Chapter Forty-Eight: Something Happened in the Cement Workshop

A fast horse galloped quickly to the west, dressed as a court messenger, holding the court customs clearance documents, and the post stations along the way were given priority reception.

Within two days, the messenger arrived in Jingzhou.

On the ninth day of August, Li Yuan personally crowned Li Shimin and put the crown that symbolized supreme power on the top of Li Shimin's head.

As a member of the royal family and Li Shimin's closest relative, Li Yuanji naturally had to be present to support the whole process.

It's just that at the enthronement ceremony, Li Yuanji's figure was a little lonely, and no one was willing to say even a word to Li Yuanji at the enthronement ceremony.

At the end of the enthronement ceremony, Li Shimin issued two edicts in a row as emperor.

The first is a universal amnesty, which covers all criminals except those on death row, and strictly stipulates that those who are pardoned this time will be punished twice as much if they reoffend.

The second edict is related to Li Yuanji himself, but this edict looks awesome, but it is very like a chicken rib, and Li Yuanji was sealed with 3,000 households.

The real seal of 3,000 households is definitely the most senior magnate of the Tang Dynasty, and the so-called food is divided into two types: real seal and false seal, the false seal is only of the nature of honor, in addition to a name, there is not a single hair.

But the actual seal is different, which means that there will be 3,000 households in Datang who pay taxes, and all of them will eventually flow into the hands of King Qi.

To put it bluntly, the meaning of the real seal is to transfer the taxes that belong to the imperial court to the individual, so the real seal is generally very rare, and there are very few more than 1,000 households at present, and most princesses are only a few hundred.

It is said that he is chicken, because the 3,000 households were divided into two parts, one part is located in the north, at the junction with the Turks, and the other is located in the south, one in the south and one in the north, the average number of extremely poor areas, plus frequent wars and disasters, and there are almost no people who can finally fall into their hands.

The days went by like this, and Li Shimin didn't trouble Li Yuanji anymore, he was too busy to touch the ground.

Li Yuanji is also naturally happy to see this situation, the building of Taipingfang is rising rapidly, all two-storey small buildings, the north of the square is planned as a commercial area, the first floor is a spacious and bright façade room, the south of the city is a residential area, the same two-story small buildings, independent courtyards, the same architectural layout, for people in this era, there is absolutely no visual fatigue.

Recently, Taipingfang has also become an after-dinner chatter for the people in Chang'an City, and in just over a month, the building is basically coming to an end.

What is even more surprising is that the new building in Taiping Fang did not use rammed earth, and all the new materials were used.

Directly poured into pillars with concrete, and then closed with concrete and bricks, the efficiency is so fast that it is simply shocking.

"Your Highness...... Something went wrong......"

Li Yuanji, who was squatting in his new palace and personally commanding the decoration, looked back at Song Zhong with some annoyance, and his train of thought was all interrupted by this goods.

"If it's not an important matter, this king will break your dog's leg." What big deal can be? Calculating the time, it is nothing more than that the Turks should come, but he has already sent someone to send a message to Luo Cheng before, if Luo Cheng listens to his words, the Turks may not be able to hit Chang'an at all, besides, even if they reach Chang'an, what can they do? Hasn't history proven it? Nothing to do.

"Cement...... Something happened at the cement workshop. Panting heavily, the cement workshop is a project he is personally responsible for, and if something happens, there is no need to think about the consequences.

"What?" Li Yuanji was taken aback, and the whole person was stunned for an instant.

The cement workshop is the lifeblood of its current life, and the future financial income will exceed the protection fee, and the management of the cement workshop is also extremely strict, in addition to retaining the original workers, hundreds of slaves have been purchased into it, and a lot of eyeliner has been secretly planted.

A wave of anger came out in an instant, and he was still counting on the cement workshop to pay off his debts, so the cement workshop couldn't have an accident at all. "What the hell is going on?"

"Tian Da, who burned the workshop last night, went to the thatched house, but he never returned, and his family found an abnormality, so he reported it to the manager of the workshop, and there was no trace of Tian Da after checking all night, but in the field outside the workshop, traces of someone who passed by not long ago were found." Song Zhong, who was scared, almost cried, this matter was obviously not so easy, and it was the area he was responsible for.

"It's just one person missing?"

"Yes, the head manager of the workshop has thoroughly inspected all the workshops, and only Tian Da is missing, and the guards said that it may have been robbed." Song Zhong continued, the traces found in the field outside, plus Tian Da's family is in the workshop, Tian Da alone has no reason to escape, and although they are slaves, the treatment given by the workshop is not bad, and they have been in it for two months, those slaves are working every day, and their weight has increased a lot, where can they find such a good day?

'Whew! ’

Hearing that there was only one person missing, Li Yuanji breathed a sigh of relief, and things had not yet reached the worst.

What Li Yuanji is most afraid of is that all the workshops will have fewer people, and the result will be disastrous.

"Check! This king wants to see who dares to be so bold. Squinting his eyes slightly, he raised his chin: "Strengthen the vigilance of the workshop, if such an incident happens again, everyone will sit together." ”

"No!" Song Zhong's hanging heart also let go, this result seems to be expected, but it is unexpected, as for whether it is in the middle or outside, it all depends on Li Yuanji's mood, fortunately, the result is not bad.

Song Zhong was busy dealing with the cement workshop, but Li Yuanji calmed down and put aside the decoration for the time being.

The robbery of the workshop personnel also sounded a wake-up call for myself.

There is no doubt that monopoly business is the most profitable, and in this world, no one else is qualified to do monopoly business except myself.

But now it seems that he is still careless after all, but he didn't expect that with the identity of King Qi, there would be people who dared to put their ideas on the cement workshop.

Could this person be his second brother, Li Shimin?

In terms of the motive for committing the crime, Li Shimin is completely suspicious of this, but those families are not vegetarians, and a single family may not dare to work against Li Shimin, but they definitely dare to work against themselves, the King of Qi, because it is not difficult for those families to understand the contradictions between themselves and Li Shimin, as long as they grasp this point and do it properly, they will not lead to death.

When it was time for the reasoning of the case, Li Yuanji decisively and wittily chose to fast forward and directly jumped this time period.

It's too brain-consuming, too lazy to think.

Instead of having this kung fu to reason, it is better to use the limited brain cells on the right thing, such as the previous inspiration, and then there is the strength that even if the people in the workshop are robbed today, they can still sit firmly in the Diaoyutai.

A field is big, it doesn't matter at all.

The whole cement workshop is divided into 12 sub-workshops, each workshop is only responsible for one process, and many processes are intersecting, not to mention those farmers who can't read a big word, even let the extremely clever Fang Du and the two of them work in one of the workshops for a year, and they can't find the formula for cement.

The firing workshop is just one of the steps, and the raw materials that Tian Da has access to are the most comprehensive, but there are still two processes waiting to be completed after that, but those two processes are basically only finished products, and I don't know what the raw materials look like.

Nine of the twelve workshops were connected, but they were segregated and patrolled by guards, and the strict personnel walked around without permission.

Rao is nine workshops in the entire base have been scavenged, and the cement still cannot be made, and in other places, there are still three workshops hidden, and Li Yuanji still understands the truth of the three holes of the cunning rabbit.

But this alarm bell sounded in time, making Li Yuanji realize that he had to change his original thinking, and sometimes, it is not so easy to engage in monopoly business, unless all the proceeds of this project are owned by the state.