After listening to the spies' report and seeing Luo Yi again, Li Shimin smiled and said, "Luo Yi, how is it?" It's not a small gain, right? I heard that the entrance of the National Business Institute was full of people, and it was crowded. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Luo Yi was stunned for a moment, and after seeing the salute, he nodded and said: "I really can't hide anything from the emperor, the effect is not bad, and there are really many people who come to save money." ”

Li Shimin said: "I'm only worried about whether you will have so much money to repay the people's debts next year; I can say ugly things in front, if you can't pay it back, it will be a crime of deception. ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the minister will definitely be able to afford it."

Luo Yi hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the National Chamber of Commerce is a place to gather wealth, it can be said to be the second treasury of the Tang Dynasty, and it should have its own guard, otherwise it will be too dangerous, even if the National Chamber of Commerce opens today, it is also a soldier borrowed from the Yamen, and it can't always be borrowed in the future." ”

"The minister asks for a decree that I will personally select some young people with good skills and put them into the guards to protect the safety of the National Chamber of Commerce."

Li Shimin said: "It's not impossible, then go and recruit five hundred, and you will be directly under your jurisdiction." ”

"Five hundred? Your Majesty, isn't it a little little? ”

"Five hundred is less? What do you want? ”

Even the Chang'an Mansion is only more than 300 arrests, and except for the regular garrison, there are no more than 500 guard-shaped forces.

Afraid that Li Shimin would misunderstand, Luo Yi hurriedly explained: "The emperor doesn't know, for now, five hundred guards are indeed enough, but next, the National Chamber of Commerce will be implemented all over the country, and each of them will be in the city, and at that time, five hundred will not be enough; Escorting Yin Liang back to Chang'an from other places, even if there is the protection of the local government, if there is no reliable escort, I am afraid that it will be difficult, just like the time in Heifeng Mountain, wasn't it intercepted? ”

Li Shimin pondered for a long time, and also felt that there was some truth in what Luo Yi said, the establishment of the State Chamber of Commerce was mainly to collect wealth for the country, and it was indispensable to transport silver back and forth in the future, if there were not enough troops, it would be very dangerous to go back and forth.

Thinking that Luo Yi has always been loyal, and the Luo family is full of loyalty, and will never do anything out of the ordinary, Li Shimin responded: "Okay, I'm approved, as for the number of recruits, it's up to you to decide, and you don't need to report to the Ministry of War, you are directly under your control." ”

"Your Majesty."

Luo Yi was overjoyed and said, "Is it okay for the minister to recruit the eldest brother to the National Chamber of Commerce?" ”

"Of course you can, as long as your eldest brother is willing."

Luo Tong is in charge of the National Chamber of Commerce, so he is more at ease.

Li Shimin said: "In the future, these things will not be used to be clear, what I want is the result, and at this time next year, I can hand over three million taels of silver to the household department." As for the rest, it's up to you. ”

"Yes. The minister retired. ”

Luo Yi arched his hand and walked out of the imperial study with a smile.

With Li Shimin's words, he can blatantly recruit troops, although Li Shimin did not say how many troops can be recruited, but according to Li Shimin's words, it is no problem to recruit two or three thousand.

However, it has just opened now, and Luo Yi is not ready to recruit so many soldiers, as Li Shimin said, five hundred is enough, and when the national business institutes in various places are opened, more recruits will be made.

............

A new day.

After a few days of busy work, the State Chamber of Commerce finally fell silent, and there were not as many people who had saved money here as before, and finally had an accurate number.

Luo Yi got the news and hurried to the State Chamber of Commerce, accompanied by Zhao Wenxian, Zhao Wenyong and Luo Tong.

Luo Yi figured it out, anyway, Luo Tong is fine staying at home, it is better to come to the National Chamber of Commerce and help make money, with Luo Tong's martial arts and prestige, I dare not say anything else, it is absolutely no problem to teach new guards to learn martial arts.

The State Chamber of Commerce had just opened, and the official structure was still incomplete, so Luo Yi asked the Ministry for a few people, mainly for bookkeeping, registration, and management of the State Chamber of Commerce, which was completed by those people in the past few days.

"Master Hou, this is all the accounts, please take a look."

In the lobby, there was a man standing, holding seven or eight booklets in his hands.

Standing in front of Luo Yi was a handsome young man, who was originally a small official in the Ministry of Officials, but now he was transferred to the State Chamber of Commerce, and Luo Yi was appointed as the president of the State Chamber of Commerce, in charge of all the accounts of the State Chamber of Commerce.

"Your name is Hou Yunyi?"

"Yes, Master Hou, I didn't expect Master Hou to remember me."

Luo Yi nodded and said: "Of course I remember, you are a Jinshi and knowledgeable, but you have not been important in the Ministry of Officials, and it is because of this that I transferred you to the National Chamber of Commerce." ”

"I won't look at these accounts, you can just say the numbers."

"Yes."

Hou Yunyi said: "Master Hou, in the past few days, there have been many people who have deposited money in the National Chamber of Commerce, plus yesterday's, there are more than 200,000 in total, and today's ones have not been calculated yet." ”

"Hmm."

Luo Yi's complexion didn't change much, more than 200,000, it sounds scary, but thinking that this is the result of the entire people of Chang'an, it is a little less.

After a pause, Luo Yi asked, "Is there the Lei family, Lei Sihai, and Wu You?" ”

Hou Yunyi opened the account book, took a closer look, suddenly raised his head and said, "Yes, here." ”

"Two days ago, the two of them each saved 50,000 yuan in silver, and so far, they have saved the most money of all people."

Zhao Wenxian said: "I didn't expect these two people to be so rich, as soon as they made a move, it was 50,000 yuan, which made me impressed." ”

Even if Luo Yi is the initiator of the Drunken Immortal Wine, but so far, there is not much money, looking at Wu You and Lei Sihai's actions, it seems that he is still richer than Luo Yi.

Luo Tong was even more surprised, as soon as he exited, it was tens of thousands, which made people have to look sideways.

"Hmm. Let people save all their money, and send someone to watch over it, and no one should come near it. ”

Luo Yi said: "Wen Yong, you must personally supervise the matter of taking care of the silver two, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"Big brother, don't worry, you won't make mistakes."

Zhao Wenyong swore solemnly.

Luo Yi said: "Our National Chamber of Commerce should also have its own soldiers, I have asked the emperor for an order, we can recruit troops by ourselves, big brother, the matter of recruitment and training will be handed over to you, anyway, you are fine at home, you should be happy to train new soldiers, right?" ”

Of course, Luo Tong was willing, and said with a smile: "Okay, well, I like to train recruits." Staying in the house all day is also boring; But... I wonder how much the emperor allowed us to recruit troops? Are there any restrictions? ”

Luo Yi said: "Although the emperor didn't say it, I know that there is no problem in recruiting two or three thousand; But considering that the State Chamber of Commerce has just opened, and it is useless to have more people, let's temporarily recruit 500 troops, mainly to maintain the order of the State Chamber of Commerce, as well as to protect money. ”

As soon as Luo Yi finished speaking, Zhao Wenxian objected: "Big brother, don't you think five hundred is too little?" Such a large National Business Academy, dozens of courtyards, are about to catch up with half of the school, even if you recruit 3,000 soldiers, you can settle down, I think it is better to directly recruit 3,000 soldiers, anyway, we have to expand, and we will have to send people to other states and provinces in the future, and it will be easy to raise all of them at one time. ”