Take the mall to Datang

"I'm going to notify the county magistrate," said a policeman.

"Is the county magistrate here?" Zheng Manfu asked curiously.

The remaining arrester said: "Our county magistrate comes to inspect every day, and you just happened to meet."

Not long after, Zhang Baojun personally came to welcome the people who looked at him and immediately smiled and said, "I've kept you guys waiting for a long time, please come inside."

He took Zheng Qi and others to the office of the crushing plant.

"I don't know what's going on at the crushing plant today." Zhang Baojun asked.

"We heard about the rock crusher and came to take a look." Zheng satisfied.

Zhang Baojun smiled. In recent days, many people have come to check it out. The people are curious, but it is not easy for them to visit the construction site.

Today ushered in two presidents of the chamber of commerce and refused to let them visit. It must be a loss of face, so they asked people to take out hard hats and distribute them to everyone.

The huge sound of crushing stones rang out and the voice of the voice disappeared when he got closer.

When Zheng Manfu saw the huge boiler and the oversized iron box, he knew that this thing was really a steam engine, and the legendary stone-swallowing beast was all nonsense.

Back at the factory office, Zhang Baojun tentatively asked: "Currently there are gravels in reserve, President Zheng can take them at any time if needed."

"Haha, easy to say." Zheng satisfied.

Zhang Baojun really didn't know what he meant and didn't ask again.

What Zheng satisfied was that the crushed stone output was enough to replace the building materials chamber of commerce. He thought that if the cost was reasonable, he could order the required crushed stone directly in Xinfeng County, and it happened that some people could be transferred to join the engineering team.

After returning to the building materials chamber of commerce, Zheng Yiman asked people to start calculating the cost. At the same time, Zheng Yiman decided to buy crushed stone just like Zhang Baojun proposed. He was talking about the sales agency contract.

After Zheng Qi returned to Zheng's house, he asked someone to find Zheng Manfu.

"Satisfied with you, let's talk about how the Zheng family would act as an agent of the stone crusher business." Zheng Qi asked.

"The stone crusher is an expensive piece of iron. If it is resold, my nephew thinks it is inappropriate." Zheng satisfied.

Zheng Qi thought for a while and said: "The role of the stone crusher is very important, but the main point is to have stone mountains. The projects of several coastal docks have a great demand for crushed stones. You are optimistic about extending the Zheng family's business to the coast. How about going to the state capital to see it."

"If uncle really has this intention, the gravel needed by the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce in foreign states will be limited to the Zheng family at a reasonable price in the future." Zheng Satisfaction said.

Zheng Qi didn't care when he heard such ambiguous words. As the chairman of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce, he knew that the chairman didn't mean that the Chamber of Commerce was all his, as well as the shareholders. Great favor.

In Lantianhou's mansion, Zheng Qi came to talk to Yuan Shan early on.

Before entering the study room, he was invited to wait in the side hall. Knowing that Yuan Shan was talking to Yan Lide, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, he, a businessman, had to wait.

"President Zheng, please drink tea." Caiyi came over and said.

Inside the study.

"Yuan Shan, the old man came here today to inquire about the stone crusher. Is it really as powerful as the rumors say, able to pump and pump stones day and night?" Yan Lide said.

"It's true that it doesn't stop day and night. We only need to provide coal. If the Ministry of Industry wants you, I will give you a reasonable price. I don't know how many units you want." Yuan Shan changed his attitude when he talked about business. .

Yan Lide thought for a while and said, "Is the output of one rock crusher not enough?"

Yuan Shan knew that Yan Lide had never seen a rock crusher, so he took out a blueprint of a rock crusher, on which there was a theoretical production value. quantity.

"The stone crusher is like this. If you want to ensure the speedy completion of the Qizhou railway line, in my opinion, the Ministry of Industry will purchase at least five stone crushers. It is not good that the crushed stone output of a Ministry of Industry is not as good as that of a county's quarry. " Yuan Shan said.

"Why do you say that?" Yan Lide asked puzzled.

"The stone crushing factory in Xinfeng County is ready to purchase a second stone crushing machine," Yuan Shan said.

If you want to increase production, you need to buy more equipment. Yan Lide naturally understood, so he asked, "How much is the stone crusher worth?"

"Wutai's 20 guan is the true cost price." Yuan Shan said.

Yan Lide didn't understand and agreed and just said: "At this time, I still need to listen to His Majesty's will, and wait for news from me tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, Yan Lide left the Hou Mansion and went directly to the palace.

Yuan Shan knew that he was going back to find someone to investigate the price of the crusher, but he was not worried that although the price was very low when it was sold to Xinfeng County, it was the Yuan family's own business, so he had already told Zhang Baojun about the false price. Therefore, the price that outsiders can understand is [-] guan per unit.

After the success of the first stone crusher, the Military Weapons Supervisor received an order from the Yuan family for a large boiler. Xin Liangchou was really worried because the iron consumption was too high. Now most of the iron ore in Datang is collected directly It was transported to the ironworks to make rails, and most of the iron stored by the Military Weapons Supervision was used to make armaments.

Now that there are ten large boilers directly required, Xin Liangchou looked at the big money bills and his heart was pounding. For this reason, he wrote a booklet for the emperor to use the reserve iron.

Seeing that there were [-] yuan of savings and income along with the booklet, a decree came down immediately, and then the craftsmen of the Armament Supervision started work.

Chapter 687

Li Shimin read the papers submitted by the Military Weapons Supervisor, which did not need to be reviewed by the subordinate provinces. He submitted them directly to the palace, and approved the use of the reserve iron on the same day.

Ten steam engines have an income of [-] guan, which is what you can earn by blacksmithing. Li Shimin is not stupid and can stock up at any time, so making money is the most important thing right now.

The Lanzhou railway line cost the state treasury a lot of money, and it is obvious that if you want to prepare for the change in Tubo, you can't do without money.

Li Shimin was a little confused when he turned to the second memorial, and then the third, and the fourth...

At the court meeting, Li Shimin sat upright, and Ma He shouted repeatedly every day: "Let's play if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do."

Yuan Shan is still a melon-eating crowd, standing at the front really feels nothing, holding a book in his hand to pretend, in fact, it contains the latest Datang tabloid, and he takes it out to read when he is bored.

Wei Zheng stood up and said, "Your Majesty has something to say."

"Speak." Li Shimin said.

"I think it's inappropriate for the imperial government to purchase private property. Your Majesty's decree to allow the imperial court to take back the land is not competing for the interests of the people. Besides, it is very different from the land equalization system. I think it should be stopped." Wei Zheng said.

"I know that Wei Aiqing's heart is for the country, and there is no contradiction between allowing the land to be reclaimed by the public and the land equalization system. After recycling, the common people will be able to benefit from money. People will have a better life when they have money. After the land belongs to the court, it will also allow the common people. There is nothing wrong with cultivating but there is some discrepancy in the income, which does not affect the food and clothing of the people." Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty's concern is precisely because the land can be used for leasing. If this is the case, the imperial court will need a lot of money to buy the land. Maybe the officials sometimes have a hard time grasping the appropriateness. Then there will be troubles and endless troubles." Wei Zhengdao .

"I see who dares to do so. Reclaiming land is based on resources, and priority is given to urban planning. All land purchased by the imperial court is recorded. If anyone dares to buy it privately, I must see who has such courage." Li Shimin said. .

Seeing that Li Shimin was determined to support the acquisition of land, Wei Zheng stopped talking.

Because it's useless to talk too much, and it adds to the embarrassment of the emperor.

Yuan Shan looked calm. Li Shimin was very supportive of the fact that all the land belonged to the imperial court. Guo Shouyi wrote all the pros and cons of the matter in the memorial. If the unified land system is realized, the Tang Dynasty will be more stable.

Even if the court changes, there may not be too many disturbances. As long as the people's lives are stable, the institutional issues must be considered.

If it is a blind enfeoffment system, when someone comes out to do something, the world will easily fall apart and enter the next battlefield.

However, the road to public ownership of land will take a long time. Although Li Shimin thinks about it, it is a fact that he has no money.