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

On the third day after Liu Che left, Lu Xuan also left the northern border country with his people.

Before leaving, he gave Liu Tan a hug and said, "Wait for me to come back."

Liu Tan smiled: "Okay, if I have better marching rations, I will send someone to deliver them to you."

Lu Xuan took a deep sniff of the fragrance on his body, and then got on his horse and left without looking back.

He didn't dare to look back, for fear that if he turned around, he couldn't help but stay again.

When he was young, he didn't understand those heroes who would indulge in gentleness after success. He felt that people's ambitions should be endless. How could it be possible to stop moving forward after reaching a goal?The so-called hero is sad and beautiful is just because those heroes did not have much chance to meet those beauties in the past.

However, now he finally understands why some people can't get addicted, and even rationality can sometimes be affected by emotions.

Liu Tan looked at Lu Xuan's receding back, and Li Ling and Wei Deng looked at each other, wanting to remind Liu Tan that it's time to go back. After all, even in summer, the temperature in the northern border country will drop a lot at night.

However, they knew very well that because of the emperor's departure, the king of the northern border was not very happy at first, and now that King Wusun had left again, His Highness must be in a bad mood.

Fortunately, after standing for a while, Liu Tan might feel a little cold himself, so he just flicked his sleeves and said, "Let's go, go back."

Li Ling and Wei Deng breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly escorted Liu Tan back.

After Liu Tan went back, he broke away from the previous vacation status. It has to be said that even if he greets the driver, he is still working, but in fact, after all the itineraries are made, Liu Tan doesn't need to worry about the rest. Just happily accompany Liu Che to eat, drink and have fun.

So it feels like Liu Che has been here for four months, and Liu Tan has also played for four months, as if he had given himself a summer vacation. Now that the summer vacation is coming to an end, what Liu Tan needs to do is to make up homework, cough, to re-do some urgently needed work matter.

After dealing with the backlog, his first concern was the recent output and sales of soybean products.

Huo Guang didn't intervene much in the field of soy products, but Sinong Linxiu paid a lot of attention, and proposed at the Xiaochao meeting: "Your Highness is wise, setting up a bean product workshop in Dunhuang can really kill two birds with one stone."

Liu Tan was looking at the sales of bean products at this time. What Liu Tan didn't expect was that the Huns who bought a large number of bean products turned out to be the Huns, accounting for at least one-third of the sales, and the rest were taken away by merchants.

The so-called killing two birds with one stone means that the merchants in the past can go directly to the workshop to pick up the goods, which not only promoted the bean products, but also brought a lot of popularity to Dunhuang.

Liu Tan didn't say a word, because this was something he didn't expect before, he just wanted to find an open space, he had a good impression of the governor of Dunhuang, and felt that he was a down-to-earth person, so he was willing to open the back door for him.

He didn't expect to have such an effect now.

But... the Huns bought so much, which is not a good sign.

When Liu Tan was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Lin Xiu say, "It's just that the supply of soy products is in short supply, Your Highness plans to expand the workshop?"

Liu Tan raised his eyebrows after hearing this: "Expansion? How to expand due to insufficient manpower? Let's do this first."

Lin Xiu said anxiously: "Your Highness, seeing that the autumn harvest is coming soon, these workshops may not be able to completely consume all the soybeans. How can they do it if they don't expand?"

Consume all the soybeans?

Liu Tan lowered his eyes, wondering whether Lin Xiu really didn't know anything or was just pretending. Last year in the northern border country, no one knew that bean products were selling so well, so not many soybeans were grown.

Even if Liu Tan collects all these soybeans, they will be consumed, not to mention that some grains and some spare grains will be kept in the granary.

Strictly speaking, the bean product workshop is the private property of the King of the North, and has nothing to do with Lin Xiu. Lin Xiu is so anxious...

Liu Tan looked up at him and asked, "The lack of manpower will not be solved for a while. Since Sinong said that we want to expand, why don't you tell us your thoughts."

Lin Xiu took a careful look at Liu Tan, and didn't find any signs of displeasure in Liu Tan, so he boldly said: "Your Highness is short of manpower, so... if we let everyone build together, there should be no shortage of manpower."

What Lin Xiu said was cryptic, but what he actually meant was to allow others to build bean product workshops, so that there would be enough manpower.

It sounds like a paradox. If there are not enough people, there will be not enough. It is enough for others to build workshops?

In fact, it is really possible, because generally when calculating the labor force population, they never include the slaves of each household.

Because slaves are personal property by default and are not considered independent labor, they are not counted.

Let all capable people build workshops, then it can indeed alleviate the lack of production capacity.

But letting someone else build a workshop means that Liu Tan has to make all the recipes public.

Before Liu Tan could say anything, Huo Guang asked with a downcast face, "What does Si Nong mean? The bean product workshop is His Royal Highness's private property. How is it different from Zhang Kou asking for it?"

Lin Xiu said with some embarrassment: "The soybean oil formula has almost been made public. Those people will definitely take action after they go back, but everyone in the northern border is afraid that His Highness will not build it privately. I am also worried that His Highness will make wedding dresses for others in the end."

Liu Tan played with the bamboo knife in his hand and asked with a smile: "Oh? Then you just want everyone to open a soybean oil workshop?"

Lin Xiu immediately said, "Exactly."

Everyone has seen how to make soybean oil. They dare not interfere with other soybean products. After all, the recipe has not been released, and they can't research it, so they can only start with soybean oil.

And to be honest, soybean oil seems to have a brighter future than other soybean products.

There are already too many people in the northern border country ready to move.

Huo Guang's face darkened, and he deeply felt that His Royal Highness had a too good temper, which gave these people the illusion that now these people dare to compete with His Highness for profit!

He was just about to reprimand these people, but before he even opened his mouth, he heard His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Realm say slowly, "Okay."

Huo Guang was slightly taken aback, and looked up, only to see a smile on Liu Tan's face, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Anyone who is familiar with Liu Tan knows that once he puts on this expression, it means that someone is going to be unlucky.

Huo Guang silently closed his mouth and began to watch the King of the North performance.

Liu Tan smiled and said: "It's not impossible to open up, but it's not something everyone can do. If everyone builds workshops and the supply of soybeans is not enough and the price of soybeans increases, wouldn't it be a departure from the original intention? Those who have been to the workshop can open it if they want to, and everyone else is not allowed to open the soybean oil workshop privately, otherwise... don't blame me for not saving face for you."

Lin Xiu's eyes lit up and he said immediately, "Your Highness is wise!"

Liu Tan smiled slightly. People who could follow him to the soybean oil workshop were considered high-level people in the northern border country. Not many people were so confused after following him for so long.

Well, Lin Xiu counts as one, and the rest...he wants to see how many mentally handicapped his subordinates are.

After the meeting ended, Huo Guang deliberately left for a while, and everyone was used to him staying to report to the King of the North alone every time.

Although they were jealous in their hearts, they didn't dare to show it. To be honest, Huo Guang left them with a heavier psychological shadow than Liu Tan.

The King of the North gives them the feeling that they are not easy to get angry, and they turn a blind eye to some rules, but the Prime Minister is exactly the opposite of His Highness the King of the North, so there is nothing wrong with it, and if you make a mistake, just wait. Let's clean up.

The most irritating thing is that His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory doesn't often take care of things, and they are still under the supervision of the Prime Minister more often.

After staying, Huo Guang asked, "About Lin Xiu...what do you think, Your Highness?"

Liu Tan put down the bamboo knife in his hand and said, "Wait a little longer, when Sang Qian finds a suitable person, he will be replaced."

After Sang Qian's whole body settled down, he was indeed very suitable as a farmer in the northern border country. The main reason was that even if he couldn't do it himself, he could always ask his father for advice.

As for whether Sang Hongyang would carry private goods... What are you afraid of, treating Huo Guang as a dead person or as a dead person?

Moreover, Sang Qian should have been cleaned up after this time. Unless he wanted to bury his bones in the northern border country, it was impossible for him to stumble secretly.

Now that there is a promising candidate, it is not good to change now. If it is changed now, when Sang Qian returns to the center, it turns out that the next Sinong has no major faults and cannot be changed. It would be embarrassing.

What's more, Lin Xiu is a person who is clever and careful, but he can barely hold on in this position.

After hearing Liu Tan's words, Huo Guang said with regret: "It's a pity, I still have a lot of evidence against him."

Liu Tan was surprised: "In just a few years, there is evidence of a crime?"

Huo Guang sneered: "What does Your Highness think of such a person who sees profit and forgets righteousness?"

Liu Tan smiled and said, "He is indeed a villain, but a villain can have miraculous effects when used well, so even if I don't let him become a chief minister, I won't just let him go."

Huo Guang thought for a while and suddenly smiled, "Maybe it's appropriate to let him be a pawn."

Liu Tan nodded: "Coincidentally, I thought so too."

Huo Guang suddenly asked: "But His Highness is so open to convenience, I'm afraid that the price of soybeans may really be hyped up, this..."

Liu Tan sneered: "Do they still dare to compete with me? Let them go to other places to buy, once they come and go, the price will go up."

Huo Guang said: "No matter how high the soybean price is, soybean oil can still be profitable, but it's just more or less."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Liu Tan looked at Huo Guang and shook his head: "Ah Guang, don't you understand me after knowing me for so long? Am I the kind of person who will suffer? Let me tell you quietly, don't If it is leaked, when the first batch of oil comes out, this king will cut the price of soybean oil in half so that more people can eat it.”

Huo Guang was startled: "Cut in half? Your Highness can't..."

Liu Tan waved his hand very grandly and said, "There is nothing wrong with it. For the sake of the people's well-being, what does it matter if I suffer a little?"

Huo Guang wanted to say something else, but seeing Liu Tan's expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, he couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, is there something happening here that I don't know about?"

Liu Tan smiled and put his arms around Huo Guang's shoulders, and leaned into his ear and said, "To tell you the truth, the soybean oil formula has been improved, and the same weight of soybeans produces much more oil than before."

Only then did Huo Guang suddenly realize that he could not help but take a deep breath: "Then... I am afraid that many people will go bankrupt, right?"

Liu Tan hung directly on him and said lazily: "They asked for it themselves. If you don't go the right way, you have to go the wrong way. Are my things so easy to steal? If you dare to steal, you have to be prepared to die .Hey, by the way, you can also build a few workshops later, and let me use all your people."

While talking, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to Huo Guang, saying: "This is a new prescription, take it and prepare it, don't be so unsocial."

Huo Guang subconsciously said: "I am not short of money."

Liu Tan sneered: "But it doesn't have much money, does it? Otherwise, why wouldn't you be able to marry a wife now, and now you have another Huo Shou to raise, and if you really can't do it, you built it for Huo Shou at that time."

Huo Guang wanted to say something else, Liu Tan pushed him away and said: "Don't talk nonsense with me, after you build it, those people won't suspect that I cheated them when they accompany them to drop their pants, go!"

After Liu Tan finished speaking, he pushed Huo Guang out, and then ordered someone to close the door.

Well, I learned this skill from Liu Che, and I have to say that it is really easy to use.

Huo Guang stood outside holding the priceless piece of paper, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, it took him a long time to heave a sigh of relief and leave.

At this time, Liu Tan did not have the consciousness of sending a golden mountain to Huo Guang. He was thinking about a question at this moment-how to improve the military rations?