Li Shi Min sighed at Fang Yang's strength, but he was also puzzled.
This steel seemed to be very different from the steel that Fang Yang had given him.
The gun seemed to be silver in color.
"Cheng Yaojin, come here."”
The two of them walked to the side.
"Is there something wrong with your steel-making process?" Li Shi Min asked in a low voice.”
Cheng Yaojin was suspicious." No, Your Majesty, you saw it too. It's done."”
"No, the steel that Fang Yang gave you is silver, and it's harder and stronger than this steel ingot."”
" Your Majesty," Cheng Yaojin explained," Fang Yang said that the steel was mixed with other metals. It's not as simple as iron-carbon alloy. He also gave me a formula."”
"In this formula, there are more than ten types of steel. Each type of steel has different characteristics.”
"Some are especially strong, but they are easily brittle.”
"Some are especially flexible and will bounce back on their own.”
"Some are strong and flexible. Of course, the cost is high because ores are difficult to find.”
"I see."
"Fang Yang, where did you learn these things? This is simply a divine method.”
"That's right." Cheng Yaojin said," I'm also thinking about this. If I haven't seen the finished product with my own eyes, how would I know the effects of so many different types of steel?”
Li Shimin: " You can calculate how much a pound of iron costs, and how much a pound of steel costs.”
Cheng Yaojin: " This is not easy to calculate. If the ironworks are not shut down, the cost will be reduced. If it is shut down, the cost will be higher.”
"Why would I stop working on such a big treasure?”
"Then, Your Majesty, be prepared. I will calculate for you."”
"You do the math."
Cheng Yaojin said," One jin of iron-smelting costs one hundred wen, and one jin of steel-smelting costs seven hundred wen.”
Li Shimin clapped his hands with his whip: "In the past, one jin of steel could be used to make three arrowheads. It cost six taels of silver, which is nearly eight thousand wen! The cost is more than ten times lower!"
Cheng Yaojin: " Your Majesty, listen to my calculations. If the ironworks are not shut down, we can produce 3,000 catties of iron and 500 catties of steel a day.”
Li Shi Min was stunned.
"Three thousand jin of iron? Five hundred catties of steel? Wouldn't that mean…"
"Including manpower and transporting ores, it will cost two thousand strings of money a day."”
"Actually, on average, one jin of iron costs three hundred wen, and one jin of steel costs one thousand wen.”
"The remaining money in my private treasury is only enough to last me for half a month…" Li Shiming gasped.
"If we stop work from time to time, the cost will increase by 30%."”
Li Shi Min: " Isn't that because my private treasury can only last for ten days?”
"Could it be that I want to mobilize the money from the national treasury…"
The grain in the national treasury was prepared for all kinds of uses.
In the seventh year of Zhenguan in the Great Tang, the national total grain output was 16.1 billion jin.
164 million stone.
The Great Tang stipulated that every Ding (male over twenty-four years old) had to pay two stones of grain to the country every year. Transfer with the local production, every year to pay silk (or silk,) twenty feet, cotton three liang; In places where cotton is not produced, there are twenty-five feet of cloth and three catties of hemp.
Among them, monks and Taoists do not pay Ding tax, military service can be exempted from the year's tax.
There were about 20 million tax-paying people in the country, so the tax was 40 million dan.
In the Great Tang, every year, the soldiers and officials would need ten million dan of grain.
The surplus was 30 million stones.
On average, two states suffered from droughts and two states suffered from floods every year.
During the disaster relief, the loss of grain transported from the state capital and the treasury of the Tang Empire was three times and ten times the loss!
Every year, the disaster relief needed eight million stones.
Every year, the Great Tang needed ten million dan to build.
Thus, the surplus of the Tang Empire in the seventh year of Zhenguan was twelve million dan, and it was decreasing as time went on.
He had used nineteen million stones of treasury resources to attack the Eastern Turks.
This year, they were preparing to attack Tuyuhun and would need to spend at least a million dans, or even ten million dans of grain.
Although the national treasury was full, there was no excess money or food.
Moreover, if they sold a large amount of food, the price would drop.
Li Shi Min was conflicted.
"Your Majesty, we have a winery and a restaurant that's about to open!"”
Li Shi Min's eyes lit up!
"Your Majesty, think about it. If we operate these, the profit will be huge."”
"Perhaps in a few days or ten days, not only will His Majesty's private treasury not be empty, but he might even have a large surplus to improve his life.”
"It's even possible to use your own private treasury to support the national treasury.”
The person who started it had to solve it. The cost of Fang Yang's technological innovation would be compensated by Fang Yang's money-making methods.
Li Shimin: " That makes sense. Cheng Yaojin, you have to keep an eye on the business."”
"Yes, sir!"
Li Shimin: " Also, you have to send someone to publicize the new chain restaurant privately. The food is delicious and the wine is good. Anyway, all kinds of publicity will do."”
"Also, ask Fang Yang to write a calligraphy piece. All the shops will use that calligraphy piece as a plaque.”
"Yes."
"Also, if the benefits are good, you don't have to report to me. Just promote it to Luoyang, Chengdu, and other rich places."”
"This…the capital is fine, but these two places…"
Li Shimin slapped his forehead." When we go back to the court, I'll give you the title of Yizhou Governor and Chengqian the title of Luoyang Governor."”
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"Hey, have you heard? Recently, a newly opened Drunken Immortal Restaurant had opened, and the wine inside was simply bejewelled nectar!”
"I've long heard about the mutton inside. The smell can be smelled even across the street.”
"Let's go, let's go. Call Old Zhou and Old Wang and let's have a good time!”
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