In the autumn of the second year of Zhenguan, hail fell from the sky in seven counties near Chang'an City, and after the locust plague, the poor land of Guanzhong, which had little harvest, was hit hard again.

Li Shimin sent 13 ambassadors to inspect the province of Guanzhong, and sent envoys to the counties when there were hail disasters and droughts.

The only thing that reassures Li Shimin is that he listened to Xiao Zheng's advice last year, and when the locust plague was prevented, there was still more surplus grain in the warehouses, and with the money secretly earned by the Yingzhou Pavilion trade on the edge of the Qujiang River, the court could barely survive.

Even so, there are homeless people on the Guanzhong Plain from time to time, and the people have nothing to do with their mouths, and it has become inevitable to sell their land in order to survive. Although the court repeatedly ordered that land could not be bought and sold, the law did not hold the public accountable, and it was seen that the "Juntian System" that Li Shimin had just implemented was about to collapse.

When the ministers and workers of the DPRK and China were discussing how to deal with this crisis, Du Ruhui, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, suddenly stood up and said that the Datang Royal Bank was willing to provide small loans to all the victims of the disaster-stricken counties, and the amount per household was not large, but it was definitely enough to survive the famine, and the interest was not high, and it would take five per 100 wen per year.

All the courtiers were stunned, although the amount of money per household was not large, but the sum of this money was definitely not a small number, and it was roughly calculated to be two or three hundred thousand.

Where did this huge sum of money come from? Everyone wants to find out.

On the spot, people like Wei Zheng and Xiao Yu began to question Du Ruhui, and they had to ask where the money came from.

And Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji, who are slippery, persuaded everyone to just have money to keep the people's jobs, why do you ask so much, and the money has not been moved out of your house.

In the end, everyone didn't discuss the disaster victims, and they all revolved around the money.

On the one hand, I have to check the accounts of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and on the other hand, I want to make peace with the mud.

Only Du Ruhui, no matter how anyone asked, he didn't open his mouth, and there was a sentence left and right: "My Ministry of Civil Affairs has money to save these disaster victims, and there is money!" ”。

A nouveau riche look, and his face was so angry that some courtiers wanted to beat him.

Li Shimin sat behind the imperial case and did not make a sound, but he scolded Xiao Zheng in his heart, the Datang Royal Bank Mint

One in and one out of the money in exchange for the money is also counted. I never imagined that after the road from Luoyang to Chang'an was opened, so much money was collected and returned.

At that time, Li Shimin thought that Xiao Zheng was kind enough to help him increase his face, but he didn't expect this black-hearted person to make so much money with this road, Li Shimin wanted to come back, but he couldn't regret it when he wrote it in black and white.

The money earned in the past few years has made Li Shimin the emperor's eyes, but fortunately, part of the money has gone into the treasury, otherwise Li Shimin would have wanted to go to the bank to rob the money.

When the imperial court issued a decree to issue small loans to the people affected by the disaster, all the people affected by the disaster knew that it was the emperor who gave money from his own pocket to help the poor people, and the interest rate was much lower than that of "donkey rolling" and "seal money". Many people burned incense and prayed to Chang'an, and the voice of praise to Li Shimin was passed down from generation to generation, as for who made the money, the people don't know, anyway, just remember the 'Tang Royal Bank', and the one who can hang the royal family must be the Li family, which is the saint of today.

After the locust plague and hailstorm in the second year of Zhenguan, it is very rare that there are no displaced people in the Tang Dynasty, which makes Li Shimin proud, and he issued a public order to praise Du Ruhui and the Ministry of People, and gave Du Ruhui ten horses of silk and 100 horses of silk. Pei Mingli and Liu Yijie, who were far away in the south, were promoted to one level. Only Xiao Zheng didn't catch anything, it is estimated that Li Shimin saw that this guy made too much money and didn't want to be promoted.

Compared with the dire situation in Chang'an, Jiangnan is a beautiful day, since Xiao Hai took the first batch of leather goods away, Song Dexin's factory was also built, and a large number of workers recruited to make bags became more and more proficient. Li Ji gave full play to his talents under Xiao Zheng's subordinates, he knew very well what he should do, and he usually took care of Xiao Zheng's mansion up and down in harmony, and even Ji Chun, the chief administrator of the interior, praised Li Ji's housekeeping skills.

In addition, he cooperated with Song De very well, and the delivery of goods was seamless between the two, which made Xiao Zheng feel relieved all of a sudden.

Pei Mingli and Liu Yijie often went out for three or two days, and every time these two guys came back, they called a few people who were proficient in arithmetic to write and draw in the room, and Xiao Zheng didn't ask them what they were doing.

The official road and water conservancy project from Yangzhou to Hangzhou finally started, and because there was no interference from the courtiers, Xiao Zheng increased the road to an astonishing thirty zhang wide, which made the local officials almost frightened when they saw it.

To everyone's surprise, when recruiting people after the start of construction, the number of people who came to work was far less than that of Chang'an when they signed up, and they thought that they could recruit 50,000 people, but they didn't expect to come less than half. Xiao Zheng thought that someone was secretly obstructing, and sent someone to find out that there were many handicraft workshops in Jiangnan, and some people went to work in the workshop after farming to make a lot of money.

"This is a good thing, but it seems that we have to raise the salary, otherwise we won't have to work," Xiao Zheng said to everyone with a smile on the construction site.

"My lord, where does the money for road construction go?" Pei Mingli asked.

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs was transferred to the Datang Royal Bank, which was implemented by the Banking Development Agency."

When I returned to the house, I saw Liu Yi and Pei Mingli take a picture out after speaking. He walked in with a smile on his face.

"My lord, these days we have found something outside, there is a hill seventy miles away from Yangzhou to Hangzhou, and the mountain is full of such stones," Liu Yijie said and handed the chiseled stone to Xiao Zheng.

"Not to mention that this kind of mountain is full of stones that can burn glass, and that place is very close to an island on Zheng Xuanli's original territory, if it is feasible to build a place to burn glass on it, there are many rich businessmen in Jiangnan, and they don't have to worry about selling at all" Pei Mingli also said with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Then what are you waiting for, then do it, people will be recruited from Zheng Xuanli, just keep it secret"

Pei Mingli came over and gave a salute and said: "My lord, the villain still has an idea, the place where the road is built is all the place where I raise silkworms and weave in the Tang Dynasty, and the silk in the world is seventy percent here, but now each family is a separate game, the villain wants to refer to your practice in Yushan County, and wants to build a few factories for silk reeling and silk processing along the way, I think we still have a surplus of money, and it can also be paid by the bank, if the money is not enough for the villain to contribute money to increase shares, I implore the adults to approve."

After listening to Pei Mingli's words, Xiao Zheng jumped up and said, "You fucking think beautifully!" I still want to go out alone, do you think you'll make money alone? You tell me, what do you see when you stand in Yangzhou Mansion and look out? ”

"There are copper coins all over the ground", this guy is also bent on making money.

"What else?" Xiao Zheng asked.

"Xiaguan is stupid, I can't see it," Pei Mingli said with a smile.

"Lao Tzu not only makes this place full of gold, but also makes this place become the granary of the world," Xiao Zheng said, pointing outside with a string of lychees in his hand.

"My lord, you can turn this Jiao, who has harmed people in Jiangnan for thousands of years, into a golden thing, from this point on, the lower officials don't doubt what you say, I have you with me in Datang Bank, and I won't do it if I don't make ten times the profit villain in this Jiangnan land!" Pei Mingli also said with a shoe.