The collapse only occurred in an instant, and Vatutin roared crazily.

He took out his revolver and shot six people running past him.

When he snatched the Aka rifle from the guard and prepared to kill the defeated soldiers of the platoon in front of him, the defeated soldiers pointed their guns directly at him!

It's over! Everything is over.

The Guards Corps, which has always been known for its strict discipline, actually pointed a gun at its own commander.

Vatutin no longer dared to stop the defeated soldiers at will, nor did his guard company.

Because everyone can see that these defeated soldiers have now disowned their relatives, and if they stop them from escaping, they will really be shot!

Vatutin loaded the bullet again, and this time the gun was pointed at his temple.

When the Russian army was suffering huge casualties, Li Xiao was drinking and chatting with Geritu on the grassland.

Geritu is old and his beard has turned white.

His originally strong body was now as fat as a mountain of meat. Li Xiao was not sure if there were any horses on the grassland that could carry him.

"Haha! I'm old, I'm old. One of the teeth here has become loose. Now I can only eat meat with this side.

The wolves on the grassland are old and can no longer chew meat. Soon, the tribesmen will have to pull me with a cart. When the shaft of the cart breaks, they put me down.

After eating meat for a lifetime, it’s time to return this pile of meat to the grassland.” The words sounded sad, but Geritu said it with a smile.

"Hahaha! Who would believe that you are old? I heard that you took a house of Russian concubines last month.

If you really die one day, you will die on a woman's belly." Li Xiao glanced at the two Russian girls who were struggling to support Geritu.

I can’t tell the foreigner’s age, but I’m sure he’s very young.

This is an old pervert who has entered the flowers at the end of his life. He doesn't know if he will crush other girls to death.

"It's all thanks to you that the Russians were defeated. Many people fled, and some fled to the grasslands.

Now, I have many blue-eyed farmers.

What a pity!

You don’t want an army with yellow hair and blue eyes. If you want it, it won’t be a problem to raise an army of 100,000 people!”

"Haha! It's better to have a pure army. After twenty years of recuperation, our Ming Dynasty's population has exceeded 30 million.

The population of Liaodong, Shandong, and Hebei alone exceeds 100 million.

I want to recruit troops, not to mention an army of millions, even if it is an army of tens of millions, it can be done at a moment's notice.

I dare not say anything else, occupying your grassland will not be a problem."

"Haha! That's it, that's it! In these years, thanks to your blessing, Marshal, people on the grassland have had a good life!

I used to always think about how to multiply the tribe and increase the number of shepherds on the grassland.

But now you see, I am worried about not having enough pasture, not that there will be too many shepherds.

Now under my rule, the number has reached 200,000 accounts.

The population has exceeded one million people!

But there are only so many pastures, and many tribes have begun to fight over them.

Let them enter the Great Wall and they would not dare to enter the areas where the Han people were. But there is indeed no room for so many people on this grassland.

This time I’m here to seek help from you, Marshal!”

"Haha! I won't treat you to a meal of roasted whole lamb. It's not a good idea to ask for a solution with empty teeth!" Li Xiao bared his teeth.

In fact, he had already asked about the rich smell of roasted whole lamb in the tent!

Walking into the huge tent, Li Xiao was also stunned for a moment.

In fact, the interior decoration of Mongolian bags is not particularly gorgeous, but the bag of Kegritu was an eye-opener for Li Xiao.

In the yurt, if you can use gold, you will definitely not use copper. If you can use silver, you will never use tin. The whole tent is exuding golden light.

The wool carpet on the floor is a finger thick.

It's soft and soft when you step on it, and it's no problem to lie on it and sleep on it.

Geritu is really prosperous. There have been no wars on the grassland these years.

The Mongols no longer have to fight. As long as they herd cattle and sheep well, they can transport them to the Han people in exchange for money.

And now in winter, they are no longer afraid of the white-haired wind. In addition to grazing, they also buy a lot of feed from the Han people.

They are all feed made from corn, and sheep will still gain weight in winter after eating them.

It was unimaginable for the Mongols in the past!

Sheep are born to eat grass. Who would have thought that one day sheep would also eat grain.

Sheep are more expensive in spring.

There is nothing that can be done about it. Sheep will generally lose weight after a winter. But sheep fed with feed will not lose weight and can be sold at a good price in spring.

The shepherds were not stupid either. They set up carts one after another and pulled feed from the Han people's areas to feed the sheep.

When the Spring Festival comes, they will take their shepherd dogs and drive a group of sheep to the Han people's land to sell them.

Every year, herders make a lot of money.

In the past, a family with a hundred sheep would be considered a well-to-do family with a good financial background.

But now, there are many families who have tens of thousands of sheep at home. They cannot herd them, so they need to hire someone to herd them.

Gradually, large farmers began to appear on the grasslands.

These people do not graze, but just keep the sheep in one place. They feed them all the year round, and the sheep grow fat and strong, even fatter than the sheep in places with abundant water and grass.

Geritu didn't know how to deal with the population problem on the grasslands. He didn't know how to deal with these large farmers.

Because with the increase in strength, those large farmers have some intention of uniting.

Once these people unite, they will definitely be a threat to Geritu.

Li Xiao actually doesn't want there to be only one voice on the grassland, and at the same time, he doesn't want the people on the grassland to be monolithic.

The development of farmers over the years is inseparable from the connivance of the Han people.

Not to mention anything else, the feed supplied to the grasslands alone accounts for tens of thousands of tons every year, and this number is rising every year.

With the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, it is not a problem to supply tens of thousands of tons of feed.

After all, the feed is said to be mainly corn. In fact, it is mostly the bean feed left over from oil extraction!

The population of the Ming Dynasty has exceeded 300 million. It is obviously unrealistic to always eat a lot of oil. If you want the people of the Ming Dynasty to eat a mixture of oil, water, soybean oil, corn oil and peanut oil, the best choice is.

Although there are still people in Jiangnan who are eating rapeseed oil, under the constant attack of blended oils, the rapeseed oil market is shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Now at least half of the people in Ming Dynasty are eating blended oil.

If 150 million people eat oil, how much soybean food is left?

It is actually a good thing to give the mountains of soybean material a place to go. This effectively reduces the cost of oil extraction companies!

In fact, the largest consumer of soybean feed is the pig breeding bases in various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, in the suburbs of Beijing, as well as in places like Xi'an, Jinan, and Tianjin, there have been breeding bases for thousands or even tens of thousands of pigs.

Once the effects of large-scale farming were revealed, its powerful power destroyed the individual farming industry almost overnight.

Small-scale pig farmers are no longer the main force in the market.

The pigs they raise are not as stable as others, nor as fat as others. There is no fixed date for slaughter!

Rural pig-raising households are shrinking at a rate visible to the naked eye.

If there is nothing you can do about it, ordinary farmers may lose money in the end if they raise pigs.

All the children in these places need to go to school, so there is no time to hunt pigweed.

I saw that Li Xiao was just eating mutton under the service of the maid, and said nothing about the big farmers.

Geritu understood in his heart that they were all smart people.

Sometimes, you don’t need to speak too clearly.

Since Li Xiao wants the current situation, then give him the current situation.

After many years of fighting, Geritu knew that if the Ming people went against Li Xiao's wishes, Li Xiao would still be approachable as long as it did not involve core interests.

But if the aliens disobey Li Xiao's wishes, the only consequence will be to go underground and complain to Changshengtian or Temujin.

Although Geritu was also very old, he still didn't want to die so early.

"There are few good things on our grassland, so this is the only thing we can get our hands on.

It's not like going to the capital, where you can eat such big shrimps and such big crabs.

Sometimes I think about it, it is better to buy a big real estate in Beijing and settle down in Beijing.

But a bunch of old bones will stay on the grassland all their lives.
To be continued...