At this moment, Cheng Dabeard was also worried about his daughter's marriage.
The emperor nodded, and Luo Shixin returned home and discussed his son's marriage with his wife.
Wang was destined to be unhappy. As her eldest son Luo Cheng grew up, he did not want to inherit his father's mantle, but preferred articles.
This is something that is very much in line with Wang's expectations.
In fact, the reason why Luo Cheng likes dancing and writing is indispensable because of his mother's influence. During those years, Luo Shixin was out leading troops all year round, and the Wang family was in charge of everything at home. Luo Cheng naturally followed his mother's wishes.
When Luo Shixin was stationed in the capital and had time to communicate with his sons, his second son Luo Kai began to imitate his father.
Therefore, both husband and wife have their own preferences. Wang prefers the eldest son, while Luo Shixin feels that the second son is most like himself when he was young, and he values the second son very highly.
Wang originally wanted to choose a daughter from the ceremonial families in Beijing to match her eldest son. If the emperor granted marriage to whomever she chose, she would not refuse to agree to it.
If there is really no suitable person, then choose someone from the Chang'an Wang clan. In these days, people with two surnames do not pay much attention to blood relationships. It is very normal for cousins to get married.
Now her husband suddenly talked to her about Luo Cheng's marriage, and the emperor nodded. The Wang family had always been virtuous and knew that the matter was irreversible, so she didn't blame her husband for taking matters into his own hands.
Cheng Jinzhu often comes here with her mother. She also likes Mrs. Cheng's personality very much, but her family background does not meet her requirements. If it is a concubine, she will definitely accept it happily.
Now that the matter has come to this, she has nothing to say. She complains to her husband a few times, saying that the daughter of the Cheng family is much older than her son, and that Cheng Zhijie is not very reliable.
Seeing that her husband was disapproving and had a very firm attitude, he personally organized some people to prepare some gifts and went to visit Cheng Dabeard's door.
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After more than half a month, Mrs. Sun thought that the matter was already over, and she didn't dare to go to the house to ask, so as not to be ignored and humiliated. She was afraid that the Luo family would not like the trouble, and there would be less contact in the future.
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Unexpectedly, she was so happy that she not only agreed, but Wang personally came to confirm the matter, even if Luo took the initiative to propose marriage to Cheng.
Mrs. Sun was very grateful for what she did in such an honest way. She sent Mrs. Wang away and never let her daughter go out again. She just waited at home to get married.
In the evening, Cheng Dabeard went to the office. When he got home, Sun had already laid out wine and food, and was waiting for her husband to come back to eat and drink.
Looking at his beaming wife, the sumptuous food and wine, and the lack of his daughter showing up, Cheng Dabeard felt something was wrong.
In recent days, he has just adapted to the business of the Ministry of War. He is not familiar with the personnel yet, but that is nothing. With his ability, he will be able to get to know some useful people sooner or later.
It's just that he really didn't find anything unusual at the Ministry of War. Ma Sanbao sent someone to tell him before that he had to keep a close eye on him recently, and maybe there would be an accident.
But in his opinion, the entire Ministry of War was busy with the preparations for the East China Sea Army division, so how could anyone pay attention to the imperial examination?
The two generals sent out to welcome the Governor back to the court have returned. Because the Governor's return is expected to have to wait until autumn, Wang Zhibian and Xu Shiji cannot always wait in Luoyang.
It sounds like a bit of a joke to let the two generals run away in vain.
But there was nothing that could be done. Wu King Du Fuwei came back too early, which made people's expectations for the army's formation much earlier. Not only the courtiers, but also Li Po felt that Li Jing would just return to the army in the summer.
It's just that the finishing work on the Goguryeo side was finally handed over to Li Jing. Except for some Tang soldiers who were transported in advance, they were all Goguryeo prisoners of war.
So the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Household Affairs joined forces to receive batches of Goguryeo people from Shandong. Projects everywhere were short of manpower, and there were not enough Japanese people, so the Goguryeo people came at the right time.
The imperial court made a rough estimate. In the next two years, the total number of "outsiders" kidnapped from the East China Sea could be as many as six to seven million. If they are used properly, various projects in the next ten years will be completed.
What does it mean to make good use of it? If hundreds of thousands of men and women in their prime are not treated too cruelly, they will definitely multiply the population, and their descendants will be used by the Tang Dynasty.
It may sound uncomfortable to some people, but people in this world are much more accepting of it, especially ordinary people who will benefit from this. They don't have to do hard labor every year like the former Sui Dynasty, and their lives will be much easier.
Moreover, in the seventh year of Emperor Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty, Li Po freed up his hands and finally began to wonder whether he should fully promote some new technologies.
In his understanding, the process of promoting new technologies is naturally different from that of people in the world.
Mass production means that the current small handicraft workshop model is not enough to satisfy Li Po's appetite.
In fact, in another time and space, during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, there were indeed several or dozens of handicraft workshops that jointly produced.
This is the inevitable result of social needs. Productivity will be improved, production efficiency will be improved, and civilization will make great strides forward.
If there had not been the disaster of the vassal town, the royal family and nobles would not have been so extravagant and lustful. If the social wealth had been accumulated to a certain extent, it would naturally have been accumulated and the Central Plains civilization would reach a new level.
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At this time, what Li Po was thinking about was the government's forced intervention to increase productivity. In other words, to carry out some large-scale production activities in the production collaboration model.
However, it is just an idea at this time. The national policy of establishing a country based on agriculture is in line with the reality of the world. It is impossible for farmers to leave production at this time because it has not reached that level.
Only when the population expands to a certain level and arable land cannot meet people's needs, or when land annexation becomes serious, can a large number of landless farmers appear.
This was all knowledge he learned from middle school textbooks back then, and Li Po knew exactly what it meant.
And large-scale production means large-scale demand. Excessive productivity will also cause big problems.
But in his opinion, these are not without solutions. If the population is not enough, then compete for more people. If Datang's demand is insufficient, then dump it overseas.
Whether it is the Western Regions or the grasslands, they still have a lot of purchasing power, and after maritime trade, the small countries in Southeast Asia can also be targeted.
What we need to do now is to encourage innovation, lay a good foundation first, and then reform the current backward production model when the time is right.
As for the military workshops, they can be started first. With hundreds of thousands of troops, given the current productivity, the demand for military supplies is almost unlimited.