Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Li Jing and the others really didn't think of this, or many people in this era didn't think of it, but Li Ke had already thought of this before he came. The people who should come have already come. There are also forests in Qinghai, but the timber used for shipbuilding is now felled and made. It is still very slow, so Li Ke directly asked people to buy fishing boats from the Yellow River Basin, including fishing nets, and go upstream directly.

At that time, it will be directly fished out when it is near the Longyangxia Reservoir in later generations, and it will be enough to directly lift the fishing boat from the road.

Although the distance is a bit far, it is faster than directly building ships locally.

Five days later, the first batch of cargo ships arrived here, including [-] larger fishing boats. When the ships arrived, there were as many as [-] Tuyuhun people working near the Red Sea!

In just five days, the number has increased from the initial 1 to more than 4, and this does not include the thousands of women who cook for these people.

When the guards in the distance rang the gong for work and dinner, most of the people did not stop their work, but were thinking about finishing the last bit.

His Highness treated them like this, and also gave them such good meals, so they cooked as much as they could, although everyone wanted to be able to continue doing this forever.

"Okay, okay, don't do it all, it's time to rest and rest, the work is endless! Your Highness has something to say today." Instead, the guards beside him said loudly.

Hearing that His Highness had something to say, everyone immediately put down the work in hand, and then put the tools they put in their respective positions according to the daily rules.

Not all of the 4 people are building the city, but about 1 people are digging river channels to divert the water from the Chaka River to Chaka City. .

After everyone gathered at the eating place, Iron Hammer saw His Highness King Qin for the first time. He was a little closer, and Iron Hammer ate very quickly every day, but today he rarely ate too much, but watched carefully. Looking at His Highness King Qin, he wanted to record His Highness King Qin's appearance in his mind.

Most people think the same way as Hammer.

"Men from the prairie." Li Ke said loudly, and his words were naturally spread along the crowd by soldiers.

"I'm Li Ke. I have something to tell you today. I believe everyone knows what the current situation is. According to the imperial decree of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and Tian Khan, Tuyuhun will be merged into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, that is, Said, all of you will be citizens of the Tang Dynasty in the future! It's the same as me and the soldiers around you!" Li Ke pointed to all the ordinary guards around him and said.

The crowd became a little commotion, and many people showed joy on their faces.

Li Ke stretched out his hands to press down, and then continued: "Everyone continue to eat, I said everyone just listen, Tuyuhun will be temporarily renamed Xizhou in the future, and will be under the supervision of the Xizhou Governor's Mansion, and I, Li Ke, will temporarily serve as the Governor of the Xizhou Governor's Mansion. , in addition to building a city here, my goal is to protect you like other ordinary people in Datang, because you will also be the people of Datang in the future!"

"However, I also know that you are used to nomadic life after all, and the people of Tang Dynasty all have Yongyetian. I believe you know what Yongyetian is. But Yongyetian is not suitable for you, after all Now there is not much land here for everyone to cultivate! But! I will distribute Yongye sheep, Yongye cattle, and Yongye horses to everyone according to the system of Datang. All the miscellaneous livestock of the nobles seized by Tang soldiers will be equally distributed to each of you."

"That is to say, these cattle and sheep will be your own in the future! In addition, because we have a saying, if a family is rich and rich, the hairy ones are not counted. Because of epidemics, natural disasters and man-made disasters, etc. may lead to a large number of cattle and sheep. death, so for at least the next five years, Datang will temporarily not collect any taxes from you!"

"After you have passed through the most difficult years, the Datang government will collect a certain amount of cattle and sheep as taxes every year according to a certain ratio. This ratio will not be too high. It will be based on the number of new lambs and calves each year. The ratio will not exceed one tax per ten, that is, a maximum of 10 new lambs will be collected for one lamb as tax.”

"What is the purpose of these taxes? It is to protect your life. I believe you all know that this place is close to Tubo and Western Turks. If the troops are not stationed for a long time, some small tribes are easy to be plundered by them, so These collected cattle and sheep are all used as the cost of stationing troops, in fact, the collection of cattle and sheep is not enough at all.”

"The Tang court will subsidize a large amount of money every year to maintain the garrison here, because before I set off to the Western Regions, I swore an oath! If you dare to offend my Heavenly Power of the Tang Dynasty! You will be killed! And you are also citizens of the Tang Dynasty now, So, no matter how small your tribe is, if any tribe is plundered, I will avenge you!"

"But the same! This is Datang's territory and your own homeland, so you must also have the awareness of protecting yourself. If you find any abnormalities, report to the local garrison as soon as possible! The imperial court will send troops to solve it immediately! Tell me today Everyone this news, I hope you can spread this news to all the tribes in the entire grassland!"

Li Ke told everyone who worked here about this decision in the most straightforward and simple words!

About 4 herdsmen actually affected more than 4 households of Tuyuhun people, nearly half of the population of Tuyuhun!The remaining half will soon receive the same news.

Because of Li Ke's work here recently, herdsmen who have been living in the distance, or even hiding in the mountains, have gradually come out.

If Li Ke announced the news on the first day he came here, then these people probably would not believe it, but they have worked here for five days, three meals a day, and they are full, as well as meat, and Li Ke asked them to work. After break time.

Li Ke's words made all the herdsmen believe it directly. Almost all ordinary herdsmen on the grassland are basically straight-hearted, or they are stupid. In short, there are not so many twists and turns. After they saw what Li Ke did At that time, they believed what Li Ke said.

In an instant, all the herdsmen became agitated. When did they have so many cattle and sheep?And there was no tax in previous years!After a few years, the tax will be collected according to the number of cubs, not a quota!

As herdsmen, although they are uneducated, they are very shrewd because they are closely related to survival. This means that after five years, each of their families will have a large surplus of cattle and sheep, and the taxes paid to the Tang Dynasty will only give birth to ten Lamb, only turn in one!And possibly even less.

The hammer put the bowls and chopsticks in his hand aside, and knelt down in the direction of Li Ke. After first kowtowing to Li Ke, the hammer raised his hands to face the sky, and said loudly: "Thank you Changsheng! God, you finally sent the messenger of God."

Hammer's words and actions seemed to be contagious, and more and more agitated Tuyuhun herdsmen knelt down.

Li Ke didn't stop them, this was their belief, and it had nothing to do with Li Ke.