The first rebel of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 20 The Business Do It For Me

"Uncle Cheng, just say anything!"

"Ugh……"

Before I said this, I kept sighing, what is that?

When did Cheng Yaojin become like this?

Hurry up if you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go. Don't ink it.

"Uncle Cheng, you were not like this before. Tell me if you have anything."

He wanted to say, don't be like a bitch!
"Oh, back then, Your Majesty signed an alliance with the Turkic Khan in Weishui. Your Majesty has always been ashamed of this. Our army has been stepping up training these years, thinking that one day we will be able to capture and kill the Turkic Khan. In addition, the Goguryeo in the east is also on the way. If we are eyeing it, we have to train our troops even more.”

"I know that, and then what? What are you going to say, go ahead and say it, we're all so familiar with it."

Li Min didn't know what Cheng Yaojin was going to do.

Why go around in such a big circle.

"Okay, then I'll say it straight. The soldiers don't care, but the horses are consumed too much, and the hooves are too worn. The number of warhorses lost in one year alone is hundreds of thousands. , and don’t buy war horses for silver. How can you train troops without war horses?”

It turned out that Cheng Yaojin was worried about the wear and tear of horseshoes. This is a trivial matter in later generations, but in ancient times, this problem has not been solved for a long time.

Li Min naturally has a way, as long as he does a search, there is something he won't know.

But he still deliberately said:

"Uncle Cheng, are you going to ask me to borrow money? The Ministry of Household has no money, where do I have it? This matter has to be resolved by Your Majesty."

Cheng Yaojin stared at Li Min for a while, what did he think?How can I borrow money from him?
"No, I'm thinking, since you've beaten the prince and it's fine, you can still calculate the flood in Shandong and Henan, and you can squeeze Wuji out of Chang'an. This horseshoe wear must be solved, right?"

It turns out that this guy is thinking about it.

Not to mention, he has found the right person.

Yes, he has a solution.

heard here.

At the same time, he also thought of a way to make money.

Why not start with this?
So he said:

"Uncle Cheng, how much is the Ministry of Household going to spend to deal with this matter?"

This is the key. If the Ministry of Households refuses to spend money, then everything will be in vain.

"One-tenth the value of the most warhorses."

As far as Li Yin knows, the price of a horse is now around 30 taels.

One tenth is three taels.

In fact, his method is horseshoes, and he doesn't need so much money at all.

It is more practical than the original, and it can be profitable.

Otherwise it will be replaced at any time.

You are not fools, you will spend so much money to buy a few pieces of iron.Even if it is good, there is always a replacement.

So pricing is very important.

"It's so simple, I have a way! And the price is one-third of the original price."

"Really? In what way? Just a coin or two? That's enough?"

Cheng Yaojin was overjoyed.

Li Min said, "There is a way, but..."

"But what, no matter what, I promise you!"

Just waiting for his words.

"However, you have to promise me one condition."

"Just say it!"

"I have to do the business of this horseshoe, and I have to collect the money! And I can't let Your Majesty know that I did it!"

There are more than [-] war horses in a year alone, and a single horse has to spend a lot of money to solve the problem.

Just repairing can be much more cost-effective than buying a warhorse.

According to his calculations, 10 taels of silver can solve the problem.

After deducting the cost and so on, earning [-] or [-] silver is no problem.

These words are enough for Li Min to live a very good life.

Therefore, this time, no matter what, he has to grasp it.

And he couldn't let Li Shimin know that he was doing this.

Otherwise, something bad will happen.

Li Shimin's heart is broken!
Cheng Yaojin thought about it.

"What's that method? Can you tell me first? Is it feasible for me to assess it?"

"Well, come here tomorrow morning, I'll give you something, just show it to His Majesty. By the way, give me Wen Ce by the way."

Things have changed, so Li Min also wants to get Wen Ce as soon as possible so that he can proceed to the next step.

"It's that simple? Can you tell me the principle then?"

Cheng Yaojin was very curious.

Even without him doing it.

principle?of course.

"A simple question. Why do people wear shoes?"

"Because I'm afraid of grinding my feet."

"Isn't that worth it?"

"Ah? What does this shoe have to do with a horse's hoof?"

Cheng Yaojin was very puzzled.

"As long as you put a set of shoes on the horse, wouldn't the problem of wearing the horse's hooves be solved?"

Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin's eyes lit up.

Why didn't you think of it before?

But new problems emerged.

"How can this horse wear shoes? Isn't it knitting a set of melaleuca bottoms? That may not be durable, right? And how to wear it is still a problem."

"You'll know that tomorrow. I told you now, but you don't understand."

It's almost as if Cheng Yaojin was stupid.

This made Cheng Yaojin scratch his head.

"Okay, I'll come back tomorrow!"

The two were talking, and suddenly.

Li Min grimaced.

"Come out, Zhu Shan!"

It turned out that Zhu Shan had been listening outside just now.

When Zhu Shan heard his name, he trembled with fright.

Cheng Yaojin's temper came up directly.

"Kid, you dare to eavesdrop on our speech, die!"

Li Min stopped him.

"Uncle Cheng, I'll take care of him, you go back first!"

"Sure, then I'll go first, and I'll come back tomorrow!"

Cheng Yaojin glared at Zhu Shan and went out from the main gate. This exit made everyone wonder, what happened inside?

As for Li Min inside, he walked to the edge of Zhu Shan.

"Sixth prince, Xiao didn't hear it on purpose!"

He regretted his previous actions.

It turned out that the person in front of him was the son of the current emperor.

Such an identity made him a little scared.

"Zhu Shan, since you know everything, then I'll give you two choices."

"Yes Yes Yes"

"First, follow my orders to do things, and the benefits are indispensable. Second, it is death!"

After understanding, Zhu Shan is very reliable.

A typical businessman.

He has also searched for this person's introduction, and he is absolutely loyal about the future.

And businessmen are thousands of times better than villains.

So Li Min wanted to reuse him.

Some things are better handled by him than by himself.

After all, he didn't want to face Li Shimin, he could let this guy do it.

"I choose first, choose first!"

"Very good! I like people like you. You will still call me Mr. Zili in the future. But now there is one thing for you to do."

"Yes, yes, the sixth prince ordered, I will do it."

Then he began to search for the structure diagram of the horseshoe, and immediately integrated it.

With flying brushes, he drew the structure and size of horseshoes, and also wrote about the smelting method of horseshoes.

This is the most important because shapes can be imitated, but materials cannot.

"Go to the smithy with this structure diagram and make a set of this thing."

Then Zhu Shan did as he said.

And he himself went to the door again, as if nothing was wrong, and then sold poetry for a living.

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