The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 428

It is impossible for the emperor to be a trouser, after all, he is not a locust who needs the queen to earn extra money to support his family.

Li Er's speech is more like a statement and a show of determination.

It was Du Ruhui who was really worried that he was forced to wear pants.

Thinking of the empty warehouse of the household department, the melancholy Du Ruhui's first thought was to resign. Even if he went to work in the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites, it would be better than worrying about not being able to sleep all day long.

But resigning at this time will be laughed at by everyone as a deserter.

After thinking through all the conceivable methods in his mind, he finally set his sights on Li Yunze.

If anyone in the world can come up with such a large sum of money, only this Lantian county magistrate is the county magistrate now.

"Borrowing money? It's okay to borrow money, but what do you use to pay it back? Where is the equivalent guarantee?"

Li Yunze's rhetorical question made Du Ruhui subconsciously look at Li Er.

For a civil servant with a dark heart, he would first do everything possible to get the money, divide up and down more than half of it, finish the rest, and then pat his ass and leave to leave the mess to the next successor.

If you really find yourself on your body, you will simply stalk your neck "If you have money or not, you will die~~~"

At that time, it is the real sufferer who makes every day not respond, and the earth does not work.

It's a pity that Du Ruhui is a civil servant with integrity and can be called a real scholar-bureaucrat. He can't do this kind of thing for the sake of face.

He pinned his hopes on Li Er, hoping that the emperor would come forward to provide a guarantee.

Among other things, the face of the emperor is of course only useful if the face is provided by the emperor who wants face and has the strength to protect face, and the sand sculptures of foolish emperors are not included in this list.

Sensing Du Ruhui's gaze, Li Er subconsciously moved his head away, and picked up the book Li Yunze put on the table.

".Futon"

Seeing the emperor flipping through the book with illustrations with relish, Du Ruhui was unrestrained, "Zihou, I won't talk nonsense, just speak up if you can."

He simply lay flat, you can use whatever tricks you want, as long as things can be done.

"Du Gong." Li Yunze looked around at the many civil and military nobles who came over with concern, "Masters."

"I would like to ask you all, is this railway making money?"

With these words, the civil and military nobles all laughed subconsciously, "Naturally, they make money."

Just the income of passengers along the way has already made everyone speechless, not to mention the more lucrative freight income.

To use the current popular words in Chang'an City, it is "When the train rings, there are ten thousand taels of gold." '

Nodding his head, Li Yunze asked again, "With such an opportunity to make money, would you be willing to participate in it and invest in it?"

As soon as these words came out, the wise man had an instant epiphany.

The imperial court has no money, but they have money.

Over the years, thanks to Li Yunze's provision of technology and materials, the nobles of various families have made a lot of money.

Among other things, it is not too difficult for each family to spend tens of thousands of coins.

Li Yunze smiled even more: "Everyone knows that I paid for and worked hard to build this railway. In return, Your Majesty gave me the right to operate it for 20 years. If everyone works together to build a railway that His Majesty wants, His Majesty will not even think about it." stingy 20 years of experience

battalion rights. "

"That's not enough." Du Ruhui, who was calculating quickly in his mind, first glanced at Li Er who was quietly and seriously reading, and then said, "One catty of iron is worth thirty yuan, and one mile of iron is worth more than one hundred thousand catties. To build a mile of railway, at least three thousand iron coins.

"

Li Yunze on the side smiled without saying a word.

He did not remind that iron is different from iron, from iron to rail, and in addition, every link of production and transportation is different.Its cost and terminal price are very different.And the terrain is different, the price is not the same.

Li Yunze understood these things, but he didn't say them out, because it would be pointless to say them.

It is not easy for literati and bureaucrats to be able to do what Du Ruhui did. At least they did not reprimand them for affecting the saint's rest and demanded that they all be demolished.

He didn't become a rotten Confucian, who scolded the strange and obscene skills, he should be punished!
It is already the best result for the civil servants of the Tang Dynasty to choose to accept it calmly, so don't worry about the details anymore, and you can't ask others according to your own standards.

Li Ji, who was sitting next to the smiling grandson Wuji, frowned and thought about it, "From Chang'an City to Gaochang, there is always land four or five thousand miles away. That is to say, it costs more than 1000 million yuan to buy iron alone? "

As soon as the price came out, everyone stopped talking, only Changsun Wuji couldn't help laughing out loud.

Even Li Er, who was attracted by the book, couldn't help frowning and looked over, "Why are you so happy."

The eldest grandson Wuji, who suppressed his smile, hastily saluted, "The sow in the pigsty on Zhuangzi gave birth to eight piglets in one go. I am so happy."

Everyone rolled their eyes when they heard the words, and even Li Er snorted coldly.

Everyone knows that Li Yunze contributes technology, and Changsun Wuji contributes money and energy to the ironworks. It is obvious that this time he wants to make money like crazy.

Over there, Du Ruhui took over the conversation, "We also need to include labor, various accessories, personnel training, daily maintenance and patrolling, and other expenses. The cost of a mile starts at [-] yuan."

This is really in line with that sentence, even if you become a pair of pants, you can't afford to repair them.

Many honorable civil and military people present here have thrown in all their belongings, but they can't repair it.

When everyone's eyes were all on Li Yunze, Li Er put the book in his hand into his sleeve, stood up, and beckoned Changsun Wuji to the back carriage.

The latter section also belongs to Li Er, and it is a place for him to sleep.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't calling grandson Wuji to attend bedtime, it's teaching him a lesson when he sees that he earns too much.

The door was closed, and everyone could only hear the sound of "dang bang bang" in their ears, and they didn't know how Li Er repaired his brother-in-law.

After an incense stick of time passed, the door of the carriage was opened, and Li Er came out with his hands behind his back, and Changsun Wuji, who was following behind him, obviously paled a lot, and his footsteps were a little vain.

Sitting down again, the distraught Changsun Wuji kept gesturing to Li Yunze with his eyes.

Sure enough, after Li Er sat down, he simply said, "I think the commercial tax of [-] and [-] is too low. Heavy weapons like iron should be taxed."

Li Yunze shrugged with an indifferent face, "Add whatever you want, and you can raise the price as much as you want."

The price can be raised as much as the tax is added, and in the end the court still pays the bill.

Li Er narrowed his eyes, "Aren't you afraid of the salt and iron franchise?"

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, in order to quickly restore the economy, Datang adopted the method of cooperating with big businessmen to stimulate economic development and rapid increase in material supply.

Both salt and iron can be bought and sold privately at this time.

But this kind of thing can't last long. After all, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, salt and iron have been monopolized. It is impossible for the imperial court to give up this huge profit.

Everyone's thoughts came alive, if it was really a monopoly of salt and iron, then things would be simple.

The iron for railway repairs does not require money, it is paid by the imperial court.

It's easier to do things manually, just pay corvee directly.

What a great way!

Li Yunze didn't care about it at all, but smiled more relaxedly, "It doesn't matter, it can be directly expropriated. It's just that without my technical support, if you want to produce rails that can build thousands of miles in a few years, go ahead and dream."

One sentence brought everyone back to reality.

Datang's iron production is exhausted in a year, which is a scale of tens of millions of catties. Even if it is not used in other places, it is all invested in the railway, and it can build a hundred miles a year?

I want to go to Gaochang for repair. Hey, the grandson of the big guy may be able to see it.

After a long silence, Li Er said again, "How about I use mines, land, manpower, and taxes as shares in your iron factory?"

Hearing this, Li Yunze immediately turned his head to look at the earth-colored Changsun Wuji.

Squeezing out a smile that was uglier than crying, Changsun Wuji nodded with difficulty, "My side is transferred to His Majesty."

Everyone wanted to laugh, but they could only bear it because they were concerned about Changsun Wuji's face.

"Yes." Li Yunze agreed very simply, "It is cooperation with whomever you cooperate with. The specific ex-factory price can be negotiated and decided after calculating the cost."

Li Er nodded in satisfaction, took out the book from his sleeve and continued to look through it.

After temporarily solving the matter worth tens of millions of rails, the topic returned to how to build the Chang'an-Gaochang railway.

"The imperial court sold 20 years of management rights to raise funds from the private sector to build the railway." Li Yunze said to Du Ruhui, "If it is too expensive to go directly to Gaochang, you can go to Lanzhou first. Don't be too anxious to eat a fat man, build it section by section. that is.

"

All the civil and military nobles nodded one after another, saying that this is indeed a good way.

If it was only built to Lanzhou, it would be much simpler.

As for the method of going from Chang'an to Shengzhou and from Chang'an to Luoyang, where Li Yunze is responsible for the whole process with his own money and efforts, no one is willing.

This kind of railway where money is flowing, everyone gets a piece of it, how can Li Yunze take it all by himself.

When he proposed to build the railway from Chang'an City to Lanzhou first, the civil and military nobles enthusiastically expressed their willingness to participate in it.

Li Yunze said that [-] shares are used as the minimum entry standard, and after the total amount is determined, the annual dividends are distributed based on the shares of each company.

Seeing a group of his subordinates shouting a sky-high price of [-] to [-], Li Er felt very uncomfortable.

Building a palace by myself has been scolded by Wei Zheng from the proposal until now, but these guys can casually spend tens of thousands of wealth, how annoying!
Du Ruhui will do the specific arrangements, which is also his job.

Li Yunze got up and went to the dining car, preparing to have a sumptuous dinner.

The richness of the dinner lies in the variety of ingredients.

All kinds of vegetables and fruits, all kinds of beef, mutton and fish are available.

But when it comes to good food or something, that's about it.

After all, Li Yunze was the one who made the iron pot. It's only been a few years, how can a culture of exquisite cuisine be developed so quickly.

The imperial cook that Li Er carried with him had the same technical level as Li Jiazhuang, because Li Er's imperial cook was originally the cook of Li Jiazhuang.

This is also the ceiling of the entire Datang cuisine level.

Not surprisingly, Li Er, with his hands behind his back, wobbled to sit opposite him.

Meeting Li Yunze's gaze, Li Er smiled slightly and said something meaningful.

"I feel that the aristocratic family is also very rich."

(End of this chapter)