The Great Pilgrimage.

"Your Majesty! After continuous calculation and measurement, the brick road that the Ministry of Industry needs to build this time will need at least 2,300 miles. Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said.

"Two thousand five hundred miles." The ministers couldn't help but smack their tongues in their hearts.

Two thousand five hundred miles, even if the red brick secret technique is used, it will be at least nearly 500,000 yuan of money, and this amount of money is probably the most expensive project since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

At this moment, none of the courtiers proposed to shorten the official road, because which of the two brick roads was the lifeblood of the Tang Dynasty. One is the most prosperous part of the Tang Dynasty, as long as there is no reason to lose money, the other is an ironclad section of the road, but it can greatly strengthen the Tang Dynasty's rule over the northwest, and add a few percent of the chance of winning the battle of Tuyuhun, these two brick roads are starting from Chang'an City, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are a brick road.

"Dai Aiqing! How much money can be raised by the Ministry of Civil Affairs! Li Shimin asked towards Dai Zhou.

Dai Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the people have a bumper harvest today, the treasury is sufficient, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs can give an extra 100,000 yuan, and I am afraid that the bonds to be issued will be at least 400,000 yuan." ”

"400,000!" Baiguan's heart sank suddenly, Datang needs to use money for a lot of places, 400,000 is enough to do a lot of things, but now it is only used to build two brick roads.

Li Shimin's heart suddenly darkened, this is just a road that Datang needs to build, think about the future Datang needs to connect the ten roads of Datang, and the money spent in the future may be gone.

"Your Majesty, although there are many benefits to building a brick road, please don't do it step by step, the lessons of the Grand Canal can not be repeated by the Tang Dynasty." Wei Zheng admonished.

Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully, he had never agreed with Wei Zheng's advice so much.

"Dai Aiqing, the matter of issuing bonds will be handed over to the Ministry of Civil Affairs." Li Shimin said.

Dai Xuan nodded and said: "Wechen divides this bond into four grades from one year to four years, 100,000 yuan per year, the interest rate of the bond is lower in one year, and the principal and interest will be repaid by the Ministry of Civil Affairs after one year, and so on, the interest on the bond in four years is high, but the principal and interest need to be repaid after four years." In this way, the annual repayment of the Ministry of Civil Affairs will be controlled at about 100,000 yuan, which will not increase the financial burden, and the people will also be able to make a profit. ”

Compared with the long-term bonds that have been immobile for ten years in the future, Dai Guan's pace can be described as extremely cautious.

Li Shimin and Baiguan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, the annual repayment of 100,000 guan is a huge number for ordinary people, but for the imperial court, it is not difficult.

The bonds gathered a lot of wealth in a short period of time to make the imperial court do great things, and they were able to control the repayment period, so that the imperial court could build large-scale projects and the people could also profit.

"Bonds, too, are indeed a good tool." The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu also nodded secretly in his heart.

More importantly, the construction of brick roads is not a bottomless pit that only sees investment and no returns, and the continuous tolls in the future are also a major source of income, which is why Merton preferred brick roads as the beginning of Datang construction.

Problems that can be solved with money are not problems, this sentence came out of Merton's mouth, although it is a bit arrogant, but for a country, it is true, if ordinary people are allowed to serve in forced labor, even if it is an extra day, everyone will naturally complain, but if the wages are paid, I am afraid it will be year after year of labor, and no one will have the slightest resentment.

The money problem was solved, and Li Shimin once again turned his attention to Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and said: "Duan Aiqing, whether the red brick secret technique Mo family gave as promised." ”

Duan Lun said: "Back to the emperor, the Mo family has already disclosed all the secret techniques of red bricks the next day, and now the brick factories around Chang'an City have been renovated with red bricks, and there will definitely be no delay in building roads." ”

The news of the merchant is the most sensitive, the news that the imperial court is ready to build a brick road has already spread from Chang'an City, such a feast of wealth, how can the merchants miss it, without waiting for Mojia Village to discuss, these days to go to Mojia Village to learn the secret skills of red bricks are endless, just the brick-making equipment is bought softly, and it is also considered to recover a small half of the cost of building a brick road in the south of the city.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, Merton, this kid is slippery, but he is indeed extremely trustworthy about the secret technique of disclosure, from the original secret technique of live fish. to the artificial breeding technology, and then to the current red brick secret technology, even if it is full of money, it will not hesitate to make it public.

Now there are chickens, ducks, geese and live fish all over Chang'an City, and it is not the credit of the Mo family.

With the secret technique of red bricks, the bonds were about to be issued, and the money was about to arrive, the Manchu Dynasty was relieved, and soon, the three provinces and six ministries all passed the decision to build brick roads.

"Duan Aiqing, this matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Industry. Be sure to build the brick road in Longyou by April next year. Li Shimin said.

As Merton said, April is the busiest time for all the tribes of the grassland, this time is the weakest period of the grassland, and it is the best time for the Tang Dynasty to defeat Tuyuhun.

"Obey orders!" Duan Lun nodded.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said: "This matter has been decided, and you will discuss the matter of Chang'an County's order to ask the whole city of Chang'an City to pave brick roads." ”

"The whole city of Chang'an City is paved with brick roads!" Baiguan suddenly exclaimed.

Dai Xuan hurriedly got up and objected: "Your Majesty, Chang'an City is the imperial capital, and it is okay to lay brick roads, but the imperial court needs to issue bonds to build two official roads, where is there money to pave brick roads in the city." ”

Many courtiers also nodded slowly, although the brick road laid in Chang'an City was beneficial to them a lot, the court really had no spare money at this moment.

Li Shimin smiled and said, "What if you don't have to spend money from the imperial court?" ”

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Li Shimin in confusion.

With a wave of his hand, Li Shimin handed over the recital presented by Su Luosheng, the commander of Chang'an County, to a group of officials to read.

"Industrial Park Plan."

Baiguan took a first look, and suddenly suddenly, the strange name, the brain-opening idea, coupled with the typical empty glove white wolf method, how could they not be familiar with such a situation.

"Mo Jiazi!" Many people secretly said.

"Set up a park for merchants, sell land to build roads, open public transportation, and set up fast catching classes." Seeing such a method by the Chang'an County Order, the hundred officials couldn't help frowning secretly, this move was too preferential to the businessmen.

"This move is a multi-party profit, merchants have more factories, Chang'an City can not only solve the fire hazard, but also have spare money to pave brick roads, which is a great good." Without waiting for the hundred officials to object, the eldest grandson Wuji was the first to stand up and agree.

Many officials were puzzled, but when they saw that the purpose of setting up the industrial park was for the fresh air of Chang'an City, and then thought of the spirit of Empress Changsun, their hearts suddenly dawned.

This move not only did not allow the Ministry of Civil Affairs to pay, but also benefited the illness of Empress Changsun, and also allowed Chang'an City to be paved with brick roads, and the hundred officials no longer objected.

Suddenly, Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, suddenly realized that if the smelting industry with the full name had to be relocated to the industrial park in the southeast of Chang'an City, then the general supervisor under the name of the Ministry of Industry had many smelting workshops, so how should he deal with himself?

How can this world be a good thing without any harm, this time, the prison will be regarded as suffering from the pond fish.