In today's Tang Dynasty, both land and industry are equally important. These two things are almost the most important things in the entire Tang Dynasty.
The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty today, the abundance of its treasury, and the strength of its military are all inseparable from these two things.
In the past, farming was the most important thing. Of course, it was not just that. The depth of China was no joke. During the Warring States Period, the Qin Dynasty had already attached great importance to Mohist things, and even the establishment of Qin Law relied heavily on Mohist scriptures.
However, in general, land is the most important, but all the truly capable scholar-bureaucrats who left their names in history books for later generations basically have a high level of understanding of land.
Of course Cen Wenwen is such a number one, but...
What Li Sheng said is incredible.
Hedong is a place where food harvests often fail due to severe cold. Places further north than Hedong...
Mobei Mobei, the word "desert" is not called "desert" for nothing. Deserts appear all the time.
The land of such a place... can be compared with Jiangnan?
Jiangnan is known as the land of plenty...
Cen Wenwen turned to look at Li Sheng in surprise, and then saw Li Sheng shrugging, and then really said:
"This is what happened. Although I am also surprised...but it is absolutely true. And..."
Li Sheng thought about it for a moment, as if he was thinking and weighing things up. In short, his expression seemed quite conservative.
But then he said,
"This is indeed the case. Although the place north of Hedong is cold, the theoretical grain output is similar to that in the south of the Yangtze River. It can even be said that the quality of the rice is better..."
"Well, it's hard to say the reason for this at the moment, but the land should indeed be..."
Li Sheng hasn't finished speaking yet...
Cen Wenwen had already opened his mouth, and his whole person was completely in a state of shock.
Holy shit, Shenghou and his expression...are serious.
But...how is this possible?
The area north of Hedong Road is probably extremely cold, and even flies will freeze to death in winter.
In such a place, the grain output is almost the same as that of Jiangnan... Could it be that there are gods buried in this land, which is so fertile?
Cen Wenwen immediately froze on the spot.
My brain was a little stuck and I couldn't digest what Li Sheng said at all.
But then Li Sheng really nodded.
"It's true, this...the land in that place is called the 'black land' and is extremely fertile. I'm serious..."
Li Sheng was halfway through his words, and then he felt like there was nothing left to say, so... he stopped talking.
But Li Sheng stopped talking, and Cen Wenwen felt that Li Sheng had something important to say at this cliffhanger.
Although Li Sheng stopped talking, Cen Wenwen felt that he could think of what Li Sheng was going to say with his toes.
Such a nice place...
It was actually used to herd sheep and horses.
This is not for farming. The Goguryeo and Xianbei people you rode on horseback are simply committing a heinous crime!
Cen Wenwen had always had a calm personality, but at this moment his face was full of shock and confusion... He jumped out in a flash, quickly slipped to the side of Changsun Wuji and Li Xiaogong, and whispered in his ear...
After a while, he told everything he had just heard from Li Sheng.
Li Xiaogong and Changsun Wuji were stunned when they heard this.
Damn...
The two of them stared at Cen Wenwen, with only four words in their four eyes. It was unbelievable!
Damn it... the food output in such a cold place can match that of Jiangnan.
Isn’t this already clear enough with the four words “Jiangnan”?
Everyone was stunned, and their hearts were filled with excitement.
If this place could be taken down...
Although Li Xiaogong tried his best to look solemn, he still couldn't help but look shocked.
"If we take it seriously, Goguryeo is really..."
"God, this place is so..."
At this moment, Li Xiaogong naturally thought of Li Er's goal, which was not just the Western Regions, but also the Turks, or even the so-called Mobei, but the entire land east of the World Island!
And north of Mobei...the land is too big. It is vast and sparsely populated.
Li Er is not an idiot with such a large chassis, nor does he think he can really control it easily.
Even when he was fighting with the Romans some time ago, he ordered Li Jing to send troops to further control the areas north and east of the Pamir Plateau.
But it is still not easy to capture that piece of land and the entire land.
But now...
Li Xiaogong recalled the day when Li Er ordered Li Jing to send troops when he mentioned that place, his face was full of fascination... and the fascination expression was another look of regret. It was difficult to control. This problem is here, so it is still difficult to solve.
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But now...if we can successfully capture Goguryeo this time.
So facing the vast land in the north of the "World Island", Datang was equivalent to having two reliable tentacles extending out.
With these two tentacles out, it is conceivable that Datang's control over that area will be invisibly increased a lot. And it is not doubled, but several times.
"The power of holding the horn" is exactly what it means!
Changsun Wuji also looked dull. At this moment, he... also thought of more things.
If this place is so dangerous, then if Datang can win it, it will be equivalent to adding an additional large granary...
China is not America. There is no great plain connecting the whole country. That would be too luxurious for China.
The terrain of China is extremely complex, and all types of geography are found in China... Under this background, China's grain production is not evenly distributed, but is divided into several large grain-producing areas, such as
Chengdu Plain, "Central Plains", Jiangnan... and the equivalent of small grain-producing areas.
Now add another one out of thin air?
What Changsun Wuji was thinking of was not the territory within Goguryeo itself, nor even the many lands that the Tang Dynasty could directly reach through this territory after it was captured and garrisoned here.
Rather, adding such a large granary meant that the Tang Dynasty had more annual revenue.
The treasury's annual revenue is definitely a country's last lifeline and the most important operating space indicator. The richer the treasury, the more policies a country can adopt and the more means it can use.
After all, you must know... food is the real hard currency above all else.
This time Datang directly added a large grain-producing area. What is the concept? The value increased in this way cannot be measured by things such as food, land, and population. It is okay to say that it has unlimited effects.
Changsun Wuji's heart was beating wildly, and Li Xiaogong's face was filled with reverie...
Chang Le on the other side felt outrageous when he saw this scene. Why are these elders so excited when my brother just said a few words?
Normally...shouldn't the elders deceive the younger ones into getting excited?...
