Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

This is the second time for Li Shimin to treat Li Yi'an with such respect.

Before today, he had never tried to treat a teenager like this.

Li Junxian on the side thought that he had misread it, and even his grandson Wugou was surprised, but thinking that he could destroy the Turks, even a little respect should be given.

"To destroy the Turks, in my opinion, there are two ways."

Li Yi'an said slowly: "First, we can accumulate the national power of the Tang Dynasty. After three to four years, the national power will be strong, the army will be strong, and the food will be abundant. We can directly move the army northward, push all the way, break through the Turks, and capture Jieli."

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately felt his blood boil, as if he saw his Tang army sweeping across the Mobei grassland, galloping freely and invincibly.

"What about the second method?"

Li Shimin asked again.

"The second method is based on the first method, but has less loss than the first method."

Li Yi'an pondered for a while, then continued: "If our army goes north and fights the Turkic people head-on, how many soldiers will be able to come back in the end?"

"If pork can be promoted, the people will be stronger and the soldiers will be taller. If they go north to attack the Turks, they will be affected by the terrain and climate. Half of the people who can come back in the end will be very good."

Li Shimin sighed: "The strength of the Turkic people should not be underestimated after all."

Li Yi'an said: "The second method can allow [-]% to [-]% of the soldiers to come back after destroying the Turks and preserve the national strength."

"Really?"

Li Shimin was so excited that he stood up again, and said again: "Please enlighten me, sir."

Li Yi'an said: "Mr. Lang has killed Turkic people, so he should know them best. A Turkic tribe usually has millions of sheep. They usually kill sheep and eat sheep, but they don't know what to do with wool and sheepskin."

To destroy the Turks, how come the sheep are involved?This is very wrong.

Li Shimin didn't understand very well, and responded, "The wool sheared by the Turkic people is generally used to weave clothes or make felt."

Li Yi'an continued: "With a million sheep each year, how much felt and clothing do they have to accumulate? They definitely can't use them all up. Shouldn't the remaining wool be discarded or burned?"

Li Shimin nodded slightly, according to what he knew, that was exactly the case.

"If our merchants in Datang are willing to offer a price to buy their wool, are you willing to sell it?"

"Of course I would. Wool in Turkic is equivalent to waste. If it can be turned into property, why don't you rush to sell it? You can buy a cart of wool for a penny."

"Can you buy a car for a penny?"

Li Yi'an was also surprised. It seems that wool is really a waste in Turkic. He also assumed: "If the merchants in Tang Dynasty have limited purchasing power, and each person can only buy [-] catties of wool, the news will spread among the many tribes in Turkic. , what will happen?"

Li Shimin pondered for a while and said, "I'm afraid that all the tribes will rush to sell the wool."

Li Yi'an asked again: "Then will they fight over selling wool?"

Will it fight?

Yes, absolutely!

Because worthless waste can suddenly become property, human nature is greedy, whether it is Tang people or Hu people, ancient people or modern people are no exception.

The Turks will break their heads for selling wool, and there will be civil strife within the Turks.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, as if he guessed what Li Yi'an was going to say.

"Of course there will be a fight, and they will be in chaos. In addition, a certain tribe will sell wool, get money from Tang merchants, and then buy Tang wine, silk and other things. As long as one tribe gets benefits, all other The tribes will all be jealous of it, and the merchants of our Tang Dynasty have limited purchasing power, so they will fight hard for the quota of selling wool."

"The harder they fight, the more precious the wool will be. At this time, we can increase the amount of purchase appropriately. They will see that the benefits are getting bigger and bigger, and they will raise sheep on a large scale. At that time, the Turks will not only eat mutton, You can still sell mutton, you can also sell more wool, and you can make more money.”

"Sheep have become valuable, and they think about how to make a fortune, so there will be fewer people raising horses. If the Turks had no horses and cavalry, wouldn't their combat effectiveness plummet?"

Li Yi'an finished speaking in one breath, and gave Li Shimin a faint look.

Li Shimin stood there stunned, he couldn't digest it, and he didn't even know how to respond to Li Yi'an.

He has only one thought, that is, Mr. is too powerful!

"According to what the master said, it is useless for us to buy so much wool!"

The eldest grandson Wugou raised a question: "The clothes and felts woven with wool are not cheap. Rich families use silk and satin, while ordinary people wear coarse linen clothes. There is no need for wool, and it is not a waste to transport them back thousands of miles. With little manpower and material resources, it was finally set on fire.”

Li Yi'an said: "Madam, if you think this way, you are a bit one-sided. The wool in Datang is expensive because there are not many sheep. If a large amount of wool is sent to Chang'an, the cost will be extremely low, and the supply will exceed demand. The price will definitely drop, and even ordinary people can buy it. Although the world is stable now, many ordinary people still suffer from the cold in winter. Wool keeps warm and the price is not high. After a year, fewer people freeze to death. This is also a matter of improving people's livelihood. .”

"Oversupply, improve people's livelihood!"

Li Shimin read it again, these two novel words clapped his hands and said: "This kills two birds with one stone!"

"If the Turks raise the price of wool, our cost will increase, and the price will still increase in the end!" Li Junxian couldn't help but said.

"This is also easy to solve. The imperial court has issued a national policy to regulate the price of wool to be purchased. As much as the imperial court says it can give, it can buy as much as possible, and keep the price as low as possible."

Li Yi'an smiled and said, "Whether they like to sell it or not! But this is not the point."

"What's the point?"

Li Shimin asked urgently.

Li Yi'an sorted out his words, and then spoke slowly.

"You can also ask the Ministry of War to arrange a few spies to infiltrate the Turkic people and stir up their civil strife, so that they will fight harder, more people will die, and their strength will become weaker."

"At that time, they will not be able to clean up the situation. Will they ask Datang for help? I guess there is a high chance of it."

"Our Tang Dynasty sent troops to help them quell the civil strife, and then directly garrisoned troops inside them. At this time, the Turkic people lost a lot of troops in order to compete for wool, and their horses became less and less. We want to garrison troops, can they stop them?"

Provoking Turkic civil strife, but also to garrison troops in an open manner, as long as Datang's army can go deep into Turkic, they can control their military power.

Such a Turk, what threat is there?

"This……"

Li Shimin wanted to comment on these remarks, but he didn't know where to start.

This plan is closely linked and meticulous, and it is too ruthless to directly drive the Turks to a dead end.

Li Shimin didn't expect that the gentleman in front of him, who looked gentle and elegant, had such terrifying methods.

If it is operated seriously, the Turks can even be wiped out without a single soldier. They never thought that destroying a country can be done without fighting, and only by means of merchants.

Increased knowledge!

At the same time, Li Shimin was thinking, if there is a gentleman in the Tang Dynasty, the barbarians will be overwhelmed, and all nations will come to court, and the country will be rich and the people will be strong, wouldn't it be easy!

Fortunately, sir is a citizen of Tang Dynasty!

"This is not thorough enough!" Li Yian continued.

There are more thorough!

Li Shimin's eyes widened. He felt that his heart had endured too much shock today, and it was almost unbearable.