The autumn rain finally came down. The north is not as cold as the south. An autumn rain and a cold are really cold. When the autumn wind swept away, the cold wind was already swishing on the grassland.

The Khan is raising people in the past few days. Forty-seven grassland tribes have now gathered, and the first batch of grain from Chang'an is about to arrive, and dozens of Han envoys in charge of handover are also here.

"This time, the first batch of Chang'an accepted a total of 23,300 grassland people, and summarized them into 17,550 young men, 2,720 women, and 3,030 children." Han Chen was holding a list and was making a report with the Khan of the Grassland: "Chang'an needs to deliver rice, flour and millet in total."

The Khan saw this string of numbers and sighed: "Don't humiliate the people of this grassland."

"God Khan can rest assured. Lord Song has explained that after the half-year training is over, everyone will be paid equally with the Han people. If you are not satisfied at all, you can return to the grassland at any time." The envoy said sincerely: "Don't worry about this. Lord Song also said that this is only the first batch. If the Khan is willing in the future, he can continue to cooperate. Chang'an is no better than elsewhere. It is the pearl of the northwest. Lord Song also said that if the Khan is interested, he can go to Chang'an to play at any time in the future."

"Thank you, Lord Song, for your kindness." Dahan sighed softly: "The trade that you agreed to before..."

"According to the order of Lord Song, the territory of Chang'an has resumed normal trade and trade with the grassland tribes, so as to ensure that the grassland people can spend the winter safely." The envoy continued: "However, the Great Khan, many of the grassland tribes are still nomadic, and the caravans are often easily robbed. I hope the Great Khan can handle it properly."

Dahan's eyes rolled a few times: "I will order him to correct it."

"According to Lord Song's words, it is better to let those tribes be fixed and form villages and towns. This will not only facilitate commerce, but also create better distribution after the workshop is in the future."

"Workshop?"

Hearing these two words, the ears of the Swords of the Grassland Khan stood up at that time. He couldn't even believe what he had just heard. What was this workshop? It was the magic weapon for the decisive victory of the Song Dynasty. In the battle between the two Jin Dynasties, the Grassland suffered a lot from the workshop. He also sent a spy to inquire, but the core content of the workshop was stuffed tightly, and he couldn't even see through a crack, and he always returned empty-handed.

And now, what did he say just now? Workshop?

"Dahan heard it right. It was indeed a workshop. Lord Song said that these workers would return to the grassland one day, and then they would become excellent workers. The workshops on the grassland would become natural. Dahan thought it was valuable to sell wool or to sell wool blankets and clothes? There were also horse meat, beef, mutton, and even beef and sheep milk, which could hardly be transported out, and they could be processed many times through the workshop, which saved a lot of waste. Even the tribes on the grassland could cast towns like the Central Plains, and no longer had to rely on the heaven to make a living." The envoy said with great sternness: "My Song Dynasty has never been a warlike country. If everyone in the world could eat and wear warm clothes, there would naturally be no struggle."

The art of painting cakes is nowhere in the world, but is this cake useful? In fact, it is useful. The Liao Kingdom ate this cake. Although there are many problems now, overall society has made great progress. If this move changes the skin to the grassland, will they take the bait?

In theory, it will be true because they are now in the stage of not having enough food, and this can directly solve their eating problem.

As a human being, who can eat a full meal, who is willing to work hard?

These are not present in the previous war terms. Now these are all supplementary terms, or even compensation terms.

From product support to agricultural support, and finally to cultural support, Dasong promised to do his best to help the grassland get rid of poverty and hunger.

This is so touching. In a trance, I felt that Song Beiyun was a noble saint with a broad mind. But if he was allowed to erode, fifty years... no, twenty years later, the grassland will no longer have any combat power. They will be proud of being able to speak fluent Song and Liao official language, their teenagers will cut their heads to take the joint examination of the Song State's administration and the imperial examination, and their teenagers will be proud of marrying a Song State with a stable job.

This move happened in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but... Song Beiyun did it more hidden and tempting. He was sugar-coated shells, and Song Beiyun gave pure sugar, but as we all know, eating too much sugar is actually no essential difference from taking drugs.

Dahan thought carefully and then let the messenger rest. He summoned several confidants to the Khan account and told the messenger what he had said just now to the people who were following him.

"Khan, you can try it out, and the Liao Kingdom also has a workshop. In the last battle between Jin and Liao, the Liao Kingdom relied on workshops to win. There were all these Song and Liao, and if we don't have them again, we will..."

"Yes, my father, Khan. I have been to Chang'an several times. That scene... Oh, my son saw that the cannons on the city tower were two circles thicker than those of the Liao people. We once thought about taking Chang'an, but now even with 500,000, it may be difficult for a million warriors to win that game."

"And Khan, the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry has frequently interacted with Song State in the past two years, and even made his son recognize Song Beiyun as his godfather. It is said that the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Spring Festival will have a workshop."

When Dahan heard this, his eyes widened: "Where did the news come from?"

"It's just the news that the Song Dynasty caravan came with me. I heard them chatting. Although there has not been any evidence yet, I think it should be true."

The Khan of Grassland slapped the table hard, but he didn't say anything. Now the Nineteenth Ministry has joined forces with the Si Ministry. Although there is no disagreement on the surface, if he is allowed to grow bigger and stronger, he will not be able to lead his troops to challenge the Khan's position.

So you can't wait for this matter!

"You go to Chang'an with the immigrants to talk to Song Beiyun about their intentions in this regard, and ask what we need to raise." Dahan gradually calmed down: "But you have to be careful. Song Beiyun is not an easy person to get along with. I heard that even the Si can't get a penny of his advantage."

"yes."

While they were discussing the matter, the little princess who was under house arrest stood up and took advantage of the chaos of counting the number of people, wearing men's clothes and carrying a leather bag, mixed into the team about to set off.

Because the matter of handing over the personnel before the snow falls, time is still very tight, so these group of people will hurry to set off after the preparation is complete. After all, it will take about a month along the way. If the grassland is not lucky, it will start to fall. If the snow falls... let alone people, it will be difficult for cattle and horses to spend the night in the wild.

In this way, without anyone knowing it, the little princess Erhua from the grassland began to rush to Chang'an with the team.

No one knew about this, and she hadn't even considered what she would encounter along the way.

These people basically rely on the caravan's capacity for their journeys, so they won't suffer much. The food on the road is also good, but the lack of water to take a bath made the little princess feel very uncomfortable.

But when she thought about going back to Chang'an and meeting that beautiful person, she felt it was okay.

When the time came on the third night, the little princess who finally found out that they had disappeared, but Dahan was now full of work and was not too concerned about this daughter who always liked to be naughty. She just thought she had run out to play again, so she didn't pay much attention to it. She could even say that she didn't care.

This directly led to missing the seventy-two hours of gold that brought her back. The carriage was rumbling forward. The little princess held the bag in her hand that no one could touch, and looked at the vast grassland all day long. Even though it was very hard, she always smiled on her face.

In this way, more than twenty days later, it was the mid-ninth month of the lunar calendar and the Mid-Autumn Festival was again. The weather in Chang'an became obviously cold, and Song Beiyun finally wiped out the tail of the cholera plague.

Although there are some sporadic diseases in the surrounding villages and towns, under strong medical protection, they are basically in danger.

On this day, Song Beiyun was decorating a new house for Yusheng. Aunt Hong and Qiaoqiao were choosing furniture decorations on the side, and Yusheng helped to organize the yard. It was clearly like an ordinary family was about to marry a bride, and they didn't bring any official spirit with them.

"This." Aunt Hong said to Qiaoqiao with a firm look on her face: "This is good."

"No, no, no." Qiaoqiao waved her hand quickly and said, "This seems good, but it is actually a very poor wood. Look... the price is not enough. If I say this set of mahogany is the best."

Aunt Hong looked over and found that it was really good, but when she looked at the price below, she felt a little shocked: "This is too expensive."

"It's only two thousand guan!" Qiaoqiao pouted: "Xiao Qian."

When Xiao Song heard this, he pursed his mouth, and Yusheng glanced at Qiaoqiao with his eyes slanted, and then the two brothers sneaked out...

As expected, as soon as they left, they heard Aunt Hong start to teach Qiaoqiao a lesson. If anyone dared to say that Qiaoqiao doesn't know how to manage the house, Song Beiyun could help Qiaoqiao scold that person, but this... I can't control it, I really can't control it. When they went up and interrupted, they had to trap himself in. Whoever got to die, without exception. Anyway, even if Yu became the humerus of the court, Song Beiyun was even a chief official, but Aunt Hong still said "you kid".

The two brothers went to the alley outside to eat a bowl of sour soup noodles, and then served some pancakes, just treat it as afternoon tea. After all, they have been working for a day.

"If Aunt Hong catches this," Xiao Song whispered the noodles: "Then she can nag me until night."

"Well..." Yusheng nodded: "I have to be implicated too. By the way, considering the days, the first group of people from the grassland are coming soon, right?"

"I received a report yesterday, saying that I had left less than three hundred miles and arrived in about two days."

"The first batch was more than 20,000 people, and you were really a big deal."

Xiao Song shook his mouth and said hey: "What's the point of twenty thousand people? I'm going to empty the grassland! Chang'an's money is almost endless, the workshops are getting more and more profitable, minerals, grains, and farms are gradually taking shape, and technology exchanges money to make money quickly. If this money is not spent, there will be problems, so I have to quickly exchange money for productivity. If it weren't for insufficient food, I would have to change 100,000 people at one time."

Yu Sheng looked up and down at Song Beiyun: "You are too heartbroken. How can these people be managed?"

"Isn't you here? Your mission this year has been almost completed, and it's autumn harvest, and it's the New Year in a few days." Xiao Song smiled and said, "I'm actually not that good at dealing with these trivial things."

"Actually, I just don't like dealing with stupid people." Yusheng knocked him with his chopstick head: "Don't do this, you're too frivolous. Now you're in power, all of you will be smooth sailing. If you lose power one day, what should you do?"

"Let's take a step at a time. What I worry most now is how long will this cholera last? There is no problem with Chang'an, but it still spreads out. Although it is sporadic, it...it's a plague after all."

Yusheng also sighed: "I hope God will open my eyes."

In the evening, Song Beiyun received this month's four-party report. This is a summary of intelligence about all forces in the entire East Asian world. It is basically transmitted back in the form of a flying pigeon.

First of all, the civil strife in the Jin Dynasty continued and became more and more intense. Neither side seemed to have any intention of stopping. The two sides had extended along the Liao River to the Songnen Plain to confront each other. With sufficient combat preparations, the rebellion could last for about three years.

The second is that the Liao Kingdom expelled the envoys of Dali and issued an ultimatum to Dali. If the compensation is not paid before January next year, it will raise an army to attack the Liao Kingdom with the crime of accepting the Liao Kingdom's rebellion. Dali entrusts the Song Kingdom to mediate.

This incident was caused by Guanyin slaves, but it eventually evolved into the Liao Dynasty's "let you not wear a hat" crush on Dali. The reason was nothing more than the trade agreement signed between Dali and the Song Dynasty, which hurt the Liao Dynasty's raw material import and export interests.

Sure enough... there is really no pure emotion between countries. If the Song Dynasty was still the original Song Dynasty, I think that Fo Baonu has sent someone to Jinling to ask Zhao Xing for annual tribute.

Third, the Song Dynasty began the third round of farmers' tax cuts. The agricultural tax started from the beginning of monogamy, two stones of grain per year, one piece of cloth, to the current household for 45 kilograms of grain per year, with a significant reduction effect. A large amount of grain was purchased by local governments, which ensured farmers' income while also controlling market grain prices.

Zhao Xing alone can make thousands of families a Buddha, because farmers can make money, and there are even more farmers who farm than before. Moreover, because there are fewer agricultural taxes, a large amount of resources enter the market to circulate, forming a large-scale commercial tax, and the commercial tax alone can almost offset the agricultural tax. The workshops and farms across the country are even more taxpayers. It is no exaggeration to say that the tax difference between cities with workshops and cities without workshops may be more than ten times, because the ability of workshops to mobilize the market is not a foundation.

Fourth, the grassland has officially entered winter, and they have entered a dormant period. The food they have hoarded is enough to last until the beginning of next spring. During this period, other products they purchased and exchanged can also be used for a long time.

Regarding this, Xiao Song believes that it is basically impossible to knock the grasslands on the gate this year, and they also need to recuperate. Population is very important for any era and any civilization. Grassland people cannot have mitosis, so they have to grow and raise slowly...

Basically, these are the big events this month. After reading it, Xiao Song touched his chin: "Why do you have to report the missing little princess in the grassland to me?"

"This... Lord Song, look at it again. Not only is the little princess on the grassland missing, but there are many others..."

Xiao Song scratched his head. Maybe his focus was a bit strange. In addition to these large-scale information, there were hundreds of other fragmented information. He saw the missing little princess in the grassland at a glance, but did not see anything else.

For example, the Fujiwara family officially asked for help from the father of the sect leader. The father of the sect leader summoned the Genji envoy, asking why the crime was in the right place and ordered the rectification, otherwise the sect leader's responsibilities would be carried out.

Isn't this kind of thing the Liao Kingdom vs. Dali? They have planned it long ago and interfered in other people's internal affairs without reason. But compared with the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty still took the lead in courtesy and then military service, but the essence is "to make you not wear a hat."
Chapter completed!