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Basically, all the merchants' goods in Gaochang City have been ordered by Yan Kai.

This can be regarded as a little compensation for the merchants of Gaochang. After all, Wang Xuance was the one who attracted the Slavs who looted the shops in the city.

These merchants were also relatively honest and did not raise prices randomly, so Yan Kai stopped bargaining.

There were also some pyrography gourds, mulberry paper, etc., all of which were bought back.

When Yan Kai and Cheng Huailiang returned to the post house, some businessmen had already arrived carrying things.

Some merchants are busy gathering goods and preparing to deliver things.

After all, they only agreed verbally, and they were really afraid that Yan Kai would not have so much money.

When I arrived at the door of the post house, I saw a circle of guards surrounding the door.

When the guards saw Yan Kai and Cheng Hualiang, they immediately moved out of the way.

Then Yan Kai saw Qu Yong waiting at the door of the post house.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" Yan Kai asked strangely.

"Zhi County Yan!" Qu Yong saluted Yan Kai first, regardless of whether he was outside or not.

Now he has figured out that among the people from the Tang Dynasty who came this time, although the one with the highest status was definitely the prince Li Chengqian, in fact the person in charge was the county magistrate Yan Kai.

He didn't know why, but he knew that as long as he held Yan Kai's thigh tightly, he could sit firmly on the throne.

Although this position turned out to be his uncle's, didn't the book say so? The prince and general Xiang Ning have the guts!

We are all members of the Qu family. Uncle and the others can be kings, why can’t I be?

Those merchants who followed Yan Kai didn't know Yan Kai. How could they know the general in Gaochang City in the past and the current king?

Seeing Qu Yong actually saluting Yan Kai, I was shocked.

Then I was glad that I didn't raise the price randomly or offend Yan Kai. This was a big shot that even the king wanted to salute.

But they believed in Yan Kai's strength even more.

Cheng Huailiang was asked to take the merchants to handle the handover, while Yan Kai led Qu Yong in.

After all, he is still a king, so he still needs to show some face.

"Yan Zhixian... bought a lot of things?" Just now he saw so many people following Yan Kai, some of whom he knew and were big businessmen in the city.

These people followed Yan Kai and heard what Yan Kai said to Cheng Hualiang just now, so he asked this question.

"Yes, all the horses, mules and donkeys of the merchants in Gaochang City were taken away by the Slavs. All the goods were held in their hands and it was difficult to sell them. I happened to think that the goods were good, so I collected them all."

After listening to Yan Kai's words, Qu Yong felt a little moved in his heart. He didn't expect that Yan Kai would be so considerate of the businessmen in Gaochang City.

"Thank you, Magistrate Yan..."

Just when Qu Yong was about to add emotional value to Yan Kai, he was interrupted by Yan Kai waving his hand.

He's not interested in the flattery now either.

He asked directly: "His Majesty the King came to see me for something?"

"Actually..." Qu Yong rubbed his hands and said, "I have something I want to ask Magistrate Yan for advice."

"Don't take it seriously. If you have any questions, His Majesty the King, just tell me."

Qu Yong looked around and saw that all his own people had been driven away, and Yan Kai had no servants. He whispered: "I just want to ask how to secure this position."

Yan Kai almost laughed out loud, not expecting that Qu Yong would ask this question.

"Why did His Majesty the King come to ask me this question?"

Qu Yong touched his head and said: "Actually, I used to be a big boss, but now that I'm sitting in this position... I still... want to sit down."

"This is how to govern a country. I'm really not good at it, so I asked the Crown Prince of your country first. His Royal Highness told me that his father said that the people are the most important, the country is the second, and the king is the least."

At this point, Qu Yong smiled awkwardly: "I... didn't quite understand."

Yan Kai was dumbfounded, it turned out to be like this.

What Li Chengqian said still contained the principles taught by Li Shimin. Of course, Yan Kai would not refute it, and he felt that what he said was indeed correct.

So he explained: "The prince means that the most important thing for a country is the people, and the least important thing is the emperor."

"The least important thing is the emperor?" Qu Yong was a little dumbfounded. He finally became the king, but you said that the least important thing is the king?

Yan Kai clearly saw whether Qu Yong understood or not, and patiently explained to him: "As long as your Majesty has the support of the people, a certain amount of troops in his hands, and the support of the Tang Dynasty, he will definitely be able to be a good king."

This is what Qu Yong cares about most. He now has the military strength and the support of the Tang Dynasty.

"What should I do about the people's support?" Qu Yong asked humbly.

"Hmm..." Yan Kai thought for a moment and said, "I will help Your Majesty and lead the people of Gaochang City to farm!"

"Farming?"

"Yes, farming!"

Yan Kai is not talking nonsense. First of all, Gaochang Kingdom was originally a country centered on the Turpan Basin.

Turpan has enjoyed the reputation of "Chinese Grape Holy City" and "World's Characteristic Wine Producing Area" since ancient times.

The grapes in Turpan are of excellent quality, especially the seedless white grapes.

In the history of Yankai, Hou Junji brought back their wine-making technology after destroying Gaochang. Li Shimin, Longyan Dayue, slightly modified it and brewed eight kinds of famous wines. After the court officials tasted it, they were full of praise.

The only problem is drought. This is the area with the least rainfall in the country and one of the driest and driest areas in the world.

However, during these thousands of years, local people also had methods to combat drought.

That's a karez!

The snow peaks and glaciers on the Tianshan Mountains contain endless water conservancy resources. However, when it melts into rivers and rushes down the valley and enters the Gobi gravel zone in front of the mountains, only a few of them are left due to evaporation from the scorching sun and surface seepage. A little water reaches the downstream oasis.

A karez is a method of diverting water from culverts to divert phreatic water seeping into the ground for irrigation.

In modern times, there are more than a thousand karez in Turpan, with a total length of more than 3,000 kilometers.

What Yan Kai wanted Qu Yong to do was to expand the scale of the karez, and then expand the scale of grape planting and wine making.

He believed that because of his arrival, the population and wealth of the Tang Dynasty would far exceed those in history.

Then the entire Tang Dynasty alone had extremely terrifying consumption power.

The wine produced in Gaochang may not be enough to supply the Datang market alone.

Gaochang has developed commerce, and many people work in various commercial firms, while some are engaged in animal husbandry.

Grape cultivation has not become large-scale. Yan Kai turned these people who were engaged in animal husbandry into grape cultivation.

People actually don't care whether they herd cattle or grow grapes, as long as they can make money and feed their families.

It is also easier to manage when nomads turn into farmers.

Many times in Chinese history, the strategy against nomadic people was to turn them into farmers so as to achieve the purpose of rule.

Yan Kai told Qu Yong his development plan in detail.

"So as long as I lead the people to grow grapes and make money, I can become the king that the people want?"

After listening to it, Qu Yong didn't expect it to be so simple.

"It's that simple. In fact, people often don't care who is leading them. What they care about is who can make them make money and live a good life."

"Yeah!" Qu Yong nodded seriously, and then asked: "Then... what if someone doesn't let me lead people to farm?"

"Haha, for us Tang people, we will farm anyone who doesn't let us farm!"

(I have a fever and a cough. I almost saw that I was too milky. I will resume updating tomorrow and will update more to make up for the past few days.)