Li Jing's observation is very strong, and he also saw the submission of these Turkic captives, you must know that when they were first captured, these people fled several times, and then they had to come hard and make an example of these people, so that these people could be quiet.

Unexpectedly, the seemingly simple conversation actually contained such a powerful effect, turning a group of wolves into little sheep, Li Jing asked puzzledly: "This is the ideological education you talked about before?" ”

"If you say something good, it's called ideological education, and if you say something unpleasant, it's called brainwashing." The eldest grandson replied honestly, "But this material is combined with careful education. In fact, most of these captives were Turkic civilians, and most of the family's annual labor income would be robbed by the Turkic nobles. In our place, as long as they are obedient, they will have food, and our Datang will not kill innocents indiscriminately, compared with the Turks, these Turkic people feel that the Datang is more trustworthy, compared to the previous they were oppressed by the Turkic nobles, it is much better. ”

Li Jing nodded and said, "Yes, if these people are really so obedient, they can indeed be allowed to participate in the construction of the city." "It's not easy to build a new city, and Li Jing also knows the difficulties. It's not just money that can be solved.

"Then the general will be regarded as General Li agreed." The eldest grandson Chong said happily, as long as there are people, there is nothing that can't be done.

"You kid be quieter, give you 2,000 people to try first, if it doesn't work, it's also within the controllable range, and it won't cause a big disaster." Li Jing was cautious, and he didn't want things to get out of his control, two thousand people was the number he could call the shots now.

Changsun Chong has always been, or it is much better than just him as a bare-bones commander.

The eldest grandson Chong found a wheelbarrow to haul grain and grass, and took 500 prisoners and 200 soldiers to dig an open-pit coal mine five miles away; And in the lower reaches of the river, another 500 captives were sent to start digging earth and building kilns to prepare for firing rotors.

The remaining 1,000 captives began to break bricks with mud on the clay mound that Changsun Chong had surveyed to be suitable for firing bricks. At the beginning, everyone was not used to doing it, but after a while, they were very proficient.

Seeing that these captives were working so hard, the eldest grandson Chong added a thick piece of braised beef to the steamed buns at noon, and the Turkic captives smiled. They used to eat beef, but when they made beef, they boiled it in water, and then put a little salt, or rub some salt and roasted it on the fire.

Eat well, rest for a quarter of an hour, continue to work, in the afternoon, the Turkic captives work harder, this Tang people are talking, as long as they work, they will have food; And they also said that if they behaved well, they would help them find their loved ones and then reunite with them

In just one day's work, a thousand captives threw countless bricks, laid them on the ground, and dried them. When the brick kiln is built, it is estimated that it can be fired.

When the eldest grandson came back, he deeply felt that there were too few people who could use it, although there were a few brothers to help, but there was no use of the craftsmen who took advantage of it, and there was a lot of meticulous work, and the Turks could not do it well.

The eldest grandson only drank a little soup after the meal, and then washed and rested.

Liu Muxiang followed Changsun Chong all day long, and saw Changsun Chong directing the prisoners to work, sometimes what he said, others didn't understand, he had to go into battle himself, how many faces this person still had, she didn't know!

Changsun Chong thought about it all night, and felt that he had to seek Huo Qiang's help, and through him, he asked Li Er for someone, and he had to ask for money to buy materials for this city, and he had to ask for money.

Huo Qiang was stared at by the eldest grandson for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Eldest grandson, if you have anything to say, you don't have to look at the last general like this." ”

Changsun Chong also felt that he was a little out of shape when he was eating, and said dryly: "You also saw yesterday that it takes a lot of craftsmen to build a city, but this is exactly what is lacking here, so you can send a message to Your Majesty, send some craftsmen over as soon as possible, and get the city up as soon as possible." ”

When Huo Qiang heard this, he nodded and said, "No problem, what kind of craftsman do you want?" ”

"Stonemasons, carpenters, masons, all those who can build the city anyway." Changsun Chong said with a smile, thinking that it was also a piece of the industrial system of the Tang Dynasty before, and he was going to use cement this time, which could also save a lot of glutinous rice. At this time, most of the binders are made of glutinous rice and soil according to a certain ratio.

"Okay, I'll arrange it, and the eldest grandson will be able to wait a while." Huo Qiang agreed, and when he came, His Majesty had already personally instructed to fully cooperate with Changsun Chong, "But I think it's best to mobilize some from the two cities of Baidao and Dingxiang first to alleviate the shortage of personnel." ”

"This is easy to do, I asked Brother Cheng to go to Dingxiang, Baidao recruited Han people, these people give high wages, there will be people who are willing to come, but the wages and materials for building the city, the trouble Your Majesty has also solved." Changsun Chong said with a smile, his money is very useful, and besides, this is a Tang Dynasty to build a city, and it is not for his eldest grandson's family, there is no need for him to pay, just contribute for free.

Although you can make money by buying a house and shop in the future, the start-up capital in front requires Li Er to pay first.

Huo Qiang thought about it, and it was understandable for Changsun Chong to have such an idea, so he agreed.

With Huo Qiang's reminder, Changsun Chong asked Cheng Chumo to take five hundred people to Dingxiang and Baidao to recruit craftsmen, and if anyone was willing to drag their families to settle down here, they would sell it to them at the cost price at that time.

Ten days passed, and it welcomed craftsmen recruited from Baidao and Dingxiang and some Han people who had no income. Originally, they wanted to return to Guanzhong, but they thought that they were also uprooted from their hometowns and had no relatives there, since they wanted to build a city on the grassland and recruit people to pay wages, it was better to come here, at least they would not die of hunger.

I have to say that those Turkic people can do stupid work, but some detailed and complicated work, explained again or twice, they still don't understand, fortunately, a group of Han craftsmen came to alleviate the situation.

The eldest grandson was busy with his feet not touching the ground, a hot scene, these two thousand Turks worked every day and ate well, and the other hundreds of thousands of captives, when they heard about it, were very envious, they also wanted to work, not only to eat steamed buns, but also to eat the braised beef in the steamed buns.

When a petition was sent to Li Jing for the Turkic captives to work voluntarily, Li Jing had to believe that the policy and ideological education of the eldest grandson Chong had been very successful.

With a wave of his hand, 20,000 prisoners of war were sent out to break bricks, build brick kilns and cement workshops, and transport coal. When they ate every day, the amount was very large and delicious, which made these Turkic captives even more grateful, and they felt that the people of Datang kept their promises and were good people.

The eldest grandson Chong called Cheng Chumo, Cheng Chuliang, and the two brothers of the Wei Chi family, Fang Yiai, Li Yexu, and Duan Qian, to have dinner together, and said while eating: "Now that we want to build a city, there will definitely be more and more business travelers to the western countries that will accumulate more and more old here, and it will become a very prosperous transit point for the accumulation of business travel, so I invite you brothers to come over, just to remind everyone to start as soon as possible, occupy a favorable position, give a few shops, and add some input to the family." ”

Shinong industry and commerce, commerce is the most low-class, but if these noble families only rely on that little money, they can't even afford to use the maids, let alone the exchange of gifts between friends and the gifts between superiors and subordinates. Who doesn't have a few money-making shops at home, so Changsun Chong directly picked it out and said.

"Brother Chong Xian is really optimistic about this city?" Cheng Chumo asked, a new city, a hundred wastes to be built, where is there any consumption power!

The eldest grandson Chong didn't think about it, and said: "This is your short-sightedness, you see that during this time, people continue to come here to look for jobs, so there must be a need for food, clothing, housing and transportation." Besides, the new city was built right on the side of the road to the western countries, and it will definitely not be deserted. ”

"But these people are poor! I don't make much money! Li Yexu wrinkled his nose, those craftsmen's wages were very small, and they were not worth it at all.

"I don't even know what to say about you! You think, this year's bumper harvest in Guanzhong, there must be a lot of surplus grain, which can be transported here to trade, and when you go back, you will transport the cattle, sheep, and horses on the grassland to Guanzhong to sell. Let's take the cow as an example, in Guanzhong, this cow needs eight taels of silver, but here two taels of silver to buy two, there is more than ten times the profit! Changsun Chong reminded.

"There are a lot of cattle and sheep in this grassland, but it's not so cheap, right?" Duan Qian didn't believe it a little, if this was the case, this business would be profitable!

"That's not all, in the future, there will be 50,000 garrisons in this new city, and these people will also have consumption, if the business travelers can get the right things here, who is willing to travel thousands of miles to Guanzhong!" The eldest grandson Chong said excitedly, anyway, their eldest grandson's family will be here to prepare for business.

"Yes, well, I'll write a letter today, and let the family send it home, and the family will arrange it." Cheng Chumo knew that Changsun Chong would not pit them, and he would not pit them.

"It's better for us to bring our respective family expertise here, so as to save everyone from duplicating and affecting business." Changsun Chong reminded.

"We have a restaurant and a grain store at home! Let's do both! Cheng Chu meditated for a while, and also felt that it was right, business would not be good at the beginning here, and if it was repeated with others, it would be even more difficult to do.

"We have a few silk and satin shops and ready-to-wear stores, so let's open these two shops here!" Fang Yiai spoke out.

"Our family makes jewelry, jade! Then open a jade shop here. Duan Qian said with a smile, there is a jade mine in his father's fiefdom, which is self-produced and sold, and the business is good.

"My rented house is a well-known connoisseur of embroidery crafts in Jiangnan, and those large screens and fans must be very easy to sell." Li Yexu said softly, "But it's not just us who do it, it's best to talk to those brothers in Chang'an!" Don't let them think we have something good to do and forget them. ”

Changsun Chong knew that the princes had no money in their hands, and every time those princes and princesses went out of the palace, their purses were empty, and all the food, drink and play were paid by Changsun Chong behind him. (To be continued.) )