Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Ma Fan and his brother still kept a third of the money and decided to go to the side to have a look.After all, even if one-third of the money is left, the food they can buy is far more than they expected.

If the salt is too expensive, there is still time for them to go back and buy food again.

There are not many people coming to buy food now.

When they walked to the shop selling salt, they found that, as the Tang soldier said, table salt was also very cheap, even just a little more expensive than grain.

And this table salt...looks too good.

After the two of them tasted it with permission, their eyes lit up, and they simply bought salt with the money left in their hands.

What happened to Ma Fan's family was what happened to all the people in Liaodong City.

And the grain sold by the grain store opened by Datang is naturally the military grain left by the wealthy households in the city and the army.

Those captives were directly supplied by Datang military rations, so their original military rations were naturally left over, so they simply sold them directly to these common people.

The quantity of these military rations is quite a lot. After all, there are enough food for tens of thousands of troops, and there is still a certain amount of food reserves. Although there are more people in this city, they can't buy them all.

Where do people get so much money.

Seven days passed in a flash, and Ma Fan's family was ready. In other words, during these seven days, the Tang army gave them a lot of confidence.

Because during these seven days, the Tang army did not restrict them from leaving their homes, and the order of the entire Liaodong City... was unexpectedly better than ever.

The discipline of these Datang soldiers is extremely strict. They don't charge any favors, and they don't favor anyone. They treat everyone equally, and they even offer to help if they encounter difficulties.

In seven days, everything in the entire Liaodong City seemed to be back to normal except for the collapsed section of the city wall.

It is precisely because of the performance of these Tang troops that many people in the city have confidence and they decide to go back to farm.

Isn't it just to help Datang plant for a year?As long as they can give them enough food for the winter, or even less, as long as they don’t starve to death, it’s okay to grow food for a year.As long as they can survive, no one is willing to take risks.

Among the current people in Liaodong City, at least two-thirds are farmers, most of them live in the villages around Liaodong City, and a small number live in the city, and the fields are just outside the city.

Everyone registered their location according to each village, and then collectively returned to their villages under the escort of Datang soldiers.

When I returned to my parents' village, nothing seemed to have changed in the village, and it seemed that a lot had changed. It was obvious that every household had been raided. I don't know if it was the army of the Tang Dynasty, the army of Goguryeo, or something fundamental. There are no sneaky people who go to the city.

But fortunately, there was nothing left in the house. The valuables of each household had been carried away long ago, and there was nothing in the dilapidated house left behind.

And some that are not easy to carry have been secretly buried under the soil, such as some plows that are not easy to carry.

The plows of Ma Fan's father and brother's house were all buried, and they found an unusual place, next to the latrine.

After returning, the plowshare was still there.

Most of the people in the village came back, but some people did not come back. They didn't know where they went, or they were in other cities.

I don't know if they can come back, but Ma Fan and the others don't have time to think about it, because they have to hurry up to farm.

Although it was planted for the Tang Dynasty, it was also planted for themselves, because if it was planted for the Tang Dynasty, some rations might be left for them in winter, but if they were not planted, there would be nothing left.

……

In Liaodong City, Li Shiji was holding the information he had just delivered.

"The Liaohe River has been found out. Large ships cannot enter, but small boats of about 800 tons can go up the river. We have urgently dispatched [-] ships from various commercial companies on the Bohai Sea. The grain and plows have already been transported. We will arrive at the mouth of the Liaohe River soon." Xue Wanche reported the information in his hand to Li Shiji.

He was a little helpless, originally he came here to fight, but he never expected that after coming here, the first thing he would do would be farming and managing the place.

"Is the animal power enough?" Li Shiji asked.

"It's definitely not enough. Some of the people's own animal power were taken away, but most of them were either taken away by some caring people because of the war, or were hidden in the mountains by one of their own people with their animal power. But that In the mountains, there are bears, tigers, etc., and no one knows if they can come out alive." Xue Wanche shook his head helplessly.

Li Shiji sighed: "It's not easy."

These people were unwilling to bring their cattle and horses into the city, and Li Shiji also figured it out, because once they entered the city, there was no grass, and if there was no food in the city, they would die.

For the common people, sometimes cattle and pack horses are more important than people, and it is understandable that one member of the family took risks to hide in the mountains with cattle and pack horses.

"In this way, all the horses we captured, including Goguryeo's war horses and draft horses, will be selected to keep the best ones, and the rest will be released." Li Shiji thought for a while, and said decisively.

"This...isn't very good." Xue Wanche hesitated.

"There's nothing wrong with it, just say I'll lend it to them. Although there is a high probability that these places will belong to our Tang Dynasty in the future, we must prepare for the worst. If we fail, the Goguryeo people don't even want these horses." I’ve gone back. It’s not so easy to get back what’s in the hands of the common people.”

"What's more, we don't actually lack horses. Khitan, Shiwei, and Hanhai Prefectures all have a large number of horses, but it's not easy to transport them here now."

"When the situation here is stable, we can consider it accordingly. Anyway, aren't these horses used for these things? Either plowing the fields or fighting. And we don't need these war horses now, and we don't need them in logistics. Then they You have to keep them and feed them. It’s better to let them go to work.”

"Okay, I got it." Xue Wanche nodded immediately, he was also rushing the ducks to the shelves, how did he know this before, now he just does whatever Li Shiji tells him.

"How is the situation in other cities?"

"Gaimu City has been taken, Xuantu City has surrendered, and the remaining cities should be smaller and there should be no big problem." Xue Wanche shared the latest news.

Li Shiji nodded. There were only a few telegraphs in their hands, so the troops attacking other cities could only communicate with messengers. On the contrary, they could use telegrams to transmit messages and orders to their hometown and Youzhou.

Otherwise, this kind of grain, plows, and [-] small boats would not have been transported so fast.