Shortage of money! This is the most direct reason why Fang Xuanling's group of civil and military officials opposed sending troops. It took only a few months to destroy Goguryeo. The reserves in the treasury were almost gone, and it was impossible to support the Tang army's labor expedition. Li Shimin was also very troubled by this. With his personality, he naturally tended to send troops, but how should he fight this battle without money?

When Li Yan learned the news, Li Shimin had been worried about it for several days. When Yang Fei said that even when she went to her place to talk to her, Li Shimin frowned and looked absent-minded. (It's time to read the novel.)

Li Yan laughed at this. He was laughing at Li Shimin, who was still worried about having no money. After laughing, he asked Wang An to discuss it for a while. After receiving the praise of the other party, he rushed to the palace, found Li Shimin, and explained the way he thought of to make money in detail. However, the other party was a little skeptical. After all, Li Yan's method was too bold. Judging from his eyes as an emperor, it was a bit unreliable.

However, although Li Shimin was skeptical, he also knew Li Yan's ability to make money, so he finally decided to agree with Li Yan's suggestion and hand over the power of this matter to him and let Li Yan do it himself. It would be better if he could make money. If he couldn't do it, the court would not lose any losses.

With the imperial edict written by Li Shimin, Li Yan smiled and left the imperial city. As soon as he returned to the palace, Li Yan immediately sent someone to notify the people of the Textile Industry Association to come to the palace for a meeting. The Textile Industry Association was established last year because Li Yan was not there at that time, and Cheng Huailiang and others did not see the broad prospects of the textile industry. They did not pay much attention to it, so the association was started by Wang Zihao and several big businessmen. After seeing the prospects of the textile industry this year, Cheng Huailiang and others felt very regretful, but the association was organized by Wang Zihao and others. All important positions were occupied by several merchants, and as their identities, they did not bother to compete with several merchants. Therefore, the president of the association is temporarily held by Wang Zihao, and there are no noble children of several directors.

Speaking of the Industrial Association, since Li Yan was working as a cement supervisor, he established the first industrial association of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the Cement Industry Association, industrial associations in various parts of the Tang Dynasty have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and various industries have formed their own industry associations one after another. Because there are two benefits to doing this: one is that after the peers unite, their ability to fight risks has been greatly enhanced. The other is that if there are any disputes inside and outside the industry, the association can mediate to strive to make both parties satisfied, and there is no need to make trouble in the yamen and cause peace.

Of course, the establishment of the Industrial Association also has its own shortcomings, such as collective price raising among industries, using power to suppress people, etc. These problems have also arisen. In this regard, Li Yan has asked Wang An to help him draft a management law for the Industrial and Commercial Association, and presented it to Li Shimin for perfection at that time to solve the current chaotic situation of association management.

After receiving the call from Li Yan, Wang Zihao and several big businessmen arrived at the first time, and then Cheng Huailiang and other friends. After all the people arrived, Li Yan stood up and suppressed the noisy scene. Then he said: "Everyone, everyone is the pillar of the cotton textile industry. After the development of the past two years, I believe everyone has seen the broad prospects of the textile industry. I won't say much about it here, but I'll invite you to come here today because there is a problem encountered in the development of the textile industry. I would like to ask everyone to come and negotiate and resolve it!"

"Liulang, isn't our textile factory runs well? It seems that there is no problem with the sales of workers or products?" As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, a familiar noble child shouted. Since he joined Li Yan in business, these people have been famous in various industrial associations, and some are important figures in the association. Therefore, compared with the beginning, they are no longer those noble children who only know how to eat, drink and have fun, but new types of noble industrial and commercial masters who already have a good understanding of industry and commerce.

"Idiot, why is there no problem? The newly built thousand-person textile factory in our Yan family is now facing the crisis of insufficient raw materials. If this continues, I guess I will have to make money to run this year!" As soon as the other party finished speaking, Yan Bei jumped up and said. After he reminded him, many people also reacted and agreed with Yan Bei's words.

"Brother Yan said it is right. Although our cotton textile industry is developing rapidly and has a broad prospect, the only problem is that there is insufficient raw materials. Most factories may have insufficient start-ups. But in order to retain workers, we still have to pay wages, which is equivalent to spending money to support workers in vain, but does not bring corresponding benefits. This loss-making business is not what we should do!" Li Yan pretended to be indignant and said with a wave of his arms.

Hearing his words, many people nodded in agreement, and several of the big businessmen sitting at the back were the deepest touched. Although they were all directors of the Textile Industry Association, they could only sit at the back at such gatherings. It is also worth mentioning that although they are rich, they are not as powerful as Cheng Huailiang and other noble children. When purchasing cotton, they naturally cannot rob others. Therefore, their factory operating rate is also the lowest. Although they do not lose money, they have not made much money. In the past two years, they have almost only watched others make money.

"Liulang, why can't I understand what you said? Cotton production is indeed a bottleneck, but this kind of thing is not urgent. The newspapers are still quarreling about grain production reduction. If the amount of grain planting is further reduced by promoting cotton, it may cause strong attacks from the Confucian newspapers!" As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, Li Ke, who was sitting next to him, immediately said with concern. He heard that Li Yan wanted to solve the problem of insufficient cotton production, but there was no second way to increase the amount of cotton planting in this way, but this conflicted with grain planting.

"Don't worry, third brother, the cotton yield will definitely increase, but there is no need to occupy the arable land of our Tang Dynasty!" Li Yan smiled mysteriously and glanced at the audience with his eyes as he spoke.

"Liulang, have you come up with some idea again? Tell me quickly and let everyone know about it!" Cheng Huailiang, who was the most impatient, shouted first, and Li Jingye, Fang Yiai and others behind them also followed suit and cheered.

Li Yan joked with their bad friends for a few words before continuing to talk about the serious matter: "I did think of a solution to the cotton yield, but I had a question in advance and wanted to ask everyone. Can anyone tell me where the cotton from our Tang Dynasty came from?"

"Liulang, do you still need to ask such a question? Even I know that most of the cotton seeds were introduced from Gaochang!" Li Yong immediately stood up and replied loudly. However, after he answered, he found that the scene was a bit strange. Whether it was Cheng Huailiang, Li Jingye, Li Ke, Yan Bei and others, they were all sitting there thinking and silently.

During this period, Li Yong was studied by his father Guan’s military books. He was not clear about the affairs in the court, nor did he hear about the Western Turks and Gaochang blocking the Western Regions. Therefore, it is not surprising that he did not understand what Li Yan said. In addition, the merchants sitting at the end also did not hear about this news. After all, the matter is only spreading in the upper class, so they don’t know why.

"Liulang, Gaochang is a cotton producing area, but now the court has no money and cannot send troops to occupy it!" Li Ke thought for a while, and was the first to speak.

"Yes, we have been arguing about this for several days, but there has been no result. Even if we are jealous of the cotton of Gaochang Country, we can't use any effort!" Qin Huaiyu, who has always been steady, also spoke.

"Who said we're not helping?" Li Yan asked with a smile.

As soon as he said that, he immediately attracted everyone who was talking. Seeing everyone's eyes looking at him, Li Yan continued to say: "It's good for the court to be short of money, but everyone who is sitting here has money. If that's the case, why don't we exchange the court for something we urgently need for those money that is useless to save?"

As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, it immediately caused a commotion in the field. Many people didn't understand what he meant. Was he asking them to do business with the court?

Seeing the chaos in the scene, Li Yan was not in a hurry at all. He took out an imperial edict from his arms, and then said in a voice that overshadowed everyone: "Please look, this is the imperial edict I asked for from my father. It has been clearly stipulated that the Tang Dynasty will issue a land coupon to sell this land coupon to all the people of the Tang Dynasty. There are two denominations of the land coupons, one is one per coupon, and the other is one per coupon. After the war, the one per coupon can be exchanged for ten acres of fertile land, and one per coupon can be exchanged for one per coupon. In this way, one per coupon only costs less than one per coupon. If this is placed in Guanzhong, one per coupon is not to mention fertile land, it is estimated that at most it can only buy half a mu of wasteland. Such a cost-effective transaction, are you moved?"

When everyone heard Li Yan's words, they were stunned. Although the land coupon was a new thing, in essence, it was actually doing business with the court. They took the money to ask the court to send troops to attack Gaochang, and then Gaochang's land was returned to them. The court also used this to reopen the passage with the Western Regions and eliminate the threat from the Western Turks. It was a win-win situation.

Looking at the people who were thinking in the audience, Li Yan was also a little nervous. In fact, what he was doing was a variant of war bonds in later generations. It was just that in the Tang Dynasty, it was really difficult to exchange a piece of paper for a lot of money. After all, the people of the Tang Dynasty did not have this concept. So Li Yan thought of using the land of Gaochang as collateral, so that people would have a practical image in their hearts and it would be easier for everyone to accept it.

"Your Highness, what if we pay the money, but the court cannot defeat Gaochang?" At this moment, a very ignorant guy suddenly shouted.

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