Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"That, Li Ke." Thinking of this, Li Shimin opened his mouth.

"Father, please tell me." Li Ke said with a smile.

"You can smelt so much steel here, so you consume a lot of iron ore?" Li Shimin asked with a smile.

"Of course, father, do you mean that the official iron ore will be sold to me? It is also possible. If the official iron ore of several imperial courts can sell the iron ore to me at the previous market price, then I will accept it." , Erchen can add 5 catties to the Ministry of Industry every month!" Li Ke said generously.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect this benefit, so he immediately said: "Okay! Then I agreed, then you see that the output of several iron mines on Qi Guogong's side is also quite a lot, do you want to buy some iron ore?" Received it?"

"Accept! According to the previous market price of iron ore in Chang'an City, as many ministers as you want!" Li Kexi smiled and quickly agreed!This is a good thing!Why not charge!Li Ke's cost of mining iron ore is similar to Changsun Wuji's cost, but there is one thing, the market price that Li Ke talks about is the market price before the monthly money has not risen.

The main expenditure for mining iron ore is manpower. Now the monthly cost of manpower has more than five times. In order to keep these workers, the Changsun family took the initiative to guarantee at least one year's contract with the workers and take care of the meals. .

So, why didn't Li Ke accept it!As long as Changsun Wuji dares to sell it, Li Ke will accept it!

Changsun Wuji: "..."

"Your Majesty." Changsun Wuji couldn't speak anymore. If he didn't speak again, Li Shimin would tell Li Ke to death. Will his grandson Wuji sell or not?Sell ​​it, sell as much as you lose, don't sell it... Isn't this refuting Li Shimin's face?People have taken the initiative to ask for orders for you, what do you want as a courtier?

"Huh?" Li Shimin was a little puzzled.

"Your Majesty, I... I can't afford it." Changsun Wuji was a little ashamed, it was too embarrassing!Although the thing of face in the court has long been abandoned, as long as this matter is not spread, in fact, everyone is similar.

But this... Originally, they were the ones who troubled Li Ke first, but now... they lost their wives and lost their soldiers, and even Li Shimin came forward in person, and he had to refuse the offer.

"Ah?" Li Shimin was really stunned for a moment. He really didn't know about this. It can't be blamed for Li Shimin's failure to react. The main reason is that he thinks about a lot of things every day, and the uproar started from the blacksmith shop.

Li Shimin's idea is that if the finished ironware cannot be sold, it is better to sell ore, which is always possible.

"Recently, the monthly money around Chang'an City has skyrocketed. The monthly money has increased by five times, and the overall cost of iron ore has also more than tripled." Changsun Wuji lowered his head and said awkwardly. The main cost of iron ore is Manpower occupies a huge part, but there are also other losses.

"Then Li Ke..." Li Shimin looked at Li Ke.

"Three times I don't want it anymore. My son-in-law hired a lot of people here, and my son-in-law also bought a few iron mines, and Father, didn't you say that you would sell me all the ore from the official iron mine? Enough .” Li Ke said seriously.

The reason why the cost of the official iron mines does not rise is because those who work in the official iron mines are all corvee workers. The military system of the Tang Dynasty, and every household in Yongyetian and other households have a certain amount of corvee time every year.

If you don't serve corvee, you will be paid, and the people who serve corvee are not only soldiers, but other national projects are also free.

So the cost of the official iron ore is of course lower, even the consumption of some food, etc., is much lower than the original market price.

Li Ke has no intention of changing the system for the time being, and he has to eat every bite.

Li Ke said it simply, but the atmosphere in the court suddenly became awkward, as embarrassing as possible, because you can't buy and sell by force, right?What's more, Li Ke has just more than tripled the pig iron income of the imperial court. It's not appropriate for you to let people buy and sell by force at this time, right?

"Then why don't you buy the iron ore from Duke Qi's family?" Li Shimin thought for a while, he had already figured out the difficulty of Changsun Wuji, the problem Li Shimin felt that he had to give Changsun Wuji a sweet date anyway It's a scam to catch someone, Li Ke, this stinky boy, just cheated his Chang'an city's cloth and grain stores, and they can't let them lose their source of income.

Although selling iron ore is like selling a chicken that lays eggs, but the chicken is not laying eggs now, so it is a good thing to sell it quickly, otherwise it will consume food if you continue to raise it.

"No." Li Ke directly refused.

Li Shimin: "..." I don't want to lose face, do I?

"Father, it's not that I don't want to buy it, it's that I have discovered several large iron mines, and the number of people employed in my hands is quite large. I can't mine the iron mines even if I bought them. Why do I need so many mines?" Li said. Ke said solemnly.

"Otherwise, as a nephew, I can't make my uncle's family unable to afford food. After all, I have to prepare a dowry for Changle, so why don't I ask my uncle to renovate the blacksmith shop in Chang'an City, and my minister will provide uncle with finished products?" If you sell a plowshare for 50 yuan, if uncle sells it, you can make a profit of 50 yuan, right?" Li Ke said with a smile.

Highlight a filial piety.

Prepare a betrothal gift for Chang Le... Everyone almost couldn't hold back their laughter, and at this time, mentioning this matter...

These words... no matter how harsh they sounded, the officials were so uncomfortable that even Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Dasha didn't dare to laugh. If they laughed at this time, wouldn't this offend Changsun Wuji to death?

What does Li Ke behave like?It's like holding down the eldest grandson, punching a bruised nose and swollen face, robbing him of money, and then helping him up with a smile: "I didn't eat breakfast, I'll give you 5 Wen, go and have breakfast, good boy."

Changsun Wuji's face turned crimson purple, the problem is that he can't say anything at the moment, he just lowered his head and lowered his voice and said, "Thank you, Your Highness King Qin, there is no need for this, I still have a salary and a living Let's raise a big family."

"Oh, that's right. After all, my uncle gave my nephew a batch of cloth and food supplies. It's because my nephew was rude." Today's Li Ke spoke politely.

After this scene, Li Shimin didn't say anything. He was afraid that Changsun Wuji would vomit blood like the previous minister, so he directly moved to the next topic.

Until the end of the court, Li Ke didn't talk, but waited for the end of the court with a smile on his face. The eldest grandson's family couldn't die.

Li Ke's current radiating area is not that big. It can only radiate to areas around Chang'an and Guannei Road. He can't affect farther places for the time being. The iron mine of Changsun's family will not die. It can be crafted and sold to other places. Yes, the cost is higher.

In addition, it is sold to Turks and other places outside the customs, but there are restrictions on selling to these places.The Tang court was not a fool. Ironware was the most important weapon in the country. It was never allowed to be sold to the Turks before. Now that the Turks and other ethnic minorities have joined, Li Shimin only allowed a small part of the ironware to be sold. There is a quota every year, and the price is extremely high.

Datang's border guards will check the trading companies. Besides, I don't know if it is true that because the Li family has Xianbei blood, these nomads attached to Datang were extremely loyal in the early days, so some people dared to smuggle They didn't dare to accept it after selling it, otherwise the whole tribe would be easily slaughtered.

"Prince Li Chengqian, King Qin Li Ke, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, Li Shiji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Chai Shao, Changsun Wuji, will go to the Hall of Liangyi to discuss matters after the next court." During the next court, Chang Lin suddenly Another announcement.