Li Shimin

Chapter 435 Stunned Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling and others

"The dishes made by this kind of fish and shrimp in the sea are really delicious!"

After taking a bite, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others also nodded repeatedly.

Although they have all eaten the meals made by Haizhong Haizhen before, even the recipes may be exactly the same.

But, somehow, these meals are more comfortable and delicious to eat in the seafood restaurant!
"Your Majesty, gentlemen, there are endless sea treasures in the sea. Even if one batch is eaten this year, another batch will be born next year. If these things can be eaten in large quantities, the people of Tang Dynasty can produce hundreds more. Wanshi's food is here!"

On the side, Li Xuan and Cheng Chusi were sitting on the sofa, drinking tea while watching the scene outside.

Sitting on the fourth floor, through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see Pingkangfang, Xuanyangfang, and Chongyifang, which are quite emotional.

Especially, in broad daylight, in the Sanqu Lane in Pingkangfang, Yingying and Yanyan are still hanging around outside.

"What Xuanba said is true, but these seafood are extremely difficult to preserve, let alone transported for two thousand miles! Unless the ice-making technique is announced, it will be difficult to transport these fish and shrimps in the sea back to the Guanzhong and Guannei! "

What Li Xuan said, Li Shimin and others also understood.

However, in this era without frozen transportation technology, it is simply impossible to transport fish and shrimp from the sea to Guanzhong.

The ice-making technique was invented by Li Xuan. They all knew that Li Xuan had a great grievance with those aristocratic families, so how could they teach him the ice-making technique?

"May I ask, Your Majesty, how many veterans have retired from the Twelve Guards and various Zhechong Mansions?"

Li Xuan asked.

"Ok?"

Li Shimin was taken aback, glanced at Li Xuan, and then said: "This time the Turkic conquest, thanks to the steelmaking and ironmaking skills presented by Xuanba, the imperial court has sufficient steel, and there are a lot of woolen clothes and gloves. There are not many veterans, there should be more than 1000 at present!"

"so much?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan was startled.

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were also startled.

After thinking about it, Li Shimin explained softly.

"Xuanba, in the past when an army of 1000 went to war, there were tens of thousands of disabled veterans. Now, there are only more than [-] veterans, which is already a blessing in the world!"

"Still too high!"

Li Xuan sighed softly, "My Tang Dynasty's steel skills are far superior to the Turkic barbarians. All the soldiers are covered in iron armor, with steel knives and horses in their hands, strong bows and sharp arrows. Their equipment crushes the Turkic barbarians, and they can still be injured by those Turkic barbarians. There are so many veterans, it shouldn’t be!”

"Xuanba, the Turkic barbarians are good at shooting, they are brave and fearless, and when fighting with a large army, it is inevitable that there will be casualties, this is inevitable!"

For Li Xuan's sudden sentimentality and compassion, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were a little puzzled.

"I know about this!"

Li Xuan took a long breath, "Xuanba means that His Majesty can use veterans to form a transportation team, and these veterans will drive four-wheeled carriages to transport marine fish and other sea treasures from Qingzhou waters to Chang'an City for those wealthy businessmen from Qingzhou families.

In addition, some merchants' goods can also be transported along with them. It takes a month for a horse-drawn carriage to travel from Chang'an City to Qingzhou.

It doesn't matter how much money you make, the goods for a carriage only need five guan, veterans earn [-] guan, horse food and carriage wear and tear [-], and everyone can share the remaining [-] guan equally! "

"Five strings?"

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were shocked again.

"I can't even buy so much money by pulling a truck full of goods from Qingzhou. How could those rich businessmen from aristocratic families give five guan to the transportation team?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help chuckling.

"Your Majesty, the king of Hejian used to transport dried sea fish in a four-wheeled carriage, which cost thirty shi! May I ask your Majesty, how much food can be exchanged for a stone of dried sea fish from those aristocratic families?"

"One stone of dried sea fish is exchanged for thirty stones of food!"

Li Shimin said directly.

"Your Majesty, one stone of grain is calculated at five hundred wen, which is fifteen guan. How much money can Your Majesty earn from such a cart of dried fish?" Li Xuan asked again.

Li Shimin couldn't help being taken aback by this, he had never thought about such a thing.

He is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and everything in the Tang Dynasty belongs to him, so there is no need to make money.

Seeing this, Li Xuan chuckled lightly, and analyzed himself: "Your Majesty, the dried sea fish was dried by Hejian County King with a group of soldiers. His Majesty didn't spend any money on this matter, at most it was dried. The wear and tear of the carriage and the food and grass of the horse.

Also, there are tolls. For the sake of simplicity and ease of calculation, a carriage will be calculated according to the usual rules.

The rest is the coarse salt consumed.A carload of sea fish dried for 150 shi would require [-] shi of coarse salt, but this coarse salt was the coarse salt accumulated by His Majesty, and what His Majesty consumed was only the wages of the salt workers who dried the salt.With so much salt, I'm afraid I won't even need five pennies.

In addition, His Majesty didn't spend any money on the sea boats going out to sea for fishing. At most, the sea boats were worn out, which was a little extravagant. A cart of three hundred stones of dried sea fish wasted according to the usual calculation.

In this way, His Majesty's three hundred shihai dried fish in a carriage will cost at most seven pennies of capital! "

"As for your majesty's dried sea fish, you can exchange [-] grains from those aristocratic families, and your majesty can make a lot of money with a carload of dried sea fish!"

After the analysis, Li Xuan couldn't help but look at Li Shimin subconsciously, his face full of shock.

What a huge profit!

And Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were also stunned.

After a while, Li Shimin still couldn't believe it and asked: "Xuanba, is it really so profitable?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan turned his head and looked at Li Baoding who was beside him.

This time, Li Baoding and the others have already listed them on a piece of paper according to what Li Xuan said.

"Pass this paper to His Majesty, and let His Majesty do the math!"

Li Xuan said.

"Yes, Master!"

Li Baoding didn't dare to neglect, he quickly picked up the paper with both hands and handed it to Li Shimin.

After receiving the paper, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and the others put down their chopsticks one after another, walked to the desk, bowed their heads and counted carefully, without thinking about eating.

After another long while, all the talents raised their heads.

There was still a look of surprise on his face.

According to their own calculations, they earned much more than Li Xuan calculated!

It is simply a profit!
Ok?
Suddenly, looking at the expressions of Li Shimin and others, Li Xuan's face could not help but change slightly, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

"Your Majesty, I think the price of a carriage for the transportation team must be at least ten guan, otherwise it would be too much of a loss. Those veterans are on the road all day, and they can't earn four guan in a month. It's really not worth it!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help being startled.

"A veteran earns four times a month?"

"Your Majesty, they are on the road all day long. They work so hard. Every veteran can work for at most two years before his body can't bear it. Moreover, they are all sons who have shed blood for the Tang Dynasty. If they can't increase the price, Ten pens a month can make them earn!"

Li Xuandao.

"If that's the case, then it's all four!"

Li Shimin nodded.

Afterwards, he remembered something and hurriedly asked: "Xuanba, dried sea fish is our exclusive property, and those aristocratic families can't make money, so how can we deliver them the things in the sea?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help chuckling.

"Your Majesty, drying dried sea fish is very simple, and those aristocratic families can learn it very quickly!"

"But they have lost the salt fields!"

Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, what is the current price for a catty of coarse salt?" Li Xuan asked.

"A catty of coarse salt will be sold to those salt merchants for three renminbi, but in Qingzhou, those merchants from aristocratic families will sell it for about five renminbi!" Li Shimin said.

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(End of this chapter)