socalfunplaces Chapter 389
Chapter 389
November 2nd.
On the same day that Li Ke and Xue Rengui set off to return to Chang'an, Li Shimin officially decided in the court to build primary and secondary schools in all prefectures and counties of the Tang Dynasty.
At the same time, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng were arranged to discuss with the noble families to build cement and red brick factories in the ten roads of the Tang Dynasty.
At present, there are only six cement and red brick factories along the way from Chang'an to Taiyuan in the Tang Dynasty. The number is far from enough and transportation is extremely inconvenient.
Only one can be opened in each road.
Li Shimin plans to complete the construction completely before September next year, just in time for the start of the school season.
If you want to quickly build cement factories in various roads, the noble families are undoubtedly the best choice. Those noble families have salt and papermaking businesses in various roads, and the most important thing is that the noble families have no shortage of manpower and material resources.
After the morning court, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng immediately went to the Wang family mansion.
"Please come in, Fang Pushe and Wei Dafu. Please don't blame me for not welcoming you from afar!" Wang Kaishan, the head of the Wang family, warmly invited the two into the mansion.
Fang Xuanling bowed and said, "Master Wang, you are so polite. It is rude for us to come here without invitation. Master Wang, please come!"
Before that, the servant came to the mansion to report that the two ministers had something to come to the door, and Wang Kaishan was very confused.
As for why Fang and Wei chose to come to the Wang family, it was because they had been here before.
That's all!
"Please have tea, both of you!"
Entering the Wang family's reception room, Wang Kaishan invited Fang Xuanling and the others to have tea.
Fang Xuanling picked up the teacup and took a sip. Now they really couldn't drink this strange tea, and they could only show their courtesy.
"Master Wang, the two of us have been entrusted by His Majesty to discuss something with the masters. Please send someone to invite the other clan leaders in Chang'an so that we can discuss it better."
Wang Kaishan nodded and asked the butler to invite the other clan leaders.
"Please wait for a moment, the other family heads will arrive in less than two quarters of an hour."
Fang Xuanling bowed his hands and saluted, "Thank you, Master Wang. This time it is related to cement and red brick factories. Your Majesty wants to build colleges in various counties and prefectures of the Tang Dynasty, so red bricks and cement are indispensable, but the transportation of cement and red bricks is very inconvenient.
Therefore, Your Majesty intends to let you build cement and red brick factories in places where paper mills are located."
The aristocratic families previously opened paper mills, and the geographical location was very sophisticated. Usually it is the center of each road, which is conducive to transportation in various counties and prefectures.
Seeing that Wang Kaishan was hesitant to speak, Fang Xuanling smiled faintly and told him the purpose of this trip in advance, so that Wang Kaishan would have a bottom line.
Wang Kaishan bowed his hands and saluted, "Thank you, Fang Pushe, for informing me in advance!"
It is a coincidence that the factory they opened on the way to build cement has been expediting cement production, but it has eased in the past half month.
But the sales of red bricks have been poor, and it can even be said that the sales are pitifully small.
Each red brick factory had at least 500,000 red bricks in stock. If they were not sold, the workers in the red brick factory would be transferred to the cement factory. Thirty or forty thousand red bricks were enough for an ordinary house, and red bricks were rarely used for road construction.
About twenty minutes later, other family heads continued to come to the Wang family mansion.
After Fang Xuanling felt that everyone was present, he explained his intention again and waited for the family heads to respond.
"Building a college? This is a great act of kindness! Please tell your majesty that we will build a cement and red brick factory in the road before New Year's Eve." Fanyang Lu was the first to express his position.
"Please tell your majesty that we will only charge the cost of cement and red bricks used to build the college.
In addition, to show our kindness, my Li family donated 20,000 guan to build a college in Hebei Road."
Li Shanhuai, the patriarch of the Longxi Li family, followed suit and publicly stated that he would donate 20,000 guan to build the college.
The salt and paper mills in Hebei Road were run by the Li family.
Not long ago, these family heads visited Zhenguan Hope Primary School and each of them spent five cents to have a meal in the cafeteria.
There are descendants in their families who go to school.
They know the prices of cement and red bricks, so 20,000 guan can build about ten schools of the same size as Zhenguan Hope Primary School.
Although they have money, they can't donate too much, otherwise they will be suspected of stealing the limelight from the royal family.
As soon as Li Shanhuai said this, others followed suit.
There are only nine family heads gathered in Wang this time. The other family heads may not be in Chang'an, but they sent the elders of each family to come.
This time they donated 20,000 guan, which will return to them in multiples in a month.
Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng were so excited when they heard it, and each Dao donated 20,000 guan.
According to Su Chen's calculation, 20,000 guan is exactly equivalent to 100 red brick teaching buildings.
"All clan leaders are righteous. We will report the good deeds of the clan leaders to His Majesty." Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng stood up and bowed.
After the clan leaders gave a passionate speech, Fang Xuanling thanked them again and prepared to return to the palace to report.
"Fang Pushe, I have something to ask you, I don't know..." Lu Changfeng looked a little embarrassed,It was as if he had an unspeakable addiction.
"Master Lu, if you have something to say, just speak up!" Fang Xuanling said generously.
Lu Changfeng hesitated for a while, but it was just about pork.
All this stemmed from Su Chen wanting more people to have the opportunity to buy pork, so he told the butcher shop to limit the purchase to five kilograms per person.
If there is no purchase limit, one pig is not enough for a mansion.
But this rule is obviously full of loopholes. The noble family arranged different servants to go to the butcher shop every time. At the beginning, they could buy 40 to 50 kilograms of pigs every day, but later it seemed that the butcher found out and refused to sell meat to them.
It is impossible for these family heads to go to the restaurant every day, and even if they have a few gold VIP cards, they can only wait for seats in the lobby on the first floor.
They all know that all pork comes from the manor, and the first time they heard about pork was from the younger generation of their clan.
"Well, Master Lu, I will convey this to Lord Su. But as far as I know, there are only a few adult pigs left in the manor. Most of the sows are currently in labor, and thousands of piglets will be born in April next year."
Fang Xuanling would never have thought that the dignified Wuwang family would ask for pork.
But Fang Xuanling couldn't make the decision on this matter.
"Then I'll have to trouble Fang Pushe!" Lu Changfeng bowed his hands to express his gratitude.
"Masters, I must return to the palace to report to His Majesty under the order of the emperor. Goodbye!"
Fang Xuanling bowed and said goodbye to everyone present.
After leaving the Wang family mansion, Fang Xuanling could no longer hold back his excitement.
"Xuancheng, I never expected that there would be an unexpected gain on this trip. Not only cement and red bricks are half price, but the heads of those noble families generously donated 20,000 strings of cash.
This is a great thing for your majesty!"
In the Wang family mansion, Wei Zheng never said a word, "Xuanling's words are reasonable, Su kid is indeed far-sighted, we are not as good as him!"
Not long after, the two returned to the palace and immediately reported the matter to Li Shimin one by one.
"Hahaha, good!"
"Xuanling, in two months, just wait for the cement factories in various places to be built. Immediately publish an article in the Tang Monthly to commend his deeds.
I, accept the kindness of the noble family this time!"
Fang Xuanling bowed:
"I obey your order!"