After hearing Chen Zhengtai's words, Cui Zhizheng seemed to be moved, and tried hard to make his eyes red and sigh.

"Your Highness's words are very heart-willing. It is a blessing for someone to know you in three lives."

The two looked at each other and laughed. Chen Zhengtai personally sent Cui Zhizheng out. When he returned, he found that Wu Qi leaned against the door of the study and said to Chen Zhengtai: "My teacher... has he compromised after all?"

"What have you compromised?" Chen Zhengtai said in surprise.

Wu Xi smiled and said lightly.

"Just just now, the student heard the noise in his study. It seemed that it was because of the dispute between Mr. Cui and his mentor and said a lot of unpleasant words. The student thought that the teacher must be unwilling to give him land, and Mr. Cui was naturally furious. He tried his best to go Zhou Zhang for Gaochang's affairs, and he came for the land. How could he give up?"

Wu Xi raised his eyebrows slightly, paused for a while, and continued.

"But later, I saw that Mr. Cui came out happily and was so close to his mentor. So I thought, his mentor could not beat him up and gave him generous conditions. I am afraid that this time, the Cui family will get a lot of land, so that he can satisfy him."

Chen Zhengtai smiled and then shook his head at Wu Zi.

"I don't plan to give him land. I've said it long ago that the land belongs to the Chen family, and I don't give a single penny. How much land should I give to the Cui family to be satisfied? You know, people's fortunes are endless, do you understand the truth that the insatiable desires are unsatisfactory? Besides, the Cui family is thinking about this land. Did I not care about it? He has spent time, but I didn't spend time in Gaochang?"

When Wu Qi heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, looked at Chen Zhengtai in confusion, frowned and looked puzzled.

"Mr., what do you mean? But Mingming... Mingming... I saw Mr. Cui smiling..."

Chen Zhengtai walked into the study, with his hands behind his back, and still did not stop, walking around in the study.

"The land must not be given. The Chen family wants to control the Cui family. If it is given land, it would be fine if Chen Zhengtai is here now, but what about a hundred years later? If the Cui family cannot be overwhelmed, then sovereignty must be with me. Besides, we recruit aristocratic families to Hexi and Gaochang, but we are not asking them to pick up cheap things, but use the aristocratic families to develop land for my use. If this land is distributed without restraint, it will inevitably be annexation in the future. The stronger the strong, the weaker the weaker the weaker."

Wu Xi listened intently, and she knew that Chen Zhengtai had some more words.

Then he heard Chen Zhengtai say again: "So, I gave him the right to lease, which is limited to fifty years. I can rent as much cotton land as their Cui family wants, and the price of this lease gives them a great discount."

"Lease?" Wu Qing said in surprise: "Is the Cui family willing to rent?"

"Otherwise, I asked you to calculate the yield and income of the cotton field? I just want to know how much the cost per acre of land will cost every year, and then calculate how much profit it can be. You have roughly calculated that if you only talk about the income, acre of land will have more than a consistent income in a year, right?"

Chen Zhengtai told Wu Xi.

"Yes, this is the most conservative calculation. There is also the addition of pests and ordinary cotton quality. It is even expected that the price of cotton may plummet in the future, and the manpower and material resources invested, and there should be a consistent surplus."

Chen Zhengtai nodded: "So I used a very simple method to rent the cotton land to him at a cheap price. For the whole money, I only took 300 liters of land rent. Of course, this is a special offer to the Cui family. Others should not think of such a good thing. Leasing for fifty years... If you renew your lease, you will also give the Cui family priority. Although this land is not from their Cui family, in fact... the output and income of their Cui family can make a lot of profits from it. And I firmly believe that Cui Zhizheng, the old fox, has secretly calculated the income of each acre of land. He is much more sober than us and has been prepared."

After hearing this, Wu Yu understood what was going on.

It turned out that his mentor had a better move and made the Cui family surrender.

Wu Xi looked at Chen Zhengtai admiringly.

Chen Zhengtai said, however.

"Besides, at the beginning, he didn't expect our Chen family to share much land with their Chen family. But if it was leased, it would be different. If it was leased, they could operate more cotton land than we could share. Here, except for the nominal land that does not belong to their Cui family, they have no other income, and they may earn more."

"If I had understood this matter from the perspective of the previous generations, the Cui family would definitely not accept it, because it was the thinking of the landlord. But if I had understood this matter with the thinking of the industry and commerce, I would have thought it would be a huge profit. Cui Zhizheng has long been reborn, and now he only counts the profit, regardless of the others. Therefore, he will definitely agree."

"Just..." Wu Xi nodded, probably understanding what Chen Zhengtai meant, but she thought for a while before asking again: "But, what are the benefits of doing this for mentor?"

Chen Zhengtai carefully analyzed it for Wu Xi.

"The Chen family is not just a clan. Since the emperor issued an order to set up the Chen family outside the gates to be the vassal of the Tang Dynasty, the Chen family is not only a clan, but also a manager of Hexi, Gaochang, Shuofang and other places. If the land was completely given to the Cui family, the land is now large and sparsely populated, so the land will be divided. As long as the management is properly done, the people here will not starve to death. But after thirty or fifty years, or even a hundred years, people will have immediate worries without long-term plans. Once the land rights are lost and the population increases, what should the people do? The destruction of the dynasties in history is caused by land annexation? If I start this, I will inevitably bring disaster to my descendants."

Wu Xi nodded and said, "Since that's the case, this Gaochang land was not rented to the aristocratic races in the end. His Highness still prefers to the aristocratic races."

"This is different." Chen Zhengtai shook his head and said, "This is called one time and another. Nowadays, Gaochang is just a barren land. If you want to grow cotton, how can it be so easy? With ordinary people, they can't even eat enough. How can it be so easy to grow cotton and develop this vast Gaochang?"

Chen Zhengtai paused and continued.

"At this time, the advantages of the aristocratic races are taken advantage of. Although the aristocratic races are not things on weekdays, as long as you give them some sweetness, they will try their best to develop the land in Gaochang. They will not hesitate to make money and purchase a large amount of cattle, horses and farm tools. They will try their best to find the best cotton seeds. They will let people open land in advance, dig ditches, mobilize people to store water, and build reservoirs. If you want to turn Gaochang into an endless cotton field, someone needs to plan in advance, someone needs to invest in advance at any cost; someone needs to manage, someone needs to build a cotton warehouse, and a cotton spinning workshop nearby; even in the future, a railway from Gaochang to Xining requires everyone to raise money and grain together, which is not something that the Chen family can do."

This is the truth. How can the people of this era have long-term vision? After all, today they are still thinking about where to fill their stomachs tomorrow.

Relying on these aristocratic races, we have to do it.

Of course, this does not mean that Chen Zhengtai does not need to prevent these aristocratic families and collects rent on them, which can ensure that the Chen family can easily get the largest piece of the cake. If the Chen family's land rights are determined, it can make some preparations for the future development of Gaochang.

"The important thing now is to develop Gaochang. As long as a large number of aristocratic families grow cotton in this place, the manpower here is thin, but a large number of people need to pick cotton and a large number of people need to weave. In order to hire labor, the salary here will not be small. Let people fill their stomachs first, fill their stomachs, and then have the remaining money, so that their descendants can read and write, and everything will be done step by step."

Wu Xi asked Chen Zhengtai seriously: "My mentor plans to rent all the land out?"

Chen Zhengtai focused on the key points.

"Yes, except for the Cui family giving all the land, the rest of the land will be rented in the form of auction rent, and the aristocratic people will rent it to whoever gives the higher rent per mu."

Wu Qi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Students have only heard of auctions, but never heard of rent auctions."

"As long as there is profitable things, nothing matters. If you have money, you will make money together." Chen Zhengtai said: "I believe that after the aristocratic people rented the land here, they will definitely try their best to attract the people in the pass to enrich Gaochang and the land outside the pass... There is no shortage of land now. This place is actually not much better than the Central Plains. Since the Anxi Protectorate of the Han Dynasty completely died in name only, all the heroes have emerged, and countries have killed each other for hundreds of years, with a small population. If we don't take such a fertile land, it will be a huge sin."

Wu Xi thought about it, and his clear eyes were shining: "I followed my mentor and felt that my mentor was a different person."

"Hmm?" Chen Zhengtai frowned in confusion and asked in surprise: "Why are the difference?"

"It's very contradictory." Wu Qing tried hard to use the words, and then she smiled sweetly: "The teacher's goal is very big, but... he has no ambitions."

Chen Zhengtai laughed and said, "These two words are clearly antonyms."

"That's why I feel different." Wu Yu said incisively: "It seems that I want the whole world to change according to my mentor's ideas, and I also think that the Chen family can get rich rewards from it. These thoughts are all earth-shaking about the changes in the world. Logically speaking, this should be the emperor's thinking, and only the emperor is worried about these things. But my mentor does not value the desire for power. Although he is also intriguing with others, he is not like some people, and he only wants to climb upwards."

Chen Zhengtai sighed and said, "Maybe I am such a person."

In Chen Zhengtai's heart, he has been a human being for two lifetimes and may be a little indifferent to utilitarianism. Of course, it is just a little bit. If he says there is no at all, it will definitely be a lie.

Chen Zhengtai cannot achieve the state of a saint, but he knows that any grasp of benefits needs to be stopped in moderation.

But on the other hand, he seemed to have his own ambitions, the education of the previous life, or a certain imprint of civilization that continued in Chen Zhengtai's body, was finally deeply engraved in his bones and blood.

This may be the spirit of becoming an official that has been passed down from ancient times to the present.

Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. No matter how excuses or how much he makes, if a capable person cannot care about the world, he will be despised by others.

Selfish individualism is somehow intolerable.

It’s like in the historical time-travel texts of later generations, the protagonist who had memories of the previous life returned to the ancient times. He would be scolded when he talked about love with others all day long. This kind of scolding is not because of the low quality of readers.

But the civilization that has lasted for thousands of years has been deeply embedded in the hearts of most people. If you have the ability, you must be responsible. When you get a high position and get money, then you no longer belong to you personally. What if it is otherwise? A business woman does not know the hatred of a country that is destroyed, but she still sings the back garden flower across the river?

Or, people born rich only need to immerse themselves in a gentle place, buy a laugh from a wealthy family, live a life of drunkenness, and only care about jealousy, contract a big fish pond, and find Mary Sue-like women to show off every day?

Chen Zhengtai laughed and concealed the essence of his keyboard warrior, saying, "Who doesn't have great ambitions? He's just lazy to be a teacher than others."

…………

Chen Zhengde hurriedly brought his men to Gaochang.

He came to Gaochang with two things, one thing was about to get married. Everyone in the Chen family was worried about his marriage, but he was not anxious at all. But this time... he wanted to hide but couldn't hide. His cousin Chen Zhengtai made the decision for him and arranged his marriage.

The third uncle, who was far away in Chang'an, received the express report and immediately replied, saying that everything was done according to Chen Zhengtai's wishes. Even if the daughter of the lord of Gaochang was a sow, he recognized it.

Just be able to squat and pee, and have babies.

So, Chen Zhengde was almost tied up.

Of course, he still had the side of wanting to refuse, because although he didn't want to marry a wife, he felt that having a woman was busy with trouble, but he was also thinking about Gaochang's soil.

He has noticed some rumors about the Cui family.

Chen Zhengde didn't know whether the rumors were exaggerated, so he always wanted to come to Gaochang for inspection. After all, with the development of cotton spinning, improving cotton seeds has been Chen Zhengde's biggest thing in the past two years. Therefore, Gaochang has almost become the place where Chen Zhengde thought about day and night, of course... except for women here.

Chen Zhengtai was a little surprised because there was a clear difference between the brothers. Her skin was fair, while Chen Zhengde was dark and she was still in a state of beauty. However, Chen Zhengde was like a rough old farmer. Wu Xu was stuttering. She even suspected that the third uncle or Chen Zhengde's father must have had some unspeakable changes in the women at home. Otherwise, it would not have been like this.

………………………………………

In the past few days, the court has been paying attention to the news about Gaochang.

There was no peace in Zhenguan for the thirteenth year, but now, Gaochang is almost the biggest thing.

The reason why it attracted attention was that Hou Junji sent many reports.

It seemed as if Hou Junji was afraid of being robbed of merit, so he took the iron cavalry and headed straight for Xining. When he was about to arrive in Xining, he reported another report, claiming that Gaochang State was already a strong wall and was going to fight the Tang Dynasty to death.

Of course, all the officials knew Hou Junji’s intentions.

Even Li Shimin is still as clear as a mirror.

He looked at the report and couldn't help but smile, "Although Jun Ji is quite cunning, he also has a brave side."

After hearing this, Zhang Qian immediately understood what His Majesty meant.

Your Majesty has a very bad impression of Hou Junji these days.

Of course, this is understandable. After all, Hou Junji's little thoughts made His Majesty feel vigilant.

However, the urgency that Hou Junji showed when he went to Gaochang this time was very tempting to Li Shimin's appetite.

Your Majesty was born in the army, but he liked the roughness and inconspicuousness of such military officials.

Zhang Qianxiao said, "I'm afraid General Hou is anxious now and is eager to make contributions."

"There is nothing wrong with being eager to make contributions." Li Shimin praised: "I am only afraid that all the ministers will be indifferent to fame and fortune. My Tang Dynasty was established by people who are eager to make contributions."

Zhang Qian followed Li Shimin's words: "Your Majesty said so much, but it's a pity that I am an eunuch and cannot make contributions to Your Majesty."

"Is there any news about Chen Zhengtai?" Li Shimin glanced at Zhang Qian strangely and talked about men very well. What are you, a man and a woman, joining in the fun?

Seeing that His Majesty was indifferent, Zhang Qian felt a little disappointed, so he said, "It is said that he has sent someone to Gaochang Kingdom to persuade him to surrender."

Li Shimin looked surprised and asked in confusion: "Pussal to surrender? Are you prepared before?"
To be continued...