In the open space in the front yard of the East Palace, a group of people sat cautiously on their seats, looking at the God of Wealth that they had to worship with incense every day, very young, like a child, except for that compelling momentum, like ordinary people, one nose and two eyes, just born better. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

They are very envious of Li Er, who can give birth to such a child, who wants to be literate and martial, who wants martial arts, and the most important thing is that he will make money, he will really make money, just the salt and iron franchise, let Li Chengyan make a lot of money, not to mention perfume and soap or something, those inputs, everyone present is looking at it and only leaving saliva.

Li Chengyan looked at these people, and his heart was also very happy, and he had a feeling of holding an annual meeting in his previous life, which he hadn't experienced for a long time.

"The elders in the business field here, Bengong has always thought that it makes sense for everyone to make money when they have money, and Bengong also knows that some people who are doing it have made a lot of money with King Qin of Shu,"

They are all veterans in the business field, although everyone is afraid of the royal power, but as long as they are people who have dealt with the royal family, who does not give a thumbs up and say benevolence? The Li family has always been doing business, and Tong Su is not bullied.

"Everyone also knows that my old man gave me 3 million yuan to go to the grassland to build a city, and it has always been my son who pits Lao Tzu, but I didn't expect me to let my father pit once."

After Li Chengyan finished speaking, there was a burst of good-natured laughter from the hall, bold and shouting.

"We also want to pit our sons, that is, everyone who grows up, it's good not to be defeated, Your Majesty is the envy of us."

If it is a future generation, this grandson will be beheaded by the emperor, but this is the Tang Dynasty, just a joke, envy is true, countless people envy Li Er for having a good son, Li Chengyan didn't care when he heard this, but also smiled and said.

"This palace is similar to you, and I am also envious of His Majesty's ability to give birth to a son."

In a word, it was laughter, Li Chengyan's humor made the people sitting inadvertently let go of their fear, and let go of their royal mustard, which is exactly what Li Chengyan wanted, looking at the people who had relaxed, Li Chengyan said in a whole color.

"Let's get down to business, this trip to the grassland, I want everyone to participate, the palace is not short of money, but the palace is short of people, how can you not expect those millions of herdsmen to build a city for our family, right? So, I invite you to come over today, because I have a way to make a fortune, and I want to talk to you about it. ”

As soon as the words fell, several people walked over with a map one zhang long and wide, which was the planning map drawn by Li Chengyan for the Academy of Sciences, and it was also the city after it was built.

"Look, this city is the grassland city in the future, the name of the city Your Majesty is still thinking, this city is ten miles wide from east to west, and fifteen miles wide from north to south, which is not big, but it is definitely the first city of the grassland! What do you think? ”

Everyone looked at Li Chengyan's drawings with their eyes open, with their backs to Yin Mountain, facing the grassland, and a big river on the side, what a magnificent city.

"Your Highness, I don't know if there is anything we can do, if there is, you can just say it."

Li Chengyan waved his hand and said: "It's not hypocritical to take me, I plan to build this city with you, but you also know that this is not an easy thing to do. ”

After Li Chengyan finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement, the hardships here are not the hardships of the road, but the disasters on the road, if you want to reach the Western Regions safely, the tax back and forth to the city is a large amount, basically eighty percent of the merchants will be taken away every time.

"This palace can guarantee that all the merchants who participated in the construction of the city, this city in the grassland, will not collect a penny of tax from you for thirty years, and the annual revenue sharing dividend of the city will be issued to you every year, which is much higher than the loan, what do you think?"

After a period of silence, an old shopkeeper who was nearly fifty years old saluted Li Chengyan and said, "It's not that we don't want to agree to Your Majesty, but now, we haven't seen where the income for the construction of this city is." ”

Li Chengyan smiled and said: "Old shopkeeper, the most important thing on the grassland is money, not to mention gold, silver and copper mines, salt mines, just talk about the cattle, sheep and horses on the grassland, every year that is a large number, and there is no shortage of medicinal materials on the grassland, so to speak, just the cattle and sheep collected every year are enough for you to earn, and the nobles of the grassland are not short of money, the wind of extravagance is gradually prevailing, grain, sugar, tea are urgently needed by the grassland." Moreover, you only need to build, the money is naturally not to worry, whether you want to settle in cash, or installments are okay, and you have been coveting the prince's brew and perfume for a long time, and the palace can guarantee that I will take out fifty percent next year and act as an agent with you. ”

It's because of this that they came, they didn't dare to imitate the Li family's things, and they didn't dare to fake them, so they could only watch Li Chengyan's money go into their pockets, drooling, even if it was an agent, it was unavoidable, a high-quality prince brewed, in the grassland, it was a sheep, a bottle of perfume, and a half-cow could be replaced on the grassland, which was absolute violence.

"In that case, what else do we have to say? When His Highness leaves, just inform the old man. ”

This is a group of pure people, Li Chengyan picked up his wine glass and toasted to everyone, "Everyone, drink to win!" ”

"Drink to win."

The biggest manpower problem in the grassland has been solved, because this year's conscription has been completed, and it is not a good thing to forcibly conscript and conscript, and there is no way to do it.

The original herdsmen, plus some of the migrants who went first, these laborers can build the recipe for 100,000 people next year, and at the same time, at the beginning of the construction of the city, within three years, a big city can stand on the grassland, become a nail in the grassland, and then slowly divide the grassland, this is Li Chengyan's purpose, of course, Li Chengyan is not only covetous, the copper and gold mines on the grassland are the biggest guarantee for Li Chengyan to speak confidently.

There is nothing lacking on the grassland, especially minerals, coal mines are everywhere, gold, silver and copper mines are a lot, if it can be developed, within three years, all the investment in this city will be recovered with interest, and Li Chengyan is aiming at another place, that is, Tuyuhun, Tuyuhun's wealth Li Chengyan has coveted for a long time, now sea salt has been able to produce on a large scale, and the salt in the sea is inexhaustible, such a cheap thing, but it is the lifeblood of Tuyuhun, every year because of the salt well Tuyuhun and Tubo have to kill and injure tens of thousands of people.

"It's just salt, I'll give you as much as you want, a bucket is only thirty Wen higher than you, it's not expensive."

Li Chengyan has a black heart, a pound of salt is not good, counting the labor, that is, three pennies, the price of salt has plummeted in recent years, and Datang is now only ten cents a bucket, a full double profit. (To be continued.) )