What Li Chengdao didn't say is that if the Tang army carried out large-scale arms sales, it would have a great impact on the already complex political situation around the Tang Dynasty.

Take the current Zhidu-sense power as an example. If he had no weapons and no food, how would he gain a foothold after more than 10,000 people returned to the grassland?

After the failure of the Southern Expedition of the Eastern Turks, it turned into more than 10,000 defeated soldiers who were abandoned, and many evil wolves that would take your life while you were sick!

Li Chengdao now gave Zhishisili steel knife, crossbow arrows, and food. Although this unit of ten thousand people could not command the entire grassland like the former Jie Li Khan, it was at least a small force in the grassland.

Compared with bows and arrows, crossbows have a great advantage in range. With crossbows, the power of priests after the horizontal sword has already gained enough capital to gain a foothold in the early stage. What's more, this army has a leader like priests, which cannot be controlled by any person or a certain force.

This remnant Eastern Turkic army will be a huge resistance force for other attempts to divide the forces of the Eastern Turkic territory. Li Chengdao was unwilling to let the Tang army, who had not yet been replaced, face the northern cavalry directly within two years, so he retained his impulse and let this small army temporarily occupy the core vacuum zone of the Turkic that had lost its powerful strength, so as to facilitate the Tang army to rule the desert after two years.

So what is the first thing that the latter would do after Li Chengdao kept his persistence and thoughtfulness back to the grassland?

Is it to nourish your energy?

There is no such thing as raising energy on the grassland. The fastest way for nomadic people to recover their vitality is to annex other tribes. In their eyes, killing all men above the wheels of other tribes, snatching their cattle, sheep and women, and reshaping a large tribe is the most efficient expansion model.

Of course, Zhishi Sili cannot be listed as the only one. In this process, Li Chengdao gave Zhishi Sili a completely irresistible transaction, and it was also the fastest opportunity to rise, that is, to buy and sell slaves.

Boys and girls under the age of ten have three stakes of money, adult Turkic men have five stakes of money, women have two stakes of money, elderly people have two stakes of money, but they can still have two stakes of money that can shepherd cattle and sheep, and three stakes of money that can shepherd horses.

These are all clearly marked with price tags, and those with special skills are priced higher. For example, barefoot veterinarians, horse breeders, horse trainers, etc. can even reach twenty or thirty stakes, which is more expensive than a war horse.

The Tang Dynasty will set up a special trading venue near Yinshan, which is not limited to the power of pride. As long as everyone comes with slaves or cattle and sheep, no matter who you are, they can exchange it for Tang coins. After changing to Tang coins, they can buy food, salt, iron, cloth, tea and other materials in the trading venue.

That's right, even strategic materials such as iron and salt can be traded, provided that you have to buy Tang coins. If you exchange cattle, sheep, or slaves, it is not allowed. You must first exchange it for Tang coins before you can buy it.

The reason for doing this is that it is for the convenience of tax payment and easy to count; the second is that Li Chengdao was cultivating the trading habits of the Turks, allowing them to completely get out of the barter trading model and exchange it for Tang coins.

As long as the Turks got used to the trading of Tang coins, they would never be able to return to the bartering model. This would lay a solid foundation for the future invasion of Tang coins and would also be the most profound move that Li Chengdao took.

Li Chengdao integrated the trade of cattle, sheep and horses, population transactions, and large-scale arms sales and controlled material transactions to form a government order that completely targets the nomadic peoples on the grassland, known in history as the barbarian strategy.

Aren't you in a hurry to lack food, tea, salt, and cloth? Come on, rob cattle and sheep from other tribes, and exchange them for Tang coins, you will easily get these materials that were once obtained by smuggling.

Can't beat other tribes? It doesn't matter. If you exchange the women, children, elderly people, and livestock in your tribe for Tang coins, you will get more steel knives and sharper crossbow arrows... With these, you will be able to grab more women, fatter cattle and sheep, and wider grasslands. Your tribe will be stronger!

This is the idea that Li Chengdao wants to instill in Zhishi's power, or other tribe powerful men who want to fight for hegemony on the grassland.

It goes without saying that the power of pride is lost. Xue Yantuo, do you want Modao armor? Western Turks, do you want the divine arm crossbow?

If you big tribes want them all, should you buy some arms for other small tribes? You can’t afford the Modao God’s Arm Crossbow, or buy some bow, arrow and scimitar left after the failure of the Eastern Turks. If we don’t invade other tribes, we will always need to save our lives!

Li Chengdao's purpose is to ignite the raging war in the entire grassland by selling arms. As long as there is war, there will be a continuous stream of prisoners of war; as long as you want to win, the Turks will continue to sell humans, cattle and sheep, and trade with the Tang Dynasty; whoever gains the advantage of weapons will have a broader living space...

In this way, the Tang Dynasty can continuously draw blood from the grassland and transform these purchased population into the productivity of the Tang Dynasty!

If people have lost their land, they will all be left! If people have lost their land, they will all be left!

People! What is the most important thing!

"Credit!"

Li Chengdao smiled and said, "The most important thing in doing business is credit. How much money should be? It's not a good idea to see who is buying and selling, but only look at the money."

"Today, Zhishili can exchange a woman from Xueyantuo tribe for one stone of food, and tomorrow Tianyinan can exchange ten prisoners of war from the Eastern Turks for a Modao."

"The East Factory wants to arrange people as soon as possible. I don't want to see anyone who is unruly, whether it is a major family or a royal relative. This is the basic national policy. They can make money and use their own resources to make money in Yinshan, but they are not allowed to secretly lower the price and engage in vicious competition. Whoever causes it will die!"

Li Chengdao glanced at Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong indifferently, who were genuine royal relatives.

"Your Majesty, how can anyone in the world be so stupid? You can obviously monopolize and make money, so why bother suppressing each other and letting the Turks get a bargain."

Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly became a little nervous, Xu Houzhao stood up with a smile and said, "Leave the arms sales matter to Lord Shangshu to operate. In terms of other materials, Your Majesty, don't worry, if you have me and the Lord Yu stare at me, there will be no major problems."

"Well, Houzhao, Yinshan is going to open a court, and other places must also be opened. Don't let some forces monopolize the trade channels." Li Chengdao thought for a while, "In addition, Yuhuatian, you send someone to check those smuggling vendors. They have been guilty of all their crimes in the past, but from now on, they are not allowed to smuggle the government behind their backs. Otherwise, no matter who stands behind them, I will not give face. Warn you once and take people directly for the second time."

"Yes, your Majesty!"

Yu Huatian licked his lips: "Starting the first year of Hongyu, even if a mouse came out of the Tang Dynasty, the Wei ministers would ask it to pay taxes!"
Chapter completed!