At this moment, Dian Jun, who was responsible for managing the palace soldiers, ran over quickly. When he saw Li Min standing outside the shed, he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "The Dian Army of the palace is in charge of Yu Wenbiao, see His Highness Prince Liang!"

"Get up!" Li Min said. He had met Yu Wenbiao once. He was one of the four officers of the royal family. He was tall, thick and vicious, and looked like a standard soldier.

"Is the slave management aspect now on the right track?" Li Min saw Yu Wenbiao standing up and asked with a smile. Although Yu Wenbiao was very rude, he was very capable, otherwise the palace would

Among the four Dian soldiers, he would not be the first to come to the mine to earn extra money. Li Min only pointed in a general direction in terms of slave management, and all the details had to be completed by Yu Wenbiao himself.

"Your Majesty, the general has followed His Majesty's instructions to manage one hundred slaves per mine, led by the captain. There are a total of 1,300 slaves in the whole mine, divided into thirteen mining teams, and the remaining guards

He is responsible for guarding and patrolling the mine." Yu Wenbiao replied. The Tang army was organized into ten people per ten, with one captain, five ten per group, three groups per team, and five teams per battalion, so

It can be regarded as the basic unit in the Tang army.

"Well, good job!" Li Min looked at the slaves working conscientiously in the mine, nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Wen Biao, "By the way, nothing happened in the mine these days.

Well, why haven't you met with Manager Zhou from the palace?" In addition to having a guard chief to manage slave matters, the coal mine also has a steward who is responsible for handling the mine's manpower, accounts and other matters. After all, those who only know how to fight are

The bodyguards who kill and kill don't know how to manage the operation of a mine.

"Manager Zhou went to a cement factory to collect accounts today. There was nothing major happening at the mine. It was just that occasionally nearby villagers accidentally broke into the mine, and they were all driven away by the patrols." Yu Wenbiao thought for a while.

He said, but suddenly he thought of something and said again, "By the way, because of the hot weather recently, several soldiers have fallen ill, and several slaves working there have also died. I'm worried that the slaves will be infected.

There was a plague, so people found a place to burn the corpses and their used items.”

Li Min was speechless after listening to the other party's words. This Yu Wenbiao really didn't take human life seriously. He even mentioned the death of several slaves at the end. Maybe in his opinion, this matter is not as important as a few relatives.

The illness of the soldiers was important. Li Min could understand the other party's thoughts, because in the eyes of the Tang people, these Tubo slaves were actually the owner's belongings, and the price was very cheap. It was nothing if a few died. Li Min

I guess if nothing major happened in the mine, this guy in Dian Dian would not even mention this matter.

"Well, it's okay. It's been too hot these days. I'll ask my house to send you some ice tomorrow. Also, don't abuse those slaves too much. Food is fine, but drinking water must be guaranteed. If you die,

If there are too many, I will let you gang of soldiers go dig mines, remember?" Li Min said with both grace and power.

Although the death of the slave made him condemned as the conscience of future generations, Li Min had long been mentally prepared for this kind of thing. After all, what he wanted to do was to be a coal boss who stepped on the flesh and blood of coal-mining slaves, not to give people to others.

This kind of thing will happen sooner or later in charity houses. Anyway, they are not Tang Dynasty people. They should act like a real Tang Dynasty person and treat these slaves as talking objects. There is no need to treat them as human beings at all.

Of course, slaves cannot die too many, otherwise no one will dig mines for him, so Yu Wenbiao is asked not to go too far. After all, these soldiers are not good people, and there is no Geneva Convention now.

Abuse of prisoners of war is simply unavoidable.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, you will eventually use military law to restrain your subordinates. Moreover, the guards want to earn bonuses by mining with these slaves, so they all know what's appropriate." Yu Wenbiao clasped his fists and said. Li Min had stipulated that each team should personally

If the monthly coal output of the slaves managed by the guards reaches a certain amount, they will receive corresponding bonuses, and the higher the output, the greater the bonuses. These guards are now drooling over the promised bonuses and trying their best to impress their subordinates.

The slaves try to mine as much as possible. Of course, they also know the principle of fishing from the lake, so they usually try not to abuse the slaves very much.

While Li Min was asking about matters related to the mine, Li Shimin in the shed had also finished talking to the old man. Well~, to be precise, the old man was going to work and had no time to chat with Li Shimin here.

After sending the old man out of the shed, Li Shimin walked over thoughtfully, glanced at Li Min and said, "Liu Lang, it's not easy for these grandsons and grandpas. Let me change them to a lighter job."

"My son, I obey!" Li Min hurriedly agreed. In fact, even if Li Shimin didn't say anything, Li Min would have someone take care of the grandfather and grandson. Just now, they said a lot of good things about Li Min in the shed, and they even didn't even mention the mine.

I don’t know who started the game. They just kept praising the mine owner for his kindness and allowing many poor people around him to earn extra wages. This made Li Min finally breathe a sigh of relief. It was always a good thing for someone to praise him. He must be a father.

Li Shimin should also be happy.

"By the way, how many people do your mine employ in total?" Li Shimin was about to get on the carriage when he suddenly turned around and asked Li Min.

This time, Li Min was really confused. He only focused on general issues. As for the details of mine management, the managers of each mine handled it themselves. He really didn't know the number of employees.

Fortunately, there was Yu Wenbiao next to him. Although he was not responsible for hiring people, he was in the mine every day and should know something about it, so Li Min glanced at Yu Wenbiao. What Yu Wenbiao just said

All his attention was on Li Min, and he didn't realize that there was another Li Shimin in the shed. He didn't see it until Li Shimin came out. As a result, he was also startled. He hurriedly looked around to see if there was any dangerous person. If His Majesty the Emperor was there,

If something happens to him, the ministers in the palace will probably eat him alive.

Seeing Li Min's pointed gaze, Yu Wenbiao immediately understood and stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, the Blackstone Mountain Mine employs more than a hundred people, most of whom are young people responsible for loading, unloading and transportation.

Zhuang, there are also some women from poor families who are responsible for cooking, boiling water, etc. The other mines employ fewer people than here, but the total number is two to three hundred people."

"Well, a few mines employ 400 people. Counting their families behind them, the number of people they support is estimated to be about 2,000..." Li Shimin stopped here, frowning as if thinking about something.

After a while, he said to Li Min again, "Liu Lang, you have done a great good deed." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he got on the carriage without looking back.

Seeing Li Shimin preparing to go back, Li Jingheng and Li Zhi hurriedly followed, but Li Min was confused. He still can't figure out why the emperor's father came to the coal mine on a whim, and only looked around after he came.

I looked around, chatted with an old man for a few words, and then boasted that I was going back now?

Although there were questions in his mind, Li Min couldn't ask further questions and could only follow him on the carriage. However, Li Jingheng seemed very relaxed at this time. He squeezed next to Li Shimin with a smile on his fat face and said: "Uncle, in fact, my nephew

A coal mine was opened in Luoyang, and although the number of people employed was not as high as Liu Lang, there were still hundreds of people, so this can be considered a good deed, right?"

Looking at this shameless nephew asking for praise, Li Shimin smiled slightly, turned his head and glanced at Li Min who was getting on the carriage, and then whispered to him in a low voice: "You are so brave.

If you are older, you are not afraid of being punished by the elders in your family?"

Li Jingheng was stunned. Of course he knew what he had done, and he also understood what Li Shimin meant, but they did it deliberately to let Li Shimin know. What he didn't expect was that His Majesty the Emperor was actually doing it in front of him.

When he told the story to his face, he was a little at a loss.

Seeing Li Jingheng's smile frozen on his face, Li Shimin laughed loudly, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'm not that stingy. Liulang has made some good friends like you."

Li Shimin spoke and laughed loudly, which attracted the attention of Li Min and Li Zhi. However, Li Min and Li Zhi were very confused about Li Shimin's last unintelligible words, and they didn't know what their father was.

What are you laughing at?

When he went back, Li Shimin seemed to be very leisurely and not in a hurry to run away. The carriage was running much more smoothly. However, it was just past three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun in the sky seemed to want to bake people. Waiting for them

When the group returned to Chang'an, everyone was sweating profusely. They hurried to the cold drink shop and sat down. Everyone drank a lot of cold drinks, which made them feel much cooler.

He sat in the cold drink shop until it was almost dark, and then Li Shimin let Li Min and Li Jingheng leave. However, before leaving, he asked the store to prepare many different types of cold drinks for him, which were served in a huge ice box.

, personally brought it back to the palace, saying that he wanted Queen Changsun, Concubine Yang and other princes and princesses to try it too.

Hearing this made Li Min feel ashamed. During this period, he was so busy that he made ice cream and other cold drinks, but he didn't bother to send some to his mother, Concubine Yang.

After bidding farewell to Li Shimin, Li Jingheng insisted on sending Li Min back to his hometown. Although the two palaces were not in the same building, they were still on the way, so Li Min did not refuse. However, on the way, Li Jingheng said a lot of irrelevant things and did not know who he was.

What exactly do you want to say?

After finally returning to the palace and saying goodbye to Li Jingheng, Li Min just walked to the door of the palace, only to find a carriage parked in front of the palace. And judging from the mark on the carriage, it seemed to be Xiao Yu, Duke of Song Dynasty, which was Li Min's future princess-to-be, Xiao Wenxin.

Their carriage, it's so late now, how come someone from the Xiao family is looking for me? And judging from the specifications of this carriage, the person who comes has a high status in the Xiao family, who could it be?
Chapter completed!