"What the two Aiqing said is very reasonable, but it is impossible for me to seal two fiefs by one person!" Li Shimin said helplessly.

"Weichen is just a small suggestion, and it needs to be decided by His Majesty." The head of the Zheng family said humbly.

"Merton, you see where my granddaughter's choice is appropriate." Li Shimin turned his head and asked Mo Dun, Xiao Rui and the Zheng family head suddenly changed their faces, if Mo Dun didn't want his daughter to be too far away from him as a reason to go to the nearest fief, I'm afraid everything they did would be in vain.

Merton thought for a while and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Wechen feels that the matter of feeding the world's babies is more important, and the minister is willing to choose the north for the little girl." ”

"Ahh No one could have imagined that Merton would actually choose the back cover of his daughter further north.

The head of the Zheng family suddenly showed a confident smile, he believed that as long as he provoked a little more, he would definitely be able to make the Mo family and the Jiangnan family dislike.

"Back to Your Majesty, the northern grasslands are vast and sparsely populated, and the county lord is shouldering the gospel of the world's babies, and Weichen thinks that it may not be possible to do it without ten thousand acres of fiefdom." The head of the Zheng family said righteously, as if he was thinking about the eldest daughter of the Mo family.

Xiao Rui on the side suddenly had a gloomy face, he originally thought that the Mo family was close to Jiangnan and would choose Songjiang Mansion, but he didn't expect that the Mo family would choose the north, which made the Zheng family head take advantage of the loophole.

"Ten thousand fiefdoms!" Li Shimin not only groaned, although it seems that there are a lot of fiefdoms, but in the grassland, most of them are deserted, and I am afraid that there are not many families, not to mention that this move is an experiment in feeding babies, which is also reasonable.

"No, what Weichen wants for his daughter is not ten thousand hectares of fiefdom, but millions of hectares of fiefdom." Merton spoke, like a thunderclap that shook the entire banquet.

"A million fiefdoms!" In an instant, everyone looked at Merton with incredible eyes, not to mention that Merton's daughter was just a county lord, even the prince and princess did not dare to say that they wanted a million hectares of fiefdom, you must know that a million hectares of fiefdom was almost equivalent to the feudal state of the Han Dynasty.

"Hahaha! The Mo family is simply looking for death, isn't it just to give birth to a daughter, he is pampered and coquettish, and he dares to ask for a million hectares of fiefdom, why don't you rebel! Zheng Chang laughed wildly in his heart.

Everyone else didn't dare to bow their heads silently, and they didn't dare to look at Li Shimin's eyes.

"Then where do you want to seal these million acres of fiefdom?" Li Shimin said slowly, his voice was calm and not rippling at all.

Merton didn't seem to notice it at all: "The minister wants to seal his daughter's fief in the ancient city of Yulin. ”

"Yulin Ancient City!" Li Shimin couldn't help frowning, he knew Yulin, but he couldn't remember where the ancient city of Yulin in the Tang Dynasty was.

"Auxiliary, do you know where the ancient city of Yulin is?" Li Shimin turned his head and asked the eldest grandson Wuji on the side, the eldest grandson Wuji is the maternal uncle of Princess Changle, and Princess Changle's daughter is full moon, so he will naturally come, but the eldest grandson Wuji is very low-key and does not show off like the head of the Zheng family.

Hearing Li Shimin's inquiry, the eldest grandson Wuji thought about it, and suddenly remembered: "Back to Your Majesty, the ancient city of Yulin was originally in the Mu Us Desert north of the Great Wall, but due to the invasion of yellow sand, it has now been abandoned, Yulin City has moved south, and now the ancient city of Yulin has been surrounded by deserts, and now it is a vast desert. ”

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, looked at Merton puzzled, and said: "You actually want to seal your daughter's fief in the vast desert, even if there are millions of fiefs, all of them are deserts, there is not a single grass, and you can't raise cattle!" You're sure you're not wrong! ”

Merton nodded solemnly and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is not lying, once upon a time, the ancient city of Yulin was such an important town, and during the Han Dynasty, it was a land of abundant water and grass, and now it has become a vast desert, which is really embarrassing." ”

The ancient city of Yulin, known as the camel city and the desert city, was once the most fertile place, but now it is in ruins.

"The vicissitudes of life, nothing more!" Most of the people here are people who have read poetry and books, and naturally know that the ancient city of Yulin was a place of abundant water and grass in the past, but now it is abandoned.

Merton shook his head and said, "No, the abandonment of the ancient city of Yulin is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster. ”

"Man-made disaster!" Suddenly, everyone couldn't help frowning.

Merton nodded and said: "Yes, the ancient city of Yulin was originally a land of abundant water and grass, but it has become a vast desert in a few hundred years, it is the desertification caused by overgrazing and over-reclamation by herdsmen, if it is not treated, in the future, with the continuous erosion of the Mu Us Desert, it will definitely continue to expand, according to the statistics of the Mo family, the Mu Us Desert will expand outward every year, and at that time, Yulin will not talk about moving the city, even Yulin is not impossible to move three times." ”

The current Mu Us Desert is only just formed, with a scale of about one million hectares, and it is much less difficult to govern than in later generations, which is why Merton took the initiative to control the Mu Us Desert.

"Yulin three moves!" Li Shimin's face couldn't help but sink, although what Merton said was amazing, it was not impossible to realize, after all, Yulin City had already moved once, and if the Mu Us Desert had been expanding, it would be expected to move it twice.

"What's more, even one day, when the Mu Us Desert spreads to the Great Wall, the yellow sand in the sky buries the Great Wall under the influence of the strong wind, and the Great Wall becomes a smooth road. Merton said proudly.

"The Great Wall is in danger of being destroyed!" Suddenly, everyone couldn't help but gasp, the Great Wall is the most important barrier in the Tang Dynasty, if it is really buried by the yellow sand, the cavalry of the grassland may be able to easily cross the Great Wall and go straight to Chang'an, which is a lot of threats.

"Mo Hou is inevitably a little alarmist!"

The head of the Zheng family said with some disapproval, although what Merton said had a certain amount of truth, in his heart, Merton's move must have been covered by the million acres of fiefdom he said. And this is four hundred years later, and Datang may not be inherited for four hundred years!

The eldest grandson Wuji on the side shook his head and said: "It's not alarmist, the ancient city of Yulin is less than four hundred miles away from the Great Wall, and it is a smooth road, according to the speed of desert expansion, less than four hundred years, I am afraid that it has reached the foot of the Great Wall, with the power of wind and sand, it is not impossible to bury the Great Wall." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji is worthy of being a famous minister, and it is indeed quite far-sighted, in the later Ming Dynasty, the Yellow Sand burying the Great Wall is the most headache of the Ming Dynasty, which cost the Ming Dynasty a lot of money to pick up sand.

Merton arched his hand: "That's true, and the Mu Us Desert is just within the bend of the Yellow River, there are a large number of tributaries of the Yellow River, most of which flow into the Yellow River, as long as the Mu Us Desert can be treated, it will be of great benefit to the project of controlling the Yellow River." ”

Once the Mu Us Desert is controlled, the Yellow River will reduce a large amount of sediment, which is of great benefit to the control of the Yellow River.

"Since Mohou wants to use the ancient city of Yulin as a fief for his beloved daughter, he already has a way to govern the desert." Xiao Rui said incredulously, it is a desert without people, there is no grass, birds and beasts are extinct, although there are millions of hectares, this is a fiefdom, there is only investment and no income, this is an extremely heavy burden, just like the Mojia Village back then, I am afraid that sooner or later the Mofu will be dragged down.

Merton nodded solemnly and said: "Yes, the Mu Us Desert is no more than any desert encountered in the Xia Xi Expedition, it is the desert closest to the Central Plains, its precipitation is not less, even more than the Turkic steppes further north, as long as there is precipitation, there will be plants, so that the difficulty of governing the Mu Us Desert is much lower, as long as you persevere, prevent wind and fix sand and plant grass, sooner or later, the Mu Us Desert full of yellow sand will disappear and become an oasis that spreads millions of hectares." ”

"The desert is gone! An oasis of a million! Suddenly, everyone couldn't help but be fascinated by what a miraculous deed it would be to be able to change the vast desert into a verdant grassland.

Li Shimin no longer had the same peace as before, but couldn't help but hug his granddaughter and said with a solemn face: "Do you know what a sin it is to bully the king." ”

Merton said solemnly: "Wechen is a father for the first time, naturally he wants to give his daughter the best, and the governance of the Mu Us Desert is the greatest blessing that Wei Chen has saved for his daughter, within three years, Wei Chen can ensure that the Mu Us Desert is not expanding, five years, the grass in the Mu Us Desert is retreating, and in ten years, the governance of the Mu Us Desert has achieved initial results, and the rest will let the little girl return a million hectares of green space in Datang in her lifetime." ”

Suddenly everyone stared at the small body held by Li Shimin, it is rumored that the Mo family loves her daughter the most, and now it seems that the rumors are true, once the eldest daughter of the Mo family has the merit of governing the Mu Us Desert, as long as she does not commit a heinous crime in the future, no one can touch her, this is really the greatest protection for her daughter.

Li Shimin's eyes softened, Merton may deceive him, but he will never do anything that damages his daughter's future, from this point of view, Merton's governance of the Mu Us Desert is indeed sincere, and he is quite sure.

"Did she ever choose a name?" Li Shimin looked at his granddaughter and said softly.

Merton nodded and said: "The name of Mofu has always been named after the real thing, since the future of the little girl is to govern the desert, then it is named after the sand, named Mosha!" ”

"Mosha, how can a girl have such a rude name." Li Shimin glared at Merton unhappily, thought about it carefully,

"Sha, the same as Shayin, it just so happens that my granddaughter is also going to plant green grass on this sandy land, it is better to add a grass prefix, and it will be called Mosha!" Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

"Your Majesty is really a great learner!"

"Your Majesty is brilliant!

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Suddenly, a group of officials patted their ass.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name!" Merton thanked her daughter.

Li Shimin thought of a good name, and heard everyone praising it, and immediately Long Yan said with great joy: "Mo Sha is my granddaughter, today I will crown you as the lord of Jinsha, and the back cover is a million acres." ”

Everyone looked at the still infant Jinsha County Lord with envious eyes, and within twenty years, there was a new upstart in Chang'an City that had risen.