Cao Heng told Cao Yi that Hu Chuquan was retreating step by step while attacking the Xianbei people.

Cao Yi was a little unbelievable about this.

He frowned slightly and asked Cao Heng: "What is the father planning to deal with this matter?"

"I suggest that the father send Zhang Shao to Huchuquan." Cao Heng said: "Zhang Shao is very smart and has a lot of better strategy on the battlefield than Huchuquan. Send him, even if he cannot reverse the decline, at least he can stabilize the situation and not be defeated by the Xianbei people."

"Didn't my father plan to send troops to help?" Cao Yi said: "It would be much better to send troops to help than to send Zhang Shao alone. After all, the Huns and Xianbei people were unable to win several battles, so they should be afraid. Forcibly causing them to fight again without reinforcements, so they are afraid that Zhang Shao will not be able to stabilize."

"If even such a situation cannot be stable, it would be a mistake for me to keep him in the clouds at the beginning." Cao Heng said: "Although Hu Chuquan was defeated for several times, his vitality was not seriously injured. Now he gathered his troops in Hetao. Although the Xianbei people sent troops to pursue him, the gains were not very large. As long as Zhang Shao could seize the opportunity, he could still turn defeat into victory."

"Zhang Shao is not the emperor's brother." Cao Yi said: "And the Huns do not have cannons and landmines and other killing weapons. If you want to win, you are afraid that it is not as easy as the emperor's brother thought."

"It really depends on Zhang Shao's ability." Cao Heng responded first, and then said to Cao Yi: "Not talking about the Huns, how sure are you sure that the decrees you are drafting can satisfy your father?"

"In fact, Chang'an has always been very stable and there is nothing special to improve." Cao Yi said: "I was thinking that instead of tampering with government orders, it is better to make some specific plans for Chang'an City."

"Plan?" Cao Heng asked him, "What kind of planning do you want to make?"

"Brother, come and see." Cao Yi picked up the decree he had just drafted and handed it to Cao Heng: "Now, although there are many merchants in Chang'an City, and there are markets in the city, the markets are divided into East and West markets by Lingyun Pavilion and Wangyue Tower. The two markets are not close to each other, and most of them operate the industries of Lingyun Pavilion and Wangyue Tower. As for other merchants, their shops are much more scattered. In recent days, I have been wondering why Chang'an has a large population and many people traveling to and from the street market every day, but many stores are still closed."

"Why didn't you think of it?" Cao Heng asked him.

"Of course I thought of it." Cao Yi replied: "The main reason is that except for the East and West markets, shops in other places are scattered, so it is inconvenient for the people in the city to buy goods there. Many people don't want to go there. Unless only those shops are supplied and those other shops do not have, people will go to buy them. Over time, the east and west markets are becoming more and more prosperous, while shops in other places are no longer cared about."

"Is it not enough to have two cities in the east and west?" Cao Heng asked: "Don't you want to open another market in Chang'an City?"

"Of course not." Cao Yi replied: "Didn't your father want to compete with each other and make it stronger?"

"It's true that this is true. I have also met Wei Yu from Wangyue Tower and Su Zhen from Lingyun Pavilion." Cao Heng said: "The two are similar to me in age. They talk about business methods, but they are not comparable to ordinary people. The father's eyes are still very unique, which makes people convinced."

"What did the emperor brother talk to them?" Cao Yi asked curiously.

"I didn't talk about anything, I just talked about some things about the sales transactions." Cao Heng said: "The two of them told me that if they were used to make profits by operating, they would make a lot of money. No wonder the father discovered them and replaced them with others, and they might not be able to find them."

"Don't the emperor still know the ability of his father?" Cao Yi said: "The emperor always uses people on the tip of the blade. Everyone can let them exert their ability to the extreme. I don't find it strange that they were discovered by his father."

"You haven't finished what happened just now." Cao Heng said: "How do you plan to settle those shops?"

"All shops were taken back and converted into houses." Cao Yi replied: "All the houses between the East and West cities were demolished and converted into museums or other shops."

"All the changes are the same?" Cao Heng asked Cao Yi: "What's the difference from the original one?"

"Of course it's different." Cao Yi said: "These shops gather between the east and west cities, connecting the east and west cities. Leaving the east and west cities, walking around the streets unknowingly, they waited to the west city. If there weren't shops or museums, it would take a lot of time to walk."

"I understand what you said." Cao Heng said, "But I don't understand why I did this. In the past, these shops were opened on the streets. Now that you connect the east and west markets, it is inconvenient for the people who don't live near the market."

"Have you heard of something?" Cao Yi asked Cao Heng in a divine manner.

"What's the matter?" Cao Heng asked back.

"The father planned to make carriages both Lingyun Pavilion and Wangyue Tower." Cao Yi said: "The carriages can be supplied to ordinary people. In other words, as long as ordinary people take out enough money, they can buy cars for transportation. If the people are not allowed to live farther away from the market, how could they be willing to buy carriages?"

Looking at Cao Yi in surprise, Cao Heng asked, "What other intentions do you have?"

"Of course there is still the intention." Cao Yi said: "The father set the capital of Chang'an. Judging from the current population of Chang'an, this place is indeed a bit depressed."

"What do you mean?" Cao Heng asked.

"I mean, more people will flock to Chang'an City in the future." Cao Yi asked: "Once there are more people, how many houses can be built with this place in Chang'an? And in the future, every household will have carriages, where will their carriages be parked?"

"You mean..." Cao Heng seemed to understand something, but he still asked Cao Yi with uncertainty: "I want to rebuild Chang'an?"

"Chang'an of course needs to be rebuilt." Cao Yi said: "My father also told me before that food, clothing, housing and transportation are what the people care about the most today. On the premise of ensuring that the people have a house to live in, we will collect all their homesteads. We will exchange a new house for their old houses. Then we will hand over the homesteads vacated by these old houses to Lingyun Pavilion or Wangyue Tower, and they will build new houses. The new houses are no longer just a few rooms like the previous houses, but a three or four-story loft. Ordinary people, one floor and one family, and rich families will buy better houses. Then we will issue a government order that any foreign merchant who buys real estate in Chang'an can settle in Chang'an in the government."

"I understand what you mean, but do this..." Cao Heng frowned and thought for a while before saying to Cao Yi: "If you demolish all the houses you collected from the people, you should change them to new ones. Each household will change, and the size should be similar..."

"Of course I won't think about the same." Cao Yi replied: "The new house we give to the people will only be larger than their old house."

"Since we are bigger than their old house, where can we make a profit?" Cao Heng still didn't understand how to make a profit through the method Cao Yi said.

"Didn't I tell my brother?" Cao Yi said: "Give the land to Lingyun Pavilion and Wangyue Tower, and they built taller houses. Then they handed over the land to the people of the court. The houses that the people live in are spacious than before, so they are of course happy. In addition, they can free up more empty houses and sell them to those outsiders. In this way, we can earn a lot through the property."

"Who told you about this method?" Cao Heng asked Cao Yi.

"No one told me, it was just something I remembered." Cao Yi replied: "I think this is safe. Moreover, when high-rise buildings are built, we have more places for the people to park carriages. Every area where the residential buildings are concentrated has a place to park carriages. The carriages are parked there and money is required to be paid every day, which makes another profit. Does the emperor think these incomes are not objective?"

"Have you mentioned it to your father?" Cao Heng asked him.

"Of course not yet." Cao Yi said: "Actually, I'm still thinking that if there are really carriages everywhere, and there are more people with carriages, we have to prepare for fodder at every inn in the future. If there are carriages stopping at the inn, feeding horses will be charged."

"In other words, it's not enough for the people to buy a carriage." Cao Heng said: "They have to invest more money in the carriage."

"That's of course." Cao Yi said seriously: "No matter what happens in this world, you have to pay a price. Since you want to go out and use a carriage to travel, you must plan to raise a carriage. Many of the ideas of the father are something that others dare not think of. What we need not do is to think about for the father, but to improve it with our method after the father proposes new ideas so that it can earn more benefits for the Wei court."

"In other words, what you did is not just Chang'an's rectification orders." Cao Heng said: "In fact, what you did is a government order that applies to all cities in the Great Wei Dynasty."

"It's still the emperor's brother who can see it clearly." Cao Yi replied: "That's exactly what it is."

"I not only didn't feel that it was inappropriate for you to have such an idea, but it was good." Cao Heng said: "As you said, our city will soon become noisy. But have you considered that the Great Wei Dynasty now has nothing to lack, but the population is lacking. Where can we get so many houses, where can we get so many people to fill in? At that time, wouldn't there be many houses left without anyone living in?"

"That won't be." Cao Yi replied: "People's life is getting better and better, and the population will increase. I never worry that building houses will not be sold. We initially only built a few major cities, and when the population increases in the future, we will promote some methods in relatively small cities."

"Not talking about housing." Cao Yi had considered the troubles that might be encountered by selling housing and allocating land to earn profits. Cao Heng asked again: "Let's talk about carriages. The copper and iron used to build carriages can be obtained, and there should be no shortage of wood. But have you ever considered where we can get so many horses at that time?"

"Horse are easy to deal with." Cao Yi said without thinking: "Encourage the wilderness of the south to raise horses, and encourage the north to raise horses. The price of different horses sent to each city is not clear. Generally speaking, the horses in the south are relatively cheaper, while the horses in the north are relatively expensive. But this is not necessarily the case. Some southern horses with particularly good quality are more expensive than those in the north."

"This is how it was originally sold for war horses." Cao Heng nodded and asked Cao Yi: "But in this way, do you think it would be so easy for us to raise war horses in our army?"

"It is of course the best to raise war horses in the army." Cao Yi said: "If the so-called good horses sent to the people are placed in the military camp, they are just ordinary quality."

"I probably understand what you mean." Cao Heng said: "It means to transport all the slow horses that were not easy to sell from the north and south to various places, and sell them together with carriages. Different horses match different carriages, and some carriages are likely to be sold at sky-high prices?"

"The emperor is right." Cao Yi smiled and said to Cao Heng: "Now the people of the Great Wei people live much better than before. Once their lives get better, many people will compete with each other. Especially those rich merchants who go out to meet people, of course they need to have a carriage that is comparable to each other. As soon as they come and go, the levels of the carriage will be distinguished."

"I thought you were exploring something for so many days." Cao Heng smiled and shook his head: "The dignified Chang'an Order is actually thinking about things that only these merchants would consider. If the father knew about it, he still didn't know what he would think."

"Isn't my father also committed to growing stronger in various places?" Cao Yi said: "Although the Great Wei Dynasty is much richer than before, these wars have been constantly happening in the past year, and the soldiers are fighting in the north and the treasury has long been empty. The emperor's brother is not unaware that the father ordered the army to rest for three years. Not only did the soldiers be tired, but the money and food in the treasury cannot last long. Anything that can make money and make the Great Wei government treasury more abundant without trashing the people and causing the people to complain, the father will be willing to do it."

"I haven't told you this, how did you know?" Looking at Cao Yi, Cao Heng asked, "Who did you find out?"

"You still need to inquire?" Cao Yi curled his lips: "Although the Great Wei seems to be prosperous, many people can see that they don't have much money at all. Over the years, the father has made a lot of money and spent more money. The wealth sent to the treasury was transported to the battlefield in less than two days. In addition, to the army of foreign races, how much money the imperial court allocated to Penglai Island every year, is it not clear at all?"

"You know too much about the little Chang'an Order." Cao Heng whispered to him: "It's okay if you talk to me about these things, but don't talk nonsense in front of others. Especially for the father, you can't mention a single word."

(This chapter ends) (s:)
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