Chapter 358

Wei Hao heard Li Shimin say that he needed a lot of money next year, and immediately looked at Li Shimin!

"Next year, I am going to build all the roads in the state capital, although I can't finish it in a year, but I think, there will be no problem in three or five years, you are right, you need to do something for the people.

In addition, next year also needs to be counted, how many people are in Datang, to know the roots, on the number of people and households, as well as the situation of their fertile land, this requires a lot of manpower to do, but also needs to spend money, this year the Ministry of Civil Affairs is not bad, there is a balance, next year is estimated not necessarily to have,

I haven't discussed this plan with those ministers yet, and it is estimated that if I do, those ministers will definitely oppose it, thinking that I am working hard and hurting money, but this time, I have decided not to levy labor, but only to pay people to work! Li Shimin looked at Wei Hao and said,

Wei Hao heard it, nodded, and then said: "Father, the son is in favor, the road has been repaired, which is very helpful for the circulation of goods, and the tax revenue of the court will be more at that time, and the living standards of the people will be much higher!" ”

"Well, my father believes your words, because there are a lot more taxes in Chang'an this year, if someone else says so, I don't believe it, but what you say, I believe it!" Li Shimin nodded and said, and then poured tea for Wei Hao.

"Thank you, Father!" Wei Hao arched his hand and said.

"I am now hoping that under your governance, the living standards of the people in Wannian County will improve, and at the same time, it will also lead to an increase in the income of the people in the surrounding state capitals.

In the past two years, the land outside Chang'an City is very tight, many people have migrated to Chang'an, they are to buy a piece of land nearby, build a house, and then develop here, I believe that if there are enough workshops in Chang'an, then there will be more people who come to Chang'an to work, so that the prosperity of my Chang'an is estimated to far exceed that of my predecessors, and this is also my credit. Li Shimin sat there and said longingly.

"That's for sure!" Wei Hao also nodded and said.

"Wannian County, by this time next year, how many workshops will there be, and how many people are expected to work?" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and asked.

"It is estimated that there will be no less than 40 large workshops, and the number of people working will not be less than 100,000 people, and this 100,000 will be able to affect 100,000 families, and at the same time, it can also drive the surrounding people to make money, for example, 100,000 people need to eat and drink, which will cause a lot of small businesses to sell things.

Also, these workshops also need to be supporting things, such as horse-drawn carriages, such as the need to hire people to deliver goods to foreign enemies, this is an opportunity to work, and it is expected to drive tens of thousands of people to work, I estimate that by next winter, the people of Chang'an City may not be enough, after all, there are so many laborers in Chang'an City, and the people of other state capitals will definitely rush to Chang'an! Wei Hao introduced to Li Shimin.

"That's good, but now there's a problem, the problem of the carriage, can you solve it?" Li Shimin asked at Wei Hao.

Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin incomprehensibly, he really didn't pay attention to this: "The problem with the carriage, what's the problem with the carriage?" ”

"There are not many goods in the carriage, and this is also a problem reflected on the side of the straight road, for this reason, I asked the Ministry of Industry to count it, and found that many merchants also reacted to this matter, so I mean, see if you can solve this matter!" Li Shimin looked at Wei Hao and said.

Wei Hao thought about it for a while, and then said uncertainly: "It shouldn't be a big problem, I'll think about it carefully in the past few days, no problem, I will definitely be able to figure it out!" ”

"Okay, I know that you can definitely solve it, and I also asked the Ministry of Industry to find a way to solve it, but it is estimated that it is difficult, and now those craftsmen don't work much, they all go to private work!" When Li Shimin said this, he looked at Wei Hao with a little dissatisfaction, and Wei Hao laughed when he heard it.

"You have to solve this matter, and there is also the matter of craftsmen, you also have to solve it, you don't want to make the court when the time comes, there are no craftsmen available, and then I don't know how many people will talk about impeaching you!" Li Shimin looked at Wei Hao and warned.

"What's the matter with me, don't scare me, I didn't do anything, you have to blame, you also blame those ministers, they drove the craftsmen away!" Wei Hao won't accept the offer, can he admit it, anyway, it has nothing to do with him.

"Rabbit cubs, can those Wenchen admit it? If you don't impeach when the time comes, who will you impeach? Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and said.

"I can't help the craftsman's business, you talk to those Wenchen, I can't stand in the way of other people's wealth!" Wei Hao continued to shake his head and said, he just didn't admit it, Li Shimin was very helpless, knowing that this matter would definitely cause a quarrel at that time, if it wasn't good, he would have to fight again.

Then Wei Hao and Li Shimin were sitting there chatting, chatting for a while, Li Chengqian came over, and the three of them chatted.

At noon, Wei Hao was eating at the Ganlu Palace, and returned to his home in the afternoon.

"Why is it so long, at noon, those officials of the family came to visit you, you are not at home, they asked you, at noon of the Chinese New Year's Eve, go to the patriarch's house to sit!" Wei Furong came to Wei Hao's side and said to Wei Hao.

"Oh, okay, I haven't been to the patriarch's house for a long time, it's been more than half a year." When Wei Hao heard this, he nodded and said.

"It's good that you remember, the patriarch has been thinking about this rice mill and flour mill, and there is no movement on your side, and he doesn't dare to urge you now!" Wei Furong sat there and spoke.

"Is he too embarrassed to rush me? Green brick and tile processing workshop, their family has divided so much money, more than the money they made before, and he still urged me? Wei Hao smiled and said indifferently.

"Otherwise, you still want to be so relaxed, when the time comes, those are the children of the family, and it will also help you, as the saying goes, a good man is not three gangs, you are still young now, you don't understand those things, and when you really need to run errands for the court, you will know? You can't go to Your Majesty for everything, can you? Wei Furong sat there and reminded Wei Hao.

"What am I looking for Your Majesty, among the six departments, that department dares not to give me face, although I have fought with them, but I am also an acquaintance when I fight, and there is no personal vendetta, who of them dares to card me?" Wei Hao still smiled and said indifferently.

"You, anyway, the old man can't say you, look at you, just lie here these days, and don't look at what else you need to prepare? It seems that the Chinese New Year has nothing to do with you, right? Wei Furong began to say that Wei Hao never cared about the big and small things in the family.

"Dad, aren't you and your mother here? What do I care about? Wei Hao smiled and said, Wei Furong hit Wei Hao, there was nothing to do with Wei Hao.

"Come, Dad, drink tea, this year is good at home, right? After the mansion is built, there is still so much money left in the family, hehe! Wei Hao poured Wei Furong a cup of tea and asked with a smile.

"Well, it's good, anyway, my father and your mother, there is nothing to regret, just waiting for you to get married, and you can't be in a hurry to get married, the time has already been set, just waiting to do it,

Your eight sisters are also in Chang'an now, you have also found out, your aunts, now there are more smiles, and there are more places to go, every month, you have to go to the girl's side to walk around, live for a day or two, and talk to your sisters, it's good,

Sometimes, my father went to Xicheng and didn't want to come back, so he went to your sister's house to eat, but I didn't expect that the old man could still eat his daughter's food in Chang'an City in his life. Wei Furong said happily.

"By the way, did you send anything from my sister's house?" Wei Hao immediately asked.

"Wait for you to remember, your sisters can't wait until they are blind!" Wei Furong scolded Wei Hao and said.

"Am I not busy? Just send it! Wei Hao said with a smile, the father and son sat there and chatted for a while, and before they knew it, it was Chinese New Year's Eve,

This morning, Wei Hao and Wei Furong, the two of them went to the Wei family ancestral hall to worship, today is another day to worship the ancestors, the children of the Wei family in Chang'an, who have heads and faces, will come over, Wei Hao's carriage has just stopped at the gate of the ancestral hall, and those Wei family children will know.

"Prudence! Uncle Jinbao"

"Uncle Shen Yong! Azu"

"Hello Azu! Tai Azu is good! ”...

Many of the Wei family's children saw Wei Hao and Wei Furong coming, and they all shouted with a smile.

"Eh, okay, all right?" Wei Hao also asked with a smile, now Wei Hao is different from before, Wei Hao would hate the people of the family before, but now I also know that there are still a large number of ordinary children in the family, who are just living together.

"Okay, Azu, take the liberty of asking, does the restaurant still need people? My kid wants to learn how to stir-fry! A middle-aged man looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"How old are you?" Wei Hao stood up, looked at the young man behind the middle-aged man with a smile and asked.

"Tai Azu, nineteen!" The young man said embarrassedly, they all knew that Wei Hao was only crowned this year, that is, sixteen years old, but he relied on his own ability to become the prince of the country, and he was also a duke of two countries.

"Oh, that's okay, that, after the year, well, Steward Wang!" Wei Hao said and looked at the back, he had not yet entered the ancestral hall, and Steward Wang was still behind.

"Eh, Childe!" Steward Wang immediately ran over.

"After the beginning of next year, let him go to the restaurant to learn to be a cook, you remember his name, learn the skills well!" Wei Hao pointed at the young man and said to Steward Wang.

"Good boy!" Steward Wang immediately nodded with a smile and said, Wei Hao nodded at the father and son, and walked inside with those sacrificial items,

When they got inside, there were more people, they saw Wei Furong's father and son coming, they all said hello, Wei Furong also kept giving his hand, many of them all knew each other, they were all members of the same family, Wei Hao didn't know much, but they all knew that they were all surnamed Wei.

"Quick, go inside, it's almost there!" An older man saw Wei Furong coming over and said with a smile.

"Huh!" Wei Furong nodded,

Soon, the father and son arrived inside, and there were all the children of the family who were officials, as well as those who had a bit of status in the Wei family.

"Shen Yong, here, eat at my house at noon!" Wei Yuanzhao saw Wei Hao coming over and immediately shouted Wei Hao.

"Okay, my dad told me, I haven't been with you for a while!" Wei Hao smiled and nodded, and then put the sacrificial items on the altar in front, everyone stood here, waiting for the hour, and at the same time chatting with each other.

"You're a busy man, you can't find you every day, and I don't know why you went!" Wei Yuanzhao said to Wei Hao with a smile.

"Eh, don't mention it, it's a bit long to be in jail this year!" Wei Hao said with a wry smile, and when the other people heard it, they also laughed, they all knew that Wei Hao was going to prison if he was fine, and it was a lot of ministers who fought and went to prison.

"Shen Yong, I didn't say you, you said you were fine, what are you doing in that place?" Wei Yuanzhao also smiled helplessly.

"It's fine!" Wei Hao waved his hand and said, and then he saw Wei Shen, Wei Shen was chatting with Wei Furong, a year ago, he also came to the house, but Wei Hao was not at home.

"Brother Jinxian, how is this year?" Wei Hao looked at Wei Shen and asked.

"Okay, I'm sure I'm better with you, I've been to you twice before, I wanted to talk to you, but you're too busy." Wei Shen looked at Wei Hao and said.

"Well, it's a little busy, you can come and sit when you have time, my dad is at home anyway!" Wei Hao said to Wei Shen.

"Yes!" Wei Shen nodded, others are also a little envious, Wei Shen is now in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but he has a lot of power, the key is that no one dares to touch him, they all know that he has a good relationship with Wei Hao, as long as he doesn't make big mistakes, then no one can move his position.

"By the way, how many years have you been in the Ministry of Civil Affairs? Have you been promoted in the middle? Wei Hao looked at Wei Shen and asked.

"It's been three years, and I haven't been promoted, but it's okay, didn't I just come out of my cell this year?" Wei Shen said to Wei Hao.

"Well, it's okay, you're like this, you don't have to think about anything else in the past two years, do your own thing, what about me, if you have the chance, I'll be promoted to serve as a governor below, okay?" Wei Hao said to Wei Shen.

"Then, of course that's good, but there's an old mother at home, eh, or it's okay to get closer, and I'll come back from time to time!" When Wei Shen heard this, he thought about it for a while, and then he thought of his old mother at home, and immediately said with a little regret.

"It's okay, it's nearby, it won't go far!" Wei Hao opened his mouth and said, originally Wei Hao wanted to say, let him replace him as the county magistrate of Wannian County, it is impossible for him to serve as the county magistrate of Wannian County all the time, what five years, it is impossible, at most two years he will not do it, even if he wants to do it himself, Li Shimin will not agree, when the time comes, if he wants to nominate people, then he will nominate Wei Shen.

"Shen Yong, the rest of the family, if you can help, just help!" Wei Yuanzhao stood there and said to Wei Hao.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely help if I can!" Wei Hao said.

"I want to say this, one is that Shen Yong is too busy, and the other one, if you have something, you are embarrassed to go to Shen Yong, what you don't know is that don't look at Shen Yong so young, but in front of His Majesty, it can be said that it is, well, the most trusted person by His Majesty, but you have to ask Shen Yong for help, first of all, that is, you have to do it right, if you don't do it right, don't make trouble for Shen Yong, Shen Yong is busy all day!" Wei Ting was standing there talking at this moment, and the other disciples also nodded.

"They dare to do something wrong, the old man tells you one by one, the money given to you by the family is enough for you to buy a family business, you dare to stretch out your hand, the old man expelled your whole family from the family tree, what are you kidding, this year's family income is good, you took the lion's share, and the rest is given to the school,

The children of my Wei family, no matter whose children it is, as long as they reach the age of six, they must go to the school to study, and they will also be subsidized 4 yuan a year. Wei Yuanzhao stood there and said to those people.

"Don't dare, don't dare, patriarch, don't worry, now we really won't mess around, just do our own thing!" Wei Shen and the others immediately bowed their hands to Wei Yuanzhao and said, the family did subsidize a lot of money to them, and this year, the least of them were 1,000 yuan, and more than Wei Ting, 2,000 yuan, Wei Hao didn't ask for it, Wei Hao's money was directly given to the clan.

"Well, I hope you will set an example for the younger generations, now the family is not short of money, you will not be short of money, now we are pressing the Du family, in the past few decades, we are all pressing the Du family, although the relationship between our two families has always been very good, but we are always pressed, and our hearts are not comfortable,

Now, my Wei family also has the title of Duke of Guo, or the title of Duke of two countries, Wei Hao has fought for the face of our Wei family, you don't want to embarrass our Wei family, otherwise, the old man will not agree! Wei Yuanzhao continued to say to those people, and they all didn't dare to say again and again.

"If you have difficulties, come to me, you know, I'm busy, plus I have just entered the court as an official not long ago, and I am not familiar with everyone, but as long as it is a child of the Wei family and comes to the door, then I will definitely help somewhat, of course, the premise is that I can help, if it is a lack of money, you come to me, I have money, Chang'an City knows, I have money!" Wei Hao said with a smile,

The other people also laughed, who didn't know that Wei Hao was rich, and then everyone chatted for a while, and when the conversation was almost over, they began to worship their ancestors.

Or Wei Hao stood on the left, Wei Ting stood on the right, Wei Yuanzhao stood in the middle, and began to worship the ancestors, after everyone worshiped the ancestors together, they began to worship the ancestors alone, Wei Yuanzhao was the first to worship the ancestors, Wei Hao's family was the second to worship the ancestors, and Wei Ting's family was the third to worship the ancestors.

Then the officials behind began to worship their ancestors one after another,

And Wei Hao and Wei Furong, as well as Wei Yuanzhao, they came out of the ancestral hall, Wei Yuanzhao invited Wei Furong to go with them, Wei Furong did not go, today is mainly those children of officials to get together, they don't want to go, the family is Chinese New Year's Eve, the family also needs people, so Wei Furong refused.