Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"Say!" Li Shimin said angrily.

"It's about the economy, and it's very troublesome to explain." Li Ke was a little helpless. This thing seems simple, and it may be enough to explain it to a modern person, because modern people have relevant foundations, and he understands everything you say, but Explain to someone who doesn't know anything.It's like explaining quantum physics to someone who doesn't understand physics... you have to start with the basics.

"Economy? When is it your turn to tell me about the economy?" Li Shimin looked confused, just you?

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Ke reacted, oh, the word economy in Datang is not the same as that of later generations. The word economy in Datang means to benefit the people, govern the world, and help the people, which means governance nation.

"Oh, Dad, you misunderstood. The word economy I mentioned refers to currency circulation, whether the country is prosperous or not, and issues related to national economy, expenditure, and annual accounting, because I can't find a suitable word. I just used this." Li Ke racked his brains to think of a few words, which in Tang Dynasty represented the meaning of national finance, but the word finance was basically absent in Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin looked at him strangely, that's why I'm here, if some university scholars and the like are here, if you dare to change the meaning of Jingyi words randomly, I won't kill you. "Speak, I listen, I have plenty of time."

Li Ke had no choice but to explain to Li Shimin with a bitter face, the simple economic foundation, especially the knowledge of national economic prosperity brought about by currency circulation.This thing... Li Ke himself has only a half-knowledge. After all, he has experienced the era of information explosion in later generations, so he knows a little bit, and he still knows the general principle.

After Li Ke finished explaining, Li Shimin looked confused...he...didn't understand, or he didn't understand.The main thing is that Li Ke knows these things but doesn't know why. If you ask him to explain to another person, he can't find a suitable example to illustrate, and the explanatory text alone is naturally confusing.

Lao Li blushed a little, but he was able to cover it up. Embarrassment flashed away, and he waved his hand and said, "Of course I understand these things. You can just do as you say. There is some truth in what you said, hiding wealth for the people. When the people have money, the court subsidies will naturally be less, and if the subsidies are less, the court will be rich. Naturally, the money can be used for other purposes.”

"Then do it according to this?" Li Ke asked tentatively. He suspected that Li Shimin understood this, but there was no evidence.

"Just do it like this. For the specific method, you have to write a memorial. You can give Li Shiji [-]% to him, and you can use the [-]% that is reserved for Fubing's local area and my [-]%. But what do you think about these cost controls? Deal with it? Let the government soldiers do it directly?" Li Shimin asked.

"What kind of government soldiers are used? This battle will inevitably capture many guilty people. The initial establishment of the camp, including the construction of the salt pond, will let them die. These elite cavalry suppress the bandits! There should not be too many horse bandits leaving the Hexi Corridor."

"And it seems that even though Tubo has surrendered to our Tang Dynasty, Songtsan Gampo wants to marry the princess because he has nothing to do? If he doesn't marry him, he will threaten to plunder our Tang border at every turn. [-] elite soldiers will attack directly, and they will find some near Tubo. The tribes, it’s really impossible, send the locals of Tuyuhun after they are under control, let them mix into these tribes, and then take the initiative to provoke trouble. We will take the opportunity to go out and let them work after they are captured.” Li Ke has long been confident.

How to capture the labor force Li Ke has long thought about it. Thanks to the high-quality salt of Chaka Salt Lake, as long as the salt workers here have physical strength, there will naturally be someone to do the job guidance.So the production cost is almost equivalent to nothing.

As for the transportation cost, Li Ke actually thought about it. When returning from transporting grain in the mainland, it is not a routine operation to pull some goods?There are goods that can be pulled back and forth, and the transportation price will naturally be low.

And there are other ways to reduce costs, such as borrowing the Yellow River, the upper reaches of the Yellow River are navigable during this period.

In fact, the grain output of the Longyou Road in the Tang Dynasty was good, but because of the large population in Guanzhong, there was often a shortage of food in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. Instead, it needed to be supplemented by the Longyou Road. By land to Guanzhong.

In fact, the Yellow River in this era undertakes very important transportation tasks.

Li Shimin nodded: "That's right. Hurry up and write these into a complete plan memorial. I will announce it to the court, and then send a letter to Li Jing and the others to prepare for implementation. When will your personnel be in place?"

"When the battle situation over there is settled, my people will be in place immediately." Li Ke said bluntly, "Also, father, you don't need to go through the court, you can just announce it directly, in your name , this is to inform the court rather than let them decide, because it does not cost the court a penny."

Li Shimin looked at Li Ke, this kid is clever enough, this shows the essence of the court.

"Okay, I see. Let's see when your plan is finished." Li Shimin nodded, "Is that all?"

"There is one more thing you need to agree to." Li Ke stood up and said arrogantly.

"What's the matter? Why are you so proud?" Li Shimin was a little confused.

"I want to renovate the entire Chang'an City, and I also want to paste bluestone bricks on the walls of Chang'an City, and even paste bluestone bricks on the Great Wall." Li Ke was so excited that he was so awesome.

"You have a fever, why are you talking nonsense?" Li Shimin's head was full of black lines, and you even pasted green bricks on the Great Wall, why don't you go to the sky?

"Uh, I'm a little excited. I'm just bragging later, but I'm serious about the first one. I want to renovate the entire Chang'an City." Li Ke said quickly.

Li Shimin: "???"

"Where did you get the money?" Li Shimin was a little confused, renovating the entire Chang'an City, you can fill in the treasury and see if it is enough.

"I donated the 200 million that Mrs. Zheng gave me! I want to renovate all the roads in Chang'an City. Although the main streets of Chang'an City are paved with stone slabs, many places have been damaged. I plan to renovate all the roads in Chang'an City. All roads will be repaired." Li Ke said seriously.

"Are you serious? I'm not going to ask you for the 200 million. Besides, aren't you in charge of all the furniture in Daming Palace?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke strangely.

"Don't worry, Dad, I, Li Ke, keep my word." Li Ke said straightforwardly, "I will announce this news in the first issue of Datang Weekly's reissue."

"All right, I don't have any objections, but it's fine if you don't want to bother the people." Li Shimin quickly agreed. Someone helped to renovate Chang'an City. Of course, he was happy. The happiest thing was that he didn't need to spend his money, which would be even better!

"Well, don't worry, Dad, I always spend money to hire people to work." Li Ke said lightly, some projects in ancient times cost people money and money, it was because of corvée, if people are not paid, then it is not waste people money.

If you give money, do you understand the thickness of the infrastructure?If you don’t understand, you can find out by setting the time back more than 400 years.

"And I not only want to build the streets in Chang'an City, I also plan to build an official road leading to the industrial zone." Li Ke added.

"As long as you have money, you can do whatever you want, but before you run out of money, just clean things up for me." Li Shimin said quickly, you can spend whatever you want.