Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 505 Datang Chen's Heavy Industry Group (two in one chapter)

Chapter [-] Datang Chen's Heavy Industry Group

Chen Ying's left and right guards, Modao army, hooked gun cavalry, Shesheng army and the civilian husbands supported by Zheng's support, a total of more than [-] troops, rushed towards Xingyang City like a whirlwind.

There is a saying that Chen Ying really can't do such low-handed things as short-handed, soft-mouthed eating people, wiped out after eating, turning his face and denying his account.

The straight-line distance from Paomaling outside Hulao Pass to Xingyang is more than 30 miles, but along the winding mountain road and official road, the distance is almost doubled.With the marching speed of this era, this is almost a day's march, and elite soldiers are needed.Chen Ying, who advocated efficiency, ordered the Hooked Gun Cavalry and the Yue Cavalry to arrive at the vanguard with a total of more than [-] troops. The Modao Army rode on mules, horses, vehicles, or cavalry and poor horses to follow, while the infantry trotted forward. Moving forward, apart from the speed, even Zheng Jian, who was left in the carriage, could only eat ashes in the back.

Half an hour later, the Hooked Gun Cavalry led and surrounded Xingyang City, and then Modao arrived in chariots and horses. When the heavy soldiers accompanying Modao Army arrived in Xingyang City, they immediately buried the pot to make battle meals. All the more than [-] troops under Ying's command arrived.

It took nearly sixty miles to march in two hours, and it was really as fast as lightning, which was jaw-dropping.

Although the war has not officially started, the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air is already choking.Liu Jintang is not a fool either, the officers and men of the Xia army did not distinguish right from wrong, and robbed the entire Xingyang Zheng family, and the fool also knew that the Xingyang Zheng family would retaliate.

Originally, Liu Jintang thought that the Zheng family in Xingyang would unite with the seven sects and five families and many aristocratic families in Hebei to put pressure on Dou Jiande and force Dou Jiande to make concessions. However, he did not expect that the Zheng family would directly take this kind of method to retaliate.With the help of Xingyang Zheng's materials and manpower, Chen Ying's troops rapidly expanded like a snowball.

Standing on the city wall, watching the densely packed Tang army outside the city begin to line up. From Liu Jintang down, the bodies of all Xia army officers and soldiers trembled like chaff.

At this moment, one of Liu Jintang's generals, Liu Xiyao of Beizhou's Liu family, said angrily, "What does Chen Ying mean?"

As he said that, Liu Xiyao drew his horizontal knife and slashed at the crenel of the green bricks. Sparks shot out, and a piece of brick that was split by the horizontal knife flew into Liu Xiyao's face like a bullet, and his face was bleeding instantly. .

Liu Xiyao, who was in his forties, was a generation lower than Liu Jintang in terms of seniority, and was the nephew of Liu Heita and Liu Jintang.Liu Jintang gave Liu Xiyao a hard look and said, "What the hell are you doing!"

"Killing people is just nodding, what is Chen Ying doing? If he wants to hit, he hits, if he wants to caress, he caresses, but he...now he attacks and doesn't attack, and caresses and doesn't caress, what's the point of just wasting away?"

Liu Jintang gritted his teeth and looked at the smoke rising from the Tang army's barracks opposite: "What do you want to do this shit day!"

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If you want to ask what Chen Ying is doing, the answer is simple.He was eating, not only he was eating, but all the soldiers of the Tang army, artisans accompanying the army, and civilian husbands also opened their bellies and ate wildly.

Although Zheng Jian swears that the Zheng family never withholds the tenants' food, except for the more than [-] dead men of the Zheng family, who are relatively healthy, the other peasants and craftsmen are all skinny and pale.

But time was limited, Chen Ying didn't have time to supplement nutrition for them, but when it was his turn to serve food, no matter soldiers, civilians or craftsmen, Chen Ying provided food generously.Quite Chen Ying is not a good person. In this era of strict hierarchy, it is impossible to break this class distinction. Not to mention the civilian husbands themselves, even the soldiers work hard. If they are treated the same as the civilian husbands, they will not be balanced in their hearts.

The food standard of the soldiers of the Modao Army is the best. A large piece of mutton is about one catty, and a large piece of pork is more than half a catty. The soldiers of the Modao Army are a very labor-intensive hard work, so they usually eat meat in limited quantities. But with Mr. Zheng paying the bill, Chen Ying opened up the supply of meat to the soldiers of the Modao Army. Even the reserve army of the Modao Army has at least one catty of meat per person, and they can eat whatever they want. Of course, there are no dishes. Features, white boiled, eat white noodles, or fragrant rice.As for the Hook and Sickle Lancers or the Yue Cavalry, they are a little bit inferior. They enjoy eight taels of mutton and eight taels of pork. They also have enough vegetables and rice.The third is the Tang Army's jumping soldiers. This is the death squad in the army. The treatment they enjoy is similar to that of the Hook and Sickle Lancers.

As for the peasants and craftsmen, they were not so lucky. They ate pickled vegetables and rice mixed with various hybrids of millet and sorghum. Pork bones, boiled broth, each person can drink two large bowls.

Zheng Jian looked at the soldiers who were eating and drinking, and her heart twitched.If more than 600 people were supplied normally, a thousand shi of grain would be more than enough for a day, but Chen Ying was lucky, and a meal actually used up more than [-] shi of grain, which was more than two-thirds of the army.

Li Xiuning watched Chen Ying finish his meal, and looked at Chen Ying calmly, like a little wife, and served Chen Ying a cup of tea that was neither hot nor cold.

Chen Ying asked, "How is the morale of the troops?"

Li Xiuning said with a smile: "You have plenty of energy, and your morale is booming!"

Chen Ying nodded and said: "The Beiwei army has sent news that Liu Jintang basically concentrated his troops in Xingyang City, and there are less than a thousand soldiers in other places. If Liu Jintang's troops are destroyed in the first battle, Xingyang can be restored!"

Li Xiuning smiled slightly and said: "I have no doubt that we will wipe out Liu Jintang's troops in the First World War, but the problem is that Zheng Jian doesn't seem to be happy to see us have a quick victory!"

Chen Ying was very surprised when he heard this: "What else is there?"

Li Xiuning lowered her voice and said, "Zheng Jian just quietly gave me 6000 taels of gold."

Chen Yingdao: "So generous, since he dares to give it, then you dare to accept it. What are you afraid of? Could it be that he dares to go to His Majesty to sue you for accepting bribes?"

"It's just that the money is hard to get!" Li Xiuning suddenly frowned and said, "Can you guess what his additional conditions are?"

Chen Ying smiled softly and said, "It's hard to guess. I also heard that Zheng Jian's concubine was snatched away by General Xia Jun. Could it be that General Xia Jun who captured him was handed over to him? That's no problem, no problem. Thinking of those trash, they are so valuable..."

Before Chen Ying could finish speaking, Li Xiuning shook her head and said, "No!"

"No..." Chen Ying opened his mouth wide and said in disbelief: "Didn't he want to kill nearly 2 people in Liu Jintang's department? No, no, absolutely not. These are all young laborers, and they are precious. These people put down their weapons and are excellent farmers. Give them a piece of wasteland, a cow or a horse, seeds and agricultural tools, and they can reclaim no less than 100 to 150 mu of land. After a year, a few of them can also reclaim [-] million acres. Mu of land, Datang can harvest [-] million mu of grain!"

Li Xiuning's voice became lower, and she said in a voice that only Chen Ying and the others could hear: "He wants you to attack Xingyang slowly at every step!"

Chen Ying curled his lips: "I can't listen to him, I have the final say on the war. Bing is expensive, and Xingyang also has a quick battle, not procrastination..."

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying slightly surprised and said, "You really don't understand?"

"Understand what?" Chen Ying asked suspiciously: "I will not give in when it comes to war. As soon as the drums sound, the entire army, one counts as one, must obey my command."

"Oh... really..." Li Xiuning sighed and said, "It seems that you really don't understand!"

Chen Ying became even more puzzled: "Sanniang, do we still play charades?"

Li Xiuning coughed and said, "Zheng Jian's seniority in the Zheng family is very high, and my sister-in-law (Princess Zheng Guanyin) even calls him grandfather, and General Youwuwei Zheng Rentai is his nephew!"

There is one thing I didn’t say, if you go back to the family of the Eight Great Pillars of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Zheng Jian’s generation should be the same generation as Li Yuan’s father, Li Yi. ten.Then the problem comes, once the head of the Zheng family dies, in terms of seniority, Zheng Jian will be respected.In terms of merit, he has invited Chen Ying to recover Xingyang and restore the merits of the Zheng family, and he is very likely to aspire to the position of Patriarch.

He did not hesitate to give 6000 taels of gold, which is equivalent to 16 guan, to Li Xiuning. The purpose was to let Chen Ying slowly attack, force Liu Jintang to jump over the wall, and enter the old house of the Zheng family in Xingyang. If all the elders are killed, then, Zheng Jian will lose all competitors within the Zheng family in Xingyang, and will become the new head of the Zheng family without hesitation.

The status of the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang is more powerful than that of the kings of the Western Regions or the monarchs of European countries in the Middle Ages.The Zheng family controls millions of acres of land, has tens of thousands of children, and hundreds of thousands of tenants, and its influence is by no means comparable to that of ordinary officials.It is simply a kingdom within a kingdom, the king of kings.

When Chen Ying understood that Zheng Jian had this purpose in mind, ten thousand grass-mud horses roared past his heart.

"Hold it!" Chen Ying didn't even know that if Zheng Jian was a person, he really couldn't be judged by his appearance, and the sea water couldn't be measured.

Li Xiuning said: "I knew that Chen Lang would not do this, so I will return the gold!"

"Wait a minute!"

Chen Yingdao: "If you eat the meat in your mouth, how can you return it? With this amount of gold, we can buy a few hills and tens of thousands of acres of wasteland. In the future, we will grow flowers and grass for our own entertainment!"

"But..." A trace of displeasure appeared on Li Xiuning's face: "Did you really agree to Zheng Jian's request?"

"Promise...promise shit!" Chen Ying giggled and said, "I'll fight the battle as I like, and he will send it to his door for a slap. If I don't slap him, I'll feel sorry for him."

Li Xiuning said eagerly: "This is going to... this is not a word, not a gentleman! I'm afraid..."

Obviously, Li Xiuning didn't know Chen Ying well enough. To Chen Ying, fame was nothing.The most important thing is that Chen Ying is determined by Zheng Jian, he dare not say anything.Because once this matter is leaked, not only will Zheng Jian's reputation be ruined, but the Zheng family will never let go of Zheng Jian, a villain who eats inside and out.

Chen Yingdao: "Afraid of being stupid? Afraid that he will bite me? Sanniang, you can safely keep the money. If he dares to bite me, I will break his teeth off!"

Li Xiuning brushed her hair and said, "This isn't very good, is it?"

"Don't worry, it's fine!" Chen Ying patted Li Xiuning's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'm here."

Chen Ying knew that after Li Tang established the country, there was a huge conflict between the imperial power and the aristocratic families because of the uneven distribution of filth, no, the uneven distribution of benefits. Li Shimin, who had not changed the essence of the confrontation between the family and the court, was extremely disappointed and had to reopen the imperial examination.

Li Xiuning pointed to the densely packed Xia Army soldiers on Xingyang City and said, "How do you plan to deal with them?"

With a big wave of his hand, Chen Ying said, "Everyone will be registered as a craftsman, let them join the Datang Chen Ying Heavy Industry Group! Hehe, after this battle is over, our Datang Chen's Heavy Industry Group may add another [-] craftsmen! "

Li Xiuning knows that Chen Ying has opened many workshops, but as far as she knows, these workshops are all in cooperation with the Eastern Palace, and the products are led by the Eastern Palace and purchased by the imperial court. This is equivalent to a weapon supervision outside the Tang court system.Li Xiuning thought for a while and said, "But it needs a lot of food. Do we have so much food to feed them?"

"There will definitely be grain. I have signed an agreement with the farms in the eighteen counties of Henan Province to purchase the grain on hand at 150% of the market price of Chang'an grain. This year, Henan Prefecture has newly reclaimed 150 million acres of wasteland. I will collect at least 2 million yuan. Stone grain, in addition to the court tax, let alone feed 10 people, even [-] people are more than enough."

In fact, Chen Ying is very greedy.Not only these soldiers of the Xia army were already on his plate, but Chen Ying did not intend to let go of the more than a thousand artisans sent by the Zheng family.Chen Ying secretly signed a five-year agreement with more than a thousand craftsmen at the annual price of [-] guan for master craftsmen, [-] guan for intermediate craftsmen, and [-] guan for small craftsmen.

From the beginning, Tiger Yi mobilized these craftsmen to move to Qinglinli in Chang'an according to the home addresses provided by these craftsmen. If there is no accident, after this battle is over, the family members of these craftsmen will also be relocated.

By that time, Chen Ying's heavy industry system in Qinglin had been basically completed, including steel smelting, steel processing, armor, crossbows, mo knives, horizontal knives, four-wheeled carriages, multi-wheeled carts, spring steel, bearings, etc. As well as the heavy industry group with mechanical processing as the system, the preliminary construction will be completed.

The soldiers ate their meals, and the peasants who rolled their eyes reluctantly put down the bowls and chopsticks in their hands.After the formation of more than [-] soldiers and civilian husbands, Chen Ying and Li Xiuning stood in front of the soldiers and shouted loudly: "Are you full?"

All the soldiers burst out laughing.

Chen Yingdao: "There are still two hours before dark, take down Xingyang and make great achievements!"

All the soldiers cheered enthusiastically: "Shoot Xingyang, make meritorious deeds! Defeat Xingyang County, make meritorious deeds!" The roar of more than [-] people was really deafening, and the frightened crows and birds flapped their wings in fright and fled the forest.

On the hillside more than ten miles outside Xingyang City, the military envoy and Zheng Jian are sitting and drinking tea.The cheers came vigorously, and they were naturally heard clearly.An Xing said with a smile: "Forcibly marching for sixty miles in two hours, but still maintaining such strong fighting spirit and high morale, such a strong army is really rare. After learning about it, Your Majesty will definitely be delighted! Zheng Zheng Sir, your Majesty Zheng has spared no effort to support the imperial court, and His Majesty will reward you generously."

Zheng Jian smiled reluctantly, but she wanted to cry in her heart. She really wanted to throw this damned military observer into the mountains to feed the wolves.

He really wanted to go to the front to find out why Chen Ying didn't keep his word, but An Xing was very happy.He is now the richest man of Datang Tongli Bank. Under Anxing's leadership, the eunuchs in the palace began to secretly deposit their greedy money into Datang Tongli Bank.

Chen Ying has already sent him a message to hold Zheng Jian back and give him a boost.This is not much, so-so about six or seven hundred guan, but it is every year.

An Xing looked at Zheng Jian with a smile on his face, wondering how Zheng Jian had offended Chen Ying, and whether he should show him some color.

Eunuchs have no other skills. If it is said that they are harming and deceiving others, they will definitely recognize the second, and no one dares to recognize the first.

When Zheng Jian was fidgeting, Chen Yinghu shouted: "Attack!"

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