Chapter 311: Garrison

"Don't worry, Your Majesty! I understand that the fields are the foundation of the empire. These fields can be used to grow food so that the empire's granaries have sufficient food reserves." Li Kai said.

Food is the most important material in any era. You can be without money, but you can't be without food.

"Now the bank loan business has spread all over the Tang Dynasty?" Li Chengqian asked.

If the whole country has the empire's loan business, then it will be able to continue to expand outward and let the whole world lend money to the Tang Dynasty.

As long as the other party's economic lifeline is controlled, then the other party can only be manipulated by the empire, or even become a colony of the empire.

"Your Majesty! Bank loans have already spread to all the states and counties of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the countries around the Tang Dynasty also borrowed from the Tang Dynasty." Li Kai said.

He had already reached out to the pockets of other barbarians outside the Tang Dynasty, lending them money in exchange for benefits.

Li Chengqian was stunned. He didn't expect that Li Kai had such an international mind, which made him very satisfied.

"Which countries have lent us money?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Silla, Baekje, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Uighur, Pugu and other vassal states of the Tang Dynasty and tribes that surrendered to the Tang Dynasty."

"I have a detailed account book. If Your Majesty is interested, I will go back and get it for Your Majesty." Li Kai said.

"No need! I won't look at the account book. You continue to infiltrate the tribes around the Tang Dynasty or the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty and lend money to these vassal states and tribes in need." Li Chengqian said.

The advantage of doing so is that these vassal states can become more dependent on the Tang Dynasty's economy, making them closer to the Tang Dynasty, and making them lose their fighting spirit under the corruption of money.

Slowly being completely tamed by the Tang Dynasty through various means requires a long process. Whether it can be successful through gentle means to achieve the expected effect depends on future development.

Now that Tuyuhun has borrowed money from the Tang Dynasty Bank, he has even more reason to station troops around Tuyuhun. No one can say anything when he stations troops in Tuyuhun on the grounds of protecting the borrowing country.

If Tubo dares to send troops to Tuyuhun, the Tang Dynasty will have enough reasons to prevent Tubo from annexing Tuyuhun.

Moreover, the Tang Dynasty troops stationed on the plateau near Tuyuhun will no longer have to fear the plateau reaction after adapting, which will be of great help to the future attack on Qisu.

"Yes!" Li Kai saluted.

"Okay! That's all for today, you all can leave! Go back and think about what to do, especially in the area of ​​banking financial products, you must come up with an effective plan as soon as possible." Li Chengqian said.

"Yes! I'll take my leave!" Yu Bo and Li Kai bowed and left.

After they left, Li Chengqian fell into deep thought about how to develop the empire in the future.

After a moment, Li Chengqian came back to his senses and said to Wang Quan, "Go and call Cheng Wuting to me."

"Yes!" Wang Quan took the order and left.

Wang Quan quickly called Cheng Wuting to meet Li Chengqian.

"I, the left general Cheng Wuting, pay my respects to Your Majesty!" Cheng Wuting bowed and paid his respects.

"No need to bow, stand up! Give me a seat! Give me tea!" Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Cheng Wuting stood up and sat down. The maid brought tea to the table next to him and then left.

"I wonder what your majesty wants me to do?" Cheng Wuting asked.

"I want you to go to Lingzhou, select 30,000 elite soldiers, go to Dafeichuan in Tuyuhun, and then station troops at Dafeichuan."

"I want an elite force that can adapt to the plateau environment in case of emergency. You can choose and replace them as you like."

"As long as they can't adapt to the plateau environment, you can replace them. I need sufficient troops, at least 100,000."

"You can select suitable candidates from Lingzhou and the states and counties around Lingzhou at will." Li Chengqian said.

Li Chengqian decided to take a group of soldiers to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau first. After adapting to the plateau environment, if Tubo does not behave itself, he will send troops to destroy Tubo to prevent future troubles.

For the Tang army, the most difficult opponent is not Tubo, but plateau reaction. After all, the territory of the Tang Dynasty belongs to the low-altitude area, while the plateau belongs to the high-altitude area.

It is impossible to advance from low altitude to high altitude and destroy them. The soldiers cannot adapt to the high-altitude environment at all, and will have plateau reaction, which will only damage the combat effectiveness of the army or lose its combat effectiveness.

"Yes! Your Majesty, are you going to go to war with Tubo?" Cheng Wuting asked.

In Cheng Wuting's cognition, in the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, only Tubo has the strength to threaten the border of the Tang Dynasty.

As for Tuyuhun and other tribes, they were not worth worrying about at all. Cheng Wuting did not take them seriously. The only force that he could take seriously was Tubo.

"If you don't worry about the future, you will worry about the present! Tubo and the Tang Dynasty are relatives. Although the relationship is good now, it does not mean that it will be so good in the future."

"We must take precautions in advance. When that moment comes, we will have enough strength to fight against the Tubo army." Li Chengqian said.

Cheng Wuting understood what Li Chengqian meant, and then said: "Your Majesty! Dafeichuan is within the territory of Tuyuhun and belongs to Tuyuhun. Can Tuyuhun allow us to station troops in Dafeichuan?"

This is what Cheng Wuting is worried about. After all, it is someone else's territory. You can go there whenever you want. Although they are a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, they may not agree to the suzerain's army stationed in their country. How

can you allow others to snore beside your bed!

Once the Tang Dynasty is allowed to station troops in Dafeichuan, it is like hanging a sword over Tuyuhun's head, which may fall at any time.

Let me ask, who from top to bottom of Tuyuhun can sleep peacefully? At that time, Tuyuhun will inevitably oppose it.

If it were Cheng Wuting, he would definitely strongly oppose it, and no one would be willing to put himself in danger.

"You don't have to worry about this. Today, Tuyuhun's economy is more developed than before, because Tuyuhun borrowed a lot of money from our Datang Bank. According to the contract, Tuyuhun used Dafeichuan and its surrounding territories."

"As collateral, if you borrow money from our Datang Bank, our Datang will have the right to use Dafeichuan and its surrounding territories for fifty years." "

If Tuyuhun wants to take those places back, he must use enough wealth to redeem them. Now no one in Tuyuhun is willing to cut back on clothing and diet to redeem Dafeichuan, so you can go wherever you want to station your troops with peace of mind." Li Chengqian said.

After being used to a life of luxury, who would want to go back to the days of hunger?

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Under the sugar-coated artillery of the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun had already surrendered!

As long as they can live a good life, let them stay in the army!