Chapter 557: Luoyang Development
"Back to the little prince! Everything is fine in Luoyang, after the last expansion, the people of Luoyang have been able to live in the thatched hut, so as not to be cold and cold! And this year is definitely a bumper harvest year, plus the surplus grain from Yangzhou, it is enough for Luoyang to recuperate! I believe that in another year or two, Luoyang will definitely be several times more prosperous than it is now! Di Renjie has this self-confidence, according to Li Yunfei's policies, the completion of the step by step will definitely make Luoyang the economic center of the Tang Dynasty, thinking about Di Renjie feels very excited.
"So good! Huaiying, you have done a good job in this assassination history, and I will definitely recommend it to you in front of my father in the future, so that you can get on a bigger stage to play your talents! I know that you are a talented person, but the heart 'sex' is not enough, just sharpen it in Luoyang now! Li Yunfei nodded with satisfaction when he heard Di Renjie's return, as long as the people support him, Li Yunfei believes that other obstacles can be overcome one by one!
"Thank you, little prince! Weichen also knows what kind of material he is, and he is very happy to be able to do things for the people of Luoyang today! Weichen doesn't ask for anything else, just wants to be by the side of the little prince for a long time! When Di Renjie heard Li Yunfei say this, he was very 'excited' in his heart, he didn't expect Li Yunfei to think about himself all the time, thinking about how he wanted to calculate Li Yunfei at the beginning, which really made him feel a little embarrassed.
"Li Zhen! What is Luoyang's economy at this time? I heard that businessmen from many places are attracted to it, so it won't cause any 'chaos' and 'chaos', right? Li Yunfei turned his head to look at Li Zhen who was sitting on the side, and couldn't help asking. Li Yunfei believes that as long as his preferential policies for businessmen come out, they will inevitably attract many businessmen, but it seems that the development of things has far exceeded his expectations, and some of them have developed too much!
"Little prince! As you said, the status of businessmen was originally very low, but after the implementation of the little prince in Luoyang to make the status of businessmen equal to the status of workers, some small and medium-sized businessmen can be said to flock to Luoyang. Businessmen in various industries can be said to be overwhelmed, but some big businessmen have their own family businesses in the local area, and many of them are tentatively opening shops and buying real estate in Luoyang, even so, Luoyang is showing a thriving trend! Li Zhen is mainly responsible for some economic development in Luoyang, which is why Li Yunfei believes in Li Zhen very much, so he will be entrusted with important tasks, it seems that Li Zhen is also doing very well, Li Yunfei is also very satisfied with the nod.
"Hmmm! As long as they are law-abiding, Luoyang will always welcome these serious businessmen, and remember that as long as they find that there is speculation and fortune, they must be severely punished, and let them know what it means to be powerful! Although Li Yunfei knows that businessmen are of great help to promote economic development, Li Yunfei knows that businessmen are profit-seeking, and they can't afford to make profits early. Therefore, it is necessary to let these businessmen abide by the law in order to better let Luoyang develop.
"Don't worry, little prince! These small and medium-sized merchants are easy to manage, but the big merchants are a little difficult to manage, especially the salt merchants from the south! These guys are all very rich and very good at bribes, and they have given me a lot of gifts just by giving me! Today, I know that the little prince is back, and he is even more ugly and generous to wrap up the entire natural residence, and I want to set up a banquet for the little prince! But what they don't know is that this natural residence is the property of the little prince, heh! Scold! However, it is worth saying that behind these salt merchants there is the shadow of the Dugu Valve, so it is better not to offend the little prince unless it is absolutely necessary! Li Zhen really had a headache when he heard Li Yunfei talk about governing businessmen, those small traders welcomed Li Yunfei's policy very much, but those big businessmen didn't buy it very much, and some of them were even more arrogant, which was really difficult to do.
"Oh!? Salt merchants? Looks like they're really rich guys! What my father said is true, although the annual salt merchants pay taxes above other merchants, but those taxes are simply negligible compared to the income of salt merchants, and what is even more odious is that there are serious tax evasion and tax evasion among salt merchants! It's a pity that these salt merchants are meticulous one by one, and it is impossible to easily grasp their handles. When Li Yunfei heard the salt merchants, he couldn't help but feel 'spirit', Li Yunfei remembered that Li Shimin was still worried about these people.
In fact, these salt merchants can be said to be official businessmen, because salt can be said to be an indispensable existence for people, and it is impossible for the state to let 'private' people run it, but it is these salt merchants, although they are law-abiding on the surface, but behind the scenes, they are 'smuggling' and 'private' salt, which is used to make huge profits! 'Private' salt is more substandard salt, but the common people don't know this, they just think it's cheap and will naturally sell it! This makes the salt merchants not know that they have leaked less taxes, but unfortunately the salt merchants are all out of one nostril, and it is really difficult to knock these people open. Li Yunfei knew that the treasury of the Tang Dynasty was not rich at this time, and Li Shimin was worried about filling up the leaked taxes from the salt merchants, and he could also make up for the deficit of the treasury.
"Who's to say it isn't? Little prince, don't you see that those salt merchants are all oily, and they are generous, and they are rich masters at a glance. Li Zhen saw that Li Yunfei cared so much about the salt merchants, and couldn't help but glance at Zhang Han suspiciously, in his opinion, the salt merchants were just some rich nouveau riche, and they didn't have to care much at all, after all, the salt merchants were operated by the orders of the state!
"It's justγγγγγγ Aren't the salt merchants all along the coast? Also, I remember my father said that most of the salt merchants were near Yangzhou, so how did they get to Luoyang? Li Yunfei glanced at Li Zhen strangely, and didn't understand why the Salt Chamber of Commerce came to Luoyang, in terms of the convenience of 'transportation', in fact, Luoyang was far inferior to Yangzhou, and he was still very suspicious of the salt merchants coming to Luoyang and inviting them to dinner.
"I heard them say that there was a plague in Yangzhou a few days ago, and after the investigation of the Yangzhou prefect, it seems that these salt merchants are too annoying, so they simply came to Luoyang, which is also the reason why Dewey will develop the Cao Gang very well! At this time, Luoyang's water transportation can be said to be not inferior to any place in the south, so it is not surprising that these salt merchants chose to come here, and who made us Luoyang too good to the merchants? "Li Zhen has also had a lot of 'dealings' with these salt merchants, knowing that the salt merchants can't stay in Yangzhou anymore, so they will go from Yangzhou to Luoyang, but they have not been sure about Luoyang's attitude, so they will invite Li Yunfei to explore the wind!
"I know that there is no good wine and no good banquet, this time these salt merchants invited me to go, they must not have any good intentions, these things will be talked about later, let's talk about other aspects of Luoyang first! Chunfeng! In agriculture, I don't think I need to talk about it! Food is the most important thing, farm tools and weather are the key to determining the sowing and harvest for farmers, I let you manage this aspect, you should understand my good intentions! Li Yunfei turned his head to look at Li Chunfeng, to be honest, he had great expectations for Li Chunfeng, Li Yunfei knew that Li Chunfeng's achievements in astronomy could be said to be few people, but he didn't know what Li Chunfeng thought?
"Little prince, the minister naturally understands, the little prince can rest assured, the minister has no dissatisfaction! The minister has formed a special 'gate' to observe the weather, as long as there is any weather change, will post a notice as soon as possible, and then let the farmers prepare as soon as possible. And the farm tools have been modified according to the requirements of the little prince, and the farmers are full of praise, not only saving trouble and effort, this time to be able to do such a bumper harvest is also very related to these! Li Chunfeng stroked his beard, when Li Yunfei asked him to take over this job, Li Chunfeng almost understood Li Yunfei's intentions, since Li Chunfeng, who had decided to go out of the mountain, would naturally do his best to assist Li Yunfei!
"Chunfeng does things, I am naturally relieved! Chunfeng, I want you to finish the matter in hand as soon as possible, because it may soon be time for you to change out of your Confucian uniform and wear a military uniform! I don't know how the training of the Luoyang army is? Li Yunfei nodded when he heard Li Chunfeng's words, he still believed in Li Chunfeng Li Yunfei, especially Li Chunfeng could understand his thoughts, Li Yunfei was very satisfied.
Li Yunfei's words made Li Chunfeng very excited, and finally it was time for him to show his talents, Li Chunfeng has always wanted to do the same, but unfortunately there is no such opportunity, but since Li Yunfei said so, he will not be untargeted. Li Chunfeng can actually guess that what Li Yunfei said is likely to come from the north, although Li Chunfeng has never left Luoyang, but where can he hide the affairs of the world? While Li Chunfeng was excited in his heart, he was also looking forward to the early arrival of this day, so that he could show his ambitions!
"Master! Let me talk about it! Hey! Hey! Don't you know, my overlord army has grown to more than 3,000 people, and all of them are personally selected and trained by me! It can definitely become the trump card of our Luoyang army, well! It's just that the training of the archers is still a little unsatisfactory, those guys just have an appearance, but if they really match the archers of the steppe, they are really a little weak! As soon as Lu Zhishen heard Li Yunfei talk about the army, he immediately jumped up, and then couldn't wait to say it loudly, when he talked about the overlord army, his face was full of excitement, but when it came to the archers that Li Yunfei asked him to train, he felt a little squeaky!
"Zhishen, you have to know that time waits for no one, I asked you to train the archers to deal with those cavalry on the grassland, but they have not experienced the tempering of war, and those archers are difficult to form, but you have to continue to work hard!" Li Yunfei looked at Lu Zhishen and frowned and said, in order to form the archers, Li Yunfei 'spent' a lot of effort, no matter how you say it, you can't give up halfway!