When we set out, the weather was summer and we returned. Although more than two months have passed, it is actually summer.

From a normal perspective, summer should be very stuffy, but it is obvious that Zhao Kuo, who started moving south from Sanjiangkou to the south, actually didn't feel much hot.

Since this place is indeed too northern, Zhao Kuo even had a little illusion that he had entered the autumn now.

To some extent, this is actually a good thing. After all, summer and winter are very difficult seasons.

Even if Zhao Kuo was going back south, he did not mean to follow the original route again, because that would obviously be very boring for Zhao Kuo.

It's rare to go out and go, how could it be like this?

So Zhao Kuo issued an order.

"We will cross the Great Xing'an Mountains from here all the way west and go to Hulunbuir Grassland to take a look."

Of course, the grassland of this era is not called Hulunbuir Grassland, but since Zhao Kuo has called him Hulunbuir Grassland, his name from now on is Hulunbuir Grassland.

It sounds a bit difficult to talk about, but to explain it simply, it is actually the emperor's right.

If you are just one person, it is actually quite difficult to cross the Greater Khingan Mountains, because you should know that in this rare place, there are animals everywhere, and wild wolf and leopards are all pediatrics. The most amazing thing is the Siberian tiger active in this area.

The adult Siberian tiger weighs several hundred pounds, and a strong adult man can be killed with a slap.

From this perspective, the story of Wu Song fighting the tiger is now somewhat untenable, of course this does not mean that it cannot be explained. After all, if Wu Song is in Shandong, there may not be a tiger breed as big as the Siberian tiger.

Surrounded by 20,000 musketeers, Zhao Kuo naturally climbed over the mountain range very smoothly and entered the Hulunbuir grassland.

After coming here, you can see that there are actually a group of nomadic tribes on the grassland here, because this is the pasture that was drawn when Zhao Kuo conquered the Huns before.

From a geographical point of view, the Hulunbuir Grassland should actually belong to the northern Mobei, but if you observe carefully, it happens to be connected to the southern Mobei grassland, so its location is relatively subtle.

As long as you can control this place, it can be said that it is easy to attack Mobei or Monan.

As His Majesty the Emperor, Zhao Kuo was naturally warmly welcomed by these local tribes after his arrival. After all, from a legal perspective, these guys are indeed the most complete Han people today.

Yes, the meaning of the term "The Great Han" has long been greatly expanded. It is not that only the Chinese people in the Central Plains can be considered "The Great Han" people.

In itself, these guys who had been annexed into Zhao before the establishment of the Great Han Kingdom were actually relatively senior people from the Great Han Kingdom.

What surprised Zhao Kuo was that the elegant language spoken by these leaders was actually quite fluent.

"Where did you learn these words?"

It just means that Zhao Kuo only knew what was happening inside. It turned out that General Zhao, who was stationed here a few years ago, issued an order that all tribal leaders and heirs must learn Yayan. Anyone who cannot learn Yayan will directly deprive their inheritance rights.

This is a very simple and crude, but also very effective method. After all, compared with inheriting a tribe and a huge grassland, the cost of learning a language can be said to be low and can be ignored.

Zhao Kuo was quite satisfied with this. After all, if every country wants to maintain this centripetal force, the most basic thing is that everyone in your entire country must speak the same language and write the same words, which is the so-called car and same track, and books and same writing.

If you can't even do this, it's a completely pieced together country. Even if such countries are temporarily gathered together due to various interests, as long as they encounter some huge setbacks from the outside, it will be a matter of time before they break up.

This is not Zhao Kuo's bragging and imagination, but a fact that has really happened to countless countries in history. It is the lesson that history has brought to Zhao Kuo, the time traveler.

Out of a very normal thinking of a ruler, Zhao Kuo asked to see if the leaders of these tribes had encountered any difficulties recently?

For example, are the local Han officials oppressing them too cruelly, or are they encountering troublesome problems when they are not competing for the pastures?

The leaders of these tribes had no objection to the officials of the Great Han Kingdom. They all said that during the redistribution of the trough, the officials of the Great Han Kingdom were relatively fair, and everyone was very close to the Great Han Kingdom, and they really hoped to send their children to the mainland of the Great Han Kingdom in the future to experience the prosperity of the imperial capital and see how amazing the legendary capital of the Han Kingdom was.

After saying these basically meaningless flattery words, these tribal leaders also began to complain to Zhao Kuo.

"Great Your Majesty, you have to discipline the treacherous merchants from the south, but they have left us with no way out."

After I heard this, Zhao Kuo was also a little confused, and the expression on his face immediately became serious.

As a emperor, when you can hear the people in your country say the four words "no way to live", any responsible emperor will want to immediately figure out whether there is any illegal or criminal matter in it.

Under the narration of these tribal leaders, Zhao Kuo slowly learned what happened.

Simply put, a few years ago, a group of businessmen came to the grassland and applied to the officials of Zhao State, hoping to do some business with the local tribe leaders.

Since Zhao Kuo had already stipulated that merchants could do business and trade freely in industries caused by the Han Dynasty, and the breeding industry was obviously a member of these industries, local officials did not take it seriously and even encouraged these merchants.

Why encourage these businessmen?

The answer is actually very simple, because the income from commercial taxes in the country in Dahan is much more, much more than that in agriculture and breeding.

Under normal circumstances, the tax on agriculture is about 30 tax per 1, which is 3.3%, the tax on breeding is 10%, and the business is directly 30%. And if the amount of commercial trade is very huge, then the tax can be increased to 40%.

It sounds like commercial taxes are too heavy, but the fact is that such taxes are actually lighter than other countries in the Warring States Period.

There is no way to do this. After all, in the Warring States Period, everyone had to fight. How could they have no money to fight?

Agriculture cannot be moved. If agricultural tax is added, no one is willing to be a farmer, and no one is willing to join the army to fight. With this consideration, countries will of course impose heavy taxes on businesses that are not considered national capital.

But no matter what, with the support of local officials, a group of tribal leaders were quickly summoned to conduct business talks with these merchants.

Although officials do hope to attract investment, the most important thing for officials is to appease the place so that the place can maintain its rule safely. Therefore, officials are also worried about whether these businessmen will do anything and have to stare at them personally.

In this way, under the auspices of local officials, the group of merchants from the south held a commercial discussion with these tribal leaders on the Kulunbuir Prairie.

What these merchants actually want is very simple, that is, they have a batch of goats from the West in their hands. They hope to let these goats grazing and breed in the playgrounds of these tribe leaders.

In a corresponding return, the merchants were willing to buy some of the cattle and sheep from the leaders and could provide a very considerable rent every year.

After hearing such a share of rent, these tribal leaders were naturally moved. You should know that since the Hulunbuir Prairie is too far from Zhongyuan, the cattle, sheep or horses here often cannot sell at any good prices. Now someone comes to the door with a large sum of money, who can refuse?

So these tribal leaders also signed an agreement with the merchants very readily, and the agreement lasted for a full 10 years.

After hearing this, Zhao Kuo also asked curiously: "Does these businessmen have broken the appointment and have not paid?"

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, the tribe leaders looked at each other and showed a relatively awkward expression. Then one of the tribe leaders spoke, "Your Majesty is not like this.

In fact, after just signing the agreement, these merchants had already paid 10 years in one lump sum. Not only that, they immediately drove the sheep and bought our livestock. They also had all paid and delivered the goods on the spot."

After hearing this, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but feel a little surprised and said, "Since they have given all the money to you, why do you still say that this thing is unreasonable and want me to cancel it?"

At this moment, Zhao Kuo was already a little doubtful whether these tribal leaders came over to make trouble.

The tribal leader who had been talking to Zhao Kuo said, "Your Majesty doesn't know anything. It's not that we want to cheat, but that the merchants have too many sheep. Not only in the pastures of our tribe, there are now more than 20,000 sheep, which is more than our livestock combined.

Moreover, their sheep are uprooted when eating grass, and the grass will be eaten directly wherever they go.

In just a few years, our playground has suffered heavy losses. If we wait until the end of these 10 years, our pasture will probably be completely eaten by these sheep."

After listening to what the tribe leader said, Zhao Kuo finally understood. It turned out that this was the case.

To put it bluntly, the number of these sheep is too large. Then, when eating grass, sheep and animals are eating like a tribe, which leads to the continuous reduction of the area of ​​the grassland. In this way, the leaders of these tribes are of course completely unacceptable to seeing the continuous reduction of the area of ​​the grassland.

Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said, "Then you can't find some local officials and let these local officials come into contact with their merchants."

The tribal leaders looked at each other and after a while, they said: "Actually, we have also gone to find these local adults, but these adults said that behind the merchants is a very powerful group. Even if the adults say it, it will not be of any effect."

When Zhao Kuo heard this, he felt a little reluctant.

What a guy, in the Han Kingdom, is there a powerful business group force that even local officials dare not offend?

Zhao Kuo said, "Tell me which business group this is. I will naturally investigate them at that time."

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, the tribal leaders present were obviously relieved not to kill, so they immediately said the name of a commercial group that was very famous in the Han Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the name of this commercial group is Dahan Guo Textile Group."

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After hearing this name, the expression on Zhao Kuo's face was very exciting, and he was even a little amused and irritated.

The reason is actually very simple, because Zhao Kuo is now the largest shareholder of Dahan Guo Textile Group and the founder of Dahan Guo Textile Group.

In other words, those businessmen who signed contracts with tribal leaders were actually workers in Zhao Kuo's company and were Zhao Kuo's employees.

This incident happened... At this moment, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but feel the urge to hold his forehead and sigh to the sky. It was like a flood rushing into the Dragon King Temple.

After a while, Zhao Kuo became calm and said, "Don't worry, this textile group is my industry. I didn't know about this at first, but now that I know, your worries will be resolved soon."
Chapter completed!