"It is a self-confident empire that has established itself since 1,400 years ago, and its economy, culture, and military have had an unfathomable impact on the whole world." -- From "History of World Development".

The cement road in Chang'an has been paved to the Wangjiang Pavilion on the edge of Qujiang Pond, this time except for some remote roads in Chang'an, almost all the large streets in Chang'an are paved with cement, and Li Er also held a grand celebration for this.

This time, the paving project consumed 50,000 tons of cement, which is an astronomical figure in the eyes of the Tang people, but in the end, it also appeared forcefully.

The cement factory behind Nanshan has now begun a new round of large-scale recruitment, along with the brick factory and the glass factory, and for the first time Datang has begun to face the problem of sparse population, in fact, this situation is rare in a thousand years.

Since the beginning of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Central Plains has been full of wars, and the population has dropped again and again, until the Sui Dynasty opened the country, the population began to recover slowly, and the Sui Dynasty only passed a few generations, and met a dim-witted Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, who recruited husbands and cultivated the Tao and led troops to Goryeo, and the popularity that had been accumulated was eventually consumed by him alone.

At the peak of the Sui Dynasty, the population was as high as 6.1 million, and the Tang Dynasty experienced Li Yuan's eight-year development, and the population was only 3.3 million.

Why is the population declining so much? Successive wars are one thing, and the other most important aspect is the problem of food.

And now. The granaries of Chang'an are piled with three crops of rice. The granary in Luoyang has become a grain transfer station for the whole Tang Dynasty. In the face of such abundant grain reserves, Li Er's self-confidence was also full of expansion, until he began to quietly signal his close ministers that he wanted to build the Luoyang Palace......

Xu Yang lay in a marble-covered bathtub, the silky stone walls heated by the temperature of the water, and he didn't feel cold when he leaned in, according to his orders, the craftsmen worked hard. Finally, he found the marble he asked for from Lingnan, and all of them were transported to Xujiazhuang piece by piece from the dangerous Lingnan Road, and finally a huge bathroom was paved.

Xu Yang leaned on the smooth stone wall with both hands, lying on his back, looking at the sparkling ceiling that reflected the water light, and felt refreshed.

I soak in a bath and soak it refreshingly. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the bathroom, and Liu Qi's voice came in. "Lord County, today is the day of Lord Fang's visit, do you want to wash it faster? ～”

As soon as Liu Qi reminded him, Xu Yang remembered that after the auction house was separated that day, Fang Xuanling was scheduled to visit Xujiazhuang today, and Xu Yang naturally readily agreed, but it had been a few days, if it hadn't been for Liu Qi's reminder, he would have really forgotten.

"Well, let's prepare clothes for Ben Hou." Xu Yang commanded lightly.

"No." The sound outside the door gradually went away, and after a while, the door was knocked again, but this time the knock was obviously weakened, Xu Yang called in, and saw four maids wearing silk gauze clothes and looking watery come in with various clothes.

Xu Yang has long been accustomed to this kind of thing, without hesitation, he took the wide bathrobe from the hands of a maid and draped it on his body, and when the body was wiped dry, he stretched out his hands, tilted his head, and waited for those maids to wear clothes one by one, saying that he came to ancient times as a modern person, and was eventually assimilated by this ancient atmosphere, I don't know when he began to gradually enjoy it, and I don't know when he began to gradually lose the discipline of proletarian revolutionary workers.

After all, people are human beings, and they can't change the times, they can only be changed by the times, and it's only a matter of time before they are assimilated.

After wearing it, Xu Yang, who was dressed in new clothes, looked very energetic, the purple robe of the county marquis, the crane and bird picture embroidered on it looked very exquisite, with a good jade pendant around his waist, and a county marquis crown on his head, which looked very handsome.

Standing in front of a wide dressing mirror, this mirror is the latest invention of Nanshan Academy, using the seventeenth century French pouring method made of flat glass, the cost is too high, can not be popularized, Xu Yang also spent 3,000 yuan to buy three pieces from the academy, just for Liu Mengli and Jin Shengman one piece.

This glass mirror is not only advanced in technology, the decoration carved outside is also very exquisite, two flying phoenixes, one left and one right, the grid twist echoes each other, the bird spreads its wings and the tail of the bridge, the form is handsome, it is one of the best art treasures in the Tang Dynasty, Xu Yang does not know that more than a thousand years later, in the Royal Art Exhibition Hall in the United Kingdom, the mirror he used was fortunate to be borrowed by those Europeans for a week......

"Uncle Fang, Uncle Du, I haven't seen you for a long time~" After Xu Yang finished dressing, someone came to report, Fang Xuanling was already waiting in the living room, Xu Yang hurried over, but he didn't expect that this time it was not Fang Xuanling alone, Du Ruhui was actually there.

Although Xu Yang greeted these two very warmly, judging from the expressions of the two of them, it seemed that they had encountered something difficult to solve, and even their brows were furrowed.

"Sometimes the old man is really a little envious of you, a disciple of the Ghost Valley." However, Fang Xuanling first said with some emotion.

Du Ruhui also shook his head and said: "The old man thought that Xu Jun Hou Rili had a good opportunity, but he didn't expect to come today, but I heard your family say that you are taking a bath, and it will take two hours to wash, the old man has this old bone, but he has never enjoyed this kind of treatment." ”

Xu Yang smiled, scratched his head and said: "This is easy to do, the kid has made some small money in the auction recently, and he is investing in the construction of Lishan Hot Spring on Lishan Mountain next to Nanshan, if the two uncles don't dislike it, the kid will definitely invite the two of them to take a dip after it is built another day, and he will definitely beat the gods." ”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui showed yearning looks at the same time, and they both hugged their fists, "Then thank Xu Junhou first." ”

"Where, where." Xu Yang also said politely, "I saw the two uncles frowning and looking embarrassed before, what happened to them?" ”

Hearing Xu Yang's inquiry, Fang Xuanling shook his head with a smile, "I didn't expect this to be seen by you, Lao Du and I have been sad about His Majesty's desire to rebuild Luoyang Palace recently!" ”

After asking about the cause and effect, Xu Yang knew that Li Er, the old guy, finally embarked on the old road of hedonism, and began to plan to build a palace on a large scale as in history.

The grain output of the Tang Dynasty is getting richer and richer day by day, and there is no one starving to death in the world, such a feat is enough to seal a generation of Ming masters, if Li Er can continue to work diligently for another forty years, then the rule of Zhenguan will be able to become a prosperous era of Zhenguan.

However, the emperor is the emperor, and the philosophical book says that as a class that is completely opposed to the people, no matter how much its subjective consciousness wants to change, it cannot break the antagonistic relationship between the exploiting classes, so the emperor still has to live on the exploitation of the people in the end, that is, pleasure in the traditional sense.

"The DPRK and China are now divided into two factions regarding the rebuilding of Luoyang Palace, one is the opposition led by Wei Zheng and Zhang Xuansu, and the other is the pro-faction led by the eldest grandson Wuji. Fang Xuanling shook his head, "Even if Brother Du comes out, he still can't change His Majesty's decision, and now His Majesty is becoming more and more unable to listen to the advice, and I want to ...... Ay. Fang Xuanling sighed softly.

Xu Yang also shook his head, delusionally thinking that Li Er would listen to their advice, what was the situation in Datang now? The granaries are full of grains, and according to Li Er's temperament of great joy, it is simply a fool's dream that one or two words of advice can make him stop willingly.

But then again, the large-scale construction of the palace, as long as Li Er is willing to pay money to hire someone to repair it, is not a sign of gratuitous, it is a great thing, it can allow more people to have jobs with higher wages, and it can also speed up the circulation of money.

"Two uncles, according to the boy's point of view, His Majesty's construction of the palace is not hot-headed, and it is not harmful to my Tang Dynasty, as long as His Majesty can do one thing, this construction of the palace may become another good thing for my Tang Dynasty to benefit the country and the people~!" Xu Yang's eyes shone with wisdom...... (To be continued......)