"Chang'an County, where did you inquire clearly?" Eldest Sun Wuji asked.

"I have inquired clearly, the King of Shu has confirmed with Chang'an County the time to block the western section of Suzaku Hengjie, just two days later." The servant bowed.

"He didn't place an order with you over there?" Eldest Sun Wuji looked at Zheng You and the others and asked.

"Nope! I have asked about all the bricks and stones, the quarry, and the king of Shu did not buy any related materials, and even I was not at ease and checked all the purchase records of the whole year last year, and there was no purchase record of the king of Shu. ”

"Not only that, but I have investigated all the quarries and masonry factories within a hundred miles of Chang'an City, and there are no relevant records." Zheng You shook his head.

There is no need to investigate more than 100 miles, and the transportation cost is too high, especially for things that are very difficult to transport, such as stone slabs, if they are transported from such a distance, it is more expensive than buying them at a quarry near Chang'an City at double the price. The number of primary performance shipments is too small.

The eldest grandson Wuji frowned tightly, this is not right! Li Ke: What is this playing? He has already read today's "Datang Weekly", Li Ke actually opened the monthly money to five times the previous monthly money, this month's money, if 30,000 or 40,000 people are calculated, Li Ke will spend hundreds of thousands more than a year's salary!

Even if the businessmen who were recruited by him were forced to donate some money, but at most one or two million yuan was enough, adding up to only more than three million yuan, why did he spend so much money?! Who gave him the courage ?!

"But I have an update." Zheng You spoke again.

"What's the news?" The eldest grandson Wuji raised his head and looked at him.

"Li Ke seems to have mobilized a large number of ships, which should start tomorrow to transport things through the Cao Canal outside the Jinguang Gate." Zheng Youdao.

The canal is an artificially dug canal, which acts as a canal to supplement the edible water source of Chang'an City.

There is a canal outside the Jinguang Gate, and the ancient water transportation can be much more developed than land transportation, mainly because the amount of goods transported is larger.

"Could it be that he is really transporting raw materials from a long distance?" The eldest grandson Wuji has a headache when he thinks of this, this guy doesn't play cards according to common sense, think about it, with Li Ke's temper, it's not impossible to lose money and not give them money.

"It doesn't seem like so, I've heard that these ships are concentrated in a short distance, and the main materials they carry seem to be river sand, gravel, etc." Zheng You shook his head and said.

"Aren't these all foundational materials? Could it be that he is only ready to re-lay the foundation, and the bluestone slab on it will not be replaced? What about the broken road? And what about a lot of masonry roads? The eldest grandson Wuji was a little confused. In ancient times, the construction of roads also required the laying of a foundation, such as the Forbidden City built in the Ming Dynasty, and the bricks alone were laid with a full fifteen floors!

Although Daming Palace and Taiji Palace are not so luxurious, they also have a thick foundation and brick layers, such as underground drainage systems, which are under these cushions.

"I don't know, as far as the current situation stands, he didn't follow the path we expected, and the current situation is, if he doesn't buy our stones, masonry, what will we do?" Zheng You had a headache.

Because they announced an increase in monthly money a few days in advance, their brick factories and quarries have recruited a large number of nearby villagers to work. Let them eat dry rice?!

And like this kind of high-quality bricks and stones, slates, ordinary people simply can't afford to consume and can't afford to buy, who do they sell them to? Even if some large gate valve owners have maintenance, the number used is too small, and the main building of His Majesty's Daming Palace is basically completed, and there are not many materials needed.

Eldest Sun Wuji froze for a moment, and a bad premonition surged in his heart, the point was that they had to hire these workers for at least a year! This is a pure loss, and the loss of these combined gate valve families in a year is almost close to one million!

If Li Ke also loses, or loses more, they will admit it, but now it is possible that Li Ke will not lose money, but they will lose money...... I can't stand it.

Doesn't that mean they're a bunch of idiots?!

"At present, we can only do this, we have done what we need to do, and if we can't affect him, there is nothing else we can do. I heard that he is not even short of food? The eldest grandson Wuji asked again.

"There is no shortage, judging from the current situation, it seems that he has already stocked up on a large amount of food, and it is possible that he has thought of today's step a long time ago." Zheng You shook his head and said, "And Sikong should have heard about the situation outside the city yesterday, many people in Chang'an City would rather not have high monthly money to work for Li Ke, his reputation among the people can be seen, so at present, I am afraid that we have no way to continue to target him." ”

"If we continue to target, if it causes the people to boil, I am afraid that it will be a repetition of the Suzakumon incident not long ago." Zheng You added.

"I know, then the other aspects will maintain the current situation for the time being, and see what he sells when the time comes, as for the issue of prestige, don't worry, sometimes the higher his prestige, it may not be a good thing! What's the use of him tossing these? Eldest Sun Wuji sneered twice, "You go back for the time being, I have something to do in the afternoon." ”

"Yes." Zheng You arched his hand and said goodbye directly.

Eldest Sun Wuji took a deep breath, it seemed that he had to take the time to visit his own nephew. In fact, their eldest grandson's family also lost a lot of money, and all the blacksmith shops were currently short of manpower, Li Ke directly gave ten times the monthly money in the blacksmith shop, and almost all the apprentices and craftsmen in the blacksmith shop in Chang'an City ran away.

The eldest grandson Wuji also transferred some people from the mansion and barely held on, and Li Ke obviously had this preparation for a long time, and played for Li Shimin in advance, and bought all the servants of Chang'an City! They tried to buy people from here to fill them, but they couldn't find anyone.

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In the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin was also a little surprised, he did not call any minister today, but checked the news found by the outside world with Chang Lin in the palace, and Li Shimin was also amazed at the news that the Datang Weekly Daily sold 100,000 copies, and it turned out that Li Ke was indeed confident.

And Li Ke's means of renovating Chang'an City, Li Shimin hasn't figured it out now, doesn't Li Shimin know the means of the family's gate valve? Know! But Li Ke didn't come to ask for help, Li Shimin wouldn't move, he wanted to see how Li Ke did it.

But as it stands...... Obviously, Li Ke has other backhands in his hands, but he doesn't know what his backhand is, transporting materials from farther away through river transportation? With Li Ke's degree of iron, this possibility is also very high.

After all, these gate valve families have begun to hurt the enemy by 1,000 and self-damage of 800, with Li Ke's character, he has completely done it by injuring the enemy by 800 and self-inflicting 1,000.

"Chang Lin, prepare to draft an edict." Li Shimin thought about it and suddenly spoke.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chang Lin didn't have any expression on his face.

Chang'an City seemed very calm, but in fact, the eyes of the magnates and businessmen in Chang'an were all here with Li Ke, and they wanted to know how Li Ke would break the situation two days later.