But at least now, the agricultural society helps itself promote agricultural knowledge and expand the market for oxen.
Therefore, the Youzhou Ranch, which gradually developed due to the grass planting plan, began to gradually form after two years of adaptation.
Compared with traditional nomadic animal husbandry, it relies purely on grasslands and mountain pastures as grazing sites, nomadic herders can only rush their livestock to grazle. Relatively speaking, the investment cost is low, the output is low, and the risk resistance is lower.
Often a storm may cause large groups of livestock to die of illness.
Even if a large number of livestock are fat and strong throughout the autumn, the livestock still freeze to death every winter.
This is almost impossible to avoid for grassland animal husbandry. Otherwise, as long as the Central Plains dynasty weakens, the grassland nomadic peoples will basically come to the Central Plains to rob, which can be said to be the inevitable aggressiveness of grassland civilization.
However, with the implementation of the Grass Plan, forage grass was successfully planted and harvested in the northern region. A large amount of grain used for cattle and sheep can be planted in spring and harvested in autumn like the grain of agricultural civilization, and these forage grass can be made into green storage in winter.
It is very important to allow cattle and sheep to eat nutritious forage even in winter.
Because of this, you don’t have to rely on yurts to chase water plants and live there.
Instead, it can build a factory for cattle and sheep to protect against wind and cold in winter, and even a set of kangs to ensure the body temperature of cattle and sheep.
Anyway, the coal industry is controlled by Li Tai. Compared with the consumption of coal, it is better than the cattle and sheep that are directly frozen to death.
Indeed, in the early stage of livestock seeds, especially when living with water and grass, the cost is definitely lower than the pasture breeding industry that has gradually formed a bit of modern shadow.
But there will be a real test every year in winter.
The herders of nomadic animal husbandry who live with water and grass every year can only leave their fate in winter.
But as long as herders who take the path of pasture breeding can save enough green storage, they can spend the winter safely.
Not to mention the reproduction of good varieties or specialization of animal husbandry, or even the research on dairy products, this alone has caused a dimensional reduction blow to the grassland animal husbandry industry.
Now, the livestock that Wang Xuance kept taming based on the Grass Seed Plan has continuously proved the feasibility of the Grass Seed Plan proposed by Li Tai, and continuously supplemented the ox needed by the court with cattle from the animal husbandry.
To be honest, this is the most direct improvement of productivity, especially for an era like the Tang Dynasty that lacks labor.
Not to mention that the needles are not targeted at foreign races, the Tang Dynasty itself needs too little population and it needs too much labor.
"After this year, after purchasing a large number of oxen in Henan, I can also tell the court that the "Grass Plan" has achieved phased results. Whether to conduct a comprehensive experiment north of Yinshan depends on the court.
That's it!"
Li Tai slowly calculated in his heart that he felt that because of this matter alone, he might be transferred back to the court!
To be honest, Li Tai really felt that it was not difficult for him to return to the court.
Whether it is the Grass Plan, the price of salt, or even the rich benefits brought by future ocean fishing, as long as your policies affect the overall central plan, you will inevitably be recalled to Chang'an.
Because this thing is so profitable, you can only feel at ease if you make money in the hands of the country.
Not to mention this in feudal countries, even modern times, except for the people's livelihood industry, any other industry with more than one trillion yuan in profits will be held in the hands of the government rather than open up. The most typical of them is tobacco.
It has nothing to do with freedom or not, it’s just that any class that rules the country will eat the most fat bite of meat.
So, after the success of his "Grass Plan", what the court saw was a terrifyingly huge and terrifying blue ocean.
The land north of Yinshan is no longer a wasteland that cannot be cultivated in the mouths of Confucian scholars in the Central Plains, but a foreign tribe that can truly make all Tiel Xueyantuo and other foreign tribes become Chinese people and truly complete the great achievements of education.
After all, is there any difference between cultivating grass and cultivating wheat?
As long as the nomadic peoples are no longer nomadic, but let them stop to build cities, they will naturally turn from grassland civilization to farming civilization and become part of China.
If this plan is really implemented, the best choice for the executor must be Wang Xuance. At the same time, the court will also send an important official to lead the leader like building a canal, and coordinate the situation of all parties in the foreign race.
At the same time, Li Tai, the person who originally proposed the Grass Plan, was either dispatched to the center and became the medium of connection between the center and the entire plan, analyzed the entire plan development process, and provided various supporting support, or Li
Tai was thrown out to implement the plan.
In short, Li Tai must be unable to stay in Youzhou.
Because the difference between building a canal and the "Grass Plan" is that building water conservancy is almost a necessary skill for court ministers, but this kind of education of the people through changes in lifestyle can only make Li Tai beat him.
Of course, unless the court has no interest in the "Grass Plan", Li Tai will continue to stay in Youzhou, waiting for his chance to return to Chang'an next time.
But to be honest, as long as the aspiring king has a plan, it is impossible to refuse!
Not to mention that the Tang Dynasty destroyed 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 been smashed has been smashed in Tianjin City.
Each plan has also developed in an orderly manner. At least before Tianjin City develops to 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 in my hand, and I am pressing it on my hand. 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.
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Under such circumstances, if Tianjin City develops to a bottleneck, it will develop steel projects.
However, the steel project is more sensitive, and this kind of thing may be rebelled as soon as it is started, so let it go first.
But if I have to continue the previous plans and cannot return to the center, I should also be ready to take the hidden route of King Yan.
As for now, Li Tai continues to practice martial arts every day and read books. He occasionally goes to the agricultural institution in Youzhou to meet the students in it.
After all, compared with the previous batch of students from agricultural institutions, these batches only came to Youzhou after they came to Youzhou. For Li Tai, they were naturally closer.
Just as Li Tai was developing peacefully and steadily in Tianjin City, Zhang Liang and Cen Wenben had already arrived in Cangzhou.
Both of them took a light boat all the way north, and they felt it clearly.
Zhang Liang did not enter the boundary of Youzhou directly, but entered the boundary of Cangzhou, and sent some people to the boundary of Youzhou to inquire, especially Tianjin City, which had to be looked at clearly.
As for me, I first settled in Nanpi Cangzhou to see the wind in the territory of Cangzhou!
"Mr. Cen, do you think it is better to start with?" Zhang Liang asked Cen Wenben while playing with the tortoise shell.
"The saint has an order, and the matters of patrol and patrol along the way will be decided by Governor Zhang, and the text will only be recorded and not described." Cen Wenben said cautiously.
"Then let your subordinates come and report first!" Zhang Liang looked at Cen Wenben's posture and said in a deep voice.
Zhang Liang likes to secretly send his subordinates to investigate the good and evil under his rule. However, as a commander of observing the wind, Zhang Liang's habits have not changed at all.
Because what you see with your own eyes is often what local officials let you see.
So, after walking to Cangzhou by water, I did not go directly to Cangzhou City, but stayed in Nanpi.
First, we sent a group of men to go to Youzhou to explore the road, and first let's take a look at the situation in Nanpi.
The two of them did not go directly to the official station, but lived in a local restaurant and inn, intending to slowly head towards Cangzhou City. After all, they have seen the prosperous scenes on the waterway. They must check the customs and culture on the road.
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However, after living in Nanpi City, they found that although Nanpi City is a small town, it is not even considered a Cangzhou capital, it is beyond the bustling area that the county town should have. The streets are crowded and not inferior.
General prefecture and county seats.
"Shopkeeper, Nanpi City is so lively. It's the first time I have seen such a prosperous small county along the way!" Zhang Liang sighed.
"Last year, governor Xue took us to build roads. In the middle of winter, I carried more than a dozen kilograms of soil and kept building the road leading to Cangzhou to the north and Wudi to the south. It slowly built a lot of them.
The city has more people coming and going, so our city has flourished.”
"Building roads in the middle of winter is a great evil policy. The Cangzhou officials are so careless!"
Zhang Liang put down the turtle shell in his hand, and said with a bit ferocious look.
"No!" The store owner looked at Zhang Liang's anger and said quickly, "Although we don't have cotton coats, if we are willing to help, most of them are given gloves, so we can enjoy hot water and even have two hot meals.
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We don’t need to pay for this ourselves. The court can do so well in corvee service, so what else do we want!”
Hearing the satisfaction in the store's tone, it didn't seem like a lie, just listening to these things Zhang Liang murmured,
"How do I feel that these treatments seem to be a little familiar?"
"When King Yan was the King of Yue, this was the treatment he did in Gaoling's corvee!" Cen Wenben said calmly.
To be honest, Cen Wenben knew that the main thing he came this time was to observe Li Tai.
So Cen Wenben collected some of Li Tai’s information, and when he encountered Li Tai’s information, he immediately solved the problem.
"Is Gaoling Corvée the one who leads the construction of this road?" Zhang Liang asked the shopkeeper in surprise.
"Gaoling corvee service? Where is Gaoling?" the shopkeeper shook his head, "It is the road that Mr. Li from Tianjin came to build.
Three cities, three roads, and six directions were repaired together, and the corvee service in Tianjin was the main focus. A total of 100,000 people along our way followed suit.
The road was repaired from last year to March, and our Nanpi became lively."
"Isn't there anything wrong with three roads and six directions?" Zhang Liang said incomprehensible.
"What can happen to this?" The store owner was a little confused when he heard Zhang Liang's words and was completely confused.
Didn’t these people just move bricks every day under the order of Li Chunfeng, and they would eat steamed buns every day and drink hot soup. They would wear gloves to avoid frostbite when working. More importantly, they would be considered corveer-service.
, Why don’t you go?
Cen Wenben looked at the suspicion on Zhang Liang's face and said to Zhang Liang in confusion, "Governor Zhang, what's the problem here?"
"I just feel that the command ability of this dispatcher who is responsible for the construction is somewhat unexpected!"
Zhang Liang looked at Cen Wenben and said, "You are a literati and don't know how difficult it is to command less than 10,000 people in the army.
Not to mention, these ordinary corvee laborers set out in six directions and launched projects together, and in just one season, these three major roads were repaired.
If this person changes to wartime, he can completely repair enough fortifications during winter wartime!"
Compared with administrative capabilities, Zhang Liang is more of a military general. Compared with the civil officials who repaired the road, how much traffic of people has been brought, how much economy has been activated, and how much benefits it has brought to the people, Zhang Liang is real.
don't know.
But when he learned that Li Chunfeng dispatched nearly 100,000 people and repaired the road, Zhang Liang admired Li Chunfeng very much.
After all, in Zhang Liang's view, Li Chunfeng could organize 100,000 people to repair this road during non-war times, so he could command these people to form fortifications during wartime, and even go further, he could command on the battlefield.
Even master battlefield formation changes and so on.
This made Zhang Liang feel that Li Chunfeng is a big talent.
"What is this Mr. Li's name?" Zhang Liang couldn't help but ask.
"Li...Li Chunfeng!"
"Li Chunfeng...he seemed to be the head of the mathematics department when King Yan established the Agricultural College.
Later, when he followed the Duke of Dai to attack the Eastern Turks, he used the method of sleds to ensure logistics stability.
When Duke Dai came back, he once reported Li Chunfeng's contributions and wanted to let Li Chunfeng enter the Ministry of War, but was rejected by his reason for establishing Youzhou Agricultural University.
I didn't expect that I could do so. No wonder I was praised by Duke Dai!" Cen Wenben sighed a little.
"It turns out that this person had helped Duke Dai at the beginning, so he would recommend it to the saint!" Zhang Liang waved his hand.
The store owner looked a little panicked when he saw these two people being the Duke of Dai and the saint.
Because he seemed to know who he was receiving. After all, the entire Tang Dynasty knew about the Thirteenth Ways of the Wind and the Conservation of the World, let alone the restaurants were originally the place where news gathered and circulated.
This store didn't know how to deal with it, but Zhang Liang took a photo of the store.
"It seems that you already know our identity as a store owner. If you have any grievances to your governor, you'd better tell me now, even if you thank the store owner for your care for me!"
"No!" the shop owner shook his head quickly and said,
"These days are getting better and better, and the business of the small shop is getting stronger and stronger. That is all thanks to the governors and county magistrates. Even if the young one is not a hero, he cannot repay his grudges with grudges!"
"Okay! It's up to you." Zhang Liang was born in poverty and did not make things difficult for the store owner, but said,
"If the officials of the court are really doing evil and dominate things, I will just tell me when I was staying!"
"Thank you Guanfeng!" The shopkeeper quickly knelt down and kowtowed and thanked.