Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 129 Connecting the World

The raw silk produced by the ten silk reeling pools is not enough for one loom, and there are too many silkworm cocoons purchased. If they are not disposed of quickly, they will be turned into moths and will be wasted.

Only then did hundreds of silk reeling pools be added at once, and the tools for reeling silk were much simpler, and the general supervisor could build dozens of them a day.

But the loom was much slower. Thirty carpenters could not make one in a day, especially the spring, and the success rate was too low.

Even so, Yeting Palace now has thirty new looms.

There is nothing in the silk reeling pool, but the number is much larger, which is a bit shocking, but the loom is different. Zhang Chengye was amazed when he saw the shuttle of the loom moving back and forth, and the Weaver Girl stepped on the feet to complete the weft pressing. .

"The workmanship of the gods, the workmanship of the gods, the loom is probably much faster than before."

"hundred times!"

In the past, it took two weaving girls a month to weave one piece of cloth, and three pieces of cloth a day.

"The cloth seems to be a lot wider?"

"The width of five feet is almost three times the previous width of one foot and eight."

"I'm afraid a piece of this cloth will cost ten strings!"

Li Ye hasn't figured out the price yet. If we roughly estimate the production capacity of silkworm cocoons in the Guanzhong area, it will increase to [-] looms, and more will be added after the silk reeling pool.

A thousand looms can produce 100 pieces of silk a day, [-] pieces a month, and [-] million pieces a year.

After the silk silk comes into the market in large quantities, the price will definitely not be as high as it is now, but for such a large piece, it shouldn't be a big problem to sell it for four or five strings.

Relying on silk alone, the annual income can reach 500 million guan. Excluding the cost, 300 million guan should be enough, and the entire Guanzhong sericulture farmers will also receive a bonus of 200 million guan.

Of course, I don't know if the market can consume so much silk, the whole Guanzhong will definitely not be able to eat it.

The Central Plains, Hedong, Huaixi, etc. may not be able to eat much. Now that there are many wars and disasters, the people have no money.Those soldiers will be rich.

And in Datang, silk can be used as money.

There are two other ways, one is to open up the Hexi Corridor as soon as possible, and sell silk to the countries in the Western Regions and even Europe through the Hexi Corridor.

The second way, of course, is to communicate with the grasslands through Yinsui and Suizhou, and sell silk to the grasslands in exchange for cattle, sheep and horses of the grassland tribes.

But no matter what, silk will become the pillar of Guanzhong's economy, and soon, Guanzhong will become the most affluent place in the world.

Naturally, Li Ye could use this money to raise more soldiers.

"This is done with my internal funds."

His Majesty the Emperor turned the Yeting Palace into a silk reeling and weaving workshop, and brought Zhang Chengye here, so he definitely didn't just come here to have a look.

"Your Majesty, I want to know how much cloth this loom can weave in a day? How many looms does Your Majesty plan to install?"

There is nothing to hide from Zhang Chengye, Li Ye said: "The loom can weave three pieces of cloth a day, and I want to set up a thousand looms here!"

Zhang Chengye lowered his head and did some calculations, and felt that the amount was huge, which was almost equal to the imperial court's annual tax.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, which emperor's internal funds have been in the millions.

Zhang Chengye also clicked his tongue at this number.

"This is a sign of the revival of the Tang Dynasty, I congratulate Your Majesty!"

Li Ye said: "This is a big matter, and I can't judge it arbitrarily. It's not appropriate to entrust the inner palace to act as an agent. I brought Aiqing here, and I want to hand over my internal funds to Aiqing."

In managing money, Zhang Chengye is an iron handle. According to the original history, Zhang Chengye helped Li Cunxu take charge of the money bag.

Li Cunxu is an art lover, and he often likes to listen to operas, but listening to operas requires money. When Li Cunxu is short of money, he puts his mind on Zhang Chengye.

Li Cunxu once specially invited Zhang Chengye to drink, and put the drinking place in the treasury, and asked his youngest son Li Jiji to dance for Zhang Chengye.

After the dance, Zhang Chengye gave the jade belt and the white horse. Li Cunxu pointed to a pile of money in the treasury, and said to Zhang Chengye dissatisfied: "The white horse jade belt is worthless, Seventh Brother (Zhang Chengye) just give a pile of money to my son! "

At that time, Zhang Chengye could be said to be stern and selfless, and said: "My lord, what are you thinking, the money in the treasury is to strengthen the military and reward the soldiers to kill the enemy, how can you just use it to coax children!"

These words made Li Cunxu's eyes flash with anger, and he drew his sword to cut Zhang Chengye.

Lao Zhang didn't blow it up either, he just stretched out his neck.

"Chop here!"

In the end, it was Li Cunxu who gave up. He was scolded by his mother that night, and even invited Zhang Chengye to dinner overnight to make amends.

This matter is recorded in the history books, and there should be some authenticity.

Zhang Chengye is good at financial management, Li Ye naturally wants to put this skill to practical use.

"I entrusted Aiqing Shangshu with the right servant to shoot, the leader of the military department to judge Duzhi, the household department's treasury department, and my internal treasury department."

This is equivalent to Datang's chief financial officer, plus the army general logistics minister, and Li Ye's personal butler.

And Shangshu Youpushe is a serious prime minister, which is convenient for him to act.

In fact, Li Ye's expectation of Zhang Chengye was much more than that.

Datang's current accounting is chaotic, and there are no fixed methods for issuing and entering accounts. Li Ye wants to implement the double-entry accounting method. If implemented properly, it can effectively reduce corruption, but it is definitely not appropriate to implement it at this time, and he will never do it. People, secondly, the court needs stability too much now, and now it is obviously against itself to engage in anti-corruption.

The other thing is that it connects the world. The main currency of the Tang Dynasty is copper coins. After all, copper coins are too heavy, and it is definitely inconvenient to carry them for long distances.

Silk silk gave Li Ye a lot of confidence, with enough reserve funds, at least it can connect the land of Shu and Guanzhong, and even extend to Hexi and the grasslands. Wouldn't it be very convenient to redeem the ticket with Zhang Zhang?

As for a beast like a bank, Li Ye is even more afraid to release it now. Of course, with the current conditions, he can't release it. The country's reputation has fallen to the bottom now, and the devil will believe you.

And the last thing is to promote gold and silver coins. This Li Ye has no idea. One is how much gold and silver stocks in the Tang Dynasty, what kind of exchange ratio, and the imperial court does not have enough gold and silver reserves. Gold and silver coins Can only be shelved first.

If these three things are accomplished, it will naturally be a good thing for generations to come.

Of course, because Emperor Sui Yang took too big a step, the past of the egg can be vividly remembered. Li Ye didn't want to turn a good thing into a bad thing. There is no need to rush this matter, after all, it is not yet the unified Tang Dynasty.

With Li Ye's one-step, three-step style of doing things, among the three things, at this time, it is easiest to connect the world.

The "Datang Royal Weaving Bureau" was set up in the states controlled by the imperial court to purchase silkworm cocoons, sell silk cloth and cotton cloth, and set up Huitong and exchange business at the same time.

In His Majesty's own internal treasury department, use the new double-entry bookkeeping method to keep accounts, accumulate enough experience and talents, and then look for opportunities to gradually implement it.

That's probably what Li Ye thought. He planned to have a banquet tonight and talk to Butler Zhang.

(End of this chapter)