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Li Longji was lying on the dragon throne in the main hall with his eyes slightly closed. He was still thinking about the problem just now.
After Li Linfu's reminder and explanation, he knew that the gold mine in Huashan was his life source. It was the residence of his King's Qi. Before this, he knew nothing about it.
However, this did not prevent him from believing in this matter. After all, in ancient times when science and technology were backward, as an emperor, most of them were more superstitious. Moreover, the more capable an emperor was, the harder it was to get rid of his obsession with superstition.
The famous first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, spent a lot of energy to find the elixir of immortality after unifying the six countries. He set a very bad example for the later emperors. In order to pursue immortality, the later emperors ate a lot of arsenic. They were even worse than Qin Shi Huang.
Li Longji, as the great emperor who founded the Great Tang Dynasty, naturally worshipped all kinds of supernatural phenomena. He believed in all kinds of heavenly decrees. According to the explanation of superstition, the gold mine in Huashan coincided with his life source, so he had no choice but to believe it.
In fact, as an emperor, especially an accomplished emperor, it was easy to be misled by superstition. After all, they already had everything they could have. At this time, if they did not have the support of superstition, they would easily lose the goal in life, and this was a very scary thing.
Back then, Qin Shihuang had unified the six countries and occupied a vast territory. He had captured all the beauties of the six countries and brought them to Epang Palace for his own enjoyment. Gold, silver, treasures, delicacies, everything a person could enjoy, Qin Shihuang had it all. However, he was unable to prevent aging and death. As a great emperor, he wished to have his empire forever. Thus, it was natural for him to have an urgent need for immortality. Under such circumstances, worship and superstition became unavoidable.
Although Li Longji did not dare to have too many extravagant hopes for immortality, he still valued his life source very much. As an accomplished emperor, Li Longji's character was extremely selfish.
Think about it, in order to stabilize his throne, he killed three of his own sons. In order to satisfy his own selfish desires, he stole his own daughter-in-law. How good could he be?
Although Li Longji also knew that Li Linfu had evil intentions, Li Linfu was very sensible and always protected his personal interests. He was a dog slave that made people feel comfortable.
However, this Left Prime Minister Li Shizhi, who was valued by many people, did not understand his thoughts at all. He actually damaged his own life for the sake of enriching the country. This was something he could not tolerate. However, if he demoted Li Shizhi because of this matter, it would have a negative impact on his reputation. Therefore, he would not do anything to Li Shizhi for the time being, but he would definitely not put him in an important position.
"Yu Chaoen."
Li Longji called out softly.
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"Immediately lead two hundred Flying Dragon Imperial Guards to Mount Hua to find the gold mine. Let them be responsible for guarding the gold mine. If anyone dares to mine or destroy it, execute them on the spot."
Li Longji pondered for a long time. Finally, he made up his mind to use practical actions to protect his own life.
"Yes, everyone."
Yu Chaoen accepted the order and slowly left the hall.
"Everyone, my wife made a new dance yesterday. Your Majesty, do you want to go and take a look?"
Gao Lishi asked softly when he saw Li Longji frowning. As an old servant who had served Li Longji for many years, he knew that the only thing that could ease Li Longji's mood at a time like this was a woman who was as gentle as water. And right now, Yang Yuhuan was the most suitable person for Li Longji.
"Okay, let's go and take a look."
As soon as Li Longji heard the name Yang Yuhuan, his brows suddenly relaxed. His bad mood instantly dissipated.
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In Daye Square, Ang Lee's residence. After eating and drinking his fill, Ang Lee was preparing to go to the processing plant outside the city to inspect. After all, he attached great importance to the first batch of fifty wheelchairs. He hoped that they could be completed with good quality and quantity.
"Alang, all of the rocking chairs we produced have been sold out. There are still many customers in the market who want to buy them. They have broken the door of our shop. As a result, we have no choice but to temporarily close the shop."
Zhao Liu had just returned from the east market. He had a happy expression on his face as he spoke. As the butler, he was happy for Ang Lee when he saw that the rocking chairs were selling well.
"Anything new is a gust of wind. If other people imitate and make rocking chairs, our rocking chairs won't sell as well as they do now. However, no one will be able to surpass us."
Ang Lee's assembly line was very cost-efficient. Naturally, this was not something that people of this era could understand.
"Alang, the matter of the carboniferous mine has been settled. All of the land in the south of the capital that has carboniferous underground belongs to us. This is the contract."
Zhao Liu happily handed the contract to Ang Lee.
"Good, good job. There are still some days before the spring plowing. Before that, we have to mine enough carboniferous and transport it to the side of the courtyard for storage. I'll leave the matter of gathering manpower to you as well."
Ang Lee ordered.
"Alang, don't worry. I'll definitely get it done for you."
"Good. Zhao Liu, let's go out of the city together. You'll be in charge of gathering the laborers to dig for the carboniferous. I'll go and supervise the craftsmen to speed up the production of the wheelchairs. Also, bring along all of these things."
Ang Lee pointed at the mold beside him and ordered.
"Alang, what are these things? They look so obedient."
Zhao Liu had clearly never seen a honeycomb coal mold before. He couldn't tell what it was capable of.
"These are honeycomb coal molds. The craftsmen just made them today. However, there are only five of them. We'll have to make more in the future. As for how to use them, you'll know once we're out of the city. Let's go!"
Ang Lee mounted his warhorse and galloped out of the city with Zhao Liu.
Although Ang Lee had already invented the bicycle, due to the lack of pneumatic tires, it was more strenuous and bumpy to ride. It wasn't as comfortable as riding a horse. Under such circumstances, Ang Lee naturally wouldn't choose to ride a bicycle.
However, the invention of the bicycle wasn't without value. At least, when there was nothing to do in the mansion, Ang Lee could still ride the bicycle and take his beautiful wife for a spin in the backyard. This feeling wasn't just any kind of wonderful.
In addition, he could ride a horse when he went out, but he couldn't let the servants in the mansion ride a horse too! If they were to walk, their efficiency would definitely decrease. It wouldn't be as efficient as riding a bicycle. In the future, Ang Lee's servants would ride a bicycle when they went out to do things.
When they reached the vicinity of the courtyard, Ang Lee and Zhao Liu parted ways. Ang Lee immediately rushed to the processing factory, while Zhao Liu rushed to the nearby area to recruit coolies with high wages.
"General Li, the various parts of the fifty wheelchairs have been completed. They're now being assembled. If everything goes well, they'll all be ready by tomorrow morning."
Ang Lee had just walked into the processing factory when an old craftsman in charge greeted him and reported the latest progress.
Ang Lee was naturally very satisfied with such rapid progress. He praised everyone and promised to give them a raise to encourage them to work more enthusiastically.
This batch of wheelchairs was wanted by Prince Xin An, Ang Lee naturally had to pay as much attention to it as possible. He also stopped the production of rocking chairs and gathered all resources to speed up the construction of this batch of wheelchairs. After this batch of wheelchairs was delivered, the next step was to continue the construction of rocking chairs. At the same time, he also had to build more practical furniture. While satisfying the people's lives, he also had to bring in enough income for himself.
In this piece of land awarded by the imperial court, the courtyard occupied 50 mu, the furniture processing factory 100 mu, and the vegetable greenhouse 500 mu. In this way, there were still 350 mu left. Such a large piece of land could still be used to build many things. Among them, warehouses were indispensable.
The warehouse itself was divided into several types. One type was a cellar dedicated to storing winter vegetables. The cellar was all underground, and the top was flat. It could be used to park light vehicles. People had to be careful not to fall down when walking on it.
There was also an important type of warehouse. It was used to store the honeycomb coal that was about to be manufactured. As the demand for honeycomb coal would be huge in the future, more warehouses for honeycomb coal would have to be built. In any case, there was plenty of land and it was enough. In the early stages, at least ten large honeycomb coal warehouses would have to be built.
In addition, many comprehensive warehouses would have to be built to store all kinds of things needed for easy access. As for the large amount of wood needed by the furniture processing factory, it would be directly stored in the processing factory. After all, the processing factory had 100 mu of land. Any small area would be enough to store the raw materials.
These warehouses were initially planned to occupy 100 mu of land. If there was a need in the future, they could continue to increase to ensure that all kinds of materials could be stored in place.
Ang Lee stood on a high ground and looked down at the empty area in the middle. Based on the principle of proximity, he chose a few places to build the warehouses and memorized them in his heart. When Zhao Liu returned, he would be responsible for building these warehouses.
The yield of vegetables grown in 500 mu of vegetable greenhouses was very amazing. However, at this time, the vegetables had not yet grown, so naturally, there was no effect. However, this did not prevent Ang Lee from being concerned about the growth of these vegetables. He stepped towards one of the greenhouses and observed the growth of the vegetables inside.
"Alang, I just watered them last night. These seedlings are growing very well."
A farmer who looked like a manager came over.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Tortoise. I used to know Housekeeper Zhao. Housekeeper Zhao introduced me here to work for Alang."
"Tortoise? That's a good name. Then do a good job. I won't treat you badly. "
"Thank you Alang. Thank you Alang."
Tortoise seemed very happy.
Although the name of Tortoise, who was in charge of managing the vegetable greenhouses, was not very elegant, he looked honest and was not slippery at all. Of course, if it was a slippery boy, Zhao Liu would not have introduced him to Ang Lee. That kind of person was not easy to control.
Ang Lee inspected several vegetable greenhouses, accompanied by Tortoise the whole time. These seedlings were growing very well under the care of the manservants. At least, Ang Lee did not find a single withered seedling.
There were a total of 50 manservants here. Including Tortoise, there should be 51 people. Ang Lee did not know much about these people. He only knew that they were originally honest farmers. But why were these farmers willing to sell themselves as slaves? What kind of difficulties made them willing to sell their freedom to serve others?
"You guys come here."
Ang Lee looked at the manservants who were taking care of the seedlings and called them loudly.
"Alang, Alang."
Several manservants quickly ran over and surrounded Ang Lee.
"What did you guys do in the past?"
"Alang, we are all farmers. Other than farming and doing heavy labor, we don't know anything else."
The manservants clearly knew each other in private. One of them could replace all of them.
"Oh, you are all farmers. Then why are you willing to sell yourselves as slaves?"
Li An asked straightforwardly.
"To tell you the truth, Alang, we are all locals of Guanzhong. A few years ago, we each had a few dozen mu of land, but last year, our land was forcefully bought by someone. Although we lost our land, we still have to pay taxes. We have no land, no food, so what can we use to pay taxes? So, we could only flee and change our identities to sell ourselves as slaves," a manservant said angrily.
It was clear that he harbored great hatred for the person who had forcefully bought his land. At the same time, he was extremely disgusted with the tax policy of the Imperial Court.
"Alang, the Imperial Court's tax is completely based on the number of people. No matter if you have a hundred mu of land or not, you all have to pay the same tax. This has forced us commoners, who have no land, into a dead end."
Another commoner expressed his resentment.
"Shut up. You will be beheaded for saying such things, do you understand?"
The turtle usually treated these manservants very well, but when he heard them complain about the Imperial Court, and in front of Ang Lee, he was frightened and hurriedly scolded them harshly.
"No matter, no matter. There are no outsiders here. As long as they speak from their hearts, I will not blame them, and will not expose them to the Imperial Court."
Ang Lee wanted to hear the heartfelt words of these manservants. Of course, he would not blame them. He wanted to understand more about the effects of the tax policy on the commoners through the voices of these commoners at the lowest level.
With Ang Lee's approval and encouragement, these farmers, who had been suppressing their grievances, spoke out all their innermost thoughts. They even put forward some opinions and suggestions to improve the tax policy, which really surprised Ang Lee.
Of course, these manservants were just farmers, and their consideration of problems was relatively narrow. After all, everyone would only consider problems from their own point of view, and would not choose to consider the whole situation.
But just this alone was enough to benefit Ang Lee a lot. At least, he now understood the voices of the commoners at the lowest level and understood that the tax reform of the Tang dynasty was imminent.
"The tax policy of the renters based on the number of people is indeed very unreasonable. I will find an opportunity to propose to His Majesty to change the tax system of the Tang dynasty. However, you have sold yourselves as slaves now. If you work hard, maybe I will set you free."
Ang Lee told his plan and encouraged these manservants to work hard, so that they might regain their freedom in the future.
"Alang has treated us well. He has taken care of our basic necessities, food, shelter, and transportation. Even if we are slaves for life, what's the harm?"
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