Datang: at the Beginning, Eat Fruit

　　However, from the Tang Dynasty, he learned many magical abilities, which made Lu Dongzan tremble and frightened.

　　Think about it, if the Tang Dynasty can open a door in the territory of Tubo, and can directly lead the army to their old nest, how can Tubo be able to stop it.

　　With such a powerful ability, coupled with Lu Dongzan's understanding that Li Er was an ambitious emperor, he could not be content with the status quo.

　　The destruction of the powerful Eastern Turks is a clear example.

　　"Your Majesty, the foreign ministers dare not make decisions without authorization. I need to go back and report to the Tubo king before making a decision." Lu Dongzan said bitterly.

　　"Well, I will give you half a month. There is a door at the city gate, which can directly cross the Hetao area. I think it is enough." Li Er said.

　　After calculating the itinerary, tomorrow's door fruit will open a door more than [-] miles west of Yinshan Mountain, which is only [-] miles away from Tubo. .

Chapter 288

　　"Your Majesty, may I ask if the weaving and paper-making techniques of the Tang Dynasty can be taught to me in Tubo. Up to now, most of the people of Tubo are naked and illiterate." Lu Dong praised.

　　"Do you want them?" Li Er frowned, and the other party's request made him wonder if he should refuse.

　　In his opinion, the two technologies are not very important, and he looked at the following ministers of trust as if asking.

　　"No, Your Majesty." Fang Xuanling shook his head gently.

　　If the Tubos were allowed to master the unique skills of the Tang Dynasty such as weaving, the merchants from the Western Regions might not come to Chang'an, but all the money would be earned by the Tubos.After all, the Western Regions are [-] miles away from Tubo than to Chang'an.

　　"I will consider giving you an answer again." Li Er said.

　　Lu Dongzan's eyes dimmed, realizing that it was unlikely to happen.Others don't matter, but paper and cloth are the things he desires most.

　　He could not move freely in the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites, otherwise he would very much like to buy a large number of cloths and books from Chang'an and bring them back to Tibet.

　　In the end, Li Eryi also met with the envoys of the Western Turks, and intentionally or unintentionally expressed the idea of ​​selling iron to them, and let the eldest grandson Wuji be responsible for negotiating the price with the other party.

　　With the eldest grandson Wuji's unwillingness to suffer losses, Li Er was very relieved.

　　Sure enough, in the end, the price negotiated between the eldest grandson Wuji and the Western Turkic envoys was a worn-out sword for one cow, and a set of armor for two cows.

　　If it is converted into sheep, the number is quadrupled, which is equivalent to the price of one cow is equivalent to four sheep, and the price is actually similar.

　　The armament Li Er wanted to sell was the worn-out weapons that had been eliminated from the Tang army, but it wasn't really good equipment.However, it was already ecstatic for the Western Turks.

　　There are not many other Western Turks, and the cattle and sheep they raise can be said to be innumerable, and the number is huge.

　　Although the weather was cold this year, the Western Turks also hoarded millions of cattle and sheep.

　　And once they can have Tang weapons equipped with hundreds of thousands of horses, their Western Turkic strength can be enhanced several times.

　　Therefore, the exchange of cattle and sheep for weapons, the Western Turkic envoy felt that it was worthwhile, and he could make his own decisions and agreed on behalf of the Khan.

　　The two parties agreed to deliver the goods in Lingzhou, Hexi, two hundred miles away from Lu Xiu's fief.

　　Datang exchanged [-] sets of dilapidated armaments in exchange for more than [-] cattle and sheep from the Western Turks.

　　Then adding the [-] cattle and sheep donated by Tubo, Li Er did the math and was delighted to find that they could soon be able to produce more than [-] cattle and sheep.

　　The number is not very large, but cattle and sheep can reproduce. Hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, if they are raised for a year or two, the number can be doubled several times.

　　Hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep need to supply Chang'an and the people hundreds of miles around Yangzhou, but it is actually enough.

　　"Come here, take out all the [-]-[-] cattle and sheep in my hands and sell them. After the Western Turks and the others have pulled the cattle and sheep, I will sell them half of it."

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　　The transaction between Datang and the Western Turks, which will soon be able to exchange hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, spread in Chang'an.

　　After adding tens of thousands of words of cattle and sheep to the Changan market, the price of cattle and sheep finally dropped slowly, and slowly and steadily became the original price.

　　The people who bought the grass were relieved.If there is no cattle and sheep to sell in Chang'an, or the price of cattle and sheep is inflated, they spend a lot of money to buy a lot of grass from Li's second-hand.

　　Unless it is to go to the grasslands and hunt wild cattle and sheep.

　　At the same time, barbecue restaurants and hot pot restaurants in Chang'an City have put mutton on the shelves again.

　　"¨〃Brother Yao, the eldest son of your family has been in Linyi for more than half a month. Have they got any news back?" Seeing from the palace, the eldest grandson Wuji called Li Jing.

　　"How can it be so fast, Wuji, what are you trying to do?" Li Jing said.

　　"Hehe, if they can find the jade mine, the old man wants to know a thing or two, and maybe he can pick up a dozen from there."

　　At that time, he bought a box of jade from Linyi, and the jade cut out was only a few kilograms. The bright emerald jade was deeply loved by the eldest grandson Wuji.

　　"Don't worry! When they come back, they will soon reach our ears. With the character of the national teacher, I believe that some will be given to us." Li Jing smiled. (Zhao Dehao)

　　"The old man believes that those who see the national teacher have a share." But if he didn't follow him, Zhangsun Wuji didn't think he would be remembered by the national teacher.

　　Now that spring is coming, it is the season for flowers to bloom.

　　Changsun Wuji really has a lot of things to do at hand. Since January [-], he has not visited Mingyu Island for many days.

　　One is a national event, which is basically busy until the afternoon.

　　One is about farming and grazing of pastures. Although manpower is assigned to take charge, occasionally inspections must be made in person.

　　Then there is the fleet that is about to travel in Yangzhou City. Although there are two people working together, it is necessary to prepare the goods well, so as not to be in a hurry when going to sea. .

Chapter 289

　　Not only that, since last September, Changsun Wuji has spent thousands of ounces sending people south to the south of the Yangtze River to find the tea he once drank from Lu Xiu.

　　The method of frying tea, I learned a thing or two from Lu Xiu's mouth, but the choice of tea leaves is the most difficult.

　　Tea, Changsun Wuji understands.But Lu Xiu's fried tea was not the same as their past brewed tea.

　　Fortunately, the two have the same effect. Changsun Wuji specially fry the tea leaves and brew them in boiling water. He found that although it is not as good as Lu Xiu's Longjing tea, it is quite good.

　　Tea is refreshing and quenching thirst, refreshing and sweet.

　　But compared to Longjing, Fang Xuanling understood that he needed to find better tea leaves for frying and drying, so he paid a lot of money to send people south to Jiangnan to find tea.

　　In the beginning of spring every year, the tea leaves will be the most tender when they grow, and it is the best picking season.

　　If nothing else, even if the best tea leaves are not available, Changsun Wuji is confident that the fried tea will be "listed" in Chang'an City this year.

　　Now, which colleague in the DPRK and China will have his own business in Chang'an, Changsun Wuji's fried tea, but preparations have been made since last year.

　　Counting the hundreds of thousands of acres of pastures in the north and the upcoming maritime trade, Changsun Wuji could feel that his family business was slowly growing.

　　Therefore, Changsun Wuji felt that he was very busy.There are a lot of state affairs and family affairs, and there is not much time for a good rest at the end of the day.

　　Originally wanted to arrange something for his son, but who would have been sent to Linyi to explore the mine source, he could not count on it for the time being, and many things that needed to be done could only be done by himself.

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　　When the people were busy with spring ploughing, the third gate connecting the Lingnan area in the south was placed at the Chunming Gate at the east gate of Chang'an City.

　　In the city of Chang'an, the people were shocked to discover that the north and south of China's great river could not go anywhere (cfae).

　　It doesn't even take a day to go from the grasslands in the north to Lingnan in the south. Of course, as long as you have dozens of money on hand to pay.

　　Originally, the people around Chang'an City actually didn't understand much about Lingnan. In many people's perception, it was a remote and barren area.

　　This is indeed the case. The Lingnan area is vast and sparsely populated, making it remote and barren in the eyes of the common people.

　　The climate is humid and there are many mosquitoes.

　　Therefore, there are tens of millions of people in Datang and less than five million in Lingnan.

　　It should be known that the Lingnan area is quite wide, not comparable to the northern grasslands currently occupied by the Tang Dynasty.

　　The announcement outside the Chunming Gate was posted about the geographical situation on the opposite side.

　　Its location is in the middle of Lingnan, [-] miles from the Pearl River Delta region to the east, and more than [-] miles from South Vietnam to the south.If it is according to the modern geographical location, it is in the middle of Guangdong and Guangxi.

　　Geographically, it is not comparable to the plains of the Pearl River Delta, but it is vast and sparsely populated.There is a large amount of land there, which is not yet cultivated by the people.

　　An announcement issued by the government added that the land reclaimed from wasteland can be owned by the common people if it is registered with the government.

　　The most important thing is that the rainfall in the Lingnan area is very rich, and the rainfall throughout the year is dozens of times that of Chang'an.

　　The ancients said, "fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders".

　　In the area west of Chang'an, the roofs of the houses of the common people are only inclined to their yard on one side. It is hoped that when it rains, the rainwater will flow to their yard along the sloping roof.

　　Especially in the famine caused by the great drought the previous year, the people around Chang'an City attached great importance to the rainwater, which was beyond the understanding of the people in the Jiangnan area.

　　It is a pity that most of the land in the Yangzhou area is owned by the owner. It is difficult for the people of Chang'an City to move to the Yangzhou area unless they have a lot of money.

　　The rainwater in the Lingnan area is abundant, but it is loved by the people.

　　Secondly, the climate is warm and spring-like throughout the year, and even in winter there is rarely a climate below 10 degrees, unless the cold air is heading south.

　　The extremely warm climate has led to a rich variety of fruits and vegetables in the Lingnan region.

　　In the Lingnan area, fruits and vegetables can be grown all year round.

　　If it is planted with three crops of Champa rice a year, it can be harvested twice a year.

　　The above content is from what Lu Xiu said.

　　Then Li Er asked people to organize and write it out, and posted it on the bulletin board to inform the people of Chang'an City.

　　The only bad thing is that there are many mosquitoes in the Lingnan area. Mosquitoes can even cause dengue fever, malaria, yellow fever, filariasis, encephalitis and many other diseases.

　　As for mosquitoes alone, the Lingnan area is rich in species and cannot be prevented.

　　The normal mosquitoes that appear at night are generally easier to deal with.

　　In the mountains and forests, there is a large mosquito with black and white patterns, and it is also the most ferocious.

　　The most disgusting thing is a young, almost invisible mosquito, as thin as a hair, but it is quite poisonous, it will itch for a long time after being bitten, and it is easy to be upset. .

Chapter 290

　　If it is said that the grasslands in the north are connected, it is a welfare for the wealthy Xungui.

　　After all, for a sum of money, you can buy a large piece of grass in the north.