The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 212 From Xue Yantuo's 'Master'

Throughout the ages, in all dynasties, the most direct way to measure whether a local official is doing his duty is to look at the economy. Under the rule of a certain person, the economy is prosperous, and this person is naturally a capable minister in the eyes of the emperor. This is an objective fact, and no matter how you modify it, it cannot be concealed. fact.

Wen Wenli knew this very well, so after returning to his county, this guy immediately wrote a long and touching letter to Lu Qinghong, the governor of Xizhou, boasting that Li Muyun, a free and unrestrained prince, is rare in the sky and unparalleled on earth, Everything before was a misunderstanding.

On the other side, they began to recruit their subordinates to assign tasks. No matter what, they must recruit [-] miners. Even if the fields in the county are not planted, they must be recruited. Then they will dig as much as they can dig with all their strength, and all will be supplied to Shanyin County.

Hu Cao, who was in charge of the mine, was dumbfounded. Looking at Wen Xueli, who had been flushed with excitement since he came back, his eyes were full of worry.

Bo, the owner of Lan County, asked worriedly: "Master Fu, if all the supplies are supplied to Shanyin County, what will happen to the procurement business of other companies?"

"Whoever you love, let them go to another house to buy. Isn't there a mine on the Wutai Mountain? Let them go there and tell them it's cheaper there." Xue Li slapped the table and shouted, staring.

After beating Li Muyun and telling him that he needs 500 million catties of ore every year, he has been upgraded to the level of God of Wealth in the eyes of Lao Wen. All the orders from other states and counties are all bullshit. What is the amount of 10,000+ catties a year? It's not enough for people to stick their teeth between them, so they have the nerve to buy ore?
Crazy, this is really crazy, several subordinates stared dumbfounded at the 'boss' who seemed to be in a state of madness, and wondered what he had experienced in Shanyin County, and why he became so... swollen when he came back , To even rush out those uncle-like existences in the past, doesn't he have a B number in his heart?
Thinking of this, the deputy county magistrate, uh, no, the county magistrate cautiously suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't we think about it again, after all, those orders add up to 10,000+ catties every year."

"50 catties is fart!" Looking at a group of 'disappointed' subordinates, Wen Xueli finally swears: "What do you know? How much is 50 catties of ore? I know how much I went to Shanyin County to talk about this time. Business? 500 million catties, 500 million catties of raw ore every year!"

"Five, 500 million?" The county magistrate was struck by lightning in an instant, and looked at Wen Wenli with the eyes of a lunatic: "My lord, you, have you been cheated? 500 million catties of iron ore is Shanyin County If everyone comes together to smelt iron, it may not be enough to use it up in a year, right?"

"Say you know a fart, you really..." Wen Wenli seemed a little unsure how to express his feelings, stood up excitedly and walked around the room, then put his arms around him, and said in the shape of a mountain : "I saw such a big furnace in Shanyin County. People call it a blast furnace. It can produce a thousand catties of pig iron in almost two hours. A thousand catties of pig iron is still smelted!"

It's over, the county magistrate must be crazy, otherwise how could he be talking so nonsense.

Produce a thousand catties of pig iron in more than two hours?There is no such thing as bullshit!It's not like they haven't seen others smelting iron. If they can produce ten catties a day, they are considered good blacksmiths. It's not necessary to think about it for three to five months.

Otherwise, how could other counties come to them to buy ore and only buy 10,000+ catties, not because there is no such a large output that cannot be refined.

Based on this inference, the county magistrate must have been deluded by people in Shanyin County. It seems that it is very necessary to find a "big fairy" who knows magic to show him. The several men looked at each other, thinking helplessly.

But in the end they still couldn't beat the 'big boss'. Under the strong request of Literary Li, Master Bo had to go out and post a notice, while Xian Cheng wrote a document to inform the old client that from the end of this year, Lan County's The iron ore has been packaged and is no longer for sale.

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In Shanyin County, hundreds of miles away from Lan County, six days have passed since Li Muyun poured the small flower bed, and a group of people came to the edge of the small flower bed again.

"Remove the outer box!" Before Li Muyun could speak, Tang Jian couldn't wait to give the order.

But fortunately, the minions in the cottage are very face-saving, and they all ran up at the command, and removed all the wooden boards nailed together, and a small light gray cement flower bed appeared in front of everyone. .

Li Muyun glanced at Tang Jian, and then at Yu Zhining. Seeing that the two were looking at the small flower bed curiously, he couldn't help being amused, and turned to tell those who had just removed the wooden boards: "Small it!" it!"

"Ah?" Minoru almost thought he had heard wrong, and looked at Li Muyun in confusion.

"I said smash it, until it is smashed."

"Uh..., oh!" Even though they didn't know what Li Muyun was going to do, the minions obeyed orders and fetched hammers and other tools, and smashed them in a 'ping-ping-pong-pong' manner.

Once, twice, the huge iron hammer smashed more than a dozen times, and finally left a trace of cracks on the surface of the concrete. There was a gap in the flower bed.

Tang Jian watched all this quietly, exchanged glances with Yu Zhining who had not spoken much, nodded and said to Li Muyun, "Xiaoyaowai, this cement... I don't know what price it is?"

"This? It's cheap, ten catties and one penny!" Li Muyun seemed to have been prepared, and answered.

"How much?" Tang Jian's voice raised more than an octave.

"Ten catties a penny!"

"Why don't you go and grab it? I'm afraid this small flower bed of yours can't weigh two thousand catties? It's just a little thing, and two hundred Wen is gone?"

"Uncle Tang, you can't say that." Li Muyun picked up a piece of concrete fragments from the ground: "Although this thing is made of stone, but think about it, don't I need money for my charcoal? Don't I need money for my labor? And the shipping costs are also expensive, right? Adding up these costs, what profit do you think I can make?"

"That can't be so expensive! According to your calculation, the construction of a city may not cost [-] to [-] guan for cement alone." Tang Jian said anxiously with a pale face.

"Uncle Tang, what you said is wrong. What's the matter with the one hundred and eighty thousand guan? Can it be saved without cement? Don't you need money to confiscate civil servants? Don't you need money to buy bricks? Don't you need money for wasted time? " Li Muyun argued vigorously.

It’s a seller’s market these days. If you have good things, you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell them. Cement can be used for building cities, roads, or building houses. Even if Tang Jian doesn’t cooperate, there are still a lot of people waiting. to cooperate.

Therefore, Li Muyun would not let go of his mouth no matter what. The price of ten catties and one penny was so fierce that he would not let go.

In the end, Tang Jian and Yu Zhining had nothing to do, and they left Li Muyun to go to old Li Yuan for comment.

"Taishanghuang, Xiaoyaohou is too outrageous. They are obviously just some stones, but he sold them for a sky-high price. You have to take care of this matter!" Tang Jian began to complain when he saw Li Yuan.

Although Yu Zhining didn't speak, he obviously had the same meaning with Tang Jian, thinking that Li Muyun's handling of this matter was wrong.

After learning the price of cement, Li Yuan frowned, but this matter didn't seem to have much to do with him as an old man. People always say that a phoenix with hair is not as good as a chicken, and he, the emperor, is not like that.

Don't look at what Tang Jian said when he came to him now, in fact, even if Li Muyun lowered the price, I'm afraid no one will take Li Yuan's favor from him.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan shook his head: "Oh, I am also very embarrassed about this matter. You also know that that kid has a temper like a donkey and is stubborn. Even if the old man really intervenes, I'm afraid the price may not be able to come down. Come down. Besides, I have already retired, and I am no longer in that position, so I am not harsh! Otherwise, you should talk to the second child and see if he can do anything."

Well, this time it's really dead!As soon as Li Yuan pushed [-], Li Muyun beat him to death without lowering the price, Tang Jian was anxious like ants on a hot pot but couldn't think of a way.

Now someone is going to ask, isn't Tang Jian cooperating with Li Muyun?Isn't the higher the price of cement, the better for him?
If you follow the normal cooperation method, it is indeed the case!But the problem is that his cooperation with Li Muyun is not like this. Ever since Li Yuan used his old face to steal [-] coins from him, some people have completely changed their appearance.

The original partner directly became a supplier, that is to say, the price of ten catties and one penny was the price Li Muyun sold to Tang Jian. As for how much Tang Jian would sell again, he didn't care at all.

In this way, the cost of cement is virtually increased. Even if Tang Jian bought the cement and transported it back to Chang'an, he probably wouldn't make much money, so he was naturally in a hurry, so he could only do it again and again. The third is to find someone to negotiate the price.

But Li Muyun is not stupid, since the old man he picked up is 'superior in strength', he will naturally not take the initiative to lower the price at this time, and he will not let go of his mouth if he can earn a little more.

And at this time, an unexpected visitor came to the Shanyin county government—His Royal Highness the second prince of Xue Yantuo, so generous!

"This is the Shanyin county government office? Why is it so dilapidated?" Dadu, who was dressed as a merchant, set up at the entrance of the county government office, asked the attendant with some contempt.

"Your Highness, the villain has confirmed twice that this is indeed the county government!" The attendant seemed a little unbelievable, but he said with certainty: "It's just that their county magistrate doesn't care much about things. It's a woman."

"Female?" Dadu set suddenly became interested, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly: "Go, go in with this prince and have a look, remember, you will call me young master when you get inside, do you understand?"

"Understood!" A few attendants nodded, thinking that the second prince's habit of falling into a nympho when he saw a woman seemed to have committed it again!
(End of this chapter)