"Everyone, calm down, even so, but things haven't come to that point yet." Yan Lide said with a smile: "The imperial court just sent people to the Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Yangzhou areas just two days ago, and it will take more than a month to come back with materials. ”

Yan Lide relieved these merchants on the surface, but in fact, he still told these merchants that your time is running out, and when the people from the imperial court come back, Longshou Yuan will not need the supply of these merchants.

"This ......." these businessmen were completely panicked, there is still a month, if they don't make up their minds within a month, then this transaction will really be lost!

Yan Lide is actually fooling these businessmen, at this time, where are there officials sent out by the Ministry of Industry, it is completely fooling these businessmen, and they are really sent out, as those businessmen said, the purchase of materials in the south and the transportation to Longshouyuan, the cost on the way, it is better to directly buy the materials of these merchants at full price in Chang'an City, and save effort.

But the Ministry of Industry can't do that, they must not be threatened by these businessmen, once the threat is successful, then can they pay it back? The court dignitaries were threatened by merchants, and this is nothing.

He Yan Lide is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, how can he let these businessmen threaten him, and what Yan Lide said is not a lie, the Ministry of Industry did send people to the south, but not to buy these materials, but to search for good golden silk nanmu for the new palace and transport it to Longshouyuan.

Moreover, if these businessmen swear not to bow their heads, then the Ministry of Industry will really send people to the Jiangyang area to search for these materials in the coming year, and even send troops to open mountains and quarry, cut down forests and find wood.

Yan Lide laughed secretly in his heart, these businessmen are too, why do they have to fight against the court with their necks? Wouldn't it be nice to have money to make? You have to put in so much effort to make more, and what is the result?

Don't be too greedy.

"Lord Yan, please give us a few days, I'll go back and discuss, and in three days, I will visit Lord Yan in Lord Yan's mansion, and I hope Lord Yan is not strange." A merchant stood up and said.

Yan Lide smiled and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, as long as you still have a heart for the sake of the court, the official will open the door to welcome you, and the construction of a new palace on the dragon head is not wishful thinking on the part of the imperial court, nor is it for the benefit of His Majesty alone, but for the entire Tang Dynasty, that is the face of the Tang Dynasty, the new palace is repaired, and all the people of the Tang Dynasty have light on their faces, so please think about it." ”

"Yes, we will follow the teachings of our lords." A group of businessmen gave up their hands.

"Okay, let's go and sit down, eat and drink." Yan Lide greeted the merchants.

A meal in Xuanwu Building, the food is tasteless, it's not that the food is not good, it's just that everyone has their own thoughts, where is the mood to taste the food, even if it is in the mouth, it is also tasteless.

After the Xuanwu Tower dispersed, these merchants went to visit the lord's house one after another, wanting to get the lord's family to come up with an idea.

They may not know what Yan Lide has in mind, and whether what he said is true or false, but as officials in the same dynasty, their main family may know the movements of the household, no matter what, it is better to take a trip.

And at this time, it is time to make up your mind to make up your mind, whether to reject the Ministry of Works, fight to the end, or choose to compromise.

Now a small number of businessmen are cooperating with the imperial court, and the materials have been sent to Longshouyuan.

If you can take advantage of this opportunity to grab this piece of meat, and the new palace is over, what can those businessmen who support the imperial court do?

Suddenly, many material merchants were undecided, swaying from side to side.

But let's wait for news from the master's family, some businessmen, the business is not their own, but the master's family.

After Yan Lide came out of the Xuanwu Tower, he took a carriage and left Chang'an City from Tonghua Gate and went to Longshouyuan.

In the tent of Longshouyuan, Yan Liben was explaining the drawings to dozens of craftsmen, and now the outlines of Longshouyuan have begun to be circled, followed by the foundation of each hall, and then tamp, and then accommodate, and then tamp.

The foundation has been leveled in advance, and the entire dragon head plain, the laborers and craftsmen are working in an orderly manner.

Yan Lide walked into the tent and came to Yan Liben's side.

"Just now I saw the craftsmen and conscripts on the Dragon Head Plain outside, each performing their duties, in an orderly manner, and the momentum is very good." Yan Lide said: "However, I still have to ask, how long can the materials accumulated now last?" ”

At the mention of this question, Yan Liben sighed, and the craftsmen in the tent also fell silent.

"It's talking." Yan Lide said.

"Although those merchants are still collecting and transporting them here, the number is getting smaller and smaller each time, and the ones accumulated before can't last for many days, it is estimated that it will take half a month." Yan Liben said: "Half a month later, the supply of those current merchants will not be able to catch up with the progress here. ”

"Alas~~ They are also more than willing but not enough, they used to look at the big business money pile and the face of Xuan Gong, plus it is profitable, so they are so dedicated, but there are always times when they are not strong." Yan Lide said.

"What happened to the businessmen that my brother saw in Xuanwu Tower today?" Yan Liben asked.

"A deceitful and cunning person, I don't know if my words can scare them." Yan Lide said: "If you can't be scared, then you can only find another way, in short, the materials on the Dragon Head Plain can't be broken!" Even if the conscripts and the army are dispatched to mine the materials themselves! ”

"If those businessmen are really hard-boned, then I am afraid that Your Majesty will blame them, at least it will be a crime of disadvantage." Yan Liben said.

"What can be done then? The imperial court can't force merchants to buy and sell, so blame it. Yan Lide said with a smile: "However, when I see the faces of these businessmen today, I think that the roommates can be successful, and some people still have some insight, even if they don't, some nobles in Chang'an City have to have a little eyesight, right?" Blocking the construction of the new palace would do no one any good. ”

"I hope so." Yan Liben nodded.

The next day, some businessmen received news from the master's family, saying that the Ministry of Industry did not send people south to purchase materials, but they did not let them spend any more time with the Ministry of Industry, and it was a matter of time before they continued to consume.

Some nobles directly gave an order, not allowed!