Li Shimin was also quite moved when he saw the beautiful scenery that he had not seen for many years.

It is difficult to feel the beauty of the beautiful mountains and rivers when staying in Chang'an City every day, which is why Li Shimin often likes to leave the palace.

Even if he could only wander around Chang'an City most of the time, he could feel many things that could not be seen in the Daming Palace.

What an emperor is most afraid of is to lose his true perception of this country, and the consequences will be very terrible.

After all, the greater the power, the more concentrated the power, and the more serious the harm the country will be when the emperor makes mistakes.

"Life often only accumulates some touching things after being immersed in time. In summer, grasslands grow and birds fly, but in the end, it feels a bit worse than the scenery in autumn.

Li Kuan rode on a horse and ran on the grassland, and his whole body felt much better.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, there is a herder's tent five miles ahead!"

Li Zhong put down his glasses and came to Li Shimin to report the information.

Since you have come to the grassland, you must find someone to understand the situation.

No matter how beautiful the scenery is, they can't speak.

"Let's go! Let's visit! It's just as the sky is getting late, so maybe you can stay there for one night."

The herdsmen on the grassland often live by the water and grass.

Where there are herders' tents, there are often streams nearby.

As long as Li Shimin and his group stayed overnight near the herdsmen, they no longer had to find a suitable place to stay.

...

"Wang!Wang!Wang!"

Accompanied by the shepherd's yell, a Hu man rode a horse to greet him.

Caravans would come and go on the grassland from time to time, and every time they passed by a tent, they would choose to stop.

So Zabula has become accustomed to the appearance of the Tang people's caravan.

Even the caravan in front of me is relatively large in scale!

"Dear guest, please stop and have a cup of milk tea!"

Most of the time, the herdsmen on the grassland are still very welcoming and friendly.

Especially in the grasslands near Liangzhou, many of them have seen the bravery of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and now they have become extremely well-behaved.

"We are a caravan from Liangzhou. We have come to the grassland for the first time to do business. We haven't calculated the itinerary well, so we are going to disturb you."

Li Shimin was very polite and talked to the dark-faced Hu man in front of him.

The higher the level, the less likely it is to show off in front of ordinary people.

Soon, Li Shimin and his group entered the tent under the reception of Zabra.

As for the rest of the caravan, they naturally found their own places to settle down.

"Zabla, are you the only one here in this whole area?"

Li Shimin looked around but found that Zabra and his companions were not found.

This situation should be relatively rare.

In independent herdsmen, at least there are wives and children around them. It is difficult for real lone soldiers to survive on the grassland.

"Here, there are them!"

Zabra pointed to the big dogs squatting at the door of the tent and showed a refreshing smile.

However, soon, he continued to explain, "This place is not far from Liangzhou. Nearby herders sent their children to school in Liangzhou for classes. There, children under ten years old do not need to pay a penny, and all expenses are the responsibility of the court.

Studying, in the past, was the treatment only received by the son of the tribe leader. When I was a child, I envied that the children of the tribe leader could learn from the Han teachings, and I could only follow Aye to herd sheep. Now that I have the opportunity to let the children learn, I naturally sent them all to Liangzhou. My mother also followed her to Liangzhou. I just stayed on the grassland alone to raise sheep."

Zabula's face was filled with a happy smile, and his answer surprised Li Shimin.

"The shopkeeper, the children of herders near Liangzhou City, can directly enter Liangzhou's household registration after graduating from elementary school and become a citizen of the Tang Dynasty. If you study well, you may even be recruited as a clerk by the Liangzhou Prefecture Office and become a superior person!"

Li Kuan’s idea was to build a large number of primary schools and primary schools in Liangzhou.

It is also a chess move to Li Kuan’s grassland strategy for free to all children under the age of ten.

These Hu herdsmen received education from the Tang Dynasty since childhood. When they grew up, their thoughts were completely Chineseized except that they did not look like those of the Tang Dynasty.

Only by eroding step by step can the grassland be truly incorporated into the embrace of the Tang Dynasty.

"That's right, just like what this gentleman said! Life on the grassland is not as good as that in Liangzhou City. Those Tang people who know the literature and sly write only need to work in the workshop, and their monthly salary is much higher than that of our wind and sun. We all hope that our children can also enter the workshop or the government office to do things."

Zabula seems to be forty years old, but from his words, Li Shimin speculated that his actual age was less than thirty years old, otherwise it would not be his son but his grandson to go to Liangzhou City to study.

"This is a good policy, but Zabra, are you busy guarding such a large flock of sheep alone?"

While asking, Li Shimin took the milk tea handed over by Zabra.

This kind of milk tea is very different from the one sold in Chang'an City Heytea Store.

The strong smell of milk reminded Li Shimin of the hard days of fighting the world.

If you are hungry, eat some dry food, drink some milk when you are thirsty, and find a place to rest when you are tired.

Li Shimin also suffered hardships.

"I remember that in the past, I used to drink horse milk directly on the grassland. Now I add tea bricks to it and cook them together. Is it better?"

Only after Li Zhong finished drinking a bowl of milk tea in one breath and signaled that Li Shimin was safe, Li Shimin began to drink.

However, even a bowl of simple milk tea, Li Shimin was also full of curiosity.

Tea bricks, this is something that has only appeared on the grassland in the past ten years.

Before this, not to mention the grassland, there were not many people drinking tea in the Tang Dynasty itself.

Of course, the high price of this tea leaves also has a lot to do with it.

But who knew that after so many years, I met a herdsman on the grassland, and milk tea was boiled in the tent.

"It tastes good! Very good! In the past, due to frequent eating of mutton, my mouth often had ulcers, but after drinking milk tea, this kind of scene never happened again. Moreover, I think this milk tea has made our appetite better, and it seems that we have become sick less often. Now, I am a little unaccustomed to drinking milk tea without tea bricks."

Zabula obviously highly praised tea bricks, which shows that the Northwest Trade and other caravans promoted tea bricks on the grasslands very successfully.

"If these tea bricks are used to make milk tea every day, the amount required in a year is also very expensive, right?"

Li Shimin was very curious about how these people could afford so much tea.

Based on the strong tea flavor in the milk tea he just drank, the number of tea bricks needed to be consumed every day is definitely not a small number.

"It really requires a lot. Now I live here alone and need at least one kilogram of tea bricks every month, which saves the use of the situation; if I use it, two kilograms or three kilograms can be eaten. Fortunately, the purchase price of wool is relatively high now. I am looking at hundreds of sheep and cows alone. The annual income from selling wool is enough to buy tea bricks and salt."

The current living standard is obviously far beyond the days before Zabra, and Li Shimin can clearly feel a sense of satisfaction from his face.

"After this year, can there be any remaining income from selling wool besides buying tea bricks and salt?"

"No leftover! Even if there is nothing left, I use it to buy new clothes for the children or buy some spices to cook lamb."

"If you don't have any money left, don't you worry?"

"What are you going to worry about? Look at my iron pot, which was placed more than ten years ago, even the leaders of ordinary tribes may not be able to use. Now I have it at home. And look at the white clouds, there is still half a bottle left. If it were placed in the past, people like me would not be able to drink this kind of wine."

Zabula was still a Hu man after all, and he didn't have the habit of saving money like the people of the Tang Dynasty.

For him, he spent money when he earned and used it to improve his life.

This is actually not a bad thing for the Tang Dynasty.

Because all the things Zabula bought were produced by Datang.

It is equivalent to the money spent by merchants to purchase wool from herders, and after a walk around, they all earned them back.

To a certain extent, these Hu people are working for merchants in the Tang Dynasty!

Otherwise, how could the tea planting area in various parts of the Tang Dynasty be larger every year?

Prices have not dropped significantly!

The only risky thing is that these Hu people have too poor risk resistance. Once there is a disaster, they may fall into difficulties in life again.

Once this person has a difficult life, his courage will often become greater.

Especially when you can't eat enough.

"Zabla, is the resident of your tribe's leader not far from your place?"

Li Kuan, who hadn't spoken much next to him, suddenly made a statement.

"Tribe leader?" Zabula was stunned for a moment, "I don't know who the leader of our tribe should be! Anyway, I have lived in this place for several years, and except for going to Liangzhou, I have never been to any other place."

Obviously, the Hu tribes near Liangzhou have become more in the depths of the grassland.

These herders who have gradually become grazing in fixed areas and will become mainstream people on the grassland.

This can also be regarded as an impact of Li Kuan's promotion of the grassland strategy.

The grassland is so big, if you don’t even know where the people are, what else can you talk about management?

Only by fixing people in a certain area can we truly incorporate grassland into management.
Chapter completed!