Since coming to the Golden State to build, the construction speed of several major families has also been very fast.
The family's heritage is extremely profound.
Moreover, the Golden State is also extremely rich in natural resources.
They can build by exploiting the natural resources here.
You can also bring some nearby resources to Datang for sale to form sustainable development.
But the only thing that makes them unhappy is that their current development is still controlled by the King of Shu.
No matter how much they keep it secret and how closely they guard it.
But as long as their development exceeds the rules or crosses the line, the King of Shu will know immediately.
Then, the giant ship will be ordered to stop transportation immediately.
Once transportation stops, their construction will come to a standstill.
Faced with this situation, the family has only two ways to deal with it.
The first point is, unless they are completely self-sufficient in the Golden State.
In this case, there would be no need to transport goods from the Tang Dynasty, and it would no longer be restricted by the King of Shu.
Of course, it is impossible for them to completely cut off the contact with Datang.
It is impossible for the Golden State and the Tang Dynasty to be completely disconnected and never have contact with each other until death.
The second point is that they built their own giant ships that can sail far away. In this case, they no longer need to look at the face of the King of Shu.
However, it is clear that they have a huge ship at hand and can observe and learn at any time.
However, the scientific research members trained by their family discovered that even though they could understand some principles, they could not create them at all.
What's more, in many places, they don't even understand the principles.
I don't even know what role it plays.
The more they studied, the more shocked they were.
The final conclusion was that the technology of the Chinese commercial giant was at least fifty or even a hundred years ahead of theirs.
In other words, it would take at least fifty to a hundred years for them to build such a giant ship.
Well, if Li Min knew their thoughts.
Li Min might tell them that you are overthinking.
Even if you were given a hundred years, you might still be able to build such a giant wheel.
This is a product of the system, and it is no better than the giant wheels of later generations.
There are really too many advanced technologies here.
Even their Chinese trading company cannot guarantee that they will be able to build a giant ship with the same technological content within fifty years.
Let alone them.
Of course, in fact, if these major families just want to build ships that can travel long distances, they can definitely do so.
But in terms of speed and size, the difference is huge.
According to their technological capabilities, within about ten years, they can build ships that can travel between the Tang Dynasty and the Golden State.
But in terms of speed, it may take them about a year to arrive.
If there was no giant ship ahead of them, they might be able to accept this speed.
But now that there is a giant wheel of pearls by their side, how can they accept such a snail-like speed?
Also, they need a fleet of about a dozen or even dozens of ships to keep up with the transportation volume of one giant ship.
This gap is really too big.
Especially, it will take them ten years to do this.
It also consumes a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.
Such a result is unacceptable to the family.
Now, they can only be controlled by others.
They don't have much land left in Datang.
Because the development in the Golden State is getting faster and smoother.
But because the territory is too small, the faster it develops, the greater the constraints it faces.
And they dare not cross it. Every time they cross it, it will bring them trouble.
Therefore, they can only exchange the land of Datang again and again for the land of Golden State.
So far, they really don't have much land in Datang.
Basically they have reached their bottom line.
It is unlikely that they will trade the remaining land.
But the current territory is not enough for them.
As a result, the development of these major aristocratic families fell into a bottleneck for a while.
There are confrontations and cooperation among these major families.
Of course, because what they are fighting against is imperial power.
Therefore, they are married to each other, and their cooperation is greater than their opposition.
And now, it is even more so.
In the Tang Dynasty, what they had to face was imperial power.
In the Golden State, they faced the more powerful King of Shu.
Therefore, they have to cooperate.
The work of making and researching the giant wheel is still going on.
But they didn't have high expectations for this.
If it takes at least fifty to a hundred years to research and develop a giant wheel.
They can't wait this long.
For fifty to one hundred years, they were all under the control of the King of Shu, and they were always confined to such a small place.
So, how can Huaxia City develop in fifty to one hundred years?
By then, where will there be room for them in the entire Golden State?
And if they don't develop giant ships, but just develop sea ships that can travel through it.
The investment cost is too high, and the performance of the finished product is too low.
This is something they can't stand.
Therefore, they are increasing their efforts and investing in scientific research.
On the other hand, these ten aristocratic families are working together to try to find different solutions.
During hundreds of years of development, they have always believed in one truth.
That is the solution to the problem, not just one.
Sometimes, if you think about the problem from several angles, you may be able to get a better solution.
And in the end, they really discovered the New World.
Follow the Tang Dynasty all the way north, through the extremely cold land, and then east.
They were surprised to find that they only needed to cross a shallow strait to reach the Golden State.
Of course, the Golden State is really huge.
After arriving in the Golden State from here, it still takes a long journey to reach their fiefdom.
However, this is all real land.
The strait here is easy to cross.
On land, no matter how far the distance is, at least it is still easy for them to overcome.
Since in terms of shipbuilding technology, we are no match for China Commercial Bank.
Simply avoid this area.
We are only better than what we are capable of on land.
Well, here, there are actually some errors between their understanding and the actual geographical location of later generations.
In later generations, the Golden State only referred to a small area.
In this era, the Golden State refers to the entire America.
How big is the entire America?
The territory is really too vast.
This magical discovery gave them a bold idea.
Since the territory here is so vast.
Moreover, the channel they discovered had not been discovered even by the King of Shu.
Even the King of Shu probably doesn't know this road, right?
Moreover, although the emperor gave the entire Golden State to the King of Shu.
But strictly speaking, the entire Golden State was not the territory of the Tang Dynasty at all.
Why do you entrust this place to your own ministers?
This land is simply a no-owner’s land!
If we say that on the territory they exchanged with Datang, they must also accept Datang's supervision and restrictions.
So, this new continent they discovered.
Although it is also in the Golden State.
But it is even further away from Huaxia City.
King Shu, it is impossible for him to discover this new continent in a short time.
If that's the case, then wouldn't it be possible for the ten aristocratic families to jointly develop this place?
Treat this place as a stronghold, develop it quickly, and then open up the territory they built before.
Then it grew and grew little by little.
To develop these lands, they feel that it will only take 20 to 30 years to build this into a country.
Of course, what restricts them is the population issue.
But they have already thought of a way, which is to encourage production.
Anyway, the land here is very fertile.
As long as you farm casually, you can get rich harvests.
There is no fear of not being able to support such a large population.
If this is the case, then let them work hard to reproduce.
Is there a lack of women?
They have already set their sights on the East Slavs.
The East Slavs are the Russians of later generations.
Of course, in this era, their tools are already relatively advanced.
But it still exists in the form of tribes, and tribes are constantly fighting among themselves.
During this period, they did not have a country.
Their strength is also extremely limited.
Therefore, these aristocratic family alliances decided to combine their forces to plunder these Eastern Slavic tribes.
Loot all their wealth and transfer all the population to the Golden State.
Then, let them continue to reproduce.
If there is a population, reproduction is encouraged, and each family should have at least five or six children.
Those who give birth to more children will also be rewarded.
By then, I believe the population will soon increase.
Moreover, they decided to use the territory occupied by the Eastern Slavs as one of their strongholds.
Although it was extremely cold here, it was regarded as a barren land by the Tang people.
And it’s not just the Tang Dynasty.
In ancient dynasties, when their national power was strong, they were not incapable of occupying these places.
But they felt that there was no need to occupy such a cold and barren land.
Even if these places are delivered to their door, they may not want them.
They feel that the Central Plains is the richest place in the world.
But now, people from these aristocratic families don't think so.
Well, actually, people from aristocratic families don’t really like this place.
But they have to build a base here.
The base here can serve as a hub between Datang and the Golden State.
Transport materials from Datang to here, and then transfer them to the northern part of Golden State from here.
From the northern part of the Golden State, move to the base they are currently building.
They can even build kingdoms on all of these bases.
Of course, even though their family has a deep accumulation.
But it is unrealistic to build so many empires.
They must focus on something and make choices.
These trade-offs can be made slowly during the construction process and according to the progress of the construction.
Next, the alliance formed by these aristocratic families began to prepare.
Prepare for the next attack on the East Slavic tribes.
…
These aristocratic families actually have huge power secretly.
For example, there are thousands of people working in their family's nursing home, both covertly and covertly.
Their car dealerships and escort agencies - of course, these people have all changed careers now.
Car dealerships have long been replaced by passenger cars and freight trains.
The Escort Agency, since the establishment of China Express, has been neglected and has been closed down long ago.
But in the past, car dealers also had escort agencies and boatmen.
In fact, these are secret forces that aristocratic families can recruit at any time and form an army in a short time.
Although in recent years, car dealerships and escort agencies have ceased to exist.
But the manpower is still there.
It's just that they were arranged into other industries.
If you need them now, you can pull them out directly, and then give them armor and weapons to form an army.
The top ten aristocratic families, put together, can actually gather 50,000 troops.
These 50,000 troops are naturally incomparable to the Tang army.
However, if these 50,000 men were dragged to the East Slavs, it would be a torrent.
Of course, these 50,000 people would not dare to arrogantly gather in the Tang Dynasty.
Instead, they broke it into parts and quietly pulled all the people outside the customs.
It was not until they were far away from the border of Datang that they broke into pieces and gathered together to form a strong team.
This team, led by Cui Zhixin, began to march towards the territory of the East Slavs.
This time, Cui Zhixin's task is also relatively difficult.
He needs to lead 50,000 troops and integrate the entire East Slavia.
Unify them all.
Then, establish a base somewhere to serve as a transfer station between Datang and the Golden State.
…
These top ten aristocratic families consider themselves to be keeping all of this very secret.
However, what they never expected was that every move they made would actually fall into the intelligence of Tang Emperor Li Ke.
Soon, a piece of information was placed in front of Li Ke.
"What? The people from these aristocratic families were broken into pieces and gathered 50,000 soldiers and horses?"
"What are they going to do? Do they want to rebel?"
Immediately after Li Ke finished asking, an old warrior said: "Your Majesty, after gathering the 50,000 soldiers and horses of this family, they went straight to the north without stopping at all, or with any intention of attacking us."
After hearing the news, Li Min couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Fifty thousand soldiers and horses, if caught by surprise, might really be able to cause a commotion.
But if they were to gather together like this and openly attack the officers and soldiers, it would really be unsightly.
In other words, the action of the Aristocratic Family does not seem to be directed at Datang.
They went to the north. What was there in the north?
What do they want to do?
Isn’t the focus of their development clearly placed on the Golden State?
Why do you want to attack the North?
After thinking for a long time, Li Ke still couldn't figure it out.
He couldn't help but say to his warriors: "Go and pass this news to the King of Shu."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Soon, the person in charge of intelligence passed on the news.
The emperor, Li Ke, ordered his ministers to pay close attention to every move of these 50,000 soldiers and horses.
However, the emperor's eyes and ears quickly lost track of the 50,000-strong army.
The reason is that they walked all the way north, very fast and hurriedly, and never stopped at all.
And if the emperor's eyes and ears are in the town, they can naturally spy on the news.
But once they leave the town and enter the wild, they will definitely not dare to follow the army.
Once discovered, death is inevitable.
This news was quickly conveyed to the emperor.
After learning the news, Emperor Li Ke frowned again and thought deeply.
It seems that the goal of the noble family is indeed in the north.
But, do they have any plans in the north?
It seems that all we have to do is wait for a reply from the King of Shu.
Li Ke believed that the King of Shu must know what they wanted to do.
…
At this time, Cui Zhixin was leading the army towards the East Slavic territory.
The further north you go, the cooler the temperature becomes.
Although the soldiers he led had already prepared their cotton-padded clothes.
But the climate there is really too cold.
Even if you wear cotton-padded clothes, you can't resist the severe cold.
The cold air penetrated all the way, making them shiver.
At night, even if the firewood is lit, it still feels cold.
Soldiers continue to suffer from frostbite, and once frostbite occurs, it is difficult to heal.
This situation made Cui Zhixin very anxious.
He had to speed up his march again.
As long as we get to the territory of the Eastern Slavs, we might be able to find a solution to the problem.
Their march speed increased, and after a few days, they finally arrived at the first East Slavic tribe.
This is a small tribe, with a total population of only over 30,000 people.
There are only more than a thousand adult men in this tribe.
Of course, the original number was much higher than this.
But because of the wars between tribes, they lost many adult men.
Facing the 50,000-strong army of the Family Alliance, they basically surrendered without any decent resistance.
Later generations said that the East Slavs were brave and fearless.
During World War II, it was even said that to kill an East Slav, it would take two shots and a push before he fell.
In fact, the East Slavs are not that powerful.
In their original historical trajectory, they were ruled by the Mongols for more than two hundred years.
Their leader must go to Mongolia every year to worship.
They kowtowed to the Mongols and let them step on their heads. Then they came back and continued to be their leaders.
In the face of absolute strength, they are not as unyielding, brave and tenacious as they say.
In order to survive, they can actually lower their noble heads and bow to others.
Even in its heyday, this tribe would not be their opponent.
Therefore, they were very aware of the current situation and chose to surrender.
At this point, the troops of these aristocratic families can finally live in comfortable houses.
Naturally, the languages of both parties are incompatible.
However, Cui Zhixin had already expected this situation when he came.
He had already prepared translators.
There are many talents in the Tang Dynasty now.
Especially translation talents.
Basically, all ethnic groups that had dealings with the Tang Dynasty could find translation talents from their country or nation.
And among aristocratic families, such talents are bound to be cultivated.
Through an interpreter, Cui Zhixin asked these East Slavs how they kept warm from the cold.
The conclusion he got then made Cui Zhixin extremely speechless.
It turns out that in icy and snowy weather, people dared to pour cold water directly on their bodies outside.
They are not afraid of the cold at all.
And when Cui Zhixin asked about how to treat frostbite, fortunately, despite their special constitution.
But you can actually get frostbite.
They have methods and medicines to treat frostbite.
After using their medicine, the frostbitten soldiers quickly recovered.
In the following time, the Eastern Slavs who were conquered by them were extremely cooperative.
They told Cui Zhixin in great detail the distribution of the surrounding tribes and their strength.
Moreover, they are willing to act as pawns and lead them to attack these tribes.
Things progressed much more smoothly than Cui Zhixin imagined.
Cui Zhixin was overjoyed.
Leading the first tribe they occupied, they quickly raided several surrounding tribes.
In just a few months, they controlled a large area.
Most importantly, they perfectly controlled the passage to the Golden State.
Now, the passage from Datang to here, and then from here to the Golden State, is already smooth.
They gave this place a name, called Ice City.
It means that the city here is frozen and extremely cold.
They don't have a map for this area of Ice City.
There is no intuitive comparison of the size of this area.
But vaguely, Cui Zhixin felt that the area of Bingcheng was not much smaller than the Tang Dynasty.
Even if it's smaller than the Golden State, I'm afraid it's not much smaller.
In this area, they only control a very small area.
In fact, it would be a great thing if a country could be established here.
However, it is too cold here and resources are extremely scarce, so it is not a good place.
This place is far inferior to the Golden State.
For the time being, the place they control is enough.
Wait until it stabilizes and open this channel.
They can continuously control more Eastern Slavic tribes, and then transport all their people to the Golden State.
Men, let them do hard work.
Women were rewarded to those Tang people, each at least seven or eight women, so that they could have more children.
Children, on the other hand, can grow up in more than ten years.
When you reach the age of fifteen or sixteen, you can have children again.
If we reproduce in this way, the population will be able to reproduce explosively in just a few decades.
Now Cui Zhixin's task is to build this place well.
Control the Eastern Slavs they control and order them to build a smooth road.
With this path, they can quickly get rid of the control of King Shu.
Of course, things cannot be smooth sailing. There are still many problems here.
