"What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked curiously.

"About the issue of technology transfer of cement." Huo Gang said with a smile.

"Really?" Li Shimin immediately raised his head in surprise and looked at Huo Gang. The great man had many technologies, the Tang Dynasty must be jealous. Needless to say, the Tang Dynasty must know about cement. It is unnecessary to think that all know that such technology is definitely unique to the great man. The Tang Dynasty had asked about it before, but it directly refused.

But I didn't expect that the Han Dynasty was willing to transfer cement technology now. This is of course a huge good news for the Tang Dynasty, because cement is too useful, and whether it is building houses, roads, bridges, etc., it has huge advantages, especially bridges. Many official roads in the Tang Dynasty have to detour. Not to mention the Yellow River, Yangtze River and other rivers, it is even some rivers that are not too large. Sometimes, because there is no technology to build bridges, they have to detour.

Or it may be directly converted to a ferry, but this kind of transfer is fine for ordinary people to travel every day, but for commercial transportation, it is definitely a huge backwardness to efficiency.

Although there is a railway, the railway is only between the Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty. The local commerce of the Tang Dynasty is mainly carried out through roads, and cement is naturally a huge improvement in these.

The Tang Dynasty could not be as luxurious as the Han Dynasty. It could directly use cement to build the entire road, but the Tang Dynasty could use the main commercial transport roads to build some difficult roads through cement, or choose some places with more precipitation to use cement roads.

After the construction is completed, the commercial operation of Datang will inevitably increase a lot.

"Of course it's true. The man with the entire set of cement construction technology costs 10 million guan." Huo Gang directly gave an astronomical figure.

"This is impossible, it's too expensive." Li Shimin was a little stupid. He stared at him and stood up from the position and said, "You can't ask for a price all over the place. What does 10 million yuan mean?!"

"This price cannot be cheap." Huo Gang said simply that cement can be sold, but the price of cement must not be reduced, because it represents respect for technology. This will represent some other craftsmen of R&D technology in later generations of the Han Dynasty, so that they can know that R&D technology can bring huge benefits.

"This... if this is the case, the Tang Dynasty really can't afford it." Li Shimin shook his head with a wry smile.

"No, the Tang Dynasty can afford it." Huo Gang said with a smile.

"What should I buy? Give it to me? I just bought 100,000 sets of armor from you. It will be paid in three years. This is another ten million yuan! Do you know what the concept of 10 million yuan? I admit that cement has a great effect, but it is nothing if there is no cement in the Tang Dynasty. It is not a must-have product." Li Shimin said helplessly.

"The Tang Dynasty's treasury has no money, but the Tang Dynasty's aristocratic families have money. They have made a lot of profits through the Han Dynasty over the years. Although they handed over a considerable part of the taxes to the Tang Dynasty's treasury, their real profits are in their hands, and the tax they paid is only 25%. " Huo Gang said with a smile.

The highest commercial tax rate in Datang is 25%. Although the tax rate is very high, due to the continuous prosperity of business and the profits given by Li Shimin, these aristocratic families can only accept them even if they are unwilling to do so.

The reason is very simple. If these aristocratic families are unwilling to do so, they cannot carry out commercial actions. If they do not carry out commercial actions, they will soon be squeezed directly by other aristocratic families, so these aristocratic families dare not bet at all.

"What do you mean?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment.

"This is not simple? After you got the cement technology, can you, have all cement factories been established by the Tang Dynasty? I admit that in this case, the Tang Dynasty can indeed make a lot of technology, but it would be too difficult to build cement factories in different places in the Tang Dynasty at the same time."

"If the Tang Dynasty courts are in different parts of the Tang Dynasty, such as in every area in the southeast, west and north, or in each Taoist in the Tang Dynasty, there will be a total of ten families. According to the price I give you, it will be a big deal to ask them for an authorization fee of 2 million yuan, right? In this case, not only will the Tang Dynasty court not have to pay a penny, but it can also make 10 million yuan in backhand." Huo Gang shrugged and said.

"This..." Li Shimin was stunned. What he thought at the beginning was that the Tang Dynasty officials would do this directly, so the Tang Dynasty officials could naturally monopolize all cement factories in the Tang Dynasty, and the profits were naturally from the Tang Dynasty court.

But after Huo Gang said this, Li Shimin suddenly realized...it seems that the truth is indeed the case?

"What if the official needs to use it?" Li Shimin reacted.

"If you want to use it, buy it directly from them. This is called promoting the private economy. I tell you, don't save money from the imperial treasury. Saving cannot make a country rich. As the imperial treasury money, as long as it is spent in a serious place, it will not be embezzled by corrupt officials. The faster it is spent, the richer the country will be. The best way to do infrastructure construction is." Huo Gang said quickly.

"Think about it, you authorized these aristocratic families, and in the end you didn't spend a penny, you also got 10 million yuan. If you used this ten million yuan to build an official road, how many official roads could you build? With the current labor salary of the Tang Dynasty, you can at least build several major official roads, right?"

"One after another, you didn't pay a penny. The Tang Dynasty had cement technology, and there were several official roads. My father-in-law, you have a huge reputation for receiving goods among the people. At the same time, the Tang Dynasty was also richer. The Tang Dynasty's national strength was improved. How many can you kill at one go?" Huo Gang asked with a smile.

Li Shimin, Li Chengqian and the other four were all a little stupid. They couldn't help but look at Huo Gang. After a long time, Li Shimin swallowed: "This..."

To be honest, Li Shimin suddenly realized the gap between him and Huo Gang. This... this way of thinking alone is not comparable to that of him. Think about it carefully, the gap is too big.

At first, he thought the price was too expensive, but now he suddenly felt that it seemed like Huo Gang said that the Tang Dynasty had not spent any money, and in the end he got so much? Of course, the money must have been spent, but the money was spent by the aristocratic families, and it seemed that everyone was getting affordable. The problem is that the aristocratic families were definitely willing to buy it. Since they were willing to buy it, they naturally did not lose money.

No one is smarter than these people. Since everyone has made money... who is losing money? Li Shimin's brain is really a little unrealistic. To be precise, with the financial knowledge of this era, they can't think of these things at all.

They simply cannot understand what role the economy plays in this process.

After a deep look at Huo Gang, Li Shimin made himself try to calm down, and then he asked seriously: "I admit... you convinced me, but apart from these words, 2 million coins are not a small number."

"You can authorize more companies, such as some roads with larger areas and larger populations, just authorize more families. This way, the funds can be spread out. In fact, each company is not much in the past, and they are willing to spend money to buy a future." Huo Gang said with a smile.

The times are progressing, and society is also progressing. All progress is based on economic circulation. Huo Gang's behavior is actually the most critical point to promote the economic circulation of the Tang Dynasty. What is the fastest way for the government to spend money? And the fastest way to stimulate the economy while spending money is to engage in infrastructure!

The world financial crisis that began in 2007 in later generations, the country was able to turn over at a terrifying speed and the economy continued to rise, which was inseparable from the 4 trillion infrastructure plan. You should know that in 2008, there were only two high-speed railways in China, and there were not many highways. In 2013 years, what is the mileage of high-speed railways in China? How many highways were built at the same time? In addition to these, how many airports were there?

It can be said that in 13 years, the money spent on infrastructure is a terrifying number.

The infrastructure construction trick works in any era, but the premise is to ensure the interests of the people. It is not to use corvee labor, but to use employment to carry out infrastructure construction.

"I can agree with this, but there is one thing you want to tell me some of the reasons here." Li Shimin hesitated for a moment and spoke.

"The reason is very simple. In fact, it is a principle of economic circulation. The simplest thing is that these aristocratic families are willing to spend money to buy it because they see the future of cement. They can definitely see this because it is too useful for cement. Cement can be used in almost all places, such as roads, bridges, houses, dams, and even cellar furnaces used to fire porcelain."

"And such a huge amount of consumption can be said to be infinite. It is a consumable, so if a family gets this business, it means that if the descendants of their family don't commit suicide, they can almost always eat it."

"Money is a number for them, because they know very well that they can easily earn it back if the money is gone, but such opportunities are not available every day."

"So don't say 2 million guan, even if it's 3 million guan, they will buy it, and they are even willing to give up some profits to you in their other businesses, and then buy this technology back."

"When the money comes to the hands of the Tang Dynasty, except for the purchase of the Han technology, you cannot put the remaining part of the Tang Dynasty court in the treasury and rot. It will be spent. If they are unwilling to buy it, your Majesty can make a guarantee, which is to ensure that a considerable portion of the money in the hands of the Tang Dynasty court will buy the cement produced after they built the cement factory."

"For them, it means that the money is back, and they will definitely be willing to do it."

"And this money is actually impossible to return to their hands at one time, because they need workers to build cement plants, and because they build too many cement plants at one time, and in order to ensure output, the price of their salary cannot be too low. In this regard, I believe that your Majesty, you can also stipulate that they should pay higher salaries to the people."

"In this way, a huge portion of this money is circulated into the hands of the people, and what is the money in the hands of the people used for? People cannot save money for food, clothing, housing and transportation. The money is finally consumed into the hands of these merchants, and the merchants turn part of the money into the treasury money through tax payments, and the treasury money continues to be spent in different places."

"In this way, a country's economy and national strength will increase more and more. Of course, this is just a macro expression. There are many places where improper operation will have different consequences."

"For example, corrupt officials, and for example, shoddy projects." Huo Gang shrugged and gave two examples.

"Tofu project?" Li Shimin glanced at Huo Gang in confusion.

"Downs cutting corners during the construction process, but after it was completed, it collapsed after a few years of use." Huo Gang became stronger.

"Hey, I can't guarantee that corrupt officials are not available, but it's simple to siege the city. It's just a lifelong responsibility system. Who is responsible for the construction? If it collapses within the service life, kill his whole family." Li Shimin spoke viciously.

Huo Gang: "..." Well, he forgot that this is not modern, this is a feudal dynasty, and Li Shimin had the full right to do this...

"Well... Yes, you can just look at this Majesty. It's probably the reason, and similar examples can be used in many places." Huo Gang shrugged.

"For example, road construction, a complete concrete road requires huge amounts of money. Building a road is a damaging problem for the Tang Dynasty, but it is not impossible to recycle it, such as a toll highway. Calculate based on the distance traveled, if a carriage takes from Chang'an to Luoyang and walks the concrete official road for ten days, then you can ask someone to calculate how much extra phone bills they will need to eat and live in these ten days, and then convert these costs by half, or even 70%, and charge directly."

"I believe that all businessmen are willing to spend money to walk, so that the cost of this road will be recycled a considerable amount of the cost. At the same time, because toll stations can be combined with inns, the Tang Dynasty's intelligence system has basically been operated across the country..." Huo Gang said, shrugging again, "It can also solve the problem of the work and survival of a large number of retired soldiers."

Li Shimin's eyes began to pop up. He suddenly felt that if Huo Gang didn't come to the Tang Dynasty in the future, should he have nothing to do to chat with Huo Gang? This guy... After so many ideas have given the Tang Dynasty a lot!

Of course, what he didn't know was that the big man could benefit from it, because the current big man's commodity export volume has basically fallen into a bottleneck. This bottleneck is not for other reasons, but is almost always limited by transportation.

Many places are too far away and cannot be transported, so many merchants give up even though they know that there is profit, but it is too long and too dangerous.
Chapter completed!