The war in Longnan came and ended quickly.
The Eighth Department of the Party was gathering troops and horses, preparing to kill and cripple the three kingdoms of the White Wolf and Qiang in one fell swoop, but the Tuyuhun Khan sent an order to come and stop the war.
Tugu was instigated, and Dang Xiangqiang also retreated, and in the end, the Ministry of Yeli became the biggest loser, and their pastures and pastures became the newly developed frontier land of the Tang Dynasty.
Liyuan, Taoyuan, Qiangyuan, Chishui, Tongde, Datang added five new counties, expanding the land for 800 miles.
Tuyuhun admitted it, and Zhang Chao didn't get an inch anymore, but accepted it when he saw it.
In Zhang Chao's words, don't be in a hurry, after the stage goal is completed, then digest it well.
The task in the next stage is not to continue the blind attack, but to complete the control and consolidation of the occupied territory.
It is necessary to build roads, build cities and forts, and settle troops to immigrate.
These newly occupied lands are all good pastures, so they will mainly establish pastures, and also cultivate a small amount of arable land.
The five counties were to form a line of armed defenses with fortress stations, both to consolidate the newly occupied hundreds of miles, and at the same time to have an important task, which was to protect the new southern trade route.
Zhang Chao admitted the border demarcation signed between Tuyuhun and Tang Jian.
The big bay of the Yellow River, more than 100 miles wide and hundreds of miles long, is still a corridor of the Tuyuhun people, which can connect the eastern Dangxiangqiang.
However, Zhang Chao also forcibly stipulated a buffer zone about 20 li wide and 150 li long between Chihe County and Bailanqiang, which is more than 100 miles to the south.
This area is actually the trade route between Taozhou of the Tang Dynasty and Bailanqiang and Tubo.
In order to avoid being intercepted by the Tuyuhun people when crossing the border in the future, he proposed to set up this passage as a buffer zone, and neither Tang nor Tuyuhun were allowed to garrison troops here, nor were they allowed to intercept the caravans of Tang, Tubo, Bailanqiang and other countries.
In this way, between Tang and Tubo and Bailanqiang, there are only two sections of the Yellow River.
Zhang Chao even proposed to build a shopping mall on the Tuyuhun passage between Tangchihe County and Bailanqiang.
"This mall can be used by Datang, Tuyuhun, Bailanqiang, Tubo and other parties to trade here and exchange ideas.
Datang was responsible for building the city here and paying annual rent to Tuyuhun. ” Just two months after the war, Zhang Chao had already built a Chishui county town in the former Baiyeli camp.
In the small county town, Zhang Chao was discussing with the leaders of the Yeli Department.
There used to be seven smelting profits, and now there are five smelting profits left.
Heiyeli was destroyed early, Qingyeli lost the leader and half of the clansmen, and lost many young men in the last battle, and after the war, the remaining population of Qingyeli was divided by the remaining five tribes.
From then on, five remained.
After the armistice, Murong Fuyun redivided the territory of the Yellow River, which was 600 li long and about 200 li wide, to the Yeli Fifth Division.
The remaining 100,000 people of the Fifth Department of Yeli were resettled here.
The section of land that Zhang Chao wanted to rent was 20 miles wide and 150 miles long, which was Bai Yeli's territory.
If Zhang Chao had put forward such a whimsical idea before, Yeli people would definitely ignore it.
But now, the fifth department of Yeli is already a broken backbone, and the two words Zhang Chao are in the Ministry of Yeli, which is a real child's cry.
Zhang Chao proposed to meet in Chishui County, but no one in the five departments dared not come.
Zhang Chao said that he wanted to set up a buffer zone, and they did not dare to refuse.
"Everyone believes me, after the establishment of this mall, everyone will be able to love it.
In the future, everyone can come here to trade, they can enjoy convenience, and they can also get security guarantees.
I propose that Datang be responsible for the construction and maintenance of the mall, and levy a tax of 20 percent on the merchants who enter the city, and this tax will be given to 20%, 10% to Tuyuhun and 10% to the Ministry of Metallurgy.
For this success of the Yeli Ministry, I propose that Bai Yeli take half of it, and the other four take half.
What do you guys think?"
Bai Yeli's new leader is an old man in his fifties and very calm.
He is not a member of Yelizhen's clan, and after Yelizhen's death, Bai Yeli's department changed to a big family and took over the power of the clan.
This old man's name is Yeli Qu Onion, and he is a more pragmatic person.
He prefers to cooperate with the Tang Army than to confront, and he can't afford to fight it.
"How much is the land rent, and how much is the share" Yeli Qingliang slowly spoke.
Zhang Chao smiled slightly, willing to ask the price, this is a good phenomenon.
"Ground rent for a thousand sheep a year, how" Twenty miles wide and one hundred and fifty miles long, this is not a small land, not just a city.
However, the land is not valuable, and to the herders, the land is worth nothing.
However, the passage drawn by Zhang Chao on the map is a relatively flat valley passage, and the valleys are relatively fertile.
"Five Thousand Sheep" Yeli Qingsheng glanced at the map again, this map was drawn more clearly, and he could see it clearly.
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"Two thousand" Zhang Chao made a counteroffer.
"Four thousand" "Hehe, how about we take a step back, the rent of three thousand sheep a year, but this money has to be deducted from the mall's taxes as the mall's maintenance expenses" "Yes, but we don't want sheep, we want tea or cloth.
A sheep needs to be exchanged for two catties of tea, or a piece of cloth. ” Yeli Qu onion opened a price again, the original transaction in Jiangxin City, originally a pound of tea for three sheep, later more tea, more merchants, the price of tea also fell, from the original one pound for three, down to the current one pound for one.
The price of the onion has to be reduced, and a sheep is exchanged for two catties of tea or a piece of cloth.
This price is actually very fair, tea this thing, there are expensive and cheap, businessmen get Longxi, basically the worst kind of tea, almost all of them are Guanzhong and Hanzhong tea, the simplest processing method, steamed and made into tea cakes.
Two catties of tea for a big sheep is also very profitable.
Zhang Chao also knows that with the increase in commerce, the prices of many commodities will definitely fall somewhat, and it is impossible for everything to be so profitable.
But if you do the math, it's not too expensive.
Twenty miles wide and 150 miles long, this passage is 750 square kilometers and an area of more than 1.1 million acres.
The annual rent of 6,000 catties of tea, or 3,000 pieces of cloth, is not too expensive.
If it is replaced by a horse, it is only a hundred horses.
"Well, six thousand catties of tea a year, or three thousand pieces of cloth, there is no problem.
However, after my Datang pays this land rent, this place will belong to my Datang concession. ” "Concession" Yeli Qu Cong frowned.
"Concession, this place still belongs to Tuyuhun, but Tuyuhun leased it to me in the Tang Taozhou.
Therefore, my Taozhou has the right to build a city and a tuntian on this land. ” "Wouldn't that become the territory of the Tang Dynasty?"
"No, no, no, the land is still Tuguhun land, but I rented it from the Tang Dynasty, so I built the city here to open a commercial market, and Tuntian here for the needs of the city.
However, if the Tuyuhun people want to cross the border, there is no problem, but they just pass through the border and do not need to be notified.
But if you want a large number of people to cross the border, or if your army is crossing, you have to notify us in advance. ” "I, Datang, have the right to station a certain number of troops in this concession to protect the commercial market and maintain order.
If the Tuyuhun people broke the law in the concession, then they should cite the laws of the Tang Dynasty and be dealt with in a public trial. ” Yeli Qu Cong didn't expect that Datang would eventually build a city garrison, which he didn't want to see.
"Don't worry, we can agree that the concession will only be stationed with less than 3,000 people at most."
If there are less than 3,000 people, that is, more than 2,000 people can be stationed at most, which is the size of a field army in the Tang Army, which can be three or four military offices.
"Leader Yeli, cooperation can be a win-win situation.
Our garrison is just to protect the mall, after all, this is a place where many people meet, how can we do it without anyone to maintain order. ” "The commercial market is located in our territory, and we will naturally maintain order in Bai Yeli."
"There is no need to say this, we have worked hard to build a shopping mall, in order to make this trade route smooth, how can we rest assured that he will be completely handed over to the Ministry of Metallurgy."
"What if I don't say yes?"
Zhang Chao looked at Yeli Qu Cong and shook his head with a chuckle, "You won't not agree, you yourself know, even if you don't agree, I should build a city here or a city, and the garrison will still garrison, but in this way, the relationship between the two of us will not be good in the future."
And you will also lose the land rent of 6,000 catties of tea a year, not to mention the 20% tax, if this commercial market is done, your income is far more than these 6,000 catties of tea. ” Yeli Qu Onion's face turned white and red, red and purple by these words, it was too bullying.
"Could it be that Zhang Duhu completely ignored the covenant made between the emperor of your country and the Great Khan of our country?"
"The emperor is far away, and the emperor is not so clear about many affairs in the borderlands, so we border ministers still have to help the emperor deal with them."
Zhang Chao said with a flat face.
Zhang Chao's rogue behavior made Yeli Qu Liang quite powerless.
He wanted to threaten war, but he couldn't say it himself.
Maybe this Zhang Wenyuan would like him to propose a war.
As he said, he wants to build a city and open a market here, and no one can stop him.
At least the Ministry of Yeli can't stop it, if Tuyuhun sends troops to come, then the alliance just signed will be torn up.
Zhang Wenyuan was bullying him and not daring to go to war, and bullying Gu Hun not daring to go to war.
But the Ministry of Metallurgy really didn't dare to start a war anymore, not even Tuyuhun.
"Leader Yeli, isn't it very good to cooperate for a win-win situation, you see, this land is still owned by your Yeli Department or your Tuguhun, I am just renting it.
It's like I bought a house in your Fuyi City, don't you want me to hire a few nursing homes?"
Yeli Qu was tempted to say that things were not so simple and comparable, but he couldn't find a better reason to refuse.
Zhang Wenyuan is now talking about rent, and he is willing to give rent money, which is very face-saving for the covenant, otherwise, if he forcibly occupies it, he will not be able to do anything about it, unless he starts fighting.
Zhang Chao also understood the current situation.
He clearly knows where the bottom limit is, if Zhang Chaoqiang occupies these hundreds of square kilometers of land, it will be equivalent to cutting Tuyuhun in half with a knife and surrounding the party departments in the east, which will definitely touch Tuyuhun's bottom line, and if he can't say it, he will have to go to war.
Zhang Chao didn't want to fight anymore now, so he finally proposed a way to rent.
It was impossible for Tuyuhun to let the Tang Dynasty cut them in half, and Zhang Chao didn't want his trade route to be blocked by so many hundred miles, he wanted to completely open up this section.
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Rent, it becomes a product of compromise.
"This matter must be reported to the Great Khan," Yeli Qu Cong finally couldn't decide.
"That's no problem, I can wait for your reply, but it's better to hurry, it's the New Year soon, and I'll start building the city in the next year."
In fact, don't worry so much, I rent this land, pay you rent, build a commercial market, at most build a few more tunzhuang, then your exchanges are still unimpeded, and we can also facilitate trade between us in the future, how good it is that Tuguhun cattle and horse fur medicinal materials, etc., you can easily exchange to my Tang Dynasty tea, cloth, silk, porcelain, etc., isn't it very good that this commercial market opens, when it attracts caravans from all over the world to trade, and collects taxes, you can still get 20%" The Yeli people rode away and crossed the Yellow River to return to their own territory.
"San Lang, why bother with them, let's cross the river directly and build a city there to garrison troops, and the Yeli people don't dare to do anything at all."
The cow saw the tiger and shouted.
In the past two months, Zhang Chao has been exercising actual control over the newly laid five counties.
At the same time, his Taozhou tooth soldiers have also expanded, the original four capitals have a total of 200 people, and now there are 800 people in the four capitals, each of which has become four teams of 200.
The number of soldiers in Taozhou is still 10,000, and this total has not changed.
However, Zhang Chao selected more than 8,000 people from those Yeli soldiers and formed three armies, Pingyi, Zhenman, and Fuqiang, with 2,800 people each.
However, these three armies are not official soldiers, but the militia of Taozhou.
They are usually trained and their weapons are stored in the arsenal of the military government.
In case of wartime, they can be called up to assist in defense or go to war.
Because they were militiamen, they got a preferential treatment, and instead of being sold, they became official slaves in Taozhou, and their families were also official slaves.
Zhang Chao allowed them to live together in normal times, and also set a salary for their work, and if they made military merits, they could also be exempted.
One exemption is for fan households, two exemptions for miscellaneous households, and three exemptions for beloved.
From an official slave to a beloved, after three releases, he can become a beloved.
These Yeli militias, as long as they perform well, can also save their families from ransom.
Zhang Chao gave these people goals and hopes, and if they did well, they would be free in the future.
Even if they are now official slaves and maids, Zhang Chao did not let them live a miserable and inhumane life, they were under the jurisdiction of the Taozhou government, building roads, building cities, cultivating land, etc., divided into different jobs.
Their families also have arranged work, and they work hard to provide food and clothing.
Even as militiamen, they have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, have the opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service, and exchange freedom for themselves and their families.
The number of soldiers in Taozhou has not changed, but the actual military strength has increased a lot, not only these three Tuyuhun militia troops.
In addition, each county also has a township soldier, who must also be trained in his spare time, and even these people who are selected as township soldiers are also qualified to wear bows and knives in peacetime.
As long as there are police, Taozhou now has a total population of 150,000, and can mobilize at least 30,000 people, which is a rather terrifying number.
In particular, this is not just the conscription of the people, these people are to be trained and have a certain amount of equipment.
The township soldiers of each county and township are all subordinate to each archery club, broadsword team, and spear club, each with its own focus and expertise, so that once they are assembled, they can not only become excellent reserves, but also become a supplementary source of government soldiers.
With Taozhou's current strength, the Ministry of Metallurgy really has no pressure, and it can even swallow them.
However, the imperial court had already signed an alliance with Tuyuhun, and the emperor also issued an order to Zhang Chao to withdraw his troops and stop the war.
In various circumstances, getting a concession is actually the best choice.
"Pack up, set off tomorrow and return to Lintan, it's only less than half a month before the New Year, I have to hurry up, otherwise I won't be able to catch up with the Chaoji" t1706231537: