Take the mall to Datang

I opened the first book and saw that it was okay at first, and then I started to frown.

"Guo Shouyi has a lot of ideas, go find Fang Xuanling for me," Li Shimin said.

Fang Xuanling Zhongshu Sheren was still a servant of the dynasty. The system of the Tang Dynasty is very interesting, and there are many prime ministers.

Fang Xuanling was one of them, and Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Li Jing and others were also present when Zhenguan came out. Wei Zheng was also the prime minister later.

Calling Fang Xuanling, Li Shimin asked, "What happened to the Lantian County Memorial?"

"Your Majesty, this memorial seems to be against the rules, but the funds and needs mentioned by the county magistrate Guo are very reasonable." Fang Xuanling said.

"It's understandable for the people to live well and want to build new houses. If the unified construction of Lantian County will help the planning and development of the county, it will also encourage the people to work hard. As for the specific matters of house construction, we need to discuss it." Fang Xuanling continued road.

Li Shimin had read the memorial. There was also a planning map of Lantian County. There is no city wall. The construction in the city is very neatly divided and interlocking. The widened road can run down six to eight four-wheeled carriages side by side. The planning of the county seat will be more than three times larger than the original area.

The most surprising thing is that most of the costs of public facilities including roads and sanitation facilities have been settled, but some money is needed for the construction of street houses, and the application is still made in the name of the pilot county.

Looking at the application amount of 100 million guan, Li Shimin's face did not change after seeing the amount at that time because he thought that the county magistrate Guo Shouyi was crazy. How much is 100 million guan, which is enough to expand Lantian County ten times according to the current price. Allot so much money for nothing.

Fang Xuanling took the planning map and looked at it carefully. At first glance, he found that the shops on the widened road and the street were basically three-story small buildings, and there were three-story small buildings behind the shops. It is all over the entire county, and there is also a villa that looks exquisite. The construction in the outermost villages is all small courtyards with one entrance. The area occupied by the houses and the yard is also marked on it. strict regulations.

Different from the farmer’s yards in the past, these buildings are all made of brick walls, and each household is not far apart with a vegetable garden as a barrier.

This is all superficial. What surprised Fang Xuanling was that there were plans to build waterways next to the roads in the county to prevent the river from flooding.

"The content recorded on this map is well organized. If Lantian County can be built like this, it will be a blessing to the people." Fang Xuanling said.

Li Shimin's heart is very complicated. Who doesn't want to have such a large-scale building in the place he governs, but how to solve the 100 million yuan problem? Today, it is given to other counties in Lantian County, and the national treasury can receive 100 million yuan to spend.

Besides, the architecture of a small county town is almost the same as that of Chang'an. This is simply nonsense. Li Shimin feels uncomfortable thinking about it.

"I very much doubt that this move is really the idea of ​​the magistrate of the Tang Dynasty. It is really his family who took the imperial treasury." Li Shimin said.

Li Shimin was depressed because even if he used the money from the treasury, it would be extremely troublesome. He wanted to allocate construction funds to a county at will, unless it was disaster relief funds.

Fang Xuanling knew Li Shimin was angry as soon as he heard it.

"Your Majesty, the situation in Lantian County is very special. In the past two years, the people in Lantian have become more prosperous. It is a good thing to want to build a new house. The county magistrate Guo is also kind. What I am more interested in is the development model of Lantian County. Xinfeng County Its development is one step ahead of Lantian, and now it has jumped from a lower county to an upper county, such a speed of development is worth thinking about." Fang Xuanling said slowly.

"Well, what you said is very reasonable, but what do you think about the city planning?" Li Shimin asked.

"I thought I should ask other ministers for their opinions, after all, this matter is unprecedented." Fang Xuanling said.

Fang Xuanling really has never met him before. If he wants to build and renovate, he can just start the construction after reporting in the county. If there is a land deed, it will be fine. However, Lantian County has come up with a construction plan. Things are completely different. It's not a small fight but a suspicion of building a city.

Let Li Shimin ask the opinions of other ministers, most of them are unwilling to wade into the muddy water.

Is Li Shimin a fool? Obviously not. The style of the Lantian County construction plan is the same as the Chang'an construction plan that Yuanshan showed him last time, but the architectural structure is very different.

Li Shimin couldn't figure out why Yuanshan wanted to advocate this matter. The strangest thing was that Jingfa had enough money to invest directly, so why did he ask Guo Shouyi to ask the court for money.

It's just that he didn't know that it was all because of his own overthinking. Yuan Shan didn't have any conspiracy. He just said it casually when he was talking about this matter with Guo Shouyi. As for the plan, Yuan Shan really helped plan it.

After a matter of building a new house, it seems that things have become a bit complicated.

If Zheng Manfu knew this, he would definitely be stunned. The situation at that time was completely prevaricated by Guo Shouyi from the perspective of a businessman. How much cement, sand and bricks can the common people use to build houses, and the best price for unified procurement is not much, so he proposed unified construction. It was because of the businessman's instinct to earn more construction fees even when the profits were small, so he said that, but Guo Shouyi actually thought about it.

If it was a coincidence, Guo Shouyi wouldn't have caused such a big incident if he hadn't gone to find Yuanshan afterwards.

Above the court hall, at the end of Guo Shouyi's standing among the officials, his hands began to vibrate.

Now that things in Lantian County were being discussed, Guo Shouyi's chances of being able to enter this hall were not many. I thought I could say a few words, but the ministers in front of me had already started arguing about this matter.

He couldn't help being embarrassed, he also introduced the fact that Wei Zheng was the first to read the memorial, but he just watched the show and didn't speak.

Then Fang Xuanling was very smart and silent, and then all the officials were talking about overstepping the system, and the people from the household department were discussing the one million yuan thing, and they almost scolded Guo Shouyi together.

What Yuan Shan was doing, he didn't pay attention to those people who were arguing aside, he was calculating in his notebook about using soybeans to extract oil.

It's completely like there's nothing wrong with him, but is there really nothing wrong with him?

Chapter 669

Most of the oil that Datang eats now is meat oil, which is refined animal fat. The edible part is the refined fat, and all the bad ones are used to make soap.

In addition, there was sesame oil in ancient times, that is, sesame oil was brought back by Zhang Qian during the Han Dynasty, and grapes were brought back from the Western Regions. Although grape seeds are a kind of fruit, grape seeds can also be used to extract oil, but they are not popular. .

Using sesame seeds to extract oil is a very high-quality edible oil that ordinary people can't afford at all. This kind of oil is full of fragrance and smells delicious.

Soybeans in ancient times had many colors, such as yellow, black, and green beans. In ancient times, green beans were called Shu, which literally means the general name of beans. Vegetable oil is very rare because it is very expensive.

According to the use of vegetable oil, the Song Dynasty was considered popular, but in the late Tang Dynasty, vegetable oil was extracted. At that time, the most used olive was imported from the Mediterranean and planted in the south. The fruit oil can also be used in medicine. Compared with Sesame oil and olive oil are more expensive, but there is no such thing in Datang.

But with Yuanshan, it doesn’t need to be so troublesome. Just like the people in Wuli Township a few years ago, they generally planted sunflowers in their gardens. In fact, there was no such thing in the Tang Dynasty. Now Yuanshan plants sunflowers early and bears fruit. Not only can it be fried and eaten, but it can also be used to squeeze oil, that's right, it is melon seed oil.

There is also a plant used to extract oil called rapeseed, which will also be the main plant oil extract in the future, but most of the edible oil currently is refined from animals.

Yuan Shan was planning to use soybeans to extract oil in the court. When Qianqian supervised the grain planting in Zhengzhou, he had already asked people to arrange soybean planting. All the grain paid by the farmers was paid by the Ministry of Economics and Development. After the crops were harvested, they were all fainted and stored in the Lantian centralized warehouse, ready to be used for oil extraction.

Thinking of soybeans, I have to mention tofu. Tofu is made of soybeans. What Yuanshan thinks is that the by-products of soybean oil extraction can be used, so the project of oil extraction is not a single one. At the same time, all the by-products should be utilized, such as It is said that it is used to make tofu, soy milk, soy flour, and the waste can be used to feed pigs.

Although we have seen the benefits brought by soybeans, we still need a lot of related equipment.

When I was thinking about letting Yuanjia's food factory take care of the oil extraction in the future and process the by-products by the way.

Suddenly, I really wanted to hear someone calling my name.

Yuan Shan was taken aback for a moment, watching everyone wondering what happened.

"Yuan Shan, tell me." Li Shimin said.

Yuan Shan really wanted to ask what to say, but if the emperor knew that he slipped away, wouldn't it damage the emperor's majesty, so he pretended to think about it seriously and said: "I need to think about it for being stupid."

Li Shimin's face turned dark, and the ministers were also embarrassed.

Just now Li Shimin asked Guo Shouyi about the building plan. Guo Shouyi actually referred to Yuan Shan's suggestion, so he asked Yuan Shan about it.

As a result, Yuan Shan's sudden answer stunned everyone, but the ministers in the front row immediately understood that Yuan Shan had slipped away again.

Why do you say "again", because this is not the first time this has happened.

awkward!

Guo Shouyi Khan came down.

Yuan Shanxin said it depends on what I do, didn't he already answered.

Suddenly realized that it seemed not so good.