Cui Sheng couldn't understand the excitement of Cui Mazi wanting to go to the Northland, and with a sneer in his mocking tone, he retorted: "Okay! You say that the cold in the Northland is not to be feared, so what can you do when you go to the Northland, raise cattle and horses, or hunt something? Are you still going to sell your shoes in the Northland? ”

This time, Cui Mazi did not refute Cui Sheng's words, but got off the kang and walked into the room, and walked out of the room in a blink of an eye, with an extra pair of high leather boots in his hand and placed them in front of Cui Sheng.

"I started thinking that you wouldn't come, this place is not a place where people can come if they want to, they can't get in without a skill, and there are many people who don't believe that this is true, as long as they hesitate, they can't get in, so I didn't expect you to come at all, since I'm here, I don't have anything good to give you, do you see if these shoes fit?"

Cui Sheng took the shoes and immediately found the difference, it was even divided into left and right feet, the shoes were made of thick cowhide, and the thick fur was very warm inside, and after walking a few steps on the feet, he immediately felt that the shoes had an indescribable elasticity, and it was a lot easier to walk.

"These shoes are very comfortable to wear, did you make them?"

Cui Sheng also knew that his words were a little inappropriate, but he had to ask, and it was uncomfortable to hold it in his heart.

"Sort of!" Cui Mazi said with a smile: "Strictly speaking, I spent money to sell the patent of the craftsman's supervisor, and the shoes are divided into left and right feet, and there is nothing outstanding about the shoes, the key is that the bottom of the shoes is installed with a reed ...... purchased from the craftsman's supervisor", Cui Mazi took out two long strips of iron and put them in front of Cui Sheng, and said a little proudly: "It's this thing, which can play the role of cushioning and support, after having this thing in the shoes, walking is much easier, isn't it amazing?" ”

Cui Sheng had to admit that adding an iron piece to the shoe made it much more comfortable to walk than before, and the whole shoe had a slope, which was much lighter when walking, which was indeed a whimsy, but Cui Mazi said so much, and still didn't make it clear why he wanted to go to the Northland.

"What does this have to do with going to the Northlands?"

"Of course it does!"

Cui Mazi is obviously not organized when he speaks, and he is similar to others, Cui Sheng naturally understands Cui Mazi's character, and he doesn't urge, just patiently listens to him.

"When I get to the north, I can continue to do my shoe business, and the valley owner also promised that each family can get a hundred acres of land, or three hundred acres of pasture, do you say such a good thing is there in Datang?"

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court implemented the equalization system, and it was good that a household could be divided into thirty or forty acres of land, and one hundred acres of equalization was not dared to think about it in the Qin and Han dynasties.

"A hundred acres?" Cui Sheng smiled, feeling that Cui Mazi had been deceived, and it was necessary for him, as Cui Mazi's fellow clansman, to remind: "Can you grow crops if you are given a hundred acres of land?" 300 acres of pasture, will you raise cattle and sheep? You have been deceived, Beidi is not a place where people live at all, I would rather have a house in Datang than a hundred acres of land in Beidi, and it is too late to regret it now! ”

Cui Mazi looked at Cui Sheng like an idiot and said: "What you said was in the past, but now it's different, you really think that the people in the valley are stupid, what's the use of planting crops that can't be grown, have you heard of winter wheat, this kind of crops is most suitable for growing in the cold land of the north, and the fertile land there should not be taken care of at all, as long as the wild grass is burned, the ashes are the best waste, and then sprinkle the winter wheat seeds, and it will be harvested in a few months, you dare to say that such land is not good land!" ”

"Who have you heard of this?"

"Of course it was said by the valley lord himself, then it will be fake!" When Cui Mazi talked about the valley master, the expression on his face was full of admiration and excitement, and the corners of Cui Sheng's mouth only twitched.

"Is this obsession?" Cui Sheng thought in his heart, and swallowed back the words he wanted to persuade, and it was meaningless to say anything, so he changed his mind and said, "Isn't it very good here?" Why go to Northland? ”

At this time, Cui's came out of the house, and when he heard Cui Sheng's words, he said angrily: "It's not because he wants money and wants to go crazy, he thinks that he can get more good land, go to that ghost place in the north, say that you have to do things as soon as possible, after this village, there will be no nonsense about this store, Cui Dalang help persuade it!" ”

Cui's obviously didn't approve of Cui Mazi going to the Northland, but when Cui Mazi heard it, he scolded and scolded: "What does the woman's family know!" Long hair and short knowledge, these words are also what you said, while I can work for a few more years and earn more property for my family, do you think that stupid son of my family can take a fancy to ......".

Cui Shi immediately became unhappy, and sneered at each other: "Who said that my family Langjun is stupid, but the scriptures are a little worse, and the arithmetic is the first in the school?" ”

Cui Sheng hurriedly played a round and said, "Then tell me, what are you doing in the Northland this time?" The northern land is the world of the barbarians, and we Han people can't gain a foothold there, so is it because we can't prepare and satisfy ourselves to fight? ”

Cui Mazi patted the table and said, "Are you really right, are you really going to grab land with the barbarians?" ”

Cui Sheng almost squirted out a mouthful of wine in his mouth, feeling that people all over the world were crazy, and grabbing territory with barbarians was not crazy, what else could it be? "No, it won't! If you really want to fight with the barbarians, just rely on these people in this valley? ”

Cui Mazi bit his head and said: "I don't know about this, anyway, I heard that our people have already laid a territory in the north, and we need people to defend and govern, the first batch of five hundred soldiers and one hundred craftsmen will leave in a few days, if you come a few days later, I'm afraid you won't be able to see me!" ”

Five hundred soldiers wanted to fight with the barbarians, Cui Sheng felt that the valley lord was a madman, not to mention whether he could win or not, it was difficult to say whether these people could reach the north through the border.

"Then you haven't heard of it, how do you get to the Northlands?"

"I don't know about this?" Cui Mazi obviously didn't think about this problem, and looked at Cui Sheng with a confused expression: "I don't care about this problem, I heard from others, the valley master has already thought about it, we craftsmen just need to follow the soldiers, and when we get to the place, someone will naturally arrange everything, worry about what to do!" ”

Cui Sheng saw that he couldn't ask anything, and after thinking about it, no one should tell Cui Mazi about these things, but he couldn't figure out why the valley lord wanted to go to the Northland, and what way to leave the Tang Dynasty, as for what the Northland barbarians thought, it was even more unclear, thinking of this, he casually asked some things about the valley, and after figuring out some things, he got up and said goodbye and prepared to go back alone.

"I'll send you back!" Cui Mazi worried: "Although there is no curfew system in the valley, many places are not allowed to walk around, you just came, I don't worry that you will go alone at night, what if something happens?" ”

Cui Sheng wanted to take advantage of the dark moon and high wind to go around, but when he saw Cui Mazi's cautious appearance, he knew that his idea was not feasible for the time being, so he dispelled the idea of spying at night.

(End of chapter)