Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 397 Mooncake Making
Li Tai looked at the reward Li Shimin sent over, thinking that at least it was a reward from his father, so he accepted it with peace of mind.

Along with the rewards sent by Li Shimin, Tang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, came with him.

"I said Tang Shangshu, why do you come to Luoyang when you have time!" Li Tai looked at Tang Jian, although he had some guesses in his heart, but the country has not officially ordered a census, so his own guesses are just guesses, not countable.

Tang Jian looked at Li Tai tidying up a little, and Chen Ken said to Wei Wang, "The sage asked me to conduct a census on the household registration of the Tang Dynasty, so I want to borrow some manpower from you, King Wei, to prevent me from being deceived by the low-level officials!"

Of course it is said to be a small official, but after all, it is still a family.

After all, it is almost impossible for the grassroots to hide from the aristocratic family now. At least in terms of controlling the grassroots, the aristocratic family's willingness to hide the population is naturally very strong.

"I'll write a letter, Tang Shangshu can go to Lu Cai, he will help you!" Li Tai said to Tang Jian very seriously.

Tang Jian couldn't help but look surprised when he heard Li Tai's words. Tang Jian didn't expect Li Tai to be so talkative.

Originally, Tang Jian thought that Li Tai would treat the agricultural college as his own, and his census was almost a thankless job. Even though King Wei would not refuse, he would be reluctant to agree.

After all, in the final analysis, this work is more or less to offend the family, but it has no direct benefit to King Wei himself.

Thinking of this, Tang Jian couldn't help admiring Li Tai, the king of Wei was still the king of Wei, the king of Wei who cared about the people of the world.

Of course, Li Tai was very calm.Because in Li Tai's view, if a country wants to govern, the census is almost the most basic.

Even for myself, I hope to quickly increase the population of Datang to the long-term goal of 500 million households.

Therefore, assisting Tang Jian to complete the census as soon as possible is what he hopes to achieve.

At this time, Tang Jian couldn't help but be delighted to see Li Tai's cooperation in the work. He chatted with Li Tai and said,

"Wei Wang, what do you think is the best way to start this matter?"

Hearing Tang Jian's words, Li Tai thought about it, "In my opinion, the best way is to give gifts!"

"Gifts? Give gifts to the family, let the family cooperate with us?" Tang Jian's expression was unavoidably ugly!
"What are you thinking, of course it's giving gifts to the common people!" Li Tai said naturally,
"For example, the organization sends mooncakes to all the people during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and New Year's Day to all the people during the Spring Festival.

People who are not on the household registration need to register the household registration before they can receive it by themselves. "

"What if someone pretends to claim it!" Tang Jian couldn't help but hesitated when he heard Li Tai's words.

"Then pretend to claim it!" Li Tai said indifferently, "As long as the people who come to claim it are registered in the household registration.

If he can pretend to be ten households by himself, then he will have to pay for ten households by himself to collect corvees and arrange taxes.

If he can't pay, then prepare to work till death, who made him too greedy to eat these ten people's portions! "

When Tang Jian heard Li Tai's words, he also felt that Li Tai's idea seemed to be really feasible.

But Tang Jian quickly came back to his senses, and said seriously, "It's a good idea, but it's not easy to implement."

"Huh?!" Li Tai asked Tang Jian curiously when he heard Tang Jian's words, "What's the problem?!"

"Can we have so many pastry chefs and deliver these benefits to the people in a short time?" Tang Jian said.

After all, this matter needs to be implemented, and it will not be a simple matter to implement anything.

After all, whether it is the process channel or the limited time, it will put a lot of pressure on the bureaucratic system.

When Tang Jian said this, he couldn't help sighing, "And will all the people really come to get things!"

Li Tai listened to Tang Jian's emotion, but he didn't feel any embarrassment, he just said calmly,

"There are some things that are difficult to grasp temporarily. The population census should become a regular census.

Therefore, the suggestion we propose is to make the common people form a habit and let them report their household registration voluntarily.

Instead of requiring our imperial court to send people down to check their numbers one by one. "

"Pastry masters can be cultivated, and most of them are only apprentices. The shelf life is indeed a problem, but if it is winter, the cold of winter will protect us and make the food of these pastries last longer!" Li Tai said,
"That's enough time. As for the transportation, if it's in Henan Province, I can guarantee that every village with a population of more than [-] has an agricultural society, so as to ensure that these pastries can be sent to the people with registered permanent residence."

"Of course, the effect of giving out gifts at the beginning is naturally very limited, and I am aware of this.

But the people's trust in the imperial court is not something that can be achieved overnight.

In this way, it is better for the people to build a channel of mutual trust with our court of the Tang Dynasty than to be isolated by the aristocratic family. There is no trust between us and the people at all! "

Li Tai looked at Tang Jian and said, "If the court forces the people to do something, it will be half the effort.

But if the common people push us to do it, it will be twice the result with half the effort! "

"It does sound reasonable!" Tang Jian nodded understandingly when he heard Li Tai's words, but Tang Jian said with a little helplessness, "But there is a big problem in the whole plan!"

"What's the problem?" Li Tai thought for a while, but he didn't think there was any problem with this thing.

At least in my own memory, even if the owner of a private company who has deducted more money should give a red envelope during the Chinese New Year, or give him some moon cake coupons to pass it off.

The employees also know that this thing is not easy to come by, and who is not quick-eyed and quick-handed when picking it up.

After all, this gift may be the only benefit I have received in this company in my life.

"The problem is that there is no money!" Tang Jian looked at Li Tai and said helplessly,
"King Wei, if you follow your approach, then this is a project that will take a long time to implement in the future.

This benefits more than 200 million households. Even if a moon cake costs two cents, if the common people want to eat it, the annual consumption will be more than 300 million, not to mention that the New Year's gift will be more expensive.

In other words, the imperial court needs to spend at least 1000 million Wen on this every year.

That is more than [-] Guan, which is not counted as hidden expenses for this work.

It's not worth it, it's really not worth it! Tang Jian shook his head again and again, directly denying Li Tai's suggestion.

Even if this suggestion can really achieve results, it will definitely be quite convenient when going to the census in the future, but the price of this thing is a bit too high.

Li Tai looked at Tang Jian's appearance, but he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

Because Li Tai understands that if it is really spread to the whole country, it is not calculated according to Tang Jian's calculation, and the entire production cost is actually very low.

Li Tai didn't insist, because Li Tai knew that the difficulty of this matter did not exist for him. The premise was that he had to sit in the center to dispatch resources, and at the same time let grassroots organizations such as agricultural societies be the distributors of this material. .

But this matter cannot be done by himself, at least not for now, so Li Tai is also helpless.

But even so, the constant communication between Li Tai and Tang Jian also perfected the details of Tang Jian's census population.

At the same time, when I handed over the system of agricultural colleges to Tang Jian for scheduling, I can't guarantee that other places, at least Gyeonggi Province, Henan Province, and Hebei Province where the Youzhou College is located, can give Tang Jian help.

But in other places, especially Jiannan Road in Shu, it may not be easy for Tang Jian to get a satisfactory census data table.

It doesn't matter to Li Tai, after all, what he can do is to do his best.

However, because of the communication with Tang Jian, Li Tai himself felt that he should also give benefits to the people of Henan Province.

Of course, it's also for my own sake, saying that my plan can be carried out smoothly. It's your problem that you don't have money, and it's definitely not the problem of your own idea.

Seeing that the time is almost the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, Li Tai waved his big hand and said, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and the people with Dahan household registration in Henan Province can go to the agricultural school during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year as long as they sign up and pay ten coins. The society received a mooncake.

To be honest, Li Tai proposed the ten coins not to make money, but mainly to let the people cherish the mooncakes they got.

For free things, the common people more or less have a point that seems to be ruined and doesn't feel bad.
But Li Tai couldn't bear to have his things ruined.

Facing the notice issued by Li Tai, the vast majority of the people were more or less skeptical.

After all, to Li Tai, ten Wen is barely visible, but to ordinary people, Ten Wen is already a lot.

If you eat sparingly, you might be able to eat for two days.

"King Wei is still childish!" Tang Jian also saw Li Tai's announcement, and knew clearly that King Wei's behavior was more or less angry.

To a certain extent, this is not the first time Wei Wang has behaved like this.

It seems that because of the dispute with Kong Yingda when I was a child, I still hold back my energy to fight Confucianism!
However, this time Tang Jian chose to watch obediently from the side, and did not directly get involved.

After all, if King Wei really determined the population of Datang through such a method, it would be a good thing for him anyway, so why stop him.

Anyway, at the end of the day, it would be a big deal to follow Wei Wang to admit his mistake, saying that he was wrong.

Tang Jian and Li Tai are not enemies, they are partners who have always cooperated with each other.

For example, Tang Jian opened the door to Li Tai when he was in Honglu Temple. Now that Tang Jian has arrived at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the cooperation relationship between Li Tai and Tang Jian is naturally a little closer. The taxes paid are the largest among all cities.

And since Li Tai decided to make dim sum, he naturally pulled out Master Ding from his kitchen. He was in charge of the material formula, split each step of the mooncake making technique, and summoned enough people to start working immediately.

At the beginning, Master Ding said that the food made in this way has no soul and cannot bring people a spiritual shock.

The most important thing is that even if you take a bite, it is difficult to shine, which will sublimate your whole soul!

But in the face of Li Tai's authority, Master Ding could only break down the process in as much detail as possible, and even how many times to knead the dough...he had to point out in detail.

Those who have no soul can only choose to bow their heads when facing Li Tai's authority.

All in all, Prince Wei's Mansion recruited a lot of help cooks, used these people to death, and used the most amateurish skills to make the most astonishing number of mooncakes.

In the process, things like steam engines also appeared.

After all, human beings have limits, but as long as the steam engine keeps adding water and coal to him, the steam engine can continue to work, and some very simple tasks such as beating can be completely handed over to the mechanical arm of the steam engine To be done.

Under the leadership of Master Ding, an astonishing number of mooncakes were soon produced. Even though the taste could not touch the soul, it was definitely above average.

These mooncakes were distributed by Li Tai through the canals throughout the entire Henan Province. In order to ensure the shelf life of the mooncakes in summer, Li Tai even used ice cubes in each mouthful to ensure that the quality of the mooncakes would not deteriorate in a short period of time. The problem.

Soon those people who handed over ten Kaiyuan Tongbao felt that the price was not expensive, so they supported King Wei spiritually. Around August [-]th, they received a notice from the Agricultural Society and came to collect mooncakes.

When they thought that they could only get one or two mooncakes for ten cents, what they saw in front of them was a bag wrapped in paper with five mooncakes in it, which made them feel surprised by the amount.

Two penny moon cakes, and there are fillings inside, red bean paste, sesame seeds, peanuts, and even salted egg yolk.

In short, everyone's taste is a little different.

"Why, mine is made of sesame seeds, his is made of peanuts, and even Lao Liu's inside seems to be candied?"

Some people looked at the mooncakes they got, which were different from others, and started making noise at this moment.

"What's the trouble? Each package has its own taste. If you want to eat other kinds of mooncakes, just take them out and exchange them with others.

It is not easy for King Wei to drive out so many mooncakes in such a short time, so you should divide such trivial matters among yourself! "

The person in charge of the Agricultural Institute finally came up with a solution in the face of the current situation.

And the taste of mooncakes is a bit like opening a blind box, which was originally intentional by Li Tai.

After all, what Li Tai wants is for these common people to move around more and mention it more, so that everyone around him can know that as long as he has a household registration, he can get mooncakes from the court.

Although I also spent ten yuan to make a reservation, the taste of the mooncakes may not be to this level even if it costs one hundred yuan.

At this time, the people felt the direct benefits of household registration for the first time, and they couldn't help but pay more attention to their household registration.

For Li Tai, this experiment was quite successful. The only thing that made Li Tai a little puzzled was that the cost of this thing was unexpectedly low after it was scaled up.

It can't be said to be a big profit now, but it will be popularized throughout the country in the future. With the standard of ten yuan and five mooncakes, it seems that it can make a lot of money.

Ahem, what makes money is just to maintain a balance of payments, how can we make money for the welfare of the people!

(End of this chapter)