Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 162 Inspection System
After talking with Li Shimin, Li Tai and Changle went to visit the prince.

Li Chengqian dismissed Li Tai and Changle because he was sick and couldn't see the guests, which made Changle couldn't help but mutter a few words.

But Li Tai stayed in Changle, and went back graciously.

Li Tai returned to Gaoling, and soon heard Li Shimin's order to extend the age for women not to marry and pay taxes after they reach adulthood.

It used to be fined to pay taxes at the age of 15, but now it has been extended.

At the same time, the surveyed maternal age information was announced in the court, and the courtiers were required to postpone the marriage age of their daughters, and the minimum age was changed to 16 years old.

The courtiers were a little dazed about this request at first, but it was quickly passed among the officials.

After all, it's just a daughter who has been raised for a few more years. For the officials in the court, who can't raise it!
Compared with civilians raising daughters, the pursuit is to realize their daughters, while high-ranking officials raising daughters are more for marriage and alliance than daughter slaves.

There are more political considerations in the marriage of one's own children. Under such circumstances, if the daughter is raised for a few more years, the extra few years will be up for grabs. What is there to be unhappy about for the vast majority of political officials? .

The most important thing is that many officials are happy to accept that their little padded jacket sticks to them for a few more years.

So this policy was passed by all officials, and the marriage between Changle and Changsun Chong was suspended.

In a few more years, at least Princess Changle must wait until she is 16 to marry Changsun Chong, instead of marrying at the age of 12 now.

Anyway, it's just a little too beastly.

Everyone knew that Li Tai was the first to bring up this matter of prolonging women's marriage.

Now it has been proved that Li Tai's judgment on this matter is correct, and he has a little more respect for Li Tai and a little more prestige.

However, Li Tai didn't know much about it, and even Li Tai didn't pay too much attention to the affairs of the court.

Because Li Tai took the peacock to inspect his own industry. I have to say that this system inspection is not only because he needs to teach the peacock, but more importantly, he also needs to sort out the entire system.

After all, my understanding of industrialization and assembly line is basically from books, and now it's my turn to build it by myself. Compared with other people, Li Tai feels the deepest.

"Let's sort it out from the coal!" Li Tai took the peacock to the coal mine.

To be honest, the coal mine has become much more orderly. The regular employees here basically wear uniform cotton clothes, reinforced bamboo hats on their heads, and gloves on their hands. They work here.

Because of the limited technology of the era, it is mainly to dig out the coal in the potential layer, and the main technology used is also the drilling method.

To a certain extent, the prototype of the elevator was born in the coal cave, because when digging coal, the hole is first dug vertically to the ground, and when the excavation reaches a certain level, it is then excavated horizontally.

Therefore, it is natural to use a lifting device, so the elevator was invented, and it gradually became the elevator in the future.

Li Tai was quite satisfied with seeing how the coal yard was organized in an orderly manner, and the owner of the mine stood by Li Tai's side obediently at this moment.

Facing Li Tai, he, the dominator who used to yell and drink in the coal yard, didn't even dare to show his breath now.

"Good job, but how is the reinforcement work going?" Li Tai looked at the mine owner and asked.

"We all followed the king's instructions, and made ventilation holes in the ground when digging to ensure that the ground can breathe.

Moreover, in order to prevent the tunnels from collapsing due to ore excavation, frames will be used to reinforce them at intervals.

Absolutely nothing will happen! "

This time the Lord said confidently.

"Since you said that, I'm relieved!" Li Tai nodded, then turned to Peacock and said,
"Remember, every month from now on, the owner of the mine must go to the underground mine cave in person.

Put some tokens at the end of each place in the tunnel, and then you send someone to check again, and check the time it takes for the two to walk through the entire mine.

If the mine owner spends too much time, he will be dismissed.

After all, he is not even familiar with his own mine, so it seems that there is no need to keep him. "

At this moment, the face of the mine owner who was listening to Li Tai's words changed drastically. He was sweating profusely at this moment, but he opened his mouth to say something, and he didn't seem to have any right to appeal.

After all, here in the mine, I stay here every day. When it comes to the familiarity of the terrain, it seems to be far more than the people sent by Peacock.

If he lost like this, he didn't seem to have any room for excuse.

Of course, the most important thing is that this is Li Tai, the Fourth Prince Li Tai, it doesn't matter if he is an official or an aristocratic family, maybe someone else will win him over.

But I am just a mine owner, who would want me!

Li Tai turned his head to look at the owner of the mine, and said of course,
"I mean you don't have to guess, I want you who manage the mine to understand the working environment of the miners.

Not to mention how comfortable it is, but at least you have to do a good job of safety, otherwise if this mine cave collapses, you must be buried in it! "

When the mine owner heard Li Tai's words, he broke into cold sweat and nodded repeatedly, expressing that he would definitely pay attention.

And Li Tai waved his hand to make the mine owner retreat, and continued to talk to Peacock,
"These individual coal mines are the foundation of our entire Gaoling system.

Without the low-priced coal produced in this mine, many industries in Gaoling would not be able to survive. "

Hearing this, Peacock also nodded at the moment.

Because she also found that the reason why many Gaoling industries could not compete with Li Tai's industries was that other shops closed down unconsciously while they were open.

It should have been said that the other party’s family is small, so it’s easy to turn around, but in actual business, I buy and sell things with the same price with the other party, and I make money, but the other party loses money. This is the reality.

But now Peacock Weiwei understands why Li Tai said that coal has become the basis of the whole system.

Because coal is cheaply dug by ourselves, the price derived from the whole system has become very competitive.

Of course, if you expect the peacock to fully understand the whole truth, then don't count on it.

Li Tai thinks that Peacock can take over the whole system for the time being is already very powerful, and if she expects her to understand the whole principle, let's save it, he is not a master of education.

"So during my absence, the coal industry was the most important industry. No matter what happened, the fields, cloth and coal, these three things are the foundation that the entire Gaoling must never shake." Li Tai said, "As for other industries, If you can hold it, hold it, if you can’t hold it, tell the person who wants to buy it, you don’t need to worry about anything, just hold it until I return to Chang’an.”

"How soon will King Yue come back?" Peacock couldn't help asking Li Tai when he heard Li Tai's words.

"The shortest is three or four years, and the longest is five or six years!" Li Tai said calmly, "I will come back to Chang'an if I think about it."

"Does it have to be so long?" Hearing Li Tai's words, Peacock felt a little dazed, even a little unimaginable.

"It's okay!" Li Tai smiled, "After all, it's easy to get out of Chang'an, and you need to pay a price to go back to Chang'an!"

"If it's difficult to come back, why not leave?" Peacock couldn't help persuading him when he heard Li Tai's words.

"If I don't leave, I, a pawn, won't be able to cross the river!" Li Tai shook his head and said, "Now it looks like I'm in a hurry, but in fact, my foundation is so vain, do you think the world is giving me face? King Yue's face!"

When Peacock heard Li Tai's words, he was at a loss and didn't understand, because the king of Yue was Li Tai!
But Peacock knew that since Li Tai said that, it was obvious that Li Tai was ready to leave Chang'an.

It is impossible to interfere with this kind of thing.

The only thing I can do is to follow Li Tai's orders and take care of Li Tai's property.

Thinking of this, the peacock's eyes gradually became firmer, and he said to Li Tai, "Even if the peacock is smashed to pieces, he will definitely take care of these properties. When the king returns, he will hand over these properties to the king."

Li Tai said: "Just do your best. If you encounter obstacles at the commercial level, what you should do is all up to you.

If I really encounter pressure from the court officials, I will take my jade card to find Fang Xiang, and he will settle this matter! "

"Fang Xiang?" Peacock couldn't help being stunned when he heard this name, he didn't expect Li Tai to mention Fang Xuanling.

Li Tai nodded and said:
"I just went and sealed it, and it's not that I'm dead, as long as I'm still alive, he won't make people too unscrupulous.

Take care of the property under my name, this kind of favor, as long as I do well in Youzhou, he will still do it. "

To be honest, Li Tai handed over these systems to Peacock because he was really afraid that his entire industry would be swallowed up.

Because my father is the emperor, I am living a good life. As long as I return to Chang'an, those who swallowed my property will count as one. As long as you don't want to be hanged, then obediently spit out the deficit and property come out.

But what I worry about is that after I leave, there will be no one to supervise these industries, and they will all act by inertia, which will reduce the overall efficiency.

So I definitely need to find someone to supervise, and this person is Peacock.

As for Fang Xuanling, Li Tai can be sure that if anything happens to his property, Fang Xuanling will definitely take care of it.

Not only because of the original agreement, but more importantly, the property is taxed, which is related to the court's finances.

Fang Xuanling actually admired Li Tai quite a lot, and Dou Jing, the current Minister of Civil Affairs, also had some contacts with Li Tai.

Therefore, Li Tai has many properties, and Li Tai has been involved in the Inner Supervisor who is responsible for supporting the royal family, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which is related to the imperial court's finances.

In addition to taking part of the benefits I obtained, the royal family and the court also took part.

To be honest, the imperial court would not be very happy if someone did something and caused a drop in income.

Of course, if the other party kicked out his power with great arrogance and then took over the property, Li Tai could only say that the other party's means were superb, and he had nothing to say.

But the business of property and the infighting of intrigues are two different things.

Even if they were given a chicken that lays golden eggs, but they couldn't raise them by themselves, they could only be blamed for their incompetence.

In fact, those properties that Li Tai said could be abandoned were a trap for those who were ready to attack him.

Anyone who steps into this trap will soon find out that after the money they earn has been taxed by the Inner House Supervisor and the Household Department, let alone some profit, they even have to post part of it themselves.

Li Tai can make money by relying on high-end industries to reduce costs step by step, but if it is just a single industry, unless he chooses to offend the internal government supervisor and the Ministry of Households and not give money, whoever takes over will lose money.

Of course, Li Tai would never tell others this, but the reality is that he has colluded with the Ministry of Households and the Inspector.

It's just that Peacock looked at Li Tai with bright eyes at this time, because she didn't know when Li Tai had actually settled the house.

But the reality is that it wasn't Li Tai who got the real estate plan, but just making use of it to the best of his ability.

After all, Fang Xuanling knows the general situation, and he also knows how much Li Tai's property is linked to the imperial court's financial resources. As long as there is a step, it will be easy to manage.

Otherwise, if this matter is exposed, both the royal family and the court will lose face.

The most important thing is that the king of Yue paid money to the court and the royal family so obediently, but you didn't even protect his property. Wouldn't that be a breach of trust and let others think about the court and the royal family!

Therefore, after Li Tai instructed the peacock to find Fang Xuanling if he had any problems, he continued to the peacock:
"For other downstream industries, you don't need to expand while I'm away, it's enough to keep them at the current scale.

Your main focus is still on the upstream coal industry, cotton planting, and farmland. "

"After seeing this mine today, how do you feel?" Li Tai asked Peacock.

"I feel that the mine is much more humid than I thought. I thought it was dry land up and down the mine. I didn't expect that there would be more or less water in the mine. It seems that a large part of the manpower for mining is consumed. Get on top of this!"

Peacock thought about it, "Also, the coal mine is still transported in a basket in the mine, which feels very inconvenient."

"When miners dig caves, the horizontal caves are more or less inclined to allow the accumulated water to flow out naturally, but manpower is still needed to drain some of the accumulated water from the depressions." Li Tai shrugged. said,

"However, you can think of a way on the steam engine to let it pump out the water.

After all, in theory, the water vapor evaporated by boiling water should be able to turn into various mechanical energy as long as the direction of the force is changed.

But in this mine, at least fuel is not a problem at all, you can try to find Mo Ling to study these equipment. "

Peacock nodded, this is more or less a solution.

Li Tai continued, "The other thing is to find a way to lay tracks in the mine.

The high cost is a bit high, but with the track and the rail car, at least the efficiency of ore transportation can be improved a lot.

However, laying tracks in the mine is still a very troublesome thing! "

Peacock didn't expect Li Tai to solve his doubts so quickly, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, is this the gap between me and King Yue.

It seems that the only thing I can do is to try my best to be careful.

In fact, for the king of Yue, his task can be done by another person!
Li Tai didn't wait for the peacock to continue thinking wildly, but after taking the peacock to observe the whole process from coal ore to briquettes, he rushed to the next venue in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)