Chapter 390 On the court's side, there is too much news, all about pig iron and salt workshops, these Qin Huaidao will not care about it now,

He is now preparing to make a full moon wine for his two children, although the first two children in the mansion are not concubines, but for the sparsely populated Qin Mansion, it is a big deal.

The day after tomorrow, the two children should be full moon, Qin Huaidao also arranged for the steward to go to purchase items, and Qin Huaidao also finished writing the invitation, and sent the invitation to those who gave gifts before.

Including His Majesty's side, Qin Huaidao wrote a copy, but this one had to be sent over by himself, otherwise, the people below would not be able to enter the palace.

The next morning, Qin Huaidao took the invitation and went to the Ganlu Palace, and as soon as he arrived at the Ganlu Palace, he saw a large number of ministers standing here outside, and inside, there was also a shout from His Majesty, probably angry inside.

However, when those ministers saw Qin Huaidao coming, they all looked at Qin Huaidao in surprise, Qin Huaidao came at this time, what does it mean, is it also related to pig iron and salt.

"Everyone, remember to go to my house for dinner tomorrow, you don't need to bring gifts, you gave a lot of them when you were just born before." Qin Huaidao smiled and said to those ministers, their family, Qin Huaidao also arranged for someone to send them invitations.

"Oh, Hu Guogong, are you coming over this time?" One of the civil servants looked at Qin Huaidao and asked.

"No, the invitation is here, the father entrusted the child with two golden locks, if I don't send the invitation over, it is estimated that the banquet will be lifted by the father at that time!" Qin Huaidao said to them with a smile, and after they heard it, they were also a lot more relieved.

"Hu Guogong, don't go in this way, Your Majesty is angry inside." One of the civil officials kindly reminded Qin Huaidao and said.

"Angry, why? What's wrong? Drought thing? Qin Huaidao pretended to be confused and asked,

Although the impact of this year's drought is not great, in many places, there is no water for livestock to drink, crops are harvested, and there is no shortage of grain, but there is no water, which is also a troublesome thing.

An official immediately threw his hand to Qin Huaidao and said: "It's not like this, the drought has little impact, and your Ministry of Industry has built reservoirs in various places this year, and there is still water to drink, it is about pig iron and salt, hasn't Hu Guogong heard of it?" ”

When Qin Huaidao heard this, he pretended to be puzzled and looked at the official and asked, "Pig iron and salt?" This is not under the control of our Ministry of Industry? What's wrong? ”

"Hu Guogong, this, when you see Your Majesty, it is estimated that you will know, and we will not be able to say it for a while." Another official looked at Qin Huaidao and said,

And Qin Huaidao looked up at the sun, it was vicious, they were standing outside now, there was no cover at all, Qin Huaidao felt that Li Shimin's cultivation of the Ganlu Hall was deliberately repaired like this, in front of the gate, there was no cover, and those officials could only stand here now and wait for orders.

"Are you standing like this? Urgent? Qin Huaidao then looked at them and asked,

They smiled bitterly, Qin Huaidao could only walk forward when he saw them like this,

When he arrived at the front, Qin Huaidao found that Wang En was there, and Wang En also found out that Qin Huaidao was coming, so he immediately went in to report, Qin Huaidao was still very happy about this, after all, every time he came to see Li Shimin, he really hadn't dried outside, and Wang En would go in to report as soon as possible.

After a while, Wang En came out of it and said to Qin Huaidao with a smile: "Hu Guogong, Your Majesty announced that you are in!" ”

"Well, okay, by the way, remember to come to my house with Your Majesty for dinner tomorrow, full moon wine, don't send anything, I won't send you invitations." Qin Huaidao whispered to Wang En, Wang En smiled and nodded,

Knowing that Qin Huaidao didn't give him an invitation, it was just to avoid suspicion, but Qin Huaidao now verbally informed himself, and he also felt very warm in his heart.

"Eh, thank you Hu Guogong, please inside!" Wang En looked at Qin Huaidao with a smile and said,

Soon, Qin Huaidao went in and found that inside, Ma Zhou, Sun Fujia, Eldest Sun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Tang Jian and other civil officials were there, and the three brothers Li Chengqian were also there.

"Erchen has seen his father!" Qin Huaidao came to the front and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, why did you have time to come over today? How long has it been since you kid came to the palace to see me? Well? It's been more than a month, right? Li Shimin rarely smiled, looked at Qin Huaidao and said,

And the eldest grandson Wuji and the others were also quite surprised to see Li Shimin like this, they were all angry just now, but now they actually had a smiling face, which showed Qin Huaidao's status in Li Shimin's mind.

"Father, the sons are busy, look at the sons and daughters, they are all black like this." Qin Huaidao immediately complained with a sneer.

"Also, it's really darkened a lot, come today, what's the matter?" Li Shimin looked at Qin Huaidao with a smile and asked.

"Father, no, the son wants to make a full moon wine, and he sent an invitation, father, please take a look." Qin Huaidao took out the invitation as he spoke, handed it over with both hands, and Li Shimin took it.

"Tomorrow at noon, well, I'm coming! Have a seat! Li Shimin glanced at it, closed it, and then said to Qin Huaidao.

"Ah, Erchen has nothing else to do, or Erchen will go back first, so as not to delay the deliberations of his father and ministers?" Qin Huaidao heard Li Shimin let him sit down, and looked at Li Shimin with a little surprise and said.

"You are also a civil official, this incident is also related to your Ministry of Industry, sit down and listen!" Li Shimin glared at Qin Huaidao and said,

Qin Huaidao nodded with a smile, and found a place to sit down, and also planned to listen to it and not say anything, but it was not okay if he didn't say it, as soon as he sat down, Li Shimin called himself: "Boping, the reservoirs established by the Ministry of Industry this time, yes, the reports sent by the state governments said that fortunately, there are those large reservoirs, although they are not yet full of water, but they can also solve the problem of water for the people, otherwise, the people will be thirsty to death, this is a merit of your Ministry of Industry, and it is also a merit of you." ”

"Erchen is ashamed and doesn't dare to be, it's all the credit of those officials who built the reservoir, and Erchen just made a suggestion." Qin Huaidao immediately stood up and arched his hand and said.

"That's not what I said, Your Majesty, if there was no Peping, those reservoirs would not have been repaired at all, first, we had no plan to repair the reservoirs before, and second, there was no money, if it wasn't for Peping to come to the Ministry of Industry, those reservoirs would not exist." Zhang Liang immediately stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, Peping, don't be modest, I also discussed with Zhang Liang just now, next year, the Ministry of Industry will plan to build 24 large reservoirs, to ensure that the entire north, each continent has a large reservoir, so that there is no fear of drought.

This year's drought has sounded a wake-up call for us, fortunately there are reservoirs, otherwise, the victims of the disaster in various places will become displaced people, there is food, but there is no water, and the people will not be able to live. Li Shimin stared at Zhang Liang and Qin Huaidao and said.

"To repair 24 large reservoirs, at least 700,000 yuan is needed, and the money of the Ministry of Industry next year may be a little tight, but there is still a lot of surplus this year, or start repairing it in the fall?" Zhang Liang immediately turned his head to look at Qin Huaidao and asked.

"It can be repaired now, anyway, the harvest in the north is over, and the people have nothing to do, and the Ministry of Industry still has a lot of money to spare, so you can plan out 10 of them and start repairing them immediately." Qin Huaidao thought about it for a moment and said to Zhang Liang.

"Okay, I'll let them plan when I go back, and try to fix it before winter comes." After hearing this, Zhang Liang nodded and said.

"Well, besides, this matter of pig iron and salt, you go on, I just listen, I just want to know what is going on with those pig iron and salt that have fallen out.

There is no pig iron on the side of the military department, and on the market, pig iron is still to be bought, and the same is true for salt, the people can't buy official salt, and they still have to buy salt on the black market, which is exactly the same as official salt.

You gave me an explanation, and you wrote that I couldn't kill them, why can't I kill them, but I didn't believe it, and they didn't know how the pig iron and salt flowed out, and if they didn't tell the truth, I would let them behead all over the house. Li Shimin sat there, staring at the officials angrily and said,

The eldest grandson Wuji was sitting there at the moment, looking down and thinking about things, and Wei Ting and they were also anxious, and now Li Shimin began to stare at the pig iron and salt that flowed out.

For so many years before, Li Shimin didn't say a word, and now he suddenly said that he wanted to check this, but he was going to die, not to mention that from the Zhenguan period, that is, from the previous dynasty, pig iron and salt would flow out, otherwise, when Li Shimin and they started troops from Taiyuan, there was pig iron to build weapons and armor?

It has been going on for hundreds of years, and now Li Shimin actually came to investigate, which surprised them very much, but there is no way to refute it, because after all, this is supervised by the imperial court, and according to the regulations, it cannot flow out.

"The 12 officials who were investigated have not confessed so far, Sun Fujia, if he still doesn't confess, he will arrest all of them.

You see, look, this is the home of an official in the pig iron workshop, the house in Chang'an City, covering an area of more than 50 acres, and a seven-grade petty official, covering an area of more than 50 acres.

And Sun Fujia, a third-grade man, has a mansion of less than 2 acres, how did he get all this money? They are eating fat heads and big ears, they are in the blood of the court and the people, I can't check them? Well?

Tell me why can't you check them out, it's because they know how to pig iron? Will they? Pig iron technology is understood by those craftsmen, not by those officials! Li Shimin stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and they shouted, and those officials all bowed their heads and did not speak.

"Your Majesty, although they are corrupt, if they are killed, it will inevitably affect the pig iron supplied by the court, and once there is a war on the border, there will be trouble if there are not enough weapons." The eldest grandson Wuji stood up and said to Li Shimin.