God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Li Er looked at Du He in disbelief.

No charge?

Free gift?

This is not in line with Duhe's style.

Li Er even suspected that his ears had misheard.

"Du He, say it again!" Li Er was afraid that he had heard it wrong.

"Say it again, you won't get a cent for the eight sets of hot water tablets!" Du He repeated.

Li Er finally confirmed it, and laughed: "Okay, Du He, you are my loyal minister, you are very good!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Loyalty to the emperor and the master has always been my lifelong pursuit. I don't take any money for eight hot water tablets. However, the craftsmen of the minister are old and young, and they need to support their families, so they still need to charge a small amount of installation fees and iron pipes. The fee." Du He chuckled and added.

Only then did Li Er realize that he only saw the hot water sheet and the water boiler, but he didn't see any iron pipes. It turned out that they cost money.

Li Er didn't take it seriously, and waved his hand: "That's natural, the hot water sheet is yours, but most of the craftsmen are poor people, we can't let them work for nothing, and the iron pipe, it costs a lot, how much does it cost? "

Du He stretched out three fingers of his right hand.

Li Er: "Three hundred?"

Du He shook his head.

Li Er: "Three thousand strings?"

Du He still shook his head, and simply said: "Your Majesty, it's not expensive, only [-] guan. To you, it's just a drop in the bucket."

Li Er was immediately unhappy.

He is not a fool.

Knowing that Du He is asking for a price indiscriminately.

Calculated in this way, the installation fee and the cost of the iron pipe are more expensive than the cost of the hot water sheet.

Li Er said: "Du He, are you trying to deceive the king?"

Du He hurriedly said: "I don't dare, the reason why I charge [-] guan for the installation is because this is inside the palace, not like outside, where these craftsmen can do whatever they want, You can smash whatever you want, but it is different in the palace, you must be careful and careful, the difficulty of construction is greatly increased, if you destroy the buildings in the palace, you will lose your head, so the cost will naturally be higher."

Li Er was a little confused.

The fee was too high, and even he, a majestic emperor, felt a little pained.

But don't install it, these eight hot water tablets have arrived, wouldn't it be a waste to leave them alone.

Li Er said in a low voice: "Du He, I won't let you down, [-] guan."

"Twenty-five thousand!"

"Twenty thousand!"

Li Er is not going to add a penny.

At this time, Du He slapped his head and said: "Your Majesty, why not exchange the [-] guan for one condition. If Your Majesty agrees to one condition, the water heater installation fee and the iron pipe fee will not be charged at all."

"Say!"

Li Er is very straightforward.

Du He then said: "Your Majesty, please sell some of the excess iron in the court to me. I am willing to pay twice the market price."

Ok?

Li Er showed a vigilant look.

The rulers of all dynasties have controlled iron. The most direct reason is that the output of iron is very small and can only be used by the court. The second is that a large amount of iron falls to the people and is likely to be forged into a large number of weapons. , a threat to the status of the ruler.

Therefore, as soon as Du He mentioned this topic, Li Er became vigilant.

I just heard Du He say: "Your Majesty, it's freezing cold today. I want to build more hot water plates to benefit the people. There is no other meaning. If your majesty is worried, you can record all the iron sold to you. The hot water heaters and iron pipes built by the minister will also be recorded and well documented.”

As soon as Li Er heard it, it was a good idea.

This is also a means of control.

The most important thing is that selling part of the iron to Du He is not a big deal. Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, also reported yesterday that there is nowhere to use the remaining large amount of iron in the Ministry of Industry this year, and twice the market price can make the court earn money a sum of money.The most important thing is that in this way, the [-] guan can be saved.

Thinking of this, Li Er nodded: "Okay, Du He, I will promise you that I will sell you part of the surplus iron from the Ministry of Industry this year at twice the market price, and I will also send people to the Dream Group as surveillance. The iron must be built into hot water sheets and not used for other purposes."

"I understand!" Du He hurriedly agreed, blinking at Li Ke beside him.

Li Ke was dumbfounded, and thought of a word: slamming!

Chapter 487

Early the next morning.

The first batch of iron from the imperial city was shipped to Dream Group.

This batch of iron feet weighed more than 1 catties.

For Dream Group, it is a timely help.

But for Li Er, it was just a drop in the bucket. After the Turks were destroyed, Datang occupied several large iron mines in the northwest, which solved the shortage of iron mines in Datang. The only limiting factor was iron smelting technology. It is still backward and unable to produce high-quality iron on a large scale, but there has been no war in the Tang Dynasty for at least five years, and the demand for iron has naturally decreased. Not only Li Er himself was willing to sell part of it to Du He at a price of one or two times, but the bigwigs in the court would not object, and they all praised His Majesty Li Er as a sage and good at doing business.

More than 1 catties of iron were delivered, and it was Ximen Qing who Li Er sent to monitor.

Ximen Qing and Du He are old friends.

Du He pulled Ximen Qing aside and said, "Director Ximen, your Majesty has appointed you to be the supervisor this time, so you can't lose face."

Li Er was worried that Du He would use the iron purchased from the imperial court for other purposes, so he specially sent Ximen Qing.

Ximen Qing laughed when he heard the words, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty of Huyi County, what you said is serious. Others don't know it. Doesn't this slave know who you are? Your Majesty is worried that you will use iron for other purposes, but you can see it in the slave's eyes." Come on, this is too much to worry about... His Majesty asked the servants to send messages to the palace every day, don't worry, the county magistrate, I will send you a copy of the daily news, you are satisfied!"

Du He laughed.

This little eunuch is too good, much better than Zhao Yang.

Du He nodded with satisfaction: "So, there is Mr. Lao Ximen, your house has been prepared for you, Linhe Villa, you are satisfied."

When Ximen Qing heard it, can we also live in a small villa near the river?

It's better to be the Marquis of Huyi County.