Confiscated and exiled, the down-and-out general became the queen

Chapter 308 Knowing Yourself and the Enemy, You Can Make the Best Use of Everything

When the woman saw this, she quickly ran over and picked the fruit happily.

In an instant, Xiao Lengyue was forgotten aside.

Upon seeing this, the man quickly withdrew his magic, and after seeing that he had turned back into a white cloud, he hurriedly followed.

But Xiao Lengyue didn't know that someone was watching her.

After she had dealt with all the things that needed to be dealt with, she looked at Chunxiang and said, "Call the old tutor."

Chunxiang nodded and went to find old tutor Murong.

When old tutor Murong arrived, they all retreated.

For a moment, only Xiao Lengyue and Old Tutor Murong were left in the Yangxin Palace.

Seeing that no one was around, Xiao Lengyue said, "Master, I have something I want to ask for your advice."

Old Master Murong nodded, "What's the matter?"

Xiao Lengyue pondered for a while, then looked at Old Master Murong, "Master, what do you think? Should I take the initiative to attack, or be forced to defend and then attack?"

When Old Master Murong heard this, he was slightly stunned. After realizing what Xiao Lengyue was talking about, he looked at Xiao Lengyue and said, "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

After hearing this, Xiao Lengyue pondered for a while and said, "I want to wait for Manyi and Chaoyang to attack first, but their casualties are more serious than ours, so they probably won't take the initiative.

In that case, the wait would be too long and I don’t really want to wait.”

When Grand Tutor Murong heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, "Then let's do as your majesty wishes.

However, by then, in the history books, it may be..."

Old Tutor Murong didn't finish his words, but Xiao Lengyue understood what he meant.

Then he said calmly: "Since ancient times, the strong have always had the final say.

I don’t believe that he can discredit everything I did with just a history book.”

When Old Master Murong heard this, he nodded happily, "Now that you have made up your mind, just do it."

Therefore, in the days that followed, Xiao Lengyue not only had to pay attention to the problem of building houses for the people, but also had to plan how to conquer them with the least harm.

The Chaoyang Kingdom is not that difficult to deal with. They have a small population, so even a merger is fine.

But it’s not the same with the barbarians, their people are almost the same as those in the Yuan Dynasty.

Once merged, the Yuan Dynasty would not have that much land to distribute to them.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lengyue thought of the newly enthroned prince.

According to Tianze, the prince was not that insidious, nor did he seem to have such great ambitions.

If this is the case, then is it possible for him to continue to manage the barbarians?

As long as he pays all the tributes he should pay every year, there will be no rebellion, right?

There are too many of them. If I kill all their royal members and merge the barbarians, there is no guarantee that the others will not rebel.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lengyue decided to turn the barbarians into his vassal state.

Thinking of this, she returned to the space and opened the map on the computer, only to find that the barbarians were almost all sand.

They couldn't grow any crops, and the mountains were all sand, making it difficult for plants to grow.

That's why they set their sights on the Yuan Dynasty, a place with abundant resources.

However, it’s not that crops can’t be grown in this sandy land. As long as we sell seeds to them in the future, we can still have enough food to eat.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lengyue left the space, took out the world map, and began to check it.

Then she discovered that the outskirts of where the barbarians lived were almost entirely sandy.

She had never been to the barbarians, and on the map, she could only see the terrain, but had no idea whether there was a shortage of water in that area.

So, on the second day of court, after Xiao Lengyue had said what she wanted to say and all the officials had reported what they should report, she said, "After the court session, all the officials who have been to the barbarians should stay and come to the Yangxin Palace to find me."

After she finished speaking, she left without giving the officials any chance to make excuses.

By the time the officials reacted, Xiao Lengyue had long disappeared.

All the officials who had never been to the barbarians slipped away, leaving only those few officials.

They looked at each other and whispered, "Tell me, why did His Majesty ask us to go to the Yangxin Palace?"

"Whatever the reason is, can we not go?"

All the officials looked at each other and went to the Yangxin Palace with a nervous mood.

When Xiao Lengyue heard them coming, she didn't look up, but asked Chunxiang to bring a stool for them.

When she finished the memorials in her hands and looked up, she saw all the officials sitting awkwardly on their stools.

After a moment of hesitation, she said, "Don't worry, I just want to ask you, my dear ministers, what kind of place is the Barbarians?"

When the officials heard this, they instantly breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Xiao Lengyue, asking somewhat stiffly, "What does your majesty want to know?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Lengyue said, "Tell me everything you know about their land, water sources, and mountains."

After saying this, she pondered for a while and then said, "In fact, the cattle, sheep and horses of the barbarians are all very good. Do you know how they raise them?"

Upon hearing this, an official said, "I have heard something about this, but I don't know if it is true or not."

Xiao Lengyue said calmly: "Today, it doesn't matter whether it is true or false, just tell me what you know."

When the official heard this, he understood and said quickly, “I heard that the barbarians raise cattle and horses differently from us.

They don't grow grain, only fodder. After the people grow fodder, they will sell it to the rich businessmen.

Rich businessmen would raise cattle, sheep and horses and then sell them to officials.

Officials would sell the good ones to the court.

I don’t know whether this news is true.

However, I have seen that their fields are all covered with green grass.”

As soon as this was said, another official also spoke up: "Your Majesty, I have been to their border city once and found that although their land is sandy, they are not short of water in that place."

Xiao Lengyue raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this, "You mean to say that they can't grow food just because of the land, not because of the lack of water?"

The official heard this and nodded, "Yes.

I have seen with my own eyes that they are not short of water at all.

The reason why they couldn't grow crops was because it was all sandy land, so they grew fodder to exchange for money.

Then they come to us to buy food.”

Xiao Lengyue understood. It seemed that more than half of the land that could be used to grow crops was in the hands of the royal family.

There is also a small part in the hands of officials. As for the people, they either have to have enough money to buy the grain from the officials.

Otherwise, they can only buy food from uninhabited cities.

Before, Leng Haoxuan told Xiao Lengyue that in the lawless city, barbarians would come to buy food from time to time.

At first she was wondering why they had to run all the way there.

It seemed that those people bought the grain there and then went back to sell it to the people.