Not too much to ask?

Liu Yuanzhi said, this can be regarded as a compensation for Li Er to himself.

Tubo honestly bowed his head to the ministers, and it was land and compensation, and the most important thing is that now the old tribes in Tubo and Songtsan Gampo are fighting among themselves, and then in recent years, the forces that have been oppressed by Tubo are also waiting for an opportunity to rebel, and the whole Tubo is in a mess, Li Er is happy to see this situation, so now Li Er needs to make a show, not only for the Tubo people, but also for those civil and military ministers, but also for those civil and military ministers, but Liu Yuan was wronged.

But that's okay, Liu Yuan is still young enough, so it doesn't matter if the reward is given later, but in order to appease a hero and talent like Liu Yuan, he can't make him feel cold, Li Er specially asked Liu Yuan to make another request.

As for the name, in order to appease the noble princess of Tubo, Liu Yuan will not be given the name for the time being, then there is only profit left, Li Er does not even give himself the 10,000 catties of gold, it can be seen that now the treasury is tight, there is more money and silver, Li Er is reluctant, it is less, Liu Yuan is not eye-catching, Liu Yuan weighed it, and he has to have a "policy".

It is better to have a policy that is beneficial to Li Er, so that he will be more supportive.

Liu Yuan's eyes rolled twice, and he quickly had an idea.

"Your Majesty, Weichen wants to build a road, please ask the emperor for permission."

"What? Road? Li Er was in the prime of life, deaf and blind, but he thought he hadn't heard clearly, so he couldn't help but ask again.

Liu Yuan smiled slightly, and said to Li Er very seriously: "Your Majesty, Weichen wants to build a different road, and I also want to implore the emperor for his support." ”

Li Er said in surprise: "You, you want to build a road?" ”

Building bridges, building roads, and dredging rivers are all very expensive projects. I thought that Liu Yuan would ask for some tax-free concessions, or he would sell salt, water transportation and other fat projects, and use these projects to make up for his losses, but he didn't expect that Liu Yuan put forward a condition that turned out to be to build roads.

You're not stupid, are you?

"Yes, Wechen wants to build a special road." Liu Yuan was still smiling.

Li Er stared at Liu Yuan, feeling that he didn't look like he was joking. Then he said with some confusion: "The Ministry of Industry has no plan to build an official road in the near future, and you are going to build a road by yourself?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Contribute to it yourself?"

"Never spend a penny on the treasury, not only that, after the road is built. Wechen can also pay taxes to fill the treasury. ”

"Where are you going to build the road? The road you have built. What are the features? Li Er asked sharply: "Do you want to collect tolls?" ”

Liu Yuan nodded and said, "The emperor is really powerful. I guessed Wechen's idea at once, yes, Wechen wanted to build a hard road from Chang'an to Luozhou, which is characterized by short distances and good road conditions, whether it is cloudy or rainy, of course. This road was built by private people, and if you want to borrow the road, you have to pay a certain amount of money to cover the cost of construction and maintenance. ”

Chang'an is Kyoto. Luozhou is Luoyang, a historical city, is the second largest city in the Tang Dynasty, many important institutions are Luozhou, known as the small eastern capital, Chang'an can be regarded as the political center, and Luozhou can explain the economic center, many Hu merchants' goods were first transported to Chang'an, and then transferred to Luozhou, the most Lu after the official waterways that extend in all directions in Luozhou, scattered to all parts of Datang, government affairs, business exchanges are frequent, it can also be said that Datang is the most prosperous transportation line.

What Liu Yuan wants to do is to build a high-speed toll road similar to the later generations, in the future generations, this thing is comparable to a money printing machine, and it is really called a full bowl to earn, and now Li Er let his conditions be compensated, Liu Yuan thought of "profit", and immediately thought of "road", the road is financial, and the silver must be like a pig cage into the water, and it is not good to make less money.

Li Er asked with interest while knocking on the case: "Your idea is also fresh, a bit like the feeling of crossing the river to charge for the ferry, and buying road money is also a profitable business, but the distance from Chang'an to Luozhou is not far, and the official road has always been maintained, the road is smooth and the law and order is good, do you think that there is a free official road not to go, but you have to pay for the road and go your way?" In addition, to build a new road, along the way involves mountains, granges, etc., which requires a lot of land and costs a lot, Liu Yuan, have you thought about it carefully? ”

Building roads is not playing with mud, there are too many things that need to be involved, opening roads in the mountains, building bridges in the water, each of which consumes a huge amount of money, and in the case of existing official roads, it is really a waste of resources, and Li Er naturally does not want to waste money.

"Emperor" Liu Yuan said confidently: "This trip is Weichen wants to explain, Chang'an to Luozhou, although the official road is good, but the previous dynasty built, dilapidated, many curves, fake daily blockage, encounter officials out of the patrol, guard of honor to open the road or something, is a wall of more than ten miles, miserable, and once it rains, the road is crushed by the wheels, one step deep, one step shallow, extremely difficult, with the prosperity of Chang'an, Hu Shang close exchanges, has been difficult to meet the daily needs, and Weichen wants to build, is a special road, smooth as a mirror, solid as a rock, The carriage drove on it, as steady as Mount Tai, and even on rainy days, there was no damage, and it was used as usual. ”

"What? What kind of road is this, and you are going to pave it with jade? Li Er said in surprise.

Liu Yuan explained: "No, Your Majesty, Wechen is going to use a cement thing to pave the road, which is as soft as mud at first, and once it is condensed and formed, it is as hard as a stone. ”

Afraid that Li Er would hesitate, Liu Yuan immediately added: "Your Majesty, this matter does not cost a penny to the treasury, after it is completed, the tax can also fill the treasury, why not do it, Weichen only needs the emperor's consent and support, and the land needed to build a new road, Weichen will never take advantage of it and oppress the people, but buy it from them at the market price, the country and the people do not have a penny loss, besides, Weichen This is also a small test." ”

"Try?" Li Er asked curiously.

"Yes, Your Majesty, think about it, if there is such a magical road, we can build it to Luozhou, of course, we can also repair it to Yazhou, Songzhou and other places, if Datang repairs this kind of magical road, then, to transport troops and grain, greatly speed up, and the deployment of troops will be more convenient and flexible, just to save the loss of grain and grass on the road, it is immeasurable." 、

Liu Yuan's words, Li Er's eyes lit up suddenly.

This is reasonable, it can be used for civilian use, it can also be used for military use, if the whole country has built such a road, it is like giving the Tang Dynasty the tiger wings, like a tiger with wings, it is very simple, for example, from Chang'an to transport two bags of grain to Yazhou, along the way people want to eat, horses to drink, every day is consumed, two big bags of grain, after being transported to the destination, it is good to have one-third left, this is also the ancient heavy army movement is tens of thousands, mainly consumed a lot, can only use the base to pile up.

Li Er said excitedly: "Liu Aiqing, is this true? ”

Han one, who was called Liu Yuan just now, will become Liu Aiqing as soon as he has benefits.

"The minister is to deceive anyone, and he doesn't dare to deceive the emperor, in fact, he is afraid that some powerful people along the way will deliberately raise the land price to sell, and the financial resources of the minister are limited and he can't afford it, so he has to ask the emperor to give it a convenience." Liu Yuan said respectfully.

Li Er couldn't sit still at this time, stood up all of a sudden, put his hands behind his back, and began to pace, for him, now he was completely attracted by Liu Yuan's idea, just imagine, if there is such a magical road, whether it is military or economic, it will be of great help to Datang, and secondly, he would like to see the thing called "cement", whether it is so magical.

If someone else said it, Li Er smiled at most, saying that he was whimsical, but when one miracle after another happened to Liu Yuan, well, even the legendary clairvoyance was brought out, so that Li Er had an inexplicable sense of trust in Liu Yuan, and he was more and more valued by him, otherwise, like this kind of thing, just send a courtier as a lobbyist, where you need to go out in person, and threaten and persuade in the imperial study.

Just hesitated for a while, Li Er quickly made up his mind: "Okay, I am up to you in this matter, and the government is responsible for assisting you along the way, and if you encounter official land, you can also sell it to you at a discount, but I have one condition." ”

"Your Majesty, you say."

With Li Er's words, the toll road matter has become most of it, Liu Yuan was overjoyed, and Li Er's person is happy to talk about things, as long as the interests are said one by one, as long as it is beneficial to him, Li Er will not hesitate to cooperate, just like sending a fine work to learn miniature carving techniques with himself.

"I will send someone to follow up on this matter, you will build a new road, you need a lot of craftsmen, and priority will be given to craftsmen who are idle in the Ministry of Works." As long as you send someone to follow up, you can let those craftsmen earn a monthly income, and you can also cultivate the ability of these craftsmen to see this method of building new roads.

It's done, and it can be sent in the future, but if it fails, it doesn't matter, how can you earn a salary.

"No problem, most of the craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry are skilled people, and I can't ask for them." Liu Yuan agreed.

Li Er asked a little anxiously, "When can it start?" ”

Liu Yuan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is a big project, I want to get the cement out first, and then I have to select the site, plan, acquire the land, and possibly find a few partners, I hope that by this time next year, the new road can be started." ”

"Hehe, what Aiqing said is that it's too impulsive."

With a common topic, Liu Yuan chatted with Li Er for a while, and only after that, Liu Yuan took the official appointment as the general of the guerrilla attack from Wupin, walked out of the palace gate with empty hands, and then went home.

There's still a lot to do. (To be continued......)

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