Dugu Xiude nodded to Chang'an Ling, and Chang'an Ling stepped forward: "Holy Lord, Your Majesty is incompetent." The summer harvest is full, and the autumn harvest is imminent, so the minister asks to change the agricultural tax to change the grain into money. ”

"Nonsense!" Li Er's face was cold: "Do you want food prices to plummet?" ”

Li Yuanxing stretched out his hand to block: "Brother Huang, Chang'an Ling is still very attentive." The newly built granary could not be immediately filled with grain, which is also reasonable. It's just that grain prices can't be lowered, otherwise peasant households in all parts of the country except Chang'an and Luoyang will not be able to make a living. ”

Li Er's face softened a little, and Chang An Ling lowered his head a little nervously, he knew that he would definitely be scolded.

But this problem is no longer something he can solve.

"In this way, from the first year of Zhenguan to the autumn of this year, if the common people have a child, the tax will be six or five. Parent of two children, tax two. If someone has twins and gives birth to three babies in two years, the tax is completely exempt. Write an article in the Ministry of Rites, the royal brother bestows the world, and then something. The grain of Chang'an City was transported to Yaozhou, and the king planted less grain this year, so he bought it from the household department with coins. ”

"Your Highness Gaoyi!" Chang'an ordered to hurry up and give a salute.

In his heart, Li Yuanxing was really helping him, he didn't believe in the grain harvest of the Qin Palace. Only when the Chang'an County Order reported that there was an output of 8,000 catties per mu, he was sure that the Qin Wangfu was not short of grain.

But he didn't know that one mu of eight thousand catties of sweet potatoes and tens of thousands of acres of sweet potatoes. Li Yuanxing has all the vermicelli and starch.

"Let's go down and do what Gorou told me first. The matter of food is submitted to the Tianying Pavilion for deliberation, and the Ministry of Rites is for discussion. ”

In the evening, the most famous restaurants in Datang sent their chefs over. All the dishes and meat are pulled from Qinwangzhuang, which is absolutely guaranteed to be fresh, this is more than the cooking skills, serving the royal family, this is also an opportunity to have a long face, and the cooks have all taken out their ability to press the bottom of the box.

At night, the officials of Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty who are above the fifth grade, the scholars who are above the fourth class, the large merchants who pay taxes above the third class, and the envoys of various countries who are stationed in Chang'an City all arrive at the new palace. It's getting late. But there was not a single lantern in the palace. So everyone didn't dare to walk around, just stood in the area arranged for themselves.

Li Yuanxing suddenly appeared on the high platform in front of the palace hall.

The main palace hall is eight feet higher than the ground, with hundreds of steps.

Li Yuanxing held a wireless microphone of a military walkie-talkie: "Ten, nine, eight......"

His Royal Highness King Qin is counting down. Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Yuanxing. Even in the darkness, I couldn't even see a human figure clearly. Everyone was watching in the direction of the sound.

"One!" Li Yuanxing finally counted to one.

At this point, everyone felt nervous and their hearts were about to jump out, and they didn't understand what was about to happen. In fact, Li Yuanxing was also very nervous. I'm afraid that there is a case, in case the lights here are not lit, he, His Royal Highness the King of Qin, will really lose his face to the Yellow River.

After Li Yuanxing finished shouting, there was still no change.

Just when everyone was puzzled, suddenly the whole palace lit up, as bright as daytime.

Immediately afterwards, the main streets in the entire Chang'an City were also lit up, and a street lamp every fifty steps illuminated the entire Chang'an City.

Everyone in the palace was still in a daze at this sudden brightness, but the earth-shattering cheers of Chang'an City seemed to be heard here.

Li Yuanxing stepped aside at this time, and Li Er stood where Li Yuanxing was standing just now, holding a wireless microphone with a megaphone.

"When I was young, I once heard someone commenting on the palace of the former Sui on the street, and everyone described the palace as like a fairyland. But when I followed my father to take Chang'an and really entered the palace, I found that it was completely different from what I heard when I was young, and there were many rumors in the world. Today, my palace has no walls, and I believe that the people of the Tang Dynasty are the most solid walls of the palace. ”

Speaking of this, Li Er took a deep breath: "I have decided that the palace will be open for two days every month, with five hundred people per day. The people who have made meritorious achievements, and those who have received awards from the state government, are eligible to see the palace. Today, the first thing I allow is the merchants, and your business taxes support the army of the Tang Dynasty and the construction of Chang'an. I'm glad! ”

"The Holy One is better than Yao Shun......"

I don't know who shouted, and many merchants cheered.

Li Yuanxing took over the topic: "However, there must also be a rule, don't dare to touch it when you enter the hall!" ”

Many people burst into laughter.

No one has ever doubted the prestige of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, but King Qin of the Tang Dynasty is also the most people-friendly person, of course, within the rules of the King of Qin's Mansion, you can be casual, even if you make some innocuous jokes, it is not a good thing.

"Today, the top ten restaurants in Chang'an City came to the palace to perform, whether it is good or not, everyone has the final say. Coming down, it's an interesting thing, this king has some jade, real jade in stone, treasure-level jade. This kind of thing, I'm afraid it will spread very quickly, yesterday the flying boat landed, and today the royal brother wants to have fun with the people, then the whole city will have fun! ”

There is no curfew in Chang'an City, which has already been shouted by Chang'an Ling.

It's just that this gambling stone is unexpected.

Under the light, the eunuchs first brought dozens of display shelves, on which the eunuchs in the palace copied the introduction of jadeite, as well as the selection skills of jadeite rough, and then attached high-definition photos of jadeite grading standards, as well as a detailed introduction of various superb jadeite, and many ways to distinguish.

On the other side of the table, there are long tables, and each dish is a very small plate.

The way of eating and drinking is similar to the buffet of later generations, or a Western-style dinner.

This kind of dinner party is still very popular with the nobles of the Tang Dynasty.

Before the stones were put up, many merchants lined up at the foot of the main hall steps to attend the main hall of the palace in teams of ten. Such an opportunity is the greatest honor of a lifetime for many businessmen who are not nobles at all.

Li Er wandered among the nobles, like the stars holding the moon, commenting on the world.

Li Yuanxing sat in the rest area in front of the garden on the east side of the main hall, and the heads of several families also sat next to Li Yuanxing, intentionally or unintentionally, and talked some gossip.

Wang Jishan took out a letter: "Your Highness, our Wang family is rude. ”

Li Yuanxing opened it and looked at it, and casually threw it into the barbecue fire next to him: "I haven't mentioned this matter." Originally, I didn't say what the stone was for. The silver of Wadao has not been bad for a tael, so it must not be because of greed, and Wang Lao should not go to his heart, if you really don't want to go, then come according to the rules, according to the weight of the gold, what is opened is nothing. It's hard to say whether it's jade or stone. Let them make their own coins! ”

Wang Jishan really didn't mention it again. Instead, it changed the subject.

"Has Your Highness noticed that in the past three months, Yaozhou has purchased ten times as much coal from Taiyuan as at the beginning of the year?"

"There's an interesting thing about that. Elder Wang, you don't have to, have fun with the juniors. ”

Li Yuanxing did not take up the topic of coal. Wang Jishan is not surprised. Then Li Yuanxing asked, "What's the interesting thing?" ”

"This king is in Zhouzhi, you know that it is a poor county, but it turns out that a big iron mine has been discovered." Li Yuanxing said quietly, and Wang Ji said kindly. The world where there are mines in the ordinary people is found. In you, King Qin just knows that there is a mine before digging it. And nine out of ten, the only thing that is not hit is the miscalculated position, and the difference will not exceed ten miles.

Hear Li Yuanxing speak. Many nobles and merchants casually gathered around.

Li Yuanxing continued: "A steel mill was built there, and the Ministry of Industry has a record. A few days ago, ten days after the steel mill was put into operation, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Commerce jointly estimated the output and the market value of the entire steel mill. ”

What Li Yuanxing said, both the officials and the nobles present knew.

Such a large steel mill, I heard that the scale exceeds the existing steel mill in Yaozhou several times, it affects the minds of I don't know how many people, and I heard that the person in charge there is still a prince, but the specific one, ordinary people naturally can't inquire.

"This steel mill is estimated at 3.43 million yuan. There are three blast furnaces, and the amount of steel produced can be found in the announcement of the Ministry of Industry. The interesting thing about this king is that the old palace of Chang'an City is big enough anyway, and this king has already obtained the permission of the emperor's brother to occupy it and set up an exchange there. ”

When Li Yuanxing spoke, he found that the surroundings were completely quiet. Many people who were originally talking also stopped, all paying attention to Li Yuanxing's words.

King Qin didn't have anything interesting in his mouth.

King Qin's opening is definitely no trivial matter, any matter may affect the pattern of a certain industry.

"What is this exchange for? The mill sold 343 million pieces for 10 cents each. Buy at least 100 copies once, and all the money obtained is invested in this steel mill, and the original steel mill becomes only half. The coins could add six more blast furnaces to the mill, and the output could be tripled. ”

Some businessmen already have the small abacus they carry with them.

"Next, there are three ways to play this element. The first way to play is to take it in your own hands, and at the end of the year, the steel mill must be making money, and whoever has a share of the net profit will share how much money. Even if it's a penny, it's also in your hands. The second way to play is that this steel mill is running well, and the steel is sold more, so it is naturally making money, so this part, such as the original ten pennies bought, try to ask if you will sell it for ten cents for a month in your hand? ”

After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, he listened to the sound of calculation.

Soon, a businessman said: "It takes three and a half months to build a blast furnace, and it takes a month to commission it, which is calculated as five months." So the first month, according to the number of steel in the Zhouzhi steel mill every day, the total daily output of the three blast furnaces is 660 tons of steel, according to the amount of orders, the blast furnace does not seem to be in full swing, the peak should be almost more than 1,000 tons. ”

Several businessmen began to calculate jointly.

"According to what His Highness said, a ten-penny will be transferred a month, and at least half a penny will be added. If it changes hands in three months, it will never be transferred without adding two pennies. Because by the end of the year, the ten cents will be at least seventy percent profitable. ”

Another businessman said: "If someone thinks that this thing is a haode investment, it may increase the price, that is, it will not be an exaggeration to rise to 13 wen in three months." ”

Li Yuanxing said with a smile at this time: "Of course, there are accidents. For example, if a fire breaks out in the factory and destroys a furnace, then it may change hands again, and it may be thirteen to twelve. ”

No! It's not going to be that simple.

Wang Jishan and the heads of the great families looked at each other, but no one could guess where the part of this thing they couldn't see was.

There is only one reason, His Royal Highness King Qin's game will never be played on a small amount of money.

Therefore, there must be parts of this game that they can't see, let alone guess. (To be continued......)

PS: Don't say I'm picking, this chapter has a lot of dense dialogue, so the word count is high.

Therefore, the word count change is not deliberate......