Hearing Luo Zhang's words, Li Shimin snorted and said, "You have done a good thing for the people!"
Luo Zhang's character was that of someone who could climb on the pole. Although he understood what Li Shimin meant, he didn't respond at all. Instead, he smiled and said: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. This is what a humble minister should do!"
This made Li Shimin even more angry. It was hard to say anything. If Luo Zhang wanted to make money, just let him make it. Anyway, these aristocratic families had plenty of money. Li Shimin didn't care about making their money at all.
pain.
After chatting with Li Shimin about building the city again, Luo Zhang said goodbye and left the palace, going directly to Yan Lai Tower.
Before they even entered, Zhao Tianhu came to greet them.
"Brother, are you here?" Zhao Tianhu said with a smile as he held out his increasingly fat belly.
Luo Zhang ignored him and walked straight into Yanlai Tower and went up to the second floor.
Zhao Tianhu followed closely, and when Luo Zhang sat down, a cup of tea was also served.
Luo Zhang took a sip of tea and then said: "How is the construction of the city at Nanshan Coal Mine going?"
Building a city is not that simple. It requires a lot of manpower and material resources. The first thing that bears the brunt is that the bricks and stones are difficult to work with. It requires a lot of manpower to excavate and flatten them before they can be used.
This is also the reason why Nanshan City has not been completed after being built for so long.
Moreover, Nanshan City is still a small city. If it were a big city, as Luo Zhang said, the city built in the Western Turks would probably not be built within a few years.
This was also the reason why Li Shimin opposed it at first. It was really a waste of money and wasted money and was not cost-effective.
But now, with cement and bricks, building a city is much faster than imagined.
Hearing Luo Zhang's question, Zhao Tianhu hurriedly replied: "Now the bricks you made have been replaced. The construction speed is amazing. I'm afraid it will be completed in another one or two months!"
Luo Zhang nodded. This was not beyond his expectation. This was the reason why Luo Zhang only had one brick factory. If those aristocratic families opened brick factories, the construction speed of the city would be even faster. It might only take seven or eight days. Built.
"How is the output of the coal mine now?" Luo Zhang continued to ask.
"Brother, the current output of the coal mine has doubled compared to before. According to what you said, I selected a part of the coal, soaked it in tung oil, and then dried it. There is already a lot of coal."
"Just, little brother, does soaking coal in tung oil have any effect?" Zhao Tianhu asked, puzzled.
"Tomorrow I'm afraid many aristocratic families will come to you to buy coal. Remember, those soaked in tung oil will be called clean coal from now on. The selling price is ten times that of ordinary coal. If they want to buy it, they will buy it. If they don't, they will be kicked out! "
"Do you understand what I say?" Luo Zhang ordered calmly.
Zhao Tianhu has followed Luo Zhang for many years and has been doing business for so many years. How could he not understand Luo Zhang's words!
This is Luo Zhang digging a hole, preparing to make those big families bleed.
Zhao Tianhu had no objection to this, and at the same time he admired Luo Zhang's ability to turn his hands into clouds and rain.
If ordinary coal is soaked in tung oil, the price will increase tenfold. Where can you find such a good thing?
The younger brother is still the younger brother, and his business skills are more than ten years ahead of him. I originally thought that I was familiar with the road now, but now it seems that the gap between him and the younger brother is not even a little bit.
After explaining the matter about Zhao Tianhu, Luo Zhang didn't stay long and rode back home.
These days, he has been studying cement day and night, which has made the family full of complaints.
If I don't go and comfort him properly, I'm afraid there will be a riot at home!
In a few days, he will also go to Western Turkestan to select a site for the new city and build a cement factory and a brick factory.
Luo Zhang could not come back until everything was on track, so he had to feed a group of tigresses at home before leaving.
Japan, dock, the fleets of Liu Renyuan and Zheng Shuang are docked here.
After Zheng Shuang returned, he returned to Japan loaded with supplies.
This time I came back to hand over to Liu Renyuan. Liu Renyuan wanted to transport the first batch of mined silver and gold back to the Tang Dynasty, while Zheng Shuang continued to be stationed here to supervise the Japanese mining.
A month later, someone will replace him, not necessarily Liu Renyuan, it may be Sun Renshi, or it may be Liu Rengui.
In short, these people take turns to ensure that mining continues uninterrupted, and someone is always supervising in Japan.
In this way, twelve high-sea ships, loaded with countless gold and silver, headed for the Tang Dynasty.
