Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 362 Another Year

Chapter 358

Wei Hao heard Li Shimin say that he needs a lot of money next year, so he immediately looked at Li Shimin!
"Next year, I plan to repair all the roads in all the state capitals. Although it will not be completed in one year, I think that there will be no problem in three to five years. You are right, you need to do something for the people.

In addition, next year we also need to count how many people there are in the Tang Dynasty. To know the basics, we need to count the number of people, the number of households, and the situation of their fertile land. This requires a lot of manpower and money. The department is not bad, there is a balance, and it may not be there next year,
I haven't discussed this plan with those ministers yet. I think that once discussed, those ministers will definitely object, thinking that I am wasting people and wasting money. But this time, I have decided not to collect labor, but to pay people to work! " Li Shimin looked at Wei Hao and said,

Wei Hao heard it, nodded, and then said: "Father, my ministers agree, the repair of the road will be very helpful for the circulation of goods. At that time, the tax revenue of the court will be more, and the common people The standard of living will be much higher!"

"Well, my father believed your words, because the tax revenue in Chang'an has increased a lot this year. If someone else said that, I wouldn't believe it, but I believe what you said!" Li Shimin nodded and said, then gave Wei Hao pours tea.

"Thank you, father!" Wei Hao said, cupping his hands.

"I just hope that Wannian County can be under your governance, and the living standards of the people will improve, and at the same time, it will also drive the income of the people in the surrounding states to increase.
In the past two years, the land outside Chang'an City has been very tense. Many people have moved to Chang'an. They just bought a piece of land nearby, built houses, and then developed here. I believe that if there are enough workshops in Chang'an, then There are so many people who come to work in Chang'an. In this way, the prosperity of Chang'an is estimated to be far more than that of the predecessors. This can be regarded as my credit. "Li Shimin sat there and said longingly.

"That's for sure!" Wei Hao also nodded.

"Wannian County, by this time next year, how many workshops will there be, and how many people are expected to work?" Li Shimin asked, staring at Wei Hao.

"It is estimated that there will be no less than 40 large-scale workshops, and the number of workers will not be less than 10. This 10 can affect 10 households. At the same time, it can also drive the surrounding people to make money. For example, 10 people need to eat and drink, which will cause many small traders to sell things,

In addition, these workshops also need supporting things, such as carriages, such as hiring people to deliver goods to foreign enemies. This is an opportunity to work, and it is expected to drive tens of thousands of people to work. I estimate that by next winter , the people in Chang'an City may not be enough, after all, Chang'an City only has so many labor force, when the time comes, people from other state capitals will definitely come to Chang'an! " Wei Hao introduced to Li Shimin.

"That's good, but now there is a problem, the carriage problem, can you solve it?" Li Shimin asked Wei Hao.

Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin incomprehensibly, he really didn't pay attention to this: "The problem with the carriage, what's the problem with the carriage?"

"There are not many goods in the carriage. This is also a problem reflected by Xiuzhidao. For this reason, I asked the Ministry of Industry to make statistics and found that many merchants also responded to this matter. So, what I mean is, see if you can This matter cannot be resolved!" Li Shimin looked at Wei Hao and said.

Wei Hao thought about it for a while, and then said uncertainly: "It shouldn't be a big problem. I'll think about it carefully in the past few days. It's no problem. I can definitely figure it out!"

"Okay, I know you can definitely solve it, and I will let the Ministry of Industry find a way to solve it, but it is probably difficult. Now those craftsmen don't work very much, and they are all doing private work!" Li Shimin said here, a little Looking at Wei Hao dissatisfied, Wei Hao laughed when he heard it.

"You have to solve this matter, and you have to solve the matter of craftsmen. You don't want to make a court without craftsmen to use, and then I don't know how many people will talk about impeaching you!" Li Shimin looked at Wei Wei. Hao warned.

"It's none of my business, don't scare me, I didn't do anything, if you want to blame, you blame those ministers too, they drove the craftsmen away!" Wei Hao doesn't know how to accept tricks, can he admit it, It has nothing to do with me anyway.

"You son of a bitch, can those civil servants admit it? Who will you impeach if you don't impeach?" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and said.

"I can't do anything about the craftsman. You talk to those civil servants. I can't block their way of making money!" Wei Hao continued shaking his head and said, but he didn't admit it. Those who cause quarrels, maybe they will fight again,

Then Wei Hao and Li Shimin just sat there and chatted for a while, when Li Chengqian came over, the three of them chatted,

At noon, Wei Hao ate at Ganlu Hall, and returned to his home in the afternoon. Just after arriving home, Wei Furong came to look for Wei Hao.

"Why is it so long? At noon, the family officials came to visit you, but you were not at home. They asked you to go to the patriarch's house at noon on New Year's Eve!" Wei Furong said to Wei Hao when he arrived at Wei Hao's side.

"Oh, okay, I haven't been to the patriarch's house for a long time, more than half a year." Wei Hao nodded and said after hearing this.

"As long as you remember, the patriarch has been thinking about the rice processing workshop and the flour processing workshop. There is no movement on your side, so he doesn't dare to rush you now!" Wei Furong said while sitting there.

"He still has the nerve to urge me? The blue brick and tile processing workshop, their family has shared so much money, which is more than before, and he still urges me?" Wei Hao smiled and said indifferently.

"Otherwise, you still want to be so relaxed. Go and sit down when the time comes. Those are the children of the family, and they will be helpful to you. As the saying goes, a good man has three helpers, right? You are still young and don't understand those things , When you really need to do business for the court, you will know? You can't ask His Majesty for everything, can you?" Wei Furong sat there and reminded Wei Hao.

"Why do I seek Your Majesty? Among the six departments, which department dares not give me face? Although I fought with them, I am an acquaintance and have no personal enmity. Which of them dares to block me?" Wei Hao still smiled. , said indifferently.

"You, anyway, the old man can't say anything about you. Look at you. You've been lying here for a few days, and you don't even look at what else you need to prepare? It seems that Chinese New Year has nothing to do with you, does it?" Wei Furong began to talk about Wei Hao. Never care about big or small things.

"Father, aren't you and mother here? Why do I care about this?" Wei Hao smiled and said, Wei Furong hit Wei Hao, but there was nothing he could do about him.

"Come on, Dad, drink tea, isn't the family good this year? After the construction of the mansion, there is still so much money left at home, hehe!" Wei Hao poured Wei Furong a cup of tea and asked with a smile.

"Well, it's not bad. Anyway, father and mother don't have any regrets. Even if you are waiting for you to get married, you can't worry about getting married. The time has already been set, so let's wait for it.

Your eight older sisters are all in Chang'an now, you have also discovered that your aunts now smile more and have more places to go. It's good to talk to your sisters for a day or two,
Sometimes my father went to the West City, and he didn't want to come back, so he went to eat at the homes of your sisters. I didn't expect that the old man could still eat the meals of his daughter's house in Chang'an City in this life. "Wei Furong said happily.

"By the way, have you delivered anything from my sister's house?" Wei Hao asked immediately.

"Wait for you to think about it, your sister and the others won't be able to wait until they are blind!" Wei Furong scolded Wei Hao and said.

"Aren't I busy? Just give it away!" Wei Hao said with a smile, and the father and son sat there chatting for a while, and before they knew it, it was New Year's Eve.

This morning, Wei Hao and Wei Furong went to the ancestral hall of the Wei family to offer sacrifices. Today is another day when we need to worship the ancestors. All the descendants of the Wei family in Chang'an, who are worthy, will come here. Wei Hao's carriage has just stopped at the ancestral hall. At the gate, those Wei family children will know.

"Shen Yong! Uncle Jin Bao"

"Uncle Shenyong! Good morning Azu"

"Azu is good! So good, Azu!".
When many Wei family children saw Wei Hao and Wei Furong approaching, they all laughed and shouted.

"Hey, okay, everything is fine?" Wei Hao also asked with a smile. Now Wei Hao is different from before. Before that, Wei Hao would still hate family members, but now he also knows that there are still a lot of people in the family. Ordinary children, just mess around.

"Okay, Azu, may I ask, does the restaurant still need people? My kid wants to learn cooking!" A middle-aged man looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"How old is it?" Wei Hao stopped, looked at the young man behind the middle-aged man with a smile and asked.

"Grand Ancestor, nineteen!" The young man said shyly. They all knew that Wei Hao was only crowned this year, that is, at the age of 16. Dukedom of a country.

"Oh, that's fine. Well, after the next year, uh, Steward Wang!" Wei Hao looked behind as he spoke. He hadn't entered the ancestral hall yet, and Steward Wang was still behind.

"Hey, son!" Steward Wang ran over immediately.

"After the beginning of next year, let him go to a restaurant to learn to be a cook. Remember his name, it's good to learn the skills!" Wei Hao pointed to the young man and said to Butler Wang.

"Okay, son!" Steward Wang immediately nodded with a smile. Wei Hao nodded to the father and son, and walked inside with the sacrificial items.
When they got inside, there were more people. When they saw Wei Furong and his son coming, they all said hello. Everyone here is named Wei.

"Hurry up, go inside, it's almost here!" An older man saw Wei Furong approaching and said with a smile.

"Hey!" Wei Furong nodded,

Soon, the two of them, father and son, arrived inside. Standing inside were the sons of officials of the family, as well as people with some status in the Wei family.

"Shen Yong, here you come, have lunch at my house!" Wei Yuanzhao saw Wei Hao coming, and immediately called Wei Hao.

"Okay, my dad told me that it's been a while since we got together!" Wei Hao nodded with a smile, and then put the sacrificial items on the altar in front, and everyone stood here, waiting for the time. Also chat with each other.

"You are a busy person. I can't find you every day, and I don't know why you went!" Wei Yuanzhao said to Wei Hao with a smile.

"Hey, don't mention it, the time in prison this year is a bit long!" Wei Hao said with a wry smile, and the others laughed when they heard it. They all knew that Wei Hao went to jail when he had nothing to do, and he still wanted to fight with those ministers. jailed.

"Shen Yong, I didn't mean you, you said you were fine, why did you go to that place?" Wei Yuanzhao also smiled helplessly.

"It's okay!" Wei Hao said with a wave of his hand, and then he saw Wei Chen, who was chatting with Wei Furong. Years ago, he also came to the house, but Wei Hao was not at home.

"Brother Jinxian, how is this year?" Wei Hao looked at Wei Chen and asked.

"Okay, I'm sure I'll be better off with you here. I went to see you twice before, and I wanted to chat with you, but you're too busy." Wei Chen looked at Wei Hao and said.

"Well, I'm a little busy, come and sit down if you have time, anyway, my father is at home!" Wei Hao said to Wei Chen.

"I know!" Wei Chen nodded, and the others were a little envious. Wei Chen is now in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but he has a lot of power. The key point is that no one dares to touch him. Everyone knows that he and Wei Hao have a good relationship. If he doesn't make a big mistake, no one can change his position.

"By the way, how many years have you been in the Ministry of Civil Affairs? Have you been promoted?" Wei Hao looked at Wei Chen and asked.

"It's been three years and I haven't been promoted, but it's okay. Didn't you just come out of the cell this year?" Wei Chen said to Wei Hao.

"Well, that's fine. If you're like this, don't think about other things in the past two years, and do your own thing well. As for me, if I have a chance, I will recommend it to be a governor, okay?" Wei Hao Said to Wei Chen.

"Well, of course that's good, but, there is an old mother at home, hey, it's better to be closer, and I can come back from time to time!" Wei Chen listened, thought about it, and then thought of himself The old mother at home immediately said with regret.

"It's okay, let's stay nearby, we won't go far away!" Wei Hao said. Originally, Wei Hao wanted to say that he should replace him as the magistrate of Wannian County. It is impossible for him to be the magistrate of Wannian County forever. What five years, that is impossible, at most two years I will stop doing it, even if I want to do it myself, Li Shimin will not agree, when the time comes to nominate someone by myself, then I will nominate Wei Chen.

"Shen Yong, the rest of the family, help if you can!" Wei Yuanzhao stood there and said to Wei Hao.

"Don't worry, I will help if I can!" Wei Hao said.

"I want to say something about this. One is that Shen Yong is too busy, and the other is that everyone is embarrassed to go to Shen Yong if they have anything to do. What you don't know is that Shen Yong is so young, but in front of His Majesty, It can be said that he is, um, the person most trusted by His Majesty, but if you want to ask Shen Yong for help, first of all, you must do the right thing, if you don't do it right, don't make trouble for Shen Yong, Shen Yong is busy all day!" Wei Ting was standing there talking at the moment, and the other disciples also nodded.

"They dare to behave wrongly. This old man tells you one by one. The money given to you by the family is enough for you to set up a family business. If you dare to stretch out your hands, the old man will expel your whole family from the genealogy. What a joke, the family's income this year is good. You took it Big head, the rest is given to the school,

The children of my Wei family, no matter whose family they are, as long as they reach the age of six, they must go to school, and they are also subsidized by 4 yuan a year. You can inquire about which family has such a subsidy from our family. I hope that you can do well. Good at studying, when the time comes to take the imperial examination, after passing the exam, you will be an official in the court! "Wei Yuanzhao stood there and said to those people.

"Don't dare, don't dare, patriarch, don't worry, we really won't mess around now, just do our own thing!" Wei Chen and the others immediately said to Wei Yuanzhao, the family has indeed subsidized a lot of money For them, the minimum this year is 1000 guan, if there is more Wei Ting, 2000 guan, Wei Hao didn't want it, Wei Hao's money was directly given to Zu Xue.

"Well, I just hope that you will set an example for the younger generations. Now the family is not short of money, and you will not be short of money. Now we are suppressing the Du family. In the past few decades, we were all suppressed by the Du family. , although the relationship between our two families has always been very good, we are always being suppressed and feel uncomfortable.

Now, my Wei family also has a duke, or two dukes, Wei Hao is fighting for our Wei family, so don't embarrass our Wei family, otherwise, the old man will not agree! "Wei Yuanzhao continued to speak to those people, but they were also afraid to say it again and again.

"If you have any difficulties, come to me. You all know that I am very busy. In addition, I have just entered the court and become an official, so I am not familiar with everyone. But as long as it is a child of the Wei family who comes to you, then I will definitely know how to deal with it." Do me a favor, of course, the premise is that I can help, if you are short of money, you come to me, I have money, Chang'an City knows, I have money!" Wei Hao said with a smile,

The others also laughed, who didn't know that Wei Hao was rich, and then everyone chatted for a while, and when the chat was almost over, they began to worship the ancestors,

Still Wei Hao stood on the left, Wei Ting stood on the right, Wei Yuanzhao stood in the middle, and began to worship the ancestors. After everyone worshiped the ancestors, they began to worship the ancestors alone. Wei Yuanzhao was the first to worship the ancestors, and Wei Hao’s family was the first. The second worshiped the ancestors, and the third ancestor of Wei Ting's family,

Then the officials behind began to worship the ancestors one after another,
And Wei Hao, Wei Furong, and Wei Yuanzhao left the ancestral hall. Wei Yuanzhao invited Wei Furong to go too, but Wei Furong didn't go. Today is mainly for the children of officials to gather. I don't want to go. My family is thirty. The family also needs people, so Wei Furong refused.

(End of this chapter)