"Husband, I heard that Yilanxuan in Chang'an City is Husband's property?" During breakfast, Lu Lingqi asked casually: "Recently, Mrs. Mi came here to inquire, hoping to buy it from her husband." ”

Mrs. Mi here is not Mrs. Mi who has become the queen mother, but Mi Fang's wife.

"Well, it's mine." Liu Yi shook his head and said, "Help me refuse, this Yilanxuan, I'm going to open it myself." ”

"Qinglou?" Lu Lingqi frowned and said.

Liu Ming on the side absentmindedly pulled the rice in the bowl, although his eyes did not look here, but his ears were ridged.

"Sort of." Liu Yi groped his chin and said, "I want to buy an inheritance for our family." ”

In these years, I don't reject prostitutes or anything, but my husband is a positive character no matter how he looks at it, but he opened a green building, which makes people feel a sense of contrast.

This time, Liu Ming also looked at his father seriously, as if he had known each other on the first day.

"It's not as dirty as Madame thinks, Qinglou is not the same as prostitution, and it is not in the skin and meat business, and my Yilanxuan is different from those Qinglou." Liu Yi looked at the eyes of the mother and daughter, shook his head with a wry smile and said, this mother and son obviously misunderstood.

Lu Lingqi looked at Liu Yi, did not ask, and waited for the following.

"Do you remember the bathhouse we had in Ink City?" Liu Yi groped his chin and said.

"Hmm." Lu Lingqi nodded, looking at her husband with some doubts, if the bathhouse is built, this name is too elegant.

"Some time ago, the Western Regions paid tribute to a group of women from the Western Regions, His Majesty gave me ten, and we don't need these at home, and these women are proficient in singing and dancing, stay at home, I don't have time to watch, it's a pity, I just thought, build a green building, you can set up a banquet, you can also stay, and there is also a bathhouse, specially recruit some people to rub the bath or something, invite some cooks, and then, ah, these women from the Western Regions can dance, chat with guests like a green building, or you can also train some of our Han women."

"Learning poetry and songs, you can also have some common topics with those scholars, if they are willing, or if there is a family that they like, they can marry, and Yi Lanxuan can also give them a batch of dowries."

"Wouldn't that be a loss of money?" Lu Lingqi frowned.

"I can't pay for it." Liu Yi shook his head and said: "There must be rules, not to mention that those families can't empty gloves white wolves, we give dowries, they also have to be hired, these women perform on weekdays, don't give some money, they are embarrassed, in short, this dowry is still earned by them after all, we will take a part, and when we get married, we will give a part, we still have to earn, how much." ”

"The girls don't sell their arts, if they are in love, then they have to get married, at least they have to have the status of a concubine, Qinglou is not a prostitution house, they don't do skin and meat business, no matter how much money they have." Liu Yi said with a smile.

In these years, the ratio of men and women is out of balance, and now the imperial court encourages officials to take concubines, although it is a place to laugh, but at least Liu Yi can give these girls a relatively clean place, with Sikong Mansion as the backing, and others dare not use it.

"How could my husband suddenly want to open a green building?" Lu Lingqi nodded, agreeing with Liu Yi's statement, but still frowned a little.

"Lack of money." Liu Yi said with a smile: "The imperial court is short of money, but now that the war has been going on for many years, it is not easy to have some peaceful life, and it is not good to raise taxes excessively, and the life of the people is not easy, I suggest that Your Majesty formulate a set of commercial taxes, and when the commercial taxes come out, take Yilanxuan as an example, so that the imperial court can make more entrants, and I also have more sufficient funds." ”

Lu Lingqi nodded, and then felt that it was wrong, Yi Lanxuan took the lead in paying the tax, and then other merchants followed suit, and the money went into the treasury, and then Liu Yi asked the Son of Heaven for money, which turned around, and the money seemed to still run to Liu Yi's hands.

"Although it is said that the left hand is down to the right hand, but it was private before, and after turning around, it is even public funds, we don't need to subsidize the court, and even have to earn, and the court doesn't have to say that it is not impossible to ask the minister for money to build, although it is not impossible, but it is not good to listen to after all, to say that it is suspected of trespassing, so it is reasonable to turn around like this." Liu Yi said with a smile: "And those beauties rewarded by the imperial court also have a place to put them, and they can also give some things to do for those female guards brought by Madame." ”

Lu Lingqi didn't know much about these, but seeing that Liu Yi didn't have any crooked intentions, she didn't care anymore.

"Dad, if you become a wealthy businessman, our family will definitely be rich and rival the country." Liu Yi exclaimed.

"I don't have that energy." Liu Yi shook his head and smiled, although he knows a lot of business theories, and in this relatively primitive stage of business, he can indeed make a lot of money, but in this era, businessmen have no status, but they have a lot of wealth, that is a piece of fat, Liu Yi has no idea of changing careers.

When he was in Mocheng, Liu Yi actually had the idea of building an entertainment city, but the conditions at that time were limited, and Mocheng did not have that foundation, so it could not attract high-end customers.

Now to Chang'an, this idea can be realized, the most important thing is to reopen and consolidate the Silk Road, in the future, this Chang'an City will inevitably gather merchants, there is such a high-grade consumption place, it is simply a gold-absorbing cave, at least three generations of the Liu family can be rich, food and clothing do not worry.

For these questions, Lu Lingqi also asked, she was not too interested, and after Liu Yi said it briefly, she would not continue to say more in this regard.

After breakfast, Liu Yi went to Zuo Xiangfu, the two projects have come to an end, and after his daughter's marriage, he is ready to return to Xiliang, continue to complete the industrial transformation of Xiliang, for the future of Xiliang's vision, he wants to talk to Zhuge Liang, now the Han handicraft industry is thriving, Jingzhou, Shuzhong has appeared a large number of handicraft practitioners, and grain production is also with the popularity of Quyuan plough and the improvement of manure over the years, rising, can feed more people at the same time, but also liberated a lot of labor.

Handicraft industry for today's Han economic structure, has formed an important part, around the wealthy families, has begun to buy a variety of manual machinery from the Tian Gongfang, such as textile machines, high-temperature resistant forging furnaces, all kinds of molds and even printing presses, has the conditions to enter industrialization, Liu Yi went to Xiliang this time, in addition to laying tracks, building cities, the most important thing is to talk about gunpowder and steam engines to be studied, used to open mines, and innovate technology.

Dahan already has some industrialization trends, as for whether Liu Yi can completely promote Dahan to the era of industrialization in his lifetime, this Liu Yi is really hard to say, this time to the northwest is only to prepare to apply the technology of the steam engine to the mining of mines, he has studied the feasibility of this problem with a few disciples, with the current furnace temperature of Dahan, in the place with the power of the five elements, has the conditions for refining high-quality steel, but mass production is still not possible, he is ready to make a steam engine to try first, how long will this process take, Liu Yi can't say it, so in terms of money, the imperial court has to supply it in time.

In this regard, Zhuge Liang wanted to support it, but no matter how he said it, he couldn't avoid Liu Chan, so in the afternoon, Liu Yi pulled Zhuge Liang to find Liu Chan.

"Sikong." Looking at Liu Yi, who came to ask for money as soon as he opened his mouth, and it was a long-term kind, Liu Chan smiled a little bitterly: "My sister is going to get married next month, and at this time, Sikong ...... Isn't it time to take care of the family affairs first? I prepared a generous gift for my sister as a dowry, and although my sister refused to be canonized as a princess at that time, I really regarded my sister as a close relative. ”

"Your Majesty's love, the minister remembers it, but it is precisely because of this that the minister wants to do more things for the Han, if there is a breakthrough this time, for my Han, will enter a new era, when the time comes, the automatic running rail car will be realized, the world will also become smaller, and the territory of my Han will be able to include the entire Western Regions!"

"Sikong is a member of the community, I naturally know, but if I enter the era that Sikong said......" Liu Chan pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid the price is not light." ”

"Your Majesty, the problem that money can solve will no longer be a problem." Liu Yi said firmly.

That is, to ask for money?

The muscles at the corners of Liu Chan's mouth twitched a few times, and he felt that in order to support Liu Yi's construction, although Dahan had been growing, he had also been operating in an overload.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Chanqiang smiled and said: "Sikong, take your time in this matter, I am still young, I can wait, first build Xiliang, and lay the track between Dunhuang and Jiuquan first, what is this, you have to come step by step, right, I think, this Han world, also have to slow down, don't worry, really." ”

Liu Yi was stunned, nodded and smiled bitterly: "It's the minister who has some Meng Lang, Your Majesty forgives you." ”

"Sikong is the heart of the country, I naturally know, what is the crime?" Liu Chan smiled and said: "Let's go, it just so happens that Zuo Xiang is also here today, and I will take Sikong to see the dowry I prepared for my sister." ”

Liu Yi nodded helplessly, saluted Liu Chan, and didn't mention it anymore, anyway, there are still more than a month before he leaves, and as Liu Chan said, the next step is Xiliang instead of cross-era.

At the moment, Liu Chan took Liu Yi to see the congratulatory gift he prepared for Liu Ming, the Son of Heaven made a move, naturally it would not be too bad, and the Han had not lacked anything except money over the years.

In the next few days, Liu Yi is still busy, the affairs of the family, Deng began to help with it, Liu Yi doesn't have to worry too much, he is making further plans for Luoyang and Chang'an, and also making some preparations for this trip to Xiliang, the farm plan over there in Yunzhou has to continue, but it is basically on the right track, and it should be able to start returning to the original in the coming year, but how it is, it still has to be the result.

It is also in such a busy atmosphere that Liu Ming's marriage is getting closer and closer, Zhuge Qiao was transferred back to Chang'an to prepare for the marriage, but Guan Ping has been transferred back to Luoyang to continue to garrison, and on the eighth day of November, Liu Ming's auspicious day has also arrived......