In the afternoon, Li Yuanxing sat in his small living room, Yuan Chun was playing the piano there, Lan Qiu was making tea, and Li Yuanxing was leaning on the soft chair, listening to He Xia read to him various reports on his recent visit to Qinwangzhuang.

It's a very luxurious aristocratic life!

Li Yuanxing just stretched out his hand to make a gesture, and a cup of tea was fed to his mouth, lukewarm, just right.

The tea was sent by the tea merchants for Li Yuanxing to comment, and it was new and green this spring.

Luxury?

When Gonggong Gao came to Qinwangzhuang, the first thing he said after entering the small meeting was: "Your Highness is still so frugal!" ”

Frugal! Li Yuanxing didn't know how to answer. I had to smile: "Lao Gao is here, sit." There is this spring's new green sent by the tea merchant, and there is no competition yet. It's a bit rude to give it to the royal brother, and when the big competition is over, the royal brother will naturally drink the first third-class tea! ”

Gonggong Gao bowed and sat in the position of the lower head: "I have always heard that His Highness's mansion is short of manpower, do you want the old slave to find something profitable for His Highness." The Silk Chamber of Commerce in Zhejiang and Hangzhou trained a team of Le Ji, but the Jiangnan minor tune is unique, and it is a pity that His Royal Highness refuses! ”

Li Yuanxing waved his hand: "If you accept them, what about the rest of the chambers of commerce?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the fairness of the Qin Palace's words has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!"

"Don't pat the king's ass, you must have something to do, just from your attitude, it will either make you embarrassed, or make the king embarrassed."

Father-in-law Gao smiled awkwardly and said what Li Er meant.

After Li Yuanxing heard this, he was stunned for a moment, but he smiled: "Yuanchun don't play the piano, prepare pen and ink." ”

Then. Gao Gonggong noticed that Yuan Chun still had a golden hairpin on his head, but there was a small badge on his neckline. This is the badge of the clerk of the Qin Palace, and this style seems to be equivalent to the official position on the eighth grade.

Is this a female officer?

Regarding the affairs of the Qin Palace, Gonggong Gao naturally didn't talk much, he was just curious.

"Write, bill!" Li Yuanxing spoke, and Yuanchun only kept the record, regardless of the content.

"First-class stainless steel is worth seven pounds per catty. Second-class stainless steel, five dollars per catty. 4,000 pairs of armor, a total of 60,000 catties of shared steel. The total material cost is 360,000 yuan! Cowhide. Use 1,200 sheets and 6,000 pieces of pork rinds. The total price, 10,000 yuan! ”

Li Yuanxing said, Gonggong Gao just sat quietly, he wouldn't interject. Nor will questions be asked.

Yuan Chun is even more just about recording. The extra half a word will not be asked.

"A pair of armor design fees. Eight thousand, the king gave a discount, and collected a total of 30,000 design fees. ”

"A suit of armor takes 1,200 man-hours. The king charges 20 yuan for each working hour, and the cumulative labor king also makes a discount, only charging 50,000 yuan for manual fees. ”

"For the rest of the underwear, coats, boots, etc., the king will receive five cents for each set of armor. That's 20,000 in total! ”

"Supporting weapons, design, build, this king suffers a little loss, each set of weapons a total of six, this king together with the material cost is calculated in it, and fifteen yuan is charged. This is 60,000 guan, the cost of transportation and maintenance, this king sent it. Calculate how many coins there are in total, and add them up. ”

Yuan Chun wrote, took out the abacus from under the table, and snapped it.

"Your Highness, a total of 530,000 guan!"

"Okay, write an official seal to my imperial brother, and then send a copy to the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, the Tianying Pavilion, and the Imperial Academy."

Li Yuanxing is completely nonsense.

Gonggong Gao stood up at this time: "Your Highness, the old slave thinks that this price is too high, why don't you let the old slave write it?" ”

"You say, Yuan Chun writes!"

"Your Highness's first-class steel is a thousand steels, and second-class steels are a hundred steels. What if the first class is one pound and twelve times, and the second class is one pound and nine times? That's a total of 600,000 yuan. Besides, the labor cost, His Royal Highness uses a lot of slave labor, so it will be reduced. A pair of armor is paid 500 yuan, which is 2,000 yuan. ”

"Go on!" Li Yuanxing secretly praised, this old eunuch is not ordinary smart.

Father-in-law Gao naturally knew that the relationship between the Holy Lord and King Qin was very close, and there was no need for His Royal Highness King Qin to collect this kind of money. The straight road from Yaozhou to Chang'an just asked the household to make up a silver coin for repairing the bridge, and if the road really wants to be counted as money, it is equivalent to paving it with copper coins.

Therefore, there must be a deep meaning in this matter.

At least what is the deep meaning, Gao Gonggong wisely avoided this idea.

According to the current market price, Gonggong Gao re-ordered a price for Li Yuanxing, such as the boots, which was only ordered for 300 yuan. The fine linen underwear is only a set of fifty yuan.

Fifty wen is already an extremely high price, you must know that a fine linen cloth is only three hundred wen.

However, Gao Gonggong's accounting is more detailed, two socks are only a penny, and a pair of gloves is only a penny.

After all the writings were completed, Li Yuanxing used a private seal, and Gao Gonggong went back with Li Yuanxing's seal to Li Er, and the official personnel of the Qin Wangfu were delivered to the various ministries.

Li Yuanxing didn't let people keep this matter secret, and within an hour, everyone in the entire Qin Wangfu knew about it!

Many guards touched their military uniforms and armor, and their first reaction was that they were wearing hundreds of dollars, hundreds of dollars. What is the difference between this and walking down the street with a piece of gold on his back, robbing an ordinary sergeant of the Qin Palace, and immediately becoming a rich man.

At dinner, Wu Cao asked Li Yuanxing: "Do you quote such a high price?" ”

"There was a fight between two lions on the grassland, and many animals went to help, and some went to persuade them to fight. Will there be casualties in that lion pack in Zuihou? Li Yuanxing asked with a smile.

Wu Cao also smiled and stopped talking about the topic.

The seven princesses of Qin were discussing with each other, and Wu Cao's explanation to them was that the lion was another very powerful tiger.

The seven princesses of Qin are very interested, what wolves and foxes have come out, who will help whom?

Wu Cao understood what Li Yuanxing meant.

When two lions fight, the only ones who will die in the end will be those who dare to approach, whether it is to persuade them to fight or to help. When it came to Zuihou, the two lions did nothing, and each went back to his own home.

Could it be that Li Yuanxing wanted to take the opportunity to purge some liliang in the imperial court?

Li Yuanxing did not answer Wu Cao, in terms of political ability, Wu Cao is not the Wu Cao in history now.

Even if Wu Cao in history, he really understands these things after the age of forty.

Li Er saw Li Yuanxing's seal, and after being stunned for a moment, daxiao: "Okay, good Wulang." He turned to Gonggong Gao and said, "Starting tomorrow, all the stamps for me to change the clothes of the forbidden army will be sent by category, and one cannot be missing!" ”

Kill two birds with one stone! Li Erxin said, it's really a brotherhood, he wants to adjust the officials, and borrow Li Yuanxing's seal to leave those really far-sighted imperial histories first, those who will only follow the crowd, or are full of nonsense, or they are pedantic to the point of annoying, and send them to the rest of the posts.

How much does Li Yuanxing's steel cost a pound.

First-class steel, Yaozhou Lu Chengqing has made a very serious and accurate accounting. And it's not just him, Cheng Motou also took Sima in the army to participate in the accounting.

For every thousand catties of first-class stainless steel, after becoming a steel ingot, ten catties are used.

The cost is only 8,311 wen. Moreover, the second-class craftsman Ma also said that the process is still being improved, and if everything goes well, it will definitely drop to less than 6,000 wen after half a year. It can be said that the price of first-class steel in Li Yuanxing's newspaper is 200 times the actual price.

Of course, Li Yuanxing said that any environmental protection, river protection also costs money, and money must also be included in the cost.

Even if you add those tips to the craftsmen, the miners.

Li Er believes that Li Yuanxing's offer is still more than a hundred times higher. The price of 1,000 catties of first-class steel, if it is said to be heavenly, will not exceed ten yuan. This is the achievement of Yaozhou's industrialized steelmaking.

So, will Li Yuanxing take this opportunity to promote the industrialization of various workshops in Datang?

Li Er guessed that Li Yuanxing had this plan, these things were cheaper, the people of the Tang Dynasty would live a better and richer life, and the tax revenue of the treasury would also increase exponentially.

A set of Blazing Feather Armor and all the equipment, not counting weapons, the price of a complete set of finished products is, 900 Wen!

Nine hundred wen, in terms of modern prices, the purchasing power of one penny in Datang is about four yuan and five yuan and two jiao in modern times, which is more than four thousand yuan a set.

Li Er smiled with satisfaction, and asked for a pot of wine for dinner.

The price in Li Yuanxing's heart is 1,500 yuan. He and Lu Chengqing calculated differently, if the coal and iron mines were not slaves, and those who did rough work were not slaves, but normal workers, 1,500 wen would be the truly reasonable cost price.

Sold to the Ministry of War, the second money is not too much at all.

After receiving this seal, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Counsel were all excited to do a great job, and the Holy Shrine was an opportunity to leave a name for all generations. Wenchen died and military generals fought to the death, this is the opportunity to live for centuries.

Only Cui Junsu, the head of the household department, found an excuse not to participate in this matter.

"Lord Shangshu, this is an opportunity to make a name for yourself!" Cui Junsu's cronies asked after everyone left.

Cui Junsu took a sip of tea: "Stupid, this is a game between two big shots, they want to clean up the old stubbornness of the Yushitai, if you want to be on the table, just say that it is imperative for the forbidden army to change its clothes." But please postpone the saint, and also ask His Royal Highness the King of Qin to consider this cost, the pressure on the treasury is huge, because we have to build roads! ”

"My subordinates understand!" Cui Junsu's cronies gave a heavy salute, and then retreated.

Cui Junsu didn't know the cost of steel, but after seeing the huge press, he believed that the price was inflated.

Not to mention, he Cui's has a weaving workshop, and now a piece of silk is not the price of raw silk, only the cost of silk weaving craftsmen is only one-tenth of the original, and he Cui's can rely on hydraulic looms to reduce costs. Could it be that His Royal Highness King Qin can't do it? So it's definitely a trap!

Who would be stupid enough to jump into this trap themselves? Does Cui Junsu believe that it must be those old stubborns who are inflexible? By the way, letting these go home for the elderly is also a great thing for the Seventh Family. (To be continued......)

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