The premise of the expansion of the port of Tanar is that the funds must be in place, without strong funds, everything is impossible, and the new king of the Lion Kingdom, Matt Qin, has promised to pay huge war reparations, as long as the money is in place, the expansion of Tanar can be carried out soon.

"When will the compensation of the Lion Kingdom be paid, is there any news?"

Li An looked at his subordinates behind him and asked.

"Li Shilang, according to the report of the people in Wang Cheng, I am afraid that the Lion Kingdom will not have enough money to compensate us now."

The subordinate replied.

When Li An heard this, he was quite unhappy and asked: "What the hell is going on, why is the Lion Country not enough money, after so many years of accumulation, the Lion Country should have a lot of inventory." ”

The subordinate replied: "What Li Shilang said is that the Lion Kingdom has indeed accumulated a lot over the years, but in order to expand externally, preparing for war has consumed a lot of wealth, and most of the wealth has been consumed, in addition, when evacuating the royal city, Kuram took away half of the treasury wealth, and the remaining half is not enough to compensate us, in addition, the old king of the Lion Country is still there, and a new court has been established in the south to confront Ma Teqin, in order to exterminate the old king's power, Ma Teqin also needs to expand the army, and it also needs a lot of money, so, Matteqin is also at a loss now. ”

"Oh, there is such a thing, there should be a lot of rich nobles in the Lion Country! They must have a lot of money in their hands! ”

Li An said.

In any era and in any country, the aristocracy has a great deal of wealth in their hands, and there are many nobles who have more wealth in their hands than they have in the treasury.

"Li Shilang, most of the rich nobles have fled with their belongings, and the few remaining nobles are all supporting Ma Teqin, Ma Teqin's new regime has just been established, if he offends the remaining nobles at this time, it will lead to everyone in danger, so he doesn't dare to offend."

The subordinate said.

Li An smiled: "The common people are not easy to fool, the newly established regime, but also to win the trust of the people, tax increases will definitely not work, this Matt is really in a dilemma!" Ha ha! ”

"Li Shilang, Ma Teqin and the old king Kuram confront each other, which is good for our Tang Dynasty, so my subordinates feel that there is no need to push too much, otherwise, Ma Teqin's small court will collapse."

The subordinate said keenly.

Li An nodded and said: "What you said is right, since the compensation we are asking for is something that the Lion Kingdom cannot afford for the time being, then it is better to pay in installments, but it is necessary to calculate the interest, and the interest cannot be less." ”

This trick can not only alleviate the pressure faced by the new regime of the Lion State, but also obtain more benefits for Datang, because the compensation that cannot be compensated for the time being is to be treated as usury, so that a considerable part of the money that the Lion State can earn in the future will be used to repay the usury of Datang, which is a very good financial plan.

"What Li Shilang said is very reasonable, it is indeed a good way to lend usury to the Lion Country, but how to calculate this interest?"

The subordinate asked with concern.

Li An thought for a moment and said, "Let's make a profit!" That's not that high, right? ”

Thinking that in the future, the income of the Lion Kingdom will be used to repay the loan sharks, and a smile appeared on the corner of Li An's mouth.

"A penny? Is it monthly, or annually? ”

The question of the relationship between the subordinates.

Li An smiled: "Of course it's an annual interest, if it's a monthly interest, the Lion Kingdom will pay back more and more, and it will never be able to pay it back, even if it's an annual interest, the pressure on the Lion Country is very great, give them a way to live!" You can't force people to die! By the way, let them compensate one-third first, and pay the rest in installments. ”

"Yes, Li Shilang, my subordinates will convey an order to let the Lion Kingdom send one-third of the compensation as soon as possible."

The subordinate said.

Li An began to calculate in his heart, as long as the money is in place, the expansion project of Tanar and Gordi can start smoothly, the various infrastructure of the port can also be started, and some of the soldiers and horses of Datang can be permanently stationed in this foreign land.

Due to the fact that many of Datang's ships were damaged during the Lion State attack, and there were relatively few ship repair yards in the subcontinent, and the level was very poor, the Datang fleet needed to stay in this area for a long time, and at the same time, Li An could also better arrange the construction of several ports such as Tanar.

The Tang ships anchored in the port of Garigarh began to move south, and scattered into the two ports of Tanar and Godi, and the rest of the ports belonging to the Tang Dynasty also symbolically sent a small number of soldiers and horses to declare sovereignty.

Li Feiyu went to Gordy, and according to Li An's request, he presided over the construction work of Gordy, and at the same time, he also had to take care of the rest of the ports, while Li An himself was responsible for presiding over the work of Tanar and the tenth of the land ceded by the entire Lion Kingdom.

The cession of land is not only on the one hand, but also includes population and various resources, because many ordinary people have lived on the land of their ancestors for hundreds of years and have long been accustomed to the surrounding environment.

If they were to leave their homes because the Lion Kingdom ceded land to the Tang Dynasty, they would definitely not be willing, the houses and fields were here, and after they left, their lives would lose the minimum security.

Of course, Ang Lee will not cruelly order the expulsion of these ordinary people who have lived here for generations, and this will inevitably lead to conflicts, and when the time comes, many people will die.

Of course, the most important reason is that Datang is too far away from here, and the development here requires enough manpower, that is, labor, and the cost of immigrating from Datang is too high, so it is better to use Datang's cultural advantages to gradually assimilate some of the people of the Lion Country, so that they can identify with Datang's culture, so as to become Datang's reliable labor force overseas.

Some people think that the non-our race will have a different heart, and they are full of natural vigilance against the other race, that is because the strength is too weak and not confident, in history, the reason why all the foreign races have different hearts is because of the decline of China and the fact that the strength has become weak.

As long as you become weak, even if there is no alien race, the people of your own race will have different hearts, and there are so many peasant uprisings, and a few of them are led by aliens.

Therefore, as long as Datang always maintains a strong strength, it is not afraid of dissenting from other races, and whoever dares to disagree will immediately eliminate it.

It is not an easy task to consolidate the overseas land that has been acquired, and military occupation can ensure that these lands will not be easily lost, but it is also very troublesome for the people in the occupied areas to resist continuously.

For example, in later generations of China, they constantly rebelled against the Japanese invaders, so that the Japanese were never able to live in the land of China, thus affecting the pace of the world hegemony.

Although the ability of ordinary people is relatively weak, the ability of a large number of ordinary people is gathered together, and the energy is relatively strong, which has to be paid attention to.

Datang is to maintain its permanent existence here in the subcontinent, so it is a very important matter to improve the relationship with the local people, and Ang Lee feels that it is of great significance to do so.

Of course, strong force to maintain superiority is also indispensable, and strong force and benevolent government need to be carried out at the same time, and neither of them can be lacking, otherwise, the territory of the subcontinent will be unstable.

It is not difficult to maintain a strong force, Datang already has a strong arsenal, and it is really simple to maintain a strong force.

As long as the ordinary people are satisfied in terms of material interests and make the lives of the people better and better, they will gain strong support from the people, and it will become easier to maintain the tranquility of this side.

With the knowledge that Li An has mastered, it is too easy to seek benefits for ordinary people, no matter what nationality or region the people are, as long as Li Anken helps them, they can achieve a great improvement in their quality of life.

If you want to help ordinary people improve their lives, you must first understand the local conditions, topography, climate, temperature, cash crops, etc., all of which must be understood, and then you can carry out targeted work.

Through a period of investigation, Li An found that most of the local people's occupations are fishermen and hunters, which occupies a very high proportion, especially the fishermen, the number is very large, in many inconspicuous seaside, there will always be simple ultra-small ports, that is, fishermen have partnered to make their own, which can only accommodate dozens of small fishing boats, with a draft of one or two meters, and slightly larger ships cannot enter the port.

There are also many fishermen who are more backward, they don't have fishing boats, they only have very simple fishing nets, and they can stand on the beach and catch fish with nets, and the harvest can still maintain food and clothing.

The most poor fishermen, who do not even have the most basic fishing nets, rely on the low tide of the sea, run to catch the sea, pick up some of the catches left on the beach, so as to fill their stomachs, such fishermen are generally old singles, living a day is a day, and few can marry a wife.

In other words, the people of the Lion Country are still in the backward stage of fishing and hunting, and the level of civilization at this stage is still very low.

The reason for this situation is the gift of nature, because the lion country is an island country, surrounded by the ocean, and there are too many fish resources in the ocean, as long as you go to the beach for a walk, you can always get some food, so why bother to farm?

With the inheritance of ancestral genes for many years, Li Ang doubted whether the people of the Lion Kingdom could be qualified for slightly more advanced labor, such as farming.

Of course, there are still a lot of farmers in such a large area of the Lion Country, but most of the farmers are concentrated in the south and center, and the number of farmers on the land occupied by Li An is very small.

The labor paid by the peasants is far more than hunting and fishing, and it takes a long time to harvest the fruits of labor, and the waiting time is too long, but fishing can be harvested every time, in addition, the harvest of fishing and hunting is in their own hands, and they can never run away, and the crops planted may be spoiled at any time, and when they harvest, they are also very likely to be stolen, which makes many people prefer to choose fishing and hunting in front of them to feed themselves, rather than work harder to plant crops.

Another point is that the imperial court did not pay attention to inaction, did not care about agriculture at all, and did not invest the slightest amount of money in agriculture, resulting in almost no agricultural facilities.

For example, the construction of water conservancy requires a high investment, and the lion state seems to prefer to invest money in ports and armies, which can serve merchant ships for a fee and provide fishing boats to berth, and armed armies can grab other people's ports, thus forming a monopoly in a large area to increase the income of the port.

As for the investment in agriculture, the effect is very slow, and with the current level of agriculture in the Lion Country, it is difficult to bring much practical benefits, so agriculture is naturally abandoned by the imperial court, and the common people are allowed to grow some crops at will.

The reason why the agriculture of the Lion Country does not have much investment value is that the marine resources are too abundant, the benefits are good and the results are fast, a large number of manpower are concentrated in the marine field, and people with brains and wisdom have also put their minds on the ocean, and there are very few people who seriously think about improving agriculture.

On the other hand, the topography of the Lion Country is not very good, there are a large number of mountains, forests, canyons, etc., there are no plains that are too large, and the water network is not very developed, which makes it very difficult to develop agriculture.

However, in Li An's eyes, all this is not a matter, as long as Li Anken intervenes, a large area of barren land in the north will soon become a land of fish and rice, and the living standards of the people will be greatly improved.

The indemnity of the Lion Country is very high, and the usury income in the later period will not be less, in addition, the docking and supply of merchant ships will also bring a lot of income to Datang, with so much money, it is not very difficult to build water conservancy in the north, improve agricultural planting methods, and increase the yield per mu.

Datang has ready-made talents, and Li An also brought some with him on this trip, so the task of inspecting the terrain will be handed over to his subordinates, as long as the terrain and resources are clear, you can start to do a big job.

However, if you want the local people to recognize the great value of agriculture, you must let them see the fruits of agriculture, otherwise, no matter how good your idea is, others may not be willing to support it, and then it will be troublesome.

Behind the Tanar military port, there is a nice vacant land, and Li Ang decided to start here to build a test field, so that the local people can see the advantages of agriculture and how beneficial the advanced agricultural machinery is to increase agricultural production.

After Ang Lee's order, the construction of the experimental field soon began.

There is a small river near the experimental field, which is a necessary water source for the development of agriculture, Li An asked people to dig a canal to divert the fresh water of the river to the experimental field, and fill all the ditches of the experimental field.