150,000 acres.

The land of the imperial village is not infinite.

When the Li family entered the world, the royal land originated from two types. One was the large amount of land owned by the Li family in Taiyuan, and the other was the imperial village of the Yang family in the Sui Dynasty.

After the Supreme Emperor and Li Shimin ascended the throne, in order to win people's hearts, they gave some rewards. Moreover, in recent years, the Supreme Emperor married his daughter and gave them a lot.

Chen Zhengtai really spoke up, but he actually had 150,000 acres.

Li Shimin carried his hands behind his back: "You didn't say you asked me to borrow land at the beginning."

He felt distressed, he was upset, so he stood up and walked with his hands behind his back!

What kind of control is played well? How come I finally control it? Shouldn’t I sit on the Diaoyutai and watch the turbulent one?

Chen Zhengtai secretly gave Li Chengqian a wink.

Li Chengqian understood something, so he hurriedly said, "Father, just borrow it, it's not that I can't repay it, let alone the girls are still young, and they are always thinking about what to do with dowry."

"Stop your mouth." Li Shimin glared at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian has a relatively straightforward personality. He is a generous and generous person. Although he is similar to Li Shimin in many aspects, he is very different from Li Shimin in this regard.

After all, Li Shimin was the emperor. He knew the difficulties of the country. Every time he spent a copper coin, he might have an impact on national affairs. Therefore, he adhered to the concept of living within his means.

Li Chengqian is still young and has never really been a family. He is the prince again. Of course, he doesn't value anything.

When Li Chengqian was scolded, he was immediately timid and turned around and was about to run away. When he saw Chen Zhengtai here again, he seemed to feel that he was unfaithful to leave alone, so he refused to speak tremblingly.

Li Shimin thought seriously and closed his eyes and said, "150,000 acres, really enough?"

"Enough." Chen Zhengtai said with confidence.

"Okay, I'll give it." Li Shimin suddenly changed the subject: "I have to pay back me as soon as possible. Even if something goes wrong in the future, I can't pay it all, at least 100,000 acres."

"Mr. Shengming." Chen Zhengtai said with a wry smile.

Looking at Li Shimin's calm face, he felt his mentor's heartache very clearly. But since today, the east wind is necessary to borrow it!

Li Shimin glared at him, his eyes shining with a wise light: "In terms of military tactics, this is called a battle of back and forth. I have a brief understanding of what you want to do, but I must not let me compensate my wife and soldiers, do you know?"

"I understand, understand." Chen Zhengtai nodded in disappointment, and then hurriedly asked Li Chengqian to leave.

After leaving Tai Chi Palace, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm scared to death. I almost suffered by you. Senior brother, did you think I'm mighty just now? I'm not afraid of it when I argue with my father."

Chen Zhengtai said casually: "Yes, yes, junior brother is mighty."

Li Chengqian couldn't help but say, "Can you have some sincerity?"

Chen Zhengtai said: "Yes, yes."

Li Chengqian's face thrust, and he suddenly remembered something: "There is one thing that I don't understand. Logically speaking, isn't this food increase? Even for those aristocratic races who own a lot of land, their food will increase many times in the future? This will benefit them without any harm, but why... it seems to be harmful to them."

In fact, Chen Zhengtai was very pleased when Li Chengqian asked this, because since Li Chengqian had questions, it means that he had started to think.

It is not easy to make the crown prince start thinking.

Chen Zhengtai said: "Okay, then I'll ask you, if ordinary people have surplus grains, they can save some to prepare for disasters, but the aristocratic people have countless lands. What will happen if they have surplus grains piled up like mountains?"

Li Chengqian thought for a while: "This..."

Chen Zhengtai saw him frowning and thought for a long time, so he said, "They will also store it as soon as possible."

"Yes, yes, that's what I mean."

"But what is the essence of storage?"

Li Chengqian frowned again: "Isn't it just storage?"

Chen Zhengtai was very patient in analyzing for him: "The essence of storage is to sell it when the market is good."

Li Chengqian nodded.

"But what if the Tang Dynasty will not be short of food in the next few decades, or even hundreds of years? The food of the aristocratic races will be sold to the people without food, but the people have food, so what should we do with countless piles of grain?"

"This... I think about it, continue to store it?"

Chen Zhengtai smiled a little angry and said, "Continue to store, the grain will turn into old grain, and it will eventually become moldy. It will cost a lot of money to build a warehouse, and there will be someone to guard the warehouse and someone to manage it. These are all money."

Li Chengqian thought: "Then... it can be sold at a low price."

"If several aristocratic families sell food at a low price, they may be able to recover the losses, but once everyone sells it at a low price, it will cause a stampede, and the final result is very likely to be a loss-making sale. Because you need cost transportation and sales also require cost. Once the price of grain is lower than this cost, wouldn't it be a loss-making profit?"

Li Chengqian nodded: "I thought this grain would be sold as long as I could, and I would sell it with a word."

At this time, Chen Zhengtai said: "Their only choice is to burn grain."

"Burn grain..." Li Chengqian glared at his eyes and said in surprise: "Why do you need to burn? This is food, are they crazy?"

Chen Zhengtai looked at him with contempt: "Why not burn it?"

Li Chengqian still didn't understand and said, "They can send the food out."

"Why give it?"

Li Chengqian was anxious: "Isn't it a pity to burn it?"

"Of course it will be a loss if it is burned, but the loss will be a little smaller than storage and sale, because the more grain is burned, the food price can be maintained. If you give it to others for free, then everyone in the world will know that this food is not worth a lot, and no one will spend money to buy food in the future. If it is burned, it can still maintain a slight grain price. If it is you, will you burn it? What's more... Which aristocratic family has no countless land? How much grain produces every year? How much food is given to people? Do you think it doesn't cost to send people? Don't transport it?"

Li Chengqian was dumbfounded: "Isn't this a dead end?"

"It's theoretically." Chen Zhengtai said: "At least for now, they are in a dead end. Farming requires a lot of manpower, tools, and seedlings need to be cultivated in the early stage. In short, although they have land, the cost in the early stage is quite large. Once a lot of costs are invested, the food will still be burned, and the more land the family has, the more losses they will lose."

Li Chengqian couldn't help but say, "Then let the land be deserted."

"The land is deserted? What should they do with their troops? Do you want to keep them?"

Li Chengqian was stunned again and couldn't speak for a moment: "..."

In the Tang Dynasty, tribes were dependent on the population of the aristocratic race, which was the official name. In fact, in the market, people called these tribes family children, family servants, maids, child slaves, maids and concubines, etc., and in fact... they were slaves of the aristocratic race.

In addition to a part of the land of the aristocratic race, there are also a considerable number of them that have been cultivated by the aristocratic races for generations. This is a system that has been continued since the Han Dynasty.

There was a man named Wang Mang who was stunned. He usurped the Han Dynasty and established the New Dynasty. He wanted to reform it. It was called Wang Mang's new system in history. As a result, the reform failed quickly and eventually died and was destroyed.

With Wang Mang's lesson, the Eastern Han Dynasty retained this system. Since then, the world has experienced countless dynasties and endless wars!

However, the system of the division was not destroyed, but was strengthened. In order to accumulate strength in troubled times, the aristocratic tribes had accumulated more and more divisions. In order to have something to rely on in troubled times, ordinary people would rather rely on the aristocratic tribes.

The essence of the corpse is actually a slave. Volume 26 of "Tang Lu Shuyi" clearly stipulates: "The maid can be bought and sold casually. If you rape your wife, the guest daughter is innocent, let alone the maid. The master can beat the corpse at will or even be beaten to death. As long as the master reports to the government, he can kill the slave."

The biggest difference between tenants and divisions recognized by later generations is that they have more personal and freedom to move with the landlords. The tenants' obligation is to pay rent instead of serving labor. In law, the tenants are no longer untouchables but good people.

Almost all aristocratic races raised a large number of tribes.

The Chen family is no exception.

Since these tribes are private slaves, then... if the aristocratic tribes decide to waste land, how should the tribes that were originally cultivated for them be placed?

Chen Zhengtai said: "What's more, does it cost to barren land? Your land is barren. If you want to cultivate in the future, it will take time and effort to re-reclaim it. Not to mention that each piece of land needs to be paid a certain amount of taxes. If you don't have any output, wouldn't this tax be paid in vain? Not to mention, aristocratic families have a great career. In the past, because of a large amount of output, they lived a luxurious life. Which aristocratic family is not a servant, and they are rich and well-off. Once they are asked to reduce their expenses, it is even more uncomfortable than killing them."

People are different.

If a person earns 3,000 a month, he feels that 3,000 can barely allow himself to have enough food and clothing. However, a person with a small goal a year suddenly reduces his income to 10 million. Even if he is still a rich man, the sharp decline in income will also make them feel huge loss and anxiety.

Li Chengqian was stunned when he heard this, and finally seemed to understand it gradually. He nodded and said, "So...what should we do next?"

Chen Zhengtai said with a smile: "It's very simple, next... Your Highness will always stay with me."

Li Chengqian said in surprise: "Why?"

"I'm afraid I'm in danger." Chen Zhengtai said honestly: "Having Your Highness by your side can dispel many people's thoughts."

Li Chengqian said in surprise: "Why, someone else wants to kill you? They are so brave."

"In theory, it won't be." Chen Zhengtai said seriously: "Just like when Emperor Yang of Sui was there, he did something that endangered certain aristocratic races, which caused chaos in the world. But... did the aristocratic races emerge and killed Emperor Yang of Sui?"

Li Chengqian said: "Wait, I will think about it first."

"Don't think about it." Chen Zhengtai said: "There are very few aristocratic families like this. For example, your Li family has rebelled allegiance in Taiyuan. Your Li family still whispers to be loyal to Emperor Yang of Sui? When the overall situation is set, the banner of anti-Sui is lifted in Taiyuan. The greater the family, the greater the cause, the less they will be willing to take a gamble. People like their junior brother, even if they have great resentment in their hearts, they will obey on the surface. When those ordinary commoners shake the foundation of Emperor Wen of Sui, they will be fatal. So... I can guarantee that no one dares to do anything to me. Although many people wish that a few commoners would come to kill me, they can happily collect the body, but if they were involved, they would never dare."

When Li Chengqian heard this, he suddenly felt that his family seemed a little vulgar. It was obvious that my father and grandfather were very strong at the beginning.

Li Chengqian said depressedly: "You will give an example, why should I give it my family?"

Chen Zhengtai smiled awkwardly and said, "For example, for example, this is because he treats His Highness as a brother and speaks the truth. But although I expected that no one dared to do anything to me, there is no guarantee that someone would be confused. My junior brother is good at archery and horses, has great martial arts skills, and has many guards around him. Everyone is a tiger. With His Highness by my side, I can feel more at ease. In the future, we will eat and sleep together, and it is better to sleep together with the quilt?"

Li Chengqian thought about it and made sense, and he decided to forgive Chen Zhengtai.

"What's next? What should we do?" Li Chengqian felt that every time he was with Chen Zhengtai, he was like a curious baby.

"Putting fuel to the fire." Chen Zhengtai smiled with a deep smile: "Let's wait and see, there's a good show."

The two of them were chatting and had already reached Erpigou.

Chen Zhengtai ordered someone to call his third uncle: "San Uncle, have you bought all the land you asked you to buy?"

"I bought it, and I also bought a lot." Uncle San looked heartbroken: "Why did the land I bought at the beginning drop in the blink of an eye?"

Chen Zhengtai said, "I will use it to take all the land deeds purchased."

At this moment, the third uncle subconsciously glanced at Chen Zhengtai seriously, and then realized that Chen Zhengtai seemed to be planning something. Suddenly, he cheered up!

He watched Chen Zhengtai grow up, especially this year, Zhengtai surprised him so much, so he hurriedly said, "Go and get it, get it now."
To be continued...