I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

Not only Empress Changsun found it interesting, but Li Shimin also found it quite interesting.

He learned what Zhang Nuo once told him, and analyzed the scene he saw directly from the details and data, and he could feel that the entire city of Pyongyang had undoubtedly basically cast aside the influence of subjugation on the spiritual level.

Everyone is speaking Datang official dialect, even if the accent is heavy, but they can express the meaning clearly, which makes people feel very friendly, not at all like being in a foreign country, but like being in a certain Remote accents differ from state capitals in general.

At the same time, everyone seemed to have forgotten the previous Goryeo, and lived their lives with a smile on the contrary!

Obviously, the vast majority of people are slaves, but these people don't feel wronged at all. Instead, they firmly believe that they will definitely be freed from slavery in a few years, and even let their whole family be freed from slavery.

The funniest thing is that some people don’t want to get out of slavery, because they think that the current life of working hard every day, with food, lodging and money is good, but if they get out of slavery by then, they won’t have this kind of life. What should I do if the days are over?

Even if the staff say what they say, they don’t believe it. After all, in their opinion, this slave is just talking and being controlled more strictly. When they were commoners in Goryeo, their life was not as good as the slaves now. Filled, dressed warmly, walking on the road without worrying about being hacked to death by nobles.

Many people even think that the Tang people in the pass are living a fairy life, but they don’t see that now that they have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, even if they are slaves, their lives are so good, the people of the Tang Dynasty in the pass will be happy What ah.

Li Shimin chatted with street vendors and workers from time to time, but in the end almost everyone thought so.

From their point of view, they are living a good life now, but the Datang people in the pass must be living better than this.

This embarrasses Li Shimin, it seems that he, the emperor, is not doing very well!

Chapter 606 The Arrival of Migrant Workers

If you just look at the residents in Pyongyang City, there are really not many people in the entire Tang Dynasty who can live like these people.

After all, these people have at least achieved basic food and clothing, and there is still a surplus every month.

This is unbelievable for people in most places in the Tang Dynasty, but this place that has just been subjugated has done it, and it covers most people.

But what did Zhang Nuo do?

He didn't do anything, he simply asked all factory owners to feed people, and then pay wages on time, these two requirements are gone.

On weekdays, the workshop can be managed as it should be, and those who should be dismissed will be dismissed directly, without saying that they must be kept or what.

But it was just such a few simple arrangements that made the whole city of Pyongyang prosperous, which made Li Shimin a little confused.

Could it be that in Chang'an City, people are not paid for hiring people to work?No food?Then why can't Chang'an City develop like this?

Li Shimin asked Ma Zhou casually, but he never expected Ma Zhou to actually answer.

"Your Majesty, it is mainly because of production and profit!"

"I don't know much about Chang'an City, but whether it is Lantian City, Pyongyang City, or even the entire Pyongyang Road, all the workshops are personally directed by His Highness and even bought shares, so the products produced by each workshop are in short supply. !"

"Especially now that the sea route has been opened, merchants in the customs will place orders directly in the port area to buy a large number of goods, and then transport them back to the customs by sea for sale."

"So, as long as the workshops in Pyongyang Road are not worried about making money, they only worry about not being able to produce enough goods!"

"However, His Royal Highness has very strict requirements in this regard. You cannot dispose of slaves privately, and you can only hand them over to the government for replacement or expulsion.

Therefore, these workshops now provide good food and pay wages on time, because in this way, even slaves will work hard! "

"And as long as they work hard, the workshop owner can earn more money!"

"But it won't be like this in Chang'an City. After all, apart from the winery in His Highness's own house, there is no other workshop that can say that their products are not worrying about selling! Workers are picky!"

"And there are only so many workshops in Chang'an City. If those workers can't stand it and don't want to do it, it's impossible to find another job on the same day as here in Pyongyang City!"

"So, this is why people living in Pyongyang, even slaves, live happily, because as long as they work honestly, they can eat and clothe themselves and save money for themselves and their families in the future. Redemption."

"Your Majesty, you may not know that now that the sea route is unblocked, many people from the Tang Dynasty in the customs have come to work here along the sea route. After all, we are really short of people here in Pyongyang City, and the people from the customs, the people in the customs The workshop owners generally believe it!"

Li Shimin nodded suddenly, it turned out to be like this!

But when he turned around, his expression was a bit ugly, mother, I have worked hard to govern the Tang Dynasty for a year or two, but now Zhang Nuo's side has just started to improve, and the people under his rule are running away from him Here we go, and there seems to be a growing trend.

Doesn't this prove that the development under his rule is not as good as here?

This is a bit of a slap in the face, he thought he did a good job.

But thinking about the situation in Dengzhou and Laizhou across the sea, Li Shimin's anger towards the local government disappeared immediately.

The entire Shandong Peninsula has suffered a lot in the past few decades. Natural disasters and man-made disasters occur almost every year. From the conscription in the Sui Dynasty to fight against Korea, and then the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, even if Li and Tang founded the country, there are also bandits here. At the same time, various natural disasters It didn't break either.

That is to say, the tenacity in the bones of the Central Plains nation supports these people, otherwise, in the situation of ten rooms and nine empty places in Dengzhou and Laizhou, many people would have been unable to survive.

Now that Pyongyang City across the sea has the opportunity to get food, lodging and salary, once such a good news spreads, the people there will definitely not refuse it.

Even Li Shimin can think that if the sea transportation is more developed, or the news spreads more ruthlessly, more people will come here.

After all, there is really no way to survive there. There is only so much land, and the big families and wealthy families have already searched almost all of them.

If you work as a tenant farmer for those gentlemen, you can barely get enough food and clothing at the best time of the year. If the family encounters a serious illness or disaster, you may have to work hard for a year and owe a loan shark.

If you do the calculations like this, I heard that even the slaves here can eat and clothe themselves warmly, and they say it in a decent way, so those who can't make it through, why don't they come and fight.

Anyway, they know that this place is now under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and it is still under the management of the famous King Qin, so there is nothing to be afraid of, they just ask the county magistrate for a guide and come here.

This can be regarded as a desperate fight. If it turns out, everyone will be happy, and it doesn't matter if you are deceived. Anyway, you can't live at home and wait for death.

It was this kind of thinking that made the first batch of people who came over get accurate information and after seeing the real situation, they quickly ran back to inform the folks and elders, and then turned around and happily made money.

On this point, Zhang Nuo did a better job here. For the people of Datang who came to work, the treatment they gave was much better than that of slaves.

After all, in the eyes of many workshop owners, only the people from Guannei are reliable and innocent people. After all, if they are not innocent people, they cannot get the directions given by the county magistrate.

It only took one or two months to bring one by one, and now Pyongyang City can already see the people of Datang everywhere.

And from the very beginning, all the swarms were working in workshops, and now there are many small businesses, food stalls, inns and even other shops.

After all, the tree moves, the dead, and the living are all raised by their fathers and mothers. Now that there are so many opportunities in front of them, who doesn't want to fight hard.

It is also these new Datang people who have made the entire Pyongyang city more stable, because they are already familiar with the government's set, even though this is the new special zone created by Zhang Nuo, it is actually related to the policies in the pass. Rather, the improvements are in some of the more criticized places.

In terms of big aspects, it is still the same in the pass, so these people who came out of the pass are naturally familiar with it, and feel that there is really no difference from their hometown except that their work and life are better!

Chapter 607 Future Development

At this time, Li Shimin was walking back to the palace. On the one hand, he lamented that he was still ashamed of those people in the Tang Dynasty. He failed to let them live and work in peace and contentment in their hometown.

Although there are reasons for this from the local government, in Li Shimin's view, Dengzhou Prefecture or Laizhou Prefecture are always within the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he should be responsible for the people in these places.

But he couldn't change anything for the time being.

At the same time, on the other hand, he was lamenting that Zhang Nuo had really created an extraordinary situation. Just bringing 20 people to beat Goryeo to subjugation. A foreign vassal state was transformed in a short period of time so that the people in the pass came to work and live.

You know, Li Shimin is very aware of the strong rural complex of the people in the pass. If it weren't for the fact that the local people can't live there or the place here is too good, who would be willing to leave their hometown to work and live in a place they have never touched.

But Zhang Nuo just did it, and it didn't take long to reach the current level. Even Li Shimin doubted that no matter how hard he went on, the people in the state capital on the other side of Shandong Road would be coaxed And those who went up ran here.

Although he doesn't know what the siphon effect is, he knows that as long as there are people from all over the world who live well here, then according to the habit, they must settle here and buy a property, and then go home and take over all the mothers-in-law and children. .

By the way, you may also bring in a few incompetent brothers and nephews.

As long as the head is opened, if there is one, there will be two, and if there are two, there will be three, and then one will pull a string, and finally more and more will come.

This is not Li Shimin's personal imagination, but a very likely situation.

After all, people like to follow the crowd. When there are fewer and fewer people in my hometown, and more and more people go to another place to make a living, and they all say that there is a good income and a good life there, isn’t it true? Can you still stay in your hometown?

I'm afraid that if you can stay alone, your elders, relatives and friends can't.

Then the final result is that the population of the entire Shandong Road will flock to this side at a faster and faster rate.

As an emperor, Li Shimin naturally didn't want this situation to happen between various Taoist and state capitals.But at the same time, he couldn't stop the people from coming!

After all, one is dying to live there and can’t even eat, and the other is living and working happily here, fools know how to choose!

So if Li Shimin really issued a ban, even if no one came over on the surface, I am afraid that more people would sneak over in private.

It's just that Li Shimin's reputation was gone at that time. After all, this is also the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and they didn't flee abroad.

The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more he felt that he was such a failure as the emperor. After doing it again and again, he finally found that he was not as good as Zhang Nuo who was doing it casually in Korea.

Empress Changsun never forgot to pay attention to her husband even when she was shopping and eating outside, so when she found that her husband was a little downcast, she just reached out her hand silently and held that familiar big hand.

Li Shimin was instinctively taken aback when he was held by Empress Changsun, and then turned his head to see Empress Changsun's concerned gaze, and he couldn't help feeling a little shy.

Mother, what's wrong with me, I still have to be comforted by Guanyin's maidservant?

Did I go back more and more? It was so difficult when I swept the world back then, and I didn’t see it backing down. Now it’s just a little bit worse than Zhang Nuo’s evildoer in the way of governing the country. What’s the point? depressed.

Anyway, Zhang Nuo didn’t intend to snatch his throne, and he didn’t intend to rebel. If there are any good policies and methods, just learn to take it slowly. Since Zhang Nuo can use these policies to develop Pyongyang, then my big deal is in Datang Take your time from one state capital to another. If you don't believe it, you can't develop the customs.

Besides, it’s too bad to be shameless. Anyway, Zhang Nuo’s majesty of the emperor has been completely lost, so he should be ashamed once, oh, maybe more than once, then he should be ashamed several times .

When the time comes, just pass the blame on Zhang Nuo, His Royal Highness the King of Qin. At that time, Zhang Nuo will charge in the front and he will support behind. There is nothing that cannot be handled.

When Li Shimin thought about it this way, he suddenly felt so relieved. It turns out that he not only has a way but also a way out. This is the advantage of being an emperor. The kind that doesn't follow.

Although Zhang Nuo is a bit special, but he thought of it before, the big deal is to be shameless, what can the other party do if he is even shameless.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin really felt relaxed. He smiled and took Empress Changsun's hand, and said relaxedly,

"Guanyin maidservant, the cook in the palace here was brought over by my virtuous younger brother from my own house, you can try it out later!"

Empress Changsun knew that her husband had recovered from the previous confusion, she immediately nodded with a smile, she actually didn't care what to eat for dinner, even if she didn't eat it, it would be fine.

She didn't know why her husband was confused before, but she knew that as Li Shimin's queen, as a woman who accompanied Li Shimin since childhood, as long as she supported him as always, it was enough, and her husband would be the same as before, Clear all enemies, break all obstacles, and win the final victory.

The dinner was exactly as Li Shimin had imagined. All kinds of delicious dishes paired with fragrant rice were enough to whet one's appetite.

Even the eldest grandson empress, who usually pays the most attention to health preservation and etiquette, can't help but eat an extra bowl of rice, which is very rare.

As for Li Shimin, let alone, he was chatting with Empress Changsun while eating food, and even unknowingly stuffed four big bowls. It was only when he finally felt that he had made it all the way that he noticed that today I ate so much.

After dinner, the couple, mainly Li Shimin, simply walked around the palace to digest food, and Li Shimin also casually told Empress Changsun some things that he thought of today.

When Li Shimin personally admitted that he planned to shamelessly pull Zhang Nuo out when he planned to do nothing in the future, the eldest grandson empress was delighted, her husband had found a good way out for herself!

Chapter 608 Change of Habit

Whether it is Pyongyang City or Pyongyang Road, even if it is a special zone where the New Deal is implemented, after all, the size is only a little bit there.

So when Li Shimin got up and came to the office to deal with official documents, he realized that he had solved everything in an hour.

But after dealing with the matter, Li Shimin was a little confused, what should he do.

At this time, he is particularly twisted. If he is placed in later generations, he will belong to the kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder. He will work with peace of mind when he is working, and will not do those messy things that distract his energy. When he is resting, he will rest at ease. Unless something really urgent is happening, it's best not to bother him.

But now, he found that he had finished all his work and had nothing to do not long after he entered the working state.

Today's Tang Dynasty made the first change after Zhang Nuo went back to the earth-shattering meeting of ghosts and gods, and the first change was to save many middle and lower-level officials from the pain of the court meeting.

Of course, bigwigs like Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui still had to hold meetings with Li Shimin every day to discuss state affairs.

However, even the discussion of state affairs, which used to be called Xiaochaohui, has changed the rules, and it is no longer getting up in the middle of the night as before.

Not to mention others now, even Li Shimin is used to getting up after dawn, having breakfast, exercising, taking a bath, and then taking a short rest, or chatting with Empress Changsun about homework, and then leisurely going to work in the front.

When everyone got used to this rhythm, they realized that this feeling is really cool!

No need to get up in the middle of the night, yawn and worry about being indecent, and don't yawn and feel uncomfortable to hold a court meeting that has nothing to do with them!

Sleeping until I wake up naturally every day, and then wandering to work in the Yamen, the officials of the Sixth Department are simply comfortable.

At the same time, the state affairs that should be discussed are still discussed, and the work that should be done by them is still done. It seems that there is no delay at all. Everyone is subconsciously or actively or passively getting used to this kind of life.

This is even more true for Li Shimin today. If it was in the past, he might not be able to fall asleep and wake up automatically in the middle of the night.

But now he sleeps until dawn, then eats, exercises, digests, goes to work according to the established rhythm, and then is idle.

This kind of feeling really made Li Shimin feel very twisted, but he really didn't know what to do now, he couldn't think of any good idea after thinking about it, so he just continued to take the Guanyin maidservant out for a stroll, it seemed that there was still I haven't seen many places.

Zhang Nuo once persuaded him that the harem should not be involved in politics. That was for other people. For his empress, he would have been as prosperous as he was and as bad as him. Although he has no right to interfere with the government, if even he If he doesn't know what to do, how can his queen support him?

Li Shimin thought it was reasonable at the time. Although the queen could not interfere in the government affairs, he would definitely not let the queen go to the court at the risk of the world, but it is still possible for the couple to chat in private.

In fact, he also discovered that because Empress Changsun was always smart and she was a woman, she often looked at things from a completely different angle from his, which brought him some perspectives that he had never thought of or could not see before.

After trying it, Li Shimin fell in love with this kind of communication, because another advantage of this kind of communication is that there are more topics that the two of them can talk about.

In the past, because Empress Changsun could only hang around in the harem, the only thing I could talk to Li Shimin about was the messy things in the harem. In the eyes of an old man like Li Shimin, this is not all trivial matters.

But Empress Changsun really only has these things in her daily life, so what can I talk about if I don't talk about them.

Now it's all right, the two of them can discuss state affairs, policies, personnel affairs and even some methods, which makes Li Shimin very comfortable.

Speaking of the city of Pyongyang, Li Shimin now has nothing to do, so he naturally wants to take Empress Changsun out for a stroll, and his first choice is the ordnance factory that he saw in the official document yesterday, which almost made him feel ashamed.

In fact, he wanted to see this yesterday, but he wasted too much time walking around, so he forgot about it for a while.