Walking out of the R&D area, they got on the sightseeing carriage and went to the industrial area immediately.
"This is the granary of the Mo Family. Now the Mo Family is expanding rapidly and has occupied a lot of fertile land. In the future, the grain output of the Mo Family will continue to decrease. For the stability of the Mo Family, these granaries can store at least three years' worth of grain, which is enough for the Mo Family to eat for three years. Even when the Mo Family was facing a crisis, I didn't want to use these grains. "Meton said seriously.
This granary was the foundation of the Mo Family's stability. He introduced it to Li Shimin today so that Li Shimin could see the layout of the Mo Family's village.
"Preparing for a rainy day, the Mo Family's village is really not a fluke!" Li Shimin nodded. He controlled the whole Tang dynasty, so he knew the importance of grain. When the Shandong flood happened, if they didn't mobilize a large amount of grain to relieve the disaster, there would be a mass rebellion.
Moreover, the Mo Family had so much stored grain. Even if the Mo Family failed in the crisis, the Mo Family would not be in chaos. There was still a chance for them to rise again in the future.
As the carriage moved forward, they saw many huge workshops. In the Tang dynasty, almost all the workshops were homework and very small. Most of the workshops in the southwest industrial area and the brick road in the south of the city were the same. The bigger workshops were just employing some people.
However, the workshops in the Mo Family's village covered a large area. Compared with ordinary family workshops, they were huge. And there was more than one of them.
"How many people are working in such a big workshop?" Li Tai smacked his tongue.
Meton said proudly, "Now the Mo Family's village has 5,000 villagers, 10,000 foreign craftsmen in the industrial area and 2,000 peddlers and workers in the commercial area. These are the permanent residents of the Mo Family's village, not including the traveling merchants. The total population of the Mo Family's village is about 20,000."
"20,000 people!"
Li Shimin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise. The permanent residents of a village were almost equivalent to a small county.
"Now it's the end of the year. Most of the workers in the workshops have gone back to their hometowns. The industrial area must be very busy." Meton said regretfully.
Looking at the huge workshops, Li Shimin couldn't help sighing. The development of the Mo Family's village could not be described as fast, it was simply a miracle.
The sightseeing carriage moved forward and soon left the workshops behind...............
"Ah! We are already out of the Mo's Village. Why is there no city gate? "Li Tai asked curiously.
Li Shimin couldn't help but feel shocked. Then he suddenly remembered what he had experienced along the way. Not only did the Village Mo not have a gate, it didn't even have a city wall or a moat. How incredible it was! It should be known that in the Tang dynasty, even a small county with only a few thousand people had a city wall. Even some villages had a gate, a wall, and a moat. At night, the gate of the village would be tightly closed.
However, the Mo Family Village did the opposite. Not only did it not have a village gate, but it also built roads that extended in all directions. One could enter the Mo Family Village from almost any direction.
Meton said proudly, "The Village Mo is located right under the emperor's feet. Who dares to offend us? Of course, we don't need to worry about the safety of the village. Moreover, it costs a lot to build a city wall. The Village Mo is still in the ascendant. Instead of spending the limited money on building a useless city wall, we might as well build a few more brick houses for the villagers."
"Brother Mo, you are so wise!" Li Tai said admiringly. Few people in the world could care for the villagers as much as Meton did.
Moton chuckled and said, "Although the city wall is good and makes people feel safe, it will also shackle the development of a city. In the plan of Village Mo, it is not a square market like Chang 'an City. Instead, it is more inclined to be circular, with the business district as the center. Circle after circle of roads are built. The brick road we are walking on now is the Second Ring Road of Village Mo."
"Ring Road!" Li Shimin and others looked at the obviously curved road in front of them. They couldn't help but look at each other. Such a city plan was extremely rare.
"Now the Mo's Village is rapidly expanding. In less than five years, all the land within the Second Ring Road will be occupied. At that time, the brick road of the Third Ring Road will be built. If the city wall is built, how can we tear it down and expand outside? Therefore, the Village Mo will always be a city without city walls in the future. "Meton said generously.
"A city without city walls!"
Li Shimin and Li Chengqian were shocked and couldn't help but ponder. Once the city of the Tang dynasty was built, it meant that the area of the city was fixed. Even if some foresighted designers left room for development in advance, it would be used up one day. However, a city without city walls had infinite development possibilities. It could be seen that Meton's expectation of the Village Mo was very great!
Of course, there was another most important reason, which was tacitly not mentioned. That was, the unique skill of the Mo family in history was the Mo Guard. Once the city was built, and there were many brothers of Mo Jiazi in it, its defensive power would be doubled.
A fortress with amazing defensive power on the edge of Chang 'an could not be ignored by anyone. The reason why the Village Mo's Village didn't build city walls was that it destroyed its own Kung Fu and showed its loyalty to the imperial court. After all, no one would refuse to build a city that was not a threat and could provide endless taxes to the imperial court.
"Everyone knows that the Mo family is open to change, but they don't know that Brother Mo is so broad-minded!" Li Chengqian couldn't help being impressed by Meton's magnificent plan.
A city with infinite expansion, beautiful environment, suitable for living, and endless business opportunities in the Village Mo's Village with Mo Skills. Such a city would have a limitless future.
"Then I'll wait and see!" Li Shimin said loudly.
The Village Mo's Village was right under his nose. He wanted to see how far the Village Mo's Village could grow.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The Village Mo's Village was overjoyed. He looked up at the sun and said, "Today, Master Yu came back from Luoyang City. Hearing that Your Majesty is coming, he has already prepared a banquet in his mansion in the village. Your Majesty, please come to the Mo Mansion."
Li Shimin couldn't help but be moved when he heard this. Ever since Master Yu came to Luoyang to open up the market, he hadn't tasted Master Yu's cooking. He couldn't help but reveal a trace of a smile and said, "Then we're in for a treat today."
Li Chengqian couldn't help but reveal a trace of reminiscence as well. Back then, he, Modun, and Qin Huaiyu had tasted Master Yu's cooking quite a few times. Now that he thought about it, wasn't that a beautiful memory as well?
The sightseeing carriage didn't turn around, but continued to move forward along the ring road. After a while, they arrived at the residential area. In the center of the residential area was Meton's mansion in the Village Mo's Village.
"This is the new Village Mo's Village!" Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he saw the rows of brand-new brick houses in the residential area.
Compared with the shabby and dirty ordinary villages, the Village Mo's Village was a totally different world. Every house in the residential area had a brick road in front of it. It was clean and tidy. There was no dirty water flowing everywhere, and there were no poor people who looked sallow and emaciated.
A group of children dressed in clean and tidy clothes, looking healthy, were chasing each other and playing at the door. The chimneys of every household were emitting wisps of smoke, and the rich aroma of food assaulted their nostrils. The rich aura of life filled the air.
"This is the residential area of the Village Mo's Village, also known as the new Village Mo's Village. All the people who live here are the original villagers." Meton pointed at the newly built houses and introduced them to Li Shimin.
"They're all brick houses!" Li Tai was surprised when he saw the rows of newly built houses.
Meton nodded and said, "In order to prevent fire, all the houses in the Village Mo's Village are built with bricks, except for the shops along the street."
Although it cost more, Meton wanted to get it done once and for all. He didn't want to leave any fire hazard in the Village Mo's Village. Even the shops on both sides of the street were separated by fire belts at intervals, in case the tragedy of burning down the whole street.
"They're really upper-class families!" Li Shimin nodded and praised.
Hundreds of neat brick houses were located in picturesque disorder. The shock it gave was more convincing than any words. Most of the houses in ordinary villages were short thatched houses. Only the landlords and upper-class families could afford to live in brick houses. However, every house in the Village Mo's Village was like this. Such exquisite houses were not inferior to the market places in Chang 'an City.
"In one year at most, the expansion of the new Village Mo's Village will be completed. At that time, all the villagers will move into the new Village Mo's Village." Meton pointed at the few unfinished houses left.
"They're all benevolent and righteous people. Brother Mo treats the villagers well, and the villagers will try their best to repay his kindness!" Li Chengqian also praised. Meton treated the villagers very well, and the villagers also knew how to repay his kindness. When the Village Mo's Village was in danger, they generously contributed their money to save the village. How could such loyal and righteous villagers not be envied by others?
"That's my luck!" Meton said proudly.
Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh. There were so many aristocratic families and landlords in the world. Any one of them controlled ten times more people than the Village Mo's Village. However, these aristocratic families only absorbed the wealth of the people to support themselves, but never thought of supporting the people in return. As a result, the aristocratic families that had been passed down for thousands of years only had one prosperous family, while the people dependent on them were still poor.
However, Meton had created a new way of governing the people. Common prosperity was like a skyscraper. The stronger the foundation, the higher it could be built. And the people in the Village Mo's Village were the foundation of such a skyscraper. Only when the villagers were richer, the Village Mo's Village would be more prosperous.
"Young master!"
"Young master!"
… … …
Looking at Meton in the sightseeing carriage, all the teenagers greeted him respectfully. Their eyes were filled with fanaticism, as if they had seen their idol.
Meton greeted the villagers one by one. The carriage went smoothly all the way and soon arrived at the Mo Mansion of the Village Mo's Village.
Although Meton didn't come back for many years, the Mo Mansion was often cleaned by someone. Everything was in good order, clean and tidy. When they got off the carriage, they found that Master Yu had been waiting for them.
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