I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Liu Tan looked at Huo Guang with wide eyes. He wanted to do infrastructure construction scientifically. Now that science has not developed, what does it mean to engage in metaphysics first?

Huo Guang also looked at him, his gaze was very calm, as if he was looking at a child making trouble out of no reason.

The two stared at each other till the end, but Liu Tan murmured and took the map, and then said cautiously: "I can choose a few more, but don't go all of them. We don't have enough manpower, and I have a headache when I get the test papers now." , You said you came little by little before."

Huo Guang said frankly: "You don't need to worry about other things, but this one can be done together. What we lack now is the finished product, not the labor force. Why do you think those people are happy to discover copper mines? On your fief, this copper mine It is destined to belong to you, what does it have to do with them? What they are happy about is not the copper mine itself, but having a livelihood!"

Liu Tan was stunned for a moment, pressed his hands against him and said, "Wait a minute, you're talking too fast, let's sit down and talk slowly."

Huo Guang sat down and explained: "No matter what kind of mine to mine, it actually requires a lot of labor. The slaves you brought are not too many. Such a piece of copper mine must hire people to mine, and they will have an extra way of life. "

Liu Tan was a little surprised: "But... isn't this very dangerous?"

Huo Guang was helpless: "It's dangerous, but at least I can survive."

It was only at this time that Liu Tan realized that it was he who didn’t eat minced meat. Even when the nation was first established in later generations, everyone sharpened their heads and wanted to be miners, because miners were paid the best.

No, that's not right, future generations are treated better because of good policies. Now... the physical labor of miners belongs to the bottom. Didn't Li Guangli care about how many miners were killed when he forced them to death?

Those were still soldiers from Yumen Pass, logically speaking, they were more important than ordinary miners.

But Liu Tan didn't ask any more. Since Huo Guang said that everyone was happy because of this, it must be.

Because Huo Guang is much more familiar with Shuofang than he is.

I am ashamed to say that Liu Tan was crazy about making Shuofang Prefecture a fiefdom at the beginning, but he actually wanted to go to a place that was simple enough, without any complicated family, and there was no such thing as doing anything to touch the interests of the local people. As for the four people in Shuofang City now This family, Liu Tan didn't take them to heart.

So at the beginning, he held the idea that he would know it when he got there, and didn't ask much at all.

On the contrary, after Huo Guang took the initiative to apply to become the Prime Minister of the State, he searched through the information and even read many classics. Not to mention how much he knew the actual situation in the local area, at least from the macro perspective, Huo Guang knew a lot.

Liu Tan looked down at the map, because there was still a little psychological pressure.

Although I don't want to rely on metaphysics, who doesn't want to find more minerals?As long as you can find it, metaphysics is not impossible.

However, it was an unintentional move before, but now Liu Tan went to the election with expectations, but found that he had difficulty in choosing, and was very worried about what to do if he was not selected.

Seeing that his brows were gradually furrowed, Huo Guang couldn't help but twitched his lips and said, "If Your Highness likes it, you can choose a few more places."

Liu Tan looked up at him reflexively, Huo Guang quickly suppressed the smile on his face, and became serious again.

Liu Tan thinks about it too. If you are not sure, can't you just cast the net widely?

If he didn't have so many choices, although he regretted it, he could still breathe a sigh of relief.

He was also worried that if he could have a mine at his fingertips, what would happen if Liu Che heard about it and dragged him back?

Although there is no case of recalling the princes and kings from the fief, what if?

Humans are not machines, and the fact that something has never happened in history does not mean that it cannot happen.

If you really want to be more serious, Wu Zetian can't be the emperor yet.

Liu Tan didn't want to be noticed by Liu Che because of this matter, but unfortunately he had to write a letter.

After clicking those places, Liu Tan directly threw the map to Huo Guang and said, "Go, go."

Huo Guang took the map and left in satisfaction. Liu Tan felt tired when he looked at his back. Even Huo Guang is like this these days. Isn't it too difficult to engage in scientific development?

After Liu Tan lowered his head and finished writing the letter, he turned around and sent someone to send it to Chang'an quickly.

When his letter arrived in Chang'an, Liu Che was muttering, "I don't know what happened to the fifth child in Shuofang. I heard that he hasn't started building the palace yet?"

Bu Fan bowed and said, "Yes, I heard that the construction had already started, but it suddenly stopped for some reason."

Liu Che frowned, turned his head and said, "Go and tell the crown prince, let him write a letter to Tan'er, and let Tan'er return to Beijing at Zhengdan."

It’s already August and it’s almost September, and it’s only three or four months away from Zhengdan. Although it sounds like a long time, it’s a project, especially a big project like the construction of a palace, let alone three or four months. Months, even thirteen or fourteen months are not too many.

Moreover, the progress of construction will be much slower after winter, not to mention that the cold will come earlier on the north side.

In this case, wouldn't Liu Tan freeze without living in the palace?

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Che is worried that the Huns will come. What if the Huns know that the King of the North is there and come directly to Liu Tan?

It's just that he couldn't say clearly that when Liu talked about the phrase "the king bears the responsibility of the country, and the prince guards the gate of the country", it was so loud, and now everyone praises it when it is mentioned, so Liu Che can't show his distrust of his son.

He didn't trust Liu Tan anymore, so how could other people believe that Liu Tan could resist the Huns.

If even the local soldiers in Shuofang don't trust them, the consequences of failure will be extremely dire.

So Liu Che just asked Liu Ju to write a letter. At that time, it can be said that the elder brother misses his younger brother. If it doesn't work, there will be Chen Ajiao.

Does a mother need a reason to feel sorry for her son?unnecessary!

Only at this time did Liu Che suddenly realize the benefits of keeping Chen Ajiao.

After Bu Fan heard the order, he immediately sent someone to tell the prince. After a while, Liu Ju came directly to his father and said worriedly: "Father, you will only come back at Zhengdan. Is it too late? Well, the queen in October Qianqiu, why don't you let brother come back to celebrate the queen's birthday?"

Chen Ajiao's birthday is at the end of October, after Qianqiu is over, Zhengdan will not be far away by then, so Liu Tan can definitely let Liu Tan stay until Zhengdan is over before leaving.

Liu Che squinted at him: "You really love him."

Liu Ju hurriedly said: "I'm not partial to the fifth brother. The sixth brother went to Qidi, and the Queen Mother of Qi was there to take care of him. The climate there is warmer, which is better than the fifth brother in Shuofang. Now... I don't know the situation of the fifth brother. How, what did you do?"

Just as Liu Che was about to speak, a letter from Liu Tan arrived.

Then the father and son knew what Liu Tan was doing - he was mining!

Liu Che and Liu Ju occupied the same case and opened letters. The letters Liu Tan wrote to them were basically the same, but there were some differences in details.

But the same thing is to put the copper mine on top.

So Liu Che's first reaction was: "He actually discovered a copper mine?"

And Liu Ju's reaction was: "He discovered the ore again?"

The emperor and the crown prince sighed almost at the same time, and they looked up at each other, seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

They didn't talk, though, and continued watching.

At the beginning, Liu Tan only talked about the discovery of the copper mine, but he didn't say how it was discovered.

After looking down, both Liu Che and Liu Ju were a little speechless.

After a long time, Liu Che said, "He...he..."

For a while, even Liu Che didn't know how to evaluate it. Could it be such a coincidence?

Every time you try to build something, you will find mineral deposits.

Although Liu Tan has only built two buildings so far, oh, he hasn't even started building one.

Looking at it this way, this probability is almost a hundred shots!

Rao Liu Che has never seen such a strange person, and what Liu Tan found were not ordinary mines, a gold mine and a copper mine, all of which are money, it can be said that these two mines are enough to make Liu Tan rich. .

The target of this incomparably rich country is still the richest vassal state in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the wealth of the vassal kings plus the tax revenue of the vassal states must be added up!

Liu Che chuckled lightly after reading the letter: "You don't have to worry about him being hungry."

Liu Ju looked up at Liu Che with a very complicated expression: "Father, brother said that Huo Guang asked him to circle dozens of places to build a palace."

Liu Che was drinking honey water at that time, and almost spit out the water after hearing this sentence.

Bu Fan hurriedly took a handkerchief and went up to help Liu Che wipe it. After finishing everything, Liu Che laughed: "What is Huo Guang taking Taner for?"

Liu Ju struggled for a while and then whispered: "Father, if you can find something this time..."

Liu Che originally wanted to say that it was impossible, but after reading the letter, he felt that it was not easy to say, and in the end he didn't comment on this matter at all, but just knocked on the case and said: "The previous edict, let's postpone it for a while. "

Liu Ju was taken aback for a moment, and then understood that what Liu Che was talking about was the previous edict that decided to take the minting rights of the princely states back to the imperial court.

Liu Tan can see things, why can't Liu Che see them?

Even the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion sounded the alarm.

It's just that, as Liu Tan thought, it would not be so easy to take back all the minting rights at once, and there might be another Seven Kingdoms Rebellion if there is no certainty.

Therefore, Liu Che laid out little by little from the beginning, or experimented with what method would be better.

The first time was to reform the nominal value and weight of copper coins, so that the big man implemented a unified standard and chose three baht coins.

However, three baht coins are equal to four and a half baht coins, and because of the rampant piracy, they have not been promoted.

Then there was the second introduction of half taels of money, and after years of wars, the country's finances were difficult to support, so Liu Che issued new currencies, which are white buckskin coins and platinum three grades.

It was only later that these two kinds of coins were also invalidated, and five baht coins were introduced.

It was only then that he slowly got a handle on the way. This edict was basically the sixth time Liu Che had done anything to coins.

But this time, because of the foreshadowing in front, it is basically possible to directly take back all the minting rights.

Seeing that the imperial edict was about to be released, Liu Ju was now making final preparations, so as not to make any mistakes.

However, now that Liu Che says he won't release it, all the previous work will be in vain.

According to Liu's knowledge, Liu Che was probably worried that Liu Tan's coin minting would be delayed after it was recovered. The northern border country was already very poor, and a copper mine had just been discovered, which would allow Liu Tan to relax a little bit. It might be very difficult for Liu Tan to take back the coinage right afterward. Big hit.

Liu Ju said in a low voice: "Father, brother... have already mentioned this matter."

As he spoke, he carefully sent up Liu Tan's passage explaining that private coinage might not be very good.

Liu Che took it over and took a look, and found that although Liu Tan was euphemistic, but looking at the essence through this layer, he was almost slapping the table and saying that if this continues, the country will perish.

After seeing it, Liu Che said proudly and angrily, "He is careful!"

Then he glanced at Liu Ju again: "He is using money to gag you."