"Loser?" The ministers figured this out, and couldn't help but shake their heads and smile, this kid Merton is more shrewd than anyone else. ◢ with * dream ◢ small *.lā

After Merton's gag, Li Shimin and Baiguan understood in their hearts that Merton's use of green bricks to pave the road seemed to be the behavior of a loser. But in essence, the Mo family doesn't spend that much money at all, and it's nonsense to say that the loser is a loser.

It can even be said that where is this loser, who has his abacus and shrewdness, it is simply a white wolf with empty gloves.

"Little catfish!" Li Shimin snorted coldly in his heart. Merton, this kid is very slippery, how could he leave such a big flaw.

However, after the ministers laughed and scolded, they found that with the continuous reduction of laying costs, it seems not impossible to lay brick roads in Datang.

It's just two million pieces of money, which is still a heavy mountain, which makes everyone prohibitive.

Merton thought for a moment, and immediately knew the consideration of the ministers, and said: "In fact, Your Majesty does not need to immediately lay an official road in Datang, you can follow the tax sharing system, and take a place as a pilot first. ”

Chang'an City and Luoyang are the richest cities in the Tang Dynasty, with endless business travel every day, and most of the food needed by Chang'an City is also transported from Luoyang.

Dai Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, frowned and said: "Eight hundred miles between Luoyang and Chang'an, it will take at least 320,000 yuan of money, even if the price of red bricks is cheap, what about lime?" The official heard that when the Mo family built the official road in the south of the city, they bought the lime of the entire Chang'an City. I'm afraid this is an expense. ”

Merton shook his head and said: "What Lord Dai said is very true, but the Tang Dynasty has just ended, and the official roads of the Tang Dynasty have been trimmed and compacted, so there is no need to plow again, solidify with lime, and directly lay bricks, so that not only can you save money, but also can definitely be completed in the shortest possible time." ”

The rammed soil is not inferior to the soil mixed with lime, according to later records, Qin Chi Road is paved with rammed earth technology, two thousand years later, the remains of Qin Chi Road, still only grow grass, not trees, you can see the practicality of rammed earth.

Li Shimin couldn't help but be proud, but now that the Tang Dynasty's Western Expedition is imminent, it is the time to use money, and 320,000 yuan cannot be used easily.

"Of course, if Your Majesty thinks that it is too much to spend, the imperial court will come forward and exchange this red brick secret technique and the brick-burning brick factory for a certain number of bricks, so that it may not be enough to build the brick road of the Tang Dynasty, but it is estimated that it is more than enough to raise bricks from Chang'an City to Luoyang." Merton came up with an idea.

Exchanging bricks with red brick secret techniques is Merton's original plan, but in Merton's hands, the red brick secret technique can be worth up to fifty miles of brick money, and if the imperial court comes forward, the value of the red brick secret technique will definitely be doubled.

Li Shimin's heart moved, and his breath stagnated, but he shook his head firmly and said: "This red brick secret technique is something that benefits the country and the people, how can the imperial court use it to make profits." ”

"The emperor is wise!" The hundred officials immediately shouted in unison.

Merton looked at Li Shimin in surprise, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to be able to resist such a temptation.

Merton thought for a moment and then said: "In fact, there is another method, which is enough for the imperial court to build a brick road from Chang'an City to Luoyang without paying a sum of money. ”

"Oh! Tell me about it? Li Shimin suddenly became interested.

Morton said: "The money of the imperial court can not be easily used, but the people have a lot of idle funds, if the emperor subcontracts the brick road from Chang'an City to Luoyang City, and raises funds from the private sector to build it, the imperial court does not need to pay a piece of money, just allow, collect five years of tolls, after five years, the people will profit, and the court will get the brick road." ”

"Private funds." Baiguan suddenly frowned.

Li Shimin shook his head and denied: "The construction of official roads has always been a matter of the imperial court, how can it be pretended to be with the hands of merchants." ”

"Then the imperial court can issue road repair bonds, promising interest, five years later, after the imperial court increases the toll to make a profit, the high interest rate can be returned to the private funds, so that the imperial court can not only build brick roads, but also the people can benefit." Merton came up with a compromise.

"Bonds?" Li Shimin wondered.

Merton explained the principle of bonds: "In this way, the imperial court will be able to raise enough funds for construction, and there is no need to move the treasury, and in the future, only tolls will be collected to repay the principal and interest of the people." ”

Li Shimin's heart moved, so that the court could get by on face, and it was able to carry out large-scale construction, killing two birds with one stone.

Wei Zheng suddenly shouted angrily: "The minister is opposed, charging pedestrians' tolls, what is the difference between this kind of behavior and robbing by bandits." ”

"I opened this mountain, and I planted this tree. If you want to cross this road, leave the money to buy the road. Cheng Biting Jin squeezed his eyebrows, read aloud in a low voice, and couldn't help but recall the eventful years when he fell into the grass.

Baiguan also looked at this ramming goods helplessly, his own experience of falling into the grass, and the guy who was not ashamed but proud of it, couldn't find a second one in Datang.

"It's a big difference!" Merton shook his head and said, "The bandits are blocking the road and robbing, and the brick road is built for the country and the people." But the truth is the same. The imperial court spent a huge amount of money to build brick roads, open mountains, plant trees, buy bricks, and maintain them

It must be known that although the brick road is hard, it is not indestructible, is it possible that the imperial court will rebuild the road again hundreds of thousands of times every ten years, such a bottomless pit may not be able to support even if the Tang Dynasty is rich all over the world.

Weichen believes that in the future, when building a brick road, a toll will be levied on the brick road, and the road will be maintained by the road, and the road will be repaired at one time, and there will be no worries for a hundred years. ”

"One road repair, a hundred years of worry-free!" Li Shimin's eyes lit up suddenly, hundreds of thousands of guan can only be used for ten years, which is naturally a big loss, but once it is apportioned to a hundred years, it will be extremely cost-effective.

Wei Zheng suddenly questioned and asked, "Do you plan to collect tolls to make a profit by building the official road in the south of the city in Mojia Village?" ”

Merton shook his head and said: "The kid also wants to, but the kid thinks that it is most reasonable to levy a penny for a hundred miles, but the official road in the south of the city is only fifty miles, and it is really impossible to levy." ”

The officials are all elites, knowing that Mojia Village is rich and rich, and there are only fifty miles of official roads in the south of the city, so they can't look down on this toll at all, but the imperial court is different, if the brick road is built, it is estimated that there is only one way to collect tolls.

"Roads are owned by the public, and they have always been allowed to be walked by the people for free, and the rash collection of tolls is not a monstrous resentment of the people." Wei Zheng still objected.

Merton said: "The boy came to calculate an account for the adults, if every hundred miles of the imperial court levy a penny for the toll, eight hundred li is eight cents, the construction of a brick road can make the time between Chang'an City and Luoyang City more than double, the saved carriage and horse consumption is not only eight cents, plus the time saved, will be able to make more money, everyone has a scale in their hearts, whether it is beneficial or not, how can you not know." ”

After Merton's calculation, not to mention anything else, if the official road from Chang'an City to Luoyang is to be paved, there is no need for the imperial court to spend a penny, and after five years, you can still get a brick road in vain if you pay off the debt.

Wei Zheng also settled the accounts, so he gave up, although he bluntly advised and refuted, but he could afford to put it down.

Mo Jiazi's skills as an empty glove white wolf are simply amazing. Baiguan sighed, he prepared a red glove white wolf before, paid the bill with a red brick secret technique, and then repeated the old trick when he turned around, and set out an eight-hundred-mile brick road for the white wolf of the imperial court.

Li Shimin and Baiguan suddenly felt awe-inspiring in their hearts, and they all glanced at Morton with inexplicable eyes.

Seeing this, Morton hurriedly showed a shy and shy smile, looking like a child.