Datang speed, to some extent, is the speed of Nanshan Construction Engineering.

In just one month, Nanshan Construction Engineering has made the headlines of "Datang Daily" twice.

"The tallest building in Datang was successfully capped!"

"The site of the Summer Palace has been determined, and Nanshan Construction Engineering has once again become the exclusive contractor!"

These news make the winter in Chang'an City seem very hot.

After basically solving the problem of elevators, the construction of the tallest building in Datang has entered the fast lane.

Because most of the remaining works are indoor works, even in winter, as long as the temperature does not drop below freezing, it can be carried out normally.

Li Kuan is ready to officially push this high-rise building to the people of Chang'an City in the spring of next year.

"Lord Wang, this tributary of Weishui introduces water into the Summer Palace, and then lets the water flow into the central lake of the workshop city, and finally let them flow along the river in the workshop city and re-merge into the lower reaches of Weishui. I think this plan is very feasible and solves the problem that the Summer Palace needs a lot of living water. ”

Yan Wenwen is still the master craftsman in the construction of the Summer Palace, and at the same time, he also invited Yu Wenshan of Weishui Academy to be his deputy.

As a close disciple of Yu Wenkai, Yu Wenshan's performance in Weishui Academy in recent years can be regarded as quite outstanding, which has brought Weishui Academy's Gewu Academy to a higher level.

"No problem, the water plan is made according to what you say. The focus of the construction of the Summer Palace is a mountain and a river, and next to the workshop city, there is no decent hillside and no obvious large lake. The silt from the excavation of the lake was piled up next to it to form an artificial hillside, and some courtyards and palaces were built around the hillside, and various valuable trees and flowers were planted around it. This lake needs to be dug big enough.

I heard that there is a West Lake in Hangzhou, and last year Hangzhou Thorn Shi built a dam in the middle of the West Lake, dividing the West Lake into two, making this embankment a new landscape. Our Summer Palace, directly refer to the pattern of the West Lake to dig the lake, in short, I hope that this Summer Palace, is a completely different palace from the Daming Palace, so that His Majesty does not want to leave after living in. ”

Since Yang Benman's gang is so powerful and gives himself such a good assist, Li Kuan naturally wants to grasp this opportunity.

If the construction of the palace can't attract Li Shimin? Then the meaning is greatly reduced.

Opposite? If Li Shimin spends most of his time in the Summer Palace all year round? Is that equivalent to the transfer of the political center of the Tang Dynasty to the Summer Palace? Moved to Workshop City.

The meaning behind this naturally does not need to be said.

"Lord Wang? In fact, it is built according to the Daming Palace, which is the fastest? It also costs less money. If you want to build it completely in the Jiangnan style? So not to mention the time and effort, the money will definitely not be spent, do you want to think about it again? ”

Yan Liben had already exchanged ideas with Li Kuan on the construction of the Summer Palace.

Although he was still looking forward to it, but seeing the huge palace building? I'm afraid that I won't be able to repair it halfway.

As a master of the Tang Dynasty? He knew very well how troublesome it was to build a Jiangnan-style courtyard.

"No, since you want to repair it chic, just do it to the extreme, otherwise Your Majesty will stay well in Daming Palace? Why come to the Summer Palace? I just want His Majesty to feel the extraordinaryness of the Summer Palace, and let him not want to go back when he comes. ”

Anyway, it's all Li Shimin's money? Li Kuan was not distressed at all.

As the largest shareholder of the East China Sea Fishery and the Tang Dynasty Royal Bank, Li Shimin's internal wealth is rich? More than many people can imagine.

It is estimated that even Li Shimin himself does not know how much wealth he controls.

"Whoever goes to the completed Summer Palace will linger. Just rely on the paragraph in the design drawing you gave? I felt the beauty of the Summer Palace. 'Artificial stacked stones into a hill? Are there those who are two to five feet tall? Countless small valleys are formed, and the clear water in the lower part of the valley is poured into it. In the middle of the valley there is a courtyard, a veranda, a garden, and a waterfall. And the hills in the park are full of precious and rare trees, and there are many flowers and trees of all colors', which is definitely a paradise in the world. ”

It stands to reason that Yan Liben already has Daming Palace in his hands, which can be regarded as a success.

Although many nobles have asked him to design houses over the years, he has not been moved.

This time, after seeing what Li Kuan gave, he took the initiative to ask Ying to be a master craftsman.

It saved Li Kuan's tongue.

……

This year's cotton planting area in Hedong Province has quadrupled compared with last year.

In the first year, everyone was skeptical and planted with the pace of the Chu Palace.

Now, the nobles who have tried the sweetness, and can even be said to be profiteering, immediately burst out with amazing energy.

Not enough people?

I'll do it myself!

Wasteland other than the court's reward, need to pay for it?

No problem, I'll give the money!

The number of students in the Agricultural College of Guanshishan Academy is insufficient?

It doesn't matter, we have built a cotton planting research institute here, and everyone will bear the cost, and the Guanshishan Academy will only be responsible for arranging the teachings.

"Chu Zhubo, during this time, a large number of cotton threads are transported to Chang'an every day, especially the Taiyuan Wang family, the latecomers are on top, this year their family planted cotton area, has reached 150,000 mu, almost occupying nearly one percent of the output."

Shi Ming, as Chu Suiliang's assistant, reported to Chu Suiliang the cotton-related information he had grasped.

As one of the earliest researchers in the Agricultural College of Guanshishan Academy, Shi Ming is now an expert in the cotton industry.

After doing Lizheng in Xinzhou for a year, it was reused.

Later, he was personally dispatched by Chu Suiliang to work beside him.

After all, Li Kuan asked Chu Suiliang to go to Shuozhou to be responsible for the promotion of cotton planting, and Chu Suiliang naturally wanted to put the most professional by his side.

"The north of Shuozhou, since ancient times, has been a region where the Central Plains Dynasty and the grassland peoples have fought very strongly, if this area can be completely included in the scope of my Tang Dynasty through cotton planting, even if it is to let the Taiyuan Wang family earn more money, what does it matter?"

Chu Suiliang naturally knew the meaning of Shi Ming's words.

However, he knew very well the reason why Li Kuan arranged for him to come to Shuozhou to preside over cotton planting affairs, so he would not stumble on them just because the relationship between the Taiyuan Wang family and the Chu Wangfu was not very good.

On the contrary, the fact that the Taiyuan Wang family was able to become the largest cotton grower in the northern part of Hedong Province was inseparable from Chu Suiliang's support.

After all, the Taiyuan Wang clan was the landlord of Hedong Province, and their advantages were not comparable to other nobles in Chang'an City.

For example, the Du family, although it is also a big family in Guanzhong, only 50,000 or 60,000 acres of cotton are planted here in Hedong Road.

As for the other nobles, most of them are tens of thousands of acres.

Of course, they will not be satisfied with the scale of tens of thousands of acres, but the speed of expansion cannot catch up with the Taiyuan Wang family.

You must know that the area demarcated by Li Kuan and the imperial court is at least enough for everyone to plant 5 million mu of cotton.

It's still far from perfect.

Of course, in terms of Datang's current consumption, the scale of cotton planting is enough.

Even, in just two years, because of the rapid expansion of cotton planting scale, cotton cloth has become much more accessible from a high-flying cloth.

"That's just as well. In order to save trouble, these nobles reclaimed the original grassland into cotton fields, and each family sent a large number of manpower, and for the safety of the cotton field, each family arranged a large number of guards. The strength of these people alone, when concentrated, is actually a large team. ”

"The Turks were defeated by our Tang Dynasty, the Xue Yantuo people were also abolished, the once powerful Goguryeo was almost wiped out, and in the grasslands north of Shuozhou, there was no opponent who could threaten us in a short period of time. Coupled with the discovery of large iron and coal mines nearby, two new mining cities are rising, and in time, Shuozhou will become a new economic center in the north of the Tang Dynasty. And once this place can bring benefits to the imperial court and the nobles, there will naturally be a stronger team to protect the safety here. Slowly, Shuozhou will no longer be a border city. ”

Chu Suiliang is also an aspirant.

He hopes that he can be like Ma Zhou and run Shuozhou into a prosperous state capital like Liangzhou.

When the time comes, his future will definitely be bright.

"Well, but because of the cotton fields, a lot of slaves have been exhausted this year, especially the slaves of the Wang family, there are a number of slaves bought from everywhere, and they are trying their best to reduce the cost of cotton planting, but they are very hard pressed against these slaves."

"There are a lot of slaves in the hands of the Wang family who are transported back from the Wa country by the Chun Yu family, saying that they are slaves, but in fact, the people of the Chun Yu family deceived those Wa people, not only did not spend money, but also said to have collected some freight from the people of the Wa country, and as a result, as soon as they turned around, Chun Yu's family sold the Wa people to those cotton field owners like slaves. This matter did not harm the interests of the people of Datang, so we don't have to worry too much. ”

What happened in Shuozhou, Chu Suiliang was naturally very clear.

However, as long as it doesn't violate his bottom line, he won't interfere at all.

Anyway, as long as it is beneficial to cotton cultivation near Shuozhou, he will not object.

……

In Chang'an City, due to the expansion of a large number of cotton cloth workshops, as well as the construction of yamen, new houses and the Summer Palace in various parts of the city, the impact of the flood on the displaced people was quickly eliminated, and even a certain degree of labor shortage reappeared.

"Lang Jun, this year's cotton has been processed into cotton cloth at the fastest speed, and now our Wang family alone has more than 100,000 cotton cloths to sell. However, this year's cotton planting is not only our Wang family, if we continue to sell at last year's price, it is obviously unrealistic, so I suggest that the price be reduced by half directly, so that more people can afford cotton, and let our Taiyuan Wang's cotton cloth become the most famous cotton cloth in Datang. ”

Wang Feng, as the manager of Taiyuan Wang's arrangement in Chang'an, is now in charge of all cotton cloth sales business.

He is very aware of the changes in the cotton market, if he does not take advantage of the fact that the new cotton cloth of other companies this year has not yet been listed, he will first reduce the price of a batch, and then the effect of the price reduction will be much worse.

100,000 pieces of cotton cloth, just the cotton cloth of the Taiyuan Wang family, is enough to meet the needs of the entire Chang'an City.

Even if you count the people who don't have any purchasing power, the entire Guanzhong region is enough.

You can imagine how fierce the competition for cotton will be this year.

"If the price is cut by half, will the strength be too great? If we toil there to shout, there is not much need. ”

Wang Jie, as the eldest son of the Taiyuan Wang family, although he is not directly responsible for the business affairs of the family, he basically has the right to speak on everything.

"Lang Jun, there is still money to be made by cutting the price by half, and there is still a lot of money. This kind of cotton is much simpler than growing hemp, and with the introduction of a variety of auxiliary equipment in the mechanical workshop of the Chu Palace, cotton threshing and processing into cotton thread have become much simpler. To put it mildly, now the cost of a cotton cloth is lower than that of a linen cloth. ”

Wang Feng's words were a bit unexpected by Wang Jie.

"What do you say? The cost of cotton cloth is lower than that of linen? This cotton cloth is obviously more sweat-absorbing than linen, and it is much more comfortable to wear, and all the nobles in Chang'an City like to use cotton cloth to make clothes, especially close-fitting clothes, almost all of which are made of cotton cloth; On the contrary, it was the sackcloth, and no one wore it except those field slaves. ”

"That's right, Lang Jun, you're right! But the cultivation of hemp is not as troublesome as cotton, and it is not suitable for cultivation on the grassland. Like flax, it is suitable for mild, cool, humid climate, you put it in Shuozhou, although it will not grow to death, but it will not grow well at all.

And if you want to make more flax, it is best to plant it in a place where the temperature changes are not drastic and the temperature difference between day and night is small, but when the seedlings are emerging and flowering, the rainfall is more and more uniform. For example, cotton, the entire northern part of Shuozhou, the vast and boundless grassland, is very suitable for growth. ”

But most of the people who have grown cotton have also grown hemp to a greater or lesser extent.

Wang Feng, as the manager of the Taiyuan Wang family in charge of cotton cloth, is naturally very familiar with the situation of hemp.

"In that case, let's reduce the price. That Fan Yang Lu clan, after joining forces with the Xiao family to go to the South Seas, never wanted us to get involved in the maritime trade, and repeatedly imposed stumbling blocks on us. If I'm not mistaken, Fan Yang Linen Shop is the largest linen shop in Chang'an City, and Fan Yang Lu's is the largest linen merchant in Datang, right? ”

Don't look at the five surnames and seven hopes, through various marriages, they have been tied together.

But the competition between each other is not at all small.

For example, the relationship between the Taiyuan Wang family and the Fan Yang Lu family has not been very good.

Now that he can give his own cotton a head start, and can hit Fan Yang Lu's family, Wang Jie is naturally happy to see it.

"Yes, at the beginning, under the impact of the wool thread of the Chu Wangfu, Fanyang linen shop really encountered a huge crisis. However, woolen clothes are not suitable for wearing in hot weather, so the market for linen quickly stabilized, and Fanyang linen shop still firmly sat in the position of the most hemp cloth merchant in Datang. This time, what the Chu Wangfu didn't do, we can give it a try! ”

Wang Feng naturally hopes that the linen cloth of the Taiyuan Wang clan can be famous all over the world, and at that time, his voice as a shopkeeper within the Taiyuan Wang clan will also rise a lot.

"Then we will start distributing the goods, and tomorrow we will sell them at half the price of last year. We don't just sell in cotton shops, we can't relax in the Datang Trading Center. ”

Wang Jie's stay in Chang'an City is not short, and he naturally knows the important role played by the Datang Royal Trading Center in commercial transactions.

"Lang Jun, don't worry, the samples on display have already been sent to the shop in the trading center, and they will be sold tomorrow. This time, we want Datang to feel the new atmosphere of cotton. ”

Wang Feng said confidently.

This time, what he did was to benefit the country and the people, so that the price of cotton cloth would drop and more people could afford cotton cloth, and Wang Feng had never been so satisfied in his heart.

……

It has been 25 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

Putting aside the Wude period, and even the first few years of Zhenguan, in the last ten years alone, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

Although no one has counted how many times the income of the people has increased, the changes in everyone's income can be seen from the annual increase in the transaction scale of the eastern and western cities and the trading center.

Business is very prosperous, which inevitably means that there are many people who have spare money in their pockets.

Although it was hit by a sudden torrential rain last month, the city of Shangchang'an suffered heavy losses.

However, in the face of the court's powerful disaster relief measures, everyone quickly resumed their hopes of life.

As long as there is hope and confidence in the future, everyone dares to consume.

On the contrary, even if there is more money in the pocket, everyone should keep it and keep it for emergencies.

"Erlang, the sales volume of our linen shop this year is estimated to reach a new high. The sales of the first ten months alone have already caught up with the year before last year, and the price has even risen steadily, up by half a percent. ”

Lu An reported the situation in the shop to Lu Xuan with a smile on his face.

As the second son of Fanyang Lu's family, Lu Xuan stayed in Chang'an City all the year round, and was a disciple of Kong Yingda, the priest of the country.

Although he doesn't have any official position, his friends are very broad, and he spends a lot of money every month.

And his own linen shop is Lu Xuan's main source of income.

Of course, a lot of the income came to Lu Xuan after the various operations of Lu An, the shopkeeper of the burlap shop.

Otherwise, even if it was Lu Xuan, he would not be able to withdraw the money from the burlap shop's account at will.

"Really? That's just great! There are a few new girls in Baixiang Pavilion recently, and the limelight has completely overshadowed the girl like a dream, and I happen to be a little short of money on hand. ”

Lu Xuan, as the second son of Fan Yang Lu's family, although his status is very noble, the family's property is basically not his share.

The primogeniture inheritance system is a set of inheritance systems strictly implemented by various families.

Don't look at the son-in-law of the same father and mother, the difference in treatment between the eldest and the second is simply one in the sky and one in the ground.

Just compared with Xiao Kai, Lu Xuan wanted to cry in his heart.

The Lu family and the Xiao family teamed up to form a caravan to carry out overseas trade, and Lu Xuan, as the window of the Lu family, often communicated with Xiao Kai, the eldest grandson of the Xiao family, and was clear about the situation between them.

"Erlang, after several years of integration, our Lu family has firmly controlled the sale of linen in Chang'an City, and even the price of linen in the entire Tang Dynasty is up to us. As long as you raise the price a little bit, it will be enough for you to go to Baixiang Pavilion countless times. ”

Although Lu Xuan is only the second son, it is very simple to get rid of Lu An, the shopkeeper.

So Lu An saw it very thoroughly and firmly protected Lu Xuan's thigh.

Who made him the most honorable person of the Fan Yang Lu clan in Chang'an City?

"It's almost the end of the year, and many people like to buy some clothes for their homes at the end of the year; In addition, in recent years, our linen has been widely made into sacks, and the demand has actually been very strong. Not to mention that the price has risen a little bit, it is normal for it to rise by one percent. ”

Lu Xuan also knows Lu An very well, and knows a little bit of what he says, which is really a little bit.

Lu Xuan is naturally not satisfied with this "little bit" of extra income.

After all, it takes more than "a little" to maintain him in and out of various green buildings for a long time and enjoy the best wine and green tea.

"Erlang, I'll give it a try and strive to increase the price by 10% at the end of the year!"

Lu An looked embarrassed, but gritted his teeth and agreed.

"That's right, you see that in this shop, people come and go, and business is very good."

Lu Xuan stood on the second floor of the burlap shop, looking at the lively scene downstairs, as if he was looking at moving silver coins.

……

There is a saying that "I have never eaten pork, and I have seen a pig run".

In recent years, various workshops and shops in the Chu Wangfu have frequently carried out various promotional activities and publicity measures, and other merchants have not rusted their brains, so they naturally imitate each other.

Anyway, there is such a thing as publicity and promotion measures, and the Datang Royal Patent Office will not accept patent applications.

"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! The freshly baked "Datang Daily", a penny a copy, you can't buy it, you can't be deceived, you can't buy it, ”

"Big news, big news! Taiyuan Wang's cotton cloth was sold at a low price! ”

"The price is higher than the whole city, and the cheapest cotton cloth in history is here!"

In the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, there were bursts of shouting.

Obviously, Wang Jie asked people to advertise on "Datang Daily".

As a very effective promotion measure, advertising in various newspapers has become a common measure for various businesses in Chang'an City.

This also allowed newspapers such as "Datang Daily", "Chang'an Evening News" and "Weishui Daily" to quickly turn losses into profits.

Don't look at the thickness of the newspapers of these newspapers, which has changed from one large sheet at the beginning to three major sheets now, but the price has not been raised by a penny.

Although Datang's papermaking technology and printing technology have been making continuous progress in recent years, the speed of progress has definitely not reached the point where the cost has dropped to the original 30%.

Obviously, these newspapers are definitely losing money just by looking at the cost of printing.

As a result, not only do people not lose money, but they can make a lot of money, just because of advertising.

"Big brother, this is today's newspaper, take a look."

In the Du Mansion, Du He just went out, but he quickly returned to the mansion.

"You're talking about the big price drop in the price of Taiyuan Wang's cotton cloth, right?"

Du Wei glanced at the newspaper in Du He's hand very calmly, obviously he had just read it.

"Yes, I have been busy in the cotton cloth workshop for the past few days, seeing that the first batch of cotton cloth is about to go on the market, but now Taiyuan Wang is jumping out to stir up the situation, which is smashing all of our jobs."

The Du family has just made a big fall in Guiyifang, and the most important thing at the moment is the cotton income of Hedong Road.

According to the previous speculation, even if the price of cotton cloth this year is not as good as last year, the Du family can earn tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, and properly occupy the position of the main source of income for the Du family.

There is still no one.

"What is the cost of cotton, you have also calculated it again and again. The Taiyuan Wang family said that it was to evaluate the sale of cotton cloth, but in fact, there was at least three or five percent of the profit in it. Although our planting scale is not as good as theirs, according to their current selling price, we will not lose money, at most we will make less money, so what is the panic. ”

"Big brother, this is not to make less money, this is at least a loss of tens of thousands of yuan."

Du He couldn't understand how his eldest brother could still be so calm.

Tens of thousands!

Even if the Du family has a big business, there is no way to directly come up with a few tens of thousands.

"Before this year, linen basically accounted for half of the cloth market, wool thread-related things accounted for about 30 percent, and cotton cloth and silk and other things added up to about 20 percent. If you want to be worried, shouldn't you be the most worried about the burlap merchants? Let's just sit there and watch the play! ”

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