Tai Chi Palace, Qianqiu Palace.

His Majesty Li Er leaned over to watch in front of a large sand table on the wooden frame, looking very carefully, with a smile on his face.

Ma Dami was right next to him, and he also paid attention to the map, and was deeply surprised by the construction level of Ganzhou.

"Isn't Bin a little weird looking at this Ganzhou city?" His Majesty Li Er reached out and pointed to the polygonal city, saying: "According to Qi Lin, this is the creativity of the Changshi Wang Fangyi. Regardless of whether it is true or false, it is indeed very practical."

When Ma Da Secret saw His Majesty ask, he spoke, "I think it's strange, but I can't think of why I want to cultivate this way? I just heard that it is called "Qu Shui City" for the sake of good looks."

His Majesty Li Er smiled and said, "This is to strengthen the city defense. The 'Qu Shui City' is just to cover up the eyes."

As he said that, he gestured with a small stick and explained: "If there is any war and the enemy attacks the city, no matter which side of the concave city wall, it will be attacked from both sides."

Ma Dami suddenly realized, nodded repeatedly, and said, "So that's the case, it's really a wonderful idea."

His Majesty Li Er nodded and said, "Although there is still some shortcomings to be improved, we will follow the example of building a city in the future."

Ma Damihe agreed and said, "When Qi Lin returns to Beijing, this Wang Fangyi seems to be able to stay in Hexi or go to the Western Regions to become an official."

"I think it's feasible." His Majesty Li Er moved his eyes to the sand table again, pointing to the signs on it, and said: "There is still a lot of land in Ganzhou that needs to be reclaimed, and after the autumn harvest this year, there is no problem with self-sufficiency in grain. Next year, Qi Lin will expand cotton planting, and also need immigration and labor."

Ma Dami praised: "Xu Chengguo is a business expert. In a poor land, tens of thousands of immigrants can be self-sufficient in one year; next year, I am afraid that I will become prosperous and become a land of Shangzhou."

His Majesty Li Er stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "I didn't expect that Ganzhou would change in less than a year. I will send troops to conquer Gaochang soon. Qi Lin wants to follow the army, but I have already agreed to him."

"Xu Cheng is going to Gaochang, probably to better trade in the Western Regions." Ma Dami said: "Influenced by Gaochang, current commerce will definitely not satisfy him."

His Majesty Li Er pondered for a moment and said, "Just like Ganzhou's specialty capacity is sold at a good price, Gao Chang probably has something that he likes."

After saying that, His Majesty Li Er couldn't help laughing and said, "If it comes to making money in business, this kid has too many tricks, which is always unexpected. When he went to Ganzhou, the kid did his homework, but he didn't say it. This time he was going to Gaochang, he would definitely not come back empty-handed."

Ma Dami also looked at Xu Qilin with admiration. If he was running Ganzhou, he would never have the ability to make such a big change in such a short time.

"Although the early expenses were a little more, the results were great." His Majesty Li Er sighed, "I originally planned to have money to rebuild the Daming Palace next year, but I didn't expect that Ganzhou would have profits so soon, and the Daming Palace could be built this year."

Ma Da Secret is not like Wei Da Trolls. Since he has already practiced, don’t sing the opposite tune and make things difficult.

Furthermore, His Majesty Li Er also explained to the public that the Tai Chi Palace was cold and humid, which was not good for his wind. As the emperor, it is not an exaggeration to build a comfortable palace to ensure health!

Fortunately, he did not use the money from the treasury, which was prepared to conquer Gaochang. Therefore, His Majesty Li Er still had the confidence. Wei Datiezi symbolically advised him, but it was left alone.

In fact, this was something His Majesty Li Er did not expect.

How long has the Dayingku been established, and there are early investments, and such a big stall has been opened. Basically, it was only in the early winter of last year that the investment was barely recovered.

But as soon as the mirror came out, huge profits came. By this summer, other projects also showed good returns. Such as wool spinning, sugar, steel, coal, transportation, logistics... they suddenly increased their investment in Ganzhou.

Therefore, the profits of the mirror can be transferred to the reconstruction of the Daming Palace in advance, which surprised His Majesty Li Er.

Moreover, Dayingku's profitable project has not yet fully realized its potential and its prospects are still impressive.

If we include the cotton spinning that will be put into production soon, and the conquest of Gaochang and control the promotion of trade in the Western Regions, His Majesty Li Er estimated that the construction of the Luoyang Palace could also begin within two or three years.

If you don’t spend the money from the treasury, you can say that you don’t hurt money; raising and building work is not a waste of labor and heavy service, so the opposition of the ministers in the court has no basis.

In fact, His Majesty Li Er allowed the immigration from Saxiang to Kuanxiang, and accused Xu Qilin of using policies to attract the people of Guanzhong to Ganzhou, which gradually changed the state of Guanzhong being the fundamental world.

To move the capital to Luoyang, His Majesty Li Er will inevitably weaken the population advantage of Guanzhong and also attack the power of the Guanlong Group. Otherwise, if the capital is moved here, the other side may repeat the mistakes of Emperor Yang of Sui.

I don’t know how the Li family and his son won the world? Guanlong Group can support the Li family. For the sake of profit, it is difficult to guarantee what Wang family and Zhao family will support in the future.

Of course, the suppression and weakening of the Guanlong Group has already begun. Supporting the royal family, treating upstarts well, and promoting poor families, these methods are lukewarm, but they have made the Guanlong Group continue to be weak.

But this is not enough. For His Majesty Li Er, he is completely able to suppress the Guanlong nobles, but it is hard to say whether the descendants have the ability and courage.

Therefore, moving the capital to Luoyang and taking away the Guanlong nobles together was absent, which made the descendants of the Li family completely lose any future troubles. It was naturally his long-term plan.

The appearance of Xu Qilin undoubtedly greatly accelerated the process.

His Majesty Li Er showed that money is really a good thing. It can not only build a palace, but also realize his greater vision.

In fact, this idea was proposed by Xu Qilin. But His Majesty Li Er knew that the time was not ripe, so he flatly rejected it and kept the proposal secretly without letting the outside world know about it.

Xu Qilin's proposal helped the long-term implementation of the equal-field system, which was to take back the Yongye and the land that were granted to princes and nobles and officials at all levels.

Then, the average income of the land is converted into money and silk, and the princes, nobles and officials are given according to the level.

The result seems to be the same. Anyway, the princes and nobles and officials do not farm, and they are all tenants who are planting them. It’s just that the court allows them to get an extra share of income.

But in essence, this move is very vicious, which is equivalent to directly depriving the landlords of control over the tenants. The target of the tenants' service becomes the court, rather than a prince, noble or official who possesses the land.

The attack was a bit big, but it may not have any impact on the royal family and upstarts. However, it was a blow to the Guanlong nobles who had been entrenched in Guanzhong for hundreds of years.

If the people who have lost their land and dependencies are rich, what kind of storms can they cause?

His Majesty Li Er certainly agreed with Xu Qilin's proposal, but this is a plan that requires careful planning and gradual implementation, not just a matter of considering the amount of money.

But at least Xu Qilin's political correctness can give His Majesty Li Er the capital to implement this plan - money.

Therefore, His Majesty Li Er's favor for Xu Qilin is not just one-sided. The two's ideas coincide, although the point and purpose are somewhat different.

Although Ma Da Secret is His Majesty Li Er's confidant, he doesn't know the secret. He just saw that His Majesty Li Er was happy and wanted to live in a new house, so he naturally wouldn't say anything disappointing.

"Suzhou and Liangzhou are adjacent to Ganzhou. The environment is similar. I intend to let Qi Lin manage it, but this official position is not easy to deal with." His Majesty Li Er remembered something again and frowned slightly.

No need to worry about how to operate in Ganzhou, it is Xu Qilin's territory. But if you want to cross the line, do you treat the governors of those two states as decorations?

Although it is not as well-managed as Ganzhou, it can also allow the people to have enough food and meet their political achievements. Everyone will be disgusted by Xu Qilin when he asks Xu Qilin to point fingers.

Regarding His Majesty Li Er's thought, Ma Dami pondered for a moment and said, "I think I can ask Xu Cheng first. If there is a good suggestion, the court will issue an order to the two states to follow the implementation."

His Majesty Li Er said with a slight jaw, "It's so good."

The plan was decided, and the monarch and ministers said something else. When Ma Da Secret retired, His Majesty Li Er ordered the palace servants to receive some yellow ginseng sent from Ganzhou to Ma Da Secret.

After thanking Ma Da Secret, he withdrew with ginseng. His Majesty Li Er didn't know that Xu Qilin also gave Ma Da Secret local specialties, mainly some Chinese medicinal materials that are good for the body.

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His Majesty Li Er's guess was very correct. Xu Qilin wanted to follow the army to Gaochang, and he was eyeing not only cotton, but also good treasures that others did not know.

At this time, the Ganzhou commodity exhibition and snack street in Chang'an were in full swing, attracting the people of the capital who liked novelties.

In Ganzhou, Xu Qilin was lying leisurely in the rocking chair, enjoying the comfort of the landlords as wealthy as their landlords.

Scarlett's skillful hands peeled off the grape skin and threw the grapes into Alang's mouth with a smile.

Xu Qilin was eating comfortably, half-closed her eyes and was thinking about something beautiful while she was wandering, with a silly smile on her face.

Ajiani, a foodie, has regained her true nature. She is holding half a watermelon and digging it with a spoon to eat it.

"I went out for a trip a few days ago and saw the cotton fields spitting white thighs, which were still very beautiful." Scarlett said casually, "I was curious and went to the fields to pick them, but I didn't expect there were thorns on them!"

Oh, Xu Qilin's eyes widened a little, reached out to grab Scarlett's little hand, and looked in front of him and found that there were really two small eyes on it, but the mouth was sealed and nothing happened.

"It's okay." Scarlett didn't pull back his hands and said with a smile: "It's time to pick it, people should pay more attention."

Xu Qilin nodded, kissed the girl's hand, and said, "The gloves are ready, and you can wear them in winter after picking cotton."

Scarlett has become accustomed to this kind of intimate behavior, and most of the time it is her initiative. She is ten years old, and the little girl is a little precocious. At that time, it was normal to get married at the age of eleven or twelve.

But what puzzled the little girl was that Xu Qilin had repeatedly told her that she would have to be at least sixteen years old to get married.

This proposal was also reported to His Majesty Li Er, hoping that it would be approved. He had not dared to say 18, for fear of being scolded to death.

For wealthy families, it is certainly no problem to raise their daughters for a few more years. For ordinary people, it is probably a big burden. Therefore, the resistance mainly comes from the people, not the upper class.

Xu Qilin also knew that even if the policy was introduced, it would not be so optimistic whether it could be fully followed. Unless the people became rich, or felt that raising a daughter would not lose money and the burden would be low.

In this way, the promotion and planting of cotton has a disguised promotion effect. Girls can use textiles to supplement their household expenses, and may improve their status at home.

Well, after the autumn harvest of cotton, it is time to dedicate some of the seeds and planting knowledge to the court, and continue to be planted in Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places.

Xu Qilin still knows several cotton planting bases in China. The southern Xinjiang to which Gaochang belongs is also a good place to grow cotton.

Cotton will be a major investment in Ganzhou this year. Scarcity is precious, and when the market volume is less than silk and silk, the price will not be much lower.

But the cost of growing cotton is much lower than that of growing mulberry and silkworms. It is not an exaggeration to call it huge profits.

In winter, wealthy and high-ranking officials in Chang'an will enjoy the comfort and warmth brought by quilts and are unwilling to get up every morning.

Hehe, Xu Qilin laughed proudly, and a grape was thrown into his mouth accurately.

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Crack, creak... The windmill made a sound of inherent rhythm, and the huge leaves slowly turned, like a giant waving his arms.

Amid the people's cheers, Wang Fangyi also showed a happy smile. Another windmill mill has been built and can be used by the people for free.

In Hexi, there are abundant wind resources and later generations are known as the "wind power corridor". Although there is no electricity now, Xu Qilin has not wasted this gift of nature.

Every village has windmill mills and every village is connected to every village. This is the work plan and goal he set in the first year of his tenure.

Wang Fangyi not only has talent in military command and local governance, but also has great interest in machinery.

Historically, he once understood a new type of farming tools. This kind of farming tools "has the key to applying it, and "reduce strength and achieve more achievements", and is called "coupled farming method".

From the description, it should be a kind of labor-saving farm tool that uses human power to push and pull, and with the help of lever or wheel axle, it can be seen that its intelligence and talent are shown.

After finishing the city as quickly as possible, Wang Fangyi took his people to various villages and towns in Ganzhou to build windmill mills. He was down-to-earth and willing to work, much better than Xu Qilin.

But Wang Fangyi did not complain, and believed that this was a rare opportunity to learn and practice. Many of Xu Qilin's business philosophy have been taught to him without reservation.

Adapting to local conditions, leveraging regional characteristics and advantages, promoting trade with trade, and replenishing agriculture through trade, all these have opened a bright window for Wang Fangyi.

It turns out that managing a place is not just about encouraging farmers and sericultures. Having a meal and having enough food can only be considered a barely qualified. Letting the people become prosperous and the market become prosperous is called good management.

According to Xu Qilin's standards, this is just the first year's plan. In the second year, he wanted to build schools in every village, and every year the school hired teachers to allow every child of the Tang Dynasty to study for at least six years.

For Wang Fangyi, this idea was even more grand, which made him admire Xu Qilin's courage and his sincere heart to love the people.
Chapter completed!