Take the mall to Datang

"President Lu's wish may really come true. The Yuan family's food workshop is the first one, and they plan to open one in every state capital in the future, and the food produced can be supplied in time." Yuan Shan said.

Lu Ziang smiled, and if there is a chance to cooperate, it means that there is money to be made.

"Yuan Pu She, congratulations." Zheng Qi came over and said.

The opening ceremony was in the form of a buffet. For this opening, Guo Shouyi specially divided an area of ​​the county seat as a reception venue.

More and more people came, and it was rare for Guo Shouyi to see Lantian County being so lively. Some management matters needed to be arranged by him. Many people were envious of Changan merchants gathering in Lantian County. The magistrates of several other counties also came to participate, in order to seek a good development.

The construction of Lantian County and Xinfeng County has made the neighboring county magistrates envious, but there has been no good opportunity. This time, all the county magistrates from the Yuanjia Food Workshop want to fight.

It was almost time for people to arrive, Yuan Shan walked up to the microphone and said, "Thank you for coming to join us. The main business of Yuanjia Food Workshop is food processing. You should have noticed that the fried food on the table today is all food. There are instant noodles, crispy noodles, French fries, potato chips and other foods processed by the workshop. You can taste them to your heart's content. In addition, I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that if you are interested in cooperation, you can come to Lantian Development Zone Food Workshop office building to discuss, and now the stage is handed over to the performers of Chunmanyuan Song and Dance Hall."

Naturally, singing and dancing performances are indispensable at the banquet, and entertainment is also indispensable for the opening of the Yuan Family.

The buffet plus singing and dancing performances have now become the standard of entertainment for the nobles in Chang'an, especially the performance of the Chunmanyuan singing and dancing hall is the best. Chen Changshun's ability is to develop the singing and dancing hall to a new level after Yuanshan became a shareholder. Degree.

The appearance fee is several times that of ordinary song and dance performances, and it doesn't matter if you have money.

The singing and dancing performance was very exciting, but Miao Lian came to Yuan Shan's side in the audience and said: "Yuan Pushe, the dancers in Chunmanyuan belong to your property, and you don't care about us, do you just fancy us to please people?" As for the ability to make money, everyone in Chang'an said that Yuan Pushe is a person who cherishes beauty and beauty, but Miaolian knows in her heart that you are so superior that you simply look down on people like us."

"Ms. Miaolian, you must be drunk today. Chen Changshun quickly ask someone to send our Oiran girl back." Yuan Shan immediately called out.

Chapter 638

Royal Palace.

"What is Yuanshan doing recently?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Yuan Pushe handed over the affairs of the Ministry of Economic Development to Yu Jingming to manage it, and also opened a food workshop in Lantian County, mainly processing instant noodles, French fries and other foods." Ma He replied.

"Instant noodles?" Li Shimin was curious.

"Your Majesty, this thing is instant noodles. There are two types, one is instant noodles and the other is called crispy noodles. Instant noodles can be eaten dry or boiled. The crispy noodles are mainly used for chewing. If you want to talk about the strangeness of the two, you can look at them. It looks the same but the taste is different." Ma He explained.

"Oh, just this thing?" Li Shimin said.

What Ma He took was a flatbread wrapped in silk. Li Shimin broke off a corner and found that the flatbread immediately broke into small pieces and felt hard.

"Is it really edible that instant noodles are so hard?" Li Shimin asked again.

"Your Majesty, it's really edible, and now the instant noodles are selling like crazy." Ma He said.

"Crackling!" Li Shimin took a bite, chewed, and then took another bite.

"Well, it still tastes good." Li Shimin said.

However, Li Shimin obviously knows a lot of things, so he tried it and said: "The form of this noodle is quite similar to that of a noodle."

Ma and a young lady listened in and said that they didn't know what the emperor would say at all, so they heard Li Shimin continue: "Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin in the Han Dynasty, used noodles to solve the food problem of [-] troops in Heyang. Compared with noodles, this instant noodles But it's much more refined."

After taking a bite of the noodles, Li Shimin thought about more things. With instant noodles, providing this kind of food to the soldiers can solve the problem of marching food, but this kind of noodles cannot be used for a long time.

But after much deliberation, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and I decided to customize it to see if it is suitable for cooperation as dry rations for the march.

Li Shimin was thinking about something on the side, and Ma He on the side was almost drooling when he saw the crispy noodles on the table. He took out these two pieces of noodles for himself to eat, and he didn't expect that His Majesty would ask about Yuan Shan.

"Yuanshan opened a food workshop, so he doesn't plan to take care of the affairs of the Ministry of Economics and Development in the future, but he still cares about me." Li Shimin muttered.

After coming over for a while, Ma He brought the newly presented notebook in front of Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, this is today's notebook."

Li Shimin took a random book and looked at it, and said, "He Tuo, the Shaofu supervisor, is the first time he has received a copy from the Shaofu supervisor."

Out of curiosity, Yuan Shan opened it and looked at it, saying: "He Zhengjian wants to withdraw three thousand coins to buy tools, Ma and you will go and ask what's going on."

Ma Heying went to do it right away. The booklet clearly stated that it was for the purchase of tools. The Shaofu Supervisor had no problem purchasing tools, but it would be a bit of a nonsense to spend three thousand guan.

Ignore this matter, continue to read other brochures and found that today’s brochures are more than usual. Before looking at the content, I checked where they all came from. They were all submitted by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and Taifu Temple. Account booklet.

A history buff is not a lazy emperor. After reading it, he probably starts from the beginning. The Ministry of Industry has the most books. This book is all about asking for money, materials, and people.

Looking at the accounts of the Ministry of Households, it is mainly to allocate money and food, supplies for carriages, issue corvee orders, and the most important thing is to allocate a large amount of money.

The rest is Taifu Temple, the royal family's "reserve and cashier". This year's harvest is very good, and Datang's money and food have increased a lot. The book reflects the current situation and can be regarded as reimbursement.

It’s just that compared to the good thing that the royal family’s warehouse is full, the news from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry is not so good, because after the railway project was taken over by the Ministry of Industry, various problems emerged. The biggest problem is cost input, rails, cement. Piers need to be purchased, and a large amount of material input does not require a large amount of money, and if you want money, you must find the Ministry of Accounts, so Yan Lide wrote a booklet, because the Ministry of Accounts did not allocate all the needs according to the previous plan, and only distributed a small part.

This made Yan Lide immediately blind. The progress of the railway project is directly linked to the input of materials. There is no way to repair the railway without money to buy rails.

It’s not that the Ministry of Households doesn’t want to give money, but each time the application amount is more than [-] guan, how can the Ministry of Households take out so much money at one time, and can only write a memorial for the emperor to approve.

However, if there is no money for the railway project, there will be no material supply. It is impossible to press the payment in the iron smelter. Goodness doesn't work either.

The courtiers are in a hurry, and Li Shimin's head is as big as a bucket. After taking over the railway project, the first capital investment needs 15 guan. Although the money is not much, it needs so much money for each construction period. The longer the construction time, the more money will be spent. , after looking at the advance payment for the construction period of the next two months, Li Shimin felt that it was a mistake to take over the railway now.

But it is obviously impossible to push it to the Ministry of Economics and Development.

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and approved the project funds for next month. The expenditure of money is one problem, and the other problem is the problem of labor force, because the wages of the people hired by the Ministry of Economic Development are very high, and the court will not buy this part of the cost. Yes, so the Ministry of Industry started recruiting corvee to work for free, but the recruitment order issued by the Ministry of Industry could not meet the demand for the number of workers, so we had to ask the Ministry of Households to recruit more corvee to work.

But with the number of 6 or [-] people, the Ministry of Household Affairs can't make the decision, so it can only bring the problem to Li Shimin to deal with it again.

But things are not that simple because the construction period of the railway is very long. If there is a time limit for the collection of corvee, even if it is three consecutive years of corvee, the work will not be finished.

Yan Liben was a sincere person, and immediately thought of recruiting the attention of the Turkic prisoners. The suggestion was very good, but he forgot that it was impossible for Li Shimin to put so many Turkic people in a place where there was a clear chance of them escaping. It is impossible for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to guard along the way. Li Shimin cannot afford such consumption.

Money, food, and supplies are all approved as long as they are needed.

After Ma He came back, he reported immediately: "Your Majesty, He Tuo, the governor of the Shaofu, helped make a batch of myopia glasses in Yuanjia Workshop not long ago. Yuanshan promised to sell a batch of advanced tools to thank him. A total of [-] guns are needed, and according to He Zhengjian, with this batch of tools, Shaofujian's production technology and production speed will be greatly improved."

"That's it. It's a good thing to be able to improve the craftsmanship of the Shaofu Supervisor."

Li Shimin approved this again. Compared with using the money from the national treasury, you don’t have to worry too much about spending the money from the internal treasury. The Shaofu Supervisor serves the royal family, and improving the craftsmanship means that the value of the object can be increased.

The Shaofu Supervisor is not the Qingshui Yamen as a department that specializes in supplying various items for the royal family. Many things are turned a blind eye, and most of the money eventually flows to the emperor's internal treasury.

Chapter 639 Lingnan Wharf Project

Shaofu Supervisor He Hu was in a good mood, he did not expect that the money he applied for from His Majesty the Emperor would be allocated so quickly.

On the same day, He Tu took the money and went to the Lantian Hou Mansion.

"Yuan Pushe, the next official came to discuss the purchase of tools." He Tuo said.

"It's easy to talk about, I'll ask someone to send the tools to the Shaofu Prison later." Yuan Shan said.

"He Zhengjian came over to see how the telescope is doing," Yuan Shan said.

In the courtyard of the Hou Mansion was a single-tube telescope as thick as a barrel.