Chapter 1080: Inspection
Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.inforeadx;?" My son is very good," Cai Xiao was overjoyed, and then asked: "So, about the new military uniform,"
"Baofeng Buzhuang must be selected," Cai Huang said categorically, the military uniform is not finished with a batch, it is a consumable, and the military government has to make a large number of purchases every year to make up for the loss of the soldiers in the army.
No matter which cloth village takes over the military uniform business, in the next few years or even decades, it will be rich, this big cake, the Cai family must not give it to others, it must be swallowed by itself,
Cai Xiao didn't know the huge profits in the military uniform business,
Zhenjun Forge has monopolized the firearms in the army, and it has made a lot of money, and the financial resources of a county are enough to rival a country, if the military uniform business falls into the hands of Shangguan Xiu, the Cai family may not be able to compare with him in the shopping mall.
He restrained his smile, frowned, and said worriedly: "Although Shangguan Xiu promised that in the next fifteen days, he would inspect Shah with His Majesty and would not meet with the Gu family, but for his father, what Shangguan Xiu wanted to say to the Gu family had already been said, in the design of the new military uniform, our Cai family's Baofeng Cloth Village would not be able to win the Gu family's Baifeng Cloth Village,"
Cai Huang's eyes kept rolling, and he was silent for a while, the corners of his mouth raised, and he said: "Father, this matter will be handled by the child, and the child will definitely let Baofeng Buzhuang be selected,"
"Oh, Huang'er is so sure," Cai Xiao asked in surprise and joy.
Cai Huang said with a smile: "If you only rely on the child's strength, of course you can't do it, but if your father secretly helps, you can get twice the result with half the effort, and the child is confident that he can climb up on the shoulders of Baifeng Buzhuang,"
Knowing that the son is better than the father, Cai Xiao knows Cai Huang and knows that he never says big things, if he is not completely sure, he will never swear like this,
Cai Xiao was really curious, how could the second son be so confident that he could let Baofeng Buzhuang win over Baifeng Buzhuang supported by Shangguan Xiu, he asked: "What is Huang'er's good plan, say it and listen to it,"
Cai Huang got up, walked to Cai Xiao, and whispered in his ear, at first, Cai Xiao still frowned, but after listening to it for a while, his brows gradually relaxed, and when Cai Huang finished speaking, Cai Xiao couldn't help but laugh on his back, caressing Cai Huang's back, and laughing and praising with love and pet: "My son's talent, I am very comforting to my father,"
Shangguan Xiu did what he said, he said that if he didn't see the Gu family, he really didn't see Gu Qingling again, and that afternoon, Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling, under the escort of the gendarmerie, left Xijing and went to Shahe.
Han Ye became the new Minister of Internal History, and he was busy with official business, so he no longer had time to be distracted from managing Tongtianmen, and Tongtianmen naturally needed a new master.
In this matter, Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling had some differences,
Shangguan Xiu's optimistic candidate is Tang Mingzhu, these days, Tang Mingzhu is managing the Shura Hall, the little girl not only managed the Shura Hall in a mess, but is also in order, and the big and small affairs are handled properly, so that people can't find any faults.
You must know that the imperial court has just moved to Xijing, and there are too many things that Shura Hall has to coordinate and deal with, in this case, Tang Mingzhu can still handle the affairs of Shura Hall, not to mention that his ability is far beyond that of children of the same age, even if it is an adult, even if it is Shangguan Xiu, he does not think that he can do better than her,
With Tang Mingzhu's ability, it is more than enough to take over Tongtianmen, and she is a royal family, which meets the criteria for selecting the master of Tongtianmen, instead of letting her younger brother Tang Fei make a nominal decoration, it is better to simply replace Tang Fei and let Tang Mingzhu be a veritable door master,
However, Tang Ling did not accept Shangguan Xiu's recommendation, first of all, she didn't like Tang Mingzhu's little cousin very much, and during her coma, Han Ye was so determined to kill her, and even almost turned her face with Shura Hall, it was definitely not for nothing, although she didn't think that Tang Mingzhu was as exaggerated as Han Ye described, she was a calculating little demon girl with a deep city, but in front of Zhan Ming, Tang Mingzhu's 'Your Majesty' did leave a deep psychological shadow on Tang Ling,
In the end, Tang Ling selected Cheng Feng and asked him to replace Han Ye and take charge of Tongtianmen, of course, the nominal master of Tongtianmen has not changed, or Tang Fei,
Cheng Feng's origin is not small, he is the predecessor of Tongtianmen, the first leader of the dark arrow, and the descendant of Cheng Jin, Cheng Feng is not very old, not yet thirty years old, but his cultivation realm has broken through the spiritual sky realm, among the dark spiritual cultivators, it is rare to have such a cultivation realm,
Since Tang Ling already had a suitable candidate in mind, Shangguan Xiu didn't force it anymore, and let Tang Mingzhu leave Shura Hall and take over Tongtianmen, he was still a little reluctant.
Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling's honor guards were not large, with only two thousand gendarmerie and two hundred Tongtianmen disciples as escorts.
The main force of the gendarmerie has already gone to Yujun with Caidang and Ziyin, and the gendarmerie that stayed in Xijing has a total of 2,000 people, and as for the emperor's personal guard, the Praetorian Guard, it has not yet been reorganized.
Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling rode in a carriage, the gendarmerie and Tongtianmen disciples rode horses, and the speed of the group was very fast, to make a long story short, five days later, the honor guard walked out of Zhenjun and entered the Shah area,
Walking into the territory of Shah, people can clearly feel the earth-shaking changes in the surrounding environment.
The originally dry and hot air suddenly became refreshing and cool, and the yellow sand and flying soil that was originally full of eyes suddenly turned green and hurried, and there were mountains and mountains everywhere, and endless forests everywhere.
When they arrived in the territory of Shah, Shangguan Xiu slowed down the speed of the team's march, they came to play this time, in modern terms, they came for vacation, in this case, they should relax and have a good tour of the mountains and rivers.
The first place they went to was Mount Sib, and now Mount Sib has a new name, the city of Sib,
Xibu City was originally built on the Xibu Mountain, with more and more people living in, the scale is getting bigger and bigger, the Xibu City gradually extends to the bottom of the mountain, and then later, the urban area is further expanded, and it becomes built around the mountain, until now, the mountain city of Xibu City has exceeded the mountain city more than ten times.
However, the hierarchy of Xibu City is also very clear, because it is a commercial town, and it is located in the territory of Shah, the standard for dividing people here is very simple, it has nothing to do with whether it is noble or not, it is only related to whether there is money or not, rich people usually choose to live in the upper part of the mountain, and those who have no money will live in the lower part of the mountain.
The population of Xibu City is mainly divided into four ethnic groups, the first ethnic group is the Wind People, don't look at this Shah, but the Wind People occupy an absolute dominance in Xibu City, and the city lord of Xibu City is also appointed by Shangguan Xiu, loyal to the Wind Country, not the royal court of Shah,
The second ethnic group is the Shah, the third is the Ninnan people, and the fourth ethnic group is the Pakse people.
Pakse country is located in the west of Shah, far away from the country of wind, the two countries did not have much contact before, after the prosperity of the city of Sib, Pakse merchants first came here, through trade, after earning the sweetness, a large number of Pakse people flocked in,
After a few years, Shangguan Xiu came to Xibu Mountain again, where earth-shaking changes have taken place.
Originally, there were wheat fields under the mountain, but now, they have become large and small houses, and a large area of forest in the distance of Sib Mountain has been cut down and turned into patches of fields, and in the fields, you can still see many Shah and dark-skinned Pakse people working in the fields.
Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling had already gotten off the carriage and walked on the path in the field, looking at the endless wheat fields around them, calm and peaceful and beautiful scenery, Tang Ling couldn't help but sigh again and again, Shangguan Xiu held her hand, and said as she walked: "The soil quality and climate in the Shah area are good, in my country, even in Yujun, rice can only be harvested twice a year at most, but the Shah area has abundant rain, and rice can be harvested three times a year, which is also one acre of land, and the harvest on Shah's side is almost twice as much as the harvest in Yujun,"
Tang Ling was shocked when he heard this, you must know that in most areas of the Wind Country, rice can only be harvested once a year, like Yujun, there are very few places that can harvest two seasons, but in the Shah area, rice can be harvested three times a year, and the yield of each season is very high, which is incredible,
She said, "So, Ah Xiu started to farm here a long time ago,"
"Yes, Zhenjun has ten miles of land, nine miles of sand, and there are too few fertile fields, if you don't rely on external forces, Zhenjun itself can't raise an army of 400,000 at all,"
"The people of Zhenjun are good at fighting, so Ah Xiu recruited troops in Zhen County, and Shah has a high grain yield, so Ah Xiu is ...... in Shah Tuntian"
This is what he used to do in Zhenjun, there are many soldiers, there are plenty of food and grass, this is simply the rhythm of self-reliance as a king, if it weren't for her marrying Shangguan Xiu and transferring Shangguan Xiu from Zhenjun to the court in time, the current Zhenjun doesn't know what it will become.
Hearing her talking to herself, and then looking at her stunned and dazed expression, Shangguan Xiu knew that she was thinking wrong,
He grabbed Tang Ling's waist and said with a smile: "I brought Xiang'er to Shah, not to show off to Xiang'er, but to let Xiang'er see with his own eyes that even if we only rely on the four western counties, we can afford to raise two million central troops, and there will never be a shortage of food," As he spoke, Shangguan Xiuhuan pointed around and said: "Here, it is only a corner of my country in Shah Tuntian, in the entire Shah area, such tuntian areas abound,"
"There are many more such tuntians,"
"Yes,"
"When did Ah Xiu migrate so many peasants to Shah to farm," Tang Ling asked puzzled.
As far as she knew, the Fengren did not migrate to Shah on a large scale, and the population of Zhenjun was already very limited, and it was impossible to maintain the establishment of the Zhenjun army, let alone migrate out on a large scale.
Shangguan Xiu looked at the surrounding farmland Nunu and asked with a smile: "Has Xiang'er seen our Fengren farmers?"
Tang Ling raised his eyes to look around, indeed, there were no wind people working in the farmland at all, either Shah people wearing animal skins, or Pakse people with skin as black as briquettes, she had never seen before,
Shangguan Xiu explained: "The Fengren who came to Shah Tuntian first took out a sum of silver and bought a piece of Shah land from the Zhenjun County Government, and then bought the slaves of Shah and Pakse and cultivated for them."
"These peasants who cultivated the land were slaves,"
"That's right," Shangguan Xiu nodded, and said: "The Ba tribe has conquered all kinds of tribes in the territory of Shah, and the patriarch of the Ba tribe, Suba, has become the king, but many Shah people have also become slaves because of this, in addition, the merchants of Pakse have also brought a large number of Pakse slaves to Shah for sale, and these slaves make up for the lack of labor of the Feng people in Shah,"
In the Wind Country, slavery is very short, after the establishment of the Wind Empire, there are no slaves, at best, there are house slaves, but house slaves are not slaves in the strict sense, Tang Ling asked with interest: "Ah Xiu, are these slaves very expensive?"
"The Shah slaves are inferior, young men cost fifty yuan, women and children are cheaper, Pakse slaves are strong and strong, they are high-class slaves, the price is a little more expensive, but it will not exceed one hundred yuan,"
"So cheap,"
"Therefore, many people come to Shahtuntian and become farmers, and they have earned a lot of real money,"
"At the same time, he also paid a lot of taxes to the county government of Zhen County," Tang Ling didn't have to think about this, he could guess,
Shangguan Xiu said confidently: "Their tuntian was given to them by the county government of Zhenjun, and the county government was able to buy Shahe's land from the hands of the Shah royal court at will, and it was exchanged for the blood and sweat of the soldiers of the Zhenjun army, and it is natural to pay taxes to the Zhenjun county government,"
"But the Zhenjun County Government has never handed over the taxes to the imperial court," Tang Ling pursed his lips and glanced at Shangguan Xiu dissatisfiedly,