Li Shimin

"Let's go, let me go to Lijiazhuang with me! This matter, maybe only Xuan Ba ​​can solve it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

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"Your Majesty, Lu Jiansi still needs to buy river sand and stones from other aristocratic families?"

After listening to Li Shimin's words, Li Xuan was also speechless for a while.

"Xuanba, after all, the Road Construction Department is a new government office, and river sand and stones require a lot of labor to mine."

Li Shimin was also a little embarrassed about this matter.

"Your Majesty, are the limestone, clay, and stones required for burning cement also restricted?"

Li Xuan asked again.

"Returning to His Royal Highness King Jin, it seems that there is indeed such a thing!"

Li Wei quickly replied.

"call……"

Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help exhaling softly.

"Can local state and county officials participate?"

Li Xuan asked again.

"This?"

Li Wei couldn't help frowning in thought.

Li Shimin's expression changed slightly.

"Xuanba, many state and county officials are from aristocratic families!"

"Your Majesty, why do you say that these people from aristocratic families obstruct the construction of the concrete road? Besides, this is a concrete road, and some aristocratic families have invested money in it!"

Thinking about it, Li Xuan couldn't help chuckling, and asked Li Shimin!

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Chapter 310 Let them spit it out

"Hmph, aristocratic family, the cystworm crawling on the country and sucking blood is for money!"

Li Shimin looked gloomy.

"Since they want to make money from cement roads, let them spit it out somewhere else!"

After listening, Li Xuan nodded slowly.

He didn't expect that these aristocratic families would dare to act as a demon in secret before taking the situation lightly.

"Huh? Spit it out?"

Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, then quickly looked at Li Xuan.

"Xuanba, what trick do you have?"

"Your Majesty, don't forget that these aristocratic families have also started business in glass, sofas, tea shops, salt, and even carriages. They will also ask me to buy them!"

Li Xuan chuckled, "Although the sofas and carriages are simple in structure, they can imitate them as long as they are shameless. However, they can only get the glass, tea shop, salt, etc. from us! As for the price How much is up to me to decide, or we can give them less goods, and within a few days, they will rush to the door and ask to see His Majesty!"

"Alternatively, His Majesty can send ministers to inform those families who have invested money, and tell them that the price of cement roads is too high because of the high price of sand and gravel. The money invested before is not enough, and they need to follow up the investment again, or add new investors to join the group! "

"This?"

Li Shimin couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, and then his face was overjoyed.

"Xuan Ba, this is really a bit shameful!"

"In addition, I heard that the chief officer of Lu Jiansi does not have a prominent background!"

Li Xuan asked again.

"Duan Cheng, Director of Road Construction, is a member of King Qin's old mansion. He has been with me for so many years, and I trust him very much!"

Li Shimin nodded and said.

After thinking for a while, Li Xuan said: "Your Majesty, in the future, the Road Construction Department and the Housing Construction Department must deal with the officials of various states and counties, as well as the world's aristocratic families. confidence!"

"Confidence?" Li Shimin was taken aback again.

"Either someone like Su Guogong, or someone with the status of Hejian County King. If Su Guogong or Hejian County King and others are allowed to preside over the Road Construction Department, if you dare to have state officials and those aristocratic families If you join forces with others and obstruct the construction of cement roads together, Su Guogong or Hejian County King can directly lead the troops to attack the door and kill chickens to make an example of monkeys, who dares to do small tricks in private?"

Li Xuan said calmly.

"Forehead!"

A flash of astonishment flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and he immediately understood what Li Xuan meant.

"It's just, is there something wrong with this action?"

"It's a crime of disrespect to obstruct the concrete road that all the families in the world have built together with His Majesty. Not to mention smashing their house, even if they stole their house, it's no big deal!"

As he said that, Li Xuan snorted softly, "However, if no one in Lu Jiansi dares to smash the gates of those aristocratic families, His Majesty can only restrict them from other merchants!"

"Xuan Ba's meaning, I understand!"

Li Shimin nodded and said.

"Ok!"

Li Xuan also nodded lightly, "Nowadays, apart from officials and scholars, there is nothing that can restrict Your Majesty!"

At this time, although disasters continued, Li Shimin's men were full of talents, especially the generals who were loyal to Li Shimin.Although the aristocratic family can compete against Li Shimin one or two, it is also the case when the world's great aristocratic families unite.

Otherwise, let alone one family, even if it is three or four aristocratic families, only ministers like Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji can play him to death!

"I don't know what clever strategy Xuanba has?"

Li Shimin's expression changed, and he asked again.

"Your Majesty can open schools in Datang, so that all school-age children can go to school!"

Li Xuan glanced at Li Shimin and said slowly.

Hearing this, Li Shimin opened his mouth and stopped talking.

How could he have so much money in Tang Dynasty.

Immediately, after a few more pleasantries, Li Shimin, who was in a good mood, took his leave and left.

But Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others hurriedly sent each other off.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, when passing the square, Li Shimin suddenly heard a clear voice.

Pointing to a row of buildings that are exactly the same as those of the medical school, he asked, "Gao Ming, what building is this?"

"Go back to Aye, this building is Li's school!"

Li Chengqian said quickly.

"School?"

Li Shimin was startled, and then a flash of disbelief flashed in his eyes: "The school in a small village is so big?"

After that, he looked up at the courtyards of the households in Lijiazhuang for a while, and a trace of surprise gradually appeared in his eyes.

"Xuanba Zhuangzi has been built for so long, and I haven't had a good look at it yet. Come on, take me to have a look!"

"Yes, Ayer!"

Li Chengqian responded and hurried forward to lead the way.

As several people walked in, the voices coming out of the school became even clearer.

However, Li Shimin's expression became more and more strange and suspicious.

After getting closer, Li Shimin and Li Wei's eyes widened when they saw the scene in the school, their faces full of disbelief.

"Gao Ming, this is?"

In the several dormitories on the first floor of the school, there were actually some adult men dressed as servants and householders, each holding a book in their hands, and following a master, they were reading it seriously.

Moreover, it is also an enlightenment book.

"Aye, as long as the servants and tenants of the master's house are willing to learn, they can come and read with these masters in their spare time..."

Then, Li Chengqian told Li Shimin everything about the school.

Li Shimin was even more surprised when he heard that all school-age children would come to the school, and even the officials in Li Xuan's mansion could teach these children and adults how to read and write.

After that, he quickened his pace and hurried up to the second floor, and sure enough, he saw a group of children sitting respectfully in the school dormitory, concentrating on their studies.

Some masters in the school are still dressed as officials of the royal family.

Only now did Li Shimin believe Li Chengqian's words, but his expression was even more shocking.

If all the children from poor families and farmers in the world can do this, what kind of grand occasion will it be in the Tang Dynasty?

It's just that the school looks like this, but what do the houses of the farmers look like?

Thinking about it, Li Shimin became even more curious, and hurried to the farmer's house!

From the outside of the road, there are not too many houses in Lijiazhuang, only two rows.

However, Li Xuan built houses for the households in Lijiazhuang according to the small two-story model of the later generations. There are hundreds of households with hundreds of small two-story courtyards.

When Li Chengqian walked in with Li Shimin, the more Li Shimin walked away, the more shocked his eyes became.

Houses like a military formation, row after row, row after row, neatly arranged.

Moreover, each small courtyard has exactly the same layout. There are four spacious houses in total, and they all have bright glass windows!

After walking for more than half an hour, Li Shimin didn't finish his turn.

"Gao Ming, how many small courtyards are there?"

"Back to Aye, there are 120 small courtyards, ten of them are vacant, and no one lives in them!"

Li Chengqian quickly replied.

"Huh? Whose courtyards are those two?"

Suddenly, Li Shimin pointed to the two outermost courtyards and asked curiously.

"Go back to Aye, that's the courtyard of Cui Hongmo of the Cui family and Zheng Mingde of the Zheng family!"

Li Chengqian replied.

"Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde, those two aristocratic families?"

Li Shimin was startled, Li Shimin was more familiar with these two family members who took the initiative to join Li Xuan's family than he was with the Patriarch of the Cui Family in Qinghe and the Patriarch of the Zheng Family in Xingyang.

Chapter 311

Of course, those aristocratic families are not very clear about the benefits of this kind of 'knowledge' in the emperor's heart.

Even Zheng Mingde and Cui Hongmo didn't know very well that they were more important than their patriarchs in the heart of the Tang Emperor!

Thinking about it, Li Shimin's face suddenly changed, and he gave them a hard look.

"I didn't expect that the sons of these two aristocratic families could build such a house in Xuanba Manor, and you don't have any such bastard things. You are a disciple of Xuanba!"

"Aye, I'm waiting in the Confucius Courtyard, there is a small courtyard!"

Li Chengqian reported in a low voice.

"Is it this big?"

Li Shimin glared at Li Chengqian again.

Li Chengqian and Cheng Chusi were silent.

"Talk to Xuanba tomorrow, I want a house like this too!" Li Shimin said with a look of disgust.

"what?"

Li Chengqian was taken aback.