Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 820

Chapter [-] The Aristocratic Family is Really Rich

Thousands of years of political power struggle records have also tempered today's China, and there is never a shortage of truly intelligent people.And Li Yuan is a master at playing tricks.

Li Yuan succeeded the family leader and dealt a fatal blow to the Sui Dynasty when the former Sui Dynasty was at its weakest.In the end Li Yuan won the world.But then, the Taiyuan Wang family, Qinghe Cui family and other family members of the Hedong family who had always supported him eventually turned against each other because of the uneven division of interests.

Liu Wuzhou, a shabby household, became the overlord of Hedong with the support of all the aristocratic families.

Li Yuan did not compromise with the aristocratic family, but adopted the method of conquest by a large army, which not only put down the chaos of Liu Wuzhou, but also weakened the aristocratic family in Hedong along the way.

As the saying goes, one trick is fresh, and you can eat it all over the world.After Li Yuan realized the beauty of supporting the world with his hands, he never tired of music from the north.This is true for Wang Shichong and the families in Henan and Eastern Shaanxi. On the grounds of disobedience to the rule of the king, they used the army to open the way. Following the Tang army's generals marched into Henan, Henan was under the rule of Li Tang's court, and then Hebei, Hebei came back. The rebellion was successfully put down by Li Jiancheng in a very short period of time.

Although the turmoil in Hebei lasted for half a year, although tens of thousands of people died, since then, the Hebei military clique headed by Dou Jiande and the Hebei family political clique have completely disappeared under military strikes.Now at this time, Li Yuan is repeating his old tricks, Fu Gongyou rebelled or not, but the result is the same. Li Yuan needs the Jianghuai army to rebel.

Li Yuan is very obsessed with power, he can be cruel and ruthless, no matter to the enemy or himself.Let tens of millions of farmers become wandering souls who starved to death or died in battle.

It is precisely because of this ruthlessness that the population of Datang has dropped to a very scary level.In the first year of Wude, there were only one part of the Tang Dynasty, namely Hedong, Guanzhong, and Bashu, with a population of about 200 million households. However, in the ninth year of Wude, the whole country was basically unified, and the Tang Dynasty had only more than 200 million households. Until the 13th year of Zhenguan At that time, the population of Datang just exceeded 300 million.

If Li Yuan's plan is allowed to succeed, the Tang Dynasty will be like the Tang Dynasty in history, with a vast land and few people, with bones exposed and thousands of miles away.In fact, to eliminate the separatist forces of the local princes, it is not just to kill them blindly. It is also possible to adopt the strategy of moving defenses like Li Jiancheng did.Change Li Yi from the bitter cold land to Hebei.Li Shiji moved to defend Anton.

In this way, Li Yi needs at least a few years of hard work to establish his own power group in the unfamiliar Hebei. At this time, Luo Yi can be transferred to other places.

Li Yuan only needs to transfer Du Fuwei to Hedong, and use Li Shimin to fill Jianghuai, and the Jianghuai army will definitely not be able to rebel.After all, ordinary soldiers of the Jianghuai Army would not rebel if they were not pushed to a dead end. They were already tired of war and killing, and wanted to live a peaceful life.

Chen Ying naturally wanted to change this man-made catastrophe. Through his disdainful efforts, he tricked more than [-] households in Hebei and hundreds of thousands of people to move to the Western Regions. It became cannon fodder, and now it is estimated that there is a pile of loess.

However, Chen Ying did not expect that Li Yuan would further persecute Du Fuwei. Now that Du Fuwei has been imprisoned pending investigation, if Du Fuwei dies like in history again, I am afraid that Fu Gongyou will not turn against him, nor will Wang Xiongsheng. On the contrary, as long as anyone holds high the banner of revenge for Du Fuwei, the soldiers of the Jianghuai Army will respond in groups.

Although Chen Ying's convoy was fast enough in the ice and snow, Chen Ying still found it slow.Li Xiuning, He Yueer, and Li Daozhen could persevere, but Li Siye and Chen Qian felt uncomfortable.

Entering Dunhuang City in Shazhou, Chen Ying had to order to rest.

As one of the famous towns on the Silk Road, Dunhuang is located at the westernmost end of the Hexi Corridor, at the junction of Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang provinces (regions), on the largest oasis in the lower reaches of the Dang River and Shule River, and is the west of the "Silk Road". The main gateway to Yumen Pass and Yang Pass.There is a strong commercial atmosphere here.

Chen Ying didn't touch the local officials, but stayed at the largest Four Seasons Lai Cai Inn in Dunhuang.In fact, Four Seasons Lai Cai Inn is not in Dunhuang City, but fifteen miles west of the city.

Four Seasons Laicai Inn is built along the Shule River with its back.The Four Seasons Inn is most famous for three things, that is the special product of Dunhuang, Huangyu, followed by the singing and dancing of Kucha from the Western Regions, and the top-quality Persian-style beauties.

Although the Four Seasons Laicai Inn is called an inn, in fact it has a very wide range of business. Along the direction of the river wharf is a fast food restaurant with a length of more than [-] steps. The porters and the workers who help out on the dock are the main ones. There are plenty of ingredients here. Hubing is worth a penny, and it is served with mutton soup for two pennies.

When Chen Ying arrived, the artisans, porters and handymen were having their meals. These grassroots people held mustard cakes with a diameter of more than one foot and cut them open from the middle with a knife, and put some haggis or pork in them. , I sat on the street and gorged myself. After I finished eating, I washed the lunch box and continued to work.

If you want to eat better, there are also drawers of hot rice, buckets of vegetables and soup, all covered with white cloth to prevent dust from falling into the food.However, rice and dishes are relatively expensive, and you can eat for about three or four pennies.

Chen Ying took Li Daozhen, Li Xiuning, He Yueer, Xu Erniang, Shentian Hanyin and others directly to the second-floor private seat near the river. Of course, the consumption here is also high, and the last table has to be sold outside. The annual income of the artisans.

As soon as Chen Ying and the others entered the lobby, they immediately attracted the attention of the guests in the lobby.It's a pity that it's basically not Chen Ying that everyone is looking at, but Li Xiuning or Li Daozhen, or even Fukada Hana and their daughters.

Li Xiuning is timeless and luxurious, Li Daozhen is heroic, Xu Erniang is Xiaojiabiyu, Fukada Kanon is petite and lovely.As for He Yue'er, she is also charming and unparalleled.

The girls attracted the amazement of the merchants, their hearts were itchy, but none of them dared to strike up a conversation, just joking, and they didn't even look at who was beside them!Although most of the people didn't know Chen Ying, they recognized the black bright armor of General Chen and the black swords and guns in their hands.

Everyone knows bright knives and guns. Although high-carbon steel blades are very sharp and durable, they are not uncommon here, but what is rare is this kind of black-glowing blade. Army standard equipment.Unless they put their eyeballs in their crotch, they would never touch this brow.

The shopkeeper said enthusiastically: "General Chen is here, this restaurant is really full of glory! The general just ask what you want to eat, Xiaomin will let the best chef cook it for you, and you will be satisfied!"

Chen Ying looked at the resplendent private room, and said with a slight smile, "The things here are quite expensive, right?"

The shopkeeper said boldly: "Hey, what is expensive or not? General, it is a great honor for you to come to our store. How dare Xiaomin ask you for money! Don't worry, this meal is a treat for Xiaomin. You The more we eat, the happier we are!"

A Lite businessman said in lame Tang Yan: "General, you just order, this meal is mine!"

A Sassanid merchant argued, "Fuck... mine!"

Lite businessman said angrily: "Why? I was the one who spoke first!"

The Sassanid merchant said displeasedly: "You speak first and it's yours? Are you kidding me!"

The two refused to give in to each other and quarreled directly in their native language.

While arguing, Yang Rong said with a smile on her face, "It's mine, it's mine."

When she opened her mouth, everyone was speechless.Four Seasons Lai Cai Inn is Yang Rong's property. This woman has a very powerful background, and women are inherently weak, and they are easily squeezed out when doing business.A month ago, a Yumenguan school captain came here to eat Bawang's meal. At that time, the shopkeeper directly asked the waiter to beat him up with a fire stick.All the merchants thought that the Four Seasons Laicai Inn would be closed down, but they didn't expect that the lieutenant didn't dare to come to find trouble. Instead, he was directly demoted from being a seventh-rank lieutenant to a leading soldier, and became a member of the jumping soldiers, making meritorious service in front of the battle (One of the most severe punishments, acting as a dead man) All fools know that the backstage of Sijilaicai Inn is very hard.

Chen Ying looked at Yang Rong in surprise and said, "Why are you here?"

Yang Rong smiled faintly: "Didn't you say that? Wherever your army goes, my shop will be built there."

As she said that, Yang Rong poured out a cup of tea and drank it down, and clicked loudly: "I'm going to open three large grain stores here in Shazhou, and I'm going to buy [-] land in the Western Region tomorrow!"

Li Xiuning clicked her tongue secretly, one hundred thousand acres is not one hundred thousand acres.One dump is one hundred mu, and one hundred thousand dumps is 1000 million mu.According to the calculation of a county in Guanzhong with a maximum of tens of thousands of land, Yang Rong is going to buy ten counties in one go.

Yang Rong said with a smile: "I plan to open branches in more than 100 counties in the nineteen prefectures in the three towns of Anxi, and further expand and strengthen the business... Shopkeeper, serve all of your special dishes!"

The shopkeeper happily responded, and hurriedly went to work.

Chen Ying glanced at Yang Rong and said, "Big Cousin, haven't you made less money in the past few years?"

Yang Rong smiled complacently, and said: "The first two years were just a small profit, but this year it is a big profit."

The main reason why she made a profit this year was that under Chen Yingzhi, she bought Caiyun City at a price that was almost free, and she became addicted to being the city lord.However, the originally desolate Baiyun City not only has a salt mine, but also an agate mine.

This is actually nothing, the key is that Chen Ying opened the Datang Tongli Bank to the Western Regions.This time, the business of Tongli Bank increased exponentially. They transported the money to Shule, deposited the money in Shule, and then went to Chang'an, Chengdu, Luoyang, Lingzhou, Mingzhou and other places to purchase goods.

In this way, it is not only convenient to transport coins, especially bulk trade.

Li Xiuning said with a bit of sourness in her heart: "What do you want so much money for as a woman?"

Yang Rong said with a faint smile: "Your Highness, you don't know what it's like to watch the golden mountains and silvery seas flow by your side! I can't wait to become Avalokitesvara and put all those golden mountains into my pocket." !"

Chen Yingdao: "You have enough money...you can't spend it all in ten lifetimes!"

"It's not a question of whether you are rich enough, I just like to make a lot of money, and the feeling of watching thousands of money flow in and out of my hands!" Yang Rong looked at Chen Ying and said, "In terms of being able to make money, I actually admire it even more. Your little cousin!"

Li Xiuning said: "He makes money, and this year he is almost as poor as his pants for building that road!"

"Little cousin, do you want to borrow money, or don't count my shares!" Yang Rong said with a smile: "If not, I will offer 20 Guan, and you will give me [-]% of Chidao's dry shares!"

"20% of what?" Chen Ying widened his eyes and said, "I want [-]% for [-] yuan, why don't you grab it?"

"If you have something to say, we can discuss it!"

"It's not negotiable!" Chen Ying shook his head again and again and said: "20 yuan, for my own sake, at most it will count as a third of your shares!"

Listening to the conversation between Chen Ying and Yang Rong, Li Xiuning was dumbfounded, she felt that her brain was not enough. 20 points for three points, doesn't it actually mean that the road costs 700 or [-] million points?

Yang Rong rolled her eyes at Chen Ying, pretending to be wronged and said, "You are so cruel, you only have three shares!"

"Don't pull it!" Chen Ying said angrily: "Don't be dissatisfied, you don't want to buy it, and I don't want to sell it!"

Yang Rong pondered: "Let's say this, three points are three points, how about it, 200 million, can I get [-]% of Chidao's shares?"

Hearing this, Chen Ying got up and signaled Zhou Qing and Guo Luo to be around.

Guo Luo and Zhou Qing hurried out from nearby, looking around vigilantly.

Chen Yingdao: "Big cousin, what's wrong with you, what happened?"

With Yang Rong's strength, it is acceptable for Chen Ying to come up with 30 guan, but 50 guan is already very reluctant.However, she said 200 million guan in one breath, which has exceeded her actual ability.

Looking at Chen Ying's expression, Yang Rong knew that Chen Ying had guessed her intention.Yang Rong said: "I am also entrusted by someone, 200 million yuan, [-]% of the shares, how does my little cousin feel?"

Chen Ying's face became serious, and he said slowly: "Who is the other party? The Lu family of Wu County? Or the Xie family of Chen County? Or the Zhu family of Wu County?"

"Four Jiangzuo families!" Yang Rong said, "They found me three months ago!"

The four Jiangzuo families, or the four wealthy families in Jiangzuo, are Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang. They can be traced back to the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. Each of them has been a wealthy family for hundreds of years.

Now it's not so much a shareholding with Chen Ying, it's better to say that they are using their way to indirectly convey their sincerity to Li Jiancheng!
Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying and said, "Chen Lang, what do you mean..."

Chen Ying said with a wry smile: "It's no longer up to me to decide. This matter must be discussed with His Royal Highness as soon as possible, but in my opinion, His Royal Highness will definitely agree!"

(End of this chapter)