The Mongols were aware that exploitation by taxes and trade would be much more profitable for them than simple raids.
元朝的统治者明白，通过税收剥削和贸易往来比单单抢夺有利的多。
They began to pay attention to the agricultural production and carried out a policy to utake the agricultures as the urgent affairs^, restored and developed agriculture at different levels.
于是，他们开始重视农业生产，实行了“以农桑为急务”的政策，使各地的农业生产都得到不同程度的恢复和发展。
They adopted the two-tax system which was in use since the Tang Dynasty： in the north, a poll-tax combined with the biennial taxation in grain, or material and corvee labour were in use； in the south, the Mongols used the double tax system (li-angshuifa), the peasants being taxed twice a year with a real-estate tax and a profit tax.
他们采纳了自唐朝以来一直沿用的两税制:在北方，实行人头税和两年一征的田税，或实物税和徭役制;在南方，蒙古统治者实行了两税制，即农民一年交纳两次税。
To ensure the nourishment of the north, the Mongols began with the reconstruction of the Great Canal.
为了确保北方的繁荣,他们重开大运河。
An artisan household system was adopted in the handicraft but it made the craftsmen have no production enthusiam, which led to a low. Therefore the proficiency was low and restrained the development of the handicraft.
在手工业方面实行匠户制度，但是它使工匠们无生产积极性，因而生产效率不高,限制了手工业的发展。
However commerce was prosperous in the Yuan Dynasty.
但元朝时期商业贸易发达。
Dadu was the center of the politics and economy of the country and also the famous city in the world.
大都是全国政治经济中心，也是当时世界闻名的城市，经常有欧、亚、非各国的使节、友人、传教士等集聚。
Merchants, missionaries and diplomats from Europe, Asia and Africa often gathered there. The foreign trade of the Yuan Dynasty covered the areas of Korea, Japan, and the seacoast of Africa, which was very active. And it was monopolized by the government.
元朝的对外贸易，东起朝鲜、日本,西达非洲海岸，十分活跃。并且，当时的对外贸易由政府垄断。