The book is picked up again.

"The alien race is not as worthless as Brother Meng De imagined!" After Li Zhi shook his head, he stared at Cao Cao with blazing eyes and asked, "Brother Mengde, have you forgotten the Hetao Plain?" ”

"Hetao Plain?" Cao Cao slapped his head violently, "Oops! How did my brother forget this treasure land! ”

Although the Hetao Plain is close to the grassland, it is not a desert, but a treasure land that can grow food!

Moreover, as can be seen from his name, he is a vast plain, and this terrain is much stronger than most of the cultivated land in the Central Plains!

Since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, the Hetao Plain has been developed, although it was lost once in the later Han Dynasty, but it was later taken back by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to continue to develop.

Although the Hetao Plain has not yet been fully developed, at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Han family was weak, and gradually stopped caring about the Hetao Plain and was abandoned.

But in any case, it is a treasure land, and its development value is still very large.

But......

"Brother Xing, I admit that the Hetao Plain is very precious, but what does this have to do with trade?

Hetaoping was originally the territory of my Han Dynasty, and now although it has been invaded by foreign races, as long as we defeat the foreign races, we can easily take it back.

Why do we have to exchange food for what belongs to us? ”

"No, no," Li Zhi shook his head and said, "Brother Meng De, do you know how much population is left of my Han now?" ”

"......" After Cao Cao heard Li Zhidi's inquiry, his brows furrowed tightly.

He really didn't know how many people the Great Han had now, but he still knew about the population under his command, which was about 12 million people in total, and he believed that the population of the other princes would definitely not exceed his own.

After thinking of this, Cao Cao was shocked!

He knew that when Emperor Ling of Han was in power, the Han Dynasty had a population of more than 40 million, but now there are only more than 20 million left, which is ......

"Goo-toot!" Cao Cao swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a frightened face, and stammered, "Okay... Brother Xingzhi, what's going on? Why is there only this bit of population left in my Han Dynasty? ”

"It seems that Brother Meng De has also sensed the crisis," Li Zhi said helplessly after a long sigh: "My Han has killed nearly 20 million people in the past ten years!"

Some of these people are due to natural disasters, but most of them are due to man-made disasters!

For example, the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the beginning, didn't it kill millions of people in one go?!

In addition to the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the beginning, the princes have been fighting in chaos over the years, and some princes have frantically recruited people and horses, and all the strong laborers under their command have been recruited!

If the remaining old and weak women can't even plant the land, how can they feed themselves?

So they all starved to death!

And it is precisely this kind of natural and man-made disasters that will reduce the population of Dahan to more than 20 million! ”

"Huh......" Cao Cao was silent for a while, then let out a long breath, reinvigorated his spirits, and said, "Although this is indeed a big problem, what does this have to do with the alien race we just talked about?" ”

The decrease in population made Cao Cao very uncomfortable, but it had come to this point, what else could he do, he could only work hard to keep the existing population.

So, he didn't want to talk about it anymore and immediately turned to the topic just now.

After Li Zhi heard Cao Cao's words, he said with a smile: "Has Brother Meng De forgotten what the system of the alien race is?!" ”

Speaking of this, before he could wait for Cao Cao to answer, he asked himself: "They are slavery!"

Each warlike alien had dozens of slaves to feed them.

As long as we defeat the aliens, we can take their slaves and use them to develop the Hetao Plain.

Moreover, those alien soldiers who have been ambushed by us can also have their thumbs cut off and let them develop the Hetao Plain for us.

In this way, not only can the problem of alien captives be solved, but also a treasure land can be developed, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”

"It's a good way, but it can't be a one-and-done end, right?"

Cao Cao felt that although Li Zhi's method could indeed curb the alien race to a certain extent, it was probably impossible to prevent future troubles forever!

Because he has dealt with other races, he knows that all other races are a group of bloody people who love to kill.

If Li Zhi treated them like this, they would definitely rise up and resist!

Even if they can't beat them, they will flee far away, and then come back to invade when they have enough strength.

So this simply doesn't fundamentally solve the interracial problem!

"Of course it's more than that!" After Li Zhi shook his head, he said, "In addition to defeating them and capturing them for labor, we also have to trade with them!"

Although the aliens did not have any precious treasures, they had countless cattle, sheep and horses.

Moreover, there is also a recipe for weaving cloth from wool in the lower hands.

After we defeat the alien race, we will send all those strong laborers to the Hetao Plain to develop the Hetao Plain.

As for the rest of the old and weak women and children, we can let them raise sheep and shear sheep for us, and when the time comes, we will exchange grain for their wool and meat. ”

"Hiss......" After Cao Cao heard Li Zhidi's words, he thought for a while, suddenly raised his head, gasped, rubbed his temples, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Xingzhi, your method is indeed very good, if the food is sufficient, it can indeed play a role in appeasing the alien race."

But the key now is that we don't have food at all!

If we don't have enough food for ourselves, how can we squeeze out food to feed the aliens?

You can't let me wait hungry to give food to the aliens, right? ”

"Brother Meng De has forgotten the Hetao Plain!" After Li Zhi heard Cao Cao's questioning, he chuckled lightly and said, "Although it seems that we will lose a lot of grain on the surface, Brother Meng De just needs to think about it carefully. You will find that in fact, the food I am waiting for has never decreased!

Because we can use the developed Hetao Plain to grow grain, and then transport the grain to the grassland.

And who are the people who grow food, and not those captives of the alien race?!

Therefore, we can easily get a lot of food by only taking out the Hetao Plain and then preparing some seeds and tools.

Then use these grains to appease the entire grassland, and when the time comes, we will be able to subdue the entire grassland without paying anything! ”

"......" When Cao Cao heard this, he squinted his eyes and fell into contemplation, thinking about the merits of Li Zhi's strategy.

After a while, he came back to his senses, frowned and asked, "How can I do this, will I let the alien race recuperate and then grow stronger, and when I am weak in the end, they will suddenly bite in turn?" ”

"Hehe......" After Li Zhi chuckled, he said: "Brother Meng De don't have to worry about this, although the alien race is fierce, they have a very obvious shortcoming, that is, they must not stop!"

They are a people on horseback, and once they stop, they will gradually forget their past blood!

As long as we control their food sources and let them have enough to eat, but there is no surplus food, and they can't stay on horseback for a long time, this will greatly weaken the war potential of the alien race!

And during this period, we can also send some corrupt people to corrupt them in the name of teaching them literacy and hyphenation.

Decades later, they opened and closed their mouths in the words of my big man, if they want to fill their stomachs, they must honestly shear sheep, herd sheep and farm.

When the time comes, what is the difference between them and ordinary Han Chinese? ”

After Cao Cao listened to Li Zhidi's words, he still felt that he was a little naïve, shook his head, and said, "How can a real person of another race not raise horses?

Didn't the virtuous brother want them to exchange wool for food?

They are accustomed to riding horses and herding sheep, even if they don't deliberately train their riding skills, but in the process of herding sheep, they will still unconsciously practice good riding!

In this way, when those little children grow up, they will become alien warriors one by one!

At that time, as long as someone raises their arms, these grown aliens will immediately become an elite cavalry!

Isn't this contrary to the plan of the virtuous brother? ”

"Hahaha......" After Li Zhi heard Cao Cao's repeated doubts, not only did he not get angry, but laughed out loud, and said proudly while laughing: "It depends on the ability of the next!"

There is a means of storing green fodder in the lower hands, and after Brother Meng De defeats the alien race, he can hand over this means to the alien race.

When the time comes, they will gradually get used to the cycle of cutting grass, storing grass, feeding sheep, shearing sheep, killing sheep, and changing food.

And if you want to get more grass, you must have a means of transportation, and a mere sycophant can't meet their needs at all!

When the time comes, I'll get them some wagons so that we can feed them more sheep. They would have embraced the carriages.

And when they get used to the carriage on their horses, their horses will gradually become horses!

In this way, even if they have any wolf ambitions, it will be difficult to assemble an elite cavalry, because the horses that are used to pulling carts are not suitable for riding at all! ”

After saying this, he looked at Cao Cao, who was deep in thought, and made a summary, "All in all, as long as Brother Meng De can defeat the alien race, we can take back the Hetao Plain."

Then we can send all the foreign slaves and prisoners of war to the Hetao Plain to grow food.

And when they were growing grain, they sent people to the grasslands to teach the herdsmen how to store fodder, and then sent people to build several workshops for weaving wool.

In this way, the foreign captives grow grain, and we exchange the grain for wool and meat in the hands of the herdsmen, and the herdsmen need to honestly cut the grass, store the grass, feed the sheep, shear the sheep, and exchange the grain.

After twenty years, the alien race will no longer have the same ferocity as before, and there will be no difference from ordinary Han people! ”