With the possibility of such a policy, wealthy families are gradually giving up their land.
There was no way, although some inheritance in their bones made them reluctant to part with a large amount of land, but they had no choice but to give it up when they had no way to keep it.
Because everyone knows that to go against the imperial court now is to go against His Highness the King of Qin, to go against His Highness the King of Qin is to go against the people of the world, and to go against the people of the world is to seek death.
At the very least, they don't want to get any support from the people.
Even for a powerful family like Wu Xing Qi Wang, if we don't count the ordinary people they can control or influence, how many members of their own family can they have? On a larger scale, it's just a few thousand.
This number still has to be calculated by counting everyone including the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled. What can these numbers do?
However, although there is no way to retain a large amount of land by purchasing unregistered households or hiring tenant farmers, each family still retains part of their land.
According to the one hundred acres of land owned by a family in the Tang Dynasty, each family basically reserved it according to this amount. Those who did not want to plant it could buy Kunlun slaves and plant it. There were no unofficial households in the entire Datang Dynasty. They could be called non-registered households. Only Kunlun slaves, Silla maids and other non-registered households from other countries were registered.
Kunlun Slave was also the first choice because he was pretty good at work.
Fortunately, I heard that the number of Kunlun slaves coming in from Guangzhou Port in Nanyang is very large. It is said that there are several fleets outside that have been constantly collecting and trapping Kunlun slaves. For the time being, each household has enough.
The Zheng family in Chang'an does not have land, and they are considered to be the group who have completely given up their land. Zheng Lin currently does not have much available funds, which is less than 600,000 yuan. This is after following His Highness King Qin in the past two years. I received a lot of benefits and dividends.
Otherwise, he wouldn't even have the money, but it has to be said that the assets of the Chang'an Zheng family have doubled compared to when the Xingyang Zheng family was separated.
It's just that at present, most of this wealth exists in the form of shares, etc., and land and other aspects have been reduced to a minimum.
"Go and ask someone to prepare 500,000 yuan in cash. We will bring them all tomorrow. In addition, you can go and inquire to see who else has received the invitation." Zheng Lin quickly made a decision and gave it directly to his butler. An explanation was given.
Although His Highness said that he did not like money, and His Highness often did not accept money on the spot, Zheng Lin had to seize it as long as there was an opportunity. Opportunities are for those who are prepared.
What if this time he had the opportunity to spend the money on the spot?
So Zheng Lin decided to bring the money.
Soon, Zheng Lin's housekeeper came back and brought back the news that Zheng Lin wanted to know.
"Are you saying that not only His Majesty is going to go tomorrow, but also all the princes in the court are going to go? And various wealthy families, powerful merchant families, Li Yinan and others have also been invited?" Zheng Lin was a little shocked.
He thought that those who received the invitation were just wealthy families and businessmen like them. After all, His Highness had always been kind to these businessmen.
But he never expected that the scale of this event would be so large that even His Majesty and all the ministers above the court would have to go there together.
"Yes."
Zheng Lin thought for a moment. If this is the case, it means that this matter itself is not ordinary. Looking at the previous events, the only thing these people participated in was the National Day military parade the year before last.
That military parade was something Zheng Lin had seen, or he had never seen such a shocking event since he became aware of it.
Zheng Lin originally wanted to say that there was no need to bring any money. In such a situation, His Highness would not be able to engage in activities or behavior of collecting money. Bringing money would be a waste.
After thinking about it, it was only 500,000 yuan anyway, so it wouldn't take up much space on the body, so Zheng Lin didn't say anything.
The place I went to this time was a place where I heard that road construction had been ongoing, and the road construction this time was always done in a high-standard way. The workers in the later stages of road construction were all professional workers, and there were people guarding the site, and they did not Know what kind of roads are inside.
Could it be said that His Highness directly built a cement road from Chang'an City to Chencang? So by letting them pass this time, is it to let them see the advantages of cement roads and let them pay for road construction?
It is not impossible to build roads, but how to recover the investment? Is there any charge? Several thoughts passed through Zheng Lin's mind. All he could think of was road tolls. If several of their aristocratic families invested in building a road from Chang'an to Luoyang, then all merchants and merchants along the way from Chang'an to Luoyang would be charged. , it is indeed a long-term business.
This business can be done.
However, Zheng Lin soon denied this approach. Let alone other things, it was impossible to charge all pedestrians. Your Highness would not allow roads that would affect people's lives. Zheng Lin saw this clearly.
Forget it, why are you thinking about this? You will find out when you go to the site tomorrow. At present, the Zheng family in Chang'an also has certain assets and has united a group of well-connected aristocratic families. If it is really to build a road, according to this 300-mile road Even long roads are not impossible to repair.
While Zheng Lin and the others were curious, several villages along the Weishui River were notified.
"What? Zhang Erhe, are you sure His Highness said we can go to watch the ceremony nearby?" the head of Maquan Village asked anxiously.
"Of course, His Highness said, thanks to everyone's help in patrolling in the past two years, some interested people have not been able to take advantage of it. Now that the road has been repaired, of course everyone can check it nearby tomorrow, but you must not board it. Go on the road, because the road measured tomorrow is a brand new road and may be dangerous." Zhang Erhe is a member of the security army in charge of Maquan Village.
"Haha, I understand, don't worry, we definitely know. To be honest, we have been guarding this for two years. We are also very curious about what kind of road this is. Tomorrow, everyone in our village will know I'm very interested. Anyway, the busy farming time is over now." The head of Maquan Village said happily.
Yes, this road was built for more than two years. The villages along the way have been involved since the beginning. The villagers made a lot of money by helping to build the road. Later, His Highness even told them that he hoped they could Help keep an eye on both sides of the road and keep strangers away from the road.
This road must be kept highly confidential and cannot be made public until it is successfully constructed.
For this reason, the villages along their roads have specially set up road protection teams to patrol day and night, just to prevent some people with ulterior motives from breaking in! And they themselves have never gone in to see it.
Now they are also curious, what is inside this road? Is it the same cement road as Chang'an City? If that's the case, that's great!
Of course, what all of them didn't know was that Li Ke was going to tell them a story, a fairy tale, a fairy tale from One Thousand and One Nights.
