Northwest Palace.

"Lord Wang, Lord Tobe has sent someone here again to ask if you have time to see him." Black Panther reports. Since the Black Panther came back, he had taken turns on duty with the White Tiger by Li You's side as before.

It turned out that the last time Gao Jingming asked Li You to find a way to increase the income of the household, he was interrupted by Li Shimin's call, and he was always thinking about this matter in his heart. He sent someone to ask him several times, but Li You had been very busy and didn't take care of him. Today he sent someone to find out the news.

Li You arranged the matter of welcoming Songtsam Ganbu, and the major matters at hand were basically dealt with. For Gao Jingming, a miser, a ghost, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "You tell someone to come and let Master Gao come over." ”

Not long after, Gao Jingming came, it seems that he must be in a hurry on the way, and he still looks a little out of breath when he arrives at the study. It's no wonder that Gao Jingming was worried that Li You would deal with something else, so he hurried over.

After the salute, Gao Jingming said: "You know, the minister has always been actively cooperating with your affairs, but the household department ......."

"Stop, Master Gao, I've thought about what you said, let's talk about it directly." Li You interrupted Gao Jingming's cliché of crying poor.

"Ah, really? The minister knows that you have a way. "Gao Jingming has always been distressed about the interest and ordnance and other expenses that he lost to the Great Food Country, more than 10 million yuan, which made him unable to sleep. Hearing Li You say this, he was immediately overjoyed.

Li You asked, "What is the most valuable thing in Chang'an City now?" ”

Gao Jingming's eyes lit up, and then dimmed again. said: "Could it be the land? However, where is there land in Chang'an City? Gao Jingming dealt with money all day long, and suddenly thought of an idea.

Chang'an City is the most expensive place in the world, and the value of land has skyrocketed, since the last land auction in Chang'an City, the old city can be said to have not even an inch of land in the hands of the government to develop.

Li You said: "You, why not? Think about it, what else is there in the city that occupies a lot of land, but has no practical use? ”

Gao Jingming thought seriously for a while, but still couldn't think of it. He said, "Your Highness, the minister is stupid, please give me advice." ”

Li You said: "What is the use of those walls in Chang'an City? Gao Jingming was secretly excited in his heart, but he still said with some concern, "Your Highness, is this not a wall?" What about security issues? ”

Li You said: "The key to the safety of the city is not whether it has a wide city wall, but whether the comprehensive national strength is strong. From Qin Shi Huang to the present, the Great Wall has been strong, but for so many years, when has it blocked the invasion of foreign races?

Today's Tang Kingdom is rich and strong, and the military is strong, who is left with the city wall to defend? Who else would dare to get in? Don't talk about the walls in the streets, even the walls of Chang'an, so what's the matter? ”

What he said was absolutely confident. The cities of the Tang Dynasty were political cities, which were mainly used to facilitate external defense and internal political management. Today's Tang Dynasty dominates the world, and the surrounding countries all surrender, and no country has the courage and strength to dare to attack Chang'an.

Listening to Li You's words, Gao Jianmin was also proud in his heart.

Yes, today's Datang, even if the door is wide open, who else dares to invade? As long as you don't anger the Tang Dynasty, don't attack them and burn high incense.

Now that the fence has lost its defensive function, there is really no need to keep it.

Li You said: "My opinion is that except for the imperial city, the imperial court institutions, and the northeastern fang where the nobles are located, plus the east and west cities, all the walls of the rest of the fangs can be demolished. As for the prevention of bandits, wouldn't it be enough to let Jin Wuwei increase the number of patrols to solve the problem? ”

Gao Jingming was overjoyed and said, "Your Highness, you are really smart! The thickness of the bottom of the wall is two zhang two, the front and rear open space is four zhang three, a wall is calculated according to the length of 240 zhang, you can vacate 100 acres of land, and a square 4 walls are 400 acres.

The minister roughly calculated that there were 72 squares and about 30,000 acres of land that could be demolished. Today, the land price in Chang'an is about ...... Wait a minute, let the minister do the math. ”

As he spoke, he took out the abacus he was carrying, crackled and began to fight.

Li You smiled and said: "Okay, don't forget it, you go and ask His Highness the Prison State for instructions on this matter, and then come up with a plan with the Ministry of Urban Construction." These places are close to people's houses, and try to arrange some warehouses, inns and other projects that do not disturb the people.

Also, this thing can be developed gradually. First, a pilot project will be carried out in several squares in the southwest of the city, and then it will be extended to other areas of Chang'an City, including the new urban area. After the development of Chang'an City is completed, it can be promoted to Luoyang, Yangzhou, Guangzhou, Jinyang and other prefectures. Isn't it 20 million? Is this still a lot of money? ”

Gao Jingming said excitedly: "Chang'an alone is far more than that, Your Highness, you are powerful, just make an idea, it is a lot of wealth!"

The minister went to His Highness the Prison State. He stood up and left in high spirits.

In fact, this idea is not original to Li You, in history, from the Tianbao period in the late Tang Dynasty, many walls in Chang'an City have been broken down and used for various commercial purposes.

The idiom of not thinking about it, it is not too much to describe Pei Dilan at present, this guy is wandering around Chang'an City all day long, and he has a lot of fun. There is another thing, that is, I come to Li You every day to drink and chat to enhance friendship.

After he negotiated an agreement with the Tang Dynasty on behalf of the Great Food Kingdom, he sent the Great Food Representative who remained in the Governor's Mansion in the Northwest Province to Damascus with a Tang Dynasty radio team to report to the Caliph.

The caliph and the Council of Elders were very satisfied with the agreement signed by Pei Dilan, and immediately agreed to the content of the agreement, and contacted Pei Dilan by telegram, and also agreed that he would stay in Chang'an to participate in Li Shimin's Taishan Zen Ceremony.

Through his association with Li You, Pei Dilan greatly improved his status in the Great Food Country, and also fueled his ambition to fulfill his wish.

Pei Dilan was very envious of Hamid, because with such a powerful friend as Li You, he was able to turn around and become the most powerful force in the Persian Empire. His situation is actually similar to Hamid's, and even worse in some aspects.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Great Food Empire, the caliphate system of the election system was implemented, and the son could not be hereditary caliph, until the fourth caliph abolished the elder election system and passed the position of caliph to his son. Under the current system, Pei Dilan's status is not high in the Great Food Country, and once he loses his father, the caliph, he will completely become a passerby.

Unwilling to do so, he was determined to follow Hamid and use Li You's power to change the status of the caliph to hereditary. Therefore, the most important thing for him now is to stay in Chang'an and have a good relationship with Li You.

Pei Dilan strongly supported the Tang Dynasty's commercial dealings with the Great Food Country, and helped Li You's princess Wu Xu establish a commercial establishment in the Great Food Country to promote Tang Dynasty goods.

Li You was very satisfied with Pei Dilan's performance, and made a private agreement with him to secretly allocate some shares to him in the Magpie Trading Company.

Now the relationship between the two is getting closer and closer.

On this day, bad news came from Persia, and it was time to test their friendship.