Li Shen's words attracted everyone's attention, especially Li Shimin, who wondered in his heart,

You just said in the court that Tibet lacks resources, and it is okay to open a mutual market.

Now you say that opening the mutual market is of great help to Datang, and you have said all the good and bad things.

"His Royal Highness King Ji, didn't you just say that Tubo is short of products, and my Tang Dynasty is dispensable?" Ma Zhou asked suspiciously.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Tubo lives by grazing and has a lot of livestock, which can provide me with a lot of meat for Datang.

There are also Tibetan horses are also good things, their horses run fast and have a long endurance, which can be used by our Tang cavalry.

Moreover, Tibet is also rich in minerals, they have copper, iron, coal, paraffin, jade, and gold.

These are all we need. Li Shen crossed his fingers and told everyone about the benefits of Tibet.

"Well, since that's the case, it is indeed beneficial for my Datang to open up the mutual market." Li Shimin nodded after hearing this.

"Old ten, what else do you have to say?"

"Go back to Aya, no, just wait for the news of Tubo now, and then the imperial court will send people to build a large important city in Chiling as a place for mutual markets." Li Shen said.

"I don't know how much money is needed?" Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, asked, this is the question he is most concerned about.

"Why do you have to be millions?" Li Shen said uncertainly.

He also hadn't done a field trip to see how big the Chiling Pass was, so he didn't know how much it would cost.

"Your Majesty, a few million is a bit much, although it is beneficial to the country and the people, but the treasury has taken out so much money at once, it is a bit laborious,

Unless we wait for the tax revenue to come up in the second half of next year. Tang Jian said.

This year's tax revenue has basically been spent.

Li Shen's eyes lit up after hearing this, isn't this opportunity coming? Immediately before the war said:

"Aye, if the treasury is empty, then it is better to build it, and there is no need for the treasury to pay a penny.

Moreover, the imperial court can also send troops to be stationed there, and ensure that a fortified city will be built. ”

"Hmph, do you think that such an important city of the imperial court will be built by the people?" Li Shimin could see Li Shen's premeditation at a glance.

His son wants to make money in the mutual market again.

"Aye, now that the imperial treasury is empty and there is no money to build, will the mutual market have to wait until the second half of next year?

In that case, it will not be able to be built until the year after tomorrow, and the winter in the northwest will be earlier than in the original part of the country. Li Shen began to argue.

The courtiers couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, and King Ji was the only one who could have such financial resources to build a key city.

It can really be said that the country is rich.

How did they know that Li Shen didn't have much money now, and all the money was used to build various industries.

There is not much balance every month.

For a project as large as the Wa Kingdom, the manpower and material resources required are very large.

That's why Li Shen will see the stitches and seize everything that can make money.

The construction of an important city is actually not as much as Li Shen said, Li Shen is ready to use cement to irrigate,

Not only is it fast, but it's also hard enough. The other is that it is cheap.

Because Li Shen thought of a plan.

"Aya, it's better to do this, this city should be dedicated to the imperial court.

The imperial court garrison dispatched officials to be in charge of management, but the management of the mutual market belonged to the palace of the king of Ji. Li Shen retreated and relaxed the conditions.

In fact, he also understands that the border city must be in the hands of the imperial court.

"The imperial court still needs seventy percent of the tax." Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

"Seventy percent? No, seventy percent is too high, thirty percent, and it will have to be recovered after my Ji Wangfu recovers the cost. Li Shen shook his head.

Li Shimin deliberately raised the price, and he knew that this son was very powerful.

"You know, sixty percent, can't be less."

"Aya, sixty percent is too much, fifty percent, at most fifty percent, this fifty percent is enough for the imperial court to give the garrison a salary.

Aye, if you let the court do it, you may not make much money. Li Shen also made a final concession.

There is a sentence that Li Shen did not say that the Tang Dynasty nobles and officials do not pay taxes, but if Li Shen comes to do it, he will find a way to make them pay taxes.

But there are so many people in Li Shen who can't say it clearly.

Li Shimin thought for a while and then asked the people below:

"What do you think?"

"The minister thinks that this is the only way to do this." Fang Xuanling agreed.

Everyone else also nodded, Fang Xuanling was right, for the sake of today, this is the only way,

Otherwise, we will wait for the tax at the end of each year to start construction.

However, in this case, the Tibetans may not agree.

If Tubo agrees to the plan put forward by Li Shen and withdraws from Tuyuhun and cedes Qinghai and other places,

Then it is really necessary to build a fortress and occupy an important position immediately.

Even newcomers like Ma Zhou agreed.

"Well, in that case, let's wait for news from Tibet." Li Shimin finally decided.

After Li Shen came out of the Liangyi Palace, he went to the harem to visit Concubine Wei.

Then he returned to the palace and summoned the triumvirate for a meeting.

This is a big plan, of course, you have to prepare in advance.

Li Shen told everyone in detail about today's court events.

"Lord Wang, the money of the palace may not be able to support such a big plan." Wang Hongfu said.

He knew best how much money the palace had now.

"This king has also thought about this problem, and it is almost September now, and if everything goes well, we will not be able to build it this year.

From here to Chiling, it will take about 20 days to transport supplies, and it will be almost winter by then.

We can take advantage of this winter to put the industrial park up and running.

I have planned that all the shops, warehouses, and workshops in the industrial park will only be rented out and not sold.

There are tens of thousands of shops in it, which is enough for our expenses. ”

Li Shen said his thoughts,

Who would have thought that the Ji Wangfu, which is known as a rich country, is actually just an empty shell.

Every year, millions of apprentices are put into construction.

"By the way, Xuan Ce will go and summarize all the news in Tubo in a while, and report it to me tomorrow.

The king wants to know how many people are against Songtsen Gampo,

Let's see if there's a chance to make some money from it, the palace is too poor now.

This king has already had a queen, and what will he use to give them wives and children in the future?

You don't know how expensive it is to raise a child. Li Shen decided that he was going to start making money.

He now felt that the steps he had taken before were a bit big, and now it seemed like he had hit the egg.

Li Shen stroked his chin and thought for a while, and suddenly said:

"No, you have to make money, or the Ji Wangfu is about to go to ask for food."

"But Lord Wang, is there any way to make money quickly, our business is very stable now." Wang Hongfu reminded.

"Hmm.... Since we can't earn it, then let's lie. ”