Chapter 207 Datang Chen's Heavy Industry Group

Chen Ying's left and right guards, the Modao Army, the Hook and Sickle Lancers, the Shooting Army, and the Minfu who came with the support of the Zheng family, there were more than 30,000 people and horses, and they slaughtered towards Xingyang City like a whirlwind.

There is a way to take people with short hands, eat people with soft mouths, eat dry and wipe clean, turn their faces and don't admit their accounts, Chen Ying really can't do such a thing.

The straight-line distance from Happy Valley Ridge outside the Tiger Prison Pass to Xingyang is more than 30 miles, but along the curved mountain road and official road, this distance is almost doubled. At the speed of marching in this era, this is almost a day's march, and it also needs to be elite soldiers. Chen Ying, who admired efficiency, ordered the hook and sickle lancers and the Yue cavalry, a total of more than 6,000 horses, as the vanguard, to arrive first, the Modao army rode mule and horse vehicles and/or cavalry horses, and then followed, while the infantry trotted forward, in addition to the speed, even Zheng Jian, who was sitting in the carriage, could only eat ashes behind.

Half an hour later, the hook and sickle lancers led the siege of Xingyang City, and then Modao arrived by chariot and horse, and the baggage soldiers who accompanied the advance of the Modao Army arrived in Xingyang City, and immediately buried the pot to make war rice, this side of the meal was just ready, and more than 30,000 troops under Chen Ying arrived.

The march of nearly sixty miles in two hours was really lightning fast and jaw-dropping.

Although the war has not yet officially begun, the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air is already choking. Liu Jintang is not a fool, the soldiers of the Xia army did not distinguish between what is right and what is wrong, and robbed the Xingyang Zheng family of a fine light, and the fool also knew that the Xingyang Zheng family would retaliate.

Originally, Liu Jintang thought that the Zheng clan in Xingyang would unite the seven sects and five wangs and many Hebei clan gate lords to collectively exert pressure on Dou Jiande and force Dou Jiande to make concessions, but he did not expect that the Zheng clan would directly take such a means to retaliate. With the help of the Zheng clan in Xingyang, Chen Ying's troops swelled rapidly like a snowball.

Standing on the city wall and watching the dense Tang army outside the city begin to line up, from Liu Jintang down, the bodies of all the Xia army soldiers trembled like chaff.

At this moment, one of Liu Jintang's generals, Liu Xiyao, who was also the Liu clan of Beizhou, said indignantly: "What does Chen Ying mean by this? ”

As he spoke, Liu Xiyao pulled out the horizontal knife and slashed at the battlement of the green bricks, sparks shot out, and a fragment of bricks that was split by the horizontal knife burst into Liu Xiyao's face like a bullet, and his face was instantly bloody.

This Liu Xiyao, who is in his forties, is a generation lower than Liu Jintang in terms of seniority, and is the nephew of Liu Heimin and Liu Jintang. Liu Jintang glared at Liu Xiyao fiercely and said, "What the hell are you angry about!" ”

"It's not enough to kill people, what is Chen Ying doing? If you want to fight, you can fight, and if you want to caress you, but he ...... Now attacking and not attacking, stroking and not stroking, what is it to blindly consume? ”

Liu Jintang gritted his teeth and looked at the smoke rising from the Tang army barracks opposite: "This dog day...... What do you want to do! ”

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If you want to ask Chen Ying what he is doing, the answer is very simple. He was eating, not only was he eating, but even all the Tang Army soldiers, craftsmen and people were all eating with their bellies open.

Although Zheng Jian swore that their Zheng family had never withheld the grain of the tenants, however, except for the more than 10,000 dead soldiers of the Zheng family, who were relatively healthy, the other people and craftsmen were all skinned and bone-liked, and their faces were full of vegetables.

However, time is limited, Chen Ying has no time to supplement their nutrition, but when it is the turn to eat, whether it is a soldier, a civilian or a craftsman, Chen Ying is generous in supplying food, anyway, he is generous to others, Chen Ying does not have the slightest burden in his heart. Quite Chen Ying is not a good person, in this era of strict hierarchy, it is impossible to break the distinction between this class, not to mention the people themselves, it is the soldiers who work hard, if they are treated with the people, they will not be balanced in their hearts.

The food level of the soldiers of the Modao Army is the best, a large piece of mutton is about a catty, and a large piece of pork is more than half a catty, the soldiers of the Modao Army are a very laborious hard work, so they usually eat meat in limited quantities, but with the Zheng family, the resentful head pays, Chen Ying opened up the meat supply of the soldiers of the Modao Army, even if it is the reserve army of the Modao Army, at least one pound of meat per person, the meals are eaten at will, of course, there are no dishes, of course, there are no dishes, they are all a feature, boiled in white water, and they eat white noodles, or fragrant rice. As for the hook and sickle lancers or the Vietnamese cavalry, they should be a little inferior, and they enjoyed the treatment of eight taels of mutton, eight taels of pork, and the same vegetables and rice were enough. The second is the Tang Army's jumping soldiers, this is the death squad in the army, and the treatment enjoyed is similar to that of the hook and sickle lancers, and the food of other soldiers is poor, and it is only a half-catty limit on meat.

As for the people and craftsmen, they didn't have such good luck, they ate pickles, and the rice was mixed and cooked with various mongrels of millet and sorghum, but it was also unlimited, and Chen Ying was also very merciful, giving them sheep bones and pig bones, and the broth made of them could drink two large bowls per person.

Zheng Jian looked at the soldiers who were eating and drinking, and his heart twitched. If more than 30,000 people were supplied normally, 1,000 stone of grain would be more than enough a day, but Chen Ying was good, and more than 1,600 stone of grain was used up in one meal, which was more than two-thirds of the army.

Li Xiuning watched Chen Ying finish eating, looked at Chen Ying calmly, like a little wife, and served Chen Ying a cup of tea that was neither hot nor cold.

Chen Ying asked, "How is the morale of the troops?" ”

Li Xiuning said with a smile: "I am full of physical strength and morale!" ”

Chen Ying nodded and said: "The news has come from the Beiwei army, Liu Jintang's troops are basically concentrated in Xingyang City, and there are less than 1,000 soldiers and horses in other places. ”

Li Xiuning smiled slightly: "I have no doubt that we will completely annihilate Liu Jintang's troops in a battle, but the problem is that Zheng Jian doesn't seem to be happy to see us fight quickly!" ”

Chen Ying was very surprised when he heard this: "There is still such a thing? ”

Li Xiuning lowered his voice and said, "Zheng Jian just quietly gave this palace 16,000 taels of gold. ”

Chen Yingdao: "So generous, since he dares to give, then you dare to accept it, what are you afraid of, is it possible that he dares to go to His Majesty to sue you for accepting bribes?" ”

"It's just that this money is not easy to get!" Li Xiuning suddenly frowned and said, "Can you guess what his additional conditions are?" ”

Chen Ying smiled lightly: "What's so hard to guess about this, I also heard that Zheng Jian's favorite concubine was snatched away by the generals of the Xia army, why not let the captured generals of the Xia army be handed over to him for disposal?" That's no problem, I didn't expect those pieces of waste to be so valuable......"

Without waiting for Chen Ying to finish speaking, Li Xiuning shook his head and said, "No! ”

"No......" Chen Ying opened his mouth wide and said in disbelief: "Didn't he let Liu Jintang kill nearly 20,000 people, right?" No, no, this is absolutely not good, these are young and strong laborers, precious, these people are excellent farmers when they put down their weapons, give them a piece of wasteland, a cow or a horse, seeds and farm tools, they can reclaim no less than thirty or fifty acres of land, a year, a few can also reclaim one million acres of land, Datang can collect an additional 1.5 million mu of grain! ”

Li Xiuning's voice was lowered, and she said in a voice that almost only Chen Ying and the two of them could hear: "He wants you to take the camp step by step and slow down the attack on Xingyang!" ”

Chen Ying pursed his lips: "I can't listen to him, I have the final say in the war." The soldiers are fast, and Xingyang is also quick to fight, instead of procrastinating......"

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying with slight surprise and said, "You really don't understand?" ”

"Understand what?" Chen Ying asked suspiciously: "I will not give in to the matter of fighting, as soon as the drum and trumpet sounds, the whole army, one counts as one, and all must obey my command." ”

"Alas...... It's really ......" Li Xiuning sighed and said, "It seems that you really don't understand!" ”

Chen Ying was even more puzzled: "Sanniang, do we still need to play dumb riddles?" ”

Li Xiuning coughed and said: "Zheng Jian's rank in the Zheng family is very high, and the sister-in-law (Crown Princess Zheng Guanyin) also called him his grandfather, and Zheng Rentai, the general of the Right Military Guard, is his nephew!" ”

There is a sentence that does not say, if it can be traced back to the Eight Great Pillars of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Zheng Jian's generation should be the same generation as Li Yuan's father Li Yu, even if you look at the seven sects and five nobles in Shandong, Zheng Jian's generation can also be ranked in the top ten. So the problem is, once the Zheng family dies, Zheng Jian will be respected in terms of generation. In terms of merit, he asked Chen Ying to recover Xingyang and restore the Zheng family's merits, and it is very likely that he will win the position of the head of the family.

He did not hesitate to take out 16,000 taels of gold, equivalent to 160,000 yuan to give to Li Xiuning, the purpose was to let Chen Ying attack slowly, force Liu Jintang to jump over the wall in a hurry, and kill the Zheng family's own family and more than a dozen clan elders.

The status of the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang is inferior to that of the kings of the Western Regions or the monarchs of medieval European countries. The Zheng clan controlled millions of acres of land, had hundreds of thousands of children, and hundreds of thousands of tenants, and its influence was by no means comparable to that of ordinary officials. It's simply a country within a country, a king of kings.

When Chen Ying understood that Zheng Jian was holding this purpose, 10,000 grass and mud horses immediately roared past in his heart.

"Shake the rub!" Chen Ying didn't know that if Zheng Jian was a person, he was really a person who couldn't look good, and the sea couldn't fight.

Li Xiuning said: "I knew that Chen Lang would not do this, so I will return the gold here!" ”

"Wait!"

Chen Yingdao: "How can you return the meat in your mouth, with this amount of gold, it is enough for us to buy a few hills, and then buy tens of thousands of acres of wasteland, and in the future, we will raise flowers and grass and entertain ourselves!" ”

"But......" A trace of unhappiness appeared on Li Xiuning's face: "Do you really agree to Zheng Jian's request?" ”

"Promise...... Promise a fart! Chen Yingge said with a smile: "I will fight the battle as I want, he will send it to the door to find a draw, and I will be sorry for him if he doesn't smoke." ”

Li Xiuning said expectantly: "This is going to ...... This is untrustworthy and not the work of a gentleman! I'm afraid ......"

Obviously, Li Xiuning doesn't know Chen Ying well enough, and for Chen Ying, reputation is a fart. The most important thing is that Chen Ying has decided Zheng Jian, and he doesn't dare to speak out. Because once this matter is leaked, Zheng Jian will not only be ruined, but the Zheng family will definitely not let go of Zheng Jian, a villain who eats inside and out.

Chen Yingdao: "Afraid of being stupid? Afraid that he will bite me? Sanniang, you can rest assured that you can accept this money, if you don't collect it, you won't accept it, if he dares to bite me, I'll break his teeth! ”

Li Xiuning brushed his hair and said, "This is not very good, right?" ”

"Don't worry, it's okay!" Chen Ying patted Li Xiuning on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, there is me." ”

Chen Ying knew that after Li Tang established the country, the imperial power and the clan gate valve because of the uneven distribution of organs, no, uneven distribution of interests, there was a huge conflict, so Li Shimin also sent people to revise the "Clan Chronicles" in history, but this did not change the nature of the opposition between the clan and the imperial court, and Li Shimin, who was extremely disappointed, had to reopen the imperial examination.

Li Xiuning pointed to the dense Xia army soldiers on Xingyang City and said, "What are you going to do with them?" ”

Chen Ying waved his hand: "All of them are incorporated into the craftsman register, and let them join the Datang Chen Ying Heavy Industry Group!" Hehe, after this battle, our Datang Chen's Heavy Industry Group is afraid that we will add another 20,000 artisan households! ”

Li Xiuning knew that Chen Ying had opened many workshops, but as far as she knew, these workshops were all cooperating with the East Palace, and the products were led by the East Palace and purchased by the imperial court, which was equivalent to a weapons prison outside the Tang Dynasty imperial court system. Li Xiuning thought for a while and said, "But this requires a lot of food, do we have so much food to feed them?" ”

"Grain, there will definitely be it, I signed an agreement with the farms in the eighteen counties of Henan Prefecture to purchase the grain they have at the price of ninety percent of the market price of grain in Chang'an, this year, about 1.5 million mu of new reclamation in Henan Province, I will collect at least 1.5 million stone grain, in addition to the imperial court taxes, not to mention feeding 20,000 people, even 100,000 people are more than enough."

In fact, Chen Ying is very greedy. Not only are these Xia soldiers already on his plate, but even the more than 1,000 craftsmen sent by the Zheng family, Chen Ying has no intention of letting go. Chen Ying secretly signed a five-year agreement with more than 1,000 craftsmen at the annual price of 100 master craftsmen, 80 intermediate craftsmen, 50 craftsmen and 20 small craftsmen.

From the beginning, according to the home addresses provided by these craftsmen, the Tiger Yi mobilized these craftsmen to move to the Qinglin of Chang'an, and if nothing else, after this battle, the families of these craftsmen will also be relocated.

By that time, Chen Yingqinglin's heavy industry system has been basically completed, including the smelting of steel, steel processing, armor, bows, crossbows, modao, horizontal knives, four-wheeled carriages, galloping multi-wheeled vehicles, spring steel, bearings and mechanical processing as the system of heavy industry group, will complete the preliminary construction.

The soldiers used the war rice, and the people who ate and rolled their eyes reluctantly put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands. After more than 30,000 soldiers and people finished arranging, Chen Ying and Li Xiuning stood in front of the soldiers and shouted, "Are they all full? ”

The soldiers burst into laughter.

Chen Yingdao: "Now there are still two hours before dark, lay down Xingyang and make contributions!" ”

The soldiers cheered feverishly: "Lay down Xingyang and make contributions!" Lay down Xingyang County and make contributions! The roar of more than 30,000 people was really deafening, and the frightened crows flapped their wings in horror and fled from the mountains and forests.

On the slope of more than ten miles outside Xingyang City, at this time, the military envoy and Zheng Jian sat upright and tasted tea. The cheers came vigorously and vigorously, and naturally they could be heard clearly. An Xing said with a smile: "It is really rare to have such a strong army and maintain such a strong fighting spirit and high morale after forcibly marching sixty miles in two hours." After His Majesty learns about it, he will definitely be happy! Mr. Zheng, your Zheng family spares no effort to support the imperial court, and Your Majesty will also reward you. ”

Zheng Jian smiled reluctantly, but he wanted to cry in his heart, and he really wanted to throw this damn Guanjun envoy into the mountains to feed the wolves.

He really wanted to go to the front line to find out why Chen Ying didn't keep his promises, but An Xing was very happy. He is now the rich man of Datang Tongli Money, and under the leadership of An Xing, the eunuchs in the palace began to secretly deposit their greedy money into Datang Tongli Money, not for anything else, but to sit on the ground to make money.

Chen Ying had already sent him a message, dragging Zheng Jian and raising him by a point. That's not much, so-so about six or seven hundred, but it's every year.

An Xingpi looked at Zheng Jian with a smile, wondering how Zheng Jian offended Chen Ying, and whether to give him a little color.

The eunuchs have no other skills, if they want to say that they are harming people and cheating people, they absolutely admit the second, and no one dares to admit the first.

When Zheng Jian was restless, Chen Yinghu roared: "Attack!" ”

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