At this time, everyone looked at Li Xuan with doubts on their faces.
"Xuanba, what use are those Turkic barbarians?" Li Shimin asked.
"That's right, Your Highness the King of Jin, if you bring back those Turkic barbarians, you will have to send people to guard them to prevent them from causing trouble. In addition, you will have to waste food, so you might as well just bury them on the spot!" Cheng Zhijie shouted.
On the side, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others, although they did not speak, they all nodded slightly.
Obviously, he also agreed very much with Cheng Zhijie's words.
"How can it be useless?"
Li Xuan glanced at these people in surprise, "Those Turkic hozens are much more useful than their sheep and horses!"
"ah?"
Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie's face was shocked. He looked at Li Xuan in horror and asked: "Your Highness, King Jin, do you want to eat those barbarians? Those barbarians don't bathe all year round, and human flesh is not as delicious as mutton."
!".
Li Xuan was stunned.
Fang Xuanling, Li Shimin and others had strange faces.
"What nonsense are you talking about, you old guy?"
Li Xuan took a deep breath and explained: "Our Tang Dynasty requires hundreds of thousands of corvees and coolies every year, which makes many people miserable. I wonder how many people's agricultural production has been delayed?"
"And if we have these captured Turkic barbarians, we can save a lot of labor and hard work.
The Turkic barbarians eat meat all year round and are certainly much stronger than the people who eat chestnuts. Wouldn't it be better to use these hozens as corvees?
The most important thing is that these Turkic barbarians are not citizens of the Tang Dynasty, so there is no need to feel bad at all, these barbarians will be exhausted to death.
Moreover, if any farmer in the village is short of manpower, they can also let them cultivate and harvest grain!
After these barbarians have worked for a year or two, and it is confirmed that these barbarians are all loyal to the Tang Dynasty and will not have any objections, then they can be given a few pieces of land to each of these barbarians and given a household registration of the Tang Dynasty to become the Tang Dynasty.
Tang people!"
"But King Jin, how can these barbarians get used to being farmers when they are used to riding horses and herding sheep?"
Fang Xuanling asked quickly.
"Why not?"
Li Xuan smiled softly, "These Turkic hozens, didn't they make cattle and horses for the Turkic nobles every day in Turks? In the end, even the sheep and horses they had raised all their lives were not their own, and they were beaten, scolded and humiliated by the nobles all day long.
, even in winter, it is easy to starve or freeze to death if you are not careful.
However, as people of the Tang Dynasty, as long as they are willing to farm, they can harvest food in the autumn. Except for the taxable food, the food grown is their own, and they will not be humiliated or bullied at will.
If they work harder, they can wear beautiful clothes, eat steamed buns and big fish and meat, eat vegetables and fruits in winter, and live in beautiful, spacious and warm houses. This kind of life is something that even their nobles cannot enjoy.
Why don’t they agree?…”
After listening, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help but widen their eyes.
Yes, they know much better than Li Xuan what kind of life the Turkic barbarians live.
It was even several times worse than what Li Xuan described.
Basically, tens of thousands of Turkic barbarians are killed on the grasslands every year, either starving to death or freezing to death!
"Just like this, I'm afraid there may be criticism from some ministers in the DPRK?"
After thinking for a while, Changsun Wuji said slowly.
"Why don't they agree?"
Li Xuanwen looked puzzled.
"With these Turkic barbarians, all the hard labor that hurt the people the most can be left to these Turkic hozens.
Such as building roads, building bridges, dredging rivers, building palaces... These Turkic barbarians can do all these tasks without fear of death, and only need to take care of two meals a day!"
"That's right, why don't those rotten scholars agree with this great good thing?"
Cheng Zhijie glared at Changsun Wuji.
"Old man Cheng, if you ask them about this matter, how could I know about it?"
Changsun Wuji showed no signs of weakness.
"You two don't need to argue about this matter. It's too early to talk about this now. However, as long as those who oppose it know the benefits, they will all agree."
Li Xuan smiled slowly and looked at Chu Suiliang aside.
"Chu Changshi, I need a lot of Baidianzi. I can buy as many as I can. You need to do this immediately!"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Bai Diezi has always been useless and many people don't pay attention to it. I will send people to Chang'an City to collect Bai Diezi from house to house."
Chu Suiliang quickly raised his hands and responded.
"There are also those villagers around Chang'an City. A pound of white stacks and a hundred coins!" Li Xuandao.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Chu Suiliang handed over again.
Seeing that Li Xuan had no instructions, he quickly resigned and left.
"housekeeper!"
Li Xuan said.
"What is your order, Your Majesty?"
Li Chang walked up quickly.
"Collect all the black seeds of the white seeds in the backyard. I will use those seeds to grow white seeds next year!" Li Xuan ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After listening for a long time, Li Chang also knew the usefulness of Bai Diezi.
He quickly answered with his hands raised, and then prepared to walk out.
Suddenly, Li Xuan seemed to remember something again, and shouted quickly: "Let the tailor make quilts, cotton clothes, trousers, and cotton gloves from the remaining white folds in the backyard!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Li Chang quickly responded again.
Hearing this, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others on the side could not help but twitch their cheeks.
They also covet those white stacks!
According to the information they received, Cheng Chusi and Li Chongyi spent a total of sixty guan, so how many white stacks would they have to buy back?
Unexpectedly, Li Xuan did this so well that he used all the white stacks for himself!
Li Xuan could naturally notice the resentful looks from Cheng Zhijie, Li Shimin and others.
However, he didn’t pay attention to it!
I spent a lot of money to buy the white stack, so I must use it for myself!
Regarding Li Xuan's request, the tailors in the Jin Palace did not dare to delay.
With the experience of making cotton-padded clothes for Li Yuan, the sewing process was faster this time.
…
Half an hour later, Chu Suiliang couldn't help but frown as the servants responded.
Immediately, he hurriedly followed the servants out of the street, but saw something that made his eyebrows ache.
"You first try your best to acquire Bai Diazi according to the king's request. I will go to the king to report this matter!"
"yes!"
Immediately, Chu Suiliang ran to Li Xuan with an anxious look.
"Your Majesty, something happened!"
"Um?"
In the room, Li Xuan, Li Shimin and others were all stunned.
He looked at Chu Suiliang with confusion on his face.
"What happened to make you so panicked?" Li Xuan asked.
"Your Majesty, according to your instructions, I sent twenty servants to buy Baidianzi, but it seems to be a step too late!"
Chu Suiliang quickly reported the news.
"It's a step late. What's the reason for this?" Li Xuan asked doubtfully.
"Your Majesty, now on the street, people from all aristocratic families are buying Bai Diazi from door to door!"
Chu Suiliang said quickly.
"What?"
Li Xuan's face was stunned.
"These bastards!"
As for Cheng Zhijie, his face was filled with anger.
However, Li Xuan looked calm.
He looked at Chu Suiliang calmly and asked, "How much did they charge for it?"
"this……"
Hearing this, Chu Suiliang was startled, and then his face became strange.
"Your Majesty, it seems that the servants of those aristocratic families are paid with the same amount of money. In fact, some servants of the aristocratic families seem to have paid more!"