Datang first village

The announcement of the investment invitation order shocked the whole Chang'an.

Li Er held the newspaper in one hand and the report on the outside of the palace in the other, and couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

Li Er was thinking about how the city of Chang'an would react to the newspaper's gold mine investment invitation order tomorrow.Chang'an City's reaction?Li Er was thinking about how Li Yuanxing would react.

Thinking of Li Yuanxing, Li Erxin's original enthusiasm disappeared instantly.

It is estimated that Li Yuanxing will definitely say something with a smile on his face, Brother Huang is wise.Or no response!

"I don't know what Qin Wang is busy with these days?" Li Er asked casually.

Eunuch Gao responded in a low voice beside him: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Qin went east before dawn. Judging by the way the car drives, it doesn't seem like a long journey."

Not far, will go there.Tianchi?Lintong?Or Washington State!

At this time, Li Yuanxing was standing on a river embankment, looking at the large barren beach from a distance.

Huazhou, later known as Weinan, is located in the lower reaches of the Weihe River, 140 miles east of Chang'an City. It originally belonged to a county under Jingzhao County. It was later upgraded to a state in the sixth year of Wude, but it was a lower state in the Tang Dynasty.

"The subject didn't know His Highness was coming, and he didn't come out to meet him. It's a sin, a sin!" A thin middle-aged scribe was wearing a pale scarlet robe, but it was not an official uniform.On her head was a turban embroidered with gold, but without a crown.After Li Yuanxing came forward, he bowed long and said, "I don't dare to forgive the crime, but I just inspected the river affairs recently, and I am afraid that the official uniform will be stained!"

Li Yuanxing didn't answer, but pointed to the distance.

"Huazhou, I thought it was a cornucopia. I don't know how it has been since Governor Pei?"

The middle-aged man's surname is Pei, a member of the Pei clan with four major surnames in Guanzhong, and his name is Pei Yuanlang.It is a cadre, originally just a small official from the fifth rank, who was transferred to Hua County in the first year and upgraded Hua County to a prefecture. After three years in Huazhou, Huazhou has already approached the standard of a medium-sized state, and actually has [-] people. One thousand six hundred households.

Hearing Li Yuanxing's words, Pei Yuanlang bowed his head and pondered for a moment: "Your Highness, I think that Huazhou is a cornucopia, but there are three difficulties. I even think that with His Highness personally here, even if there are all difficulties, it will not be difficult!"

Li Yuanxing smiled, and the flattery was even louder.

But Li Yuanxing didn't know that this was Pei Yuanlang's heartfelt voice. As soon as he heard that King Qin had left Huazhou, he was afraid of wasting time even going home and changing clothes, so he rushed over immediately.

"Your Highness, the first difficulty. If the deserted wasteland scoured by the lower reaches of the Wei River can be managed, 20 mu of fertile land will be available!"

Li Yuanxing nodded slightly. This statement is serious, and it is relatively conservative in terms of quantity, and there is no attitude of exaggeration.

Pei Yuanlang continued: "Your Highness, the second difficulty is still the river. I read Your Highness's investment promotion order last night. I think that the fishery in Kunming Lake may not be as strong as mine in Huazhou. But I don't know where to start. The more difficult problem is Weishui!"

"Go on!"

"The third difficulty is the road. Your Highness, Huazhou is also an important land, and it is as flat as a mountain. But there are no waterways, and the dry road is poor. The merchants in the past complained. If there is a waterway, there is a dry road, and Huazhou will prosper!" Pei Yuanlang once again bowed to the end.

Li Yuanxing stretched out his hand, and Yuan Chun, who was wearing a female officer's uniform, took an envelope. Pei Yuanlang took it with both hands. Before he opened it, Li Yuanxing asked first: "How does Governor Pei understand the word Huaxia?"

Pei Yuanlang was still holding the envelope in both hands, and after a moment of pondering, he replied loudly: "His Royal Highness, the term Huaxia first appeared in "Shangshu? Zhoushu? Wucheng": "Huaxia is a barbarian, nothing can be ignored. "This refers to my Chinese orthodoxy, which is different from the Siyi (Dongyi, Nanman, Xirong, Beidi)"

After speaking, Pei Yuanlang thought for a while, and continued: "Your Highness's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" mentioned Guan Yu. I remember "Three Kingdoms? Shu Zhi? Guan Yu Biography": "Yu is so powerful that he moved to Xudu to avoid his sharpness. "It was also mentioned that my subordinates thought that Huaxia refers to my Chinese orthodoxy!"

If you are a well-read person, you can quote the classics for any question.

Li Yuanxing had to say a word of convincing.

However, Li Yuanxing has read more books than Pei Yuanlang, and the books Li Yuanxing has read are the wisdom of countless sages after thousands of years.

Li Yuanxing said: "Hua means "Hua" means Huashan, and "Xia" means "Xiayang". The land under our feet is the root of our Chinese civilization. But since the king, there is another saying. The beauty is "Hua"; the vast territory, cultural prosperity, civilization and moral prosperity are "Xia".

(In ancient Chinese, the word "Xia" has a grand meaning.)

Pei Yuanlang didn't speak, and bowed to the end again.

"Chang'an is the capital of the Great Tang Dynasty, and here will be a bright pearl of the Great Tang Dynasty. Open the envelope and have a look. If there is anything I can't say, just testify!"

"Your servant, please read!" Pei Yuanlang respectfully raised the letter above his head, then took it down and opened the envelope.

It contains Li Yuanxing's plan for Huazhou.

Pei Yuanlang was shocked by the first sentence, because it said that the whole territory of Huazhou was fertile. 800 million mu of fertile land, 500% of which is super-grade paddy field.With an annual output of [-] million dans of fine grains, only Huazhou can guarantee that the official warehouse of the Datang State Treasury will be full every year.

Li Yuanxing's data is definitely not random. From the detailed planning of modern Weinan in later generations, Li Yuanxing's figures are conservative.

We must know that in the modern age of later generations, the annual grain output of Weinan is more than 200 million tons.

If the more than 200 million tons are converted into the weight of Datang, it is 4000 million tons, so Li Yuanxing wrote this because he was afraid of scaring Pei Yuanlang.

Pei Yuanlang took a deep breath. He did not dare to refute, nor would he refute, because even if the figure His Royal Highness King Qin said was unbelievable to the world, it would surely prove to be too conservative in the future.

Just like Yaozhou's steel output, the value requested by His Royal Highness Qin Wang has been reached long ago, and it is more than twice as high.

Then, there should be 1000 million tons of grain in Huazhou in the future.

Pei Yuanlang continued to look down, and then there were natural grasslands, natural forests, and the area of ​​virgin forests.

Then, there are the resources available for fishery and the amount of resources in the mining area.

Coal, 2000 billion tons!The 2000 billion made Pei Yuanlang shake his hands and almost dropped the pieces of paper in his hand on the ground.He really couldn't believe what this number represented?

"Your Highness, 2000 billion tons of coal?"

"That's right, you read that right. This is what our Tang Dynasty can dig out. The sum of all those buried too deep that we can't dig out is no less than 5000 billion tons, which is nearly a hundred times that of my king's Yaozhou coal mine. But this It's not what this king cares about, what this king really cares about is this molybdenum mine!"

"I don't understand! Your Highness please advise!"

"It's too complicated, and you can't understand it. This is the knowledge of craftsmen. With this molybdenum ore, you can make stainless steel harder, sharper, and less likely to break. Most importantly, it is less likely to rust. It can be said that this is an excellent thing, in the entire Tang Dynasty, this king only knows about a few molybdenum mines, and here you count as one!"

"Your servant understands!"

As Li Yuanxing said, Pei Yuanlang doesn't need to know much professional knowledge, he just needs to know that this ore is very important, that's enough.

Finally, there is a map with detailed distribution of rivers and fertile land.

"Pei Inspector, in the first year, the king will help you develop grain fields and increase fishery production. The king does not require production, but in the second year, a year, 300 million dans of grain, 300 million catties of fish, 300 million sheep, and 30 head of cattle , 300 million pigs, and 100 million donkeys. If you can do it, the king will add an official to you. If you can’t do it, let someone else who can do it be an official here!"

Li Yuanxing's tone was already very severe.

But in Pei Yuanlang's ears, this is an opportunity. The officials in the early Tang Dynasty were not without corruption, but they cared more about the livelihood of the people first, and then their own official career.

Pei Yuanlang thought about it, and finally said: "Your Highness, please enter the mansion. I have a lot to ask for advice."

"Don't worry, let's go to a small place by the way. This king wants to earn money for a railway in Huazhou!"

Pei Yuanlang liked it very much, and hurriedly followed behind.

Soon, Li Yuanxing came to a ravine, where hundreds of craftsmen were already working. Seeing Li Yuanxing's arrival, the leading craftsman came up to greet him, and simply cupped his hands: "Your Highness is brilliant, here is the one that His Highness likes. Planting stones. Seems to be better than those in Yaozhou!"

"Is there any trial production?" Li Yuanxing asked.

The craftsman led Li Yuanxing carelessly to a machine, which was a small animal-powered water mill. A one-foot-square plane had already been ground out. The texture of black, white and yellow was extremely beautiful.

"Hurry up, wax it up and show His Highness the effect!" the foreman shouted.

As a mason, he is a rough man, Li Yuanxing doesn't mind, he just watches from a distance.

Not long after, the stone was carried in front of Li Yuanxing, and the stonemason foreman said: "Your Highness, I found a red one and a light blue one in the mountains over there. I think the effect will be better. If this thing is given to the Holy Majesty Put it in the study, it is more beautiful than our tiles!"

"Hahaha!" Li Yuanxing smiled: "You are very good, and have already started planning how to make money with this thing."

"Your Highness, we are vulgar people. It is Your Highness who allows us to have meat every day. We have been thinking about how to earn more money for Your Highness all day long. The manpower in Yaozhou is too tight. Although there is this stone, we can't get it. If there is one here, let’s make stone and slabs, and within half a year, the annual production of 100 million square feet of slabs will be produced here!"

"Okay, very good. Here you arrange the manpower, work hard these few days, at least [-] feet have been ground out. Then follow the map I gave you, and then go to the field to see, I hear good news from you!"

"I understand, don't worry, Your Highness, I'm going!" After finishing speaking, he clasped his hands and ran in big strides, while beckoning people to follow him into the mountain, but he was in a hurry.

Seeing that stonemason Li Yuanxing was very satisfied, such a person should live a good life.

"Pei Inspector, let's go to the state capital." Li Yuanxing signaled to take the stone.

When we arrived at the Huazhou Mansion, Li Yuanxing had just entered the house, and his words made all the officials in the room terrified.Li Yuanxing said: "Huazhou, starting from this year, the grain tax will be increased by [-]%!" (To be continued.)