"Let him in."

"No." Deyi responded, and then shouted loudly to the outside of the hall: "Your Majesty has a decree to summon Xuan Shijing, the prince of Jinyang County, to enter the palace to face the king." ”

The small yellow door outside the Ganlu Hall heard the movement inside, and invited Xuan Shijing, who was waiting outside, into the Ganlu Palace.

"Chen Xuan Shijing has seen Your Majesty."

"No courtesy." His Majesty Li Er raised his head and looked at Xuan Shijing: "I summoned you into the palace in such a hurry today, can you guess what I am looking for you for?" ”

Xuan Shijing arched his hand and said: "The minister dared to guess that it was because of the Ministry of Industry's price reduction. ”

"Yes, I heard that the people from the Ministry of Industry went to see the big shopkeeper of your chamber of commerce, and they were kicked out by your big shopkeeper three times and twice, tell me your opinion on this matter."

When Xuan Shijing heard this, it seems that His Majesty Li Er has sent someone to investigate this matter, so he must also know how the Ministry of Industry lowered the price to the merchants of Chang'an City, and he also knew how much the price was lowered.

"Your Majesty asked the ministers like this, I think it is because I know that the Ministry of Industry has lowered the price of the merchant by 40%." Xuan Shijing said.

His Majesty Li Er nodded: "That's right, I have sent someone to investigate this matter, and the fault is indeed in the Ministry of Industry." ”

"Your Majesty, the money pile went to Zhuangzi the day before yesterday and reported this matter to the minister, and all aspects of it were also explained to the minister in detail." Xuan Shijing said: "Speaking of which, the materials used to build the new palace are no different from most of the materials used to build ordinary houses, and these lacquered wood and masonry are not valuable things. ”

"Go on." His Majesty Li Er said.

In Datang, to work for the officials, often the materials need to be cheap, and most of the manpower and material resources have to be put in, and by the way, when you get the money, you have to give some benefits to those officials, and in the end, it is thankless.

"Since the amount of materials needed to build the new palace is huge, the manpower and material resources spent by the merchants on it are also huge, the market is a small profit but quick turnover, in addition to the manpower and material resources to earn little, if it is supplied to the official, not only the price has come down, the cost of manpower and material resources has also gone up, and in the end, who will pay for these losses? Or the merchant himself pads up, which is naturally a loss. Xuan Shijing said: "In fact, this is only a superficial problem, to put it seriously, no one dares to do this business with the official family, even if the official family forces people to hold the shelf, in the end, the merchant goes bankrupt, the workers under the merchant lose their jobs, how much labor does Chang'an City have to idle?" Could it be that the Ministry of Labor has to send people to Longshouyuan to do forced labor? ”

"Businessmen are heavy on profits, if they try to save expenses for the treasury, and can ensure that they do not lose, you say, how much will you let with the Ministry of Industry?" His Majesty Li Er asked.

His Majesty Li Er has also thought about it, pressing the price can also save a lot of money for the treasury, but it can't be too much, for the time being, both sides take a step back, as for the people in the Ministry of Industry, he has his own disposal, another matter.

"The minister and the money pile have said, at most twenty percent." Xuan Shijing told him the truth in front of His Majesty Li Er.

"Okay, two percent." His Majesty Li Er said: "As long as the big shopkeeper of your family takes the lead, the merchants of Chang'an City will understand what to do, and the people of the Ministry of Industry will deal with it at their discretion, so don't let this matter delay the construction of the new palace." ”

After listening to Xuan Shijing's words, His Majesty Li Er realized that if he acted in the same style as the Ministry of Industry, who would the merchants of Chang'an City supply materials to the official family? Is it true that people from the Ministry of Industry should take the team to places outside Guanzhong to purchase materials?

As far as the style of the Ministry of Industry is concerned, it is the same everywhere.

"The new palace was handed over to Yan Lide and Yan Liben, the two of them are in charge of the construction of the new palace this time, Jing'er, I will appoint you to supervise the construction, the new palace is not only very important to me, but also to the entire Tang Dynasty, it is very important, the new palace in the future is the face of the Tang Dynasty, I am not allowed to have the slightest mistake, don't let me down." His Majesty Li Er said.

"Yes." Xuan Shijing replied.

Good guy, a trip to Chang'an, inexplicably involved himself in the supervision of the construction of the new palace, such a big project, the troubles in the future are indispensable, and it is impossible to stay out of the matter.

"Your Majesty, since the ministers are supervising the construction of the new palace, if there is any problem with the officials who have anything to do with the construction of the new palace in the future, or if there is any problem with the project on the side of Longshou Yuan.......

"If it's something earth-shattering, you can deal with it." His Majesty Li Er said: "Don't forget to finish when you're done." ”

His Majesty Li Er means that if there is anything you can do, do it neatly, and don't leave a mess for him to help clean up.

"Yes." Xuan Shijing replied.

Long Shouyuan, 120,000 craftsmen, countless court officials, although it is said that he is supervising the construction, but just by focusing on the officials, Xuan Shijing is already dizzying, and as long as nothing major happens, he is also relaxed, after all, after Yan Lide and Yan Liben's brothers finished drawing the drawings, most of the burden of building the new palace was still on them, and Xuan Shijing's supervision was only an auxiliary.

His Majesty Li Er in the palace explained things quickly, until Xuan Shijing left the palace, it was only two quarters of an hour's effort, and there was still some time, Xuan Shijing went to Xuanwu Tower, to see the money pile, and always told the money pile the results of his discussion with His Majesty Li Er when he entered the palace today, and those material merchants in Chang'an City also needed money to contact.

It's just a matter of resisting for a while, after all, it's an official family, and businessmen can't get an inch, offending the officials, they can keep eighty percent of the market price, and it's also profitable for businessmen, and the materials to be used in the new palace are not ordinary.

Think about the Ming and Qing Dynasty palaces in later generations, which are already considered big, and the Daming Palace, but there are four Ming and Qing Dynasty palaces, how much lacquered wood and masonry will be used, before it is built, no one has a number in their hearts.

After Xuan Shijing arrived at the Xuanwu Building, he went directly to the account room of the money pile and saw the money pile in the account room.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now I don't know how this official family handled this matter, and now I can only wait for news." Xuan Shijing pushed open the door of the room and heard the sound of money piling up in the room.

There were many people sitting in the room, and from what Fang Cai Qian said, it could be inferred that these people should be businessmen who were dealing in materials in Chang'an City.

Qian Dui saw Xuan Shijing push the door in, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "My subordinates see my grandfather." ”

The businessmen sitting in the room saw the pile of money like this, looked at Xuan Shijing, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "The grass people see the grandfather." ”