The first thousand one hundred and thirty-eight chapters The transformation of the playboy
A few days later, the convoy entered Guanzhong.
After entering Guanzhong, brothers Chen Xu and Chen Jiao suddenly felt a little frightened in their hearts.
I even felt like my hairs were standing on end and my skin was covered in goosebumps.
In particular, the closer they are to Chang'an, the stronger their feelings.
And when they approached Weiqiao and the outline of Chang'an City appeared in front of them, Chen Jiao even had the urge to turn around and escape back to Anton!
In fact, this city named Chang'an carries too many memories for them.
Especially those memories of their youth, where they were frivolous, ignorant, childish and debauched, making them feel a little ashamed when they think about it now.
But more importantly, still...
Both brothers recalled the figure of the woman who dominated their lives, their mother.
Princess Guantao.
One of the women with the highest status and most power in the Han Dynasty.
In the eyes of outsiders, she is a graceful and luxurious lady.
But in the eyes of these two brothers, their mother was comparable to a prehistoric beast, causing them to tremble from the depths of their souls.
For others, returning home from wealth and showing off is a rare opportunity to show off.
But for these two brothers, they would rather give up this opportunity and never return to Chang'an than face the mother who is too terrible for them.
pity……
it's out of the question.
There was no other way, so the two brothers had to bite the bullet and reluctantly followed the team towards Chang'an City.
After crossing the fast Wei River from Wei Bridge, we have entered the area of Chang'an City.
Compared with when they left Chang'an a few years ago, the suburbs of Chang'an had completely changed.
Tall waterwheels stood on both sides of the river, and in the fields, there were already busy farmers.
The promotion and development of winter wheat has brought about earth-shaking changes to the agricultural economy and social institutions of Guanzhong.
As winter wheat planting technology continues to develop, various tools are constantly being introduced.
Today, farmers in Guanzhong can already use fifty acres of land to feed a population that used to require one hundred acres of land.
Therefore, just because wheat can solve the problem of food and clothing, the planting area of wheat has rapidly expanded.
As of today, 70% of the land in Guanzhong has been planted with winter wheat.
But it is different from corn, which is drought-tolerant and flood-resistant and does not require too much effort to take care of.
Winter wheat needs better farming methods, more human care and better irrigation methods.
Therefore, people need to invest more time and energy in the land.
Fortunately, due to technological progress and tool innovation, in fact, cultivating one hundred acres of winter wheat today and cultivating one hundred acres of corn in the past essentially consume the same amount of physical energy.
Therefore, the social model of one man and five people managing a hundred fields is still functioning normally.
However, in some places, it has been shown that this social model is undergoing transformation.
Especially those places where the workshop industry is developed.
Because today, people only need to cultivate half of the land in the past to maintain or even exceed past food production.
This has caused many people at the bottom to start working in workshops in their spare time and farm work, selling their labor in exchange for five baht to subsidize their families.
And these people are basically former tenants.
Industry and commerce began to compete with agriculture for population.
However, Chen Jiao and others cannot see these problems and contradictions hidden deep in the grassroots of Guanzhong.
What they saw was a grand occasion comparable to the legendary Three Generations Reign.
Throughout Guanzhong, almost every household's warehouse is filled with all kinds of grain.
In Guanzhong, for the first time, food and clothing were guaranteed for most of the people. Even landless farmers, as long as they were not lazy, worked in workshops or farmed in Shanglinyuan, they could feed their families.
Therefore, Sima Xiangru, the imperial scholar of the present day, once proudly wrote: Now that the Holy King is on the throne, the world is prosperous, the small towns still have thousands of families, the rice is dripping with fat, the corn is white, and the roads of Kyushu are free of jackals and tigers...
Even Qie Zhi, who had never seen Guanzhong before, saw such a prosperous age, and sighed with sincerity from the bottom of his heart: "The emperor of China must be a god!"
Who else but God can create such a utopia that is only in imagination?
As for the soldiers composed of immigrants, they were all extremely proud and straightened their backs.
Because this is our Shenjing!
Today’s Guanzhong may not be tomorrow’s world!
Brothers Chen Xu and Chen Jiao were also filled with emotions.
After crossing the manor area on the outskirts of the city, the city wall of Chang'an City is already in sight.
Dahonglu Gongsun Kunxie led Bo Shi and his party into Chang'an City at the city gate.
After entering the city, Qi Qi was immediately placed in the bus station and was carefully protected as if he were a dog.
He needs to receive basic etiquette training at the bus station, and then Dahonglu will carefully select a good and auspicious day for Qie, the Righteous King of the Huns, to personally present his memorial to the emperor in front of all the civil and military officials.
Bo Shi took Chen Xu and Chen Jiao through the North Palace and entered the palace wall of Weiyang Palace.
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"I, the Governor of Anton, and the Governor of Huaihua County, Shijing, send my regards to Your Majesty!"
"I, the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Region of the Protectorate of Andong, must respectfully greet His Majesty, His Majesty!"
"I, the Commander-in-Chief of the Northwest of Anton's Protectorate, Longlihou Jiao respectfully greets Your Majesty!"
Liu Che sat at the top of Xuanshi Hall, looking at the three people kneeling in the hall.
Bo Shi returned to Chang'an last year to report on his work, so in Liu Che's impression he had not changed much.
But for brothers Chen Xu and Chen Jiao, the changes can almost be described as earth-shaking.
In Liu Che's impression, these brothers-in-law were more of a tease than a living treasure.
They were once the four pests of Chang'an, and they were dandies who made countless people tremble in fear.
Zhou Chu in Jin Dynasty was not as good as them when he was young!
The glorious history of these two scumbags is incalculable.
The most typical thing is that they actually took people's money, but did not do things for them. In the end, when things got serious, they even wanted black people's money.
His low integrity and moral decay made the entire world's nobles dumbfounded.
But now, these two people have been reborn and completed a new life.
Their once skinny bodies were now extremely strong, with burly figures that were no inferior to any generals. They all had beards on their lips, and they looked like mature men.
"Qing Pingshen..." Liu Che raised his hand with a smile, then stood up, walked to Chen Xu and Chen Jiao, looked at the two brothers, and asked: "Chen Xu, Chen Jiao, where are you two?" Anton can you still get used to it?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, being loyal to the king is not something I am accustomed to. I believe that no matter how hard and tiring it is to serve Your Majesty, it is worth it!" Chen Xugongshen said.
Yo!
Liu Che raised his eyebrows, quite surprised.
You must know that when the two brothers were driven to Anton, they were very stubborn and refused to go. In the end, it was Liu Che who added a stick and a carrot to get them to agree to go to Anton.
Especially Chen Xu, Liu Che remembered clearly that back then, he was completely a childish and extremely absurd playboy!
Typical second generation ancestors and rice insects.
However, now he has learned to flatter others like a typical bureaucrat!
This is so rare!
If Empress Dowager Dou of the East Palace knew about it, she would probably shed tears of joy!
Guantao even has to give himself a one-ton certificate!
"The same goes for me..." Although in private, although the two brothers are not incompatible, they are still typical of tit-for-tat. However, at this moment, Chen Jiao still maintains the appearance of brothers and sisters, and is very well-behaved. He said: "My brothers, I was not abandoned by Your Majesty, and inspired by your benevolence. After arriving in Anton, I changed my past mistakes, and now I have made a meager contribution. I am so grateful that I only died for Your Majesty in order to repay Your Majesty's kindness." one!"
These words immediately made the other ministers in the entire hall look at each other in shock.
Many people think of those incompetent second-generation ancestors in their own families!
I think back then, Chen Xu and Chen Jiao were more dandy, more dissolute, and almost hopeless scum than the second-generation ancestors in my family.
But today, it seems that these brothers, who were criticized by thousands of people and hated by everyone, have grown into the pillars of the Han family.
Then, the prodigal son of his family should be able to be saved!
Many people have in mind the idea of sending their useless scum sons to the jungles of South Vietnam in the south or Anton in the northeast to endure hardships and exercise.
Even if it's still useless, it won't be any worse!
What if it works out through exercise?
Wouldn’t that be earned?
But Liu Che knew that, in fact, the two brothers had not changed their nature essentially.
It's just that they have shifted their attention to other places.
You don’t need to look at anything else, just look at the piles of bones of Japanese slaves at Chen Jiao’s feet and the Xianbei and Wuheng slaves who died in Chen Xu’s hands.
You just know that they are still the same pair of scumbag brothers they used to be.
They just changed the targets of violence from compatriots in the past to foreigners.
But, this in itself is a huge progress.
Liu Che had even planned to let this brother go to the grasslands or the Western Regions in the future to correct the views of the Huns or other countries in the Western Regions.
Let them know that China has both kingly benevolence and angry-eyed King Kong!
"I remember what I promised you when the two dear friends left Beijing..." Liu Che said calmly: "You are not joking. Today, you brothers have performed meritorious service as promised, and I will never break my promise." !”
Liu Che took out two jade pendants from his arms, handed them to Brother Chen Xu, and said, "Two dear ladies, please keep these things!"
Chen Xu and Chen Jiao quickly took the two jade pendants respectfully and carefully put them away close to their bodies.
A token of atonement, this is an incredible thing!
In the future, you may be able to save your life!
Of course, they also knew that the symbolic significance of this object was greater than its actual significance, because it would really piss off the emperor, let alone a jade pendant to avoid death!
Even the late emperor’s edict is a piece of waste paper!
This is because the Han family has never had any immunity from death, let alone anything that can exempt them from all punishments.
If there really is such a thing, the first person to stop doing it will definitely be the imperial censor, and then the Tingwei will also go on strike!
For the Han family, law is law.
Although the emperor has the privilege of pardoning criminals, before that, the procedures that should be followed still have to be followed, and the punishment that should be imposed still has to be imposed.
After being sentenced and then pardoned, the minister can accept it.
But to pardon before a verdict is made is to trample on the law and the ancestral system.
The entire Legalists would rather die to fight.
Huang Laopai also definitely dares to stiffen his neck.
Creatures like Qingliu are not exclusive to Confucianism.
In fact, there are clear streams in any school of thought.
That is the so-called fundamentalist!
Now, Chen Xu and Chen Jiao are no longer the ignorant and ignorant playboys they used to be.
In fact, the two of them have actively or passively read many books in the past few years, and they each have staff and think tanks to analyze and make suggestions for them.
Therefore, they are no longer the playboys and second-generation ancestors that they were before, who only know how to be chic and happy.
Instead, he has evolved into a dandy who is knowledgeable and cultured, understands laws and allusions, and has a huge interest group.
As the saying goes, you are not afraid of gangsters knowing martial arts, but you are afraid of gangsters being educated.
As for the brothers Chen Xu and Chen Jiao, they have almost evolved to the top of the playboys and have become characters similar to Nan Batian.
If we continue, we may not be able to leave a strong mark on the history books in the future.
Liu Che didn't care about the moral level and character of these two brothers.
He only knows that these two brothers have done a good job in the past few years!
Especially Chen Jiao is a surprise!
Neon was completely turned into rbq by him, and he kneaded it at will. He squeezed and exploited the Japanese slaves to his heart's content, but he still made the Japanese slaves burst into tears of gratitude and followed Chen Jiao. Although they lost their freedom, they still had to perform heavy manual labor. .
but……
I can eat enough!
that's enough!
For today's Japanese slaves, a place where they can have enough to eat will not escape them no matter how hard or tired they are.
Actually, let alone now.
Even two thousand years later, the Neon warriors could not even eat rice balls, and were hired by Chinese smugglers to become so-called Japanese pirates.
In essence, there is no difference between the Japanese pirates who were hired and driven by the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese slaves who work under Chen Jiao today to cut trees, cultivate land, and refine whale oil.
It may even be that Chen Jiao's treatment here is better. At the very least, Chen Jiao's subordinates are just a little tired and miserable, but they certainly won't suddenly have Qi Jiguang appear, turn on Wushuang, and code their heads into Jingguan.
Moreover, under Chen Jiao, their descendants will have the opportunity to integrate into the Chinese civilization system and become a glorious people of Zhuxia.
So, in fact, the Japanese slaves made money.
After all, if they were to rely on themselves, they would have to go through at least a thousand years of darkness before they could usher in the dawn of civilization.
Then, relying on the enlightenment and teachings of his father in the Tang Dynasty, he learned how to be a civilized person.
But now, they only need to sacrifice one or two generations to enter feudal society, and it is the highest form of feudal society: China.
"The Empress Dowager, I'm waiting for you to say hello..." Liu Che said, "Hurry up and say hello to the Empress Dowager, she has been thinking about you!"
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I have something to do today and I won’t get home until ten o’clock, so it’s a bit late!
Second update, I will continue writing, and will schedule it until 8 o'clock tomorrow morning~
So, this is the update today, and it will be 12,000 tomorrow! (To be continued.)
