"We've lost!" Zheng Chang said with an unreadable expression. He didn't know whether he was happy or frustrated. When he was in charge of besieging Mo Jiazi's village, he had felt frustrated many times. Now his father had joined the battle and gathered the power of all the aristocratic families in the world, but they still couldn't do anything to Mo Jiazi. This made him seem not so incompetent, but Mo Jiazi was too powerful.
Facing the powerful attack of the aristocratic families, Mo Jiazi adopted the strongest defense tactic of human beings, which was to defend the city.
In the history of mankind, city walls were the oldest and most powerful defensive tactic of mankind. From a simple earth wall, it gradually evolved into a rammed earth wall, and finally into a brick wall. Its width, length, and height constantly increased, and its defensive power naturally multiplied as well. There was even the appearance of the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles. Such a miraculous building was the ultimate application of city walls for defense.
There were too many wars that happened on the city wall, and the pattern of history was changed many times because of the city wall. There were countless examples of the city wall winning the battle with fewer people. The legendary Mechanical City of the Mo Family was full of traps and was praised by the world for its super defensive power. It was said to be an impenetrable city.
Although the Mechanical City of the Mo Family built by Mo Jiazi was not used for actual combat, Mo Jiazi used it for commercial warfare. Its power was not inferior, and it made the aristocratic families ten times more powerful than him helpless.
"No, we haven't lost yet." The head of the Zheng family shook his head firmly.
"Father, now the imperial court is waiting for Mo Jiazi to lead the Firearms Supervisor to fight against Gao Chang. We can't directly attack the village of the Mo Family. Now that Mo Jiazi has the help of the Mechanical City of the Mo Family, many of the merchants in Chang 'an City have turned to the Mo Family." Zheng Chang said helplessly.
Under the huge profits, some merchants no longer cared about the aristocratic families. They either openly or secretly surrendered to the Mo Family and seized the high-quality shops of the Mo Family in the mechanical city. Wu Meiniang even took advantage of the opportunity to sell some goods that were fiercely competitive with the aristocratic families at a fair price or even zero profit. This loss was nothing to the mechanical city of the Mo Family, but it made the workshops of the aristocratic families suffer. For a while, the Mo Family and the aristocratic families in Chang 'an City changed the situation of attack and defense, and the Mo Family quickly gained the upper hand.
"The Mechanical City of the Mo Family only covers half of Chang 'an City. The East and West Cities are still under our control, not to mention the Aristocratic Families outside of Chang' an City. Before the Ten Roads and Ten Cities of the Mo Family are built, the workshops can still continuously draw in wealth for the Aristocratic Families. Judging from the accounts, the Aristocratic Families still have the absolute advantage. How can we admit defeat so easily?" The head of the Zheng Family said proudly.
That's right. Judging from the accounts, the World Workshop was still able to bring in a steady stream of wealth for the aristocratic family. On the other hand, the Mo Family's Mechanical City's turnover of over a million was only a small portion. This was a loss that the aristocratic family could still bear.
"But even so, we still can't do anything about the Mo Family's Mechanical City. We can only watch as the Mo Family grows stronger step by step." Zheng Chang knew that the Mo Family was growing stronger step by step, but the aristocratic families were helpless. This feeling was simply too unbearable.
The head of the Zheng Family shook his head and sneered, "That's because you were frightened by Mo Jiazi. Have you ever thought about why Mo Jiazi announced the Ten Roads and Ten Cities Plan instead of the Hundred Cities Plan since the effects of the Mo Family's Mechanical City are so good?"
Zheng Chang couldn't help but be stunned. That's right. Wouldn't the Hundred Cities Plan be better? This way, the Mo Family would benefit even more.
"Father, are you talking about the cost?" Zheng Chang's heart skipped a beat as he asked carefully.
The head of the Zheng Family nodded and said, "That's right. The Mo Family's Mechanical City is indeed a treasure bowl. However, the reason why the treasure bowl is able to gather so many treasures is because it's also a rare treasure that has extraordinary value."
Zheng Kai nodded his head. The raw materials of the Mo Clan's Mechanical City were all valuable construction materials. The reason why the Mo Clan's Mechanical City was known as a treasure bowl was probably because it was built from pieces of silver ingots.
"Although many of the materials were produced by the Mo Family Village, the cost of a Mo Family's Mechanical City is also an astronomical figure, not to mention the long construction period. Just these ten Mo Family's Mechanical City alone would take at least ten years to complete. If we are frightened by the Mo Family ten years later, we will be ridiculed by the world." The head of the Zheng Family snorted.
"What if the Mo Family continues to expand ten years later?" Zheng Chang asked worriedly.
The head of the Zheng Family sneered and said, "The cost of the Mo Family's Mechanical City is astronomical. The only places in the world that can accommodate the Mo Family's Mechanical City are only the Ten Roads Counties. If it's an ordinary county, I'm afraid the Mo Family Village won't be able to recover the cost even after a hundred years. Ten Mo Family's Mechanical City is only enough for the Mo Family Village to protect themselves. It's wishful thinking to think that they can defeat the aristocratic families. "
"In that case, the Mo Family can't do anything to the aristocratic families, and the aristocratic families can't do anything to the Mo Family either. The Mo Family and the aristocratic families can't do anything to the Mo Family." Zheng Chang said in his heart.
The head of the Zheng Family smiled bitterly and said, "A draw, it is indeed a draw. However, we have gathered the strength of all the aristocratic families in the world, and Mo Jiazi only has the strength of one village. We can't do anything to him. Saying it is a draw is actually a crushing defeat for us. It's just for show!"
"Then what should the aristocratic families do next?" Zheng Chang asked.
"We don't have to do anything. The aristocratic families still have the absolute advantage now. They have made use of the Mo Family's Mechanical City to gain a lot of benefits. The Mo Family only has one Mo Family's Mechanical City. It's more than enough for defense, but not enough for offense. It's not a big threat to the aristocratic families at all." The head of the Zheng Family took a deep breath and said. He admitted that he was already a little frightened. Every time he targeted the Mo Family Village, it would only make the Mo Family Village stronger. In his heart, he was already afraid of Mo Jiazi. If the aristocratic families went against the Mo Family again, he didn't know how strong the Mo Family Village would become. Now, he only wanted to protect the current interests of the aristocratic families.
"But how are we going to explain to the other Six Wangs?" Zheng Chang frowned and said.
"I'm not the only one who thinks so. The other Six Wangs think the same. The aristocratic families' way of survival is not only to be good at using the power in their hands, but also to be good at compromise. I think it's time for the Five Wangs and the Seven Wangs to reconcile with Mo Jiazi. "The head of the Zheng Family made a big decision.
"Reconcile?" Zheng Chang couldn't help but raise his voice. For three years, he had been going against Mo Jiazi. Now that he suddenly wanted to reconcile with Mo Jiazi, he couldn't accept it.
"But does Mo Jiazi agree to reconcile?" Zheng Chang frowned and said.
The head of the Zheng Family said confidently, "Mo Jiazi once said that there are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests. On this point, I believe Mo Jiazi knows better than anyone else. Compared with the interests between the aristocratic families and the Mo Family, the previous misunderstanding is nothing. If the Mo Family is willing, the aristocratic families can share the commercial interests of the world with him."
"Share the commercial interests of the world!" Zheng Chang couldn't help holding his breath. The interests at the top of the pyramid of the business world in the Tang dynasty had always been the exclusive property of the aristocratic families. Now they were going to share it with the Mo Family. It was conceivable that the Five Wangs and the Seven Wangs had to make a big concession.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
