After talking to Li Shimin, Li Tai and Changle went to visit the prince.
Li Chengqian sent Li Tai and Changle because he was sick and couldn't help but muttered a few words.
However, Li Tai held Changle and went back openly.
Li Tai returned to Gaoling and soon heard Li Shimin's order to extend the age when a woman needs to pay taxes when she does not marry when she becomes an adult.
It turned out that he had to pay taxes when he was fifteen, but now it has been extended to eighteen.
At the same time, the age information of the investigated mothers was published in the court, and the court officials were required to extend the age of their daughter's marriage, and the minimum age was changed to 16 years old.
The courtiers were a little stunned at this request, but they quickly passed it among the officials.
After all, it is just a daughter who has raised several more years. For officials from all over the court, can't anyone still raise it?
Compared with ordinary people raising daughters, what they pursue is to monetize their daughters. High officials raising daughters, in addition to daughter slaves, they are more likely to make alliances for marriage.
There are more political considerations for getting married to your children. In this case, if your daughter is raised for a few more years, she will have more years to wait for the price. What is the displeasure for most politically strong officials.
.
The most important thing is that many officials are happy to accept your little cotton jacket for a few years.
So this policy was passed by all officials, and the marriage between Changle and Changsun Chong was suspended.
After a few years, you will have to wait at least until Princess Changle will marry Changsun Chong at the age of sixteen, instead of marrying now at the age of twelve.
No matter what, this is really a little bit beastly.
Everyone knows that this matter of extending the marriage of women was first proposed by Li Tai.
Now it has proved that Li Tai’s judgment is correct in this matter. He has a little more respect for Li Tai and has enhanced his prestige.
However, Li Tai was not clear, and even Li Tai did not pay much attention to the affairs of the court.
Because Li Tai took Peacock to inspect his own industry, I have to say that this system inspection is not only because he needs to teach peacock things, but more importantly, he also needs to sort out the entire system.
After all, my understanding of industrialization and assembly lines is basically seen from books. Now it is my turn to build it. Compared with other people, Li Tai himself feels the deepest.
"We'll start combing it out with the coal!" Li Tai brought the peacock to the coal mine.
To be honest, the coal mine is already in a lot of order. The formal employees here are basically wearing uniform cotton clothes, reinforced hats on their heads and gloves on their hands, working here.
Due to the technology in the era of limitations, the main method of digging coal in the potential layer is to dig the coal, and the main technology used is also the method of digging wells.
To a certain extent, the prototype of the elevator was born in coal holes, because when digging coal, dig holes vertically into the ground, and then dig horizontally until they reach a certain level.
Therefore, we naturally use lifting devices, so we invented the elevator and slowly became an elevator in the future.
Li Tai was quite satisfied to see the coal yard being well managed in an orderly manner. The owner of the mine was even more obediently standing beside Li Tai.
Facing Li Tai, he, the dominant who was originally shouting in the coal yard, now doesn't even dare to show off his anger.
"It's done well, but how is the reinforcement project below done?" Li Tai looked at the mine owner and said.
"We all followed the command of the king, and made ventilation vents underground when digging to ensure that we could breathe underground.
Moreover, in order to prevent these tunnels from collapsed due to ore excavation, Kawaien will be reinforced at any distance.
Nothing will happen!”
The Lord said confidently.
"Since you said that, I'm relieved!" Li Tai nodded, then turned to the Peacock,
"You write it down, and every month you will have to let the owner of the mine cave go to the underground mine cave in person.
Put some tokens at the ends of each part of the tunnel, and then you send someone to check again and check the time for the two of them to walk through the entire mine.
If the mine owner spends a lot of time, he will be removed from his post.
After all, I was not even familiar with my own mine, and it seemed that there was no need to keep him."
At this moment, the mine owner who had listened to Li Tai's speech changed drastically. He was sweating profusely at this time, but he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't seem to have the right to appeal.
After all, I stay here every day, and when it comes to the familiarity of the terrain, it seems that it is far more than the people sent by Peacocks.
If you lose like this, you don’t seem to have any room for convenience.
Of course, the most important thing is that this is Li Tai, the second prince Li Tai. If he is an official or a noble family, it would be fine. Maybe someone else would win him over.
But I am just a mine owner, who would want me to do this guy!
Li Tai turned his head to look at the mine owner, and said for granted,
"I don't have to guess what I mean. I want you, the people who manage mines, to understand the working environment of the miners below.
Not to mention how comfortable it is, but at least you have to make the safety of me, otherwise if the mine collapses, you will definitely be buried inside!"
When the mine owner heard Li Tai's words, he couldn't help but nodded in a cold sweat, saying that he would definitely pay attention.
Li Tai waved his hand and asked the mine owner to retreat and continued to tell the peacock.
"These coal mines are the foundation of our entire Gaoling system.
In fact, many industries in Gaoling cannot maintain the low-priced coal that has not been produced from this mine."
Hearing this, Peacock nodded at the moment.
Because she also found that many of the reasons why Gaoling industries cannot compete with Li Tai's industries was that other stores went bankrupt without realizing it.
Originally, it should be said that the other party has a small family and has a small business, so it is easy to turn around, but in actual business, you can make a profit by buying and selling things at the same price with the other party, but you can lose money by yourself. This is reality.
Now Peacock understands slightly why Li Tai said that coal has become the foundation of the entire system.
Because coal is cheap by digging, the prices derived from the entire system have become very competitive.
Of course, if you expect the peacock to fully understand the whole truth, you don’t have to rely on it.
Li Tai thinks that Peacock can temporarily take over the entire system, so she hopes that she can understand the whole principle, so she should save money. She is not an education master.
"So during my departure, the coal industry was the most important industry. No matter what happened, the fields, cloth and coal, these three things were the basis that the entire Gaoling could never waver." Li Tai said, "As for other industries,
If you can, keep it. If you can’t, speak a little bit to the person you want to buy. Don’t worry about anything, just hold on until I return to Chang’an.”
"How long will the King of Yue come back?" Peacock couldn't help asking Li Tai when he heard Li Tai's words.
"It can be as short as three or four years, and it can be as long as five or six years!" Li Tai said calmly, "I think I will come back to Chang'an."
"Is it going to be so long?" Peacock heard Li Tai's words, but she was a little confused, even a little unimaginable.
"It's okay!" Li Tai smiled, "After all, it's easy to leave Chang'an, and it takes some price to return to Chang'an!"
"If it's hard to come back, then it's impossible not to leave?" Peacock couldn't help but persuade him when he heard Li Tai's words.
"If I don't leave, I will not be able to cross the river!" Li Tai shook his head and said, "Now it seems that I am in a hurry, but in fact, my foundation is so empty. Do you think the world is giving me face? They give me the
King Yue is worthy of his face!”
When Peacock heard Li Tai's words, he was confused and didn't understand, because the King of Yue was Li Tai!
But Peacock knew that since Li Tai said this, it was obvious that Li Tai himself was ready to leave Chang'an.
It is impossible for you to interfere with this kind of thing.
The only way I can do is to follow Li Tai’s instructions and take good care of Li Tai’s property.
When Peacock thought of this, his eyes gradually became firmer and said to Li Tai, "Even if Peacock is broken into pieces, he will definitely take good care of these industries. When the king returns, he will deliver these industries to the king."
Li Tai said: "Just do your best. If you encounter a business-level obstacle, it is up to you to do it.
If you really encounter a suppression by the imperial officials, you will take my jade token to find the house minister. He will settle this matter!"
"Fang Xiang?" Peacock was stunned when she heard this name. Unexpectedly, Li Tai would mention Fang Xuanling.
Li Tai nodded and said:
"I just went and sealed it. It's not dead. As long as I'm still alive, he won't be too unscrupulous.
Take care of my industry, and this kind of favorable favor, as long as I do well in Youzhou, he will still do it."
To be honest, Li Tai delivered these systems to Peacock not because he was afraid that his entire industry would be swallowed up.
Because my father is the emperor, I am living well. As long as I return to Chang'an, if those guys who swallow their own industries are counted as one, as long as I don't want to be hung, I will just spit out the deficit and industry.
come out.
But what I am worried about is that after I leave, these industries will have no one to supervise and act on their own by relying on inertia, which will reduce the overall efficiency.
So I must find someone to supervise, and this person is a peacock.
As for Fang Xuanling, Li Tai is sure that Fang Xuanling will definitely take care of what happened to his industry.
Not only because of the original agreement, but more importantly, my own industry is tax-paying, which is related to the finances of the court.
Fang Xuanling actually admires Li Tai very much, and the current Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs Dou Jing and Li Tai also have some contacts.
Therefore, Li Tai has many industries, and Li Tai has brought in the inner court supervisors responsible for supporting the royal family and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which is related to the finances of the court.
In addition to taking part of the benefits he gained, in fact, the royal family and the court also took part of the benefits he gained.
If someone takes action, it will lead to a decline in income, to be honest, the court will not be very happy.
Of course, if the other party is really proud to kick out his own power and then take over the industry, Li Tai can only say that the other party has superb skills and has nothing to say.
But industrial transactions and intrigues are different from infighting.
Even if they can lay golden eggs for them, but they can't raise them by themselves, they can only blame them for being incompetent.
In fact, those industries that Li Tai said he could give up were a trap for those who were ready to attack him.
Anyone who steps on this trap will soon find that after the money they earn is given to the inner government and the Ministry of Revenue, they will even have to post a part of the money they earn.
Li Tai can make money by relying on the upper-class industries and gradually compressing costs, but if it is just an isolated industry, unless he chooses to offend the internal government and the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Revenue to not pay money, whoever takes over will lose money.
Of course, Li Tai would definitely not tell others this, but the reality is that he has collusion with the Ministry of Revenue and the Inner Administration Commission.
However, Peacock looked at Li Tai's eyes light up at this time, because she didn't know when Li Tai actually got the house picture.
But the reality is that Li Tai has not settled the house, but just makes use of the people to make full use of their talents.
Fang Xuanling knew the general idea, and he also knew how many financial resources Li Tai's industry was linked to. As long as there was a step, the management would be managed easily.
Otherwise, if this matter is exposed, both the royal family and the court will be unable to bear the face.
The most important thing is that the King of Yue paid the court and the royal family so obediently, but you didn’t even have his property guaranteed. Wouldn’t it be a breach of trust? Let others look at the court and the royal family!
So, Li Tai instructed the Peacock to find Fang Xuanling if there was any problem, and continued to say to the Peacock:
"You don't need to expand other downstream industries during my departure, so that they can maintain their current scale.
Your main focus is on the upstream coal industry, cotton planting, and farmland.”
"What do you feel when I saw this mine cave today?" Li Tai asked Peacock.
"I feel that the mine is much wetter than I think. The mine was originally thought to be dry land, but I didn't expect that there would be more or less water in the mine. It seems that a large part of the mine's manpower is consumed.
Go to this!"
Peacock thought, "Also, the mine cave is actually transporting coal mines in the form of backpacks, which feels very inconvenient."
"When miners were digging caves, the horizontal caves were somewhat tilted, just to allow the accumulated water to flow out naturally, but manpower still needed to discharge some accumulated water in the depression." Li Tai shrugged his shoulders
Said,
"However, you can think of a way to pull out the water on the steam engine.
After all, theoretically speaking, the water vapor vacated by boiling water should be able to become various mechanical energy as long as the direction of the force is changed.
At least fuel is not a problem at this mine, you can try to find Mo Ling to study these devices."
The peacock nodded, this was somewhat a solution.
Li Tai continued, "The other way is to find a way to lay tracks in the mine cave.
The cost is a little higher, but with tracks and rail cars, at least the efficiency of transporting ore can be improved a lot.
However, laying tracks in the mine is still a very troublesome thing!"
Peacock didn't expect that Li Tai solved his doubts so quickly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, is this the difference between me and King Yue?
It seems that the only thing I can do is to do it carefully.
In fact, for King Yue, can you do your own tasks even if you change someone else!
Li Tai did not wait for the peacock to continue his random thoughts, but after taking the peacock to observe the entire process from coal ore to coal balls, he hurriedly rushed towards the next field.