Chapter 119: Suzhou in the Tang Dynasty

When the number of gradually decreasing fleets sailed to Suzhou, most of the people on the ship saw the vastness of the sea, in ancient times, Guanzhong people rarely had the opportunity to see the sea once in their lives, so their mood was absolutely excited, the most excited was Yanglin, he finally saw the homeland thousands of years ago, the Yangtze River water in the Tang Dynasty was very clear, even if it was the mouth of the sea, there was no turbidity, the sea was even more blue, than the Hawaii of later generations, New Zealand also had more than that, although it was a hot July, But he still braved the scorching sun on the deck to see the beautiful and picturesque sea scenery for a whole day, only to blame that the transportation in this era was not developed enough, and it took nearly half a year from Chang'an to Suzhou.

Suzhou during the Tang Dynasty belonged to the absolute hegemony in the south of the Yangtze River, and even now people have not had the habit of calling Suzhou and Hangzhou together, although Hangzhou is adjacent to Suzhou, it was developed during the Song Dynasty. Great Suzhou', the origin of this title Yanglin is probably clear, the Han Dynasty period of war needless to say, most of them are concentrated in the north and outside the Guan, the Three Kingdoms period of the three-legged tripod, although the Jiangdong Sun family did not finally win the world, but it is to protect the land south of the Yangtze River for decades without war, the later two Jin, five Hu Chaohua, the former Sui, more than 300 years, the land of the south of the Yangtze River is the last base of Han culture, not affected by the big war, a place that has not been war, there is no war to affect the place, it is strange to be underdeveloped, so the Jiangnan Prefecture is numerous, densely populated, among which Suzhou is the most, the economy is the most developed, and because of its beautiful natural sceneryIt is often called a paradise by scholars and literati, and it is also the place where the most scholars in the Tang Dynasty are located.

The arrival of the fleet was warmly welcomed by the Suzhou Thorn History and a number of officials, Lu Bingkun, the head of the Lu family, the largest family in the south of the Yangtze River, came in person, and there were more than 1,000 poor scholars who came to the dock to greet them, these people are the objects that Yanglin wants to fight, and now the top ten factories in the east and west are in a hurry to copywriters, and the people in the management class, even his 3,000 members of the art troupe have only recruited 600 people. A large number of talents are needed, and the first thing that Yanglin thinks of is Jiangnan, because Jiangnan people are not as good at fighting as northerners, but they are gentle and elegant, and they are good at using their brains to operate, which is in line with the needs of Yanglin's economy.

Suzhou was the final destination of merchant ships, and Yanglin would stay here for more than two months, selling goods was one thing, and collecting grain from all over the south of the Yangtze River in summer and autumn was also a key task. Yanglin, the capital of dozens of prefectures in Gangnam Province, plans to let their subordinates run away, and the selection of talents and some commercial construction actions will also be launched.

Yang Lin and Li Chengqian and other court envoys were invited by Lu Bingkun to live in the Lu family's mansion, and Liu Yunzhong, the accompanying Suzhou assassin, also thought that this was the most appropriate. It has to be the Lu family's mansion.

After listening to Liu Yunzhong's explanation, Yanglin knew that the scale and economy were not as good as that of Chang'an and Yangzhou, and the population of Chang'an and Yangzhou was no less than that of Chang'an and Yangzhou. The dwellings of people's lives can be described as exquisite, and the pocket huts that can only accommodate a bed and a table are everywhere, just because Suzhou is expensive, and there are masters everywhere. Land utilization is not at all comparable to that of wilderness.

Where there are many people, there is more money, but the principles that prevailed in later generations were not necessarily common in the Tang Dynasty, such as the Lu family. For example, the people of Suzhou City, the population of Suzhou in the early years of Wude was only more than 400,000, and it was only about ten years, it was already close to 700,000, Yanglin asked the reason, in fact, it was the Central Plains War, the people living in Suzhou City, the displaced people without household registration accounted for thirty percent, and the wealth of Suzhou could not afford to support these people, but it also happened to give Yanglin some ways to recruit people, so the first thing he did when he arrived in Lufu was to organize recruitment, such a large population city, the most suitable for building factories, Yanglin plans to process all the materials that will be transported to southern Xinjiang in Suzhou in the future, and when southern Xinjiang is opened up, the vast sea route will also be opened up.

The Lu family is really as Lu Bingchang said, poetry and books are heirlooms, there are many literati in the family, and there are many rules, only literati like Chu Suiliang can live in the habit, Yanglin just met the Lu family elders who stood in several rows when he entered the door and began to busy his own affairs, as for the most valuable prince Li Chengqian and Li Tai, the king of Wei, they naturally wanted to set up wine and eat banquets, and the two of them were also happy to do this, and the two brothers who were in adolescence still looked at the little girl of the Lu family from time to time, and married a big family like the Lu family, The political effect will be very big, Li Chengqian is an idiot in this regard, but his first staff member Chu Suiliang is not an idiot, and he will turn the topic around this in three or two clicks, as for Li Tai, it is from Chu Suiliang's words, in terms of using his brains and being smart, among Li Er's sons, he is naturally the most.

Yanglin doesn't worry about these things, and he doesn't bother to worry about it, what worries him the most is the girls of the art troupe, more than 500 people are divided into several mansions, Yanglin wants to find someone to run inside and out for a long time, the expansion of the art troupe needs to be handed over to the art troupe's own people to deal with, the current 600 people are not enough to support large-scale performances, and not enough to support more interpretation tasks in the future, Yanglin decided to let Xi Liang, Ling Yuhan, White Rose, Nie Fengyun, two men and two women four singers serve as selection mentors, responsible for holding in Suzhou' The Voice of Datang 'selection competition, the selection of talents for the art troupe, the rules are actually Yang Lin tried it when he was in the drunken fairy building, it is not difficult to understand, as long as the advertising message is played out during the Suzhou commodity exhibition and sales concert, and they are told about the stall, and the first day in Suzhou is considered to be over.

In the early morning of the next day, Yanglin got up very early, and the Lu family had been a habit of getting up early to read for hundreds of years, so Yanglin was woken up, and breakfast was cooked by the female members of the art troupe themselves.

Lu Bingchang came to the art troupe to eat, this is his habit since these days, as for the crown prince Li Chengqian, he has to continue to enjoy the Lu family's three-animal feast, fortunately the emperor did not live in their house, otherwise, according to the recipe specifications of the emperor in feudal society, the Lu family would be emptied in a few days.

"Master Ma, I heard from my eldest brother last night that the summer grain from all over the south of the Yangtze River has been collected, 1.2 million stones, plus the cost of transportation, etc., a total of 1.8 million yuan, just wait for our cargo ship to vacate, we can ship Chang'an, the autumn grain is probably this number, but the cost may be higher, and you have to wait about a month to start the purchase, with the help of local officials from all over the country, the purchase can be completed in about half a month, and it can be sent to Chang'an before October." Lu Bingchang chewed a small dish of vinegar-soaked radish crispy, and said while eating.

"Autumn and winter food consumption is large, but also to keep seeds, the price is a little more expensive is normal, your purchase budget can only be set at most one million stones, there are these two batches of grain arrived in Chang'an, plus other ways to help make up some, it is enough for the people of Chang'an City to eat next year's summer grain out, we also have to get a batch of excellent grain before the spring of next year, the land of Guanzhong has been barren for two years, next year must be a bumper harvest year, as long as it has survived this year, it will be difficult to have a food crisis in the future, these things have basically been solved, Next, you will be responsible for the construction of the Suzhou City Supermarket, and take care of this large supermarket that is completely cooperated by your Lu family and the imperial court. "Yang Lin drank the rotten casserole porridge, there are many fish and shrimp in the south of the Yangtze River, and the casserole porridge made from wild small fish and shrimp is particularly nutritious and delicious, and Yang Lin drank two large bowls to take care of his stomach.

"Well, my subordinates understand that the eldest brother was planning a few days ago, and the migrant workers have already recruited one or two thousand people, just wait for us to look at the plot in the city, and we can start building it after it is drawn out, but you promised me that our comprehensive building in Suzhou will be built with 38 floors, which cannot be shorter than Yangzhou." Lu Bingchang replied with a smile while smoking fish and shrimp porridge.

The base of the headquarters building of the heaven and earth in Chang'an City occupies a square of land, built 68 stories high, I heard that the foundation that can not be seen is more than 3,000 migrant workers who have taken out more than a month, and when the Yangzhou branch was built, the master also said that how high the building has to be dug how deep the foundation is, and the 2,000 migrant workers prepared by his eldest brother are enough to dig out a 38-story deep foundation, as long as this building is built, it is the eternal glory of his Lu family.

"I didn't plan to build it in the city, don't you think the current scale of Suzhou City is too small for the current population? I plan to build on the outskirts of the city, and at the same time build the ten major factories and branches outside the city, and guide some residents to live outside the city, after dinner, you will take me to the outside of the city to see the land, and then we will post the specific recruitment notice, how can 2,000 people be enough, 20,000 is not too much, and when Suzhou's industry develops, you will know that 200,000 workers may not be enough. Yang Lin drank a cup of bitter tea and cleared his mouth, pointing to the country.

People have no foresight, there must be near-term worries, Yanglin only one day to Suzhou to see the problem of Suzhou, this wisdom so that Lu Bingchang can only look up, only hate that he did not see the grand occasion of the top ten factories in Chang'an City, I heard that the workers there add up to more than one million now, nearly a million people work together What is the scene, Lu Bingchang only needs to think about his head dizzy, no wonder tens of millions of worth of goods, people can produce it in a few months, Suzhou City really if you follow the pace of Chang'an City, the current scale of city stocks is of course far from enoughBuilding outside the city is the right way to develop. Lu Bingchang realized Yanglin's advanced development vision, and he naturally admired it in his heart, but he only guessed half of it, a small half, when the goods of the Suzhou branch factory were to supply the entire southern Xinjiang, and even Jiaozhi and the farther Nanyang countries, it was not unusual to build a factory larger than Suzhou City itself. (To be continued......)