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Not to mention that Master Lao Deng from Kuoding County took his people into the mountains of Wendeng County to start building a gold mine.

Over there, Chu Suiliang traveled back to Chang'an day and night.

It was already dark when we arrived in Chang'an.

He couldn't wait until dawn, showed his identity under the city wall, and had someone hang him up.

He hurriedly entered the palace again.

Li Shimin was not asleep yet, and was still processing official documents in the Xiande Hall.

When I heard that Chu Suiliang came back from Kuoding County day and night and asked for a meeting outside, I felt a little bit in my heart.

Could it be that something happened to Kuoding County or that kid?

He quickly asked someone to bring Chu Suiliang in.

"Dengshan, what happened?"

Chu Suiliang handed a cloth bag behind him to the chamberlain.

Li Shimin asked: "What is this?"

"Your Majesty, you will know just by looking at it."

Li Shimin took it from the waiter and opened the bread cloth outside, and saw a golden stone with mud on it.

"This is……"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, a large number of gold mines have been discovered in Wendeng County, Dengzhou."

"What?" Li Shimin stood up suddenly, looked at Chu Suiliang, and then at the gold mine in front of him.

Of course he knew that Chu Suiliang would not joke about this kind of thing. Since he rushed back day and night, he still asked to see him so late.

It must be true.

"how many?"

"The magistrate of Kuoding County said that it would take a hundred years to dig out the entire area."

"Hiss!" Li Shimin took a breath first, and then asked in confusion: "You didn't tell me about the gold mine discovered in Wendeng County, why did that kid tell you about it?"

So Chu Suiliang told him roughly how he followed Yan Kai to Wendeng County to look for iron ore, then met a tiger in the mountains, and finally discovered a gold mine.

Li Shimin looked happy after hearing this: "This boy is really the lucky star of the Tang Dynasty!"

What he said was sincere. After this boy appeared, he first discovered several high-yielding varieties of grain.

Then he reminded himself to be careful of the Turks going south, and then he ran to the Turks and captured Jieli Khan alive.

Now such a huge gold mine has been discovered.

It would take hundreds of years to dig it out!

If Yan Kai dares to say it, he dares to believe it.

Datang is short of money!

Don't look at it as a victory against the Turks, but it can be said that it is the strength of the entire country.

The six-pronged army consumes a lot of food and supplies along the way.

Although there were some seizures after the war, why should we not spend money on pensions for casualty soldiers and rewards for meritorious officers and soldiers?

There are also the continuous crossbow machines and ring-locking armors that Yan Kai built in Kuoding County. Each set is worth a lot of money.

How could he not be happy when he was suddenly given such a big gold mine?

"Just, Yan Kai asked me to bring something to His Majesty, saying that he would...discuss with Your Majesty."

"Discuss? What are you discussing?" Li Shimin was stunned: "What reward does he want?"

Chu Suiliang could only repeat what Yan Kai said to deceive him.

"When I left, he asked me to bring a message to His Majesty, saying that he hoped that Your Majesty could use the gold to increase the welfare of the people and encourage them to have children."

"Encourage the development of agriculture, industry and commerce, and reduce or reduce taxes. He said that what the Tang Dynasty is lacking now is its population. As long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, in twenty years the Tang Dynasty will be able to..."

"Invincible in the world."

This principle is actually the same as real-time strategy games like StarCraft.

Create more farmers and mine more, then explode the troops, and the last wave will pass.

After hearing this, Li Shimin's expression changed several times, and then he said leisurely: "This boy, sometimes he can see things more accurately than the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty!"

It can be said that he fully agreed with Yan Kai's words.

Whether it is population or the importance of iron and coal, only by standing in Li Shimin's position do we know how important it is.

"Okay, let's go to court tomorrow and we'll come up with a charter. I can basically agree to what he asks for."

In the early Tang Dynasty, the government set up the Smelting Supervisory Office, and private individuals could mine, but they had to pay mineral taxes to the Smelting Supervisor.

There is no smelting supervisory office, private individuals can also mine, and they can also use the minerals to pay taxes to the local government.

Around the ninth year of Kaiyuan, the government formulated special statutory provisions to tax private mining, and thereafter gradually strengthened management.

But this does not include minerals such as copper, gold and silver that can serve as currency.

Li Shimin has now agreed to Yan Kai, which can be regarded as setting a precedent.

At the morning meeting the next morning, I heard Li Shimin talk about the discovery of gold mines in Wendeng County, and also about letting Yan Kai open the mine privately.

Among the ministers, some agreed and some disagreed.

The main reason I disagree is that I feel that such openings cannot be opened, otherwise everyone will be like this in the future and it will be difficult to control.

Among them, the one who opposed the most fiercely was Yan Kai's "eldest brother" Zheng Buqi.

He is a member of the household department, and this matter is really related to his business.

He did have reason to object.

However, Li Shimin's next words silenced these people.

"Okay, no matter whether an individual or a family finds a gold or silver mine of this size in the future, I will also grant them independent mining rights in it!"

Although Li Shimin said this, he was secretly disdainful in his heart.

If these aristocratic families really discovered these mineral veins on their own family's territory, they would probably only mine them secretly and not report them to themselves at all, right?

Aren’t these the people you are talking about?

Of course, in the end there are still restrictions on Yankai's mining.

Specifically, he can choose a place and mine within that area without crossing the boundary.

There is also time. Li Shimin only gave him twenty years. After twenty years, he will nationalize Yankai's gold mine.

This was the biggest concession he could make.

After the big court meeting, Li Shimin called Fang Xuanling and several of his confidants to hold a small meeting.

The main thing is to ask them to follow what Yan Kai said and discuss how to increase the welfare of the people, how to reduce and reduce taxes, develop agriculture, industry and commerce, and increase the population.

For this kind of thing, the most Yan Kai can do is make suggestions.

He believed that capable ministers who had a better understanding of the actual situation of the Tang Dynasty could come up with the best plan.

Fang Mou Dudu is not just a boast.

They actually have plans in mind for many things.

It's just that it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.

If you don’t have money, many things won’t be implemented.

But now there is an additional gold mine. If the output calculated by Yan Kai can be followed, the economic situation of the Datang government will become very good.

Many policies that benefit the people can then be implemented.

As for who would go to Wendeng County to take charge of the gold mining, Chu Suiliang took care of it himself.

The main thing is how close Wendeng County is to Kuoding County!

After accepting this matter, it will be convenient to go to Kuoding County.

The early construction of this gold mine must be the focus of the court's attention.

Once done, it’s a great achievement!

Yan Kai said again that the establishment of the mine can be left to him.

Chu Suiliang felt that if he went there now, he would just pick up the merits directly from the ground.

Of course, he would never admit that he went there just to eat the delicacies at Yankai's place.