When everyone dispersed, Xu Ping kept Lu Fang and Zong Shiheng and said to them: "The Qian Qiang is difficult to control. One is that they live in the account, live in a place without a fixed place, and are scattered in the mountains and fields. The other is that they rely on tribes and are not under the jurisdiction of the court. If there is no place to settle, the court has no way to manage it, so they have to rely on the leaders of each tribe. If the leader is separated from the middle, things will be difficult to handle. It is better to encounter a respectful person. Once the leader is unruly and greedy, countless troubles will arise and will not obey the command of the court."

Zhong Shiheng said: "Jingshang means to let the Qian Qiang settle down like the Han people? They are nomadic and must live with water and grass, but this is a bit difficult. The fertile soil in flat fields is fine, so they can learn to farm with the Han people, but the grasslands in the mountains are difficult to handle."

"It's not that difficult. In fact, nowadays, most of the Fan Qiang are semi-cultivated and semi-grazed, and not many rely on grazing cattle and sheep. Lu Fang, right? Anyway, this is the case around Qinzhou, I don't know what else in Hehuang is like."

Lu Fang said: "Ji Shuai is right. Most of the French people are still half-cultivated and half-grazed. Especially in the Hehuang Valley, which went west, there are actually a lot of fertile land. However, the French people do not know about farming. They grazed cattle and sheep, sometimes planted some wheat and millet, and only knew how to plant them. After they were ripe, they did not know how to manage water and fertilizer. If they were asked to plant the land, these valleys would include most of the French people."

Zhong Shiheng still seemed to be lacking in confidence and said, "Recruiting archers to farm farms has been going on since the founding of this dynasty. However, I heard the meaning of Jieshuai. I am afraid that it is not as simple as recruiting archers, but rather that it is necessary to combine the archers to be a village and set up a village to manage it. The places where archers to farm farms on the flat ground can naturally be like this, and it is probably extremely difficult for the Qian Qiang scattered among the mountains."

Xu Ping nodded: "It's difficult, I know it's difficult, but I have to do it. As long as the court can't control them, those tribes will not rebel and submit, which will eventually be a disaster. Needless to say, the big tribes will move across counties and do not obey the imperial orders. Even those small tyrants will be extremely troublesome. If they rebel, they will have to suppress them, but as long as they move troops, they will spend a lot of money. Occasionally, there is no need to worry about one or two times, and they will be exhausted from clearing them all year round. So in this way, in places where farming can be farmed, we will start to merge the tent into villages, either thirty miles or fifty miles, build a fort and village

The troops stationed in the fortress were set up under the village, and the township chief Li Zheng was assigned to let them spread the imperial orders to the village. As for the nomadic Fan Qiang, there were actually only a few large ranches, and each of them was set up to control those large ranches. As long as the flat land and several large ranches were controlled, the remaining nomadic people would not be able to become a climate, and there would be no large ranches. The fortress was a place of trade, and the tax was light, which was mainly to allow the people to communicate with each other. Those who traded well were good people. If there were looting, the clans would move to other places or be enrolled in prison camps for service."

Zhong Shiheng thought for a while and nodded, "Jingsen's move is more difficult than fighting a few big battles. If it is done, it will be a long-term plan for the court. In this way, we will start with the familiar households around Qinzhou, and just go with the training of the foreign soldiers. The foreign soldiers are one account to draw one soldier, and the 35,000 foreign soldiers in Qinzhou will be 30,000 to 40,000, and a population of 100,000. All of these people will be merged into villages and forts, and they will have basic strength. Even if there is a small rebellion, there is no need to send an imperial guard to the dispatch."

"Okay, that's it. Governor, you discuss with the military supervisor Wang Kai, how to act? Draw a charter and take it to me."

After saying that, Xu Ping said to Lu Fang again: "Just combining the tents into villages is not enough to tame the foreigners. The villages are inconvenient, and they are not living well compared to their previous days, and the foreigners will eventually escape. Lu Fang, this requires the power of your bridge and roads. Wherever villages are built, villages, and forts, there must be roads. When the roads are reached, Sansi Shop can be opened there, and the materials outside can be transported there. The cattle, sheep and fur of the foreigners and the scarce medicinal materials in the mountains can be from San

Sipuzi purchased, sold to the mountains, or even sold to the Central Plains. Only by allowing the British to make money through serious means and buy the goods they like can they truly become good people under the rule of the court. The way to govern is to guide and be unruly. It is impossible to just rely on force to suppress submissions and forcefully regulate it. Only by allowing the French to live a good life under the rule of the court can the fundamental problem be solved. From this point of view, wherever the road comes, it is the Song territory, no longer a place of restraint. The burden of your bridge and road army is not lighter than that of the war soldiers."

The economic foundation determines the superstructure. To solve the problem of Xifan, it is not enough to just change the political structure. It is just a castle built on the beach. Once the tide comes, it will disappear without a trace. To solve the problem, it is necessary to change the economic structure here. This is the role of Sansipu coming to the northwest. The official established a trade channel so that nomadic cattle and sheep can be sold normally and bought the materials they need. This normal method is higher than the benefits obtained through looting and can make people live a good life, so that the herdsmen can truly support the rule of the court here.

Longyou, including Hexi, has been a semi-cultivated and semi-pardoned place since ancient times. Most of the population is concentrated in the plains of the river valley, and not many people are truly nomadic in the mountains. As long as the agricultural areas of the river valley are controlled, even if there are nomadic tribes, they cannot become a climate. Fan Qiang can fight against the Central Plains, and they must have their own agricultural base before they can have the capital. It is not possible to simply rely on grazing cattle and sheep. The cost of the rise of Dangxiang is actually the agriculture of Hetao. With the supplies provided by agriculture, the grazing horses can show their combat effectiveness. The bridge and road army repaired the road and reduced the cost of commercial trade. Sansipuzi opened branches to various forts, so that the Fan Qiang land could be interconnected with the Central Plains. The economic foundation of the most important part of this area was changed.

Changing the economic foundation here and combining the changes in the political structure was Xu Ping's plan to manage Xifan. Military power and war were only to protect these actions, not to fight for the sake of war.

After building roads for so many years, Lu Fang has become accustomed to this profession. After thinking about it, he said to Xu Ping: "I understand what Jieshuai means, but there are only three commanders from the bridge and road army in the capital, and it is prolonged to build so many roads. Even if you recruit civil servants, it is not as convenient as those in the army, and it is difficult to do it. In two or three years, it is not easy to build the main roads."

"Can you recruit people if you don't have enough people? If the three commanders cannot practice so many roads, how about the thirty commanders? In my opinion, it's no big deal to recruit three hundred commanders. If you concentrate your efforts to repair the road, the extra people can be replenished in the field and continue to farm. As long as the road is open, it will be connected to all the roads, and it will be easy to do anything. Chuanxia has a severe drought this year, and now it seems that it will be a disaster in the autumn. The officials there reported to the court that the prisoners on the road must be assigned to the outside roads. I have asked them to send them all to Qinzhou. And their courage is still not enough, so how many prisoners are assigned to each year? If you are really afraid of disasters in the autumn, you can simply recruit people to Qinfeng Road. As long as you survive this year and open the road, it will not be a good day in the future!"

Zhong Shiheng smiled and said, "This is a way to recruit people from Fujian Road when Jieshuai was in Yongzhou, but the four roads of Chuanxia Road are afraid that they will not work. Bashu is known as the country of Tianfu, with a fertile land of thousands of miles. People there are still relocated and generally do not go out. It is not the same as Fujian Road, with a narrow land and dense population. If you don't go out and have no food to eat."

"Isn't this year a drought? As long as the court gives them food, are you afraid that no one will come?"

Zhong Shiheng and Lu Fang smiled and shook their heads together. There were no officials like Xu Ping, hoping that the local area would cause disaster.
Chapter completed!