Chapter 786 You can think about what you want to do
"Since you all want to eat hot pot again, those dignitaries from aristocratic families are a group of people who only care about eating and not fighting. I believe that after a few days, they will want to eat hot pot even more!"
Li Xuan said, "Moreover, even if there are only 10% of diners in the hot pot restaurant every day, the hot pot restaurant is still making money!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Li Chang quickly raised his hand with admiration on his face.
Then, thinking of the news sent by the shopkeepers of the six shops, Li Chang's face was filled with joy again.
"Your Majesty, the income of the six shops yesterday has been calculated!"
"oh?"
A trace of curiosity flashed in Li Xuan's eyes, and he asked: "How many diners went to eat yesterday, and how much money was made?"
Speaking of this, Li Chang suddenly became excited.
"Your Majesty, yesterday, there were more than 800 tables of diners in six hotpot restaurants, and a total of 4,120 guan was collected! Excluding ingredients and other costs, we could earn 3,600 guan!"
"The money earned in just one day is equivalent to the money some shops earn in a month!"
Li Xuan nodded slightly, "After a few more days, these dignitaries from aristocratic families will go to the hot pot restaurant again after their health recovers. Moreover, haven't many people already made appointments to continue treating them?
They attach great importance to promises, how could they break their promises?
After they eat two or three times, their stomachs will adapt to the spiciness of hot pot, and they will no longer have abdominal pain and go straight to the bed room after eating.
By then, they will become regular customers of the hotpot restaurant!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Li Chang's face was full of admiration.
Li Xuan nodded slowly and continued to ask: "Today is already the fifth day, right? What are those scholars doing now?"
"Reporting back to the king, half of the people were reading in the library pavilion, some of them ran into the fields, and a few went to the pig pen and chicken pen, and some went to the forge!"
Thinking of the situation of those scholars, Li Chang couldn't help but feel a little strange.
"Very good!"
Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, "I'll call them here later. It's time to talk about their future work in Lijiazhuang!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Li Chang's eyes flashed and he responded quickly.
at the same time.
In Chang'an City, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others were also affected by the hotpot restaurant situation.
"If you make 3,600 guan in one day, wouldn't you be able to make 100,000 guan in a month?"
Li Shimin looked at the bills in his hand with a happy face and checked them one by one.
Seeing this, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling could not help but twitch the corners of their mouths.
Your Majesty is becoming more and more obsessed with money!
"Your Majesty, it seems that there are only half of the diners today!"
"That can also earn you eighteen hundred dollars!"
Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty is wise, no matter what, the hot pot restaurant can make 70,000 to 80,000 yuan in one month!"
Changsun Wuji slowly raised his hands and saluted.
"Very good!"
Li Shimin looked satisfied.
Then, remembering something, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other and handed over their hands again.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
"Um?"
This was the first time in a private discussion that Li Shimin couldn't help but be surprised to see Fang Xuanling being so serious.
"Xuanling, it's okay to say it!"
Fang Xuanling thought for a moment and then said slowly.
"Your Majesty, in the past few years, we, the Tang Dynasty, have been fighting in various places every year. It is a small matter that some fields have been deserted. Since our army, the king of the Tang Dynasty, has been invincible, the domestic food shortage can be filled from small countries such as Linyi, Waguo, and Goguryeo.
However, as the Tang Dynasty established its kingdom and established its kingdom, those aristocratic families took away a large number of young people. The number of young people in the Tang Dynasty dropped by 10% in the past two years.
But this time, Tubo has been almost conquered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If Tubo is auctioned off to those powerful families again, tens of thousands of young and middle-aged people will inevitably be taken away again. In this way, the land cultivated by the Tang Dynasty every year will once again be sharpened.
reduce.
The biggest impact is that a large number of young and middle-aged people follow those aristocratic families to the feudal country. If the Tang Dynasty wants to restore the population of the pre-Sui Dynasty, it will inevitably be delayed for many years."
"Is this still happening? Why don't officials from various states report to me?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but be shocked.
"Your Majesty, our Tang Dynasty covers thousands of miles, and each aristocratic family occupies one state or one county. These aristocratic families themselves have thousands of servants and farmers, and they take away thousands of people from one state or several counties.
People do not have much impact on those states and counties.
Therefore, many state and county officials do not pay much attention to this. However, when the number of young adults taken away by these aristocratic families gathers here, it will be an astonishing number!"
Fang Xuanling said slowly.
After Li Shimin was silent for a moment, he sighed and said, "Do you have any good ideas?"
Hearing this, Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for your incompetence. If you don't grant kings and founding kingdoms to those aristocratic families, the court will have no money, land, or iron ore. It will even have to bring in more soldiers and soldiers."
Officials.
And if those aristocratic families are allowed to establish kings and establish kingdoms, they will inevitably take away a large number of young people so that they can defend their country!
I don’t have a good idea for this matter!”
"So, no matter what, if we want to defend these acquired territories, we, the Tang Dynasty, will have to send a large number of young men!"
Li Shimin also looked helpless.
"Exactly!"
Fang Xuanling nodded slowly.
"Auxiliary machine, Ke Ming, do you two have any good ideas?"
Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui who were standing aside.
"Your Majesty, forgive me..."
Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui both looked ashamed.
…
Lijiazhuang.
In a certain classroom.
Li Xuan was sitting at the top, and there were exactly fifty-two tables below. Qiu Shuye, Cen Xugang and other scholars were sitting one by one.
Sitting in such a spacious and bright classroom for the first time, all the scholars couldn't help but look surprised.
"It has been five days since you came to the village. You have seen a few things in the village. Now, can you tell me what you like to do?
Of course, if you want to continue to take the spring exam, I will not stop you. As long as you leave Lijiazhuang, you will have nothing to do with me!"
Hearing this, the scholars who originally had some small thoughts in their hearts suddenly became determined. They came to a paradise like Lijiazhuang through sheer luck. Unless they were stupid, they would not leave.
"Your Majesty Mingjian, as long as your Majesty does not drive us away, we will never leave Lijiazhuang!"
"Exactly, Your Majesty King Mingjian, everything in Lijiazhuang is so novel that it will make us study for a lifetime!"
"..."
"In that case, tell me, what do you want to do in Lijiazhuang?"
Li Xuantan laughed and asked again.
"this……"
In an instant, several scholars' expressions flickered and they stopped talking.
"Um?"
Seeing this, Li Xuan's expression condensed and he asked again: "Why don't you say anything?"
Qiu Shuye raised his hands and saluted, "Your Majesty, this student wants to go to the forge!"