"Say!" Li Shimin said angrily.

"It's about the economy, and it's a hassle to explain." Li Ke was a little helpless, this thing seems simple, to explain to a modern person, maybe just a few words, because modern people have a relevant foundation, you say something he understands, but explain it to a person who doesn't understand anything. It's like explaining quantum physics to someone who doesn't understand physics...... You have to start with the basics.

"Economy? When will it be your turn to tell me about the economy? "Li Shimin looked confused, just you?

As soon as he heard Li Shimin's words, Li Ke reacted, oh, the economic word of Datang is not the same as that of later generations, the economic word of Datang means to help the people through the world, to govern the world, and to help the people, that is, to govern the country.

"Oh, Dad, you misunderstood, when I said the word economy, I refer to the circulation of money, the prosperity of the country, and related issues related to the national economy, expenditure, and annual planning, because I couldn't find a suitable word, so I used this." Li Ke racked his brains to think of a few words, these words represent the meaning of national finance in Datang, but the word finance is basically not in Datang.

Li Shimin looked at him strangely, this is also Lao Tzu here, if some scholars and the like are here, if you dare to change the meaning of the words, you will not be able to kill you. "Say it, I listen, I have time."

Li Ke had no choice but to explain to Li Shimin with a bitter face, the simple economic foundation, especially the knowledge of the country's economic prosperity brought about by the circulation of money. This thing...... Li Ke himself is half-understood, but he also experienced the era of the information explosion in later generations, and he knows some of it, and he still knows the general principle.

After Li Ke finished explaining, Li Shimin looked confused...... He...... I didn't understand, or I didn't understand it. The main Li Ke also knows about these but doesn't know why, you ask him to explain to another person, he can't find a suitable example to illustrate, just the explanatory text is naturally confused.

Lao Li's face blushed, fortunately it was good to cover it up, the embarrassment flashed, he waved his hand and said: "Lao Tzu naturally understands these things, you just do what you do, what you said has some truth, hiding wealth from the people, and the people have money, so naturally the court will have less subsidies, and if the subsidies are less, the court will be rich." Naturally, the money can be used elsewhere. ”

"Then do it according to this?" Li Ke asked tentatively, he suspected that Li Shimin understood this, but there was no evidence.

"Just do it according to this, you have to write a piece of music in the specific way, Li Shiji's twenty percent can be given to him, and you can look at the three percent left for the local government soldiers and my three percent. But what do you think should be done about these cost control aspects? Do you want the soldiers to do it directly? Li Shimin asked.

"What kind of government soldiers are used, this war will inevitably capture many guilty people, the initial establishment of the camp, including the construction of the salt pond, will make them not distressed when they die, as for the later stage, it will be simpler, and if there is nothing to do, let these elite cavalry suppress bandits in the name of military training! There are not too many horse bandits out of the Hexi Corridor. ”

"And it's like although Tubo submits to my Tang Dynasty, doesn't Songtsen Gampo want to marry a princess when he has nothing to do? If you don't marry him, you will threaten to rob the border of our Tang Dynasty at every turn, and 50,000 elite soldiers will attack directly, and you will find some tribes near Tubo, but it is really not possible, and send the local people who control Tuyuhun after that, let them blend into these tribes, and then take the initiative to stir up trouble. Let's take the opportunity to go on the expedition! Capture people and let them work. Li Ke has long been confident.

How to arrest the labor force Li Ke has long thought about it, thanks to the high-quality salt of Chaka Salt Lake, as long as the salt workers here have physical strength, there are naturally people to do the work guidance. So the cost of production is almost equivalent to nothing.

As for the transportation cost, in fact, Li Ke also thought about it, when he returned from transporting grain from the mainland, he would pull some goods, which was not a routine operation? There are goods to pull back and forth, and the transportation price is naturally low.

And there are other ways to reduce costs, such as borrowing the Yellow River, the upper reaches of the Yellow River during this period were navigable.

In fact, the grain output of Longyou Road in the Tang Dynasty is okay, and Guanzhong is often short of grain in the middle of the Tang Dynasty because of its large population, but it needs to be replenished by Longyou Road, which is to borrow the Yellow River to go down to the upper reaches of Hukou Waterfall and then transport it to Guanzhong by land.

In fact, the Yellow River in this era undertook a very important transportation task.

Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, you hurry up and write these into a complete plan, I will announce it to the court here, and then send a letter to Li Jing and them, ready to execute, when will your personnel be in place." ”

"When the battle over there is settled, my people will be in place immediately." Li Ke said very simply, "Also, Dad, this matter doesn't need to go through the court, you just announce it directly, in your name, this is to inform the court instead of letting them decide, because it doesn't cost the court a penny." ”

Li Shimin looked at Li Ke, this kid is clever enough, this shows the essence of the court.

"Okay, I see, see when your plan is finished." Li Shimin nodded, "Is this the case?" ”

"There's one more thing I want you to agree to." Li Ke stood up and said very arrogantly.

"What's the matter? Why are you so proud? Li Shimin was a little confused.

"I want to renovate the entire Chang'an City, and I also have to paste bluestone bricks on the walls of Chang'an City, and even bluestone bricks on the Great Wall." Li Ke was excited for a while, and the was blown to the sky.

"You have a fever, what nonsense?" Li Shimin's head is full of black lines, you still put green bricks on the Great Wall, why don't you go to the sky?

"Well, I'm a little excited, and I'm bragging, but the first one I'm serious, I'm going to renovate the entire Chang'an City." Li Ke said quickly.

Li Shimin: "??? ”

"Where did you get the money?" Li Shimin was a little confused, to renovate the entire Chang'an City, you can see if you can fill in the treasury.

"I donated the two million that Zheng gave me! I want to renovate all the roads in Chang'an City, although the main streets of Chang'an City are paved with stone slabs, but many places have been damaged, I am going to repair all the roads in Chang'an City. Li Ke said seriously.

"Are you serious? I'm not ready to ask you for the two million, besides, aren't you in charge of all the furniture in the Daming Palace? Li Shimin looked at Li Ke a little strangely.

"Don't worry, Dad, I, Li Ke, mean what I say." Li Ke said very simply, "I will announce this news in the first issue of the reissue of Datang Weekly." ”

"Okay, I don't have a problem, but don't bother." Li Shimin hurriedly agreed, someone helped renovate Chang'an City, of course he was happy, and the happiest thing was that he didn't have to spend his money, which was even better!

"Well, don't worry, Dad, I pay people to work." Li Ke said lightly, in ancient times, some projects caused labor and loss of money, that was because of forced labor, not giving money to the people, that is not to work for the people and lose money.

If you give money, do you understand the weight of infrastructure? If you don't understand, just turn back more than 1,400 years and take a look.

"And I don't just want to build the streets in Chang'an City, I'm also going to build an official road all the way to the industrial area." Li Ke added.

"As long as you have money, you can toss around, but before you run out of money, just clean up my things." Li Shimin said quickly, you are willing to spend money, you can do anything.