Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 513 Add some burden to the eldest grandson empress

The top floor of Times Square is composed of small gourmet shops and a children's playground, which is also the ultimate goal of Sun Xiangfu's family coming here today. The entire square covers a very large area, so the top floor is also very open, surrounded by shops selling various snacks and food And shops selling dolls, toys, and children's clothing and clothing surround the entire children's playground in the center.

Trampolines, swings, slides, seesaws, merry-go-rounds, these things that were originally in the Wangjianglou Playground, are here. There are wooden poles, stakes, etc., which can be used for children to climb up and down, and a big castle made of countless sheets of soft sheepskin. The inside is blown up and the outside is graffiti It is a kind of beautiful wink, and children can crawl and roll on it to their heart's content, and generally they will not get hurt.

As for the track car that surrounds the entire paradise, it is pedaled by an adult at the front with manpower. When the car starts to run, there will be nice music playing, because the track is inlaid with copper scale pipes, and the car moves from the track. Walking up and down, the scale hammer installed on the car body will touch the scale pipe along the way, making cheerful music sounds.

As soon as the little kids from the Sun family came here, they went crazy. Playing here is different from having only their parents at home. There are many children here, which will make them feel more lively.

Li Tai and Li Ke, as the eldest among the princes, although their childlike innocence is still a little bit unfinished, they temporarily took care of their younger siblings, and even served as companions for several uncles and aunts who were younger than their younger siblings. It made Li Yuan uneasy, so he insisted on getting so many little brothers and little sisters for Li Shimin!
Although the weather in September is already a bit cooler, it is a good time to go out and enjoy the flowers. Obviously, Times Square has changed everyone's habits since today. Most people who are going to climb the heights to enjoy the flowers are attracted here. Even though Empress Changsun led everyone, it took more than half an hour to walk around the entire square and reach the top floor, but there were still people gathering at the door on the first floor, and they could not enter the building for the time being.

This square cannot carry the entertainment and consumption of nearly 200 million people inside and outside Chang'an City. Even if only a few tenths of people come, it will be full. In case of insufficient supply, etc., when several other plazas open, the flow of people will gradually be diverted away.

However, such a large number of people made Sun Xiangfu think of some other problems. This is a problem he has been thinking about in Weinan recently. Just thinking about it, he sat in the awning where Empress Changsun sat down to rest. among.

"Zhengming, you are really a business genius. On the first day of the opening of our Times Square, I am afraid that the sales volume will not be less than one million!" Seeing Sun Xiangfu sitting opposite her, the empress Changsun, who was in a good mood, praised.

"Your Majesty is absurd. A million-dollar transaction is actually nothing. This is the reason for the sudden listing of a scarce product, which will push it up. It will definitely fall back later.

The role of Times Square is that it can promote this kind of consumer culture. When the square becomes a must-go place for everyone to go shopping, its overall value is reflected. When all four major squares in Chang’an are opened, every day, There are tens of millions of people entering the plaza for shopping, so it is not a problem to maintain a transaction volume of more than hundreds of thousands per day. Just think about it, if you open a commercial plaza in a big city across the country, if If everything starts to operate, how much benefit can it bring to the royal family. "

Now, the shops in the major squares in Chang'an have not all been built, and all the shops have been rented out. There are tens of thousands of shops. Just by collecting rent, Empress Changsun will make a lot of money every year, not to mention life services. District, furniture, glass, leather goods, etc., the profits of Changsun's self-operated stores.

As far as the scale of these commercial plazas is concerned, the income of each of them will never be lower than that of a branch in Wangjianglou. It's almost there, how can Empress Changsun be unhappy at this time!
She just waited for Li Shimin to report to him the results of her hard work in the past two years after she returned to Chang'an. Thinking about it, that picture should be very beautiful.

Seeing Empress Changsun's beautiful and dreamy look, Sun Xiangfu couldn't help reminding, "Empress Empress, when I make money, I usually have already figured out how to spend it, do you think about it?"

Empress Changsun heard the words, but she replied without thinking, "Think about it! Use the money you earn to open more commercial plazas. It is best that every city in our Tang Dynasty has a commercial plaza. ..."

"Uh, so the plaza is finished?"

"Open something else!"

"Uh, what I mean is that the money you earn should be spent somewhere!"

"Your Majesty will consider this."

All right!Sun Xiangfu finally understood why there is a famous saying in later generations, "Behind a successful man there must be a great woman". It would be unreasonable for a man with a woman like Empress Changsun to be unsuccessful.

The most unreasonable thing is that Empress Changsun seemed to be reminded by Sun Xiangfu's words, she turned her head and asked him, "Zhengming, is there something in your words when you ask me this way? Have you thought of some way to make money again?" Come quickly with Ben Gongdao, don’t worry, after the opening of these commercial plazas in Chang’an, there will be more surplus in the inner government, and a lot of money can be mobilized for investment.”

"Uh, overseas exploration and investment companies don't have five to ten years. I don't dare to say that I'm doing well. I don't dare to think about other industries."

Empress Changsun glanced at Sun Xiangfu with a very disbelieving expression, "I see that it seems very simple for you to make it! Once the shareholders' meeting is held and the personnel are appointed, they will have their own allocation and management. You Just wait for the results, just like the Changjiang Waterway Transshipment Company, you seem to have arranged for a few people to help collect the money!"

"Well, if things are as simple as this, it will be easy to handle. You should look at the problem from a higher perspective. After many industries in Weinan and overseas exploration and investment companies have started operations, I don't farm land in Datang, and I still need There are more and more people who are fed by food, while the number of young adults farming is decreasing. This will cause social problems. If we don’t solve these social problems, bigger problems will erupt. .”

Due to the war against Goguryeo, the agricultural output of the entire Northeast region was almost destroyed. Before the farming industry in the Northeast region was self-sufficient, the imperial court had to allocate food and various living materials there.

The land of the Western Regions can barely guarantee self-sufficiency, but Tuyuhun, the various ministries of the party, and the land of Yunnan all need the Central Plains to export food, clothing and other materials. The combined population of these places is millions, and the consumption is not small.

After the colleges of agriculture, industry, commerce and law are completed, a large number of students will be recruited, coupled with Weinan and Overseas Exploration Company's frenzied recruitment of young and strong people from all over the country, it will definitely make tens of millions of young and strong laborers in various regions of the country leave farming Business, shifting to industry and commerce, which will lead to a sharp drop in agricultural output, and the pressure on agricultural production will increase, and everyone will have to return to solving the fundamental problem of 'eating'.

Agriculture has always been the foundation of social development. Only when the food grown by farmers can feed more labor can more people be engaged in other industries.

After roughly understanding Sun Xiangfu's words, Empress Changsun continued to ask, "Are you worried about not having enough food?"

Sun Xiangfu nodded and replied, "That's right! The population of our Tang Dynasty may reach more than 3000 million after a complete statistics before the end of this year. However, with the development of the country, it is difficult for us to manage such a large country. The manpower in all aspects needs to be expanded, and the number of soldiers guarding various places alone will almost reach 100 million.

With the full promotion of the new management system, the number of officials will also increase significantly. Hundreds of states, thousands of counties, the number of officials, clerks, doctors, public security and explosion-proof personnel needed add up. There are hundreds of thousands again, and the number of workers and businessmen is growing too fast. Every year, the number is more than doubled. In Weinan alone, there are nearly 200 million workers and more than [-] businessmen.

Where are all these people from?

Most of them are young and strong farmers who were originally farming in the fields. Without these millions of young and strong farmers, it can be seen how severe the farming situation will be in the future.

If there is not enough food to feed everyone, and there is enough raw material output of crops to supply various industrial needs, our construction and development cannot continue. Once there is a break, it may lead to a vicious circle, making the whole The situation collapsed, so the minister was always worried. "

After hearing Sun Xiangfu's worries, Empress Changsun was stunned for a long time before she said, "You mean, the industry and commerce in our Tang Dynasty is developing too fast, and we need to stop for a while so that more people can return to farming?"

"You're right in understanding this! Just like Lingnan, after the development of industry and commerce, most people started to engage in industry and commerce, tinkering with cash crops, so the food output decreased. Now, they can't do it like they did in the past two years. There are so many grains sent to Guanzhong.

The young and strong people in the south of the Yangtze River are all running to Guanzhong. The grain produced will inevitably decrease and be transported to the Northeast. The food produced in Guanzhong may not be enough to feed the nearly 700 million people gathered here, so we can only ask Shanyang and Dingxiang for help.

These two places are both heavily populated towns, and if a catastrophe occurs in any of them, the country will be in danger. Therefore, my farming family has always paid more attention to the agricultural development of these two places.

Only when farming is well developed, so that the original output is sufficient to support industry and commerce, and to withstand disasters that may erupt at any time, can our country be guaranteed to remain stable. "

After listening to his long speech, Empress Changsun nodded and said, "What Zheng Ming said is reasonable, so what can this palace do to maintain the stability of the country?"

Sun Xiangfu thought about the crowds pouring into the commercial plaza like a tide, and then thought about the operation of the commercial plaza, and replied, "In fact, you are already doing it. For example, you released the palace people in the palace to work in the market. This is a kind of progress. When we all go out and live, we don’t need to hug each other. When there are a lot of people serving us, our labor force will be greatly enlarged.

A flush toilet, a sewer, and a septic tank, although it is just a very simple design, but because of this design, it will liberate a lot of labor to flush the toilet every day and transport the night incense.

As the mother of a country, you should promote more things that can save labor and allow more labor to devote to meaningful productive work.

Look at this huge city of Chang'an, with a population of more than 150 million, how many people are actually involved in production?Compared with the workers in Weinan, the people farming all over the country are too idle, like rice bugs, wasting the country's resources. "

Chang'an is a capital city where nobles gather. The largest group of residents in the city are those who serve nobles. If there are thousands of noble officials here, then there are tens of thousands of family members of noble officials. Then, There are at least tens of 10 people who are dedicated to serving them, which is too unreasonable.

Sun Xiangfu came from a later age. In the era he lived in, almost everyone had a job and was earning money to support themselves. Compared with the current Chang'an City, the difference is simply too great.

If an official's family has hundreds of people who are idlers, then if he wants to live a high-quality life, can he not be corrupt and accept bribes?
This is a problem, and you have to solve it when you see it. If you solve these subtle problems, then the situation of the whole country will be much better.

As for how to change this situation, Sun Xiangfu actually has some ideas. Empress Changsun is an example. She took care of Times Square, abolished the palace staff who could be abolished, and transferred them to run the business.So, is it possible for other powerful families who run shops to imitate and learn from her, and realize the benefits of releasing all the people under the door to catch production and earn profits?
This requires a stronger publicity. In addition, with the increasing consumption, they are forced to desire more sources of income, so that they accept some more labor-saving lifestyles, and finally liberate those wasted labor.

Of course, changing the lifestyle of people in an era cannot be achieved overnight. Sun Xiangfu just chatted to clarify a direction for Empress Changsun, allowing her to play freely and slowly produce results.

(End of this chapter)