Chapter 233 The aristocratic family is really rich

Thousands of years of political power struggle record have also tempered China today, and there is never a shortage of truly intelligent people. Li Yuan is a master who plays power.

Li Yuan then continued the aristocratic family, and when the former Sui Dynasty was at its weakest, he gave the Sui Dynasty a fatal blow. In the end, Li Yuan won the world. However, with the Taiyuan Wang family, Qinghe Cui family and other Hedong aristocratic family who had always supported him, they eventually turned against each other because of uneven division of interests.

Liu Wuzhou, a dilapidated family, became the overlord of Hedong with the support of many aristocratic families.

Li Yuan did not compromise with the aristocratic clans, but adopted a large army to conquer, not only quelled the rebellion of Liu Wuzhou, but also weakened the aristocratic clans of Hedong.

As the saying goes, one trick can be eaten all over the world. After Li Yuan achieved the wonderfulness of supporting the righteousness of the world, he was happy from the north without getting tired. This was the case for Wang Shichong and Henan and Shaanxi clans. He used the army to open the way with the reason of not accepting the rule of the king. As the Tang army soldiers drove into Henan Prefecture, the Henan Prefecture was brought under the rule of the Li Tang court. Then Hebei, who surrendered and rebelled again, and was successfully pacified by Li Jiancheng in a very short period of time.

Although the Hebei turmoil lasted for half a year and hundreds of thousands of people died, since then, the Hebei military group led by Dou Jiande and the Hebei aristocratic political group completely disappeared under military strikes. At this time, Li Yuan is using his old tricks again, and Fu Gongyou rebelled or not. In fact, the result is the same. Li Yuan needs the Jianghuai Army to rebel. Only when the Jianghuai Army rebelled can Li Yuan completely eliminate the Jianghuai military and political power group with justification.

Li Yuan was very obsessed with power. He could be cruel and ruthless, whether against the enemy or himself. He made hundreds of millions of farmers a wandering soul who starved to death or died of battle.

It is precisely because of this cruelty and ruthlessness that the population of the Tang Dynasty dropped to a very scary level. In the first year of Wude, there were only one part of Hedong, Guanzhong, and Bashu in the Tang Dynasty, with a population of about two million. However, in the ninth year of Wude, the world was basically unified, and the Tang Dynasty had only more than two million households. It was not until the thirteenth year of Zhenguan that the population of the Tang Dynasty exceeded three million households.

If Li Yuan's plan is allowed to succeed, the Tang Dynasty will be like the Tang Dynasty in history, with a vast land with sparse population, with white bones exposed and wild land thousands of miles away. In fact, to eliminate the separatist forces of local princes, it is not just a blind killing. You can also adopt the strategy of moving and defense like Li Jiancheng. Li Yi, who was in a bitter and cold land, was transferred to Hebei. Li Shiji moved to Andong.

In this way, Li Yi would have to have at least several years of hard work in the unfamiliar Hebei to establish his own power group. At this time, Luo Yi could be transferred to another place.

Li Yuan only needed to transfer Du Fuwei to Hedong and use Li Shimin as the commander of Jianghuai. The Jianghuai army would definitely not be able to rebel. After all, if they were not forced to the dead end, ordinary soldiers of the Jianghuai army would not rebel. They were already tired of war and killing, and they also wanted to live a peaceful life.

Chen Ying naturally wanted to change this man-made catastrophe. Through his disdainful efforts, he deceived more than 30,000 people from Hebei to migrate to the Western Regions. Most of these families were Dou Jiande's old subordinates. Once they stayed in Hebei, they naturally became cannon fodder. Now there is probably a pile of loess.

However, Chen Ying did not calculate that Li Yuan would further force Du Fuwei. Now Du Fuwei is in prison and waiting to be investigated. If Du Fuwei wants to die suddenly in history, I am afraid that Fu Gongyou will not rebel, and Wang Xiongdan will not rebel. As long as anyone raises the banner of revenge for Du Fuwei, the soldiers of the Jianghuai Army will rise up and respond.

Although Chen Ying's convoy was already fast enough in the snow, Chen Ying still thought it was slow. Li Xiuning, He Yueer, Li Daozhen and others could hold on, but Li Siye and Chen Qian felt uncomfortable.

When entering Dunhuang City in Shazhou, Chen Ying had to order a rest.

As one of the famous towns on the Silk Road, Dunhuang is located at the westernmost end of the Hexi Corridor, located at the intersection of Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces (regions), and on the largest oasis in the lower reaches of Danghe and Shule River. It is the main gateway to the "Silk Road" to go west from Yumen Pass and Yangguan. The commercial atmosphere here is very strong.

Chen Ying did not touch the local officials, but stayed at the largest Siji Laicai Inn in Dunhuang. In fact, Siji Laicai Inn was not in Dunhuang City but fifteen miles west of the city.

Siji Laicai Inn is built along the Shule River. Siji Inn has three most famous things, namely Dunhuang's specialty Huangyu, followed by Kucha singing and dancing from the Western Regions, and the Persian-style beauty.

Although Siji Laicai Inn is called an inn, its business scope is actually very wide. Along the river dock is a fast food restaurant that lasts more than 400 steps, mainly selling Hu cakes, soup cakes, and mutton soup, mainly for past business travelers, porters, and workers who help idle at the dock. The ingredients here are sufficient, including Hu cakes for one penny and mutton soup for two pennies. Even if you are an ordinary strong man, you can ensure that you can fill your body.

When Chen Ying arrived, the craftsmen, porters and servants were having a meal. The grassroots in the lower layer took Hu cakes with a diameter of more than one foot, digged them out with a knife, put some mutton offals or pork inside, and sat on the street to eat them. After eating, they washed the lunch box and continued to start work.

If you want to eat better, there are also a tray of hot rice, a bucket of dishes and soup here, 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 cents.

Chen Ying took Li Daozhen, Li Xiuning, He Yueer, Xu Erniang, Shentian Huayin and others directly to the second floor Yaba near the river. Of course, the consumption here is also high, and the second table of food is also worth the annual income of the craftsmen outside.

Chen Ying and others just entered the lobby and immediately attracted the attention of the guests in the lobby. Unfortunately, the people were not watching Chen Ying, but Li Xiuning or Li Daozhen, or even the girls like Shentian Huayin.

Li Xiuning is elegant and luxurious, Li Daozhen is heroic, Xu Erniang is a jass in the family, and Shentian Huayin is petite and cute. As for He Yue'er, she is also unparalleled in charm.

The women attracted many merchants to be amazed and felt itchy, but none of them dared to come forward to chat with each other, joking, and not seeing who was around them! Although most of them knew Chen Ying, they recognized the black bright light armor under General Chen and the black swords and guns in their hands.

Everyone knows that the weapons made of high-carbon steel are very sharp and durable, but they are not rare here. But what is rare is this kind of weapons with black light, which is the standard equipment of the Anxi Army under General Chen. Unless they put their eyes into their crotch, they will never touch this brow.

The shopkeeper said enthusiastically: "General Chen is here, and our store is so bright! Just speak up what the general wants to eat. Xiaomin lets the best chef personally make it for you, so that you can satisfy you!"

Chen Ying looked at the magnificently decorated private room and smiled faintly: "Your things are quite expensive, right?"

The shopkeeper said generously: "Hi, what's expensive? It's a great honor for you to visit our store, General. How dare Xiaomin ask you for money! Don't worry, this meal is considered a treat from Xiaomin. The more you eat, the happier we will be!"

A Lite businessman said in a bad Tang Yan: "General, just order the dishes, this meal is mine!"

A Sassanian businessman argued: "Count it... count it!"

Merchant Li Te said annoyedly: "Why? I spoke first!"

The Sassanian merchant said unhappily: "You speak first and you are yours? What a joke!"

The two of them refused to give in to each other and started arguing in their native language.

While clamoring, Yang Rong smiled with a spring breeze on her face and said, "Count me, count me."

When she spoke, everyone had nothing to say. The Siji Laicai Inn is Yang Rong's property. This woman is very big. She is weak and is easily excluded when doing business. A month ago, a Yumen Pass lieutenant came here for a tyrant meal. At that time, the shopkeeper directly asked his friend to snatch a fire stick and beat him up. The merchants thought that the Siji Laicai Inn would be closed. Unexpectedly, the lieutenant did not dare to come and ask for trouble. Instead, he went from being a seventh-rank lieutenant to being a big-headed soldier and became a member of the jumping soldier. He made contributions in front of the formation (one of the most severe punishments, acting as a dead soldier). The fool knew that the backstage of the Siji Laicai Inn was very tough.

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

Yang Rong smiled faintly and said, "Didn't you say it? Wherever your army leads you, my shop will be built."

As he said that, Yang Rong poured a cup of tea and drank it all, and said loudly: "I am going to open three large grain stores in Shazhou, and I will buy 100,000 yuan in the Western Regions tomorrow!"

Li Xiuning secretly stumbled, saying that a hundred thousand tiles would not be 100,000 mu. A hundred thousand tiles would be 100 million mu. A hundred thousand tiles would be 10 million mu. According to a county in Guanzhong that can reach tens of thousands of dollars, Yang Rong wanted to buy ten counties in one breath.

Yang Rong smiled and said, "I am going to open branches in more than 100 counties in the three towns, nineteen prefectures and 19 prefectures in Anxi to further expand and strengthen the business... The shopkeeper, bring all your specialties!"

The shopkeeper responded happily and went to work happily.

Chen Ying looked at Yang Rong and said, "Big cousin, have you made a lot of money in the past few years?"

Yang Rong smiled proudly and said, "There were only a small profit in the past two years, but this year it was a big profit."

The main reason for her profit this year was that she bought Caiyun City at an almost free price under Chen Ying's rule, and she became addicted to being the city lord. However, the originally desolate Baiyun City not only had a salt mine, but also an agate mine.

This is actually nothing. The key is that Chen Ying drove the Tang Dynasty Tongli Money House to the Western Regions. The business of Tongli Money House 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 will not only facilitate transportation of coins, but especially bulk trade.

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

Yang Rong smiled faintly and said, "Your Highness Princess, you don't know what it feels like to watch the sea of ​​gold and silver flowing by me! I wish I could turn into Thousand-Handed Guanyin and put all the gold and mountains into my pocket!"

Chen Ying said: "You have enough money... You can't spend it even after ten lifetimes!"

"This is not a question of whether you are rich enough. I just like to make a lot of money. I feel like watching thousands of money come in and out of my hands!" Yang Rong looked at Chen Ying and said, "If you know how to make money, I actually admire your little cousin even more!"

Li Xiuning said: "He makes money. He is almost as poor as pants to build that road this year!"

"Little cousin, do you want to borrow money? Or you can count me as much as me!" Yang Rong said with a smile: "Or, I will pay 200,000 yuan, and you give me 10% of Chidao's dry stock!"

"What 10%?" Chen Ying widened his eyes and said, "I want 10% if I want 200,000 yuan, why don't you grab it?"

"We can discuss it if you have something to say!"

"No discussion!" Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Twenty-hundred thousand coins, for his own sake, you can count at most three points in your stock!"

Listening to the conversation between Chen Ying and Yang Rong, Li Xiuning was stunned. She felt that her mind was a little too short. Two hundred thousand guan, but it actually doesn’t mean that that road costs six or seven million guan?

Yang Rong glanced at Chen Ying and said with a grievance: "You are so cruel, you only have three points!"

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

Yang Rong pondered, "That's right, three points are three points. Just like this, two million coins can occupy 30% of Chidao's shares?"

Hearing this, Chen Ying stood up and signaled Zhou Qing and Guo Luo to the surroundings.

Guo Luo and Zhou Qing hurriedly came out from the neighborhood and looked around vigilantly.

Chen Ying said: "Big cousin, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"

With Yang Rong's strength, it was acceptable to take out 300,000 guan, Chen Ying, and 500,000 guan, was already very reluctant. However, she said 2 million guan in one word, which was beyond her actual ability.

Yang Rong looked at Chen Ying's expression and knew that Chen Ying had guessed her intention. Yang Rong said: "I am also entrusted by someone, with 2 million guan and 30% of the shares. How do I feel about my little cousin?"

Chen Ying's face became solemn, and he slowly said, "Who is the other party? The Lu family of Wujun? Or the Xie family of Chenjun? Or the Zhu family of Wujun?"

"The Four Family in Jiangzuo!" Yang Rong said: "Three months ago, they found me!"

The four families of Jiangzuo, or the four major families of Jiangzuo, are Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang. They can be traced back to the Han and Three Kingdoms periods. Each of their families was a wealthy family that had been for hundreds of years.

Now it is not so much that it is to participate in the stake in Chen Ying, but rather that they are using their methods to indirectly lose to Li Jiancheng!

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying and said, "Chen Lang, what do you mean..."
Chapter completed!