Chapter five hundred and eighteen: Don't bully Cui's family(1/2)
At this time, Chen Zhengtai discovered that the reason why aristocratic races can become aristocratic races is definitely not a lucky one.
It can be said that these people are all human beings and have enjoyed the best educational resources in the world since childhood.
At first, when the fine porcelain came out, it was almost equivalent to a dimensional reduction attack, because this thing was unprecedented and the gameplay was too high-end. With their simple economic knowledge, they could not understand the principles behind it.
But these people... after just being fooled once, they seemed to pass Jingci, ah?, and then some people gradually became enlightened.
Chen Zhengtai has expectations for these aristocratic races. The population in the pass is large and there is no need for aristocratic races at all!
The more such aristocratic clans, the more unfavorable it is to the world.
But outside the barrier, it is completely different.
The essence of the aristocratic race is actually super large landlords, and there are wild lands everywhere outside the pass. If a single-family people farm, they will not be able to deal with natural disasters that may occur at any time.
At this time, such big landlords or big manors have a place to use their skills. They embraced their families and surnames, recruited troops, and even drove slaves to farm. This led to the fact that once natural disasters were encountered, they often had surplus food in the barn. When they encountered attacks from the Hu people, they could also unite through blood relations and resist.
Moreover, there is land outside the pass, but what is most lacking is that someone needs to organize the cultivation and grazing. A lot of manpower and animal power is needed in the early stage. These... are the ones that are most lacking in the pass.
If these aristocratic races had a deep root in the pass, Chen Zhengtai would really want to pack them out of the pass at one time!
These people are a disaster in the pass, but they are talents in the pass.
Of course, if you think about it this way, the only thing Chen Zhengtai can do at this time is to spend money.
The current outside the pass is the foundation of the Chen family, especially Xining and Shuofang.
When the Tang Dynasty wanted to maintain its rule, the people here wanted to live better. To some extent, they did not need aristocratic clans or families like the Chen family. The future of the Chen family is still outside the pass, so... operating outside the pass is the top priority.
But now outside the pass is still in an undeveloped state, which urgently requires countless money to be continuously supplied. If the Han people want to completely occupy the Hexi land and grassland, or even... continue to explore westward, they will inevitably need a steady stream of population and money to transfer outside the pass.
On that day, Chen Zhengtai and the prince went to learn how to ride a horse again.
He felt that he would be out of seclusion sooner or later, neither Mengjin nor Chang'an was his home, so he had to learn such special stunts as riding a horse.
But he may have natural obstacles to riding horses, and he always cannot improve his equestrian skills.
Li Chengqian laughed at him happily: "I see you as smart as you are, but sometimes I see you being clumsy."
Chen Zhengtai said: "There is a shortcoming and a shortcoming. Your Highness doesn't need to ridicule you."
Li Chengqian smiled even more happily! In front of Chen Zhengtai, only when he was riding a horse did he feel that he could surpass this guy!
But then, Li Chengqian obviously remembered something unpleasant, and couldn't help but feel depressed, and then said sadly: "It's a pity that I finally made a lot of money a few days ago. Who knew that the money was too much? My father directly asked the imperial guards to surround the East Palace. He ordered him to search for any prohibited items in the East Palace, and then... he asked someone to pack all the boxes of IOUs and take them away."
Chen Zhengtai was not surprised, and even thought that it seemed normal!
However, at this time, he couldn't help but comfort him: "Your Majesty is afraid that your highness will be arrogant and extravagant, it is for your own good."
Li Chengqian then shook his head: "Stop, don't say anything unhappy. I heard that many people went to Erpigou to watch the fun. They all said they wanted to see with their own eyes what this iron pavilion looks like on the road. I didn't expect you, you, really dare to do this."
The railway paving project has begun.
Of course... this is a rare thing for people in Chang'an, so people want to go and have a look.
There were many people surrounding them, and even the court was alarmed.
Steel is still a rare item in this era. If you put this thing on the ground, aren’t you afraid of being stolen?
Of course, this problem has been solved. With the popularity of the Chen family, many people wrote letters more than half a month ago, saying that the railway is of great importance and costs a lot. Therefore, they begged the court to severely punish anyone who steals railway property. If the thief steals railway property, they will be cut in half. For those who shelter and resell stolen goods, the same is true.
This is a very serious punishment, which means that anyone who wants to fight on the railway will die without a burial place.
In addition, the Chen family also arranged some road guards. Their duty was to ride horses every day, patrol from one site to the next, and whenever they found suspicious people, they would immediately catch them.
The standard of steel rails has been released first, and many steel workshops have started construction with all their efforts. The continuous ore is sent to the workshop. The workshops keep pouring the molten iron directly into the molds that have been prepared. After the steel is cooled, some processing can be carried out, and then sent out of the workshop and directly to the engineering team.
Under the auspices of the research institute, they also transformed the kilns and workshops, improving the proportion of charcoal in steel, making the bearing capacity of the melted steel stronger.
The roadbed is ready-made, and the sleepers are also sent continuously. The original wooden tracks are directly removed and replaced with sleepers and rigid tracks.
In order to speed up construction, workshops quickly rose up, and almost all related workshops were desperately recruiting personnel. Even due to insufficient manpower, the sleeper workshop recruited a large number of female workers.
The entire Erpigou was like crazy, heading towards a goal and starting all his efforts.
And this countless money also brought huge benefits. People found that after the myth of Jingci was shattered, the market began to flourish strangely. Any workshop needed people and a large number of people to work, got rid of their previous life in the farmland. With salary, they needed food, clothing, housing and transportation, which made all industries prosper.
The most intuitive thing is that the sales of ready-to-wear workshops have skyrocketed.
In ancient times, there were very few ready-made clothes. For the vast majority of people, they were self-sufficient, planting mulberry and hemp on their own, picking and forming cocoons, weaving them into fabrics, and then cutting them into ready-made clothes.
Only wealthy families choose to buy cloth on the market, and then go home to let the hostess or slaves make a combination of clothes.
But with the rise and fall of all laborers, most people are no longer able to be self-sufficient. Because of their salary, people dare to buy ready-made clothes directly. Because the labor force at home all needs to go to the workshop to work, men farm and women weaving are gone forever, and even women cut clothes at home on weekdays have become less.
Therefore, the garment industry expanded very quickly, and various styles began to appear.
Cui Zhizheng finally got the land deed, but soon he found that the eyes of the whole family and the whole family looked at him became strange.
The two younger brothers, one is a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, and the other is a censor. In fact, they are both free and have lost their good looks to Cui Zhizheng now.
Obviously, everyone does not agree with Cui Zhizheng's doing this.
But he is the head of the family, and if he insists on doing so, the two younger brothers can do nothing. After all, they are born in illegitimate families. In such a big family, there is still a big difference between the legitimate and the illegitimate families!
However, many children also became dissatisfied.
Even Cui Zhizheng's biological son was dissatisfied.
Even the elders in some tribes are forced to carry some thorns when speaking!
Haven't you been cheated enough? Once the Jingci period has caused the Cui family to get hurt. I came to Xining to buy land again, and I will not let the Cui family live?
Many troops in the mansion have begun to flee. The so-called tree falls and money scatters. In the past, many people depend on the Cui family because the Cui family has a lot of land and a lot of livelihoods. As long as the Cui family is served, perhaps you will be happy and you will be free of worries for the rest of your life.
But now it’s different. Everyone knows that the Cui family is about to end, and even some distant relatives have begun to stop walking.
On the side of the Cui family of Boling, I heard that the Cui family of Qinghe pledged the last piece of land, which was a big fuss. Although the main and small clans had already separated, after all, they all prospered and lost. If the Cui family of Qinghe completely fell, what would the Cui family of Boling get?
At that moment, the Boling Cui family sent someone to find out the reason, and then scolded him.
The big and small sects that often walk around on weekdays have also become less likely to move around.
When I went to court, many people met Cui Zhizheng and shook their heads.
Everyone followed the Chen family and went outside the pass, but... the place was seen with their own eyes, and it was really shabby. Let's talk about the place in Xining, thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and there were Hu and Tubo people nearby. It was full of dangers. The land there belonged to the Chen family today, and I don't know whose family it belongs to tomorrow.
Besides, if you want the land there to do, even if the grain can increase production ten times, you have to have the ability to transport it back.
Such a land price is ten cents, so it is better to grab it.
However, Shuofang has barely some investment value, but it is also limited because Shuofang's land price is not low.
The surname Chen is really a suckering person and never spits out bones. Cui Shi in Qinghe is like this, and she even lies with him like this.
But obviously, Cui Zhizheng was unmoved. He was always in a daze these days. Sometimes, he got into a carriage and parked near Erpigou, observing the business there, and watching the passing crowds, he was actually in a daze.
Even Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but come to him.
No matter what, Cheng Yaojin is also the son-in-law of the Cui family. Although his wife is not the direct descendant of the Cui family, the Cui family is half of her parents' family.
As soon as he saw Cui Zhizheng, he muttered, "My wife scolded me all day long, saying why I didn't come and go. I was too lazy to come, but I heard that you bought Xining's land, but I still couldn't hold it in. I know that the Cui family lost a lot of money in Jingci, but no matter how much money you lose, you can't throw it away. I haven't even been to Xining for war. Your Majesty ordered me to take a team of troops to Xiazhou soon. This means protecting the safety of Xining. But even Xiazhou is hundreds of miles away from Xining. Are you kidding me?"
Cui Zhizheng was only silent.
"Silly?" Cheng Yaojin was startled and said quickly: "This is no wonder. Don't rely on me then, I'll just speak softly."
Cui Zhizheng didn't get in, so Cheng Yaojin had to leave. He felt very sad. Why is Cui Zhizheng, who used to be so smart, now now?
This is a decoction that was poured by the Chen family.
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Chen Zhengtai was determined not to continue riding with the prince, so he decided to go to the cavalry camp of the Tiance Army!
Because there was a great advantage there, it was that the people wearing hundreds of kilograms of armor were formed to form a heavy cavalry team and carried out the charge with a clang. Chen Zhengtai rode his horse and followed behind. In this way, he did not weaken his majesty.
Chen Zhengtai once tried the armor of these heavy cavalry. The innermost part was a layer of leather goods, and the middle was a set of mail full of body. The mail was already twenty or thirty kilograms on his body. When he walked, it was already clanging. But the outermost part was also a layer of plate armor to protect the key points of his body. In addition, there were knee pads, shoulder pads, hand guards, and cowhide boots. If this set was added, the horse spear in his hand and the long knife worn on his waist, it weighed forty or fifty kilograms. The heavy helmet was covered with even the mouth, leaving only a pair of eyes to move, and a set of them to the head... the whole person became a big can.
Wearing such a thing, Chen Zhengtai tried to walk a few steps. When he only took three or four steps, he was already out of breath. Just... he still had to ride on the horse, and the horse was even more cruel. It was also armored all over it, and with the samurai who carried the load on the horse, Chen Zhengtai realized how hard it was for those majestic heavy cavalry.
It's really not done by humans.
However, the five hundred cavalry of the cavalry battalion, after countless exercises, still walking as usual even when wearing heavy armor.
Xue Rengui is a ruthless man. He asked these people to charge, except for the horses and charges. At other times, as long as they don’t sleep, they always need armor and armor to keep them away. They only take off their helmets when they eat.
This almost fully demonstrates the potential of a person. At first, the cavalry could not stand it after walking dozens of steps, and in this can, they were all hot.
But after practicing slowly, I got used to it.
The only disadvantage is that the horses are very exhausted and can be eaten. If you don’t prepare a few kilograms of meat a day, you cannot satisfy their growing appetite. The forage for war horses is also important to be meticulous. You can practice on weekdays with one person and one horse, but if it comes to war, you will need two horses.
In addition, each heavy cavalry needs to have a entourage from the light cavalry. When fighting, follow the heavy cavalry and cover it up. In normal times, you also need to take care of the daily life of the heavy cavalry.
Therefore, the cavalry battalion recruited another five hundred people.
These entourages are all trying to become re-cavaliers.
Because every guy, "" like a beast, covered in armor and horses, appeared in Chang'an City like a tank, always attracting the attention of many people.
Especially the left and right of their heart protection mirror, each with one character written on it, forming the word "Tiance". Not to mention the children of all workers, even the good families have straight eyes.
In the Tang Dynasty, the word "Tiance" was like magic, and it always gave people a sense of glory.
To be continued...