Li Er smiled helplessly, and patted the hand that was originally on Li Yuanxing's shoulder hard: "You can't buy it even if you have money. Because Wulang, you are not buying a person, but a person from a state. Brother, I ask
You, there are so many people there?"
Li Yuanxing was mute because he really couldn't answer.
The Tang Dynasty is different from the modern times of later generations. In modern times, when the economy of a certain area is developed and a large number of laborers are needed there, many people will move there with their families and then settle in a certain area.
Datang is different. Here in Datang, you must have a reason to run around.
Officials and official errands all need special roads, and merchants are guided by merchants. Ordinary people work away from their hometowns, which is hundreds of miles away. I am afraid that they can only stay away from their hometowns when they are fleeing from a major disaster. It is normal.
The mobility of the population is extremely poor.
Take Chang'an in the past six months as an example.
The number of people who need to work in the Gongfang District of Chang'an County has reached 50,000, but these people are basically people from the surrounding areas of Chang'an City. In further prefectures and counties, no one comes to Chang'an to work.
Even Huazhou is only more than a hundred miles away from Chang'an, but the people who actually opened the road to Chang'an were only more than a thousand people.
Li Yuanxing tilted his head, but did not look at Li Er. His eyes were instead on the imperial army.
"Don't think about catching slaves. Although our brothers are not what you call gentlemen, the Tang Dynasty did not prohibit the slave trade. But Wulang, have you ever thought about what would happen if you catch too many slaves? Let's talk about Goguryeo.
If the Goguryeo people feel that the Tang Dynasty is very dangerous, then they will fight to the death."
Li Er saw Li Yuanxing's thoughts from one look.
Before Li Yuanxing could speak, Li Er said again: "Wu Lang, do you think that slaves can be used well in the first year?"
"Alas..." Li Yuanxing let out a long sigh.
"Let's do this. Brother Wei will hand over Huazhou to you. You can do whatever you want. The only thing you can't do is bring people from surrounding counties to Huazhou. Brother Wei won't care about the rest. Even Wulang, you have something new.
Ideas can also be tried out in Huazhou, such as the food tax exemption policy you mentioned!"
Li Yuanxing did not expect that Li Er would be so generous this time.
"Brother Emperor, please stop being stingy and give Brother Emperor a mining area. This Yunshi is a small mine, but its real earning potential is definitely not lower than that of a gold mine." Li Yuanxing said, taking out a mine from his bag.
The tablet comes, open it and turn to the picture of Dali slices. "Swipe your hand to turn to the next picture!"
Li Er has seen high-tech things, but has never used them.
Marble, also known as marble. (Although marble is already the official name, the name of marble is also well documented)
There are hundreds of colors. Among them, the one with white background, sky blue and black patterns, Li Er stared at it and was unwilling to turn the next page.
"Wulang said that my brother's study should be like this on the ground. It looks very nice!"
Li Yuanxing took the tablet and quickly found a set of photos in it. These were renderings produced by Later Modern Film Company. This was a rendering of the main hall of the imperial palace in the brand new and huge Chang'an City that Li Yuanxing requested.
"Brother, the golden steps, the fiery red door pillars, plus the black floor. The pure copper-coated gold pillars, the golden nanmen door, and then the nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, with a granite base.
There is a huge stone sculpture of nine dragons that is ninety-nine feet long and ninety feet wide. On both sides of the steps, there are ninety-nine Suan Ni in different shapes."
"Okay, that's great!" Li Er really liked it too.
Li Yuanxing continued: "Envoys from foreign countries, just seeing this palace, will feel like an old farmer from the countryside!"
"Good, very good!" Li Er praised again.
At this time, Li Yuanxing gave a strange smile: "Brother Emperor, I have prepared everything. There is only one problem that prevents me from starting the construction this year, so I have to wait until next year."
"Trouble?"
"Without craftsmen, building a palace would require at least tens of thousands of craftsmen to work for a year, or even several years. Of course, it's just a palace, and it can definitely be built in a year. There are not even people to move bricks, so..."
Li Er understood that Li Yuanxing needed people, and he needed people more than Li Yuanxing.
However, Li Er is the emperor and will not be disturbed by Li Yuanxing's few words: "There will be a natural disaster next year. If we build the palace now, there will definitely be some annoying old people who will write to me, saying that it is a waste of people and money.
It caused anger and resentment, and then..."
Having said this, Li Er did not say any more.
There is no need to say any more, it is not a good thing to say anyway.
"Brother, do you want the art of growing white fungus?"
"Can it be converted into cash?" Li Er asked with a smile.
Li Yuanxing smiled: "Well, I'd better do something for the emperor, otherwise I won't feel at ease. How about renovating the bedroom?"
"How about adding a main hall?" Li Er asked with a smile.
The two returned to the study room, which had been tidied up. Li Er looked at the pattern on it and nodded with satisfaction, then shook his head gently: "This pattern is not good. Brother Wei prefers the white floor." Li Er nodded with satisfaction.
I grabbed Li Yuanxing's tablet but couldn't open it.
After asking Li Yuanxing to open it, he turned to the picture and found a marble circle in it: "I want this for my brother."
Li Yuanxing stretched out his hand and snatched the tablet back: "Brother Emperor, let's do this. I'll have people mine more marble, cut all kinds of patterns into one-foot-square pieces, and then send them to Brother Emperor. Brother Emperor watched.
I picked the stones myself. After I picked them, within a month, my brother replaced all the floors in the main hall with new ones!"
"This is okay!"
Li Yuanxing asked again at this time: "Brother Emperor, there is really no way, my brother needs..." After Li Yuanxing calculated the minimum population in his mind, he sighed helplessly, and Li Erxiao stretched out a
With one hand, he turned over it and said: "One hundred thousand households, this is the minimum number you need, Wu Lang. I can't do it for my brother!"
Li Yuanxing smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Li Er said again: "Don't say it's because I can't do it for my brother, even if Tianyingge tries hard, he can't raise 50,000 households for you!"
Li Yuanxing didn't even eat lunch. He was in no mood to eat or chat with Li Er anymore. He actually returned to Admiral Tiance's Mansion, returned to the bedroom and lay down on the bed.
Li Yuanxing was troubled not because of Huazhou but because of the Tang Dynasty!
It can be said that the development of Datang has reached a bottleneck. Not only Huazhou, but the entire Datang is facing this problem. And there is only one way to solve the problem, and that is to wait.
It will take at least ten or eight years until the population increases to be truly solved.
The sound of the piano suddenly sounded at this time. When the melodious music of the piano just appeared, Li Yuanxing immediately wanted to get angry. At this time, any sound would make him more annoyed. But before Li Yuanxing could curse, his mood unexpectedly calmed down. This piano sound
The feeling of the sound is like that of the Taoist "Pure Heart Mantra".
Slowly closing his eyes, Li Yuanxing slowly closed his eyes under the sound of the piano.
That's right, you can't solve a problem in a hurry. Since it's impossible to solve it now, let's make more plans for the future.
Li Yuanxing calmed down and began to think about how to solve the current problem.
The sound of the piano stopped, but Li Yuanxing didn't feel it. Instead, it was the light footsteps that made Li Yuanxing aware.
When he felt a figure next to the bed, Li Yuanxing heard: "His Highness seems to be asleep. I saw His Highness's brows just now..." It was Mei Jian who spoke. Mei Jian didn't finish his words at all, but was stopped by Li Yuanxing.
Pulled onto the bed, Mei Jian opened her mouth and wanted to scream but no sound came out.
As Mei Jian, she was also looking forward to it in her heart.
Yuanchun was stunned for a moment, then smiled secretly and stepped back.
"Yuan Chun, go summon Wei Changshi!" When Li Yuanxing spoke, his hands had not stopped yet.
Before Yuanchun could withdraw, Mei Jian couldn't help but moan. Just being held made her feel as if she was about to melt.
About ten minutes later, Li Yuanxing was sitting in his study.
If the censors found out about Xuanyin during the day, he wouldn't be able to spit it to death, so Li Yuanxing just took some advantage and dressed up and left the bedroom.
It's a very simple bowl of noodles, with just two extra eggs on top.
Wei Zheng was in General Tiance's Mansion. In terms of official positions, Wei Zheng was the Chief Historian of General Tiance's Mansion, and Cui Dunli was the Chief Historian of the Prince of Qin's Mansion.
"Your Highness is so frugal, it puts all my ministers to shame!"
"Stop talking nonsense like this. If you have anything to report first, if you have any questions, ask first. I will ask you to make an idea about something in a moment, or I have already made up my mind. Please refer to the details.
!" Li Yuanxing only focused on eating the noodles without even raising his head.
Wei Zheng didn't waste any time and opened his notebook directly.
Cui Yiye and Yuan Chun were also sitting at the small desk next to Li Yuanxing, with paper and pen ready to record. Cui Yiye's records were for King Qin's daily life, while Yuanchun would not record in such detail, but just picked out the key points and recorded them.
Just to facilitate Li Yuanxing to check the key points of this conversation.
"Your Highness, the train has been operating normally for fifteen days, exactly half a month. The passenger part has actually received 803 yuan, and the total number of passenger tickets of all classes is more than 357,000. It can be said that the entire Chang'an
Counting heads, half of the people have already taken the train. However, many people have taken the train multiple times, and for merchants on Chamber of Commerce Street, once every morning and evening, it is as essential as daily meals!"
After listening to Wei Zheng's report, Li Yuanxing probably knew what was going on.
Wei Zheng continued: "Your Highness, according to this calculation, this train will lose money, and it will continue to lose money forever."
"You must have some plans?" Li Yuanxing asked with a smile.
"Yes, if you want this train to really make money, it must be a two-pronged approach. It must be possible for the train to run without paying for it!" (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
