In addition, Ang Lee never restricts the freedom of these manservants, as long as they finish their work, they can go outside if they want to, there are favorable conditions as a premise, Ang Lee is not worried that these manservants will escape, besides, Datang has a law, and slaves who escape and are caught will be punished, so as long as they are not really unbearable, under normal circumstances, slaves will not escape. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

And these male servants, after being bought back by Li An, are much more comfortable and moisturized than before, except for the hard work, they are more comfortable in other aspects, and these farmers are used to eating snacks and don't feel how hard it is, so even if they are allowed to work here all the time, they can accept it.

However, they would certainly be happier if they could regain their freedom, but only if they could obtain enough land, or if the imperial court could change its tax policy so that they would have a better way out, otherwise, they would rather be Ang Lee's servants than be free and easy.

After all, the reason why people advocate freedom is because they don't have to worry about food and clothing, and if they can't live anymore, then what do they have to do freely.

Since ancient times, the requirements of the common people are very simple, as long as they can eat a full stomach and be a slave in peace, then it is the prosperity and Zhongxing, and the people will shout long live, long live, long live.

The change of dynasties is often the common people who want to be slaves but can't, so they rise up and look for a wise king who can make them slaves smoothly.

In ancient times, the common people were simple and kind, because at this time the people's wisdom had not yet been developed, and the common people knew very few things, and their requirements were very low, which was very beneficial to the ruling class, but if the people's wisdom was not developed, it would inevitably be impossible to improve the science and productivity of the whole society, so that the backward state would continue.

But the authoritarian ruling class is certainly unwilling to develop the wisdom of the people, because it means taking the risk of losing power, just imagine, when all the common people are very shrewd, understand the principles of governing the country, understand that the divine authority of the monarch is a false servile idea, will they still be willing to submit to the emperor's obscenity?

I am afraid that at that time, the family heirloom emperor system will completely disintegrate, and it will be replaced by a popular election system, and the emperor and the aristocratic group with vested interests will definitely try their best to prevent such a thing from happening.

Li An told these male servants about his intention to reform the tax system of the Tang Dynasty, which was to make these male servants believe that he was a good person, and that he was a good person, so that they could work harder, which was still a kind of selfishness, but it was a well-intentioned selfishness, at least it could make these male servants feel more comfortable and feel that their Ah Lang understood their hearts.

Zhao Liu's work efficiency was very fast, and he quickly recruited a large number of people from the surrounding villages, and when these people heard that there was money to be earned, they naturally all rushed to find work.

Ang Lee's processing plant has a lot of trucks, however, they are all used to transport wood and furniture, and are not suitable for transporting coal, for this reason, Ang Lee drew a drawing, and asked some craftsmen to step up the construction of semi-enclosed trucks, which are closed on five sides, only the upper part is empty, in addition, the front and rear sides can be disassembled, which is very convenient for transporting coal, and in order to save manpower, it is also used for storage transportation, donkeys, horses and mules are all used.

"Ah Lang, there are more than 100 people in total, can you see enough?"

Zhao Liu pointed to the peasants who were arriving one after another behind him and asked softly.

"That's enough, Zhao Liu, good job, there are twenty trucks here, you let them have one for five people, take tools to dig coal in the coal mine, each car must be full, and the salary will be calculated according to the car."

The mining method adopted by Li An is the most primitive way, a group of five, not only mining, loading, but also transportation and unloading, the production efficiency is naturally not high, but fortunately, for the time being, there is no large-scale mining of coal, as long as a few coal warehouses are full, and it is also very convenient to calculate wages.

Today, the stone arch bridge directly south has not yet been built, and the farmers have to take a detour to the small bridge downstream to cross the river, which is an insignificant increase of ten miles, which further reduces efficiency.

"Zhao Liu, find a few people to turn the waterwheel and get some water."

Li An looked at the large pile of loess beside him and ordered softly.

At this moment, he was ready to start making honeycomb coal immediately, on the day he found honeycomb coal, Li An hurriedly returned to the city, and at the same time, he also asked people to go to the coal mine to dig a small cart, so, at the moment, he has a little coal in his hand, and the loess is not lacking, when building the warehouse, in order to level the land, a lot of excess soil is piled up in an open field, these soils, contain a large amount of yellow mud, and yellow mud is a very sticky soil, which can be used to make honeycomb coal.

"Alang, the water is coming."

Under Zhao Liu's orders, several male servants quickly fetched a large bucket of water and brought it to the front of Li An.

"You take a bucket of charcoal and a bucket of soil, put them together, add water and stir."

Li An opened his mouth to command, and personally turned around and picked up the honeycomb coal mold.

"Ah Lang, what you have to do now is the honeycomb coal you said, can this work?"

Zhao Liu was suspicious in his heart, and those male servants were even more unaware, but Li An's order was a holy decree in their hearts, and it was naturally necessary to carry it out.

"After watering, mash all the hard pieces of charcoal inside, and stir evenly, the more uniform the better."

Li An held the mold and began to instruct the male servants.

These valets worked very hard, and soon all the watered carboniferous ore was mashed and mixed with the loess until the color of the soil was completely invisible.

"Okay, you guys take care of it, see how I do it."

Li An slammed the honeycomb coal mold into a pile of slime mixture, pressed it hard, then took it out, smashed it into the open space on the side, slowly pulled up the mold, and a beautiful honeycomb coal was formed.

"You can see clearly! This is honeycomb coal, now there are only a few molds, you are responsible for making honeycomb coal when you have nothing to do, Wang Ba, you are also responsible for this matter. ”

Li An knows that taking care of the vegetable greenhouse is very hard, these fifty people are very tired, but the vegetable greenhouse does not need to be taken care of all the time, there are only a few fixed time points in the work every day, and there is still a lot of free time, rather than letting them be idle, it is better to let them do more.

The boss is black-hearted, no one is an exception, Li An suddenly felt that he had become black-hearted, however, Wang Ba didn't express any opinion, and happily agreed, perhaps, he also felt that these subordinates usually have too much free time, and it is time to do more work for the boss.

"Ah Lang, the charcoal is so good, why did it look like this, and besides, it was mixed with the soil, so it could still burn?"

Zhao Liu looked at these honeycomb coals with holes and felt a little strange, after all, he didn't know the magic of this honeycomb coal.

Li An didn't bother to explain, but just told everyone that after these honeycomb coals are ready, they must be dried outside, and then after they are hard, they can be put into the honeycomb coal warehouse for storage, and they can't exceed a certain height, otherwise, the bottom layer of honeycomb coal is likely to be crushed.

Because digging coal is a piecework system, the people who were found worked very hard, and trucks full of coal were continuously transported into the warehouse, and soon in the first warehouse, a thick pile was piled up.

Several manmaids were also busy making honeycomb coal according to Ang Lee's requirements, and since there was almost no technical difficulty, the honeycomb coal made by these manservants was very good, exactly the same as Ang Lee's.

Looking at the dense honeycomb coal on the ground, Li An was in a good mood, after these honeycomb coals are done, his mansion will not need so much firewood in the future, which not only saves space, but also can better save costs, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

In the afternoon, Li An took Zhao Liu back to the mansion, and before leaving, told Wang Ba to step up the production of honeycomb coal, and at the same time told the craftsmen of the processing factory to transport these wheelchairs to the Xin'an Wang's mansion immediately after assembling all the wheelchairs.

After returning to the mansion, Li An has been thinking about how to propose to Emperor Li Longji to change the current rent adjustment policy of the Tang Dynasty.

The best tax system that Ang Lee could think of was the two tax laws in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, after all, the two tax laws were born on the basis of the destruction of the uniform land system, and now it should not be too much of a problem if it is promulgated decades in advance.

However, the two tax laws pay taxes on the amount of land owned, which will inevitably infringe on those nobles who own a lot of land, and the resistance they will suffer is conceivable, and in this way, Li An will offend a large number of nobles, and in the future, it is a question of whether you can continue to mix in the Tang Dynasty, after all, if all the powerful nobles hate you, how good your life can be.

If he unites with Li Shizhi and strives for more court officials to join it, the resistance will inevitably be greatly reduced, and the probability of success will naturally be higher.

In any case, Li An has made up his mind that he must implement the two tax laws as soon as possible, increase the tax revenue of the imperial court, and properly curb the wealth of the nobles, only in this way can the finances of the Tang Dynasty be saved, so as to avoid the decline of the Tang Dynasty step by step.

Regarding the details of the two tax laws, Li An has already thought very clearly, in order to avoid suffering too much resistance, the talent should be appropriately reduced, so that the peasants with less land will benefit the most, and the losses suffered by the nobles will be very slight, at least within the acceptable range, so that the implementation will be much easier.

Of course, the core issue of this two-tax law is whether Li Longji will support it and how to support it, which is very crucial, after all, Li Longji is now firmly in control of the power of the Tang Dynasty, as long as he is willing to fully support it, this two-tax law will definitely be able to be implemented.

After all, after Li Longji ordered the nobles to prohibit the nobles from annexing land, many nobles hid the land that had been annexed to oppose Li Longji's policy, and if the two tax laws were to be implemented, all the hidden lands must be found out and registered, otherwise, there would be a situation of concealment and omission, and the taxes that could be received would be greatly reduced.

"Husband, as soon as you come back, you meditate here, have you encountered any difficulties?"

Yan Ruyu walked up to Li An lightly and asked with concern.

"Oh, I'm thinking about state affairs, very important state affairs."

Li An's expression was serious, but his hands gently took Yan Ruyu into his arms.

Although he is now thinking about the two tax laws, this does not prevent him from touching his wife and thinking about state affairs with a beautiful woman in his arms, which is also a normal thing.

"Can't you tell me something important?"

Yan Ruyu asked with a concerned face, since she was Ang Li's woman, Yan Ruyu felt that she should care about Ang Lee, and if Ang Li encountered difficulties, he should unconditionally share Ang Lee's worries.

Li An stroked Yan Ruyu's face, sighed, and told Yan Ruyu his thoughts, he knew that Yan Ruyu was familiar with all kinds of books and was a thoughtful woman, perhaps, she would have better opinions.

"The husband's idea of sharing the worries of the court is very good, as long as he proposes it to His Majesty, he already has a clear conscience, as for whether it can work, it all depends on creation, the husband can't force it, and he doesn't have to worry."

Yan Ruyu gently suggested, she is just a woman, although she has read a lot of books, but in her bones she is still a woman's obedient nature, like a duckweed in the water, drifting with life, never knowing what to fight for, and not knowing how to fight for it.

In this little woman's heart, Ang Lee is her heaven and the whole of her life, she will follow Ang Lee wholeheartedly, no matter how many women Ang Lee marries in the future, her heart for Ang Lee will not change.

"Okay, let's not talk about state affairs, tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the curfew will be lifted in the capital, and the streets near the palace will also be full of lanterns, just like last year, do you want to go and see it."

Li An recalled the scene of last year's Shangyuan Festival, and there was a warm feeling in his heart, at that time, he and Yan Ruyu watched the lanterns together, and the mood was excellent, even, better than now, maybe he stayed in Datang for too long, and his mood actually changed, and now Li An has the feeling of being a middle-aged person.

"Good! All right! Looking at the lanterns this time, if I can't walk, will my husband still carry me? ”

Yan Ruyu looked at Li An with an intoxicated expression, in her opinion, being able to lie on Li An's back was the happiest moment in his life.

"Ruyu, you are my wife, as long as you want, I can carry you as soon as I go out, for me, being able to carry my wife on my back is the greatest happiness in my life."

Li An said with a sincere face, Yan Ruyu is so handsome and soft, it is a pleasure to carry her behind her back, and Li An'an is willing, which is also human nature.

"Husband."

In Yan Ruyu's eyes, a burst of emotion appeared, and she threw herself into Ang Lee's arms. (To be continued.) )