Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 268

The huge turntable quietly disappeared, leaving only a blue light, which turned into a card and slowly fell into Xiao Cheng's hand.

[Blue Zeka, Green Sprouts Method

Card effect: After using it, within one year, all agricultural disasters (drought, locust plague, etc.) will be eliminated, and the growth rate of agriculture will be accelerated.

Card description: Changping's new law, the people don't add gifts and the country uses enough. 】

The young crop method, and the [Water Conservancy and Farmland Method] that Xiao Cheng had drawn before, are both the content of the reform presided over by Wang Anshi of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Its main content is to change the rigid practice of the old Changping system of "reducing the market price when it is expensive, and increasing the market price when it is cheap".

Instead, it flexibly converts the stored grain in Changping warehouse and Guanghui warehouse into capital, and lends it to farmers and urban handicraftsmen at an interest rate of 20.00%, so as to alleviate the phenomenon of private usury and increase the government's fiscal revenue at the same time. If there is no taxation, the country will use enough."

Compared with the usury prevailing among the people at that time, the Green Crop Law is an official loan, and the interest rate is relatively low. It can restrain mergers and generate income for the country. It is actually a good policy.If it is used well, it will indeed be a great gift to the country and the people.

It's a pity that when this law was implemented, local officials forced the people to borrow money for political achievements.Officials at all levels also set up various blackmails, which made the people miserable.

In the end, this good governance has become a usury put down by the government.

Looking at the new policy card in his hand, Xiao Cheng's heart moved slightly.

Agricultural growth, like population, is the foundation of a country's national strength. Naturally, the stronger the country, the better.When the Young Crops Law is implemented, as long as there are restrictions, there is indeed an extra way out for the people in the country.

It's just that what caught Xiao Cheng's attention the most about this strategy card was its effect of eliminating all agricultural disasters within one year.

Drought, locust plague, flood, wind disaster, low temperature, etc., are all agricultural disasters.These disasters are all caused by abnormal changes in the four seasons of the heaven and earth, and it is difficult for manpower to resist, often resulting in heavy losses.

But with this ce card, that's different!

As long as it is used properly, this blue strategic card can even exert an effect comparable to that of a gold card.

Thinking of this, with a thought in Xiao Cheng's mind, the cards in his hand suddenly turned into blue light spots, but they never soared into the sky like other cards and disappeared into the sky, but they all merged into Xiao Cheng's body.

Inside Goldfinger's backpack, the blue Ceka [Green Sprouts Method] lay quietly inside.

Xiao Chengyin went to the golden finger, but his mind was distracted by this card, and he immediately looked at Feng Bao who was aside, and asked casually:
"Now Sitianjian, has it ever been in operation?"

Si Tianjian was established by Xiao Cheng with talents from Yin-Yang School and Taoist School, specializing in observing astrology and astronomy, calculating solar terms, and formulating calendars.

Among the hundreds of schools of thought, each has its own secret method, dabbles in observing astrology, comprehends the world and spy on the secrets of the world. The importance of the Sitianjian and the accuracy of its observation cannot be ignored.

If there are any locust plagues or floods,

Hearing Xiao Cheng's inquiry, Feng Bao pondered for a moment, and then said:

"Returning to Your Majesty, Sitianjian is currently in charge of Tan Taihui and young supervisor Yu Zhaoqi, both of whom are in Yunlou. But the officials of Sitianjian have arrived, which is enough for Sitianjian to operate normally. The daily observation of astrology , Astronomical details have also been reported, and are included in the palace library...Your Majesty, do you want to read it?"

Yunlou, actually "Yunlou", is the place where Xiao Cheng ordered to gather disciples who are good at the way of luck from among hundreds of schools to study the method of using luck in the country.

He didn't want to bother to think of a name before, so he named it "Yunlou".Later, in order to deceive others, it declared "Yunlou" to the outside world.

When Xiao Cheng heard Feng Bao's words, he couldn't help shaking his head slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Forget it, it's not necessary!"

It was just a random question, but Xiao Cheng obviously didn't have much interest, and went to read the astronomical and astrological records that he couldn't understand at all.

It is the current progress of Yunlou that makes Xiao Cheng more concerned.

"How is the progress of Yunlou?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I haven't received any major progress reports yet..." Feng Bao replied in a low voice.

Although due to the huge changes between the heaven and the earth, the mysterious way in this world is no longer what it used to be, giving people the feeling that they can't figure it out.

But even so, there is still the foundation laid by Li Xing, and the method of using luck cannot be easily figured out in just a few months.

Xiao Cheng was not disappointed when he heard this, he just nodded slightly and said:

"If there is any progress, report it as soon as possible!"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"
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The northwestern frontier of Yun Kingdom, Moning County under the rule of Yunyuan County.

As a necessary place for the tea-horse business road, the silk, porcelain, gold and silver vessels, and coral treasures of the three kingdoms of Yun, Xia, and Li, as well as the war horses, scimitars, jade, and beauties of the Western Regions, Tubo, and Tianzhu, are all kinds of people in the world. products can be found here.

Wealthy merchants from the Central Plains wearing silk, brown-skinned Tianzhu merchants in robes, fair-skinned barbarians from the Western Regions with deep facial features, Tubo cavalry with red cheeks due to long-term living in the plateau... people from all over the world gather here .

It is precisely because of the continuous flow of people on the tea-horse trade road that even though this is just a small border town, Moning County is surprisingly prosperous.

And at this moment, several figures walked slowly towards the city gate.

The leader is about 20 years old, wearing a white robe and a white turban on his head.Holding the Buddhist ceremony with palms together, with a large string of Buddhist beads hanging on his chest, he rode on a horse and came slowly under the escort of a group of monks.

This attire is exactly the usual attire of Indian monks.Perhaps in the cloud country, it is quite eye-catching.But if it's in Moning County, it's not too unusual!

After all, today's Zhu Buddhism has been weakening day by day, and it is no longer as grand as it used to be.However, after Yunguo established itself, it respected Buddhism more and more.Therefore, many embarrassing monks from Tianzhu came to Yunyuan County to beg for food.

But even so, after the Indian monk appeared, many people still subconsciously focused their attention on him.

After all, this body is imposing, and his demeanor is aloof from the crowd, so you can tell that you are not an ordinary person at a glance!
Behind this Indian monk were several Central Plains monks.One could tell at a glance that this was a monk from Yun Kingdom.

One of the Yunguo monks pointed at the bustling scene in Moning County, with a hint of complacency in his eyes, and said:
"Monk Analu, look at the weather in my Dayun country, how is it compared to your Tianzhu?"

The land of Tianzhu is not a country, there are many battles in it, and there has never been long-term peace.And the common people in the lower class are quite ignorant, so Tianzhu naturally cannot be compared with the powerful Yun Kingdom.

That's why this Yunguo monk asked such a haughty and complacent question.

The monk named Analu didn't speak when he heard the words, but turned his head to look at the Yunguo monk.

Stared at by a pair of peaceful eyes, Monk Yunguo subconsciously turned his head away for some reason, not daring to look at each other.

At this time, a monk next to him suddenly chuckled and said:

"Senior Brother Ziming is confused. Monk Analu doesn't understand my Yunguo dialect. Even if you want to ask, you can ask in Tianzhu dialect!"

Hearing this, the monk named Ziming couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately asked Analu again.

But monk Ziming only knew how to communicate in the Tianzhu language, and he couldn't bear the shame to let him be proficient in the Tianzhu language. However, seeing his lively younger brother helping him, he could only use his hands and feet, stammering to express himself.

Analu still looked at Monk Ziming quietly, without speaking.

He just felt that he was doing useless work, and that he was making jokes for all his seniors. Monk Ziming blushed, and helplessly gave up his desire to show off.

Seeing the ridiculing smiles of all the brothers and sisters, one of the monks couldn't help but said:

"Okay, let's go as soon as possible! Although we have arrived at the border of Dayun Country, Yunyuan County is about a thousand miles away from the middle of Beijing. Even if we have high-level martial arts, it will take half a month. The great mage and the two The vice-printer told me not to delay before, so I don't want to waste time waiting!"

Hearing this, the monks also knew that it was not good to waste any more time, so they left immediately with Analu and the other monks.

And at this moment, in the county town, several eyes suddenly gathered on this group of people.

"Look, brother, a monk from Tianzhu really came!"

In the tavern on the side of the road, there was a rather pleasant voice suddenly.

Then I saw a rude man with a big knife pointing at a group of monks passing by, with a look of surprise on his face.

Seeing the rude man making such a fuss, the bystanders in the tavern all sneered, as if mocking him for being so rare.

Isn't it just a Indian monk plus a few monks, what's so surprising about it?
But at this time, on the table by the window in the tavern, several big men didn't care about the sight of others, their eyes were fixed on the monks outside, and their eyes were full of prying eyes.

"Brother, treasure..."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Just as one of them was about to speak, he was forcibly interrupted by his companion coughing!
When everyone in the restaurant heard the word "treasure", their hearts were moved, and they all looked at those big men in unison.

In the whole tavern, the bustling noise just now suddenly seemed a little quieter.

The businessmen from all over the world here traveled all over the world and traveled through various countries.It is impossible for a good person, or a dull person, to sit here and drink and eat.

It's not necessarily because of the "treasure" mentioned in the mouth of the big man, and the heart is coveted.More people subconsciously paid more attention because of the abnormal behavior of this group of big men.

Feeling the vaguely invisible gaze from the side, the big men knew that they had slipped their words.The big man in the lead gave his subordinates a hard look, then threw the wine cup in his hand, and said in a low voice:
"go!"

The men under his command couldn't care less about drinking anymore, they immediately grabbed the weapons around them, got up and left behind their boss.

After the group of big men left, there was a moment of silence in the tavern, and soon it became lively again.

There were only a few figures, under the signal of their leader, they quietly chased after them.

After leaving the tavern, these big men turned straight on the tall horses tied to the door, and galloped away with three horses each.

"Brother, is it true or not that the Indian monks carried treasures?"

"I don't know...but the Buddhist sect is so powerful, it's not good to come to Yunguo to pay respects to the emperor and say nothing!"

"Well, what the elder brother said makes sense!"

Such a group of big men are horse bandits from the Western Regions.Because he angered the masters of the Western Regions, he could only follow the tea-horse trade road all the way to the border of Yunguo.From the mouth of the local bandits, I learned the news that I don't know whether it is true or not.

A group of horse bandits, with shallow vision, naturally cannot know the situation in Tianzhu where the local Buddhism has declined.

Just because of the huge power of Yunguo Buddhism, it gave a lot of strong men a wrong perception.

After all, Tianzhu is the place where Buddhism originated, so it is impossible for you to develop worse than Yunguo!Come to pay homage to Emperor Dayun, you have to be serious.

It was such preconceived notions that made them conclude that the rumors that the Indian monks held priceless treasures were unlikely to be false.

"It's just that big brother, there are many countries in the Western Regions, and there are many hatreds among them, which gives us room to turn around. But this country of Yun doesn't need the Western Regions!" Another gangster said with some concern.

Before the bandit leader could reply, he heard someone laugh wildly and shouted:

"What are you afraid of? If you robbed something, let's go directly to Tianzhu according to our original plan!"

"That's right! I heard from the brothers in the Tao that the poor people in Tianzhu have to be pants. If we don't hurry up and make a fortune, what will we eat after we go to Tianzhu?"

"It makes sense!"

A group of horse bandits reached a consensus, and immediately shouted in unison, with cruel and ferocious expressions on their faces, and galloped their horses to chase the monks in the direction they left!

The fact that the monks from Tianzhu came to Yunguo to learn Buddhist scriptures is very important to how the Buddhist sect can ensure its own prestige.The monks sent here are all elite disciples of the next generation of Buddhism, and they are all martial arts masters of the sixth or seventh rank, so they should not be underestimated.

If it was an ordinary horse bandit, then he would catch up by himself, just begging for these monks to clean up.

But the group of people in front of them is not so simple.In the Western Regions, there are also bandits that span dozens of countries and are known far and wide.There used to be eighth-level masters who were alone, but were besieged to death by these people with various means.

These horse bandits have enough experience to deal with martial arts masters.

From a distance, I saw those monks rushing forward with light kungfu, these people showed no impatience, and immediately slowed down their horses, neither far nor near, and fell behind at a leisurely pace.

Just like a pack of wolves in the desert, they stared at their prey from a distance with cruel, cold, patient eyes.

Among the monks in front, Analu suddenly felt those ferocious beast-like eyes staring at him from behind, felt something strange in his heart, and subconsciously turned his head back.

Monk Yunguo at the side also paused when he saw Analu stop suddenly, and looked in the direction he was looking.

After seeing the horse bandits falling behind them from a distance, the monks turned their heads indifferently.

One of the monks spoke in fluent Tianzhu language, and said:

"Don't worry, great monk, they are just some little thieves!"

The elite disciples of the younger generation of Buddhism, who are above the border of Yunguo, really don't care about a group of horse bandits who don't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth.

Hearing what the monk said, Analu shook his head slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Not a petty thief!"

When the monks heard the words, they looked at each other and smiled, it was just that Anaru was too worried because he didn't know how powerful he and others were.Therefore, they didn't take Analu's reminder to heart at all, and led the horse and continued on.

The monks were relaxed and didn't care about the little thieves following behind them.

But when it was getting dark and the group of horse bandits were still falling behind, no matter how hard the monks tried to get rid of them, even the monk who didn't pay attention to them, his heart sank slightly at this time.

Ordinary horse bandits don't have such endurance and toughness!
The horse bandits in the distance looked at the monks who were getting more and more impatient in their footsteps, and suddenly laughed wildly, saying:
"Oh, the monks can't hold it anymore!"

"Hahaha, a group of rookies in the rivers and lakes, did you realize that you were panicking all this time?"

The horse bandit who said something wrong in the restaurant before couldn't help but said:

"Brother, let me refresh them?"

Hearing this, the leading horse bandit frowned and said casually:
"Alright, fifth, you go and remind them!"

"Yes!"

The fifth child grinned ferociously, drew out the long knife at his waist, and shouted:

"Come on a few brothers, come with me!"

"Oh!"

"Hey, little bald donkeys, wait!"

The gangsters under his command immediately let out a strange cry, and with the magnificent Western Region horse under his crotch, they roared towards the monks in the distance.

Hearing the movement, the monks in front were shocked and looked at each other, the secret path finally came!

These monks, after all, are the elite disciples of the younger generation of Buddhism, one by one, they either took out their sabers or eyebrow-leveling cudgels, and while they were in full swing, they guarded the Indian monk Analud in the middle.

But the horse bandits came rushing in from a distance, and when there were only a few miles away, they suddenly screamed in unison, and then dispersed, bypassing the monks from a distance.

The horse bandit leading the team laughed wildly and shouted to the monks:
"Little bald donkeys, get your spirits up now!"

After finishing speaking, a group of horse bandits turned their horses and left under the astonished eyes of the monks.Only a group of monks were left, frozen in place.

When the sword is not out of its sheath, it is the most vigilant time.

For the same reason, compared to a real fight, hanging monks like a group of horse bandits is the most frightening and energy-consuming method.

In the following time, the horse bandits were like a pack of wolves, chasing a group of monks with incomparably tenacious perseverance, constantly consuming their physical strength and energy.Let them eat, drink, sit and stand, and they will not have a moment of peace.

If the monks caught up and fought back, they didn't do anything, but relied on their horsepower to quickly distance themselves from the monks.

When they gave up, the horse bandits would fall behind them again, staring intently, waiting patiently for the group of monks to show their weakness, and then they would charge up like hungry wolves and tear them to pieces.

Under the tension of everyone's spirits, before they knew it, the bright moon above their heads had already hung in the sky, casting moonlight into the mountains and forests.

Monk Ziming sat down on the ground with his upper body leaning against the tree behind him, panting continuously.

He licked his chapped lips, gritted his teeth and said:
"Yingjiang County, how far is it?"

Yingjiang County is the city of Yunguo in the east of Moning County.

For them at this time, only by escaping into the city and relying on the local garrison can they get rid of the group of people behind them.

The younger brother on the side was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and said in a low voice:

"There are still more than 100 miles to go..."

Having said that, he turned his head and glanced at the horse bandit who was getting closer behind him, and subconsciously said in a frustrated tone:
"Maybe, we can't last."

The frustrated words made all the monks feel discouraged.

The kite-flying tactics of the horse bandits have not been formally taught, and they have already exhausted their strength and discouraged them.Coupled with the burden of Anaru, they couldn't develop the courage to resist.

Anaru, who was sitting on the side of the horse, his clothes were not in a mess, still looked at everyone peacefully, as if he didn't care about the horse bandits behind him at all.

Behind them, a group of horse bandits looked at the monks in front of them who suddenly stopped to take a rest. They hadn't moved for a long time, and they smiled immediately.

The leader of the bandits laughed loudly and said:
"Hahaha, the fire is here. Brothers, let me do it!"

Hearing the words, the horse bandits under his command were shocked immediately, drew out the weapon from his waist, and drove the horse under his crotch, roaring forward.

"Oh, come on!"

"After completing this vote, let's go to Tianzhu and have fun!"

"Hand over Monk Tianzhu!"

However, the horse bandits with more than a dozen people came at this time with their horses, but they forcibly displayed the power of more than a hundred cavalry riding together.

A group of monks showed despair, or angrily held their knives to resist, or closed their eyes and waited for death.Some people even retreated quietly behind the crowd, trying to sneak away if they wanted to wait.

And at this moment, a sharp whining sound was suddenly heard.

A feather arrow tied with a bone whistle suddenly shot from a distance.

The next moment, there was only a vibration of the bowstring and the whistling of feather arrows.

A rain of arrows poured down along with the sound of the bone whistle, covering the horse bandits.

Horse bandits are horse bandits after all, unlike formal cavalry with armor protection.To the sky, the horse bandits with a slightly higher status only had a piece of leather armor to protect their chest vitals.

But under the rain of arrows, the usefulness of these leather armors is very weak.

Only the sound of screams was heard again and again, and seven or eight horse bandits turned over and fell off their horses immediately.The iron hooves of the war horses trod by, and I knew that the possibility of surviving was not high.

The leading horse bandit parried several feathered arrows and exclaimed:

"There is a large army, withdraw quickly! Quickly..."

Before he finished speaking, the bandit leader turned his head and saw that the few remaining subordinates had already turned their horses and ran away, leaving only him, the boss, alone.

Seeing this, the bandit leader cursed just as he was about to open his mouth.

But before the swear words came out, a feathered arrow whizzed past again, pierced through the bandit leader's chest, and then broke out, nailing straight into the big tree behind him.

But in an instant, the horse bandits who made the monks completely helpless were almost wiped out.

In the distance, more than a hundred Turkic knights wearing leather armor and holding feathered arrows surrounded a man in the middle wearing a broken silver armor, and looked at the monk in front of him from a distance.

saved!
The monks breathed a sigh of relief, but when they saw the group of Turkic knights who had rescued themselves and others, they were startled again, and immediately became vigilant!

Turks!Although Yun Kingdom has never fought against them, the reason why Xia Kingdom's northern border is guarded by the army is because of them!

　Um, almost...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)