The Li family is poor. If it weren't for their status as a royal family, they wouldn't be as rich as a third-rate family.
Originally, Li Yuan was the Duke of Tang, and his brothers were just officials or generals of the former Sui Dynasty. They were all focused on occupying land and farming. Who knew what industry was and who knew what commerce was.
In Wu Zhao's eyes, these royal families were pitifully poor.
Of course, the exception is Li Yuanxing, because Li Yuanxing now owes nearly 50,000 yuan in private debt to the public accounts of the Prince of Qin, so Li Yuanxing's wealth is negative.
The arrows were not sent out at this royal banquet, but were collected by Li Yuan.
"This, I accept it. I personally arranged for someone to engrave the name and then send it out. Wulang is a bit stingy. One arrow can make a mile, and what is dug up will be distributed according to Wulang's method. But there is a rule in everything, this royal
things, so it’s up to Erlang to set the rules. Set the rules and distribute the money!"
Li Yuan is indeed a man who has been emperor for nine years. In just a few words, he turned this matter into an adult matter.
That night, Li Yuan, Li Er, Li Yuanxing, and Wu Zhao were in Li Er's study after everyone left the banquet. Li Yuan asked Li Yuanxing: "Wu Lang, how big is Yinshan? You look like you don't care, I
You need to know why!”
Li Yuanxing did not answer, but Wu Zhao said on Li Yuanxing's behalf: "It's just a silver mountain. What Li Yuanxing wants to dig is 10,000 or 100,000 times more wealth than this. There is also a gold mining area with reserves no less than this silver mountain.
If Li Yuanxing cares about this silver mountain, I will look down on him!"
Li Yuanxing smiled proudly.
Even if there is no gold mine, there is still greater wealth behind, and the main force of the Qin Palace should not be used on this.
Wu Zhao suddenly reached out to Li Yuanxing: "Repay me five tons of gold first, and you can't give me five tons of black bricks for nothing. Your chief minister Wei Zheng has issued an IOU."
How dare you speak.
Since when gold was calculated in tons, Li Yuan sighed heavily. Times have changed. When he was the emperor, the transfer of three thousand taels of gold required discussion by the Ministry of Revenue for several days.
"You are dreaming." Li Yuanxing would not give Wu Zhao gold. But Wu Zhao shouted: "I am building a battleship!"
"You are even dreaming. Before the steel output fell below 50 million tons per year, not to mention battleships, even small boats could not do it." Li Yuanxing knew that Wu Zhao wanted to go to Australia. In the modern era of later generations, Wu Zhao wanted to
I went to the Gold Coast to play, but unfortunately I never had the chance. Now that Wu Zhao has this opportunity, she naturally wants to be able to go there as soon as possible.
Li Er and Li Yuan asked at the same time: "When will the battleship be launched?"
Li Yuanxing held Wu Zhao's mouth and answered by himself: "A kind of large ship, its main function is war. A pure steel giant ship with a carrying weight of 20,000 tons can sail a hundred thousand miles on the sea. Except for battleships that are larger than this,
Not even my aerial fortress can do anything against this giant steel ship, the most we can do is fight together and perish together!"
Wu Zhao broke away from Li Yuanxing's hand: "Nonsense, the battleship's anti-aircraft guns will turn your air fortress into a fireball, but you can't even hurt a piece of iron from my battleship."
"Make it, why not make it?" Li Er asked.
"Basic heavy industry is not up to standard, and even if it is built, it will not be used!" Li Yuanxing said.
"If you don't plan now, you won't be able to build it in decades. If you plan now, it will be built in about six years. In ten years, it will be the overlord of the sea. You must know that the area of the sea is dozens of times the area of our country, the Tang Dynasty.
If you dominate the ocean, you can dominate the world and the world will surrender!"
"According to Wu Zhao's words, start planning now. Let alone ten years, I will see such a giant ship in my lifetime. I will have no regrets in this life."
"Brother Huang, I have lived without regrets many times!"
Li Er was not embarrassed at all, and said with a smile: "Wu Lang, please don't cancel me as your brother."
Wu Zhao said at this time: "Don't you want to save Mr. Cabinet?"
Wu Zhao's words made all the three men in the room stunned. Then Li Er and Li Yuan looked at Li Yuanxing at the same time. Li Yuanxing closed his eyes and thought, and after a long time he nodded heavily: "Eight years, almost the same time. Eight years.
As long as a 5,000-ton cruiser is launched, it will be a good thing!"
Ships represent industrial capabilities.
Li Er and Li Yuan didn't know what a cruiser was, but they could hear the weight. Naturally, the heavier the better.
"I'm going back and think about my plan seriously!"
"I'm with you!" Wu Zhao was also ready to leave with Li Yuanxing.
But Li Er said: "Wait a moment, my brother, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, gave an order so that Wulang could celebrate the New Year with peace of mind. On the tenth day of the lunar month, all the cabinet members of Tianying Pavilion put down everything in their hands and perfected the big industrial plan for Wulang. This is an imperial order and must not be ignored.
Your Majesty." After Li Er said seriously, his tone changed: "Don't work too hard, Wu Lang, there are still some good-minded people in the Tang Dynasty."
"Brother Huang taught you a lesson!" Li Yuanxing nodded.
Wu Zhao also nodded. She knew that this was the first five-year plan of the Tang Dynasty. There must be a plan to make Li Yuanxing's time machine go further, so that it would have enough energy.
In Wu Zhao's heart, the cabinet master is like her biological grandfather. He cares about her and truly cares about her.
Li Yuanxing really felt relieved and could celebrate the New Year with peace of mind. In fact, the New Year was quite tiring. Li Yuanxing of the Seventh Generation family in Chang'an needed to visit, and Xungui in Chang'an also needed to visit, and then Li Yuanxing also had to hold a banquet to receive the guests.
He is here to pay New Year's greetings.
Five days later, Li Yuanxing was preparing to go out. The fifth day of the Lunar New Year was the New Year, and there was a banquet at the palace at noon. The banquet was not only the Li family, but also officials of the fourth rank and above in Chang'an City, as well as nobles above the marquis, and
Their main family members.
"Your Highness, the ship has arrived!" Lu Maofeng was as excited as if he had been given blood.
"Ship?" Li Yuanxing didn't react at all.
"Gold!" Lu Maofeng's eyes narrowed, and his forehead flashed with gold.
"Let's go!" Li Yuanxing was also a little excited. He wanted to take a look at the ship of gold. Li Yuanxing took his seven princesses, Wu Zhao, and a group of three to four hundred people and headed for the Jinghe Wharf.
The steam crane was not used at Jinghe Wharf because there was no way to lift it on board.
It was all gold in bulk, with countless gold bars, gold nuggets, gold cakes, gold leaves, gold balls, as well as gold cups, gold pots and other gold utensils. There was not even a box, and none of the gold utensils kept their original shape.
The exceptions were squashed.
The Jinghe Military Management Wharf was managed by the soldiers and horses of the Prince of Qin's Palace, and this ship of gold had been arranged for a long time ago. The general here was also shocked when he picked up the ship. After he realized it, he immediately ordered someone to go to the Ministry of Works to transfer the box.
According to the price of one thousand taels per box, pack it first. Then we urgently mobilized a thousand men and horses from the guard camp in the north of the city to guard the perimeter.
The military flag is raised and the sword is unsheathed!
Just with this posture, no one would dare to approach.
After Li Yuanxing arrived, except for the seven Qin princesses, not even their maids were allowed to approach.
The general guarding here opened a box that had just been packed and brought it up. He stepped back and said, "Your Highness, when it comes to the first box, the captain only allowed an empty box to be thrown up. He said that there were too many people going up, and he was afraid that it would destroy the box.
The ship sank under pressure and was already at the lowest waterline. After carrying three boxes and disembarking, the three clerks supervised each other and boarded the ship to start counting!"
Li Yuanxing picked up a gold bar, grinned and threw it back into the box.
Li Yuanxing was not very satisfied with this expression.
Seeing the whole box of gold, and the boxes being carried up one after another, the seven Princess Qin's eyes widened.
Not to mention them, even the large warehouses of various aristocratic families would not be able to pile up hundreds of boxes of gold.
Li Yuanxing's expression was still dissatisfied.
"Your Highness, why are you unhappy?"
Li Yuanxing didn't answer, he just took a cigarette and bit it because he didn't know how to answer.
Wu Zhao, on the other hand, said: "If gold turns blue, it means it contains copper. The purity is at most 75%, so Li Yuanxing was unhappy. He didn't answer because he was afraid that we would laugh at him because he was too greedy. He still cares about the purity of so much gold."
." Wu Zhao said, and asked someone to open a few more boxes. After looking at it, he said to Li Yuanxing: "Actually, most of the gold is still yellow, which means it has reached 80% purity!"
Li Yuanxing chewed his cigarette and smiled awkwardly.
All the princesses of Qin also laughed.
The sergeants, however, endured it and did not dare to laugh.
Li Yuanxing shouted at the sergeants: "Laugh if you want to, bear with it. Laugh, I order you to laugh as much as you want!"
At this time, a banquet was being prepared in the palace, but Li Yuanxing could not wait for him to show up. It was not until Li Er asked three times that Eunuch Gao came over and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, King Qin has gone to Jinghe Wharf!"
"Give out snacks, postpone the banquet, and quickly send someone to the dock to tell Wulang to bring those goods to the palace!"
Li Er knew that what Jin Zi said was more of just a number. Only when people saw it could it be shocking enough.
After hearing Li Er's order, Li Yuanxing told the packer: "Select the good quality and pack them separately."
The people in the palace didn't understand what happened, but they knew that His Highness King Qin had not arrived yet, so they had to wait. King Qin Li Yuanxing's identity was not ordinary, so it was normal to wait.
An hour and a half later, Li Yuanxing arrived at the palace.
The seven Qin princesses quickly took their seats, and everyone's position at the banquet was fixed.
Under the suspicious gazes of thousands of people, a mountain of more than 200 boxes was piled in the middle of the banquet. Because there were not enough boxes, all boxes of various sizes were used.
There is not only gold here, but also boxes brought back by another ship.
When stacking the boxes, Li Yuanxing's personal guards placed the marked silver boxes at the bottom and inside. The higher they go, the better the gold.
Li Er poured himself a glass of wine, and he was very satisfied. Li Yuanxing and him were of the same mind, so the visual effect must be amazing.
The mountain of boxes finally reached the top, and Wu Zhao climbed up the mountain of boxes holding his skirt. Li Yuanxing gave Lu Maofeng a wink, and Lu Maofeng immediately went over and carried Wu Zhao on his back. After a few ups and downs, he reached the top.
Wu Zhao opened the smallest box and kicked it down. She didn't have enough strength to hit the bigger box. However, Lu Maofeng pulled out his saber, picked up Wu Zhao with one hand, and slashed randomly with the other hand.
Gold bars and gold cakes flew down from the highest box like a waterfall. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)