Seeing that the king and the Taishi were both overjoyed, Bai Gui on the side also bowed his hand and said, "It's still the king's new law, in fact, the main reason is that the output of Chengzhou has increased, according to the Taishi, Chengzhou's grain production is twice that of last year." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info"It seems that the thing that caused the king's displeasure by criticizing the new law before made Baekyu angry, and he took the opportunity to pat the king's ass.

However, Zhou Bian naturally saw through Bai Gui's thoughts, but he didn't break it, he just smiled at him, and it was quite interesting to maintain a tacit understanding between the monarch and the ministers.

But then the Taishi's words were not moved, "Your Majesty, what Dr. Bai said is the total harvest, but it is not the income of my royal family, due to the impact of the new law, the tax is very low, and the grain collected by the royal family in Chengzhou this year is only half of last year's." King, is the twenty tax a little low? ”

"Then how much is the royal family's harvest in Luoyang and Gongyi?" Zhou Bian asked another question.

"The harvest in Luoyang is comparable to that of Zhou Gong last year, 50,000 quintals, but Gongyi is more, the information sent by Liu Zixi yesterday is about 60,000 quintals, on the other hand, Chengzhou is only 8,000 quintals." Taishi is naturally very familiar with these data.

"How much is the difference? Well, Luoyang's territory is larger than Gongyi, why is it not as high as Gongyi's harvest? ”

"Back to the king, I have the least arable land in Chengzhou, and although there is a lot of arable land in Luoyang, most of it is in the hands of the nobles, and it was not collected by the Duke of Zhou before, and there are almost no large nobles in Gongyi, all of them are slaves for the royal family, so the harvest is the highest. The king, the old man is not afraid of offending, if the new law is really implemented in Luoyang and Gongyi, I am afraid that the royal family will have to buy food to support the soldiers. Taishi said cautiously, now that the king is becoming more and more powerful, even an old minister like Taishi unconsciously feels pressure.

"Although the new law is not good for the royal family, it can win the hearts of the people, and the Tian family can win the Jiang family's Qi country, and the people will rely on it. Therefore, it is only a matter of time before the law is changed, not a matter of change and immutability. Saying that, Zhou Bian glanced at Bai Gui, and when he saw that he was not unusual, he continued. As for the income of the royal family, this king decided to continue to develop the royal family industry in the future, vigorously engage in business, focus on commercial income, and light land taxes, what does Zhu Aiqing think? ”

Sitting in the audience, in addition to Taishi Bai Gui and Shaofu Ning Yue and others, but when it comes to this, no one has an objection, because everyone has seen the development of the royal family in the past six months, and the income brought by car manufacturing and winemaking to the royal family far exceeds the crops on the land, so even the young master did not say a word. As for Ning Yue and other former ministers of Zhou Bian, they were not pedantic people, so it was rare for the ministers to maintain a consensus and accept the tone set by the king.

"That's good, the grain and grass harvested this time are still stored in Luoyang City, and at this time, Mrs. Lao is worried. And the situation in Luoyang is stable, the first Duke of Zhou was also buried the day before yesterday, and the affairs of the Deng family have no eyebrows, according to the king's opinion, it can be put down, this matter is useless, and then the whole city will not only find no one to say, but it may also cause some merchants to be disgusted, what does Ning Qing think? ”

Although Ning Yue didn't give up, he could only do so, so he immediately nodded in agreement.

"Then there is nothing else to disturb. Well, this king thinks that the focus of our next step is two things, recruiting troops and expanding my royal estate. At this time, the busy farming has not passed, and the recruitment can be postponed for a few days, but the expansion of the industry is an urgent need at noon, otherwise your money will not be enough next month, hehe. Do you have any suggestions on this matter? ”

The ministers looked at each other, but no one spoke, it seems that a group of important ministers of the royal family are talking about business in front of the Son of Heaven, and everyone still can't save face. After a while, the Taishi spoke, "The king, earlier in Chengzhou, it was decided that Dr. Bai would be in charge of the royal property, but then Dr. Bai was in Luoyang, and it was inconvenient to take over, and now that the time is ripe, according to the old minister, this matter can be handed over to Dr. Bai, and there is no need to ask me and wait." ”

Zhou Bian didn't care, so he nodded, "Okay, then Doctor Bai will stay." Ministers, is there anything else you would like to say? ”

"I have something to report, my lord. The first is the news that came back yesterday, General Li Ding officially controlled Mengjin, Mengjin originally had 500 guards, a thousand commanders and six centurions, and some Korean soldiers, so General Li Ding spent some time to solve it, but he did not kill on a large scale, but spent money to send those Korean soldiers away. "It's still the Taishi who is talking about these things, which makes people think that the Taishi is the prime minister of the future.

Zhou Bian nodded, "Li Ding did a good job, this king didn't mistake him." What else? ”

"The second thing is also from General Li Ding, I want grain and grass, what does the king think?"

"You can decide this matter, you are the Taishi, the first person below the Son of Heaven, these small amounts of money and food are allocated normally, you don't need to ask for the consent of the king for everything, just go directly to the prison to ask for it, just summarize it once a month and report it to the king."

"The old minister is in order. The third thing is the arrangement of Luoyang's city defense, the people who guard the palace are brought by us from Chengzhou, the east gate is General Tu, and the west is General Long. ”

"This king has no opinion. But is there an army in the city to maintain order? ”

The Taishi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't react, but Ning Yue on the side opened his mouth, "Is the king talking about preventing anyone from making trouble in the city, or that there are assassins in the city or something?" "It seems that in the past few days, the soldiers of the Tu clan have searched for people all over the city, which has given Dr. Ning some new insights.

In fact, what Zhou Bian wants is not only this, if it is placed in the future generations, it is the police's business to prevent people from making trouble, it is the business of the armed police to arrest the assassins, and maintaining the basic order of the city is the business of the famous chengguan, all three of which Zhou Bian wants. But now I can't be in a hurry, first, I don't have so much power to get it all at once, and secondly, people still have to accept new things in a process, especially these old ministers.

After thinking about it, Zhou Bian nodded and said, "What Ning Qing said is very true, in addition, it is necessary to manage the business of the merchant, and the main thing should be to prevent people from forcibly buying and selling, and there is a shortage of catties and two." I don't know how Luoyang City was managed before? "In the past, when the royal family was in Chengzhou, the composition of Chengzhou City was relatively simple, and it was only necessary to manage the clan and the children of the nobility, so the royal family rarely worried.

"Back to the king, when Zhou Weigong was in the past, there was also a city guard to manage the market, but he needed money to raise people, so Zhou Weigong set up a management card at the city gate to collect taxes. Unexpectedly, he encountered trouble at the beginning, and the people who came and went to Luoyang to do business were either giant businessmen from all over the world, or big families in the city, and no one was willing to pay taxes, and even caused conflicts, so Zhou Weigong later simply withdrew the checkpoint, removed the Yi pawns, and let it go. After that, as long as there was no large-scale killing in the city, Zhou Gong would not care. ”

I didn't think that this Luoyang was open, but it was an unmanaged city, no wonder they could mix in the city if they weren't trapped, no wonder no one interfered when Zhang Hu and Zibu were fighting, but this phenomenon ended here, Zhou Bian would not let Luoyang continue like this. "Then Aiqing, this king has long heard that there are no less than 100 dead and wounded in Luoyang City a day, how can this situation continue to happen under the rule of the royal family? Therefore, this king has decided to re-establish the eunuchs, maintain order in the market, and not allow fights and brawls to happen again, and also shoulder the duty of searching for all kinds of criminals, and these people will be raised by my royal family. This matter was led by Ning Yue, a small number of veterans were drawn from the Royal Forest Army, and then some Luoyang soldiers were absorbed, as well as a new group of Luoyang idlers were recruited, and they were quickly organized. ”

"No, the ministers obey the king's orders." Ning Yue is a practical person, and the king's idea is just what he wants, so he readily agreed.

Then the Taishi reported to work, "King, the fourth thing is that the old man was entrusted by the Tian family to invite the king to Tianfu for a banquet in the evening, and the Tian family also invited the nobles of the city to accompany him, I don't know what the king wants?" ”

Is this a private matter, do you still have to say it at the court meeting, Zhou Bian was stunned at first, but then he thought about it, he is the Son of Heaven, and the emperor's family has no selfish affairs. So without thinking about it, Zhou Bian nodded and agreed, in fact, Zhou Bian also wanted to get close to them.

If there was nothing else, the small court meeting was over, and after the ministers shouted long live, they retreated, leaving only Bai Gui alone.

After the two monarchs and ministers transferred to the small room, Bai Gui immediately put on a sad face, "King, you can spend a lot of money in this Luoyang Palace, thousands of soldiers and soldiers, and how many children of the clan who rely on the royal family, just these are the only ones, so why do you have to pay for the expenses of the market and the city, the royal family is already unable to make ends meet, and it is unbearable to bear more!" ”

"That's exactly what shows Bai Aiqing's great usefulness, hehe." Zhou Bian is very optimistic. "Didn't we take over Zhou Gong's industry before?" Speaking of the industry of Zhou Gong, when Zhou Bian first heard about it, he was very surprised for a while, it turned out that Zhou Gong monopolized the brick and tile industry in Luoyang, and Zhou Gong ruled Luoyang but could not collect taxes, so he agreed with many businessmen that no one except Zhou Gong was allowed to operate bricks and tiles, and if you wanted to use it, you had to find Zhou Gong to buy, and I really had never seen such a business, but fortunately, the big businessmen gave Zhou Gong this face, so a huge brick and tile factory was built in the northwest corner of Luoyang.

Bai Gui shook his head, "This is still insufficient, otherwise there are thousands of sharp soldiers under the command of Duke Zhou, not to mention the salary of the soldiers, and the daily food is still not as good as the soldiers of the former Cheng Zhou." ”

"We've relied on merchants for a long time. This king knows that Bai Aiqing naturally has a way, so don't sell it, just say it quickly. Zhou Bian said with a smile, no one in this world can compare with himself in technology, but to do business, he still has to rely on a business genius like Bai Gui.

"Scarcity is expensive, and the royal family makes a lot of money, so they still need to rely on soju. In the past, under the suppression of Zhou Gongzhi, the royal family has not been able to vigorously develop, but now that my royal family has won Luoyang, there is no scruples, and the time for vigorous development has come. ”

"This king knows, say specific."

Bai thought that there were many grain merchants in Luoyang City, such as Tian and others, and the king could negotiate with them to purchase a large amount of grain and transport it to Chengzhou to brew wine by himself, the cost of buying sake in the past was too high, and this winemaking was not a very unique job, just invite some guys in Luoyang. And it is still made and sold by people from my royal family, as for this family, Bai thought that there should be more than three natural residences, my Bai Mansion and Tu Mansion, and I could find more merchants to sell it farther, so as not to worry about not being able to sell it. Cheng Zhou Chengnan specializes in making soju, which is convenient for secrecy, what does the king think? ”

"This king thinks it's feasible, it's easy for outsiders to find out when Cheng Zhoucheng mixes in, but he just looks for another house to buy, isn't it a loss to your Bai Mansion and Tu Mansion?"

"If the royal family's business is to be bigger, it can't be limited to just a few companies. Bai suggested that it could be sold openly in Luoyang City, and the highest bidder would get it, and as for my Baifu and Tufu, they would monopolize a certain kind of wine, or the king could give as much as he wanted. Tu's business is only in Luoyang City, and there is no need for too much, and as for my Bai Mansion, hehe, Bai doesn't care anymore, just have the current business, Bai will not use power to make money. ”

"Accurate!"

I didn't think that this Bai Gui still had to show the world with integrity after all, since ancient times, people knew that officials and businessmen could not be one, but if they could, how many people could really refuse? But Baekyu did it, and that alone is awe-inspiring. However, Zhou Bian was still puzzled, "Who will take care of the business of the White Mansion, and it won't all be handed over to the housekeeper, right?" ”