For a nation, the most terrible thing is not that the nation loses its political power and becomes ruled by others, but that a nation is gradually infiltrated by the culture of other nations, and gradually regards itself as a member of other nations, and it is not aware of it.

The most terrible invasion is the invasion of the mind!

It was precisely because Chen Fei was familiar with this that he made some targeted suggestions to Li Shimin. Fortunately, Li Shimin was an enlightened monarch, and an enlightened monarch was always willing to try something new, so he approved of Chen Fei's proposal and implemented it.

In fact, Chen Fei's thinking is really simple - let the herdsmen feel the goodness of Datang! Compare the hard times they suffered before!

Once they enjoy the benefits of being a member of Datang, they will have a kind of dependence mentality, and when the time comes, they will probably cry for their father and mother's disagreement when they leave Datang.

For example, now, people who have come to the newly established town and walked around have obvious feelings, and since they have been accepted by Datang, they have indeed experienced the benefits.

You can buy a series of daily necessities such as grain, silk cloth, ironware, refined salt, and so on, which are half cheaper than those of black-hearted merchants.

Moreover, their children can still receive an education, and the Tang people also provide them with jobs to earn food rations.

Compared to the previous period of Xue Yantuo's leadership, the former is like shit! Even if he didn't have enough to eat, he had to fight with the Tang people and other tribes every day, and his life was poor and not peaceful.

"If only these days could last long," sighed the patriarch, who advocated peace, and hoped that the two peoples would maintain the status quo and be at peace forever, so that there would not be so much sorrow and sorrow.

Because his father, his grandfather, died in the confrontation with the Han Chinese. War is just a gamble before those in power. The chips are the lives of ordinary people!

The mental state of the people of this tribe is just a small microcosm, and in a few days, the surrounding tribes have known about the existence of the town, no matter what their attitude towards Datang was before, they are all rushing to the nameless small town with excitement at this moment, eager to make a deal.

It is precisely in response to that sentence: there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

No matter what kind of hatred they have for the Tang Dynasty, they will make concessions for the survival of the tribe under the immediate interests.

I have to say that Chen Fei's vision is very vicious, and he sees the time when the grassland is about to enter winter, and at this moment, the various tribes on the grassland are worried about the winter.

The sudden appearance of this Tang caravan was undoubtedly like a piece of fragrant barbecue exposed to a pack of hungry wolves, attracting the four tribes to come forward to trade.

For this transaction, Chen Fei can be said to have spent a lot of effort, such as understanding the price.

It was only after Chen Fei knew the price offered to the herdsmen by some black-hearted merchants in the Tang Dynasty that he was so relieved to let this caravan go to the grassland.

Don't look at the price of goods that are half lower than other black-hearted merchants, in fact, Chen Ji can earn double the price of the things he sells by removing the costs on the road!

To blame... I can only blame that there is nothing on the grassland, so I can only let others slaughter it.

And the herders don't mind this, in their opinion, as long as it is cheaper than the original, half the price is really pie in the sky.

Although cattle, horses and sheep are their lives, it is also a big problem that too many lives cannot be used, for example, it is difficult to store forage in winter.

So it is still very cost-effective to exchange cattle, horses and sheep for some grain or something - there are cattle and sheep everywhere, but there is no grain and grass!

More and more tribes came to the small towns, but Chen Kee bought less and less goods. In addition to the mosquito coils, there are still a lot of residues, other things are almost looted, and the tribes who come late can only stare dryly.

As for why mosquito coils can't be sold...... Purely because it is past the shearing season, when there is almost no wool to harvest.

However, the caravan also felt very content, this transaction, they have to earn at least half of the money, and they will definitely be rewarded by adults when they return to Chang'an, and they are a little excited to think about it.

For those tribes who can't buy things, whether it is the officials in the city or the people of Chen Ji, they are all comforting them, telling them that a larger caravan will come here to trade in a month, and if you have ideas, you can prepare early.

After this pleasant trade, many tribes showed great interest in the arrival of the next caravan and expressed their willingness to come again.

The atmosphere of the two nationalities fighting when they met before gradually disappeared in the lively chat.......

Soon, the Chen Ji caravan, loaded with cattle and sheep, embarked on the way back. They will return to Chang'an with great results.

Chen Fei, who had already received the "frontline battle report", was already preparing for the next caravan, which was expected to depart in three days.

Although the caravan returned to Chang'an, this nameless small town was becoming more and more lively. Tribes from near and far have gathered here.

There is no other reason, for the "assessment and selection of officials" that began ten days later, also known as the "small imperial examination". As long as you are literate, you have the opportunity to be an official, and if you are proficient in Tang language, you can basically become an official. This made the literate people of the tribe excited, and they dared to come here from their own tribe to seek opportunities.

A few months ago, the two nationalities were still in a tense atmosphere, but at this moment, it became a one-sided flattery, and the huge gap still made the governor of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate a little unable to react. After sighing, he could only admire the method that the court said came up with.

Ten days later, the assessment was held as scheduled. Almost half of the tribes of the steppe came to participate, and the number of participants was as high as thousands.

The content of the assessment is actually very simple, give a topic, and then write an essay based on the topic. Don't examine your literary skills, only your basic skills.

Because of the lack of educational resources on the grassland, before the school was implemented, they did not expect these people to be able to answer according to the Four Books and Five Classics.

Of course, if you can quote the content of the Four Books and the Five Classics, it is definitely a plus.

From the beginning of the assessment to the end of the review, it took eight days to post the list. There were 1,324 references and 236 passes. The admission ratio is nearly six to one. Compared with the situation of tens of millions of students in Datang competing for single-plank bridges, there is no doubt that this proportion is much better.

Although many people failed to make the list, they were not discouraged, because just now the governor of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate added that the officials who passed the "small imperial examination" only have a three-year term of office, and they will be re-evaluated after three years.

This undoubtedly gave a shot in the arm to those who didn't get in, and they swore that they would study hard after the school was established, and strive to shoot the people in front of them to death on the beach... No! On the prairie! Shoot to death on the prairie!

(End of chapter)