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The generous military pay and the promise of titles and ranks were very attractive.

Therefore, the Great Liang had no shortage of soldiers.

The Tangut vassal army consisted of warriors from various Tangut tribes who voluntarily relied on swords and spears for survival.

They are different from the Liang Zhengjun.

It's simply because they weren't trained in Tokyo.

The pay was the same as that of the regular army of Liang.

The settled Tangut people have registered just like the Han Chinese.

Then they went to Tokyo for training.

The vassal army came from tribes that were still engaged in herding.

However, Daliang has already designated pastures for them.

They are no longer able to live a nomadic life.

Waiting for the right time,

The Great Liang will abolish its vassal army.

All troops were trained in Tokyo.

Accelerate the assimilation of all ethnic groups.

Malhus had also heard some things about Ningxia Road.

He just didn't believe there could be such a good thing.

In addition, many Tanguts joined the army.

Therefore, he always believed that the Tanguts were sacrificing their lives for Daliang in place of the tribute.

Hearing the Kereit people who came south in winter say that the Tangut soldiers on the Ningxia Road were all volunteers,

Moreover, all the people of Daliang, except for merchants, do not have to pay taxes.

Malhus asked curiously,

"Only merchants pay taxes,"

"Aren't things from Daliang very expensive?"

Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "All the mines belong to the imperial court."

"Tea and wine can only be sold by the imperial court,"

"The imperial court has a lot of revenue, but commercial taxes are not high."

"In the Central Plains, one of your horses could probably be exchanged for eight or nine hundred catties of tea,"

"If it's transported here,"

"It should be worth at least four or five hundred pounds."

Zhao Yuan was referring to coarse tea.

Of course, very few barbarians knew about fine tea.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the tea used in the tea-for-horse exchange was mostly coarse tea.

It wasn't until the Southern Song Dynasty that the barbarians began to demand finer tea.

Song Dynasty had few horses.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, horses were purchased from foreigners using copper coins.

However, it was later discovered that many barbarians were casting copper coins into weapons.

They then changed their strategy to exchanging tea for horses.

By the time of Zhao Ji,

The price of a horse has risen to 250 catties of tea.

This is the price paid by Han Chinese and Northwestern nomadic people for horses.

The natives would also resell the tea to places further north.

Tea can help cut through greasiness, detoxify, and cure ailments.

After the meat-eating barbarians drank tea,

They can't live without tea.

However, the tea they drank was all transported from the Western Xia or Liao dynasties.

A horse can often only be exchanged for a few dozen kilograms of tea.

Malhus always had tea with him.

Upon hearing Zhao Yuan say that a horse in Daliang could be exchanged for eight or nine hundred catties of tea,

They were also dumbfounded.

The shepherds behind them shouted excitedly.

They also need tea.

However, tea used to be very expensive.

Apart from the tribal chief and the shaman, no one can afford to drink tea every day.

If a horse can be exchanged for several hundred kilograms of tea...

They, like the leader, could drink tea every day.

For the people of the grasslands,

What attracted them most about the Central Plains was tea.

Fabric is a woman's hobby.

Even a rugged man can wear a sheepskin.

Marcus heard the discussions of his tribesmen behind him.

I knew everyone shared his thoughts.

He dismounted and knelt down, saying...

"We are willing to submit to the Great Liang."

The barbarians behind them all knelt down upon seeing their sweat.

They all dismounted and knelt on the ground.

Zhao Yuan hadn't expected to subdue these ten thousand people so easily, and waved his hand, saying...

"Da Liang doesn't need to kneel,"

"You all get up."

The cavalry in the military camp outside the city had also assembled.

Seeing that the King of Liang had made the barbarian soldiers kneel down with just a few words,

I felt even more that the King of Liang was exceptionally domineering.

Zhao Yuan did not disappoint Malhusi.

He directly sealed off one of the Kreik tribe's patrol inspectors from Malhus.

This caused Malchus to kneel down again.

Are there still Khitans in Zhenzhou?

Malhus shook his head.

"there is none left,"

"Zhenzhou only has a little over a thousand Khitan soldiers,"

"We killed them all."

"The Khitan soldiers who fled yesterday all followed Yelü Dashi of the Liao Dynasty westward,"

"They probably went to Victoria or Zhaozhou in the west."

Zhao Yuan heard that Yelü Dashi was leading Khitan troops westward.

He was also stunned.

Historically, Yelü Dashi created the Western Liao Dynasty.

Could it be that he can create another Western Liao?

If Yelü Dashi really fled to Central Asia

Zhao Yuan wouldn't chase after him now.

Central Asia has countless small countries.

Let Yelü Dashi wipe them out.

Then the Great Liang went to destroy the Western Liao.

This would undoubtedly save a lot of trouble.

Daliang and its forces attacked westward.

It would be better to attack eastward.

They conquered Japan and minted its gold and silver to produce coins.

The Liang Dynasty minted gold and silver coins.

However, because gold and silver are scarce...

The gold and silver coins that were issued were mostly collected by large investors.

Or they crafted gold and silver vessels.

Gold and silver coins are rarely seen in circulation.

This allowed the large-denomination banknotes of Daliang Bank to be successfully issued.

Chapter 1584 Gold and Silver Mine

Now, all the silver notes from Daliang can be cashed at the money exchange.

Royal banks would not issue banknotes indiscriminately.

But you never know when a spendthrift son might appear.

They began to issue banknotes indiscriminately.

This caused the Royal Bank's credibility to collapse.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhao Yuan decided to use gold, silver, and copper coins as currency.

We must not leave any loopholes for future generations to exploit.

Japan has abundant gold and silver deposits.

Moreover, the Japanese were ready-made mining slaves.

As long as their emperor is threatened with force...

Or support a puppet regime.

They just need to pay a fixed amount of gold and silver to Daliang every year.

There is no need to send troops to be stationed in Japan for a long time.

It's no secret that Japan is a major gold-producing country.

However, silver mining has not yet begun.

As early as the Tang Dynasty,

Japan has unearthed large quantities of gold.