Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty

Lantian County is only a medium-sized county. Among the more than 1,500 prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty, Lantian County is definitely not the most affluent county. Of course, this is only the former Lantian County!

In today's Lantian County, there are many shops and pavilions in the city. The originally criss-crossed bluestone streets have all been converted into smooth and smooth concrete pavements. According to rumors, the Lantian County Government also intends to expand the city of Lantian County. The entire Lantian County, In this short period of less than a year, great changes have taken place. Of course Li Er knows these changes, but he does not know that the county government in Lantian County has the ability to directly donate 10,000 yuan to the imperial court!

10,000 Guan, what kind of concept does this mean for a county government?

Throughout Datang, counties with annual tax revenue of more than 10,000 can be counted in one palm, such as Chang'an County and Wannian County. These two counties rely on the advantages of the capital Chang'an, and the annual taxes collected are in the entire Datang. They are all disdainful of the heroes, basically more than 20,000! But how can Lantian County, a small and medium-sized county, donate 10,000 yuan casually? Where did they get so much money from?

Moreover, more importantly, the entire Lantian County is now Li Zexuan's fief. In this case, shouldn't all the taxes collected by the Lantian County Yaxun go into Li Zexuan's pocket? Why did the magistrate of Lantian County dare to donate 10,000 guans to the imperial court on his own initiative? Could it be that this was inspired by Li Zexuan?

The moment he saw the line on the account book about the donation information of Lantian County, many questions appeared in Li Er's mind. Xiao Yu at the fundraising conference!

In fact, Xiao Yu was in a state of confusion when he heard the county magistrate He donated 10,000 yuan on behalf of the Lantian county government in the afternoon. On the way back from Lantian County to Chang'an, Xiao Yu was also thinking about some issues about Lantian County. Hearing Li Er's question, he pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands and said:

"Go back to your majesty, since Lantian County became the fiefdom of the Marquis of Yong'an, all the officials of the Lantian County Government have followed the instructions of the Marquis of Yong'an to vigorously develop business in the city. For this reason, at the beginning of this year, the Lantian County Government established a business The Department of Commerce specifically guarantees that businessmen can receive fair treatment in Lantian County and ensure that they can do business normally, but the Department of Commerce has increased the business tax rate in Lantian County by five times!

However, this is the case. There are still businessmen from all over the country flocking to Lantian County to do business, because in Lantian County, businessmen, like common people and craftsmen, are all civilians, and there is no such thing as three, six or nine. Regarding the cases of businessmen, It will be specially reviewed by the Department of Commerce, and businessmen's children can enter official schools in Lantian County, and they can also be admitted to Yanhuang Academy in the future!

As a result, shops and restaurants in Lantian County have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain, and commerce in the city is becoming more and more prosperous. In addition, the Department of Commerce has increased the proportion of business tax by five times. As a result, the monthly business tax revenue of Lantian County is now more than More than ten times higher than before!

The old minister heard from the magistrate He of Lantian County that the Marquis of Yongan did not take a cent of the taxes collected by the county government of Lantian county every month, so he kept it all in the county government, and ordered the magistrate He and others to use the money for To improve the people's livelihood in the county, this is called from the people, for the people!

Therefore, Lantian County has become the first county seat of Datang to lay cement roads, and it will not be long before Lantian County will become the first county seat of Datang to be electrified! At that time, Lantian County would be more attractive to businessmen all over the world, and Lantian County would collect more taxes every year, and at the same time, the county would have more money to improve people's livelihood.

This is a virtuous cycle! If things go on like this, there will be more and more businessmen in Lantian County, and more and more taxes will be levied by the county government in Lantian County every year, and the people's livelihood in Lantian County will be improved more and more. In a few years, Lantian County may It will become another Chang'an City! Under such circumstances, the old minister thought it was not surprising that the Lantian County Government could donate 10,000 guans to the imperial court! "

As the minister of household in the Tang Dynasty, Xiao Yu naturally had to constantly think about the ways of making money and running a business. After less than a year of development, Lantian County has begun to emerge, which is naturally worth his research and thinking. Just when Li Er asked, he told Li Er everything he knew.

"What a good one is taken from the people and used for the people, what a virtuous circle!"

When Li Er heard the words, his eyes lit up, but then his eyes dimmed again. He shook his head and said, "It's a pity that there is only one in Lantian County, and there is only one Marquis of Yongan! That's all!"

As the ruler of a country, Li Er knew very well that the example of rapid prosperity in Lantian County was difficult to replicate. First, because there were too few officials with vision and courage like Li Zexuan, Li Er could not put these scarce empires. All officials are dispatched to each county to take charge of government affairs; secondly, it is difficult to replicate Lantian County’s policy of taking from the people and applying them to the people, because generally speaking, the taxes collected by each county must be turned in For the imperial court, it is impossible to "withhold" taxes and use them to improve people's livelihood like the Lantian county government, otherwise the national treasury will run out of money!

That's why Li Er said, "There is only one Lantian County, and there is only one Marquis of Yongan"!

How could Xiao Yu not understand the meaning implied in Li Er's words, he couldn't help sighing secretly in his heart.

Li Er was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked shocked, and said: "Now that the imperial court has this money, there is no need to worry about the issue of military expenses for the expedition against the Turks! Next, Xiao Aiqing, you should use this money well. Before the war, prepare four The 150,000 army's food, grass and equipment, count the days, it is very likely that winter will be approaching when we attack the grasslands. I don't want to see my Tang Dynasty soldiers not killed by the enemy's sword, but frozen and starved to death. On the grassland! Do you understand?"

"Old minister understands! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, before the army goes out, I will do my best to prepare the materials needed for the army to go out!"

Xiao Yu's expression turned solemn, and he bowed his hands solemnly.

He was originally a good hand in managing money, otherwise he would not have "mixed" into the position of Minister of the Ministry of Households, but before the treasury did not have much money, he was a clever woman who could not cook without rice. Now that the treasury is rich, he is a "smart woman" "You will be able to indulge yourselves and display your strengths!

"Yeah! The Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce has done a great job in holding the fundraising conference this time, and the merchants who participated in the fundraising conference are willing to donate generously and help the court to tide over the difficulties. I will make a commendation together~!"

Li Er nodded with satisfaction, then he looked at Xiao Yu, hehe smiled and said: "Aiqing has been running all the way, presumably she hasn't eaten yet? I won't be that wicked person, Aiqing and hurry back!"

He didn't say anything, but when he said that, Xiao Yu's stomach suddenly "gurgled", causing Xiao Yu's old face to blush, and quickly cupped his hands: "Old minister retire~!"

He had been busy all afternoon and was indeed hungry.

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"Brother, this is the hidden weapon used by the assassin!"

Taiyuan City, in a guest room of the post house, Dugu Feiying took out a wooden box from his arms, then opened the wooden box, and saw a handkerchief wrapped in a thin needle in the wooden box, and he handed it to the box together with the needle. He read Dugu Xin and instructed: "Brother be careful, this needle should be smeared with highly poisonous poison, see blood seal your throat!"

"Um!"

Duguxin nodded, he stretched out his hand to take it, then held one end of the thin needle with a handkerchief, took it out of the wooden box, and looked at it carefully before his eyes. After a moment of silence, Duguxin frowned and asked. : "None of you have fought against that assassin?"

Hearing this, Dugu Feiying immediately looked ashamed and said: "The assassin's Qinggong is too brilliant, and the overall strength is not weak, and we were not prepared at the time, and when he reacted, he was one step behind, and he couldn't catch up at all. Watching him escape!"

Dugu Feiying sighed and didn't say anything to blame his younger brother. He asked again, "Do you think this assassin is from the Turks or the Central Plains?"

"Of course they are Turks!"

Lonely Flying Eagle didn't even think about it, and replied subconsciously.

"How do you know that the assassin must be a Turk? Have you never fought against him?"

Dugu Xin glanced at Dugu Feiying lightly, not feeling well.

Dugu Feiying's tone was stagnant, and after a pause, he was surprised: "Brother, you mean that the assassin is from the Central Plains, how is this possible? Logically speaking, he should be with Zhu Xiesheng, this Zhu Xie Since Sheng is a Turk, the assassin must also be a Turk!"

Duguxin said solemnly: "These are just your wild guesses. The facts need to pay attention to evidence! In my opinion, at this moment, it is likely to be a person from the Central Plains! Look at this needle..."

Speaking of which, Dugu Xin held the needle in his handkerchief and held it up in front of him and Dugu Feiying. Dugu Feiying hurriedly took a closer look and listened to Dugu Xin explain:

"Although this poisonous needle is about the same thickness as an embroidery needle, it is much longer than an embroidery needle, and there is no pinhole at the end. It is obviously specially made by the craftsman according to the user's requirements. It is highly poisonous, and it is a poison that was hardened when it was forged!

And there are no highly skilled blacksmiths on the grasslands, so the assassins wouldn't come to Datang from the grasslands to find someone to forge poison needles for him, right? A foreigner came to the Central Plains to find a craftsman to forge poison needles. Do you think the craftsman would find it strange and report it to him? Even if not, I don't think the assassin would dare take the risk!

And according to what you said, the assassin must be a master master, but I have never heard of a master master on the grasslands who are good at using poison needles. The only explanation is that this assassin is from the Central Plains, the land of the Central Plains. , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, it's not surprising that there are one or two masters who are good at using poison needles and are not well-known, and this person is likely to be good at forging, or he has a blacksmith who can specially forge poison needles for him! ".

After listening, Dugu Feiying was shocked and speechless for a long time. After recovering, he muttered to himself: "People from the Central Plains? The assassin turned out to be from the Central Plains? Things are getting more and more complicated..."

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