Chapter 434 The stunned Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others
“The dishes made from fish and shrimp from the sea are really delicious!”
After taking a bite, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others also nodded repeatedly.
Although they have all eaten the dishes made by these delicacies from the sea before, even the cooking methods may be exactly the same.
However, somehow, these meals are more comfortable and delicious when eaten at the seafood restaurant!
"Your Majesty, gentlemen, there are endless amounts of these treasures in the sea. Even if we eat a batch this year, another batch will be born next year. If these things can be eaten in large quantities, we, the people of the Tang Dynasty, can produce hundreds more.
Wanshi’s food comes!”
On the side, Li Xuan, Cheng Chusi and others were sitting on the sofa, drinking tea and looking at the scene outside.
Sitting on the fourth floor, through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, you can clearly see Pingkangfang, Xuanyangfang and Chongyifang, which has a unique atmosphere.
Especially, in broad daylight, in the Sanqu Alley in Pingkangfang, birds and birds are still walking around outside.
"What Xuan Ba said is true, but these seafood are extremely difficult to preserve, let alone transport two thousand miles! Unless the art of making ice is announced, it will be difficult to transport all these fish and shrimps in the sea back to Guanzhong, the land within the Guanzhong!
"
Li Shimin and others also understood what Li Xuan said.
However, in this era without refrigerated transportation technology, it is simply a fantasy to transport fish and shrimp from the sea to Guanzhong.
The art of making ice was invented by Li Xuan. They all knew that Li Xuan had serious grievances with those aristocratic families, so how could they teach him the art of making ice?
"Excuse me, Your Majesty, are there many retired veterans from the Twelve Guards and Zhechong Mansion?"
Li Xuan asked.
"Um?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, glanced at Li Xuan, and then said: "This time we conquered the Turks, thanks to the steelmaking and iron-making skills provided by Xuanba, the imperial court had enough steel, and there were also a lot of woolen clothes and gloves.
There are not many veterans, there should be more than a thousand at present!"
"so much?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan was shocked.
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were also stunned.
Then, after thinking for a while, Li Shimin explained softly.
"Xuan Ba, in the past when an army of 100,000 went out to fight, there would be tens of thousands of disabled veterans. Now, there are only more than 1,000 veterans, which is already a blessing to the world!"
"It's still too high!"
Li Xuan sighed softly, "My Tang Dynasty's steel skills are far superior to those of the Turkic barbarians. All the soldiers are covered in iron armor, with steel swords and horses in their hands, strong bows and sharp arrows. Their equipment is so powerful that they can crush the Turkic barbarians, but they can still be injured by those Turkic barbarians."
There are so many veterans, it shouldn’t be!”
"Xuanba, the Turkic barbarians are good at shooting and are not afraid of death. When fighting with a large army, there will inevitably be casualties. This matter is unavoidable!"
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were all a little puzzled by Li Xuan's sudden sentimentality and compassion.
"I know this!"
Li Xuan took a long breath and said, "Xuan Ba means that His Majesty can use veterans to form a transport team, and these veterans will drive four-wheeled carriages to transport marine fish and other treasures from Qingzhou waters to Chang'an City for the wealthy businessmen of Qingzhou families.
In addition, you can also transport some merchants' goods. It takes a month for a carriage to go from Chang'an City to Qingzhou.
No matter how much money you make, you only need five guan for the goods of a carriage, the veteran earns two guan, the loss of horses and carriages is the same, and everyone can share the remaining two guan equally!"
"Five Guan?"
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were all shocked again.
"You can't even buy a cart full of goods from Qingzhou for so much money. How could those wealthy businessmen from aristocratic families give five guans to the transport team?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but chuckle.
"Your Majesty, the Prince of Hejian County used a four-wheeled carriage to transport dried fish from the sea, and one cart hauled thirty stones! May I ask, Your Majesty, how much food can be exchanged for one stone of dried fish from those aristocratic families?"
“One stone of dried fish is exchanged for thirty stone of food!”
Li Shimin said directly.
"Your Majesty, one stone of grain is calculated as 500 Wen, which is fifteen guan. So how much money can Your Majesty make from this car of dried fish?" Li Xuan asked again.
Li Shimin couldn't help but be startled by this. He had never thought about such a thing.
He is the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Everything in the Tang Dynasty belongs to him, so there is no need to talk about making money.
Seeing this, Li Xuan chuckled lightly and analyzed to himself: "Your Majesty, the dried sea fish was dried by the King of Hejian County with a group of soldiers. Your Majesty did not spend any money on this matter. At most, it was
The wear and tear of the carriage and the food and fodder for the horses.
Also, there are tolls. For simplicity and ease of calculation, a carriage is calculated as usual.
The rest is the coarse salt consumed. A cart of dried sea fish costs 300 shi, which requires 150 shi of coarse salt. However, these coarse salts are all the coarse salt that your Majesty has accumulated. Your Majesty only consumes
It's just the wages of the salt workers who dry the salt. With so much salt, I'm afraid I don't even need five guan of money.
In addition, His Majesty did not spend any money when the ship went out to sea for fishing. The most is the loss of the ship. It is more luxurious. A cart of three hundred dan of dried sea fish is the loss of the ship according to the usual calculation.
At this rate, your majesty’s carriage costs three hundred shi of dried fish, which will cost you at most seven guan of capital!”
"With a stone of dried fish, Your Majesty can exchange 4,500 guan of food from those aristocratic families. With a cart of dried fish, Your Majesty will make a lot of money!"
After the analysis, Li Xuan couldn't help but look at Li Shimin subconsciously, his face full of shock.
What a huge profit!
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others also looked dumbfounded.
After a long while, Li Shimin still asked in disbelief: "Xuanba, is it really possible to make money like this?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan turned his head and looked at Li Baoding.
At this moment, Li Baoding and others have listed them on a piece of paper according to what Li Xuan said.
"Give this piece of paper to Your Majesty and let Your Majesty do the math yourself!"
Li Xuan said.
"Yes, Master!"
Li Baoding did not dare to neglect, and quickly picked up the paper with both hands and handed it to Li Shimin.
After receiving the paper, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others did not bother to eat. They put down their fast food and walked to the eucalyptus table, lowering their heads and calculating carefully.
It took another long while before everyone looked up.
There was still a look of surprise on his face.
According to their own calculations, they earned much more than Li Xuan calculated!
It’s a huge profit!
Um?
Suddenly, looking at the expressions of Li Shimin and others, Li Xuan's expression changed slightly. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
"Your Majesty, I think the price of a carriage for the transportation team must be at least ten guan, otherwise it will be too much of a loss. Those veterans are running around on the road all day long and can't earn more than 4 guan a month. It's really not worth it!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help but be startled.
"A veteran earns four dollars a month?"
"Your Majesty, they are traveling on the road all day long. It is so hard. Each veteran will work for at most two years before his body cannot bear it. Moreover, they are all sons and daughters who have shed blood for the Tang Dynasty. If the price cannot be increased,
They can earn ten guans a month!"
Li Xuandao.
"That's it, then it's all four!"
Li Shimin nodded.
Then, he remembered something and asked hurriedly: "Xuanba, dried sea fish is our unique industry. Those aristocratic families can't make any money, so how can we transport things from the sea to them?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but chuckle.
"Your Majesty, drying dried sea fish is very simple, and those aristocratic families can learn it quickly!"
“But they’ve lost the salt pans!”
Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty, how much does a pound of coarse salt cost now?" Li Xuan asked.
"A pound of coarse salt is given to the salt merchants for three cents, but when it comes to Qingzhou, the merchants from aristocratic families will sell it for about five cents!" Li Shimin said.