Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 84

On the third day after Li Huaian returned to Datang World, he took a short break and summoned the shareholder representatives from the other two parties of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce to prepare for a meeting.

The headquarters of Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce in Chang'an City.

Located in Dongshi, on the same street as Liuli Pavilion.

To be precise, it is right next to Liuli Pavilion. From the outside, it looks bigger than Liuli Pavilion, but it is not overly impressive and is very low-key. It is only carefully built inside.

The reason why the headquarters of Datang Coal Industry Chamber of Commerce uses this style.

This is entirely because this is the headquarters of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce and does not conduct coal sales to the outside world.

This is only for internal use by Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce.

For example, the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce needs to carry out mid-year and year-end summary, dividend distribution, sales accounting, and summary of the branches of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce in Datang.
In short.

The general headquarters of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce in Chang'an City is more like the headquarters of a large group. It is like a brain, responsible for issuing tasks for other branches, summarizing all information for processing and integration. It remotely controls the entire Datang territory. All industries of Tang Coal Chamber of Commerce.

Only one winter has passed.

Through monopoly and huge power, the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce has begun to take on a huge scale and has become a gluttonous beast in the coal industry, involving all industries in the entire coal mining industry, from coal mining to transportation to sales. Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce participated.

same.

The emergence of new industries.

It will definitely be accompanied by a similar old industry from prosperity to decline.

Charcoal burning is such a declining profession.

but.

The emergence of new industries has also given some charcoal burners new jobs. They can switch careers and become miners in the coal mining industry, engaged in coal mining.

As for whether occupational diseases will occur.

Burning charcoal can also cause occupational diseases.

Li Huaian's biggest conscience is to require miners to wear masks when digging coal to prevent dust from entering the body as much as possible.

The hazards have been informed to the workers at the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce. Whether they comply or not is beyond his power.

sometimes.

Only by respecting the fate of others and letting go of the need to help others can you make better judgments.

And the old industry will not completely disappear.

The biggest characteristic of human beings is to seek differences.

When coal becomes the mainstream daily necessities of the masses and becomes a commodity that the common people can afford, then the rich and nobles will pursue differentiation in order to maintain a certain level of dignity.

Therefore, charcoal can retain part of the living space.

With higher quality, price.

Provide existential value to rich people and nobles.

but.

This is a dispute between new and old industries.

It is not the topic of the shareholders' meeting of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce that Li Huaian is convening today. The reason why he is convening this meeting today is to solve the problem of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce's coal mine labor shortage.

The sudden appearance of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce caused a labor shortage for the first time in Datang.

Of course.

It is also preparation for leaving the Tang Dynasty world for a long time.

In the meeting hall of the headquarters of Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce.

"Is this a meeting of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce, or a family council of our Shouchang Marquis Mansion?"

Li Huaian looked at a group of Fendai sitting around the round table, Li Lizhi, Li Ruoqiu, seven women with five surnames.
He never thought of it.

The three representatives of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce were all his women.

Li Lizhi is easy to understand.

When the Datang Coal Industry Chamber of Commerce was established, it was the Datang Royal Family represented by Li Lizhi.

But the representatives of the shares held by the Five Surnames and Qi Wang in the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce are also seven women with the Five Surnames in his house, which is a bit unexpected.

The seven family heads of the five surnames and Qi Wang are not afraid of meat buns beating dogs.

"Brother Huai'an, there is nothing wrong with saying that this is an internal meeting of the Shouchang Hou Mansion. Although we represent our respective natal families behind the scenes, we are still from the Shouchang Hou Mansion."

"It will be more convenient to discuss it this way. After the discussion is completed, we can inform each other."

"Besides, it is impossible for my father to put down the state affairs of the Tang Dynasty to attend the meeting of the Datang Coal Industry Chamber of Commerce."

Li Lizhi said first.

She was not surprised that the decision-makers of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce were all composed of women from the Shouchang Hou Mansion.

Because before this.

The Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce has been handed over to these women.

"Yes, Lang Jun, the heads of our respective natal families can't go to Chang'an City often, so they simply left the affairs of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce to us to participate in, and then communicated about the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce through letters. Just notify us of all matters.”

"So are we."

The seven girls with the fifth surname nodded. They became representatives of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce with the consent of their parents' families.

Here, Li Ruoqiu does not need to explain. She represents the interests of Li Huaian and the entire Shouchang Hou Mansion.

Li Huaian looked at a room full of Fendai.

This is a crappy meeting, just give the orders directly.

Then wait for the reply from Li Shimin and Qi Wang.

"It doesn't matter if this meeting doesn't happen."

Li Huaian originally wanted to have a good discussion with Li Shimin and Wu Xingqi Wang at the meeting of the Datang Coal Industry Chamber of Commerce, so that these two parties could support his resolution.

He is also willing to lend him the power of both parties.

result.

Li Huaian forgot.

The current situation of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce was all caused by him.

When the Datang Coal Industry Chamber of Commerce was first established, basically everything was left to Li Ruoqiu to complete. The representative of the Datang royal family even chose Li Lizhi as the representative.
This also led to the choice of the representatives of the Five Surnames and Qi Wangs in the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce to be given to the seven women of the Five Surnames who were married to the Shouchang Marquis Mansion. It was not easy to send men to participate.

As for.

Will doing so harm the interests of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes and the Tang royal family?

After all, whether it is Li Lizhi or the seven women with five surnames, they all have one thing in common, that is, they are all Li Huaian's women.

Actually don't worry.

Although these women are the decision-makers of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce, as long as there are people from the Tang Dynasty Royal Family and Qiwang in the middle executive level, this situation will basically not happen.

Otherwise, Qiwang of the fifth surname would not let such a large part of the interests be managed by the seven married women of the fifth surname.

To know.

Just one winter.

The Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce made a profit of 500 million yuan.

Such a huge gain.

It's not easy to hold on.

Therefore, Qiwang, the fifth surname, adopted a roundabout method, relying on the seven married women of the fifth surname to protect the interests of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce belonging to Qiwang, the fifth surname, in Li Huaian.

finally.Li Huaian gave up the idea of ​​holding a meeting and planned to directly inform Li Shimin and Wu Xing Qi Wang of all the decisions.

From start to finish.

He had never thought about whether Li Shimin or Qiwang of the fifth surname would disagree.

"In order to solve the coal mine labor shortage of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce, are you going to launch a war or a naval war?"

After Li Shimin read the contents of the document in his hand, he looked at Li Huaian and wondered why he would brazenly launch a war because of the labor shortage of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce.

Look at Li Huaian's feasible methods on how to solve the labor shortage of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce in the document, as well as the targets for implementation.

This is still a war to destroy the country.

Even as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he had to be cautious and did not dare to use weapons easily.

And he, the future eldest son-in-law, the Marquis of Shouchang County of the Tang Dynasty, actually wanted to fight a war to destroy the country with his soldiers, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Is this making war a trivial matter?
"Sage, what do you think of my method? It can not only expand the territory of Datang, but also solve the labor shortage for Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce, allowing Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce to obtain a large number of cheap miners in a short period of time."

Li Huaian asked and answered questions to himself.

That's right.

The solution to the labor shortage of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce is to use war to obtain a large amount of cheap labor force, also known as slaves, for the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce.

Don't say anything moral.

During the Tang Dynasty, slaves were a topic that was impossible to avoid.

Of course you can also buy it.

Just like the maids in Shouchanghou's Mansion, from a side perspective, these maidservants in Shouchanghou's Mansion are also bought slaves.

It's just that the master I met and the situation are different.

But the cheap labor required by the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce is an astronomical figure.

It is difficult and very expensive to solve the labor shortage problem in coal mines by solely relying on the purchase of slaves. If this is done, the cost of purchasing slaves will be an important cost for the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce.

Might as well come quickly through a war.

after all.

During this period, the Tang Dynasty was full of martial virtue. Whether it was in terms of armaments or combat effectiveness, it could be said that it was superior to the rest. Even if it could not completely crush the surrounding countries, it could still have sufficient deterrence capabilities against the surrounding countries.

Coupled with his presence, Datang's martial ethics can be further improved.

In fact, the most important thing is.

Li Huaian's goal of launching a war this time for the labor force selection of the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce is a bit special.

"I remember that in the fifth year of Zhenguan, the Japanese country sent envoys from the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute and study in the Tang Dynasty. This is not the only reason for me to agree to your plan."

Li Shimin neither agreed nor disagreed.

For a person who ascended the throne by initiating the 'Xuanwumen Incident', war is not scary. What is scary is what this war can bring to the Tang Dynasty.

People live a stable life.

It was still enough tax revenue for the Tang Dynasty.

If there was only one reason why the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce needed a large amount of cheap labor, it would not convince him.

Even if the Datang royal family holds half of the shares in the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce.

He also didn't want the war against an overseas island country to make the foreign countries around Datang think that Datang was bullying the weak and tarnishing the title of Khan he had just received.

"reason?"

Li Huaian heard that Li Shimin needed a reason to launch a war against Japan.

would love to say.

Does the Tang Dynasty need a reason to attack a small country?

Couldn't it be that I won't hit you, but I just don't want to hit you today? If I want to hit you, I can start a war at any time?
Maybe it’s because I can’t empathize.

After all, the Japanese country during the Tang Dynasty was a good student in front of the Tang Dynasty, humble, eager to learn, curious, and respectful of teachers. It was simply an excellent example in the country.

In this case.

Li Huaian planned to give Li Shimin some weight to agree to his war against Japan.

"As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the saint was called the Son of Heaven, right?"

"Yes."

Li Shimin was a little confused as to why Li Huaian asked these questions.

"If I remember correctly, the king of the Japanese island seems to call himself the emperor, and he is more noble than the emperor of the saints. The most important thing is"

"If I remember correctly, when Japan sent envoys to Tang, it also sent envoys to Sui. When sending envoys to Sui, the king of Japan once said this to the then Emperor Yang of Sui."

"What?"

Li Shimin was a little curious.

Li Huaian gave him a look of approval, he was a compliment.

"The ceremonial certificate sent by the Japanese envoy to the Sui Dynasty said, 'The sun rises from the place where the emperor arrives, and the emperor does not rise until the day of the book. The emperor is fine.' This sentence can be seen from this sentence. The king of the Japanese country believed that he should be ranked second to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. in front of."

"Being ranked in front of Emperor Sui Yang is not ranking in front of the Tang Dynasty."

Regardless of whether it is pouring dirty water on the Japanese country.

Li Huaian didn't have any moral pressure at all. He just wanted Li Shimin to agree to his plan and agree to use troops against Japan.

"Is there such a thing as this?"

Li Shimin didn't believe it and turned to Zhang Anan, who was waiting on the side, to give instructions.

"Go and get the records of the former Sui Dynasty's envoys sent to the Sui Dynasty regarding the Japanese country."

As the successor of the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty naturally preserved all the records and historical records about the Sui Dynasty in the imperial palace. Not only those of the Sui Dynasty, but also the dynasties before the Sui Dynasty. As long as they were not destroyed, in the historical database of the Tang Dynasty Imperial Palace Related records can be found.

This is also the default rule for the inheritance of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Even if dynasties change.

The new dynasty also has the responsibility to preserve the Chinese cultural heritage.

When Zhang Anan went to get the Sui Dynasty's records on sending envoys to the Sui Dynasty.

Li Huaian planned to once again increase Li Shimin's bargaining chip in agreeing to go to war against Japan.

"The saint probably doesn't know yet. In fact, Japan Island is not a barren island, but a wealthy island country with mountains of gold and silver."

"On the Japanese island, I know that there is a mountain. The entire mountain is almost made of silver. Millions of taels of silver can be mined every year, and it can be mined continuously for hundreds of years without exhaustion."

"In addition to this silver mountain, there are many gold and silver mountains on the Japanese island."

"As long as the Saint agrees to the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce's plan for Japan, then the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce will be responsible for all expenses during the war against Japan. The Saint only needs to provide enough soldiers."

"The Saint alone can take [-]% of the proceeds at that time. Although the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce will take away [-]% of it, after all, the Saint will monopolize [-]% of the proceeds from the war on the Japanese island."

At this time.

Without waiting for Li Shimin to respond.

Zhang Ananda has returned with the records of sending envoys to Sui Dynasty.

When Li Shimin saw the records of the Sui Dynasty about the Japanese envoys sent to the Sui Dynasty, there was indeed a word Li Huaian said, and he immediately became furious.

"The little Japanese country is so ambitious that it dares to call itself the Emperor of the Sunrise. Today this Japanese country dares to call itself the Emperor. Tomorrow it will dare to call itself the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

"It's not bad."

"Zhang Anan, go and check. Let me check whether the king of the Japanese country is called the Emperor."

(End of this chapter)