"What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked curiously.

"On the issue of technology transfer for cement." Huo Gang said with a smile.

"Really?" Li Shimin immediately raised his head in surprise and looked at Huo Gang, Dahan has a lot of technology Datang must be greedy, cement needless to say, Datang must know, don't think about it, you know that such a technology must be unique to Dahan, Datang also asked before, but when it was Dahan, he directly refused.

But I didn't expect that now Dahan is willing to transfer cement technology, which is of course a huge good news for Datang, because cement is used too much, whether it is to build houses, roads, bridges, etc., it has huge advantages, especially bridges, many official roads in Datang have to detour, not to mention the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and some other big rivers, that is, some rivers that are not too big, sometimes because there is no technology to build bridges, they have to detour.

Or it can be directly converted to a ferry, but such a transfer is fine for ordinary people to travel on a daily basis, but for commercial transportation, it is definitely a huge backwardness in efficiency.

Although there is a railway, the railway is only between Datang and Dahan, and the local business between Datang is mainly carried out through roads, and cement is naturally a huge improvement for these.

Datang can't be as extravagant as the Han Dynasty, and can directly use cement to build the entire road, but Datang can use cement to build some of the more difficult roads for major commercial transportation, or select some places with more precipitation to use cement roads.

After the construction is completed, Datang's commercial operation will not increase a lot.

"Of course it's true, the whole set of cement construction technology is 10 million yuan." Huo Gang directly gave an astronomical figure.

"This can't be, it's too expensive." Li Shimin was a little stupid, he stood up directly from the position with his eyes in his eyes and said: "You can't ask for a price, what is the concept of 10 million?!" ”

"This price can't be cheap." Huo Gang said very simply, cement can be sold, but the price of cement must not be reduced, because this represents respect for technology, which should be represented by some craftsmen who have developed technology in other generations of the Han Dynasty, so that they can know that research and development technology can get huge benefits.

"This ...... If that's the case, Datang really can't afford it. Li Shimin smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"No, Datang can afford it." Huo Gang said with a smile.

"What do I buy? You give it to me? I just bought 100,000 sets of armor with you, which will be paid in three years, and this is another 10 million! Do you know what 10 million runs? I admit that cement plays a great role, but Datang is nothing without cement, and it is not a necessary product. Li Shimin said helplessly.

"Datang's treasury has no money, but Datang's gate valve family is rich, they have made a lot of profits through Dahan over the years, although they have handed over a considerable part of Datang's treasury taxes, but again, their real profits are in their hands, and the taxes they pay are only 25%." Huo Gang said with a smile.

Datang's commercial tax rate is the highest at 25%, although the tax rate is very high, but because of the continuous prosperity of commerce and the profits given by Li Shimin, these gate valve families can only accept it even if they are unwilling.

The reason is very simple, if these gate valve families are unwilling, then they can't carry out commercial actions, if they don't carry out commercial actions, they will soon be directly squeezed down by other gate valve families, so these gate valve families don't dare to bet at all.

"What do you mean?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment.

"Isn't that easy? After you Datang get the cement technology, is it possible that all cement plants are officially established by Datang? I admit that in this way, Datang officials can indeed earn a lot of technology, but it is too difficult to build cement factories in different parts of Datang at the same time. ”

"If the Tang Dynasty is in different places in the Tang Dynasty, such as every region in the southeast, northwest, or each province of the Tang Dynasty, it is a total of ten gate valve families, according to the price I give you, authorize them, and it is not too much to ask them for a license fee of 2 million yuan, right? In this way, not only does the Tang Dynasty not have to pay a penny, but it can also earn 10 million yuan backhanded. Huo Gang shrugged his shoulders and said.

"This ......" Li Shimin was a little dumbfounded, what he just thought at first was that it was indeed the Datang official who would do this directly, so the Datang official could naturally monopolize all the cement factories in Datang, and the profits would naturally belong to the Datang court.

But as soon as Huo Gang said this, Li Shimin suddenly found out...... It seems that this is indeed the case?

"Then what if the official wants to use it?" Li Shimin reacted.

"You want to use, buy it directly from them, this is called promoting the private economy, I tell you, don't save the money of the imperial treasury, saving is not able to make a country rich, as long as the money of the imperial treasury is spent in a serious place, it is not corrupted by corrupt officials, the faster it is spent, the richer the country, and the best way to engage in infrastructure construction." Huo Gang said quickly.

"Think about it, you authorized these gate valve families, and in the end, you didn't spend a penny, and you got 10 million guan, if you use this 10 million guan to build official roads, how many official roads can you build? With the current labor salaries of Datang, at least a few major official roads can be built, right? ”

"One after the other, you haven't paid a penny, Datang has cement technology, and Datang has several official roads, my father-in-law, you have received huge prestige among the people, and at the same time, the people of Datang have also become rich, and Datang's national strength has improved, how many birds will you win?" Huo Gang asked with a smile.

Li Shimin, Li Chengqian and the other four people, they were all a little stupid, they couldn't help but look at Huo Gang, and after a long time, Li Shimin swallowed his saliva: "This ......"

To be honest, Li Shimin at this moment suddenly discovered the gap between him and Huo Gang, which ...... This way of thinking alone is not comparable to him, and if you think about it carefully, this gap is too big.

At first, he thought that the price was too expensive for 10 million yuan, but now he suddenly felt that it seemed that as Huo Gang said, Datang didn't spend any money, and finally got so much? Of course, the money must have been spent, but it was the gate valve family that spent the money, and it seems that everyone has benefited? The problem is that the gate valve family is definitely willing to buy it, and since they are willing to buy it, then they are naturally not losing money.

No one is smarter than these people, since everyone is making money...... Who is at the loss? Li Shimin's brain is really a little unable to turn, to be precise, with the financial knowledge of this era, they can't think of these things at all.

They simply don't understand what role the economy plays in this process.

Glancing at Huo Gang deeply, Li Shimin tried to calm down, and then he asked seriously, "I admit it...... You convinced me, but other than that, 2 million is not a small number. ”

"You can authorize a few more, for example, some roads with a larger area and a larger population, and a few more gate valve families can be authorized, so that the funds can be evenly distributed, and each one is actually not much ago, and they are willing to spend money to buy a future." Huo Gang said with a smile.

The times are advancing, the society is also advancing, all progress is based on the situation of economic circulation, and Huo Gang's behavior is actually the most critical point in promoting the economic circulation of Datang, what is the fastest way for the government to spend money? And the fastest way to spend money and stimulate the economy at the same time is to build infrastructure!

The world financial crisis that began in 07 years later, the country was able to turn over at a terrifying speed and the economy continued to rise, which is inseparable from the four trillion infrastructure plan. You must know that in 08 years, there were only two high-speed railways in China, and there were not many highways, in 13 years, what is the mileage of China's high-speed rail? How many highways were built at the same time? How many airports are there besides these?

It can be said that in 13 years, the money spent on infrastructure alone is a terrifying number.

The trick of infrastructure construction has worked in any era, but the premise is to ensure the interests of the people, not by means of forced labor, but by employing people to carry out infrastructure construction.

"I can agree with that, but there is one thing you need to tell me about it." Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, but still spoke.

"The reason is very simple, in fact, it is a principle of economic circulation, the simplest, these gate valve families are willing to spend money to buy, it is they who see the future of cement, which they absolutely see, because for cement, the use is too great, roads, bridges, houses, embankments, and even including the cellar furnace used to fire porcelain and so on almost everywhere can use cement."

"And such a huge amount can be said to be unlimited, it is a consumable, so this thing is a profitable business, and if a family gets it, it means that the descendants of their family can eat it almost forever if they don't die by themselves."

"On the contrary, money is a number for them, because they know very well that they can easily earn it back when they don't have it, but such opportunities don't happen every day."

"So don't say 2 million, even if it's 3 million, they will buy it, and they are even willing to give up a part of the profits to you on their other businesses, and then buy this technology back."

"And the money is in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the use to buy the technology of the Han Dynasty, the remaining part of the Tang Dynasty itself cannot be put into the treasury to rot, it will be spent, if they are not willing to buy, Your Majesty, you can make a guarantee, that is, to ensure that a considerable part of the money in the hands of the Tang Dynasty will in turn buy the cement produced after they built the cement factory."

"For them, it means that the money is back, and they will definitely want to."

"And this money is actually impossible to return to their hands at one time, because they need workers to build cement plants, and because they build too many cement factories at one time, and at the same time, in order to ensure production, the price of their salaries cannot be too low, in this regard, I believe that Your Majesty, you can also stipulate that they should pay the people's salaries higher."

In this way, a great part of this money is circulated in the hands of the people, and what is the money in the hands of the people for? Food, clothing, shelter and transportation, the people could not save money, and the money finally went to the hands of these merchants through consumption, and the merchants turned part of the funds into the money of the treasury in the form of paying taxes, and the money of the treasury continued to be spent in different places. ”

"In this way, a country's economy and national strength will rise more and more, of course, I am just a macro expression, there are many places in the middle of the improper operation will have different consequences."

"For example, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, such as the tofu scum project." Huo Gang shrugged his shoulders and gave two examples.

"Tofu slag project?" Li Shimin glanced at Huo Gang suspiciously.

"In the process of construction, we cut corners, and as a result, after completion, it collapsed within a few years of use." Huo Gang stiffened up.

"Hey, I can't guarantee that there are no corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but the tofu scum siege is simple, it is directly a lifelong responsibility system, who is responsible for the construction, if it collapses within the service life, kill his whole family." Li Shimin said viciously.

Huo Gang: "......" Well, he forgot that this is not modern, this is a feudal dynasty, and Li Shimin has every right to do ...... like this.

"Hmm...... Yes, you can just watch the operation of this Your Majesty, which is probably the truth, and similar examples can be used in many places. Huo Gang shrugged his shoulders.

"For example, road construction, a complete cement concrete road requires a huge amount of money, and building a road is a nerve-wracking for Datang, but there is no way to recycle, such as toll highways. According to the distance traveled, if a carriage from Chang'an to Luoyang, take the concrete official road to save ten days, then you let people calculate how much they need to pay for food and accommodation in these ten days, and then convert these expenses into half, or even seventy, and charge directly. ”

"I believe that all businessmen are willing to spend money to walk, so that a considerable part of the cost of the road will be recovered. At the same time, because the toll station can be combined with the post station, in this way, Datang's intelligence system has basically operated all over the country......" Huo Gang said and shrugged his shoulders again, "It can also solve the problem of the work and survival of a large number of retired soldiers." ”

Li Shimin's eyes began to glow, and he suddenly felt that if Huo Gang didn't come to Datang in the future, shouldn't he go to Dahan to chat with Huo Gang, this guy ...... After such a while, how many ideas did Datang come up with!

Of course, what he didn't know was that Dahan could also benefit from it, because at present, Dahan's commodity export volume has basically fallen into a bottleneck, and this bottleneck is not due to other reasons, almost all of them are limited by transportation.

Many places are too far away to be transported, so many businessmen give up even if they know that there is a profit, but it is too long and too dangerous.

And once a large number of official roads are repaired, it means that the exit of the Han Dynasty will once again usher in a huge explosion, all in all...... After some operation, everyone is a winner, and there are no losers!