There was an uproar in the court, Li Er's face sank, he didn't expect that there were so many important ministers involved in this matter, he turned his head to stare at Cheng Lao Demon King and said, "Cheng Aiqing, can there be such a thing?" ”

Well, people who like to gag, always eye-catching, Cheng Lao Demon King is easy to impress, what good things think of him first, what bad things, the first thing to think of, or him, no, Wei Hei bullet impeached a large number of people, he ranked first, and Li Ermin was also the first to ask him, which shows that there are advantages and disadvantages.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is indeed selling the shop, and this is not denied." Old Demon King Cheng admitted it very simply.

Li Er raised his eyebrows: "What is the explanation?" ”

Cheng Lao Demon King put away his hip-hop smile and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, Yang Wei General Liu Yuan, I feel that the official road from Chang'an to Luozhou is not smooth, and specially build a new road, Lao Chen feels that this is a good deed, so he participates in it, but the money and silver spent are too much, there is no way, so he has to sell the property under his name, as for where the rumor came from, Wei Chen still wants to find the turtle son, a good shop, by this rumor, it can't be sold at a price, and I am angry with Lao Cheng." ”

"The Emperor" Niu Jinda also came out of the ranks, and said angrily: "What General Yangwei said is true, the minister still wants to find the emperor to evaluate the fairness of this matter, my shop in the East City, or the emperor's reward, the original value of eight thousand taels, the rumor spread, the price of five thousand taels, no one dares to make a move, that is one of the few industries of Weichen, I really don't know what the person who posted this rumor, what is An's intention?" ”

Speaking of the back, Niu Jinda's mouth trembled, obviously angry.

As soon as Niu Jinda finished speaking, Qin Qiong, Wei Chi Jingde, Li Jing and Cui Jing, who were named by Wei Heizi, all stood up and accused someone of bad intentions, so that it was not smooth when they sold their properties to cash out. Please ask Li Er to preside over justice.

Li Er froze all of a sudden, his subordinates couldn't understand it best, especially those generals, who were brothers who were born and died, if you want to talk nonsense, but you have always been measured, even the demon king of the mixed world also made him feel at ease, why was he impeached all of a sudden now? By the way, even an honest person like Niu Jinda is angry like this. Could it be that there is something hidden in it?

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji came to play a round game, came out of the queue to salute Li Er, and then said curiously: "Build a road?" What kind of road to build, it is so painstaking. How many generals still want to sell their properties? ”

"Ahem, I know about this. Yang Wei General Liu Yuan. It was proposed to build a new road from Chang'an to Luozhou, at your own expense, and I thought that it would help reduce the transportation pressure on the official road and not increase the burden on the state treasury, so I agreed, yes. A few Aiqing, do you need to spend so much? Li Er said in surprise: "You have been fighting horses for half your life, and you have won a lot, and I will not reward you." There should be a lot of surplus money, so why sell the property? ”

In the past, as soon as there was a gain, Li Er would be very generous to reward his generals, and this is it, he won the hearts of the army, except for Cui Jing, who has a very deep background and comes from the Cui clan of Qinghe, not to mention, several of his subordinates are very rich, and now they want to sell the property, and the silver taels that need to be spent are not astronomical?

Old Demon King Cheng and Qin Qiong looked at each other, and everyone turned their eyes to Cui Jing.

How much does this cost, it is a trade secret, and everyone is not good to bring it up, for fear of causing Liu Yuan's dissatisfaction, this matter is best said by his father-in-law Cui Jing, firstly, he has many parts, and secondly, he is also Liu Yuan's father-in-law.

As soon as he saw the eyes of a few old guys, Cui Jing knew that he would definitely not be able to run away from this matter, anyway, it was about to start, there was nothing to hide, and after a little thought, the lord said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister knows this matter best, so it is better to let the minister explain." ”

"Okay, Cui Aiqing, please speak." Li Er nodded, letting Cui Jing explain.

"The virtuous son-in-law, that is, the general Liu Yuan, has found a wonderful formula, to create a thing called cement, when this thing is not solidified, there is as fine as flour, mixed with sand and stone, can be molded into any shape, solidified as a rock, not afraid of water immersion, not afraid of fire, this is the world's first-class wonderful thing, the virtuous son-in-law said, when the whole process is paved with this thing, when the wind does not raise sand and dust, the rain will not be muddy, according to the line, the song is straight, greatly shorten the distance between the two places, the road is good, the cost is also high, The preliminary estimate is that it will cost 3.5 million taels of silver, because the price is too high, and in order to build this road, we have to sell the property. "Cui Jingzhen is worthy of being an old oilman in officialdom, obviously a good project to make money, and it seems to be as great as selfless dedication.

An imperial historian surnamed Ji said: "Cui Shangshu still has a few generals, shouldn't he build roads in vain and benefit the people of the two places?" ”

Cui Jing replied honestly: "If you invest so much, you will charge a certain toll as appropriate, first, to get back the cost, how much to get back, and secondly, to maintain it on weekdays also needs funds." ”

"Isn't that a struggle with the people for profit and a burden on the people?" That Yushi said with a straight face.

"Ji Yushi has thought a lot, not only does this move not only not benefit the people and increase the burden of the people, but on the contrary, it is really for the benefit of the people." Cui Jing said with certainty: "This is a new road, completely independent, different from the official road, this can't be said to compete with the people, the new road to the new road, the official road to the official road, the road to the sky, each side of the road, the new road is open at the same time, the official road also continues to open, take the official or our new road, whatever they choose, how to increase the burden of the people?" ”

Cui Jing continued: "On the contrary, there is no burden, but it is good for them, buying wasteland and river beaches can increase their income, and the materials and labor required for the project need to be dug and transported by hand, which can bring them a job, in addition, it will effectively reduce the pressure on the official road, promote the prosperity of the two places, and from the money collected, fill the treasury with the way of paying taxes, benefit the family and the country and the people, how to increase the burden on the people?" ”

That Ji Yushi saluted and said: "Cui Shangshu and a few generals are righteous, it is Ji Meng Lang, who misunderstood the kindness of a few people, and I have made amends to you here." ”

"It's okay, Ji Yushi is also dedicated to the country." Cui Jing said sympathetically.

Many ministers of civil and military affairs, including Li Er, are a little speechless, this Ji Yushi is a protégé of the Qinghe Cui family, where will he really look for it? However, Cui Jing used his mouth to make things clear and clear one by one, singing and harmonizing, explaining things clearly, and blocking the mouths of those who want to provoke people.

Li Er didn't care about those, but when he heard that the cement was made, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Cui Aiqing, what do you mean, the magical cement came out?" ”

"Yes, the emperor, I have already figured it out, if you don't believe it, you can ask a few generals, they also saw the wonderful use of cement, so they invested." Cui Jing said respectfully.

Seeing Li Er looking at himself, Li Jing hurriedly saluted and said: "Your Majesty, Cui Shangshu's words are true, the ministers and others have witnessed the magic of cement with their own eyes, and they have personally checked it, and it is indeed correct, so they participated in it." ”

Then, several people told the process of testing the cement and the magic of the cement one by one, the speaker foamed at the mouth, and the listener relished, so that the topic of several important ministers who were impeached unconsciously turned to the magical cement.

Buying land and cultivating the Tao by himself, investing a huge amount of money, did not hinder the original official road, and it was also conducive to taxation and reducing the transportation pressure of the official road, and it was normal to recover a little bit of cost, and everyone had nothing to say, as for the impeachment of several important ministers to sell property and raise prices, it became nonsense, for them who were eager to cash out, the rumors made them lose more, who would be so stupid?

At this time, some ministers have proposed that if the cement is really so magical, it can be tested to replace the roads in Chang'an City with the cement roads, so that it will not be muddy when it rains, and the dust will roll up as soon as the weather is good, and this matter has also been recognized by everyone.

"Your Majesty, although it has nothing to do with several important ministers, it is urgent to post the emperor's list to stop rumors and investigate the source of rumors." Changsun Xiang finally found an opportunity and hurriedly admonished again.

Someone said loudly: "Hmph, nine times out of ten, those businessmen want to fish in troubled waters, Your Majesty, please be careful." ”

"That is, the Son of Heaven dares to be so lawless at his feet, Your Majesty, this person must not be spared."

There was a lot of noise in the palace, and the palace was surrounded by a panic and sadness, the imperial list was not posted for a long time, and Cui Jing excused himself to rectify, and the Daming Palace was suspended for a day, which intensified the panic atmosphere, many businessmen were crying and selling their shops and real estate, and those people were also panicking, but they were useless no matter how panicked, and those gold shops were difficult to sell, not to mention the small dilapidated houses that the rich looked down on.

Secretly, though, there are quite a few deals.

"What, my shop is worth two thousand taels, and you only give eight hundred taels, this, this is too ruthless, right?" The fat businessman finally ushered in a buyer, but he didn't expect his heart to twitch when he heard his offer.

"If you don't buy it, Qian Mou is also taking a risk and disturbing it." If you don't agree, the buyer turns around and leaves, and he doesn't even bother to say a word about bargaining.

"Guest officer, please, please go back, eight hundred taels, I, I sold it." Thinking that those family members were selling, eight hundred taels was not less, so I gritted my teeth and cut the meat and sold it.

"You're shrewd."

An old man sold a mansion in the city at an offer of 1,500 taels.

After receiving two thousand taels of silver, a middle-aged businessman was a little happy and a little reluctant to hand over the title deed in his hand.

A thin businessman touched the money bag containing gold ingots in his hand, and then looked at the "click" of a large lock, and locked the shop he had been operating for many years, and from now on, this shop has nothing to do with him (to be continued......