Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 146 Such a treacherous minister, Li Shimin wishes for more

"This cement is so magical? Are you sure which merchants will buy it?"

Li Shimin listened to Qin Xiedao's eloquent talk for a long time, and couldn't help asking his own questions.

"The appearance of cement is definitely an epoch-making discovery. Not only do we need to use it to build new palaces, but also to build various roads.

Even when the imperial court built water conservancy, cement was also a good thing.

As for the use of cement by each household to build houses, that is a basic operation.

As long as a merchant with a good vision buys the cement production technology at a reasonable price, there is no problem at all.

Datang now has so many states and counties, as long as each state builds a cement workshop, my cement technology can sell at least tens of thousands of dollars. "

Qin Xiedao did not expect cement technology to be kept secret.

This thing, blindly covering it, has no meaning.

Only by allowing Datang to have more cement workshops in a short period of time can the development of Datang be better promoted.

But Qin Xiedao didn't want those merchants to go whoring for nothing, so he came up with such a plan.

"After talking for a long time, you can only raise tens of thousands of guan. Even after using cement, the construction cost of the new palace can be greatly reduced, but the money needed is far more than tens of thousands of guan."

Li Shimin said a little disappointed.

"Cement is just one of them. With these funds, taking advantage of this opportunity, Weichen will set up cement workshops, crushed stone workshops, blue brick workshops, glazed tile workshops, carriage workshops, and iron-making workshops.

Through the construction of these workshops, we can first solve the problem of at least a few thousand refugees, and relieve the pressure of the refugees outside the city.

Immediately afterwards, all the remaining refugees can be recruited to enter Datang Construction Engineering, and start the work of land leveling.

By the time the various workshops started formal production, the land leveling work should have been almost completed, and the construction drawings of the palace had almost come out.

By the way, Your Majesty, I would like to ask Yan Liben, the general supervisor, to be the master general for the construction of the new palace. "

Taking advantage of this opportunity, put forward your conditions properly.

Otherwise, it would not be so easy for Qin Xiedao to make good use of the power of the court in the future.

This time, Li Shimin agreed to give Qin Xiedao all the people who will be in charge of the prison, so Qin Xiedao must borrow chickens to lay eggs, build various workshops, and then train thousands of craftsmen belonging to the Qin family.

Some craftsmen who will be part of the supervisory excavation will even hold important positions in the past.

In addition, it is also very important to quickly find someone with a high level to help yourself.

Qin Xiedao didn't want to say that he spent all his time on the construction of the new palace.

"Yan Liben? No problem. I will appoint him as the young prison general and be responsible for the construction of the new palace."

Li Shimin naturally knew Yan Liben's name.

As the Yan family is an aristocratic family, Li Shimin has confidence in his craftsmanship.

Li Shimin was relieved that Qin Xiedao could think of inviting him to be the master craftsman.

"Xiedao, you haven't said yet, how do you plan to solve the money for building the palace?"

Fang Xuanling at the side couldn't help but interjected again.

Although according to what Qin Xiedao just said, he can raise tens of thousands of yuan through cement to solve the funds for the construction of various workshops, and he should be able to complete part of the land leveling work barely.

But in the face of huge construction costs, this amount of money is definitely a drop in the bucket.

"Fang Gong, don't worry! I said that I don't need a penny from the court, and I will do what I say. As for how I will settle these expenses at that time, please allow me to make a fool of myself."

The Tang court was very poor.

But the noble family is actually not poor.

Qin Xiedao naturally has a variety of ways to go to battle together, so that everyone will pay for it obediently.

At that time, Li Shimin got a new palace.

The Qin family got nearly [-] mu of land and various workshops and craftsmen, but what they paid was some technology and creativity.

It is estimated that when the new palace is actually put into use, there will definitely be a group of people in Chang'an City who are envious and jealous.

"Okay! Since you are so confident in Xiedao, then I won't ask too much. Xuanling, you are personally responsible for coordinating the resources needed for the construction of the new palace. As long as you don't let the court spend money, you will support everything that should be supported. "

To be able to solve the problem of refugees outside the city, and to solve the embarrassing problem that he is still living in the East Palace, Li Shimin has a very strong desire to build a new palace in his heart.

It's just that he has just been enthroned, and he still doesn't dare to make such a proposal.

Historically, the construction of the Daming Palace actually started a few years after Li Shimin ascended the throne.

However, due to various reasons, it eventually stopped working.

After Li Zhi ascended the throne, the powerful Tang Dynasty built this huge palace in only one year.

From this point of view, it is not an exaggeration for Qin Xiedao to explain that the new palace will be built before the end of the year.

In fact, at this time, Qin Xiedao had left enough preparation time.

Otherwise, it is not impossible to give full play to the skills of the construction madman of later generations and deliver it within this year.

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Qin Xiedao moved quickly, and within a few days, several workshops started construction at the same time.

All the craftsmen who will be prisons have also been mobilized one after another.

In this way, the court's plan to build a new palace naturally cannot be concealed.

Wei Zheng was the first to raise objections at the court meeting.

"Your Majesty, the Great Tang Dynasty is now waiting to be rebuilt, building palaces, wasting people and money, this is definitely not what Mingjun did.

Qin Dalang flattered and flattered, in order to please His Majesty, he disregarded the life and death of the people and the rise and fall of the world, this is a treacherous minister. "

Wei Zheng, who dared to say anything, immediately put a big hat on Qin Xiedao.

However, Qin Qiong, who has always been an honest person, quit immediately.

"Dare to ask Wei Gong, if you don't spend a penny from the court, and don't recruit a commoner to serve in corvee, but you can solve the increasingly serious problem of refugees outside the city, how can this become a disregard for the life and death of the common people?

If Duke Wei has a better way to solve the problem of keeping names, I can immediately go back and persuade Xiedao to cancel the proposal to build a palace. "

Honest people don't know how powerful they are if they don't show off their power.

Wei Zheng, who was offended by Qin Qiong's words, was speechless.

Only Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Qin Xiedao knew about the construction of the new palace, and Wei Zheng was still unclear about the details.

Now Qin Qiong broke out that the court did not need to spend a penny, which naturally shocked the court.

As for whether Qin Xiedao was a traitor or not, there was no one to discuss it immediately.

Which treacherous minister can build a palace without spending a penny from the court? Li Shimin hopes that there will be more such treacherous ministers.

(End of this chapter)