After confirming that he did not seem to have really offended Chen Zhengtai, Cui Zhizheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the huge outline of Xining City outside the car window.

But a strange thought arose in my heart.

Before this, he actually occasionally doubted whether it was a bit too much for his insistence on moving the Cui family outside the pass.

But now, he seems to have a correct answer, and his desperate bet is right.

Outside this pass, with Chen Zhengtai's ability, a new star will rise slowly in the place outside the pass...

As long as the Cui family follows closely, they will definitely get a share of the pie.

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Xining returned to peace, and the rebels did not cause much shock.

At this time, the construction of Xining was almost completed.

Especially the Nei Palace in Xining, after investing a lot of manpower and material resources, it was finally completed.

Chen Zhengtai dared not enter this other palace. In addition to letting some other maintenance and repair personnel enter, he also wrote a memorial and wrote down the story of Hou Junji's rebellion and suppression of rebellion. Of course... these story was not explained too carefully, because many of the evidence of Hou Junji's rebellion was more in the pass.

On the contrary, Chen Zhengtai wrote a special book about the completion of the construction of this other palace.

Some neighbors in the city have begun to open, and many merchants have also begun to move to the market in the city to trade.

What is placed in front of the aristocratic races is more about how to deal with the defeated scattered soldiers and brave men.

In this era... the reason why families are hugged together is to guard against the straitors in the turbulent era. Only when people with the same bloodline are hugged together can they survive.

Therefore, the major family tribes have been organized to conduct inspections.

All the women and children entered the fort and lived in it.

All the villages were recruiting surrenders and rebels, and there was no too much embarrassment for these scattered soldiers and rass-offs.

As long as they are willing to put down their weapons, they can be taken in. According to the Chen family's edict, they can give people some food rations, let them go back to the pass to reunite with their families, and allow them to live in the village.

In a blink of an eye, the 30,000 defeated soldiers were completely digested.

Of course, many generals involved in rebellion are not that simple. Once captured, they will be sent to Xining immediately.

A prison was specially built in Xining City, and the first batch of customers of this prison arrived.

Chen Zhengtai issued a series of edicts to encourage people to carry out production and some measures to encourage industry and commerce.

The losses of the Tiance Army were probably reported, and eleven people were killed and more than fifty were injured.

The injured naturally asked the military doctor to cook immediately. The deceased gave him pensions. At the same time, a martyr's temple will be built in Xining City and a stone tablet will be established, in which everyone's achievements will be recorded.

In Xining, a large number of aristocratic races have begun to pour into the city.

Although their farm is outside the city, for many children, they are not willing to give birth and do not want to live in the fort. Instead, they are comfortable in the city.

Therefore, there are many families who purchase land and houses.

With so many nobles and a large number of merchants, these people have money and spend a lot of money. Many luxury businesses, whether in restaurants, inns, or entertainment venues, have also emerged.

High-end consumption can promote a large number of demands, and these demands will inevitably give birth to all industries.

In the auction house in Xining, Gaochang released one million acres of land.

At this time, the major tribes gathered together and began to buy rent.

The price of cotton is now rising sharply and profitable, not to mention that there are money lending, cotton spinning is an emerging industry, especially after the emergence of shuttles and steam textile machines, this industry has begun to attract attention, and the demand for cotton will not stop even in the next hundred years, so people are very enthusiastic.

Especially Cui Zhizheng.

In addition to renting a lot of land at a low price, Cui Zhizheng also tried his best to participate in the auction this time. Even the Cui family dared to offer a rental price of 300 cents per mu.

The crazy bidding for the Cui family naturally aroused dissatisfaction among many aristocratic races.

This Cui family...is no longer giving a way out for life.

In the future, the annual output value of a mu of cotton land will be roughly between one central and three central, which is the number calculated by everyone.

Three hundred cigarettes means that every year, one acre of land needs to be provided to the Chen family with 300 cigarettes. On the surface, it seems that there is not much, but it is still profitable.

But after all, what is given to the aristocratic races now is just barren land. The aristocratic races need to mobilize manpower and material resources to cultivate, buy cotton seeds, dig ditches, build one manor after another, buy a large number of cattle and horses, and devote themselves to the sect to farm.

This consumes a lot of energy and early investment.

Originally, many aristocratic families had already asked the account to settle the accounts, and it would be most beneficial to keep the price to 150 cents. But when it reached 300 cents, they might have to bear certain risks.

However, the Cui family was in a very strong momentum, and they bid in a crazy manner, and then they gave up.

So other aristocratic races had to start raising their psychological prices.

In more than an hour, one million acres of land was rented clean.

So much so that Chen Zhengtai originally wanted to slowly release the land and let someone compete for rent, but then he realized that everyone was very enthusiastic.

After all, the Cui family made every effort, which also allowed many people to see the value of this land, because everyone has identified a truth, the Cui family in Qinghe will never do a loss-making business.

Many merchants also heard about the news.

Merchants know the value of cotton spinning best. If they can acquire a piece of land, they will not worry about the supply of raw materials for production.

So on the same day, the Chen family continued to launch one million acres of land.

As soon as the news came out, the people who bid in the front could not help but start scolding. If they had known so many places had been launched, what would everyone do to beat them to death in the early morning?

Cui Zhizheng was the old god, and told his clan members that he still had to do his best in the afternoon's rent-winning, and the price per mu of 300 cigarettes would be as much as he could eat.

This made the family manager a little anxious. So at noon, he quietly found Cui Zhizheng and whispered: "Alang, 300 citations are a bit expensive. Many people's original psychological price was between 150 citations and 200 citations. After all, this is a wasteland now, and I don't know how much manpower and material resources to be invested in the early stage."

"What do you know?" Cui Zhizheng scolded coldly: "This Gaochang cotton will definitely be high-yield. How can our Cui family not know? As long as it is high-yield, it will definitely be profitable. The more land you get, the more you earn, and you will definitely not lose. Besides, with these lands, you can get enough cheap loans, and you will not suffer any loss. It is equivalent to using the Chen family's money to plant the Chen family's land and pay rent to the Chen family. Such a good thing can't be found even with a lantern."

The housekeeper still said worriedly: "But Alang owes Chen's money and his rent, and he still has to pay it back."

Cui Zhizheng said calmly: "It's profitable, but I'm afraid I can't afford it in the future? Besides, the more rent and loans I owe the Chen family, this is a good thing. Our Cui family has a foothold in Hexi and will have to rely on the Chen family in the future. The more money I owe, the more peace of mind I will feel. In this year, you can only have a good sleep if you owe money. If the Chen family owes you money, that's dangerous!"

The manager obviously cannot understand.

But he doesn't need to understand either.

Since Alang had decided, he had nodded.

Cui Zhizheng then ordered: "The most urgent task at the moment is to send a group of troops to Gaochang, and... we have to bring a group of cotton seeds, tillage tools and cattle and horses first. In the future, our troops may not be enough, so we have to find a way to buy more Hu slaves. In the pass, we also find ways to attract some tenants. This requires manpower everywhere to pick cotton, irrigate, and cultivate... Don't worry about money, just find a way to borrow."

"Here."

After slowing down, Cui Zhizheng ordered again: "Some children in the family should not be idle. In the third room, I will find a way to arrange to go to cotton spinning workshops in Erpigou and Shuofang and other places, so that they can learn the process of cotton spinning first. In the future, we will build cotton spinning workshops in Gaochang. Of course, the most important thing is to repair the road. If the railway in Gaochang and Xining and Shuofang can be built, it will be great! I have to go and discuss this with His Royal Highness Shuofang."

In the past, whenever the officials heard Cui Zhizheng talking about Chen Zhengtai, they would probably use words like "that guy" or "that dog thing", but now they have begun to be serious about the "His Royal Highness of the Prince of Shuofang".

This made the manager a little uncomfortable. He felt that the words "that guy" made him feel more comfortable.

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Each family rented the land, and the rented land on the other side was still measuring, but the aristocratic people in Xining had already begun to sharpen their knives.

Chen Zhengtai released all the land in eight million mu, and rented them out, with an average price of around three hundred cents.

This also means that even if the Chen family lies on the ground and eats, they will earn 24 million yuan in a year.

Chen Zhengtai was shocked by this profit.

Wu Yu smiled and said: "My teacher has grasped the source of the entire cotton textile industry. The people's clothing has been thoroughly grasped. As for the cotton planting and textiles involved in the downstream, it is finally someone else's business, but this number is still amazing... How many cotton textiles will be produced in the future."

Chen Zhengtai also smiled and said, "The people in this world must have clothes and quilts, not to mention that the population in the future is still growing. Besides, these cotton cloths will be sold to all states in the world in the future. If Gaochangdu is really afraid that there will be no market? But... 300 ciders per acre is indeed beyond my expectations. No matter how much I earn money first, who would think it would be too much! However, the Chen family is not in vain. In the future, they will have to build bridges, roads and cities to ensure the safety of the country! So... they will not lose money in the end!"

"What's more, do you think they really used all these lands to plant cotton? If the railway is built in the future, they will really not know what to do with the land rights. These three hundred documents are actually just local taxes. These aristocratic people have no habit of paying taxes within the pass. But how can they not pay taxes outside the pass? Thinking about the fact that in order to attract the population, they had to give them preferential treatment, but now, they have to make a coincidence of land rent and let them pay taxes. With these land rents and taxes, the Chen family can have great potential outside the pass."

Wu Qi suddenly realized that this was just a clever name.

But then again, the aristocratic races did not have the habit of paying taxes in the pass. These people have always hidden their population and have many children in their families as officials. How could the court pay taxes to them?

Outside the pass, there was a shortage of population. Chen Zhengtai hired these aristocratic families for a long time, and he never thought about tax issues at the beginning.

If this continues, Hexi has indeed increased its population and has begun to flourish. But if there is no tax support, will it always rely on the Chen family to pay for money?

Chen Zhengtai immediately said, "When the rebellion was suppressed, the reason why these guys were taken to observe was actually a sign of shaking the mountain and shaking the tiger. The essence was to tell them that I could destroy Hou Junji in the blink of an eye, and his 30,000 cavalry. Now that they have passed the pass, they should take advantage, but they can't keep taking advantage. It's not as good as inside the pass, but there are not many royal laws in this place!"

"In the pass, the court must be afraid of them. But when they get outside the pass, they have to rely on our Chen family. If they really tear their faces apart, then Hou Junji will be their fate. Otherwise, why do you think they are so enthusiastic and their attitudes have changed suddenly. Look how vigorous the Cui family is. Cui Zhizheng is a very smart person."

Wu Xi pointed, then chuckled and said, "I just don't know what's going on in Chang'an now. In any case, my mentor also killed Hou Junji. After all, Hou Junji is the Minister of Personnel."

"This is OK." Chen Zhengtai shook his head and said calmly: "Hou Junji is a rebellion. Everyone has seen it with their own eyes. I am just suppressing the rebellion, not to mention that I don't want to kill him. If you want to blame, it's up to Xue Rengui, that guy who tried too hard. I heard that when I was about to collect Hou Junji's body, several people used the power of nine oxen and two tigers to pull out the horse spear."

Wu Xi couldn't help but stick out his tongue. Hou Junji died a bit miserable!

Then she looked at Chen Zhengtai and couldn't help but say, "My teacher seems to be not here, I don't know what else to worry about?"

This is not the first time Chen Zhengtai has experienced the observation of this guy in front of him, so he said frankly: "The court needs a little worry, but what I worry about the most is these aristocratic races."

"Clan?" Wu Xi couldn't help but be surprised and said, "What are they worried about? Didn't they just intimidate them?"

Chen Zhengtai shook his head and said, "This time the expedition to Gaochang made them enjoy the sweetness. From then on, the cotton in the world will come from the aristocratic families. But think about it, what will this mean? In the past, if the aristocratic families were in the pass, they would have to constantly erode the land of ordinary people if they wanted to make money, so... the court believed that they were a hazard. Now that they had passed the pass, they could gain a lot of benefits with our Chen family without any effort. So... do you think their ** will stop like this?"

Wu Qi suddenly understood and couldn't help but say, "My teacher means..."

Chen Zhengtai said seriously: "I mean... the aristocratic race will never be satisfied. The so-called desires are unsatisfactory. I heard... Now a group of children have begun to travel to the countries of the Western Regions... I think... their minds have become alive."
To be continued...