He stared at Yang Hao's spy and reported, "Then Yang Hao has already transported his food out of the city and headed west."

Li Shimin asked: "Can the situation in his family be investigated clearly?"

"The situation of the Yang family is not complicated. I have investigated it clearly and asked the saint to take a look."

This is a report sent back by a spy sent to the county for investigation.

Li Shimin saw it.

It's really simple.

A family of ordinary common people and landlords in Guanzhong.

There are more than a thousand acres of land, mostly bought by his father Yang Bode after he split up.

Yang Hao's grandfather had a business in the previous dynasty. After his grandparents died, the Yang family split up.

Both my father and brother had studied, and a younger brother studied in the county and county. A younger brother and a nephew also began to enlighten him. It is also considered a family of farming and reading.

Yang Hao's family: His parents are here, but his mother is a stepmother. There are four brothers and two sisters in the family. They have two sisters, both of whom have married. The family they marry is relatively simple and is also a family of farming and reading.

Yang Hao's situation is special: according to the law, his parents were separated and he got more than 400 acres of land. He is now preparing to build a house.

Those are normal.

However, there are also things that bring Li Shimin's attention.

"He recruited dozens of servants?"

"Yes. But those people are retired from the military soldiers due to injuries. They are more or less disabled. The most serious ones are cut off. They are people who will no longer be recruited."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Where do these people come from? Do you have no land at home or can't farm?"

The spy hurriedly said: "According to the investigation, those servants were mostly from the mountains. There were not many fields at home. Most of them made a living by hunting. There were also a few people, who should be unable to cultivate the fields because of their disability."

Li Shimin snorted coldly: "So, Yang Hao will give these people a way out."

The spy bowed his head and dared not say anything.

"But what did he mean to store grain?" It said that Yang Hao had bought grain several times and returned to the village. Although it was not as much as this time, there were still a lot of them.

The spy hurriedly said, "It is said that those servants who have a good monthly salary and who have disabilities do not affect their work can get five yuan per month, rice and three dou of noodles per month.

"Now Yang Hao is recruiting short-term workers again, wanting to cut down trees and level the land. He also wants to find someone to dig kilns and burn bricks, saying that he is building a house for himself and his servants.

"I heard that hundreds of people will be recruited. During the work period, these people not only have wages, but also have three meals a day. Yang Hao bought grain to give these people food."

Seeing that Yang Hao bought only three or four thousand stones of grain, Li Shimin estimated that this amount was only three or four thousand stones. If he wanted to raise more than one hundred and fifty people to work, it was indeed not too many.

The worker still understands how much he eats. If he lets go, he can eat more than one pound of grain a day. Three or four thousand stones are a bit too much.

But seeing that Yang Hao only has a few hundred acres of land in his hands... and now the people in Guanzhong are worried that there will be a drought this year.

...You can also treat him as a precaution.

This can also be skipped.

He saw another dispute between the Yang family's eldest and second houses, and looked up and said, "Is Yang Bode the concubine son who is recorded in the name of his mother?"

"yes."

"No wonder." The difference between legitimate and illegitimate is a sign of chaos in the family.

However, now the family has been separated, and the second family of the Yang family is a legitimate or a illegitimate family no longer matters.

What matters is...

He looked up and said, "Are you sure Yang Hao has had a lot of boxes when he left the city. How about the ruts?"

"Looking at the heavy vehicle, the carriage carrying boxes is also quite heavy. However, it doesn't look like copper coins, at least not all."

Li Shimin looked at the memorial and said for a while: "If it is true as you have found, then Yang Hao has already earned hundreds of thousands of yuan?"

When the imperial court collected taxes, the main source of tax was farmers, and they collected either grain or cloth. The main source of monetary tax was commercial tax.

The court's annual commercial tax was only 300,000 guan.

Li Shimin was a little jealous of Yang Hao.

"No wonder it is said outside that the Yang family wants to seize his property." Even if there are not hundreds of thousands of coins, there should be one hundred thousand coins.

Li Shimin is not the kind of emperor who will be jealous of other people's wealth. He only worrys that others have too much value and will have bad intentions.

"Get out."

The secret spy bowed and pushed out of the hall, thinking that the emperor did not explain whether he should continue to stare at Yang Hao. That was that there was no need to change - he had to continue to stare.

He was about to leave the palace when he saw the Minister of War who was said to be recuperating from the illness.

He hurriedly stopped and saluted.

Du Ruhui replied half a day, but continued to follow the eunuch without saying a word. He heard an eunuch behind him say, "Du Gong, the sage tells you to enter the house."

Li Shimin was surprised to hear that Du Ruhui had actually come.

Although Du Ruhui was a little better, he didn't let him recover first? Why did he suddenly come? Could it be that there was a rebellion?

Seeing Du Ruhui's expression was not worried, but seemed to have some joy.

He felt relieved and hurriedly asked someone to give him a seat: "Ke Ming looked happy, but was there any happy events at home?"

Du Ruhui crossed his hands and said, "Congratulations to the emperor, it is not that there is a happy event in the family, but that of the court."

"Oh, I don't know where the joy comes from?"

Du Ruhui took out a curved piece of iron from his sleeve and also had a document: "Please take a look at this."

The eunuch transferred the things to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin looked at the iron sheet, with several narrow holes on it, but he could not see any name.

Just open the official document.

Du Ruhui said: "This official document was sent to the Ministry of War by Niu Jinbao, the governor of Shazhou. He said that he had obtained a method to avoid damage to the horse's hooves. His colleagues from the Ministry of War thought that this matter was very important, so they immediately sent it to the official's mansion."

Li Shimin had already read most of the official documents and waved his hand, asking Du Ruhui not to speak for the first time.

After reading it, he laughed and said, "Okay, okay. I don't expect this small iron piece to be so useful."

Du Ruhui also had a smile on his face: "Congratulations to the emperor. With this horseshoe, it can not only improve the combat power of our cavalry, but also reduce the loss of military and horses. One goes long and the other goes away. In a few years, our Tang Dynasty will not need to worry about the Turkic cavalry.

"I think the most urgent task is to immediately verify what General Niu said. If it is really effective, it should be implemented throughout the entire army."

Li Shimin wondered: "Why is it only implemented in the army? If it is effective, if the horses are nailed to the horseshoes, the livestock will be less damaged."

Du Ruhui stood up and crossed his hands and said, "I think it will be better to implement the whole country after the Turks surrender. If they are taken away by the Turks, it will be unfavorable to our army."

Li Shimin pondered for a while and said in a deep voice: "Keming is indeed stern."

He also thought of Du Ruhui's real concerns.

Unless you don't use this horseshoe technique, it will not be kept confidential at all.

It's too simple.

As long as you know how to make a blacksmith, you can do it with a glance.

So Du Ruhui said that he could not prevent the Turks.

Although he has ascended the throne, many places may not have truly surrendered.

The Tang Dynasty and the Turks must have a battle, but now it is unpredictable to win or lose. If it is defeated, his prestige will definitely decline. People who are unofficial in the country may rebel.

If horseshoes were implemented nationwide at this time, the rebels would have... the imperial cavalry would have no advantage.

Only when he defeated the Turks could he truly sit in the throne. By that time, rebellion would be gone. Then there would be no need to worry at all.

Then if you can't prevent the Turks, can you prevent those with dissatisfaction?

Of course, it can't be prevented.

But as long as the imperial court does not implement it nationwide, even if others are playing horseshoes, they can only secretly get their horses.

Once someone dares to do it in large quantities without permission, it is rebellion.

Because iron is a material controlled by the court. Without a large amount of iron, you cannot make horseshoes. If you have a large amount of horseshoes, how did the iron come about?

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To privately stock up on iron materials means to have the intention to rebel.

So they just need to control the iron. Strictly limiting the outflow of iron from the Turks has always been the top priority.

But now it's more strict.

Li Shimin said to Du Ruhui: "Keming, go back and give a memorial about iron materials."

Du Ruhui listened to the strings and knew the elegant meaning: "I obey the order."

He also reminded: "The Master, Niu Jinbao said in the official document that this horseshoe was offered by a Guanzhong named Yang Hao. If the horseshoe has miraculous effects, it will be of great significance to the country. One or two should be comforted."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I have seen this person. He is quite hostile to foreign tribes. Since he has presented his things, he doesn't have to worry about him leaking them. Verify first. If it is really effective, everyone will make contributions, and I will make arrangements."
Chapter completed!