the waterway, so they want to see the customs on the road .

However, after staying in Nanpi City, they found that although Nanpi City is a small city, not even the Cangzhou government, it surpasses the bustle that a county town should have, and the streets are full of people. General state and county offices.

"Shopkeeper, this Nanpi City is very lively. It's the first time I've seen such a prosperous small county along the way!" Zhang Liang sighed.

"Last year, Inspector Xue led us to build roads. I carried more than a dozen catties of soil in the winter. I have been building the road leading to Cangzhou in the north and Wudi in the south. I have gradually completed a lot. The city, the more people come and go, the more prosperous our city will be.”

"Building roads in winter is a very bad policy. This Cangzhou official is so reckless about human life!"

Zhang Liang put down the tortoise shell in his hand, with a somewhat ferocious expression on his face.

"No, no!" The shopkeeper looked at Zhang Liang's anger, and quickly said, "Although we don't have cotton clothes, if we are willing to help, most of them are given gloves, and we can enjoy hot water and even two hot meals. .

We don’t need to pay our own money for these, and the court’s corvee can do so well, what more do we want! "

Hearing the satisfaction in the store's tone, it didn't seem like a lie, but Zhang Liang murmured after hearing these things,
"How do I feel, how familiar are these treatments?"

"When King Yan was still King Yue, that's how he was treated as a corvee in Gaoling!" Cen Wenwen said calmly.

To be honest, Cen Wenwen knew that the main reason he came this time was to observe Li Tai.

So Cen Wenwen collected some of Li Tai's information, and when he encountered Li Tai's information, he immediately resolved the confusion.

"It was the Gaoling corvee who led the construction of this road?" Zhang Liang asked the shopkeeper somewhat surprised.

"Gaoling corvee? Where is Gaoling?" The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "Mr. Li from Tianjin came to build the road.

Three cities, three roads, and six directions were repaired together. The corvée in Tianjin was the main force. A total of 10 people along the way followed us.

The road was repaired from last year to March, and it was repaired in sevens and eighties, and our Nanpi became lively. "

"Three roads, repairing roads in six directions together, did nothing happen?" Zhang Liang was a little puzzled.

"What could go wrong?" The shopkeeper was a little dazed when he heard Zhang Liang's words, and didn't understand at all.

Aren’t people like me just moving bricks every day under Li Chunfeng’s order? They have steamed buns to eat and hot soup to drink every day, and they even make themselves wear gloves to avoid frostbite while working. , Why don't you go by yourself!
Cen Wenwen looked at the look of surprise on Zhang Liang's face, and asked Zhang Liang in doubt, "Captain Zhang, what's the problem here?"

"I just feel that the commanding ability of the dispatcher in charge of the construction is a bit unexpected!"

Zhang Liang looked at Cen Wenwen and said, "You are a literati, and you don't understand the difficulty of commanding less than [-] people in the army.

Not to mention, these ordinary corvees set off in six directions and started the project together, and in just one season, the three main roads were repaired.

If this person changed the wartime, he would be able to repair enough fortifications during the winter wartime! "

Compared with administrative ability, Zhang Liang is more of a military general. Compared with civil servants, how much traffic has been brought to the repair of roads, how much economic activity has been brought, and how many benefits have been brought to the people. Zhang Liang is really don't know.

But when he knew that Li Chunfeng dispatched nearly 10 people to repair the road, Zhang Liang admired Li Chunfeng quite a lot.

After all, in Zhang Liang's view, if Li Chunfeng can organize 10 people to repair the road during non-wartimes, then he can direct these people to form fortifications during wartime, and even go further. Even mastering battlefield changes and the like.

This made Zhang Liang feel that this Li Chunfeng was a great talent.

"What's the name of Mr. Li?" Zhang Liang couldn't help asking.

"Li... Li Chunfeng!"

"Li Chunfeng... seems to be the chief of the mathematics department when King Yan established the agricultural college.

Later, when the Duke of Dai attacked the Eastern Turks, he used the method of sledge to ensure the stability of logistics.

When Dai Guogong came back, he once played the merits of Li Chunfeng, and wanted to let Li Chunfeng enter the Ministry of War, but he was rejected by the reason that he wanted to establish Youzhou Agricultural University.

I didn't expect to have such an ability, no wonder he was appreciated by Dai Guogong! Cen Wenwen sighed slightly.

"It turns out that this person once helped the Duke of Dai, so he should be recommended to the saint!" Zhang Liang waved his hand backwards.

The storekeeper looked a little flustered when he saw that these two people were always some kind of Dai Guogong or some kind of saint.

Because he seemed to know who he was receiving. After all, the entire Tang Dynasty knew about the Thirteenth Road Watching Envoy's tour of the world, not to mention that the restaurant was originally a place where news gathered and circulated.

The shopkeeper didn't know how to deal with himself, but Zhang Liang patted the shopkeeper and said,
"It seems that you, the shopkeeper, already know our identities. If you have any grievances against our county magistrate, you'd better tell me now, and thank you for taking care of me, shopkeeper!"

"No!" The shopkeeper quickly shook his head and said,
"The days are getting better and better every day, and the business of the small shop is getting better and better every day. It's all thanks to the blessings of the governors and county magistrates. Although the little ones are not heroes, they can't repay their kindness with revenge!"

"Okay! It's up to you." Zhang Liang came from a poor background, so he didn't make things difficult for the store owner, but said,
"As long as the officials of the imperial court are really doing evil and domineering things, just let me know during my stay!"

"Thank you Guanfengshi!" The shopkeeper quickly knelt down and kowtowed in thanks.

(End of this chapter)