"Do you think our family's territory can be built like this?"
asked Zheng Hongxian.
In the eyes of these women, the construction of Hankyung is a miracle, a miracle that they can't understand.
Without a penny of the imperial court, such a huge Xinjing was built in three years, not even smaller than Chang'an City, but it was bigger than Chang'an and more beautiful than Chang'an.
It is said that each palace is bigger than the other, one is taller than the other, and one is more ornate than the other.
The imperial court did not spend money, and it made a lot of money.
Li Ji and other builders, but they did not lose money, but also made money.
Li Chao smiled.
Hanjing's model is not something that can be replicated casually.
Hanjing is the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
The royal court of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the hundred divisions of the imperial court, as well as so many nobles and bureaucrats and their families, as well as so many merchants, soldiers and family members, etc., focused on this, the imperial court moved the capital to Hanjing, and Hanjing could easily have a population of more than 500,000.
What population means It means consumption, it means demand, especially the population of the capital, they are all high-quality people, high-consumption groups.
It can be said that the richest people in the entire Datang are here.
It is precisely because of this that Li Chao can build so many shops, so many workshops, and so many residences, because there is demand.
Cities with a population of hundreds of thousands are extremely few in this day and age, or even in the whole world.
Hundreds of thousands of people basically rely on external supplies for food and drink, and even local production and processing.
And Li Ji's territory does not have such conditions now.
Why did everyone run Li Ji to buy a shop and buy a house, there was nothing there.
Even if 20,000 or 30,000 people were taken in the beginning, these people were not crowded into castles, they were more scattered in the tunbao and pastures all over the territory.
The castle of the Li family's territory, even if it engages in border trade, the scale of the transaction is not so large now, and most of these merchants are liquid, come to trade, and leave after the transaction.
In the final analysis, Li Ji's territory has a small population and insufficient consumption power, and it is impossible to have a huge consumption potential of hundreds of thousands of people like Hanjing.
Even if Li Chao builds a shop in the territory, he can't buy it at any price, and if he builds a house, there won't be many people living in it.
The territory castle in the deserted place of the frontier and the Jingshi in the center of the Tang Dynasty are completely different places.
Simple copying, is impossible.
Now the Li family's construction in the territory is indeed carried out at a loss, completely relying on the blood supply of the Li family.
In a few years, the territory will not see any benefits.
Recruiting people to immigrate from the Central Plains is huge, and the cost of settling in is huge, and the Li family is spending a lot of money, and this money can't be less, otherwise why would others run to a place where you don't, and people will go directly to immigrate with the imperial court.
The Li family had to come up with a better immigration policy than the imperial court in order to recruit people.
It's just the beginning.
Li Ji had to pay them to build a bunker for cultivation first, and he had to give them loans for seeds, farming tools, cattle, etc.
We also have to build good schools for them and give their children free education.
In addition, the Li family also had to build castles and roads, which were the big heads.
Like a bottomless pit, the money flowed in continuously, and I couldn't even hear a sound.
And the Li family now has fourteen territories, all of which have to be built.
Even if it's just a small village first, you have to start construction.
Otherwise, the territory is in danger of being reclaimed.
From an outsider's point of view, the Li family has many knighthoods, many territories, and unlimited scenery, but in fact, Li Chao is quite helpless.
So many territories are scattered in Tiannan and Haibei, which greatly increases the Li family's expenditure on building territories.
The Li family has money, but the territory can be built, which also makes the Li family a little hard.
Within ten years, these territories may remain a burden on the Li family.
However, if you can stick to it, then in the long run, the benefits will be huge.
Looking at a group of children, Li Chao felt very happy.
It's not easy to do this, all he's thinking about now is how to ensure the survival of all this.
Although it is said that children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, in fact, there are a few people who can really let everything go.
Especially after Li Chao thought of these heroes in the early Tang Dynasty, there were few good results, and he wanted to manage his territory more and more.
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Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, eldest grandson, Wuji, Li Ji, Chai Shao With so many heroes, almost all of their descendants were involved in the rebellion.
Could it be that their children and grandchildren all have backbones?
Of course not, just because of the political environment in the early Tang Dynasty.
However, there are so many territories at home, and Li Chao is already thinking about picking a few good places and focusing on building and operating.
For example, it cost the Li family 12 million to carry out the Ryukyu Island.
The geographical environment here is good, and it is in the southeast sea, which is far away from the political center of the Tang Dynasty and the center of the storm.
It should be developed here so that it is not very exposed to external shocks.
There is also the territory in southern Liaoning, the territory in Jiaozhou, and the territory in the Taixi Sea.
These three territories, one is the later Dalian, one is the later Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay Port, and the other is Singapore.
These three places are all excellent harbors, and Li Chao picked out these three territories because of the superior location of these three places after the inevitable rise of maritime trade in the future.
It can be said that now Li Chao is starting the navigation trade little by little, and has been preparing for the great voyage in the past few years.
Li Chao took out the sailing ships, Li Kee's shipyard is also training shipbuilders to expand the shipbuilding industry, and the Nanyang Trading Company is the pioneer of maritime trade.
In the future, the seafaring trade will definitely flourish, and then these three territories, together with the treasure islands, will form a chain.
From the Bohai Bay to the East China Sea to the South China Sea.
With the help of maritime trade to develop these territories, especially those in the South China Sea, even if the Central Plains is turbulent in the future, these places will be far away from Middle-earth, and they can become the last safe haven for the Li family.
People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries.
Li Chao has always been very supportive of Li Shimin, and he also believes that when Li Shimin is in power, as long as he does not rebel, Li Shimin is unlikely to move him.
After all, Li Chao is the emperor's biggest supporter, but it is difficult to protect the next generation or the next generation.
Li Chao has retired from the court, but his influence will not weaken.
The path he is taking now is to hope that the feudal princes of the Tang Dynasty will be able to establish a constitutional monarchy in the future.
But this idea is a little too far away now, and it is not easy to limit the monarch's power, and Li Chao does not know how likely it is.
If he fails in the future, I hope the Li family will have a way out.
If Li Shimin knew about Li Chao's thoughts, he would probably directly carry the blade to hack him to death.
"I'm actually for the eternal foundation of Datang, who can understand me" Li Chao sighed in his heart. t1706231537: