Looking back from time to time, how could the emperor congratulate the ministers on making money?

Especially in the morning hall, where it is a place to discuss state affairs.

The emperor joked that everyone would make money, but this was a bit of solemnity. If it were to be put in normal times, there would inevitably be loyal ministers and ritual officials to advise.

However, this time, the censors kept silent.

The other officials laughed and bowed together and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty for making a fortune."

Li Shimin laughed and nodded, "This congratulations are considered to suit my taste, because I am going to make a fortune this time."

The emperor's tone was filled with pride, and he seemed a little excited in his pride. Obviously, he was not making a small fortune, otherwise he would not have been like this.

Everyone knows that the Queen's Interior Office has opened up a million mu of land in Youzhou, and there are as many as 150,000 people who have migrated there.

A huge industry.

An astonishing investment.

Although this investment was not the sole investment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the royal family united to jointly contribute, Empress Changsun’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, as the leader, occupied the largest part of this industry.

It is said that it has a total of 100,000 mu.

No wonder the emperor was proud...

...

The atmosphere of the morning court was very harmonious, and everyone had a smile on their faces. Suddenly, Li Shimin looked at someone and asked with a smile: "Fang Aiqing, you are the head of the court's civil servants. How much cotton can you pick in your family? Let everyone envy it..."

Fang Xuanling quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty is joking about me. The little gains in my family are not worthy of everyone's envy. But since Your Majesty has named me, then let me start this grand event by my report. Fang Qiao throws bricks and attracts jade, please don't laugh."

Li Shimin nodded and smiled, "It is indeed a grand event for all the civil and military officials in the court to make money together."

As he said that, he looked at Fang Xuanling again and said, "Tell me, how much cotton has your family picked?"

Fang Xuanling bowed again, and then smiled and said, "When he claimed the share of land reclamation half a year ago, the Fang family was one of the most important ones. As for the reason, it is well known that because of my husband's hesitation and caution, my child was expelled from the master sect for a long time but could not return. In the end, my wife bought a bottle of wine by chance, and then let the child return to the ranks of the Gu disciples. Unfortunately, she was the third disciple, but she became the fifth disciple when she returned."

"At the beginning, hesitation and caution directly caused the child's ranking to be lowered. So when Gu invited everyone to claim the share of land reclamation, I no longer dared to feel nervous... My house sold several ancestral property and directly claimed 30,000 acres of wasteland."

At this time, someone from the military general was not in a hurry to wait, and said, "The civil servants are just talking, can they talk directly? We just want to hear how much cotton you have picked at home, but we don't want to hear your long-winded stories. Hurry up, don't delay everyone's efforts."

Fang Xuanling smiled and was not angry about it. Instead, he bowed to the man. Sure enough, he stopped telling the past, but said directly: "This time the cotton picking, the Fang family has harvested a total of 3,100 stones."

One stone is equal to a hundred kilograms.

So 3100 stones are 310,000 jin.

Many ministers' eyes flashed, and they secretly calculated in their hearts. Compared with their own per mu, people soon became proud. Obviously, the Fang family's per mu cotton yield was not the best.

At this time, Li Shimin looked at another person in the court and asked with a smile: "Xu Shiji, how much has your family gained? As a top martial arts honor, the Xu family should not lose to Fang Aiqing..."

Xu Shiji seemed to have expected that he would be named by the emperor, and he bowed his hand without hesitation and replied: "The Xu family is not good at farming, and has only opened 20,000 mu of land. According to the news received yesterday, 1,700 stones of cotton have been picked. Although there are still some finishes left, there is probably not much pound to increase... So I roughly estimate that the final harvest is only about 1,900 stones at the highest point. If you convert the pound, it should be about 190,000 pounds."

Twenty thousand acres of cotton fields.

About 190,000 jin?

Li Shimin was slightly surprised and frowned and said, "The yield per mu is less than 100 kilograms? You are not as good as Fang Qing's family."

Xu Shiji sighed and said, "The Xu family was a rich family in his early years, but they suffered chaos, lost their property, and lost their family's property, and the servants were all scattered. I was alone in Wagang Village. It was not until I met Your Majesty that my life turned around. Although I have been granted the title of Duke, how difficult it is to establish a family? I am starting from scratch again. All the people under my command are recruiting new recruits and have not yet had a heart to each other, so it is inevitable that I will be a little bumpy when leading it."

Li Shimin nodded and said thoughtfully: "This seems to be a common problem for you and other emerging martial arts families."

Xu Shiji said sincerely, "Next year will be much better, and the people have gradually become a heart for belonging. As long as my Xu family has always treated the people well, the future will be better and better."

Li Shimin nodded again and encouraged, "I am very pleased that you have this heart."

The emperor thought about it and suddenly smiled and said, "Forget it, I won't name one by one. After all, the cotton has been picked, and the amount of harvest cannot be changed. Why don't you let everyone report the numbers one by one and learn about the situation of each family... What do you guys think?"

The ministers hurriedly bowed and said, "Abide by Your Majesty's will." Miaobikuai

Next, start reporting numbers from house to house.

"Men Niu Jinda, his family reclaimed 15,000 acres of land and harvested 1,300 stones of cotton."

"My minister Duan Zhixuan, his family has reclaimed 20,000 mu of land and harvested 1,800 stones of cotton."

"My minister Li Jing, his family has reclaimed 20,000 mu of land and harvested 1,700 stones of cotton."

“…”

“…”

As the number of martial arts awards was reported one by one, I found that as Li Shimin said, these emerging forces were limited to their shallow foundations, resulting in average yields and returns from cotton fields.

Soon, it was the old family's turn to start reporting on the numbers.

"The Wang family in Taiyuan has reclaimed 30,000 mu of land and harvested the total amount of cotton, which is estimated to be 3,500 stones."

"The Zheng family in Xingyang has reclaimed 30,000 mu of land and harvested the total amount of cotton, which is estimated to be 3,700 stones."

“…”

"……"grab

"Qinghe Cui Family, 30,000 mu of land were reclaimed and 4,600 stones of cotton were harvested"

hiss!

Wu Xun was gasping for air.

Almost all the old-school families had a yield of more than 100 kilograms per mu. When Cui's family in Qinghe said the numbers, the generals present were even more shocked.

30,000 mu of land, harvesting 4,600 stones.

What is the yield? This is more than 150 kilograms per mu!

One acre of land is 50 kilograms more than them.

What huge profits will be made for 30,000 acres of land?

The military general Duan Zhixuan couldn't help but speak and asked subconsciously: "Everyone is also pursuing land and farming, why is the Cui family so high in production?"

But he saw the head of the Cui clan smile leisurely and said lightly: "Not that, the Cui family only has a lot of money."

As he said, he stopped slightly, and said in a very plain tone: "It is because he is willing to spend money, so the output is high."

The martial artists were so uncomfortable.

Duan Zhixuan took a deep breath, tried to suppress the discomfort in his heart, questioned again: "We have spent money, no one saved money. Since everyone has spent money, why is the Cui family so large in production?"

The head of the Cui clan still smiled leisurely and said lightly: "It's very simple, you're not as much as the Cui family."

anxious!

The martial artists rolled their eyes together.

More rich?

Who can compete with you, Cui, Qinghe?

This old guy's tone is so annoying that he may be shaking completely today.

Sure enough, I heard the Cui clan leader continue to smile and suddenly asked everyone: "Can those people under your command who are opening up the land provide three meals of meat every day?"

The Wuxuns all groaned and turned around and pretended not to hear it.

Provide three meals of meat to the people every day?

We want to do this, too...

But!

The financial resources cannot be supported.

But when the head of the Cui clan asked again with a smile, he said, "Can the people under your command who are clearing the land guarantee that the whole family can use a plowing ox?"

I'm sorry!

Heartbroken!

The Wuxuns kept their mouths together, but their teeth were clattering.

Before, when Youzhou was clearing the land, Gu Tianya proposed a plan to go to Liaodong to plunder oxen. Since the private soldiers of the old family had been killed, they could only hire Gu Tianya's Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry. However, these martial arts families did not need it, and they could just take the family's troops.

Whenever a family gets a plowing ox, they will actually spend money.

And they took their own troops to grab oxen without any expenses.

It clearly has such a big advantage.

I didn't expect that I could win the aristocratic family...

Especially the Cui family in Qinghe.

The rule set by Gu Tianya is that two households share a plowing cow, and the Cui family directly provides a cow to the people under their command. Miaobifang miaobifang.com

How can I compare this?

No wonder the Cui family can produce more than 150 kilograms per mu.

But before the old man Cui seemed to have finished showing off, he asked them again with a smile: "There are also the bachelors who marry Han girls. How many have you helped the people under him solve? Do they have dozens? Or hundreds? I, Cui, Qinghe, was not talented, and only helped 3,700 bachelors marry their wives. Each household built a small courtyard, and when they got married, they would also give two congratulatory gifts..."

Damn!
To be continued...