Take the mall to Datang

Regardless of the fact that the Tubo people have promised friendship and trade, there must be enough soldiers and horses in the border areas.

Now Shanzhou, Lanzhou, Hezhou, Taozhou, Minzhou and other places have a total of [-] troops stationed, which has been reduced too much.

The troops are mainly concentrated in Shanzhou, Lanzhou and Hezhou. Who makes these places the most critical.

Li Shimin is very concerned about the matter of reclaiming public land, and all the proceeds will be allocated to the Lanzhou Yamen. Yuan Shan proposed a tax reduction and exemption proposal for public land, and since it is beginning to be implemented, Li Shimin agrees.

However, after the public grain came out, a large part of it was used to feed the Tuyuhun people. They used their labor in exchange for grain, part of the grain was used to distribute salaries, and part was used for secondary food. In this way, the operation of Lanzhou can be regarded as self-sufficient, yes a good cycle.

The treasury expenditure has been reduced, and the operation can be more flexible. The trouble is that there are more people and steps to check the accounts. It is also to avoid some disadvantages. Yuan Shan will not stop it, but let the Ministry of Economics and Development fully cooperate.

The matter of the Tubo trade was finally negotiated, and the trading place was in Tuyuhun. Qinghai and Gansu areas were used as trading locations, warehouses, and markets needed to be established by both parties. Warehouse, if you need a warehouse to serve the Tibetans, you need to pay money, and you need money to build a warehouse and hire a Tang construction team.

The Tuyuhun, which is even more different, is now the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so the Tubo people need to lease land to build warehouses, which costs money.

Anyway, there's nothing money can't fix.

A few days later, the bidding for the warehouse project in Tuhun Market began. The difference this time is that not only the construction teams from the Ministry of Industry, the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce, and the Luoyang Chamber of Commerce joined, but also those from Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yuezhou, and other state capitals. The consortium is involved, and they also have construction teams, construction experience, and cement production experience.

The competition suddenly became tense.

Zheng Manfu has been busy this year. After accumulating a certain amount of wealth, the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce started to expand its business, not only making cement, but now most of the cement they sell is wholesale from the Ministry of Industry, although it is not as profitable as their own production. There are many, but they hardly think too much, and they don't need their staff to be busy.

Instead of transporting timber, they invested in the construction of comprehensive shopping malls in some state capitals. The construction team was mainly hired by the imperial court to build railways. It can be said that the current business of the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce is various, and they even sell bearings from the Ministry of Industry.

Money is naturally earned. On the contrary, the Luoyang Chamber of Commerce has invested a lot in the construction team in the past two years. It has purchased construction equipment, iron wheelbarrows and other auxiliary tools from Yuanjia many times. It has developed very well through the construction of Lanzhou. The first time they heard the news, they immediately signed up.

Under the leadership of Yan Lide, the remaining Ministry of Industry is now arranged according to the division of industrialization and specialization. The Ministry of Industry no longer relies solely on appropriation to operate. The carpenters' union does some commercial things, and the cost is lower than that of the carpenters' union, such as processing the frame and making wooden wheels.

Presumably, the salary of a private guy is not too high in the Ministry of Industry, but the benefits are guaranteed.

Originally, I thought that the three companies would be the most favorable to compete for the construction of the warehouse project, but I didn't expect that the chambers of commerce in several coastal state capitals would all come to bid after hearing about this matter.

Chang'an Economic and Development Department, because of this matter, the staff have been busy for a long time. According to the current bidding situation, the Luoyang Chamber of Commerce has a greater advantage, and the price is also fair.

Yuan Shan had just come to work, and all these things required him to make decisions.

The construction of the Tuhun market, His Majesty finally spoke, the purpose is very simple to save the treasury expenditure, Yuanshan must let the Ministry of Industry intervene in the construction of the main body, after the Ministry of Industry intervenes, directly call the Tuhun people and some Turkic captives, the cost will naturally decrease a lot of.

However, the power of several major chambers of commerce is also indispensable, so several chambers of commerce contract work according to the size of the engineering team, and the project funds can be paid in installments, which can make the treasury no more than a one-off huge amount of funds.

Then the Ministry of Economics and Development began to settle the accounts. After more than ten days of calculation, the development of the Tuhun Project required an investment of 300 million guan, most of which was used for road construction. Yuanshan felt relieved that there was no investment from the Ministry of Economics and Development this time. .

However, the Economic Development Department was not easy, and some accounting supervision matters had to be taken care of to the end. Before that, Tuyuhun needed to build an Economic Development Department, which caused Yuan Shan another headache.

Students of the talent academy need to speed up the learning and assessment process in advance, but there will still be a delay of at least one month in time, because the students of the talent academy must have an internship at the money bank, otherwise they will not be hired.

In the end, Li Chunfeng was invited to sit in the town.

Chapter 835 Labor and Slavery

When the matter is settled, the talent school will naturally recruit students when there are no students.

The news began to spread from Lantian County, and the number of recruits has reached 1000 per year. The Ministry of Economic Development said that the financial pressure is a bit heavy.

Yuan Shandu planned to let Li Shimin accept the Ministry of Economics and Development directly. Spending money like running water would not be able to save his family's wealth, and even if he saved it, it would not be his.

In the palace study, Yuan Shan sincerely asked His Majesty to allocate funds, but Li Shimin was really unmoved.

"Every place in the Tang Dynasty is developing and needs money. Do you know how much money the court invested in the railway track from Chang'an to Cangzhou?" Li Shimin said.

The railway is now being rebuilt by the imperial court. He really doesn't know. He is a little curious, but what does it have to do with his application for funding?

"If you want to change the subject, don't ask what's wrong." Yuan Shan said heartily.

Li Shimin waited for a long time and saw that Yuan Shan didn't answer, his old face was almost red, but what kind of person Li Shimin was, no one asked him, so he said directly: "500 million guan."

"Do you know what this means? The national treasury accounts for more than half of it. Do you still hope that I can spend more money?" Li Shimin pointed out.

Anyway, it's right if you don't have it. This attitude makes Yuan Shan very speechless.

"Your Majesty, the mutual trade between Tang and Tubo is a long-term thing. With good interests to restrain them, they dare not act rashly. I heard that the North-South Shipping has made a lot of money recently. I suggest that it is better to let Jiaolong and other warships join the shipping together. , when the time comes, the business in the Tang Dynasty will usually be more developed in the north and south." Yuan Shan said.

"No, how can the warships of the Tang Dynasty be used as cargo ships? The Fusang people are said to be very dissatisfied with the Tang people because the Tang Dynasty occupied Kyushu Island. Last time, the trade of the Cangzhou was suppressed by the local nobles. I didn't make a lot of money, and I hope that the warship can be used to give them some warnings." Li Shimin said.

"Warning? Your Majesty, why don't you take this opportunity to directly lead troops to occupy the entire Fusang to prevent future hidden dangers. They will not give up Kyushu Island easily." Yuan Shan said.

"Your Majesty, labor requires a large number of people. If Fusang is really captured, the population and wealth will be a great thing." Yuan Shan said.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, but he stopped being excited, and said: "Fusang is a neighboring country of Datang, and it is a subsidiary country of Datang. If we really want to capture them, it is not to let other countries be vigilant against me. That's not right."

Yuan Shan didn't persuade, anyway, it's up to you whether you want it or not in Kyushu Island.

He has already decided to make OEM products in Kyushu Island and not handle specific technical workshops.

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If you don't apply for a grant, you can only do everything according to the commercial model. If you don't have money, there are construction methods without money, and the scale can be reduced without taking up resources.

Before Lu Dongzan left Chang'an, Yuan Shan came to Honglu Temple to find him.

"Lu Dongzan, I've been really busy these days. It's my country's fault for not coming to greet the Tubo mission. I'm here today to discuss the trade market." Yuan Shan said.

Talking about business, Lu Dongzan and other Tubo officials all went to the table, and the atmosphere was a bit serious.

"It's like this. In order to speed up cooperation, the imperial court hopes that you can invest in some farms in Tuyuhun to develop local animal husbandry. Otherwise, it would be inappropriate to wait for Tubo to transport a large number of livestock over thousands of miles. We Tang people can provide construction teams, and your country You only need to provide enough funds, and the imperial court will directly choose to buy the livestock after they are grown, I don’t know what you want.” Yuan Shan said.

Lu Dongzan nodded, so it was easy for them, and they reached a consensus after a brief discussion with the Tubo Mission.

"There is no problem in developing animal husbandry in Tuyuhun, but if we invest in it, we need to report the matter to our Tubo king for decision," Lu Dongzan said.

"Well, no problem. Anyway, you are the ones who benefit. To put it simply, no matter where your Tibetan livestock come from, you don't care about the travel expenses when it comes to trading. In other words, everything consumed on the road is your own loss. You should be clear about this point. It is most suitable to build a ranch locally, but as mentioned above, you need to pay the related expenses involved, just as stated in the contract. To do business in Tubo must abide by the rules of the contract." Yuan Shan continued.

"Don't worry, we know this, we need time to complete it." Lu Dongzan said.

Coming out of Honglu Temple, Yuan Shan could see that the current king of Tubo doesn't want war, at least there will be peace for decades, which can be regarded as a solution to a heart problem. After all, it is not easy for Lanzhou to develop. If Tubo comes here often If the crime is committed, Lanzhou will definitely be affected, and all investment will be in vain by then.

Back at the Duke's Mansion, the family members are all there, happy and harmonious, and found that he still likes to live a comfortable and leisurely life.

But things backfired, that's it, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

As soon as he came back, Caiyi came over and said, "Master, Yan Shangshu is waiting in the hall."

Yuan Shan and Cai Yi rushed over together.

"Lan Guogong, I just heard that you have entered the palace and I am waiting for you here." Yan Lide said.

"I don't know why Yan Shangshu is looking for me?" Yuan Shan asked.