Seeing Xiao Yu angry, Liu Mu hurriedly said: "Xiao Gong is angry, this father and son will definitely die, wait." What I want to say is that I, Datang, am saving the Japanese people from fire and water, taking them to live a happy life, and teaching them to learn the Five Constants of Human Ethics. This, I, Datang, am the savior of the Japanese people. ”

"Well said, then Iwami Ginzan...... Wrong. The entire island is the land of the Tang Dynasty, and everything is according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty. But thinking that it is far overseas, the transportation is inconvenient, and the labor is hard. Then let's deduct sixty percent. Xiao Yu made the head of the household department.

The eldest grandson Wuji jumped up at once: "Old man Xiao, you are too greedy, sixty percent." Donggang Ship's up and down is not the same as working hard in vain. ”

"Sixty percent of the refined sterling silver." Xiao Yu also felt that the buckle was too ruthless, and immediately changed her words.

"Forty and a half." The eldest grandson Wuji has already roared.

"Stop!" Li Shimin stopped the quarrel between the two and said to everyone: "Everyone present will write a number for every 25 percent of the difference to show fairness." ”

Five-two-five, this is the final result of the vote.

"Where is the refining silver?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked at this time.

"Qingzhou." Li Shimin had already thought of a location, where there are countless coal mines, and it is very reliable to find a convenient and secret location for transportation and then open a furnace for refining.

"Sage, who's in charge here?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked again.

"Adjust your mind to guard the town, guard the general...... Dugu Shura. "When Li Shimin talked about Dugu Shura, no one in the crowd knew who this person was?

Li Yuan spoke up in support at this time: "Okay, it's him, I can trust him." ”

Cui Dunli, the secretary of the ministry, stepped forward: "Sage, what is this person's current official, what position, what lord, what honor?" What merits have you had, and whether you are a member of the Dugu clan. ”

Such a silver refining workshop, the ministers estimate that at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year, it is impossible to let a person with no background serve as the manager, Shen Cewei is understandable, but Shen Cewei These ordinary people are afraid that it is difficult to convince the public.

Li Shimin wanted to speak, but Li Yuan motioned to himself.

Li Yuan finished speaking: "Dugu Shura was called Dugu Ping before, and the Ministry of War has a record. In the first battle of the Eight Hundred Ding, he was one of the lieutenants. After that, he made a lot of meritorious achievements. But I didn't let him regain his identity, he was usually in charge of training the soldiers of the Sanyuan training camp and guarding Huayuan County. I can trust him. ”

When it came to Duguping, no one present asked.

Duguping once had a connection with the accidental death of Princess Pingyang Zhao, and then it seemed to have something to do with the dispute between the Qin Palace's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion.

What's more, Duguping's father and son were Li Yuan's absolute cronies and generals in their early years.

And right now, if Dugu Ping's own sister Dugu Lan is named a princess again, Dugu Ping is indeed a reliable candidate for this matter.

The silver smelting mill with an annual output of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, the chief manager sent to manage not only this one workshop, but also the state to which it belongs, so that it is convenient to hide.

Liu Mu said: "Actually, Li Bi is also suitable. ”

"Li Bi's identity and qualifications are not enough." Cui Dunli directly rejected Liu Mu's proposal.

"Then, send a deputy. Is it feasible? Liu Mu asked again.

"As a deputy, Li Dejian is not enough, but he can be allowed to be a non-driver and experience experience." Cui Dunli can be regarded as giving Liu Mu a face.

Soon, several other candidates for adjutant officers were also singled out.

The formal meeting is temporarily over, and there are still some things that need to be discussed after the various ministries go back to study and then discuss them in a unified manner.

At this time, Liu Mu said again: "There is one more small matter, and I will delay you for a few more words." ”

"A trifle?" Li Shimin smiled, Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment and then laughed, and everyone laughed.

Liu Mu dared to do such a thing as secretly beating Jieli, but there was something to discuss, and the Tang Emperor Li Shimin didn't believe that it was not a trivial matter, and the ministers naturally didn't believe it after they came to their senses.

Liu Muqing coughed: "The general manager wants to sell a few copies of the merchant's trade name qualifications. I have prepared the first one, and the members of this firm are mainly people who have made meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty and have been injured and disabled. And then there are people who have not passed the training, but still have a little talent. ”

"This can be had, after all, it is a person who has contributed to Datang and shed blood." Li Shimin opened his mouth to express his support.

"Sage, 80,000 miles west from the sea, there is a country called the Eastern Roman Empire, and the price of their purple silk is twice that of gold, that is, about 1,400 yuan of our ordinary silk. They have a lot of things there that are useful to Datang, than Ruozi. ”

"Fruit?"

No one believed that the willow wood was only trying to eat some fruit tens of thousands of miles away.

Liu Mu continued: "Both kinds of fruits are oil extracted fruits, and after purchasing these two kinds of fruits, as long as the quantity is huge, the price of vegetable oil in Datang can be as low as 30% of the original price, which will help improve the quality of life of the people." ”

Cui Junsu asked, "You just said, how much is a piece of silk?" ”

"Silk weighs twice as much as gold. This is the base price, which may be ten times, and the lowest is also the same weight as gold. The Persians used to buy silk from us and sell it again. This spread is insane! ”

Yanagi used the word crazy.

It is indeed crazy, gold is equal weight, this is not weaving silk for Datang, but weaving gold.

"I've changed my mind, and this matter is not allowed for the time being." Li Shimin actually objected, and Liu Mu didn't understand the reason at all.

"Saint?" Liu Mu planned to ask again, but Li Shimin said: "The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War." If you give an opinion on this matter, I will not chill the loyalty and courage of shedding blood for the Tang Dynasty. But such a big thing must not be a whim, and there must be a rule for everything. ”

Liu Mu was a little confused.

Fang Xuanling said at this time: "The minister thinks that the tariff of this caravan can deduct eighty percent of the value of the goods. ”

"If it's like this, the household department thinks it can be done."

"The Ministry of Rites believes that every crew member must study for some time, and they must not go outside the territory to damage the reputation of our Datang."

"I thought that the price of a piece of silk would be doubled, and this could be had."

Liu Mu heard it, this is the same as the silver mine, and the treasury must be beneficial to allow such an ocean-going caravan to travel. The most common standard for a piece of silk is 100 feet long, 3.3 feet wide, and almost one tael per foot.

This kind of silk is what Liu Mu said is 1,400 wen a horse.

1,400 wen is only one tael or four cents of silver, which is converted into one penny and four cents of gold.

And placed in the Eastern Roman Empire. This horse is a hundred taels of gold, at least, no matter how expensive the freight on your road is, how expensive can it be. No matter how much silk was sold to the Eastern Roman Empire, the price would drop ten times, and there would be a net profit of ten taels of gold.

Datang only deducted the tax of the same price of silk for a piece of silk, that is, one dollar and four cents of gold.