Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"Sit." Li Ke pointed to the chair next to him. Fang Xuanling came, and it was impossible for others to come over to attract attention.

After Fang Xuanling sat down, Li Ke asked, "If you have anything to say, please speak directly, Mr. Liang."

"That's it, Your Highness, the overall follow-up policy of Hanhai Prefecture has been formulated, but there is one thing I want to ask Your Highness, that is, whether these herdsmen in Hanhai Prefecture and the surrounding areas will adopt the same policy as Qinghai, or formulate a new policy." Policy?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"Which aspect are you referring to?" Li Ke was a little puzzled, hadn't this been discussed before?Overall, it must be the same as Qinghai.

"It's about the division of pastures. Do we divide fixed pastures for all herdsmen according to Qinghai Prefecture's method, let them graze sheep, let these herdsmen change from nomadic herding to fixed grazing, or formulate a new policy, Still support them as nomads?" Fang Xuanling asked.

Li Ke frowned. This is indeed a problem. The entire Hanhai Prefecture is somewhat different from Qinghai. First of all, the population of Xue Yantuo is much lower than the population of herdsmen near Hanhai Prefecture.

The second is that the main nomadic areas near Qinghai Prefecture were Hehuang Valley, Qinghai Lake, Chihai and other places, and then the vicinity of Sanjiangyuan.

To be precise, the nomadic area is not large. After the herdsmen are fixed in these places, coupled with the strategic location of Qinghai Prefecture in the early stage, the location of material transfer, and the fact that the Hehuang Valley has started to grow grain, so Qinghai Prefecture’s grain supplement in time.

But Hanhai Prefecture is different. If the number of livestock in Hanhai Prefecture is calculated based on the population of Xue Yantuo, it is at least 3000 million. If this number of livestock is fixed in the local area, what should be done with the hay in winter?

Although alfalfa is a high-quality pasture, there are not many eligible areas in Hanhai Prefecture that can be planted, which means that the amount of pasture that can be replenished in winter is not very large.

The pasture needed by these livestock is a huge number.

Of course, it is not impossible to allocate land and fix herdsmen's residences, and some distribution methods of later generations can be combined, but such a project volume is not a small number.

"I have a few ways, but I'm not sure if I can carry it out." Li Ke thought for a while, and he is not omnipotent. Whether he can carry it out or not is an unknown.

He also needs professionals in this world to help with calculations.

"Well, Tian Meng hasn't set off yet, right?" Li Ke asked.

"No."

"Let's go, go find them, and send someone to find Li Yan and Li Shangshu by the way, and say that I need a few professional people who can be counted. In addition, I will ask Shi Yu to find some people in Qinghai Prefecture, and come to Qinwangzhuang outside the city to find them. Me." Li Ke said helplessly.

"Yes."

Naturally, Fang Xuanling did not need to go to inform the matter, and handed it over to the guards to inform, while Li Ke took Fang Xuanling back to Qinwangzhuang.

He was a little helpless, hey, he was planning to play in Qinwangzhuang for a few days, but Fang Xuanling came to find him. The main reason is that only Li Ke can handle this matter, which is really annoying.

After returning to Qinwangzhuang and waiting for more than an hour, the talents Li Ke needed arrived here, and some people who were good at calculating were also listening, so Tian Meng naturally came.

"It's like this. Those of you who came back from Qinghai, have you calculated how much grassland is needed to feed a sheep, a horse, and a cow? Give an approximate figure." Li Ke asked.

"Your Highness, this is not difficult. In fact, based on the number of cattle, sheep and horses in Tuyuhun we calculated before, and the amount of land we have calculated now, we can roughly calculate it." A person immediately said.

"Give me an approximate number." Li Ke said directly.

The following people immediately started to calculate with the relevant data, and they discussed a lot in the middle.

After about half an hour, one of them said: "His Royal Highness, according to our calculations, the area of ​​grassland needed to feed a livestock is about 1000-1500 square meters. This is based on comprehensive calculations. Yes, in fact, if it is planted with high-quality pastures like alfalfa, 50 square meters can feed a sheep.”

"However, if it is a pure natural grassland, considering that some very barren grasslands and lush grasslands require different areas, and the forages eaten by cattle, sheep and horses are also different. The proportion of horses is roughly estimated, and the average grassland area to support a livestock on the grassland must reach this figure before it can be fully fed." This person reported to Li Ke quickly.

(This number is roughly calculated by referring to the number of grasslands and livestock in Mongolia in reality, because most of Mongolia still maintains the original grazing method, and the ancient aquatic plants are better than modern ones. If it is a land that is professionally planted forage , must be much smaller than this number. In addition, the difference between grassland and grassland is also very large.)

"En." Li Ke nodded, and then turned to Fang Xuanling and the others before speaking, "In fact, the way of maintaining their nomadic pastoral and the way of fixed residence have their own advantages and disadvantages."

"One of the reasons why grassland people are nomadic is that they live on a pasture in summer, and go to another pasture in winter that has not been eaten by cattle and sheep. In winter, they let cattle and sheep look for hay to live, basically chasing rivers to live."

"Because cattle and sheep are equivalent to their living species on the grassland."

"The second is that it is impossible for herdsmen on the grassland to nomad alone or in several families. Their nomadic groups are often relatively large. The main reason is to prevent a large number of wild animals on the grassland, and the second is security issues. Between grasslands It is also common for small tribes to plunder each other." Li Ke said.

"So, if you make them nomadic, it will be very difficult to find people if anything happens, and then they will feel less of a sense of belonging to our rule."

Li Ke said that when he was in Qinghai, he had a detailed understanding of the herdsmen in Tuyuhun. This era is very different from the grasslands of later generations. The simplest point is that on the grasslands of this era, the number of wolves far exceeded imagine.

Later generations had a population of [-] million at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the population on the grassland far exceeded that of the current Tang Dynasty. Even so, a large-scale cleaning of wolves was carried out on the grassland after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In this era, one can imagine the number of wolves and other wild animals.

In order to ensure the safety of themselves and their livestock, the herdsmen on the grassland cannot nomad alone by one family, at least several families must graze together, otherwise safety cannot be guaranteed.

Another point is that there will always be natural disasters and man-made disasters on the grassland. Take Xue Yantuo as an example. Xue Yantuo has many small tribes under his name. If the tribe wants to survive, there will be the possibility of sneak attacking other small tribes around and robbing sheep, cattle, and horses.

However, the distances between the various tribes on the grassland are very far. These tribes fight with each other, and in many cases the people above cannot stop them at all.

Of course, unless it is absolutely necessary, small tribes belonging to the same big tribe will not fight against each other.

Therefore, if the current nomadic way is maintained, some policies of the Tang Dynasty will not be well implemented, and Li Ke plans to combine some policies of later generations of Inner Mongolia with some of the current nomadic policies.