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Chapter 163 The magician lady is here

In the military tent, a group of civil and military officials gathered together for one thing, that is, the governance issue of the newly received territory of Fuyu City.

Liu Hongji is the chief military and political manager of Hebei Province. He knows the situation on the border best, so he is the first to speak: "This Fuyu City is a place of right and wrong, and the ownership is Goguryeo, but they have never really benefited from this city.

Because this place is bordered by the three barbarians, Khitan, Marce and Shiwei, it is often visited by these three tribes, which has caused no output in Fuyu City, but has become a place where there is no name or death. In fact, it is a place where there are no concerns.

Goguryeo's monarch and ministers tried to be careful. They seemed to be cede land, but in fact they were throwing us a burden."

Several other generals nodded, acknowledging that this was a useless place.

Wei Zheng looked at the special envoy Wang Si, "Shangshu Wang, since we have obtained this land, it is my territory of the Tang Dynasty. Goguryeo is incompetent and the Tang Dynasty cannot ignore it. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty is so powerful that Fuyu City has returned to us, and the surrounding small tribes should not dare to invade.

I wonder what good advice does Shangshu Wang have for how to govern it?"

Wang Si pondered for a moment, and said with a complicated expression: "The internal plague in the Hebei Road of Tang Dynasty has not been erased. Now there is another place for right and wrong. Not to mention governance, just speaking of public security, I am afraid that a strong army will be needed, which is not worth the loss!"

Li Ke gently pushed Du Shaoqing beside him and said aloud: "We have opposed accepting this land before. Only Doctor Du persuaded him to accept it. I believe it would not be to help Goguryeo quickly reach a contract. It should have other meanings. Why not let Doctor Du talk?"

Everyone looked at Du Shaoqing one after another. Except for Wang Si who was not optimistic about it, everyone else knew Du Shaoqing's ability.

Du Shaoqing took out a simple strategy he had made in the past few days. It took three days for the front line to dismantle the corpse of Jingguan to relocate. He was an outsider and made plans when he had nothing to do.

"Everyone, Fuyu City is a rare treasure, but Goguryeo has no idea about gold and jade.

This is the junction of the five countries. It is not the best city to govern and safeguard the people, but it is the best place for commercial and goods circulation. With this city, our Tang Dynasty can easily trade with the four neighboring countries in the Northeast. The four are places where barbarians grazed, with sufficient supply of goods and open business. It is equivalent to the Tang Dynasty seizing the resources of the entire Northeast."

Wang Si frowned and said, "Doctor Du, do you still have to rely on merchants to govern the country? Is this a joke?"

Du Shaoqing straightened his back and said loudly: "The country earns money from foreign races, enriches the national treasury, and replenishes the people of our country, and benefits the country and the people. Isn't it a joke? Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are the lifelines of the country, so why is the way to govern the country so as to speak about business?"

Wei Zheng advised: "After listening to Doctor Du, we are not ignorant corrupt scholars who are ignorant of flexibility. We can benefit the country and the people, so why bother to be obsessed?"

"In order to ensure that Fuyu City can become a commercial land safely, there must be an army of less than 5,000 to be stationed and guarded all year round, otherwise everything will be empty talk, and Fuyu City will still look like it is in the hands of Goguryeo."

Yuchi Gong retorted: "Five thousand permanent troops? The Tang Dynasty is a military system, so where are there permanent troops? That is, the troops around His Majesty and the troops guarding the royal city are permanent. Fuyu City needs five thousand? This is impossible and cannot be afforded."

"After listening to me, the income of these 5,000 troops in Fuyu City is completely affordable. There are three nomadic barbarians around, rich in fur, livestock, herbs, etc. They are all abandoned on weekdays and are worthless. They throw them aside and stop them, but no one wants them. Our Tang Dynasty can buy them at half a percent of the price in China and then transport them into China. In addition, the transportation loss along the way, the cost is less than 20% of the country. The net profit is 80% and the profit cannot be afforded. I can afford to eat meat every meal."

"This, this, are you making such huge profits? Is anyone selling it?" Wang Si opened his eyes wide and disbelief.

"Of course, let alone the purchase of half a cent price. If we exchange precious things such as silk, jewelry, tea, etc., I am confident that I can exchange a piece of silk for 100 cows from those barbarian leaders. What is the price of domestic plowing ox? Two or even three coins, how much does a piece of silk cost?

I basically didn't spend any money."

After hearing this explanation, everyone looked at Du Shaoqing. How could this guy be a miracle doctor? He is simply the most profiteer in the world.

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "No, the barbarian cattle are all wild and difficult to subdue beef cattle. They can be used to kill and eat meat, but they cannot be used as plowing cattle, so the profit is not that big."

"Bison? Beef cattle? Why can't bison be trained? It's too simple to pierce the nostrils."

"What did you say? What do you mean is that you have a way to tame a buffalo?" Wei Zheng stood up and came to Du Shaoqing and asked in a direct manner, "If you really have this ability, it will definitely be a great achievement. If you are with the princess, I will stick out my head and fight for you with Your Majesty once even if I give up my face."

Du Shaoqing was stunned and asked weakly: "Is the Tang Dynasty short of oxen?"

Liu Hongji nodded and said, "It's not just a shortage? It's simply a rare shortage. It's impossible for the people to plow oxes in one household. On average, five households in the country each plow oxes. In some poor places, even one ox in one village, and most of the fields are people coming to pull the plows.

National legislation prohibits killing cattle, but the results are still minimal."

Well, after this explanation, Du Shaoqing felt that he was going to find a great achievement, so he nodded solemnly and replied: "I am confident that I can tame the bison quickly, and how much can I tame the buffalo. In this way, this Fuyu City actually doesn't need to do anything else. It would be amazing to buy the buffalo just by buying beef cattle."

Liu Hongji waved his hand and said, "Come here, send someone to buy back ten wild bisons from the Khitan clan. Regardless of the quality, the faster the better."

This is a practical man, and he actually wanted to test the truth and false immediately. Then Du Shaoqing continued to tell his plan, and his words were reasonable and well-founded. Everyone kept nodding. Even the Minister of Rites Wang Si looked at him with admiration. He thought to himself that this talented man Du seemed to be a talented man in governing the country, besides having a little bit of a merchant habit.

Three days later, as Du Shaoqing said, in front of the generals, he really used the method of piercing the nostrils to obey the ten wild buffaloes. Wei Zheng knew that the biggest gain of this trip was to destroy the Hebei plague, which was to dig out Du Shaoqing's real skills and even calculate the compensation of Goguryeo. It was not as important as getting one Du Shaoqing.

A few days later, Wang Si left first, the war in Hebei had subsided, and his special envoy was useless, so he went back with several generals' apology documents. Wei Zheng did not write any apology or something. He said that this matter would be put on hold and he would go back to Chang'an to have an interview with the emperor in the future.

"Let's go, let General Yuchi in Yingzhou sweep it off. It's time for us to go back to Youzhou to finish the plague." Wei Zheng, Du Shaoqing and Li Ke, and others, also set off to rush back to Youzhou.

Outside Youzhou City, 80% of the victims left, the remaining 20% ​​were the real plague that had not been eradicated, the remaining 80% were cured, and there were also refugees who were not sick. Now that their homes are nothing, they spontaneously went back to grab the food.

Before Du Shaoqing took Li Junxian to the medical camp, he heard the disaster victims around him constantly thanking, "Doctor Du is back, thank you for saving his life! Your family is a great person."

Du Shaoqing said in his heart that these people are so enthusiastic that they thank the family directly.

But what another commoner said made Du Shaoqing stunned. The man shouted: "Doctor Du, you and your wife are living Bodhisattvas, we thank you."

My wife? This is even more strange. My wife is in the palace.

"Oh, the miracle doctor and the miracle doctor's wife are really a perfect match. They are handsome and beautiful, and they are born with a pair of men."

After hearing this, Du Shaoqing never thought that it would be really stupid. He slapped his thigh, "My wife is here? Didn't she agree that she would be at home and take good care of her children? What are you doing in the plague area?
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