Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 100 Qin Xiedao's Conditions
Why do feudal dynasties dislike merchants?
One of the reasons is that merchants move around, which is difficult to manage.

What officials in this era want to see most is that all the people are farming on their own land in peace.

When the imperial court needs to recruit government soldiers or serve, the task can be completed without any effort.

So whether it is businessmen or refugees, they are very annoying.

Even Li Shimin, who loves the people like his son, still has a headache knowing that there are tens of thousands of refugees outside Chang'an City.

If you are not careful, there will be big troubles.

"Your Majesty, as long as it is properly operated, not to mention all the refugees outside the city will be resolved, at least the refugees that have appeared now will be resolved, it will not be a big problem.

As for the increasing number of refugees in the future, it depends on the situation to confirm whether it can be resolved. "

"As long as you can solve the current tens of thousands of refugees, you will be a hero of the Tang Dynasty! Whatever conditions you have, feel free to mention them!"

After hearing Qin Xiedao's words, Li Shimin immediately became excited.

The current Chang'an City has a total of less than 100 million people.

It is definitely not an easy task to solve tens of thousands of refugees at once.

At least this morning he led a group of ministers to discuss for a long time, but he couldn't find any solution.

Now Qin Xiedao easily said that he had a solution to the refugee problem.

Although Li Shimin still held a trace of doubt in his heart, there was no shortage of expectations on his face.

"Actually, there are not too many conditions. It is nothing more than that the imperial court takes back all the coal deposits outside Chang'an City, and then hand them over to the humble officials to operate."

Although there are coal deposits outside the city, except for some unowned mines, most of the hills still have owners.

Qin Xiedao naturally didn't want to buy them one by one.

He also didn't want to see several briquette workshops competing for business there.

At this time, we should engage in monopoly, so as to maximize the role of honeycomb coal workshops in solving the problem of refugees.

Of course, Qin Xiedao would not foolishly hold this briquette workshop in his hands.

He was going to drag Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong, Chang He, and some ministers of the court into this briquette workshop.

Of course, the imperial court came forward to give the coal deposits, whether it is Li Shimin's internal funds or the Ministry of Households, they must occupy a part of the shares.

At that time, the briquette workshop will be a giant that no one dares to mess with.

This will be Datang's other industry with huge potential besides salt and iron.

"Wang De, I'll give you a day, and you'll immediately arrange someone to get this done! Xiedao, is there anything else I need to do?"

Li Shimin didn't have any nonsense, and immediately started to arrange people to work.

"Not for now, but when the time comes, I want to take a team of guards from Xuanwu Gate and go outside the city to recruit refugees, so that people will start to move."

"No problem! Less than 100 people, you can dispatch them as you like."

In order to solve the refugee problem, Li Shimin seems to be cruel.

Next, it was naturally time for Qin Xiedao to perform.

"Few people know about the briquette stove and briquette, and I suggest that His Majesty can take the lead in using it in the palace, and then let the yamen also start using it.

In this way, everyone can immediately feel the benefits of briquette stoves and briquettes. At that time, the enthusiasm for investing in briquette workshops will come up, and the sales of briquette and briquette stoves will also be guaranteed. "

Qin Xiedao knew very well that in order to solve the refugee problem, they must first solve their food problem.

Although there is a little surplus food in Duke Yi's mansion, it is not enough to look at.

At this time, it is natural to attract big households in Chang'an City to take the initiative to invest in the briquette workshop.

The premise of buying shares is to measure the shares by the amount of food provided.

In this way, the honorable and wealthy businessman who calculated that the honeycomb coal workshop has considerable income will naturally actively find Qin Xiedao.

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"Lang Jun, today I sold the tasteless coal mine outside the city. The people from the household department came to the door on their own initiative. I just offered a price at random, but the other party actually agreed."

Lu Tianwu had just returned home from outside today when he heard good news.

The Lu family of Fanyang had an ironmaking workshop in Chang'an City and Fanyang respectively.

For a long time, the amount of charcoal consumed by ironmaking workshops has been huge.

It's not that the Lu family didn't think of ways to improve.

Direct combustion of coal is one of them.

To this end, they also bought a coal mine outside the city a few years ago.

Although the money spent was not a lot, after so many years, the price of this coal mine not only did not rise, but kept falling, which hurt the Lu family very much.

So they have been trying to find a way to sell the mine.

The opening price also dropped all the way. At the lowest point, it was less than half of the purchase price.

"Oh? People from the household department went to you to buy a coal mine? Could it be that they want to dig out the coal and use it for the refugees outside the city?"

After Lu Tianwu heard the news, his first reaction was that the weather was so cold and there were so many refugees outside the city, the imperial court now thought of a bad idea to solve the problem of keeping the refugees out of the cold.

"It's very possible. Although coal is poisonous, not everyone who burns coal for heating will be poisoned.

For those refugees outside the city, it is better to have coal for warmth than to be frozen to death. "

"Well, it's rare to take this opportunity to get rid of the burden. Even if you lose a little money, it's worth it."

Lu Tianwu breathed a sigh of relief.

It was his decision which coal mine to buy in the first place.

Although the money spent is not particularly large, a few thousand pennies is still money.

Although losing a few percent now, it is better than continuing to rot in the hands.

"I just inquired about it, and it seems that the Ministry of Households not only bought the coal deposits in our hands, but those people bought all the coal deposits outside Chang'an City.

If I had asked for a higher price at that time, maybe the people in the household department would have agreed. "

People are like that.

After selling something, do you feel that you have sold it cheaply?

If the asking price is higher, can it be sold?
Everyone never thinks about how much loss they will suffer if the asking price is high and they fail to sell the item smoothly.

"Forget it, sell it if you sell it! There are so many refugees outside the city, even if we don't sell the coal mines, people will continue to steal the mines.

If someone is killed, maybe those refugees will have to settle the blame on us, Fan Yang and Lu's family. "

"Lang Jun, you are right, if you sell it, you will sell it, and then we will focus on the iron-making workshop and the linen workshop.

(End of this chapter)