Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 139 Unexpected Population

Tang Jian looked at Li Tai, although he was prepared, he didn't expect that Li Tai would come to him due to lack of people.

It doesn't make sense!
Generally speaking, in construction projects, not to mention that all the materials are fully prepared, just that the food can be prepared in sevens and eighties, which is regarded as a benevolent government.

After all, some people are participating in corvee labor, so they have to prepare their own meals.

But this kind of thing becomes different when it comes to King Yue.

Not to mention, all East Turkic coolies can eat white steamed buns and delicious meals, and can drink boiled water that has been cooled when they are thirsty.

This is not corvee service. It is still unknown whether the vast majority of the people I have seen are happy with these coolies.

Especially for some of these people, as long as they can recognize enough Chinese characters and communicate in simple Chinese, they will immediately enjoy almost the same treatment as Gaoling corvee.

From then on, when they eat, the steamed buns are no longer limited and can be eaten open.

They can drink chicken soup or egg soup with their meals, and sometimes they can even eat chicken and duck occasionally.

To be honest, these East Turkic coolies are the bottom of the entire East Turkic.

The Turkic nobles don’t have their share when they eat meat and drink. On the contrary, they need to live by water and grass every year. The lambs cultivated through hard work are not their own property, but the property of the nobles. They don’t even have personal freedom. .

Originally traded to Datang by the nobles of the Eastern Turks, to be honest they were already desperate.

Their vague national glory was directly shattered.

After all, for the vast majority of slaves who do not even have personal freedom, there is really no such thing as integrity.

Relatively speaking, the only thing these people want is to survive, especially after the riot failed and they knew clearly that they could not escape, these East Turkic people naturally started working with all their hearts.

Of course, there will definitely be people who are passive and sabotage, but there are also people who are positive. Those who are positive will immediately improve their treatment because of their own efforts. At least at this time, they enjoy the same treatment as the Chinese corvee.

It's just that Turkic language is not allowed to be used at work, and now the local speech in Chang'an is uniformly used.

Of course, Li Tai did not forbid them to chat in their native dialect when they were off work, but not at work.

Because I need to strengthen the environment in which they speak Chinese, and through cross-infection, they can quickly master Chinese.

In any case, Li Tai exchanged the treatment he promised, and these East Turkic people became more motivated.

Because as long as they learn more Chinese characters, they can even manage their own clansmen by themselves!
There is nothing more motivating for anyone to learn than the reality of entitlement.

At this moment, no matter those Turkic people who have mastered a part of Chinese want to learn more Chinese, or Turkic people who have not yet learned Chinese want to improve their living environment and take the initiative to learn, no matter what, these Turkic people start to work hard.

And Li Tai saw that the students from Youzhou University were well educated, so he also began to arrange students from the Agricultural University as their assistants to undertake the tasks of these Youzhou students.

After all, everything is difficult at the beginning. The students of Youzhou University have been helping these Turkic people who do not understand half of Chinese characters to speak Chinese slowly in the past few months. It can be said that the most difficult step has been passed.

After all, the students in Youzhou came to study, so they couldn't exploit them to death.

Even if Li Chunfeng asked, what were his students mainly responsible for after they came to Chang'an?

Li Tai can't say that he is mainly responsible for teaching East Turkistan.

Therefore, as the new semester is about to begin, these students should be returned to school to continue their training.

Moreover, Li Tai also needed to start Datang education for these alien races. First of all, let the liberal arts students start to promote the prosperity and civilization of Datang, and let these Turkic people know that Datang is the beacon of civilization in this era.

Any backward civilization will eventually admire the thriving advanced civilization.

This is why many nomads were able to invade the Central Plains, but as soon as they entered the Central Plains, they saw the advancement of the Central Plains civilization and were quickly assimilated.

This kind of assimilation ability has almost no resistance to the foreign races around the Tang Dynasty, especially the East Turkic people who have been wiped out by Li Jing in these countries.

Although they have the concept of the Dudong Turkic nation, they may not have patriotic feelings.

In fact, their request is only to eat, and it would be a luxury to raise nationalism to them.

Then, Li Tai encouraged the liberal arts students to let these aliens tell their sufferings, how they worked so hard for a whole year, but in the end they might not be able to feed themselves. In summer, they had to compete with livestock for food, and in winter I wanted to squeeze into the bed with the livestock, but when the livestock grew up, they were taken away by the Turkic nobles, and I didn't even give myself a hair.

The reason for this is that the Turkic aristocrats don’t see you as human beings, but we are different in Tang Dynasty. Datang treats you as human beings. Datang teaches you literacy and courtesy, and more importantly, as long as you work, you can eat well Rice!
Even if you don't believe our sincerity, but you have to believe in the delicious steamed buns when you eat, it's delicious!

In short, it is to sue bitterness first, and then make the old Turkic noble class and above guys the targets of condemnation.

If you scold me, scold me too. After scolding together, you will be able to experience the greatness of Tang Dynasty, and it will naturally be easier to educate.

After all, the Eastern Turks have perished, and they want to revive the Turks. To be honest, it has nothing to do with these low-level people.

Even Jieli Khan himself is a brutal guy, his reputation is so bad that he is no different from many subjugated kings.

At most, he became a member of Li Jing's war merit record, and for Li Jing's sake, his commander-in-chief value would be raised a little.

Under such circumstances, once these Turkic people cast aside the shackles of the Turkic nation and found that it would be more beautiful to integrate into the Tang Dynasty, they would naturally try their best to integrate into the Tang Dynasty.

After all, what’s so good about being a subjugated citizen? Now that I have the opportunity to be a dog of Datang, no, it’s a person of Datang.

In this way, after several months of running-in, this batch of East Turkic labor has improved quite well.

Next, Li Tai needs more labor, even if it is East Turkic labor who can't speak Chinese, it doesn't matter.

Because Li Tai has already built a qualified East Turkic petri dish.

As long as the East Turks are thrown in continuously, through the up-and-down transmission, psychological suggestion, environmental influence, and cross-infection, in about three months, ordinary Turks can pass through labor reform and become loyal and patriotic Turks. youth.

So at the beginning Li Tai didn't urge Tang Jian, and Honglu Temple sent Turkic labor in twos and threes, so he accepted it, stuffed it in and cultivated it together.

But now, this East Turkic petri dish has become a mature East Turkic petri dish, there is no need for Li Tai to continue to look at it, just throw the labor of East Turkic into it.

But it is a pity that the efficiency of Honglu Temple cannot keep up with the labor efficiency that Li Tai wants.

And Li Tai had no excuse to find Tang Jian for a while, so he could only wait... until the supplies were about to explode!
That's right, with the end of the wheat harvest in May, the agricultural officials implemented it smoothly, but more importantly, the liberated slack farmers can go to the nearby Gaoling area to work and earn money.

This caused factories that were not even considered to be in normal operation to begin to operate at overload.

Relying on the crowd tactics, the materials that each factory can produce also began to increase sharply.

Not to mention the various materials needed for the construction of Zheng Baiqu, even the bamboo helmets and uniform uniforms distributed to the construction site are all stuffed in many warehouses, and even the people on the construction site want to change their gloves once a week. up.

It can be said that Li Tai took Tang Jian to visit several warehouses he had piled up. In the end, Tang Jian had to admit that there was a situation of materials and other people, which made Tang Jian really have a headache.

"Why don't you recruit the local people in Gaoling to renovate Zheng Baiqu!" Tang Jian couldn't help but said.

"Let's not mention that some of the people were recruited by Li Yong, otherwise how could there be corvees in Gaoling!"

Li Tai explained, "The more important thing is that these people, who can be dispatched, I have already dispatched.

But in order to complete the Zhengbai Canal as soon as possible, the three canals started construction almost at the same time, and it took two years to repair this canal.

So, how can there be so much time to waste, Aye is waiting, and the family members are watching! "

Li Tai looked at Tang Jian and continued, "Tang Honglu, you are in charge of diplomacy, can you tell me whether you can get some Turkic labor to come over, if not, I will naturally not come to urge you in the future. "

When Tang Jian heard Li Tai's words, his face couldn't help turning red and green.

After all, when Li Tai and Tang Jian bought shares, this point had already been agreed with Li Tai, and Honglu Temple was responsible for bringing in foreigners.

But Tang Jian didn't expect that it was Li Tai who urged him to continue to go to East Turkic to pull people.

Tang Jian hesitated for a moment, and said, "Soon, there will be labor, and please rest with me, King Yue!"

"How long will it be soon? I am an honest person. Don't lie to me, Tang Honglu. I am very naive. I will believe whatever I say!"

Li Tai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Tang Jian let go, but said shamelessly.

When Tang Jian heard this, he just simply smiled, saying that he didn't speak, and everything you said, King Yue, was right!
However, Li Tai's expression became serious, and he said, "Tang Honglu, I don't care who else you can find to do the labor.

If money is needed, I am willing to give a head money of [-] yuan for each normal labor, and if I die, I will pay a penny of [-] yuan as a pension, and I will work until Zheng Baiqu is completely completed. This is my bottom line. "

Tang Jian couldn't help but nodded when he heard Li Tai's words, and had to say, that's why it's good to work for Li Tai.

Because Li Tai is quite willing to spend money, and the money is actually quite a lot.

After all, this money is not directly buying out this person, it is only the head money of the introducer.

A single person may not seem like a lot, but in fact, the renovation of Zheng Baiqu requires only a few thousand people, not a few tens of thousands. If one hundred thousand foreigners can come over, Li Tai will definitely give the ten thousand yuan.

But the reality is, at this time, Honglu Temple can get [-] aliens, and Li Tai feels quite scary.

After all, the current Tang Dynasty has not yet reached its peak, at most it just suppressed the Eastern Turks in the north.

Tuyuhun in the west, Goguryeo in the east, and even the south are not completely quiet.

Under such circumstances, there are actually not many foreign people who have settled down in Chang'an, let alone come to do labor.

"However, please save this money, King Yue!" Tang Jian said, "Do you still remember that the sage once ordered to buy 8 Chinese men and women who were annihilated by the Turks due to the chaos in the Sui Dynasty? Return his family."

"Huh?" Li Tai was taken aback when he heard Tang Jian's words. He didn't seem to be very clear about the news, or in other words, his channels for the affairs of the court were indeed limited.

Tang Jian continued, "This matter is being handed over to Honglu Temple, but in the troubled times of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, how can we find family members.

Now among the 8 people, only 2 have found their relatives, and the vast majority of them have no family members, and even the village where they live can no longer be found.

So I originally planned to write a letter to the sage, is it necessary to carry out local resettlement directly in the border area! "

"I want it, I want it all!" Li Tai said without hesitation at this moment, "It is my duty to save the people of China."

"Oh~" Tang Jian nodded when he heard Li Tai's words,

"King Yue is an honest man, so I naturally believe what you say.

However, if these 6 people want to be resettled near Chang'an, they definitely need the consent of the sage and the house minister.

If these two people can't get through, then I have nothing to do, after all, Honglu Temple can only control the outside, not the inside! "

"Thank you, Tang Honglu, for reminding me!" Li Tai said to Tang Jian with a smile on his face,
"By the way, I heard that Tang Honglu likes to drink for pleasure. Behind my carriage, there are several jars of wine brewed by myself. The taste is a bit hot. I hope Tang Honglu likes it."

"Wine~" Tang Jian couldn't help but pursed his mouth, but he was a little moved, but he looked embarrassed.

Li Tai smiled and said, "Datang's prohibition on alcohol has been lifted long ago, so it's nothing for colleagues to give each other some drinks.

This is not an expensive matter. Tang Honglu can take an altar to enhance friendship with his colleagues in Honglu Temple.

As for the rest, you can point out a place, and I'll let someone move it there! "

"This...that's disrespectful!" Tang Jian replied with a smile.

Seeing that Tang Jian accepted it, Li Tai didn't say much. He continued to say a few words to each other before leaving. After all, he really needed these tens of thousands of people!

And Tang Jian watched Li Tai leave, and muttered,
"This king of Yue really doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles. If I didn't reveal this information, I'm afraid I would miss out on this fine wine.

But this Xuanling saw it accurately, the King of Yue was really interested in this group of people!

Handing them over to the King of Yue will give this group of people a place to settle! "

No matter what, Li Tai's ability to resettle the people was recognized by the entire court.

(End of this chapter)