He originally wanted to use the construction of two sections of roads from Chang'an to Hangzhou, and vigorously promote the development center of the entire industrial chain and industrial urban agglomeration with roads as the core.

Seeing that Fang Xuanling put forward his own ideas, Qin Huaidao couldn't help but praise greatly: "Fang Lao is worthy of being an important weapon of the country, I never thought that I could put forward a proposal that is infinitely close to my ideas. ”

"That's right, according to Fang Lao's words, I plan to form a self-sufficient new industry by building roads, and this industry does not need to use a tael of silver from the treasury at all, and the treasury treasures, military departments, river management, clans, disaster relief, etc., you don't have to worry."

Qin Huaidao's words were like throwing a bombshell at the court again.

Don't need to use the treasury?

How should this be fixed?

The ministers below were stunned, and even Fang Xuanling, who was very close to Qin Huaidao's thoughts, didn't think about not moving the money in the treasury, and when he heard this, he was dumbfounded.

Without the treasury, what else can be done but rob?

Seeing that everyone was extremely quiet with shocked faces, Qin Huaidao smiled.

It is inevitable that these people do not understand his operation, and in this dynasty, the ideas and methods are not so advanced.

He shouted to the Jinyi guard, "Pass on Jingzang." ”

This person is Li Jingren's brother, since Li Jingren followed Qin Huaidao into the military department, the previous business affairs have been handed over to Li Jingzang, and he has gradually accumulated a lot of wealth, which is the core of his industrial promotion.

After a while, a handsome boy walked towards the court with a spring breeze on his face.

"Grass man Li Jingzang, meet Your Majesty."

Seeing that he was about to kneel, Qin Huaidao hurriedly stopped: "Don't kneel, I have already issued an order before entering Chang'an, abolish the kneeling ceremony, and the people and officials in the world will still treat each other equally, and they only need to bow or bow with their hands crossed." ”

Seeing this, Jing Zang replied, "No." ”

He hadn't seen Jing Zang for a long time, and he was very happy to see Jing Zang's complexion so good: "Jing Zang, how is the recent business deal?" ”

Li Jingzhang arched his hand and said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessing, Zang has been engaged in trade in several areas of Gyeonggi Province, Dugi Province, and Shannan Province, in addition to the exchange of goods, and often sells the products of the industrial city to various places, and the sales are excellent, and now the minister has earned 5.56 million taels of silver, which can be used by His Majesty." ”

"Okay." Hearing this news, Qin Huaidao was even more overjoyed.

I have to say that these people in Li Xueyan's family still have brains.

These courtiers all had incredible looks on their faces, Jiangnan Dongdao had not paid the taxes and silver in arrears for several years, and there were about six million taels of silver in the accumulation.

It's only five million five hundred and sixty thousand taels of silver, which is not enough at all compared to the length of the road that His Majesty wants to build.

Qin Huaidao knew that these courtiers couldn't figure it out again, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the strategy of three horizontal and three vertical is not in a hurry, I want to build the road from Chang'an to Hangzhou first, first build the commercial and trade traffic, and then use business to maintain the road, and gradually realize the construction of roads across the country." ”

Tang Jian, the head of the household, strode forward, saluted Qin Huaidao, and then said: "Your Majesty, the minister just calculated in his heart, if it is only to build a mile of road, it will cost a thousand taels of silver, this is still the situation of requisitioning forced labor, if according to His Majesty's words, all manpower needs to be paid, I am afraid that the cost will be 1,200 taels, the road from Chang'an to Hangzhou is nearly 3,000 miles, this is only half of the distance, just this road will cost more than 3 million taels of silver, what about the rest of the road?" ”

Qin Huaidao looked at this conscientious Hubu Shangshu and smiled a little, since he likes to calculate, it is better to calculate more: "Tang Aiqing is right, but there is one thing you misunderstood, according to the cost of 1,200 taels, it is just an ordinary dirt road, and the road I built is a concrete road mixed with stone and sand and cement, after the road is built, not only is it not affected by rainy weather, but also does not grow grass and trees, and can be used for a long time." ”

"Stone sand and cement?" Of course, Tang Jian knew what His Majesty was talking about, there was a cement road built by Qin Huaidao in Hanzhong before, which was indeed much easier to use than the road built by ordinary post roads, but this is a success, I am afraid it will be doubled.

The cost is three thousand taels!

From Chang'an to Hangzhou, the cost has increased to nearly 10 million taels, which is one-eighth of the treasury tax silver at the peak of the entire Tang Dynasty!

"Your Majesty, if you build a cement road, there will be nearly half of the entire funding gap, and I am afraid that this road will not be built." Tang Jian had a confused look on his face.

Qin Huaidao shook his head and said: "Tang Aiqing, you, the head of the household, are in charge of the world's money, you have to know how to make money, and you can see how I deal with the gap of five million taels." ”

At present, only the industrial city has cement production capacity, and he still needs to advance at a faster speed.

"Jing Zang listens to the order, from today onwards, I will establish Dahan Transportation Construction Company in the Dahan Business Division, you are fully responsible, and all your silver taels will become the first start-up capital of Dahan Transportation Construction Company, which is the core of the entire Beijing-Hangzhou Road, do you have any objections?"

Entering the Dahan Business Department means that he is also a person with an establishment, and besides, these silver coins are originally managed by him on behalf of Li Jingren, and Li Jingren's money is shared by the Li family and His Majesty, there is such a good thing, Li Jingzang is too late to be happy, where will there be objections?

He immediately bowed to Qin Huai and said: "The grass people have no objection, it's just what the company is, what to say next, please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”

Qin Huaidao said: "The company is the word I saw in the pre-Qin cave mansion, that is, the meaning of shops and markets, and you can do related business and trade through the company." ”

"Next, I order you to divide each section of the road into one hundred and sixteen places, each of which chooses a nearby city, and solicits local merchants to bid for the construction of this sectional road, the core of which is three: first, the minerals for the manufacture of cement are sold to local merchants for ten years of operation to raise funds, and the transportation construction company will fund the purchase of relevant ores dug and mined by the merchants, the second is to recruit local people to participate in the road repair work, and pay more wages, and third, after the road is repaired, a checkpoint will be set up to collect fees. A fixed low fee is charged for the length of each section of the road to achieve road maintenance. ”

"Raising the road with the road?" Hearing this, the eyes of the courtiers lit up, this is indeed an excellent way to build this road.

On behalf of the Ministry of State, he raised his own doubts.

"Your Majesty, the matter of road tolls is simply unheard of, and the income of ordinary people such as us is not high, if the road still needs to be tolled, doesn't it make it more difficult for the people to survive?" Liu Yong gave up his hand to speak for the people of the world.

Seeing that he was playing his role on behalf of the Ministry of State Affairs, Qin Huaidao did not answer his question first.