Tang's dining table

Whether traveling south or north, Datang is a good choice.

Today's climate in the north of the Tang Dynasty is not only mild, but also somewhat smooth.

The city where Yunchu used to live is in Longzhong. Looking around, the surrounding mountains are all bare. A few grasses grow occasionally, which is as insignificant as the bald patches of a middle-aged man. It is better not to grow at all.

It's not like that now. When the clouds first passed through Longzhong, there were dense forests, roaring tigers and apes, rivers and streams, and the fertile land was a good place.

Natural changes basically take three hundred years as a cycle. As long as Chang'an can advance three hundred years and lay a solid enough foundation for Chang'an before Longyou's resources disappear, even if the natural environment is worse, it will not be so bad. It's important.

Today's Datang is really not suitable for expansion.

The main reason is that the Tang Dynasty's outward expansion will cause an unfortunate cause - the spread of civilization.

On the earth today, the fire of human civilization is still only in the Tang Dynasty, in the Mediterranean, in Tianzhu, and in Dashi. Looking around is a black world of ignorance. The people of the Frank dynasty are still sleeping with pigs in their arms, and the Anglo-Saxons are still eating. People, Germanic women are being seized by the Romans for the right to first night, and the savage Viking pirates who like to drive dragon-headed ships, burn, kill and plunder are just the prototype.

Even the Russians, who later occupied the largest piece of land in the world, now only have a few small cities. Once the cold nights come, they can only sleep on ashes to keep warm...

The above places can be regarded as having the sparks of some elementary civilizations.

Even the people who lived the most miserable lives in the Tang Dynasty lived more securely than the barbarians in these places.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty went out to plunder, and basically could not get anything good except cattle, horses, sheep, and skins. However, every time they went out, they consumed domestic resources.

The most terrible thing is that their robbery will allow those who were robbed to see a new and possible way of life.

Most of the fires of civilization in history were eventually spread through wars, plundering, and armed parades.

This is what the Japanese state looks like today.

Those who went to Japan to capture slaves liked to attack cities and plunder lands at first. Now, instead of attacking cities and plundering lands, as long as they bring more money and food, they can get many slaves from Japan very justly.

People are good-natured, and the Japanese slaves are no exception. Working for the Tang people, at least they can have enough to eat.

Therefore, in general, it seems that the Tang army's plundering was a very costly affair.

Yunchu went to the trading hall to check it out in the morning. It was pretty good. He bought and sold 227 orders in one hour. This figure increased fourfold from three months ago.

The flow sign started to flow, that is, there were many rich and powerful people crowded in front of the trading hall. They liked to stare fiercely at the merchants entering and exiting the trading hall.

"Who are those people?" Yun Chu asked Zeng Fu while taking a sip of tea.

Zeng Fu said: "The bodyguards and guards of the escort agency, as well as some rangers and swordsmen."

Yunchu understood.

He said to the county captain Zhang Jia who came with him: "Capture them all and hand them over to Yan Jiu for disposal."

Zhang Jia took the delinquent government officials out and within a moment, the sound of beating people with sticks, as well as some roars and wails, could be heard outside.

Zeng Fu said: "How about the trading floor spends some money and joins hands with these people to form a new escort bureau?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "That will only happen after we deal with them. We cannot use these people. This will make them think that they will get benefits as long as they make trouble."

Zeng Fu said: "This is not what I mean. The reason why I use these people is to use them to open up the Yellow River waterway. This waterway starts from Jincheng and ends in Puzhou. Someone needs to walk it personally by boat or sheepskin raft more than a dozen times. Only after all dangers on the Yellow River waterway have been eliminated can we begin to make arrangements for real shipping."

Yun Chu still shook his head and said: "Such a difficult and difficult thing cannot be accomplished by these people with ulterior motives. Besides, I don't want to give them the merit of opening up a waterway."

Zeng Fu said: "Does it take a good person to go first before you die?"

Yunchu sighed and said, "That is the right beginning for all great things."

Unlike what Yunchu did here, Zhang Jianzhi did not raise the butcher knife to kill wantonly in Longyou, but he gathered all the prisoners together and prepared to escort them to the south of Meiling.

The first wave of troops alone totaled 14,000 people.

"When a group of people like this go to Lingnan, it's easy for them to rebel."

Di Renjie had just returned from Luoyang and was somewhat saddened when talking about Zhang Jianzhi's behavior.

Yun Chu waved his hand and said, "Don't forget how Zhang Jianzhi led a group of Tyuhun people to make Xu Jingye miserable. He is very experienced in restraining such people."

Di Renjie said: "The most stupid thing in the world is to use the experience of the past and the past in this moment and here, always thinking that the overall situation is under control, but not knowing that one wrong start is enough to destroy all his efforts.

We are also very experienced in this group of prisoners, so I think that the court can start to make preparations to suppress the bandits from now on. "

Wen Wen said: "There are only more than 10,000 people. There will be no more than 10,000 people who can reach the south of Meiling alive. They cannot make a big wave."

Di Renjie sneered and said: "The farms under the prince's command are all over the world. More than 60% of the prisoners in the Tang Dynasty worked on these farms. Once Zhang Jianzhi started the experiment and got a good result, then, next, he More prisoners will be sent to the south.

The northern part of the Tang Dynasty is densely populated, and more than 100,000 prisoners are nothing, but what about the south? Not to mention the smog everywhere, the number of tigers, wolves and poisonous insects is more than ten times and a hundred times more than in the north. In the north, the prisoners think that there will be a day when their hard work is over and they can be reunited with their families. In the south, once the prisoners know that they will die, Hum. "

Gentle said: "It's just a prisoner..."

Di Renjie looked into his gentle eyes and said: "They are prisoners, not death row prisoners. Prisoners pay a certain price and accept a certain punishment, and then they can change their minds and become a new person. Why does Zhang Jianzhi send these prisoners to death?" ?”

When Yun Chu saw that Di Renjie was arguing with Wen Wen, he said to Di Renjie, "Zhang Jianzhi was recommended as an official by you. Don't you have any way to hold him hostage?"

Di Renjie shook his head and said: "I went to Luoyang this time just to have a good talk with Zhang Jianzhi, but unfortunately, he couldn't even say a single word about the forty-six crimes of farming that he sorted out.

Not only me, but also Lou Shide, the founder of the farming, was questioned by Zhang Jianzhi and had nothing to say. "

At this point, Di Renjie glared at Yun Chu again and said: "I asked to see the prince, and after I expressed these concerns, the prince asked me whether Zhang Jianzhi's opinions and actions were reasonable.

Also ask me, will Zhang Jianzhi’s actions inevitably lead to the consequences we are worried about?

Finally, he asked me whether I, the Tang Dynasty, would be able to wipe out the chaos once there was chaos in the south, and whether it would affect the stability of Tangtang. "

Yun Chu nodded and said, "I did teach you this way of thinking. Have you answered?"

Di Renjie sighed and said: "Zhang Jianzhi's suggestion is a mixture of good and bad. His Royal Highness wants to get a positive answer from me. If I can't say it, it will be ignoring the benefits of Zhang Jianzhi's suggestion, which seems to be I'm jealous of Zhang Jianzhi.

If I say yes, let me ignore the disadvantages in Zhang Jianzhi's suggestion. It's dangerous and I can't do it, so I have to keep silent.

The prince finally said, take your time, experiment little by little, and finally implemented Zhang Jianzhi's suggestions by half. The original plan to send a reclamation team of 14,000 people became 7,000. "

After listening to Di Renjie's words, he looked at Yun Chu tenderly and said, "This is how you deal with things, trading time and space for safety."

Yun Chu touched his ears and said with a smile: "The prince is young and has a lot of time. He can afford to change. Zhang Jianzhi's suggestion is too radical, while Huaiying's suggestion is a bit conservative.

Halving execution should be a good idea. "

Wen Wen laughed and said, "You have already learned to make peace with mud at a young age."

Yun Chuyou asked Di Renjie, "What do you think of the prince's plans to develop the Yellow River Ring Line?"

Di Renjie said: "Maybe it's because the prince trusts you too much, so I would like to express my full support."

Yunchu asked again: "The queen didn't summon you?"

Di Renjie said: "Your Majesty met me, and the Queen was by my side. Your Majesty only asked about some trivial matters about Chang'an, but didn't ask anything else. However, Your Majesty's body is much fatter than the last time we met.

The queen asked about Li Lingkui. I said I didn't know, so the queen didn't ask any more questions. Finally, she asked me to convey her gratitude to you for not letting the Wu brothers fall into the pit dug by Li Lingkui. "

Yun Chu frowned and said, "You said it in front of the emperor?"

Di Renjie looked at Yun Chu with a half-smile but said, "Yes, I asked in front of His Majesty. I also found that Your Majesty was grabbing one of the giant bear's paws and constantly pressing the sharp claws out of his paws. , and took it in again.”

When Yun Chu heard this, he sighed and said to Wen Wen: "It seems that this time, if we can't return His Majesty the charming Yong Wang Xian, it won't work. His Majesty is so petty, although he won't doubt our loyalty, he will definitely be angry."

Gentle said: "Yong Wangxian is actually not missing three teeth, but five up and down. Three teeth are missing in the upper row, and two teeth are missing in the lower row. In this case, it may be difficult to restore his suave self. easy."

Yun Chu said: "There is nothing difficult about this."

Gentle said: "Listen clearly, Your Majesty does not allow you to use mercury to bind gold powder or silver powder."

Yun Chu said: "No need for mercury, that thing is too harmful to the body."

Gentle said: "What are you going to do?"

Yun Chu took a small box from the table and handed it to Wen Wen, saying: "Go to Prince Yong's Mansion and ask Prince Yong Xian to bite the clay inside. Remember not to deform it. After you bring it back intact, I can give it to him." Make dentures.”

Wen Wenwen looked at Di Renjie and said, "What are you going to use to make dentures?"

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Gold and silver are too soft and easy to wear, and ivory and other materials are not suitable materials. Pulling teeth from the mouths of death row prisoners is probably not in line with Yong Wangxian's wishes.

Therefore, I am going to use Baidu Steel to cast a set of large steel teeth for Yong Wangxian! "