Because six thousand plowing oxen were extorted from the Turks, they had sufficient labor.

Luo Shixin reclaimed more than 100 acres of land along the newly dug canal based on the original fields in Shuofang.

This dry land also has the benefits of dry land, and the dry land is grown in dry land that is dry and drought-resistant food.

Soybeans are grown in Shuofang. As one of the important grain crops in China, soybeans have a cultivation history of thousands of years. Compared with delicate rice, soybeans have a hundred times more survival than rice. They are one of the most common crops in drylands. They only need a small amount of water to survive and have a certain harvest, but the overall yield is still one or two inferior to rice.

Before sowing, the people of Shuofang dug a canal leading to the Shuofang fields, with enough water sources. The irrigated soybean fields grew vigorously. Experienced farmers unanimously stated that today is a rare harvest year for their northern regions.

Before this, Shuofang had been unable to be self-sufficient because of the lack of food in the fields and lack of food. This bumper harvest will completely change this situation.

After resting for a while, Luo Shixin picked up the last official document on the table.

The official document records the tax situation of the first month of the year. Ma Zhou carefully recorded the tax revenue of the first two months in the official document, and there is a sharp contrast between the increase and decrease.

"The tax growth is beyond our expectations!" Luo Shixin looked at the official document and was also a little surprised.

Ma Zhou said sincerely: "The general is talented, genius among people, free markets and tourism proposals greatly stimulated Shuofang's development and accelerated Shuofang's economy. The subordinates felt inferior to him..."

Luo Shixin was a little fluttering and very proud.

Free Market was a development project he proposed, and as a later generation, Luo Shixin deeply realized the importance of business to development.

It is far from enough for Shuofang to achieve true prosperity and strength. As the north with relatively barren land, it is obviously a dream to make a fortune by agriculture that can only achieve self-sufficient output, and it is inevitable to develop the economy.

However, Shuofang is located in a remote area, with a sparse population, and does not geography. There are no fixed specialties, so it is extremely difficult to develop the economy.

Even Ma Zhou was a little helpless about this, just like a clever woman could not cook without rice.

Luo Shixin suddenly had a whim. The biggest feature of Shuofang is that it is better to open a trade market between countries and develop Shuofang as a trading platform?

In later generations, the most prosperous places were the borders or coastal areas between countries. Among them, trade with other countries is the key. The most profitable thing is overseas trade.

Without characteristics, use the expertise of the grassland nation and the Central Plains to trade to develop their own economy.

This proposal was recognized by Ma Zhou, but was questioned by Liu Rengui.

Ma Zhou felt that Luo Shixin's proposal played the characteristics of Shuofang, but Liu Rengui felt that doing business with the grassland people, especially the Turkic people, would make it stronger and it would not be worth the loss.

Luo Shixin had already thought about what Liu Rengui was considering in advance.

The so-called trade means mutual benefit between the two sides. Even a fool will not do this loss. The answer is certain. But what if you don’t start trade?

The Turks can also be obtained from black merchants and from various channels from the Western Regions. It has little impact on the Turks. Instead of letting black merchants benefit, it is better to let the people of Shuofang make the Tang Dynasty profit. Moreover, establishing a free market in Shuofang is equivalent to taking the initiative into his own hands. He can trade what is possible and what is prohibited from trading.

The Turks were encouraged to transport the abundant cattle, sheep, horses, leather and other materials to Shuofang for transactions, but the Turks restricted the purchase of weapons, iron and other strategic materials from the Central Plains. They were only allowed to purchase tea, silk, satin, porcelain, wine, vinegar sauce, honey, literary couch cloth, books, calligraphy and paintings and other very common daily necessities.

Luo Shixin also promised to the public that no matter what tribe or tribe they were, as long as they were honestly paying the city tax and transaction tax, and not causing trouble in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, everything would be easy and would never be difficult.

The conditions for the transaction were harsh, but after the news spread, the merchants of the Turkic tribe were hesitant, but business travelers such as Xueyantuo were not restricted and traded with Shuofang. The grassland people were low in productivity, and the common daily necessities were exactly what they needed. They had no special resources, and could only trade with the Tang Dynasty with specialty cattle, sheep, horses and hunting leather.

Originally, they could only obtain daily necessities by spending high prices from black merchants or transporting several countries, but now they only need to enter Shuofang to exchange for specialties. Although the entry tax and trade tax are not low and are subject to transaction restrictions, basic daily necessities and some luxury goods unique to the Central Plains are still profitable than the sky-high asking prices of black merchants.

The success of the merchant Xueyantuo became a role model for all races and started trade with Shuofang Free Market. At first, the Turks pretended to be Xueyantuo merchant, fearing that Luo Shixin, an unreasonable evil star, would use "conspiracy" against them. The facts also proved that they were thinking too much. Shuofang opened his door to do business, and Luo Shixin did not intend to ruin his name, so he turned a blind eye to these things.

Over time, Turkic vendors no longer concealed their identities.

In their opinion, Luo Shixin is as hateful as an evil spirit, but he is still very credible in reputation. As long as he does not violate the agreement and makes shameful transactions, everything will be easy to talk about.

The Turks suffered from Luo Shixin's losses in this regard, so they were extremely obedient.

However, Sijie tribe in Tiele intended to take this opportunity to buy some salt from Datang, so he searched it.

Luo Shixin killed all the merchants of Sijie tribe without hesitation, handed over all the money they traded to the state treasury. At the same time, he also forbidden the people of Sijie tribe from entering the territory of Shuofang. If any discovery is found, he will be killed.

Luo Shixin did what he said here. Siji tribe wanted to send someone to explain and ease, and even the messenger asked him to kill him.

He suddenly shocked those ulterior motives and understood a truth: to come to Shuofang to conduct business, abiding by the rules is the only way out.

The grassland people lack daily necessities, and the people of the Central Plains also lack grassland specialties such as cattle, sheep, horses, leather, etc. When they learned that Shuofang had these goods, merchants from the Central Plains flocked to Shuofang one after another. They did not have the concerns of the grassland people, and opened shops and rented business places without any scruples. Luo Shixin had no special requirements for them. As long as they did not sell illegal goods to the grassland people, they would welcome them and offer some convenience discounts. Of course, if they traded contraband with foreign races for the sake of profit, Luo Shixin would unwillingly imprison him and ban the store and seal his house.

As long as he was in Shuofang for one day, he would not allow such a traitor.

This ancient time was not as developed as later generations, and it was not easy to become a ghost.

Because of the existence of the free market, Shuofang has the conditions to attract merchants, and Shuofang's economy is naturally a thousand miles a day.

At the same time, Luo Shixin also imitated future generations, promoted the tourism industry, promoted the vastness of the grasslands in the Central Plains, and attracted local heroes to come to the Shuobei grassland to roam and play.

This is a great deal of mountains, rivers and waters in the Central Plains, and it is also a very elegant thing to be able to see the scenery of the Shuobei Grassland, gallop on the endless grassland, sit on the grass and drink and talk.

It turned out that if a gentleman did not stand under a dangerous wall, no one dared to risk his life to travel on the grassland. But now, except for business travel, the grassland aliens dare not get close to the Shuobei grassland half a step. It is very safe, and naturally it has been loved by many literati and scholars.

Among them, the famous poet Wang Ji came to Shuobei Grassland for a while and came to Shuobei Grassland for a while. While he was happy and moved, he casually wrote an essay praising Shuobei Grassland.

Wang Ji was named Donggaozi. He was very famous in the early Tang Dynasty. He was simple and arrogant, loved wine like his life, and could drink five dou but not drunk. He wrote "Biography of Mr. Wu Dou", wrote "Wine Classics" and "Wine Notes". The poems he wrote were close but not shallow, and the prose was not vulgar, and he was truly straightforward and casual, with a broad mind and a high spirit, and he kept up with the high style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

His prose is just like his usual style, containing the style of the Wei and Jin dynasties. His language is concise and vigorous, natural, clear and fluent, and he gets rid of the glitz of Han Fu and is straightforward and grand. It is a rare work.

As the founder of five-character regulated verse, Wang Ji may not have a reputation in later generations, but he is extremely famous in the present. His prose has created the fame of Shuofang and brought invisible publicity to Shuofang. So much so that there are many rich children from Shuofang who come to Shuofang to see the scenery of the grassland. Most of them come in groups, with 180 people at one time, and they are generous. The impact on the economy is also very considerable.

The two suggestions made by Luo Shixin made Ma Zhou dumbfounded, and he also felt a little frustrated: he felt that his immediate boss was indeed extraordinary, and he was talented, and he would make a big splash when he didn't take action. He thought that ordinary people could not think of things. He thought that he was not good at politics, but he had just learned it for a while and immediately came up with two tricks to boost Shuofang's economy.

Although his reform system is effective, he is not as effective as Luo Shixin's two tricks to play with each step and stabilize the foundation.

He didn't want Luo Shixin to make such a proposal because he had thousands of years of experience.

Luo Shixin showed off for a long time before putting down the official documents and said cautiously: "Next, Shuofang's government affairs will be fully handed over to you. In the future, I will not have the intention to ask Shuofang's government affairs."

Ma Zhou thought and said seriously: "Is there something wrong in the north?"

Luo Shixin nodded silently and said, "As we thought, we lost suddenly."

Ma Zhou whispered: "Then do I, Datang, want it?"

Luo Shixin shook his head and said, "I don't know, but it should be soon..."

He also received the news not long ago, and Li Shimin gave him the order to prepare for war.

Sudden defeat!

Jie Li consolidated his position as the Turkic Khan King!

The Tang Dynasty prepares for war!
Chapter completed!