Chapter 409 After going to the court, Qin Huaidao sat in his position and listened to the reports of those ministers, mainly in terms of drought, there has been no rain in the northwest for almost 3 months,

I don't know how long this kind of weather will last, and this matter is very depressing for the court.

"The Ministry of Industry has already drilled wells in various places, but it is enough for people, but the winter wheat will be planted soon, and if there is no water, the winter wheat will be delayed!" A minister of civil affairs stood there and said anxiously.

"If there is no water, don't discuss the matter of planting winter wheat for now, now let's talk about the drinking water of the people and livestock!" Li Shimin sat on it, looked at the ministers below and said,

Now talking about farming, there is no point, how can you plant without water? Then His Majesty looked at Zhang Liang and asked, "Now the water from the well can't keep the drinking water of the people?" ”

"Yes, I can, I have been able to dig wells, many of them have come out of the water, but if the drought continues like this for a long time, I don't know, and in terms of farming, it will definitely be delayed!" Zhang Liang opened his mouth and said,

"Peping, there are more than 30,000 acres of land in your house, and there is no water, right?" Wei Chi Jingde next to him looked at Qin Huaidao and asked.

"No, where is the water?" Qin Huaidao said with a wry smile.

"What then?" Wei Chi Jingde asked.

"Next year, all the sweet potatoes will be planted, and the people will definitely not be hungry, I will harvest the sweet potatoes, and then let those food eaters be sold to me, and I will use them to make snacks, and then they can use the money to buy wheat, of course, those sweet potatoes can also be eaten directly, but it is not possible to eat them every day." Qin Huaidao sat there and whispered.

"Well, I'll plant it next year, so there are so many of them, right?" After hearing this, Wei Chi Jingde thought about it for a while and spoke.

"Yes, next year will be as much as there will be, and I will plant so much this year!" Qin Huaidao nodded affirmatively.

"Take me!" Li Jing next to him also spoke.

"Good!" Qin Huaidao also nodded.

"It's good to have water, first to ensure that the people and livestock drink water, this time the Ministry of Industry has made great contributions, first repaired the reservoir, withstood it for a long time, and then hit the well, so that the people have water to drink, this time, the Ministry of Industry needs to be rewarded, and when they are busy for a while, I want to give them a reward!" Li Shimin sat on it and said,

The ministers below naturally have no opinion, after all, the Ministry of Livelihood and Industry does have merit, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry are very happy when they hear it.

"Well, has the salt been arranged?" Li Shimin then looked at Tang Jian and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, last night, after 5,000 quintals of salt were registered, all of them were sent to various places, and at the same time the price was guided, and the current price is 20 yuan a catty, if other salt merchants reduce the price, the salt of our court will be one penny lower than theirs!" Tang Jian stood up and arched his hand and said,

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard it, they were very unhappy, and after Li Tai heard it, he was even more unhappy.

"Okay, that's good, now Datang has salt, Peping, tell me, over there in the salt lake, how much salt can be produced in a day now? How much does it cost? Li Shimin sat on it and said with a smile.

"Yes, Father!" After Qin Huaidao heard this, he stood up, and then said to those ministers: "After the unremitting efforts and hard work of the military guards, at present, on the side of the salt lake, about 2,000 quintals of salt are produced every day, and according to the previous consumption, it can be enough for the consumption of Datang for 20 days.

At present, the salt lake produces more than 30,000 quintals of salt, which costs about 2,200 yuan, which also includes a lot of tools, as well as soldiers' food and other consumption.

If you replace craftsmen to work, the entire salt lake, about 500 people are enough, according to the current salary of craftsmen in Datang, 300 yuan a month, that is, 150 yuan, counting other consumption, count 300 yuan,

Every month, in addition to the rain and the low yield in winter, at least 30,000 quintals can be produced in a month, and it is estimated that a quintal is about 10 catties, and the cost can produce 10 catties for a penny! Qin Huaidao stood there and said to those ministers.

"What?"

"10 pounds a penny?"

"This? How much does a pound cost over there? ”

"To be able to produce so much? Is it still so cheap? ”...

When the officials of the family heard it, they were already stupid, such an output, such a cost, the salt workshop of the family, could only disappear, continue to make salt and fight with the imperial court, then there will be no pants left at that time.

"Okay, well, this time Peping's credit is huge, by the way, there is also Wei Chi Baolin and the entire Zuo Wuwei who went to the salt lake, I have already said yesterday, each soldier is rewarded with 4 yuan,

This reward comes from my inner money, I don't need to go out of the court, I have money, so each officer has 20 yuan, and another credit will be credited for promotion, Li Aiqing! Li Shimin looked at Li Ji as he spoke.

"The minister is here!" Li Ji immediately stood up.

"Those officers who went to Salt Lake this time will be promoted on the basis of merit, and those who have enough years will be promoted, and those who are not old enough will be promoted when they reach the age limit!" Li Shimin confessed to Li Ji.

"Yes!" Li Ji immediately said that it is also difficult to promote officers, and it is difficult to accumulate merit and promotion without fighting now.

For example, Qin Huaidao Zuo Qianniuwei, even if Qin Huaidao has five years, he may not be able to rise, because a radish and a pit, and the people above are not vacant, Qin Huaidao naturally can't go up.

Even if the age is up, Qin Huaidao can't go up, unless it is to mobilize other government guards, it depends on whether there are any, and there are many officers waiting for other government guards.

"Well, Yu Chi Baolin!" Li Shimin sat on it, and he was ready to give them one after another, today is Wei Chi Baolin on duty, just standing behind the pillar, otherwise, he is not qualified to participate in the court, of course, His Majesty specially approved exceptions.

"The minister is here!" Dressed in armor and holding the hilt of a sword, Yu Chi Baolin stood out from behind the pillar.

"This time it's a lot of credit, how many boys do you have?" Li Shimin looked at Yu Chi Baolin and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the three boys have all titles!" Yu Chi Baolin smiled and said to Li Shimin.

"It's all sealed? So be it, your fourth son, Viscount Feng, in addition, 1,000 acres of land! Li Shimin thought about it for a while, and said to Yu Chi Baolin,

Yu Chi Baolin heard it, so happy, the fourth son was not born yet, so he was knighted, this is simply picked up, and there are 1,000 acres of land, of course, this land is also to be given to Yu Chi Jingde, but this sooner or later is also his.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yu Chi Baolin immediately arched her hand to Li Shimin and said.

"Pepin!" Li Shimin shouted Qin Huaidao at this moment.

"Erchen is here!" Qin Huaidao stood up and arched his hand and said.

"Why do you say you're so careless, and there's no shortage of girls at home, right? Do you want me to send you another one? Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao with a smile and asked.

"Ah, no, no!" Qin Huaidao heard it, and hurriedly waved his hand and said.

"Father, this is not a joke, Lixian knows, but it's not good!" Li Chengqian below hurriedly reminded Li Shimin, and the other ministers all laughed when they heard it.

"Yes, yes, this is your own private matter, that, Pepin, your third son, made an earl. Later, I will give you an edict, and when the third son is three years old, I will report it! Li Shimin confessed to Qin Huaidao.

"Thank you, Father!" After Qin Huaidao heard it, he arched his hand again and said.

"Well, in addition, reward 3,000 acres of fertile land, reward money, forget it, I won't reward you, you won't lack money!" Li Shimin originally wanted to reward Qin Huaidao, but after thinking about it, Wei Chi Baolin didn't have any reward, so it would be inappropriate for him to continue to reward Qin Huaidao.

"Thank you, Father!" After Qin Huaidao heard it, he arched his hand and said, I like this title and this place, if you don't have money, you don't care, you don't lack money!

"Well, that pig iron, Pepin, when do you think you have time to get it?" Li Shimin then stared at Qin Huaidao and asked,

Qin Huaidao immediately looked at Li Shimin with a pitiful look.

"Don't look at me with such eyes, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, except for you, it is estimated that no one will, and besides, you can't be too homesick, so young, it's not good to love home, a manly man, ambition in all directions!

If you want to make contributions to the court, well, you have done a lot of achievements, so aim for the Quartet. Li Shimin said to Qin Huaidao,

originally wanted Qin Huaidao to struggle with the lofty ideal of making contributions to the imperial court, but when he thought about it, Qin Huaidao had made a lot of contributions, and he had been doing it.

"Father, can't you rest for a few days?" Qin Huaidao looked at Li Shimin depressedly and asked.

"Your Majesty, here, our Ministry of Civil Affairs has no pig iron!" Tang Jian immediately stood up and arched his hand.

"The military department is still short of 200,000 catties of pig iron!" Li Ji also stood up with a smile at this moment, and looked at Qin Huaidao with a smile after finishing speaking,

Qin Huaidao rolled his eyes helplessly at them, not to fall into the well like this.

"Yes, yes, it's okay to rest for a few days, it's okay to rest for a few days, it's over, hurry up and get this, how much does it cost, I'm out!" Li Shimin smiled and said to Qin Huaidao, as long as he agreed,

As for resting for a few days, Li Shimin has no opinion, now that Qin Huaidao is tanned like this, it is dark and does not slip away, and he also sees it in his eyes.

"Yes, Father!" Qin Huaidao said again.

"Father, the sons and daughters have different opinions, since the family now has a pig iron workshop, why spend money to suggest, this is simply a waste!" Li Tai stood up at this moment and said to Li Shimin.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is simply a waste of money, since there is pig iron, why don't you talk to the family!"

"Your Majesty, it is indeed a waste of money to build another pig iron workshop!" ...

The ministers of the family below all stood up and said to Li Shimin, while Li Shimin looked down with displeasure.