Da Chao Hui.


    "Inform your majesty! After continuous calculation and measurement, the brick road to be built by the Ministry of work needs to be at least 2300 Li." Duan Lun, the Minister of the Ministry of work, said.


    "Two thousand five hundred miles." the ministers could not help but smack their tongue.


    Two thousand five hundred miles, even if the red brick secret technique is used, it will cost at least 500000 yuan. I''m afraid this much money is the most expensive project since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.


    At the moment, none of the courtiers proposed to shorten the official path, because either of the two brick roads was the lifeblood of the Tang Dynasty. One is the most prosperous area in the Tang Dynasty. As long as it is repaired, there is no reason to lose money. The other is the road section that is firmly determined to lose money, but it can greatly strengthen the rule of the Tang Dynasty over the northwest and add a few chances of winning the battle of Tuyuhun. Both brick roads take Chang''an City as the starting point. In fact, it is not too much to say that they are a brick road.


    "Dai Aiqing! How much money can the Ministry of Civil Affairs raise!" Li Shimin asked Dai Zhou.


    Dai Zhou said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, today the people have a bumper harvest and the Treasury is sufficient. The Ministry of civil affairs can give 100000 more money. I''m afraid the bonds to be issued will be at least 400000."


    "Four hundred thousand Guan!" all the officials suddenly sank in their hearts. There are so many places where the Tang Dynasty needs money. Four hundred thousand Guan is enough to do a lot of things, but now it is only used to build two brick roads.


    Li Shimin''s heart and hair turned black. This is just a road that Datang needs to build. Think about the ten roads that Datang needs to connect in the future. I''m afraid the money spent in the future will be gone.


    "Your Majesty, building brick roads has many advantages. Please don''t go step by step. The lesson of the grand canal can''t be repeated in the Tang Dynasty." Wei Zheng advised.


    Li Shimin nodded deeply. He had never agreed with Wei Zheng''s advice so much.


    "Dai Aiqing, it''s up to the Ministry of civil affairs to issue bonds," Li Shimin said.


    Dai Zhou nodded: "Weichen divides this bond into four grades from one year to four years, with 100000 bonds each year. The bond interest in one year is low, and the Ministry of civil affairs will repay its principal and interest after one year. By analogy, the bond interest in four years is high, but the principal and interest need to be repaid after four years. In this way, the amount of money that the Ministry of civil affairs needs to repay each year is controlled at about 100000 bonds, which will not increase the financial burden, and the people can Profit. "


    Compared with the ten-year long-term bonds of later generations, Dai Zhou''s pace is extremely cautious.


    Li Shimin and other officials breathed a sigh of relief. The annual repayment of 100000 yuan is a huge figure for ordinary people, but it is not difficult for the imperial court.


    Bonds gather a lot of wealth in a short time, so that the imperial court can achieve great things and control the repayment period. In this way, the imperial court has set up large-scale projects, and the people can also make profits.


    "Bonds are indeed a good means." man Chao Wenwu nodded in his heart.


    More importantly, the construction of brick roads is not a bottomless hole with no return. The continuous toll in the future is also a major source of income, which is why Merton preferred brick roads as the beginning of the construction of the Tang Dynasty.


    The problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. This sentence comes out of Merton''s mouth. Although it is a little arrogant, it is true for a country. If ordinary people are allowed to perform corvee for nothing, even if they work one more day, they will naturally be full of complaints. However, if they pay wages, they will work year after year, and no one will have any resentment.


    After the money problem was solved, Li Shimin once again turned his eyes to Duan Lun, the Minister of the Ministry of industry, and said, "Duan Aiqing, whether the red brick secret skills Mohist school has given as promised."


    Duan Lun went out and said, "back to the emperor, mojiazi had made all the red brick secret skills public the next day. Now the brick factories around Chang''an City have been transformed into red bricks, which will not delay the road construction."


    Merchants have the most sensitive news. The news that the imperial court is preparing to build brick roads has long been spread from Chang''an city. How can merchants miss such a wealth feast? Without waiting for discussion in Mojia village, there are an endless stream of learning red brick secrets from Mojia village these days. Just buying brick making equipment is soft, which can also recover less than half of the cost of building brick roads in the south of the city.


    Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction. Merton is slippery, but he is very trustworthy to open his secret skills. From the original live fish secret skills to artificial breeding technology, to the current red brick secret skills, even if he makes a lot of money, he doesn''t hesitate to open it.


    Now there are chickens, ducks, geese and live fish all over Chang''an city. It''s not due to the Mohist school.


    With the red brick secret skill, bonds will be issued soon and money will be obtained soon. The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty was relieved. Soon, the three provinces and six ministries passed the decision to build brick roads.


    "Duan Aiqing, this matter has been handed over to the Ministry of work. We must build a brick road to Longyou by next April." Li Shimin said.


    As Merton said, April is the busiest season in all parts of the grassland. This is the weakest time in the grassland and the best time for the Tang Dynasty to defeat Tuyuhun. Sure enough, Li Shimin chose to start the war at this moment.


    "Yes, sir!" Duan Lun nodded.


    Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said, "this matter has been decided. Please discuss the matter that Chang''an County Magistrate asked Chang''an city to lay brick roads."


    "Chang''an city is paved with brick roads!" all officials immediately exclaimed.


    Dai Zhou quickly got up and objected: "tell your majesty that Chang''an city is the capital of the emperor. There is nothing wrong with laying brick roads, but the imperial court needs to issue bonds to build two official roads. Where can I have money to lay brick roads in the city?"


    Many courtiers nodded slowly. Although it was good for them to lay brick roads in Chang''an City, the imperial court really had no spare money at the moment.


    Li Shimin smiled and said, "what if you don''t have to spend money by the imperial court?"


    All the officials in the Manchu Dynasty looked at Li Shimin puzzled.


    With a big hand, Li Shimin handed the memorial presented by Su Luosheng, the magistrate of Chang''an County, to a group of officials for reading.


    "Industrial park plan."


    At the first glance, all officials suddenly realized that they were not familiar with such a situation, such as strange names, ideas with big brain holes, and typical means of covering white wolves with empty hands.


    "MOH family!" many people said secretly.


    "Set up a special park for merchants, sell land, build roads, set up public transportation and set up a squad of captains." when the officials saw that the magistrate of Chang''an County had such means, they could not help but frown. This was too preferential to merchants.


    "It''s a great good thing that the merchants have more factories. Chang''an city can not only solve the potential fire hazards, but also have more money to lay brick roads." without the opposition of all officials, Chang sun Wuji was the first to get up and agree.


    Many officials were immediately puzzled, but when they saw that the purpose of setting up the industrial park was to clean the air of Chang''an City, they suddenly remembered the Qi disease of empress Chang sun.


    This move not only does not allow the Ministry of the people to pay, but also is conducive to the condition of empress Chang sun. It can also make Chang''an city covered with brick roads. All officials have no objection anymore.


    Suddenly, Duan Lun, the Minister of the Ministry of work, suddenly realized that if the full name of the smelting industry had to be relocated to the industrial park in the southeast of Chang''an City, the general supervisor under the Ministry of work had many smelting workshops, so how should he deal with himself?


    How can this world be a good thing without harm? This time, he will be regarded as a prison, and he will suffer from fish in the pond.