Chapter 591 Household registration
"Great steelmaking?"
The ministers were stunned for a moment and expressed puzzlement. The empress also blinked, waiting for Lin Zifan's next ......
"Yes, Great Steel!"
Lin Zifan talked eloquently: "Although the population of our Datang is not too much, even if you don't add the mountain people in the mountains, there are tens of millions!"
"In a short period of time, if you want to assemble swords and armor for the whole army, and even let people in the people be able to use iron tools and even steel knives, you must make steel!"
"To put it simply, in a short period of time, lay the asphalt road near Anshan, and immediately send people to Anshan to dig iron ore!"
"Send the excavated iron ore back to Chang'an, and then the seven departments will work together to refine it into steel!"
"Eventually, the craftsmen will unify the steel into weapons, armor, and agricultural tools!"
"Weapons and armor, the distribution of equipment for the whole army!, and farm tools, it depends on His Majesty's will, but the minister suggests...... You can't give it away for nothing, it's better to set a price that the people can accept!"
"Swords, etc., must be registered when they are bought and sold!"
Lin Zifan thought of everything he thought of one by one......
Large-scale steelmaking is naturally not the model of Huaxia back then, but it is just a matter of mobilizing everyone in the seven departments to quickly make steel and iron to make up for daily needs.
As for the purchase and sale of swords, registration must be made...... Strictly speaking, it is another form of controlled knives.
In this day and age, it is obviously not feasible to completely control knives or something. So, let's take another approach......
Controlled knives such as swords are officially sold, and people can buy them, but they must register when they buy them. That way, at least it's not too confusing, is it?
"I think it's feasible, do you have any objections?"
After hearing this, the empress didn't think about it, and directly expressed her support. Let Lin Zifan secretly give it a thumbs up......
Sure enough, it is his own daughter-in-law, and the husband sings and sings crooked~!
When the empress saw it, she snorted coldly without a trace, but a slight smile appeared in the corner of her eyes.
"Your Majesty...... This ......" Li Shangshu of the household department jumped out: "The great steelmaking, the minister has no objections, Datang has been short of iron for so many years, and now it can be improved, naturally the sooner the better, and our household department is also willing to fully assist......"
"But I'm afraid it will be ...... to register the purchase and sale of swords."
"It's a bit difficult!"
"It's a bit difficult. Lin Zifan nodded in approval.
How many people are there in Datang? No one can say, only that it is about tens of millions......
But what the hell is in the tens of millions......
The household registration department does exist, but it is so simple that many people are not recorded in it, and even many villages and villages are not listed......
In this case, how do I register?
Some people in the household registration are easy to say, if there is none, how can they register? Do you have to change the household registration again?
"However, the official thinks that it ...... Li Shangshu, the household department can take this opportunity to re-compile the household registration!" Lin Zifan suggested.
"This ......" Li Shangshu smiled bitterly: "We have wanted to do this matter for a long time, but it is too difficult and unrealistic, so we have put it off again and again." ”
Isn't it difficult?
Even in China, even in 2011, there are some people in too remote areas who do not have ID cards and no household registration.
In this era, it is almost difficult to make the household registration truly perfect?
To put it simply, with so many mountains and rivers in the Tang Dynasty, who can tell how many villages and villages there are?
Not to mention, there are also those few life forbidden areas, as well as the people in the 100,000 mountains......
Moreover, many mountain people are not interested in household registration or anything, they have lived there for generations, what kind of household registration do they want, what is the use of household registration, can they eat?
Many people think this way, so it's hard to compile a household register!
"It's difficult, but I'll wait...... You can be flexible!" Lin Zifan grinned, as if he was about to beep again......
Seeing this, the empress couldn't help but roll her eyes and said, "If you have something to say......
There's nothing wrong with you pretending to be a beep, but your appetite is wrong~!
Lin Zifan was happy and said with a smile: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”
"Let's put it this way, Your Majesty, Li Shangshu, and your colleagues think that a steel dagger should be worth something?"
"This ......"
The ministers looked at each other, and then you and I said a word, and expressed your opinion.
"The value must be staggering!"
"That's right, before this, even an ordinary fine iron dagger would cost dozens of taels or even more silver, which is almost a family's food and clothing for several years!"
"Even if the price is amazing, you may not be able to buy it with money, and the value will rise even higher!"
"Don't forget, Lin Shangshu is asking about steel daggers, not fine iron daggers, if it is calculated according to the previous situation of our Datang lack of iron, it will cost at least hundreds of taels of silver, right? After all, ...... It is estimated that an ordinary steel dagger is definitely much better than a fine iron dagger!"
"That's it!"
Lin Zifan clapped his hands: "Since a steel dagger is so amazingly valuable, why don't we make use of it?"
"How to use it?" the crowd was puzzled.
"Your Excellency also knows that before this, the price of our Datang ironware has been very high, and the supply is still in short supply......
"However, after having Anshan, this price will inevitably drop rapidly!"
"But we know about this, but the people of the whole world don't know!"
"If a family can receive a steel dagger after registering their detailed household registration, do you think the people are willing?"
"Sure!"
General Huo stared, like looking at an idiot: "An iron dagger can make many people as a family heirloom, let alone a steel dagger?"
"I don't know how many people can't afford to buy it, they can't buy it, you gave it to them for nothing, it's just a record, who doesn't want it?"
"Even if you say yes first, and then suddenly say no, they are likely to break their heads for this!"
"That's right, but ......" Qin Yafan frowned and said, "Is it worth paying such a high price just to register a household registration?"
"yes, it's not worth it......"
The ministers shook their heads.
In their opinion, what is the use of a household registration? Datang has not had a complete household registration for so many years, isn't there nothing wrong with it?
For the sake of household registration, you have to give away so many daggers? That's all money! And it's far more valuable and attractive than ordinary fine iron daggers!
Facing their questions, Lin Zifan smiled indifferently.
He had already thought of these questions!
Even, he has already prepared countermeasures in advance......
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you know something......"