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Chapter 157: Empress Changsun’s Bold Idea (Supplement 3①)

On the way back to the village, Li Yin was in a good mood.

You don't need to worry too much about watches, Uncle Sanxi will open up the buyer's market on his own.

In Li Yin's eyes, this thing is not a strategic material and does not play a key role. It is even less important than a bar of soap.

Li Yin also didn't want to classify it as a luxury item like glass jewelry.

Clocks are useful things. Every clan school and official school in the world must have one to tell time. As productivity increases, clocks will become cheaper and cheaper until they finally enter ordinary people's homes.

However, the positioning of glass jewelry is not like this. As a non-essential product, it must bear the obligation to make money overseas... In short, it is not prepared for the people.

Feng Sanxi pedaled the bike with a grunt, while Li Yin sat in the bed facing backwards.

"Uncle Sanxi, the sports meet will be held in two days. Is there anyone who wants to buy the advertising space on the playground?" Li Yin put her hands in her sleeves and clasped her fists.

"Master, we have to worry about the lack of advertising space."

Feng Sanxi said: "The four largest advertising spots were sold for more than 10,000 guan (ten million coins), with the South spot being the most expensive, followed by the East."

“Who bought these two?”

"The south side was bought by the Cui family."

Li Yin understood. Apart from the Li family, the Cui family could be considered the number one family, so it was not surprising that they had such financial resources.

"East..."

He continued, "Ask Wang Youfu to buy it."

"Is it the wife of Minister Sun?"

Feng Sanxi nodded, then thought of Li Yin not being able to see and said, "It was that lady."

"What a great Wang Youfu!"

Li Yin sighed and burst into laughter: "Wang will regret it to death!"

"Not necessarily. I've seen the head of the Wang family. He's very powerful. I heard that he dotes on his blessed granddaughter very much..."

"Old Sun has now become a live-in son-in-law!"

"Uncle Sanxi, does Wang Youfu have a piece of land?" Li Yin continued, "When the land policy came out a few days ago, she must have been very anxious and asked me to help her."

Take some share by the way.

In the future, residential communities will inevitably be built around Chang'an City.

If the ancient city in the middle is to be preserved, we have to plan the surrounding area, and the surrounding land must be reserved for residential areas.

In recent years, we need to speed up the pace of land reclamation to ensure that there is a surplus of grain every year.

Gaochang must be taken.

After improving cotton cultivation, mulberry and hemp no longer need to be planted in large quantities, and the manpower saved can be used to promote industrialization...

When the two returned to the village, they saw a row of people tied with iron chains at the gate.

Li Yin was confused and looked towards the group of people.

The hair is slightly curly, the skin is dark yellow or pitch black, the nose is wide, short and fleshy, and the eye sockets are sunken.

Her eyes went dark. It was a group of Kunlun slaves!

"The owner of the village!"

Feng Sanxi said in a shocked tone: "Kunlun slave!"

"I know." Li Yin said with difficulty: "Go back to the village quickly, it must be my brother who is here."

Without taking the time to carefully observe this group of Kunlun slaves, Li Yin hurried back to the village.

People in the Sui and Tang dynasties boasted about owning Kunlun slaves. The market price of one slave was one hundred strings of copper coins, which was much more expensive than local slaves.

Previously, she asked Li Shimin to crack down on forcing good people into slavery, which made foreign slaves more expensive.

"Brother, sister-in-law!"

Li Yin entered the room and poured a cup of tea and drank it first: "Did you bring those Kunlun slaves outside?"

"Like it?"

Li Shimin's eyes were bright and he looked at Li Yin with anticipation.

"..."

Li Yin remained calm and said in surprise: "I like it!"

"The mine is short of people. We'll send them there tomorrow."

Li Shimin frowned when he heard this: "Sister, they are Kunlun slaves. It would be so impressive to have them serve in the manor!"

"Brother, I feel sorry for the labor force."

Li Yin said: "Everyone's labor is limited. He can only do so many things in his lifetime."

"Only when the value it generates can flow directly into the market will it have more direct benefits for economic development."

"These Kunlun slaves serve on the farm. All they do every day is wash clothes, cook, fetch water and sweep the floor, but the farm people do it when they get up in the morning."

“Why spend a workforce dedicated to this?”

"..."

Li Shimin was speechless. Wasn't it possible that more labor was wasted in his palace?

Li Yin took a sip of tea and said, "If I do these simple tasks myself, I can free up a slave to do more valuable things."

"If I ask these Kunlun slaves to go mining, the ore they dig out can be used by the farm, made into goods and sold, and we can earn money."

"Just like what my little sister said before, instead of staying at home to listen to music, play the zither, and copy scriptures, it would be better for them to go to the woolen yarn factory and produce two kilograms of wool to sell."

"You know, we already have a way to produce more silk, but due to insufficient productivity, we have to postpone the plan."

"Hey……"

"It's a waste to have a group of people serve me!"

"..."

Li Shimin, who was being served by a group of people, was speechless and even felt a little ashamed.

He never expected that in the end he would be the one holding his sister back.

According to his sister-in-law's thinking, except for himself who has to deal with government affairs all day long, the rest of the people in the palace have made little contribution to the development of the Tang Dynasty.

They are all holding back!

Li Shimin was heartbroken.

Empress Changsun, who was standing by, thought more. The expenses on food, clothing and other daily necessities in the palace were indeed a bit high.

The work in the palace was complicated, so there were many palace maids and eunuchs serving. This was not because there were a large number of concubines, but because their food, clothing and other expenses were too extravagant.

"Stepsister."

Empress Chang Sun asked, "Can I bring someone to learn how to use those extremely efficient looms?"

Li Shimin widened his eyes when he heard this.

He was about to open his mouth to stop it, but he felt fingers on his waist and shut up.

"Naturally."

Li Yin readily agreed: "Just don't overwork yourself, sister-in-law. You need to take care of your health."

"Sister-in-law knows." Empress Changsun silently counted the number of people in the harem.

If we get rid of those cumbersome and extravagant hobbies and just ensure a comfortable daily life, the number of staff in the palace can be saved by at least half.

As long as she takes the lead, who else would dare not follow?

Spending the whole day listening to music and watching operas, eating, drinking, having fun, copying and reciting Buddhist scriptures, engaging in intrigue... there is really no value in it.

Thinking of this, she glared at Li Shimin.

"?"

Old Li, who was slapped in the face, was completely confused.

"Sister, my sister-in-law wants to open a factory. It may not produce too much silk, so it will not affect the lives of ordinary people. We are just self-sufficient."

Empress Changsun wanted to produce all the silk fabrics in the palace herself in the future.

Li Yin made some estimates and thought that the palace's expenses could be self-sufficient in the future. If more manpower was freed up, it might be possible to earn some money through exportation.

No matter how powerful the palace is, it is small in size and will not cause much impact on the people as a whole.

The loom was modified by Li Yin. The parts were complicated and only a steel plant could make it. It would be useless even if it was leaked and shown to the aristocratic families.

"This is a good thing!"

After Li Yin finished speaking, she and Empress Changsun looked at each other and smiled.

Li Shimin's eyes went dark. When he thought about his future, he always felt that the road ahead was bleak.

If I go to the harem in the future, everyone will wear the same clothes and bury their heads in weaving...

There is no more laughter and joy in the garden, no more beautiful women.

He didn't know at this time that the future would be more terrifying than he imagined.