In the end, Li Tai was left by Su Mushi with his ears. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info looking at Li Tai, who was arrogant in front of him on weekdays, being taught by Su Mushi like a child, Bai Qi couldn't help laughing, and there was more tenderness in his eyes when he looked at Su Mushi.

When he came back last night, he couldn't see the concrete road clearly because it was dark, but during the day, Bai Qi was finally able to take a closer look at the road that stretched from Taoyuan Village to Chang'an.

I saw that the road more than 20 meters wide was evenly divided into left and right sides by a white solid thick line, and each side was divided into two lanes with white dotted lines, and the outermost road surface was about one meter wide, which was specially used as a sidewalk.

Now there are many cars and horses coming from other directions on the road, and on the wide road, people, cars, and horses are walking in an orderly manner according to their own direction and the road they are taking. On the road, from time to time, there are catchers from Chang'an Mansion walking on it, always checking the situation on the road.

"Was that your idea?" Bai Qi turned his head in surprise, looked at Su Mushi and asked, seeing her nodding, he threw a grateful look at her. When I wanted to build a cement road, I just had the idea of giving it a try, so many things were not really refined, nor did I think about refining them, and I didn't expect that all this was completed by Su Mushi.

"To build this road, the money in the inner government is not enough, and it is impossible for the treasury to come out so much. So who paid for this road? Bai Qi asked Su Mushi and Li Tai, and just after asking him, a flash of inspiration flashed in his head, and he immediately asked himself: "Merchant! ”

Su Mushi nodded, the expression on her face was a little solemn. Bai Qi looked at her and nodded, the look on his face was also not very relaxed.

Li Tai saw that the faces of the two seemed to be a little wrong, so he asked strangely: "As a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, it is a good thing for a businessman to fund the construction of roads, why do you two look so dignified?" ”

Bai Qi shook his head: "Of course, it is a good thing for businessmen to fund the construction of roads, but we are worried about other things, some things are inflated, it is difficult to shrink back, and in the end it will become a time bomb, which will explode at any time." ”

Li Tai still understands the concept of time bombs, but he listens to White's words, but he can't understand his words.

Bai Qi raised his head and looked at Chang'an City, which was getting closer and closer, thinking about how to talk to Li Shimin about this.

When he was in Yuhang, from the assassin to the father and son of the Liu family, a series of officials fell in large numbers, which caused turmoil in the political situation in Jiangnan.

This time, before the war began in Liangzhou City, Bai Qi had already noticed that some tribes in Tuyuhun or other tribes were secretly storing a large number of ironware, farm tools and other commodities that were forbidden to be sold by the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Bai Qi deliberately went deep into these underground dark channels, on the one hand, to deceive the Tianzhu King, and on the other hand, there was also a situation of investigating the people behind these channels.

The results of the secret investigation of both things were a little chilling, and the forces behind them also made White a little dumbfounded. Although I already knew that this group had always been the most adventurous group of people, and I also knew that some people in this group seemed to be very famous people on the surface, but behind the scenes they were doing despicable things, I didn't expect that they would deteriorate so quickly.

"The development of capital is never peaceful, it is bloody! It has been said that as long as there is fifty percent of the profit, the merchant will take the risk, and for the sake of double the profit, they will dare to trample on all the laws of the world, and when there is more than three times the profit, they will dare to commit any crime! White said to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin put down the investigation report on Yuhang and Liangzhou City in his hand, handed it to Li Chengqian next to him, then stood up, paced with his hands behind his back, and after walking a few laps, he walked to the front of the white chess, stopped, looked at him and said: "You asked me to let go of the shackles of commerce at the beginning, why do you want me to put the shackles on business again?" ”

"Your Majesty, at this time, at that time. Weichen didn't expect them to develop so rapidly, I thought that what was released was a vicious dog, as long as the rope was tightened, and then held in his hand, he would always be able to see it, but he underestimated the hearts of the people, and in the end it was a devil who was released, since it was a devil, then it would be suppressed by the imperial court! ”

"The devil? Shaoqing also mentioned this concept to me, which is somewhat interesting. Li Shimin laughed, there was not the slightest worry on his face, he looked at the white chess playfully, and sat back on the main hall.

"Now that you're here, what do you think you should do now?"

Li Chengqian and Li Tai raised their heads and looked at Baiqi, both a little curious about what kind of approach Baiqi would propose. Is it a complete ban on business, or is it to catch a batch, kill a batch, and release a batch? Especially Li Chengqian, looking at the white chess, his eyes were shining brightly.

"They don't like to build roads, there are so many main roads to be built in Datang, so let's have an investment conference, let them fund the construction, and the court will give them some virtual titles to fulfill their wishes." As for those businessmen who are so greedy that they no longer have humanity, then they have to be ruthless, and they can't let these moths corrupt the foundation of our Datang. ”

"Also, with the completion of the road between the major cities, the speed of the circulation of goods between various regions will be recalled, and the number will be doubled, at that time, the current practice of ten taxes on commerce will no longer be suitable, and different taxation methods should be implemented for different levels of goods, these specific things are not very well understood, but Princess Shuli is much more good at these than Weichen, you can ask her to help."

When Li Shimin heard this, he scolded with a smile: "I know that you kid will definitely be lazy." Shaoqing, what do you think? ”

Su Mushi bowed and responded: "I think it's feasible!" However, the date and details of implementation will depend on the development of the current situation. ”

"This is natural." Li Shimin touched his beard and said with a smile.

At this time, Bai Qi came up and continued: "Your Majesty, when the minister followed his father to travel the world, he heard such a story, called the Sword of Damocles. It is said that there was a king in the far west who came to the throne and established a new form of government, but he was dissatisfied and opposed by the nobles below, and he was very troubled by this, so he made an experiment with his courtier Damocles. He entrusted his palace to Damocles, giving him the power to do whatever he wanted. When this courtier Damocles was holding a banquet in the palace, he saw a heavy sword tied to the ceiling of his seat with a horse's mane, and he was so frightened that he immediately fled from the table. ”

Li Shimin's eyes flashed, he glanced at the white chess pieces a few times, and nodded: "Yes, I am sitting in this position, how can I not have a sword hanging over my head!" ”

"Your Majesty, what about the merchants, we should formulate stricter commercial laws to restrain the behavior of these merchants, and hang a sword of Damocles on their heads to remind them to obey the law at all times!" White shouted as he leaned down.

Li Shimin nodded heavily, turned his head to look at his son Li Chengqian, and said to him: "Although the "Zhenguan Law" was created by me, the times are changing, and we can't be conservative, but should also change with the times, understand, Chengqian? ”

"Understood, Father!" (To be continued.) )