"Reply to the young prince! Everything is well in Luoyang. After the last expansion, the people of Luoyang can now live in thatched huts to avoid the cold! And this year is definitely a good harvest year. Coupled with the surplus grain aided by Yangzhou, it is enough for Luoyang to rest and recuperate.
Yes! Believe it
In one or two years, Luoyang will definitely be several times more prosperous than it is now!" Di Renjie is confident that if he follows Li Yunfei's policies and completes them step by step, Luoyang will definitely become the economic center of the Tang Dynasty. Thinking about it, Di Renjie feels very happy.
It's excitement.
"That's great! Huaiying, you have done a good job as governor. I will definitely recommend you in front of my father in the future, so that you can go on a bigger stage to display your talents! I know you are a great talent.
People, but their character is not enough, so let’s work hard in Luoyang now!” Li Yunfei nodded with satisfaction when he heard Di Renjie’s reward. As long as the people support him, Li Yunfei believes that all other obstacles can be overcome one by one!
"Thank you, young prince! I know what kind of material I am, and I am very happy to be able to serve the people of Luoyang today! I don't want anything else, I just want to be with the young prince forever!" Di Renjie heard Li Yunfei say this
He said that he was very grateful in his heart. He didn't expect that Li Yunfei was always thinking about him. Thinking about how he wanted to plot against Li Yunfei in the beginning, it really made him feel ashamed.
"Li Zhen! How is Luoyang's economy at this time? I heard that businessmen from many places have been attracted here, so it won't cause any chaos, right?" Li Yunfei turned his head and looked at Li Zhen sitting aside, and couldn't help but ask. Li Yunfei believed it
As soon as he comes out with preferential policies for businessmen, he will definitely attract many businessmen, but it seems that the development of things far exceeds his expectations, and some developments go too far!
"Little Prince! As you said, the status of businessmen is originally very low. However, after the Little Prince implemented the equal status of merchants and workers in Luoyang, some small and medium-sized businessmen can be said to be flocking to Luoyang. Businessmen from various industries can be said to be overwhelmed.
It’s just that some big businessmen have their own businesses locally.
Many of them are trying to open stores and buy properties in Luoyang, but even so, Luoyang is showing a prosperous trend!" Li Zhen is mainly responsible for some economic development in Luoyang. This is because Li Yunfei trusts Li Zhen so much that he entrusts him with important tasks.
It seemed that Li Zhen did a good job, and Li Yunfei nodded with satisfaction.
"Well! As long as they are law-abiding people, Luoyang will always welcome these serious businessmen. Remember, if you find someone speculating or making a fortune, you must be severely punished. Let them know what it means to be powerful!" Although Li Yunfei knew that businessmen were serious about it.
Promote economic development
It is of great help, but Li Yunfei also knows that businessmen pursue profits and will not get up early without profits. When Luoyang opened the door to these businessmen, it also planted a factor of uneasiness. Therefore, these businessmen must abide by the law.
Only in this way can Luoyang be better developed.
"Don't worry, young prince! These small and medium-sized businessmen are easy to deal with, but the big businessmen are a bit difficult to deal with, especially the salt merchants from the south! Each of these guys are extremely rich, and they are extremely good at bribing people.
They just gave me a lot of gifts! Today they found out that the young prince was back, and even made a fool of themselves and took over the entire natural residence to host a banquet for you, young prince! But what they didn’t know was that this
natural residence
But it is the property of the young prince, ha! Ha! However, it is worth mentioning that there are shadows of the Dugu Clan behind these salt merchants, so unless it is absolutely necessary, it is best not to offend the young prince!" Li Zhen heard this.
When Li Yunfei talked about managing businessmen, he really had a headache. The small businessmen welcomed Li Yunfei's policies, but the big businessmen didn't really buy it. Some of them were even more arrogant, which was really difficult to handle.
"Oh!? Salt merchants? They seem to be really rich guys! What my father said is indeed true. Although salt merchants pay taxes every year higher than other merchants, those taxes are simply negligible compared to the income of salt merchants.
Regardless, what is even more abominable is that the salt merchants strictly
There is tax evasion again! It's a pity that these salt merchants are so meticulous in their work, it's impossible to catch them easily." When Li Yunfei heard about the salt merchants, he couldn't help but perked up. Li Yunfei remembered that Li Shimin was still thinking about it.
These people are troubled.
In fact, these salt merchants can be said to be government merchants, because salt is an indispensable existence for people, and it is impossible for the state to allow private individuals to operate it. However, these salt merchants, although they are law-abiding on the surface, are smuggling private salt behind the scenes.
, used to make huge profits! Private salt is mostly table salt that does not meet standards, but ordinary people don’t know this, they just think it’s cheap and will naturally sell it! This
If the salt merchants didn't know that it was revealed, they would get less tax revenue. Unfortunately, the salt merchants only vented their anger through one nose. It was really difficult to open the mouths of these people. Li Yunfei knew that the Tang Dynasty's treasury was not rich at this time.
Li Shimin is worried about how to make up for the evaded taxes from the salt merchants, and also to make up for the shortfall in the national treasury. There have been many disasters in recent years, and the national treasury has almost been drained!
"Who says it's not the case? My little prince, have you not seen that all those salt merchants are shiny and spend money lavishly? They look like they are wealthy owners." Li Zhen couldn't help but wonder when he saw that Li Yunfei cared so much about the salt merchants.
He glanced at Zhang Han. In his opinion, the salt merchants were just some wealthy nouveau riche, and there was no need to pay much attention to them. After all, the salt merchants were operating under the orders of the state!
"It's just that salt merchants are not all along the coast? And I remember my father said that most of the salt merchants are near Yangzhou, how could they come to Luoyang?" Li Yunfei gave Li Zhen a strange look, wondering why the salt merchants would come to Luoyang.
In terms of transportation convenience, Luoyang is actually far inferior to Yangzhou. I am still confused about the salt merchants coming to Luoyang and treating themselves to dinner.
"I heard from them that there was a plague in Yangzhou a few days ago, and after an investigation by the Yangzhou magistrate, it seemed that these salt merchants were tired of it, so they simply came to Luoyang. This is also the reason why Dewey developed the Caobang very well! At this time, Luoyang
It can be said that water transportation is not inferior to anywhere in the south, so these salt merchants choose to come here
It's not surprising to get here, and who told us that Luoyang is too good to merchants?" Li Zhen also had a lot of dealings with these salt merchants, and knew that the salt merchants could no longer stay in Yangzhou, so he
After arriving in Luoyang from Yangzhou, I was still unsure of Luoyang's attitude, so I asked Li Yunfei to come and check it out!
"I do know that there is no good banquet without good wine. These salt merchants must not have any good intentions when they invite me to go this time. We will talk about these things later. Let's talk about other aspects of Luoyang first.
!Chunfeng! In terms of agriculture, I don’t think I need to say more! Food is the most important thing, and farm tools and weather are decisive for farmers.
The key to determining the sowing and harvesting is decided. I let you manage this aspect. You should understand my good intentions!" Li Yunfei turned his head and looked at Li Chunfeng. To be honest, he had great expectations for Li Chunfeng. Li Yunfei knew that Li Chunfeng was in astronomy.
It can be said that few people can achieve such achievements, but I don’t know what Li Chunfeng thinks?
"Little prince, I naturally understand. Don't worry, young prince, I have no dissatisfaction! I have formed a department dedicated to observing the weather. Whenever there is any weather change, notices will be posted as soon as possible, and then farmers will be asked to take action as soon as possible.
Good preparation. Moreover, the farm tools have been modified according to the requirements of the young prince, and the farmers are full of praises.
It not only saves trouble but also saves effort. The ability to achieve such a bumper harvest this time has a lot to do with these!" Li Chunfeng stroked his beard. When Li Yunfei asked him to take over this job, Li Chunfeng almost understood
Knowing Li Yunfei's intention, since Li Chunfeng decided to come out, he would naturally give his full assistance to Li Yunfei!
"Chunfeng is doing things, so I can rest assured! Chunfeng, I want you to settle the matter at hand as soon as possible, because soon it may be time for you to change out of your Confucian uniform and wear a military uniform! I don't know how the Luoyang army is training.
Did you?" Li Yunfei nodded after hearing Li Chunfeng's words. He still believed in Li Chunfeng and Li Yunfei, especially because Li Chunfeng could understand his own thoughts. Li Yunfei was very satisfied.
Li Yunfei's words made Li Chunfeng very excited. It was finally time for him to show off his talent. Li Chunfeng had always wanted to do this. Unfortunately, he didn't have this opportunity. But since Li Yunfei said this, he would not be aimless. Li Chunfeng can actually do it.
I can probably guess,
What Li Yunfei said is probably from the north. Although Li Chunfeng has never left Luoyang, how can he hide the world's affairs from him? While Li Chunfeng was excited, he was also looking forward to this day coming soon, so that he could show off his talents.
ambition!
"Master! Let me tell you! Hey! Hey! You don't know that my overlord army has grown to more than 3,000 people, and I have personally selected and trained each one of them! They can definitely become the trump card of our Luoyang army.
Well! Even the training of the horse archers is still a bit unsatisfactory. Those guys just have an appearance, but
If you really want to face the horse archers on the grassland, they are really weak!" When Lu Zhishen heard Li Yunfei talking about the army, he immediately jumped up, and then couldn't wait to speak loudly. When he mentioned the Overlord Army, his face was filled with emotion.
He looked excited, but when it came to the archers Li Yunfei asked him to train, he felt a little squeaky!
"Zhishen, you must know that time waits for no one. When I asked you to train horse archers, you were just to deal with the cavalry on the grassland. However, you have not experienced the training of war. It is difficult for those horse archers to be formed, but you still have to continue.
You have to work hard!" Li Yunfei looked at Lu Zhishen and said with a frown. Li Yunfei had spent a lot of effort to form the cavalry, so he couldn't give up halfway!