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

The train to and from the port to Pyongyang is nothing new nowadays. Even the poor people have taken it, even if they have not, at least they know that with this big iron lump, the goods on the entire Pyongyang road can be sold quickly. Transport to the port, and then enter Datang by sea.

At the same time, a large number of commodities will enter Pyongyang from the same road, which is the benefit of improved transportation.

Because Zhang Nuo is a special economic zone, the commercial tax he set up is completely based on his ideas. The tax rates for different industries are completely different, and there is no such tax for agriculture. It can only be sold in large quantities. Taxes will only appear when agricultural products are produced, and they are not high.

At the beginning, everyone didn't agree with this point, but they agreed with each other holding their noses. After all, it should be regarded as paying the protection fee, right?

But after everyone settles the accounts and compares the customs and Pyongyang, everyone will find that the commercial tax here is actually more reasonable, not the difference between high and low, but reasonable.

Because what Zhang Nuo pursues is that those who make more money pay more taxes, and those who make less money pay less taxes, and those who earn food from the ground basically don't have to pay.

The businessmen actually have no objection to this, as long as everyone enjoys this treatment equally, it will be easy to handle, and the rest is up to skill.

Therefore, more and more people have come to Pyongyang, where there is a rich supply of raw materials, rich human resources, and a business atmosphere that Datang does not have. Most importantly, there is transportation that Datang does not have. condition.

That's right, everyone has gradually realized the convenience and importance of transportation in business and trade. The time it takes for goods produced and sold from Pyongyang to go to Jiangnan is more than three times less than the time to go to Jiangnan from the north. Who would have believed it before?

But now the developed railway and sea transportation in Pyongyang can do it.

You know, not only the railway from Dengzhou to Chang'an is under construction, but also several railways are under construction in Koryo, mainly for places where the population and resources gather.

The main reason is to facilitate the mobilization of resources and commodities. Only when these are well integrated can the productivity of the whole society flourish.

And those businessmen, as long as they see profits, they will naturally not lag behind. They have a lot of ways to get themselves on this high-speed train, so that their families can earn a lot of money.

Today's Pyongyang City has increasingly become an industrial and commercial base. New workshops are established here almost every month, and various shops can be seen everywhere in the city.

And you can't underestimate these shops, don't look at the inconspicuous appearance, but after you go in, you may find that people don't even bother to talk to you if the business is less than a certain level.

At the same time, the research institute has also developed by leaps and bounds, and the things created by those researchers under Zhang Nuo's guidance have slowly spread.

There are rules here, you have to learn and produce, no problem, you can let your people learn by paying the money, and then you can produce with peace of mind. Here, you only need to pay a fee and then pay the future draw.

When someone tastes the sweetness, it will be even more out of control!

Chapter 729 Datang's Development Momentum

For the prosperity of Pyongyang's manufacturing industry and commerce, Zhang Nuo is naturally happy to see the results. This kind of appearance on the street can see people getting red-faced for a little profit, and more and more workshops outside the city have already Make him smile.

After all, this is the change he brought about, and what makes him most proud of this change is that this city may not have been so prosperous even when he traveled through it in later generations, but now it has completely become the heavy industry of the entire Tang Dynasty. center.

A large amount of raw materials were sent to the workshops around Pyongyang City to be processed into various products, and then transported to the territory of Datang.Moreover, he is also intentionally controlling and arranging this construction route.

The products produced here are basically all kinds of machinery and various industrial semi-finished products, while in Lantian City, they are all kinds of light industrial products. A large number of daily necessities related to the basic necessities of ordinary people are produced. Some channels spread to the entire Datang.

Of course, now the merchants in Jiangnan have also started to learn to build new light industry workshops in their own land. Although they don't know what light industry is, they know to see with their own eyes and think with their own brains.

In their view, what His Royal Highness King Qin is doing is to make money. His Royal Highness King Qin can sell these things so well. If we learn to do it in our hometown, we may not be able to do so well. Then we sell it cheaper. OK?

I didn't see that it is like this in Chang'an City now, there are a lot of wineries of all kinds, and the price is naturally not as good as that of Zhang's winery, but His Royal Highness Qin Wang and His Majesty both have a part in it, and it is indeed first-class wine.

But other people's wine shops are now slowly learning how to make and blend new-style fine wines. Although the taste is not as good as that of His Highness King Qin's, the price is cheap and the quantity is large.

So, now all the merchants in the south know that we are indeed not as good as His Highness King Qin, and we are not as capable of making those good things as he is.

However, we can lower the level, no, the transportation cost saved is actually enough for them to earn a lot of money in the local area.

And the heavy industry in Pyongyang City came into being like this. As long as you want to start a workshop, you must buy machinery and equipment from here. After all, you can't buy it anywhere else except here.

It's not that you can't make it yourself, in fact, many people ask the carpenters and blacksmiths at home to do it by themselves, but it's only after they really do it that they find out that those things are so easy to imitate.

The technology contained in it is simply not what could be imagined and used in the previous handicraft era. Even if it can be barely produced, but the cost is calculated, Nima is several times more expensive than buying equipment from Pyongyang City and then transporting it back. It is better to directly buy it.

Then the equipment in Pyongyang City sold like crazy.

And this drive is not just the machinery manufacturing workshop in Pyongyang City, it is a whole industrial chain, from upstream ore mining, smelting, casting to machinery manufacturing, to downstream production links, the output value driven by it alone is Amazing enough.

Not to mention that when the equipment is in the hands of those merchants, there will be a lot of upstream and downstream linkages, farmers, raw material dealers, manufacturers, traders, retailers, workshop workers, too many people benefit from it up.

The entire Tang Dynasty is now being put on a high-speed train by Zhang Nora. It seems that the Tang Dynasty is changing every day.

Land is still the most valued asset for many people, but farmers no longer tie themselves firmly to the land. It is a good way out to work as a worker in a workshop or directly sell a few small commodities in wholesale. You earn less by digging food in the soil, but you can even earn a lot more if you work hard.

If it was in the past, a large number of farmers who turned from the fields to businessmen might have caused panic in the entire Tang Dynasty. After all, food security was a big issue.

But now it won’t be the case. New types of grains have already been popularized. Sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn are planted all over the mountains and plains, and the emergence of new types of machinery makes large-scale farming more labor-saving. It doesn’t need so many farmers to be able to Take care of the crops in the field.

If these were within Zhang Nuo's expectations, Zhang Nuo was really surprised when several provincial governors directly sent letters asking Zhang Nuo to come to them to build the railway.

The same letter was also sent to Li Shimin. At that time, Li Shimin was still asking for his opinion with a smile.

In the letter, those governors who must have ventilated in advance even directly said that the local government and big households are willing to spend money to sponsor this railway, as long as it can be built first.

What does this mean, it means that these people have fully understood the benefits of developed transportation, and after Zhang Nuo forcefully opened up their knowledge, they are no longer the bumpkins who could only do small business in the past. Know how to expand your business and let your business cover more places.

For this point, Zhang Nuo is obviously happy to see the success, and Li Shimin is naturally the same. Once the south is connected to the railway, it means that the south has also been completely included in the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

It is no longer the same as before, not to mention the differences in customs, language, food and other aspects between the north and the south, and even the sense of belonging is not much.

Such a state is really not conducive to the development of Datang, let alone Li Shimin's rule.

However, Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo had to face a very practical problem, that is, the production of rails, sleepers, rails, and trains could not be completed overnight, let alone the dense water system in the south.

They all need to be bridged, and they are not the simple wooden bridges or stone bridges. In Zhang Nuo's words, they must be made of concrete and a lot of steel to withstand them.

But in today's Datang, even if the new mining equipment, smelting equipment, and casting equipment are put into use, the actual output is still stretched to meet the huge demand.

Not to mention the large amount of manpower required to build the railway.

In this regard, Zhang Nuo has no good solution, but can only take it slowly. After all, this thing is not something that can be done overnight.

Moreover, the construction of such a huge railway network is also a major test for the imperial treasury.

In this regard, Zhang Nuo put forward two opinions. One is private lending, issuing bonds to the private sector, and borrowing from the private sector with the future income of the railway and the treasury as guarantees, and the principal and interest will be paid together at that time.

At the same time, there is another way, that is to develop the navy as much as possible, and crazily plunder resources and precious metals from the outer domains to fill the emptiness consumed by the national treasury.

Obviously, all the nobles in Datang liked the latter method very much!

Chapter 730 The First Batch of Navy Graduated

Zhang Nuo's seemingly rogue method is actually the same as the British Empire before World War II. It can even be said that all of Europe at that time, as long as they had a little bit of sea power, did it this way.

Constantly looking for resources and densely populated areas around the world, occupying, colonizing, and plundering, not only looting the precious local resources back to the country to supplement the vitality of the country, but also treating the local area as a rough processing place for raw materials. The worst thing is, turn your head around These places also become dumping grounds for finished products.

In this way, it is tantamount to creating a cycle that is very cruel to the local area. After poaching resources, transporting semi-finished products, and dumping finished products, the country will naturally become rich, but the colony will be in dire straits.

Zhang Nuo, as a socialist successor who has received socialist education for many years, naturally cannot do that kind of thing like those European barbarians.

But, it’s so hard to die, I, Huaxia, have always emphasized inclusiveness, that is true tolerance is great, as long as you are willing to join, you will definitely be included like a frog in warm water.

It’s just that there are more ethnic groups. It doesn’t matter if your hair color is different. It’s okay if your eyeballs are different in color. As long as you agree, you will be a resident of a certain European road in Datang. You will definitely accept Datang from a young age. Excellent culture, and at the same time let you continue to learn the excellent inheritance of Datang.

Of course, if you don't agree, that's okay, you'll agree after a beating.

That's right, my Tang Dynasty is so disciplined, I beat up first, pick a few dishonest ones to chop them up, and then reason with you to make a profit, isn't it honest?

Then beat them up again, pick a few dishonest ones and cut them down, and try to see if they can explain the truth.

When you are finally honest, that's fine. I believe you are an obedient and good boy, then come here to work and study honestly.

Of course, you have to get rid of the stinky problem of drinking blood in the past, you have to dress and wash like us, and you can't shit and pee everywhere at home and in the city like now.

Haven't you heard His Highness King Qin's teachings? Only animals defecate and urinate everywhere. It stinks like this. How can you live with people and not be afraid of getting sick?

As for, you say this is your tradition, it doesn't matter, after you live a good life, you will say it's really delicious.

The people at the bottom of this era can never refuse the temptation to live in the sun and decide their own destiny.

After all, in Datang, as long as you are considered a person of Datang and have a household registration of Datang, well, as long as you have something to do, you can go to the yamen to file a complaint. Maybe the attitude of the county magistrate or yamen servant is not very good, but if you know If someone oppresses the people of Tang Dynasty, then you will find that even the old and weak yamen servants dare to come out with rusty knives and fight desperately.

Datang people are so confident, arrogant and proud.

However, this does not include Fusang. For this country, Zhang Nuo always feels that their genes carry a tyrannical factor.

After all, they are the only ones who can finally kill a classmate and teacher to celebrate after graduation, and they are the only ones.

This kind of people, Zhang Nuo thinks, it’s better to kill a group first and then beat up a group, leaving the last group to do dirty work. Other places, such as Ah San’s side, are much better. Colonial rule is based on non-violence and non-cooperation, so it’s good to be honest.

However, these things are all speculation at the moment, and the final implementation depends on the navy. If the navy is strong, Datang will have the sharpest knife and the hardest stick, and he can chop whoever he wants, but if the navy doesn't How to drop, then don't think about it.

After all, in this era, only the navy has this kind of conquest ability, and only the navy can guarantee the effect of blocking people on land and beating them.

Of course, it would be even better if it could cooperate with the railway in the future. I believe that no country is willing to try the feeling of encircling and suppressing land troops and chasing and intercepting them at sea.

Zhang Nuo had a lot of thoughts in his mind, some about the present, some about future generations, and when he first came to Datang, so many memories floated in his mind piece by piece.

In fact, to put it bluntly, to put it mildly, he is a catalyst, an accelerator, which has promoted the rapid development of Datang, but in fact, he is actually a nonsense stirrer.

If it weren't for Li Shimin's trust in him, and a group of civil servants and military generals who were constantly helping him make up for it, many things would have changed.

There are chances and coincidences, but also inevitability.But in the end, it worked out fine.Otherwise, Zhang Nuo might have to find a tree with a crooked neck and hang himself on it.

All kinds of Zhang Nuo's wild thoughts finally stopped at the gate of the Naval Academy, because he had already seen the first batch of graduating students lined up to welcome them.

Seeing this group of people in front of him, Zhang Nuo couldn't help being happy.

The uniform of the navy was designed by him, and because everything in the navy is new, the navy can naturally follow his ideas.

So, the ranks in the navy are also new.Of course, His Royal Highness King Qin first got himself the rank of Rear Admiral.

It completely copied the design of the flowers with stars in the later generations. After all, it is convenient to buy from the system. The price of a complete set is really not cheap, and of course the quality is really good.

But the most troublesome thing is that everyone has long hair these days, and the most used thing is to tie a bun on the head, otherwise there would be no such tradition of wearing a crown.

But the big-brimmed hats of later generations can't accommodate such a big bun on the top. He can't cope with such a big bun.

At that time, Zhang Nuo was in a dilemma for a long time, after all, the big-brimmed hats of later generations are indeed classics.However, long hair, buns, and wearing crowns are our traditions. Later generations learned from the West and lost them.

But in this day and age, only others learn from us, so why should we lose it?

It's not that Zhang Nuo doesn't know the benefits of size. At least when someone breaks your head, you have to shave the hair on your top as soon as you go to the hospital.

However, if you know it, you know it, but he still doesn't intend to change it. This is the tradition of our nation and must be preserved. As for shaving after injury, it doesn't matter. Because you don't wear this dress anymore?

But what about the hat?

Zhang Nuo finally racked his brains to come up with a solution, that is, the only "World's No. [-] Army" in the later generations that he knew wore a standard tall hat. Although he was beaten to death by Xiao Maozi, the speed of surrender almost failed to catch up with the speed of others' attack. , but it seems that this is the only option.

Although it's a bit unlucky, but we can't care about so much, it's good to have it, let's just have this!

Chapter 731 New Student New Navy

Zhang Nuo is also wearing this tall hat now, and after wearing it for a long time, he doesn't feel how ugly it is.Of course, the little brats in front of them didn't feel it even more.

From their point of view, the military uniform they were wearing was so handsome that it completely outmatched all the previous clothing. This is what soldiers should wear, and once they put it on, their spirits will change.

Moreover, after wearing it, it is easy to see who has a higher rank and who has a lower rank. It doesn't have to be like in the previous military camp. If you don't know your name, you don't know who is older and who is younger.

This group of youngsters are all second-generation soldiers who were born in generals, so they are more aware of the benefits of a complete military uniform and military rank system.

At the same time, there is another advantage of this clean and neat military uniform, that is, it can be seen at a glance who is not in good shape. You usually do not practice martial arts honestly, but now you regret it. Everyone else is thick-backed, but you are alone You don’t need to be forced by the instructors in the school to have a small belly, and the brothers who live in the same dormitory can laugh at you to death.

Moreover, wearing this suit is really spiritual, especially when standing neatly in a row, it is simply a scenery.

Of course, such a result was the result of Zhang Nuo leading them to practice for a whole year.

From the beginning of the special queue, the military posture to the internal affairs, it is in accordance with the tradition of my big rabbit country. In fact, this is the same in any country. Don’t look at the beautiful country, but in fact, it’s true. Take a look in the beautiful national army, the reality still starts from these, and the dormitory is still neatly tidy.

Later generations have long studied and understood that this process is actually to train soldiers to obey and break away from the common people. Well done.

In fact, among this group of people, only a small group of people are the second generation of the army, and more people are the children of civilians. I don't know whether the elders of their family have vision or they have vision. When the first navy was built here and the school was established, they came to sign up.

They really regard this place as a place where they can climb up step by step. This is far more reliable than taking the imperial examination. After all, the most important thing in the Tang Dynasty is military merit. Civil servants can only go slowly if they want to go up. , it is very possible to jump a few levels after a battle.

The most important thing is that this is the army established by Zhang Nuo. It can be said that in Datang, many times, Zhang Nuo either said nothing or made promises, but his reputation was actually even worse than that of Zhang Nuo. Li Shimin is fine.

This is not advertised by Zhang Nuo himself, but the conclusion drawn by many people, because this master lives too aloofly, and at the same time, his family background and connections are too rich. As long as this promises, there is nothing he cannot do .

Because you don't know what he can come up with that you can't even think of, and the facts later will prove that you shouldn't object, and the best way is to keep your head down and follow.

Now the first batch of people who believed in him have already eaten their mouths full of oil. Except for the children in the family who are not in good health or have been arranged for a long time, they are all sent here, even the children of Wenchen's family are not here. few.

After all, Zhang Nuo's training here is not all commanders, there are many technical officers here, and these technical officers have great requirements on culture.

Looking at the group of kids who were standing at attention and saluting him, Zhang Nuo saluted energetically, and then continued to watch.

He can be sure that these youngsters must have spontaneously come to greet him.After all, don't watch the instructors in the school screaming at them during training.

But in fact, when they are on errands, these little bastards are lawless masters.

Except for Zhang Nuo and a few veterans staying here who can suppress them, at other times, these little bastards can barely fly into the sky and escape from the ground.