Hanjing, imperial palace, imperial garden.

Li Shimin drank tea absent-mindedly, and drank green tea in summer and black tea in winter. After Li Chao's tea scriptures were published, his habit of drinking tea changed from tradition, and there was rarely a sencha. The nobles and bureaucrats all regarded making tea as a new trend. The new tea-making technology brought new ways to drink tea.

Now Li Shimin is used to drinking fried tea. Among all kinds of fried teas, he loves black tea. Even when summer comes, he likes to drink black tea. Among the black teas, he also loves Dahongpao, Wuyi Mountain. There are also many tea trees planted in the royal gardens of Hanjing, but these various tea trees from all over the world are actually more just to watch.

The real good tea is still the origin, especially those old tea trees that are hundreds of thousands of years old. The tea leaves of those tea trees, combined with the unique climate, and then stir-fry them with the best techniques. That is the real top-notch tea.

Tea is becoming more and more popular nowadays.

"Wang Hai, do you know how much this cup of tea is worth?" Li Shimin asked Eunuch Wang next to him.

As the leader of Liushemen and an eunuch from the Ministry of Eunuchs, eunuch Wang knew the value of this cup of tea very clearly. It comes from Wuyi Mountain in Dao, Fujian, and is produced on the thousand-year-old tea king trees on the cliffs.

This year, the court added many new roads, and many of the original roads were also divided into several roads. According to Ma Zhou's memorial, the court sent Xuanfu envoys to various roads, and Xuanfu envoys had them in the past, but in the past they were just temporary missions, but now they are becoming a permanent official position.

This is also another important change since the new policy, further determining the four-level administrative division system of Datang Road, Prefecture, County and Township. The military and civil affairs of the Central Committee sent officials and the general manager.

Under the Xuanfu Envoy, it was divided into three major yamen, and it was the Chief of the Political Envoy and the Criminal Office, and it was the Chief of the Military and Horse Envoy and was called the Three Offices. The Three Offices each set up left and right envoys, and were the left and right governors, the left and right censors and the left and right commander commander, in charge of civil affairs, justice and military and horses.

With the dispatched chief officer and the permanent yamen, the level of the Dao has been officially confirmed.

The number of roads has also increased. The Henan Road in the past is now divided into Henan Road and Huaibei Road. The Jiangdong Road in the past is divided into three roads: Jiangdong, Zhejiang and Fujian.

Dahongpao comes from the newly established Fujian Road.

Li Shimin held the crystal-clear tea cup, "This big red envelope was picked from the cliffs of Wuyi Mountain, Fujian Road, distant Jiangnan. This is a tribute tea, and there are only more than a hundred thousand-year-old tea trees on the cliff. Although there are Dahongpao tea among the people, the best one is only the century-old tea trees. Most of the teas are just ordinary tea trees on Wuyi Mountain. Another type is the tea trees cultivated later and transplanted into the tea garden."

"But do you know that even if the tea leaves produced by the tea trees transplanted in ordinary tea gardens are produced, because Li Chao sold it to the foreign country under the name Dahongpao. Do you know how expensive it is?"

"Now not only is there no one in the Central Plains, inside and outside the Great Wall, and from all over the country, tea has become a hot commodity, even overseas foreign countries. It is said that it is the most common Wuyi Mountain tea, which costs five jin per kilogram of tea in the Turks. In Khitan, Xi, and six jin. In Goguryeo, eight jin, Silla, and Japan, and ten jin. In Persia, India, and Eastern Rome, it can even be sold for more than ten jin per kilogram."

Li Shimin became more and more excited the more he spoke.

Some trees are just the most common tea leaves. Compared to silk, tea leaves are much simpler. Just pick and stir-fry. It is not as good as silk. You have to plant mulberry trees and silkworms, and you have to wove it into silk and weave it into silk.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, tea was already quite popular, but at that time it was mainly popular in the south, and the north did not like to drink tea so much. But now, tea culture is extremely popular. Even ordinary people drink tea.

Scholars regard drinking tea as a kind thing, while people treat tea as a kind of medicine for health care. In this regard, it has to be said that Li Chao’s tea classics have a huge role. The Li family operates the tea industry and does a good job in marketing.

According to a set of data provided by the Ministry of Revenue, Li Shimin knew that the Li family in Bashang mastered 70% of the tea planting and production in the Tang Dynasty and occupied a large share of tea transactions, especially foreign trade, which Li Ji was almost monopolized in this regard.

How much tea production was Datang last year?

A very amazing number. Anyway, when Li Shimin saw that number, he thought he had made a mistake.

Twenty million kilograms of tea.

The Li family accounts for 70% of the tea production and 90% of the tea sales. The profits in it can be easily calculated, and it can make Li Shimin jealous.

Especially when he knew that the purchase price of Wuyishan ordinary tea was only about 20 cents per catty, but it was sold to Persia but could sell it for more than ten cents per catty, he really couldn't calm down.

This is a profit of fifty to one hundred times. Even if there is a transportation and sales link in the middle, it is still extremely profitable.

Moreover, tea gardens everywhere are still expanding, and everyone knows that tea makes money.

"The Ministry of Revenue told me that with the current momentum, our total tea production will even reach 50 million kilograms in a few years.

The tea market across the country is very profitable.

"The purchase price of ordinary Wuyi Mountain tea is only 20 cents, and good tea is only 200 cents. But the cup of tea in my hand is worth ten cents in the market. A cup of tea is worth ten cents. Haha, I didn't expect that Li Chao would give me tea for free every year. I really take a lot of advantage." He shook his head and smiled.

"There are also these blue and white porcelains, specialties of Li Ji Jingdezhen. Compared with Yuejiao celadon and Xingjiao white porcelain, the blue and white porcelains of Li family Jingdezhen are now more popular. Such a cup is worth several guan. I feel that I am really luxurious now. A cup of tea is worth ten guan, a tea cup is worth five guan. And the bottle of mulberry purple wine on my table is worth thousands of dollars."

"Li Chao is much richer than me."

Eunuch Wang was there and didn't know how to answer the conversation.

"Do you know what Li Chao is doing recently?" Li Shimin asked again.

"Duke Zhao recently inspected the shipyard in Dengzhou, Huaibei Road, and recruited personnel from the territory and fleet."

Li Shimin shook his head, "Li Chao is already rich enough to rival the country and can't be idle. Li Chao has many chickens that lay golden eggs, tea, porcelain, sugar, wine, mining, smelting, steel, money shops, shipyards, carriage shops, and fleets. He does whatever he makes money, and the speed of making money is faster than the court."

Eunuch Wang also admitted this, but he didn't understand why Li Chao made so much money. He was rich enough to compete with the country, so he had done it long ago. He wasn't afraid of making too much money and making others jealous?

Now even the emperor is jealous.

"I can't compare to Li Chao's money."

Eunuch Wang thought to himself, the emperor might not want to rob Li Chao. He just went to the Li family for nearly 20 million.

"I agree with what Li Chao said, the court is a manager and should not directly interfere in business. Previously, the court included salt in a monopoly, and could earn more than 12 million guan a year of salt income. According to the court's report, it is expected that the salt income will be increased to 20 million guan within three years."

"This method is very good. The court does not produce salt directly or sells salt, but the court manages it. I decided to operate tea, sugar, wine, porcelain, and steel according to the salt management method. In the future, merchants need to sell tea, first obtain tea introduction from the court, and then they can engage in tea trading. Otherwise, buying tea from tea farmers privately is illegal."

Li Shimin was jealous when he saw Li Chao making a lot of money easily.

Whether it is the tax on renting and taxation or the auxiliary tax of the two tax laws, it is not very applicable to tea, wine and sugar. Even in the industrial and commercial tax, he still thinks he is still at a disadvantage.

Regarding these commodities, he believed that heavy taxes should be imposed like salt.

For 20 million kilograms of tea, an average of 100 cents of tea is charged for tea, which is 2 million kilograms.

"Do you think it's high if you attract two million stagnant tea a year?" Li Shimin asked Eunuch Wang.

An average of 100 cents per pound of tea is a pound of tea. Even if the tea production increases to 50 million pounds, a pound of tea is a pound of 40 cents of tea. It is naturally expensive to increase so much by no means. Even considering that many teas are sold at a high price, especially some good teas, this tea is also expensive.

Exports are to make money, but you have to pay customs duties, and merchants have to pay other commercial taxes.

"A yearly, a year's salt tax of 20 million, a year's tax of 10 million, a tea tax of 2 million, a sugar tax of 1 million, and a porcelain tax of 1 million."

Li Shimin made a simple and rough list, and then set a tax amount according to the scale of these goods. He collected taxes according to this amount.

The tax induction of these goods alone is more than 30 million yuan a year, as well as industrial and commercial tax, regular customs and customs duties, etc., and you can still make a lot of money a year. In addition to the rent adjustment tax and the auxiliary tax of the two taxes, the court's income can hit a new high.

Eunuch Wang thought to himself that several industries operated by the Li family in Bashang were among them, and the Li family would account for most of the large amount of new taxes added by the imperial court in one year.

Li Shimin smiled and said to Eunuch Wang, "Don't feel sorry for Li Chao. I just can't stand Li Chao's ruthlessness in making money. Besides, paying taxes according to law is also the obligation of the people of the Tang Dynasty. Although I have raised the tax on these goods a little, these are very profitable. I am just a share of Li Chao. He has only made less money, and he is not just not making any money."

"He is still making a lot of money, but the most profitable transactions are all in his hands."

"Actually, I really want to steal the Li family's industries, but think about it, these industries are the most profitable only in Li Chao's hands. If you receive them in my hands, it may turn bad. Let Li Chao make money, I'll collect taxes later."

Eunuch Wang asked a question.

"Your Majesty, Duke Zhao is simply the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, and no one can match his ability to make money. However, the Li family in Bashang is so rich now, what are their family still trying hard to make money?"

Li Shimin glanced at Eunuch Wang and said slowly, "Li Chao is a person who likes comfort. Of course, the money he earns now has his industry, which is enough for him to be comfortable for a hundred lives. He is still working hard to make money. There is only one reason, which is to develop and manage his territories, and then let his children and grandchildren be comfortable for generations in the future."
Chapter completed!